From dave at davesevick.com Sat Aug 1 11:10:02 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:10:02 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Wed Aug 5, Cranberry Twp, Apple User Group Meeting agenda Message-ID: <1845866B-7CDD-471B-BD9E-9039A82CF17E@davesevick.com> We welcome everyone at our user group meetings each month. Especially Apple beginners. We try to keep it interesting for everyone. Refreshments will be served at the meeting ( soft drinks and chips ). User Group Discount Cards are available for $25/year. Our next meeting is at MacOutfitters of Cranberry http://www.macoutfitters.com/locations.html Wed Aug 5, 7-9PM Nightcap at Primanti Brothers in Cranberry immediate after the meeting. Topics the Wed Aug 5 meeting: Online photos for family & friends: Google Picassa , Apple iPhoto, and more .... Alternative tools to handle converting DOCX and DOC files: Apple iWork Pages , Open Source Bean , Open Source NeoOffice, Microsoft Open XML Converter, Doc-x-Converter.com widget , and finally Microsoft Office Mac: 2008 Anti-Virus and social networking weaknesses: Sophos Security Threat Report : Update 2009, a focus on Macintosh vulnerabilities. Finding out if your Apple product is still under warranty: Apple Online Service Assistant warranty search tool. A free notification tool that spans several supported applications: Introduction to the Open Source Growl notification utility app. And of course all your Questions on any Mac topic in an open Q & A ... Hope to see you all on Wed Aug 5 ... ====== Reminders of future events: On Thursday night Aug 6 the COWMUG meets at Monroeville Public Library led by Peter Carras 7-9PM. More on these meetings: http://web.mac.com/cowmug/COWMUG/Welcome_to_COWMUG.html On Sunday Aug 9 we have a special Apple user group picnic led by Bruce Wells .... at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. 1 Museum Road, Washington, PA 15301 http://pa-trolley.org/ or web.mac.com/cuzinbrucie The Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania will be present to help you learn how to trace your family roots. Spring House Brunch for only $8 ... kids $5 ..... Thanks ... Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090801/d2e8b0ef/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Aug 1 22:17:42 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 00:17:42 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] My first YouTube video .... Message-ID: <8481A694-A9B8-43C5-8EC4-9343CB498C9C@davesevick.com> I'm honored to share my very first YouTube video upload with all of you ! From the reception dance floor, to my iPhone, to YouTube tonight and the wedding is still wrapping up ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3fPNLGuU1s Coolest Father of The Groom Ever 8-1-09 From: davesevick The scene is a Greek and Italian wedding in Station Square at the Sheraton Inn on the South Side of Pittsburgh, Saturday night August 1, 2009. The father of the groom steps to the dance floor and honors the young couple with a solo dance ... and surprises the ballroom of guests with his strength and control and then a leg split on the dance floor. This man , Jimmy Grasso of Maryland ... is by far ... the Coolest Father of the Groom Ever !!!! ( posted with Jimmy's permission ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Receiving a maliciously crafted SMS message may lead to an unexpected service interruption or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved error handling. Credit to Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators, and Collin Mulliner of Technical University Berlin for reporting this issue. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090802/765df89c/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sun Aug 2 22:04:32 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:04:32 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] More info on what can happen if you do not install iPhone update 3.0.1 Message-ID: <8DA0DE14-629A-40F5-A70D-E4B6ED7525F6@davesevick.com> http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299378-245.html?tag=mncol;txt and http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/01/iphone-update-fixes-sms-death-vulnerability/ Not good ! Update ASAP ... From wtjames at mac.com Mon Aug 3 05:57:44 2009 From: wtjames at mac.com (William James) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:57:44 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] More info on what can happen if you do not install iPhone update 3.0.1 In-Reply-To: <8DA0DE14-629A-40F5-A70D-E4B6ED7525F6@davesevick.com> References: <8DA0DE14-629A-40F5-A70D-E4B6ED7525F6@davesevick.com> Message-ID: <5DF2DA29-00E6-4B67-8936-B63E15345FA5@mac.com> Thanks Dave! ... new iPhone user here. A little direction on obtaining the update would be very helpful. I poked around this AM and couldn't figure it out. Probably tucked away somewhere so simple I just couldn't find it. Thanks! Bill James On Aug 3, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299378-245.html?tag=mncol;txt > > and > > http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/01/iphone-update-fixes-sms-death-vulnerability/ > > Not good ! > > > Update ASAP ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug William James Pittsburgh, PA From wtjames at mac.com Mon Aug 3 06:03:08 2009 From: wtjames at mac.com (William James) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:03:08 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] More info on what can happen if you do not install iPhone update 3.0.1 In-Reply-To: <5DF2DA29-00E6-4B67-8936-B63E15345FA5@mac.com> References: <8DA0DE14-629A-40F5-A70D-E4B6ED7525F6@davesevick.com> <5DF2DA29-00E6-4B67-8936-B63E15345FA5@mac.com> Message-ID: <742772DB-8680-4007-8DF2-EEAFEB47E805@mac.com> never mind. DUH! On Aug 3, 2009, at 7:57 AM, William James wrote: > Thanks Dave! ... new iPhone user here. A little direction on > obtaining the update would be very helpful. I poked around this AM and > couldn't figure it out. Probably tucked away somewhere so simple I > just couldn't find it. > > Thanks! > > Bill James > > > On Aug 3, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Dave Sevick wrote: > >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299378-245.html?tag=mncol;txt >> >> and >> >> http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/01/iphone-update-fixes-sms-death-vulnerability/ >> >> Not good ! >> >> >> Update ASAP ... >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NPMUG mailing list >> NPMUG at davesevick.com >> http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > William James > Pittsburgh, PA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug William James Pittsburgh, PA From dave at davesevick.com Mon Aug 3 20:27:49 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:27:49 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Schmidt Resigns His Seat on Apple's Board Message-ID: <9A35A59F-A0F3-4D00-A40D-ADC133878FC2@davesevick.com> Schmidt Resigns His Seat on Apple's Board Google CEO Departs as Competition Between One-Time Allies Heats Up ; FTC Vows to Continue Probe of Overlap BY JESSICA E. VASCELLARO AND YUKARI IWATANI KANE Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt resigned from Apple Inc.'s board as the companies face regulatory scrutiny over their board ties and as their businesses increasingly overlap. Mr. Schmidt's departure comes as the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Mr. Schmidt's role on Apple's board could raise concerns about competition. The resignation also comes as Google has increasingly entered Apple's turf. Last month, Google said it was working on Chrome OS, an operating system designed for computers that could compete with Apple's Macs. It follows Google's decision to launch an operating system for mobile phones dubbed Android that compete ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124930285423801287.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In a security advisory posted on its website, the Cupertino-based vendor of iMac and MacBook computers warned that it had discovered that hackers could create specially crafted image files capable of running malicious code without the user's authorisation, such as a worm or Trojan horse. The affected image file formats include PNG, Canon RAW and OpenEXR. To circumvent this and other security issues, Apple is recommend that users install Security Update 2009-003 - updating themselves to Mac OS X v10.5.8. Owners of Mac computers would be wise to follow Apple's advice, else put their systems at risk of infection via rigged image files created by hackers. As described in Sophos's recently published Security Threat Report, 2009 has seen a number of attacks against users of Apple Mac OS X. Many of these have relied upon social engineering to fool Mac owners into installing Trojan horses on their computers. There is no doubt, however, that cybercriminals would love to be able to exploit software vulnerabilities instead to make infection even easier. ((((( backup all your data before you run this update )))))) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090806/746fb841/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Wed Aug 5 22:40:39 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:40:39 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... (( as discussed tonight at the NPMUG )) Message-ID: <5BCA24FA-FF5A-4C10-8A92-C482DF5FCDA1@davesevick.com> US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... It must be a pretty miserable existence being far away from your family and loved ones if you're fighting a distant war on behalf of your country. Creature comforts like the internet can, of course, help you stay in touch with the folks you left back home - but, for members of the US Marines at least, one way of keeping communications open has just been firmly shut. The US Marine Corps has banned with immediate effect the use of social networking websites including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace from its networks. It appears that the leaders of the US Marine Corps are not concerned about soldiers wasting time on social networks, but with the opportunities that exist for hackers to exploit their careless use. A source told Wired Magazine, "The mechanisms for social networking were never designed for security and filtering. They make it way too easy for people with bad intentions to push malicious code to unsuspecting users." Here's part of the official order banning use of the social networking sites (SNS). [Social networking sites are] A PROVEN HAVEN FOR MALICIOUS ACTORS AND CONTENT AND ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK DUE TO INFORMATION EXPOSURE, USER GENERATED CONTENT AND TARGETING BY ADVERSARIES. THE VERY NATURE OF SNS CREATES A LARGER ATTACK AND EXPLOITATION WINDOW, EXPOSES UNNECESSARY INFORMATION TO ADVERSARIES AND PROVIDES AN EASY CONDUIT FOR INFORMATION LEAKAGE THAT PUTS OPSEC, COMSEC, PERSONNEL AND THE MCEN AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF COMPROMISE. EXAMPLES OF INTERNET SNS SITES INCLUDE FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AND TWITTER. ACCESS IS HEREBY PROHIBITED TO INTERNET SNS FROM THE MCEN NIPRNET, INCLUDING OVER VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) CONNECTIONS. By the way, I don't know why they insisted on using capital letters. Maybe it makes it easier to read in the middle of a noisy battle or something. My reading of the order is that soldiers can still access the social networks privately from their own computers, but not from military networks. So that - I am sure - will be some relief. The recently published Sophos Security Threat Report revealed that a quarter of organizations have been exposed to spam, phishing or malware attacks via sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. We're going to see more and more attacks happening via social networks. Blocking their use entirely may be possible in organizations like the US Marines, but you'll find that a much harder decision to justify in a business environment. Instead, make sure that your users are properly defended from the threats when Tweeting and Facebooking online. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Donaldson) Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:01:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 7 Message-ID: <98C72E55-6BA3-4511-9778-213067B248A0@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, JoAnn Luczko ad Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. In the immortal words of Jim Carrey in The Mask, "We be smokin'!" Today we fell just short of our daily production record by refurbishing 33 Macs. We also did three Apple displays, and de- manufactured nine other pieces. Marty Swartz added a nice G4 iBook to the mix from his basement workshop. Our all-time total is now 2,057. A construction note: The PennDOT Carson St. widening project has closed South 26 St. in front of the main entrance to the Goodwill Building. There is still pedestrian access to the main door of the building on South 26th St. We'll have another workday on Friday, August 14. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From harmonyroute at mac.com Sat Aug 8 08:18:54 2009 From: harmonyroute at mac.com (harmonyroute at mac.com) Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:18:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iWeb displays badly for one windoze user friend Message-ID: <060B8D79-94E3-4640-AACE-2C634442DD70@mac.com> A friend of mine in Cincinnati set this screen shot showing how his computer displays the page headers for my webpage. He uses Firefox. He tried it with IE and got the same result. Anyone out there have any good ideas what causes this and what he can do to fix it? Thanks, CuZinBruce -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Jahn >Send NPMUG mailing list submissions to > npmug at davesevick.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > npmug-request at davesevick.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > npmug-owner at davesevick.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of NPMUG digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns Apple > .... 10.5.8 update is out (Dave Sevick) > 2. US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... (( as > discussed tonight at the NPMUG )) (Dave Sevick) > 3. Bing Search Tainted by Pro-Microsoft Results | CIO - Blogs > and Discussion (Charles Firth) > 4. Goodwill CRC update, August 7 (Robert A. Donaldson) > 5. iWeb displays badly for one windoze user friend > (harmonyroute at mac.com) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:29:18 -0400 >From: Dave Sevick >Subject: [NPMUG] Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns > Apple .... 10.5.8 update is out >To: NPMUG >Message-ID: <997550F2-B9E1-4B85-B967-D2DF98800299 at davesevick.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns Apple > >Users of Mac computers are being advised to install an important >security patch, after Apple acknowledged that a serious flaw existed >in its Mac OS X operating system that could be exploited by hackers. > >In a security advisory posted on its website, the Cupertino-based >vendor of iMac and MacBook computers warned that it had discovered >that hackers could create specially crafted image files capable of >running malicious code without the user's authorisation, such as a >worm or Trojan horse. > >The affected image file formats include PNG, Canon RAW and OpenEXR. > >To circumvent this and other security issues, Apple is recommend that >users install Security Update 2009-003 - updating themselves to Mac OS >X v10.5.8. > >Owners of Mac computers would be wise to follow Apple's advice, else >put their systems at risk of infection via rigged image files created >by hackers. > >As described in Sophos's recently published Security Threat Report, >2009 has seen a number of attacks against users of Apple Mac OS X. >Many of these have relied upon social engineering to fool Mac owners >into installing Trojan horses on their computers. There is no doubt, >however, that cybercriminals would love to be able to exploit software >vulnerabilities instead to make infection even easier. > > > > > >((((( backup all your data before you run this update )))))) > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090806/746fb841/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:40:39 -0400 >From: Dave Sevick >Subject: [NPMUG] US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... > (( as discussed tonight at the NPMUG )) >To: NPMUG >Message-ID: <5BCA24FA-FF5A-4C10-8A92-C482DF5FCDA1 at davesevick.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... > >It must be a pretty miserable existence being far away from your >family and loved ones if you're fighting a distant war on behalf of >your country. Creature comforts like the internet can, of course, help >you stay in touch with the folks you left back home - but, for members >of the US Marines at least, one way of keeping communications open has >just been firmly shut. > >The US Marine Corps has banned with immediate effect the use of social >networking websites including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace from its >networks. > >It appears that the leaders of the US Marine Corps are not concerned >about soldiers wasting time on social networks, but with the >opportunities that exist for hackers to exploit their careless use. > > > >A source told Wired Magazine, "The mechanisms for social networking >were never designed for security and filtering. They make it way too >easy for people with bad intentions to push malicious code to >unsuspecting users." > >Here's part of the official order banning use of the social networking >sites (SNS). > >[Social networking sites are] A PROVEN HAVEN FOR MALICIOUS ACTORS AND >CONTENT AND ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK DUE TO INFORMATION EXPOSURE, >USER GENERATED CONTENT AND TARGETING BY ADVERSARIES. THE VERY NATURE >OF SNS CREATES A LARGER ATTACK AND EXPLOITATION WINDOW, EXPOSES >UNNECESSARY INFORMATION TO ADVERSARIES AND PROVIDES AN EASY CONDUIT >FOR INFORMATION LEAKAGE THAT PUTS OPSEC, COMSEC, PERSONNEL AND THE >MCEN AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF COMPROMISE. EXAMPLES OF INTERNET SNS SITES >INCLUDE FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AND TWITTER. > >ACCESS IS HEREBY PROHIBITED TO INTERNET SNS FROM THE MCEN NIPRNET, >INCLUDING OVER VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) CONNECTIONS. > >By the way, I don't know why they insisted on using capital letters. >Maybe it makes it easier to read in the middle of a noisy battle or >something. > >My reading of the order is that soldiers can still access the social >networks privately from their own computers, but not from military >networks. So that - I am sure - will be some relief. > >The recently published Sophos Security Threat Report revealed that a >quarter of organizations have been exposed to spam, phishing or >malware attacks via sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and >MySpace. > > > >We're going to see more and more attacks happening via social >networks. Blocking their use entirely may be possible in organizations >like the US Marines, but you'll find that a much harder decision to >justify in a business environment. Instead, make sure that your users >are properly defended from the threats when Tweeting and Facebooking >online. >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090806/71098a96/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:06:02 -0400 >From: Charles Firth >Subject: [NPMUG] Bing Search Tainted by Pro-Microsoft Results | CIO - > Blogs and Discussion >To: NPMUG NPMUG >Message-ID: <958F2697-3A32-49E5-AF0C-9F245949553D at firthconsulting.