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#5243 From: Jose Francisco Medeiros <jose.medeiros@...>
Date: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: Running Snow Leopard as VirtualBox virtual machine
josemedeiros...
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Hi Len,

Glad to her that you got it working, just to clarify, you did mean 10.7.4 Lion, and not 10.6 Snow Leopard?

Out of curiosity how did you resolve your software Raid external drive mounting issue?

Is the Newer Technology textural hard drive, hardware based RAID  working with Lion correctly?

Jose F. Medeiros
408-256-0649 Google Voice
----------------------------------------------------------




On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Len <MacREALTOR@...> wrote:
 

I'm successfully running OS X 10.6.4 Lion, after reformatting my internal drive, then clean installing from a bootable clone of Snow Leopard with the Lion installer, which automatically imported all my old settings and data. This left me with a lot of old crud, which I had to gradually deal with. I'm still dealing with post-install issues.

While, trying the following isn't feasible for me, with a Fall 2006 MacBook Pro, with the maximum 3 GB RAM, it may work for others, with a late model Mac with a lot of RAM. Licensing is a separate issue.

The Reader Report here, posted on 6/18, describes running Snow Leopard as a VirtualBox virtual machine in Lion, so as to have a Rosetta solution.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/virtualbox_user_reports.html#storytop

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
Broker, DRE#00460258

RE/MAX Real Estate Services
19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
Cupertino, CA 95014

Director, California Association of REALTORS®
President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®

408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
408-252-9819 Fax



#5244 From: "Len" <MacREALTOR@...>
Date: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:53 pm
Subject: Re: Running Snow Leopard as VirtualBox virtual machine
macyawhoo
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Sorry, Jose, that was a typo.   I meant that I had installed OS X 10.7.4 Lion.  
My SimpleTech Pro Duo is a software based RAID (configured as a RAID-0) and it
won't mount under Lion.   I had read that software based RAIDS wouldn't work due
to a bug Apple introduced in 10.7.4.   My hardware based Guardian MAXimus, is a
hardware based RAID-1, purchased from Other World Computing.   It works fine
under 10.7.4.

Last night, during Jose Kissell's Q&A, I asked him about my problem.   He said
that he was only familiar with software based RAID's configured with Apple's
software.   I clarified that the Pro Duo was a hardware package that I had
purchased from Fry's Electronics.  I had read that it was software based.  He
said that he didn't have an easy solution for me.   There are new situations
that are difficult, even for experts like Joe Kissell, who gave a captivating 90
minute presentation last night, including Q&A.

I suspect that I'll have to boot from a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard partition on the
ProDuo, connect a new drive via Firewire 800 and received my data that way.  
The fan bearings were already failing, and I learned shortly after I bought it,
that it had a high failure rate.   So, data recovery this way seems my best long
term solution.   It only served as a secondary backup, with my most important
backups being on the Guardian MAXimus.   We now see why multiple backups are so
important!!!! :-)

Thanks,
Len

--- In svmug@yahoogroups.com, Jose Francisco Medeiros <jose.medeiros@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Len,
>
> Glad to her that you got it working, just to clarify, you did mean 10.7.4
> Lion, and not 10.6 Snow Leopard?
>
> Out of curiosity how did you resolve your software Raid external drive
> mounting issue?
>
> Is the Newer Technology textural hard drive, hardware based RAID  working
> with Lion correctly?
>
> Jose F. Medeiros
> 408-256-0649 Google Voice
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Len <MacREALTOR@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I'm successfully running OS X 10.6.4 Lion, after reformatting my internal
> > drive, then clean installing from a bootable clone of Snow Leopard with the
> > Lion installer, which automatically imported all my old settings and data.
> > This left me with a lot of old crud, which I had to gradually deal with.
> > I'm still dealing with post-install issues.
> >
> > While, trying the following isn't feasible for me, with a Fall 2006
> > MacBook Pro, with the maximum 3 GB RAM, it may work for others, with a late
> > model Mac with a lot of RAM. Licensing is a separate issue.
> >
> > The Reader Report here, posted on 6/18, describes running Snow Leopard as
> > a VirtualBox virtual machine in Lion, so as to have a Rosetta solution.
> >
> > http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/virtualbox_user_reports.html#storytop
> >
> > Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
> > Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
> > http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
> > Broker, DRE#00460258
> >
> > RE/MAX Real Estate Services
> > 19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
> > Cupertino, CA 95014
> >
> > Director, California Association of REALTORS®
> > President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®
> >
> > 408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
> > 408-252-9819 Fax
> >
> >
> >
>

#5245 From: "Jose F. Medeiros" <josemedeiros007@...>
Date: Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:12 am
Subject: Re: Re: Running Snow Leopard as VirtualBox virtual machine
josemedeiros007
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Hi Len,

I assumed as much. Your idea to, " boot from a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard partition on the ProDuo, connect a new drive via Firewire 800 and received my data that way," is probably best. Once you have transferred your data, I would re-create the RAID array is RAID 1 ( Mirrored ) under Lion, so you have some level of redundancy and can still recover from a drive failure.

Have a great week!

Jose F. Medeiros



From: Len <MacREALTOR@...>
To: svmug@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:53 PM
Subject: [svmug] Re: Running Snow Leopard as VirtualBox virtual machine

 
Sorry, Jose, that was a typo. I meant that I had installed OS X 10.7.4 Lion. My SimpleTech Pro Duo is a software based RAID (configured as a RAID-0) and it won't mount under Lion. I had read that software based RAIDS wouldn't work due to a bug Apple introduced in 10.7.4. My hardware based Guardian MAXimus, is a hardware based RAID-1, purchased from Other World Computing. It works fine under 10.7.4.

Last night, during Jose Kissell's Q&A, I asked him about my problem. He said that he was only familiar with software based RAID's configured with Apple's software. I clarified that the Pro Duo was a hardware package that I had purchased from Fry's Electronics. I had read that it was software based. He said that he didn't have an easy solution for me. There are new situations that are difficult, even for experts like Joe Kissell, who gave a captivating 90 minute presentation last night, including Q&A.

