tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64622069787535262382024-02-19T00:19:27.349-05:00MacSmarticlesArticles to help Apple Macintosh computer users. You are welcome to publish them elsewhere as long as they are kept 100% intact with full credit along with my copyright. ©2021 Derek Currie:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-716668290025735652021-05-24T20:48:00.002-04:002021-05-24T20:53:39.805-04:00Apple Lied To Me<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> --</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">After weeks of battling with a lemon (aka badly broken) refurbished MacBook Air M1 I'd ordered from Apple, going way beyond what was asked of me to diagnose what was wrong with the junk, I was *lied to* by their technician Greg that I could get a swap replacement today at the local (badly run) Apple Store. [Thanks Brandon and Adam for creating an irate. It was classic.] I took my money back and am no longer supporting Apple.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This is an extremely tough decision for me. But Apple has fallen so badly in every way I've interacted with them over the last five years that I am, for the sake of my own well being, cutting myself off from the company. (I've done beta testing for them for over a decade). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I cried over it. That's how difficult this is for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD_AFuxYdCEWZM6-Co_PgCM9dQi60OmWAW-VI2u3jbSRLrGJpIsETsyylrM7UokKCByfFW0fSgfDXnMXwJgXjI7PnvdW9yHsFmDNIYAuU5ZNvbPMZDy0o4zAt-k-hOKup2XsU8Fyeojc/s701/rotten_apple.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSD_AFuxYdCEWZM6-Co_PgCM9dQi60OmWAW-VI2u3jbSRLrGJpIsETsyylrM7UokKCByfFW0fSgfDXnMXwJgXjI7PnvdW9yHsFmDNIYAuU5ZNvbPMZDy0o4zAt-k-hOKup2XsU8Fyeojc/s320/rotten_apple.png" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">--</span></p>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-76636326795379894192021-05-22T01:47:00.011-04:002021-05-22T02:54:00.598-04:00My summary of alternatives to BootCamp on M1 Mac computers<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> --</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There has been a lot of confusion and misinformation regarding Windows X86 software running on Apple's M1 Macs. I recently wrote up a summary to help people over at Apple's Discussions:</span></p><p><a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252121081?page=3"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252121081?page=3</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I decided to post my summary here as well for those concerned:</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Q: Will Boot Camp Assistance ever become available for M1 Mac Computers?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>A:</b> <b>There will never be Boot Camp for Windows x86 on M1 Macs.</b> This is because the M1 processors offer no ability to virtualize Windows x86, as opposed to modern Intel x86 processors which do. It's that simple. <i>(And note that, despite confusion on the Internet, Boot Camp specifically made use of Windows virtualization, not emulation).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">M1 processors are able to virtualize operating systems written to run on ARM architecture processors. As such, M1 compatible virtualization software, such as Parallels for M1 processors, can run Windows 10 for ARM and Linux for ARM. The list of currently compatible operating systems using Parallels virtualization can be found on this page:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/resources/#requirements"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/resources/#requirements</span></a></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Compatible operating systems include:</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Ubuntu 20.10, 20.04</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Fedora Workstation 33-1.2</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Debian GNU/Linux 10.7</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Kali Linux 2021.1</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">At this time, Microsoft is not making Windows 10 for ARM architecture available to the public except as a preview. The general consensus is that Microsoft are not going to put much further effort into Windows 10 for ARM, such as providing further drivers or software. <i>(Note that Windows 10 for ARM cannot run Intel x86 software).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>WINE</b>, such as CodeWeavers CrossOver, has been updated to run WINE compatible Windows applications on M1 Macs. You can search the CrossOver compatibility Windows software list here:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">You're going to find that a great many Windows programs are not WINE compatible, most particularly those that use Microsoft proprietary APIs such as DirectX. You'll also find compromised compatibility in many cases. IOW: WINE is no replacement for virtualization but may work great in some cases. Check the compatibility list linked above to be sure. <i>(Note that both <b>Homebrew</b> and <b>MacPorts</b>, using the X11 system, may be able to run WINE compatible Windows x86 apps for free. But they require use of the Mac Terminal CLI to run).</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">There is a fairly large and growing number of emulators that run alternative operating systems on M1 Macs. Keep in mind that running software in emulation is comparatively slow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">With the help of <b>Loner T</b> at Apple Discussions I learned about the <b><i>free</i></b> QEMU emulation software that can be compiled for M1 Macs.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.qemu.org"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://www.qemu.org</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Digging around further, I found the following recent article instructing how to obtain and run the Windows 10 ARM Preview in virtualization (vs emulation) for free using QEMU on M1 Macs with at least 32 GB of free space:</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Running Windows 10 on M1 Mac with QEMU & Hypervisor.Framework</span></b></p><p><a href="https://randomblock1.com/blog/qemu-windows-mac/"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">https://randomblock1.com/blog/qemu-windows-mac/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It uses <b>Homebrew</b> via the Terminal CLI for downloading, building and installation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">To quote:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">"M1 Macs don’t have support for Bootcamp. So, in order to have a working Windows environment, you have to do it all in a virtual machine. The problem is that QEMU isn’t optimized for M1 Macs, and virtualization is very slow… unless it uses MacOS’ Hypervisor.Framework. While this isn’t quite as performant as paid solutions (like Parallels), it works ‘fast enough’ and is completely free…. It’s not terribly fast, but it works well and is fast enough to do most things."</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">But again note that Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview is limited to running only Windows 10 ARM native software, not X86 software.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">--</span></p>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-21071162692822003912019-06-16T18:28:00.000-04:002019-06-16T18:40:00.543-04:00Mobile Phone Technology: Recent studies regarding the effects of RF radiation upon DNA<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to FastCompany.com, Apple is planning their first 5G iPhone to be released in 2020 using exclusively Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90261969/source-apples-first-5g-iphone-will-arrive-in-2020" target="_blank">Apple’s first 5G iPhone will arrive in 2020</a></b></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Apple’s relationship with Intel is not all wine and roses, but the chipmaker will be the sole provider of modems for the first 5G iPhone.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why the wait? The first 5G mobile phones are supposed to hit the market in early 2019!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are problems. Apple has problems. 5G has problems.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Apple's problems are:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A) They're in the midst of a prolonged, contentious lawsuit with Qualcomm, who will be providing early 5G modem chips for Android phones. Apple has no interest in doing business with Qualcomm until and unless the lawsuit is settled.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B) Therefore, Apple has turned to Intel for 5G modem chips. But Intel's initial line of 5G chips have heat dissipation problems. Apple wants to wait until Intel's second generation of 5G chips, which won't arrive until 2020.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>What are 5G's problems?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Q: Which "5G" are we talking about? </i></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">• A wireless voice and data standard defined by the Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP)?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="http://www.3gpp.org/release-15" target="_blank">Release 15, 5G specifications</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="http://www.3gpp.org/release-16" target="_blank">Release 16, IMT-2020 submission for an initial full 3GPP 5G system</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>OR</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">• A vague marketing term that doesn't necessarily qualify as adhering to the real "5G" standard?</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="http://http//www.aglmediagroup.com/verizon-launches-proprietary-5g-fixed-wireless-service/" target="_blank">Verizon Launches Proprietary 5G Fixed Wireless Service</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>A: Yes.</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As with "4G", there's a difference between the standard and what is implemented by the various companies involved. IOW: <i>Baloney ahead!</i> Be careful what you're actually buying. I find it useful to keep an eye on the changing history, description and specifications of 5G provided at Wikipedia:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meanwhile:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a) There's "<b>5G NR</b>" (New Radio), a preliminary standard from last December, being 'deployed' at a few places around the world. Whether these implementations will work within the finished 5G standard is uncertain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">b) There's the upcoming <b>Verizon 'proprietary 5G'</b>, referred to in a link above, whatever that is. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c) Testing continues of <i>contrasting</i> and potentially <i>incompatible</i> 5G send and receive <b>hardware </b>implementations in the field.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d) <b>Health problems</b> potentially caused by exposure to 5G EM frequencies have become of critical concern.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Regarding health problems, just yesterday the National Institute of Health was at last allowed to release a report from their US National Toxicology Program (NTP) proving that wireless radiation is a <b>Class 1 Human Carcinogen</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- <a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/11/prweb15885861.htm" target="_blank">$25 Million NIH Study Proves Wireless Technology Causes Cancer and DNA Damage - US Brain Tumor Association.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“The $25 million US National Toxicology Program Study has proven again what other studies have shown us that wireless radiation is a Class 1 Human Carcinogen like cigarette smoke and asbestos and should be treated as such. The NTP study proved wireless radiation can cause cancer and it can damage our DNA which can lead to a host of serious diseases. We must warn people and minimize exposure. <b>I along with more than 200 of my colleagues who are expert in the field have called for a <i>moratorium</i> on the roll out of 5G which promises to maximize our exposure to harmful wireless radiation</b>...."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(I added bolding and italics above for emphasis).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Conclusion: 5G has problems. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We're certainly not going to see the real thing from Apple in 2019. We may not see it in 2020. Considering the health implications, we may not ever see real 5G from <i>anyone. </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Apple may well benefit from delaying their adoption of 5G technology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you'd like to read and review the National Toxicology Program study of Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation, all the documentation is now available online here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>BACKGROUND INFORMATION</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cell phones are currently used by 95% of American adults. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nominated radio frequency radiation (RFR) used by cell phones for an NTP study because of widespread public use of cell phones and limited knowledge about potential health effects from long-term exposure.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>NTP STUDIES & FINDINGS</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">NTP conducted toxicology studies in rats and mice to help clarify potential health hazards, including cancer risk, from exposure to RFR like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>What did the studies find?</b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>• Clear evidence of tumors in the hearts of male rats.</b> The tumors were malignant schwannomas.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>• Some evidence of tumors in the adrenal glands of male rats.</b> The tumors were benign, malignant, or complex combined pheochromocytoma.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For female rats, and male and female mice, it was unclear if tumors observed in the studies were associated with RFR used by cell phones. This is also known as equivocal evidence.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The final conclusions represent the consensus between NTP and a panel of external scientific experts who thoroughly <a href="https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/events/past/index.html?type=Peer+Review+Panels+-+Technical+Reports&&date=2018-03-26" target="_blank">reviewed</a> the draft NTP technical reports at a public meeting in March 2018.