Re: [MacGroup] Need help with launchd, LaunchControl or similar

On Jan 14, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Beth Phillips mailto:beth.phill...@fastline.com>> wrote: > Is anyone familiar with launchd, LaunchControl or similar? I need help > setting up a custom daemon. Check out a little program called Lingon . L^2 Lee Larson

[MacGroup] Need help with launchd, LaunchControl or similar

Is anyone familiar with launchd, LaunchControl or similar? I need help setting up a custom daemon. Thanks! Beth Phillips IT Associate PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385 DIRECT | 502-222-8385 EMAIL | beth.phill...@fastline.com WEBSITE |

Re: [MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

YouTube very good if you don’t need many sports channels or all local channels in area. Where I am no outside or inside antenna picks up our local channels. > On Sep 9, 2018, at 8:55 AM, William Micou wrote: > > I’ve heard good things about YouTube Tv. Thanks will check it out. > > "It’s the

Re: [MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

Bill, We have no cable, just internet(Spectrum). Have YouTube TV($40) and over air antenna, all run through Mac Mini, an occasional hiccup, but nothing major. John On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 09:16 William Micou wrote: > Not really Mac, Apple, computer related, but other than asking the reddit >

Re: [MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

Hi Bill, I have never had cable. Always had an antenna on the roof of my house. It is connected to an amplifier (which I purchased from radio shack years ago) and from there it goes out to 3 TVs. Each TV has a TiVo box with lifetime service. Two of the TiVos are Roamios (about 3 years old)

Re: [MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

On Sep 9, 2018, at 9:15 AM, William Micou mailto:derby...@me.com>> wrote: > What I want - I think - is: > 1. have a dependable internet service. > 2. Have OTA (over the air) antenna. > 3. Be able to record shows/ movies, and sports. > 4. Want to use 2 TVs. One is definitely a smart tv. > >

[MacGroup] Need help with cord cutting (tv/ cable)

Not really Mac, Apple, computer related, but other than asking the reddit group, I trust this group and most of you are local, so maybe someone here can help guide me. Currently have AT U-verse and do not like it. And have Apple TV (2nd gen), and a Sony 4K smart tv. I use Amazon Prime video

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

May not help Sandy but you can now purchase just the modules you wish and opt for a monthly fee which will get you the upgrades and new versions with no huge out of pocket charges….it’s the method os choice for companies, evens out revenue flow, Microsoft is doing the same with their Office

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

I could afford to buy a new Mac; it's the Adobe software upgrades I would be required to purchase that would bankrupt me. On Jul 14, 2016, at 8:53 AM, John Humphries wrote: > I guess that my mid 2007 iMac is from the dark ages. It still works fine. But > I may have to

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

I guess that my mid 2007 iMac is from the dark ages. It still works fine. But I may have to donate it to a grandchild and buy a new one to keep up with the updates, etc. : > ( John H On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Chris Denny wrote: > Lee is definitely right, the upgrades

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Lee is definitely right, the upgrades that Apple puts out for the Mac, is not only for extra features, but are especially important for the security upgrades. Unless there is an important piece of software that you use to make a living with, always install the next OS that is released. Now,

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > > I think one of the things I need to do now is update my computer; Move from > Mac OS X 10.8.5 to El Capitan. I hope I don't encounter any problems. I do > have all my material backed up , both Time Capsule and

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Yes, I have always had "Warn when visiting a fraudulent website" checked. Also I do not belong to any social media group. Just not verysocial. I think one of the things I need to do now is update my computer; Move from Mac OS X 10.8.5 to El Capitan. I hope I don't encounter any problems. I do

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

May I add my "two cents" of thanks to Lee as well. I alway value reading his thoughts and suggestions. John Humphries On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:28 AM, John Robinson wrote: > As always, thank you for taking your time to help us Lee, your greatly > appreciated > > John > >

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:52 PM, John Robinson wrote: > Thanks so much Lee, can you explain URL Advisor and WOT…..Any preference? I have little to say because I use neither one. Here’s what I know. Both are Web browser extensions. URL Advisor is part of the Kaspersky