I suspect that I'll have to boot from a 10.6.8 Snow Leopard partition on the ProDuo, connect a new drive via Firewire 800 and received my data that way. The fan bearings were already failing, and I learned shortly after I bought it, that it had a high failure rate. So, data recovery this way seems my best long term solution. It only served as a secondary backup, with my most important backups being on the Guardian MAXimus. We now see why multiple backups are so important!!!! :-)

Thanks,
Len

--- In svmug@yahoogroups.com, Jose Francisco Medeiros <jose.medeiros@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Len,
>
> Glad to her that you got it working, just to clarify, you did mean 10.7.4
> Lion, and not 10.6 Snow Leopard?
>
> Out of curiosity how did you resolve your software Raid external drive
> mounting issue?
>
> Is the Newer Technology textural hard drive, hardware based RAID working
> with Lion correctly?
>
> Jose F. Medeiros
> 408-256-0649 Google Voice
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Len <MacREALTOR@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I'm successfully running OS X 10.6.4 Lion, after reformatting my internal
> > drive, then clean installing from a bootable clone of Snow Leopard with the
> > Lion installer, which automatically imported all my old settings and data.
> > This left me with a lot of old crud, which I had to gradually deal with.
> > I'm still dealing with post-install issues.
> >
> > While, trying the following isn't feasible for me, with a Fall 2006
> > MacBook Pro, with the maximum 3 GB RAM, it may work for others, with a late
> > model Mac with a lot of RAM. Licensing is a separate issue.
> >
> > The Reader Report here, posted on 6/18, describes running Snow Leopard as
> > a VirtualBox virtual machine in Lion, so as to have a Rosetta solution.
> >
> > http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/virtualbox_user_reports.html#storytop
> >
> > Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
> > Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
> > http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
> > Broker, DRE#00460258
> >
> > RE/MAX Real Estate Services
> > 19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
> > Cupertino, CA 95014
> >
> > Director, California Association of REALTORS®
> > President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®
> >
> > 408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
> > 408-252-9819 Fax
> >
> >
> >
>




#5246 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:29 am
Subject: Ro Dinkey
robertlawson...
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Hello SVMUG and SMUG members,

By way of Mary Agnes Early, I have learned that Ro Dinkey has died this past May
29th. Ro was Mary and Jim Early's neighbor, and a past member of SMUG. I thought
perhaps some of you might remember her, so I am passing along the information
that Mary Agnes sent me. Ro is survived by her husband, Jim Dinkey. A memorial
service is to be held Saturday June 23rd, at the Elk's Lodge in Palo Alto.

-- Robert Brown

#5247 From: Patricia Juarez <sagg928@...>
Date: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:09 pm
Subject: Fwd: SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012 Joe Kissell Mountain Lion Prep
sagg928
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Was the 6/18/12 program recorded or available anytime soon on YouTube or SVMUG website?

Many Thanks,
Patricia ;)

Begin forwarded message:

From: Patricia Juarez <sagg928@...>
Date: June 14, 2012 4:54:29 PM PDT
Subject: Re: [svmug] SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012 Joe Kissell Mountain Lion Prep

 

Since Joe Kissell -- "He'll be joining us live via iChat video from his home in Paris," --  Can those of us unable to attend tune in on this iChat video somehow from home or will it be available to watch at a later time?


Thanks,
Patricia ;)


On Jun 14, 2012, at 4:33 PM, pam_svmug wrote:

SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012   Joe Kissell - Mountain Lion Preparation

Hello svmug members!  â€¨â€¨Our next meeting is on Monday, June 18, 2012.




#5248 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:11 pm
Subject: Re: SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012 Joe Kissell Mountain Lion Prep
robertlawson...
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Hello everyone,

The audio portion was recorded. I intended to produce a slideshow as soon as I can, integrating the text notes.

-- Robert Brown




On 2012 Jun 22, at 3:09 PM, Patricia Juarez wrote:

 

Was the 6/18/12 program recorded or available anytime soon on YouTube or SVMUG website?


Many Thanks,
Patricia ;)

Begin forwarded message:

From: Patricia Juarez <sagg928@...>
Date: June 14, 2012 4:54:29 PM PDT
Subject: Re: [svmug] SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012 Joe Kissell Mountain Lion Prep

 

Since Joe Kissell -- "He'll be joining us live via iChat video from his home in Paris," --  Can those of us unable to attend tune in on this iChat video somehow from home or will it be available to watch at a later time?


Thanks,
Patricia ;)


On Jun 14, 2012, at 4:33 PM, pam_svmug wrote:

SVMUG Monthly Meeting June 18, 2012   Joe Kissell - Mountain Lion Preparation

Hello svmug members!  â€¨â€¨Our next meeting is on Monday, June 18, 2012.






#5249 From: "Len" <MacREALTOR@...>
Date: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:06 am
Subject: Secrets from the Apple Store Rule Book (cartoon)
macyawhoo
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http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1707.html

Enjoy! :-)

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
    Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
    http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
    Broker, DRE#00460258

RE/MAX Real Estate Services
19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
Cupertino, CA 95014

Director, California Association of REALTORS®
President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®

408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
408-252-9819 Fax

#5250 From: "Adjuvantjfoster" <adjuvantjfoster@...>
Date: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:31 pm
Subject: Some evidence to influence my future choices of hardware operating systems
adjuvantjfoster
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I look at our email with my iPad first, then look at the seemingly safe subset
with our Mac. Of course this does not block hijacked web pages being presented
for view, and subtle attacks, when we web surf with our Mac.

In our wait for the new Mac OS, Mountain Lion I came across this survey article
about security vulnerabilities. Although I never was knowledgeable to the extent
that I might work in software at the detailed level outlined here, it has
provided me with some evidence to influence my future choices of hardware
operating systems.

===================================================
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/25/apple-updates-mountain-lion-developer-previe\
w-with-new-security-features/

munkery
10 hours ago at 08:40 pm
OS X NEVER was more secure than Windows - that's just a stupid myth.

