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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1679517" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Join us tonight for the <a href="https://plus.google.com/" target="_blank">October 4, 2015 Mac-Forums Sunday Chat</a>. Look for the forum roundup, Apple/Mac news, and a few tips and tricks to round things out. See you there.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>Show Notes </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Member HRodMusic reminds us that that going to the Purchased Tab in the Mac App Store and holding the "option" key allowing one to cancel the update and re download.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">There’s an interesting thread in the forum now regarding the <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/328522-adblock-sold-unknown-buyer.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">pros and cons of ad blocking software</span></a>. It’s an interesting read. So far my thoughts are best summed up by member Vansmith’s comments in post #20.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-pulls-older-software-from-purchased-tab-in-mac-app-store.1922602/" target="_blank">Apple pulls some older software from users Purchased Software tab</a> As you can tell from later posts in this thread this seems to have been temporary.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The current version of iTunes is missing the power search feature. Kirk McLaren points out that it’s possible to use <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-search-the-itunes-store-app-store-and-mac-app-store-with-google/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Google to power search the iTunes Music Store</span></a>. This probably works for other search engines as well. This can be done because the iTunes Store content has webpages.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #e4af09">Fixit</span></span></span><a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/ifixit-broke/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=75e3179fde-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-75e3179fde-298436589" target="_blank"> app pulled due to its breaking an nada by disclosing insist teardown of new Apple tv</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Amazon appears to have decided to<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/amazon-will-ban-sale-of-apple-google-video-streaming-devices" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> stop selling competing video streaming devices such as the Apple TV and</span></a><span style="color: #e4af09"> Google’s Chromecast </span>if they aren’t easily compatible with its streaming service. </span></span></p><p></p><p>If you are upgrading to the recently released El Capitan make sure to have an exit strategy should you decide to go back to an earlier version of OS X. The best way to do this is either through a clone of your existing installation or by creating<a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-clean-install-os-x-el-capitan-10-11-via-bootable-usb-flash-drive-1521992" target="_blank"> a bootable El Capitan flash drive</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The C10 site has a series of <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">8 tips for El Capitan users</span></a>. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">1. Auto-hide the menubar</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #E4AF09"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #454545">2. <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Use Split View window resizing</span></a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">3. <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Delete files immediately</span></a> Use the Command Option Delete Keyboard shortcut. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">4.<a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> Pin sites in Safari</span></a> Open the site in a tab. Right click the tab and choose Pin Tab. Pinned tabs update in the background so the information is always up-to-date. Pinned sites appear as small buttons left of the first tab. If you forget what is pinned there scroll over the buttons. Names of the sites appear as tool tips. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #454545">5. <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">Mute all tabs in Safari and</span></a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> a. Open a new tab that is not playing any sound.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> b. Click the Mute All Tabs button in the URL address bar.\</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> c. All open tabs in your Safari window will be muted.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> d. Click on Mute All Tabs again to restore sound to all tabs.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">6. Find your cursor by shaking your mouse or trackpad. Shaking the mouse or quickly moving your finger on the trackpad forces the cursor to get larger This is a great feature if you are using a large monitor or dual monitor</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">7. Enable the three-finger drag gesture</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">8. Use a gray background in Safari Readers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">I neglected to include the addition comments about using smart devices as remote controls. We'll address that next week. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1679517, member: 131855"] Join us tonight for the [URL='https://plus.google.com/']October 4, 2015 Mac-Forums Sunday Chat[/URL]. Look for the forum roundup, Apple/Mac news, and a few tips and tricks to round things out. See you there. [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][B]Show Notes [/B] Member HRodMusic reminds us that that going to the Purchased Tab in the Mac App Store and holding the "option" key allowing one to cancel the update and re download. There’s an interesting thread in the forum now regarding the [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/328522-adblock-sold-unknown-buyer.html'][COLOR=#e4af09]pros and cons of ad blocking software[/COLOR][/URL]. It’s an interesting read. So far my thoughts are best summed up by member Vansmith’s comments in post #20.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][URL='http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-pulls-older-software-from-purchased-tab-in-mac-app-store.1922602/']Apple pulls some older software from users Purchased Software tab[/URL] As you can tell from later posts in this thread this seems to have been temporary. The current version of iTunes is missing the power search feature. Kirk McLaren points out that it’s possible to use [URL='http://www.mcelhearn.com/how-to-search-the-itunes-store-app-store-and-mac-app-store-with-google/'][COLOR=#e4af09]Google to power search the iTunes Music Store[/COLOR][/URL]. This probably works for other search engines as well. This can be done because the iTunes Store content has webpages.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Helvetica][SIZE=4][COLOR=#e4af09]Fixit[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][URL='http://www.mcelhearn.com/ifixit-broke/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=75e3179fde-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-75e3179fde-298436589'] app pulled due to its breaking an nada by disclosing insist teardown of new Apple tv[/URL] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Amazon appears to have decided to[URL='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/amazon-will-ban-sale-of-apple-google-video-streaming-devices'][COLOR=#e4af09] stop selling competing video streaming devices such as the Apple TV and[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#e4af09] Google’s Chromecast [/COLOR]if they aren’t easily compatible with its streaming service. [/FONT][/COLOR] If you are upgrading to the recently released El Capitan make sure to have an exit strategy should you decide to go back to an earlier version of OS X. The best way to do this is either through a clone of your existing installation or by creating[URL='http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-clean-install-os-x-el-capitan-10-11-via-bootable-usb-flash-drive-1521992'] a bootable El Capitan flash drive[/URL] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]The C10 site has a series of [URL='http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html'][COLOR=#e4af09]8 tips for El Capitan users[/COLOR][/URL]. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]1. Auto-hide the menubar[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#E4AF09][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#454545]2. [URL='http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide3'][COLOR=#e4af09]Use Split View window resizing[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]3. [URL='http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide4'][COLOR=#e4af09]Delete files immediately[/COLOR][/URL] Use the Command Option Delete Keyboard shortcut. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]4.[URL='http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide5'][COLOR=#e4af09] Pin sites in Safari[/COLOR][/URL] Open the site in a tab. Right click the tab and choose Pin Tab. Pinned tabs update in the background so the information is always up-to-date. Pinned sites appear as small buttons left of the first tab. If you forget what is pinned there scroll over the buttons. Names of the sites appear as tool tips. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#454545]5. [URL='http://www.cio.com/article/2981895/os-x/8-tips-and-tricks-for-os-x-el-capitan.html#slide6'][COLOR=#e4af09]Mute all tabs in Safari and[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] a. Open a new tab that is not playing any sound. b. Click the Mute All Tabs button in the URL address bar.\ c. All open tabs in your Safari window will be muted. d. Click on Mute All Tabs again to restore sound to all tabs. 6. Find your cursor by shaking your mouse or trackpad. Shaking the mouse or quickly moving your finger on the trackpad forces the cursor to get larger This is a great feature if you are using a large monitor or dual monitor 7. Enable the three-finger drag gesture 8. Use a gray background in Safari Readers I neglected to include the addition comments about using smart devices as remote controls. We'll address that next week. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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