From dave at davesevick.com Sun May 1 15:06:45 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 17:06:45 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?Jim_Cramer=3A_=91Nothing_wrong_with_Appl?= =?windows-1252?q?e=3B_patience_will_be_rewarded=2E=92_=96_MacDailyNews_-_?= =?windows-1252?q?Welcome_Home?= Message-ID: <8D0CF3AB-BCE2-42DD-944A-321A42146F5D@davesevick.com> http://macdailynews.com/2011/04/29/jim-cramer-nothing-wrong-with-apple-patience-will-be-rewarded/ Jim Cramer: ?Nothing wrong with Apple; patience will be rewarded.? ?With the Nasdaq set to adjust its weighting in the benchmark 100 stocks on May 2, traders have been paying particular attention to Apple, which will be most affected by the move,? Michelle Fox reports for CNBC. ?Mad Money host Jim Cramer said on Friday?s Stop Trading! that he thinks Apple has been ?kept down by this rebalancing and that what is happening is the weight is being lifted,?? Fox reports. ?Cramer added, ?Apple?s cash position is bigger than almost all the companies in the world,? and said he prefers Apple over Microsoft and Research in Motion.? Cramer stated, ?I?m saying that nothing?s wrong with Apple and that patience will be rewarded.? Read more in the full article, which includes video, here. [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Arline M." for the heads up.] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110501/08d8682b/attachment-0001.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Sun May 1 18:01:23 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 20:01:23 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, April 29, 2010 Message-ID: <99B070B2-A9E9-465D-9184-8CF29B2CF6B1@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, Marty Swartz and Terry Golightly for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center "annex" last Friday. You know how something happens which triggers something else? Well, Fitz got a call on his phone, and just missed picking up before the caller hung up. When he went to "missed calls" to call back, he discovered several other missed calls dating back a couple of months. Ordinarily that's no big deal, but one on March 7 was a wrong number. Indeed. "Matthew, this is Lori at the probation office. Call me right away." We sincerely hope Matthew didn't have any outstanding issues Lori needed to discuss. Especially right away. Getting down to business, we were busy as the proverbial beaver. We had a new delivery of Macs from Goodwill, and went right to work. Shortly after lunch we had dealt with all of them. We refurbished nine Macs, and de-manufactured another two. Our all-time total is now 2,967. More importantly, there were lots of keyboards and mice to handle for a change. We spent the afternoon cleaning and testing them, and by 3:00 p.m. we delivered 31 Apple keyboards and mice to the ComputerWorks store three blocks down the street. They'll be pretty handy as they deal with the inventory of higher-end G4 and G5 Macs we've fixed up in the past month. Making this a quick process, Tucker dusted off an old project for a computer science class. He wrote a keyboard tester that runs in Snow Leopard allowing us to pass on our venerable tray-load G3 iMac with the Class program to test keyboards. Just plug a keyboard into a MacBook Pro and press every key. If its good, it turns red on the screen. Or any other color you'd like, if you can wait for Tucker to change the code.... We still have a huge keyboard deficit though; we have more than 50 Macs waiting to go out the door. As usual, our parking is in the Goodwill lot across the street from our 2400 East Carson St. location. If you think you may want to join us some Friday, please send me your car make, color and license number so we can let Goodwill know you will be in the lot. We'll have another workday next Friday, May 6. 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 Sun May 1 21:24:34 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 23:24:34 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] News Alert: Osama bin Laden Is Dead, U.S. Official Says Message-ID: Breaking News Alert The New York Times Sun, May 01, 2011 -- 10:43 PM ET ----- Osama bin Laden Is Dead, U.S. Official Says Osama bin Laden has been killed, a United States official said. President Obama is expected to make an announcement on Sunday night, almost ten years after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na About This E-Mail You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news alerts from NYTimes.com. To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines or other newsletters, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/email NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2011 The New York Times Company From charles at firthconsulting.com Mon May 2 09:58:12 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 11:58:12 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] =?utf-8?q?Jim_Cramer=3A_=E2=80=98Nothing_wrong_with_Apple?= =?utf-8?q?=3B_patience_will_be_rewarded=2E=E2=80=99_=E2=80=93_MacDailyNew?= =?utf-8?q?s_-_Welcome_Home?= In-Reply-To: <8D0CF3AB-BCE2-42DD-944A-321A42146F5D@davesevick.com> References: <8D0CF3AB-BCE2-42DD-944A-321A42146F5D@davesevick.com> Message-ID: <7A6C4B20-3D9F-4E85-8994-08445D7CCE31@firthconsulting.com> I think I speak of a lot of people when I say this is really bad news... Based on previous predictions, Jim Cramer is more likely to be spectacularly wrong then right. :) Charles Firth Firth Consulting 412.427.5903 On May 1, 2011, at 17:06, Dave Sevick wrote: > > http://macdailynews.com/2011/04/29/jim-cramer-nothing-wrong-with-apple-patience-will-be-rewarded/ > > Jim Cramer: ?Nothing wrong with Apple; patience will be rewarded.? > > ?With the Nasdaq set to adjust its weighting in the benchmark 100 stocks on May 2, traders have been paying particular attention to Apple, which will be most affected by the move,? Michelle Fox reports for CNBC. > ?Mad Money host Jim Cramer said on Friday?s Stop Trading! that he thinks Apple has been ?kept down by this rebalancing and that what is happening is the weight is being lifted,?? Fox reports. ?Cramer added, ?Apple?s cash position is bigger than almost all the companies in the world,? and said he prefers Apple over Microsoft and Research in Motion.? > > Cramer stated, ?I?m saying that nothing?s wrong with Apple and that patience will be rewarded.? > > Read more in the full article, which includes video, here. > > [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Arline M." for the heads up.] > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110502/d0ddc403/attachment.htm From bethm at ccop.org Mon May 2 14:31:04 2011 From: bethm at ccop.org (Beth McKee) Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 16:31:04 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Shadyside Apple Store Flooded In-Reply-To: <741580228.3260615.1304367876657.JavaMail.root@vznit170064> References: <741580228.3260615.1304367876657.JavaMail.root@vznit170064> Message-ID: <7A244DF0-5BDB-4572-B853-0557EE874616@ccop.org> Shadyside Apple store told me they were closing Monday and Tuesday to repair from window glass from last break in attempt and to install a gate. Didn't hear about water main break. Sent from Beth's iPhone On May 2, 2011, at 4:20 PM, "joycepgh2 at verizon.net" wrote: > The Channel 2 news just reported that Shadyside's Apple store was closed today because of a water main break and there is no word of how much was damaged or when they will be open for business again. It looked as though the front door and window were either removed by the water pressure or workmen needed to remove the front of the store in order to make repairs. > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From nathanf at mac.com Mon May 2 14:38:40 2011 From: nathanf at mac.com (Nathan W. Fullerton) Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 16:38:40 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Shadyside Apple Store Flooded In-Reply-To: <741580228.3260615.1304367876657.JavaMail.root@vznit170064> References: <741580228.3260615.1304367876657.JavaMail.root@vznit170064> Message-ID: <67574635-09CA-42E7-B0BA-BFA05FEBC53D@mac.com> Oof. I think this would be the third or fourth time this has happened. Sounds like the worst of the bunch, though... - nf On May 2, 2011, at 4:24 PM, joycepgh2 at verizon.net wrote: > The Channel 2 news just reported that Shadyside's Apple store was closed today because of a water main break and there is no word of how much was damaged or when they will be open for business again. It looked as though the front door and window were either removed by the water pressure or workmen needed to remove the front of the store in order to make repairs. > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug Nathan W. 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110502/be4cf200/attachment-0001.htm From ronladams7 at gmail.com Mon May 2 20:06:52 2011 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 20:06:52 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] New Mac Trojan horse masquerades as virus scanner | Antivirus & Security | MacUser | Macworld Message-ID: http://www.macworld.com/article/159595/2011/05/macdefender_trojan_horse.html#lsrc=twt_macworld New Mac Trojan horse masquerades as virus scanner By and large, Mac users have been able to escape the onslaught of malware that their Windows counterparts suffer from. But every once in a while, a piece of nastiness slips into the wild. The latest offender is a Trojan horse by the name of MAC Defender, which purports to be a virus-scanning application. In fact, it does little more than encourage users to give up their credit card information. Identified by security firm Intego, MAC Defender spreads via search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning?that is, it uses commonly searched terms to get prominent placement in search engine results. So, users looking for legitimate protection against viruses on their Macs might be duped into downloading and installing MAC Defender instead. Once installed, the program apparently pretends to detect viruses and opens Web browser windows with pornographic sites, to help sell the charade that the computer is infected. It also configures itself to launch at startup and is difficult to quit as it only appears as a menu bar icon and not in OS X?s Dock. If users try to clean the viruses, they first have to register MAC Defender; clicking on the link to do so via the program?s About screen takes them to an unsecure Website that offers a 1-year, 2-year, or lifetime license to the program for $60, $70, or $80 respectively. Registering halts the virus warnings, thus ?confirming? that the program is working. As nefarious as MAC Defender might be, the level of concern over infection remains low: Users must be tricked into downloading and installing the program, as well as entering their administrator password. For those users who Intego says its VirusBarrier X5 and X6 software will protect users from installing this application inadvertently; its VirusBarrier Plus and VirusBarrier Express products, available in the Mac App Store, will also detect it with the most recent malware definition update, but they won?t prevent the installation. As with the rare Mac malware threats that have arisen in the past, the best defense against a Trojan horse like MAC Defender is education and common sense. There?s no need to panic, as long as you?re taking the usual proper precautions while browsing the Web. 