From dave at davesevick.com Tue Jul 5 11:49:07 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:49:07 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?The_eve_of_10=2E7_Lion_is_upon_us_in_=22?= =?windows-1252?q?July=22_=85_so_please_follow_these_steps?= Message-ID: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> Gregg Keizer of Computerworld does a good job of outlining the steps beyond what Apple has told us so far at http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218158/How_to_prep_your_Mac_for_Lion?taxonomyId=163&pageNumber=1 How to prep your Mac for Lion Computerworld - Now that Lion has attained "golden master" status, it may be just days before Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7. Only Apple knows the release date -- the latest rumors have it as July 6, maybe July 14 -- but you can prep your Mac now to make the upgrade go faster and more smoothly. Make sure your Mac can handle Lion Lion's system requirements are slightly different from Snow Leopard's, so you need to verify that your Mac can run the new operating system. Select "About This Mac" from the Apple menu, and look at the "Processor" and "Memory" items in the resulting pop-up. Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon CPU for a processor. As for memory, you need 2GB or more. You can't do much about a processor that won't run Lion, but it's easy and inexpensive to boost memory in a Mac. Crucial, one of the largest RAM sellers, prices a 2GB upgrade for a mid-2008 MacBook (the low-end model came with just 1GB stock) at $30 or a 4GB upgrade for $60. You must be running Snow Leopard According to Apple, you can only upgrade to Lion from Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard. For now, Apple hasn't spelled out any direct upgrade path for users running Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.5, so if you're using that 2007 operating system, you'll first need to migrate to Snow Leopard, the OS Apple launched in August 2009. Apple and others, including Amazon.com, sell a single-license copy of Snow Leopard for $29, or $49 for a five-license Family Pack. For those still running Mac OS X Tiger and who have a Mac that meets the processor and memory requirements, the only option at the moment is to update to Snow Leopard using the $129 Mac Box Set. A five-license Mac Box Set sells for $179. Update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 Having Snow Leopard on your Mac isn't enough for Lion: You need to update the OS to version 10.6.8, which Apple released June 23. Apple has said only that 10.6.8 "enhance[s] the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion," referring to the Mac software download store that Snow Leopard has supported since January and that Apple will use to distribute Lion. Select "Software Update" from the Apple menu and install 10.6.8. Obtain an Apple ID To download Lion from the Mac App Store, you'll need an Apple ID. You may already have one -- that's what you use to sign in to iTunes, for instance -- but if you don't, you can create one here by providing an email address, password and other information. (Hint: Use a different password for your Apple ID than you do for the email address you give; that way, if either your email provider or Apple is hacked, there's less chance that the criminals can access both.) Prep the Mac App Store with a payment option You'll also need to provide a payment method for Lion on the Mac App Store. Most users will have assigned a credit card to their Apple ID, but if you don't have a credit card -- or don't want to give one to Apple -- you can buy an iTunes gift card and transfer its funds to the Mac App Store. To do that, click on one of the first three icons at the top of the Mac App Store application -- Featured, Top Charts or Categories -- then click "Redeem" under the "Quick Links" section at the upper right. Enter the gift card code in the field provided, then click the Redeem button. Note: Apple Gift Cards, which are redeemable only at Apple retail stores and its online store, cannot be used for the Mac App Store. Back up your Mac To be safe, back up your Mac using Time Machine (or other backup software) and an external drive so that you can restore the system to Snow Leopard if Lion won't install or somehow cripples the machine. And make sure your Snow Leopard installation DVD is handy so that you can use it to boot your Mac if Lion bricks it. Check application compatibility Because Lion won't let you install Rosetta, the software emulator that allows Intel-based Macs to run software compiled for the PowerPC processor, those older applications won't work on the new OS. You can see which PowerPC applications are on your Mac by clicking "About This Mac" under the Apple menu, then clicking the "More info" button at the bottom of the pop-up to bring up the System Profiler. Select "Applications" from the "Software" category on the left-hand pane of the System Profiler. Click on the "Kind" column to sort it, then scroll until you find those apps that show "PowerPC" or "Classic." (The latter did not run on Snow Leopard either.) On our test iMac, only a handful of apps were labeled as PowerPC, including a pair associated with Office for Mac 2008 that convert charts and Excel workbooks so they can be opened, edited and saved in earlier versions of Microsoft's suite, such as Office for Mac 2004 and Office 2003 on Windows. You can also browse a massive list at RoaringApps that notes which Mac programs work with Lion's earlier developer builds, which don't and which have trouble with the new OS. Applications that have been tested typically include users' comments that provide additional information on what worked and what didn't on dev versions of Lion. It's worth your time to brush up on the apps you can't live without by reading the comments: Forewarned is forearmed. Scout out a fast connection if you don't have one Because Lion will be delivered only through the Mac App Store, users with a dial-up connection, or one that's heavily metered, such as a satellite-based link, will have to score the upgrade away from home. Apple has said customers are welcome to use the Wi-Fi connection in its retail stores to download Lion, but any public hotspot will do. Another option is to take your Mac notebook to the home of a friend who has a fast connection, or to your workplace. Mac desktops are another matter: No one will want to haul their 27-in. iMac around town. It's unclear how those customers will be able to obtain Lion. Although Apple has told schools and businesses that they will be allowed to download Lion once, then run the resulting installer on each Mac, the company hasn't confirmed that consumers will be able to do the same. Wash, rinse, repeat Prep each Mac you own, then wait for Lion to appear in the Mac App Store. Apple has given advance notice before of an operating system's impending release, but we're not certain it will this time, since there's no need for customers to go to a store or order online and wait for the delivery truck. The company will tell you when Lion is available if you give it your email address. When Lion hits the Mac App Store, you can download the upgrade to each Mac you own for the one-time fee of $29.99 by using the same Apple ID. Purchase Lion with your preferred Apple ID, download and install to the first Mac, then on all others, sign in to the Mac App Store using that same email address and password to download the upgrade. It doesn't matter if some of the Macs in the household -- a child's, spouse's or partner's Mac, for example -- usually rely on a different Apple ID; just sign in to the Mac App Store with the Apple ID that was used to purchase Lion, and you can download a second copy (and a third and a fourth and so on) gratis. That Apple ID has to be entered on these Macs only this one time; unlike other apps sold in the Mac App Store, Lion will rely on the operating system's own Software Update mechanism for future feature enhancements and security fixes. Optional: Buy a Magic Trackpad for your desktop Mac It's strictly optional, but the slew of touch gestures built into Lion -- scrolling pages, switching between apps, zooming -- will be unavailable to those armed with an iMac, Mac Pro or Mac Mini. Although the $69 Magic Mouse supports gestures, our choice is the same-priced Magic Trackpad. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer at computerworld.com. Read more about Macintosh in Computerworld's Macintosh Topic Center. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Apple Certified Support Professional Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110705/fb2caccd/attachment-0001.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Tue Jul 5 18:59:37 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:59:37 -0700 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?The_eve_of_10=2E7_Lion_is_upon_us_in_=22?= =?windows-1252?q?July=22_=85_so_please_follow_these_steps?= In-Reply-To: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> References: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> Message-ID: <3A20578C-6B7C-4776-8CAC-ADB3AC325D16@firthconsulting.com> One thing I'd like to clarify for people who are concerned/upset about the whole 'Upgrade to 10.6.8 before buying 10.7" - This isn't actually required. It's just you need 10.6.8 to *download* the installer for 10.7 - but once it's downloaded, you can make a bootable CD or USB stick and do a clean install of 10.7 onto a blank hard drive. So if you like, you can borrow a Mac running 10.6.8 (or later) and login to the App Store with your AppleID, purchase Lion, then make yourself your own installer to take home to your older Mac (or your mac with a slow internet connection, etc) However if you want to do an in-place upgrade (something I would NOT recommend) rather then a clean install, you'll need 10.6.8 in place first. I haven't heard anything about Apple Store options - I'd like to see Apple offer a "we'll roll an install disk for you" option where you go into the store, provide your AppleID and purchase the Lion license (even using a store Mac to access the AppStore) - then they burn the installation to a DVD for a nominal charge. (Hell, they could "pre-burn" a stack of install disks and sell them for an extra $9.99 or whatever) But I don't know if there's anything in the works for something like this. I think it would be a colossal blunder for Apple to release a new OS and not have it available in the retail stores. From the bleeding edge, Charles On Jul 5, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > Gregg Keizer of Computerworld does a good job of outlining the steps beyond what Apple has told us so far at http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/ > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218158/How_to_prep_your_Mac_for_Lion?taxonomyId=163&pageNumber=1 > > > How to prep your Mac for Lion > > Computerworld - Now that Lion has attained "golden master" status, it may be just days before Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7. > > Only Apple knows the release date -- the latest rumors have it as July 6, maybe July 14 -- but you can prep your Mac now to make the upgrade go faster and more smoothly. > > Make sure your Mac can handle Lion > > Lion's system requirements are slightly different from Snow Leopard's, so you need to verify that your Mac can run the new operating system. > > Select "About This Mac" from the Apple menu, and look at the "Processor" and "Memory" items in the resulting pop-up. > > Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon CPU for a processor. > > As for memory, you need 2GB or more. > > You can't do much about a processor that won't run Lion, but it's easy and inexpensive to boost memory in a Mac. Crucial, one of the largest RAM sellers, prices a 2GB upgrade for a mid-2008 MacBook (the low-end model came with just 1GB stock) at $30 or a 4GB upgrade for $60. > > You must be running Snow Leopard > > According to Apple, you can only upgrade to Lion from Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard. > > For now, Apple hasn't spelled out any direct upgrade path for users running Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.5, so if you're using that 2007 operating system, you'll first need to migrate to Snow Leopard, the OS Apple launched in August 2009. > > Apple and others, including Amazon.com, sell a single-license copy of Snow Leopard for $29, or $49 for a five-license Family Pack. > > For those still running Mac OS X Tiger and who have a Mac that meets the processor and memory requirements, the only option at the moment is to update to Snow Leopard using the $129 Mac Box Set. > > A five-license Mac Box Set sells for $179. > > Update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 > > Having Snow Leopard on your Mac isn't enough for Lion: You need to update the OS to version 10.6.8, which Apple released June 23. > > Apple has said only that 10.6.8 "enhance[s] the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion," referring to the Mac software download store that Snow Leopard has supported since January and that Apple will use to distribute Lion. > > Select "Software Update" from the Apple menu and install 10.6.8. > > Obtain an Apple ID > > To download Lion from the Mac App Store, you'll need an Apple ID. > > You may already have one -- that's what you use to sign in to iTunes, for instance -- but if you don't, you can create one here by providing an email address, password and other information. > > (Hint: Use a different password for your Apple ID than you do for the email