Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
Sorry, that should have been 100 million. <https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/>
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Randy B. Singer
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Calendar issues
Hi guys, I had an incident today where an appointment was already set up, and I received a mail saying it had a response from one for one of the people invited. This is normal for Calendar and I click
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Paul Harrison
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
It certainly puts to bed the lie that there is no malware for the Mac because there aren't enough Macs being used. 13% of the U.S. market is many millions of Macs in use. (Apple estimates over 10
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
And I would argue that this is a ringing endorsement of macOS and Apple products. If you landed on our globe as an alien and your first experiences with American information technology were at a
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jimrobertson
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Re: Start-Up "Bong" (Chime)
On my brand new 2019 16¡± MacBook Pro, I¡¯d describe it as ¡°mellow.¡± I¡¯m sure if I looked I could find an aural history of the startup chime. What I find interesting in all of this is that it
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jimrobertson
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Re: Start-Up "Bong" (Chime) + "POP"
Interesting article. My observation: 22 seconds after the Bong, my inherited 21.5" iMac 10.1 gives a loud "Pop". My previous 24" iMac and 2014 miniMac have only Bonged. All other audio is just fine
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Budd Turner
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
Gartner numbers for 4Q19: Apple US share 13.6%, Global share 7.5%
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todhop
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Re: Start-Up "Bong" (Chime)
Great news! I¡¯m so glad it worked for you, as I had no way to test it. I hope it works for all who want to restore the ¡°throaty¡± chime. Bill
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Bill Castine
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Re: Start-Up "Bong" (Chime)
Bill. Bill. Bill. Howdy. Howdy. Howdy. You get three Gold Stars. My new MacPro is now doing a fine throaty 3-part chord startup chime. Yeaaaaa! Yeaaaaa!! Yeaaaaaaaaa !!! Denver Dan Denver Dan Denver
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Daniel Settles
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Re: Start-Up "Bong" (Chime)
Today's issue of Tidbits explains a method of turning on the startup chime. I have not tried it, as my iMac is old enough never to have lost the chime. Note that the command may not work on all Macs.
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Bill Castine
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Pages and Mail Merge
Howdy. There is a way, in current Pages program, to do a mail merge. Here's an article on the process <https://www.lifewire.com/create-a-pages-mail-merge-3540073> It is done with an AppleScript app.
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Daniel Settles
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
Many businesses, including the government, buy their computers in bulk. They purchase huge number of Windows "white boxes" (specially made cheap computers) for all of their lesser staff and other
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Randy B. Singer
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Steve Jobs
Jobs would have been 65 years old today, February 24. [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|] iSent from iDan's GyazMail on my MacPro
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Daniel Settles
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
Howdy. <https://www.cio.com/article/3133945/ibm-says-macs-save-up-to-543-per-user.html> Article on Macs at IBM. From 2016 Denver Dan
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Daniel Settles
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Re: Security update does not install
#AppleSoftware
I had not tried this, but I have now. And it makes no difference. Apple recommends disconnecting all externals, which I have done and makes no difference. Apple recommends resetting the SMC, after
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Hans Rijnbout
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
I would say that as long as 30 years ago, in academic medical society meetings, about the same time as PowerPoint presentations replaced those melting diazo-blue slides that ¡°couldn¡¯t take the
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jimrobertson
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
A few years ago there was a prominent story about IBM giving their employees the choice of Windows or Mac. They had trialled a few Macs and found that, despite higher initial cost, the TCO was lower
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Apple's OSX computers now being hit with twice as much malware as PCs
Tod: I cannot offer an intelligent opinion on global computer use by consumer, business, or government category, but I can tell you what I see in many meetings, offices and events that I participate
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jsm5320432
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Re: Security update does not install
#AppleSoftware
Hi Occasionally when I have troublesome computers startups after an update, I restart in Safe Mode, and retry the update from with Safe Mode. Have you tried that? Paul MacTech Services --
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Paul
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Re: photos from iPhone appear on iPad but not MacBook
There are a number of suggestions you might want to try on this Google search page: https://www.google.com/search?q=iphone%20photos%20not%20showing%20up%20on%20mac Pat Sent from my iPad Pro
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Pat Taylor
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