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Please, if you can join us, plan on being here at 8:30 am on Saturday and let us know you are coming by replying to Emily Cadenhead?s email @ Emily_safran at yahoo.com or Amy Lee @ 724-601-7557! We hope you can join us! We are in need of 25 people! Spring is Here J! Amy Lee Firek Hosanna Industries, Inc. 109 Rinard Lane Rochester, PA 15074 Phone: 724-770-0262 Email: amylee at hosannaindustries.org WWW: www.hosannaindustries.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110503/ff58d78b/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Tue May 3 14:22:29 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:22:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill is going to become just a little more visible in Lawrenceville Message-ID: Goodwill is going to become just a little more visible in our new home in Lawrenceville! 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Dave From ronladams7 at gmail.com Thu May 5 01:05:38 2011 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 01:05:38 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] YouTube - Google Chrome: Dear Sophie Message-ID: <793A3637-0CC8-4E0B-8128-26D32545E78A@gmail.com> for all the parents out there?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk&feature=player_embedded ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110505/f99dc8e8/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Fri May 6 07:11:40 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 09:11:40 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Mac fake anti-virus attack adopts new disguise Message-ID: Mac fake anti-virus attack adopts new disguise New versions of the latest malware to hit Mac OS X users has come to light, following the discovery earlier this week of fake anti-virus attacks being spread by SEO poisoning. Fake anti-virus (also known as scareware or rogueware) is commonly seen on Windows computers, of course, but until now has been rarely encountered on the Apple Mac platform. The new variants, seen by SophosLabs, are calling themselves "Mac Security" rather than their previous disguise of pretending to be "MacDefender" (which, incidentally, is the name of a genuine security product for the Mac - adding to the confusion). When I ran the fake anti-virus on a test machine it claimed that a number of innocent files, including Mozilla Firefox, were infected by viruses and told me I would have to register the program in order to cleanup the "infections". It's precisely these kinds of scare tactics which are regularly used by Windows-based fake anti-virus attacks to hoodwink innocent users into handing over their credit card details. Clearly whoever is responsible for this latest spate of attacks believes that there are rich pickings to be made from Mac users too. Sophos detects the latest variants as OSX/FakeAV-DOE, and as we continue to encounter more waves of this attack we will enhance our detection to protect Mac users. If you're not a Sophos customer, but have a Mac at home, you can protect your Mac right now if you download our free anti-virus. It's automatically updated to protect against the latest threats. Free Anti-Virus for Mac Download Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110506/82a31d47/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Sat May 7 12:05:27 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 14:05:27 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, May 6, 2010 Message-ID: Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, Marty Swartz, Noah Covert, his dad, Damon, and a special appearance by Dave Sevick as the delivery guy, for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center "annex" yesterday. We had fewer folks than normal yesterday. Tucker Trainor is doing a programming internship during the school break from his Pitt computer science classes, and awaits imminent fatherhood. John Hamill was stuck at home awaiting the glass repair guy to fix his front door, which some vandals shot out with a BB gun. With limited inventory to work on, we picked over some Macs that had been sitting about that required more attention than most. Fitz spent several lovely hours replacing the optical drive in a G4 Cube, then tried to make one G4 iMac from two terminally sick ones. After getting both of them open and carefully looking at the logic boards and connectors, he determined they were both not salvageable. Parts is parts... Marty re-assembled a G5 iMac after getting new capacitors installed on the logic board (final verdict yet to come), and got a Titanium G4 PowerBook working. Charlie and I did a couple of routine refurbishings, then mostly goofed off. Have you seen the video of the silent monks doing the Hallelujah Chorus? We refurbished six Macs, and de-manufactured another seven. Our all-time total is now 2,973. Nothing came in from Goodwill donations this week, so our keyboard situation remains lower than poor. As usual, our parking is in the Goodwill lot across the street from our 2400 East Carson St. location. If you think you may want to join us some Friday, please send me your car make, color and license number so we can let Goodwill know you will be in the lot. Due to the projected absence of several regulars, and no current inventory to keep our little hands busy, we're declaring next week, May 13, a holiday. We'll resume our weekly workday on Friday, May 20. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From genemyrapa at gmail.com Mon May 9 08:32:22 2011 From: genemyrapa at gmail.com (Gene & Myra Fozard) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:32:22 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Wireless monitor/docking station Message-ID: Samsung's wireless monitor/docking station works with all brands of laptops: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110509/7160fee2/attachment.htm From patrick at cranstoninc.com Mon May 9 08:47:43 2011 From: patrick at cranstoninc.com (Patrick Cranston) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:47:43 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Wireless monitor/docking station In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0405E03E-E40A-4FBD-A296-B1BDC719ABD2@cranstoninc.com> Looks very cool but a couple of caveats. 1) The Mac software drivers aren't out yet. They won't be out until October. 2) Most USB monitor adapters I've looked at do not support OpenGL acceleration (3D hardware acceleration) so applications and features that require OpenGL, Quartz Extreme, Quartz Composer and other framework based on OpenGL probably won't work. Examples of such features are Keynote Presentations, iPhoto Slideshows and iMovie. There is no mention of whether or not it supports OpenGL but my guess would be that it doesn't. That's not to say it's not a good product, just make sure it's going to work how you expect it to. 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 On May 9, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Gene & Myra Fozard wrote: > Samsung's wireless monitor/docking station works with all brands of laptops: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From genemyrapa at gmail.com Mon May 9 08:56:11 2011 From: genemyrapa at gmail.com (Gene & Myra Fozard) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:56:11 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Jobs' Cusses MobileMe Message-ID: Can it really be true? A rant 'gainst an Apple product? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/09/jobs_swear/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110509/48c5807b/attachment.htm From markd at borkware.com Mon May 9 09:05:47 2011 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:05:47 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Jobs' Cusses MobileMe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Steve pulls no punches when he doesn't like something. Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original Macintosh developers, gave a keynote to MacHack a bunch of years ago that was full of Steve stories. It was one of the most profanity laden speeches i've heard, and all of it was Steve quotes :-) MobileMe was a real embarrassment when it first came released. I had heard about this team chewing-out before, but it may have been scuttlebutt in the developer community. Cheers, ++md P.S. Speaking of Andy Hertzfeld, http://folklore.org is an amazing history of the creation of the original 128K Mac. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Gene & Myra Fozard wrote: > Can it really be true? ?A rant 'gainst an Apple product? > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/09/jobs_swear/ > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > From radonaldson at mac.com Mon May 9 19:04:53 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 21:04:53 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Jobs curses MobileMe? That's NOTHING... Message-ID: <81DB6D41-969F-4EE0-B212-12EE8CFFADAC@mac.com> .... compared to the choice words I've had for MobileMe in the past few weeks. You all may recall my recent tale of a day-long mail outage, then the "disappearance" of about 5,000 emails (eventually recovered, thank goodness). My formerly "piece-of-cake" sync among the five Macs I regularly use is now gone with the forced "upgrade" to the new MobileMe calendar. Apple just doesn't want folks using Tiger, so they've orphaned it from the current syncing calendar. Leopard is partially supported, but I fear it soon will be orphaned also after Lion hits the shelves this summer. I inherited a first-generation iPod Touch from my daughter, and struggled to figure out how to get the new calendar to sync with an iOS 2.2 device. Thanks to Rich Fitzgibbon's creative trial-and-error methods, there's a solution (an incredibly counterintuitive one; turn OFF calendar syncing! Huh?). But you have to plug the Touch into a Snow Leopard Mac to get the calendars to sync; it doesn't happen automatically over wireless. Ironically, this is EXACTLY how I had to sync my Palm Pilot. Actually, right now, my current calendar technology isn't too far away from that pocket paper calendar I used to carry. I can no longer enter or change something and have it sync automatically with all my other Apple devices. Now, just in the past week, I'm unable to compose or reply to email using the MobileMe cloud. I use it on my employer's Mac to keep my personal files off a company computer that could be passed to someone else on short notice. When I compose an email, or try to reply, I get an endless "Loading" messing with the well-known spinning staircase. I've been a subscriber to MobileMe (formerly .Mac) since 2003, and I've never had a bit of trouble until these past few weeks. It did what I needed it to do, and from my experience, quite reliably. Now it doesn't. This satisfaction I've experienced led me down the road of ignoring everything else out there that also did what I need to sync information. I've got a lot of catching up to do to see what's out there, as I fear the whole service will soon morph into something that doesn't do ANYTHING I need. I'm waiting to see, but I'm not encouraged... Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From nathanf at mac.com Tue May 10 06:31:17 2011 From: nathanf at mac.com (Nathan W. Fullerton) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:31:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Jobs curses MobileMe? That's NOTHING... In-Reply-To: <81DB6D41-969F-4EE0-B212-12EE8CFFADAC@mac.com> References: <81DB6D41-969F-4EE0-B212-12EE8CFFADAC@mac.com> Message-ID: Robert, On May 9, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Robert A. Donaldson wrote: > .... compared to the choice words I've had for MobileMe in the past few weeks. > ...I'm waiting to see, but I'm not encouraged... Google offers similar syncing (calendar, contacts, mail) services for free (also supported by iOS devices, although I'm not sure what version of the iOS started that support). You could forward your MobileMe mail to a google address until people get used to your new address, so the "switching cost" is minimal. - nf Nathan W. Fullerton Technology Trainer (both group and private lessons) Apple Certified Trainer - Final Cut Pro Apple Certified Pro - Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Color, & Aperture Photoshop Guru, Filmmaker, Editor AvailabilitySchedule: http://www.nathanfullerton.com/Site/Availability_black.html http://www.nathanfullerton.com 412-450-0622 From nathanf at mac.com Tue May 10 06:34:41 2011 From: nathanf at mac.com (Nathan W. Fullerton) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:34:41 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Shadyside Apple Store is open Message-ID: Everyone, I drove by the Shadyside Apple Store yesterday and it is open for business again. And packed, as usual. :-) - nf Nathan W. Fullerton Technology Trainer (both group and private lessons) Apple Certified Trainer - Final Cut Pro Apple Certified Pro - Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Color, & Aperture Photoshop Guru, Filmmaker, Editor AvailabilitySchedule: http://www.nathanfullerton.com/Site/Availability_black.html http://www.nathanfullerton.com 412-450-0622 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110510/481412df/attachment.htm From marty.swartz at gmail.com Tue May 10 07:04:17 2011 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 09:04:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Jobs curses MobileMe? That's NOTHING... In-Reply-To: References: <81DB6D41-969F-4EE0-B212-12EE8CFFADAC@mac.com> Message-ID: Look out, there will be some lightning from Bob on this! Nathan, I'm a long-time Gmail user myself, (a huge fan,) and I've never used MobileMe at all. Do anyof these Google services rely on having continuous access to the network? I know that Gmail has provisions for downloading mail to a local mail client via POP or IMAP, but what about the others? - Marty Swartz On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Nathan W. Fullerton wrote: > Robert, > > On May 9, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Robert A. Donaldson wrote: >> .... compared to the choice words I've had for MobileMe in the past few weeks. >> ...I'm waiting to see, but I'm not encouraged... > > > Google offers similar syncing (calendar, contacts, mail) services for free (also supported by iOS devices, although I'm not sure what version of the iOS started that support). ?You could forward your MobileMe mail to a google address until people get used to your new address, so the "switching cost" is minimal. > > - nf > > > Nathan W. Fullerton > Technology Trainer (both group and private lessons) > Apple Certified Trainer - Final Cut Pro > Apple Certified Pro - ?Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Color, & Aperture > Photoshop Guru, Filmmaker, Editor > AvailabilitySchedule: http://www.nathanfullerton.com/Site/Availability_black.html > http://www.nathanfullerton.com > 412-450-0622 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 dave at davesevick.com Tue May 10 08:05:30 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:05:30 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Microsoft to buy Skype? What would that mean for security? Message-ID: <46FC4C76-9863-4171-9C90-255DE8033EB5@davesevick.com> Microsoft to buy Skype? What would that mean for security? If you were paying attention to the rumour-mill last week, you may have heard the story that one of Facebook or Google might well be about to buy Skype. Scrub that story. Today's rumour is that Skype may be about to be acquired by Microsoft. The Wall Street Journal headlined the deal as "near", and quoted a price between seven and eight billion dollars. The WSJ cautions, though, that the deal may end up with a value of $8.5 billion when Skype's long-term debt is taken into account. (When I was in primary school, I thought it was pretty nifty that a negative multiplied by a negative became positive. But nowhere near as nifty as an economist's trick of adding in a great raft of debt and describing it as increasing value.) For those not familiar with Skype, it's an interesting sort of beast - loosely speaking, it's an internet telephone company without much of a telephone company. Much of its operation is peer-to-peer, so that much of its bandwidth and infrastructure - not unreasonably, you must agree, for its free services - is provided directly by the users of the service. One uncertainty - indeed, to some, it's a controversy - about Skype's proprietary software is whether it includes any sort of "lawful interception" system. Most countries require landline and mobile phone operators to provide a vehicle by which duly-authorised law enforcement agents can intercept calls on their network. Indeed, phone carriers spend a lot of money maintaining a lawful interception framework, a system which is as useful to law enforcement as it is worrying to privacy. But since most Skype calls are peer-to-peer, and encrypted end-to-end, Skype isn't a traditional phone carrier. Either it doesn't have a lawful interception capability - which could be considered unfair to mainstream phone companies, who have to provide one - or, one can argue, it must contains some sort of network-independent backdoor - which could be considered a serious security risk. So, if the Microsoft deal goes ahead, what's likely to happen from a software and a security point of view? Here are my guesses: * The Linux version of the Skype software will wither and die. * The OS X version of the Skype software may wither and might die. * Microsoft will add some sort of lawful interception system into the Skype software, assuming there isn't one already. But they'll be honest about doing so. * You'll need to get a Windows LiveID to create a Skype account. * Skype will come under greater scrutiny from cybercrooks keen to find saleable vulnerabilities. * Skype for Windows will come under the Microsoft Active Protections Program, which will balance out or defeat problems caused by the previous issue. Of course, so far this is just rumour and speculation. And Microsoft's official comment on rumour and speculation is that it doesn't comment on rumour and speculation. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 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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Or you can use them via a web browser from computers-that-aren't-yours (which does require a constant connection). I have noticed that iCal complains about once per day that it can't make a connection to google calendar, but other than having to click the warning away, it doesn't effect me. It syncs up happily when it can make the connection. - nf Nathan W. Fullerton Technology Trainer (both group and private lessons) Apple Certified Trainer - Final Cut Pro Apple Certified Pro - Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Color, & Aperture Photoshop Guru, Filmmaker, Editor AvailabilitySchedule: http://www.nathanfullerton.com/Site/Availability_black.html http://www.nathanfullerton.com 412-450-0622 From patrick at cranstoninc.com Fri May 13 06:02:29 2011 From: patrick at cranstoninc.com (Patrick Cranston) Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:02:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple further restricts hard drive upgrades on new iMacs Message-ID: Apparently Apple is using proprietary SATA cables and firmware on hard drives in the new 2011 iMacs. This means a couple of things that are bad for customers. 