From dave at davesevick.com Sat Dec 1 11:26:14 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:26:14 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Old Macs running as web servers Message-ID: <5281E1E0-7B4C-49C8-A1C2-6AF85A54D557@davesevick.com> http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=220 November 30, 2007 Apple and the Macintosh computers have a loyal following dating back long before the first iPod ever hit the streets. There are millions of old Macs in circulation, and as would be expected in these days of the internet and tinkering enthusiasts, some of them have ended up as web servers. An old Mac obviously never gets useless. Why do we care? Because we think it is really cool that these old workhorses are still being put to good use in spite of being, at least in ?IT time?, antiques. Some of the ones we found acting as web servers are almost 20 years old. More ..... http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=220 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071201/216c263e/attachment.htm From alotafish at comcast.net Sat Dec 1 15:41:41 2007 From: alotafish at comcast.net (Sallie Boggs) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:41:41 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] PC MAG's Oliver Rist - Rant on Leopard In-Reply-To: References: <474F7897.8090506@nauticom.net> Message-ID: I still hate the design of my new MacBook. I have red marks all over my wrists and hands because the edges are sharp. It is just plain uncomfortable. never mind the crashes. On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:24 PM, CuZin wrote: > I have Leopard on one of my machines but I'm still waitin' 'til I > quit getting those unexpected quits when waking and also what's this > problem my has MacBook with the wireless since 10.4.10 came along. > Seems lots of folks are having that and nobody seems to care. > > Check out this thread on the discussion board. It's real long and > troubling. It has given me plenty of fits and Leopard didn't fix it. > > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=970070> > > CuZinBruce > > > On Nov 29, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Fozard wrote: > >> Slam, Bam - This guy's really unhappy: >> >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2223921,00.asp >> _______________________________________________ >> NPMUG mailing list >> NPMUG at davesevick.com >> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From marci.maleski at mac.com Sat Dec 1 17:20:01 2007 From: marci.maleski at mac.com (Marci Maleski) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:20:01 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Intro Message-ID: Heya! I just figured I'd introduce myself so you guys wouldn't have a total stranger lurking. I'm a recent switcher - been a whole two months now. I'm still in sponge mode, getting whatever info I can. I had tried to attend a MUG at the Robinson CompUSA but no one showed up, so I'm glad I stumbled across this list. I'll be shutting up like a good newb now. - Marci From charles at firthconsulting.com Sat Dec 1 20:37:38 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:37:38 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Intro In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Welcome!!! You never have to shut up - we love n00bs :) The next meeting is tomorrow at the South Hills Village store at 7pm, and I promise someone will be there. The list is pretty friendly (all things considered) and we're happy to help out if you have any questions or problems. Enjoy your new Mac. Cheers, Charles On Dec 1, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Marci Maleski wrote: > Heya! I just figured I'd introduce myself so you guys wouldn't have a > total stranger lurking. > > I'm a recent switcher - been a whole two months now. I'm still in > sponge mode, getting whatever info I can. I had tried to attend a MUG > at the Robinson CompUSA but no one showed up, so I'm glad I stumbled > across this list. > > I'll be shutting up like a good newb now. > > - Marci > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From radonaldson at mac.com Sat Dec 1 20:54:44 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:54:44 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update 12/1 Message-ID: Dear Mac Friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rick Fitzgibbon, Mary Jo Smiley, Dave Sevick, John Hamill, Judy Schall and Scott Baret for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center this weekend. It was a productive weekend, with another 14 G3 and G4 Macs brought back to the living for sale at the Goodwill ComputerWorks store. After Judy's whirlwind session of cleaning mice and keyboards today, we find once again that we are very short of USB mice and some colors of Mac keyboards. We never seem to get as many keyboards and mice as computers when the shipments come in from the schools. If any of you have any unused USB mice or keyboards hiding in closets or file cabinets, we shure could use them. Our next workday is Friday, December 7. Hope to see you at one of the three Mac users group meetings being held this week! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Sat Dec 1 21:33:44 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:33:44 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Five days of Apple in Pittsburgh Dec 2 - 8 ... learning, eating and public service Message-ID: Sun Dec 2 7-8PM (special time) - Apple South Hills Village - Roxy Cafe to follow - Charles Firth hosts Wed Dec 5 7-9PM - MacOutfitters of Cranberry - Primanti Bros to follow - Dave Sevick hosts Thurs Dec 6 7-9PM - Monroeville Public Library - Panera Bread (Miracle Mile) beforehand at 6pm - Peter Carras hosts Fri Dec 7 9AM-4:30PM - Goodwill Workday - Hosanna preparation at the Lawrenceville Goodwill CRC - Bob Donaldson hosts Sat Dec 8 8:30AM-2PM - Hosanna Family Gift Delivery Project - at the campus in Rochester, PA - Bob and Dave coordinate ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Apple User Group Ambassador 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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What causes the router to change channels, and can I prevent it? Alternatively, can I make my downstream network (a d-link range extender) "follow" any changes that occur on the primary router? As it is, every time the main router changes channels I have to reconfigure the range extender to the new channel, which is something of a PITA. Thanks in advance Doug From kozikmedia at zoominternet.net Mon Dec 3 08:33:48 2007 From: kozikmedia at zoominternet.net (Heather Kozik) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:33:48 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] PowerBook For Sale Message-ID: <72E10E0B-9738-49B3-8EBD-854FFAC0D7A6@zoominternet.net> Hi Dave, Below is a description. I just included the main points. Thanks for your help! Best Regards, Heather L. Kozik KOZIK MEDIA P 724-504-5055 F 724-285-6945 www.kozikmedia.com 15" PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz and Epson RX500 - Both with Original Boxes! This laptop has been used with care and is in excellent condition. It has mainly been used at a desk. I'm selling because I have upgraded to a MacBook Pro. The Epson printer can print/copy/scan. It is around 1 year old and in excellent condition. I'm asking $1250. Computer Specs 1.67 GHz PowerPC Processor 2GB Ram 120 GB HD newly installed by Mac Outfitters Slot-loading SuperDrive USB/FireWire Built-in Airport Extreme Wireless Networking and Bluetooth 2.0 Backlit illuminated Keyboard and Ambient LIght Sensor Tiger 10.4 System Discs Charger Please feel free to email with any questions. I can send photos. kozikmedia at zoominternet.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071203/bbf1331e/attachment.htm From fozard at nauticom.net Mon Dec 3 09:36:57 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:36:57 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] MAC's @ PSU Message-ID: <475430A9.1000706@nauticom.net> In our own back yard!!! Go Blue 'n' White!!! http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/12/03/campus_sales_of_macs_see_incre.aspx From marty.swartz at gmail.com Mon Dec 3 12:33:42 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:33:42 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Wireless inside a rock Message-ID: Hello, all. I am trying to sort out a wireless networking problem. It's a question of ignorance, not stupidity. (Or so I believe.) The good news is that I have Verizon FIOS in the house, with an Actiontec router at the core. This gives me 802.11g plus four additional wired connections. The bad news is that I live in a house that is 137 years old, and it is "brick on brick" construction. This means our outer walls are TWO layers of brick, an inner layer of plaster, and not much else. The central chimney mass is located smack dab in the middle of the structure. The router is in a stairwell on the first floor, which this means is that any wireless signal has to travel through at LEAST a plaster wall, and for second-floor rooms, and front and back porch, a double layer of brick. I'd like to add some some additional access points in strategic places, to give us better coverage. I see that Apple has produced a wide variety of AirPort base stations through the years, and that's the way I'm leaning. (Wired connections from the main router out to the access points.) I can add these in a "star" configuration from that main Actiontec router. Despite the age of the house, I have ways of getting CAT5 from here to there.... So! Has anybody out there been down this road, successfully? Which Airport base stations are adequate? (I know that the original Graphite base stations won't get'er done.) Is it easy to configure them to be just an "access point" and turn any functions off? Thanks up front for any and all advice! -- "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - A. Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071203/0ab40065/attachment.htm From r.l.adams at comcast.net Mon Dec 3 20:50:11 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:50:11 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Wireless inside a rock Message-ID: Here is a pretty good reference document that may help you. I'm having very good success with an Airport Extreme Base Station and two Airport Express units configured as remotes in a WDS. From marc at soraccophoto.com Tue Dec 4 06:32:35 2007 From: marc at soraccophoto.com (Marc Soracco) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:32:35 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Itunes question Message-ID: <2176AAB3-F223-4E97-B345-480513239458@soraccophoto.com> Greetings Folks I have a question. I would like to make a copy of my Itunes library on an external hard drive and be able to play the music from it. Currently, It is all on a drive in my tower and I want to have an copy on a drive to take with me when I travel, plugged into my laptop. What is the procedure so that I do NOT effect things as they are now. I would think this a do able thing. Thanks for your help. Best Regards, Marc Soracco President/ASMP Pittsburgh Marc Soracco Photography Inc. 3706 Northfield Drive Gibsonia, PA. 15044 Office: 724.443.6927 Cell: 412.400.4407 Web: www.soraccophoto.com Email: marc at soraccophoto.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071204/d9984e3d/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I would like to make a copy of my Itunes library > on an external hard drive and be able to play the music from it. > Currently, It is all on a drive > in my tower and I want to have an copy on a drive to take with me > when I travel, plugged into my laptop. What is the procedure so that > I do NOT effect things as they are > now. > I would think this a do able thing. > Thanks for your help. > > Best Regards, > > > Marc Soracco > > > > President/ASMP Pittsburgh > > Marc Soracco Photography Inc. > 3706 Northfield Drive > Gibsonia, PA. 15044 > Office: 724.443.6927 > Cell: 412.400.4407 > Web: www.soraccophoto.com > Email: marc at soraccophoto.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071205/e942e60b/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Wed Dec 5 10:28:27 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:28:27 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Agenda for the Cranberry Twp NPMUG meeting at MacOufitters - tonight at 7-9PM Message-ID: <27522DA0-2C32-4685-BB2A-E42188E2A68A@davesevick.com> We plan on meeting tonight .... no matter how hot it is outside or how hard it is raining. The air conditioner is working fine and we should be able to keep cool in the classroom. Agenda: Continuing our series on Leopard ... we'll look at Apple Mail ..... Stationery Choose from more than 30 professionally designed stationery templates that make a virtual keepsake out of every email you send. Templates feature coordinated layouts, fonts, colors, and drag-and-drop photo placement. Stationery uses standard HTML that can be read by popular email programs for Mac and PC. Forward as Attachment Forward an email as an attachment instead of an inline message. Select the message or group of messages you?d like to forward and choose ?Forward as Attachment? from the Message menu. You can also drag and drop Mail messages into applications like iChat and they?ll be sent as attachments. Duplicate a Smart Mailbox Make a Smart Mailbox work even harder. Duplicate it if you want to access your Smart Mailbox from more than one Smart Mailbox folder or if you want to create a similar Smart Mailbox with slightly different criteria. Just hold down the Control key, click the Smart Mailbox you?d like to duplicate, and select Duplicate. RSS Subscribe to an RSS feed in Mail and you?ll know the moment an article or blog post hits the wire. Even better, you can choose to have new articles appear in your inbox. Data Detectors Act on information in Mail immediately. Mail automatically detects text fragments like appointments and addresses, and lets you choose smart actions with a click: create a new contact, map an address, or create an iCal event. Improved Search Find the right email at the top of the search results list, thanks to smarter relevance ranking in Spotlight. And everything you create in Mail ? to-dos, notes, and, of course, email messages ? appears in a Spotlight search of your system. Rich Formatting Options Add style and layout to your email messages with richer formatting in Mail, such as bulleted and numbered lists, indentations, and background colors. Photo Browser Quickly and easily browse your entire iPhoto library to find the photo you need for your message. Custom Stationery Create your own stationery templates with graphics and attachments and reuse them to your heart?s content. Simple Mail Setup Automatically configure new email accounts. Just enter your email address and password. 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I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." A little more than a month later, on November 10, 1997, new Apple Interim CEO (iCEO) Steve Jobs responded, speaking in front of an image of Michael Dell's bulls-eye covered face, "We're coming after you, you're in our sights." On January 13, 2006, after a little more than eight years of hard work, Apple Inc. passed Dell, Inc. in market value, $72.13 billion vs. $71.97 billion at market close, respectively. On July 27, 2007, Apple's value doubled that of Dell's, $127.81 billion vs. $63.65 billion, respectively. This morning in intraday NASDAQ trading, a mere four months after becoming twice as valuable as Dell, Apple's market value passed 3 times that of Dell's, $165.66 billion vs. $54.42 billion. Got any snappy retorts for that one, Mr. Dell? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The most popular standard, "sRGB", can only display a limited range of colors. Newer standards make it possible for photos on the web to look richer and more realistic, but if your web browser doesn't know how to handle the standards the pictures may actually look worse. Safari is already compatible with the newer standards, and Firefox 3 will likely include them when it is released in 2008. 3 http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/top-15-leopard-hints/ A site called "Appletell" has posted fifteen of its favorite hints to making the most of Leopard. 4 http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007010912364034&query=breaks And if you use TextEdit, a site called "Mac OS X hints" tells you how to create margins narrower than one inch when printing the page. Note: I tried it and it works with some printers and not with others. 5 http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/creative/2007/12/helvetica-leopard/index.php Here is a note for the printing professionals who use Macs: If you use the font Helvetica in design or prepress work you may have noticed that Leopard uses only the TrueType version of Helvetica. If you worked with the PostScript Type 1 version of Helvetica in the past, you may see differences in the final layout. This hint tells you how to install the PostScript version. Apple and Microsoft - the public relations game goes on (three links) 6 http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac_ads4/podium_480x376.mov A new Apple TV commercial. (video) 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAUlK8_2VE A two part Apple advertisement found embedded in web site - the banner at the top of the page, and a video block on the right edge. (YouTube posting) 8 http://aflynn.com/times-square/ A really big, really prominent Windows error message - on a giant video screen in Times Square, New York! The message says in part, "Adobe Flash Player 9.0 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. ... Please tell Microsoft about this problem... " Just fun stuff (three links) 9 http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/its-true-the-beatles-are-coming-to-itunes/ The Beatles are coming! The Beatles are coming!" Sometime soon? They're not saying. 10 http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/sir-paul-rates-steve/ What Sir Paul thinks about Steve (Jobs). 11 http://arcticmac.home.comcast.net/~arcticmac/software/maclampsx.html An application just in time for the holidays - blinking lights for your Mac screen. And it's free! Dana Spiardi fabdana at mac.com http://www.fabdana.com 4127 Dundee Drive Murrysville, PA 15668 home: 724.325.3573 cell: 412.215.0562 From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Dec 7 10:27:08 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:27:08 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] A milestone event... Message-ID: Dear Mac Friends: I'm please to announce that we have just completed refurbishing our 1,000 Macintosh this morning at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center. It's an iMac DV 400, and we've named it Steve. When Steve boots, he tells you his story. We're going to celebrate by making Steve available for visits to everyone in Pittsburgh's Apple community. He'll be like our very own Stanley Cup. When it comes for a visit, we ask you shoot a photo of you with Steve and sent it to us. We'll be adding the photos to a gallery for our web site. 