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The results are based on NTP’s four categories of evidence that a substance may cause cancer: clear evidence (highest), some evidence, equivocal evidence, no evidence (lowest).</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2018/november1/index.cfm" target="_blank">High Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation Associated With Cancer in Male Rats</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. . . High Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation Associated With Cancer in Male RatsThese studies did not investigate the types of RFR used for Wi-Fi or 5G networks.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“5G is an emerging technology that hasn’t really been defined yet. From what we currently understand, it likely differs dramatically from what we studied,” said Wyde.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For future studies, NTP is building smaller RFR exposure chambers that will make it easier to evaluate newer telecommunications technologies in weeks or months, rather than years. These studies will focus on developing measurable physical indicators, or biomarkers, of potential effects from RFR. These may include changes in metrics like DNA damage in exposed tissues, which can be detected much sooner than cancer. . . .</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kudos to <b>Micromat</b> for being the <i>first</i> file system repair utility to be compatible with Apple's (as yet unfinished) <b>APFS</b>, Apple File System for <b>SSDs</b> (solid state drives) running macOS 10.13.x <b>High Sierra</b>! Well done chaps!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can read about APFS compatibility added to <b>TechTool Pro</b> v9.6 <b><a href="https://www.micromat.com/products/techtool-pro" style="color: red;" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please note that this is only '<i>initial'</i> support for APFS. But for now, IMHO this is <i>sufficient</i> support for APFS. Micromat states:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trust us when we say that there is a lot going on with this new file system, so this is just <b>*initial*</b> support. Techtool Pro can now <b>test</b> and <b>repair</b> these disks, even eDrives on them, but we're still hard at work exploring the depths of this file system. Some more advanced features will be coming down the road. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been using Micromat utilities for a couple decades and have never had troubles with their software. Some users have complained about the upgrade fee from TechTool Pro v9 to v9.5. The addition of APFS repair functionality in v9.6 makes the upgrade cost worthwhile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Still on my radar are APFS <i>repair</i> compatibility in <b>Alsoft's DiskWarrior</b> and <b>Prosoft Engineering's Drive Genius</b>. I'm specifically interested in utilities being able to <i>repair</i> APFS drives. That's what I consider to be critical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Meanwhile</b>, there is <i><b>not-a-sign</b></i> of Apple progressing with <b>APFS</b> functionality on either <b>hard drives</b> or <b>Fusion drives</b>. There has been no explanation of why, despite there having been Fusion drive compatibility in the first High Sierra beta release. Also, there has been <i>no workaround</i> for the inability of HFS+ drives<i> to access</i> APFS drives. That's bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As such I continue to <b>NOT</b> recommend upgrading to macOS 10.13.x High Sierra <b>UNLESS</b> you're <i>only</i> working with SSD Macs. If any HD or Fusion drives are on your network, you're thoroughly stiffed, stung and stalled if you want them to access High Sierra SSD Macs. As such, I consider <b>High Sierra</b> to be an unfinished beta OS, <i><b>not ready for prime time.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It's time for the <b>Apple Prod®™</b>. <b><i>Get moving Apple!!!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Mac professionals, I highly recommend NOT YET updating to macOS 10.13 High Sierra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Only today, the release date of High Sierra, has Apple let developers know the APFS standard has been finalized. All developers whose software must directly interact with the Mac file system have been waiting until this specific day of standardization until beginning to recode and adapt their software.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Therefore, IMHO, <b><i>waiting</i> to update may be critically important.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also keep in mind that APFS is specifically designed to work at this time with <b>SSD Macs</b> and <b><i>NOT</i> Fusion Drive Macs</b>. Please read through this article for further information:</span><br />
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<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-file-system-in-macos-high-sierra-wont-work-with-fusion-drives/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apple File System in macOS High Sierra won’t work with Fusion Drives</span></b></a><br />
<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/apple-file-system-in-macos-high-sierra-wont-work-with-fusion-drives/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At least not at launch.</span></b></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IOW: <b>APFS is <i>NOT</i> actually finished</b>, despite Apple’s finalized standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is zero indication that <i>any</i> current <b>disk repair and recovery utilities</b> with which I'm acquainted are going to be compatible with <b>macOS 10.13 High Sierra</b>. Instead, I'm reading reports that they're throwing errors when run on 10.13 beta.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I personally suggest <i>holding onto your money</i> before buying or upgrading ANY disk utility application. Within a month from now we'll know what's going on, so it's no big wait. Blowing dough on current disk utility software is likely to be a total waste.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The situation is that macOS 10.13 High Sierra formally introduces a new file system called Apple File System (APFS). It is foreign to ALL current disk utilities. As such, I'd count on them <i>not</i> working with the new OS.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alsoft</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">DiskWarrior</span>:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> No mention of 10.13 High Sierra on their website.*</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Micromat</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">TechTool Pro</span>:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> No mention of 10.13 High Sierra on their website.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prosoft Engineering</span><b style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Drive Genius</span> </b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">DataRescue</span>:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> No mention of 10.13 High Sierra on their website.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">508 Software (CleverFiles)</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Disk Drill (Pro)</span>:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> They very kindly have provided a webpage describing their current work on updating their software for High Sierra </span><b style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cleverfiles.com/help/disk-drill-33.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Thank you!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MacWare</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">DiskTools Pro</span>:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Abandonware. I'd personally advise tossing it into the trash.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I expect there are going to be compatibility updates for a lot of other disk related utilities. Off the top of my head, I can imagine updates to such utilities as:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's possible Apple will provide an API layer to help these higher level utilities to continue to work on 10.13 High Sierra.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have access via AppleSeed to macOS 10.13 betas, but I've avoided it due to my concern about being able to repair disk problems that may arise. Otherwise, I'd have tested all these apps directly. If readers have conducted disk utility tests on 10.13 and would like to share results, please post!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">IOW: For a number of weeks after the official release of macOS 10.13 High Sierra, the ONLY disk utility we’re going have to repair 10.13 volumes is Apple’s own Disk Utility. I find that to be of considerable concern. It’s a motivator to WAIT to upgrade Macs to 10.13, IMHO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to ease and simplicity of <a href="http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/" target="_blank"><b>PopChar X</b></a>, now at version 8, I've enjoyed playing with emoji. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Years back I used to run a server of impossible-to-get music that included techno from Japan. As such, I was introduced to the Japanese versions of 'smilies', called emoticons. I still use a few of them as I prefer their linear design and find them very useful. My favorites are:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(0_o)</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(o_0)</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">craziness</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>(-_-)</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">sleeping</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>(^_^)</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">glee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>(^_^)/</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">waving</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>\(^_^)/</b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">manic glee</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are plenty more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then emoji evolved out of the Asian emoticon scene into the font scene. Emoji are in a state of evolution thanks to the expansion of the <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/" target="_blank">Unicode Technical Standard (UTS)</a>. As a result, there has been an explosion of available emoji as well as a decline in emoticons and smilies. I personally have no trouble mixing them together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recently, it has been announced that a collection of new emoji are being officially released and will be coming to the Mac and iOS probably this fall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The 69 new emoji include magical creatures, steam room, meditation, craziness, shhh, character censored obscenity, monocle face, exploding head, a full range of ages from child to adult, breast feeding, climbing, I Love You hand gesture, brain, winter clothing and sports, new animals, new vegetable, meat, lunch and snack stuff, chopsticks (at long last!), new flags, UFO, yet another heart color and of course vomit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And yet, despite the already existent, mind boggling collection of now over 600 emoji, there are still many that I consider to be missing. I originally posted most of this list an Apple news website, who chose to censor it. They offered no explanation. I suspect it was my use of humor or my erroneous inclusion of chop sticks. (At last! We have chopsticks!) So I dumped the website from my bookmarks and email, then decided to publish here my list of <b>Missing Emoji: 2017</b>. Please add your own missing emoji in the comments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>My list of still missing emoji, 2017-06-23</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">• <b>Coffee cup</b>, steaming (classic, every coder has one!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Hula girl</b> (classic)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Grand piano</b> (for dropping, music)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Anvil</b> (for dropping, for blacksmiths)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>The rest of the planets</b>. (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) (Yes, Pluto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Groundhog</b> (Groundhog's Day)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Mole</b> (living in the dark)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Skunk</b> (smelly)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Nuclear explosion</b> (controversial or obvious? You decide. My 6th grade teacher used them as quiz icons)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Donkey</b> (to go with the elephant, of course).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Ice</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Ice bucke</b>t (challenges)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Infinity ribbon symbol </b>∞</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Ribbons</b> in campaign colors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Wristbands</b> / Bracelet in campaign colors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Mail humans</b> (mailman & mailwoman)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Blimp</b> / Dirigible (advertising, steampunk, Hindenburg disaster)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Goggles</b> (both steampunk and dieselpunk)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Flying car</b> (ever-promised and never delivered futurist icon)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Fan</b> (air cooling and for the things that hit them, such as the poop emoji)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Acorn</b> (the standard nut)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Candy cane</b> (xmas candy)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Cross-eyed face</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Chewing</b> (gum, an idea, a victim's brain, whatever)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Broken glass</b> / mirror (bad luck, accident, crash)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Gravestone</b> (the end)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Wreath</b> (for holidays and graves)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>White wine glass</b> (to go with the red wine glass)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Cigar</b>, stogie (to go with the equally addictive cigarette)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Vinyl record</b> (because some people still like them, I have no idea why)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">• <b>International traffic symbols</b>: Stop, Yield, Slow, Corner, Hill, Intersection, children at play, deaf or blind child, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Google have their own proposed emoji for the purpose of reducing gender inequality. You can find them by clicking on either of the missing female emoji symbols on this page.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apple has allowed me to be an AppleSeed beta tester for a couple years so far. I offered some bug reports and suggestions regarding OS X 10.10 Yosemite. But Apple has ignored feedback about one really odd change that <i>breaks</i> an eternal Mac standard: Apple<b> removed</b><b> </b>the<b> Title Bar</b> from several application windows. I totally do NOT understand. This isn't a universal change in OS X. It's mixed into a few different standard applications and is an option for third party developers. Needless to say, my advice to developers is: DON'T DO THAT! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My favorite example is the <i>mess</i> that has resulted using Safari version 8. I've complained to Apple, as have others! But Apple hasn't listened, so far.</span><br />