1) Until Vista, the admin account in Windows did not implement DAC in a way to
prevent malware by default. Also, Windows has a far greater number of privilege
escalation vulnerabilities that allow bypassing DAC restrictions even if DAC is
enabled in Windows.

Much of the ability to turn these vulnerabilities into exploits is due to the
insecurity of the Windows registry. Also, more easily being able to link remote
exploits to local privilege escalation exploits in Windows is due to the Windows
registry.

Mac OS X does not use an exposed monolithic structure, such as the Windows
registry, to store system settings. Also, exposed configuration files in OS X do
not exert as much influence over associated processes as the registry does in
Windows.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard has contained only 4 elevation of privilege
vulnerabilities since it was released; obviously, none of these were used in
malware. Lion has contained 2 so far but one of these vulnerabilities doesn't
affect all account types because of being due to a permissions error rather than
code vulnerability.

The following link shows the number of privilege escalation vulnerabilities in
Windows 7 related to just win32k:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=win32k+7

More information about privilege escalation in Windows 7:

http://www.exploit-db.com/bypassing-uac-with-user-privilege-under-windows-vista7\
-mirror/ -> guide to develop exploits to bypass UAC by manipulating registry
entries for kernel mode driver vulnerabilities.

https://media.blackhat.com/bh-dc-11/Mandt/BlackHat_DC_2011_Mandt_kernelpool-wp.p\
df -> more complete documentation about Windows kernel exploitation.

http://mista.nu/research/mandt-win32k-paper.pdf -> more complete documentation
about alternative methods to exploit the Windows kernel.

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/tdl4-rootkit-now-using-stuxnet-bug-120710 ->
article about the TDL-4 botnet which uses a UAC bypass exploit when infecting
Windows 7.

2) Windows has the potential to have full ASLR but most software does not fully
implement the feature. Most software in Windows has some DLLs (dynamic link
libraries = Windows equivalent to dyld) which are not randomized.

http://secunia.com/gfx/pdf/DEP_ASLR_2010_paper.pdf -> article overviewing the
issues with ASLR and DEP implementation in Windows.

Also, methods have been found to bypass ASLR in Windows 7.

http://vreugdenhilresearch.nl/Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf ->
article describing bypassing ASLR in Windows 7.

Mac OS X has full ASLR implemented on par with Linux. This includes ASLR with
position independent executables (PIE). DLLs in Windows have to be pre-mapped at
fixed addresses to avoid conflicts so full PIE is not possible with ASLR in
Windows.

Using Linux distros with similar runtime security mitigations as Lion for a
model, client-side exploitation is incredibly difficult without some
pre-established local access. Of course, this is self defeating if the goal of
the exploitation is to achieve that local access in the first place.

See the paper linked below about bypassing the runtime security mitigations in
Linux for more details.

http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-09/Fritsch/Blackhat-Europe-2009-\
Fritsch-Bypassing-aslr-slides.pdf

The author only manages to do so while already having local access to the OS.

3) Mac OS X Lion has DEP on stack and heap for both 64-bit and 32-bit processes.
Third party software that is 32-bit may lack this feature until recompiled in
Xcode 4 within Lion. Not much software for OS X is still 32-bit.

But, not all software in Windows uses DEP; this includes 64-bit software. See
first article linked in #2.

4) Mac OS X implements canaries using ProPolice, the same mitigation used in
Linux. ProPolice is considered the most thorough implementation of canaries. It
is known to be much more effective than the similar system used in Windows.

http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-04/bh-us-04-silberman/bh-us-04-silb\
erman-paper.pdf -> article comparing ProPolice to stack canary implementation in
Windows.

5) Application sandboxing and mandatory access controls (MAC) in OS X are the
same thing. More specifically, applications are sandboxed in OS X via MAC. Mac
OS X uses the TrustedBSD MAC framework, which is a derivative of MAC from
SE-Linux. This system is mandatory because it does not rely on inherited
permissions. Both mandatorily exposed services (mDNSresponder, netbios...) and
many client-side apps (Safari, Preview, TextEdit…) are sandboxed in Lion.

Windows does not have MAC. The system that provides sandboxing in Windows,
called mandatory integrity controls (MIC), does not function like MAC because it
is not actually mandatory. MIC functions based on inherited permissions so it is
essentially an extension of DAC (see #1). If UAC is set with less restrictions
or disabled in Windows, then MIC has less restrictions or is disabled.

http://www.exploit-db.com/download_pdf/16031 -> article about Mac sandbox.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb648648(v=VS.85).aspx -> MS
documentation about MIC.

https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-11/Tom_Keetch/BlackHat_EU_2011_Keetch_Sandboxes\
-Slides.pdf -> researchers have found the MIC in IE is not a security boundary.

6) In relation to DAC and interprocess sandboxing in OS X in comparison with
some functionality of MIC in Windows 7 (see #5), the XNU kernel used in OS X has
always had more secure interprocess communication (IPC) since the initial
release of OS X.

Mac OS X, via being based on Mach and BSD (UNIX foundation), facilitates IPC
using mach messages secured using port rights that implement a measure of access
controls on that communication. These access controls applied to IPC make it
more difficult to migrate injected code from one process to another.

Adding difficulty to transporting injected code across processes reduces the
likelihood of linking remote exploits to local exploits to achieve system level
access.

As of OS X Lion, the XPC service has also been added to implement MAC (see #5)
on IPC in OS X.
(http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSyste\
mStartup/Chapters/CreatingXPCServices.html)

7) Windows has far more public and/or unpatched vulnerabilities than OS X.

http://www.vupen.com/english/zerodays/ -> list of public 0days.

http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker ->
another list of public 0days. (Most if not all of the Apple vulnerabilities in
this list were patched in the latest Apple security update
->http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002)

http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qihoo-360-detects-oldest-vulnerability-in-\
microsoft-os-110606584.html -> article about 18 year old UAC bypass
vulnerability.