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >So it turns out that Microsoft's new search engine "Bing" is somewhat >biased against Apple. >Not in what browsers work, but in what search results you get. It's >also good at failing to show any anti-Microsoft results. > >Must be a quirk of the programming! > >http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results > >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090807/7895afdf/attachment-0001.htm > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:01:54 -0400 >From: "Robert A. Donaldson" >Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 7 >To: npmug at davesevick.com >Message-ID: <98C72E55-6BA3-4511-9778-213067B248A0 at mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > >Dear Mac friends: > >Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker >Trainor, JoAnn Luczko ad Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill >Computer Recycling Center today. > >In the immortal words of Jim Carrey in The Mask, "We be smokin'!" > >Today we fell just short of our daily production record by >refurbishing 33 Macs. We also did three Apple displays, and de- >manufactured nine other pieces. Marty Swartz added a nice G4 iBook to >the mix from his basement workshop. > >Our all-time total is now 2,057. > >A construction note: The PennDOT Carson St. widening project has >closed South 26 St. in front of the main entrance to the Goodwill >Building. There is still pedestrian access to the main door of the >building on South 26th St. > >We'll have another workday on Friday, August 14. Hope to see you there! > > >Robert A. Donaldson >radonaldson at mac.com >(H) 412-922-3303 >(M) 412-477-9188 > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:18:54 -0400 >From: harmonyroute at mac.com >Subject: [NPMUG] iWeb displays badly for one windoze user friend >To: List Serve >Message-ID: <060B8D79-94E3-4640-AACE-2C634442DD70 at mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >A friend of mine in Cincinnati set this screen shot showing how his >computer displays the page headers for my webpage. 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Hope this us useful -- Ron From lmk2+ at pitt.edu Tue Aug 11 07:46:41 2009 From: lmk2+ at pitt.edu (Lance Kennelty) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:46:41 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] old firewire vs new on Mac Book Pros Message-ID: Hi all, I have a hardware question about firewire bus differences on old 15" MacBook Pros (A1260) vs the newest MacBook Pro 15". Does anyone know the tech spec differences? We have a software/harware application (3D imaging) that will work on the older firewire bus but not on the new one. What changed? Also does anyone know if they changed the firewire bus on the 17" MacBook Pros as well? Thanx! -Lance From dave at davesevick.com Tue Aug 11 15:33:06 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:33:06 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village Message-ID: Web users who choose to move to the desolate village are guaranteed an environment free from Google products and natural light from the sun. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/google_opt_out_feature_lets_users From dave at davesevick.com Tue Aug 11 16:47:13 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:47:13 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa ( A capella simulate "rain" ) - no computer needed Message-ID: <95319FCE-FC83-43B6-A006-900F745129BC@davesevick.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw This is the art of A capella at it's best ... thanks to the many people who sent this to me to post. It's a recent performance of Toto's "Africa" live by Slovenian Choir "Perpetuum Jazzile".... ---------------- Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa (live, HQ) Toto's Africa by Perpetuum Jazzile, performed live at Vokal Xtravaganzza 2008 (October 2008) - arranger Toma? Kozlev?ar. !!! PERPETUUM JAZZILE + THE REAL GROUP @ Vokal Xtravaganzza 2009 (Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2009) !!! Don't miss it! For more information check outhttp://www.perpetuumjazzile.si/en To buy CD pls visithttp://www.perpetuumjazzile.si/shop Thunderstorm simulation effects inspired by Kearsney choir (South Africa). THANK YOU!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw The computer lesson here : You can use low tech people skills and some musical ingenuity to create simulated weather environment. And this is way to cool not to share :-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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However, in this case (as shown by a blog entry from our friends at Pareto Logic almost a week ago) this particular piece of Mac malware was already known about, and detected by a handful of security vendors already - including Sophos! So, I'm glad to say to those customers who have enquired that Sophos does detect this malware (we call it OSX/Jahlav-C). In his blog post about the malware, Danchev writes: Not only are cybercriminals beginning to acknowledge the "under- served" Mac OS X segment, but also, they?re already borrowing tricks from the Microsoft Windows playbook such as OS-independent tactics like fake codecs and bogus video players. The irony? Both the Mac OS X and Windows malware are hosted on the same domains, with copies of each served on the basis on browser detection. This is all true. But I would stress to any non-believing Mac user that it's actually been true for a couple of years now. 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See how this malware app called "Mac Cinema" or " OSX/Jahlav-C " works in this informative 3:54 minute video narrated by Graham Cluley. Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090812/ab326ac1/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Wed Aug 12 09:58:58 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:58:58 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Leighton Meester sex video lure ... and Guy Kawasaki (( link included )) Message-ID: To continue the warning for all Mac folks out there .... please be aware of what is going on right now .... This happened a few weeks ago ... but I wanted to make sure everyone sees how Apple computers can be compromised. There is no nudity in this demonstration. Please be aware that Macs are vulnerable. Macs only get infected if you allow it to happen. See how this malware app called "Mac Cinema" or " OSX/Jahlav-C " works in this informative 3:54 minute video narrated by Graham Cluley. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/24/leighton-meeter-sex-tape-lure-spread-malware-twitter-users/ Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090812/5443c4f0/attachment.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Thu Aug 13 20:05:21 2009 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:05:21 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Entourage is going away - prepare for Outlook Message-ID: Microsoft is finally planning on releasing Outlook for Mac with the next office version (probably Office 2011) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/outlook_for_mac/ I know a lot of people who'll be happy by this. Personally, I think Outlook is pretty awful (while better then Entourage).. 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Message-ID: Graham Cluley's blog Ashley Greene dirty pics lead to danger Safari should be set to NOT automatically download and unpack .DMG files - the Ashley Green example ..... http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/14/ashley-greene-dirty-pics-lead-danger/ Dave -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090814/6bc07bbb/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ashley-greene-170.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 14003 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090814/6bc07bbb/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090814/6bc07bbb/attachment-0001.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Aug 14 16:38:35 2009 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:38:35 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 14 Message-ID: <5AD585B0-F7C2-4A30-AB33-EFEC4CF33F7C@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. Today's efforts concentrated on taking care another larger-than-normal accumulation of donations that came in during the week. We also spent time dealing with those machines that have been filling nooks and crannies around the workbenches. We refurbished 11 Macs, one display, and re-imaged three Macs from store returns. 