1/08/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 8669

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1a.

Why your email address gets stolen

Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net   jamesrob328i

Sun Jan 8, 2012 11:58 am (PST)



Member "Rick's" wish that the "bounce" menu item hadn't been deleted from Lion Mail.app (and the inference by a few sophisticated group members that it signified Apple's decision to not bother dealing with spam) prompts this post.

Get yourself a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and be fascinated. In 10 minutes you'll get a civics lesson, scare yourself, reassure yourself (and when you're done, I bet you'll change at least one of your password habits!). At least I did.

I found this link on Macintouch yesterday. It's from the November Atlantic Monthly. It's a plain English discussion of why and how people hack your online identity. I thought it was sobering (but reassuring, in some ways), easy to follow, and surprisingly enlightening.

Bottom line: most hackers don't want your credit card number, your bank statements, your browsing habits. They're not international credit thieves, they're pickpockets. They're usually just smart young kids trapped in Lagos, Nigeria, (or some other Country with little policing of online activity), trying to make $500/day by convincing peoples' friends to send a few bucks to the Western Union office down the street from the Internet Cafe where they sit all day because they're as smart as Google engineers but can't get out of Nigeria and in to some first world economy country where their skills could be better used.

And they don't care for an instant if they destroy many of your emailed memories of the past two decades in the process.

<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/hacked/8673/?single_page=true>

Fascinating stuff.

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Re: Why your email address gets stolen

Posted by: "Chris Jones" jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk   bobstermcbob

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:04 pm (PST)




On 8 Jan 2012, at 7:58pm, James Robertson wrote:

> Member "Rick's" wish that the "bounce" menu item hadn't been deleted from Lion Mail.app (and the inference by a few sophisticated group members that it signified Apple's decision to not bother dealing with spam) prompts this post.

Apple has decidely *not* given up dealing with spam. Mail still has Junk Email settings. bouncing messages never has or will be a way of effectively dealing with spam. Please don't get the two confused.

Chris

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Re: Why your email address gets stolen

Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net   jamesrob328i

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:20 pm (PST)




On Jan 8, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Chris Jones wrote:

> Apple has decidely *not* given up dealing with spam. Mail still has Junk Email settings. bouncing messages never has or will be a way of effectively dealing with spam. Please don't get the two confused.
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You mistook my intent. One of my points in offering this post was that another reasonably sophisticated list member made exactly that inference (not I). I'm well aware that the "Bounce" function is useless and in fact probably counterproductive (it's like an answer to the knock on the door).

I thought the article I've linked seemed well-grounded and appropriate for audiences at many levels of sophistication. I'd urge people to read it.

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Re: Why your email address gets stolen

Posted by: "Tim O'Donoghue" tjod@drizzle.net   timodonoghue

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:51 pm (PST)



Thanks for posting that. Much food for thought.

On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:58 AM, James Robertson wrote:

> Member "Rick's" wish that the "bounce" menu item hadn't been deleted from Lion Mail.app (and the inference by a few sophisticated group members that it signified Apple's decision to not bother dealing with spam) prompts this post.
>
> Get yourself a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and be fascinated. In 10 minutes you'll get a civics lesson, scare yourself, reassure yourself (and when you're done, I bet you'll change at least one of your password habits!). At least I did.
>
> I found this link on Macintouch yesterday. It's from the November Atlantic Monthly. It's a plain English discussion of why and how people hack your online identity. I thought it was sobering (but reassuring, in some ways), easy to follow, and surprisingly enlightening.
>
> Bottom line: most hackers don't want your credit card number, your bank statements, your browsing habits. They're not international credit thieves, they're pickpockets. They're usually just smart young kids trapped in Lagos, Nigeria, (or some other Country with little policing of online activity), trying to make $500/day by convincing peoples' friends to send a few bucks to the Western Union office down the street from the Internet Cafe where they sit all day because they're as smart as Google engineers but can't get out of Nigeria and in to some first world economy country where their skills could be better used.
>
> And they don't care for an instant if they destroy many of your emailed memories of the past two decades in the process.
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> <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/hacked/8673/?single_page=true>
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> Fascinating stuff.
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2a.