address you give; that way, if either your email provider or Apple is hacked, there's less chance that the criminals can access both.) > > Prep the Mac App Store with a payment option > > You'll also need to provide a payment method for Lion on the Mac App Store. > > Most users will have assigned a credit card to their Apple ID, but if you don't have a credit card -- or don't want to give one to Apple -- you can buy an iTunes gift card and transfer its funds to the Mac App Store. > > To do that, click on one of the first three icons at the top of the Mac App Store application -- Featured, Top Charts or Categories -- then click "Redeem" under the "Quick Links" section at the upper right. > > Enter the gift card code in the field provided, then click the Redeem button. > > Note: Apple Gift Cards, which are redeemable only at Apple retail stores and its online store, cannot be used for the Mac App Store. > > Back up your Mac > > To be safe, back up your Mac using Time Machine (or other backup software) and an external drive so that you can restore the system to Snow Leopard if Lion won't install or somehow cripples the machine. > > And make sure your Snow Leopard installation DVD is handy so that you can use it to boot your Mac if Lion bricks it. > > Check application compatibility > > Because Lion won't let you install Rosetta, the software emulator that allows Intel-based Macs to run software compiled for the PowerPC processor, those older applications won't work on the new OS. > > You can see which PowerPC applications are on your Mac by clicking "About This Mac" under the Apple menu, then clicking the "More info" button at the bottom of the pop-up to bring up the System Profiler. > > Select "Applications" from the "Software" category on the left-hand pane of the System Profiler. Click on the "Kind" column to sort it, then scroll until you find those apps that show "PowerPC" or "Classic." (The latter did not run on Snow Leopard either.) > > On our test iMac, only a handful of apps were labeled as PowerPC, including a pair associated with Office for Mac 2008 that convert charts and Excel workbooks so they can be opened, edited and saved in earlier versions of Microsoft's suite, such as Office for Mac 2004 and Office 2003 on Windows. > > You can also browse a massive list at RoaringApps that notes which Mac programs work with Lion's earlier developer builds, which don't and which have trouble with the new OS. > > Applications that have been tested typically include users' comments that provide additional information on what worked and what didn't on dev versions of Lion. > > It's worth your time to brush up on the apps you can't live without by reading the comments: Forewarned is forearmed. > > Scout out a fast connection if you don't have one > > Because Lion will be delivered only through the Mac App Store, users with a dial-up connection, or one that's heavily metered, such as a satellite-based link, will have to score the upgrade away from home. > > Apple has said customers are welcome to use the Wi-Fi connection in its retail stores to download Lion, but any public hotspot will do. > > Another option is to take your Mac notebook to the home of a friend who has a fast connection, or to your workplace. > > Mac desktops are another matter: No one will want to haul their 27-in. iMac around town. > > It's unclear how those customers will be able to obtain Lion. Although Apple has told schools and businesses that they will be allowed to download Lion once, then run the resulting installer on each Mac, the company hasn't confirmed that consumers will be able to do the same. > > Wash, rinse, repeat > > Prep each Mac you own, then wait for Lion to appear in the Mac App Store. > > Apple has given advance notice before of an operating system's impending release, but we're not certain it will this time, since there's no need for customers to go to a store or order online and wait for the delivery truck. > > The company will tell you when Lion is available if you give it your email address. > > When Lion hits the Mac App Store, you can download the upgrade to each Mac you own for the one-time fee of $29.99 by using the same Apple ID. > > Purchase Lion with your preferred Apple ID, download and install to the first Mac, then on all others, sign in to the Mac App Store using that same email address and password to download the upgrade. > > It doesn't matter if some of the Macs in the household -- a child's, spouse's or partner's Mac, for example -- usually rely on a different Apple ID; just sign in to the Mac App Store with the Apple ID that was used to purchase Lion, and you can download a second copy (and a third and a fourth and so on) gratis. > > That Apple ID has to be entered on these Macs only this one time; unlike other apps sold in the Mac App Store, Lion will rely on the operating system's own Software Update mechanism for future feature enhancements and security fixes. > > Optional: Buy a Magic Trackpad for your desktop Mac > > It's strictly optional, but the slew of touch gestures built into Lion -- scrolling pages, switching between apps, zooming -- will be unavailable to those armed with an iMac, Mac Pro or Mac Mini. > > Although the $69 Magic Mouse supports gestures, our choice is the same-priced Magic Trackpad. > > Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer at computerworld.com. > > Read more about Macintosh in Computerworld's Macintosh Topic Center. > > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Dave Sevick > Apple Certified Support Professional > Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh > Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988 > > 724.779.0099 mobile/office > dave at davesevick.com > http://www.davesevick.com > > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20110705/9bc86f07/attachment-0001.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Tue Jul 5 19:23:53 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:23:53 -0700 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?The_eve_of_10=2E7_Lion_is_upon_us_in_=22?= =?windows-1252?q?July=22_=85_so_please_follow_these_steps?= In-Reply-To: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> References: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> Message-ID: One thing I'd like to clarify for people who are concerned/upset about the whole 'Upgrade to 10.6.8 before buying 10.7 On Jul 5, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > Gregg Keizer of Computerworld does a good job of outlining the steps beyond what Apple has told us so far at http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/ > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218158/How_to_prep_your_Mac_for_Lion?taxonomyId=163&pageNumber=1 > > > How to prep your Mac for Lion > > Computerworld - Now that Lion has attained "golden master" status, it may be just days before Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7. > > Only Apple knows the release date -- the latest rumors have it as July 6, maybe July 14 -- but you can prep your Mac now to make the upgrade go faster and more smoothly. > > Make sure your Mac can handle Lion > > Lion's system requirements are slightly different from Snow Leopard's, so you need to verify that your Mac can run the new operating system. > > Select "About This Mac" from the Apple menu, and look at the "Processor" and "Memory" items in the resulting pop-up. > > Your Mac must have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon CPU for a processor. > > As for memory, you need 2GB or more. > > You can't do much about a processor that won't run Lion, but it's easy and inexpensive to boost memory in a Mac. Crucial, one of the largest RAM sellers, prices a 2GB upgrade for a mid-2008 MacBook (the low-end model came with just 1GB stock) at $30 or a 4GB upgrade for $60. > > You must be running Snow Leopard > > According to Apple, you can only upgrade to Lion from Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard. > > For now, Apple hasn't spelled out any direct upgrade path for users running Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.5, so if you're using that 2007 operating system, you'll first need to migrate to Snow Leopard, the OS Apple launched in August 2009. > > Apple and others, including Amazon.com, sell a single-license copy of Snow Leopard for $29, or $49 for a five-license Family Pack. > > For those still running Mac OS X Tiger and who have a Mac that meets the processor and memory requirements, the only option at the moment is to update to Snow Leopard using the $129 Mac Box Set. > > A five-license Mac Box Set sells for $179. > > Update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 > > Having Snow Leopard on your Mac isn't enough for Lion: You need to update the OS to version 10.6.8, which Apple released June 23. > > Apple has said only that 10.6.8 "enhance[s] the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion," referring to the Mac software download store that Snow Leopard has supported since January and that Apple will use to distribute Lion. > > Select "Software Update" from the Apple menu and install 10.6.8. > > Obtain an Apple ID > > To download Lion from the Mac App Store, you'll need an Apple ID. > > You may already have one -- that's what you use to sign in to iTunes, for instance -- but if you don't, you can create one here by providing an email address, password and other information. > > (Hint: Use a different password for your Apple ID than you do for the email address you give; that way, if either your email provider or Apple is hacked, there's less chance that the criminals can access both.) > > Prep the Mac App Store with a payment option > > You'll also need to provide a payment method for Lion on the Mac App Store. > > Most users will have assigned a credit card to their Apple ID, but if you don't have a credit card -- or don't want to give one to Apple -- you can buy an iTunes gift card and transfer its funds to the Mac App Store. > > To do that, click on one of the first three icons at the top of the Mac App Store application -- Featured, Top Charts or Categories -- then click "Redeem" under the "Quick Links" section at the upper right. > > Enter the gift card code in the field provided, then click the Redeem button. > > Note: Apple Gift Cards, which are redeemable only at Apple retail stores and its online store, cannot be used for the Mac App Store. > > Back up your Mac > > To be safe, back up your Mac using Time Machine (or other backup software) and an external drive so that you can restore the system to Snow Leopard if Lion won't install or somehow cripples the machine. > > And make sure your Snow Leopard installation DVD is handy so that you can use it to boot your Mac if Lion bricks it. > > Check application compatibility > > Because Lion won't let you install Rosetta, the software emulator that allows Intel-based Macs to run software compiled for the PowerPC processor, those older applications won't work on the new OS. > > You can see which PowerPC applications are on your Mac by clicking "About This Mac" under the Apple menu, then clicking the "More info" button at the bottom of the pop-up to bring up the System Profiler. > > Select "Applications" from the "Software" category on the left-hand pane of the System Profiler. Click on the "Kind" column to sort it, then scroll until you find those apps that show "PowerPC" or "Classic." (The latter did not run on Snow Leopard either.) > > On our test iMac, only a handful of apps were labeled as PowerPC, including a pair associated with Office for Mac 2008 that convert charts and Excel workbooks so they can be opened, edited and saved in earlier versions of Microsoft's suite, such as Office for Mac 2004 and Office 2003 on Windows. > > You can also browse a massive list at RoaringApps that notes which Mac programs work with Lion's earlier developer builds, which don't and which have trouble with the new OS. > > Applications that have been tested typically include users' comments that provide additional information on what worked and what didn't on dev versions of Lion. > > It's worth your time to brush up on the apps you can't live without by reading the comments: Forewarned is forearmed. > > Scout out a fast connection if you don't have one > > Because Lion will be delivered only through the Mac App Store, users with a dial-up connection, or one that's heavily metered, such as a satellite-based link, will have to score the upgrade away from home. > > Apple has said customers are welcome to use the Wi-Fi connection in its retail stores to download Lion, but any public hotspot will do. > > Another option is to take your Mac notebook to the home of a friend who has a fast connection, or to your workplace. > > Mac desktops are another matter: No one will want to haul their 27-in. iMac around town. > > It's unclear how those customers will be able to obtain Lion. Although Apple has told schools and businesses that they will be allowed to download Lion once, then run the resulting installer on each Mac, the company hasn't confirmed that consumers will be able to do the same. > > Wash, rinse, repeat > > Prep each Mac you own, then wait for Lion to appear in the Mac App Store. > > Apple has given advance notice before of an operating system's impending release, but we're not certain it will this time, since there's no need for customers to go to a store or order online and wait for the delivery truck. > > The company will tell you when Lion is available if you give it your email address. > > When Lion hits the Mac App Store, you can download the upgrade to each Mac you own for the one-time fee of $29.99 by using the same Apple ID. > > Purchase Lion with your preferred Apple ID, download and install to the first Mac, then on all others, sign in to the Mac App Store using that same email address and password to download the upgrade. > > It doesn't matter if some of the Macs in the household -- a child's, spouse's or partner's Mac, for example -- usually rely on a different Apple ID; just sign in to the Mac App Store with the Apple ID that was used to purchase Lion, and you can download a second copy (and a third and a fourth and so on) gratis. > > That Apple ID has to be entered on these Macs only this one time; unlike other apps sold in the Mac App Store, Lion will rely on the operating system's own Software Update mechanism for future feature enhancements and security fixes. > > Optional: Buy a Magic Trackpad for your desktop Mac > > It's strictly optional, but the slew of touch gestures built into Lion -- scrolling pages, switching between apps, zooming -- will be unavailable to those armed with an iMac, Mac Pro or Mac Mini. > > Although the $69 Magic Mouse supports gestures, our choice is the same-priced Magic Trackpad. > > Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer at computerworld.com. > > Read more about Macintosh in Computerworld's Macintosh Topic Center. > > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Dave Sevick > Apple Certified Support Professional > Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh > Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988 > > 724.779.0099 mobile/office > dave at davesevick.com > http://www.davesevick.com > > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20110705/bc914aa1/attachment-0001.htm From markd at borkware.com Wed Jul 6 08:13:59 2011 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:13:59 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?The_eve_of_10=2E7_Lion_is_upon_us_in_=22?