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Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From macplus512 at verizon.net Fri Dec 7 15:24:18 2007 From: macplus512 at verizon.net (Scott Baret) Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:24:18 -0600 (CST) Subject: [NPMUG] iWork 08, moving to new machine Message-ID: <22512703.65443771197066258877.JavaMail.root@vms125.mailsrvcs.net> My old white iBook G4 died for good this morning...the hard drive failed a few days back and the CD-ROM conked out today. Trouble is, I have iWork 08 on there. I'm not worried about any of the documents, but I am buying a new MacBook within the next few weeks and want to use iWork 08 on there. Is there anything that I should have deauthorized/deactivated on the old system (but wasn't able to)? Will I be able to move iWork to the new machine? Scott From dave at davesevick.com Fri Dec 7 23:40:18 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 01:40:18 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] CompUSA to shut doors for good Message-ID: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/07/compusa/index.php CompUSA closing shop December 07, 2007 8:46 pm ET By Agam Shah, IDG News Service Computer and electronics retailer CompUSA announced on Friday that it would start winding down its retail operations after being acquired by an investment firm, which is looking to sell the company?s business and assets. Gordon Brothers Group LLC is discussing with different parties the sale of stores in key retail markets and CompUSA?s other assets, including the Internet retail unit CompUSA.com and technical-support- services business CompUSA TechPro. The retail stores that don?t sell will be shut down, CompUSA said in a statement. The 103 stores will remain open during the holiday shopping season and provide heavy discounts on products. The sale comes amid the financial struggles of CompUSA?s parent company, Mexico-based holding company US Commercial Corp. SA de CV. During the third quarter of 2007, the company reported a loss of 494.89 Mexican pesos ($45.7 million) on revenue of 4.6 billion Mexican pesos. The company also reported losses the previous two fiscal years. In February, CompUSA said it would shut 126 stores as part of a massive restructuring effort in which it received a $400 million cash infusion from an unnamed investor. Carlos Slim Helu, the chairman of Grupo Carso, which holds a majority stake in US Commercial Corp. SA de CV, was looking to sell his share in CompUSA with the retailer struggling, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company approached rivals Circuit City Stores, Micro Electronics and Systemax to take over the store and its operations, but no deal was struck, the Journal said. Slim Helu, who also operates retail businesses in Latin America, poured about $2 billion into CompUSA since 1999, the Journal said. Slim Helu also held a 9.2 percent stake in Circuit City, but sold off his share after an unsolicited bid to acquire the company was rejected by a Circuit City board. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071208/bd7d7f61/attachment.htm From fozard at nauticom.net Sat Dec 8 09:16:55 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:16:55 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] MAC Antiivirus Recommendations??? Message-ID: <475AC377.7@nauticom.net> On an ecumenical religious site to which I subscribe, the following question and response was posted. What is your input on MAC antivirus software? Posted on ECUNET.org: Inquiry: On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Robert Fritch wrote: > > Note #16354 from Robert Fritch to THE MACINTOSH: > > > Good morning - new stuff > > Anybody know a good Virus scan + repair program. I know you have > recommended Clamvax which seems to tell you which files are infected, > but > does not repair them. Norton repairs, but I am not updated for our > current > systems and from all the reviews I should stay away from the latest > release > of Systemworks or Anti-Virus from Norton. Response: In note #16357 to THE MACINTOSH, Mike Bailey wrote: >> >> From posts on the MacFixit forums I have to conclude that the only >> decent antivirus software for the Mac that both detects and >> disinfects; does not conflict with the OS or other applications; cause >> slowdowns, kernel panics, or eat up disk space is Sophos Antivirus. >> > >. Recognize this is strictly anecdotal and is unquestionably >> influenced by a very small installed consumer customer base. >> The downside is they market to and support only corporate clients, so >> while you can buy Sophos you may be on your own for any support >> issues. Three 3 year licenses run around $96. Best part is you can run >> the same AV software on both Macs and PCs. They do have a 30 free trial. >> >> Virex > pid=VIREX&CID=MFE-3001> is also a player in the corporate market and >> has been spotty in Mac support, but they are still in the market >> although, like Sophos, they see the corporate market as their most >> profitable market. 1 to 25 licenses run $36.55 each per year. In >> earlier versions there were significant issues with an Apple supported >> version of Virex but there have been almost no reported issues with >> Virex in the past few years. Here again this is anecdotal and heavily >> influenced by a relatively small consumer customer base. >> >> Norton's reputation is terrible. They have been associated with all >> kinds of problems, the software is almost impossible to uninstall and >> their uninstall does not work well. Norton is known to conflict with >> other applications and cause kernel panics. If you are having problems >> with your Mac and ask of help on MacFixit, the first piece of advice >> you will receive is get rid of Norton AV and good luck doing it. >> >> Intego has been far less troublesome than Norton, but they do things >> in the name of security that are frowned on by Apple such as changing >> permissions of some system files. Intego has been accused of creating >> virus scares to whip up sales by making scary announcements of OS X >> viruses that have never been seen in the wild or only exist in >> prototype with no way of infecting Macs. >> >> ClamX AV does as good a job of detecting as any of these products, but >> as noted it does not disinfect. >> >> Even Microsoft macro viruses cannot infect a Mac because Microsoft's >> support of macros is very limited to the point of almost non-existence >> on the Mac. No antivirus software can detect a virus unless it has >> been previously identified and the virus signature database of the AV >> software has been updated to recognize the signature bit pattern. >> Since there are no viruses for the Mac, no one has any virus >> signatures for Mac viruses. With no virus signatures no viruses can be >> detected. This is despite the overblown claims by some vendors they >> can detect potentially unknown virus signatures. What they can detect >> is a sucker willing to shell out money for useless features. >> >> If I were to switch from ClamX AV it would be to Sophos or Virex -- in >> that order. Their corporate customer base is too large, too powerful, >> and too demanding to tolerate some of the glitches present in the more >> consumer oriented products. The downside, of course, is they expect >> your IT department or the vendor you purchased the product from to >> provide all the tech support and you don't have an IT department and >> the vendor has much bigger fish to fry. >> >> Whatever product you buy there will be an annual license or upgrade or >> subscription cost to pay for the daily updates to the virus signature >> database. Without this update the product is worse than useless >> because it doesn't do anything expect eat up system resources. Many >> corporate users download updated virus signatures several time a day >> not just once a day, week or month. If you have PCs on the premises >> daily updates are strongly advised. >> >> >> _________________________ >> >> Mike Bailey > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071208/64881007/attachment.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Sat Dec 8 09:55:20 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:55:20 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] MAC Antiivirus Recommendations??? In-Reply-To: <475AC377.7@nauticom.net> References: <475AC377.7@nauticom.net> Message-ID: I've been recommending Sophos for years. As the respondent said, the only negative is they don't do single- license home users.. business/education only. It's what I run in several locations, and I'm extremely happy with it. On Dec 8, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Fozard wrote: > > On an ecumenical religious site to which I subscribe, the following > question and response was posted. What is your input on MAC > antivirus software? > > > Posted on ECUNET.org: > > Inquiry: > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Robert Fritch wrote: > > > > Note #16354 from Robert Fritch to THE MACINTOSH: > > > > > > Good morning - new stuff > > > > Anybody know a good Virus scan + repair program. I know you have > > recommended Clamvax which seems to tell you which files are > infected, > > but > > does not repair them. Norton repairs, but I am not updated for our > > current > > systems and from all the reviews I should stay away from the latest > > release > > of Systemworks or Anti-Virus from Norton. > > Response: > In note #16357 to THE MACINTOSH, Mike Bailey wrote: >> > >> > From posts on the MacFixit forums I have to conclude that the only >> > decent antivirus software for the Mac that both detects and >> > disinfects; does not conflict with the OS or other applications; >> cause >> > slowdowns, kernel panics, or eat up disk space is Sophos Antivirus. >> > > > >. Recognize this is strictly anecdotal and is unquestionably >> > influenced by a very small installed consumer customer base. >> > The downside is they market to and support only corporate >> clients, so >> > while you can buy Sophos you may be on your own for any support >> > issues. Three 3 year licenses run around $96. Best part is you >> can run >> > the same AV software on both Macs and PCs. They do have a 30 free >> trial. >> > >> > Virex > > pid=VIREX&CID=MFE-3001> is also a player in the corporate market >> and >> > has been spotty in Mac support, but they are still in the market >> > although, like Sophos, they see the corporate market as their most >> > profitable market. 