8) Password handling in OS X is much more secure than Windows.

The default account created in Windows does not require a password. The
protected storage API in Windows incorporates the users password into the
encryption key for items located in protected storage. If no password is set,
then the encryption algorithm used is not as strong. Also, no access controls
are applied to items within protected storage.

In Mac OS X, the system prompts the user to define a password at setup. This
password is incorporated into the encryption keys for items stored in keychain.
Access controls are implemented for items within keychain.

Also, Mac OS X Lion uses a salted SHA512 hash, which is still considered
cryptographically secure. It is more robust than the MD4 NTLMv2 hash used to
store passwords in Windows 7.

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/How-Cracked-Windows-Password-Part1.html
-> article about Windows password hashing.

9) The new runtime security mitigation improvements to be included in Windows 8
have already been defeated.

http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2011/09/21/defeating-windows-8-rop-mitigation/

To put this into perspective, methods to bypass the new runtime security
mitigations in Mac OS X Lion are not yet available.

10)In regards to recent earlier version of Mac OS X:

The following article relates to varying levels of security mitigations in
different Linux distros but it is applicable in revealing that the runtime
security mitigations in some earlier versions of Mac OS X prior to Lion were far
from inadequate.

http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-09/Fritsch/Blackhat-Europe-2009-\
Fritsch-Bypassing-aslr-slides.pdf

While Mac OS X Leopard/SL lack full ASLR, Windows Vista/7 have stack canaries
(aka stack cookies) that are trivial to bypass.

The following link shows the issues with stack canaries in Windows.
->http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-04/bh-us-04-silberman/bh-us-04-si\
lberman-paper.pdf

So:

Windows Vista/7 = NX + ASLR
Mac OS X Leopard/SL = NX + stack cookies

These articles show that NX in combination with stack canaries is more difficult
to bypass than a combination of NX and ASLR.

11) Mountain Lion only improves upon the security of Lion.

BTW, Safari on a Mac running Lion was not hacked at the last pwn2own.
Rating: 8 Positives / 1 Negatives

#5251 From: "Adjuvantjfoster" <adjuvantjfoster@...>
Date: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:39 pm
Subject: Re: Some evidence to influence my future choices of hardware operating systems
adjuvantjfoster
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In case you skimmed past this message, it is the most complete and well
documented comparison of Apple OSX vs Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities I have
ever seen, I have some friends that will be made aware of the contents of this
message (grin0

#5252 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Sun Jul 1, 2012 6:33 am
Subject: Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun30
robertlawson...
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Hello SVMUG and SMUG members,

I have forwarded to you the latest newsletter (shown below) from O'Reilly. If you are interested in reviewing one of the books mentioned below, you may request such using the email address given below. Please copy me (robert@...) when you make the request, so I can keep track of the user groups' participation. 

If you feel you would like to step up from the basic point-and-shoot cameras, to a DSLR or an ILC, the book "Beyond Point-and-Shoot" may help. Just published this past May, the text is written with no presumption of prior knowledge for the reader. The book tutors you on the terminology and technology of the more advanced cameras. You learn about the types of cameras and a little bit about the history of photography. If you have hesitated to move up to an interchangeable lens camera because you were concerned about learning all the controls and processing, this book will get you started. 

It would be great if one of members who is thinking of buying a DSLR or ILC could be a reviewer of this book. Let me if you interested.

-- Robert Brown

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Marsee Henon & Jon Johns" <usergroups@...>
Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun30
Date: June 30, 2012 3:58:16 PM PDT

View this information as HTML in your browser, click here:
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Forward this announcement to a friend:
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There'll be a 5k for all you OS folks. Now, go out and have some fun.

--Marsee Henon & Jon Johns

Available for Review

The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books.
Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or
your blog.

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*Beyond Point-and-Shoot
*Programming Computer Vision with Python

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or just starting out, you are invited to join other OSCON attendees Tuesday
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#5253 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Sun Jul 1, 2012 7:19 am
Subject: Going with Thunderbolt
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Hello SVMUG members,

I just finished a little conversion project. In the past, I have been using
Firewire and USB connected hard drives, for critical duties of holding my
Aperture library, iTunes Media folder, Time Machine backup database, and
enormous video files. I have moved this data to a pair of LaCie RAID drives (4TB
and 6TB), with Thunderbolt connections. The difference is very noticeable --
much faster access, file movement, etc.

I am using the default out-of-the-box RAID 0 configuration. This means the two
drives in each LaCie box are used in the non-redundant striped data recording.
This yields high performance, as data blocks are fetched by sequential
alternation between the two drives. The two drives look like a single drive --
e.g. a pair of 3TB drives becomes a massive 6TB drive. But there is consequence:
if either drive fails, the whole thing fails.

Another option is RAID 1. In this case, the two drives are mirrors of each
other. If one fails, the other still has the data. But then the capacity has
been cut in half.

Finally, there is the non-RAID option: JBOD -- "just a bunch of drives". This
gives you the highest capacity. There is no redundancy, but at least if a drive
fails, the data on the other drive in the box is unaffected. Plus, the drives in
this configuration are hot-swappable.

When I can I will add more drives. A rational configuration is to use RAID 1 for
a drive set will hold critical data like my iTunes media folder and my Aperture
Library. A RAID 0 should be used for the work-in-progress video files. A
separate RAID 0 will be for the Time Machine backup, which needs a massive
drive.

-- Robert Brown

#5254 From: Jose Francisco Medeiros <jose.medeiros@...>
Date: Sun Jul 1, 2012 2:48 pm
Subject: Re: Going with Thunderbolt
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Hi Robert,

I am amazed at the I/O speeds advertsied for Thunderbolt. It has better I/O then a 8GB fiber channel connection used in the Storage Area Networks that I once worked on when I was employed in Information Technology and now going on past three years of unemployment.

I am curious if there is a Mac I/O or  iOPS test tool like iOmeter, http://www.iometer.org/ you can use to measure your actual I/O performance in real world.

Why not RAID 5 if you have at least three drives?

Happy Fourth of July everyone.

