Re: [MacGroup] Dead Printer

[William Micou]

I signed up for HP’s printer ink program more than a year ago and I love it! I 
have saved so much money on buying ink cartridges. If you don’t print that much 
it’s perfect for you. There are certain HP printers that qualify for the 
program. Mine is a printer/ scanner. You sign up for how many pages you think 
you will print in a month. The printer is connected to the cloud and the page 
count is monitored. I pay $4.99 per month and I can print 100 pages. If I go 
over 100, I pay so many cents per page over. Since my ink level is also 
monitored, they send free ink when it gets low. I would highly recommend this.

https://instantink.hpconnected.com/us/en/l/

Bill M. 

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> On Dec 16, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Brian ONeal  wrote:
> 
> Look into the Epson eco tank printer. 
> I have been hearing food things about them. 
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 15, 2019, at 2:44 PM, Bill Rising  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> My Canon Pixma mg5620 decided to stop turning on this morning. From all the 
>> searching, it seems that this just happens, and it means that the printer is 
>> dead.
>> 
>> So: Has anyone resurrected a Canon Pixma?
>> 
>> If not, does anyone have a recommendation for an printer-scanner (don't need 
>> fax, of course) which
>> scans grayscale reasonably quickly
>> prints reasonably quickly
>> has pretty good quality
>> can print in color
>> is not bulky
>> is not a laser printer
>> does not cost an arm an a leg for ink
>> 
>> After wasting a couple of hours trying to find a comparable printer which 
>> got reasonably good reviews, I came up with the Canon Pixma TS6320 (which 
>> just came out this year). It looks good, except for the last item above, 
>> where even from CarrotInk, replacement ink for one set of tanks costs $70, 
>> and a double-replacement with an extra page-black costs $120(!!). This for a 
>> $70 printer.
>> 
>> Oh, and I don't print all that much. I mostly use the scanner, and every 
>> once and a while have to print tickets or boarding passes.
>> 
>> Anyways, if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] How to find a good USB-c to HDMI adapter

[William Micou]

I’m having the same problem with all the mail from the Mac group going to junk 
folder. Is there anything I can set?
Bill M

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> On Dec 9, 2019, at 11:41 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On Dec 8, 2019, at 12:37 PM, Bill Rising  wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the recommendations. I'm going to have to get over my dislike of 
>> multi-purpose adapters. I kinda like the one-adapter-one-purpose concept, 
>> because (theoretically) it should lead to less-expensive upgrades whenever 
>> something changes. 
> 
> I started moving away from single-taskers when I got the MacBook Pro a couple 
> of years ago. It only has USB-C ports and I wanted to avoid a tangle of 
> dongles in order to adapt to older plug types—especially in my travel kit. 
> Right now it has only one dongle that can handle nearly anything.
> 
> I also have a multi-taster permanently on my desk at home so I only have one 
> plug to insert in order to hook up my charger, external monitor and 
> headphones. This avoids a tangle of wires on my desk because I have the 
> dongle on a one-meter extension cable so I can hide it and its wires.
> 
> L^2
> 
> 
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> impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the 
> Queen. 'When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, 
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[MacGroup] Mac users targetted by Lazarus ‘fileless’ Trojan

[William Micou]

FYI - 
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/12/06/mac-users-targetted-by-lazarus-fileless-trojan/

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[MacGroup] Spam e-mail from 'Netflix'

[William Micou]

Got this email and almost believed it… the real address has nothing to do with 
Netflix. Be aware!
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Re: [MacGroup] iPhone Security & Safety

[William Micou]

Look under the ‘cellular’ menu -

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> On Nov 18, 2019, at 12:41 PM, tom holloman  wrote:
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> There is no sim pin in my iPhone settings. 
> 
> Tom
> 
>>> On Nov 18, 2019, at 11:24 AM, William Micou  wrote:
>>> 
>> Found this...
>> 
>> https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/02/21/how-to-sim-pin-iphone/
>> 
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>>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 10:10 PM, Richard D. Meadows  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> I was going to ask the same question… have no idea
>>> Richard
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 6:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Interesting article. One of the recommendations  was to put a PIN in you 
>>>> SIM card. How is that done?
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 4:14 PM, Richard D. Meadows  
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I came across this article and thought it might be of interest to the 
>>>>> group/
>>>>> 
>>>>> How To Secure Your iPhone: 12 Experts Reveal 26 Essential Security Tips
>>>>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/11/01/how-to-secure-your-iphone-12-experts-reveal-26-essential-security-tips/#1204b1cb3b10
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some things I had not thought of doing.  Hope it helps 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard
>>>>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] iPhone Security & Safety

[William Micou]

Found this...

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/02/21/how-to-sim-pin-iphone/

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> On Nov 17, 2019, at 10:10 PM, Richard D. Meadows  wrote:
> 
> I was going to ask the same question… have no idea
> Richard
> 
> 
>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 6:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>> 
>> Interesting article. One of the recommendations  was to put a PIN in you SIM 
>> card. How is that done?
>> 
 On Nov 17, 2019, at 4:14 PM, Richard D. Meadows  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I came across this article and thought it might be of interest to the group/
>>> 
>>> How To Secure Your iPhone: 12 Experts Reveal 26 Essential Security Tips
>>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/11/01/how-to-secure-your-iphone-12-experts-reveal-26-essential-security-tips/#1204b1cb3b10
>>> 
>>> Some things I had not thought of doing.  Hope it helps 
>>> 
>>> Richard
>>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Any way to know what apps will cost?

[William Micou]

Usually, somewhere on the App Store page with the description of the app you 
are considering, it shows over on the side, ‘subscription available’ or 
something like that. I think I heard that Apple is trying to crack down on 
developers not disclosing the prices. Hopefully, we’ll have a clearer picture 
of what we might get. 
Bill

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> On Jun 4, 2019, at 6:05 AM, "eugene.wi...@conagra.com" 
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> What app's so many are doing subscriptions any more. If I download one that 
> has a subscription I just delete it.
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> It’s irritating to have prices hidden!  Am I missing something?
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Re: [MacGroup] google mail on my MacBook

[William Micou]

Are you still having that problem? If the google server was offline, wouldn’t 
that cause no email? 

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> On Apr 15, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
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> my google email on my MacBook isn’t working


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[MacGroup] New e-mails looking like read

[William Micou]

Normally, the list of new unread emails will each have a blue dot showing me 
their status as unread. However, sometimes I’ll see new email with no dot. They 
are often from a service like ‘constant contact’, or a mailing list, but why 
are they appearing as read? I can’t determine (as I write this) what email 
address I’m getting them from. Is the blue dot Apple Mail specific? I’ll try to 
monitor where they are coming from later. 
Thanks for the help as always. 
Bill M. 

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Re: [MacGroup] Microsoft Tech Support Scams

[William Micou]

Why answer? Well, it might be the IRS and they have a warrant for my arrest. 

"It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.”

> On Nov 30, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Sandra Schreiber  wrote:
> 
> I have said the same thing..after about 5 minutes.It's not kept me 
> off their mailing lists, however!Sandy Schreiber
>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 12:06 PM, William Micou wrote:
>> 
>> There’s a great podcast where they try to research one of these ‘support’ 
>> centers. 
>> Podcast is “Reply All”, and look for episodes #102 & #103 called ‘Long 
>> Distance’. 
>> I too have fun with those calls. I act really excited that they found a 
>> problem and I’m so thankful that they want to help me.  Eventually I tell 
>> them I have no Window system. 
>> Bill
>> 
>> "It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.”
>> 
>>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 11:35 AM, John Robinson  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Funny, love to toy with them and glad the bad guys are being arrested…how 
>>> many folks go along with them and get suckered….
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Over the last few years I’ve been sometimes annoyed and sometimes amused 
>>>> by the frequent calls from “Microsoft Technical Support” about “problems 
>>>> with my Windows computer.”
>>>> 
>>>> The calls always begin with someone speaking in a heavy Indian accent 
>>>> saying something like “Hello, this is Edward from Microsoft Technical 
>>>> Support. We have detected problems with your computer.”
>>>> 
>>>> Just for fun, I usually ask “How do you know it’s my computer?”
>>>> 
>>>> Edward: “We have extensive security monitoring and have matched it with 
>>>> the number under which you registered Windows.”
>>>> 
>>>> At this point, I go in one of several directions.
>>>> 
>>>> If I’m in a hurry, I say something like "But I have no Windows computers.” 
>>>> Or I ask “Does your mother know you’re a criminal?” These are usually 
>>>> answered by a quick click.
>>>> 
>>>> If I’m not in a hurry, I’ll play stupid to see how long I can keep 
>>>> “Edward” on the line by having trouble with my computer.
>>>> 
>>>> A while back, I fired up VirtualBox on my Linux machine and opened a 
>>>> Windows VM, just to see what they would do. I connected to the Web site 
>>>> they suggested and watched lots of traffic as they “diagnosed” my 
>>>> problems. There were lots of changes to the Windows registry. After a 
>>>> short time, they came back and suggested things could be fixed for $150. 
>>>> At that point, I used my mother-criminal line, hung up and deleted the 
>>>> Windows VM from the Linux machine.
>>>> 
>>>> This has been going on for years and I’ve often wondered why Microsoft put 
>>>> up with it. According to ZDNet, it looks like they finally hit the 
>>>> breaking point.
>>>> 
>>>>> New Delhi police have arrested 63 suspects in the last two months working 
>>>>> and operating 26 call centers that were engaging in tech support scams, 
>>>>> posing as tech support staff at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other major 
>>>>> tech companies. The raids on Delhi-based call centers have taken place 
>>>>> over the last two months, Microsoft said. Police first raided 10 call 
>>>>> centers and arrested 24 people in October, and then raided 16 other call 
>>>>> centers and made 39 more arrests this week. 
>>>> 
>>>>> Microsoft said its staff received over 7,000 victim reports associated 
>>>>> with the 16 call centers raided this week, from over 15 countries. Users 
>>>>> reported paying between $100 and $500 for unnecessary tech support 
>>>>> services and products. The raids resulted in the seizure of substantial 
>>>>> evidence including call scripts, live chats, voice call recordings and 
>>>>> customer records from tech support fraud operations, Microsoft said. The 
>>>>> Delhi police's crackdown on tech support call centers came after 
>>>>> Microsoft filed legal complaints earlier this year. Microsoft has been 
>>>>> collecting customer complaints about tech support scams since 2014, via 
>>>>> its "

Re: [MacGroup] Microsoft Tech Support Scams

[William Micou]

There’s a great podcast where they try to research one of these ‘support’ 
centers. 
Podcast is “Reply All”, and look for episodes #102 & #103 called ‘Long 
Distance’. 
I too have fun with those calls. I act really excited that they found a problem 
and I’m so thankful that they want to help me.  Eventually I tell them I have 
no Window system. 
Bill

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> On Nov 30, 2018, at 11:35 AM, John Robinson  
> wrote:
> 
> Funny, love to toy with them and glad the bad guys are being arrested…how 
> many folks go along with them and get suckered….
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
>> 
>> Over the last few years I’ve been sometimes annoyed and sometimes amused by 
>> the frequent calls from “Microsoft Technical Support” about “problems with 
>> my Windows computer.”
>> 
>> The calls always begin with someone speaking in a heavy Indian accent saying 
>> something like “Hello, this is Edward from Microsoft Technical Support. We 
>> have detected problems with your computer.”
>> 
>> Just for fun, I usually ask “How do you know it’s my computer?”
>> 
>> Edward: “We have extensive security monitoring and have matched it with the 
>> number under which you registered Windows.”
>> 
>> At this point, I go in one of several directions.
>> 
>> If I’m in a hurry, I say something like "But I have no Windows computers.” 
>> Or I ask “Does your mother know you’re a criminal?” These are usually 
>> answered by a quick click.
>> 
>> If I’m not in a hurry, I’ll play stupid to see how long I can keep “Edward” 
>> on the line by having trouble with my computer.
>> 
>> A while back, I fired up VirtualBox on my Linux machine and opened a Windows 
>> VM, just to see what they would do. I connected to the Web site they 
>> suggested and watched lots of traffic as they “diagnosed” my problems. There 
>> were lots of changes to the Windows registry. After a short time, they came 
>> back and suggested things could be fixed for $150. At that point, I used my 
>> mother-criminal line, hung up and deleted the Windows VM from the Linux 
>> machine.
>> 
>> This has been going on for years and I’ve often wondered why Microsoft put 
>> up with it. According to ZDNet, it looks like they finally hit the breaking 
>> point.
>> 
>>> New Delhi police have arrested 63 suspects in the last two months working 
>>> and operating 26 call centers that were engaging in tech support scams, 
>>> posing as tech support staff at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other major 
>>> tech companies. The raids on Delhi-based call centers have taken place over 
>>> the last two months, Microsoft said. Police first raided 10 call centers 
>>> and arrested 24 people in October, and then raided 16 other call centers 
>>> and made 39 more arrests this week. 
>> 
>>> Microsoft said its staff received over 7,000 victim reports associated with 
>>> the 16 call centers raided this week, from over 15 countries. Users 
>>> reported paying between $100 and $500 for unnecessary tech support services 
>>> and products. The raids resulted in the seizure of substantial evidence 
>>> including call scripts, live chats, voice call recordings and customer 
>>> records from tech support fraud operations, Microsoft said. The Delhi 
>>> police's crackdown on tech support call centers came after Microsoft filed 
>>> legal complaints earlier this year. Microsoft has been collecting customer 
>>> complaints about tech support scams since 2014, via its "Report a technical 
>>> support scam" portal.
>> 
>> L^2
>> 
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>> history by the scrotum.' Of course, he was not a very honourable fighter. ‌— 
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Re: [MacGroup] Saved Screenshots

[William Micou]

Thanks. Didn’t know that ’shortcut’.  Always learning…


> On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:15 AM, John Robinson  wrote:
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> 
> Hit the Shift Command 5
> 
> At the bottom are several choices, one being “Options”
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Re: [MacGroup] What do you think?