Re: [macsupport] Mail app…where did Bounce go?

Posted by: "Chris Jones" jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk   bobstermcbob

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:01 pm (PST)




On 8 Jan 2012, at 7:54pm, Barb Adamski wrote:

> Polite would be not sending the junk mail in the first place…

Never gone in for "an eye for an eye" myself…

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> On 2012-01-08, at 11:50 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
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>> On 8 Jan 2012, at 7:46pm, Barb Adamski wrote:
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>>> It's a lot more work, especially if they replyâˆ'
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>> But more polite I would say ;)
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>> Let leave this discussion here.
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Re: [macsupport] Mail app…where did Bounce go?

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:47 pm (PST)




On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Barb Adamski wrote:

> Ah, I haven't upgraded to Lion yet.
>
> I liked the "bounce" function. I didn't use it for real spam, but for people I barely knew who happened to send me stupid jokes and chain letters, for parents of my kid's teammates who somehow thought it appropriate to promote their businesses to team lists, etc.

I agree with Chris.

How about instead of a bounce, a simple reply along the lines of what you wrote above? I'm sure others on those lists feel the same way.

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Re: [macsupport] Mail app…where did Bounce go?

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:23 pm (PST)



On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:47 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:

> > I liked the "bounce" function. I didn't use it for real spam, but
> for people I barely knew who happened to send me stupid jokes and
> chain letters, for parents of my kid's teammates who somehow
> thought it appropriate to promote their businesses to team lists, etc.
>
> I agree with Chris.
>
> How about instead of a bounce, a simple reply along the lines of
> what you wrote above? I'm sure others on those lists feel the same
> way.

Worth a shot, but it won't necessarily work with everyone. Some
people don't respect boundaries very well.

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Re: [macsupport] Mail app…where did Bounce go?

Posted by: "Barb Adamski" adamski@telus.net   bkadamski

Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:28 pm (PST)



Exactly. I did the polite reply once and the woman tore a strip off me. Never again. A simple bounce does the trick nicely.

Barb

On 2012-01-08, at 2:23 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:47 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
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> > How about instead of a bounce, a simple reply along the lines of
> > what you wrote above? I'm sure others on those lists feel the same
> > way.
>
> Worth a shot, but it won't necessarily work with everyone. Some
> people don't respect boundaries very well.
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Re: [macsupport] Mail app…where did Bounce go?

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:54 pm (PST)




On Jan 8, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:47 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> > > I liked the "bounce" function. I didn't use it for real spam, but
> > for people I barely knew who happened to send me stupid jokes and
> > chain letters, for parents of my kid's teammates who somehow
> > thought it appropriate to promote their businesses to team lists, etc.
> >
> > I agree with Chris.
> >
> > How about instead of a bounce, a simple reply along the lines of
> > what you wrote above? I'm sure others on those lists feel the same
> > way.
>
> Worth a shot, but it won't necessarily work with everyone. Some
> people don't respect boundaries very well.

I bet it works as well as bouncing.

At first it sounded like the OP wanted to bounce spam, and later that this might be the reason she had not moved to Lion.

Why let some pinhead control your life. Reply to the pinhead and CC the list owner. If the pinhead refuses, then you have already started the process to have them removed from that list. If the pinhead is the list owner, then your choice is to leave and let them figure out how to notify you about the team's activities, or delete the spam. It will be a whole lot more trouble for them than you.

There are no guarantees in life, and life is too short to put up with pinheads.

K.I.S.Sam

JMHO,

Brent
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3.

Toast Titanium 11 and encoding

Posted by: "Michel Munger" michel@macsupportcentral.com   mmungermtl

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:30 pm (PST)



Hi everyone,

I currently use Toast Titanium 10 for DVD authoring and I am generally
satisfied with it. However, I believe it would be faster if it made
better use of my laptop's resources.

Right now, encoding material for a DVD disc image takes an awful lot of
time. I checked my Activity Monitor and Toast Titanium 10 doesn't make
full use of my CPU and memory capabilities on a MacBook Pro I bought in
June.

In comparison, whenever Handbrake converts something into an MP4, it
uses around 95% of my resources, which speeds up the process greatly.