= =?windows-1252?q?July=22_=85_so_please_follow_these_steps?= In-Reply-To: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> References: <14842065-A5F6-40CF-A721-267A87C0303B@davesevick.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Dave Sevick wrote: > *Gregg Keizer of Computerworld* does a good job of outlining the steps > beyond what Apple has told us so far > And don't forget this is a "dot-zero" version of a major upgrade and will be pretty rough. Unless you absolutely need certain Lion features, or have to play with the new shiny, I would wait for a point release or two. Cheers, ++md -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110706/df28ce73/attachment.htm From sevick at computereach.com Wed Jul 6 17:45:26 2011 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 19:45:26 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users Message-ID: <05E7A48C-61CF-420D-BF67-ECB1F1750CB3@computereach.com> From Sophos Labs: JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users A website that makes it child's play for iPad and iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices raises important security concerns. The site, jailbreakme.com, exploits a PDF vulnerability to run unauthorised code on Apple customers' iPhones and iPads, including the new iPad 2. In this way they allow users to unlock their devices, and run programs that have not been approved by the official AppStore. Usually jailbreaking requires users to connect their device to a computer before they can start to tamper with the set-up of their iPhone or iPad. Sites like JailBreakMe make the process much simpler. But if visiting the JailBreakMe website with Safari can cause a security vulnerability to run the site's code, just imagine how someone with more nefarious intentions could also abuse the vulnerability to install malicious code on your iPad or iPhone. If they exploited the same vulnerability in a copy-cat manoeuvre, cybercriminals could create booby-trapped webpages that could - if visited by an unsuspecting iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad owner - run code on visiting devices. A website like JailBreakMe is making it easy to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad - but it could also be said to be giving a blueprint to malicious hackers on how to infect such devices with malware. I don't want to be a party pooper for those who wish to jailbreak their Apple devices, but it's essential that Apple closes this vulnerability as quickly as possible.. before it is abused with malicious intent. Interestingly, "Comex", the creator of the JailBreakMe website seems to recognise that hackers might copy the exploit to use in the form of an iPad or iPhone virus. However, he attempt to deflect any responsibility in his FAQ: "I did not create the vulnerabilities, only discover them. Releasing an exploit demonstrates the flaw, making it easier for others to use it for malice, but they have long been present and exploitable. Although releasing a jailbreak is certainly not the usual way to report a vulnerability, it still has the effect of making iOS more secure in the long run." All eyes now turn to Apple to see how quickly it can secure its users from what could be a vector for iPhone/iPad malware infection. Leaving a security hole like this open is simply inviting malicious hackers to exploit it. Follow @gcluley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110706/3fe2d240/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Wed Jul 6 18:36:14 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:36:14 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC workday, Friday, July 8 Message-ID: Dear Mac friends: We will gather for our normal weekly Goodwill CRC workday at our 2400 East Carson St. location this Friday, July 8. Unless there's a late-week delivery of newly-donated Macs from Goodwill, our projected work will involve passing judgement on our inventory of ill G4 iMacs. We'll be determining if they will live or die, and de-manufacturing accordingly. At this time, I do not anticipate we'll be refurbishing any Macs this week. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dadditude at gmail.com Wed Jul 6 20:14:56 2011 From: dadditude at gmail.com (Dadditude) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 22:14:56 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users In-Reply-To: <05E7A48C-61CF-420D-BF67-ECB1F1750CB3@computereach.com> References: <05E7A48C-61CF-420D-BF67-ECB1F1750CB3@computereach.com> Message-ID: It's important to note that anyone who has already jailbroken their iDevice (whether through Jailbreakme.com or one of the other methods out there) can (and should) install "PDF Patcher 2" by Comex from Cydia, as it patches the security vulnerability used by Jailbreakme.com, preventing its exploitation by malicious sites. -- ?We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing.??Oliver Wendell Holmes On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Dave Sevick wrote: > From Sophos Labs: > > JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users > > A website that makes it child's play for iPad and iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices raises important security concerns. > > The site, jailbreakme.com, exploits a PDF vulnerability to run unauthorised code on Apple customers' iPhones and iPads, including the new iPad 2. In this way they allow users to unlock their devices, and run programs that have not been approved by the official AppStore. > > Usually jailbreaking requires users to connect their device to a computer before they can start to tamper with the set-up of their iPhone or iPad. Sites like JailBreakMe make the process much simpler. > > But if visiting the JailBreakMe website with Safari can cause a security vulnerability to run the site's code, just imagine how someone with more nefarious intentions could also abuse the vulnerability to install malicious code on your iPad or iPhone. > > If they exploited the same vulnerability in a copy-cat manoeuvre, cybercriminals could create booby-trapped webpages that could - if visited by an unsuspecting iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad owner - run code on visiting devices. > > A website like JailBreakMe is making it easy to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad - but it could also be said to be giving a blueprint to malicious hackers on how to infect such devices with malware. > > I don't want to be a party pooper for those who wish to jailbreak their Apple devices, but it's essential that Apple closes this vulnerability as quickly as possible.. before it is abused with malicious intent. > > Interestingly, "Comex", the creator of the JailBreakMe website seems to recognise that hackers might copy the exploit to use in the form of an iPad or iPhone virus. However, he attempt to deflect any responsibility in his FAQ: > > "I did not create the vulnerabilities, only discover them. Releasing an exploit demonstrates the flaw, making it easier for others to use it for malice, but they have long been present and exploitable. Although releasing a jailbreak is certainly not the usual way to report a vulnerability, it still has the effect of making iOS more secure in the long run." > > All eyes now turn to Apple to see how quickly it can secure its users from what could be a vector for iPhone/iPad malware infection. Leaving a security hole like this open is simply inviting malicious hackers to exploit it. > > Follow @gcluley > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Click here:http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-to-freedom-the-music/id367498823 The mob coincided with a used instrument donation drive for http://www.re-sound.org Some of the instruments used in the video shipped to South Africa the next day. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110707/cacd4c0e/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Thu Jul 7 06:31:10 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:31:10 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Facebook video chat - what could possibly go wrong? ( some "some straight-talking advice " from Sophos Labs on Microsoft and Facebook teaming up ) Message-ID: <673116FF-35E5-4BEF-8DCB-585020BBC53B@davesevick.com> From Sophos Labs: Facebook video chat - what could possibly go wrong? Facebook has just announced its video chat service, though it's officially named Video Calling. Presumably that gives it a bit more cachet than a mere "chat" service. It's powered by Skype, which is probably an excellent thing. You have probably already decided whether you trust Skype and its technology, so you're not sailing entirely into the unknown on that score. And Skype is now owned by Microsoft, a company you've probably also already decided whether you trust or not. (If you are reading this on a Windows computer, an accurate first approximation is that you do.) Microsoft, despite being the archetype of closed-source software vendors, has consistently improved its attitude to security over the past 20 years, when it first wandered into the security field with a badge-engineered version of Central Point Anti-Virus. Microsoft owns Skype. Skype and Facebook have joined forces. Microsoft is much bigger - and used to being much bigger - than Facebook. Microsoft has many more developers than Facebook. Many more of those many more developers are involved with security. And Microsoft is not as much fun as Facebook. Fun is good, but like many things, too much fun often gets in the way of security. Perhaps, then, Facebook + Microsoft-by-way-of-Skype will cause some of Redmond's recognition of the long-term value of security to rub off on the social networking giant. In the meantime, don't let your guard down just because you're video calling directly from Facebook, where you're used to having fun. In particular, review who your friends are. And watch out for calls from hijacked accounts, or from borderline "friends", just as you ought to do via any other messaging service, including email. Scammers must be licking their lips at a low-cost way of getting literally in your face. Old scams have a way of seeming new and unexpected when they migrate to a new medium. In particular, watch out for Stranded in [Foreign Location] scams. Voices can be hard to recognise reliably on poor-quality links, and video may be unrecognisable. You probably know the deal: a friend contacts you from an overseas trip. They've lost everything - credit cards, passport, cash, hotel key! They need $1000 wired via cash transfer as soon as possible so they can afford to get to their feet. Help! Check via an alternative channel if your friend really is in trouble. Give them a phone call. Ask a mutual friend. Is the friend-in-trouble even in [Foreign Location]? And watch out for Fake Support Call scams. Again, you can imagine the story. The caller is "from Facebook," or "with Skype". They're calling from the hacked account of a friend - unusual, of course, but this is an emergency! - to advise all the friends of that friend that they, too, may be compromised. Could you quickly check for an error in the Event Viewer? Oh, no! Not the dreaded "Service Failed To Start" error! What good fortune! The caller just happens to be able to help you. Just $300 and the trouble will go away. (That bit is true. $300 and they'll stop haranguing you. For the time being.) Hang up. You didn't ask for help, so even if you you need help now, consult a real-world friend you know and trust. Ask them to guide you. Here's some straight-talking advice on this issue: (Duration 6:15 minutes, size 4.5MBytes) There's no reason why you can't have loads of fun with this new Facebook + Microsoft-by-way-of-Skype venture. Just don't let the novelty of it lead you astray. Follow @duckblog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Looked like the kind of guy who thinks the fourth is just another excuse to sit around getting drunk and he was mad that the band was delaying his beer purchase. ?We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing.??Oliver Wendell Holmes On Jul 7, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > http://youtu.be/X5lbNXNn3CI?hd=1 > > Uploaded by spiritofamericaband on Jul 2, 2011 > 5pm on July 1st, 2011 in Orleans, Cape Cod, MA, shoppers stocking up for the 4th of July got a surprise shot of patriotism to start their weekend! This flash mob was organized by http://www.SpiritofAmericaband.org to wish everyone a happy 4th of July! > > More patriotic music is available from Spirit of America on Itunes. Click here:http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-to-freedom-the-music/id367498823 > > The mob coincided with a used instrument donation drive for http://www.re-sound.org Some of the instruments used in the video shipped to South Africa the next day. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20110707/e615f6ed/attachment-0001.htm From dave at davesevick.com Thu Jul 7 23:24:31 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 01:24:31 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY WIKI FOR MAC OS X LION Message-ID: <73B2305E-D2E3-48BA-AB7C-3DED331D47CE@davesevick.com> ?. Called "Roaring Apps" by the good folks at wikidot.com http://roaringapps.com/apps:table Just mouse-over the app and get a useful popup describing compatibility and comments from others (see attached PDF). This site was mentioned in the article posted a few days ago from ComputerWorld ?. and is worth repeating. FYI Backing up your data for this major update to 10.7 from Apple is a must. We recommend SuperDuper from Shirt-Pocket and it is stated to be Lion Compatible in version 2.6.3 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110708/ac3d0096/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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With Rich Fitzgibbon working the point, the group has devoted many hours trying to transplant parts among G4 iMacs with little success. We've finally decided that spending hours trying to do drastic transplants in a Mac not friendly to servicing is simply a poor allocation of our resources. We have a least a dozen more on the shelf, and those will face the music in coming weeks. We did not refurbish any Macs today, although Marty Swartz was busy attacking a pile of G3 iBooks which may yield working versions in the near future. Our all-time total of refurbished Macs remains at 2,999. Again, no USB keyboards or mice today. For those of you who plan to upgrade to OS X.7 Lion in the coming months, please remember us when you try to figure out what to so with your old Mac OS X install disks. We'd dearly love to have Leopard disks for both PowerPC and Intel. We'll have another workday next Friday, July 15. We hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From radonaldson at mac.com Sun Jul 10 18:35:27 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:35:27 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Why doesn't my iPhone 4 like my AirPort Extreme G? Message-ID: <45947259-D7B7-47ED-94C4-B6AC7C7A3CE0@mac.com> I've been sitting here with my Mac, a first-generation iPod Touch, and my company's Verizon iPhone 4 watching email coming in, or in the case of the iPhone 4, NOT coming in. The old Touch and my Mac are neck-and-neck receiving email, but the Verizon iPhone 4 just sits there. The iPhone will not receive mail unless I turn off WiFi, disconnecting it from my home AirPort Extreme G, forcing it to go to 3G. Two other Verizon iPhone 4s in the house experience similar issues. We've got into the habit of unplugging the AirPort Extreme G a couple of times a day to attempt to alleviate the problem. Given the way Apple's been killing us trailing-edge technology fans, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a subtle way of forcing an upgrade to the current AirPort Extreme dual band.... Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From sevick at computereach.com Mon Jul 11 06:48:50 2011 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:48:50 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple webcam spyware artist investigated by Secret Service Message-ID: From Sophos Labs: Apple webcam spyware artist investigated by Secret Service The US Secret Service has confiscated computer equipment from a Brooklyn artist who installed unauthorised software on computers at two New York Apple stores. 25-year-old Kyle McDonald installed software onto MacBooks and iMacs, that automatically took photographs every minute of Apple customers as they started at the computers they used in the Apple stores. These surreptitiously-taken photographs were then posted on a Tumblr blog and made into a video. McDonald says that he asked permission from staff to take pictures inside the store, but it's unclear whether he had permission to install onto the computers what sounds suspiciously like spyware. And there are obvious privacy questions that might be raised too. McDonald did what everyone does when the Secret Service comes knocking on your day these days. He posted a message on Twitter: Follow @kcimc at kcimc Kyle McDonald @secretservice just stopped by to investigate peoplestaringatcomputers.tumblr.com and took my laptop. please assume they're reading any emails you send me. July 7, 2011 2:04 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite In the raid, McDonald's two computers and flash drives were confiscated. McDonald, who has not been arrested, says that the warrant he was served with claims that he violated 18 US Code section 1030 (which deals with unauthorised access to computers), and that he has asked the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) for assistance. Of course, there is no suggestion that the software that McDonald installed was anything like as serious as the spyware more commonly encountered on computers that logs keypresses, steals passwords and so forth. But you can well imagine that members of the public wouldn't be too chuffed to find that they are featuring in an artwork. And if the computers in Apple's stores were able to have McDonald's software installed upon them it would surely be just as easy to install something more malicious. Perhaps that's something to bear in mind next time you are in an Apple store and think you'll use the public computers to access your email or Facebook account. 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Best, - Marty Swartz, Maker of Things and Fixer of Macs (and iPods also) On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:43 AM, wrote: > My iPod touch slipped off my lap when I took it out of its case in order to use it. ?It landed glass side down and shattered. ?I am seeking for recommendations for where to go for repair. > > CuZinBruce > web.mac.com/cuzinbrucie > cuzinbrucie at mac.com > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -- "What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it." Johann von Goethe From btozier at northallegheny.org Wed Jul 13 07:45:33 2011 From: btozier at northallegheny.org (Tozier, Bob) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:45:33 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iPod touch fix In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Bruce - How have you been?, Marty will do a great job! I dropped my iPhone on a cinder block in my garage and have also used: iFixiPods at mac.com Thank You, Robert Tozier Music Department Chairman for the North Allegheny School District Pennsylvania Keystone Technology Integrator Office: 724.934.7230 Cell:724.312.5313 http://www.northallegheny.org On 7/13/11 9:32 AM, "Marty Swartz" wrote: > Bruce: > > You can do it yourself! Instructions and parts are available at > iFixIt.com. If you don't want to go that route, drop me a line and > I'll have a go. > > Best, > - Marty Swartz, Maker of Things and Fixer of Macs (and iPods also) > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:43 AM, wrote: >> My iPod touch slipped off my lap when I took it out of its case in order to >> use it. ?It landed glass side down and shattered. ?I am seeking for >> recommendations for where to go for repair. >> >> CuZinBruce >> web.mac.com/cuzinbrucie >> cuzinbrucie at mac.com >> _______________________________________________ >> NPMUG mailing list >> NPMUG at davesevick.com >> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From dave at davesevick.com Wed Jul 13 18:42:27 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:42:27 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Fwd: Lion Compatibility for QuickBooks for Mac References: Message-ID: Sent from my Verizon iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Intuit" > Date: July 13, 2011 8:17:51 PM EDT > To: dave at davesevick.com > Subject: Lion Compatibility for QuickBooks for Mac > Reply-To: "Intuit" > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear DAVE, > > Like a lot of Mac users, everyone here on the QuickBooks for Mac team is excited about the upcoming release of Mac OS 10.7 ?Lion.? You may be wondering how Lion will affect you as a QuickBooks for Mac user. > > At this time, no version of QuickBooks for Mac is supported on Lion. We are working hard testing QuickBooks 2011 for Mac with Lion and will keep you posted on compatibility. > > QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier > Although QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions may run on Mac OS X 10.7, some features may not run correctly. These versions of QuickBooks were designed and built to run on the Mac OS version that was available at that time, not Mac OS X 10.7. (We?re sorry. Our accountants made us do it.) You can read more here: http://bit.ly/qyca5F > > So what should you do? > Just keep using QuickBooks with your current, supported Mac OS X version. This will help ensure your financial data remains safe and you can continue working without disruption. The last thing we want is for QuickBooks not to work properly when you need it to. If you must upgrade to Lion, you can set up a separate Snow Leopard partition on your Mac to continue running QuickBooks. You can learn more about setting up a partition at this article by Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722 > > We really appreciate your business. Stay tuned for more information about QuickBooks 2011 for Mac compatibility. > > You can also receive updates by following us on Twitter or Facebook. We?re also posting updates to Little Square, the online magazine for QuickBooks for Mac, at bit.ly/o4JgUb > > Sincerely, > > The QuickBooks for Mac Team > > If you receive an e-mail message that appears to come from Intuit but that you suspect is a phishing e-mail, please forward it immediately to spoof at intuit.com. Please visit http://security.intuit.com/ for additional security information. > > ? 2011 Intuit Inc. All rights reserved. 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QE will work with Lion. http://quicken.intuit.com/support/articles/getting-started/upgrading-and-conversion/8207.html Kim On Jul 13, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Dave Sevick wrote: > > > Sent from my Verizon iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Intuit" >> Date: July 13, 2011 8:17:51 PM EDT >> To: dave at davesevick.com >> Subject: Lion Compatibility for QuickBooks for Mac >> Reply-To: "Intuit" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dear DAVE, >> >> Like a lot of Mac users, everyone here on the QuickBooks for Mac team is excited about the upcoming release of Mac OS 10.7 ?Lion.? You may be wondering how Lion will affect you as a QuickBooks for Mac user. >> >> At this time, no version of QuickBooks for Mac is supported on Lion. We are working hard testing QuickBooks 2011 for Mac with Lion and will keep you posted on compatibility. >> >> QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier >> Although QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions may run on Mac OS X 10.7, some features may not run correctly. These versions of QuickBooks were designed and built to run on the Mac OS version that was available at that time, not Mac OS X 10.7. (We?re sorry. Our accountants made us do it.) You can read more here: http://bit.ly/qyca5F >> >> So what should you do? >> Just keep using QuickBooks with your current, supported Mac OS X version. This will help ensure your financial data remains safe and you can continue working without disruption. The last thing we want is for QuickBooks not to work properly when you need it to. If you must upgrade to Lion, you can set up a separate Snow Leopard partition on your Mac to continue running QuickBooks. You can learn more about setting up a partition at this article by Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722 >> >> We really appreciate your business. Stay tuned for more information about QuickBooks 2011 for Mac compatibility. >> >> You can also receive updates by following us on Twitter or Facebook. We?re also posting updates to Little Square, the online magazine for QuickBooks for Mac, at bit.ly/o4JgUb >> >> Sincerely, >> >> The QuickBooks for Mac Team >> >> If you receive an e-mail message that appears to come from Intuit but that you suspect is a phishing e-mail, please forward it immediately to spoof at intuit.com. Please visit http://security.intuit.com/ for additional security information. >> >> ? 