14 additional Macs and displays were de-manufactured as passed along Goodwill's recycling chain. In addition to the inventory inside the Goodwill ComputerWorks Store, there are 59 OS X.4 iMacs, 62 OS X.3 iMacs and 12 OS 9.2.2 iMacs in storage on another floor. Our all-time total is now 2,069. A construction note: The PennDOT Carson St. widening project has closed South 26 St. in front of the main entrance to the Goodwill Building. There is still pedestrian access to the main door of the building on South 26th St. We'll have another workday on Friday, August 21. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Sat Aug 15 09:09:29 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:09:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] "Domain Tasting" - spammers' registering domains and returning them within 5 days Message-ID: On Thursday a report was released by ICANN supplying data that implies the practice of domain tasting has come to an end. The traditional definition of domain tasting is the practice of purchasing a domain for the purpose of hosting some advertisements, or other marketing purposes, and returning it within five days to the domain registry to not have to purchase it. Many typo-squatters were using this to register domains that are very close to popular domains and using it for parked ads to generate revenue at almost no cost. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/15/guest-blog-aftertaste-domain-tasting-era-quietened-whisper/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090815/94390115/attachment-0001.htm From ronladams7 at gmail.com Sun Aug 16 20:38:25 2009 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:38:25 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers - PC World Message-ID: A good list... don't miss #40. I said, don't miss #40. http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,169863/printable.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <86E0B2CE-247B-42EB-B4A1-DA56A3CD7279@firthconsulting.com> The next South Hills Village MUG meeting is this Saturday, August 22nd at 10am! As always, we'll meet in the store for the meeting with food and lively conversation to follow at Eat & Park The agenda for this month is: News & views from the Apple world and the larger technology world Main topic: Under the hood - what's really going on when you have to provide your password. What does an 'Administrator' mean, exactly? Note - this will include some Terminal work, so be prepared for some UNIX :) Q&A -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We continue to receive larger-than-normal donations coming in off the street. With our limited space, we need to attempt to clear these Macs to keep our limited space relatively manageable. We continue to make a dent in clearing Macs that tend to pile up as they are put aside for more attention than normal. For example, this week we received 10 G4 Mirror Drive Door Power Macs, all of them missing hard drives and video cards. This type of machine usually sits around until we can obtain the missing pieces to even see if it boots. Today we refurbished 11 Macs, re-imaged five more from store returns, and de-manufactured 12 and passed the pieces along Goodwill's recycling chain. Our all-time total is now 2,080. Two of today's total were Dual 1.25 mhz G4 Mirror Drive Door machines capable of running Leopard. If we get needed components, more will be following them into the CompterWorks store. A construction note: The South 26th St. intersection has been partially re-opened as the Carson St. widening project slowly moves east. The entrance to the ComputerWorks store is partially restricted, making it a pain for customers to visit. You can get there, you just have to walk around the fences. We'll have another workday on Friday, August 28. It will be a decidedly non-technical session as we must clear a large number of keyboards and other parts that have been accumulating on the shelves. We are again short of mice; we do not have enough to go with the Macs we already have in stock. Hope to see you there! Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Fri Aug 21 23:32:53 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:32:53 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Microsoft releases the Fune, people line up for their chance at this revolutionary device Message-ID: Behold: The Microsoft Fune (with video) Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:30 AM EDT What if your smartphone could run Windows and AOL (not to mention AM radio)? This is just so awesome ... I'm switching to Windows first thing tomorrow. http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/22160/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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TomTom announces that the TomTom for iPhone navigation application can be purchased in the Apple iTunes App Store starting today. ?With TomTom for iPhone, millions of iPhone users can now benefit from the same easy-to-use and intuitive interface, turn-by-turn spoken navigation and unique routing technology that our 30 million portable navigation device users rely on every day,? said Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director of TomTom. ?As the world?s leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, TomTom is the most natural fit for an advanced navigation application on the iPhone.? The TomTom app for iPhone 3G and 3GS users includes a map of the US and Canada from Tele Atlas, and is available to download through http://www.tomtom.com/tomtom-app for $99.99 USD. TomTom app for iPhone key features TomTom app for iPhone includes the exclusive IQ Routes? technology. Instead of using travel time assumptions, IQ Routes bases its routes on the actual experience of millions of TomTom drivers to calculate the fastest route and generate the most accurate arrival times in the industry. TomTom IQ Routes empowers drivers to reach their destination faster up to 35% of the time. Additional TomTom app for iPhone features include: Best routing and maps Navigation software including fast route planning and clear voice instructions Automatic re-routing if a turn is missed Route demo or map of route when trip planning Alternative route options if avoiding roadblocks, toll ways or looking for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes along route Latest Tele Atlas maps of the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand 6 million Points of Interest included Easy to use and personalize User interface fully optimized with iPhone Multiple display options including landscape and portrait navigation view Night and day color mode for optimized screen visibility in varying light conditions User interface available in 18 languages Change view settings (2D or 3D map display) Easy to download from iTunes App Store Complete phone and map integration Multi-touch gestures such as tap, swipe, pinch and zoom to operate the application and zoom in and out of the map Navigation to contacts in address book Points-of-interest search and call capabilities from iPhone Pricing and Availability The TomTom app for iPhone including full maps of the US and Canada will be available for $99.99 USD on the Apple App Store.http://www.tomtom.com/tomtom-app . Compatibility with iPod touch and other iPhone models coming soon. Requirements for use on the iPhone 3G or 3GS include phone installation of OS3.0 and installation of iTunes on the PC or Mac. Ad 1. About TomTom IQ Routes? TomTom IQ Routes applies the historical travel time experience of millions of drivers to calculate the best route possible. The technology is based on historical speed measurements for every time of day, one for every road segment, from large motorways to small local roads. In up to 35% of all cases, the use of IQ Routes results in driving a faster route, saving significant travel time as well as money and fuel. Ad 2. Included user interface languages: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Danish, English UK, English US, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese BR, Slovak, Spanish, Spanish LA, Swedish and Turkish. ================== My evaluation so far , buying both, and running both of the apps side by side: 1. Navigon is as accurate at TomTom ( and I am a long time dedicated TomTom user) and uses the NAVTEQ system. 2. Navigon handles music and incoming calls much smoother than TomTom. 3. Navigon does not require a special car kit and works with my current $49 Apple Composite AV cable ( MB129LL/A) installed by the good folks at Best Buy. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8551097&type=product&id=1188561003671 The car-installer-guys connected the Apple Composite AV cable to my after-market radio. I have had this for over a year. This allows for one connection for power, USB, video :-) In addition I mount my iPhone (and current TomTom XL) to my dash with the very rugged ProClipUSA system: http://www.proclipusa.com/ 4. Navigon can also search my Kerio based over the air synced address book .... EXCELLENT !!! .... as well as my Apple Address Book 5. Navigon costs $69.99 ( 30% off until Aug 31 ) =============== 1. TomTom requires a very cool ( yet not available yet ) "car kit" to get fully integrated functionality with iTunes. 