[William Micou]

I thought they bought TomTom’s gps technology a few years ago. 

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> On Oct 16, 2018, at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Fletcher  
> wrote:
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> Maybe Apple's purchase of a mapping company might help it improve.
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[MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

[William Micou]

Not really Mac, Apple, computer related,  but other than asking the reddit 
group, I trust this group and most of you are local, so maybe someone here can 
help guide me.
Currently have AT U-verse and do not like it.
And have Apple TV (2nd gen), and a Sony 4K smart tv.
I use Amazon Prime video service, and Netflix

What I want  - I think - is:
1. have a dependable internet service. 
2. Have OTA (over the air) antenna. 
3. Be able to record shows/ movies, and sports.
4. Want to use 2 TVs. One is definitely a smart tv.

Considering 
Best Buys’ - ClearStream-4MAX-Indoor/Outdoor-HDTV-Antenna,
SiliconDust HDHomeRun - CONNECT QUATRO Tuner,
or
Tivo product (always liked Tivo in the good old days!)
or
Tablotv product (this one has some promising features)

Those of you that have made the change from cable, can you guide me into the 
light?

Thanks advance for your input and suggestions.

Bill Micou





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Re: [MacGroup] Supreme Court deals a blow to Apple Pay

[William Micou]

My buddy & I had FitBit battles (before we both went with Apple Watches). He 
would always beat me in number of steps every day. His job was stocking shelves 
at a grocery, but the FitBit counted those movements as steps! I even tried to 
beat his numbers by strapping the FitBit to an electric drill and let it whirl 
around for a while. I still lost! Now with our Apple Watches, our steps are 
similar. 

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> On Jul 2, 2018, at 12:16 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> That’s interesting Bill, thanks.
> 
> 
> John
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2018, at 12:11 PM, Bill Rising  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> Part of the difference could come from where she wears the fitbit. After 
>> some discussions in our family (back when there was a friendly competition 
>> about who could rack up the most steps), experimentation showed that many 
>> more steps got registered if the fitbit was on a sock/shoe than if it was 
>> near the waist, and near the waist registered more than near the neck. 
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 1, 2018, at 19:58, John Robinson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> My daughter works for Humana, they give gift cards for documented exercise. 
>>>  Last Christmas she had close to $600.00 to use. 
>>> 
>>> We gave her a new model 3 AppleWatch for Christmas & it has continually 
>>> shown less of a workout than she is getting.  Her old Fitbit shows 
>>> considerably more.  She has worked with Apple to adjust settings for her 
>>> stride but it’s still not accurate.  I think she needs to have it replaced. 
>>>  In her case accuracy is money.  
>>> 
>>> John 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Jul 1, 2018, at 6:57 PM, John Robinson  
 wrote:
 
 In a hurry this week I left the phone at the office, while out I 
 remembered we had a lady coming to the house with her grandson, I had 
 taken a Tiffany lamp apart & left the shade on the chair.  I tried my 
 first call without the phone on me.  Worked fine, my wife could hear me 
 fine & I could hear her.  I looked like Dick Tracy but it worked like a 
 charm.  Had the AirPods been with me it would have made it better.  I then 
 got Green Tea & paid with the Watch all with no phone. 
 
 John 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
> On Jul 1, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 1, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Anne Cartwright  wrote:
>> 
>> Which do you think was (is) more accurate?
> 
> The pedometer was quite a bit more accurate. Hays-Kennedy park has a 
> paved track that’s a little over 0.6 miles around. I did two laps and 
> counted my steps. The pedometer was right on and the watch was about 8% 
> high.
> 
> I think the watch uses GPS for distance, so that might be more accurate 
> than the pedometer.
> 
> L^2
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] P-Touch Brother PT-2430 pc label printer

[William Micou]

I’m sure you would have thought of this, but are there still programs that 
emulate a vitual Window machine? What were those - Boot Camp? VM Ware? I 
haven’t heard or read much about those lately.
Bill M

 
> On May 19, 2018, at 1:20 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
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> I picked up at an estate sale a P-Touch Brother PT-2430 pc label printer. I 
> got it connected to my Mac and I was able to set up a printer driver for it 
> but I can’t print to it from Neo Office.
> 
> I looked on line for software for it but apparently it’s for windows machines 
> and I can’t seem to find any software to use it on my Mac.
> 
> The brother website says this is a discontinued product and I think it was 
> made in 2010.
> 
> I was able to download a manual but it is for Windows computers.
> 
> Any idea how to use this old label printer on a newer Mac?
> 
> Thanks.


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[William Micou]

I sent a link separately to a podcast I listen to- ‘Reply All’,  that asked if 
Facebook was using our phone/ computer’s mics to listen. 
Here it is for this thread:
Listen to #109 Is Facebook Spying on You? from Reply All in Podcasts. 
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> On Apr 29, 2018, at 1:56 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> I think the only possibility is an App that may have slipped by Apple.  What 
> I think is more plausible is the home is leased throughout the year, either 
> the gal that owns it has a device that she keeps track of the tenants & 
> doesn’t want to admit or one of the tenants has installed something.  I’ve 
> sent her all my suggestions including installing a Fingbox so she can track 
> what’s on her network & be notified when something had been added.  I’m sure 
> there’s an explanation 
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 29, 2018, at 1:41 PM, tom holloman  wrote:
>> 
>> Hopefully you find out it’s not an Apple device listening.
>> 
>>> On Apr 28, 2018, at 6:25 PM, John Robinson  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sounds reasonable Tom…there has to be an explanation.  This wasn’t in a 
>>> hotel, it’s the vacation home of one of the girls.  I’m going to write her 
>>> in the morning attempting to get more info. about the house.  I know that 
>>> many of the smart TV’s can be controlled by outside forces, turning on the 
>>> camera and I assume the microphones….some folks put tape over the camera to 
>>> attempt some privacy…
>>> 
>>> These ladies are quite sharp, well educated, tech savvy, the lady that owns 
>>> the home I put into Mac computer’s years ago, her husband is a Windows guy 
>>> but she wanted to go Mac so I took a day off and went to her home to 
>>> instruct her on a few items, she caught on quickly and only contacted me a 
>>> couple times later, now she is well versed and I never hear from her…
>>> 
>>> I say this only to explain they aren’t the type that can hardly find the on 
>>> button…while there my daughter rewrote a Real Estate contract, sent to her 
>>> client for their signature then sent the signed document to the seller’s 
>>> agent…she also wrote an offer on another piece of property for another 
>>> client, all on her iPad….
>>> 
>>> But understanding how their voices could direct advertising is something 
>>> they want to understand.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Apr 28, 2018, at 11:32 PM, tom holloman  wrote:
 
 Is this 1984?
 
 On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 4:50 PM John Robinson  
 wrote:
> 
> My daughter and two of her friends went to Hilton Head for a few days.  
> All three use nothing but Apple Products, there is an Apple TV in the 
> home, iPads, and three iPhones that belong to each of the ladies.
> 
> One evening they were discussing a product, TV was not on, Apple TV was 
> not on.  None of them had their iPhones on, none of them were using their 
> phones to do a search for the product.
> 
> The next morning all three of the iPhones popped up advertisements for 
> the product they had ONLY verbally been discussing the evening 
> before….freaked them out.
> 
> So, they tried it again, shutting off everything but leaving the phones 
> in their purses.  They discussed a completely different product…sure 
> enough all three soon received information on this new subject.
> 
> We all know that doing a search for a product will bring scads of 
> advertisements for the product and competing products..
> 
> But, if there were no searches, only verbal discussions how is this 
> information being harvested by some devise in the home.  I don’t know if 
> they have an Echo or an Alexa.  I suppose if they do then even if the 
> devise is spying on them how does it know each of their email addresses?  
> If they had been emailing the night before do these devices have the 
> ability to skim the packets and obtain their emails?
> 
> If they don’t have an Echo or Alexa  (and I’ll check) does anyone have a 
> clue how this could happen?
> 
> What if they have an Alarm system, could it be listening and selling the 
> info. to Amazon and others?
> 
> I told them I would ask the group to see what you thought.
> 
> Thanks a bunch,
> 
> John
> 
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[MacGroup] Listen to #109 Is Facebook Spying on You? in Podcasts

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Re: [MacGroup] The Wagon Still Rolls

[William Micou]

Been following this discussion -
Ready to cut the AT UVerse cord and just use Apple TV, HD antenna, and some 
kind of a HD digital recorder. My question (one of many at this point) is - I 
only need a internet provider now, what is my best value in the Louisville 
area? Used to have IgLou and loved everything about them, especially the fact 
that they are local. What do you all say?
Thanks,
Bill M.

> On Apr 9, 2018, at 10:05 PM, tom holloman  wrote:
> 
> tried youtube tv but there is no way to get closed captions on all channels 
> that its available on. you have to click on each individual program and CC 
> for that program only. Thought I was doing something wrong so got on live 
> chat. The chat guy couldnt believe it either and had to check. Came back and 
> said unfortunately I was right. Hard to believe in this day.
> Tom
> 
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Sandy Price  > wrote:
> YouTube TV. It's awesome. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 7, 2018, at 7:05 PM, tom holloman  > wrote:
> 
>> Anyone know of servicethat streams local channels over the internet? Where I 
>> live a roof antenna will pick up no local channels. Theu are only 50 miles 
>> away buy high hills in the way. 
>> Thanks
>> Tom
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer > > wrote:
>> John,
>> 
>> We have never had cable - only an antenna on the roof of our house. I do 
>> have TIVO and Netflix and Amazon Prime. I also have CBS All Access so I can 
>> watch Star Trek Discovery. I am going to cancel that as soon as I finish the 
>> series.
>> when Game of Thrones is streaming I order HBO Now and cancel that when it’s 
>> over.
>> 
>> Life is great without cable.
>> 
>> Harry
>> 
>> > On Mar 7, 2018, at 3:05 PM, John Robinson > > > wrote:
>> >
>> > Anne, you missed nothing, none of the folks in line were for a new 
>> > product, I was there because my daughter cut her Cable service, she said 
>> > today when she returned the boxes the line was a 30 minute wait and all 
>> > were doing the same, cutting the cable.
>> >
>> > I was there to pick up an Apple TV, 4K, I’ll give her the last model 
>> > (1080) so she can still watch the programming she wants.  I ordered her an 
>> > antenna so I’ll hook both up for her and she should get by just fine 
>> > without paying Spectrum their exorbitant fees.
>> >
>> > I was surprised that Apple had so many customers that early in the 
>> > morning…I mean there wasn’t another person waiting at Best Buy, Microsoft, 
>> > Dick’s, Macy’s, etc etc….only Apple, some were for a class, some were for 
>> > purchases, some for repairs…it’s a well oiled company as the folks were 
>> > soon dispersed and employees were getting them cared for…
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Mar 7, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Anne Cartwright > >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Not keeping up with Apple’s latest, what were you all lineup for. In 
>> >> other words, what did I miss.
>> >>
>> >> Anne
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On Mar 6, 2018, at 10:03 AM, John Robinson > >>> > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 9:45, no lights in Mall, stores still closed, turned the corner to head 
>> >>> to Apple, grief, this is nuts.  By the time the store opens the line has 
>> >>> grown considerably behind me.  An employee comes out to start taking 
>> >>> names.
>> >>>
>> >>> Apple is still a tech wonder.
>> >>>
>> >>> John
>> >>>
>> >>> 
>> >>>
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Re: [MacGroup] time machine backups

[William Micou]

Found my answer:
When you enter Time Machine, a timeline appears on the right side of the 
screen. Each dated tick mark in the timeline is a backup, and each backup has a 
color when you move the pointer over it.
macOS High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, or Yosemite:
A bright red tick mark is a backup that can be restored now, either from a 
local snapshot or your backup drive. When your backup drive isn't available, 
only the local snapshots are bright red.
A dimmed red tick mark is a backup that can be restored from your backup drive 
after that drive becomes available. Until then, the stack of windows on the 
screen shows a blank window for that backup.
OS X Mavericks or earlier:
A gray tick mark is a backup that can be restored now from a local snapshot.
A bright pink tick mark is a backup that can be restored now from your backup 
drive. 
A dimmed pink tick mark is a backup that can be restored from your backup drive 
after that drive becomes available. Until then, the stack of windows on the 
screen shows a blank window for that backup.
So red is good. 


> On Dec 13, 2017, at 6:29 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Out shopping but the last time I entered TimeMachine my bars were also Red, & 
> my data was there.  There may be a problem with Red, if so, we both have it. 
> 
> John
> 
> John. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 13, 2017, at 3:01 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I use an Airport Time Capsule for my Time Machine backups. When you ‘enter 
>> time machine’, and the screen of your backups show with the time line along 
>> the far right side, should the bars on each date appear in green or red?
>> Mine are in red and I don’t think that means “OK”.
>> 
>> (I’ve never 100% trusted time machine, and also clone my system with 
>> SuperDuper.)
>> 
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>> Bill
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[MacGroup] time machine backups

[William Micou]

I use an Airport Time Capsule for my Time Machine backups. When you ‘enter time 
machine’, and the screen of your backups show with the time line along the far 
right side, should the bars on each date appear in green or red?
Mine are in red and I don’t think that means “OK”.