1) If your hard drive fails, Apple Stores are Authorized Service Centers are the only place you can get it repaired. No more DIY or using a different 3rd party. 2) If you want a bigger hard drive or change to an SSD drive you are out of luck. Apple doesn't sell upgrades or cross grades for hard drive replacements. You can read the full details in this post by MacSales.com http://bit.ly/imw0fD BTW - Since 2009 iMacs have already had limited upgrade options for hard drives which is also discussed in the post. 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... 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Lessons: -always buy AppleCare with a new iMac so that you don't encounter an expensive repair after the standard 1 year warranty expires. -accept the fact that your new iMac will have a 3 year useful life. Even if something simple like a hard drive fails (extremely likely) soon after the end of the 3 year AppleCare coverage period, it be difficult to justify the cost of an expensive repair on a 3 year old computer. I think that it's important that Apple customers express their displeasure to Apple. This change is a disservice to the people who support Apple and it's an affront to our environment to build in guaranteed obsolescence for no other reason than being a bit too greedy (but, they are a marginally profitable company, so I guess that this change could be justified so that they can improve their bottom line). Tony AurettoTastar Data Systems412-884-8077412-884-9077www.tastarsupply.com -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Cranston To: NPMUG Serve Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:02:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple further restricts hard drive upgrades on new iMacs Apparently Apple is using proprietary SATA cables and firmware on hard drives in the new 2011 iMacs. This means a couple of things that are bad for customers. 1) If your hard drive fails, Apple Stores are Authorized Service Centers are the only place you can get it repaired. No more DIY or using a different 3rd party. 2) If you want a bigger hard drive or change to an SSD drive you are out of luck. Apple doesn't sell upgrades or cross grades for hard drive replacements. You can read the full details in this post by MacSales.com [http://macsales.com/] http://bit.ly/imw0fD [http://bit.ly/imw0fD] BTW - Since 2009 iMacs have already had limited upgrade options for hard drives which is also discussed in the post. Patrick Cranston Cranston IT, Inc. 888-813-5558 www.CranstonIT.com [http://www.cranstonit.com/] patrick at cranstonit.com [mailto:patrick at cranstonit.com] Twitter: @cranstonIT Unlimited Support for your Macs, Network and Data Backup for one low price. http://www.cranstonit.com/home [http://www.cranstonit.com/home] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110513/4817682c/attachment.htm From bishopjosephsr at mac.com Fri May 13 08:39:54 2011 From: bishopjosephsr at mac.com (Joseph Garlington) Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple further restricts hard drive upgrades on new iMacs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: What then does this mean to an owner of a 2-year old iMac? BJG On 5/13/11 10:34 AM, "Tony Auretto" wrote: > We just replaced a failed hard drive in a 24 inch 2008 iMac - that was out of > warranty by a couple of months. Our customer got a 2TB drive for 139.00, and > the physical replacement took about an hour. > > I would guess that an Apple branded drive would be at least 4 times more > expensive than our 2TB replacement. And, Apple will add a hefty labor charge > to the repair as well. So, a repair that currently available at a reasonable > price would no longer exist with Apple's new hard drive redesign. > > Lessons: > > -always buy AppleCare with a new iMac so that you don't encounter an expensive > repair after the standard 1 year warranty expires. > > -accept the fact that your new iMac will have a 3 year useful life. Even if > something simple like a hard drive fails (extremely likely) soon after the end > of the 3 year AppleCare coverage period, it be difficult to justify the cost > of an expensive repair on a 3 year old computer. > > I think that it's important that Apple customers express their displeasure to > Apple. This change is a disservice to the people who support Apple and it's an > affront to our environment to build in guaranteed obsolescence for no other > reason than being a bit too greedy (but, they are a marginally profitable > company, so I guess that this change could be justified so that they can > improve their bottom line). > > Tony Auretto Tastar Data Systems 412-884-8077 412-884-9077 > www.tastarsupply.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Patrick Cranston >> To: NPMUG Serve >> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:02:29 -0400 >> Subject: [NPMUG] Apple further restricts hard drive upgrades on new iMacs >> >> Apparently Apple is using proprietary SATA cables and firmware on hard drives >> in the new 2011 iMacs. This means a couple of things that are bad for >> customers. >> >> 1) If your hard drive fails, Apple Stores are Authorized Service Centers are >> the only place you can get it repaired. No more DIY or using a different 3rd >> party. >> >> 2) If you want a bigger hard drive or change to an SSD drive you are out of >> luck. Apple doesn't sell upgrades or cross grades for hard drive >> replacements. >> >> You can read the full details in this post by MacSales.com >> http://bit.ly/imw0fD >> >> BTW - Since 2009 iMacs have already had limited upgrade options for hard >> drives which is also discussed in the post. >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -- Bishop Joseph L. Garlington, Sr., Ph.D. Senior Pastor & Founder COVENANT CHURCH OF PITTSBURGH (412) 731-6221 x212 (412) 327-5746 cell (Assistant: Benita Lumberger) (412) 731-3822 fax bishopjoseph at ccop.org http://www.ccop.org ------------------------------------- NOTE: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are able to help me with the delivery and set-up of these computers, please contact me ASAP. The exact date and time are not set and can be flexible based on the teachers and our volunteers. It's best we just talk and make arrangements if you are interested. Here is how the days typically go on these installations : Pick-up and delivery in the morning, around 9:30-10AM Setup of the computer labs Basic training and teacher orientation Lunch with the teachers Afternoon follow-up support Wrap up around 2-3PM Thanks in advance to anyone that can help. Need to know by Monday May 16 ... this is not hard work at all ... I just need several hands to help. I cannot do this alone ! 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Great food to be served by the Rivas Restaurant www.rivasrestaurante.com ( PDF attached ) Ticket Price: $50 Student Ticket Price: $25 http://www.innerchangeworks.org/events.html See this narrated video by Andrew Russell of the Trib posted 12-26-10: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_715439.html Thankfully for us, InnerCHANGE WORKS leads our ComputeReach efforts to distribute and support our Apple computers all over Nicaragua in addition to their support of health fairs. So we have a close working relationship with her team in the USA and Nicaragua. InnerCHANGE WORKS is a designated 501c3 so your donations are tax deductible, please check with your tax advisor for details. Please consider attending, eating, and mixing with Janet and her InnerCHANGE WORKS team this Thursday night: May 19, 2011 at Robert Morris University 6-9 PM I hope to see many of you there ... it is a good cause to support her team, as she does so much to help our Apple efforts. Here is a copy of Janet's invitation: ================================ Hello to all, The excitement is building and we?re counting down the days now to our Fund Raiser for Health Fairs in Nicaragua. Please see our attached invitation flier for details on time and location and meet, through the photographs, some of the children who will benefit from your involvement in our event. If you?ve registered already, we look forward to seeing you at Robert Morris University on May 19th. If you haven?t yet signed up to attend there is still time - visit us at www.innerchangeworks.org to register. If you?re unable to attend but would like to make a charitable donation, our website is ready to receive your contribution at any level through PayPal at www.innerchangeworks.org. Come to meet the Board of Directors and the International Advisory Group for InnerCHANGE WORKS. You?ll meet our Nicaraguan project team including many of the nursing students from Robert Morris University School of Nursing who work with us in providing health fairs throughout the country. Join us for an evening of fun, food and a celebration of health, and education, and service for the children, families, and communities of Nicaragua. We will take you on a visual journey, back in time, to the southern coast of Nicaragua, to the Roberto Clemente Health Clinic in January, 2011. You will find out what happens when over 1000 community people of all ages come to an InnerCHANGE WORKS Health Fair. We were honored to be accompanied by an incredibly talented photographer and photo journalist with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, named Andrew Russell. We will be sharing Andrew's photography with you, as he beautifully brings this experience to life through his images of the children, families, and events surrounding our work in Nicaragua. Share with us, just as in our fairs, the delights of Nicaraguan food. This delicious taste of the country will be prepared by, Rivas Restaurant - www.rivasrestaurante.com We look forward to seeing you the evening of May 19th! Hasta pronto, Janet DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! If you are a Facebook user, we would like to invite you to visit our InnerCHANGE WORKS new Facebook page, and click "Like" to join our growing community and help us spread the word! Follow the link below, and click "Like"! http://www.facebook.com/pages/InnerCHANGE-Works/201828483181343 _______________________ Janet J. Foerster, M.Ed. President InnerCHANGE WORKS 719-344-9763 office 412-445-9920 mobile janetjfoerster at gmail.com www.innerchangeworks.org www.chessnicaragua.