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This may not be an issue for casual Safari users. Many may find enough space up there where the Title Bar is supposed to be to grab Safari windows and move them around just fine. But for we fanatical <i>power users,</i> this is a BFD! Removing the simple, wonderful, eternal Mac Title Bar has created <i><b>havoc</b>.</i></span><br />
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<b>Concept</b>: Stuff a bunch of '<b>Flexible Space</b>' items into the area where the Title Bar is supposed to be. This provides a nicely reliable, reasonably sized area for grabbing and moving Safari windows.</span><br />
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<b>I)</b> <b>Right-Click</b> (CTRL-Click) on the <b>Toolbar</b> (where the Title Bar used to be).</span><br />
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Up pops the "<b>Customize Toolbar...</b>" button. Click it.</span><br />
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<b>II)</b> Down drops the <b>Toolbar pallet</b> where you can drag and drop items into the Toolbar. </span><br />
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We're going to drag in lots of '<b>Flexible Space</b>' items. We need to put a lot of them in because they are indeed flexible down to a very <i>minimal</i> size of a few pixels. Because we have a traffic jam going on in the Toolbar and <i>no</i> Title Bar, we have to stuff lots of these minimal spaces somewhere in order to create a usable space for grabbing the Safari window.</span><br />
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My choice: I drag in <b>four</b> extra <b>Flexible Space</b>s to the <i>right</i> of the Address and Search item. Add as many as you like. Pull some out later if you wish. It can be slightly tricky dragging flexible spaces to exactly where you want them. Practice and patience makes perfect.</span><br />
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<b>III)</b> Click the '<b>Done</b>' button and away goes the Toolbar pallet. Now you can check out your work by trying to grab and drag around the Safari window. Play with adding or removing flexible spaces as you find useful. This is how mine turned out:</span><br />
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The space I created is fine for my utility. My new space is not going to move. It's going to stay <i>exactly</i> that size unless I remove Toolbar items, at which point it will flexibly expand.</span><br />
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I know someone's going to <i>whine</i> about filling up the Toolbar with too much junk. Shut up. I like all that stuff in my toolbar and I use <i>all</i> it. The entire Safari traffic jam problem is due to <i>Apple's</i> decisions, NOT mine. Go blame them. <i>Got it?</i> Good.</span><br />
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It is my fervent hope that Apple sees the error of their ways and stops the madness. Title bars are a Mac mainstay and should <i>NEVER EVER</i> be removed. That's not a <a data-jsb_prepared="i7rzyazwbw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Luddite</a> opinion. It's a <a data-jsb_prepared="tdth03uj83" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">UTILITARIAN</a> opinion. Usefulness wins. Get back to useful Apple!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This POS crapware is to be avoided. It has been turned into a Microsoft product, with the usual crapification. Here is the supreme crapification:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Version 6.19.blah has the following LISTED and <i>wrong</i> system requirements:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All you need to get started is Mac OS X 10.5.8 or above, a webcam for video calls and a microphone.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And yet v6.19.blah <b>requires</b> OS X <b>10.9</b>.x. FSCK -U Microsoft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Earlier this week there was a lot of blahblah about Skype only working on 64-bit Macs in the future. And yet, here I am on a 64-bit Mac running 10.7.5 (the highest it will run) and the morons at Microsoft managed to screw up their '64-bit' rhetoric and screw over thousands of 64-bit Mac users. FSCK -U Microsoft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you and your friends and relatives use Skype, STOP. Use something else, such as <b><a data-jsb_prepared="uf8bfhoos9" href="https://crypto.cat/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">CryptoCat</a></b> or Apple's <b><a data-jsb_prepared="cyrx7fra37" href="https://www.apple.com/mac/facetime/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Facetime</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Microsoft's DETAILED <b>System Requirements</b> for Skype 6.19.blah, which are WRONG:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For group video calling everyone on the call needs Skype 5.0 for Windows or Mac or higher plus webcams. For best quality we recommend you use a high-speed broadband connection of 4Mbps down/512kbps up and a computer with a Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz processor. As a minimum you’ll need a high-speed broad connection of 512kbps down/128kbps up and a computer with a 1 GHz processor.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back in time, circa the middle of 2010, some terrible things happened to QuickTime. I continue to wonder if Apple's QuickTime wunderkind left the company, leaving people who remained to pick up the pieces when QuickTime was made 64-bit. I recall writing to Apple a few times about what followed. To date, QuickTime 10 remains hobbled compared to QuickTime 7. It has no 'QuickTime Pro' option. It has taken years for Apple to finish updating the QuickTime components to 64-bit. It has literally been an <i>incoherent mess,</i> forcing serious QuickTime users to <i>still</i> use QuickTime 7 for full functionality. Explain that to me Apple, please.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the casualties of Apple blundering through the QuickTime 10 update has been the total loss of functionality playing M3U files on the web through Safari. Despite the QuickTime Internet Plugin being 100% capable of playing M3U linked audio files, Apple broke the connection ability in Safari 5 and lazily left it that way. Explain that to me Apple, please.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know someone or other is going to disagree with my assertion above. So here's how you can prove I am correct:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1) Grab any M3U file off a website. Amazon is a great place to find them. They're what Amazon uses to play samples of tunes they sell as MP3s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2) Drop the M3U file onto TextEdit and view the URL buried within.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3) Copy the M3U URL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4) Open QuickTime Player 10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5) Hit Command-L ('Open Location…') to open the URL entry box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6) Paste in the M3U URL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7) Click 'Open'. See the linked M3U audio file play perfectly. Shake your head at Apple trying to figure out why they cut access to this functionality out of the QuickTime plug-in. It's beyond comprehension.</span><br />
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<a data-jsb_prepared="gwdtdgjd9g" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZpfNXrSIVTEP1rocaY2FmfadIY4KZdkIj8-1Y-qSfs6t5AebDhcKipdN6RisIHN1EWMiZzJuPhtEDg8HhqLJxs7zD1tJWzdEo6vC0v4k-xEEKpgjIHNP52UWgehD3tkeCGgLCF3YN-s/s1600/m3u-file.png" imageanchor="1" rel="noreferrer" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZpfNXrSIVTEP1rocaY2FmfadIY4KZdkIj8-1Y-qSfs6t5AebDhcKipdN6RisIHN1EWMiZzJuPhtEDg8HhqLJxs7zD1tJWzdEo6vC0v4k-xEEKpgjIHNP52UWgehD3tkeCGgLCF3YN-s/s1600/m3u-file.png" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you click on an M3U link in Safari, what you get is an M3U file downloading to your Mac. Double-click the file and it iTunes will open, follow the M4U link and play the tune for you. I find this to be unacceptable. I don't want iTunes running when I'm browsing the Internet, cleaning up after Apple's bungled QuickTime plug-in. I want the tune to play INSIDE Safari, as intended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So what plug-in can we use instead?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe it's still possible to finagle around with RealPlayer plug-in, if you want to bother with it. I don't. I don't know what's the point of RealPlayer any more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That leaves the Adobe Flash plug-in. Oh no. If you read my Mac-Security blog you know that Flash is the second-most dangerous, insecure plug-in you can use on the Internet, second only to Oracle's awful Java plug-in. But thankfully, some bright and brilliant people at Apple now take OS X security seriously, and have written some excellent plug-in control into Safari. This helps to keep nasty Flash malware off our Macs. But it also means that the old methods for getting Flash to play M3U files has changed. Therefore, here is the new, current, 2014 Edition of…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Below, I'm providing a method for setting up Flash to play M3U tunes at Amazon. But this method applies to any website where you encounter M3U files. Simply substitute that website in the first step:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1)</b> Visit an <b>Amazon.com</b> page with MP3s you can sample and buy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2)</b> Open up Safari Preferences. (Command-comma)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>3)</b> Click open the ‘<b>Security</b>’ tab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>4)</b> Go to the bottom and check ON “Internet plug-ins” <b>√</b> “<b>Allow Plug-ins</b>”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>5)</b> Click the button “<b>Manage Website Settings</b>”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>6)</b> In the drop-down page, click on “<b>Adobe Flash Player</b>”, likely at the top of the list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>7)</b> On the right of the page, scroll UP to the TOP of the ‘<b>Adobe Flash Player</b>’ sub-window. You should see “<b>Currently Open Websites</b>” as a header with “www.amazon.com” listed below (or other web page from step 1).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>8)</b> Click the popup menu and select “<b>Allow</b>”. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Please never, ever choose ‘Allow Always’ or ‘Unsafe Mode’ as they invite Flash security exploits. And that's a bad thing).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>9)</b> Click the ‘<b>Done</b>’ button.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>10)</b> Close the Safari Preferences window.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>11)</b> Reload the Amazon page (or other web page from step 1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tada! The Amazon play buttons will now actually play music within Safari.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You’ll also see a new header menu above the tunes labeled ‘Samples’ as well as a back button, ‘Preview all songs/Pause’ button, Forward button and volume slider.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">M3U functionality restored!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Quick Summary: </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is my emphatic personal advice that you <b>NEVER</b> install the ADWARE 'Extensions' now being foisted on users of <b>VersionTracker.com / CNET Download.com.</b> NEVER. Got that? NEVER.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">UH OH</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>VersionTracker</b> used to be <i>heaven</i> for Mac users! It was one of the <b>top 5</b> best Mac websites on the Internet! I have net <i>friends</i> who work there! I used to haunt the place every day! ...Then CNET bought them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had heard this was coming. It had happened to the Windows side of Download.com months back. Windows users hated the changes and complained to me about it at our local PC user group. Then this month it hit the Mac side of Download.com, I.E. VersionTracker.com. I learned what the Windows users were complaining about. And I'm <i>not</i> dealing with it. I suggest <i>you</i> don't deal with it either. It's bad.</span></span><br />
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<b>What Happened:</b></span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> removed the terrific VersionTracker GUI and changed it to the goofy Download.com GUI. Annoying but livable.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> has removed direct download links to applications. That in itself is a pain. But I learned to live with their goofy download pages.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> reformatted the New Mac Software page so that it no longer tells you the cost of anything, free or otherwise. That's sneaky and bothers me.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> reformatted the New Mac Software page so the app entries are huge and clunky. You get maybe just 10 entries per page. Therefore, you frequently have to go through several pages to get through one day's worth of new app versions. Idiotic. But I've put up with it.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> bungled the 'Download Now' buttons such that they have overlaying crap text on them, obscuring the letter 'w'. What is this mess?!</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> is now gradually removing direct downloads entirely. With time, they'll be gone. THAT I don't deal with.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> is instead forcing the download of their own installer app, making downloading of the software you actually want <i>FAR</i> more painful. THAT I don't deal with.</span><br />
