Re: [MacGroup] HDDs killed by TimeMachine?

[Bill Rising]

On Feb 10, 2017, at 15:46, Nelsn Helm  wrote:
> SO I open the Terminal to follow instructions ^, 
> but the HDDs and volumes do not mount, 
> and my terminal window does not look like theirs.
> 
> 

I don't know much about Time Machine wasting drives (I've never had 
problems)... but for the command that you need to type, it is this:

ps -ef | grep fsck_hfs

The character between -ef and grep is the pipe | (shift-backslash). 

You'll see one entry that ends in the end of the above line (grep fsck_hfs), 
but what you would be looking for would be something else.

Bill

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Re: [MacGroup] Safari

[Anne Cartwright]

Tom,

What Mac OS are you using and what version of Firefox?

Thanks. It’s nice to know one is not the only one in the leaky boat.

Anne



> On Feb 10, 2017, at 1:39 AM, tom  wrote:
> 
> Anne, I’ve had lots of trouble with Safari lately. I am switching over to 
> Firefox, it works a lot better.
> 
> Tom
>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Anne Cartwright  wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone having trouble with Safari or is it just me. Today Safari keeps 
>> freezing and I have to do a Force Quit.
>> 
>> Anyone have any ideas why?
>> 
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[MacGroup] HDDs killed by TimeMachine?

[Nelsn Helm]

I set TimeMachine to not back up partitions I use for back-ups.
I changed the name of one of those partition. 
The OS changed the partition name in Disk Utility, but not in the TimeMachine 
do not copy list/
Time machine tried to copy.
Now, the partition does not mount. TechTool Pro 9 does not mount or cure.
DiskWarrior reports: hardware failure (-36, 2747) but does not mount.
I google, find:

“My disk isn't dead, it just has a sick filesystem, as proven by the 
fact that if I wait long enough, DiskWarrior can try to do something with it.
“The disk activity was a clue. 
“I suspected that TimeMachine or something else on the mac is trying to 
fsck the file system in preparation for mounting. Unfortunately that takes 
HOURS on this large volume full of time machine backups.”
“So opened Terminal and typed: ps -ef ' grep fsck_hfs and there was the 
culprit:
0 67332 18 0 6:26am ?? 1:02.06 
/System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/Contents/Resources/../../../../../../sbin/fsck_hfs
 -y /dev/disk5s2
“To kill it, type kill followed by the second number from the left, in 
this case: kill 67332
“The disk activity stops, and you can then run DiskWarrior.”

SO I open the Terminal to follow instructions ^, 
but the HDDs and volumes do not mount, 
and my terminal window does not look like theirs.



AppleCare says Western Digital hardware problems are not their  problems.

Please help

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Re: [MacGroup] Google Chrome

[Lee Larson]

On Feb 10, 2017, at 11:27 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer > wrote:
> 
> IX charges $49.95 for an SSL certificate.
> 
> I don’t plan to purchase a certificate for any of my sites. None of them 
> collect money.

The Let’s Encrypt  site gives free certs. If your 
provider lets you bring your own cert, this is certainly less expensive.

> I wonder how pervasive this will become?

Let’s Encrypt  is sponsored by a large number of 
well-known Internet powers, including Akamai, Cisco, Facebook, Google and 
Mozilla. They were established with a grant from the Ford Foundation. The goal 
is to make all Web traffic encrypted. They aren’t the only ones with this goal.

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Re: [MacGroup] What about converting Kindle to ePub?

[John Robinson]

Thanks so much Lee, I had looked at Calibre, but unless I can get a backup from 
someone such as yourself I am uneasy trusting a firm I know nothing about.

I’ll give it a try, I have maybe 20 books I need to convert, I haven’t bought 
an Amazon book since iBooks became available due to the way I use the saving of 
important info. with iBooks.

John



> On Feb 10, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Lee Larson  wrote:
> 
> On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:23 PM, John Robinson  wrote:
> 
>> I mentioned that I found a program to convert PDF to various formats, ePub 
>> being what I need.
>> 
>> Prior to getting iBooks I had purchased several book from Amazon for their 
>> Kindle software for the Mac.  Not a bad piece of software, and I picked up a 
>> Kindle in a store one day and the hardware works exactly as the software…at 
>> least at that time. The books can be highlighted BUT the important 
>> information cannot be saved by either saving just the highlights, or 
>> emailing them as does iBooks.
>> 
>> Now I want to convert the Kindle to ePub, the software I just purchased does 
>> not work with the Kindle format.
>> 
>> Anyone know of a reputable software that will do this?
> 
> I use Calibre to store my ebooks. It can convert between MOBI (Amazon) and 
> EPUB (almost everyone else) formats. The gotcha in converting to EPUB from 
> MOBI is many of the Amazon ebooks have DRM. There is a plugin for Calibre 
> called deDRM that works pretty well to remove it.
> 
> For many of my uses, neither format is very useful.
> 
> The MOBI format doesn’t natively handle mathematical formulae at all, so few 
> of the math/physics/engineering tomes are in that format.
> 
> The EPUB format is really just HTML5, so it can theoretically do technical 
> stuff with MathML, but none of the ebook readers can handle any but the 
> simplest MathML constructs.
> 
> So, most of the technical stuff is still using PDF.
> 
> Calibre can handle all three formats in a personal library.
> 
> L^2
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[MacGroup] Google Chrome

[Harry Jacobson-Beyer]

I maintain several web sites on IX Hosting. Today I received this message from 
them about Google Chrome.

