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Flashback.G trojan 0 40 (2/23/2012 11:50:34 PM) comp.sys.mac.system With a grain of salt- Intego announced another Trojan for Macs which- gasp- won't even bother to infect Macs with Intego's virus software... There are ways to check manually... -- This country will not be... Tim

AEBS/iPad/MBP question 1 43 (11/3/2011 10:13:07 PM) comp.sys.mac.system With my recently installed AirPOrt Extreme Base Station I get good WiFi performance with my MBP, much better than had been the case with the old AirPort Express that it replaced. So far so good. If my wife ... Tim

Problems with new Airport Extreme Base Station setup 7 28 (6/10/2011 3:09:56 AM) comp.sys.mac.comm My old Airport Express (ca 2005) fried last night and I replaced it with a new Airport Extreme Base Station. My setup looks like: Cisoo 678 ADSL > Netgear Ethernet router > AEBS > laptops This was rock s... Tim

10.4.11 security update on iBook G4 0 55 (5/14/2009 10:45:00 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Using Software Update, the security update (2009-002PPC) installed without a problem along with CoreFP.pkg, AppleMobileDeviceSupport.pkg, iTunesAcccess.pkg, iTunesX.pkg, Safari4.0BetaSecUpdateTiger.pkg, and ... Tim

"Undeleting" 28 42 (12/7/2008 12:42:09 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My wife accidently deleted a folder full of files that she needed to keep. There is a backup for most of them but not all, so at worst she's out a couple documents but some of them are unfortunately importan... Tim

Software Restore question 10.3/10.4 3 32 (11/28/2008 3:49:07 AM) comp.sys.mac.system My father-in-law's iBook stopped launching the World Book 2003 apps that came with it any more. It came with 10.3, he updated to 10.4 some time back and says that the World Book apps were working fine and th... Tim

Odd messages in Disk Utility 3 31 (5/14/2008 3:06:03 AM) comp.sys.mac.system When repairing permissions after a system freeze today (which only happens when running NeoOffice on 10.4.11), I noticed that the only messages in Disk Utility were peculiarly mutually contradictory: May 13 ... Tim

Need help writing script to find files by date 40 35 (1/29/2008 2:18:31 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This isn't quite the right group, I realize, but I thought I'd ask here anyway since this is one of two Mac groups I read. I need a script that will recursively examine a set of folders, identify files by cr... Tim

Interesting Mail.app incident 2 15 (12/20/2007 10:04:49 PM) comp.sys.mac.comm I received, as per usual, a number of junk e-mails today. One of them was the usual fake "delivery unsuccessful" spam. This one had my username but not the correct domain name in the subject header. What ... Tim

Kernel panics after 2007-009 security update 1 26 (12/18/2007 10:54:23 PM) comp.sys.mac.system My iBook G4 has developed kernel panics on waking from sleep with two of them in less than 18 hours after installing the latest security update for 10.4. Any suggestions for fixes? I've sent reports off to A... Tim

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Speaking of PayPal 203 52 (2/27/2012 3:16:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system We were discussing PayPal a few days ago. PayPal is now telling book publishers what kinds of content they are allowed to publish if they want to keep accepting PayPal payments. Censorship is abhorrent. �I ha... michelle14 (18452)

Time to rethink the location of the menubar in OSX? 51 51 (3/7/2012 2:27:27 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I confess now I work mainly with multiple large 24"+ screens, the usefulness of the menubar always being in the same place, is being outweighed by the amount of mousing across multiple monitors to get there. I... jamiekg505 (2517)

The Post PC era 73 35 (3/7/2012 11:37:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Today, Apple had a litle product announcement about some glorified etch-a-sketch with a colour retina display :-)_ In the keynote, Tim Cook speeks often of the "Post PC Era" and how Apple is firmly driving th... jfmezei.spamnot (8838)

Quicken for Mac 46 54 (3/8/2012 11:30:13 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Quicken 2007 for Lion is now available; it costs $14.99. Intuit still recommends Quicken Essentials for Mac for new Quicken customers, though; it's currently selling for $39.99. -- Tea Party Patriots is to... michelle14 (18452)

*** High Priority Direct Client Requirements::::::::Plz revert without cjanging the subject line *** 64 39 (3/15/2012 5:52:18 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi, Greetings from Iconsoft Group !!! We have the below high priority requirements with one of our direct clients. Please find the below openings and share your consultants resume at the earliest. Please rev... madanlal (2)

Apple to Pay Dividend, Plans $10 Billion Buyback 154 38 (3/19/2012 2:26:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577291071289857802.ht ml?mod=djemalertTECH Apple to Pay Dividend, Plans $10 Billion Buyback By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Apple Inc. AAPL +0.72% said Monday ... michelle14 (18452)

Happy 14 27 (4/8/2012 3:26:01 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Happy Easter to my Christian friends. Happy Pesach to my Jewish friends. Happy Ostara (belated) and happy Beltane (in advance) to my pagan friends. And happy whatever you believe or don't believe to everyone el... michelle14 (18452)

Screw Apple Sue Apple 42 46 (4/18/2012 8:04:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system http://www.seattlerex.com/seattle-rex-vs-apple-the-verdict-is-in/ -- .... do not cover a warm kettle or your stock may sour. -- Julia Child ... warren.oates (3773)

Bet You're Getting Paid Less Than Tim Cook! 53 31 (4/8/2012 5:38:52 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Top 50 Exec Pay (Cook's #1) Wonder if he could spare a few bucks to update Java for 10.5. -- So let me get this straight? Mandates to pay for American healthcare are unconstitutional. But mandates to pay f... fmoore (1310)

Has your credit card number been compromised? 73 25 (4/11/2012 3:28:04 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I can find out for you. Send me your credit card number, expiration date, and security code, and I'll let you know whether your card has been compromised. -- Michelle P. S. Just so you know that I'm not s... michelle14 (18452)