My question: does version 11 of Toast Titanium improve performance? I'm
betting that some of you have upgraded and can share observations.

Michel

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4a.

Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:33 pm (PST)



I have a rule set up in Apple Mail so a post to the group gets moved
into a dedicated folder if any recipient is
macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com. This works fine most of the time,
but some members' posts still wind up in my inbox. On looking closer,
I find that the posts are addressed to "undisclosed recipients" (who
I assume were BCCed), with the group in the Reply-To field. I thought
I'd tweak the rule to deal with this, but apparently Mail doesn't
allow me to filter for Reply-To at all.

I think the logical thing would be to address posts to the group,
which is what most people (and I) do. If someone wants to BCC
additional people or groups, s/he can. Thanks.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Michel Munger" michel@macsupportcentral.com   mmungermtl

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:36 pm (PST)



You may still want to set up your rule to check all possible headers, in
order to find the posting address, wherever it is.

Michel

Andrew Buc said:
> I have a rule set up in Apple Mail so a post to the group gets moved
> into a dedicated folder if any recipient is
> macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com. This works fine most of the time,
> but some members' posts still wind up in my inbox. On looking closer,
> I find that the posts are addressed to "undisclosed recipients" (who
> I assume were BCCed), with the group in the Reply-To field. I thought
> I'd tweak the rule to deal with this, but apparently Mail doesn't
> allow me to filter for Reply-To at all.
>
> I think the logical thing would be to address posts to the group,
> which is what most people (and I) do. If someone wants to BCC
> additional people or groups, s/he can. Thanks.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "J Masters" johnmasters@me.com   joemastersk

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:42 pm (PST)




On 8 Jan 2012, at 20:33, Andrew Buc wrote:

> I have a rule set up in Apple Mail so a post to the group gets moved
> into a dedicated folder if any recipient is
> macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com. This works fine most of the time,
> but some members' posts still wind up in my inbox. On looking closer,
> I find that the posts are addressed to "undisclosed recipients" (who
> I assume were BCCed), with the group in the Reply-To field. I thought
> I'd tweak the rule to deal with this, but apparently Mail doesn't
> allow me to filter for Reply-To at all.
>

You can edit the header list in the rules and add Reply-To. On the first dropdown box at the bottom is Edit Header List. Click the + button and add your header.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:12 pm (PST)



> I have a rule set up in Apple Mail so a post to the group gets moved into a dedicated folder if any recipient is macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com. This works fine most of the time, but some members' posts still wind up in my inbox. On looking closer, I find that the posts are addressed to "undisclosed recipients" (who I assume were BCCed), with the group in the Reply-To field. I thought I'd tweak the rule to deal with this, but apparently Mail doesn't allow me to filter for Reply-To at all.

My filter looks for [macsupport] in the *Subject*.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:14 pm (PST)



On Jan 8, 2012, at 12:42 PM, J Masters wrote:

> You can edit the header list in the rules and add Reply-To. On the
> first dropdown box at the bottom is Edit Header List. Click the +
> button and add your header.

More detail, please. When I click the + button, I don't get a list of
things to add, so I type in "Reply-To". When i test the edited rule
on a message, it doesn't work. When I then go back into the rule and
edit the header list, Reply-To isn't on it.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:20 pm (PST)



On Jan 8, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> My filter looks for [macsupport] in the *Subject*.

That did the trick, thanks! But now I'm curious as to how to filter
for Reply-To, should I ever need to.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "J Masters" johnmasters@me.com   joemastersk

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:27 pm (PST)




On 8 Jan 2012, at 21:14, Andrew Buc wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2012, at 12:42 PM, J Masters wrote:
>
> > You can edit the header list in the rules and add Reply-To. On the
> > first dropdown box at the bottom is Edit Header List. Click the +
> > button and add your header.
>
> More detail, please. When I click the + button, I don't get a list of
> things to add, so I type in "Reply-To". When i test the edited rule
> on a message, it doesn't work. When I then go back into the rule and
> edit the header list, Reply-To isn't on it.
>

Create a new rule.
On the first dropdown box (probably says Any Recipient) click the arrow and select Edit Header List.
This shows the current header list. Click + and type in Reply-To. Click OK
Create your rule using Reply-To in the dropdown box.

