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Re: Time to move on

Khürt L. Williams — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:56:47 -0000

Lila, there is nothing "wrong with keeping the installation of Rosetta optional". That's what Snow Leopard did. It was only installed as needed when an app needed it. But the time has come to move on. We will always be stuck with those who refuse to upgrade their software of have some favorite app that just "must be supported". That just keeps us all stuck in the past.

And if you favorite software is not updated? That's the fault of that software vendor. Blame them. Not Apple.

I understand some people have a speculative — not born out by the facts — concern that the Mac will get locked down like the iPhone/iPad. But new Mac users — the ones causing the growth in Mac sales — appear to love the concept of a safe place to buy apps.

Re: Time to move on

Lila — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:25:29 -0000

What's wrong with keeping the installation of Rosetta optional for the time being?

I'm one of those users who is going to be greatly affected by the lack of Rosetta support and will not be upgrading until the software I use is updated. These updates are probably not going to be ready when lion is released, and will most likely be expensive.

A lot of niche software companies simply do not have the money to do an upgrade like that in such a short amount of time. Also, I don't like the fact that I have to be so reliant on the app store for my software. I don't want my laptop turning into a locked down iphone or ipad.

Re: Malware on the Mac: is there cause for concern?

Khürt L. Williams — Sat, 21 May 2011 07:09:10 -0000

Bob,
If you are ever in the Princeton area, please attend one of our meetings.

Re: Malware on the Mac: is there cause for concern?

Khürt L. Williams — Sat, 21 May 2011 07:07:46 -0000

Bob, That's an interesting way to look at thing. :-)

Thanks for dropping by.

Re: Malware on the Mac: is there cause for concern?

Bob Narus — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:29:13 -0000

It doesn't look like there's a widespread Mac malware problem out there. What it looks like is there's one Trojan Horse, some people get taken in by it, and they tend to be the kind of people who rely on the Genius Bar to solve their problems.
If correlation implies causation, then clearly the way to avoid Mac malware is to avoid the Genius Bar!

Re: MAC Defender anti-virus is a “Trojan Horse”

Khürt L. Williams — Sun, 15 May 2011 07:57:03 -0000

Mari Anne,
The first sentence in the first paragraph of the article provides a link to the Intego web site where you can find more information about the trojan and how to remove it.

Re: MAC Defender anti-virus is a “Trojan Horse”

Khürt L. Williams — Sun, 15 May 2011 07:56:17 -0000

Mari,
The first sentence in the first paragraph of the article provides a link to the Intego web site where you can find more information about the trojan and how to remove it.

Re: MAC Defender anti-virus is a “Trojan Horse”

Mari Anne — Sun, 15 May 2011 01:21:20 -0000

I just got it yesterday and downloaded the mac defender. I, then, have removed it using the utilities but wondering whether my mac still get affected. Been waiting to read it on your post about how the post injected trojan act, but you only describe the pre one. So, any advice on how i can tell that my mac is still got some virus/spyware on it? Big thanks.

Re: MAC Defender anti-virus is a “Trojan Horse”

Mind Of M — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:01:52 -0000

Great post, Khurt!

Re: 1Password to rule them all

Khürt L. Williams — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:23:05 -0000

Joe,
I agree. 1Password is a must have utility for your Mac. I've got it on my iPad and iPhone as well.

Re: 1Password to rule them all

Joe Giuliano — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:42:12 -0000

I've been using 1Password for a few years. I love it. I don't know what I would do without it.

Re: How to delete Flash Cookies from your browser

Khürt L. Williams — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:01:23 -0000

Flash does not perform well on mobile devices and tends to reduce battery life. Apple does not support it. If Flash is important to you, you will need to purchase some other tablet device. To my knowledge, only the Motorola Xoom supports Flash. You can read more about Flash on mobile devices from the links below:

http://technologizer.com/2011/...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...

Re: How to delete Flash Cookies from your browser

Jolivore — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:07:57 -0000

I can't use flash on my iPad or Mac. Is there any point in this for me?

Re: How to sync your iPad Mail, Calendar, & Contacts with Google Sync

Khürt L. Williams — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:38:22 -0000

You are welcome, Bill.

Re: How to sync your iPad Mail, Calendar, & Contacts with Google Sync

Bill Bialas — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:03:36 -0000

Awesome thanks really helped me!!!

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Khürt L. Williams — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:25:51 -0000

Jeff,
The easiet way I have found to create the signatures is with the WiseStamp browser extension. It works in Firefox and Google Chrome. WiseStamp has a WYSIWYG signature builders. Once you have the signature looking the way you want, save as HTML as a file and follow the rest of the tutorial re: webarchive files. Let me know how things go.

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Jeff — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:16:03 -0000

Some say it's just a delay and that with a restart or giving it a few tries it begins to appear in the composed E-mail. What was strange for me was that it wouldn't appear in the signatu pane on the right side - sort of. One minute it would not be there and then after clicking between panes it would.

This must be the delay other forums were referring to. I know the code is correct since it showed up in Safari when saving it out as a webarchive file.

I'll give it another go.

The were some other suggestions about placing type before and after an image. I assuming they are suggesting HTML text since you can't combine the archive file and text entered in the signature pane.

Jeff

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Khürt L. Williams — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:24:25 -0000

Jeff, I have not experiences this problem. Apparently Apple made creating these HTML signatures somewhat of a "dark" art.

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Jeff — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:17:56 -0000

Have you heard of people having a problem seeing the signature in the Mail > Pref > Signatures after creating it or in an E-mail they are composing? There was discussions about an infamous blue question mark (missing image) even knowing that a complete URL was used to access the image(s) from an external server.

Some say after sending the E-mail, the recipient does see it even if the sender doesn't.

Do you know about this problem?

jeff@jeffmunk.com

Re: My first 31 days with the iPad

Khürt L. Williams — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:19 -0000

Ellen, I'm really loving it. Using it right now to respond to this comment.

Re: My first 31 days with the iPad

Ellen Dollard — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:04:02 -0000

Great review of the iPad -- makes me want to get one!

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Khürt L. Williams — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:08:44 -0000

Great tip Alan.

Re: How to create an HTML signature for Mail

Alan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:21:50 -0000

Great article Khurt!
To those who are installing Comodo's free digital certificate within Apple's Mail application:
1. Make sure you choose your "Login" Keychain when asked where to install the certificate
2. Got to Keychains and under the "My Certificates" category, access the key from "secure.comodo.com"
3. Right click the key and then click "Get Info"
4. Under "Access Control," make sure Mail is listed under "Always allow access by these applications"
5. If it isn't listed, click the plus sign and navigate to Applications to add it
6. Click "Save Changes"

Re: MobileMe iDisk and Windows XP

Khürt L. Williams — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:54:27 -0000

If you are using Wordpress then you can use Akismet. Otherwise use a service like Intense Debate or Disqus to manage SPAM.

Re: Chrome: Google’s fast browser

Khürt L. Williams — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:05:04 -0000

Mike, Thanks for dropping by. I just switched to the beta and as soon as 1Password provides support I'm switching. If you are in the Princeton area please attend one of our monthly meetings.