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<b>CNET</b> is stuffing into their installer app a pile of ADWARE and a menubar that forces you to use Yahoo as your search engine and home page. AND it surveils your behavior across the Internet. THAT I don't deal with.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Three strikes, you're </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">out</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"> CNET!</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As in: </span><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outrageous.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let's use an example!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1) Go to <a href="http://versiontracker.com/">VersionTracker.com</a> / <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Mac/">Download.CNET.com/Mac/</a></b>, get forwarded over to the ugly, dysfunctional Download.com page for Mac. Bleh.</span></span><br />
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<b>2) Flip through the pages</b>. I went through eight pages today to find something from only two days ago. <b><i>Yawn</i></b>. Pick something out. For my example I chose the great little app 'A Better Finder Rename' v9.26.</span><br />
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<b>3) Click on the bungled 'Download Now' button.</b> We're sent to that goofy CNET download page... and the download starts. <i>Except</i> 'A Better Finder Rename' does NOT download! Instead, this CNET installer thing appears: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"<b>cbsidlm-sp1_0_146a-A_Better_Finder_Rename-ORG-5610.dmg</b>". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Huh?</span><br />
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<b>4) Double-click the CNET installer thing</b> and we get a window with a generic app in it called "<b>CNET-Installer.app</b>". Is this Trojan Horse malware? Why not? How would we know?! This certainly is <i>NOT</i> what we wanted to download. It's another <b>Bait and Switch</b> and it's scary.</span><br />
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<b>5) Double-click the scary CNET-Installer.app.</b> Immediately on my computer, Little Snitch sets off alarms that this CNET installer thing wants to access a bunch of sites on the Internet, including:</span><br />
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http://cnet.mybrowserbar.com on port 80</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://api.cnet.com on port 80</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://software-files-a.cnet.com on port 80</span><br />
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If I <i>deny</i> these scary call outs, I get an error box that says <b>"Error. Could not download an installer extension"</b>. </span><br />
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A WHAT? It wants to download MORE scariness? When I OK the error box, the app quits itself. Gee thanks.</span><br />
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If I <i>approve</i> these scary call outs, I get an app window that looks like this:</span><br />
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Finally we're getting to actually <i>download</i> the file we wanted back at #2. <i>Right?</i> So I click '<b>Next Step</b>'.</span><br />
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<b>6) What's all this then?</b></span><br />
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OIC: More scariness!</span><br />
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What we have here is a 'SPECIAL OFFER' with a PRE-checked 'I agree' box for some severe nastiness to which Mac users are almost entirely unaccustomed. ADWARE.</span><br />
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<b>So what's ADWARE?</b></span><br />
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Here's what Wikipedia.org says:</span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Adware</b>, or <b>advertising-supported software</b>, is any software package which automatically renders advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author. The advertisements may be in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process. The functions may be designed to analyze which Internet sites the user visits and to present advertising pertinent to the types of goods or services featured there. The term is sometimes used to refer to software that displays unwanted advertisements.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ADWARE analyzes, aka <b>surveils</b>, where its victims goes on the Internet. Based on its surveillance data, it then pushes related advertisements to the victim's web browser.</span><br />
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IOW: You <b>give up</b> your <b>personal privacy rights.</b> Doesn't that sound <i>enticing?</i> Not to me!</span><br />
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<b>THE TERMS</b></span><br />
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Let's check out the <b>license</b> <b>terms</b> that are pre-checked for you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Install Extensions by Spigot (Domain Error Assistant in GC, Slick Savings, Ebay and Amazon Shopping Assistant extensions in SF, GC and FF). Make Yahoo! my default provider, home page, and startup option in all browsers.</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Therefore:</span></b></span><br />
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1) There are some <b>Terms of Service and Privacy Policy</b> legal things to which you're agreeing. They're posted below in the window.</span><br />
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2) You're going to have some <b>Extensions installed</b>.</span><br />
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3) These extensions have something to do with <b>GC</b> and <b>SF</b> and <b>FF</b>, whatever they are, as well as '<b>Slick Savings</b>', <b>Ebay</b> and <b>Amazon</b> Shopping Assistant. <b>Marketing stuff.</b></span><br />
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4) You're giving over ALL your web browsers to <b>Yahoo</b>! Yahoo! becomes your default '<b>provider</b>', whatever that means. Yahoo! will become your <b>home page</b>. Yahoo! will be your <b>startup option</b>, whatever that means. Yahoo! is your <b>Big Brother</b>.</span><br />
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VERY slick.</span><br />
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Let me point out some highlights of the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">'<b>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR EXTENSIONS SUPPLIED BY SPIGOT</b>, INC. FOR CNET, INC." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Note that these are only personally chosen highlights for my own personal interest. Read the entire agreement for details.)</span><br />
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Almost all of this whopping long agreement is written to protect the <b>Spigot, Inc.</b> and to point out the rights 'You' give up when 'You' install and use their ADWARE. Check this out:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2) MODIFICATION OF TERMS<br />We may make changes, modifications, and amendments to the Terms at any time.... The latest Terms may be posted or be available through <a href="http://cnet.mybrowserbar.com/terms_mac.html">http://cnet.mybrowserbar.com/terms_mac.html</a>, and You agree that You should always review them prior to using the Extensions so that You may always be aware of what has changed, if anything. If any modification is unacceptable to You, You will cease using the Extensions right away. If you do not cease using the Extensions You will be conclusively deemed to have accepted the change(s) and amendments. Except as stated elsewhere, <b>all amended Terms will automatically be effective as soon as they are initially posted by Us....</b></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>We are not obligated to provide notice of amendment....</b><br /><br /><b>4) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS YOU GRANT</b><br />By installing the Extensions... You expressly authorize and request Spigot... to: </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>a) act as Your search agent to conduct or process inquiries on Your behalf</b>... and collect relevant information and display information to you; </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>b) take actions Spigot deems appropriate</b> to provide the Extensions to You and to act on Your behalf in obtaining information from partners and displaying or otherwise providing that to You; </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>c) read and interpret Your search requests and results</b>... offer alternative results and to personalize The Extensions for you; </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>d) collect and use information in accordance with Our Privacy Policy</b>.... as amended from time to time.... </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>e) start the Extension automatically</b> when you start your computer.... </span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">f) modify your... browser </span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>g) communicate with Our servers...</b><br />.... </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">C) Some or all of our Extensions business affiliates or partners may have their own terms and conditions, terms of use, or end user license agreements, and You agree with and to those in connection with those Extensions and business affiliates of partners, however, in relation to Us if there is any conflict between these Terms which would give You greater rights the provisions of these Terms will govern....<br />....</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND PROMISSORY EXTOPPEL</b><br />YOUR USE OF ANY SPIGOT SITE, EXTENSION, OR ANY REFERENCE SITE OR THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS OR VENDORS IS <i>AT YOUR OWN RISK....</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DAMAGES....</b><br /><i>WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU</i> FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FORM ACCESS TO OR USE OF ANY EXTENSION, SERVICES, SITES OR REFERENCE SITE OR THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS OR VENDORS....<br />. . . . </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>22. TERMINATION</b><br />You may terminate these Terms by uninstalling the Extensions from your computer and discontinuing your use of the Extensions.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How about we just terminate this 'SPECIAL OFFER' right now!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br />I suggest you <b>AVOID</b> all such <b>ADWARE</b> installations on ANY computer.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">SO NOW WHAT?</span></b><br />
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If you dare bother with this CNET installer thing, <b>UNcheck the agreement box.</b> Be certain of this. <b>UNCHECK the box.</b></span></span><br />
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It is then safe to click the '<b>Install</b>' button.</span><br />
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<b>One of two things will happen:</b></span><br />
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<b>A)</b> Either the CNET installer thing will <b>BOMB</b> (I've had this happen to me) and you get nothing (oh joy)...</span><br />
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<b>B)</b> In Step 3 you get the intended application to actually, at long bloody last, <b>download!</b> Phew. It dumps the downloaded file into your user account's <b>Downloads folder</b>.</span><br />
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You can then, in step 4, '<b>Install Now</b>' if you so choose. I don't choose. I prefer to install it myself. Therefore, I push the '<b>Later</b>' button. At that point the CNET installer thing <b>Quits</b> itself. Good riddance to scary rubbish.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A) Other Mac software downloads sites:</span></b></span><br />
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1) <a href="http://macupdate.com/"><b>MacUpdate.com</b></a> impresses me a lot these days. They have matured into a very nice site with great reviewing system, plentiful informed and helpful users, improved staff, excellent daily software promotions and rather good MacUpdate installation software that doesn't infect you with adware. MacUpdate's site is FAR easier to use and is FAR more user-friendly and FAR more reliable that CNET's.</span><br />
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2) <a href="http://majorgeeks.com/"><b>MajorGeeks.com</b></a>. It tends to be Windows-centric. But the guys there are terrific, they scan for malware, they offer reasonable reviews and features. </span><br />
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That's my current list of Mac software download sites. But I have provided a list of other Mac friendly websites at the end of the article. Skip ahead...</span><br />
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Occasionally, I still go to VersionTracker.com / Downloads.com to check if MacUpdate.com has missed any recent updates. It happens. If I find something I want, instead of using the horrible CNET installer thing, I go DIRECTLY to the developer's website to download every time. The CNET installer thing is NOT allowed on my computers.</span><br />
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<b>B) Apple's Mac App Store</b></span><br />
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If you have OS X 10.7 and higher, you have the App Store application in your Applications folder. I find the app itself to be clunky with miniscule 'Help'. It also has <i><b>terrible</b></i> Apple tech '<b>support</b>' I'm sad to say, entirely UN-Apple IMHO. I've let Apple know this fact on more than one occasion. But if you can get App Store to work adequately for you, good on ya. It's nice to know that Apple vet all the apps they allow at their store.</span><br />
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<b>C) Use each application's own integrated updater</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br />These days, most applications have integrated Sparkle, the open source application updating system. It's wonderful. It works. I tend to avoid apps that don't use it or an equivalent. Sparkle integration is free!</span><br />
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<b>D) Check the developer's own website</b></span><br />
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I do this with Adobe and Oracle freeware crap specifically because it's buggy as hell and frequently has security holes<i>.</i> Therefore, I regularly watch for the latest versions, if I bother to use them at all.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">FURTHER MAC SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD SITES:</span></b></span><br />