2011 Intuit Inc. All rights reserved. QuickBooks, the QuickBooks logo and the Intuit logo, among others logos are registered trademarks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners, should be treated as such, and may be registered in various jurisdictions. >> >> Intuit, Inc., Customer Communications 2800 E. Commerce Center Place, Tucson, AZ 85706. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Click to view this email in a browser >> >> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe >> Intuit >> 2632 Marine Way >> Mountain View, 94043 >> US >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/20110714/405836cf/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Thu Jul 14 08:17:11 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:17:11 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] If you run FileMaker on a Mac... and are updating to Lion 10.7 Message-ID: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is arriving soon! What does this mean for you and your FileMaker systems? Our recommendation is to hold off on upgrading to Lion until FileMaker has released necessary updates for FileMaker 11. As tempting as the shiny and new Lion features may be, if you rely on FileMaker for critical business systems, patience is a virtue. Right now, no version of FileMaker Pro or Server is supported with Mac OS X Lion, although it is a safe assumption that FileMaker 11 will be. In a Knowledge Base article, FileMaker has stated: "We are committed to be compatible with the latest Apple operating systems and the shipping versions of FileMaker products will be updated to support OS X Lion and iOS 5." (http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9632/) In past major OS releases, FileMaker updates have nearly always been required to resolve issues - often merely annoying, although sometimes serious. We should expect a similar patch will be necessary with FileMaker 11 and Lion. If you are using an earlier version of FileMaker, upgrading to FileMaker 11 may be necessary to work with Lion. We can say with certainty that FileMaker 8 and earlier definitely will not work OS X 10.7. As older PowerPC applications, they require the Rosetta translation layer to be compatible with Intel-based Macs, and Lion will no longer support Rosetta. Upgrading from FileMaker 7 or 8 to FileMaker 11 is fairly painless. If you're using FileMaker 6 or earlier, it's finally time to upgrade to the modern FileMaker platform. Converting files from these earlier versions may be more difficult for complex solutions (though often not as difficult as it was made out to be). Please feel free to contact The Support Group for assistance with any upgrades at (866) 940-8400 x225, or via our website at http://www.supportgroup.com/contact. This email was sent by: The Support Group, Inc. 24 Prime Park Way Natick, MA, 01760, United States www.supportgroup.com From Barbara.Mitchell28 at verizon.net Thu Jul 14 08:52:19 2011 From: Barbara.Mitchell28 at verizon.net (Barbara Mitchell) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:52:19 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] My question Message-ID: <71C8E8F0-A389-43BC-B7A2-0796453BFEEA@verizon.net> Suppose one gets Lion and suppose one gets the latest app of whatever we need...do U have to copy, open and save your files in the new software before you install Lion or will the software be able to open the old files after you are on Lion? --looking @ Office for Mac 2004 which Pages opens now but I haven't transferred all of those files yet to Pages. Sent from my iPod From charles at firthconsulting.com Thu Jul 14 11:53:43 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:53:43 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] My question In-Reply-To: <71C8E8F0-A389-43BC-B7A2-0796453BFEEA@verizon.net> References: <71C8E8F0-A389-43BC-B7A2-0796453BFEEA@verizon.net> Message-ID: It depends on the application - older Office 2004 files can be copied over and opened in Pages on Lion (you don't have to convert them first) - the same is going to be true for most apps, but I can't say for sure it'll be true for all your apps. With Lion, the recommendation is going to be a clean install - so installing the newer applications before you install Lion isn't going to help, unless you want to get a jump-start on converting older documents. Once Lion is released and the NDA expires, I'll hand out more info on some of the recommended settings and adjustments you can do post-install. ;) On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Barbara Mitchell wrote: > Suppose one gets Lion and suppose one gets the latest app of whatever we need...do U have to copy, open and save your files in the new software before you install Lion or will the software be able to open the old files after you are on Lion? --looking @ Office for Mac 2004 which Pages opens now but I haven't transferred all of those files yet to Pages. > > Sent from my iPod > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From dave at davesevick.com Fri Jul 15 14:28:48 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:28:48 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] QuickBooks 2011 for Mac is now compatible with Lion Message-ID: <9C456E2C-3E2F-4B4A-A29C-559FCC8E6C87@davesevick.com> Dear DAVE, Good news! QuickBooks 2011 for Mac is now compatible with Lion with the R10 update we released this morning. If you already have QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, just install the R10 update when prompted. (Or go to the QuickBooks menu and choose ?Check for Updates? to get the latest.) QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier As we announced previously, QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions are not officially supported on Lion. (You can read more about this at http://bit.ly/qyca5F.) Although QuickBooks 2010 for Mac and earlier versions may run on Mac OS X 10.7, some features may not run correctly. (You can see the known issues at http://bit.ly/o4JgUb) If the features of Lion aren't a big deal for you and you don't want to upgrade your version of QuickBooks, then just stay with the version of Mac OS and QuickBooks you currently use. We can continue to help you with any problems you may run into. If you must upgrade to Lion and don?t want to upgrade QuickBooks, you can continue running QuickBooks for Mac on a partition. You can learn more about setting up a partition at this article by Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722 If you want to run QuickBooks for Mac on Lion, you should upgrade to QuickBooks 2011 for Mac. That way if you do run into any problems, we can help you. You can find QuickBooks 2011 for Mac on our website at http://quickbooks.com/mac and at most major retailers. We really appreciate your business and wish you happy accounting whether you choose to upgrade to Lion or stay with your current version of Mac OS X. And remember, we?re on Twitter or Facebook if you want to swing by. Sincerely, The QuickBooks for Mac Team 2632 Marine Way Mountain View, 94043 US -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It may not be necessary, but it's certainly can't hurt... :-) The iBook was one of eight Macs we refurbished today, making our all-time total 3,007. We de-manufactured five others. Today's surprise was a G4 iMac which has been sitting on the shelf with a couple dozen others awaiting to yield parts. As we've given up a G4 iMac transplants, we've been taking them down and de-manufacturing them. Just in case, we've been plugging them in to give them one last chance. This afternoon, Charlie plucked one with a prominent "No power" label which, judging by the dust, has been sitting for over a year on the top shelf. It booted immediately after he plugged it in. Charlie will image it next week. We didn't have any donation deliveries again today, so no USB keyboards or mice. It would appear we'll be doing more de-manufacturing than refurbishing next week at this point... For those of you who plan to upgrade to OS X.7 Lion in the coming months, please remember us when you try to figure out what to so with your old Mac OS X install disks. We'd dearly love to have Leopard disks for both PowerPC and Intel. Ditto for Tiger CDs or DVDs. We'll have another workday next Friday, July 22. We hope to see you there! Goodwill has opened a new ComputerWorks store at their new campus on 51st St. in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. They have much more room than their previous computer retail operations. It's in the rear of the Goodwill retail store in a building with Klingensmith Health Care and a police uniform shop. If you cross the railroad tracks, you've gone too far. Goodwill will maintain the current location of the ComputerWorks store in the rear of their retail store at 2700 East Carson St. on Pittsburgh's South Side. Two computer stores, two locations. And we have a bunch of Macs ready to move in... Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Fri Jul 15 21:27:49 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:27:49 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple releases iOS 4.3.4/4.2.9 to fix JailBreakMe.com flaw Message-ID: From Sophos Labs: Apple releases iOS 4.3.4/4.2.9 to fix JailBreakMe.com flaw After a little more than a week after disclosure, Apple has patched three flaws in iOS for iPod Touch, iPad, iPad2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the Verizon iPhone. You may recall the return of the website JailBreakMe.com 10 days ago which exploited these vulnerabilities to provide an easy method of jailbreaking your iDevice. The updated version for all but the Verizon iPhone is version 4.3.4, while Verizon customers can update to 4.2.9. To update just open iTunes, check for updates and plug in your phone/MP3 player/tablet. This raises one of my big pet peeves with Apple products.. Why do I have to tether to update? Oh! I see you will have that feature in iOS 5? I guess I will stay vulnerable until I happen to be in the same city as my copy of iTunes... Two of the fixes are for font handling issues in PDFs that allow for remote code execution (RCE). The third fix is in the graphics handling code and can be exploited to allow for elevation of privilege (EoP). It appears the JailBreakMe.com hack used at least two of the three flaws to jailbreak the iDevices. It initially downloaded a PDF to gain the ability to run arbitrary code and then sent down a PNG file that elevated itself to root to perform the jailbreak. If your phone is not jailbroken, I recommend updating as soon as possible. If you have jailbroken your device you will need to decide if you wish to trust the unofficial "patch" on Cydia and stay jailbroken, or if you should join the herd and go with Apple. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Apparently, he was intrigued to discover what it would be like to be inside of a guitar whilst it was being played (as you do), thus decided to pop is iPhone inside his guitar and film himself playing. Using a pencil to get the iPhone 4 perfectly positioned, he proceeded to pluck at the strings while being filmed from an inside to outside perspective. The resulting video, entitled ?Guitar Oscillations Captured with iPhone 4? has already amassed 100,000 views after only 5 days and is quite remarkable, as you can see: Sure, as anyone with a strong grasp on physics could tell you, this doesn?t accurately represent how guitar strings actually oscillate, but you?ll have to agree, it?s pretty easy on the eye and makes for a mesmerizing video. The iPhone 4?s rolling shutter has been seen to capture stunning photos as well as videos, such as this one shot by Jason Mullins on a flight from London to Guernsey: This image is not Photoshopped at all ? those odd black lines that appear are distorted, disconnected copies of the propeller?s blades. This occurs because pretty much all digital cameras, including the iPhone 4, do not take the picture instantaneously when you hit the shutter button; rather they scan over the sensor from the top left to the bottom right in what is known as a rolling shutter capture. This process is incredibly fast, but sometimes not fast enough, such is the case with the propeller blades. When the subject being captured is that fast, it does allow us to create some fantastic, albeit distorted effects with our cameras. Though the iPhone 4 might be no DSLR in any case, but its adoption in casual photographers blows the competition out of the water! (Source TUAW) You can follow us on Twitter or join our Facebook fanpage to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google and Apple. Related Posts How To Use Two SIM Cards Simultaneously On Your iPhone 4 [VIDEO] Apple Acquires iPhone4.com And WhiteiPhone.com, At Last One-Third Of iPhone 4 Users Mistakenly Think They Have A 4G Capable Smartphone iPhone 4 Jailbroken With The Latest JailbreakMe 20,000 Feet Up In The Air [VIDEO] Apple iPhone Turns Four Today [INFOGRAPHIC] http://www.redmondpie.com/iphone-4-captures-guitar-string-oscillations-from-inside-the-guitar-video/ Sent with MobileRSS HD FREE -- "We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110717/afa87f79/attachment.htm From markd at borkware.com Tue Jul 19 08:14:32 2011 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:14:32 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Dave Marra's Projector Message-ID: Hi all, Dave Marra came by awhile ago to wow us with the iPad. He had a cool projector thingie he used to display the ipad on the screen. Anyone remember