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Re: "Tracker blocking"
On May 4, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Budd Turner wrote: It¡¯s hard to say. But I have over half a dozen browsers installed on my machine so that I can keep track of which currently seems to be the best. While several of them block trackers, none of them are reporting such outlandish numbers. Frankly, while I believe that Apple is making a stab at security with Safari, I don¡¯t believe that they are as motivated in that regard as some third party browsers that hang their hat on security. I always keep coming back to the Brave browser. It¡¯s just a nicer Web browsing experience, and they seem to be all-in on security. Have a look at: Note that Brave is the top recommendation for security, and Safari doesn¡¯t even rate a recommendation. __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________ |
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Re: Safari "tracker blocking"
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYour question made me curious. ?I'm far from being a security "expert", so please take the following with a grain of salt. I found this 2024 PC Mag article on this topic: Lose the Trackers: The Best Private Browsers for 2025 Although the article's title says "2025", it was last updated in October of last year. ?It mentioned a couple sites that can be used to check this: Privacy Tests It has several tabs across the top, for different browser categories (desktop, desktop private modes, iOS, Android, etc). ?Each category only uses a browser's default settings. ?I was amazed by the number and types of trackers. Cover Your Tracks Apple's webpage says, "Some companies use this data to try to uniquely identify your device ¡ª known as?fingerprinting. To prevent this, whenever you visit a website, Safari presents a simplified version of your system configuration. Your Mac looks more like everyone else¡¯s Mac, which dramatically reduces the ability of trackers to uniquely identify your device." ?So Apple doesn't try to fully hide your system. ?Instead it tries to make it look like a generic Mac. ?Take that into consideration when reviewing "Cover Your Tracks" results. I had "Cover Your Tracks" test Safari on my iPad (iPadOS 18.4.1) in both regular and Private browsing modes. ?The latter did better than the former. ?This is contrary to articles that I've read, which all said that Private browsing only removes data at the end of the session, and therefore doesn't provide much tracker protection. ?So, if you're concerned about trackers, use Private browsing modes, but I think that will require you to login more often to sites that you frequently visit (cookies automatically deleted). On May 4, 2025, at 12:38?PM, Budd Turner via groups.io <n7eoj@...> wrote:
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Safari "tracker blocking"
Several updates ago, I noticed Safari "Tracker blocking" statistics. ?
I thought it was interesting and would check it every time I launched. ?
I noticed it was always between some number between 80 - 100.
A recent Safari update increased the statistics had doubled¡but that statistic is now twice what that 80-100 range it used to be. ?
Is it really valid?
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M1 iMac 2021
Sequoia 15.4.1
Safari 18.4
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýBecause for certain operations hardware needs to be plugged directly into each other.?My best guess is that some of the needed status signals between the two pieces of hardware get muddled when going thru a hub.? In my own experience I have a proprietary RAID, a Drobo, that has a proprietary software dashboard. The dashboard only works if the two are connected directly.? But since the model I have doesn¡¯t do NAS, I plug it into my Airport, which also acts as a wired hub or router to my various Macs. In my case, since I am not looking for a scheduled, automate event like a backup to occur, it doesn¡¯t matter. When I need the dashboard, maybe once a year, then I plug it in directly, run the dashboard, then switch it back.? On my iPhone Xr On May 4, 2025, at 07:29, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
Thank you but I am a little uncertain as to what you mean. ?The Mac Mini (is this what you are referring to as "the unit"?) works fine on its own. ?I have plugged the hub into the Mac Mini with two different cables. ?I tried an external drive (not the hub) and Time Machine worked as expected with it. ? |
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYou don¡¯t appear to have tried the unit without the hub??Try plugging directly into the Mini and see what happens. cjc
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
Yes, exactly, I named the disk Time Machine. ?And it displayed in Disk Utility as ?well as my desktop. ?Today I did your suggestions:?
-verified that the disk is APFS
-verified that Time Machine settings are correct
-verified that the OS is up to date
-disconnected the USB-C cable from the hub and Mac and connected back, swapping ends?
-rebooted the Mac Mini
-verified that there are no files on the drive
-rebooted into Safe Mode
-rebooted back into normal mode
-at this point the drive disappeared from the desktop and in Disk Utility. (the hub is on and other devices work with it)
-tried a different USB-C cable?