(I’ve never 100% trusted time machine, and also clone my system with 
SuperDuper.)

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Re: [MacGroup] Internet Service Provider in Louisville, KY | Google Fiber

[William Micou]

Well - just tried again and got new result. This time, I advanced to the email 
address page.
Bill

> On Oct 19, 2017, at 9:17 AM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> When I tried that link, I got the Google Fiber page, but when I put in my 
> address and clicked ‘check eligibility', it went nowhere. Does that mean I’m 
> not eligible? 
> Any one else have different result?
> Bill
> 
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Ed Wiser <wisero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Internet Service Provider in Louisville, KY | Google Fiber

[William Micou]

When I tried that link, I got the Google Fiber page, but when I put in my 
address and clicked ‘check eligibility', it went nowhere. Does that mean I’m 
not eligible? 
Any one else have different result?
Bill


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Re: [MacGroup] Life Lock

[William Micou]

Spoke with a financial consultant yesterday and during the conversation, he 
mentioned his family uses it and thought it to be worth it. He had an 
interestingly idea about his pre-teen kids. He has Life-Lock for them because  
their Social Security numbers could be comprised for years before the parents 
ever catch it - maybe from birth to college.  

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> On Sep 14, 2017, at 2:57 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> Harry,
> 
> Lots of controversy with this company, many lawsuits, and the FTC has also 
> been after them.
> 
> But, the bad publicity has not hurt their sales, I gather most folks listen 
> to the advertisements and don’t check.
> 
> Another choice might be to check with your insurance company….my company 
> offers protection for $25.00 a year added to your homeowners….if you are 
> hacked you call and our security people handle everything from there, you 
> have to do little….
> 
> Our system doesn’t “warn” you as LifeLock says, we handle the mess after the 
> hack……other companies may do it differently.
> 
> The best way would be to put a Lock on our accounts with each of the 
> reporting agencies…it’s not hard to do, it is a hassle, so your opening a new 
> credit card and your account is locked so you have to ask which of the three 
> the firm is wanting to access…then you get on line and unlock that 
> company…they may charge $25.00 to do this but that’s a small price to pay to 
> have your account locked.
> 
> Here is a site you might want to check out.
> 
> John
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 14, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone know anything about Life Lock 
>> 
>> 
>> They are supposed to protect you against identity theft and will work with 
>> you to fix things if your identity is stolen.
>> 
>> They have 3 levels of protection ranging from about $10 per month to $30 per 
>> month.
>> 
>> What do you think?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] solar eclipse

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I googled your question and got several apps appearing that supposely make it 
safe using the iPhone.
Here is an article that just appeared:
https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/07/20/NY47371 


Bill

 
> On Jul 20, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> 
> can I use a digital camera or my iPhone camera to take photos of the eclipse 
> without damaging the camera/iPhone?
> 
> I have eclipse viewing glasses and know not to look at the sun through the 
> camera without wearing the glasses.
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Julian date

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Also came across this list that may have we you are looking for:
http://appcrawlr.com/ios-apps/best-apps-julian-calendar

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> On Jul 2, 2017, at 12:36 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
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> Does anyone know of an app that will add the Julian date to the calendar in 
> the MacOs?
> 
> 
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[MacGroup] Julian date

[William Micou]

Julian Day by Neal Layton
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Re: [MacGroup] mail acting funny

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Harry -
Could the icon be showing you the number of unread emails that might be in your 
trash?
That’s my best guess.
Bill

> On Jun 18, 2017, at 8:32 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
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> After dinner I went to my computer to check email. The mail icon in the dock 
> indicated I had 365 unread email messages - in reality I only had 3 or 4. 
> After I read those the icon said I still had 365 unread messages.
> 
> I quit and restarted mail and the icon no longer showed I had any unread 
> emails.
> 
> Any idea what’s happening?
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] shady operators

[William Micou]

One of my regular podcasts discussed this exact problem. They highlighted how a 
locksmith was the first to figure out how to work the system and overcharge 
customers who desperately needed their services.  I can't find it now, but it 
is a thing. Get referrals, trust no one. 

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> On Jun 18, 2017, at 7:22 PM, "preston@twc.com"  
> wrote:
> 
> Does Microsoft’s “Bing” do that too?
> -russ
> 
>> On Jun 18, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Pen Helm  wrote:
>> 
>> This article says that sometimes when you search Google Maps for a nearby 
>> plumber, you get sent to a shady operator who overcharges you.
>> 
>> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/thousands-of-fake-google-maps-listings-redirect-users-to-fraudulent-sites-each-month/
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[MacGroup] Map app - new bridge

[William Micou]

Your question about map apps made me want to ask if anyone has traveled over 
the new bridge in Louisville (Lewis & Clark bridge) using travel directions on 
the iPhone? Is the app updated to include the new bridge? I checked the Apple 
map on my laptop and the bridge is not there. I asked for directions to an 
address directly over the bridge and it routed me downtown. Wonder how long 
before it gets added.

Bill


> On Mar 11, 2017, at 9:21 AM, Brian ONeal  wrote:
> 
> What map app is that John, or do you have visual effects enabled?
> 
> It reminds me of what my old Mac Classic / old Mac O/S looked like. 
> I like it. 
> 
> Brian ONeal
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] wiping a MacBook laptop for sale

[William Micou]

Thanks all! I went with the option of creating a new user, making it an admin 
acct., changing previous admin to standard, and then deleting it. Fresh laptop. 
I'm not worried about scrubbing the hd completely- this was my step-daughter's 
from high school 7 years ago.
Thanks again!
Bill

> On Jan 1, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Chris Denny <denny...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Kill Disk will write zeros to the hard drive and wipe out everything. You 
> would have to restore the OS from a USB if you did it this way. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 7:50 PM, Pen Helm <pen-...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> You might be able to simply create a new user and delete the existing user 
>> in System Preferences:Users & Groups.
>> That would leave your System and Applications intact.
>> 
>>> On Jan 1, 2017, at 7:29 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Need some advice-
>>> My step-daughter is serving with the Peace Corps in Ghana Africa. The 
>>> computer she has with her is fine, but another volunteer has a laptop that 
>>> is very old and slow. I want to send her a older MacBook that I have. I 
>>> know how to remove the pictures and save them to a flash drive/ hard drive. 
>>> My concern is how do I erase the laptop’s internal hard drive and make it 
>>> clean of my data? Of course I need it to have a functioning OS for her to 
>>> use it.
>>> I probably know how to do this, but never have needed to do it. Can anyone 
>>> offer the steps?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill Micou
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[MacGroup] wiping a MacBook laptop for sale

[William Micou]

Need some advice-
My step-daughter is serving with the Peace Corps in Ghana Africa. The computer 
she has with her is fine, but another volunteer has a laptop that is very old 
and slow. I want to send her a older MacBook that I have. I know how to remove 
the pictures and save them to a flash drive/ hard drive. My concern is how do I 
erase the laptop’s internal hard drive and make it clean of my data? Of course 
I need it to have a functioning OS for her to use it.
I probably know how to do this, but never have needed to do it. Can anyone 
offer the steps?
Thanks,
Bill Micou
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[MacGroup] How to network two MacBook Pros together via Thunderbolt 3

[William Micou]

Thought this might be of interest to someone -

How to network two MacBook Pros together via Thunderbolt 3

From Mac and IOS tips, a Flipboard magazine by Steve Levitt

Instead of using Target Disk Mode, there is another way to quickly transfer 
files between two MacBook Pro machines using Thunderbolt 3.…

Read it on Flipboard

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Re: [MacGroup] Uverse

[William Micou]

Harry-
I have UVerse and have to re-boot the router once a week or so. Try it.

Bill
> On Nov 16, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> 
> My Uverse connection is really slow. I hadn’t backed up my ipad to the cloud 
> in a really long time. So today around 3:30p.m. I started a backup. At first 
> it said the back up would take 7 hours, then it went down to 4. I went out to 
> dinner and when I returned it says it has 15 hours to go. The temperature bar 
> indicates it’s backed up about a quarter of the way.
> 
> My wife plays an online bridge game and it is much slower than normal and I 
> use LogMeIn to connect to my brother’s computer in florida and boy is it much 
> much slower than in previous days.
> 
> I something going on with Uverse?
> 
> Will it help to restart the Uverse box?
> 
> I really need to get the iPad backup done. Would it go faster if I connected 
> the iPad iPhone personal hot spot?
> 
> What should I do.
> Help please.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Invitation events multiplying in Calendar

[William Micou]

Dan-
Do the calendars show up in the sidebar? If so, click or control-click on one 
and get control of its actions.
If they don’t, are they calendars with links to a google account, or yahoo 
account? or M$ Office suite? Maybe you can look at any of those connections and 
determine if the settings  are flooring your system with repeat events.
I googled ‘Turn Off ICS Sharing 
’ and came up 
with some ideas you might want to try.
Good luck.
Bill


> On Nov 1, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Dan Crutcher  wrote:
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> Lately events that I have been invited to through .ics attachments have been 
> multiplying in my Calendar. It’s like whatever is generating the calendar 
> entry isn’t getting turned off, so it keeps adding another iteration of the 
> event every day, or maybe even every 12 hours. See screenshot below for an 
> example of an invitation event that has multiplied about a dozen times.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] All Mac Startup Sounds 1984 - 2003 - YouTube

[William Micou]

I stand corrected. I think the article I read about startup chimes threw the 
Sosume info into the same article and I didn’t know the difference.
Thanks!

> On Nov 1, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <li...@fletcherdata.com> wrote:
> 
> On Nov 1, 2016, at 3:02 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The chime actually has a name - Sosumi - pronounced as it looks, ‘So sue me’.
>> Here is a Wiki link to the history -
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi
> 
> Sorry, Bill, Sosume is one of the original alert sounds, used in place of the 
> traditional computer beep, not a startup chime. 
> 
> It is more complex than your common garden-variety (PC) monotonic beep 
> (because they could) but not an introductory demonstration of the polyphonic 
> magic of whatever the latest sound chip could perform, like the startup chime 
> was.
> 
> jj
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] All Mac Startup Sounds 1984 - 2003 - YouTube

[William Micou]

The chime actually has a name - Sosumi - pronounced as it looks, ‘So sue me’.
Here is a Wiki link to the history -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi 

Bill
> On Nov 1, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Jonathan Fletcher  wrote:
> 
> On Nov 1, 2016, at 12:00 PM, "Brian O'Neal"  wrote:
>> 
>> It's been the same chime for far too long. I'm ready for a change. 
> 
> 
> Yeah, they used to change them up a lot more often, but that was when sound 
> chips were advancing at a faster pace. Initially, it was used to remind the 
> user that it was one of the only computers that actually had sound. Then they 
> were used to demonstrate the superiority of each generation’s sound 
> capability over the previous one. As each chip could generate more 
> simultaneous notes they would add more notes (and eventually harmonics) to 
> the chime chord. 
> 
> It also coincidentally served to distinguish the generations of machines. An 
> experienced ear could tell how new a machine was by its chime. Sort of a brag 
> factor.
> 
> That was also back when you had to start and restart computers a lot more 
> often and so you got to hear it more. My Macs almost never get restarted 
> these days.
> 
> I checked Wikipedia to see which one was used in WallE. It turns out it is 
> the same one first used on the 1999 G3s and every Mac since.
> 
> I did NOT know this, though:
> 
>> In 2016 Apple removed the startup chime from the late-2016 MacBook Pro.[5] 
>> Apple has since updated its support documentation to reflect this change, 
>> removing references to the startup chime from the NVRAM reset instructions 
>> for this model,[6] however there is a UNIX terminal command that can be run 
>> to re-enable the chime.[7]
> 
> More goodies at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_startup
> 
> jj
> 
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[MacGroup] All Mac Startup Sounds 1984 - 2003 - YouTube

[William Micou]

I just read that the start-up chime we hear from our Macs will not be the same 
on the newly released models. Here is a link to the sounds of past Macs.
Bill
All Mac Startup Sounds 1984 - 2003 - YouTube

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Re: [MacGroup] Photo App

[William Micou]

Anne,
In the Photo app, top of page where menu bar is, go to ‘view’; one of the 
selections is ‘hide face names’ (or ‘show face names’). You can toggle that to 
be on or off. I too get ignored when it asks me to name the rock or tree bark. 
Maybe it is seeing ‘shadow people’?