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Here are further alternative sites for downloading Mac software. I'll leave it up to you to evaluate and read about them on the Internet. The list is in no particular order. All of these sites are up and running today. If you have further suggested sites, please post them in the Comments!</span></span><br />
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<b>ThriftMac</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.thriftmac.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://www.thriftmac.com</span></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">FreeMacWare</span></b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.freemacware.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://www.freemacware.com</span></a><br />
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<b>I Use This</b></span><br />
<a href="http://osx.iusethis.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://osx.iusethis.com</span></a><br />
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<b>App Donkey</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.appdonkey.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://www.appdonkey.com</span></a><br />
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<b>FreeMacAppADay</b> (in Japanese)</span><br />
<a href="http://freemacappaday.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://freemacappaday.com</span></a><br />
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<b>Softpedia</b></span><br />
<a href="http://mac.softpedia.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://mac.softpedia.com</span></a><br />
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<b>Mac Downloads</b> (aka DownloadAtoZ)</span><br />
<a href="http://www.downloadatoz.net/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://www.downloadatoz.net</span></a><br />
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<b>Brothersoft</b></span><br />
<a href="http://mac.brothersoft.com/"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">http://mac.brothersoft.com</span></a><br />
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And of course, if you find any Mac software sites are foisting ADWARE, please post in the Comments! Happy Mac users want to know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Don't download or install ADWARE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You'll thank me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You're welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">;-Derek</span></div>
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:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-67603042277888330332012-10-17T04:31:00.003-04:002012-10-17T04:31:56.050-04:00The MacHeist 4 Bundle Is Here Until October 26th: $29 for $529 of Kewl Mac Apps <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">--</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Dear Mac Fanatics,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The <b>MacHeist 4 Mac app bundle</b> is ACTIVE! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>$29</b> for 12 (to 15) apps, worth <b>$529+</b></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>25%</b> of all sales goes to any of a selection of <b>charities! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://macheist.com/bundle/t/606079">http://macheist.com/bundle/t/606079</a></b></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The bundle offer runs for 10 days, through October 26th at midnight.<br /><br /><b>This year's apps include: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Scrivener</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• 1 1/4 year of <b>Evernote Premium</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>DiskTools Pro</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>HDRtist</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Artboard</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Courier</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>PDF Signer</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Radium</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>4 Steam games</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">... and MAYBE (probably):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Firetask</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Bioshock 2</b> (!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">• <b>Painter Lite</b><br /><br />This is THE ultimate, most famous, most money raised for charity bundle on the Mac platform. The more bundles sold, the more apps you get! Deal!<br /><br /><a href="http://macheist.com/bundle/t/606079">http://macheist.com/bundle/t/606079</a></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(I get a nice perk app for free if you purchase using the link above!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzyZ497na3uF7RKA1Nxd5ytI0RRhyphenhyphen9Mhsxyz4TNm8LZlPy7DpqzvUqSnNAMCjGV3G6J3C-8m9ulM3jUSf5sP8lUYqphPnI9eN9dJsvqZFyugjqbdOCWmGeZEsS7L_6L8gEaVWHSCXDuQ/s1600/dr_mubuse_aristocrat_final_macheist_4_116x116+ani.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzyZ497na3uF7RKA1Nxd5ytI0RRhyphenhyphen9Mhsxyz4TNm8LZlPy7DpqzvUqSnNAMCjGV3G6J3C-8m9ulM3jUSf5sP8lUYqphPnI9eN9dJsvqZFyugjqbdOCWmGeZEsS7L_6L8gEaVWHSCXDuQ/s200/dr_mubuse_aristocrat_final_macheist_4_116x116+ani.gif" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The heist games in MacHeist 4 were quite enjoyable, all of them having a steampunk theme. They were held over the course of two weeks, ending yesterday. My nick over at MacHeist is 'zunipus'. My avatar this year was an animated GIF I created of Dr. Mabuse disguised as 'The Aristocrat'. (Last MacHeist I created an animated GIF of Dr. Mabuse as 'Weltman' the hypnotist).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The MacHeist 4 games consisted of a total of 4 nano-missions and 4 full missions. Each game that was solved provided a shiny coin worth 1% off the price of the bundle. I was able to snag 10 of 11 coins. I would have had the 11th but for my lack of talent at solving sliding block wire diagram puzzles! I hate them! Ironic IYAM. All of us playing also snagged a slew of prize apps along the way.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztYutNCfsNdblJSMz0R6PHT92_IwbTXx2Xqg4_-UYO1UJWRg6o9Qa4ZC6nBd_5LAtDGuUx91xBMumEk5gWgEBKF0L9YTd1cb9UIN8kFwgifTqL42FiDOFn7jizLO8sOm53MYV94nV8Ok/s1600/dr_mabuse__weltman_100x100_orange_ANI.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztYutNCfsNdblJSMz0R6PHT92_IwbTXx2Xqg4_-UYO1UJWRg6o9Qa4ZC6nBd_5LAtDGuUx91xBMumEk5gWgEBKF0L9YTd1cb9UIN8kFwgifTqL42FiDOFn7jizLO8sOm53MYV94nV8Ok/s200/dr_mabuse__weltman_100x100_orange_ANI.gif" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happily, I <i>forgot</i> to log into the MacHeist website before purchasing my copy of the bundle, paying full price. I'm happy as I am so appreciative of the incredible effort and fun put into MacHeist 4. It was well worth the wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I believe all the iOS versions of the nano-missions and full missions are still available at the iTunes store. Simply search for 'MacHeist' for the full list. They are all free and fun. Don't forget the 'Agent' app as well for initial orientation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For fun, here is the message of appreciation I posted to the MacHeist 4 creators:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I heartily enjoyed every mission! (Except those damnable wiring diagrams. Electricity will be the death of us!) Well done kind sirs and ladies. Well done indeed.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please excuse me for reiterating a comment I made in the 'Coins' thread, but I want to make certain that this message reaches those so deserving of great praise:</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I want to state my personal satisfaction at forgetting to log in before purchasing my fine collection of Macintosh apps for $29. My shiny collection of 10 coins would have lowered my purchase price to a mere $26.10, a difference of $2.90! But instead of being a Scrooge, I am gratified to know that I paid full price if only because I highly appreciate MacHeist and all the people who make it possible. I desire to over pay out of gratitude for such fine gaming, web programming, mystery, intrigue and steampunkiness hilarity. It is unusual for me to express passion or affection toward any object or person, due to my strictly proper upbringing; However, I must step outside the bounds of reason to simply and categorically state that:</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I LOVE MacHeist.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*smooch*smooch*</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But please don't tell anyone in the banking district I said so.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With all due respect and appreciation,</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">☺☻☺☻☺☻☺</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ENJOY! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">☻☺☻☺☻☺☻</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Please note that SSDs do have one major drawback: <b>They <i>wear out</i></b> due to repeated data writing (called '<b>write wear</b>') and other factors. Check with the SSD manufacturer regarding the <b>MTBF</b> (Mean Time Between Failures) or '<b>write endurance</b>'. You want to buy an SSD with a write endurance of 100,000+ write cycles, as found in SLC (Single-Level Cell) NAND-based flash memory.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>The #1 Rule of Computing</b>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">SSDs, unlike hard drives, rarely give any warning before they drop dead. Also unlike hard drives, it is usually <i>impossible</i> to retrieve data from SSDs once they have died. Therefore, if you have no backup, you're <i>toast</i>. You have been warned! You'll thank me later for nagging at you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Considering the now <i>dozens</i> of <i>free</i> cloud backup sites on the Internet, including Apple's iCloud, there is zero excuse for not having off-site backups of your critical data.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Encrypt</b> all your data <i>before</i> you back it up to the cloud. I'll discuss why and easy methods of how in future articles over at my <b><a href="http://Mac-Security.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mac-Security blog</a>. </b>For now, I'll simply point out easy to make and use encrypted '<b>sparse disk</b>' and '<b>sparse bundle</b>' images. They are available via Apple's free Disk Utility, found in your Mac's Utilities folder. Both 128 and 256 AES encryption are considered impossible to crack as long as you provide them with a long, nasty, randomized password. Just don't lose the password! I have my Macs all set to open a shared sparse disk image at login. I use it to store all my personal data. The sparse disk image resides inside a DropBox folder that is constantly backed up to the Internet. It's a terrific and easy user-side encryption solution for all Mac users. Please check it out <b><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578" target="_blank">HERE</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5841" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*REVISED 2012-02-02*</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v4cWfsfhE9kYEUFr3HZ0u2QN7o9fafzqcgTXsZfH0xnzptojrFpPTXIMnZFD0AyV6LTWzAwQodpNwfBJU5Thed-YnXDBZ5X3Sz9dajNnCBVy1-A9ruJfdQNWkXrO-7uQ86AsdBwhq_A/s1600/Airport+Utility+icon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v4cWfsfhE9kYEUFr3HZ0u2QN7o9fafzqcgTXsZfH0xnzptojrFpPTXIMnZFD0AyV6LTWzAwQodpNwfBJU5Thed-YnXDBZ5X3Sz9dajNnCBVy1-A9ruJfdQNWkXrO-7uQ86AsdBwhq_A/s200/Airport+Utility+icon.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Over at Apple's discussion boards, I have been helping out many people on the bleeding edge who installed Airport Utility version 6.0 and Airport device Firmware Update 7.6.1. I had put together a catch-all list of problems and oddities with Airport Utility 6.0 and the new firmware. At one point I had posted it here for other users to share and enjoy. But instead I have removed it and have decided to post this simple <b>Problem</b> and <b>Solution</b> list I originally posted at CNET:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>The Problem:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"> Airport Utility v6.0.</span><br />
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<b>The Solution:</b> <b><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482" target="_blank">Airport Utility v5.6.</a> </b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Skip v6.0 entirely. No one needs it. It is merely a hobbled iOS GUI beta test update to Apple Utility AFAIAC. (Possible exception: Its iCloud setting).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>The Problem:</b> Apple has confused A LOT of people. The documentation for Airport Utility v5.6 only states its functionality with <b>g</b> Wi-Fi Airport devices. This is WRONG. v5.6 works with all <b>g AND n</b> Airport devices and has FULL functionality, everything missing from v6.0.</span><br />
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<b>The Solution:</b> <b>Apple must update their documentation for Airport Utility v5.6</b> in order to make it clear that this is the version EVERYONE should be using, NOT v6.0.<br />
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<b>The Problem:</b> Airport Utility v6.0 is a hobbled, obtuse and user hostile rendition of Airport Utility, despite the simplified iOS GUI. It doesn't even have a Setup Assistant!<br />
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<b>The Solution:</b> Fully functional Airport Utility <b>v6.0.1</b>. Please make it happen quickly Apple.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">If you'd like to read lists of features missing from Airport Utility v6.0, I suggest these articles:</span><br />
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57369191-263/airport-utility-6.0-missing-a-number-of-features/" target="_blank">AirPort Utility 6.0 missing a number of features</a></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/31/in-pictures-airport-utility-6-0s-missing-features/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>In pictures: AirPort Utility 6.0's missing features</b></span></a></div>--:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-56816598260613555482011-12-19T17:29:00.002-05:002011-12-19T17:38:38.507-05:00LibreOffice: Worth Using--<br />
A quickie:<br />
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Due to the mandatory 'contribution' for Open Source NeoOffice, the Mac optimized version of OpenOffice.org, I have been testing <b><a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">LibreOffice</a></b> for many months. At this point I can say:<br />
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<b>Get it! I like it!</b><br />
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The current stable version is 3.4.4. Today there is also a new 3.5.0 beta 1with a long list of minor updates.<br />
