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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1704945" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'">Join me for the <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ctfsqg1v9a01q898q29ilelkdkk" target="_blank">Sunday Mac-Forums video chat. </a>7:00 p.m. US Central time as usual. Look for an assortment of Mac-Forums news, Mac-related news, and the usual tips and tricks. As a bonus, I'll tell you about a stupid troubleshooting mistake I made earlier this week. Fortunately it didn't cost me any data.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><span style="font-family: 'Roboto'"></span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Welcome to our newest member Welcome to our newest member, <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=371362" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">evanh</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">We are approaching 288,00 total members</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">During the slow last week’s show member dtravis7 posted a message about <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/332632-ransomeware-malware-version-transmission-torrent-client.html?highlight=bittorrent" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">ransomware in s specific version of the Transmission torrent client</span></a> It is believed that hackers managed to compromise the installer of Transmission version 2.90 on its download site on Friday, March 4, in order to spread ransomware that researchers at Palo Alto Research have dubbed <a href="http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/03/new-os-x-ransomware-keranger-infected-transmission-bittorrent-client-installer/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">"KeRanger."</span></a>The thread also mentions that Apple has already posted a fix and has a link to it. The offending malware waits until three days after the infection before encrypting files and contacting the home server triggering a demand for a ransom of 1 Bitcoin ransom — about $400.00</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">There is a thread on the forum about off site storage. In this thread some users have noted that the free versions of some of these sites delete files after a specified time period. You cn find more info on that<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/switcher-hangout/332755-looking-site-storage.html#post1704901" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> here</span></a>.</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you’ve purchased audiobooks from Apple you know they have not allowed re-downloads of these books. Audible, which provides the books allows you to re-download your books from your library on their website. Apple seems to be ready to allow re-downloading books. The restore procedure is not as simple as it could be: You can’t go to one location to download previously purchased books. Currently you have to manually search for each title. It appears that may change in the next release of iOS nine software. You can find more details <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/apple-now-allows-re-downloads-of-audiobooks-purchased-from-the-itunes-store/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=5130f671fa-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-5130f671fa-298436589" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">here</span></a>..</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> If you’re an e-book reader, or you are just interested in the health of that industry, check out <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-07/how-apple-and-big-publishers-pushed-e-books-toward-failure" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">this Bloomberg article</span></a> giving an overview of Apple’s price-fixing lawsuit and what it says about the e-book industry’s pricing models. It suggests that major publishers are pricing e-books out of the market. Some e-books now cost more than their paperback counterparts. </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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><strong>TIPS</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">We’ve had some inclement weather in my area this week complete with some flash flooding and road closures. This caused my wife to wonder whether the map program on our iPhones would be aware of those closures and plan an alternate routes accordingly. Although it shows alternate routes there is no demarcation for things like road closures. In fact, you may see a disclaimer informing you that it does not account for road closures, construction, etc.</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Are you making the best possible use of the Finder’s organizational abilities? MacWorld writer Kirk McElhearn has given us an overview of six <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/3040841/macs/6-ways-to-super-charge-your-finder-windows.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">organizational tools that are often overlooked in the Finder</span></a>. You can check out this article for more details.</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #E4AF09"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/416401/5-tips-to-keep-your-iphone-on-lockdown/" target="_blank">Five tips for securing your iPhone</a></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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">If you need to boot/reboot your computer by using the Option key to bring up the boot menu this does not always work using bluetooth keyboards. If you don’t have a wired USB keyboard around but do have the newest wireless Apple keyboard try using that. Use a USB-lightning charging cable to connect the keyboard to the computer. The boot commands should now work. Apparently your Mac will think this is a wired keyboard when it is connected that way.</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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> If you regularly stream video and you wonder why your favorite streaming service does not have all titles for a particular actor or actress you need to check out Kirk McLaren’s description of the differences between audio streaming services video streaming services and the licensing requirements for streaming video. You can find a good summary<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/3041475/data-center-cloud/why-video-streaming-will-never-be-like-music-streaming.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> here.