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1.: This is in regards to the Hacked article From: Stephen Bird

2a.: Re: Why your email address gets stolen From: Josephine Bacon

3a.: NTFS usb drive suddenly quits in Lion From: Adit
3b.: Re: NTFS usb drive suddenly quits in Lion From: Harry Flaxman

4a.: Re: More AppleCare Help is needed From: Arjun Singhal
4b.: Re: More AppleCare Help is needed From: Arjun Singhal

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1.: This is in regards to the Hacked article

Posted by: "Stephen Bird" birdsj@gmail.com sjbird22

Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:06 pm (PST)

This link works (I just tried it):

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

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2a.: Re: Why your email address gets stolen

Posted by: "Josephine Bacon" bacon@langservice.com baconandeggs_2001

Mon Jan 9, 2012 12:28 am (PST)

Vindictive people hack emails and websites just because they can. I
was one of the first people in the world to be given a computer virus
(not, of course, on a Mac, on a PC), in the 1990s when they first came
in. It cost me a lot of money to get rid of it. Now that everyone is
wise to viruses the hackers, who do it out of sheer spite, not for the
money it brings in, need to find something else to destroy. My
website was recently hacked, the host put it back up again. I was
assured by so-called experts that the hackers must have targeted a
whole bunch of sites with that host, but apparently not.

Josephine Bacon
Tamr Translations
197 Kings Cross Road
London WC1X 9DB
Tel: 020 7 278 9490

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3a.: NTFS usb drive suddenly quits in Lion

Posted by: "Adit" nednewbie@yahoo.com nednewbie

Mon Jan 9, 2012 12:53 am (PST)

My friend has an NTFS external HDD that he connects with on his Snow Leopard MBP using Paragon.

He upgraded to Lion during the holidays.

The HDD was working... for a day or two. Then suddenly it stopped working. He plugged it in, and the icon didn't appear on the finder.

The HDD can still be accessed in other computers, so the problem is not there.

When my friend brought up System Preferences and clicked on the Paragon pane, System Preferences said it needs to Close and Reopen. It did that, then simply said that "Cannot open the NTFS preference pane"

He is able, using Disk First Aid, to see the top level of the external HDD. He tried to repair the HDD, it ran successfully, but nothing happened.

He tried clearing the PRAM, nothing happened.

He tried reinstalling Paragon NTFS; nothing happened.

He tried deleting 'ufsd.fs' from /system/Library/filesystem then reinstalling Paragon; no dice.

Any suggestions? Any advice? Help? Please?

Thank you kindly in advance.

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3b.: Re: NTFS usb drive suddenly quits in Lion

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001

Mon Jan 9, 2012 2:39 am (PST)

On Jan 9, 2012, at 3:53 AM, Adit wrote:

> My friend has an NTFS external HDD that he connects with on his Snow Leopard MBP using Paragon.
>
> He upgraded to Lion during the holidays.
>
> The HDD was working... for a day or two. Then suddenly it stopped working. He plugged it in, and the icon didn't appear on the finder.
>
>
> The HDD can still be accessed in other computers, so the problem is not there.
>
> When my friend brought up System Preferences and clicked on the Paragon pane, System Preferences said it needs to Close and Reopen. It did that, then simply said that "Cannot open the NTFS preference pane"
>
> He is able, using Disk First Aid, to see the top level of the external HDD. He tried to repair the HDD, it ran successfully, but nothing happened.
>
> He tried clearing the PRAM, nothing happened.
>
> He tried reinstalling Paragon NTFS; nothing happened.
>
> He tried deleting 'ufsd.fs' from /system/Library/filesystem then reinstalling Paragon; no dice.
>
> Any suggestions? Any advice? Help? Please?
>
> Thank you kindly in advance.

First thing I'd check is to see whether or not the Paragon software is compatible with 10.7. Kinda sounds as if it isn't.

I would check with the developer to see if there is a new version compatible with Lion.

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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4a.: Re: More AppleCare Help is needed

Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal

Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:38 am (PST)

I'll try this

On 09-Jan-2012, at 10:34 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> >> 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 be what is happening here (i.e., do you make TM backups, and do you NOT always have the TM backup drive connected?)
> >
> > Yes. I do take time machine backups. The time machine drive is connected using a time capsule on the network. I am hooked to the network using an ethernet cable while i am in office
>
> This is Apple's explanation:
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878>
>
> To turn this behavior OFF, paste this in Terminal and reboot.
>
> sudo tmutil disablelocal
>
> This is what I have done.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>

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4b.: Re: More AppleCare Help is needed

Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal

Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:38 am (PST)

I tried this. The location did not open.

On 09-Jan-2012, at 10:34 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> >> 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 be what is happening here (i.e., do you make TM backups, and do you NOT always have the TM backup drive connected?)
> >
> > Yes. I do take time machine backups. The time machine drive is connected using a time capsule on the network. I am hooked to the network using an ethernet cable while i am in office
>
> This is Apple's explanation:
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878>
>
> To turn this behavior OFF, paste this in Terminal and reboot.
>
> sudo tmutil disablelocal
>
> This is what I have done.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>

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