Bill

> On Oct 30, 2016, at 12:27 AM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 29, 2016, at 11:27 PM, Anne Cartwright  > wrote:
> 
>> John,
>> 
>> Is it possible to turn off Faces (or what ever new new Photo calls it).
>> 
>> I take very few photos of people and yet iPhoto (which I’m still using since 
>> the first Photo required more steps in my opinion) and I get tired of seeing 
>> various rock formations, flowers, etc. unnamed.
>> 
>> I can and do turn off Places. However the version of iPhoto and Photo I have 
>> do not allow one to turn off Faces.
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 29, 2016, at 9:41 PM, John Robinson >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thought I would pass along the amazing work in Apple’s “PHOTO” app.
>>> 
>>> In the past I didn’t use iPhoto, I used Aperture, the more robust photo 
>>> organizer and enhancer but Apple stopped supporting this App and in essence 
>>> turned over Photo enhancement to the Adobe programs.
>>> 
>>> With the upgrade to Sierra I decided it was time to move my Photo Library 
>>> out of Aperture into Photo….the Apple event where Sierra was introduced Tim 
>>> Cook mentioned that the new Photo App. was going to have over a BILLION 
>>> reference points on each photo..we will be able to search on an combination 
>>> of people, landscape, buildings, etc. etc….
>>> 
>>> So far I am trying to learn how it works…..BUT in the background I wanted 
>>> to show you what is happening.
>>> 
>>> When it was loaded there were ZERO people in the “People” list, then over 
>>> the next several hours I noticed a few more “people” being included…tonight 
>>> look at the list!   
>>> 
>>> Grief, this is amazing…Now, in Aperture I had named some of the pictures, 
>>> so that’s how Photo is coming up with the names…BUT the program is applying 
>>> it’s billion points of recognition without me doing a thing it’s adding 
>>> photo’s to that persons list….
>>> 
>>> I will have to go through and find those folks that need to be identified 
>>> ONCE, maybe TWICE for them to then begin their collection of photos where 
>>> they are included…
>>> 
>>> Isn’t this utterly amazing!!!  AND IT’S FREE with the OS.
>>> 
>>> Below I’ll show you how awesome this is….read on...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Above you see Carly Robinson, my deceased Step-Mother, there will be others 
>>> and since there are thousands of photo’s for the program to analyze it may 
>>> be that the work is just not yet done…but on the example below notice that 
>>> the picture with the ceiling light does NOT appear to have Carly shown at 
>>> all….so why is she listed in this photo?  
>>> 
>>> Look at the very bottom screenshot, how blurry, BUT IT IS CARLY…this shows 
>>> just how good Photo is in picking out people once the program has once 
>>> identified someone…
>>> 
>>> Can you imagine the possibilities, be it celebrating an individual’s 
>>> birthday and wanting to have a movie or slide show of that person’s 
>>> life….the slide show setup is instantaneous and the default music changes 
>>> with the theme you choose…or go choose your own music in iTunes.
>>> 
>>> One final note, we have BOXES and BOXES of photo’s it will take a year to 
>>> move to digital using a flatbed scanner.
>>> 
>>> Epson to the rescue, they have just come out with an unbelievable photo 
>>> scanner, the link below is to the Amazon page, watch the video and you’ll 
>>> see how this job has been sized to a few weekends and then allow Photo to 
>>> organize all those old photos for you.
>>> 
>>> Don’t you love Technology!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Epson-FastFoto-FF-640-High-Speed-Scanning/dp/B01HR89FNK/ref=sr_1_1/157-3459199-0739744?ie=UTF8=1477791198=8-1=epson+fast+photo+scanner
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Maps, Maps Maps, everywhere

[William Micou]

To all -

As bicyclist and a soon-to-be motorcyclist, please let your passenger handle 
the phone when driving, or use Siri and hands free. WAZE is a great driving 
tool but even if you have the new 7 plus, that's an awful small screen to have 
to study and determine where you should go. Just be careful.

Bill


On Oct 10, 2016, at 06:48 PM, John Robinson  wrote:


I've heard nothing but good reports on WAZE, I guess the only problem would be 
in an area with no cell coverage, there is where the satellite GPS is needed


John

Sent from my iPhone


On Oct 10, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:


Got rid of my Magellan GPS. I use the WAZE app. It also gives you alternate 
routing when traffic is backed up. Its interactive and lets you know when other 
WAZE users are on the road with you. Users can report accidents, cars on the 
side of the road, and police. WAZE then alerts you as you approach these 
events. If the car on the side of the road has gone, you tell WAZE and it will 
remove the notice so other users don’t get it.


You can also search for restaurants you like.


It is continually updated with route changes like the reconfiguration of 
Spaghetti Junction.


It’s a free app.








On Oct 10, 2016, at 1:10 PM, John Robinson  wrote:






Traveled to Florida and back, using Maps on the Jeep, a Garmin stand alone GPS 
and the iPhone.


I updated the Garmin, new firmware and new maps.


The Jeep update was close to $600.00, at those prices of the maps will remain 
the 2014 vintage.


The iPhone is always updated, just upgraded to iOS 10.0.2


We are ready, lets hit the road….


I’ll try to keep this short but the results were humorous ….


The Jeep would give me one distance and tell me to turn left, the Garmin would 
give me another distance and tell me to turn right, the iPhone would tell me 
yet a third distance and tell me to go straight…


I learned that the Garmin and the Jeep were more sensitive to small road 
changes, thus the differences, so if a road would split from my road they would 
tell me miles in advance to be sure and take the main road, the iPhone knew I 
was an Apple Geek and could figure these things out…stay on my road until she 
said to turn…and boy with the new update on the Apple Watch the physical turns 
really shake your arm, so if the phone is in the console I don’t even have to 
look at it, with Siri’s voice and the watch beating up on my wrist I knew when 
I was to turn or had arrived at my destination.


One caveat for the Jeep and the iPhone. In parts of Alabama the folks think a Cell 
Tower is a place of incarceration of solitude high off the ground….my AT cell 
phone and my wife’s Verizon Cell neither had service for miles…so now the reason 
for the Garmin GPS which uses Satellite….I was still connected…


The iPhone was marvelous, not missing a beat and I also learned what most of 
you may already know…about time to eat, we tried to have lunch at Panera Bread 
where possible…so going along with the map doing it’s thing we ask Siri where 
is the nearest Panera Bread…she brings to screens the closest….touch it and now 
a NEW map appears, I can dismiss it or allow her to take me to lunch….If I 
don’t want the one she suggest I wait and she goes back to the original map.


When finished eating we are back to the original map and puttering along with 
our Captain in charge of getting us where we want to go.


While in Destin wanting to go to a restaurant or whatever most sites when you 
click on “map” it takes me to Google Maps, and I wait and wait for it to 
load…..wish Apple could fix the default from these sites to Apple Map so I copy 
the address and enter into Apple Maps and instantly they load and never miss my 
destination.


I also listen to books as I drive and the book pauses when Siri wants to tell 
me something, maybe it’s the Bose earbuds but the Siri voice sure sounds much 
younger, personal and quite lovely…I was starting to need more conversation 
with this lady, she was very soothing….




Finally, Siri would come on and say that 25 miles ahead there was a traffic 
jam, if I took the route she suggested I would save 25 minutes…really? Was this 
old data? Was it real? This had NEVER happened before so I didn’t listen to her 
and sat in traffic at least 2 hours…on the two different occasions that were 
traffic jams…oh, will I learn?


It’s been awhile since I have revisited Maps, I thought this might help someone 
on the list…you never know.




John




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[MacGroup] Dropbox Hacked — More Than 68 Million Account Details Leaked Online

[William Micou]

http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/dropbox-data-breach.html?m=1


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https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/08/pcvark-plays-dirty/?utm_source=double-opt-%20in_medium=email-internal-b2c_campaign=EM-August-2nd-2016newsletter_content=pcvark-plays-dirty


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Re: [MacGroup] How does this work?

[William Micou]

I have seen a kiosk in the parking lot of Roosters restaurant near Middletown 
behind the RiteAid, with a sign saying they sell/ repair car key fobs. Don't 
know anything about prices or ability, but maybe someone else does. 
Bill

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> On May 25, 2016, at 11:11 AM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> Lee, this system sounds similar to the random numerical number generator used 
> in newer garage door openers with the remote unit.   Thanks for all your in 
> depth help to the group, we are most fortunate.  
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On May 25, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> On May 24, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Before I get to my question I want to to give you some background.
>>> 
>>> I have a  2004 Toyota Sienna Van with 100,000+ miles. The key fob (you know 
>>> the one with the unlock/lock buttons and the 3 open door buttons and the 
>>> panic button) has been dropped several times over the past few year and 
>>> finally gave out. I changed the battery and it still doesn’t work.
>>> 
>>> I asked the toyota dealer about a new fob $100 for the fob and $50 to 
>>> program it. I decided to just use the key and not replace the fob.
>>> 
>>> My wife Sherry, the ebay maven in our family, went on ebay and found a 
>>> third party fob for the car for ±$21. Instructions for programming the fob 
>>> were included.
>>> 
>>> I now have a workable replacement fob. Yeah!
>>> 
>>> Without getting into the long and the short of it the instructions for 
>>> programming the fob included inserting and removing the key, closing and 
>>> opening the door 2 or 3 times, turning the ignition on and off, and 
>>> pressing buttons on the fob.
>>> 
>>> It’s magic. Now here’s the question: How does this work? what do those 
>>> steps do and how is the information transferred to the fob?
>>> 
>>> If anyone would like to see the complete instructions email me off list and 
>>> I will send you a link to them.
>> 
>> A few months ago we got a Prius. It came with only two smart key fobs and I 
>> was kind of “irritated" when the dealership told me a third would be $350. 
>> Those keys can’t have more than $10 of electronics in them. I decided to see 
>> if it could be done more cheaply elsewhere, so I looked into how they work.
>> 
>> Here’s how the current Toyota fobs work.
>> 
>> When you program a key, it syncs a number in the key to one already in the 
>> car’s computer. This is a seed for what’s called a pseudo-random number 
>> generator. A pseudo-random number generator is a mathematical function that 
>> generates a list of numbers which seems to be totally random, but actually 
>> is completely determined by the starting seed. Since both the key and the 
>> car’s computer have the same pseudo-random generator and the same seed, they 
>> can generate the same pseudo-random numbers.
>> 
>> When the car and the key come into radio contact, they compare numbers. If 
>> the numbers match, the key can control the car. After a number is used, both 
>> the key and the car throw it away and use the next number, so a thief can’t 
>> decode everything by listening in on the conversation. A new number is used 
>> every time you unlock a door or start your car.
>> 
>> It’s actually a little more complicated than this. The computer in the car 
>> searches forward 256 positions in the list for a match. So, if your toddler 
>> gets hold of your key and sits on the couch pressing the lock button 257 or 
>> more times, you might have to reprogram your key.
>> 
>> Here’s where I think it gets downright despicable.
>> 
>> Apparently, up until about 2013, Toyota sold locksmiths devices that could 
>> program the key systems in their cars, and the magic incantation for syncing 
>> an individual key was pretty easy to find. In 2014, they invoked the DMCA 
>> (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) to keep their key programming secret. 
>> According to the DMCA, it’s illegal for me or anyone else to 
>> reverse-engineer the programming in my own car. Now, it’s pretty much only 
>> dealers who can program the key systems in the cars. Repeat after me: 
>> “Dealer profit center."
>> 
>> L^2
>> 
>> PS/ If anyone knows of a place around Louisville where I can get a Prius key 
>> cheaply programmed, please let me know!
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] iPhone calendar issue

[William Micou]

Check
settings-
Mail, Contacts, Calendars-
scroll down to calendar settings, and look for the ‘sync’ setting,
there are choices, 'sync events 2 weeks back, 1 month back, 3 months back, 6 
months back, all events’
I don’t know if that will solve your issue, but that may be a factor.

Good luck,
Bill

> On May 22, 2016, at 9:03 PM, youngman.pe...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I'm not having that particular issue, but would like to know if my phone is 
> archiving past appointments and events in a specific place. I had been using 
> that information for certain documentation. It doesn't seem to be in the 
> calendar after a few months. Birthdays and holidays are all that remain. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On May 22, 2016, at 6:46 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Wife & I have iPhones, her's is the new 6s, and mine is a 5s. Her OS is 
>> 9.3.1, mine is 9.3.2. We use iCloud, have a Time Machine for backup. We both 
>> have lost calendar events for most of 2016. They are still showing on my 
>> MacBook under the calendar ‘Home’ and is my main Mac account and it’s 
>> settings have it sharing with her Mac account. Looks like events in 2015 are 
>> still there, but 2016 is wiped clean. Odd and scary.
>> Anyone else having a problem with calendars and iPhones?   I didn’t see 
>> anything under Apple support.
>> Don’t know if this is related - we went out of town today - just to 
>> Henderson, KY.  Realized it was an issue when we returned to Louisville and 
>> checked calendars. Have rebooted both phones and no difference.
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Bill
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[MacGroup] iPhone calendar issue

[William Micou]

Wife & I have iPhones, her's is the new 6s, and mine is a 5s. Her OS is 9.3.1, 
mine is 9.3.2. We use iCloud, have a Time Machine for backup. We both have lost 
calendar events for most of 2016. They are still showing on my MacBook under 
the calendar ‘Home’ and is my main Mac account and it’s settings have it 
sharing with her Mac account. Looks like events in 2015 are still there, but 
2016 is wiped clean. Odd and scary.
Anyone else having a problem with calendars and iPhones?   I didn’t see 
anything under Apple support.
Don’t know if this is related - we went out of town today - just to Henderson, 
KY.  Realized it was an issue when we returned to Louisville and checked 
calendars. Have rebooted both phones and no difference.
Thanks for your time,
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Re: [MacGroup] Birth of the Mac

[William Micou]

I agree. I stopped listening to his podcasts long ago. It always seemed like he 
was too big on himself and like to hear himself talk. His early shows, Tech TV 
was great and I learned a lot from him, but he changed. IMHO.

Bill

> On Apr 11, 2016, at 6:43 PM, Ed Wiser  wrote:
> 
> Well I have been listening to his flip flopping and fan boy talk for whatever 
> platform he feels is the underdog for years. For a long time he was a Mac fan 
> now he is a Android fan. He has not moral compass and will shill for any 
> company. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Lee Larson  wrote:
>> 
>> On 04/11/2016 05:38 PM, Ed Wiser exclaimed:
>> 
>>> Not a fan of Leo LaPort he is a idiot
>> 
>> I'm just curious why you think so.
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] New Years Resolution

[William Micou]

I, for one, would like you to immediate reconsider your resolution! I always 
learn something from your postings and to think I might have to have fewer of 
them, causes me concern.
If the mood strikes, please post any and all without hesitation. Now as far as 
the other groups you are affiliated with… maybe they don’t appreciate you as 
much as we do and therefore, feel free to limit your contributions to those 
ingrates.