2. TomTom still has all the cool features of the TomTom XL unit ...... ported over nicely. 3. TomTom can only search contacts in my Apple Address Book, not my Kerio Address Book :-( ..... not good !!!! 4. TomTom costs $99.99 Dave Sevick P.S. I love you guys at TomTom ..... but the folks at Navigon have you beat hands down ! I will continue to use both and wait for improvements. But ease-of-use is squarely in Navigon's court. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090824/1cd667aa/attachment.htm From sehawk22 at msn.com Mon Aug 24 18:51:16 2009 From: sehawk22 at msn.com (Steven Cioc) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:51:16 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <98F17844-628A-4871-9A78-BCE4DF91A34B@firthconsulting.com> References: <98F17844-628A-4871-9A78-BCE4DF91A34B@firthconsulting.com> Message-ID: i order mine today Steven Cioc From: charles at firthconsulting.com Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:53:48 -0400 To: npmug at davesevick.com Subject: [NPMUG] Mac OS X Snow Leopard available August 28th Apple - Mac OS X Snow Leopard - The world?s most advanced OS Available August 28. Upgrade from Leopard for just $29. Shop the Apple Online Store. Find an Apple Retail Store. Find your local authorized reseller. Call 1-800-854-3680. View system requirements. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you?re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090824/7a65447e/attachment.htm From patrick at cranstoninc.com Wed Aug 26 05:09:54 2009 From: patrick at cranstoninc.com (Patrick Cranston) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:09:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Job Posting - Mac Instructor Needed Message-ID: <3FEC8EFF-4DA8-48DF-BDED-44C02CF50C1F@cranstoninc.com> Job Posting We are looking for Instructors to lead our Macintosh training classes that we will be introducing this coming October at our new offices located in Robinson Twp. Classes will be held Saturday morning. There will be two 1 hr classes each week. Topics will be Mac OSX, iphoto, iMovie, iTunes, iWeb, iDVD, Garageband, Pages, Numbers and Keynote. The group size will be 6 - 10 participants. Instructors should be someone with experience teaching in a "one-on- one" or "small group" settings. Instructor needs to be friendly, energetic and demonstrate a strong command of the subject matter. Apple training certification preferred but not required. Anyone interested in this position should send a resume and cover letter to patrick at cranstoninc.com Patrick Cranston Cranston Consulting, Inc. 888-813-5558 www.CranstonInc.com patrick at cranstoninc.com Is your data secure? Get MySecureBackup and never worry about data loss again! www.CranstonIT.com/MySecureBackup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <2699EC74-0EEE-4355-BDD1-771E2268F716@davesevick.com> Some tips: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html 1. 10.6 Snow Leopard only runs on Intel based Apple computers .... to check this go to the Apple Menu / About this Mac ... ... if it is a G3, G4 or G5 ... this NOT an Intel processor 2. You should have 1GB of RAM or more. You'll see this also in the About this Mac window ... 3. Back up all your data with SuperDuper! , Time Machine or whatever backup tools you like. 4. Backup files that are on your computer. 5. The files that are on your computer, as discussed in points 3 and 4 should be copied to another place other than the computer that you are sitting in front of right now. 6. After successfully completing steps 3, 4 and 5 .... THEN ... consider installing 10.6 on your Intel Mac .... Report back to us here on what works and what does not after the install. If you do not need to install 10.6 and/or you have a business that depends on you not being down at all ... please do not install it until we report back to everyone our findings over the next few weeks. Behind the scenes we have folks that are in the Apple Seeds program for testing Snow Leopard and they are very happy .... The Apple User Group meeting in Cranberry Twp at MacOutfitters will be devoted to discussing and demonstrating 10.6 So join us on Wednesday September 2, 7-9PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090826/5e9816e7/attachment-0002.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture 20.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 458034 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090826/5e9816e7/attachment-0001.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Yes, Adobe will support Creative Suite 3 software running under Leopard according to its normal policies. Please visit www.adobe.com/support to check the Adobe knowledgebase for any issues related to Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5) support, and for detailed information about our complimentary and paid support programs. Older Adobe creative software was not designed to run on Mac OS X Leopard, so you may experience issues installing and using the software for which there are no solutions. Please note that Creative Suite 2 and CS2 applications are only supported under Adobe?s paid support programs. >From the current 10.6 notes from Adobe and the source of this news. http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/files/Adobe-SnowLeopard_FAQ.pdf Q. Will older versions of Adobe creative software?such as Adobe Creative Suite 3 or Macromedia? Studio 8 software?support Mac OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6)? A. Older versions of Adobe creative software were not included in our testing efforts. 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Apple has posted a list of compatible printers here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Patrick Cranston Cranston Consulting, Inc. 888-813-5558 www.CranstonInc.com patrick at cranstoninc.com Is your data secure? Get MySecureBackup and never worry about data loss again! www.CranstonIT.com/MySecureBackup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090828/570db64d/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Fri Aug 28 06:04:51 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:04:51 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] David Pogue on Snow Leopard .... " Snow Leopard truly is an optimized version of Leopard ...." Message-ID: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?_r=2&8cir&emc=cirb1 August 27, 2009 STATE OF THE ART Apple?s Sleek Upgrade By DAVID POGUE Buying software is not like buying a vase or a comb or a lawnmower where you pay, you take it home, and the transaction is complete. No, buying software is more like joining a club with annual dues. Every year, there?s a new version, and if you don?t upgrade, you feel like a behind-the-curve loser. There?s a time bomb ticking in that business model, however. To keep you upgrading, the software company has to pile on more features each time. Sooner or later, you wind up with a huge, sloshing, incoherent mess of a program; a pile of spaghetti code that doesn?t run well and makes nobody happy. You?re in even worse shape if that bloatware is your operating system ? the software you run all day. Just ask anyone with Windows Vista. This year, though, Apple and Microsoft both realized that the pile-on- features model is unsustainable. Both are releasing new versions of their operating systems that are unapologetically billed as cleaned- up, slimmed-down versions of what came before. Microsoft?s, called Windows 7, comes out in October. Apple?s, called Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, arrives on Friday, a month earlier than announced. (Apple to Microsoft: ?Surprise!?) Apple?s release strategy is highly unorthodox: ?Leopard, a k a Mac OS X 10.5, was already a great OS-virus-free, nag-free and not copy- protected. So instead of adding features for their own sake, let?s just make what we?ve got smaller, faster and more refined.? What? No new features? That?s not how the industry works! Doesn?t Apple know anything? And then there?s the price of Snow Leopard: $30. Have they lost their minds? Operating-system upgrades always cost a hundred-something dollars! ($30 is the price if you already have Leopard. If not, the price is $170 for a Mac Box Set that also includes two suites of Apple software: iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb and the GarageBand music studio), and iWork (the Numbers spreadsheet, Pages word processor and Keynote presentation software). In any case, Snow Leopard truly is an optimized version of Leopard. It starts up faster (72 seconds on a MacBook Air, versus 100 seconds in Leopard). It opens programs faster (Web browser, 3 seconds; calendar, 5 seconds; iTunes, 7 seconds), and the second time you open the same program, the time is halved. ?Optimized? doesn?t just mean faster; it also means smaller. Incredibly, Snow Leopard is only half the size of its predecessor; following the speedy installation (15 minutes), you wind up with 7 gigabytes more free space on your hard drive. That, ladies and gents, is a first. Unfortunately, Snow Leopard runs only on Macs with Intel chips ? that is, Macs sold since 2006. If you have an older Mac, you?re stuck with Leopard forever. (Techie note: Popular conception has it that the space savings comes from removing all the code required by those earlier chips. But that?s not true, according to Apple. Yes, that code is gone, but new 64-bit code, described below, easily replaces it. No, Apple says that the