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Thanks so much Lee, can you explain URL Advisor and WOT…..Any preference? John > On Jul 12, 2016, at 9:36 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > > On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:16 PM, Anne Cartwright > asked: > >> How do I avoid picking up this

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:16 PM, Anne Cartwright asked: > How do I avoid picking up this browser hijacker in the future? I don’t really know. I’ve never gotten anything, so we’re obviously visiting different sites. Do you use Facebook? I’ve read more than 15% of links on

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On Jul 12, 2016, at 8:29 PM, tom holloman wrote: > > Try dolphin, it's great Yes, I used to have mahi mahi all the time as a kid, after I found out it was the dolphin FISH and not the mammal. I could not bring myself to eat Flipper! ::-) -- Jonathan Fletcher

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Try dolphin, it's great > On Jul 12, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > > John and others, > > Unfortunately this browser hijacker won't let me access Safari Preferences. > Or do much else except click on their button. Can't read lnks you send. I'm > checking to

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Thank you Lee. That worked and I've reset Safari. How do I avoid picking up this browser hijacker in the future? Anne On Jul 12, 2016, at 7:27 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On 07/12/2016 06:17 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: >> Unfortunately this browser hijacker won't let me access

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On 07/12/2016 06:17 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > Unfortunately this browser hijacker won't let me access Safari > Preferences. Or do much else except click on their button. Can't read > lnks you send. I'm checking to see if I have another browser set up on > this computer. I have Foxfire. Will try

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

John and others, Unfortunately this browser hijacker won't let me access Safari Preferences. Or do much else except click on their button. Can't read lnks you send. I'm checking to see if I have another browser set up on this computer. I have Foxfire. Will try that. How can I delete Safari

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On 07/12/2016 01:19 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > What has happened? > > Attempting to use Safari an get the following: > > _ussystem-scanner-s3-website-us-…_amazonawas.com > > Whatever it is, it freezes Safari. > > I need help. What has gone wrong? So sorry! I sent the

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

On 07/12/2016 01:19 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > What has happened? > > Attempting to use Safari an get the following: > > _ussystem-scanner-s3-website-us-…_amazonawas.com > > Whatever it is, it freezes Safari. > > I need help. What has gone wrong? This is a well-known

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

You probably landed on a site with some malicious javascript. Quit Safari and restart it. Clear your browser history. Close all windows. Go into prefs and make sure your “Homepage” hasn’t been redirected. If that doesn’t help or you can’t get into Safari at all you will need to clear the

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Ask about this for the Mac, JohnGrammykCLevel 1 (0 points)Q:Safari has been hacked on my iPad. Pop-up redirects me to site to pay to fix problemWWas on Facebook being redirected to another site when a pop-up took control of my Safari on my iPad. It reads:https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.comsystem

Re: [MacGroup] Need help

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Re: [MacGroup] Need help

Anna, don’t have a clue but found this: John What is s3.amazonaws.com, and why is Chrome blocking it? up vote <>4 down vote <>favorite

[MacGroup] Need help

What has happened? Attempting to use Safari an get the following: ussystem-scanner-s3-website-us-…amazonawas.com Whatever it is, it freezes Safari. I need help. What has gone wrong? Anne Cartwright___ MacGroup mailing list Posting address:

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

Will give this a try. Thanks Lee. -russ > On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > >> Had intended to erase free space, but full-gaff accomplished by clicking >> WRONG button. It was gone

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

Thanks. -russ > On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Pen Helm wrote: > > I know there are apps that can help. One is "Data Rescue." Or google: > "os x" unerase OR undelete OR unformat > > I haven't used them, but Nelsn has. Nelsn? > >> On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM, R. D.

