Messages In This Digest (15 Messages)
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- Re: Your privacy and the Cloud. From: James C. Hamm
- 2a.
- Re: Drive Format Question From: Bill Boy
- 3a.
- Re: Old shows in iTunes format From: N.A. Nada
- 3b.
- Re: Old shows in iTunes format From: Keith Whaley
- 4a.
- Re: BSOD on Old G4 Tower solved From: N.A. Nada
- 5a.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: Daly Jessup
- 5b.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: paul smith
- 5c.
- Checking URL's for validity. From: Forrest Leedy
- 6a.
- Re: Mac viruses? From: Randy B. Singer
- 6b.
- Re: Mac viruses? From: Louise Stewart
- 6c.
- Re: Mac viruses? From: OBrien
- 6d.
- Re: Mac viruses? From: Forrest Leedy
- 7a.
- Re: PDF and OCR From: Randy B. Singer
- 8a.
- Re: Last Will program? From: Daly Jessup
- 9.
- iPad 4G LTE From: Ian Gillis
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Re: Your privacy and the Cloud.
Posted by: "James C. Hamm" machamm@gmail.com jimhamm90
Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:13 pm (PDT)
Hey, Bekah, nice tip. Thanks. I had to "enable" the feature at the tinyurl website by allowing them to place a cookie on my Mac, which I did......Jim
On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Bekah wrote:
> This is a direct link to a tinyurl page (on the tiny site) which shows how to set up a "preview" page. I do this. When I click on a tiny url redirect link I get to this page which shows where the tiny goes to.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/preview. php
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> So Ardell's tiny link:
> http://tinyurl.com/7cb5l77
> goes to
> http://tinyurl.com/preview. php?num=7cb5l77
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> where I see the long address of where the link goes.
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> It's quite helpful in times of doubt.
>
> Bekah
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> On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:04 AM, OBrien wrote:
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>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:02:52 -0500, OBrien wrote:
>>> I prefer full URLs, too...don't like Tiny URLs...too opaque.
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>> Placing a < with no space at the beginning, and a > with no space at the end of a URL will often keep it from breaking. If it +does+ break, it's easy to re-assemble it.
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Re: Drive Format Question
Posted by: "Bill Boy" billboy@refindedvideo.com billmboy
Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:21 pm (PDT)
I found this info on Wikipedia
exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a proprietary file system designed especially for flash drives[3] developed by Microsoft, which has applied for patent protection[2]. It is supported in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with update KB955704,[1] Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1,[4] Windows Server 2008,[5] Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2(except Windows Server 2008 Server Core), Mac OS X Snow Leopard starting from 10.6.5,[6] and Mac OS X Lion.
On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
> ExFAT
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Re: Old shows in iTunes format
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:06 pm (PDT)
On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > I have a couple if DVD burners but I don't think they play DVDs.
>
> I would be surprised if a DVD *burning* device was not capable also of DVD *reading*.
>
> > Do you think that is the way computers are going? Sans DVD slots I mean. Maybe I'm worrying to much.
> > Terry
>
> DEFINITELY the way things are going.
> What is NOT clear is *how fast*.
I agree, I have not seen a burner that won't play.
Other than the MBA and some Minis not having them and the big push for cloud services (a stupid idea in my opinion), what other indications have you seen of the demise of optical media?
I will say that as the price of thumb drives lowers, it make a good substitute for optical media. But then I thought that about Compact Flash and SD cards, too.
Terry, about 5 years after CD burners were publicly available, they decided to stop making VHS machines, it took another 5 years for them to stop making them. It then took 5 or more years after that to stop making VHS tapes. It may work faster for the demise of optical discs, CD, DVD and Blue-Ray, but not much faster.
Brent
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Re: Old shows in iTunes format
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Tue May 1, 2012 12:10 am (PDT)
N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>
>>> I have a couple if DVD burners but I don't think they play DVDs.
>> I would be surprised if a DVD *burning* device was not capable also
>> of DVD *reading*.
>>
>>> Do you think that is the way computers are going? Sans DVD slots
>>> I mean. Maybe I'm worrying to much. Terry
>>
>> DEFINITELY the way things are going. What is NOT clear is *how fast*.
> I agree, I have not seen a burner that won't play.
>
> Other than the MBA and some Minis not having them and the big push
> for cloud services (a stupid idea in my opinion), what other
> indications have you seen of the demise of optical media?
>
> I will say that as the price of thumb drives lowers, it make a good
> substitute for optical media. But then I thought that about Compact
> Flash and SD cards, too.
To interject here...I am considering a new iMac, to replace my 5 year
old one, and find they now come with an SDXC card slot in addition to a
slot-loading optical (Super-) drive! I haven't thought about the impact
of that much, but that's certainly a commitment by Apple, isn't it...
keith
> Terry, about 5 years after CD burners were publicly available, they
> decided to stop making VHS machines, it took another 5 years for them
> to stop making them. It then took 5 or more years after that to stop
> making VHS tapes. It may work faster for the demise of optical discs,
> CD, DVD and Blue-Ray, but not much faster.