Jose F. Medeiros :-)
408-256-0649
http://www.linkedin.com/in/josemedeiros

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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...> wrote:
 

Hello SVMUG members,

I just finished a little conversion project. In the past, I have been using Firewire and USB connected hard drives, for critical duties of holding my Aperture library, iTunes Media folder, Time Machine backup database, and enormous video files. I have moved this data to a pair of LaCie RAID drives (4TB and 6TB), with Thunderbolt connections. The difference is very noticeable -- much faster access, file movement, etc.

I am using the default out-of-the-box RAID 0 configuration. This means the two drives in each LaCie box are used in the non-redundant striped data recording. This yields high performance, as data blocks are fetched by sequential alternation between the two drives. The two drives look like a single drive -- e.g. a pair of 3TB drives becomes a massive 6TB drive. But there is consequence: if either drive fails, the whole thing fails.

Another option is RAID 1. In this case, the two drives are mirrors of each other. If one fails, the other still has the data. But then the capacity has been cut in half.

Finally, there is the non-RAID option: JBOD -- "just a bunch of drives". This gives you the highest capacity. There is no redundancy, but at least if a drive fails, the data on the other drive in the box is unaffected. Plus, the drives in this configuration are hot-swappable.

When I can I will add more drives. A rational configuration is to use RAID 1 for a drive set will hold critical data like my iTunes media folder and my Aperture Library. A RAID 0 should be used for the work-in-progress video files. A separate RAID 0 will be for the Time Machine backup, which needs a massive drive.

-- Robert Brown



#5255 From: "wsman2" <Wsman2@...>
Date: Mon Jul 2, 2012 7:49 pm
Subject: Closure of iWork.com
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If you use this service, it will be shut down at the end of July.  You might
want to transfer your stuff to one of the many cloud services floating around
now.

https://www.iwork.com/signin/

Wil
Sunnyvale

#5256 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Tue Jul 3, 2012 11:46 pm
Subject: Joe Kissell -- podcast from SVMUG meeting
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Hello SVMUG members,

The link given below will download the podcast version of the Joe Kissell presentation from our last meeting.

-- Robert Brown

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e517db4gea0io8n/SVMUG20120618.m4a


#5257 From: "Len" <MacREALTOR@...>
Date: Thu Jul 5, 2012 2:58 am
Subject: Building & dismantling the Windows advantage
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This is a very concise article that makes it's point well with graphical data!

http://www.asymco.com/2012/07/04/the-building-and-dismantling-of-the-windows-adv\
antage/

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
    Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
    http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
    Broker, DRE#00460258

RE/MAX Real Estate Services
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#5258 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Thu Jul 5, 2012 11:51 pm
Subject: Mac OS X targeted attacks
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Hello SVMUG members and my other Mac user friends,

I have been reading about the recent developments in individually targeted
attacks against the Macintosh operating system. The most recent seems to be a
backdoor installing trojan program, called "MaControl" by some.

The most interesting, to me, feature of these attacks is that the trojans are
set to attack specific groups of users. Much like the Stuxnet trojan, the attack
package will examine a computer which it has managed to infect, to determine
whether or not the computer is used by some one of interest to the attacker.
Stuxnet would determine if it had accessed a particular Siemens controller, used
with the Iranian isotope separation centrifuges. If so, it ramped the centrifuge
speed up, to the point of destruction, while keeping the indicators normal for
the viewing by the human technicians.

The MaControl behaves similarly in that it pulls data from the infected machine
and sends this data to a command-and-control (CAC) server. On this server, the
data is examined to determine if the infected machine is in use by a political
activist. Of course, the CAC could be set up to look for anyone. Details about
the CAC have been decrypted from the MaControl program -- it is known that it is
in China and is presumably government sanctioned. The idea is that having found
a person of interest, they can focus on that person, extracting the information
they need without wading through a mass of indiscriminately fetched files.

So we are back to the days of yesteryear (around 1980 to 1990) when the Apple II
and later on, the Mac, were in the crosshairs of viruses writers. I remember
well getting almost weekly updates for my virus scanners. But in the last decade
of the previous century, thanks largely to the efforts of Forbes, Business Week,
and the WSJ, Macs were yanked from corporate environments, replaced by PC™
models. This near hegemony made the PC the target of choice. (I also believe the
focus was on PC's because frankly it is really easy to write virus and trojan
programs for the PC. For the Mac, not so fast and furious.) We users of
Macintosh computers enjoyed a little respite from serious attacks, while the PC
world twisted in agony from rapid and dangerous assaults, mostly recently
seeking to send your passwords and credit numbers to the notorious Russian
Business Network (RBN).

But now, THEY"RE BACK!!!! In our new Millennium, it appears that not just any
victim will do. They want specific computers, specific groups, and it is
suspected even specific high profile individuals. It is like a smart cluster
bomb -- it is scattered as a huge number of bomblets over a wide range, but it
does no damage unless by chance one of the bomblets rolls into the targeted
hands.

There are lots of high profile people who use Macintosh computers. Accordingly,
the new attacks have to be written for the Mac, to reach these people. It is not
just artists and scientists. For example, former President G. W. Bush jr.,
former President W. Clinton, future President H. Clinton, could-have-been
President Al Gore, Soviet President Boris Yeltsin, former Iceland President
Madam Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy, and the Dalai Lama
are all devoted Macintosh users.

What to do? Dust off your old security skills. It is time to get serious again.

1. Most attacks start by a little social engineering. The attacker needs to get
you to grant administrative permissions for a trojan to install itself on your
computer. The FlashBack trojan did this by clever screens  that would deceive
you into thinking this was a real update, issued by Adobe. Other methods include
hiding as a script in a MS Office document, popping up the standard "Okay to
Run?" dialog. Be alert, think about what you are installing. Did it REALLY come
from a trusted source. Suddenly, the "walled garden" of Apple doesn't sound so
bad, does it.