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The company is a leading provider of quality computer upgrade products and services for Macintosh? users around the world. He writes: http://blog.macsales.com/10206-further-explained-apples-imac-2011-model-hard-drive-restrictions Further Explained: Apple?s iMac 2011 Model Hard Drive ?Restrictions? It?s incredible the coverage generated by yesterday?s blog article on the further iMac upgrade restrictions. I?d like to personally address some questions, context, and provide additional technical detail concerning this issue. I want to be very clear that I think these are absolutely the best iMacs ever. These machines up the game considerably and provide performance that can even match up with the Mac Pro for a lot of applications. We?ve been excitedly covering these new iMacs starting with an unboxing and teardown blog post just hours after they were first introduced. Most iMac buyers (and buyers of anything Apple in general) are more than satisfied with how things are right out of the box. The vast majority will never even think about after purchase options that Apple does support, such as installing additional memory. These are great systems right from the get-go? But pardon us or anyone who wants to make them even better. :) What is our testing environment/parameters? In our lab, we have all the different flavors of iMac 21.5? and 27? 2011 models currently shipping. This includes one or more of each model processor option and/or video option. Apple?s current latest 2011 iMac models have Apple Model Identifiers of iMac12,1 for the 21.5? and iMac12,2 for the 27? regardless of what base model/options selected. The OS installed is 100% up to date as of all updates available today including the recent EFI update which enabled 6.0Gbp/s SATA 3.0 capability with two of the iMac?s three SATA ports. From the iMacs, these model drives were found present in the systems we received: Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.12 7200RPM 16MB SATA 3Gbp/s Seagate ST31000428AS 1TB 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.12 7200RPM 32MB SATA 3Gbp/s Western Digital WD1001FALS 1TB Caviar Black 7200RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3Gbp/s Note: You don?t get to pick what brand hard drive, cache, model, etc are installed at the factory. Apple iMac Specs do confirm all factory hard drives are 7200RPM. Of further note, the base $1199 iMac model doesn?t have any factory drive configuration options ? it is only offered with the 500GB capacity drive. The following non-Apple Drives are new units pulled from OWC?s drive inventory: Hitachi 0S03208 3.0TB 7200RPM Deskstar 7K3000 64MB Cache SATA 6Gbp/s Hitachi 0F12115 2.0TB 7200RPM Deskstar 7K3000 64MB Cache SATA 6Gbp/s Hitachi 0F10311 2.0TB 7200RPM Deskstar 7K2000 32MB Cache SATA 6Gbp/s Seagate ST33000651AS 3.0TB 7200RPM Barracuda XT 64MB Cache SATA 6Gbp/s* *Unaltered, current drive ? but also used for other previous testing. Seagate ST2000DL003 2.0TB 5900RPM Barracuda LP 64MB Cache SATA 6Gbp/s Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1.0TB 7200RPM Caviar Black 64MB Cache 6Gbp/s Western Digital WD2002FAEX 2.0TB 7200RPM Caviar Black 64MB Cache 6Gbp/s Any SSD (tested ours and competitor 3.0Gbp/s and 6.0Gbp/s models)* *Unaltered, current drives ? but also used for other previous testing. ***and a ?zinger/wildcard*** *Unaltered, current drive ? but also used for other previous testing. Same Western Digital WD1001FALS 1.0TB Caviar Black 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3Gbp/s model as we found in one of our factory iMacs, but this one was pulled out of one of our 2010 Apple Mac Pros. This is an Apple Factory/Apple Rom unit from before these new iMacs rolled out of the same drive model p/n of one of the 1TB models we?ve so far seen used in the new iMac 2011. Note: Systems were booted and then left with sleep off, display on. We did not put these iMacs under any kind of stress load that could otherwise impact the system temperature and result in fan speed changes. The ambient temperature of the room being tested in was between 72 and 76 F. Our results: Apple Rom/Factory Drives from received iMac 2011 models: Regardless of what drive brand model was factory installed, any of the different drives we received in any of the iMacs worked fine in any other? WD where Seagate 500 or 1TB was and vice-versa. Apple Rom/Factory drives worked interchangeably and no fan rev or Apple AHT failure. Even after a couple hours, the reported HDD Bay fan speed remained right about 1100 in both 27? and 21.5? 2011 Apple iMac models as reported by SMCFanControl. Results from all other drives we tested in those iMac 3.5? drive bays: (including the same model Apple Factory Rom 1.0TB WD drive from our Mac Pro 2010) Didn?t matter which drive, no drive, or which iMac. Consistently the same result in each and every one of our iMac model variants. AHT test = FAIL due to thermal sensor failure. After startup, the HDD fan would start to ramp up from the 1100RPM base and into the 5600RPM range as reported by SMCFanControl. This didn?t happen instantly, but over the course of 30-40 minutes typically. Within just a couple minutes though, the fan speed would be up over 2500RPM and it?s a steady rise from there before the peak. Conclusions and further comments: Apple AHT ? why this not working can be a problem: When you have a problem with your system, Apple Hardware Test is often suggested for determining if the problem is? well? with a hardware component. If you can not run this test, it could impact support or even warranty response for an iMac with an issue unrelated to the hard drive. Certainly in a production environment, you want to know your system is 100% go-go-go. Not being able to run Apple AHT can be a detriment in this way, although admittedly something that many can do just as well without. Fan Speed: Depending on your environment, this may not matter. While the fans are definitely noticeable in an quiet space, Apple does use fans that are very quiet even at higher speeds. The noise I observed is more from actual air movement through the channels vs. noise from the fans themselves. In my opinion, the following should be an industry standard thing?. and maybe it will be. Currently, each Hard Drive manufacturer has different pins for the available thermal sensor line found on today?s hard drives. As an example of this: owners of 2010 iMacs can more easily replace their factory hard drive with a retail available drive, as long as they stick with the same make (it?s still a major job just to open up these machines, independent of other challenges). They could also use a different make, but they would need to make some modifications. What I am trying to say is that Apple didn?t make any barrier with the 2010 (or 2009) models with that respect, the barrier to plug & play drive options in this case is a lack of industry drive standards on the extra drive pins. So, perhaps use of this additional line on the power connector (which is standard on all SATA drives) might be an industry standard in the future. And if so ? then it?s only Apple today, with a firmware set that enables this feature, which just isn?t standard on retail drives yet. If so ? it might not be as big a deal. There is still a question I?d like to know the answer to ? why isn?t Apple simply using the S.M.A.R.T. reporting feature of today?s drives for the drive temperature information? That doesn?t require/use any extra pin out/line out and I am not aware of any disadvantage from utilizing this option. Maybe someone out there has insight on Apple not using the thermal data via S.M.A.R.T.? What?s different between the power connection/leads for the HD bay vs. the other bays: First, note that the HD bay has a different power connection with seven total leads, two of which are used for thermal feedback. Normal SATA power connections, including those going to the SSD and optical bay in the 2011 iMacs, utilize five total leads. Depending on the Apple factory drive brand, voltage on this line is held at a steady rate with a pulse about every two seconds during which the voltage falls within a consistent range before coming right back up. What?s interesting is that the voltage range, and this is contradictive to my suggestion this could be a future industry standard thing, is that the different brand drives have a different ?hold voltage? and ?drop pulse? range observed. Furthermore,when we connect up a drive that was not originally shipped in one of these iMac 2011 models, the pulse pattern is no longer present. Although the differences between drive brands here raise questions about possibility of industry standardization, the fundamentals appear similar ? just a different starting voltage possibly. Noting that external thermal sensors provide the thermal data by voltage passed ? with resistance on the line affected by the temperature of the sensor that results in voltage read change, so still could be a standardized industry function future forward?. Either that, or Apple has trusted firmware/data it gets from the installed drive and unless it?s the Apple drive ? it doesn?t recognize/do the thermal profiling via the power line?. Ok, that?s pretty confusing?. We have done other testing with external options, but it?s so far inconclusive ? so can?t say anything is 100% definite yet other than: either Apple has custom firmware in its drives that enables something, or Apple has firmware on the drives that it looks for to use what is there anyway. Possible Solutions: *NOTE ? NOT FULLY TESTED/Approved/Recommended, etc.