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I'm using LibreOffice 3.4.4 with Mac OS X 10.7.2 Lion without the bombing that occurred in many early versions. It has all the features, and niggling annoyances, of OpenOffice. If you're into writing directly into, as well as editing inside a capable but free office suite, this is sweet. The output format is the OpenDocument world standard. But it is capable to doing all the major other format exports as well, including that mess of Microsoft formats. I've found RTF is still the best all around standard, even today, in order to deal with all the legacy word processor users out there.<br />
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NeoOffice: Donate if you like it, or compile it from source code yourself. But LibreOffice does a very nice job completely replacing it IMHO. And yes, LibreOffice would like your <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/donate/" target="_blank">donation</a> as well!<br />
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:-Derek<br />
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[What exactly is <b>LibreOffice</b>? It is a branch off the original OpenOffice Open Source project. It is now generally considered to be superior to the ongoing OpenOffice project, which has become bogged down in politics, corporate noise from Oracle and migration of volunteers over to the more ambitious LibreOffice Open Source project. Unlike NeoOffice, LibreOffice is offered in compiled form ready to use. Of the three current flavors of Open Office for Mac users, LibreOffice is consistently at the edge of the progress curve. Its problem in the past has been instability. However, I've found that problem to have largely been solved.]<br />
--:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-8402760584780263752011-10-05T20:13:00.000-04:002011-10-05T20:13:18.139-04:00Steve Jobs Dead From Pancreatic Cancer At Age 56<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7-EckVKJaaVE6BgK1DuLkcFKgRFAUGH25NGWjDIN31sYSYTu2s637R1fEf_lDGFnHjFuMQzoNMFbWLuq1OqT-AQ5XB-NsF_Y_hsM2IhU0GmOFwNJ49KyAB4TuVLYYFL6hOXl5VqITKg/s1600/young-steve-jobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7-EckVKJaaVE6BgK1DuLkcFKgRFAUGH25NGWjDIN31sYSYTu2s637R1fEf_lDGFnHjFuMQzoNMFbWLuq1OqT-AQ5XB-NsF_Y_hsM2IhU0GmOFwNJ49KyAB4TuVLYYFL6hOXl5VqITKg/s320/young-steve-jobs.jpg" width="185" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, had died today of pancreatic cancer at age 56. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Last night I saw Cars 2 in 3-D. In the credits, at the top of the ‘Thanks To’ list was Steve Jobs. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Considering the joy and creativity Apple computers have given me for the last 20 years I also have to put Steve Jobs at the top of my ‘Thanks To’ list. What a remarkable man. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Rejoice that Steve Jobs helped all of our lives and revolutionized the computer community. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Enjoy the next life Steve. (^_^)/</div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">--</div></span></span>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-3879010626995615592011-07-20T16:23:00.000-04:002011-07-20T16:23:20.752-04:00Rosetta Is Gone From Mac OS X Lion: The Options, Including A Second Boot Partition<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>It's official</b> (although never officially stated, that I know of): </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rosetta is dead and gone in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just finished an exhausting search to find any hopeful news of a workaround. After all! There's a workaround for installing Front Row, which was also killed in Lion. (See <a href="http://www.mac-hatter.com/blog/frontrowenablerforlion">HERE</a> for the Front Row fix). So why not Rosetta? If you scour through the <a href="http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/lion/">Lion notes over at MacInTouch</a> you'll find that there is nothing stopping you from installing Rosetta from a Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD. However, it won't work. The best explanation is that Rosetta requires PowerPC framework files from within the System, which were also deleted from Lion. IOW: There aren't any APIs for Rosetta to access. It's inert. It's a dead parrot. Why were the APIs removed? That's a matter of speculation. One guess is that Apple are preparing to allow Mac OS X to run on ARM processors, similar to iOS. (And iOS at this point is just base Mac OS X compiled for ARM with a different GUI on top). (Yes it is! Do your homework and don't argue with me kids. Sheesh. ;-)</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Options</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If possible, you could pay for new versions of your applications. Apple left PowerPC CPUs behind in mid-2006. Maybe you should leave behind your old PowerPC apps at this point. But this often difficult or impossible. Some old PPC applications simply don't exist any longer. Or upgrading an app can be is EXPEN$IVE! Or stupid companies like INTUIT have been too <i>lazy</i> to drop their old PPC Carbon code and go to Cocoa Intel CPU processing code. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(0_o)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What are the other options?</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Virtualization</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What I have found as one good alternative is to attempt running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VIRTUALIZATION via <b>Parallels</b> or <b>VMware</b>. 10.6 Server has been legally running in virtualization for a couple years with Apple's approved. According to its new license, 10.7 Lion client is now legally able to run in virtualization. So why not try running 10.6 Snow Leopard client in virtualization? I haven't done it yet. But if it works, that would be the quickest and easiest way to access Rosetta and the PPC apps it supports. Note that I am <i>not</i> saying this is exactly 'legal'. However, I don't personally expect Apple cares at this point in time.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Second Boot Partition</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Personally, I've been using another alternative for years. I call it <i>'The Other Partition',</i> or just as meaningfully <i>'The Other Volume'.</i> For intermediate Mac users it's dirt easy to do. You repartition your boot hard drive to have TWO (2) partitions. You can boot from both of them as long as each of them have their own installed operating system. If your Mac hardware can run on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, then why not install Snow Leopard onto one of the partitions?! Then custom install Rosetta onto it as well and all your Rosetta compatible apps will run on it. Install them all into the Applications folder on the Snow Leopard partition! You simply reboot your Mac with the Option key down, choose your Snow Leopard partition and GO!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Therefore, with a reboot, you can run all your oldie but goodie PPC/Rosetta applications. No, it's not convenient. It's merely FUNCTIONAL, which is actually what you want.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>What else is a second boot partition good for?</b> I've been using it to repair my main partition <i>every month.</i> It's far easier and more effective than running Disk Utility from a boot DVD. I can also run on it every other hard drive utility I own! That includes DiskWarrier, TechTool Pro, Drive Genius, blahblahblah. I consider it essential.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How do we set up this second partition?</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you're like me, you like to do a low level format of your boot drive every now and again anyway. So after the format, choose in <b>Disk Utility</b> to create two partitions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another utility to try is <b>Drive Genius</b>. It has a tool called Repartition that will allow you, if you have enough hard drive space, to <i>add</i> another partition to your already working boot drive. I suspect there are other such utilities as well for Mac.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please share if you find other useful options for PPC application users running Lion!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:-Derek</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-54070323719872890032011-06-12T18:20:00.000-04:002011-06-12T18:20:49.046-04:00IPV6 Testing Follow-up #1--<br />
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Now that IPv6 Testing Day is over, a huge chunk of the Internet that cares now has a good idea what problems they have. I heard back again from the great Jason Fesler of <a href="http://test-ipv6.com/">test-ipv6.com</a> with further details about the current state of IPv6 and its impact on users. He suggested reading the following two articles posted at his site:<br />
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<b><a href="http://test-ipv6.com/faq_6to4.html">test-ipv6.com views on 6to4</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://test-ipv6.com/faq_v6ns_bad.html">About the "v6ns" test</a></b><br />
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The first article discusses the 'transition mechanism' (aka make-shift patch job) to provide internet IPv6 compatibility called <b>6to4</b>. You can read more about it here:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6to4"><b>6to4</b></a><br />
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The second article makes a brief reference to the OpenDNS IPv6 Sandbox, which did NOT work for my Mac. You can read about configuring your Mac to use this sandbox here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.opendns.com/ipv6/">How to Use the OpenDNS IPv6 Sandbox</a><br />
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Despite my FAILed test results, I am going to continue using this sandbox in hopes that either they get it right or I figure out what they're not telling me might be wrong at my end. Today I am adding references to their sandbox in my router settings. Below is a grab of the resulting setting inside my Airport Extreme Base Station. Note the separate line specifically for adding IPv6 DNS Server addresses. Update your router after adding the addresses:<br />
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<b>NOTE</b>: This is the stuff of geeks. Do not play along unless you have the experience and patience to deal with its high level of geekiness. At this time, I am not going to teach how to create the proper IPv6 settings beyond what I have already posted. Also be sure to refer back to CNET's article which I linked in my original IPv6 post.<br />
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Gradually the clunky stuff will be resolved. But it would be no surprise to find that even after the drop dead date, which IPv6 goes manditory.<br />
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<b>Question</b>: So when will IPv6 be manditory?<br />
<b>Answer</b>: There is no actual set date at this point. However, to quote <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6">Wikipedia</a>:<br />
<blockquote>The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) suggests that all Internet servers be prepared to serve IPv6-only clients by January 2012.</blockquote>IOW: Expect there to be a rush to get everyone up to speed starting this fall. It's going to be another 'OMG' panic to get everyone IPv6 capable by New Year's Day.<br />
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<b>Question</b>: Are my router, operating system, DNS servers and web browsers ready to do IPv6?!<br />
<b>Answer</b>: It's time to go RTFM! Please do not go around asking other people this question. If you can't find the FM, then check out the websites of your providers. Here is a list of possible answers you will discover there:<br />
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<b>A)</b> Yes, everything is <b>adequate</b>. Enjoy.<br />
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<b>B) </b>Your <b>router</b> needs a <b>firmware update</b>. Everything else is fine, but be sure you have the latest software updates.<br />
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<b>C)</b> You are <b>SOL</b> buddy! Your <b>router</b> is too old and/or your router provider isn't customer satisfaction oriented enough to care. BUY A NEW ROUTER!<br />
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<b>D)</b> Your <b>operating system</b> is too old to have a clue about IPv6. Either buy an upgraded version of the OS that is compatible with your hardware. If your hardware is not compatible with the required operating system version, you're <b>SOL</b> buddy! GO BUY A NEW COMPUTER!<br />
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<b>Question</b>: Is my Mac compatible with IPv6?<br />
<b>Answer</b>: If your Mac can run at least Mac OS X <b>10.3.3</b> and above, you're <i>mostly</i> fine.<br />
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<b>Question</b>: What about Mac OS X <b>10.2.x Jaguar?</b><br />
<b>Answer</b>: Mac OS X 10.2.x has IPv6 compatibility included. I says so right here:<br />
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<a href="http://learning.infocollections.com/ebook%202/Computer/Programming/Open%20Source/Cocoa.Programming/0672322307_app04lev1sec5.html">http://learning.infocollections.com/ebook%202/Computer/Programming/Open%20Source/Cocoa.Programming/0672322307_app04lev1sec5.html</a><br />
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To quote:<br />
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<blockquote>The inclusion of IPv6 in Mac OS X 10.2 keeps the Mac up-to-date with other operating systems and ensures continued access and compatibility with the Internet.... Many of <a href="" name="idd1e132867"></a><a href="" name="idd1e132872"></a>the networking APIs in Mac OS X have been improved to support IPv6.</blockquote><br />
Wikipedia disagrees, for whatever that's worth.<br />
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HOWEVER! <b>You have to turn IPv6 on and configure it.</b> Here is a brief article describing how to enable IPv6 on Mac OS X 10.2.x Jaguar using the Terminal:<br />
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<a href="http://www.ipv6day.org/action.php?n=En.Configuration-MAC">IPv6 Day - Mac OS</a><br />
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<b>Question</b>: Is ye olde Mac OS 9.2.2 IPv6 compatible?<br />
<b>Answer</b>: No. You're hosed.<br />
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<b>Question</b>: What about Mac OS X 10.0 and 10.1?<br />
<b>Answer</b>: No. You're hosed.<br />
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<b>Question</b>: So is Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard totally RadiKewl with IPv6? It has to be! Right?<br />