Works for me.

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Re: Addressing posts to the group

Posted by: "Nick Andriash" medic65@telus.net   andriash2005

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:30 pm (PST)




On 2012-01-08, at 1:14 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:

> More detail, please. When I click the + button, I don't get a list of
> things to add, so I type in "Reply-To". When i test the edited rule
> on a message, it doesn't work. When I then go back into the rule and
> edit the header list, Reply-To isn't on it.

Highlight the message in question, then go to Mail/Preferences/Rules and highlight the rule for MacSupport, then choose "Edit". This is where you click on the + sign which should give you another filtering option. From there, click on the little up/down arrow just to the right of "To". Clicking on that little arrow will give you a drop down menu from which you can choose "Reply To", which should already indicate the Reply-To address.

That's it... You are done.

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5a.

Re: More AppleCare Help is needed

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:30 pm (PST)



> I recently wrote a post about the free space on my Late 2011 Macbook Pro not clearing out. Since I have two of these notebooks, I tried to understand why this is happening on the second one as well, and I see that both the late 2011 MBPs 15in, are giving this trouble. Even after you've deleted the files, you need to go and erase free space using Disk Utility.

I've been living on Mac laptops since 1998, and on Lion since about 1-2 months before the official release, and I have never seen a requirement to erase free space using DU after deleting anything. Or heard of it previously.

> I have two late 2010 MacBook Pros as well - all machines are running Lion, and my earlier Late 2008 edition MBP was running Lion as well, and none of those machines required this exercise of manually needing to empty free space.

If you use Time Machine to make regular backups, under Lion the default is to continue creating backup snapshots even when a laptop is not connected to the external TM drive. This *will* fill up much of what otherwise would be free space on the internal hard drive.

Could this bee what is happening here (i.e., do you make TM backups, and do you NOT always have the TM backup drive connected?)

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Re: More AppleCare Help is needed

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:43 pm (PST)



Dan,

Arjun is located in India, and so his available internet connections are very different than what we have available in the US. Apparently, the Lion thumb drive has not been made in India, yet. And there are no official Apple Stores in India, only Authorized Apple vendors. But you caught that towards the end of your reply.

I don't think Arjun realized that the Recovery Partition is invisible, on both the Mac and on a user-made thumb drive, and possibly on the Apple Lion thumb drive. He apparently did not catch that you had to either move or copy the Lion installation app to be able to use it again or create a recovery thumb drive.

Good luck helping him, but be warned, if he does not like your answers, he will think they are personal attacks. See below:

"This time I am feeling very nervous while sharing my apprehension, because last time I received responses from one or two folks who were greatly offended by the part that they "believe" things are perfect with their Apple systems."

As I am at least one of those two.

Apple is not perfect, but in my personal opinion, is better than most, but not perfect and not the best for every purpose. Just ask me about it taking 5 years to resolve an Airport issue, even while working with an Apple engineer in Ireland, or about my orphaned DVI Apple monitor. Maybe I set my sights too low, and Arjun sets his too high.

I have only used a Mac regularly since 1998, but have used computers off and on since 1974. I have had to use Windows and Android for work, I have used Palm OS, but much prefer to use Mac OS and iOS.

Brent

On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Denver Dan wrote:

> Howdy.
>
> I'll try to figure out what is going on but need some questions
> answered.
>
> Sometimes when I ask a series of specific questions and number them
> some folks think I'm being rude. I'm not. Just trying to pin things
> down.
>
> 1. Do you have normal access to broadband Internet? High speed
> internet?
>
> 2. What do you consider to be high speed for your internet
> connection? How fast will it download?
>
> For example, if connected to a fast server, my connection will
> sometimes download as fast as 36,000 kbps (kilo bits per second). Is
> that slow or fast for your own experience?
>
> 3. How do you know your two late 2011 Macs do not have a Recovery
> Partition?
>
> Since the Recovery Partition is invisible it can't be seen in Finder
> and can't be seen in Disk Utility.
>
> How, specifically, have you tried to boot from the Recovery Partition?
>
> 4. Have you tried booting from the invisible Recovery Partition?
>
> 5. When you first installed Mac OS X 10.7 Lion it must have been by
> downloading. When you did this did you burn a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
> Install DVD disc? This is done BEFORE installing Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
> and done from what is downloaded.
>
> Some more info:
> <http://www.smartin.in/mac-os-x-lion-offline-installer-setup-without-internet/>
>
> 6. Do your computers have 2nd hard drives? External hard drivers?
>
> 7. I realize this is a very obvious questions but I have to ask. Do
> you use the Empty Trash command found under the Finder menu?
>
> 8. Have you installed a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Recovery Partition on an
> external hard drive?
>
> 9. Could you purchase the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion USB Thumb Drive from the
> US Apple Store? It's $69.95 USD.
>
> I looked at Apple India online and found 7 Premium Apple resellers
> listed in the New Delhi area. I don't know what region of India you
> are in but apparently there are Apple dealers that could have what you
> need.
>
> I can't help with spotty WiFi, WiMax, or Internet access and broadband
> in India. This is a problem in many larger countries. It's a problem
> for some of the US members of MacSupportCentral and for folks in other
> countries. It's certainly a problem in the United States which covers
> tens of thousands of kilometers in distance from well above the Arctic
> Circle to distant islands in the Pacific, deserts, tundras, a lot of
> mountain ranges, and on to Caribbean Islands.
>
> Denver Dan
>
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:59:25 +0530, Arjun Singhal wrote:
> > I recently wrote a post about the free space on my Late 2011 Macbook
> > Pro not clearing out. Since I have two of these notebooks, I tried to
> > understand why this is happening on the second one as well, and I see
> > that both the late 2011 MBPs 15in, are giving this trouble. Even
> > after you've deleted the files, you need to go and erase free space
> > using Disk Utility.
> >
> > I had to call Apple Care over the telephone to get the resolution,
> > even to be able to understand that this operation needed to be done
> > manually, and I am surprised this is happening all the time.
> >
> > I have two late 2010 MacBook Pros as well - all machines are running
> > Lion, and my earlier Late 2008 edition MBP was running Lion as well,
> > and none of those machines required this exercise of manually needing
> > to empty free space.
> >
> > Also, there is no recovery partition on the late 2011 models. I read
> > a thread that says Lion re-downloads over the internet, which is
> > astonishing, because in some places, there is hardly any internet
> > connectivity. I recently tried subscribing to the recently deployed
> > Wi-Max, but their connectivity is very patchy. Now if someone is
> > using internet just on Wi-Max, and I am assuming there are a whole
> > lot of people who don't connect to the internet all the time, and
> > require low-bandwidth connections - where are they supposed to go to
> > recover their computer? We don't get Lion thumb drives in Indian
> > stores. And it's impossible to download Lion from the App Store and
> > make your own thumb drive, because Lion won't download if you're
> > already on Lion.
> >
> > This time I am feeling very nervous while sharing my apprehension,
> > because last time I received responses from one or two folks who were
> > greatly offended by the part that they "believe" things are perfect
> > with their Apple systems. But right now I am feeling lost. Its Sunday
> > - there is no apple care available on phone. And I've never felt in
> > need for help like this before. I got these machines on 28th November
> > and 4th December, and I am foxed.
> >
> > I've used Microsoft machines since 1988, and have been using
> > computers since I was 6 years old. The only time I called Microsoft
> > was when Windows activation couldn't connect over the phone. No other
> > technical help was needed ever that prevented me from using the
> > computer.
> >
> > Right now, I've deleted about 140 Gigs of data from my iTunes
> > library, and I am still sitting without any free space on my hard
> > disk. Weird!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Arjun
> > blowtrumpet.com
> >
>

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Re: Database Alternatives

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:31 pm (PST)



Definitely worth knowing. I do not know Apimac. I do NOT mean to impune Apimac. I don't know them and they generally appear to be interesting and respectable. However, not every software company is and it's good to know people's experiences.