Happy New Year! and keep ‘em coming! 

Bill Micou

> On Jan 1, 2016, at 4:52 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> 
> It’s a New Year, we all have our resolutions, the lists are long…
> 
> I have tucked away a few morsels….but of interest to the groups I correspond 
> with…
> 
> I plan to do much less posting of articles this year!
> 
> I hear the applause, and I agree.
> 
> I have the tendency to want to share the mother lobe of information, haven’t 
> a clue why, it’s fun for me to pass info on to those that don’t get as 
> excited over a postage stamp as I do…
> 
> HOWEVER, (i will refrain from bunches of the exceptions) this story is 
> stunning, some folks are so brilliant that I makes me feel as I am qualified 
> to ask if you want the Bride or Groom seating…..
> 
> If we keep the wheels on this old globe the future is going to be fantastic!! 
>  You really should see this short video, WOW!  Only 1.47 min so watch it all, 
> other items are controlled via the watch as well…..
> 
> I will say that Apple really treated me right over my Apple Watch.  
> 
> Since I had a skin cancer a couple years ago I grease myself to the point the 
> watch is swimming in sunscreen and after several months when I took it off 
> the charger the back came off.  Goodness, the workings behind the probes are 
> amazing.  When I took it in for repair I was to be without it for 3-5 
> days…instead they gave me a new one….This is typical, I have had them do the 
> same on other items…and you know, while it was being shipped for what I 
> thought was a repair I felt I had lost a friend, I had no idea how much I had 
> come to rely on a wearable….are we spoiled or what!
> 
> 
> Researchers use Apple Watch to pilot drone, control HomeKit Hue lamps via 
> hand gestures
> By Daniel Eran Dilger  
> Friday, January 01, 2016, 11:54 am PT (02:54 pm ET)
> 
> 
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/technology-video/video-using-the-force-no-its-an-apple-watch-flying-this-drone/article27969572/
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Engineering students at Taiwan's National Chung Hsing University demonstrated 
> a clever use of the motion sensors in Apple Watch to interpret hand gestures, 
> enabling them to remotely control real world devices akin to the science 
> fiction fantasy depicted in Star Wars.
> 
> The Force Awakens: use the Dong
> 
> 
> A group of five researchers, including civil engineering PhD student Mark Ven 
> and University professor Yang Ming-der have been working at PVD+ since 2013, 
> developing software they call Dong coding to interpret hand gestures, notes a 
> report 
>  
> by Reuters. 
> 
> Simply wearing an Apple Watch provides enough motion controls—thanks to the 
> device's gyroscope and accelerometers—to allow the researchers to pilot a 
> Parrot AR Drone 3.0 using hand movements, or alternatively turn on Philips 
> Hue HomeKit lamps using a clap, then activate a given color by tracing the 
> outline of a character (such as drawing out a "R" to turn the lamp red). 
> 
> Ven demonstrated using PVD+ software to fly a drone in Taichung City (above), 
> where he was interviewed by Reuters. Ven also demonstrated using Apple Watch 
> to remotely control a Sphero robotic toy and control HomeKit-capable 
> 
>  devices.
> 
> "Previously we've needed complicated controls to fly drones, but now we can 
> use a wearable device, and through human behavior and gestures directly 
> interact with them - using a hand to control and fly drones directly," he 
> said. 
> 
> PVD+ is seeking to patent and commercialize the technology, which appears to 
> be an interesting new application of wearables, an emerging market Apple 
> entered over the past year with Apple Watch, which it rapidly turned into a 
> $7 billion  
> business across its first 9 months on the market.
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Re: [MacGroup] New Years Resolution

[William Micou]

Yeah, but the kids know everything already, just ask them…
When you can, keep us up on all things Apple.
Thanks for all you have submitted. Not spam to me.
Bill

> On Jan 1, 2016, at 8:30 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> wrote:
> 
> Bill, your so kind and I appreciate it.  I am on several business sites 
> continually, I also use Apple News, which is the best resource for 
> information I have ever found….so among all of this I keep finding items that 
> are so interesting, some are getting the “real” truth out and some will knock 
> you off the stool.  
> 
> You can’t believe how many guys get a kick out of running Apple in the 
> ground, the press are like a pack, let one begin and the lemmings follow 
> suite…like Politicians, they follow the polls.  In reality there are more 
> great things happening with Apple that needs to be told but I also know I can 
> wear thin…one of my kids said that when they see it’s spam from me they 
> delete without reading so if my children feel that way then what must others 
> feel!!
> 
> Again thanks, this group is by far my favorite….
> 
> John
> 
>   
>> On Jan 1, 2016, at 8:17 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com 
>> <mailto:derby...@mac.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I, for one, would like you to immediate reconsider your resolution! I always 
>> learn something from your postings and to think I might have to have fewer 
>> of them, causes me concern.
>> If the mood strikes, please post any and all without hesitation. Now as far 
>> as the other groups you are affiliated with… maybe they don’t appreciate you 
>> as much as we do and therefore, feel free to limit your contributions to 
>> those ingrates.
>> 
>> Happy New Year! and keep ‘em coming! 
>> 
>> Bill Micou
>> 
>>> On Jan 1, 2016, at 4:52 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com 
>>> <mailto:profilecoven...@me.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It’s a New Year, we all have our resolutions, the lists are long…
>>> 
>>> I have tucked away a few morsels….but of interest to the groups I 
>>> correspond with…
>>> 
>>> I plan to do much less posting of articles this year!
>>> 
>>> I hear the applause, and I agree.
>>> 
>>> I have the tendency to want to share the mother lobe of information, 
>>> haven’t a clue why, it’s fun for me to pass info on to those that don’t get 
>>> as excited over a postage stamp as I do…
>>> 
>>> HOWEVER, (i will refrain from bunches of the exceptions) this story is 
>>> stunning, some folks are so brilliant that I makes me feel as I am 
>>> qualified to ask if you want the Bride or Groom seating…..
>>> 
>>> If we keep the wheels on this old globe the future is going to be 
>>> fantastic!!  You really should see this short video, WOW!  Only 1.47 min so 
>>> watch it all, other items are controlled via the watch as well…..
>>> 
>>> I will say that Apple really treated me right over my Apple Watch.  
>>> 
>>> Since I had a skin cancer a couple years ago I grease myself to the point 
>>> the watch is swimming in sunscreen and after several months when I took it 
>>> off the charger the back came off.  Goodness, the workings behind the 
>>> probes are amazing.  When I took it in for repair I was to be without it 
>>> for 3-5 days…instead they gave me a new one….This is typical, I have had 
>>> them do the same on other items…and you know, while it was being shipped 
>>> for what I thought was a repair I felt I had lost a friend, I had no idea 
>>> how much I had come to rely on a wearable….are we spoiled or what!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Researchers use Apple Watch to pilot drone, control HomeKit Hue lamps via 
>>> hand gestures
>>> By Daniel Eran Dilger <http://twitter.com/danieleran> 
>>> Friday, January 01, 2016, 11:54 am PT (02:54 pm ET)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/technology-video/video-using-the-force-no-its-an-apple-watch-flying-this-drone/article27969572/
>>>  
>>> <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/technology-video/video-using-the-force-no-its-an-apple-watch-flying-this-drone/article27969572/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Engineering students at Taiwan's National Chung Hsing University 
>>> demonstrated a clever use of the motion sensors in Apple Watch to interpret 
>>> hand gestures, enabling them to remotely control real world devices akin to 
>>> the science fiction fantasy depicted in Star Wars.
>>> 
>>>

Re: [MacGroup] Merry Christmas All!

[William Micou]

Amazing! Beautiful layout.
> On Dec 16, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Tom Guenthner  wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3p3jjp1O4 
> 
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Freaking out over the comings and goings...

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It might be must less sinister. It may have been more human nature. Maybe an 
employee of ADT, or if the alarm notified the fire or police, an employee if 
those agencies, has a side job of finding leads for ADT's many competitors.
I don't know that this happens, but it might.
Bill

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> On Dec 4, 2015, at 12:02 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
> Yesterday my wife and I wanted to get away from the madness and have a 
> leisurely drive to Mitchell, IN to have a nice meal at Spring Mill Inn.  
> 
> On our way up the housekeeper called and when I answered I could hear the 
> alarm going off, she had pushed the wrong key and no matter what I told her 
> to do she couldn’t get it to shut off.  By then ADT had called my wife’s 
> cell, so I had one phone on the left ear, another on the right and driving 
> with my knee…it’s a lonely road, no one was on it but us.
> 
> Finally the ADT lady ask for the cell of our lady and they were going to work 
> it out.  I called back from the Inn to see if all was corrected, no it wasn’t 
> so when I got back home I got on the iPhone with ADT and spent over 30 min. 
> doing what they ask..
> 
> So they are going to send someone to replace a board in one of the boxes..
> 
> Here is the Rod Stewart Twilight Zone portion of the day. 
> 
> After I hung up from ADT, my iPhone rang, a dialogue box appeared asking if I 
> wanted to put this number on the “do not call” list.  Because I thought it 
> might be ADT I said no, but I still didn’t answer, if it was important they 
> would leave a message.
> 
> They did, it was an alarm company asking me to check with them about an alarm 
> system that is reliable, technically advanced and inexpensive to install….
> 
> So….a coincidence?  
> 
> Since there had been NO text, NO email, ONLY a phone conversation, if not a 
> coincidence then HOW did someone know the content of a phone conversation?  
> 
> No way for me to know if it was a happenstance or if somehow my conversations 
> are being listened to or they have a way to looking up the numbers that are 
> being used and who they belong to…i.e. ADT.  
> 
> Are there firms out there that put cookies on our phones that check the 
> numbers and then sell them to firms that might benefit from the knowledge I 
> am taking to a particular type business?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Thanks a bunch.
> 
> John
> 
> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Wither El Capitan

[William Micou]

Interesting. I wonder what their thinking was. 

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> On Nov 5, 2015, at 8:50 AM, Jonathan Fletcher  wrote:
> 
> Esoterica for the day…
> 
> I find it really interesting that that photo Apple uses for the “El Capitan” 
> update in the App Store does not even show El Capitan.
> 
> It shows Half Dome and other rocky features of Yosemite Valley, but El 
> Capitan itself is not visible. It would be somewhere behind the cliffs on the 
> left.
> 
> Feels kinda of weird since at least SOMEone at Apple must have been there at 
> least once in their life--it’s only a couple hundred miles away from 
> Cupertino. Evidently no one on the team that chose that photo, though.
> 
> ""
> 
> j
> 
> --
> Jonathan Fletcher
> jonat...@fletcherdata.com
> 
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> Next Meeting: 11/24/15
> 
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[MacGroup] No more onedrive

[William Micou]

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/microsoft-drops-unlimited-onedrive-storage-after-people-use-it-for-unlimited-storage/

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Re: [MacGroup] SOS-Need help

[William Micou]

This may sound stupid, but are you sure the stuck screws are the ones you need 
to remove? If they are as tight as you say, I'd have to wonder if they were 
'loc-tight' in for a reason.
Good luck - I'm in the 'take it in' camp at this stage. 
Bill

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> On Sep 30, 2015, at 2:24 PM, J. Blake  wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> I really need your help. I wanted to upgrade the hard drive on my MacBook Air 
> and ordered the appropriate equipment from OWC. I also ordered their 
> recommended TS5 1.2mm screwdriver and several others in the set in order to 
> take the back off the computer.
> 
> All went well on the first three screws. Then...nothing. The rest of the 
> screws refuse to come out. Of course, we decimated the tiny screwdriver, as 
> well as another one we ordered from Amazon.
> 
> I've read a number of solutions on the Internet, such as from take it to the 
> apple store and pay them to take the screws out to use a Dremel to cut a slot 
> on the top of the screw and then use a flat-head to remove it. (That damages 
> the case, however.)
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas? I just hate to pay Apple to do this.
> 
> Jane
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[MacGroup] using external HD with virtual windows on Mac

[William Micou]

Do any of you use Boot Camp or Parallels on your Mac and have an external hard 
drive hooked up for use on the Windows side?
My wife has a Mac Book Pro with VM Ware Fusion software that does the same 
thing as Boot Camp or Parallels. We bought a USB external HD and her main use 
of the HD will be to use it for office files that have to be Windows based. 
Whenever it was plugged in to the MBP,  I could see it in Finder on the Mac 
side, but when I went to the Windows screens, it wouldn't show. Any 
suggestions? There may be a download I need from the VM Ware site, but after 
downloading it, I couldn't get it to load.
Thanks,
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Re: [MacGroup] Blinking on Screen

[William Micou]

Any chance you have an extra monitor to plug in and see if it is related to 
just the screen? When you say 'an area', how big is it?
Bill



 On Aug 20, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Nora Probasco nproba...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 For the past couple of months, while working on my Mac Mini, an area on my 
 display has been blinking. Sometimes it blinks red, then other times green, 
 and now just white  blue. I click on it and it goes away for a bit only to 
 come back. Could that be a virus or what?  
 
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Re: [MacGroup] iCloud Problem

[William Micou]

Same here. I saw a notice the other day that they had maintenance planned and 
there might be disruptions. 

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 On Jun 25, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Richard D. Meadows rmead...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 This morning I can NOT get my iCloud.com calendar to open on my macbook air.  
 I click on the icon and then get this:
 
 
 
 Other apps work fine.  Has been going on for over two hours.  I have 
 rebooted. Restarted. Restarted with special keys held down and it just won’t 
 come up. 
 