<b>Answer</b>: Nope! It's NOT. Here is a relevant article over at Wikipedia, as 2011-05-28:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_in_operating_systems">Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems</a><br />
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To quote:<br />
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<blockquote>DNS name resolution in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) fails for hosts with a CNAME record.(Many publicly-accessible hosts have CNAME records.) No public APIs work to get the IPv6 host address.</blockquote><div>Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard also has no support for IPv6 relevant '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCPv6">DHCPv6</a>' or 'ND RDNSS'.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And what is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol"><b>DHCP</b></a>? The short answer is that it allows your computer to be handed an IP address by your router or your ISP's own routers. In the case of DHCPv6, you can be handed an IPv6 address. Without DHCPv6 you CANNOT be handed an IPv6 address. Right now, this situation is of minor concern. Check back in January 2012. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Hopefully, Apple will provide an update to their routers, as well as Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, that will rectify the situation. If Apple do not include DHCPv6 in 10.7 Lion, you will have the opportunity to <i>scream bloody murder</i> at them, always a good time for one and all.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And what is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol"><b>ND RDNSS</b></a>? <b>ND</b> stands for 'Neighborhood Discovery Protocol'. (Why isn't it abbreviated as NDP? Ask the dweebs who abbreviated it. <i>I hate acronyms!)</i> What about '<b>RDNSS</b>'? That stands for 'Recursive DNS Server'. There's lots more techy information about the IPv6 Neighborhood Discovery Protocol here:</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPIPIPv6NeighborDiscoveryProtocolND.htm">TCP/IP IPv6 Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (ND)</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>At this point in my article, I have to defer to greater experts than I to explain these finer details of IPv6. What I could find about Recursive DNS Servers was down at the source level of technical papers, which is far beyond the scope of my intended audience.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Let me therefore refer you to <b>The TCP/IP Guide</b> ('A TCP/IP Reference <u>You</u> Can Understand!') for further details. This is the starting page for their section on IPv6:</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_InternetProtocolVersion6IPv6IPNextGenerationIPng.htm">Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) / IP Next Generation (IPng)</a></div><div><br />
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</div><div><b>CLOSING COMMENT:</b></div><div><br />
</div><div>If you, like me, are now buried in a mountain of acronymic alphabet soup, haunting your waking thoughts as well as your darkest nightmares, I highly recommend going to the grocery story and wreaking revenge through the buying and consumption of your favorite brand of alphabet soup. You may also find various brands of crunchy alphabet oat cereals. As you consume the these alphabetic nutrients, think to yourself about chewing up all the nasty tech acronyms, protocols, processes, code and nomenclature. Get into a nom nom rhythm and think of yourself as the master of what you once thought was unfathomable. No letters are your equal. Technology is nothing more than another human creation. It gets complicated. It gets buggy and obtuse. <b>Persistence</b>, the march of your nom nom teeth on every delicious bite, will get you through. <b>Patience</b> will help you spoon down a whole bowl full of techy goodness.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And hopefully other people, such as myself, will help translate geek-speak into the vernacular, enabling all of mankind to comprehend and put technology to work toward the improvement of our tech enabled lives! </div><div><br />
</div><div>(Cue the marching band...)</div><div><br />
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</div><div>;-Derek</div>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-22223918170426386832011-06-08T13:59:00.016-04:002011-06-09T16:36:20.936-04:00IPv6 Testing (revised 2011-06-09 3:00 pm ET)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hi kids. Today, 2011-06-08, is IPv6 Testing Day. Below is some information about it as well as some useful information as we progress toward manditory use of IPv6 across the Internet. I hope you find it to be a good starting point in your testing.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today a collection of web companies are trying out IPv6 on their servers to see how it runs, or stumbles, or crawls. Therefore, it is likely there will be some messed up stuff going on across the Internet. Here is a good article on the subject. It is specific to Macs, but actually applies across all platforms:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="color: #e06766; font: 16.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>Preparing OS X for World IPv6 Day on June 8</b></div></span><br />
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<blockquote style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">include:</span></span></div></blockquote></span></b></span><blockquote><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Internet servers not responding</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• intermittent connectivity after delays</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• unresponsive browsers if you use a built-in search field</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• slow loading and pauses in downloads, as well as incomplete downloads; and</span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• slow or incomplete actions for Internet-related activities that aren't Web browsing, such as syncing and e-mail.</span></span></div></blockquote></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are some Apple support articles on the subject:</span></b><br />
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</a> </span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>About World IPv6 Day</b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4668">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4668</a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b>IPv6 troubleshooting</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3802">http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3802</a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b>What is IPv6?</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4669">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4669</a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4667"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4667</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 28px;"><b></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can find further related articles using this search link:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&locale=en_US&q=IPv6">http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&locale=en_US&q=IPv6</a></span></div></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1171475434"><br />
</a> </span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are some IPV6 pages to try out in order to see if you have an IPV6 configuration problem somewhere in your computer or your router:</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1171475434"><br />
</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>1)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> The IPv6 test page:</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0d03ee; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://test-ipv6.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://test-ipv6.com/</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><b>2) The IPv6 ONLY (no IPv4) test page:</b></div><div><div style="color: #0d03ee; font: 16.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="http://ipv6.test-ipv6.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://ipv6.test-ipv6.com</span></a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1171475434"><br />
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</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is going to be the usual </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">'oops the geeks messed it up'</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> routine whereby normal people are at the mercy of geeky people who themselves are at the mercy of those who invented all this stuff. IOW: Chaotic.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1171475434"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u>MY RESULTS!</u></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With the help of Jason Fesler (noted above) and my own insights, I was able to get an IPv6 functionality score of 7/10. One of the points off suggested that I was unable to access IPv6 pages, which proved to be wrong. Therefore, I'd personally put the score at 8/10.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do I consider this a total 'success'? OF COURSE NOT! I'm seeing lots of back patting articles about what a success IPv6 testing was on June 8th. Clearly it was NOT entirely a total success. Read on...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>What I did:</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>1)</b> As per the CNET article, I made certain that <b>my Mac</b> was properly setup to use IPv6.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>2)</b> I changed my router to use <b>IPv6 Mode: Tunnel</b>. I'm using Apple's Airport Extreme Base Station. Here is the setting:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The alternative settings you do <b>NOT</b> want are:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> '<b>Link-local only</b>' (which is strictly for use on LANs, not the internet), and "<b>Host</b>". The host setting is NOT for normal users. It is for those using their 'router' as only a server host to the Internet. If you connect to your router to get to the Internet, you do NOT want the Host setting. If you are using Mac OS X Server, check for details on hosting in its documentation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After applying the 'Tunnel' setting to my AEBS I got THE <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">YELLOW</span> LIGHT on my router. Here is what it looks like in the settings:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The light indicates that your router has an 'IPv6 Relay Error'. If you click on THE <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">YELLOW</span> LIGHT icon, you get to the details pane:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don't Panic! This isn't your fault and is one of the bugs still to sort itself out on the Internet. For now, you might as well ignore the problem by clicking on the check box next to 'IPv6 Relay Error', then go to the bottom right of the pane and click on the 'Update' button. The router will then turn OFF the yellow light so you don't have to deal with this particular error any more.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note, once the entire Internet is forced to go IPv6, we'll have to start worrying about IPv6 Relay Errors. Therefore, expect to see this issue appear again within the next year. If we're lucky, our ISPs and the rest of the Internet will get it right and we can ignore these errors forever. Crossed-fingers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3) Next up: Your DNS Servers. I've been using OpenDNS.com for my DNS servers. I'm not going to go into details about how you set up a 3rd party for your DNS servers. Just suffice it to say that you can, as opposed to the default DNS servers your ISP provides automatically in your settings.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was very sad to find that OpenDNS.com is not IPv6 ready. I was pleased to read in their blog that they are testing an 'IPv6-compliant DNS sandbox'. You can read about it here:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I tested their DNS sanbox. It too failed. I got a 0/10 consistently when testing with it. I attempted to post a comment to them on their blog. They never posted it. Then never posted anyone's comments! To me that implies that everyone else failed as well. I haven't heard from them via eMail either. Disappointing. There is always the possibility that something was wonked at my end. However, my success when NOT using their IPv6 DNS sandbox suggests otherwise.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Instead, I bit the bullet and let my ISP set my DNS servers. I use Time Warner's RoadRunner. They've pulled severely dirty tricks on their customers in keeping with the Marketing Moron tradition. Therefore, I DON'T TRUST TIME WARNER. But for the sake of testing, I let their deceitfulness slide and used their DNS servers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Success! This is when I got an 7/10 IPv6 test score. Time Warner's DNS servers are pretty much IPv6 ready. Kewlness.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If there had been enough time, I would have tested every other DNS server I could lay my hands on. Instead I had an evening of dining and romance. Sorry. No doubt there will be ongoing testing and reporting about every DNS server. At some point the hammer will meet the anvil and the lagging DNS servers will either die or be forced to get with IPv6. No doubt that will be fascinating to watch. Hopefully you will find it all just works. Imagine that.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As of this revision of the article, IPv6 Test Day is over and I have nothing more to add. If I discover further details regarding IPv6 and the Mac, I will provide further articles.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Share and Enjoy,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:-Derek</span></div><div><br />