1 to 25 licenses run $36.55 each per year. In >> > earlier versions there were significant issues with an Apple >> supported >> > version of Virex but there have been almost no reported issues with >> > Virex in the past few years. Here again this is anecdotal and >> heavily >> > influenced by a relatively small consumer customer base. >> > >> > Norton's reputation is terrible. They have been associated with all >> > kinds of problems, the software is almost impossible to uninstall >> and >> > their uninstall does not work well. Norton is known to conflict >> with >> > other applications and cause kernel panics. If you are having >> problems >> > with your Mac and ask of help on MacFixit, the first piece of >> advice >> > you will receive is get rid of Norton AV and good luck doing it. >> > >> > Intego has been far less troublesome than Norton, but they do >> things >> > in the name of security that are frowned on by Apple such as >> changing >> > permissions of some system files. Intego has been accused of >> creating >> > virus scares to whip up sales by making scary announcements of OS X >> > viruses that have never been seen in the wild or only exist in >> > prototype with no way of infecting Macs. >> > >> > ClamX AV does as good a job of detecting as any of these >> products, but >> > as noted it does not disinfect. >> > >> > Even Microsoft macro viruses cannot infect a Mac because >> Microsoft's >> > support of macros is very limited to the point of almost non- >> existence >> > on the Mac. No antivirus software can detect a virus unless it has >> > been previously identified and the virus signature database of >> the AV >> > software has been updated to recognize the signature bit pattern. >> > Since there are no viruses for the Mac, no one has any virus >> > signatures for Mac viruses. With no virus signatures no viruses >> can be >> > detected. This is despite the overblown claims by some vendors they >> > can detect potentially unknown virus signatures. What they can >> detect >> > is a sucker willing to shell out money for useless features. >> > >> > If I were to switch from ClamX AV it would be to Sophos or Virex >> -- in >> > that order. Their corporate customer base is too large, too >> powerful, >> > and too demanding to tolerate some of the glitches present in the >> more >> > consumer oriented products. The downside, of course, is they expect >> > your IT department or the vendor you purchased the product from to >> > provide all the tech support and you don't have an IT department >> and >> > the vendor has much bigger fish to fry. >> > >> > Whatever product you buy there will be an annual license or >> upgrade or >> > subscription cost to pay for the daily updates to the virus >> signature >> > database. Without this update the product is worse than useless >> > because it doesn't do anything expect eat up system resources. Many >> > corporate users download updated virus signatures several time a >> day >> > not just once a day, week or month. If you have PCs on the premises >> > daily updates are strongly advised. >> > >> > >> > _________________________ >> > >> > Mike Bailey > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, ++md From marty.swartz at gmail.com Sun Dec 9 11:36:46 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 13:36:46 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] MAC Antiivirus Recommendations??? In-Reply-To: <8053F5F4-40D1-407A-B26C-E32B232ECA90@borkware.com> References: <475AC377.7@nauticom.net> <8053F5F4-40D1-407A-B26C-E32B232ECA90@borkware.com> Message-ID: On Dec 9, 2007 10:14 AM, Mark Dalrymple wrote: > > What is your input on MAC antivirus software? > > "MAC" is not an acronym, so no need to capitalize it. Comes from too > many years of using WINDOWS. :-) It's either from overexposure to WINDOWS, or too much time with the intricacies of TCP/IP n'at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address -Marty (ROFL) -- "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - A. Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott From fabdana at mac.com Sun Dec 9 20:58:33 2007 From: fabdana at mac.com (Dana Spiardi) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:58:33 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] iLife 08 requirements Message-ID: I'm thinking of purchasing iLife 08. I checked the system requirements, and my iBook meets all of them except for the one regarding iMovie (my processor is not fast enough). Can I selectively load all of the other apps except iMovie? Thanks! Dana Spiardi From fabdana at mac.com Sun Dec 9 21:01:08 2007 From: fabdana at mac.com (Dana Spiardi) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 23:01:08 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Memory module for sale Message-ID: <10FD9B57-9AA0-4860-B416-FFCD4C9E68D6@mac.com> For sale: Apple memory module; used 512 MB. PC2700/DDR333. Will fit 14-inch iBook G4 with 1.0, 1.2, or 1.33 GHz. May fit other models. $50. Dana Spiardi From dkrumpe1 at earthlink.net Mon Dec 10 19:19:06 2007 From: dkrumpe1 at earthlink.net (Donald Krumpe) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:19:06 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] (no subject) Message-ID: A bit of humor for NPMUG Donald Krumpe 404 Pheasant Street Riverbend Lake Lure, NC 28746-9434 dkrumpe1 at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071210/2ea6a31a/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/technology/personaltech/13pogue.html?_r=1&8cir&emc=cir&oref=slogin From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Dec 14 16:09:48 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:09:48 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill update Friday, Dec. 14 Message-ID: <62A3A35A-8813-4D93-91E8-5D1B56923EC3@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill and Mary Jo Smiley for joining me today at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center. Today, we added another nine refurbished Macs to our database, including a sweet 17-inch, 1.0 ghz swivel flat panel iMac that will soon be on the shelf at the Goodwill ComputerWorks store at 26th and Carson on Pittsburgh's SouthSide. Our total is now up to 1,019 refurbished Macintoshes. We're now on hiatus for the remainder of the year, and will next gather at the CRC on Friday, January 4, 2008. It will be the first day of the monthly two-day Goodwill Computer Warehouse Sale, which will continue on Saturday, January 5, 2008. The sale hours each day are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Our workday hours on Friday are as early as 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It's been an amazingly productive year for our effort to keep old Macs running and serving people who can't quite afford a computer in their lives. Our efforts have made great used Mac bargains for the Goodwill ComputerWorks store. Thank you for your kind words and for keeping us in your thoughts this year. Our future next year looks so much more promising than last year at this time. In the next day or so, I'll be writing about an opportunity for those of you inclined to Mac collecting that will help us raise some money for Goodwill. It really is a pretty square idea.... Happy holidays! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From r.l.adams at comcast.net Fri Dec 14 19:06:18 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:06:18 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Time Machine and Sleep Message-ID: I've got an interesting problem. I have an iMac with a 500GB Seagate external USB drive. Time Machine is running on this drive and all is happy... until the iMac goes to sleep. Upon restart, time machine quits working, the current open application is not responding (force quit won't work) and system preferences is active and not responding. A system power down is required. After reboot, time machine seems to be in a loop and won't finish "preparing disk". I have to delete the time machine data base on the hard drive and start over. Could it be possible that Apple did not take into account the machine going to sleep with time machine activated? Any help would be appreciated -- Ron From r.l.adams at comcast.net Sat Dec 15 10:30:33 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:30:33 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] More Info.... Leopard, USB, Sleep Message-ID: http://lists.apple.com/archives/usb/2007/Nov/msg00055.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071215/8e0277a6/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Dec 15 13:24:20 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:24:20 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] ringtones come to the Mac - legally ! Message-ID: Merry Christmas from Apple ! You now can create your own custom ringtones from your own music that is non-DRM protected. (Digital Rights Management) A system for authorizing the viewing or playback of copyrighted material on a user's computer or digital music player. DRM has centered around copyrighted music, with Apple's FairPlay and Microsoft's Windows Digital Rights Manager being the two predominant DRM systems. As broadband Internet and more highly compressed video formats take hold, the focus of DRM broadens to video content. You'll need to have Garage Band 4.1.1 and iTunes 7.5 and iPhone 1.1.2 Apple gives these instructions: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307108 ---------- In my test case, I took a non-DRM protected MP3 song, ripped from my own CD collection, The Ocean by Led Zeppelin .... Imported the song into Garage Band by "drag and drop" from my iTunes Library ... Edited down a clip ( needs to be less than 40 seconds ) .... that was 8 seconds ..... Share/Send Ringtone to iTunes .... Here is the unofficial .mp3 version so you can hear it .... The final file type of the exported ringtone is .m4r It will appear in the Ringtone section of iTunes and be available for your Sync selection ! 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Our G4 Cube is configured with 1.0 gb RAM (2 x512 mb), a 20 gb hard drive, Apple Pro speakers and a video card that will work with Apple ADC monitors or standard VGA monitors. It currently has our OS X.3.9 image installed. You also have your choice of one of the three following monitors: ? A transparent Apple 17-inch Studio Display (CRT) with an ADC connector. It has two USB ports. It's the one in the photo. ? A graphite Apple 17-inch Studio Display (CRT) with a VGA connector. ? A blueberry Apple 17-inch Studio Display (CRT) with a VGA connector. Our minimum bid is $350.00. To keep from bothering list members who are not interested, please send your bid directly to me at . I'll post brief updates of the bid amounts to the list to keep everyone informed. We'll close bidding at the end of the day, January 1, 2008. Payment will be made directly to the Goodwill ComputerWorks store. Alas, if the minimum bid isn't reached, the ComputerWorks store will put the Cube into their eBay auction pool. Feel free to ask any questions. Good bidding! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From marty.swartz at gmail.com Sat Dec 15 19:22:35 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:22:35 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] A Mac collector's opportunity to benefit Goodwill In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There's one thing Bob forgot to mention about the G5 Cube. It is cosmetically flawless. No cracks, no scratches, nothing but Bob's fingerprints. The last time I saw this system, it still had the layer of protective plastic on the top of the case. A collector's dream, it is. It truly looks brand new. - Marty Swartz (off to find a drool towel now....) On Dec 15, 2007 4:05 PM, Robert A. Donaldson wrote: > > We're celebrating by offering our 1,001st refurbished Mac for bidding to > the Pittsburgh Mac Community to benefit Goodwill. It's a rare 450mhz G4 > Cube, a model that's a must for anyone who fancies themselves as a Mac > collector. > -- "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - A. Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071215/a9275c69/attachment.htm From marty.swartz at gmail.com Sun Dec 16 18:44:13 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:44:13 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] For Sale: PowerBook G3 400 (Pismo) Message-ID: Hello, All - I have a fine old Pismo (G3 PowerBook) sitting here, looking for a new home. I am asking $300 firm for this fine fellow, which has given me many problem-free miles. The Pismo (AKA "bronze keyboard") was the last G3 in the PowerBook series, and regarded by some as the best PowerBook ever made. http://www.lowendmac.com/myturn/my07/1206.html No, it's no match for a Core Duo MacBook Pro, but it would be a splendid system if your budget cannot afford new. Here are the specs: - PowerPC G3 400 MHz - 14" display, 1024x768, freshly relamped so nice and bright - 20 GB hard drive, with OSX 10.4.11 - 768 MB RAM (512+256) - Airport 802.11b wireless card (internal) - DVD-ROM drive - Yo-Yo power adapter (45 watts) - Used but viable battery - Case shows normal wear, but not abuse See more at specs, comparison, and background at http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/pismo.shtml - Marty -- "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - A. Einstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It started trying to download it automatically but then said it couldn't because I didn't have enough disk space, and that I needed 100 bytes for it to download. It's rubbish because I had at least 2 gigs free. Then Quickbooks started, and I tried finding the update from the menu, and it found it but said I couldn't download it because I wasn't on the network, when I was. Then I noticed that all the icons on my desktop had disappeared. I checked, and all my files in my Desktop (there were quite a few) had disappeared. I opened a Finder window, and Desktop was gone from the left sidebar. I checked my user directory, and Desktop did not exist as a directory anymore. I logged out and logged back in. Logging back in recreated a Desktop directory for me, but it was empty. I restarted, my Desktop was still empty, but it said I had 2 additional gigs of disk space, which is about how much I had in my Desktop. During this entire time, there was nothing in Trash. I was sure that it must have been an OS X error. Maybe I was too low on disk space and OS X crapped out. I restarted again. This time without starting any other applications, I tried starting Quickbooks again, with about 5.5 gig free, on a fresh restart. I got the same error again, and my Desktop directory was again deleted. This is beyond ridiculous. There is NO way that a piece of software like this SHOULD DELETE GIGS WORTH OF DATA OFF MY HARD DRIVE. This issue should be forwarded to the engineers immediately and I also expect to be contacted with an explanation. There is no way I am going to pay money for the privilege of informing Intuit of their software erasing part of my hard drive. Also reported on this blog .... http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/16/quickbooks-users-be-cautious-of-recent-update/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It then ERASES YOUR DESKTOP FOLDER --- that's right -- >>> EVERYTHING on your desktop! >>> >>> During the first conversation with him, I thought he managed to >>> move his Desktop folder into somewhere else. Then upon restart, >>> the computer created a replacement one (empty of course) -- no >>> signs of the files from the original. I'll try some DateRescue >>> tomorrow, but wow! >>> >>> >>> Check out the forum on Intuit's site -- there is some serious >>> trouble brewing for Intuit on a Monday morning! >>> >>> http://www.quickbooksgroup.com/webx/forums/mac/1907 >>> =========================== > Wow. I actually have experienced this today and it occurred very > rapidly. I even had a Kernel Panic after I restarted. The error was > very quick, I barely saw the message, but it was a complaint about > not enough space. I could barely tell where they error came from, > except that it presented when I launched Quickbooks last night > around 8:45 pm. =========================== 1. According to the forums, this only affects QuickBooks 2006. However, when I launched 2007, it, too, asked to download an update but then alerted me that I wasn't connected to the Internet. No mention of being short of disk space. 2. I had made a duplicate of my Desktop folder. Apparently, at some time during the update, a "Desktop.1" file is created in my User folder. This may have been why some people are having a problem. 3. There's no mention of the version of the OS under which this is occurring. I'm on 10.5.1. 4. I did notice that most of the Preferences had been reset to their defaults. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071217/306c04e5/attachment.htm From peter at argentineproductions.com Mon Dec 17 10:06:42 2007 From: peter at argentineproductions.com (Peter Argentine) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:06:42 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] confirmation of QuickBooks errors ..... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I am using QB 2007 V9.05 R6 on 10.4.11 and have not had this problem. However, the last time I updated it created a folder on my desktop titled QB 2007 moved files which contains Jhandshake. I?ve just let it sit. The last few upgrades of 2007 have had quite a few annoying bugs within the program on Mac. Peter on 12/17/07 6:28 AM, Dave Sevick at dave at davesevick.com wrote: > These are some excerpts from very active listserves last night confirming the > QuickBooks issues: > > >>>> My father had a weird issue with QuickBooks 2006 today. I thought it was >>>> just one of his "anomalies", but WOW, this is bad stuff. Alert any clients >>>> that have QuickBooks -- get them to not only move everything off their >>>> desktop, but get a backup solution going now! >>>> >>>> starting today: >>>> 1. Launch Quickbooks >>>> 2. It throws an error about an update that can't run because your drive is >>>> full ("needs 100 bytes"). >>>> 3. It then ERASES YOUR DESKTOP FOLDER --- that's right -- EVERYTHING on >>>> your desktop! >>>> >>>> During the first conversation with him, I thought he managed to move his >>>> Desktop folder into somewhere else. Then upon restart, the computer created >>>> a replacement one (empty of course) -- no signs of the files from the >>>> original. I'll try some DateRescue tomorrow, but wow! >>>> >>>> >>>> Check out the forum on Intuit's site -- there is some serious trouble >>>> brewing for Intuit on a Monday morning! >>>> >>>> http://www.quickbooksgroup.com/webx/forums/mac/1907 >>>> > =========================== > > >> Wow. I actually have experienced this today and it occurred very rapidly. I >> even had a Kernel Panic after I restarted. The error was very quick, I barely >> saw the message, but it was a complaint about not enough space. I could >> barely tell where they error came from, except that it presented when I >> launched Quickbooks last night around 8:45 pm. > > =========================== > > > 1. According to the forums, this only affects QuickBooks 2006. However, when > I launched 2007, it, too, asked to download an update but then alerted me that > I wasn't connected to the Internet. No mention of being short of disk space. > > 2. I had made a duplicate of my Desktop folder. Apparently, at some time > during the update, a "Desktop.1" file is created in my User folder. This may > have been why some people are having a problem. > > 3. There's no mention of the version of the OS under which this is occurring. > I'm on 10.5.1. > > 4. I did notice that most of the Preferences had been reset to their > defaults. > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > www.argentineproductions.com FILM HD VIDEO DVD PRODUCTION Avid Adrenaline HD and Avid Express Pro editing suites Argentine Productions, Inc. 603 Washington Road, Suite 501 Pittsburgh, PA 15228 412 341-6448 voice 412 341-4410 fax peter at argentineproductions.