 Anyone else experiencing problems? Have suggestions?  
 
 Thanks,
 
 Richard
 
 
 
 
 
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 Berndows Enterprise LLC
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Re: [MacGroup] It's coming, this is a good example

[William Micou]

I think that's so cool! I have the Nest thermostat and love it. It came in 
handy today. My old AC has a leak somewhere, have to have it recharged every 
season, and noticed today it wasn't cooling very well. Called service guy and 
he said turn it all off. Instead of leaving work, driving home, I just went to 
the iPhone app and shut it down. And I'm saving money with the scheduling. 
Bill

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 On May 8, 2015, at 12:34 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:
 
 All this is also now available on the Apple Watch….
 
 
 https://www.savant.com/?mqsc=H3796464utm_source=WhatCountsEmailutm_medium=EH+EH%2520Daily%2520Newsletterutm_campaign=EH_Daily_050815
 
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[MacGroup] beware of 'Java for Macs' bundled software

[William Micou]

http://lifehacker.com/the-newest-version-of-java-for-mac-has-joined-the-list-1689866619?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

http://lifehacker.com/bundled-crapware-has-come-to-macs-so-hone-your-bs-dete-1688207772

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Re: [MacGroup] Recommendations for ink?

[William Micou]

My company uses Rapid Refill over on Moser Road off of Shelbyville road
before entering Middletown. Three advantages - local owner (buy local when 
possible); there is a slight cost savings; the plastic cartridge is reused 
instead of sitting in a landfill. The owner, Dave, has always been very 
knowledgable and helpful. Call first to make sure he has your cartridge in 
stock. 
http://www.rapidrefill.com/
(502) 245-9001
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 On Mar 7, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Richard D. Meadows rmead...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Interesting that this discussion has arisen just now.  I went to print out a 
 lease yesterday and NO BLACK printing. I got a HP XLG size cartridge like 2 
 weeks ago. 
 
 I tried cleaning and such but no luck.  I have not printed that much either.  
 Second time this has happened to me, but only with the big cartridges, not 
 the regular sized ones. So I have to get one today.  Who in town of the 
 cartridge companies is any good?   I will look at 4inkjets about ordering 
 some here when needed.  
 
 Except for the pain in setting it up, most times it is cheaper to just buy a 
 printer than it is to get new ink.  Wally World usually has a plain black ink 
 printer for under 50 dollars and it is $63 for all four ink tanks for my HP 
 Printer-Combo.  
 
 Thanks for any assistance.
 
 Richard Meadows
 Co-FounderChief Connection Officer
 Berndows Enterprise LLC
 502-593-5830
 www.berndowsenterprise.com
 @HackerHostelLou 
 
 my_logo_125.jpg
 
 On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net wrote:
 
 I've been getting ink from 4inkjets.com and have had no problems.
 
 Anne
 
 
 
 
 On Mar 6, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Bill Rising bris...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi all,
 
 I just bought a Canon Pixma MG5620 to replace my broken (and old) Canon 
 i550.
 
 I already need to buy some more ink---this printer goes through ink very 
 quickly.
 
 One set of high-capcity ink cartridges (black + cyan + yellow + magenta + 
 black (again)) from Canon costs $105. Really.
 
 There are places selling compatible ink tanks for far less. 
 
 I bought a double set of high-capacity cartridges from CarrotInk $43.96 
 (just above 1/5 of the price of Canon's cartridges), because I had 
 reasonable experience with their ink for my i550.
 
 Has anyone had good (instead of reasonable) experience with other ink 
 vendors, so I'll know where to look for my next order?
 
 Bill
 P.S. I once bought a set of cartridges from inkjetcartridges.com, and they 
 were horrendous, and their superior clogging ability eventually ruined my 
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[MacGroup] syncing iphone pics to iphoto

[William Micou]

Passing this along in case others have this problem.

Last night I was trying to download/ sync photo from my iPhone 5s to iPhoto on 
my mac (Yosemite). The mac ‘saw’ only two of the 20 to 30 pictures I had 
recently taken. I tried everything to make the other ones visible to the mac. I 
rebooted, I named them, nothing worked. This morning I did a search for 
problems like I was having. Apparently I’m not the only one having this issue. 
It’s either stared after an update with iTunes or another recent update. Hope 
it gets fixed soon, trying to free up space on the magic phone. 

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Re: [MacGroup] dropbox file question

[William Micou]

But when I open it again at the office, I can't open the Numbers file that I 
changed and saved...
Do I have the option of saving as an excel in Numbers?

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Bill,

I just opened an Excel file in Excel, then opened it in Numbers….saved both to Dropbox and your right, both should show up.  


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Group-
I have an excel spreadsheet that i started on my office PC. I saved it to my 
dropbox account. When I'm home on my Mac, and I open the file from dropbox, I 
have to open it in Numbers. If I make changes and save it back to dropbox, 
don't I now have an excel file and a Numbers file in dropbox?
Thanks,
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[MacGroup] dropbox file question

[William Micou]

Group-
I have an excel spreadsheet that i started on my office PC. I saved it to my 
dropbox account. When I'm home on my Mac, and I open the file from dropbox, I 
have to open it in Numbers. If I make changes and save it back to dropbox, 
don't I now have an excel file and a Numbers file in dropbox?
Thanks,
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Re: [MacGroup] Drumroll Please........

[William Micou]

Picture please. 

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 On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:13 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:
 
 Consider.how many folks are so into Apple they have a Neon sign made for 
 their home office to greet visitors?
 
 
 I rest my case, and bow before your superior Mac-ness, my liege.
 
 
 
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Re: [MacGroup] Drumroll Please........

[William Micou]

Oops... Just saw the previous email. Great picture!

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 On Jan 28, 2015, at 10:59 PM, William Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Picture please. 
 
 Sent from a micro sub meson electronic component
 
 On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:42 PM, Jonathan Fletcher li...@fletcherdata.com 
 wrote:
 
 On Jan 28, 2015, at 8:13 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:
 
 Consider.how many folks are so into Apple they have a Neon sign made 
 for their home office to greet visitors?
 
 
 I rest my case, and bow before your superior Mac-ness, my liege.
 
 
 
 --
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Re: [MacGroup] AirPort Time Capsule

[William Micou]

Very good Lee, Thanks. 

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 On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:
 
 On Dec 21, 2014, at 7:20 PM, William Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Got a AirPort Time Capsule a couple of weeks ago. All went smooth getting it 
 hooked up for a faster wireless connection, but I held up on setting up the 
 time capsule.
 My hesitation is because I want to use it with three different macs in the 
 house. My questions are:
 -The AirPort Time Capsule (mine is 2 TB) can work with backing up multiple 
 machines, right?
 
 Right.
 
 -Do I set them up by just telling each machine to use it for backups?
 
 Yes. Make sure you're not using 2T or more space on the three machines you're 
 backing up.
 
 -Will it ‘partition’ itself for each machine?
 
 It doesn't partition the drive. It creates a sparse bundle for each machine 
 and the backups go into the sparse bundles. (A sparse bundle is kind of like 
 a cross between a folder and a partition. It could be called a virtual 
 partition.)
 
 I’ve looked online, but the answers seem vague and I’m unsure how to proceed.
 
 Just start it up. The Time Machine software is smart enough to do the right 
 thing.
 
 
 I don't have an official Apple Time Capsule, but I do some of my backups to a 
 Netatalk mounted volume from a Linux machine. The Netatalk volume looks to 
 the Mac just like a Time Capsule. My wife and son both have their MacBooks 
 backing up to it with Time Machine. I do my backups of a mini and another 
 MacBook using rsync instead of Time Machine.
 
 
 
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[MacGroup] AirPort Time Capsule

[William Micou]

Happy Holidays to everyone in this great group! 

Got a AirPort Time Capsule a couple of weeks ago. All went smooth getting it 
hooked up for a faster wireless connection, but I held up on setting up the 
time capsule.
My hesitation is because I want to use it with three different macs in the 
house. My questions are:
-The AirPort Time Capsule (mine is 2 TB) can work with backing up multiple 
machines, right?
-Do I set them up by just telling each machine to use it for backups?
-Will it ‘partition’ itself for each machine?
I’ve looked online, but the answers seem vague and I’m unsure how to proceed.
As always, I am thankful for your help and couldn’t do it without you.

Bill Micou 

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Re: [MacGroup] AirPort Time Capsule

[William Micou]

Thanks John.
Merry Christmas!

 On Dec 21, 2014, at 7:52 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:
 
 Bill,
 
 I have never used TimeCapsule but it will backup each machine and I feel sure 
 it will segregate them into their own folders.  Depending on the amount of 
 data on each of your computers the 2 TB may not be large enough to do a 
 complete backup for each, you need to check this for sure.
 
 It also will be VERY slow the first complete backup, it’s got a lot of data 
 to capture and it’s wireless.  On each machine you choose the TimeCapsule as 
 the disk to use for the backup in the system Preferences under the 
 TimeMachine icon.
 
 Have a Merry Christmas Bill.
 
 John
 
 
 
 
 On Dec 21, 2014, at 7:20 PM, William Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Happy Holidays to everyone in this great group! 
 
 Got a AirPort Time Capsule a couple of weeks ago. All went smooth getting it 
 hooked up for a faster wireless connection, but I held up on setting up the 
 time capsule.
 My hesitation is because I want to use it with three different macs in the 
 house. My questions are:
 -The AirPort Time Capsule (mine is 2 TB) can work with backing up multiple 
 machines, right?
 -Do I set them up by just telling each machine to use it for backups?
 -Will it ‘partition’ itself for each machine?
 I’ve looked online, but the answers seem vague and I’m unsure how to proceed.
 As always, I am thankful for your help and couldn’t do it without you.
 
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Re: [MacGroup] Fitness devices

[William Micou]

I have the Aria Smart scale which works with the FitBit program. I was using 
the FitBit Force, but my strap broke and instead of fixing or replacing, I’m 
saving up for an Apple watch. None of the FitBit products synch with the Apple 
Health program, but the app - My Fitness Pal does gather info from those 
devices, and then it synchs with Apple Health.
Another program/ app that I use is Map My Ride for bike rides. It sends info to 
Apple Health. 
Bill

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 Have any of you had experience with a device that links its data to the 
 health app in IOS 8 for iPhone?
 
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Re: [MacGroup] Unwanted cookies…

[William Micou]

Here's a thought- doesn't Yosemite has a feature that allows you to browse a 
website from one device and have your other devices know that page so you can 
pick up on it from them. Are the cookies being sent to all your devices too? 
Bill

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 On Nov 16, 2014, at 6:03 AM, R. D. Preston preston@twc.com wrote:
 
 I need a little help with browser behavior  cookie retention 
 to my desktop computer.  (Mac OS X, ver. 10.10)
 
 I regularly check and clear most all cookies that occur with my 
 usual Safari browsing, leaving only the eBay cookie.  Now, most 
 of the time the cookies that have appeared in the list stay gone 
 after removal, but sometimes, after a few moments, cookies I’ve 
 just removed/deleted re-appear in the cookies list.  This can be 
 seen repeating, sometimes as many as 4 or 5 times!  And cookies 
 have appeared that have [not] even been visited by my browsing.  
 
 What’s causing this, and how is it even happening?
 
 Try quitting Safari and restarting after you delete the cookies. Safari 
 caches some cookies in memory and periodically writes them to the disk. 
 Quitting should empty the cache.
 
 I haven’t tried this lately because I hardly ever clear cookies, but it used 
 to work on older versions of Safari.
 
 
 
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Re: [MacGroup] ISP?

[William Micou]

I used to have IgLou and then went with the ATT UVerse bundle. IgLou was the 
best EVER! Never a problem, great support people, local. I have no idea if they 
are still doing it, but if they are, and based on how great they were a couple 
of years ago, I’d highly recommend them.

Bill

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Re: [MacGroup] Heine Brothers' reward app

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Heine Bros. is using a company called LevelUp to handle the payments. What the 
app does, even though it is being used to track purchases and thus give you 
'rewards', is a payment system. I checked out LevelUp before I sign up on the 
app and they look to be as secure as possible. Website - www.levelup.com
Ever time you use the app to pay, it give you a QR code (you know that square 
box of lines) and each time it is different. Apparently the code does not have 
your credit card info in it, it is just a token, which goes through a two or 
three forms of authentication. What I didn't like is how LevelUp sells its self 
on helping the merchant know everything about the customer.
Bill

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Harry,

I wouldn't want to do this, a better way is what Starbucks does, I use their 
App to pay for java BUT it's loaded through Paypal and Starbucks has no 
knowledge of any of my credit card info...why should they? SOON, Apple Pay will 
make all of us feel better about all this, Paypal will be a memory.


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I just downloaded the Heine Brothers’ reward app to my iPhone. Heine 
Brothers’ wants me to link my credit card to the app. If I don’t I believe I 
cannot participate in their rewards program. Anyone out there have experience with 
this?
   
FYI - for those of you outside of Louisville, Heine Brothers’ is a 
locally owned and operated coffee shop chain.
   
