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Wake from Sleep Probs 4 29 (12/30/2012 3:07:07 AM) comp.sys.mac.system MacBook Pro, mid-2012, 500 GB HD, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.8.2 ML Problem started a month or so ago, started keeping log about a week ago. Has happened 3 times since started log. I normally leave the computer runn... Bill

Brother Device Selector: Why? Can't Get Rid of It 3 44 (9/22/2012 1:56:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Running Mac OS X 10.8, now upgraded to 10.8.2 Recently installed a Brother printer update. Along with it came something called Device Selector and Control Center. This opens up and annoyingly demands my ... Bill

ML Mail Oddity 0 29 (8/2/2012 2:11:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Upgraded MB Pro to ML. Compose Mail message, attach multi-page PDF. Only the first page of the PDF shows up in the message composition window. That freaked me out. Did a test send to myself. The who... Bill

New RAM in Old MacBook? 3 64 (7/12/2012 10:06:17 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I'm upgrading the RAM on my new MacBook Pro. Afterward, I will have the two 2 GB modules that were in the MacBook Pro from the factory. Can I use those modules to upgrade the RAM on an older MacBook? Th... Bill

User Libraries in Lion 4 35 (9/30/2011 7:48:35 PM) comp.sys.mac.system In earlier versions of Mac OS X, could view the library, including preferences, etc. within a user home folder. These are not visible in Lion. Any way to make them visible? ... Bill

OSX Lion Address Book 6 35 (8/19/2011 6:23:09 PM) comp.sys.mac.system The look of the Lion sewn leather address book is nice. However, I think it is less easy to use than the old 3-column list in Snow Leopard and earlier. In that 3-column list you could have groups, contact lis... Bill

Lion Mail: Can't Remove Attachments 0 95 (8/18/2011 12:46:13 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Mac OS X Lion running on MacBook, recent installation on machine that had been running Snow Leopard Found I am not able to remove attachments from some Mail messages. The menu command to Remove Attachments i... Bill

Mac Keychain & FMP 11.0v4 2 101 (8/10/2011 8:06:33 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. FMP Advanced 11.0v4. Keychain does not work to open FileMaker files. Keychain worked fine with FMPA 11.0v3 and earlier, but not with FMPA 11.0v4. Tried various: -Delete key from ... Bill

Crack FileMaker Passwords? 4 2492 (11/25/2009 9:19:45 PM) comp.databases.filemaker I have read of apps that supposedly can crack FileMaker passwords. Some have been mentioned in this newsgroup, and I have found others on the web. Do these really work if you have strong passwords? I can... Bill

Lock Status Area Doesn't Work 1 61 (10/16/2009 8:52:58 PM) comp.databases.filemaker FMP 9 or 10, Mac or Windows, remote database on FileMaker Server 10, access via FileMaker network with SSL. Script step to Show Status Area, Lock, does not seem to lock it in the visible position. The user i... Bill

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Link to data in Password protected account 2 66 (7/26/2012 2:29:19 PM) comp.databases.filemaker I am a church musician (and definitely not a computer professional) that us= es a FileMaker for a repository of worship planning information (hymns, ant= hems, scriptures, sermon title, etc. etc.). There are ... ken3356 (2)

Anyone having RAM issues with Notes.app on Mountain Lion? 9 161 (7/27/2012 12:54:05 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have installed ML a couple different times. All is well except for Notes. Once Notes is running and after it has synced through iCloud there is a process that continues to run named "com.apple.NotesMigrat... nope4 (72)

App Store grief 6 46 (8/7/2012 3:45:37 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Is it possible to purchase and download an app for an iMac running 10.5.8? = I have a faculty member who needs Keynote 5.2 installed on a single comput= er in my Mac Lab where all 25 iMacs are running 10.5.8... paris2venice (106)

Account Management 5 52 (8/10/2012 10:35:58 AM) comp.databases.filemaker Hello, So, in a db I have a layout "staff" that contains all the data of the staff (address, phone,etc.) I wish also to have an accout combined with every staff member (so that with the provileges I can eas... pippo2 (23)

FileVault 14 19 (11/9/2012 10:10:22 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Morning. Is there any reasonable cause to refrain from filevaulting the hard disk of a Mac? Kind regards, Friedrich -- http://www.rafv.de post (at) vatolin (punkt) de ... post969 (112)

Wake from Sleep Probs 4 29 (12/30/2012 3:07:07 AM) comp.sys.mac.system MacBook Pro, mid-2012, 500 GB HD, 16 GB RAM, OS 10.8.2 ML Problem started a month or so ago, started keeping log about a week ago. Has happened 3 times since started log. I normally leave the computer runn... bbcollins (161)

FileMaker Pro 6 19 (1/10/2013 3:27:14 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi, I have a local copy of a FileMaker Pro database on my Mac that I'd like to share with two other people also with MacBooks, do you know how I might go about doing that? I've been told I need to set up... theslingexperts (8)

Command C on startup 22 21 (3/2/2013 1:31:12 AM) comp.sys.mac.system If you have multiple operating systems on the same computer(different internal harddrives), will command C on startup allow you to pick the system to start with? Thanks Lyndon ... lyndon6968 (12)

TimeMachine 2 10 (3/3/2013 9:29:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I have a failing HD and am TimeMachining it. I have another HD with a new installation of SnowLeopard. Can I restore to a different HD with a "virgin" installation from this TimeMachine backup that came from... lyndon6968 (12)

encrypting tax data 129 18 (3/30/2013 6:11:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Can someone recommend a good Mac program for encrypting my tax data? I want to encrypt some PDFs and e-mail them to myself. I don't want to have a lot of problems if my e-mail gets hacked. Thanks. ... bob3904 (233)