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071217/6ce2a40a/attachment-0001.htm From dave at davesevick.com Mon Dec 17 20:24:52 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:24:52 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] QuickBooks fixes posted today .... Message-ID: <5F39F70D-0975-4546-AEF9-5B4FCEC2CA3F@davesevick.com> http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/warning_quickbooks_for_mac_deletes_desktop_folder/ From baxter at zoominternet.net Mon Dec 17 20:28:45 2007 From: baxter at zoominternet.net (Bob McCullough) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:28:45 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] iTouch security Message-ID: <000001c84126$18841090$6401a8c0@dell8300> Does anyone know what types (if any) parental security are available for the iTouch. I see that you can set parental limits in iTunes for content sync, will these also apply to WiFi connections? Thanks, Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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First of all, let us apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you. We resolved the server issue, and are committed to working with any affected customers. We are sending you this e-mail in response to your request which we received either through our QuickBooks Community Forum, through your request for a solution update in our Knowledge Base, or from your call to our technical support line. If you've already received a follow-up call from an Intuit representative, or if you are a user of QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac, please disregard the rest of this message. If you are a QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Mac customer and have lost data or have operating system issues, we wanted to let you know that we are working diligently to determine the best way to get you back up and running as soon as possible. We will be providing more details shortly and an Intuit representative will be contacting you directly (please do not reply to this email). In the meantime, we recommend that you minimize the use of the affected computer and not reboot it if possible. To help the Intuit representative best assist you, please prepare the following information. 1. Did you try to resolve the problem yourself? If so, what did you do so far (repairing permissions, running a utility, etc)? 2. Is QuickBooks functioning for you now? 3. If QuickBooks is not functioning for you, what problems do you have? 4. After the message "there is not enough disk space to install" appeared, did you notice anything missing from your desktop? If so, do you know what files they are and what you had? 5. What version of QuickBooks Pro for Mac do you have? 6. When did the problem occur (approximate date and time)? 7. What version of Mac OS is on your system? 8. Even if QuickBooks is functioning, what problems are you having with your computer after this happened? 9. Do you use any type of backup system? If yes, what type? Please be as specific as possible by providing the name of your software, for example. Regards, QuickBooks Support http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/Search.aspx?kbID=1009249&sg=SG_QuickBooksProforMac2007&mod=12-17-2007+9:34:42 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071219/f2fad55e/attachment.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Wed Dec 19 19:34:09 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:34:09 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Mac users more likely to pay for digital music Message-ID: A new study shows Mac users are more likely to pay for downloaded music then PC users, and Mac users also tend to buy more CDs. (Which is interesting since the recording industry has long claimed that digital music is killing CD sales) Basically, Mac people tend to be more digital media friendly then PC users. Speaking as someone with a huge iTunes library of music, movies, and TV shows: DUH! :) http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/19/mac_users_much_more_likely_than_pc_users_to_pay_for_music_npd.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <6888F99B-818E-4D5F-B435-1631CAB8047F@davesevick.com> Dear QuickBooks Pro for Mac Users - In response to the problem that occurred with our QuickBooks Pro for Mac product upgrade mechanism this weekend, we will be providing additional safeguards beyond what was put in place Monday to our server side system from 8 PM to 10 PM PST tonight. During this time, you may experience slower than normal startup and an error message indicating: "Could not retrieve information on the latest version of QuickBooks. Please make sure your internet connection is working." Neither activity will cause issues to your QuickBooks data, Desktop or computer system. We want to assure you that the QuickBooks Pro for Mac product upgrade mechanism is safe and secure. In light of what has happened this weekend, we want to place additional safeguards above and beyond the norm. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Regards, Ian Vacin Offering Leader of Intuit's Mac Financial Software From cuzinbruce at fastermac.net Thu Dec 20 04:40:57 2007 From: cuzinbruce at fastermac.net (CuZinBruce) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:40:57 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Mac users more likely to pay for digital music In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <110BD025-905F-4924-A3D4-DD39951082CE@fastermac.net> Not surprising since Mac users are also willing to spend the money on a better computer! Seasons Greetings CuZinBruce On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Charles Firth wrote: > A new study shows Mac users are more likely to pay for downloaded > music then PC users, and Mac users also tend to buy more CDs. > (Which is interesting since the recording industry has long claimed > that digital music is killing CD sales) > > Basically, Mac people tend to be more digital media friendly then > PC users. > > Speaking as someone with a huge iTunes library of music, movies, > and TV shows: DUH! :) > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/19/ > mac_users_much_more_likely_than_pc_users_to_pay_for_music_npd.html > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The program's existence had triggered an online controversy about the pros, cons and implications of copy protection. But to me, there wasn't much gray area. "To me, it's obvious that PyMusique is designed to facilitate illegal song-swapping online," I wrote. And therefore, it's wrong to use it. Readers fired back with an amazingly intelligent array of counterexamples: situations where duplicating a CD or DVD may be illegal, but isn't necessarily *wrong.* They led me down a garden path of exceptions, proving that what seemed so black-and-white to me is a spectrum of grays. I was so impressed that I incorporated their examples into a little demonstration in this particular talk. I tell the audience: "I'm going to describe some scenarios to you. Raise your hand if you think what I'm describing is wrong." Then I lead them down the same garden path: "I borrow a CD from the library. Who thinks that's wrong?" (No hands go up.) "I own a certain CD, but it got scratched. So I borrow the same CD from the library and rip it to my computer." (A couple of hands.) "I have 2,000 vinyl records. So I borrow some of the same albums on CD from the library and rip those." "I buy a DVD. But I'm worried about its longevity; I have a three-year- old. So I make a safety copy." With each question, more hands go up; more people think what I'm describing is wrong. Then I try another tack: "I record a movie off of HBO using my DVD burner. Who thinks that's wrong?" (No hands go up. Of course not; time-shifting is not only morally O.K., it's actually legal.) "I *meant* to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned. But my buddy recorded it. Can I copy his DVD?" (A few hands.) "I meant to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned and I don't have a buddy who recorded it. So I rent the movie from Blockbuster and copy that." (More hands.) And so on. The exercise is intended, of course, to illustrate how many shades of wrongness there are, and how many different opinions. Almost always, there's a lot of murmuring, raised eyebrows and chuckling. Recently, however, I spoke at a college. It was the first time I'd ever addressed an audience of 100 percent young people. And the demonstration bombed. In an auditorium of 500, no matter how far my questions went down that garden path, maybe two hands went up. I just could not find a spot on the spectrum that would trigger these kids' morality alarm. They listened to each example, looking at me like I was nuts. Finally, with mock exasperation, I said, "O.K., let's try one that's a little less complicated: You want a movie or an album. You don't want to pay for it. So you download it." There it was: the bald-faced, worst-case example, without any nuance or mitigating factors whatsoever. "Who thinks that might be wrong?" Two hands out of 500. Now, maybe there was some peer pressure involved; nobody wants to look like a goody-goody. Maybe all this is obvious to you, and maybe you could have predicted it. But to see this vivid demonstration of the generational divide, in person, blew me away. I don't pretend to know what the solution to the file-sharing issue is. (Although I'm increasingly convinced that copy protection isn't it.) I do know, though, that the TV, movie and record companies' problems have only just begun. Right now, the customers who can't even *see* why file sharing might be wrong are still young. But 10, 20, 30 years from now, that crowd will be *everybody*. What will happen then? =========== End Article by David Pogue ========== I copy this for the NPMUG to consider .... as I see much the same in the field with my young and old clients having very different views ..... Dave Sevick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Carras From markd at borkware.com Fri Dec 21 13:29:19 2007 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:29:19 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Is OS 9 really gone from Tiger? (Leopard) In-Reply-To: <9eb3eff4a669463b53aa766c0313b6dd@pitt.edu> References: <9eb3eff4a669463b53aa766c0313b6dd@pitt.edu> Message-ID: <65B7192D-905B-404D-A794-820F6E606750@borkware.com> > I noticed that OS X 10.5 "Tiger" Leopard :-) > does not include the Classic > environment, so that users can no longer run applications from OS 9 or > earlier within OS X. Classic is gone from Leopard. I haven't tried it, but SheepShaver might work for you for running classic mac stuff. Cheers, ++md From charles at firthconsulting.com Mon Dec 24 07:04:23 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:04:23 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] School District deploying OSX and Windows servers on an Xserve Message-ID: <917D9CC6-FC75-4C61-9962-F0EF6E287D3D@firthconsulting.com> A nice article about a large district using Xserves and Parallels to standardize and deploy OSX Server and Windows Server. Personally, I'd have used VMWare instead of Parallels, but otherwise it's a great read. (With VMWare you can access their pre-built library of VMs, and easily move them over to bigger servers if need be) http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/abcusd/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Happy New Year John >Send NPMUG mailing list submissions to > npmug at davesevick.