Re: Dropbox on a Mac
On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: (well, presuming Dropbox doesn't screw up again, and given this interview with the founder, I suspect it won't do that again. http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/ The kid does seem to have a head on his shoulders.) I don't understand the first paragraph of the article: Here’s that rare Steve Jobs story, one that’s never been told, about the company that got away. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named Drew Houston, who blasted his way onto Apple’s radar screen when he reverse-engineered Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo, an unfolding box, appeared elegantly tucked inside. Not even an Apple SWAT team had been able to do that. This makes no sense to me, Apple's file system so his startup's logo appeared? Where does any logo appear in a file system? And Apple SWAT team, what's that? Unless someone has a plausible explanation, I'm assuming this is simply a business reporter trying to cover a tech subject he knows nothing about. The dropbox logo shows up on the Dropbox folder. no it's not something even Apple's SWAT team has been able to do because it's not something Apple's SWAT team has ever been tasked to do. It's up there with renaming the boot hard drive in difficulty, Clueless reporter. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
The dropbox logo shows up on the Dropbox folder. no it's not something even Apple's SWAT team has been able to do because it's not something Apple's SWAT team has ever been tasked to do. It's up there with renaming the boot hard drive in difficulty, Clueless reporter. Like ... I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with all software updates and all applications on a Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz with hyper-threading and EM64T) in 64-bit mode for everything and all this took was: mach_kernel_non-atom (10.8 legacy kernel for non-Atom processors) and a simple addition to com.apple.Boot.plist: keyKernel/key stringmach_kernel_non-atom/string If and when a non-Atom 11.x kernel is released, I'll be running 10.7.2 on my Pentium 4 5x1s. (An Atom kernel is already available). Its not like Apple is making it impossible to run their OS on non-Apple hardware, although they DID slip in a configuration check module into 10.7.2 which intentionally caused kernel panics on non-Apple hardware, but the hackers in the former Soviet Union had that figured out within several hours. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:54 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: Anyone have any experience with Dropbox on a Mac under Leopard 10.5.8? My music teacher, who works on a PC, wanted me to use it for easier communication between him and myself. Here's a link: http://www.dropbox.com/ It asked me a second time for my admin Password, in order to open up some kind of channel. It frightened me. It has to set up a background service to watch the dropbox (or other designated folders) for synchronizing purposes. Don't know if I should do it, again. I removed it after feeling like I had opened my Mac up to hackers. It didn't. Dropbox rocks. I have it on all my Macs, myPod touch and iPad, as well. It Just Works. It's quite secure, and works like a charm. (well, presuming Dropbox doesn't screw up again, and given this interview with the founder, I suspect it won't do that again. http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/ The kid does seem to have a head on his shoulders.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
At 9:54 AM -0400 10/15/2011, Bill Connelly wrote: Anyone have any experience with Dropbox on a Mac under Leopard 10.5.8? My music teacher, who works on a PC, wanted me to use it for easier communication between him and myself. Asked an answered in your other thread, on the 18th. Can I talk about software on my G4? Very strange that this new thread, dated on the 15th, should come thru now. sigh. Googlehell. It asked me a second time for my admin Password, in order to open up some kind of channel. It frightened me. The first time is when it needs access to /Applications, to install itself. (unless you copied it over there manually). The second time is when it needs to integrate itself into Finder -- so it can display the icon badges, and link file system events mechanism so it can see when you've changed a file. Once Dropbox is properly installed, it should never ask you for your password again. It is a well-written secure app. It is NOT doing anything nefarious etc. - Dan. -- - Be Prepared! http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: (well, presuming Dropbox doesn't screw up again, and given this interview with the founder, I suspect it won't do that again. http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/ The kid does seem to have a head on his shoulders.) I don't understand the first paragraph of the article: Here’s that rare Steve Jobs story, one that’s never been told, about the company that got away. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named Drew Houston, who blasted his way onto Apple’s radar screen when he reverse-engineered Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo, an unfolding box, appeared elegantly tucked inside. Not even an Apple SWAT team had been able to do that. This makes no sense to me, Apple's file system so his startup's logo appeared? Where does any logo appear in a file system? And Apple SWAT team, what's that? Unless someone has a plausible explanation, I'm assuming this is simply a business reporter trying to cover a tech subject he knows nothing about. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