</span></a></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'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Luckily, you can use Netflix’s hidden streaming menu to set your streaming speed to a lower tier, which should bypass the buffering foolishness. Here’s how to find it. Buffering happens when our internet speed isn’t fast enough to keep video playback smooth. Netflix tries to match your ideal internet speed. If you’re running Netflix on your Mac using Chrome access the hidden streaming menu (<strong>Control-Shift-Option-S). Shift click and choose one of the speeds in the middle of those bitrate ranges. </strong>The quality of the video may go down a bit but there should be less buffering. </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'"></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'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1704945, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#404040][FONT=Roboto]Join me for the [URL="https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ctfsqg1v9a01q898q29ilelkdkk"]Sunday Mac-Forums video chat. [/URL]7:00 p.m. US Central time as usual. Look for an assortment of Mac-Forums news, Mac-related news, and the usual tips and tricks. As a bonus, I'll tell you about a stupid troubleshooting mistake I made earlier this week. Fortunately it didn't cost me any data. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Welcome to our newest member Welcome to our newest member, [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=371362"][COLOR=#e4af09]evanh[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]We are approaching 288,00 total members[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]During the slow last week’s show member dtravis7 posted a message about [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/332632-ransomeware-malware-version-transmission-torrent-client.html?highlight=bittorrent"][COLOR=#e4af09]ransomware in s specific version of the Transmission torrent client[/COLOR][/URL] It is believed that hackers managed to compromise the installer of Transmission version 2.90 on its download site on Friday, March 4, in order to spread ransomware that researchers at Palo Alto Research have dubbed [URL="http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/03/new-os-x-ransomware-keranger-infected-transmission-bittorrent-client-installer/"][COLOR=#e4af09]"KeRanger."[/COLOR][/URL]The thread also mentions that Apple has already posted a fix and has a link to it. The offending malware waits until three days after the infection before encrypting files and contacting the home server triggering a demand for a ransom of 1 Bitcoin ransom — about $400.00[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]There is a thread on the forum about off site storage. In this thread some users have noted that the free versions of some of these sites delete files after a specified time period. You cn find more info on that[URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/switcher-hangout/332755-looking-site-storage.html#post1704901"][COLOR=#e4af09] here[/COLOR][/URL].[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]If you’ve purchased audiobooks from Apple you know they have not allowed re-downloads of these books. Audible, which provides the books allows you to re-download your books from your library on their website. Apple seems to be ready to allow re-downloading books. The restore procedure is not as simple as it could be: You can’t go to one location to download previously purchased books. Currently you have to manually search for each title. It appears that may change in the next release of iOS nine software. You can find more details [URL="http://www.mcelhearn.com/apple-now-allows-re-downloads-of-audiobooks-purchased-from-the-itunes-store/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=5130f671fa-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-5130f671fa-298436589"][COLOR=#e4af09]here[/COLOR][/URL]..[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] If you’re an e-book reader, or you are just interested in the health of that industry, check out [URL="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-07/how-apple-and-big-publishers-pushed-e-books-toward-failure"][COLOR=#e4af09]this Bloomberg article[/COLOR][/URL] giving an overview of Apple’s price-fixing lawsuit and what it says about the e-book industry’s pricing models. It suggests that major publishers are pricing e-books out of the market. Some e-books now cost more than their paperback counterparts. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica][B]TIPS[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]We’ve had some inclement weather in my area this week complete with some flash flooding and road closures. This caused my wife to wonder whether the map program on our iPhones would be aware of those closures and plan an alternate routes accordingly. Although it shows alternate routes there is no demarcation for things like road closures. In fact, you may see a disclaimer informing you that it does not account for road closures, construction, etc.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Are you making the best possible use of the Finder’s organizational abilities? MacWorld writer Kirk McElhearn has given us an overview of six [URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/3040841/macs/6-ways-to-super-charge-your-finder-windows.html"][COLOR=#e4af09]organizational tools that are often overlooked in the Finder[/COLOR][/URL]. You can check out this article for more details.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#E4AF09][FONT=Helvetica][URL="http://www.cultofmac.com/416401/5-tips-to-keep-your-iphone-on-lockdown/"]Five tips for securing your iPhone[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]If you need to boot/reboot your computer by using the Option key to bring up the boot menu this does not always work using bluetooth keyboards. If you don’t have a wired USB keyboard around but do have the newest wireless Apple keyboard try using that. Use a USB-lightning charging cable to connect the keyboard to the computer. The boot commands should now work. Apparently your Mac will think this is a wired keyboard when it is connected that way.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] If you regularly stream video and you wonder why your favorite streaming service does not have all titles for a particular actor or actress you need to check out Kirk McLaren’s description of the differences between audio streaming services video streaming services and the licensing requirements for streaming video. You can find a good summary[URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/3041475/data-center-cloud/why-video-streaming-will-never-be-like-music-streaming.html"][COLOR=#e4af09] here.[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Luckily, you can use Netflix’s hidden streaming menu to set your streaming speed to a lower tier, which should bypass the buffering foolishness. Here’s how to find it. Buffering happens when our internet speed isn’t fast enough to keep video playback smooth. Netflix tries to match your ideal internet speed. If you’re running Netflix on your Mac using Chrome access the hidden streaming menu ([B]Control-Shift-Option-S). Shift click and choose one of the speeds in the middle of those bitrate ranges. [/B]The quality of the video may go down a bit but there should be less buffering. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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