* I strongly caution, we?re looking at a number of scenarios and doing a lot of testing to determine what is going to make sense and be reliable and implemented in a way that best maintains the Apple warranty on the system as well. If we short those two lines vs. connect to the drive (factory or otherwise), the fans don?t rev and Apple AHT does pass. We have been aware of this and see upgraders in the field now reporting this as well. When you do this though, our best guess is that the thermal reporting in the iMac is being told that the bay is empty. When we see an Apple stock iMac with SSD only, we?ll be able to see if this is how Apple handles that bay being empty. The problem with this solution is running a drive in the bay means that heat isn?t being measured. Of which, a consequence could ensue for obvious reasons. The bottom line is that the iMac HDD bay can heat up and the iMac doesn?t know and doesn?t do anything about it. HDD Fan Control appears to be another option and a solution to the above. This utility uses the S.M.A.R.T. Data to monitor drive temperature and allows you to set the temperature parameters for what speed the HDD bay fan runs at. It will hold the fan speed at bay, based on temperature parameters you give it, and prevent the fans from revving up to unnecessary and noticeable levels?. Again, th0ugh, why doesn?t Apple use S.M.A.R.T. Data? By itself, this software can solve the fan rev up issue. Combine that with the short solution above, and you appear to have an iMac with fans under control and that you can run Apple Hardware Test (AHT) with normal results. One concern with using any utility to limit the fan speed is what if your settings are too low for heat? We don?t know Apple?s exact parameters or collected data points from the HDD bay for thermal, and there is a potential for issues should the bay be allowed to become too warm without the proper fan speed engaging. The bottom line is that work around options are in play now, and with further testing, we should be able to be confident in one solution of another. Whatever the solution ? the best solution, in my opinion, would be not needing to find a solution in the first place. Certainly it?s a very small percentage that are even going to want, or need, to replace drives in their iMac? Apple made that hard enough as it is? But for those few, it didn?t need to be this hard. When we have more on this, we?ll share it right on the blog. And? I absolutely welcome any feedback and details concerning work arounds you?ve implemented, especially if you have installed a non-Apple drive and had AHT pass. I?ve read various posts out and about, but most don?t have a lot of detail (and I suspect really didn?t check fan and/or AHT results and also seen an initial all good report and then a follow up post after noting the fan and AHT issue). Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110514/e4a34e1c/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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However, the explosion appears to be serious, as there are currently more than ten fire engines on the scene, along with an equal number of police cars and quite a few ambulances. Doctors are reporting at least seven injuries, with more expected. The explosion occurred inside an operating room within the facility, and apparently resulted in many materials being hurled violently from the building. MIC Gadget has some video of the aftermath of the explosions here. The explosion allegedly happened in the A5 building, which is allegedly part of the iPad 2 production line. It appears there are expectations that that building ? part of a larger facility ? might collapse as a result of the explosion. More than a hundred workers are employed in that part of the Chengdu facility. On-scene emergency personnel are now warning reporters that there may be a second explosion, and to stay back from the buildings. This is a breaking story, and there aren?t many details on the ground right now, including how Apple?s own iPad 2 supply might be affected by the disaster. More details as we get them. If you enjoyed this article: Subscribe via RSS or email, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110520/dc9e3cbf/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Fri May 20 17:43:19 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 19:43:19 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Northview Heights, Elizabeth and Fineview ... computer distributions by volunteers Message-ID: <10091679-6377-40DE-86F5-8DAF5F865F6B@davesevick.com> Dear Apple folks, We are all volunteers, including me. And this summer will be very busy with multiple opportunities for service to young children living in public housing. Next week marks two major milestones for our recycling programs. We begin with the BJWL ( Beverly Jewel Wall Lovelace) Children's Program outreach at two sites on the the North Side of Pittsburgh in public housing communities that have after school programs year round. We begin with neighborhoods in: Northview Heights ( Monday May 23 ) Fineview ( Friday May 27 ) We also are launching our first site in the partnership with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 in: Elizabeth ( Thursday May 26 ) In the next few weeks we'll be serving additional BJWL sites in: The Hill District McKees Rocks Homewood Hamilton-Larimer So as these opportunities for community service become available, I will post them here. In all cases, we would like some help delivering computers, setting them up, and giving the teachers, tutors and caregivers at these centers some orientation working on Macs. We meet at 9:30AM at the Construction Junction Warehouse, 214 N. Lexington St., 15208. We have a short strategy meeting and then carpool to the sites. Don't worry if you miss these opportunities, we'll be working all summer on new sites. We'll be developing supportive friendships with these program sites. In all cases these centers need a lot of support from adult volunteers that can read stories with the children, and provide some support in the computer labs. Several sites are staffed with Red Cross volunteers. Consider this an open invitation to join us ! This summer we seek to serve 21 centers for BJWL and many of the early childhood learning in the AIU3 with Allegheny County. Please contact me when you see a posting here on the listserve and want to become involved with any literacy projects, inlcuding computers. Without a doubt, education is the path out of poverty, and these children are our neighbors here in Pittsburgh. You won't regret a moment .... Dave Sevick ComputeReach -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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AAPL: 335.22 (-5.31, -1.56%) | NASDAQ: 2803.32 (-19.99, -0.71%) Apple says check back Sunday for new order status page Saturday, May 21, 2011 ? 10:30 am ? 3 Comments Those custom configured iMacs we ordered earlier in May each came with their very own ?Delivers July 1? slap to the face. Hopeful of some miraculous speedup, we?ve lately become quite attached to Apple?s Store Online?s ?Order Status? page. Today we checked our order and were confronted with this: We can?t wait to stare at ?Delivers July 1? in a whole new way! (Don?t mind us, we?ll have a much better attitude about the whole thing on July 2nd.) As some of you know, we?ve switched from the idea of each having a massively-configured MacBook Pro for everywhere to the MacBook Air + iMac concept (lighter when traveling and more on the desktop). What? Oh, alright: Each of our ?July 1? iMacs is configured like this: ? 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 ? 4G of RAM (with 16GB RAM kits that have already arrived from elsewhere. 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As our "lobby" was a polling location for the primary election last Tuesday, we couldn't use it as an exchange zone where Goodwill would drop off Mac donations, and we would leave them bins full of de-manufactured Mac parts. So we didn't get anything coming in until lunchtime. We spent the morning winnowing down our standing inventory of Mac that need more time than normal to get going. It didn't go to well. After lunch, we headed over to the new Goodwill campus in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood to see the space they have in mind for us. We ended up de-manufacturing eight Macs and rescuing none. Our all time total remains at 2,973. That lunchtime delivery did bring in nine keyboards, with five missing keys. Four USB mice were included. With our inventory still pretty low, we're going on a field trip this Friday, May 27, to the ComputeReach storage space at the Construction Junction building, 214 North Lexington Ave. in Pittsburgh's Point Breeze neighborhood (zip code is 15208). It's the same building that hosted the packing party several weeks ago. We'll be tackling all those eMacs that failed the boot test during the packing party. They booted when we refurbished them, now we'll do them again. We'll be back in our usual Goodwill space the following Friday, June 3. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Sun May 22 17:48:37 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 19:48:37 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iPad kiosks, no more signage Message-ID: <80273B70-7D7B-495B-AE52-940513484D28@davesevick.com> So I went to a local Apple Store today to see what all the fuss is about. No more signs. Seems that Apple has gone all digital with iPads beside each item for sale, the iPhones, iPods, iMacs, laptops ... each with a specific demo mode iPad ready to serve you. The iPads are strategically mapped to a grid in the store that only the sales folks see on their hand-held iPos Touch or iPads. If you select the need for help from a specialist .. they'll be notified and find their way over to you ... with a little prompt that you are "1st, 2nd, 3rd .... in line" ... to keep you informed with some feedback. You never need to look up and flag down help. Price comparisons and phone plans for AT&T vs. Verizon are a touch screen away. It is essentially a full web-based tool with a calculator for prices. The iPads are housed in thick glass to avoid theft or movement from next to the items. VERY COOL ... gotta check it out. Dave From charles.snyder at gmail.com Sun May 22 20:05:03 2011 From: charles.snyder at gmail.com (Charles A. Snyder) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 22:05:03 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] New ipod touch? Message-ID: I'm looking to pickup a New Ipod Touch. Has anyone heard anything about a new one coming out? Should I wait? Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110522/3334425c/attachment.htm From sevick at computereach.com Tue May 24 05:12:48 2011 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 07:12:48 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Apple support to infected Mac users - research report by Sophos Message-ID: <6D2CE0C7-2F3C-41F1-A460-3477E3E950D5@computereach.com> Apple support to infected Mac users: "You cannot show the customer how to stop the process" ZDNet writer Ed Bott has posted the latest instructions to Apple tech support personnel regarding users calling in with active fake anti-virus "MacDefender" infections. Bott says he acquired the documents by talking with two anonymous Apple support representatives about how Apple is coping with the first widespread attack against OS X users. According to his sources Apple has received an estimated 60,000 tech support calls related to the infections. It has been encouraging that many Apple customers have been taking this attack seriously and taking preventative measures like installing our free anti-virus program for OS X. Apple is apparently telling support reps to tell customers: "Apple?s [sic] doesn?t recommend or guarantee any specific third part [sic] anti-virus protection over another. However I can suggest several third party virus protection programs that you may want to consider researching to find the best one for your needs." But they still have their heads buried in the sand when it comes to assisting their customers. The memo, acquired from an outsourced support company, says: "Things you must never do according to the client [Apple]." You cannot show the customer how to force quit Safari on a Mac Defender call You cannot show the customer how to remove from the Login items. You cannot show the customer how to stop the process of Mac Defender in their Activity Monitor. You cannot refer the customer to ANY forums or discussions [sic] boards for resolution (this includes the Apple.com forums) Apple's famous PR savvy apparently doesn't apply to handling security incidents. It is genuinely tragic that such a large number of OS X users are falling victim to this scam, and Apple's response is less than helpful. You could argue that Apple created this false sense of security through their marketing and advertisements suggesting Apple users are immune to security threats. Now that some of their flock are affected, it would be good of them to at least point people in the right direction. Many journalists have asked me in the last few weeks whether this is being hyped by the anti-virus business. Are real people being impacted? Judge for yourself... Apple's reaction says more about the problem than I can possibly explain. Regardless of platform we all need to be safe with the choices we make on our computing devices, whether we use tablets, Linux, Windows, OS X, or Android. When enough people let their guard down they are easy targets and criminals will take advantage of the lowest hanging fruit. Until next time... Stay secure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the coming days, Apple will deliver a Mac OS X software update that will automatically find and remove Mac Defender malware and its known variants. The update will also help protect users by providing an explicit warning if they download this malware. In the meantime, the Resolution section below provides step-by-step instructions on how to avoid or manually remove this malware. Resolution How to avoid installing this malware If any notifications about viruses or security software appear, quit Safari or any other browser that you are using. If a normal attempt at quitting the browser doesn?t work, then Force Quit the browser. In some cases, your browser may automatically download and launch the installer for this malicious software. If this happens, cancel the installation process; do not enter your administrator password. Delete the installer immediately using the steps below. Go into the Downloads folder or your preferred download location. Drag the installer to the Trash. Empty the Trash. How to remove this malware If the malware has been installed, we recommend the following actions: Do not provide your credit card information under any circumstances. Use the Removal Steps below. Removal steps Move or close the Scan Window Go to the Utilities folder in the Applications folder and launch Activity Monitor Choose All Processes from the pop up menu in the upper right corner of the window Under the Process Name column, look for the name of the app and click to select it; common app names include: MacDefender, MacSecurity or MacProtector Click the Quit Process button in the upper left corner of the window and select Quit Quit Activity Monitor application Open the Applications folder Locate the app ex. MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector or other name Drag to Trash, and empty Trash Malware also installs a login item in your account in System Preferences. Removal of the login item is not necessary, but you can remove it by following the steps below. Open System Preferences, select Accounts, then Login Items Select the name of the app you removed in the steps above ex. MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector Click the minus button Use the steps in the ?How to avoid installing this malware? section above to remove the installer from the download location. Note: Apple provides security updates for the Mac exclusively through Software Update and the Apple Support Downloads site. User should exercise caution any time they are asked to enter sensitive personal information online. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thursday, May 25, 2011, the computers will be installed at the Elizabeth Learning Center to benefit Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) Head Start children. From 11:15 a.m. to noon, children will be able to access approved pre-school games, which are designed to build students? literacy and academic skills. The Elizabeth Learning Center is located at 207 3rd Street, Elizabeth, PA. The AIU Head Start program is a contracted provider for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS). ?The computer is a valuable tool for teachers to help young children get ready for kindergarten,? said Mickey Bradley, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, senior head start program specialist. ?Thanks to ComputeReach, each young child at Elizabeth Learning Center will have access to a computer.? David Sevick, Executive Director of ComputeReach, will be on hand to oversee the installation and is excited about the new partnership. ?We are pleased to be launching our first site in partnership with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and the Department of Human Services,? said Sevick. ?We hope our summer is very busy providing computers to young learners.? Further media queries can be directed to Sarah McCluan at 412.841.8221 or sarah.mccluan at aiu3.net or Elaine Plunkett at 412.350.6897 or Elaine.Plunkett at AlleghenyCounty.US. -###- ABOUT THE AIU and DHS The Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) is a branch of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and provides specialized education services to 42 suburban public school districts, five vocational and technical schools, and operates 12 family centers and three schools for exceptional children. DHS is responsible for providing and administering publicly funded human services to Allegheny County residents. 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Like its predecessors, the latest version of the Trojan horse?which calls itself MacGuard?masquerades as virus detection software, in hopes that victims will key in their credit card details into the bogus interface. The announcement of the new, no-password-required variant comes just one day after Apple posted an update explaining the Trojan horse?s existence, along with instructions on how to remove it from your system. Apple also said Tuesday that a forthcoming OS X update ?will automatically find and remove Mac Defender malware and its known variants,? in addition to ?providing an explicit warning if [users] download this malware.? It?s unclear at this time whether Apple's planned OS update would address this latest MacGuard variant of the Trojan horse. Certain sites may cause the malware?s installer to begin downloading onto your Mac automatically, without further interaction from you. 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Many thanks to the agencies and organizations showing up for the event: Apple Recycling Volunteers Dave Sevick Charles Firth John Hamill John Crowe Rick Fitzgibbon Blay Bahnson Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 Chris Rodgick Any Slenska Pam Velez Sarah McCluan Allegheny Department of Human Services Samantha Murphy Mickey Bradley Victor Johnson Elizabeth-Forward School District Dr. Bart Rocco Brad Simala Bruce Elms Newspapers McKeesport Daily News Pittsburgh Trib Pittsburgh Post Gazette Photos to follow in upcoming days. Thanks everyone for a smooth day ... many hands made light work. -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.com -------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are inside the "red door" Note: I will be there with a keyat 10AM Park on street Sent from my Verizon iPhone Sent from my Verizon iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110527/240dfae6/attachment.htm From sevick at computereach.com Fri May 27 08:20:54 2011 From: sevick at computereach.