what that was? Thanks, ++md From dave at davesevick.com Tue Jul 19 08:21:36 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:21:36 -0500 Subject: [NPMUG] Dave Marra's Projector In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <88E9182A-3673-4CDC-9A86-4DF0BB015E7A@davesevick.com> Ipevo P2V .... Sent from my Verizon iPhone On Jul 19, 2011, at 9:20 AM, "Mark Dalrymple" wrote: > Hi all, > > Dave Marra came by awhile ago to wow us with the iPad. He had a cool > projector thingie he used to display the ipad on the screen. Anyone > remember what that was? > > Thanks, > ++md > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > From dmarra at fast.net Tue Jul 19 08:50:53 2011 From: dmarra at fast.net (David M. Marra) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:50:53 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Dave Marra's Projector In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20110719145053.51241080@relay.fast.net> >Dave Marra came by awhile ago to wow us with the iPad. He had a cool >projector thingie he used to display the ipad on the screen. Anyone >remember what that was? Hi all! The document camera I used in the past to demo the original iPad is the IPEVO Point 2 View (P2V) USB Document Camera: Here is a link to the P2V Education Flyer PDF: The retail price for the P2V is only $69. Jeffrey Sung is our main contact person at IPEVO, Inc. Here is his contact info, in case you need additional information on the P2V... > Jeffrey Sung, National Account Manager > jeffreysung at ipevo.com > 408-490-3085 > IPEVO Inc. > 440 N. Wolfe Road > Sunnyvale, CA 94085 > 877-269-4738 Also, if you need to store or transport the P2V, IPEVO offers this great carrying case: One important note -- Please keep in mind that iPad 2 supports full-time video-out mirroring using either the Apple Digital AV Adapter or the Apple VGA Adapter (both sold separately). For more information, please visit: Have fun! -Dave ---------------------------------- * Dave Marra, dave at marrathon.com * * www.marrathon.com! * * dmarra (mac.com) - iChat * * marrathon - Twitter * * 610-390-0830 - iPhone * ---------------------------------- From ronladams7 at gmail.com Tue Jul 19 20:19:47 2011 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:19:47 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] Some older technology.... Message-ID: wait for it to load? http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110719/899011a2/attachment-0001.htm From j.hapach at gmail.com Tue Jul 19 20:23:53 2011 From: j.hapach at gmail.com (John Hapach) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:23:53 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Some older technology.... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Love this thx On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Ron_A wrote: > wait for it to load? > > http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html > ? > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug John Hapach 412.398.5491 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Check the "Roaring Apps" website and the websites of each major productivity app before you proceed with the upgrade. Example, FileMaker is not Lion-ready yet and is critical to my work ... So will wait. 4. Check Apple's website to make sure your Mac has the power to run Lion. 5. Be VERY patient. Releases need several updates before they are reliable. Report your experiences here on the listserve with as much detail as possible to help others. I have seen Lion in action . It is AWESOME !!! Several people have plans to write about their experiences ... So you may want to move forward with caution. Dave Sent from my Verizon iPhone From charles at firthconsulting.com Wed Jul 20 09:10:33 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:10:33 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Installing Lion - Some advice Message-ID: So the day has come. 10.7 is officially launched. I have a bit of advice I'd like to share with everyone: Clean Install is better then Upgrade Install. What does this mean? It means wiping your disk clean and doing a fresh install of Lion, rather then going the 'easy' route of just installing Lion on your computer the way Apple encourages you to do so. Now, I'm not saying an inplace install won't work - it might (heck, it probably will) but in my testing I found a lot of times, it didn't - it would install, then crash, or weird behavior would occur, or things would break, etc. In one case of upgrading to Lion, I lost the ability to drag and drop! But every clean install I've done has been rock solid. So a clean install is recommended. I'm not going to go into super detail here, but the basic steps to do a clean install are: 1) MAKE A FULL BACKUP - preferably a disk clone with SuperDuper, CCC, or Disk Utility. This is NOT a skipable step, since we're going to WIPE OUT everything on your disk. 2) Download Lion from the App Store - it'll place a new item in your Applications folder called "Install Mac OSX Lion". Don't run this. 3) Grab a DVD-R or (preferred) a USB flash drive at least 4GB in size. The USB drive will be a faster install, but if your Mac can't boot from USB (unlikely, if it's that old, Lion is probably a bad idea to begin with) 4) Create a bootable Lion install disk. This is pretty easy. You want to use Disk Utility to either "restore" the USB drive or "burn" the DVD using the Lion bootable disk image as your source. The Lion bootable disk image is located inside the Lion installer - right-click (or Ctrl-Click) on the "Install Mac OSX Lion" application and "Show package contents". Browse to Contents -> SharedSupport. You'll see a disk image called "InstallESD.dmg" - make this your Source for a disk clone, or burn this image file to DVD (NOTE: don't copy it to a blank disk as a file, you actually have to use Disk Utility to "Burn" the image. You now have a bootable Lion installer. Horray!! 5) Boot from this disk. First you'll want to use the Utilities to launch Disk Utility and ERASE your local hard drive. This will DESTROY your data. 6) Once the disk is nice and clean, install Lion 7a) Once it's installed, you can attempt to use the Migration Assistant to restore all your software and data to the new machine. This is usually successful, and is a lot easier then doing a manual migration. But I've also had it cause some problems, so if you're feeling brave... -or- 7b) Do a manual migration. Go through the setup/launch in Lion, then reinstall your software (reinstall from original media/download wherever possible) and copy back over your data from your backup - you can mass-copy over your Documents, Music, Movies, Pictures, and Desktop folders. But to recover your mail, calendars, preferences, and other "Library" stuff you'll need to do it piecemeal by going through the Library folder on the backup and only restoring the exact stuff you want (Mail, Mail Downloads, Safari bookmarks, Address book, Calendars, etc) - some working knowledge of what data is where, and what is safe to move or not safe to move is recommended. 8) Play with the new features, and see my post-install tips to fix some annoyances you might encounter. As always, if you are stuck and willing to hire some expert help, feel free to contact your local Apple support folks. :) Have fun out there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110720/f221eabe/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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With 10.7, the two-finger scrolling on your laptop's trackpad is now reversed - that is, the content now goes the same direction as your fingers, the way it does on an iPad or iPhone. This is opposite from the way it went in 10.6 and earlier. To revert to the old method, go to System Preferences -> Trackpad and uncheck 'natural' scrolling. 2) Where's my Library folder! With Lion, the Library folder is now hidden - it's still there, and you'll need to get into it if you want to manually migrate data, clean stuff up, delete preferences, and any of the other myriad things we do in the Library folder. So let's unhide it. Open Terminal and run the following command: sudo chflags nohidden ~/Library (You'll be prompted for your password) You can use the same command to hide/unhide other folders as well :) 3) Restore windows when quitting and Reopening apps - Now, with Lion, every time you close a program and reopen it, it'll automatically reopen whatever was open when you quit the program. This drives me nuts, since I often quit an app as an easy way to close all the windows. If you want to turn this feature off, it's in System Preferences -> General. 4) Versions ! Versions is a new document versioning/saving system, and is most noticable in TextEdit, but I expect a bunch of other apps to follow suit. You can read up on it on Apple's site, but one "huh" thing to know: use "Duplicate" for "Save As". You see, hitting Command-S ("Save") now saves a version of the document. But there's no "Save As.." any more - instead you "Duplicate" the current version of the document into a new document, then "Save" that new document with a fresh name/location. It makes sense once you understand Versions, and is a recommended step if you want to share a document (ie: email it) and don't want to also share all the previous versions/edits/revisions of the document. 5) Finder windows no longer show you how many items are in the folder! In older version of OSX, the bottom of the Finder window had a Status bar that showed number of items and how much free space you had on the disk. I used this constantly, so to restore the Status bar at the bottom, go to Finder's View menu and select "Show Status Bar" 6) Apple Remote Desktop Admin cannot launch! This is an familiar problem, and crops up with each new version of OSX - if you don't use ARD, don't worry about it. But if you do, read on. Also, I expect Apple to release an update to ARD pretty soon to make this whole thing unneeded. But until then, here's how to fix it. ARD has two parts - the admin application "Remote Desktop" and the client portion. The client is built into OSX and is called ARDAgent.app. The version numbers of the admin app and the agent needs to be identical for the admin app to work. Right now the admin app is version 3.4, which matches the ARDAgent.app version in OSX 10.6.8. Lion has an ARDAgent.app version of 3.5. So the fix is to copy over a 3.4 version of ARDAgent.app to your Lion install. Step one is to backup the new version - I simply rename the folder it's located in: sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement107 Then connect to a 10.6.8 machine and copy over the same folder to your Lion install, either via Finder or the command prompt. For example, say you mounted your backup disk of 10.6 as "106backup" you would run: sudo cp -R /Volumes/106backup/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement Then relaunch ARDAgent - either by stopping/starting Remote Management in System Preferences-> Sharing, via the kickstart CLI, or rebooting your machine. It's also possible that permissions on /Library/Preferences will cause ARD to not save the serial number - so if you keep having to enter the serial number, you may need to give yourself rights to this folder. 7) 32bit kernel extensions! Some system-modifiying applications are going to stop working, if they're 32bit. This actually cropped up with newer machines last year, when Apple went from shipping them as defaulting to a 32bit kernel to a 64bit kernel. But if your machine is over 6 months old, you probably currently run a 32bit kernel (even with 10.6.8). So older apps that contain system kernel extensions that are 32bit will not function. I had one such program - the older Cisco IPSec VPN client. Fortunately, you can use OSX's built-in VPN software to replace the older Cisco client (the newer Cisco AnyConnect client works fine in 10.7, so no problems there. And VPN Tracker works fine too) To migrate your Cisco IPSec client settings to OSX, use the following guide: http://geekyninja.com/archives/how-to-connect-to-a-cisco-vpn-using-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/ That's all the core stuff I've made changes to - I'm playing with the "lockfiles" caused by Versions and Save State to see if they can be adjusted, and I'm generally goofing around with some other system changes, but in general I'm just using Lion as-is, and loving it. In particular the new Mail is excellent, and I like the new system-level dictionary and spell check. And the new Spotlight previewing.. and Safari's new Downloads button/menu, and the new window animations.. and and and.. If I come up with anything else, I'll let you all know. So enjoy :) -Charles Reporting from the line between the cutting edge and the bleeding edge ;) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, ++md From charles at firthconsulting.com Wed Jul 20 10:23:54 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:23:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Oh yeah.. new Mac mini and Macbook Air Message-ID: <2A56AC6C-5340-4FB7-B1F2-71A12E250A96@firthconsulting.com> Don't forget the new hardware with your Lion :) http://www.apple.com/macmini/ http://www.apple.com/macbookair/ From charles at firthconsulting.com Wed Jul 20 15:41:23 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:41:23 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] ARD 3.5 update and iTunes 10.4 References: Message-ID: <3E619662-6FE9-4FF8-9107-9656153E68E3@firthconsulting.com> Well.. that was fast :) Please ignore my steps below to fix Apple Remote Desktop under