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > npmug-request at davesevick.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > npmug-owner at davesevick.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of NPMUG digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. "The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality" by David > Pogue ..... (Dave Sevick) > 2. From Forbes.com -- Thinking Different: Apples For The Army > (Paul Furiga) > 3. 30th Anniversary Mac? (Marty Swartz) > 4. Is OS 9 really gone from Tiger? (Peter Carras) > 5. Re: Is OS 9 really gone from Tiger? (Leopard) (Mark Dalrymple) > 6. School District deploying OSX and Windows servers on an > Xserve (Charles Firth) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:27:57 -0500 >From: Dave Sevick >Subject: [NPMUG] "The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality" by > David Pogue ..... >To: npmug at davesevick.com >Message-ID: <59C4A5B0-7574-4D69-947E-64F937A1E1F8 at davesevick.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2007/12/20/TECHNOLOGY/PERSONALTECH/20POGUE-EMAIL.HTML?_R=1&OREF=SLOGIN > > >FROM THE DESK OF DAVID POGUE >The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality > >By DAVID POGUE >Published: December 20, 2007 >I've been doing a good deal of speaking recently. And in one of my >talks, I tell an anecdote about a lesson I learned from my own readers. > >It was early in 2005, and a little hackware program called PyMusique >was making the rounds of the Internet. PyMusique was written for one >reason only: to strip the copy protection off of songs from the iTunes >music store. > >The program's existence had triggered an online controversy about the >pros, cons and implications of copy protection. But to me, there >wasn't much gray area. "To me, it's obvious that PyMusique is designed >to facilitate illegal song-swapping online," I wrote. And therefore, >it's wrong to use it. > >Readers fired back with an amazingly intelligent array of >counterexamples: situations where duplicating a CD or DVD may be >illegal, but isn't necessarily *wrong.* They led me down a garden path >of exceptions, proving that what seemed so black-and-white to me is a >spectrum of grays. > >I was so impressed that I incorporated their examples into a little >demonstration in this particular talk. I tell the audience: "I'm going >to describe some scenarios to you. Raise your hand if you think what >I'm describing is wrong." > >Then I lead them down the same garden path: > >"I borrow a CD from the library. Who thinks that's wrong?" (No hands >go up.) > >"I own a certain CD, but it got scratched. So I borrow the same CD >from the library and rip it to my computer." (A couple of hands.) > >"I have 2,000 vinyl records. So I borrow some of the same albums on CD >from the library and rip those." > >"I buy a DVD. But I'm worried about its longevity; I have a three-year- >old. So I make a safety copy." > >With each question, more hands go up; more people think what I'm >describing is wrong. > >Then I try another tack: > >"I record a movie off of HBO using my DVD burner. Who thinks that's >wrong?" (No hands go up. Of course not; time-shifting is not only >morally O.K., it's actually legal.) > >"I *meant* to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned. But >my buddy recorded it. Can I copy his DVD?" (A few hands.) > >"I meant to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned and I >don't have a buddy who recorded it. So I rent the movie from >Blockbuster and copy that." (More hands.) > >And so on. > >The exercise is intended, of course, to illustrate how many shades of >wrongness there are, and how many different opinions. Almost always, >there's a lot of murmuring, raised eyebrows and chuckling. > >Recently, however, I spoke at a college. It was the first time I'd >ever addressed an audience of 100 percent young people. And the >demonstration bombed. > >In an auditorium of 500, no matter how far my questions went down that >garden path, maybe two hands went up. I just could not find a spot on >the spectrum that would trigger these kids' morality alarm. They >listened to each example, looking at me like I was nuts. > >Finally, with mock exasperation, I said, "O.K., let's try one that's a >little less complicated: You want a movie or an album. You don't want >to pay for it. So you download it." > >There it was: the bald-faced, worst-case example, without any nuance >or mitigating factors whatsoever. > >"Who thinks that might be wrong?" > >Two hands out of 500. > >Now, maybe there was some peer pressure involved; nobody wants to look >like a goody-goody. > >Maybe all this is obvious to you, and maybe you could have predicted >it. But to see this vivid demonstration of the generational divide, in >person, blew me away. > >I don't pretend to know what the solution to the file-sharing issue >is. (Although I'm increasingly convinced that copy protection isn't it.) > >I do know, though, that the TV, movie and record companies' problems >have only just begun. Right now, the customers who can't even *see* >why file sharing might be wrong are still young. But 10, 20, 30 years >from now, that crowd will be *everybody*. What will happen then? > > >=========== End Article by David Pogue ========== > > > >I copy this for the NPMUG to consider .... as I see much the same in >the field with my young and old clients having very different >views ..... > >Dave Sevick > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071220/bf76b607/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:32:52 -0500 >From: Paul Furiga >Subject: [NPMUG] From Forbes.com -- Thinking Different: Apples For The > Army >To: >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Happy Holidays, everyone. > >This is from Forbes.com, the Army is buying Macs because of cyber security >concerns: >http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2007/12/20/apple-army-hackers-tech-sec >urity-cx_ag_1221army.html >> -- >> Paul Furiga, ABC >> President >> WordWrite Communications LLC >> 10475 Perry Highway, Suite 104 >> Wexford, PA 15090 >> 412.894.8766 >> 412.894.7176 (fax) >> 412.427.0597 (cell) >> paul.furiga at wordwritepr.com > www.wordwritepr.com > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071221/4bb41174/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:35:04 -0500 >From: "Marty Swartz" >Subject: [NPMUG] 30th Anniversary Mac? >To: "NPMUG ListServ" >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Hello, all. I'm sitting at work on a slow day, thinking odd thoughts. (I >only think even thoughts on even-numbered days. :) ) > >The 20th Anniversary Mac [TAM} came out in 1997. That would make this year >(what's left of it) the 30th anniversary, right? > >a) I wonder why there has been no 30th Anniversary Mac? The TAM was a >marketing bomb, but those weird days are gone. > >b) Does anybody in the area have a TAM? As usual, I have an interesting (and >probably impractical) idea for a Mac hack, and I want to see a TAM in person >(No, not gonna hack your TAM, relax!) > >c) Let's have some fun. What do -YOU- think a 30th Anniversary Mac would >look like? > >Best, >- Marty the Odd Duck > >-- >"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are >permitted to remain children all our lives." - A. Einstein >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071221/a58d8655/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:09:35 -0500 >From: Peter Carras >Subject: [NPMUG] Is OS 9 really gone from Tiger? >To: NPMUG at davesevick.com >Message-ID: <9eb3eff4a669463b53aa766c0313b6dd at pitt.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > >Hi, > >I noticed that OS X 10.5 "Tiger" does not include the Classic >environment, so that users can no longer run applications from OS 9 or >earlier within OS X. But can one still hold down the Option key on a >Power PC at startup, and choose to boot into OS 9 instead of Tiger? >I still have a few legacy applications and HyperCard stacks to >maintain. > >Thanks, >Peter >--- >Peter L. Carras > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:29:19 -0500 >From: Mark Dalrymple >Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Is OS 9 really gone from Tiger? (Leopard) >To: Peter Carras >Cc: NPMUG at davesevick.com >Message-ID: <65B7192D-905B-404D-A794-820F6E606750 at borkware.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > >> I noticed that OS X 10.5 "Tiger" > >Leopard :-) > >> does not include the Classic >> environment, so that users can no longer run applications from OS 9 or >> earlier within OS X. > >Classic is gone from Leopard. I haven't tried it, but SheepShaver >might work for you for running classic mac stuff. > >Cheers, >++md > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:04:23 -0500 >From: Charles Firth >Subject: [NPMUG] School District deploying OSX and Windows servers on > an Xserve >To: NPMUG ListServ >Message-ID: <917D9CC6-FC75-4C61-9962-F0EF6E287D3D at firthconsulting.