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 10:20:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Post-Gazette - Photo of the Day .... look for # 01 Message-ID: <21BBA733-2DD8-4412-8654-13F491B25372@computereach.com> http://www.post-gazette.com/photooftheday/ Please find Post-Gazette photographer - Robin Rombach's great photo of 5 year old Christopher Leonard at the Elizabeth Learning Center yesterday. It is photo # 01 This is the caption .... Note that after today you'll be able to follow links to the specific date of 5-27-11 And you can always "Buy Prints" of staff-produced photos at the PG Store. 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Thanks..... I'm so glad Dave shared this with all of us! Mim Bizic xoxoxoox On May 27, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > http://www.post-gazette.com/photooftheday/ > > Please find Post-Gazette photographer - Robin Rombach's great photo of 5 year old Christopher Leonard at the Elizabeth Learning Center yesterday. > > It is photo # 01 > > This is the caption .... > > [see attached file: Robin_Rombach-Post-Gazette-5-27-11.pdf] > > > Note that after today you'll be able to follow links to the specific date of 5-27-11 > > And you can always "Buy Prints" of staff-produced photos at the PG Store. > > Dave > > > -------------------------------------------- > Dave Sevick > ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach > http://computereach.com > 724-779-0099 > sevick at computereach.com > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mim Bizic On May 27, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > Many thanks to Trib staff photographer Andrew Russell for these photos ...... > > http://photos.triblive.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=35962220&event=1254027&CategoryID=61265 > > See photos # 3 , 4 > > As with the Post-Gazette, the Trib allows you to "buy these photos" if you wish. > > -------------------------------------------- > Dave Sevick > ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach > http://computereach.com > 724-779-0099 > sevick at computereach.com > > > -------------------------------------------- > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[see attached file: Robin_Rombach-Post-Gazette-5-27-11.pdf] Note that after today you'll be able to follow links to the specific date of 5-27-11 And you can always "Buy Prints" of staff-produced photos at the PG Store. Dave -------------------------------------------- Dave Sevick ComputeReach, humanitarian computer outreach http://computereach.com 724-779-0099 sevick at computereach.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/20110527/81309a13/attachment-0001.htm From harmonyroute at mac.com Fri May 27 11:01:40 2011 From: harmonyroute at mac.com (harmonyroute at mac.com) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:01:40 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Sharing from iCal Message-ID: I am using iCal and want to share it with my family. I tried but they are not mobileme subscribers. I used to share from iCal but evidently it won't anymore. Any suggestions from the group will be appreciated. CuZinBruce From ronladams7 at gmail.com Fri May 27 13:03:55 2011 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (Ron_A) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:03:55 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] Sharing from iCal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6577F829-9160-4974-B32B-18B2FCA9CDDF@gmail.com> I use box.net and it works great?. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060614115754569 On May 27, 2011, at 11:01 AM, harmonyroute at mac.com wrote: > I am using iCal and want to share it with my family. I tried but they are not mobileme subscribers. I used to share from iCal but evidently it won't anymore. > > Any suggestions from the group will be appreciated. > > CuZinBruce > > ? From charles at firthconsulting.com Fri May 27 14:32:13 2011 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:32:13 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Sharing from iCal In-Reply-To: <6577F829-9160-4974-B32B-18B2FCA9CDDF@gmail.com> References: <6577F829-9160-4974-B32B-18B2FCA9CDDF@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4C813D3B-55F6-4F0E-A656-A05A1884C5C1@firthconsulting.com> That's what I use - and you can password protect it, which is nice. :) On May 27, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Ron_A wrote: > I use box.net and it works great?. > > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060614115754569 > > On May 27, 2011, at 11:01 AM, harmonyroute at mac.com wrote: > >> I am using iCal and want to share it with my family. I tried but they are not mobileme subscribers. I used to share from iCal but evidently it won't anymore. >> >> Any suggestions from the group will be appreciated. >> >> CuZinBruce >> >> > ? > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From donna at reachthetop.net Fri May 27 14:45:19 2011 From: donna at reachthetop.net (Donna Billings) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:45:19 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Please cancel my name in NPMUG listserve Message-ID: <88F47999-ED9C-4C05-AEB2-E01F59F1632F@reachthetop.net> Dave - I am trying to slow down the number of emails I get in a day and I'm finding that I cannot keep up with the information that comes from your NPMUG. Occasionally I find something that applies to me but most of the time I do not. Thanks for introducing me to the group - and who knows, I may join up again at a later date. Thanks too. Patrick fixed my IMAP problem. Donna Donna Billings, Professional Certified Coach Duquesne University School of Leadership & Professional Advancement For information on the new Professional Coach Certification Program, go to www.duq.edu/coaching Or contact donna at reachthetop.net 724-935-1397 cell: 412-418-8738 www.reachthetop.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20110527/d7077ef4/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Fri May 27 15:58:32 2011 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 17:58:32 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, Friday, May27, 2011 Message-ID: <37019CC3-6982-44CE-A7DC-B1D144BF7DAE@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Marty Swartz, and Dave Sevick for joining me on our "field trip" to the ComputeReach storage location on North Lexington Ave. in Pittsburgh's Point Breeze neighborhood today. As we were awaiting for our inventory of Macs at our Goodwill location to be replenished, we figured it was a good time to re-visit those 22 Macs that failed the boot test during the packing party several weeks ago. I can now tell you that you never want to find out what a just- beginning-to-burn G3 iMac smells like. The iMac in question, labeled "doesn't boot," did indeed start for John Hamill for about a nanosecond before starting to smoke and spew a burning smell. Needless to say, this one didn't get saved. But we did save 17 of the 22 questionable Macs, and an 18th will join them as soon as we pop the case on an eMac and replace a dead hard drive. This leave four which will meet our de-manufacturing bench. We feel so many acted up during the packing party due to the large number of Macs we were running at the same time. We simply stressed the limited electrical service available. We we limited ourselves to running just three at a time, almost of the Macs acted normally. As all of these Macs had already been counted in our Goodwill operation, they don't count against our all-time total. It still stands at 2,973. We'll be returning to our usual Goodwill work space at 2400 East Carson St. on Pittsburgh's South Side next Friday, June 3. Parking is free in the Goodwill lot across the street. If you're planning on coming, and you're a first-time volunteer, please drop me a line with your vehicle's make, color and license number so we can put it on the list of authorized parkers. 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 Mon May 30 22:38:31 2011 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:38:31 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Huffington Post: Giant Show To Feature Apple Tablet Challengers Message-ID: <7E8F0090-748B-4E64-9B86-973B670DEECB@davesevick.com> Giant Show To Feature Apple Tablet Challengers Sent from my iPad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Security Update 2011-003 addresses the following issues: File Quarantine Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7, Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Impact: Definition added Description: The OSX.MacDefender.A definition has been added to the malware check within File Quarantine. Information on File Quarantine is available in this Knowledge Base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3662 File Quarantine Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7, Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Impact: Automatically update the known malware definitions Description: The system will check daily for updates to the File Quarantine malware definition list. An opt-out capability is provided via the ?Automatically update safe downloads list? checkbox in Security Preferences. Additional information is available in this Knowledge Base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4651 Malware removal Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7, Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Impact: Remove the MacDefender malware if detected Description: The installation process for this update will search for and remove known variants of the MacDefender malware. If a known variant was detected and removed, the user will be notified via an alert after the update is installed. Additional information is available in this Knowledge Base article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4651 Security Update 2011-003 (Snow Leopard) is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer. More info and download link (2.36MB) here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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