Lion - Apple just released an update to fix the problem by taking ARD to 3.5. There's also an update to iTunes which *finally* makes it 64bit. Begin forwarded message: > From: Charles Firth > Subject: Post-Install Lion tips! > Date: July 20, 2011 11:13:20 AM EDT > To: Pittsburgh Apple Users Group > Bcc: Jim Schwartzmeier , Callahan , Larry Kozlowski > > Welcome to Lion! > > There are several things in 10.7 you should be aware have changed, and it's possible you'd like to undo these changes and have the OS behave a bit closer to the way it was in 10.6. This is a list of changes I've made, which have been very helpful for me. I'm just sharing them in case you also need to revert back to more familiar settings, or have similar problems with certain apps. > > 1) Trackpad scrolling is reversed! > With 10.7, the two-finger scrolling on your laptop's trackpad is now reversed - that is, the content now goes the same direction as your fingers, the way it does on an iPad or iPhone. This is opposite from the way it went in 10.6 and earlier. To revert to the old method, go to System Preferences -> Trackpad and uncheck 'natural' scrolling. > > > 2) Where's my Library folder! > With Lion, the Library folder is now hidden - it's still there, and you'll need to get into it if you want to manually migrate data, clean stuff up, delete preferences, and any of the other myriad things we do in the Library folder. So let's unhide it. Open Terminal and run the following command: > sudo chflags nohidden ~/Library > (You'll be prompted for your password) > > You can use the same command to hide/unhide other folders as well :) > > 3) Restore windows when quitting and Reopening apps - > Now, with Lion, every time you close a program and reopen it, it'll automatically reopen whatever was open when you quit the program. This drives me nuts, since I often quit an app as an easy way to close all the windows. If you want to turn this feature off, it's in System Preferences -> General. > > 4) Versions ! > Versions is a new document versioning/saving system, and is most noticable in TextEdit, but I expect a bunch of other apps to follow suit. You can read up on it on Apple's site, but one "huh" thing to know: use "Duplicate" for "Save As". You see, hitting Command-S ("Save") now saves a version of the document. But there's no "Save As.." any more - instead you "Duplicate" the current version of the document into a new document, then "Save" that new document with a fresh name/location. It makes sense once you understand Versions, and is a recommended step if you want to share a document (ie: email it) and don't want to also share all the previous versions/edits/revisions of the document. > > 5) Finder windows no longer show you how many items are in the folder! > In older version of OSX, the bottom of the Finder window had a Status bar that showed number of items and how much free space you had on the disk. I used this constantly, so to restore the Status bar at the bottom, go to Finder's View menu and select "Show Status Bar" > > 6) Apple Remote Desktop Admin cannot launch! > This is an familiar problem, and crops up with each new version of OSX - if you don't use ARD, don't worry about it. But if you do, read on. Also, I expect Apple to release an update to ARD pretty soon to make this whole thing unneeded. But until then, here's how to fix it. > > ARD has two parts - the admin application "Remote Desktop" and the client portion. The client is built into OSX and is called ARDAgent.app. The version numbers of the admin app and the agent needs to be identical for the admin app to work. Right now the admin app is version 3.4, which matches the ARDAgent.app version in OSX 10.6.8. Lion has an ARDAgent.app version of 3.5. > So the fix is to copy over a 3.4 version of ARDAgent.app to your Lion install. > > Step one is to backup the new version - I simply rename the folder it's located in: > sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement107 > > Then connect to a 10.6.8 machine and copy over the same folder to your Lion install, either via Finder or the command prompt. > For example, say you mounted your backup disk of 10.6 as "106backup" you would run: > sudo cp -R /Volumes/106backup/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement > > Then relaunch ARDAgent - either by stopping/starting Remote Management in System Preferences-> Sharing, via the kickstart CLI, or rebooting your machine. > It's also possible that permissions on /Library/Preferences will cause ARD to not save the serial number - so if you keep having to enter the serial number, you may need to give yourself rights to this folder. > > 7) 32bit kernel extensions! > Some system-modifiying applications are going to stop working, if they're 32bit. This actually cropped up with newer machines last year, when Apple went from shipping them as defaulting to a 32bit kernel to a 64bit kernel. But if your machine is over 6 months old, you probably currently run a 32bit kernel (even with 10.6.8). So older apps that contain system kernel extensions that are 32bit will not function. I had one such program - the older Cisco IPSec VPN client. > > Fortunately, you can use OSX's built-in VPN software to replace the older Cisco client (the newer Cisco AnyConnect client works fine in 10.7, so no problems there. And VPN Tracker works fine too) > To migrate your Cisco IPSec client settings to OSX, use the following guide: > http://geekyninja.com/archives/how-to-connect-to-a-cisco-vpn-using-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/ > > > That's all the core stuff I've made changes to - I'm playing with the "lockfiles" caused by Versions and Save State to see if they can be adjusted, and I'm generally goofing around with some other system changes, but in general I'm just using Lion as-is, and loving it. In particular the new Mail is excellent, and I like the new system-level dictionary and spell check. And the new Spotlight previewing.. and Safari's new Downloads button/menu, and the new window animations.. and and and.. > > If I come up with anything else, I'll let you all know. > > So enjoy :) > > -Charles > Reporting from the line between the cutting edge and the bleeding edge ;) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <9D99C8DC-DB07-43A8-A7C2-D39233B77F5D@zoominternet.net> References: <9D99C8DC-DB07-43A8-A7C2-D39233B77F5D@zoominternet.net> Message-ID: <61CF9C7C-945C-4056-853C-3EC677F69853@firthconsulting.com> Step one is to check your Time Machine settings (that's intuitive, right?) - there's a new feature that locks documents if they haven't been used in a while It's a bad feature (IMHO) and I should probably have added it to my list of tips :) Under System Preferences -> Time Machine -> Options there's a check box to auto-lock files after a period of inactivity. This is ostensibly to make sure the file doesn't accidently get "auto-saved" into an unusable state. Once that's unchecked, your files may unlock automatically (not sure, haven't tested it) - if not you can batch unlock files with the following command: cd /Path to folder/ chflags -R nouchg * That will go to the path you selected (ie: ~/Documents) and unlock every file in that folder and all enclosed folders - so don't do it on the root of the drive. If you don't do the "cd" command, then by default the Terminal starts you in your home directory (~, aka /Users/) On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Dr. John K. Smith wrote: > I installed Lion yesterday? all going well except now all my files (pages, keynote, etc) are "locked." > Is there something I can do to "batch unlock" them, or must it be one at a time? > Does Lion have some setting that locks all files? > > John Smith > pastorjohn at zoominternet.net > > ----------------------------------original message---------------------------------- > > > On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Charles Firth wrote: > >> Welcome to Lion! >> >> There are several things in 10.7 you should be aware have changed, and it's possible you'd like to undo these changes and have the OS behave a bit closer to the way it was in 10.6. This is a list of changes I've made, which have been very helpful for me. I'm just sharing them in case you also need to revert back to more familiar settings, or have similar problems with certain apps. >> >> 1) Trackpad scrolling is reversed! >> With 10.7, the two-finger scrolling on your laptop's trackpad is now reversed - that is, the content now goes the same direction as your fingers, the way it does on an iPad or iPhone. This is opposite from the way it went in 10.6 and earlier. To revert to the old method, go to System Preferences -> Trackpad and uncheck 'natural' scrolling. >> >> >> 2) Where's my Library folder! >> With Lion, the Library folder is now hidden - it's still there, and you'll need to get into it if you want to manually migrate data, clean stuff up, delete preferences, and any of the other myriad things we do in the Library folder. So let's unhide it. Open Terminal and run the following command: >> sudo chflags nohidden ~/Library >> (You'll be prompted for your password) >> >> You can use the same command to hide/unhide other folders as well :) >> >> 3) Restore windows when quitting and Reopening apps - >> Now, with Lion, every time you close a program and reopen it, it'll automatically reopen whatever was open when you quit the program. This drives me nuts, since I often quit an app as an easy way to close all the windows. If you want to turn this feature off, it's in System Preferences -> General. >> >> 4) Versions ! >> Versions is a new document versioning/saving system, and is most noticable in TextEdit, but I expect a bunch of other apps to follow suit. You can read up on it on Apple's site, but one "huh" thing to know: use "Duplicate" for "Save As". You see, hitting Command-S ("Save") now saves a version of the document. But there's no "Save As.." any more - instead you "Duplicate" the current version of the document into a new document, then "Save" that new document with a fresh name/location. It makes sense once you understand Versions, and is a recommended step if you want to share a document (ie: email it) and don't want to also share all the previous versions/edits/revisions of the document. >> >> 5) Finder windows no longer show you how many items are in the folder! >> In older version of OSX, the bottom of the Finder window had a Status bar that showed number of items and how much free space you had on the disk. I used this constantly, so to restore the Status bar at the bottom, go to Finder's View menu and select "Show Status Bar" >> >> 6) Apple Remote Desktop Admin cannot launch! >> This is an familiar problem, and crops up with each new version of OSX - if you don't use ARD, don't worry about it. But if you do, read on. Also, I expect Apple to release an update to ARD pretty soon to make this whole thing unneeded. But until then, here's how to fix it. >> >> ARD has two parts - the admin application "Remote Desktop" and the client portion. The client is built into OSX and is called ARDAgent.app. The version numbers of the admin app and the agent needs to be identical for the admin app to work. Right now the admin app is version 3.4, which matches the ARDAgent.app version in OSX 10.6.8. Lion has an ARDAgent.app version of 3.5. >> So the fix is to copy over a 3.4 version of ARDAgent.app to your Lion install. >> >> Step one is to backup the new version - I simply rename the folder it's located in: >> sudo mv /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement107 >> >> Then connect to a 10.6.8 machine and copy over the same folder to your Lion install, either via Finder or the command prompt. >> For example, say you mounted your backup disk of 10.6 as "106backup" you would run: >> sudo cp -R /Volumes/106backup/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement >> >> Then relaunch ARDAgent - either by stopping/starting Remote Management in System Preferences-> Sharing, via the kickstart CLI, or rebooting your machine. >> It's also possible that permissions on /Library/Preferences will cause ARD to not save the serial number - so if you keep having to enter the serial number, you may need to give yourself rights to this folder. >> >> 7) 32bit kernel extensions! >> Some system-modifiying applications are going to stop working, if they're 32bit. This actually cropped up with newer machines last year, when Apple went from shipping them as defaulting to a 32bit kernel to a 64bit kernel. But if your machine is over 6 months old, you probably currently run a 32bit kernel (even with 10.6.8). So older apps that contain system kernel extensions that are 32bit will not function. I had one such program - the older Cisco IPSec VPN client. >> >> Fortunately, you can use OSX's built-in VPN software to replace the older Cisco client (the newer Cisco AnyConnect client works fine in 10.7, so no problems there. And VPN Tracker works fine too) >> To migrate your Cisco IPSec client settings to OSX, use the following guide: >> http://geekyninja.com/archives/how-to-connect-to-a-cisco-vpn-using-mac-os-x-10-6-snow-leopard/ >> >> >> That's all the core stuff I've made changes to - I'm playing with the "lockfiles" caused by Versions and Save State to see if they can be adjusted, and I'm generally goofing around with some other system changes, but in general I'm just using Lion as-is, and loving it. In particular the new Mail is excellent, and I like the new system-level dictionary and spell check. And the new Spotlight previewing.. and Safari's new Downloads button/menu, and the new window