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

Hi, DiskWarrior goes the ‘recovery’ route using a Mac OS X Recovery Disk (or Internet Recovery) to RE-install the OS. That’s an overwrite, and not what I need. Thanks, though. -russ > On Mar 22, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Chris Denny wrote: > > You might try Disk Warrior > >

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > Had intended to erase free space, but full-gaff accomplished by clicking > WRONG button. It was gone in a second — erased internal (full disk) by > mistake. Am now working from backup, but it is incomplete, as I was

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

I know there are apps that can help. One is "Data Rescue." Or google: "os x" unerase OR undelete OR unformat I haven't used them, but Nelsn has. Nelsn? > On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > > Had intended to erase free space, but full-gaff accomplished

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ full disk UNerase

You might try Disk Warrior Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2016, at 8:32 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > > Had intended to erase free space, but full-gaff accomplished by clicking > WRONG button. It was gone in a second — erased internal (full disk) by > mistake. Am now

[MacGroup] Need help w/ Photoshop Elements Applescript.

PsE v9 has two options currently NOT available together: File [ Save for Web… ] (and) File [ Process Multiple Files… ] . I want to make these two functions available within the [ Process Multiple Files… ] dialog so I can process any group of multiple files using [ Save for Web… ]

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Photoshop Elements Applescript.

I have PSE 4, and I believe I can save for web within process multiple files. But, that said, graphic converter does both better and easier than PSE4 Sunday, November 21, 20109:42 PMR. D. prestonpreston@insightbb.com PsE v9 has two options currently NOT available together: File [ Save for

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Photoshop Elements Applescript.

I went from PsE v2 (MacOS X v10.4.11), to PsE v9 (MacOS X v10.6.4) . The option I mentioned is *not* in PsE v9, so I'm looking to perhaps add an Applescript to make it available within [ Process Multiple Files... ] . sigh -- russ preston On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:35 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer

Re: [MacGroup] need help with error(s)

On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:00 PM, R. D. Preston preston@insightbb.com wrote: Would someone please explain what these messages mean? Just got a new box (Intel mini), and am running 10.6.4. Used TrueCrypt 7 on 1TB volume, and the initialization is successful, but the mount attempt gives these

Re: [MacGroup] need help with error(s)

On Sep 30, 2010, at 2:21 AM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:00 PM, R. D. Preston preston@insightbb.com wrote: Would someone please explain what these messages mean? Just got a new box (Intel mini), and am running 10.6.4. Used TrueCrypt 7 on 1TB volume, and the

Re: [MacGroup] need help with error(s)

...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of R. D. Preston Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:00 PM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: [MacGroup] need help with error(s) Would someone please explain what these messages mean? Just got a new

Re: [MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

Haven't done that yet, but there's more... Issue not only with playing clips, but also any task taking a long period, like secure-wiping many files, long transfers, etc. Found a somewhat older discussion issue involving unexpected sleep and Perian, so I uninstalled Perian and found the

Re: [MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

The component(s) I hadn't considered were the cord(s) or port jack(s), and that's the place I started first, rather than taking drives offline. I replaced the Firewire cord of the ext. boot volume, and so far, there's no more unexpected sleep for my aging system. This is a good thing. I'll

Re: [MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

There could be a USB or Firewire issues. Especially if you are using an external boot volume as your main drive. On Feb 6, 2010, at 11:43 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: Do you also mean the external boot volume? Not really much room on the internal to allow for copying over of saved movies and/or

[MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

My computer is being put to sleep at times, even though ALL settings I know of or can find in the sysPrefs are set at Never. This problem only started to happen, maybe after a recent update to sys components through Apple SW Update. It occurs when booted from either internal or external

Re: [MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

What happens with both external drives ejected and disconnected from the Mac Mini? On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:35 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: My computer is being put to sleep at times, even though ALL settings I know of or can find in the sysPrefs are set at Never. This problem only started to

Re: [MacGroup] need help w/ unwanted computer sleep

Do you also mean the external boot volume? Not really much room on the internal to allow for copying over of saved movies and/or clips, but there is a bit of room, so I'll do that perhaps Sunday or Monday, then try it. THX. --russ preston On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: What

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

On Jul 28, at 6:03 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: Well, the problem with that is that both volumes go away if I unmount the JBoD_1 item from the Finder. Again, Terminal is where the dupe problem shows up, and the Finder only shows the JBoD_1 icon, and not anything for the JBoD_1 1 mount, but this