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Re: [MacGroup] Heine Brothers' reward app

[William Micou]

Oops!  Wrong link to that website. Sorry!!
Go to www.theLevelUp.com
Bill

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Heine Bros. is using a company called LevelUp to handle the payments. What the 
app does, even though it is being used to track purchases and thus give you 
'rewards', is a payment system. I checked out LevelUp before I sign up on the 
app and they look to be as secure as possible. Website - www.levelup.com
Ever time you use the app to pay, it give you a QR code (you know that square 
box of lines) and each time it is different. Apparently the code does not have 
your credit card info in it, it is just a token, which goes through a two or 
three forms of authentication. What I didn't like is how LevelUp sells its self 
on helping the merchant know everything about the customer.
Bill

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Harry,

I wouldn't want to do this, a better way is what Starbucks does, I use their 
App to pay for java BUT it's loaded through Paypal and Starbucks has no 
knowledge of any of my credit card info...why should they? SOON, Apple Pay will 
make all of us feel better about all this, Paypal will be a memory.


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I just downloaded the Heine Brothers’ reward app to my iPhone. Heine 
Brothers’ wants me to link my credit card to the app. If I don’t I believe I 
cannot participate in their rewards program. Anyone out there have experience with 
this?
   
FYI - for those of you outside of Louisville, Heine Brothers’ is a 
locally owned and operated coffee shop chain.
   
Harry
   
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[MacGroup] Nero 2014

[William Micou]

Group,
I have no idea if anyone would be interested in this, but I bought a copy of 
Nero 2014 (for a PC) for a friend at work. He brought it back the next morning 
and told me he’d made a mistake and needed Nero Platinum. Unfortunately, he had 
opened the box and tried the program. Of course, Best Buy won’t accept it back 
now and I have no use for it. I plan on putting it on eBay, but thought I’d try 
my local friends first. I paid 92 dollars for it, but will take 60.
Contact me off list.
Thanks.
Bill Micou

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[MacGroup] youtube not supported on Safari (on PC)

[William Micou]

So is this one of the on-going Apple vs. Google problems? I got this message at work when I tried to watch youtube with Safari. The message suggested I use Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer.Bill M.Oops, your web browser is no longer supported.

YouTube works with a
wide range of browsers. However, if you'd like to use many of our latest and
greatest features, please upgrade to a modern, fully supported browser.

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Re: [MacGroup] youtube not supported on Safari (on PC)

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5.1.7, but I think that's the most current for a Windows machine.On Apr 15, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:55 AM, William Micou wrote:So is this one of the on-going Apple vs. Google problems? I got this message at work when I tried to watch youtube with Safari. The message suggested I use Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer.Works fine here with Safari 7.0.3 and 6.1.3. What version are you using? A really old version of Safari might fail because it doesn't understand HTML5 video.___MacGroup mailing listMacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduhttp://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup

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[MacGroup] Fwd: youtube not supported on Safari (on PC)

[William Micou]

I should have been more clear. "At work" translates to using a machine (PC) that I'm forced to use due to outdated equipment.Begin forwarded message:From: William Micou derby...@mac.comDate: April 15, 2014 12:31:23 PMTo: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduSubject: Re: [MacGroup] youtube not supported on Safari (on PC)5.1.7, but I think that's the most current for a Windows machine.On Apr 15, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:55 AM, William Micou wrote:So is this one of the on-going Apple vs. Google problems? I got this message at work when I tried to watch youtube with Safari. The message suggested I use Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer.Works fine here with Safari 7.0.3 and 6.1.3. What version are you using? A really old version of Safari might fail because it doesn't understand HTML5 video.

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Re: [MacGroup] youtube not supported on Safari (on PC)

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Oops...Thanks so much. Now I know.On Apr 15, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:On Apr 15, 2014, at 12:31 PM, William Micou wrote:5.1.7, but I think that's the most current for a Windows machine.YouTube may not support it because Safari for Windows was discontinued years ago. I'd be quite nervous about cruising the Web with that program because the combination of Windows and a Safari that hasn't been patched in years has to have a lot of gaping holes. A Safari that old probably wants Flash video, and Flash is another gaping wound.Chrome is a much better choice with Windows.___MacGroup mailing listMacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduhttp://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup

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Re: [MacGroup] Is this legit or a spam?

[William Micou]

I received the same message, but any mention of Apple was replaced with Barnes  Noble and my Nook account. Apparently legit, but agreed, no windfall.On Mar 26, 2014, at 05:27 AM, "Eugene Wiser (ConAgra Foods)" eugene.wi...@conagrafoods.com wrote:I received the email of course I have only purchased 5 ebooks so we are talking cents here.:)From: macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of John Robinson Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:28 PM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: [MacGroup] Is this legit or a spam?I wondered if any of you have received this? It looks legit but it may be a hoax. Here is the email it was from:administra...@qgemail.comHere is the content:Settlement ID Number:AP00047417Your Credit is Ready to Be ActivatedDear Apple Customer,You previously received an email informing you that you were eligible for a credit in your Apple iTunes account. The credit results from the Settlements reached with publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon  Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin in antitrust lawsuits filed by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books ("E-books"). Apple Inc. is not a party in these settlements. If you did not receive that email, you can read more about the Settlements atwww.EbookAGSettlements.com.We are happy to inform you that the Court in charge of these cases has approved the Settlements, and an account credit is ready for you to activate. You can activate your account credit in the same way that you redeem an iTunes Gift Card. To activate your credit now click on the link provided below and enter your iTunes store credit activation code.Once you have activated your account credit, you can use it to make E-book purchases on the iTunes Store. If your account does not reflect this credit, please contact the Settlement Administrator by phone at 1-866-621-4153 or by email ati...@ebookagsettlements.com. For questions about how to activate your credit from your computer, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, review Apple's instructions for activating iTunes Store codes athttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT1574.This credit will be available for activation for one year and will expire onApril 1, 2015if not activated. If you have not activated your credit within 90 days of the expiration of the credit, you will receive an email reminding you that it is still available to activate.  John___MacGroup mailing listMacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduhttp://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] Inexpensive tablet

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No suggestions, but I would warn against some of the cheap prices for tablets that the cellular companies offer.Just like cell phones - will give you a tablet for great price, but you'll be paying for a cellular plan monthly.I realize money might be a concern, but in the long run (ease of use, great tech support, resale value, durability) the Apple products come out ahead.BillOn Mar 20, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Bernard Griffis latig...@bellsouth.net wrote:Anybody willing to suggest an inexpensive tablet, for a senior citizen, mostly for pleasure and keeping in touch.Thanks, Bernie  ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] Mac Power Users - 173: 1Password Revisited

[William Micou]

Thanks for this link, I've now added 'Mac Power Users' podcast to my iTunes 
library. I've listened to the episode on 1Password and liked how they presented 
their knowledge of it.
Many podcasts turn out to be a marathon chit-chat session with little substance.

Bill

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 Katie and David revisit the password manager 1Password, why it's important, 
 what it does, how they use it and alternatives.
 
 Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this 
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[MacGroup] article about Safari loophole potential

[William Micou]

My wife's office tech just sent this to her. Thought I'd share with the group.http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8168/Loophole_in_Safari

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[MacGroup] iPhone, iPad, and other apple computing products - memory question

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Harry,Found these instructions, but they are dated Feb. 2013. I'm guessing they will work for your Os. hope it helps.BillClean Up Mac OS X Mail's Auto-Complete ListTo clean up or empty the auto-complete list of previous recipients' addresses in Mac OS X Mail:SelectWindow | Previous Recipientsfrom the menu.Click on theLast Usedheader so the addresses are sorted with the least recently used on top.Click the header until you see a triangle pointing downwards in it.Make sure no entry is highlighted.To deselect all, first highlight just one, then deselect that address by holding down theCommandkey while clicking it.Hold down theShiftkey.Click on an address last used a year ago.Of course, you can choose a different interval and select all addresses not used in the past month, for example.Verify all entries not used in the last year are highlighted.ClickRemove From List.On Nov 08, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@me.com wrote:Whenever I send an email and start to type in the email address of the recipient a list of addresses appears. Even addresses that I have removed from my contacts list because they are no longer valid.  How can I clear the memory so these invalid address do not appear?  Hope this is clear.  Thanks.  Harry   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup 
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Re: [MacGroup] iPod Touch and iPad Mail

[William Micou]

After reading them on your iMac, do you delete them?If you do, make sure you empty the trash. Then the next time you look at mail on your ithing, the deleted mail items will not be there.BillOn Nov 08, 2013, at 01:35 PM, Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net wrote:Is there any way to delete all mail from iOS devices at once? Any app that will let you do it? Any way to hightlight all, easily, and then delete?  I usually (almost always) read my email on my iMac. However on the few occasions I'm out and have WiFi connection I would rather not have all those 100s of messages on the machines. They weight it down:)  Anne   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup 
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[MacGroup] iTimeMachine

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I've searched for iTime Machine and could find nothing up-to-date. I'm curious about how the notice to use it came to you.Also searched how to best use Time Machine with AirDisks and found this very informitive site:http://pondini.org/TM/Airport.htmlPersonally, I have an external drive (Western Digital) plugged into my laptop with Time Machine backing up to that. Once a month, I make a clone with SuperDuper on another external drive, and keep it off site. Tried once using the old AirPort Extreme with TimeMachine, but never could make it work well.BIllOn Oct 06, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Nelsn Helm helmk...@clockwinders.net wrote:10.8.5On Oct 6, 2013, at 3:46 PM, Bill Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:That article specifies iTime Machine is for Leopard OS and I think it's dated as a 2008 article, what version are you running?BillSent from my micro sub meson electronic componentOn Oct 6, 2013, at 12:40 PM, David Harker kawika...@gmail.com wrote:I don't use TimeMachine, but here is a link to an article about iTimeMachine. Hope it helps clear up some thing. http://lifehacker.com/341704/time-machine-over-the-network-with-itimemachine. http://lifehacker.com/341704/time-machine-over-the-network-with-itimemachineOn Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Nelsn Helm helmk...@clockwinders.net wrote:I use TimeMachine, which recently invited me to use iTimeMachine, which allows TimeMachine to use AirDisks, which I infer allows ordinary external disks on my computer or router to take the overflow.  Yes? _ Nelsn Helm 4112 Massie Av 3 Louisville, KY 40207-2179  ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup ___MacGroup mailing listMacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduhttp://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup___MacGroup mailing listMacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.eduhttp://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup_Nelsn Helm4112 Massie Av 3Louisville, KY 40207-2179 ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] IOS 7 The Internet

[William Micou]

That is amazing, but it might be easily explained if my experience was the norm. Yesterday as my iPad was charging, I noticed the update had magically started to download by itself. I think I did have to finally give the ok to make the change, but the update came without me asking for it. Maybe everyone woke up today with the new OS.Billps - I love the new look!On Sep 19, 2013, at 08:44 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:I heard on Bloomberg Radio this figure..  Yesterday was THE FIRST DAY of the new IOS operating system for the Apple mobile devices. Yesterday.  TODAY of all usage, very keystroke, every business, every individual, ALL ACTIVITY on the Internet.   IOS 7 was 38% of the entire enchilada!  UNBELIEVABLE, one day after release. Bloomberg gave the source but I was driving so I couldn't get it.   John ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup 
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Re: [MacGroup] note taking app

[William Micou]

I found Notability about a year ago and use it often. I think it cost 2.99, but it does alot. You can write with a stylus, or the keyboard (or both within a document). It also lets you record audio within a note. You could record the lecture, but take notes also. One of my favorite uses is doctor appointments. When my wife had her knee operations, and the doc came to me afterwards with the results, I was too worried to listen to everything he said, but I had Notability next to me recording his report. Afterward I could play it back for myself and my wife. It also lets you record video for a note. That was used during her phy. therapy to help document progress.I heard good things about Penulimate also, but i have no experience with that one.BillOn Sep 03, 2013, at 11:32 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:I use Penulimate as it was promoted by the guy at Apple that taught me FinalCut. It is great one.   John  Sent from my iPhone  On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:49 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@me.com wrote: I am taking a class at UofL. One of my classmates was writing notes with a stylus on his samsung tablet. I asked him what app he was using and he told me Papyrus. I went to the app store and downloaded Papyrus to my ipad, but it’s some kind of video or photo app.So are there decent iPad apps for writing notes with a stylus in my iPad?TIA.Harry
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[MacGroup] example of spam/ phishing email

[William Micou]

Received this at my office, which made me suspicious- I have no Mac related accounts connected to that address.When I hovered over the link with the mouse, it showed me the link was really going to a website with 'entertainer' in it's name, backslash flashimages. But it all looks so official, especially the 'copyright'.Be wary.BillMac Group- How can someone verify a link on a iPad/ iPhone without opening it?from line -Apple [ap...@corporate.com]subject line -Apple Online Account Information Update.Dear Customer,

Important update by clicking on the link below
link was here, but i deleted it

If you do not update within 12 hours we will lead to a
suspension access.