Cheers,
tod

On Jan 7, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Les Streater wrote:

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> >On 7 Jan 2012, at 20:36, Tod Hopkins wrote:
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> >Looks like a nice, simple, flat-file database that syncs with iPhone/iPad. And half off of $15 is hard to resist. If it could sync with others copies on a LAN, i'd be buying five-packs.
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> On a personal note, I downloaded iDatabase twice last month.
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> Each time it did weird things to my iMac. Permanent spinningbeachball, blocked finder, etc. Each time the only thing I could do was a forced power off. In the end I deleted it and forgot about databases....
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> I am sure other people have downloaded this successfully. I just make this comment for other people to be aware that there "may" be problems with downloading this program.
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> Les Streater
> www.lesstreater.com
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Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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Re: Database Alternatives

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:34 pm (PST)



Open Office Base is very powerful. It can certainly handle simple databases, and complex ones, but the program itself is not so simple to learn and in my very limited experience, still a bit clunky.

tod

On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:

> On 7 January 2012 23:10, Les Streater <lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk>wrote:
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> >
> > On a personal note, I downloaded iDatabase twice last month.
> >
> > Each time it did weird things to my iMac. Permanent spinningbeachball,
> > blocked finder, etc. Each time the only thing I could do was a forced power
> > off. In the end I deleted it and forgot about databases....
> >
> > I am sure other people have downloaded this successfully. I just make this
> > comment for other people to be aware that there "may" be problems with
> > downloading this program.
> >
>
> Open Office/NeoOffice/LibreOffice includes a database app. I haven't used
> it myself but I assume it does what most people need from a simple db app.
>
> Otto
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Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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USB3 Kext??

Posted by: "Robert" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com   cookrd1

Sun Jan 8, 2012 1:54 pm (PST)



I have an Expresscard USB3 adapter (uses the NEC chipset). This works great on my PC's, but I can't seem to find a generic kext to make it work on my MBP. Any ideas?

There are several Expresscard USB3 adapters for the Mac, but they use proprietary kexts. (And, if you are in the market for one, stay away from LaCie as their Expresscard works ONLY with their USB3 devices - about as useless as a Thunderbolt port).

I really miss the speed of USB3 when using my MBP - no USB3, no eSATA, just a useless year-old Thunderbolt port that requires a $50 cable and only has a few overpriced drives. I love my MBP, but the omission of popular ports is crazy stupid.

Bob

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Re: unable to save stationery to Mail

Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com   newalander

Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:11 pm (PST)




Mail > File > Save as Stationery does not seem to work for me.

On one attempt, the template materialized in the Custom stationery folder as a template thumbnail, as it is supposed to do. On another attempt, no template thumbnail materialized, although a thumbnail outline (which remained blank) was evident.

I was not able to use either thumbnail to create email stationery. I have, in the past, used nonMail stationery. I merely copied [command-shift-d] an income email, erased the text, then imposed my own words on the background.

I'd rather have my own set of new templates. Thanx. Oneal

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Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal

Posted by: "Christopher Collins" maclist@analogdigital.com.au   cjc1959au

Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:52 pm (PST)



Address Book is a simple address book that allows for names, addresses & other information.

It is not a CRM which is what you are asking it to be.

NONE of the things you have asked for below belong in an address book.

cjc

PS And it is possible to bring out your contacts details in a CSV file.

On 09/01/2012, at 1:49 AM, Larson wrote:

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> In Address Book there are no colors to mark important passages and let them stand out for quick retrieval.
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> In Address Book there is no way to export contacts as a tab delimited file (for FileMaker Pro for example, or other databases).
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> How can you link a contact in Address Book to important files? Can you do that? NO.
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> How can you link a contact to emails? Can you do that? In Address Book NO.
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> How can you link a contact to meetings? Can you do that? NO.
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> How can you assign To-do's to a contact? Can you do that? NO.
>
> As far as I can see, all these very basic features are missing. I'm not asking for a full powered CRM program, just the basic features to link contacts, documents, meetings and To-dos. iCal can link documents to meetings, but Address Book is kids' stuff, I think, and still has a long way to go before it can be considered a serious choice for sophisticated users.
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