> Hello,
> 
> Google has announced that the latest Chrome browser version will warn users 
> on websites not using SSL (https). Chrome will present a message in the 
> address bar that reads ‘not secure’.
> 
> Initially, only pages that collect password or credit card data will be 
> labeled but Google has indicated plans to eventually label all non HTTPS 
> pages as ‘not secure.’  Recent usage stats show that about half of all 
> internet users are using Chrome, so this change could have heavy impact. 
> Customers that visit your non-SSL secured sites may interpret this error to 
> mean that the site is unsafe.  
> 
> The only fix for this is to secure your websites with an SSL and the easiest 
> way to do this is to purchase an SSL certificate from us. We will place it on 
> the server for you, however you may have some integration needed into your 
> website code.  
> 
> Click here to place an SSL order:

IX charges $49.95 for an SSL certificate.

I don’t plan to purchase a certificate for any of my sites. None of them 
collect money.

I wonder how pervasive this will become?

 
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Re: [MacGroup] What about converting Kindle to ePub?

[Lee Larson]

On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:23 PM, John Robinson  wrote:

> I mentioned that I found a program to convert PDF to various formats, ePub 
> being what I need.
> 
> Prior to getting iBooks I had purchased several book from Amazon for their 
> Kindle software for the Mac.  Not a bad piece of software, and I picked up a 
> Kindle in a store one day and the hardware works exactly as the software…at 
> least at that time. The books can be highlighted BUT the important 
> information cannot be saved by either saving just the highlights, or emailing 
> them as does iBooks.
> 
> Now I want to convert the Kindle to ePub, the software I just purchased does 
> not work with the Kindle format.
> 
> Anyone know of a reputable software that will do this?

I use Calibre to store my ebooks. It can convert between MOBI (Amazon) and EPUB 
(almost everyone else) formats. The gotcha in converting to EPUB from MOBI is 
many of the Amazon ebooks have DRM. There is a plugin for Calibre called deDRM 
that works pretty well to remove it.

For many of my uses, neither format is very useful.

The MOBI format doesn’t natively handle mathematical formulae at all, so few of 
the math/physics/engineering tomes are in that format.

The EPUB format is really just HTML5, so it can theoretically do technical 
stuff with MathML, but none of the ebook readers can handle any but the 
simplest MathML constructs.

So, most of the technical stuff is still using PDF.

Calibre can handle all three formats in a personal library.

L^2








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Re: [MacGroup] Safari

[Sandra Schreiber]

I use Chrome, and I like it.   Sandy


On Feb 10, 2017, at 4:12 AM, preston@twc.com wrote:

> Perhaps you could turn off your Safari extensions, then try some of the 
> similar tasks again you’ve seen Safari freeze with.  Or, do a re-boot in Safe 
> Mode (Mac Help), then try Safari again.  Just a couple of thoughts.
> 
> -russ
> 
> 
>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Anne Cartwright  wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone having trouble with Safari or is it just me. Today Safari keeps 
>> freezing and I have to do a Force Quit.
>> 
>> Anyone have any ideas why?
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Safari

[John Robinson]

Anne, 

Work through this, call Apple Care, they are so helpful.  Normally when there 
is a problem Apple needs to fix we get an update without undo delay, other 
companies not always so. AND for me being able to use ApplePay from within 
Safari is worth its weight in gold.  Last month one of my chip cards was hacked 
from an online vendor, almost $700.00 charged to my card from Germany.  If we 
ApplePay users will beat the heck out of the places we shop on line this kind 
of thing will never happen.  I work for State Farm & I pestered them to death 
over wanting to pay my premiums & Credit Card with ApplePay.  Their response 
was they had little interest.  Now I pay with ApplePay using their App & 
authentication with my fingerprint.   Other browsers may never work with 
ApplePay, that will be up to Apple.  Once in a blue moon I'll go to a site that 
doesn't support Safari, they will receive a curt note from me with saying I'm 
their customer & they need to support what I like, I shouldn't be forced into 
what they like, & I can shop elsewhere.  

Look for the articles on browser hacking, Safari is usually much safer.  

John

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 10, 2017, at 4:12 AM, "preston@twc.com"  
> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps you could turn off your Safari extensions, then try some of the 
> similar tasks again you’ve seen Safari freeze with.  Or, do a re-boot in Safe 
> Mode (Mac Help), then try Safari again.  Just a couple of thoughts.
> 
> -russ
> 
> 
>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Anne Cartwright  wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone having trouble with Safari or is it just me. Today Safari keeps 
>> freezing and I have to do a Force Quit.
>> 
>> Anyone have any ideas why?
>> 
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Re: [MacGroup] Safari

[preston....@twc.com]

Perhaps you could turn off your Safari extensions, then try some of the similar 
tasks again you’ve seen Safari freeze with.  Or, do a re-boot in Safe Mode (Mac 
Help), then try Safari again.  Just a couple of thoughts.

-russ


> On Feb 9, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Anne Cartwright  wrote:
> 
> Anyone having trouble with Safari or is it just me. Today Safari keeps 
> freezing and I have to do a Force Quit.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas why?
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