>
> Brent
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Re: BSOD on Old G4 Tower solved
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:20 pm (PDT)
If reseating the cards revived it, why do you think it is a sign to recycle it?
Your correct the relocation was probably the cause of the issue.
I am the original owner of my G4 Quicksilver 2002 and the second owner after a college of a G4 Digital Audio, and they both perform well. I have been thought many hard drives with both, and even had the logic board replaced on the QS under the original warranty. Because of their limitations they are relegated to specific chores, and they are old enough that I won't get much out of them, but they both work well.
If you don't have a need for it, that is one thing, but from what you have said, nothing indicates it is dying.
Brent
On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Eric wrote:
> Thanks, that what I did previously with the PRAM but after reseating the USB card for the keyboard and AGP card for the monitor, all is well. The reseating of the cards or voodoo cured it.
> It's a sure sign in any case that it's time to pull the drives and recycle the carcass SOON.
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:37 pm (PDT)
N. A. Nada,
No, I will not try your link even thought I know it was for fun.
By my last sentence, I meant that even if I made some awful mistake, I have a very regular backup routine, so if messed things up, I could restore from a back up no more than one week old at work. More likely, one day or less old.
I try to avoid stupid choices. But for instance, if Randy Singer sent a short URL, and if it were on a topic of great interest to me, I would probably click that link.
And if it turned out to be a mess (highly unlikely) I would restore my system from my last backup.
That's easy to understand, right?
Daly
On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:55 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Daly, would you click on a tiny URL like this, if it came from a good long time family friend? The source is trustworthy.
>
> this is crazy check this out http://t.co/Hn***7Fh (I changed the link, so it is safe.)
>
> She accidentally forwarded it to 70 close friends. BTW, it is the same link that was sent to me by a spammer.
>
> You don't need to be able to read the whole URL to determine if you want to go there or not. Usually the domain is enough. I generally avoid ones that end with .ru, .cn, or say .me, or snakeoil.co, suckerbait.us, stupidestblog.com, etcetera.
>
> In fact, someone posted a full URL to another yahoo list, yesterday. It included a URL that ended in apple.uk.com, asking if the offer was legit or not. It was a scam site. Apple uses apple.com/uk in the UK.
>
> What is your last sentence in reference to?
>
> Brent
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> On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:30 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
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>> On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:11 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
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>>> Since they are not human readable, and too many people use them, sometimes to directing people to bad sites. I want to be able to read the URL and then if I decide I want to type it or a portion of it into the address bar or search field, I can.
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>> If you get a three-line URL, can you really figure out if it's safer than a short URL? There MIGHT be hints, but at least in my experience (I'm NOT a geek) some of the long ones are absolutely incomprehensible, and no better at all than a short one. I depend on the source of t the link for the most part.
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>> And I depend on my backups.
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com waldonny
Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:34 pm (PDT)
You cannot make such a blanket statement. I regard it as more polite of someone to send me shortened URLs, since there is less chance they will break and oblige me to spend time copying, editing and pasting to reach the desired web page. And as previously noted, long URLs are *not* inherently safer.
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MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1
On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:11 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
And I do occasionally verify them, when I am curious, but again why? Be polite to your readers, don't use tiny URLs.
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Checking URL's for validity.
Posted by: "Forrest Leedy" f.leedy@comcast.net forrkazu
Tue May 1, 2012 5:46 am (PDT)
Does anybody who is using Apple�s Mail as their email program every go to the end of a URL in a email and check to see where that URL is going. I have heard nothing from anybody about this feature in Mail. For those who are not familiar with this function, go to the end of any URL that is underlined in a email and you will see a triangle. Click on this triangle and it will show you the site that the URL it is taking you to.
Any comments about this feature. I use it a lot when checking URL�s.
Forrest
On May 1, 2012, at 2:34 AM, paul smith wrote:
> You cannot make such a blanket statement. I regard it as more polite of someone to send me shortened URLs, since there is less chance they will break and oblige me to spend time copying, editing and pasting to reach the desired web page. And as previously noted, long URLs are *not* inherently safer.
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> MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1
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> On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:11 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
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> And I do occasionally verify them, when I am curious, but again why? Be polite to your readers, don't use tiny URLs.
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Re: Mac viruses?
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:08 pm (PDT)
On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Louise Stewart wrote:
> I heard something on the radio about a Mac virus then went to the
> site of the man who spoke of it, www.clarkhoward.com, and found
> this as a site where we can test for one ourselves. But I'm afraid
> to try it in case this site would GIVE me the virus. https://
> github.com/jils/FlashbackChecker /wiki What can you tell me about
> this? Should I test for a virus, and if so, what's the best way to
> do that? Keep in mind that I am NOT very technical at all, so speak
> slowly and use small words. :-))
You are a little late to the party, Louise. The latest malware (not
actually a virus) has already been patched by Apple via Software Update.
