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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1768770" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Hope your friends are OK. One of my brothers is in the Houston area. Got a text from him this morning. It started raining in his area sometime yesterday morning. He has gotten a bit of water in his garage but nothing in the house so far. </p><p></p><p>Hope to get it in tonight since the rest of the week may be a bit iffy. </p><p></p><p>Weather Channel is projecting that the rain will start for us sometime later today and vary from 50 - 100% chances of rain for most of the rest of the week. The estimates have changed two or there times since yesterday.</p><p></p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p></p><p>Beware of <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/342763-pop-iphone-claims-viruses-phone.html" target="_blank">malware claiming that your iPhone has a virus</a>. At present, unless you are running a jailbroken iPhone, this appears to be malware and not a virus. Don't call the number on the screen. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/iphone-virus-ios-security-how-get-rid-2016-mike-rogan" target="_blank">This information may also prove helpful</a>. As usual when discussing these issues beware that some sites/writers use the terms virus and malware interchangeably. Lifewire has a good <a href="https://www.lifewire.com/is-it-possible-iphone-virus-1999742" target="_blank">overview</a> of the apparent state of IOS security.</p><p></p><p>OS X / macOS has allowed for the use of Services for years. These programs are little snippets of code that add additional features to various programs. Which services you see depend upon which programs are installed and to some extent what type of data is selected. See <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-apps-and-games/342682-application-services.html" target="_blank">this thread</a>. <a href="http://atpm.com/16.01/services.shtml" target="_blank">This article</a> is a bit old now but covers the basics. </p><p></p><p>Got an iPhone / iPad with a limited data plan? You may not realize that when you do a web search Safari "preloads" the first web page in the search results so it's available faster if you choose that page. While this is convenient, if you don't use the first page you're using data unnecessarily. You can of course <a href="https://www.iphonelife.com/content/tip-day-save-data-turning-web-page-preloading?&utm_source=tip_newsletter&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">turn off preloading</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31936/tip-day-how-redeem-itunes-gift-card-through-passbook" target="_blank">Tips for redeeming iPhone gift cards</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/itunes-gift-card-scams" target="_blank">Apple's tips for avoiding iPhone gift card scams</a>. <a href="https://support.apple.com/itunes-gift-card-scams" target="_blank">This Apple page</a> notes that some users are getting calls asking them to pay utility bills, credit cards, etc. with iTunes gift cards. The calls ask victims to purchase iTunes cards at a local store then call a certain number and provide the redemption codes. This is of course a scam. Apple / iTunes gift cards </p><p></p><p>Emphasis mine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1768770, member: 131855"] Hope your friends are OK. One of my brothers is in the Houston area. Got a text from him this morning. It started raining in his area sometime yesterday morning. He has gotten a bit of water in his garage but nothing in the house so far. Hope to get it in tonight since the rest of the week may be a bit iffy. Weather Channel is projecting that the rain will start for us sometime later today and vary from 50 - 100% chances of rain for most of the rest of the week. The estimates have changed two or there times since yesterday. [B]Show Notes[/B] Beware of [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/342763-pop-iphone-claims-viruses-phone.html"]malware claiming that your iPhone has a virus[/URL]. At present, unless you are running a jailbroken iPhone, this appears to be malware and not a virus. Don't call the number on the screen. [URL="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/iphone-virus-ios-security-how-get-rid-2016-mike-rogan"]This information may also prove helpful[/URL]. As usual when discussing these issues beware that some sites/writers use the terms virus and malware interchangeably. Lifewire has a good [URL="https://www.lifewire.com/is-it-possible-iphone-virus-1999742"]overview[/URL] of the apparent state of IOS security. OS X / macOS has allowed for the use of Services for years. These programs are little snippets of code that add additional features to various programs. Which services you see depend upon which programs are installed and to some extent what type of data is selected. See [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-apps-and-games/342682-application-services.html"]this thread[/URL]. [URL="http://atpm.com/16.01/services.shtml"]This article[/URL] is a bit old now but covers the basics. Got an iPhone / iPad with a limited data plan? You may not realize that when you do a web search Safari "preloads" the first web page in the search results so it's available faster if you choose that page. While this is convenient, if you don't use the first page you're using data unnecessarily. You can of course [URL="https://www.iphonelife.com/content/tip-day-save-data-turning-web-page-preloading?&utm_source=tip_newsletter&utm_medium=email"]turn off preloading[/URL]. [URL="https://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31936/tip-day-how-redeem-itunes-gift-card-through-passbook"]Tips for redeeming iPhone gift cards[/URL]. [URL="https://support.apple.com/itunes-gift-card-scams"]Apple's tips for avoiding iPhone gift card scams[/URL]. [URL="https://support.apple.com/itunes-gift-card-scams"]This Apple page[/URL] notes that some users are getting calls asking them to pay utility bills, credit cards, etc. with iTunes gift cards. The calls ask victims to purchase iTunes cards at a local store then call a certain number and provide the redemption codes. This is of course a scam. Apple / iTunes gift cards Emphasis mine [/QUOTE]
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