Re: Problem with dropbox please help

2015-08-20 Thread John Maliga
In the Finder (on your Desktop), you will find a drive named Dropbox Installer. When you double-click it, it will launch the installer, and you can click the only icon in that window to Install Dropbox. It should take less than a minute. When it is done, go back to the Finder and right-click

Re: dropbox question please

2015-08-19 Thread John Maliga
A couple of things. You don't absolutely need the DropBox app - what the download does is simply create a folder in the Finder and a DropBox folder listing in the left pane of every Finder window. It also creates an icon in your menu bar (it looks kind of like an open box with four flaps) that

Re: Recommendations for Antivirus Programs.

2015-08-17 Thread John Maliga
I tend to agree, but casual users and newbies often get into trouble by installing apps, plugins, and add-ons that, while not viruses, are deeply annoying. Virus programs tend NOT to remove those, so your browser starts offering ads, pop-up, and search results that verge on the abusive. As a

Re: Itunes recorder for mac.

2015-08-17 Thread John Maliga
Audio Hijack https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ is a very good program that will record audio from any app. I presume you're talking about recording live or streaming content, and that you understand you can burn any item in your Music library in iTunes to a CD/DVD. -- You received this

Re: Saving files in Pages

2015-08-17 Thread John Maliga
It's best to send out all documents in PDF. The only people you should be sharing original MSWord or Pages documents with is someone else who you want to have editing privileges. In a PDF, all your formatting is locked by default. You might also think to create it in a common font, like

Re: Saving attachments in Mail

2015-08-17 Thread John Maliga
The easiest way is to simply drag the icon of the attachment from your email to the desktop, or to any folder or folder window in the Finder. If you have the file open, you can also use the File menu in the program that opened it. Apple programs now use the Duplicate command, but many other

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-17 Thread John Maliga
I've often thought that speech commands and dictation on the Mac can be almost as good as Dragon Apple licenses the software from Dragon. Also note that, by check the Use advanced dictation in the Dictation Speech System Preference Pane, the dictation software is downloaded to your