2. Change your passwords every now and then. Use good passwords. At the very
least for any finance related accounts.

3. Use a decent anti-malware scanner, for example clamAV which is available from
the Apple App Store. Keep it up to date. Warning: anti-malware scanners are not
a panacea. Just kind of a weak kidney.

4. Don't make it easy: do not put certain personal information into a social
network. The forbidden items include your full birth date, your mother's maiden
name, your social security number, and so forth. If you have used something as
one of your "security challenge" questions and answers, it must be treated as
secret knowledge.

5. Encryption is not very helpful. The reason is that the attacking program
already has administrative permissions, from the time you unwittingly installed
it, so the operating system will happily decrypt files on the fly for it.
However, it is nice to encrypt the system drive on a computer that might be
stolen from you. Firevault on the Mac OS X offers automatic encryption and
time-of-use decryption. It is not perfect, but it is helpful. Please do not
forget your recovery password -- no one can help you if set up encryption and
then forget the master recovery password.

-- Robert Brown


P.S. No, I do not know how to pronounce Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.

P.P.S. Other devoted Mac users are listed on this very impressive web page:
http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/users.html

P.P.P.S. Limbaugh and Liddy, I can accept that. But Tom Cruise? That is, for
some reason, very disturbing.

#5259 From: Charles Gousha <gousha@...>
Date: Fri Jul 6, 2012 3:42 am
Subject: Re: Mac OS X targeted attacks
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Some recent news/updates that are relevant to security:

1) Adobe Flash is probably the most common opening for security vulnerabilities on OS X today. Much like OS 9, there are so many patches upon patches upon old architecture that new exploits are constantly being found... and Adobe is constantly plugging them.  This is GOOD, and people using Flash should definitely be keeping up on their updates.

However, because of FlashBack, even the normal "there's a Flash update" dialog box is now suspect. Good practice has been to see the message, close it, and manually go to Flash.com for the updater. It's a little tedious and leads to a Trust No One attitude, but that's where we should be on the Internet now... and where Windows people have been for more than a decade.  Get used to it.

The good news is that the new Flash 11.3 version does silent updates. No more "update me please" dialogs -- it just installs automatically. (assuming you don't revoke its privileges)  This should cut down on paranoid messages, and get updates installed on people's machines faster. I just pray that someone doesn't find a way to use this Silent Update method for nefarious things.


2) A cross-platform app called "Find and Call" was pulled from the Android and iTunes apps stores today after Kaspersky labs found it was a spam trojan app. The number of affected users was small, but I believe it's the first confirmed case of honest-to-goodness MALWARE approved for sale in the iTunes app store. The larger issue is that this software cleared Apple's vetting process, suggesting there may be some holes in it. Apple will continue to improve the process, but authors will continue to find new and creative ways around it.

Always stay skeptical about the software you look at or use, regardless of the sources. Apple's "walled garden" has some mighty fine walls around it, but they aren't perfect.

Charles Gousha   leader - Silicon Valley Mac User Group
User group meetings 7pm, third Monday of each month



On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Robert Lawson Brown wrote:

...

What to do? Dust off your old security skills. It is time to get serious again.

1. Most attacks start by a little social engineering. The attacker needs to get you to grant administrative permissions for a trojan to install itself on your computer. The FlashBack trojan did this by clever screens  that would deceive you into thinking this was a real update, issued by Adobe. Other methods include hiding as a script in a MS Office document, popping up the standard "Okay to Run?" dialog. Be alert, think about what you are installing. Did it REALLY come from a trusted source. Suddenly, the "walled garden" of Apple doesn't sound so bad, does it.


#5260 From: Christopher Price <chris@...>
Date: Fri Jul 6, 2012 5:17 am
Subject: Re: Mac OS X targeted attacks
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I don't want to scare people away from the Flash update dialogs. The silent update may pop up asking for your OS X user password, depending on permissions.

If you have Snow Leopard or Lion, and have installed all security updates, you should be fine. Flashback is stopped in its tracks and Java can't auto-execute anymore.

If you're running Leopard, it's time to either upgrade, install Linux, or (better) buy a new computer.

P.S. As to Point 2, if you're running an iOS device that Apple no longer issues security updates for, you should remove any sensitive data, logins, and passwords. There are known PNG/PDF exploits that can compromise both iOS 3.1.3 and 4.2.1 devices, which Apple has apparently decided to not fix. Those exploits can cause arbitrary code execution from inside of Safari, including the extraction of all data on the device remotely.

P.P.S. I advise all corporations that I consult for to perma-ban those devices, so I practice what I preach here. Would love for there to be a better solution, but there just isn't (today).

Christopher Price

On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Charles Gousha wrote:

 

Some recent news/updates that are relevant to security:

1) Adobe Flash is probably the most common opening for security vulnerabilities on OS X today. Much like OS 9, there are so many patches upon patches upon old architecture that new exploits are constantly being found... and Adobe is constantly plugging them.  This is GOOD, and people using Flash should definitely be keeping up on their updates.

However, because of FlashBack, even the normal "there's a Flash update" dialog box is now suspect. Good practice has been to see the message, close it, and manually go to Flash.com for the updater. It's a little tedious and leads to a Trust No One attitude, but that's where we should be on the Internet now... and where Windows people have been for more than a decade.  Get used to it.

The good news is that the new Flash 11.3 version does silent updates. No more "update me please" dialogs -- it just installs automatically. (assuming you don't revoke its privileges)  This should cut down on paranoid messages, and get updates installed on people's machines faster. I just pray that someone doesn't find a way to use this Silent Update method for nefarious things.


2) A cross-platform app called "Find and Call" was pulled from the Android and iTunes apps stores today after Kaspersky labs found it was a spam trojan app. The number of affected users was small, but I believe it's the first confirmed case of honest-to-goodness MALWARE approved for sale in the iTunes app store. The larger issue is that this software cleared Apple's vetting process, suggesting there may be some holes in it. Apple will continue to improve the process, but authors will continue to find new and creative ways around it.

Always stay skeptical about the software you look at or use, regardless of the sources. Apple's "walled garden" has some mighty fine walls around it, but they aren't perfect.