If you want to find out all about Apple malware, how malicious it is,
and what's new, all from someone that doesn't have a product to sell
you and who writes in understandable terms, check out:
http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/ macvirus/
Here is a list of what currently exists:
http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/ macvirus/ malware_catalog. php
Note that there currently are no actual viruses in the wild for the
Mac. Also note that of the handful of malware that exists, most of
it is of little concern.
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
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Re: Mac viruses?
Posted by: "Louise Stewart" veggie236@earthlink.net pudgybulldog
Tue May 1, 2012 4:21 am (PDT)
Thanks, Randy. That's me, always late to the party! :-) Especially if it's technical. So are you saying as long as I have the Internet, Apple has taken care of this and I have nothing to worry about? Will that always be the case? I don't have to do anything to fix these potential problems?
On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Louise Stewart wrote:
>
> > I heard something on the radio about a Mac virus then went to the
> > site of the man who spoke of it, www.clarkhoward.com, and found
> > this as a site where we can test for one ourselves. But I'm afraid
> > to try it in case this site would GIVE me the virus. https://
> > github.com/jils/FlashbackChecker /wiki What can you tell me about
> > this? Should I test for a virus, and if so, what's the best way to
> > do that? Keep in mind that I am NOT very technical at all, so speak
> > slowly and use small words. :-))
>
> You are a little late to the party, Louise. The latest malware (not
> actually a virus) has already been patched by Apple via Software Update.
>
> If you want to find out all about Apple malware, how malicious it is,
> and what's new, all from someone that doesn't have a product to sell
> you and who writes in understandable terms, check out:
>
> http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/ macvirus/
>
> Here is a list of what currently exists:
> http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/ macvirus/ malware_catalog. php
> Note that there currently are no actual viruses in the wild for the
> Mac. Also note that of the handful of malware that exists, most of
> it is of little concern.
>
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
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> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
> _____________________ _________ _________ ____
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Re: Mac viruses?
Posted by: "OBrien" bco@hiwaay.net conorboru
Tue May 1, 2012 5:18 am (PDT)
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:54:09 -0400, Louise Stewart wrote:
> I heard something on the radio about a Mac virus then went to the
> site of the man who spoke of it, www.clarkhoward.com, and found
> this as a site where we can test for one ourselves. But I'm afraid
> to try it in case this site would GIVE me the virus.
I know nothing about the virus check thing you mention, but I think Clark Howard is a fairly well-known radio and TV(?) personality, so there probably would be nothing to fear.
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Re: Mac viruses?
Posted by: "Forrest Leedy" f.leedy@comcast.net forrkazu
Tue May 1, 2012 5:59 am (PDT)
I would take anything that Clark Howard says with a grain of salt. He is Mr. Cheap … and anything that he talks about is in that direction. He was on the evening news on one of the stations here in Atlanta feeling very smug about telling people that Apple no longer has immunity to viruses and other PC problems. He was a day late and a dollar short as what he was talking about was almost a month old. I found it somewhat amusing what he had to say.
Forrest
On May 1, 2012, at 8:17 AM, OBrien wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:54:09 -0400, Louise Stewart wrote:
>> I heard something on the radio about a Mac virus then went to the
>> site of the man who spoke of it, www.clarkhoward.com, and found
>> this as a site where we can test for one ourselves. But I'm afraid
>> to try it in case this site would GIVE me the virus.
>
> I know nothing about the virus check thing you mention, but I think Clark Howard is a fairly well-known radio and TV(?) personality, so there probably would be nothing to fear.
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Re: PDF and OCR
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:12 pm (PDT)
On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Keith Whaley wrote:
> I bought a copy of OmniPage Pro some years ago. and my need for it's
> capability went away, so I didn't use it. I have kept it tho'
> because of
> it's reputation.
> I'm wondering if I might still be used with OS 10.6.8. I don't know
> who
> else to ask...
I doubt it. The biggest problem is it's installer. It simply
doesn't work with recent versions of OS X.
I've heard from folks that still use OmniPage Pro with more recent
versions of OS X (it requires Rosetta, so there is no way to get it
to work under Lion), but they had to migrate the program over from an
older hard drive.
If you already have it, play with it and see if you can get it
installed. You can't hurt anything.
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Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
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Re: Last Will program?
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:24 pm (PDT)
Us, too, and we feel it was cheap to clear that whole thing up. If you don't have that money, then at least a will is a good idea, and I would far rather do a will with a lawyer than with some kind of online program.
Daly
On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> We spent around $1500 - $2000 getting our wills, trusts and other ancillary (heath care power of attorney, etc) set up about 10 years ago in the Chicago area.
>
> Jay
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
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>>> Most attorneys charge very reasonable fees for writing wills.
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>> Approximately what is a very reasonable fee for writing a will?
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iPad 4G LTE
Posted by: "Ian Gillis" tessel.bas@gmail.com ianjgillis
Tue May 1, 2012 1:04 am (PDT)
This BBC article may be of interest to those US residents holidaying in Europe:
http://www.bbc.com/news/ technology- 17899912
regards,
Ian
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