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...
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Jose Francisco Medeiros
josemedeiros...
Jul 1, 2012 2:48 pm
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...
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wsman2
Jul 2, 2012 7:49 pm
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....
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 3, 2012 11:46 pm
Hello SVMUG members, The link given below will download the podcast version of the Joe Kissell presentation from our last meeting. -- Robert Brown ...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 5, 2012 2:58 am
This is a very concise article that makes it's point well with graphical data! ...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 5, 2012 11:51 pm
Hello SVMUG members and my other Mac user friends, I have been reading about the recent developments in individually targeted attacks against the Macintosh...
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Charles Gousha
cgousha
Jul 6, 2012 3:42 am
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...
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Christopher Price
powermacg4_1999
Jul 6, 2012 5:18 am
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...
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David H.
menschdh
Jul 7, 2012 4:14 am
I should want to change my paper  files and catagarize them. What make and model do you reccomend?  David Hirsch I should want to change my paper files and...
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Jose Francisco Medeiros
josemedeiros...
Jul 7, 2012 4:18 am
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,...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 7, 2012 5:19 am
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...
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Bennett Smith
bennett.foca...
Jul 7, 2012 5:56 am
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 ......
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Jose F. Medeiros
josemedeiros007
Jul 7, 2012 10:12 pm
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 ...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 8, 2012 3:59 am
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...
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Larry Lermo
ljlwind
Jul 10, 2012 7:32 am
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...
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pam_svmug
Jul 10, 2012 9:47 am
Hello svmug members! 

 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...
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Jose F. Medeiros
josemedeiros007
Jul 12, 2012 11:43 pm
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...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 13, 2012 5:17 am
For those that haven't heard, read this: http://www.macworld.com/article/1167654/hackers_publish_emails_passwords_from_yahoo_service.html I'm changed my...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 15, 2012 1:09 am
... Begin forwarded message: From: "Marsee Henon & Jon Johns" < usergroups@... > Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 16, 2012 7:21 pm
... Begin forwarded message: From: AUG Bulletin < augbulletin@... > Subject: Apple User Group Bulletin - July 16, 2012 Date: 2012 July 16 8:48:41 AM PDT To:...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 22, 2012 6:54 pm
Hello SVMUG and SMUG members, As soon as I could, I downloaded a copy of the "Data Jujitsu" report, mentioned below. What is it about? Quote: "the art of using...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 26, 2012 7:35 am
Hello SVMUG members and friends, I have just completed my Mac OS X upgrades from Lion to Mountain Lion. This was an upgrade, not a clean install. The systems...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 27, 2012 2:50 pm
I'm running OS X 10.7.4 Lion, which I installed over a month ago. Unexpectedly, Spotlight has started a long re-indexing process, which after stabilizing, was...
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Jose F. Medeiros
josemedeiros007
Jul 27, 2012 6:48 pm
Len, I don't use Lion, so take what I say with a grain of salt, as I can only guess based on past experience with other Operating Systems and SQL databases I...
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Ron Hunsinger
hnsngr...
Jul 27, 2012 11:05 pm
... There are two (well, two and a half) ways this can happen. One is that the Spotlight index has become corrupted, in which case the cure is to have...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 28, 2012 3:40 pm
Jose, thanks so much for your reply. My problem now appears to be solved. I rebooted and ran a single App while Time Machine was indexing and it completed...
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Len
macyawhoo
Jul 28, 2012 3:46 pm
Ron, thank you so much for your wonderfully thorough answer! My problem appears to now be solved (See my reply to Jose for details). If the problem...
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Len Chandler
lchandler
Jul 28, 2012 8:44 pm
I recently purchased (7/13) a new 15" MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.4. I transferred files and aps from my black MacBook running 10.6.8 to the new machine. Of...
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Robert Lawson Brown
robertlawson...
Jul 28, 2012 10:07 pm
Hello SVMUG and SMUG members, Below is the latest newsletter from O'Reilly. The new Mountain Lion book by David Pogue is "OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing...
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Jose F. Medeiros
josemedeiros007
Jul 28, 2012 11:02 pm
Your mistake was in thinking that the Transfer program actually works. :-) If it were me, I would format the HD and reinstall Lion, and reinstall the apps and...