Charles Gousha   leader - Silicon Valley Mac User Group
User group meetings 7pm, third Monday of each month



On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Robert Lawson Brown wrote:

...

What to do? Dust off your old security skills. It is time to get serious again.

1. Most attacks start by a little social engineering. The attacker needs to get you to grant administrative permissions for a trojan to install itself on your computer. The FlashBack trojan did this by clever screens  that would deceive you into thinking this was a real update, issued by Adobe. Other methods include hiding as a script in a MS Office document, popping up the standard "Okay to Run?" dialog. Be alert, think about what you are installing. Did it REALLY come from a trusted source. Suddenly, the "walled garden" of Apple doesn't sound so bad, does it.




#5261 From: "David H." <menschdh@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2012 4:14 am
Subject: scanner reccomendation
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I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?
 
David Hirsch


#5262 From: Jose Francisco Medeiros <jose.medeiros@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2012 4:18 am
Subject: Re: scanner reccomendation
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David,

The key is to get good OCR software. Most provided with scanner manufactures lack features in a Pro version.

I would just use a all in one office jet, that is a combo scanner, fax, copier, and printer.

Fry's has a Cannon for 69.00, although I prefer HP's office jets, which are closer to 99.00 dollars and up for faster print engines and document feeder.

Jose F. Medeiros
http://www.linkedin.com/in/josemedeiros

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, David H. <menschdh@...> wrote:
 

I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?
 
David Hirsch



#5263 From: "Len" <MacREALTOR@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2012 5:19 am
Subject: Re: scanner reccomendation
macyawhoo
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David, you seem to be describing a document scanner for office or home office
use, or perhaps portable use.

These scanners can have document input trays and often can scan at high speeds.
The resolution will be satisfactory for scanning of documents, but wouldn't be
suitable for scanning photographs at high resolution.

For this purpose, the Fujitsu ScanSnap series of scanners can't be beat!

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/peripheral/scanners/ss/lineup/

Another REALTOR® I know has the Canon Scan-tini portable document scanner and
loves it:

http://usa.canon.com/cusa/office/products/hardware/scanners/high_speed_document_\
scanners/imageformula_p_215_scan_tini_personal_document_scanner

Note that the more portability you want, the more costly it tends to be!

Hope this helps!

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
    Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
    http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
    Broker, DRE#00460258

RE/MAX Real Estate Services
19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
Cupertino, CA 95014

Director, California Association of REALTORS®
President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®

408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
408-252-9819 Fax

--- In svmug@yahoogroups.com, "David H." <menschdh@...> wrote:
>
> I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and
model do you reccomend?
>  
> David Hirsch
>

#5264 From: Bennett Smith <bennett@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2012 5:43 am
Subject: Re: Re: scanner reccomendation
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I would second the recommendation of a Fujitsu ScanSnap. I own one and it is fantastic for scanning and archiving documents. 

-- Bennett

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 6, 2012, at 10:19 PM, "Len" <MacREALTOR@...> wrote:

 

David, you seem to be describing a document scanner for office or home office use, or perhaps portable use.

These scanners can have document input trays and often can scan at high speeds. The resolution will be satisfactory for scanning of documents, but wouldn't be suitable for scanning photographs at high resolution.

For this purpose, the Fujitsu ScanSnap series of scanners can't be beat!

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/peripheral/scanners/ss/lineup/

Another REALTOR® I know has the Canon Scan-tini portable document scanner and loves it:

http://usa.canon.com/cusa/office/products/hardware/scanners/high_speed_document_scanners/imageformula_p_215_scan_tini_personal_document_scanner

Note that the more portability you want, the more costly it tends to be!

Hope this helps!

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
http://www.LenCanHelp.com/
Broker, DRE#00460258

RE/MAX Real Estate Services
19200 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste 210
Cupertino, CA 95014

Director, California Association of REALTORS®
President's Choice Award, 2002, Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®

408-252-9800 Ext 2537 Phone
408-252-9819 Fax

--- In svmug@yahoogroups.com, "David H." <menschdh@...> wrote:
>
> I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?
>  
> David Hirsch
>


#5265 From: "Jose F. Medeiros" <josemedeiros007@...>
Date: Sat Jul 7, 2012 10:12 pm
Subject: Re: scanner reccomendation
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David,

Take a look at this OCR software for a mac. Nuance Omni Pro is probably one of the best.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1159007/paperless.html

http://solutions.weblite.ca/pdfocrx/

http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/office-review/ocr-scanning-software-for-mac-4-apps-compared/

Jose :-)


From: David H. <menschdh@...>
To: silicon Valley users group <svmug@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 6, 2012 9:14 PM
Subject: [svmug] scanner reccomendation

 
I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?
 
David Hirsch




#5266 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Sun Jul 8, 2012 3:59 am
Subject: FWD: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--July 7
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Hello SVMUG and SMUG members,

I have forwarded the July 7 newsletter from O'Reilly, as shown below. Please make note of the user group discount code. Buy one e-book, get another for free. 

Are you on Google+? Check out the Maker Camp on Google+, starting July 16th.

As part of the O'Reilly User Group Program, we receive discounts on conferences and publications. Be sure to look at the banners on the http://SVMUG.ORG front page.

-- Robert Brown

===============================================================================

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Begin forwarded message:

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Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--July 7
Date: July 7, 2012 4:01:15 PM PDT

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#5267 From: Larry Lermo <larrylermo@...>
Date: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:24 am
Subject: Re: scanner reccomendation
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David,

I was impressed to see the quantity & quality of the responses to your request for scanner input.  I have been home for two weeks recuperating from a spill; a spill, that's all it was, but it has sure been painful - nothing injured, just painful.

I'm off again tomorrow, but should return in time for the Campbell Computer Club meeting next week.  I'll stay in touch.

Larry
Larry

On Jul 6, 2012, at 9:14 PM, "David H." <menschdh@...> wrote:

 

I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?
 