-at this point I intended to reseat the SSD. ?However, I did not see a way to easily get into the drive. ?There may be screws beneath the rubber feet, but I did not want to at this time pry them off. ?It is a MoveSpeed hub that came with a pre-installed 1TB NVMe SSD. ?I have written MoveSpeed and asked for advice. ?If that fails, I will return the hub to Amazon. ?
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI thought of one more after sending that. ?A while back I watched a YouTube review of the "RayCue M4/2024 Mac Mini Hub & Stand with NVMe"He indicated that he had problems getting a WD NVMe drive to work in the hub. ?One commenter said the same thing. ?You didn't say which brand of SSD you're using, but I'm mentioning this just in case your SSD is WD. ?In any case, IF you happened to have an extra NVMe SSD on hand, you could try it. On Apr 30, 2025, at 2:24?PM, Bev in TX via groups.io <countryone77@...> wrote:
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI'm not sure what you meant by the drive showing up in Disk Utility as Time Machine? ?When I look at my TM (Time Machine) drive in Disk Utility, the only indication that it has anything to do with TM is its label, which I manually gave to it (TM2024). Have you: - verified the TM disk is using APFS? - verified in TM Settings that there are no unexpected exclusions for that TM disk? - updated the OS for new revisions, if any? - disconnected and reconnected the hub? - rebooted the Mac Mini? - checked whether you can browse the files on the TM disk in Finder? - tried it while booted into Safe mode (expect things to run slower)? - verified the connection to the hub is tight? - tried a different cable to connect the hub to the Mac Mini, if using a cable? If all else fails, you could try reseating the SSD in the hub. That's all that I can think of. On Apr 29, 2025, at 2:54?PM, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:
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Re: Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
Have you checked the preferences to make sure that there¡¯s not some condition not being met?
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Otto On 29 Apr 2025, at 20:54, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote: |
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Re: New Mac - Music question
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThat¡¯s great news!As an aside, I¡¯ve learned a bit about iTunes/Music over the years. Our collection became too big for our Macs and was moved to a NAS years ago. I¡¯ve found that despite some excellent built-in tools and some from the excellent Doug Adams <>, I found I needed to learn some AppleScript to help check/manage it all.? Otto
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Help with an old PowerMac
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI have an old PowerMac that choked on something on an external SD. It now won¡¯t finish booting.?I recently had this problem, but somehow resolved it. I get to the gray screen with the logo, in normal startup, and in safe mode I get the addition of a spinning gear, but it never finishes booting. It had been without power for too long and the CMOS battery had died. I replaced it with an old battery that had a full charge. Thru some weird order of steps, I got it to run again, but since now it won¡¯t boot.? It is a G4 2002 Quicksilver, overclocked and dual CPU. It had previously run stably for 10 years. Can someone here make some suggestions, or suggest a list that might help? Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7? |
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Time Machine - Not connected? But on desktop
I got my wife a new Mac Mini and a hub containing an MVMe SSD that I set up as the Time Machine drive. ?This all about ten days ago. ?I checked today and found that the Time Machine is not backing up. ?In Time Machine settings it states: Next backup after disk is connected. ?However, the disk is on the desktop and also shows up in Disk Utility as Time Machine. ?I reformatted it and also ran First Aid. ?
Any idea as to how to proceed with this??
Cordially,?
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Re: New Mac - Music question
Thank you so much for your help Otto. ?I went back in Time Machine and Restored the Music Library.musiclibrary from there and everything is working. ?I now have 10,081 songs, not 1,199. ?And all columns have their information in them. ?
Thanks also to Bayswater for advice in this matter. ?
You guys have a good day!
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Re: New Mac - Music question
When you first used Music on your new Mac it will have created a library file if there wasn¡¯t one already where it was expected to be. You need to find it so you can replace it with the one from the old Mac.
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It might be in a place other than what I said. I¡¯m on an old MacOS version and things have probably changed¡ Perhaps try EasyFind? <> Otto On 29 Apr 2025, at 13:22, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote: |
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Re: New Mac - Music question
No, that¡¯s not what I said. Is there a *file* called
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Music Library.musiclibrary in your Music *folder*? Otto On 27 Apr 2025, at 21:42, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote: |
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
Why ruin the gloves when you could use them as they are?
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Otto On 28 Apr 2025, at 15:35, Bev in TX via groups.io <countryone77@...> wrote: |
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Re: air tag battery change ugh11
I have a box of nitrile gloves. I could cut off a couple fingers from one of those gloves and see whether those are tacky enough to turn the battery cover. Thanks for the idea!
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On Apr 28, 2025, at 8:42?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote: --
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