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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1753388" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central time tonight (Midnight GMT) for the <a href="https://youtu.be/TKcrxXUbrio" target="_blank">weekly Mac-Forums Video Chat</a>. Our forum roundup will look at how the App Store knows what's on your system, and fixing a Dictionary problem. In our tips segment we'll use Automator to send birthday greetings automatically. It's an easy way to demonstrate what can be done when several MacOS features are used together.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>We have severe thunderstorms /tornado watches in the area tonight. If I don't make it to the chat tonight I will set it up for tomorrow night at the same time.</strong></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'">As I expected I had to push the show to tomorrow 4/3/17 due to weather. We'll start at 7:00 p.m as usual (Midnight GMT) Yes, I know the NCAA hoops championship is </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #000000">tomorrow. lol</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #000000">I fixed the link above so it takes you to the right day.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Welcome to our newest member GameKins</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'">Member silvered started a thread in our Switcher Hangout area asking for basic information and advice. The thread contains<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=340140&p=1752730&viewfull=1#post1752730" target="_blank"> numerous helpful links</a> for new Mac users regardless of their age.</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'">Member BudVitoff why his copy of the Mac<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/340148-dashboard-dictionary-offers-selection-sources.html" target="_blank"> Dictionary no longer shows some of the sources</a> that you used to be able to choose from (different languages thesaurus etc.) Part of the secret is to go into the Dictionary preferences and making sure the options that you need are checked. Then Quit and relaunch Dictionary. If that does not fix the issue, open Dictionary’s preferences and use the “+”and “-“ keys to remove and re-add the resources. Thanks Jake. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">If you don’t have two factor authentication turned on for Apple accounts, the recent incarnation of <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/340176-notification-circle-system-preferences.html" target="_blank">MacOS puts a red notification circe in the System Preferences area.</a> Member chicago points out “</span><span style="color: #333333">That's "Nanny Apple" trying to get you to install 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) on your Mac. Open System Preferences, Security and Privacy, and opt out of it. The notification will then go away.”</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Mac App Store knows what apps are installed on your drive. This is in part how it know what apps need to be updated. That information is partly based upon the Spotlight index for your drive. It also searches the index files for all connected drives. <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-apps-and-games/340193-apps-application-folder.html" target="_blank">See Here</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'">Having trouble installing IOS 10.3 on an iPhone 5c? Check out <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/iphone-hardware-and-accessories/340217-iphone-5c-and-ios-10-3-a.html" target="_blank">this thread </a>for some suggestions. Note that this thread was started before the 10.3.1 update was released. That’s probably the simplest fix for this issue. </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'">Here’s an <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2017/03/27/ios-10-3-features/" target="_blank">overview of the new features in IOS 10.3</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'">ArsTechnica has some thoughts on rules that would <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/for-sale-your-private-browsing-history/" target="_blank">allow ISPs to sell browsing data to advertisers</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 href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/apple-support-phony-fake-calls-icloud-phone-scam/536-c66424e5-bd05-43da-ba94-f0b2a16ead44" target="_blank">Another phishing scam claiming to be from Apple</a>?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1753388, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central time tonight (Midnight GMT) for the [URL='https://youtu.be/TKcrxXUbrio']weekly Mac-Forums Video Chat[/URL]. Our forum roundup will look at how the App Store knows what's on your system, and fixing a Dictionary problem. In our tips segment we'll use Automator to send birthday greetings automatically. It's an easy way to demonstrate what can be done when several MacOS features are used together.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]We have severe thunderstorms /tornado watches in the area tonight. If I don't make it to the chat tonight I will set it up for tomorrow night at the same time.[/B] As I expected I had to push the show to tomorrow 4/3/17 due to weather. We'll start at 7:00 p.m as usual (Midnight GMT) Yes, I know the NCAA hoops championship is [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Helvetica Neue][COLOR=#000000]tomorrow. lol I fixed the link above so it takes you to the right day. [B]Show Notes[/B][/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica Neue]Welcome to our newest member GameKins Member silvered started a thread in our Switcher Hangout area asking for basic information and advice. The thread contains[URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=340140&p=1752730&viewfull=1#post1752730'] numerous helpful links[/URL] for new Mac users regardless of their age. Member BudVitoff why his copy of the Mac[URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/340148-dashboard-dictionary-offers-selection-sources.html'] Dictionary no longer shows some of the sources[/URL] that you used to be able to choose from (different languages thesaurus etc.) Part of the secret is to go into the Dictionary preferences and making sure the options that you need are checked. Then Quit and relaunch Dictionary. If that does not fix the issue, open Dictionary’s preferences and use the “+”and “-“ keys to remove and re-add the resources. Thanks Jake. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT=Helvetica Neue]If you don’t have two factor authentication turned on for Apple accounts, the recent incarnation of [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/340176-notification-circle-system-preferences.html']MacOS puts a red notification circe in the System Preferences area.[/URL] Member chicago points out “[/FONT][COLOR=#333333]That's "Nanny Apple" trying to get you to install 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) on your Mac. Open System Preferences, Security and Privacy, and opt out of it. The notification will then go away.”[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]The Mac App Store knows what apps are installed on your drive. This is in part how it know what apps need to be updated. That information is partly based upon the Spotlight index for your drive. It also searches the index files for all connected drives. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-apps-and-games/340193-apps-application-folder.html']See Here[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica Neue]Having trouble installing IOS 10.3 on an iPhone 5c? Check out [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/iphone-hardware-and-accessories/340217-iphone-5c-and-ios-10-3-a.html']this thread [/URL]for some suggestions. Note that this thread was started before the 10.3.1 update was released. That’s probably the simplest fix for this issue. Here’s an [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2017/03/27/ios-10-3-features/']overview of the new features in IOS 10.3[/URL] ArsTechnica has some thoughts on rules that would [URL='https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/for-sale-your-private-browsing-history/']allow ISPs to sell browsing data to advertisers[/URL] [URL='https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/apple-support-phony-fake-calls-icloud-phone-scam/536-c66424e5-bd05-43da-ba94-f0b2a16ead44']Another phishing scam claiming to be from Apple[/URL]?[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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