David Hirsch


#5268 From: "pam_svmug" <pam@...>
Date: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:47 am
Subject: SVMUG Monthly Mtg 7-16-12 ROOM CHANGE! Michael Cohen-iBooks Author
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Hello svmug members!  â€¨â€¨

Our next meeting is on Monday, July 16, 2012 and we are in a DIFFERENT ROOM!!! See below for room details. We have met there before and it is close by.

PRESENTER:  Michael Cohen - author of Take Control of iBooks Author

TOPIC:  Making Ebooks on Your Mac with iBooks Author and Other Cool Tools

You don't have to own a printing press, or even a printer, if you want to publish an ebook: you can do that with your Mac, using very low-cost or free tools. Michael Cohen, author of Take Control of iBooks Author and a member of the Take Control ebook production team, shows you how you can make ebooks for yourself, to give away or to sell.

Want to turn a long article on a Web page into an ebook to read on your iPad? There's an Automator service for that. How about turning the project proposal you've been writing in Pages into an iBooks-ready EPUB? There's a Pages menu command for that. Need to make an interactive textbook, catalog, travel book, or manual? The free iBooks Author software is just a download away. Michael has been having a great time making ebooks for more than twenty years and wants you to share the fun.

More info:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/ibooks-author 


OPEN SOURCE CORNER:  
Topic: VirtualBox presented by Cortland


MEETING ROOM LOCATION:  ROOM CHANGED!

We will be meeting at Google, in the Grand Teton Tech Talk Room. If you have not been here before, please allow for some extra time to find the room and please please please look at the specific map and pictures mentioned below.  If you are lost, please call 408-877-6377 and we will try to get you to the right place.

Grand Teton Tech Talk Room
GWC-2 (Google West Campus 2)
1501 Salado Drive
Mountain View, California 94043

NOTE:  This room is in a building to the WEST of Rengstorff Avenue, as opposed to our usual location which is to the EAST.

MAP of building and room (see link below):
http://turbozen.com/cocoaheads/Grand%20Teton.jpg  


MAP & ROOM LOCATION on svmug yahoo group page:

7-16-12 MAP Grand Teton Tech Talk Room
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svmug/photos/album/1019640305/pic/482457893/view 

7-16-12 BLDG Google West Campus 2-Grand Teton Tech Talk Room
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svmug/photos/album/1019640305/pic/1608190373/view 


DIRECTIONS:  

From 101:

-- Take the Rengstorff Avenue exit, toward Shoreline (northeast).

-- Turn LEFT at Garcia (aka Charleston)

Note that at Rengstorff, the cross road is named Garcia to the left/North and Charleston to the right/South. You want to be on the Garcia side.

-- From Garcia, Turn LEFT into the second driveway into the Google West Campus. Follow the driveway as it curves to the right and goes around the building. You can also enter from Salado Drive. (see map)

-- The first building on this driveway is GWC-2 (Google West Campus 2). Park here.

-- Look for our SVMUG sign at the entrance to the Grand Teton Tech Talk Room.


BREAK TIME:  
During the Break, we nibble on yummies that attendees bring to the meeting. If you are able to do so, please bring some sort of finger-food. There aren't any beverages available usually so if you would like something to drink, please bring your own in a seal-able container, such as a water bottle.


Approximate TIME SCHEDULE:  
6:45 PM - Doors open around this time
7:00 PM - Introduction
7:05 PM - News
7:30 PM - iChat Presentation by Michael E. Cohen - making eBook with iBooks Author
8:15 PM - Break time - attendees bring food
8:30 PM - Open Source corner -  VirtualBox - Cortland
8:45 PM - Group Q & A
9:30 PM - All done!  Clean up after ourselves and go.


2012 CALENDAR 

July 16 - Michael Cohen (iChat from L.A.) - making ebooks with iBooks Author
Aug 20 - tbd
Sep 17 - Prosoft  
Oct 15 - BusyCal (John Chaffee, iChat, from east coast)
Nov 19 - tbd
Dec 17 - tbd

NOTE: We are working on a few new vendors - who else would you like us to bring in?

SVMUG (Silicon Valley Macintosh User Group)
http://www.svmug.org 


#5269 From: "Jose F. Medeiros" <josemedeiros007@...>
Date: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:43 pm
Subject: HP OJ 6600 E AIO PRINTER (BSTK) 74.99
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Dave,


I just ran across this scanner / fax / Printer on CDW's closeout section in case
anyone has an interest. The price is cheaper then replacing the ink cartridges
in most members printers. HP supports Lion with this model, but I am not sure
if  it has OCR software for a Mac.


HP OJ 6600 E AIO PRINTER (BSTK)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/HP-OJ-6600-E-AIO-PRINTER-BSTK/2728397.aspx

Here are the HP specs:

http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Printers/HP-Officejet/CZ\
155A?HP-Officejet-6600-e-All-in-One-Printer-H711a

Jose :-)

#5270 From: "Len" <MacREALTOR@...>
Date: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:17 am
Subject: Yahoo! hacked and user passwords posted-CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD
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For those that haven't heard, read this:

http://www.macworld.com/article/1167654/hackers_publish_emails_passwords_from_ya\
hoo_service.html

I'm changed my Yahoo!, AOL and Comcast passwords and don't use the other listed
services.   I use the AgileBits 1Password random password generator to generate
long and random passwords.  CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS NOW, AND CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR
ALL YOUR PASSWORDS ON A REGULAR BASIS.  DON'T USE THE SAME PASSWORDS ON MULTIPLE
SITES!!!

Most of us already know we should do this, but think it is too much work, and
never get around to it.   It's time to put into practice what we already know!
:-)

Thanks,

Len Walther, CDPE Advanced, e-PRO, GRI
    Certified Distressed Property Expert, Advanced
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#5271 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:09 am
Subject: Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--July14
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Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--July14
Date: 2012 July 14 4:01:03 PM PDT

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#5272 From: Robert Lawson Brown <rlbrown@...>
Date: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:21 pm
Subject: Fwd: Apple User Group Bulletin - July 16, 2012
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