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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1748007" data-attributes="member: 131855">Join me for the weekly <a href="https://youtu.be/oYTY1IUk4IM" target="_blank">Mac-Forums Video Chat</a>. We'll have the forum roundup and an assortment of tips and tricks. Among other things we'll look at the way iTunes handles your media when it's stored on a network volume, stop MS Word macros from automatically executing, and Nightshift comes to MacOS.Show NotesWelcome to our newest member Justinr518When installing Windows under BootCamp it’s important to know whether your Mac originally had an optical drive. <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/running-windows-or-anything-else-on-your-mac/140871-bootcamp-save-yourself-possibly-hours-time-3.html#post1747559" target="_blank">This can affect the installation process</a>. Member MikeFromMesa is planning to pass his computer on to a family member. He discovered <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-notebooks/339325-cleaning-macbook-pro.html#post1747566" target="_blank">it is not necessary to install each succeeding version of the OS</a> after a clean install. One could skip several intermediate versions.Member MikeFromMesa was wondering <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-apps-and-games/339357-textedit-question.html" target="_blank">why TextEdit opens to the Documents folder rather than an actual editable document</a>. He had to make a call to Apple support for the answer but he found a solution. “I called Apple Care and, although they had to look this up, they found the answer. Apparently if TextEdit is enabled in iCloud Drive, that is the way TextEdit opens.”The FoxNews tech page has a series of <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/11/3-router-tweaks-to-speed-up-your-wi-fi.html" target="_blank">tips for improving wireless network performance</a>. Essentially these tips involve the following:1. Check the bands available on your router. For best speed “. . . keep older devices that support only the slower G specification on the 2.4GHz band and newer N or AC devices on the beefier and speedier 5GHz band.”2. Check the channel that your router is using. If there are other networks nearby it may improve performance to assign your network to a different channel.3. Secure your network with a strong password. Having someone pirate your signal decreases your overall bandwidth.<a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/466138/new-mac-malware-targets-microsoft-word-users/" target="_blank">Mac Malware targets Microsoft Word users via Macros</a> Cult of Mac writer Killian Bell discusses a new piece of malware that spreads via Microsoft Word macros. This type of malware has been a problem on PCs for some time and the latest one seems to target Macs. Buried inside a document entitled “U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump’s Victory – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.” the document does the following of Word is set to execute macros automatically:1. Checks to see if LittleSnitch is running. In my mind this is a moot point because many users do not pay close enough attention to / understand the warnings from Little Snitch.2. Downloads and decrypts its payload.3. The payload goes active and the virus/malware is executed. “The payload is no longer being served, so researchers were unable to determine exactly what it did. However, the open-source framework it is based on has a number of capabilities, like the ability to monitor webcams, take encrypted keys from Keychain and more.”You can stop Microsoft Word from automatically executing macros with a simple settings change. Open Word's preferences and check the Security tab. The last setting in the list controls whether macros execute automatically (Office 2011).Similar settings are in other versions of Word. Similar settings exist for Excel.If your iTunes library is on a NAS device <a href="http://www.kirkville.com/make-sure-your-network-volume-is-mounted-before-launching-itunes/" target="_blank">make sure your network device is mounted before launching iTunes</a>. iTunes handles this situation much better than previous versions did but it it still better to make sure the device is mounted before launching iTunes. This article from the Kirkville site lists a script that tests to see if the appropriate drive is mounted before launching iTunes.<a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/08/new-mac-malware-from-iran-targets-us-defense-industry-human-rights-advocates-with-fake-flash-updates" target="_blank">More Flash-based malware</a>If you are using the Nightshift settings on an IOS device you may be surprised to fine the Nightshift has come to MacOS 10.12.5 (Sierra). The relevant settings are found in a tab of the Displays preference pane. Looks like Google borked up the upload twice tonight. I'll try again tomorrow to upload the video.</blockquote>

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