animations.. and and and.. >> >> If I come up with anything else, I'll let you all know. >> >> So enjoy :) >> >> -Charles >> Reporting from the line between the cutting edge and the bleeding edge ;) >> _______________________________________________ >> NPMUG mailing list >> NPMUG at davesevick.com >> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > Pastor John Smith > Please visit my blog at: > http://www.tinyurl.com/pastorjohn > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110721/8f59204f/attachment-0001.htm From kim at equiparts.net Fri Jul 22 08:56:51 2011 From: kim at equiparts.net (Equiparts - Kim Coles) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:56:51 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Lion Server Message-ID: Has anyone tried upgrading Snow Leopard Server to Lion Server? File Sharing services for the iPad looks appealing. Thanks for any input. Kim From patrick at cranstoninc.com Fri Jul 22 13:12:59 2011 From: patrick at cranstoninc.com (Patrick Cranston) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:12:59 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Daylite Demo at the Apple RossPark - July 27th Message-ID: <0F671718-E340-42CE-BA75-14CF69851B2A@cranstoninc.com> Hello, CranstonIT will be hosting a demo of Daylite, the business management tool for Mac at the Apple Store Ross Park on Wednesday, July 27th from 8am-10am. Daylite is a business productivity manager designed to help you manage your business and your team. More than just a CRM, Daylite can be used to manage your company?s projects, sales, contacts, tasks, appointments, meetings, notes, and email. Whether you are a 1 man band or a 25 user organization, Daylite helps you get organized and makes you more productive. We will be demoing the key features of Daylite and Daylite Touch, Daylite?s mobile counterpart for iPhone and iPad. To register for this event please visit the Apple Store RossPark website and look for the event under Schedule of Workshops and Events or contact us Click to Register for this event Patrick Cranston Cranston IT, Inc. 888-813-5558 www.CranstonIT.com patrick at cranstonit.com Twitter: @cranstonIT Unlimited Support for your Macs, Network and Data Backup for one low price. http://www.cranstonit.com/home -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110722/4d7a0655/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Jul 22 14:59:46 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:46 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, July 22, 2011 Message-ID: Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens and John Hamill for joining me today for our weekly workday at our Goodwill Computer Recycling Center "annex." Yes, it WAS hot today. We survived by standing immediately next to a fan, on high, of course. We took a delivery of 11 Macs and keyboards from Goodwill this morning, and completely blew through them by the time we left this afternoon. The only ones not clearing the benches were a couple of G5 iMacs with video issues which will need to make a visit to Dr. Swartz's workbench. The keyboards have not been tested yet, but at least three have missing keys. And just four mice came attached to them... We refurbished five Macs today bringing our all-time total to 3,012. We de-manufactured six Macs. For those of you who plan to upgrade to OS X.7 Lion in the coming months, please remember us when you try to figure out what to so with your old Mac OS X install disks. We'd dearly love to have Leopard disks for both PowerPC and Intel. Ditto for Tiger CDs or DVDs. Goodwill has opened a new ComputerWorks store at their new campus on 51st St. in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. They have much more room than their previous computer retail operations. It's in the rear of the Goodwill retail store in a building with Klingensmith Health Care and a police uniform shop. If you cross the railroad tracks, you've gone too far. Goodwill will maintain the current location of the ComputerWorks store in the rear of their retail store at 2700 East Carson St. on Pittsburgh's South Side. With no inventory to speak of, we'll take a week off next week. We'll have another workday on Friday, August 5. We hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Fri Jul 22 18:12:26 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:12:26 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Career Opportunity - Linux Whiz Message-ID: Good Morning - It's been a while since we spoke but I wanted to follow up and see if you or someone that you know may be interested in a career opportunity I have available? Below is a brief description of the position. If you are interested in the position, please let me know and I would be happy to explain all the details to you about this opportunity. I understand this may not be the right position for you so if not, I was hoping you could point me in the right direction. From now till the end of the year, e-Staff Consulting Group, Inc. is offering a $500 referral bonus. Therefore, if you refer someone to me and I place them in a new job opportunity, e-Staff Consulting Group, Inc. will thank you in the form of a check for $500. If you are starting a search for a new job or you just want me to keep an eye out for you, please send me a current version of your resume. I will keep it on file and contact you when jobs come in that I think that you would be interested in. Thanks - Julie Linux Whiz needed for a direct hire job opportunity located in the Blawnox area. - $60-88k is ideal salary range What we are don?t want ? Someone who "calls another guy for a storage issue, or says we have a guy who does that"... We need a Linux whiz who can come in and spend half the time keeping 3-4 boxes up and running (hardening, creating distributions, making sure backups are in order etc) and then the rest of the time applying knowledge of the business and available technology to determine best things to buy vs. build. For example, they are considering setting up Linux desktops for some employees but there are obvious challenges with compatibility with windows applications on the machines. For this application virtualization project, this person will suggest best tools to use and whether to build or buy. Julie McIntyre Account Executive Office: 412.701.9016 Cell: 412.576.3886 Fax: 412.701.9056 Email: julie at estaffconsulting.com e-Staff Consulting Group, Inc. 600 Davidson Road Pittsburgh, PA 15239 www.estaffconsulting.com www.linkedin.com/in/juliemcintyre ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Apple Certified Support Professional Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He points out that, despite all the recent achievements, 40% of the world?s population, or some 2.5 billion people, still lives without proper means of flushing away excrement. But just giving them Western-style toilets isn?t possible because of the world?s limited water resources.? Olson reports, ?Dutch engineer Frank Rijsberman? heads the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene department at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and he is presently working on two projects. With one project, the foundation supports the construction of pit latrines in rural areas and slums without sanitation facilities. With the other, it supports research projects, giving grants to scientists who come up with new ideas for using human excrement.? ?In April, Gates met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff in Berlin,? Olson reports. ?In a press conference he told journalists that they didn?t talk politics, but discussed the idea of the ?ultimate toilet.?? Read more in the full article here. MacDailyNews Take: Don?t laugh, the old thief?s an expert: He?s been churning out shit and getting suckers to pay for it ? and for dealing with it ? for decades. [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "NuBee" for the heads up.] Paul Allen: Working with Bill Gates like being in hell ? April 18, 2011 Microsoft co-founder Allen: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer schemed to rip me off after I got cancer ? March 30, 2011 Still no room for Apple products in Bill Gates? house ? October 25, 2010 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invests in Monsanto ? August 26, 2010 Bill Gates? other company fined millions for intellectual property theft ? July 22, 2010 Bill Gates: ?iPad is not quite there yet? because it has no input? ? June 4, 2010 Bill Gates wants to build nuclear reactors ? March 23, 2010 Bill Gates: ?There?s nothing on iPad I look at and say, ?Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it?? ? 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Now that more information is available it is clearly critical that all users update as soon as possible, unless they only use their device for telephone calls. Moxie Marlinspike posted a message on his blog yesterday announcing an update to a tool called sslsniff. The sslsniff tool has been around for quite some time (nine years!) and allows users to easily perform man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL/TLS connections. The new version of sslsniff knows how to identify vulnerable Apple devices and allows anyone to snoop on secure communications. WHAT? Yes, you read that correctly. The flaws in iOS 4.3.4, 4.2.9 and 5.0b3 and lower are a lot more serious than Apple's description of their fix: "This issue is addressed through improved validation of X.509 certificate chains." Oddly the flaw in iOS was a widespread flaw in WebKit and Microsoft's CryptoAPI nine years ago. It allows any valid certificate purchased from a Certificate Authority to sign any other certificate, which the client device will then consider valid. This allows anyone who can capture traffic from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with man-in-the-middle techniques to intercept and read any and all encrypted SSL traffic silently and without notification to the user. This patch should be applied immediately if you log in to any service on your device, especially things like your bank or PayPal. Users are particularly vulnerable to this attack if they frequently use public/open WiFi. The really bad news? If you are using an iPod Touch generation one or two, or an iPhone older than the 3GS, you will be perpetually vulnerable. Owners of these devices should not use them for any purpose for which security or privacy is required. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tech juggernaut Apple had a whopping $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June, according to its last earnings report. Unlike the U.S. government, which is scrambling to avoid defaulting on its debt, Apple takes in more money than it spends. This symbolic feat -- the world's most highly valued tech company surpassing the fiscal strength of the world's most powerful nation -- is just the latest pinnacle for Apple, which has been on an unprecedented roll. Its Macs, iPhones and iPads remain hot sellers, its stock has surged past $400 a share and Apple just became the world's largest smartphone vendor by volume. There's been a lot of speculation about what Apple might buy with its piles of cash -- Facebook and Sony being two of the more high-profile examples -- but the company doesn't seem to be in any hurry to make a move. "We don't let the cash burn a hole in the pocket or make stupid acquisitions," CEO Jobs said last fall. "We'd like to continue to keep our powder dry because we think there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future." Offering Uncle Sam a short-term loan is probably not one of them. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110729/e1e042c4/attachment.htm From ronladams7 at gmail.com Sun Jul 31 16:50:30 2011 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:50:30 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] Lion and Apple Hardware Compatibility... Message-ID: <2B7A8088-CF38-48B3-8115-16F30E54C5FD@gmail.com> I have a friend with a '11 iMac that, since upgrading to Lion, is experiencing Video lockups when coming out of Disk sleep mode. The condition is repeatable and consistent. He has been in communication with Apple in Austin and states that it appears to be a hardware compatibility problem with Lion?. Apple's hardware. If true, this would seem to be a huge miss. Any experience with this issue? From dave at davesevick.com Sun Jul 31 19:53:04 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:53:04 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] My 2 year anniversary with YouTube - an invaluable public service by Google Message-ID: <7332EC92-4FB2-4356-A1EB-7F8662AEDE66@davesevick.com> On Aug 1, 2009 I pulled my brand new iPhone 3GS out of my pocket to film an impromptu moment on the dance floor of a Greek and Italian wedding at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh: http://youtu.be/w3fPNLGuU1s ( 3,243 views ) On July 31, 2011 ( 2 years later ) I still use YouTube extensively for research at work ?. and for fun. Like today for church we showcased Wendy's "Where's The Beef ?" commercial from 1984 during the church service on the "loaves and fishes miracle". I grabbed this video for our pastor to use: http://youtu.be/Ug75diEyiA0 ( 1,683,628 views as posted by hmnsn1627) And for a friend in a local rhythm and blues band, I recorded a few songs at a Neville Island club one night recently: http://youtu.be/EAu-UEplQ04?hd=1 ========= So THANKS to all the good folks at YouTube ? still as useful as ever ?. and FREE Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110731/e9139cd8/attachment.htm