Sincerely,
Apple Inc

Copyright
© 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
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Re: [MacGroup] Flip camera battery

[William Micou]

Just to make sure-Have you plugged it into your computer or USB charger and just left it for a day or so? I've seen my unused devices get so drained, it took quite a while to 'wake' up and start the charging process.BillOn Aug 23, 2013, at 09:23 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@me.com wrote:My flip camera battery won’t charge. The camera has been sitting in a drawer for months. Any suggestions for where to get it replaced or how to get it to charge?  thanks.  Harry   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup 
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Re: [MacGroup] example of spam/ phishing email

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I completely agree and understand, however, when Sally at my church gets an email like this on her iPad, she won't smell the phish. She'll think it's official and then the damage or just embarrassment is done. If everyone could smell the phish, all the phishermen would be out of business.BillOn Aug 23, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Jonathan Fletcher li...@fletcherdata.com wrote:On Aug 23, 2013, at 11:28 AM,William Micou derby...@me.comwrote:Received this at my office, which made me suspicious- I have no Mac related accounts connected to that address.When I hovered over the link with the mouse, it showed me the link was really going to a website with 'entertainer' in it's name, backslash flashimages. But it all looks so official, especially the 'copyright'.Bill (and all),There is no need to verify such an email. It stinks of rotten phish. The first clue is the bad grammar and weird formatting. There is nothing about it that looks or sounds official. Sending to an incorrect address is another big clue.Delete anything that doesn't make sense like that immediately. If the service REALLY had an issue with you they will give you another shot.Also, if you really had an account with them you could just log into it the way you normally do without going through such a link in an email. As a matter of fact never go to a link from an email you aren't absolutely sure you know who sent it.And always remember to apply the "sniff test:" if it smells phishy, it almost certainly is.j.--Jonathan FletcherFileMaker 9/10/11/12 Certified DeveloperFletcher Data Consultingjonat...@fletcherdata.comhttp://www.fletcherdata.com502-509-7137Personal miscellany online at http://jfletch.posthaven.comKentuckiana's FileMaker Developers GroupNext meeting: The DevCon ReportTuesday, August 27th, noon to 3:30-ishhttp://www.kyfmp.com ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] ATT Hot Spot

[William Micou]

My wife has the Verizon version of that. A 'MiFi JetPak', and it too is fast and very useful. I agree about the coffee shops and motels. I feel much more secure and safe using my own device to jump on the web than the ones provided for everyone.BillOn Jul 23, 2013, at 08:38 AM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote:I always rant and rave about the horrible service of ATT, it's deserved but I do have something to rave about that seems fantastic.   When I travel I may be in the middle of nowhere when I need to get data from the internet. The Jeep we have has the ability to become a "hot spot" but when you look at the U-Cponnect (Jeep's name for it's information brain that runs the entire vehicle) you find the coverage is very limited, so my next approach was getting a Verizon and ATT WiFi hotspot.   I started with ATT, got a little black box that is about the size of my iPod classic, fits inside my Bose earbud case.   This puppy is amazing, so much so that I will use it during my 14 day trial and if I am not eating up the 5 gig allowance for the $50.00 a month fee (it cost $49.99 with a 2 yr contract) then I will get rid of the Time Warner internet connection at the office that is costing $198.00 a month. This allows 10 devices to be connected at the same time, it's got 3G, ATT's terminology for 4G and 4g lte, which is what I am running on now, at the office as I type this.   I just did a Speedtest on this and the download is almost 21 meg, the upload was almost 11 meg, this sucker flies.   Starting Safari, loading a typical page will be loaded by the time I request the page and then click on the tab. I am SO impressed and since I don't do movies, watch a lot of YouTube, play games on line I should be more than fine with the 5 gig. If I go over then it's another $10.00 for an additional gig, the same on up the ladder, another $10. for each additional gig.   Where it will suck is when I am away from the 4g lte, but for now I am one happy camper.  It also has a touchscreen that is designed like our iPhones and iPod Touch, with icons giving details for the connection, data usage, connected devices, settings, messages, file sharing, media center, GPS,  setup.   The salesman also had a good point, he said they were selling bunches of these for folks that wanted to protect themselves when in a coffee shop, hotel, or other place offering WiFi, instead of using the WiFi from there location, not knowing how well it's protected they simply use their own hotspot. Not a bad idea.  John  ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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[MacGroup] turn on 'find my ipad/iphone'

[William Micou]

A friend of mine had her house broken in to yesterday and the theives took jewerly, an office Blackberry, and her iPad. Unfortunately, she had not turned on the 'Find My iPad' feature and I guess will never see it again.Unless you worry that Big Brother is tracking your comings and goings, I don't understand why everyone doesn't have that feature turned on.Bill

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Re: [MacGroup] iPad open wpd files?

[William Micou]

I did find that one, and saw the reviews which weren't very encouraging, so I held off. Anyone use this (WordPerfect Viewer for iPad)?On Mar 12, 2013, at 08:32 AM, Ed Wiser wisero...@gmail.com wrote:http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4950089cid=catalog20038segid=8600081storeKey=uslanguageCode=en#tab3—Sent from Mailbox for iPhoneOn Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Bill Micou derby...@me.com wrote:How do I open (and work with) WordPerfect docs on my iPad? I thought Pages would allow me, but when I try to open the file from the email, I don't have Pages as an option. I've done a limited search for other apps, but found none. If something as complicated as an Excel spreadsheet can be opened by Numbers, why am I having trouble with a word processing file? Any ideas? Thanks. Bill ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup  ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] transferring photos to iPhoto

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Anne,I have had that same problem, eventually found a solution, but about a year later, it started 'losing' photos again.I'm trying to re-discover what I did before, but haven't devoted enough time to find it. There are some discussions in the Apple forums.If I remember correctly, my problem was a directory that needed to be sent to the trash, and then iPhoto rebuilt the directory.I'll try to find out more by this week-end and share it with you.BillOn Dec 18, 2012, at 05:28 PM, Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net wrote:I've just spent a few hours transferring 14,795 photos from my PhotoSafe (an external HD that will accept SD cards). I can see the photos in iPhoto but I can't do anything with them. Maybe only the thumbnails transferred? I get the following message "The volume for "xxx.JPG cannot be found." While it gives me three options (Cancel, Find Photo..., OK) it will do none. In fact I have to Force Quit iPhoto to do anything.  I just tried with an SD card to transfer the photos using a card reader and get the same results; however I was able to transfer them to my HD but in a separate folder. Not in iPhoto. Each of these photos is about 1.5 MB in size and will open in Photoshop but I cannot get them into iPhoto.  I've had this problem before and can't remember how I got around it. I think iPhoto eventually decided to work.  Any suggestions? How can I tell if the original photos were transferred off the PhotoSafe or if all I have is thumbnails.  I'm running iPhoto 7.1.5 on an iMac running Mac OS X 10.6.8.  Any help greatly appreciated.  Anne Cartwright   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] Facebook vis a vis iPhone question

[William Micou]

Harry, my experience with this caused all the photos of my contacts (that were also with Facebook) to change to whatever that person's FB photo was. So I ended up with photos of cats, dogs, cartoons, and mothers in place of the contact photos that I had placed with the contact. It also caused some duplicates, and incorrect info. I went back and turned it off after the damage was done.On Dec 11, 2012, at 07:39 AM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:On Dec 10, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@mac.com wrote:   In the Facebook settings on my iPhone there is a setting to "Allow these Apps to use your account: Calendar, Contacts"They are both turned on. Under that is a button to "Update All Contacts."Under that is this explanation:Photos and user names are automatically updated for Facebook friends. Choose "Update All Contacts" to temporarily provide Facebook with email addresses and phone number from your contacts to update photos and user names for all matching contacts."Do I really want to do this?  I don’t want to do this, but apparently others do.  I've been bemoaning the slow erosion of privacy for many years. Years ago, on this very list, I wrote a diatribe about it and was chastised by several people for being an alarmist. Some of those people are still around. Anyone willing to recant?   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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Re: [MacGroup] iPhone Maps Revisited

[William Micou]

Harry,John mentioned in his post that he was there with his son and a crew to make a movie.On Oct 24, 2012, at 08:33 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer harr...@me.com wrote:John,  A little humor is fine. I still don't know who you are in relation to this place or how you gained access. If you don't want to tell me, fine, I'll drop it.On Oct 22, 2012, at 10:08 PM, John Robinson wrote:And what we needed was the Arab street that the military uses to train. My son and the crew are making a movie, the beginning begins in an Arabian country and they are going door to door trying to eradicate the enemy. They place has Camels, goats, Arabic writing all over the walls, it's very impressive.   
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Re: [MacGroup] iPhone Maps Revisited

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John, that's fascinating. Thanks for the description. How far from Seymour is it? Or are you allow to tell?BillOn Oct 22, 2012, at 10:08 PM, John Robinson prof...@insightbb.com wrote:Before I get to the maps I want to shed a little light on my weekend.   Did you know that in Indiana is a military training facility that is the best in the world? Neither did I. Did you know that it's kept a secret and there are armed guards to this place that are heavily armed and you aren't allowed in without all kinds of documentation? Did you know that this place is kept off the GPS register (or however they do this) as I ask the guards the first night how in the world can I set a GPS to pick this place up and they replied "you can't".   The place is over 100 acres, it had been a mental hospital from the 1930's until the early 2000's when it was abandoned. At that time it was going to cost Indian 60 million to tear it down, then someone decided to turn it into a world class Military, Police, First Responders, Fire training center that these branches FROM ALL OVER the world come to train.   The weekend I was there had K-9 dogs from all over the US there for the week, two officers in my hotel were from Maryland. This place is big deal, and very scary. Very scary. No lights at night, yet the place is covered by very high tech cameras that can follow anyone on the property and yet read the serial number on a dollar bill you pull out of your pocket. The place is the most filthy, debris laden place I have ever seen in my life. There is a subway underneath the entire place where training is conducted for a disaster that may happen in our subway systems. There is a section that is for earthquake training, where the buildings are falling apart and leaning from the quake. There is a section that has been hit with a Nuke, total unbelievable destruction that the military needs to train.   There is an area where the homes and auto's have been flooded, this was added after Katrina. There is an American Embassy where they train to protect our Ambassador, there is an Arab radio station (internet radio) that is continually sending messages to the Arab world, in the beginning they didn't think this would be a good idea but turns out the Arabs will interact with a voice on the radio much more readily than face to face. I wish I could tell you what it's like, tons of destroyed cars, motor homes, boats, police cars, tons and tons of huge boulders of concrete and uprooted trees. Chairs, tables, tires chrome pieces,, T.V.'s Coke machines, etc. etc. etc. all over the place.  And what we needed was the Arab street that the military uses to train. My son and the crew are making a movie, the beginning begins in an Arabian country and they are going door to door trying to eradicate the enemy. They place has Camels, goats, Arabic writing all over the walls, it's very impressive.   So that's the background, now for the maps. The first night, Friday, we were there to learn the procedures for the weekend. There was a member of the base that was assigned to the movie crew the entire weekend. We worked 24 hrs straight from 6:00 a.m. Sat. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday and he stayed with us the entire time. But, on Friday night we left under a good bit of rain, and total darkness I had to find my way back to the guardhouse to get to the highway. Made a bad turn somewhere and I ended up on a road that must have been made for a tank, it was very scary for I had NO idea where I was and no way of finding my way out.   Finally the iPhone picked up the ATT tower and I ask it from my current location to my hotel in Seymour, and by golly after a few seconds (that seemed like an hour) Siri told me to head a certain direction and from then on she did her thing beautifully. Turn my turn, through subdivisions, down alleys (I am not kidding) on the darkest of nights. Finally I got back to the state highway and headed toward Seymour. After several miles I came to the intersection I would have come out had I found the guardhouse. Needless to say I was thankful, and relived that the "poor" map system on this thing had done it's magical work. I was so lost I am convinced they would have had to send the choppers and those dogs to find me.   None of us had service on the base, not ATT, not Verizon, not Sprint. They must have the place darn near blacked out but I was far enough away in that deep woods that I could get the tower. I fed the phone a cookie when we got back to the room and gave it the best charger I had for a job well done.  John   ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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[MacGroup] what was the intetrnet originally called? trivia for you

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What Was The
Internet Originally Called?


Answer: The Intergalactic Computer Network

In April of 1963 computer scientist
J. Licklider published a memorandum on the topic of remotely networked
computers entitled “MEMORANDUM FOR: Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic
Computer Network”. The memo is the first evidence of computer scientists moving
towards establishing a geographically distributed network of computers
resembling the modern Internet and, for a time, the “intergalactic computer
network” nomenclature stuck.

The title fell out of popularity with
the introduction of the Advanced Research Projects Agency’s ARPANET in 1969.
The term “Internet” to refer to a large network of remote computers would not
be put into use until an appearance in a 1974 paper by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
and wouldn’t be popularized until the early 1990s.
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Re: [MacGroup] Great photo printer

[William Micou]

Do you need it for a project, or for frequent use?I've always been frustrated with any of the 'photo' printers that I have tried over the years, so whenever I now need to print a group of pictures, I take them to Walgreens, or the FedEx store and have them do them.BillOn Oct 09, 2012, at 10:10 AM, "J. Blake" jbl...@win.net wrote:Hi Everyone,  I really need a decent printer that prints photos beautifully. I would prefer one under $200, but I'm open to other suggestions.  What about color laser? Is this the best way to go?  TIA, Jane 
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[MacGroup] sharing address book (contacts)

[William Micou]

It seems like this comes up every few months, so I'm sorry if this is a repeated issue, but realized my method wasn't doing what I thought it was.Question - How do I share my Mac Address Book (on my MacBook Pro  iPad) with my wife (iPad)? We each have our own iCloud account, but would like to have a common address book. If I make a change on a contact, I would want her to have the change too.We worked out the calendar app, with us 'sharing' the same calendar, but I don't see a way to do it with contacts. I know I can sent her a vCARD, but I want to do the whole address book, and that way would not keep it all in synch.Anybody have a solution?Thanks.Bill Micou

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Re: [MacGroup] MAC Control

[William Micou]

I've downloaded it on my office pc and my MacBook pro. It works as advertised, but haven't used it enough to recommend it or criticize it.My boss likes TeamViewer, and I've used that the most.BillOn Aug 28, 2012, at 08:35 AM, Richard Meadows rmead...@gmail.com wrote:Anyone on the list use: Splashtop Streamer for Mac?Comments?Richard MeadowsSocial Media ManagementCustomer Service SolutionsGooglePower SearchingHave Laptop - Will TravelLouisville Kentucky ___ MacGroup mailing list MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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