savings comes from ?tightening up the screws,? compressing chunks of the system software and eliminating a huge stash of printer drivers. Now the system downloads printer drivers as needed, on demand.) As it turns out, Apple programmers could not leave well enough alone. They disobeyed the original ?no new features? mantra. As they pored through all the bits of Mac OS X, they kept stopping and fixing little things that had always bugged them, or coming up with neat little ways to make things better. So: The Mac now adjusts its own clock when you travel, just like a cellphone. The menu bar can now show the date, not just the day of the week. The menu of nearby wireless hot spots now shows the signal strength for each. When you?re running Windows on your Mac, you can now open the files on the Macintosh ?side? without having to restart. Icons can now be 512 pixels (several inches) square, turning any desktop window into a light table for photos. There?s now a Put Back command in the Trash, just as in Windows? Recycle Bin. You can page through a PDF document or watch a movie right on a file?s icon. When you click a folder icon on the Dock, you can scroll through the pop-up window of its contents, turning a worthless feature into a useful one. Buggy plug-ins (Flash and so on) no longer crash the Safari Web browser; you just get an empty rectangle where they would have appeared. There?s an impressive trove of tools for blind Mac users, including one that turns a Mac laptop?s trackpad into a touchable map of the screen; the Mac speaks each onscreen element as you touch it. There are some bigger-ticket items, too. Movies open up into a gorgeous, frameless playback window with built-in trim handles and a ?Send to YouTube? command built right in. You can now record your screen activity as a movie ? fantastic for tutorials. The old Services feature has been reborn as powerful commands that appear only when relevant ? and you can modify, make up or assign keystrokes to them. Once a system administrator provides setup details, your company?s Microsoft Exchange address book, e-mail and calendar can show up in the Mac?s own address book, e-mail and calendar programs, right alongside your own personal information. That?s irony for you: the Mac now has Exchange compatibility built in, but Windows itself does not. There are hundreds more little tweaks. In all, Apple says that more than 90 percent of Leopard?s 1,000 software chunks were revised or polished. Many are listed onApple's site, but I kept finding more undocumented surprises until the deadline for this column. Just little stuff. Like: When you rename an icon on an alphabetically sorted desktop, it visibly slides into its new alphabetic position so you can see where it went. Despite all of this, the haters online deride Snow Leopard as a ?service pack? ? nothing more than a bug-fix/security-patch update like the ones Microsoft periodically releases for Windows. That?s a pretty uninformed wisecrack. Especially because the biggest changes in Snow Leopard are under the hood, completely invisible, but responsible for some big speed and stability advances. A big one: Mac OS X and most of its included programs (the desktop, Web browser, calendar and so on) are 64-bit software, a geeky term that, for now, pretty much means ?faster.? Other new underlying technologies, called OpenCL and Grand Central Dispatch, are features that software companies can exploit for even greater speed in their new or rewritten programs. That Snow Leopard?s looks haven?t changed at all, in other words, betrays the enormous changes under its pretty skin. Unfortunately, that fact also explains the number of non-Apple programs that ?break? after the installation. I experienced frustrating glitches in various programs, including Microsoft Word, Flip4Mac, Photoshop CS3, CyberDuck and TextExpander, an abbreviation expander. (Interestingly, Snow Leopard offers its own typing-expander feature, but it works primarily in Apple programs, like TextEdit, Mail, Safari and iChat.) The compatibility list at snowleopard.wikidot.com lists other programs that may have trouble. Most of these hiccups will go away when software companies update their wares (although Adobe says, ?Just upgrade to Photoshop CS4?). Let?s hope that Apple hurries up with its inevitable 10.6.0.1 update, too, to address the occasional Safari crash and cosmetic glitch I experienced, too. Otherwise, if you?re already running Leopard, paying the $30 for Snow Leopard is a no-brainer. You?ll feel the leap forward in speed polish, and you?ll keep experiencing those ?oh, that?s nice? moments for weeks to come. If you?re running something earlier, the decision isn?t as clear cut; you?ll have to pay $170 and get Snow Leopard with Apple?s creative- software suites ? whether you want them or not. Either way, the big story here isn?t really Snow Leopard. It?s the radical concept of a software update that?s smaller, faster and better ? instead of bigger, slower and more bloated. May the rest of the industry take the hint. E-mail: pogue at nytimes.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We even let you copy your Time Machine backups to other disks, so you can back them up or upgrade to a larger disk without losing your history! We haven't left our non-Snow Leopard users out in the cold, of course! Not only is 2.6 is still compatible with Tiger, we've added many new features for everyone, including Copy on Connect , Eject after Copy, Sparse Bundle support , and many other tweaks and improvements. And, of course, 2.6 still includes all the other terrific features of SuperDuper!, including: the ability to easily schedule backups; many imaging options; more control over shutdown; AppleScript support; hundreds of UI improvements; Growl support; and an extensive, task- based User's Guide. SuperDuper! also includes Smart Update, a great feature that updates a clone to exactly reflect any changes on the original in just minutes! It's a free update for existing customers. Copies will auto-upgrade, but you can alsodownload now! ```````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Consulting Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5 Apple User Group Ambassador Apple Recycling in Pittsburgh Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH, MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ```````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090828/1bc01c02/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Fri Aug 28 10:29:27 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:29:27 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Super Duper! 2.6 is out and 10.6 compatible !!!! Message-ID: <560C7478-2C5F-4129-BB36-EA35C58C8A44@davesevick.com> http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ SuperDuper! v2.6: Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals. Better. Faster. Back-to-back 2005 and 2006 Eddy Award Winning... and now Snow Leopard compatible! We're happy to announce the immediate availability of SuperDuper! 2.6, the latest version of our popular disk copying utility for Mac OS X. 2.6 is fully compatible with Snow Leopard, and produces fully bootable backups of the newest version of OS X. You can keep this on its own volume, or you can even store and Smart Update it alongside your Time Machine backups. We even let you copy your Time Machine backups to other disks, so you can back them up or upgrade to a larger disk without losing your history! We haven't left our non-Snow Leopard users out in the cold, of course! Not only is 2.6 is still compatible with Tiger, we've added many new features for everyone, including Copy on Connect , Eject after Copy, Sparse Bundle support , and many other tweaks and improvements. And, of course, 2.6 still includes all the other terrific features of SuperDuper!, including: the ability to easily schedule backups; many imaging options; more control over shutdown; AppleScript support; hundreds of UI improvements; Growl support; and an extensive, task- based User's Guide. SuperDuper! also includes Smart Update, a great feature that updates a clone to exactly reflect any changes on the original in just minutes! It's a free update for existing customers. Copies will auto-upgrade, but you can alsodownload now! ```````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Consulting Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5 Apple User Group Ambassador Apple Recycling in Pittsburgh Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH, MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ```````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That alone is worth $29 to me. -- "We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From markd at borkware.com Fri Aug 28 12:28:33 2009 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:28:33 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Now, For Some Reason, a Snow Leoaprd Message-ID: >From Cute Overload: http://cuteoverload.com/2009/08/28/snow-leopard-for-some-reason/ (be sure to read the hovertext on the pictures) Cheers, ++md (for folks that don't know, Meg Frost, who runs Cute Overload, works at Apple) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090828/76d97946/attachment.htm From radonaldson at mac.com Fri Aug 28 17:11:36 2009 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:11:36 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 28 Message-ID: <65800187-7032-4B56-BD7F-3098AB730A77@mac.com> Dear Mac friends: Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, John Hamill, Tucker Trainor, Dave Sevick and especially to the Tech Team from St. Alphonsus School in Pine Twp. for joining me at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center today. Our most excellent Tech Team visitors blitzed through our unprocessed stock of keyboards, mice and power cords like a whirlwind, completely exhausting our backlog. They turned out 172 keyboards, 151 mice and 178 power cords, saving us hours of work that would have had to have been diverted from refurbishing Macs. The crew's photo is below. The donations continue to flood in. This week we received five bins, twice as much as in any of the previous four weeks. We've left ourselves a backlog of Macs for next week. Today we refurbished 17 Macs, re-imaged one from a store return, and de-manufactured 9 and passed the pieces along Goodwill's recycling chain. Our all-time total is now 2,097. A construction note: PennDOT's Carson St. widening project is now a guessing game. The 26th St. intersection in front of the Goodwill Building was open last week, but closed today. I'm getting out of the construction prediction business. The entrance to the ComputerWorks store is still partially restricted, making it a pain for customers to visit. You can get there, you just have to walk around the fences. We'll have another workday on Friday, September 4. Thanks to the St. Alphonsus Tech Team, it will be a full day of rehabilitating Macs. Hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks -- Ron From macplus512 at verizon.net Fri Aug 28 22:19:31 2009 From: macplus512 at verizon.net (macplus512 at verizon.net) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:19:31 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Snow Leopard Installation In-Reply-To: <0E8C44FF-ACDA-4D4E-8B03-B52D50CB179C@gmail.com> References: <0E8C44FF-ACDA-4D4E-8B03-B52D50CB179C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3A5817A1-8980-477F-965F-1FA38C575217@verizon.net> You've got me beat in terms of saved space. I went from 12.12GB to 21.99GB on my MacBook. However, that extra space is indeed worth the cash. Now if I could only get the name of the incoming mail server of the Exchange mailboxes I use. Scott On Aug 28, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Dadditude wrote: > Just got my copy of Snow Leopard and installed it. > > Free space on my Mac Mini before installation: 27.44GB. Free space > after installation: 41.28GB. That alone is worth $29 to me. > > -- > "We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we > quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From dave at davesevick.com Fri Aug 28 23:31:31 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:31:31 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Snow Leopard malware protection in action Message-ID: <32B44534-CC73-4176-92A2-2999C323D668@davesevick.com> http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/28/snow-leopard-malware-protection/ Snow Leopard, Apple's latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, has been released. In the last few days there has been lots of speculation about Snow Leopard containing anti-virus functionality to protect against the rising problem of Mac malware. Well, now Snow Leopard is out you can see for yourself how it behaves. Here's a video showing what it can do and - perhaps importantly - what it can't do: The malware problem on Apple Macs is very small compared to Windows, but it does exist. So, well done to Apple for taking their first baby steps in countering it. Apple didn't make a big song-and-dance about the inclusion of this malware protection facility in Snow Leopard which surprised some as the new version of the operating system wasn't exactly bulging with new functionality. But maybe it's clear why they didn't want to pre-announce it now - the protection only covers two families of Mac Trojan horse and is not equivalent to a true anti-virus product (it won't protect you if you try to copy an infected file from a USB stick for instance, and doesn't offer clean-up facilities). Indeed Apple is at pains to insist that people should not describe this as an anti-virus. However, the limited protection that Apple has implemented may help otherwise incautious and unsuspecting users. It would be marvellous if this is also the first step in Apple becoming more involved in the fight against cybercrime. Wouldn't it be great if Apple could quickly move forward to build a collaborative programme - rather like Microsoft's MAPP initiative - to unite with the computer security industry? The bottom line is this - it's no longer uncool to have anti-virus on your Mac. If you want to go a step further than what Apple is offering with Snow Leopard, test drive our product today. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/28/snow-leopard-malware-protection/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Products Affected Mac OS X 10.6 Software restricted during installation and migration During installation, Snow Leopard moves known-incompatible software to a folder named Incompatible Software at the root level of the hard drive. If you see this folder on your Mac, use the table below to check with the software vendor to see if any Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard-compatible updates are available. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090829/0669f17c/attachment.htm From lindapagliaro at comcast.net Sat Aug 29 09:36:30 2009 From: lindapagliaro at comcast.net (Linda Pagliaro) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:36:30 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Epson RX580 Printer/Scanner/Copier--Can't Scan Message-ID: I have this RX580 on my Airport network where my Mac Mini is connected directly to the network and I use my MacBook Pro via wifi. The print function works fine for both computers, but I have been unable to use the scanner. I tried setting up the scanner using the network IP address but it did not work. When I try opening the Epson Scan application, I get an error message saying that it cannot be started and that there may be a problem with the network settings. Can anyone provide guidance on how to fix the problem? Linda Pagliaro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090829/76069497/attachment.htm From gregsimkins at me.com Sat Aug 29 10:09:52 2009 From: gregsimkins at me.com (Greg Simkins) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:09:52 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Epson RX580 Printer/Scanner/Copier--Can't Scan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have no experience with Epson, but I have had similar problems with HP. Very Frustrating! I guess the common thread is Apple. I suppose Apple can't get the prize in every category! I had thought of buying another brand of multifunction printer, but your experience shows me that it is likely to be fruitless. When my HP stops scanning, I can sometimes restore it by running the install routine again. I have finally given up and resorted to scanning to a flash drive and then carrying the flash drive to my MacBook. Greg Simkins On Aug 29, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Linda Pagliaro wrote: > I have this RX580 on my Airport network where my Mac Mini is > connected directly to the network and I use my MacBook Pro via > wifi. The print function works fine for both computers, but I have > been unable to use the scanner. > > I tried setting up the scanner using the network IP address but it > did not work. When I try opening the Epson Scan application, I get > an error message saying that it cannot be started and that there may > be a problem with the network settings. > > Can anyone provide guidance on how to fix the problem? > > > Linda Pagliaro > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090829/cbc4d14b/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Aug 29 13:40:26 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:40:26 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac ? Some answers to your questions .... Message-ID: <55609C82-1622-4D1A-BC16-331A18272B18@davesevick.com> OK .... I have gotten the same questions on Sophos so much over the last month ... we need a posting on the listserve for reference: 1. Can I test drive Sophos Anti-Virus before buying? Answer: https://secure.sophos.com/products/small-business/sophos-anti-virus/eval is the link to filling out a form to use a 30 day trial of the Anti- Virus software. Once you have been emailed a temporary 30 day username/password from the link above, you can use this quick link to my MobileMe site to expedite the location of the Mac version of the download : http://files.me.com/davesevick/ageamf ... this is a shortcut to the correct savosx70sa.dmg file you'll need to download and install for a fully functional evaluation. If you decide to buy licenses ... you just need to re-enter the true licensed username/password info they email to you immediately on purchase .... 