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

I think I understand your difficulty with my sys not being there. I have rarely, if ever, used the Go-Go to Folder... command; I just navigate to the folder in Finder, or use Terminal. Now however, it's actually too late to try ls -l /Volumes , since I decided to risk a delete action on

[MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

Hello, A volume is duped in the [Volume] directory, but is invisible to the Finder, so I am trying to delete the problem directory(s) using the Terminal app. JBoD_1 should be the actual volume, but is really the duped volume containing two (and only two) directories, which I want to

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

On Jul 28, at 6:56 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: What command will allow me to delete this problem volume? To delete a directory try sudo rm -rf directory_name. Be sure you're not trying to delete the mount point for a volume that's mounted when you do the delete. To see all the current mount

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

Hello Lee, Here's the result of the df command: Welcome to Darwin! Mini-Computer-1:~ russ$ df Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk1s3 243996648 51743752 19174089621%/ devfs 206 206

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

On Jul 28, at 10:27 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: Seems odd that the volume that contains the dupe items is not listed. Does something explain this? Thx. At the risk of getting too pedantic, I'll give a possible explanation. Unix adds every mounted volume to the file system at a mount point,

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

Thanks. --russ On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Jul 28, at 10:27 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: Seems odd that the volume that contains the dupe items is not listed. Does something explain this? Thx. At the risk of getting too pedantic, I'll give a possible explanation.

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

On Jul 28, at 12:07 PM, R. D. Preston worried: Will I be safe if I delete the apparent dupe JBoD_1 (the original name), while the re-mounted JBoD_1 1 seems to have all of the correct data on it? Why not just dismount it first? If it's dismounted, then you can't hurt it. smime.p7s

Re: [MacGroup] Need help w/ Terminal to delete (invisible) duped directory(s).

Well, the problem with that is that both volumes go away if I unmount the JBoD_1 item from the Finder. Again, Terminal is where the dupe problem shows up, and the Finder only shows the JBoD_1 icon, and not anything for the JBoD_1 1 mount, but this second one is the where all of the

MacGroup: Need help with Apple in a PC world

Three years ago I switched form Dell to a Ti PowerBook G4 667MHz, 512M RAM and have been pleased. There have been some gaps in total satisfaction because I could not find a Mac equivalent to some of the Windows based software I was using, specifically: ACT! (a contact manager database); MS

MacGroup: Need help with Apple in a PC world

Frank: I upgraded (not without some quirks) from VPC 6.1 to 7 recently. My iBook G4 933 runs it very well and I am pleased after this upgrade. It is much faster than before and plays much better with peripherals, esp. printers. Mikrosoft says you need at least a G4 700 to run VP7, but I know

MacGroup: Need help with Apple in a PC world

On Feb 8, 2005, at 0:04, Frank Hammitt wrote: Three years ago I switched form Dell to a Ti PowerBook G4 667MHz, 512M RAM and have been pleased. There have been some gaps in total satisfaction because I could not find a Mac equivalent to some of the Windows based software I was using,

MacGroup: Need help with Apple in a PC world

DayLite actually has an exporter to bring all your ACT! stuff into it. Very good. If you share the database with other users, however; you may be out of luck on that issue On Feb 8, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Lee Larson wrote: On Feb 8, 2005, at 12:04 AM, Frank Hammitt ominously cried: Any help

MacGroup: Need help

I'm guessing here, but it's probably toast. I don't know how many internal drives you have but just on the slim chance the connectors are shot and not the drive try hooking it to a different connector or switching it out with your boot drive (assuming it's got a boot partition on it). Or if you

MacGroup: Need help

Thanks Harry, I have two internal drives, the boot drive and this second one I use as my scratch drive. I don't bother to back it up because it doesn't contain any original work documents. But it does contain my entire iTunes library and some other stuff I'd rather not try to rebuild if I don't

MacGroup: Need Help in two areas

Mac Group, I need some expert advise. Two questions with just a little background. I use my MAC's for investment purposes, in unusual ways for MAC users, but I continue to hold out against going Wintel. This makes it difficult in the financial world for most products are not written for the