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >A nice article about a large district using Xserves and Parallels to >standardize and deploy OSX Server and Windows Server. >Personally, I'd have used VMWare instead of Parallels, but otherwise >it's a great read. (With VMWare you can access their pre-built library >of VMs, and easily move them over to bigger servers if need be) > >http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/abcusd/index.html >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071224/c7720d2b/attachment.htm > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >NPMUG mailing list >NPMUG at davesevick.com >http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > >End of NPMUG Digest, Vol 24, Issue 13 >************************************* From dave at davesevick.com Mon Dec 24 10:35:50 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:35:50 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Merry Christmas to all Mac Users and Apple Inc. Message-ID: 2007 was "The Best Year Ever" for Apple. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/24/apple-2007-best-year-ever ======= Is 2008 going to be "AppleTV" year ? ... as it remains "4th leg of the chair " .... ========= Here is an excerpt from a June 28, 2007 virtual meeting held by Steve Jobs with everyone at Apple .... as described by the folks at "ARS Technica" blog .... http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/06/28/internal-apple-stevenote-iphone-ipods-with-os-x-and-off-the-charts-macs-in-the-pipeline " He said that the second leg is the iPod and iTunes marketplace, which we all know has been wildly successful. The third leg of the chair, Steve hopes, will be the iPhone business, which he hopes to grow into something as strong as the iPod. He added that he hopes for the fourth leg to become the Apple TV, but focus is on the iPhone for now. This reiterates previous reports that Steve Jobs viewed the Apple TV as more of an experiment than a total dive into the set-top space. " Hopefully "AppleTV" will be one of the highlights at the Jan 15th, 2008 Apple Keynote address by Steve ..... We'll be back online shortly after the holidays in 2008 with our Pittsburgh Area Apple User Meeting schedules. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .... Dave Sevick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071224/d3a2c3d1/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 12850 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071224/d3a2c3d1/attachment-0001.png From radonaldson at mac.com Wed Dec 26 15:40:12 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:40:12 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] G4 Cube auction update Message-ID: <9C80BEAA-D694-4D31-A1B1-9FE05A1C6D7A@mac.com> We continue to have one bid for the minimum of $350.00 for our G4 Cube. Bids are to me at the address below. Bidding close at the end of the day on Jan. 1, 2008. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From barbara.mitchell28 at verizon.net Thu Dec 27 14:33:58 2007 From: barbara.mitchell28 at verizon.net (Barbara Mitchell) Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:33:58 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] 6200CD Performa Message-ID: <0BA6C70C-97BD-4EB2-AE9B-B5CCC5AB3246@verizon.net> Ok, we love Power Pete (a game), what can I say? However, the old boy is on the 6200CD Performa. It powers on with the button on the keyboard. The last time that I tried to turn computer on, I heard a little sound like power, but nothing more. I have checked all of the cords to make sure that they are secure and even tried different outlets to make sure it wasn't the outlet. Nothing helped. I know it's past time for this little MAC to be recycled, but we were hoping that Pete would still work. We've never gotten to the end of the game. Is there any help out here for it? Barb Reading IS rocket science. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071227/1e60d243/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Dec 29 01:03:30 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:03:30 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] End of Support for Netscape web browsers ..... R.I.P. Netscape Navigator Message-ID: A beloved browser is about to retire on Feb 1, 2008 .... says current owner AOL. Once the envy of Microsoft and major target for destruction, this browser called Netscape Mosaic and then later just Netscape was the one browser most of us Apple folks actually downloaded and used everyday >>>>>> even though Internet Explorer was forced on us by inclusion on every Mac ....... See: Mac since the 1997 Jobs + Gates = peace/harmony = IE on every shipping Mac Goodbye old friend ..... here are some eulogies tonight : http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/ "AOL has a long history on the internet, being one of the first companies to really get people online. Throughout its lifetime, it has been involved with a number of high profile acquisitions, perhaps the largest of which was the 1999 acquisition of the Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape was known to many as the thought leader in web browsing, and had developed a number of complementary pieces of software that allowed for a rich suite of internet tools." http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rip_netscape_navigator/ " MacDailyNews Take: Our first real browser, Netscape Navigator, is a fond memory. Netscape got a really raw deal as Microsoft abused their monopoly position to kill them off ..... " http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205204433 "While once commanding 90% of the browser market, Netscape Navigator now accounts for less than 1%, and AOL had no interest in spending what it would take to revive the brand." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071229/779e122a/attachment-0003.htm From fozard at nauticom.net Sat Dec 29 10:46:32 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:46:32 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Cut iPhone ATT charges to $14.95/month Message-ID: <477687F8.9010700@nauticom.net> FYI: http://gizmodo.com/338642/how-to-get-your-iphone-bill-to-1495-a-month From cuzinbruce at fastermac.net Mon Dec 31 12:44:15 2007 From: cuzinbruce at fastermac.net (CuZinBruce) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:44:15 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] what does this permission repair mean? Message-ID: My permissions on my CoreDuo MacBook Pro take quite a long time to repair (10 minutes) and when they finally finish I am getting this message. I repaired them twice when the machine was in safe mode. It fixed 2 things the first time around and only gave me only the no repair message the second time. Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired. Repair also takes a long time with when booted normally. My system disk is at work and I won't be able to try that until Wednesday. I am running 10.5.1 Leo pard CuZinBruce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071231/5d8e9824/attachment.htm From marci.maleski at mac.com Mon Dec 31 13:00:03 2007 From: marci.maleski at mac.com (Marci Maleski) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:00:03 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] what does this permission repair mean? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <496A95DE-1BD6-45BF-A696-3DB87A1D8335@mac.com> http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/11/15.16.shtml - Marci On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:44 PM, CuZinBruce wrote: > My permissions on my CoreDuo MacBook Pro take quite a long time to > repair (10 minutes) and when they finally finish I am getting this > message. > > I repaired them twice when the machine was in safe mode. It fixed 2 > things the first time around and only gave me only the no repair > message the second time. > > Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ > ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not > be repaired. > > Repair also takes a long time with when booted normally. My system > disk is at work and I won't be able to try that until Wednesday. > > I am running 10.5.1 Leo pard > > CuZinBruce > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071231/040dc217/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Mon Dec 31 15:54:38 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:54:38 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] G4 Cube auction update 12/31 Message-ID: <57C2B391-35BA-40E3-93F5-90A57D15BF1A@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: The bid on the G4 Cube we are offering to benefit Goodwill remains at the minimum of $350.00. This will be the last update unless more bids arrive before the end of bidding at the end of January 1, 2008. If you have a bid, send it to me at the address below. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From radonaldson at mac.com Mon Dec 31 15:59:57 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:59:57 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill Computer Warehouse sale date change Message-ID: Dear Mac friends: Goodwill has changed the date of the January Computer Warehouse Sale from next weekend to Friday, January 11, and Saturday, January 12. The times remain 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This means we will not have a work day on Saturday, January 5, but will have one on Saturday, January 12, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We continue to have workdays every Friday at the CRC from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please note the change in your iCal listings. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Mon Dec 31 17:27:14 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:27:14 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Best Stock for 2008: Apple Message-ID: <512C8926-239D-4809-A3D5-5B6F876D1A07@davesevick.com> http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/12/31/best-stock-for-2008-apple.aspx "I'll make this simple. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is 2008's best stock because it wallops rival electronics retailers in generating sales per square foot ....."