2. Why Sophos Anti-Virus and not other brands ? Answer: Norton Anti-Virus for Mac was, at one time, the #1 choice for my clients malware protection for a very long time. Even though Macs are much less apt to get malware attacks. In the last five years, the quality of Norton has been very, very poor in my first hand experience, observations of others problems, and blogging on the streets ... to the point that I and my close Apple colleagues here in Pittsburgh have ceased to use it completely with all clients. Removal of Norton can be difficult also .... contact me offline and I can send you a special Norton Removal Tool if you need it. Sophos http://www.sophos.com/ is utilized with large client installs all over the world and respected by both Mac and PC professionals .... but was ( and still is ) mainly marketed to business, education and governments internationally. Recently the Apple User Group community in Pittsburgh was granted access to the creation of new eStore model of distribution. I worked closely with Sophos leadership and our local Apple consultants over the last year to see where the new eStore could best serve the community. You'll find that portal to the new eStore on the front page of my site http://davesevick.com .... as the decided central location. Graham Cluley is the face of Sophos for Mac people. He maintains a daily blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/ We really had no in-house Apple advocate at Symantec with Norton Anti- Virus. Much like David Pogue http://davidpogue.com, Graham Cluley has a great sense of humor, skillful writing and human touch that makes his articles readable by all people, and not too over-technical that users are all left confused. Technical writers with a sense of humor are hard to find and a treasure to follow, IMHO .... 3. How much does Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac cost? Answer: The lowest purchase configuration is a 3 user serial # , one year renewal. This comes to : Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac , 1 year per user , 3 users , $45.40 for each user = TOTAL $136.20 Pricing gets better as you choose more users and more years. If you have more than 100 users, I can refer you to the corporate folks to talk to them more about enterprise pricing. This new eStore model is built for small businesses. While placing the order, there is a handy cost comparison calculator tool built into the eStore to help you decide how many users and how many years between renewals. I hope that answers everyone's basic questions ... and I am more than happy to be a resource person for this excellent software utility for Apple computer users. Dave Sevick ```````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Consulting Apple Certified Support Professional 10.5 Apple User Group Ambassador Apple Recycling in Pittsburgh Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH, MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com http://www.davesevick.com ```````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Today's Post-Gazette had a short article describing how the GPS features of a stolen iPhone were used to track it and recover it. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09242/994329-100.stm Didn't this topic come up on the NPMUG mailing list a while back? I'd love to know the specifics of how to do it. Google and the Apple App Store both point to iPhone apps that are ...um... not getting great reviews. Does anybody have a pointer to "best practices" on this technique? Thanks in advance for any pointers. Best, - Marty (Dances With iBooks) -- "We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From dave at davesevick.com Sun Aug 30 12:37:17 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:37:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] stolen iphone recovery! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3892BCB5-5BBB-4064-BE4F-163A2D3D1CCD@davesevick.com> http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/18/iphone_3_0_to_offer_mobileme_users_find_my_iphone_feature.html On Aug 30, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Marty Swartz wrote: > Today's Post-Gazette had a short article describing how the GPS > features of a stolen iPhone were used to track it and recover it. > http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09242/994329-100.stm > > Didn't this topic come up on the NPMUG mailing list a while back? I'd > love to know the specifics of how to do it. Google and the Apple App > Store both point to iPhone apps that are ...um... not getting great > reviews. Does anybody have a pointer to "best practices" on this > technique? Thanks in advance for any pointers. > > Best, > - Marty (Dances With iBooks) > > -- > "We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we > quit playing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > From dave at davesevick.com Mon Aug 31 20:50:26 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:50:26 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] 1st Snow Leopard install .... Message-ID: <50A3B16B-ED69-4F26-BF03-F798D35FE9EC@davesevick.com> 1. Made sure my computer was Intel based and was backed up to Time Capsule and SuperDuper! volumes successfully. 2. Went to the Apple Store Shadyside, bought 10.6 Snow Leopard ( SL ) for $29 + tax ( no User Group discounts allowed ) 3. Placed SL into my trusty Mac mini , 1.66 Ghz Core Duo Intel , 1GB RAM , 60GB HD .... with 37.62 GB free. 4. Opened the SL installer. Finder menus became blanked out and only the installer accessible. Expected that ... 5. Installed using using "only local printers" option, no extra languages or fonts, no X11 ... just 10.6 with no frills. 6. Surprised to see that no reboot from DVD was needed ! Yeah ! Unless you chose the new feature that allows a reboot from DVD to restore Time Machine or run Disk Utility .... very nice. 7. Also noted that the startup drive was front and center in the installer window when choosing the install volume. A button allowed for showing all connected drives. 8. Noted that the options for 1. Upgrade 2. Archive and install 3. Erase and Install ... are gone in SL. Simpler. 9. Installed SL smoothly over 35 minutes. 10. Very pleased to see 48.22 GB now free ... I just got back 11 GB on a 60GB drive ! Yeah ! 11. Since this is mainly my "media mac" for A-V use, these apps are commonly used and all tested fine ! - Safari - QuickTime X ( awesome app ) - Handbrake 0.9.3 - VLC 1.0.1 - Google Earth 5.0.1 - Keynote 12. Most noteworthy is the much improved Time Capsule speed and more information is displayed. So far tonight I am very pleased with SL 10.6 .... :-) Dave From ronladams7 at gmail.com Mon Aug 31 21:13:30 2009 From: ronladams7 at gmail.com (R_Adams) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:13:30 -0600 Subject: [NPMUG] =?windows-1252?q?Snow_Leopard_Changes_Preview=92s_=93Comb?= =?windows-1252?q?ine_PDF=94_Behavior_=AB_blog=2Egerrior=2Ecom?= Message-ID: <4342EEF3-83A2-442B-B485-2C950B3AD660@gmail.com> I just ran into this tonight..... will take a bit of getting use to. A hint, when adding additional pdf's, add over the top of the first at the top of the sidebar.... just dragging to the sidebar does not merge pdf's into the new and fancy booklet. I think Apple is trying to be a bit to "graphic fancy". http://blog.gerrior.com/?p=113 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20090831/f750e0ca/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Mon Aug 31 22:50:54 2009 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:50:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] 2nd Snow Leopard install ... some glitches Message-ID: <19B39FD4-71FB-4F24-AA51-EAAF936AC8D2@davesevick.com> Referring back to the earlier install tonight ... to refresh you: 1. Made sure my computer was Intel based and was backed up to Time Capsule and SuperDuper! volumes successfully. 2. Went to the Apple Store Shadyside, bought 10.6 Snow Leopard ( SL ) for $29 + tax ( no User Group discounts allowed ) 3. Placed SL into my trusty Mac mini , 1.66 Ghz Core Duo Intel , 1GB RAM , 60GB HD .... with 37.62 GB free. 4. Opened the SL installer. Finder menus became blanked out and only the installer accessible. Expected that ... 5. Installed using using "only local printers" option, no extra languages or fonts, no X11 ... just 10.6 with no frills. 6. Surprised to see that no reboot from DVD was needed ! Yeah ! Unless you chose the new feature that allows a reboot from DVD to restore Time Machine or run Disk Utility .... very nice. 7. Also noted that the startup drive was front and center in the installer window when choosing the install volume. A button allowed for showing all connected drives. 8. This time I chose to show all drives and installed SL on a newly reinitialized and external 250GB LaCie portable FireWire/USB drive connected via the FireWire 400 ports of my Mac mini to the external drive. 9. Install of 10.6 on the 250GB drive went well and took 35 minutes. 4.06GB of space was all that was used !!!!! That is awesome ! 10. However, some odd things. I see no hard drive mounted .... only my MobileMe iDisk ????? Yes I did enter that information while going through the setup on booting. But no HD showing on first boot .... Yikes ...... I was able to go to the Finder/Preferences/and Show Disks ..... 11. And the iDisk was doing the sync to the Desktop routine ... I did not want that ... so I rushed to the MobileMe prefs in Apple Menu/ System Preferences/MobileMe to stop that function ... the Disk now does not appear on the Desktop! 12. My bookmarks from Safari were set to sync over MobileMe ... that works fine with all my bookmarks in place from my laptop running 10.5.8 That's as far as I have gotten tonight with my 2nd install .... little glitches. Dave