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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1748675" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Join me at 7:00 p.m. US Central Time tonight for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbQ4J3E9UU&ab_channel=SylvesterRoque" target="_blank">Mac-Forums Video Chat</a> (1:00 a.m. Monday GMT). Our forum roundup will include tips on deleting Apple-supplied apps from your Mac, a Safari tip or two and whatever other tips come to mind.</p><p></p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">Member Dittoman1 wants to <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/339514-shift-command-4-a.html" target="_blank">control where screenshots are saved</a>. Normally screenshots taken with the Shift+Command+4 keyboard command are saved to the Desktop. Apparently if you have certain Dropbox settings in place. Default that can change. The default setting for filetype is .png. The maintenance utility Onyx can be used to control the save format and location. Launch Onyx and select <strong>Parameters>General. </strong>Member RadDave has provided a chart describing the pros/cons of various formats</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">In a resurrected thread about removing Taboola from Chrome, member Hughvane reminds us that Safari1 doesn’t seem to have a reset function anymore One cure is ONYX. Go to <strong>Cleaning>Internet</strong>. After the show I saw a post from member ferrar that opening Safari with the Shift key held down accomplishes the same thing. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/339519-delete-apps.html" target="_blank">Deleting Apple installed apps</a>. If you want to know which Apple-supplied apps can be deleted from your Mac have a look at this thread. <a href="https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25083?locale=en_US" target="_blank"> This Apple article</a> may also be useful. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">Under the current version of Sierra when audio playing in a tab right clicking in the address bar shows the name of the tab playing the audio. This only works if audio /video is playing. Otherwise the reload page options appear. You have the option to mute the tab or selecting it from this menu.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">Paul Wagenseil via Foxnews Tech talks about the need to<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/14/stolen-apple-ids-can-hold-your-iphone-hostage.html" target="_blank"> Protect your Apple ID</a>. Given the number of things in the Apple ecosystem that make use of Apple IDs its more important than ever to protect the security of your Apple ID.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Tom's Guide: <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/hidden-iphone-features-everyone-should-know" target="_blank"> List of “hidden” iPhone features</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">A different take on <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apples-billion-dollar-investment-provides-blueprint-us-manufacturing/" target="_blank">whether Apple plans to move more manufacturing to the US</a>. My view is that any decisions Apple makes in this regard would take some time to implement no matter what decisions they make. I’m not expecting any decisions until actual US policy changes, whatever they may be, are announced.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Given the interest in that thread about screenshots I’ll try to address that in a separate video later this week. I’m working on an Automator workflow that would gather screenshots from one folder and convert the images to a specified size and format. Check here to find out when the video is posted.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1748675, member: 131855"] Join me at 7:00 p.m. US Central Time tonight for the [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbQ4J3E9UU&ab_channel=SylvesterRoque']Mac-Forums Video Chat[/URL] (1:00 a.m. Monday GMT). Our forum roundup will include tips on deleting Apple-supplied apps from your Mac, a Safari tip or two and whatever other tips come to mind. [B]Show Notes[/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times]Member Dittoman1 wants to [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/339514-shift-command-4-a.html']control where screenshots are saved[/URL]. Normally screenshots taken with the Shift+Command+4 keyboard command are saved to the Desktop. Apparently if you have certain Dropbox settings in place. Default that can change. The default setting for filetype is .png. The maintenance utility Onyx can be used to control the save format and location. Launch Onyx and select [B]Parameters>General. [/B]Member RadDave has provided a chart describing the pros/cons of various formats In a resurrected thread about removing Taboola from Chrome, member Hughvane reminds us that Safari1 doesn’t seem to have a reset function anymore One cure is ONYX. Go to [B]Cleaning>Internet[/B]. After the show I saw a post from member ferrar that opening Safari with the Shift key held down accomplishes the same thing. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/339519-delete-apps.html']Deleting Apple installed apps[/URL]. If you want to know which Apple-supplied apps can be deleted from your Mac have a look at this thread. [URL='https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25083?locale=en_US'] This Apple article[/URL] may also be useful. Under the current version of Sierra when audio playing in a tab right clicking in the address bar shows the name of the tab playing the audio. This only works if audio /video is playing. Otherwise the reload page options appear. You have the option to mute the tab or selecting it from this menu. Paul Wagenseil via Foxnews Tech talks about the need to[URL='http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/02/14/stolen-apple-ids-can-hold-your-iphone-hostage.html'] Protect your Apple ID[/URL]. Given the number of things in the Apple ecosystem that make use of Apple IDs its more important than ever to protect the security of your Apple ID.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue]Tom's Guide: [URL='https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/hidden-iphone-features-everyone-should-know'] List of “hidden” iPhone features[/URL]. A different take on [URL='https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apples-billion-dollar-investment-provides-blueprint-us-manufacturing/']whether Apple plans to move more manufacturing to the US[/URL]. My view is that any decisions Apple makes in this regard would take some time to implement no matter what decisions they make. I’m not expecting any decisions until actual US policy changes, whatever they may be, are announced. Given the interest in that thread about screenshots I’ll try to address that in a separate video later this week. I’m working on an Automator workflow that would gather screenshots from one folder and convert the images to a specified size and format. Check here to find out when the video is posted.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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