</div></div>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-61593173637938146502011-06-06T22:31:00.005-04:002011-06-13T11:11:58.965-04:00The Death Of MobileMe: What's Being Lost<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At today's WWDC keynote, Apple announced a new FREE service for Apple users called iCloud. It requires Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, arriving in July. It integrates three (only three) aspects of MobileMe and adds in six further services. What you essentially get is 5 GB for web space to use for syncing all your Apple devices, freeing you from having to use your computer as a digital hub, mostly. Now iCloud is your digital hub. You also get a free Apple eMail account with plenty of space, far more than I currently use. Read all about it here:</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/contacts-calendar-mail.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apple iCloud</span></a></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apple also posted a notice today that all current MobileMe users can access all of its services through June 30, 2012. That's over a year! Very kewl. You can read the death notice and transition details here:</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.apple.com/mobileme/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MobileMe Obituary</span></a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4597"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MobileMe Transition</span></a></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But then what?</span></span></i></b><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is what is being lost with the death of MobileMe:</span></u></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thankfully, I’ve got my own dedicated 24/7 server running on the Internet using Mac OS X Server. I can make up for the loss of all of the above on my own at home. <img alt=":cool:" class="wp-smiley" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif?m=1307319478g" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Dear Apple,</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Please take the next year to change your mind. Please provide an option to preserve ALL of the above, or at least direct users to comparable services.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a future article, I'll provide my own list of alternatives. Stay tuned.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-57276899550158384932011-04-21T13:12:00.002-04:002011-04-21T13:21:06.289-04:00Planamesa Charges For NeoOffice 3.2: "Required Donation" vs Requested Donation--<br />
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<i><b>Please Note:</b> I am not a lawyer and an only provide here my personal speculation about this situation. Therefore, nothing I state here is definitive. I have to leave the resolution of this situation to legal experts.</i><br />
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This past week, Planamesa revealed that they are charging $10 or more for a compiled copy of NeoOffice version 3.2. NeoOffice is derived from OpenOffice and therefore must adhere to the licensing required by OpenOffice in its derivative products.<br />
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What has created controversy, and what may be a matter of illegal behavior, is that Planamesa call the payment they 'require' a 'donation.' It is not possible to require a donation. A donation can only be freely given and cannot affect your access to anything covered by a donation. In other words, NeoOffice is required to be free to everyone who wishes to NOT provide a 'donation.'<br />
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Having reviewed the licensing for OpenOffice, I have found that Planamesa us provide open, or 'free', access to all source code using and derived from OpenOffice source code. They have in fact done that. Instructions for downloading and compiling NeoOffice v3.2 source code on a properly configured Mac is provided <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/build.php">HERE</a>.<br />
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Is Planamesa able to request donations? Obviously they are. Is Planamesa able to require payment for NeoOffice? Yes they are. This is made clear by reading through both the OpenOffice license, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/lgpl_license.html">GNU LGPL v3</a> (Lesser General Public License) required by the Free Software Foundation, as well as their '<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software Definition</a>'. As is stated in the Definition:<br />
<blockquote>“Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.” <br />
. . .</blockquote><blockquote>Thus, you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis <i>or charging a fee for distribution</i>, to anyone anywhere.<br />
. . .</blockquote><blockquote>When talking about free software, it is best to avoid using terms like “give away” or “for free,” because those terms imply that the issue is about price, not freedom.</blockquote> It is well worth reading through the details of each of these relevant documents in order to understand the intended meaning of 'free' software, as opposed to software for which a fee cannot be charged. The only thing required to be 'free' in both senses is the source code for NeoOffice.<br />
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Before reading through these documents, I was as confused as any neophyte as to the specific meaning of 'free' in the context of Open Source software. For most computer users, there is no comprehension of the difference between 'source code' and 'compiled code'. Planamesa continue to adhere to the GNU LGPL v3 license when they charge money for the compiled version of NeoOffice 3.2. It was through their kindness to the computer community that they did not previously charged for compiled versions of NeoOffice and that the compiled version 3.1.2 of NeoOffice through Patch 8 remains free of charge.<br />
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What is clearly wrong is their continued use of the word 'donation' when applied to what is undeniably an actual charge for compiled NeoOffice v3.2. There is no such thing a 'required donation'. Let's delve into the obvious. Here is one definition of 'donation' taken from Apple's provided New Oxford American Dictionary:<br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>donation</b></span> |dōˈnā sh ən|<br />
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something that is given to a charity, esp. a sum of money : a tax-deductible donation of $200....<br />
• the action of donating something. </blockquote><blockquote>ORIGIN late Middle English : via Old French from Latin donatio(n-), from the verb donare, based on donum ‘gift.’</blockquote>Compare this definition to that for the word 'charge':<br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>charge</b></span> | ch ärj|<br />
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<b>1</b> demand (an amount) as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied : the restaurant charged $15 for dinner | [with two objs. ] he charged me 20,000 lire for the postcard | [ intrans. ] museums should charge for admission.<br />
• ( charge something to) record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account) : they charge the calls to their credit-card accounts.</blockquote> Clearly, Planamesa are asking a CHARGE for their software. The 'required donation' phrase is incoherent as there is no freely given 'gift' involved at all. The CHARGE is MANDITORY. A DONATION is NEVER manditory.<br />
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<b>Anecdote Corner: </b><br />
I recall visiting a church in England where everyone was queued up to pay the 'donation' to get in and look around at the architecture. Being a dirt poor student at the time, I said to the lady at the booth that I was not going to give a donation. She became thoroughly huffy and rude, attempting to shame me into handing over the requested specific donation. I said no. After her mental attack had ended, I was of course allowed through the queue into the church, as is ever the case when one does NOT provide an actual 'donation'.<br />
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<i>Is it possible</i> to download the compiled version of NeoOffice v3.2 without gifting Planamesa a donation? <i>No it is not.</i> That is because a <b>charge</b> is required, NOT a 'donation'.<br />
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That's extent of the contention over NeoOffice v3.2 at this point. Of course this is complicated by Planamesa's NeoOffice project being <i>nonprofit</i>, essentially a charity, which by definition only accepts payment as <i>donations</i>, not charges. But a 'donation' is NOT what they are 'requiring', obviously. One cannot 'require' a 'donation' at any time unless one is a crook using deceitful verbiage, such as might be the case with the Mafia requiring a 'donation' for their services, meaning that you either <i>pay up</i> or you <i>won't</i> get the services.<br />
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The simple solution is for Planamesa to return to the actual way one runs a nonprofit organization and only ASK for a donation.<br />
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Meanwhile, I will be downloading and compiling the FREE source code for NeoOffice v3.2 myself. Amusingly, once I have done so, according to the GNU license and definition of 'free software', I too am able to <i>charge</i> money to anyone who may wish to have my compiled copy. Please send me $10 for each copy you would like and I will provide you with a URL from which you can download it as a .DMG file. (This is offer is not intended to be a factual statement ;-).<br />
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Does <i>my</i> <b>charging</b> for compiling OpenOffice's and Planamesa's code sound fair to you? What if I instead called it a <b>donation</b> but I wouldn't give it to you until you paid up? According to the applicable GNU licensing, I can <b>charge</b> you money for my compiled code. It's legal. But is it legal if I change the name of that <b>charge </b>to a 'donation'? Or is it merely a question of mangled and destroyed semantics?<br />
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It's going to be interesting to see what happens in this case. I'm wondering if the EFF (Electronic Freedom Foundation) will speak up on the matter. Stay tuned!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBaDxV8nThOAJqQh2xwZ2pkC_ukBCn3kw5AY6iguFhjhCXl5_sBqBlbo_VFS3fSEraPUb1ISFY-7ppJoVBjfeMvpFKY_-rpXRCsvUm1LneM2_hGHWXFXIEn8FcKwSxloeur8RoE6Rt98/s1600/LibreOffice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBaDxV8nThOAJqQh2xwZ2pkC_ukBCn3kw5AY6iguFhjhCXl5_sBqBlbo_VFS3fSEraPUb1ISFY-7ppJoVBjfeMvpFKY_-rpXRCsvUm1LneM2_hGHWXFXIEn8FcKwSxloeur8RoE6Rt98/s200/LibreOffice.jpg" width="200" /></a>Meanwhile, if you'd like to entirely steer clear of this <i>strangeness</i>, I highly recommend using <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a>, another OpenOffice branch project, which is entirely <b>free of charge</b>, donations <i>requested</i>.<br />
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[Clearly, I have over-explained my point of view regarding this matter. But I consistently find that in this sort of situation it is extremely useful to be more than clear. Thank you for your patience.]<br />
--:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462206978753526238.post-17557436546693323252011-03-26T22:35:00.006-04:002011-03-26T22:46:46.651-04:00RIAA Shows Its True Colors<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGadXu3CAJNTIyeb6LDT8p92_3wZEv84TC9qUO_QYSbxY2IttMoPUF9XQRWhDK18HdPzbGpd9fpSAyl4rY6OJu3BNnYqwBggGv_X4ceytaDY8TLi54TLPmPlX8vi2xrAWpHaq52Njaokw/s1600/riaa.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGadXu3CAJNTIyeb6LDT8p92_3wZEv84TC9qUO_QYSbxY2IttMoPUF9XQRWhDK18HdPzbGpd9fpSAyl4rY6OJu3BNnYqwBggGv_X4ceytaDY8TLi54TLPmPlX8vi2xrAWpHaq52Njaokw/s1600/riaa.gif" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For years I have made it clear that the music industry has been busy destroying itself through it's parasitic and disrespectful behavior toward both its musicians and its customers. Their behavior fits perfectly into the biznizz (as opposed to business) concepts of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Marketing Morons</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Marketing-As-Management</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. The general problem with this self-destructive practice is outright <b>hatred</b> toward their clients, accompanied by corresponding behavioral acts of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Abuse</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The response of clients to Marketing Morons and Marketing-As-Management is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">reciprocal abuse</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. When someone hates us, we humans tend to hate them back and provide our own corresponding behavioral acts.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5QOcrR1iMBGo2UZcX717EerI0JTjeXeE7bmvRaMPZntqHkXMch9gjCsGsZw7SChPISQHUpeH0VmrueNkks9AWI4ZpLkQwizFG8JeLERsUjHGE7qTXaEk2-hWDwtOleWO8VjsV-nhy6k/s1600/corporate_oligarchy_dark_age.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5QOcrR1iMBGo2UZcX717EerI0JTjeXeE7bmvRaMPZntqHkXMch9gjCsGsZw7SChPISQHUpeH0VmrueNkks9AWI4ZpLkQwizFG8JeLERsUjHGE7qTXaEk2-hWDwtOleWO8VjsV-nhy6k/s1600/corporate_oligarchy_dark_age.jpeg" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The largest music corporations use a group they created called the </span><a href="http://www.riaa.com/aboutus.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">RIAA</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (Recording Industry Association of America) as their lobbying and persecution arm of what I call the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Corporate Oligarchy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Part of what the RIAA lobbies against and persecutes is reciprocal abuse from their clients. The trail of client abuse against the recording industry is long. The first large client revolt occurred with the creation of Napster. The revolt continues today with the Gnutella network. In response, the RIAA has been prosecuting individual music sharing users as well as large organizations, attempting to point their finger at them all as the actual culprits in the decline of the music industry.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nothing says what the RIAA is really about better than what they recently did in their court case against LimeWire:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/158853/2011/03/riaa_limewire.html#lsrc.rss_news"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Judge: RIAA request for trillions in LimeWire copyright case is 'absurd'</span></b></a><br />
<blockquote><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The music industry’s contention that file-sharing software maker LimeWire owes it trillions of dollars in damages for enabling the illegal distribution of 11,000 copyrighted songs is “absurd,” a federal judge has ruled.</span></b></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In response, Ray Beckerman, lawyer representing the defendants in the RIAA music piracy lawsuits, has said:</span><br />
<blockquote><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“The RIAA’s argument was totally absurd, and contrary to the statute.... Even the RIAA had never made that argument until late in the case. If I were Judge Wood, I would have ordered them to show cause why they should not have been sanctioned for making [such] a frivolous argument.”</span></b></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Judge Kimba Wood, judge in the case has stated that the RIAA's damages request amounts to:</span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">... more money than the entire music industry has made since Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877."</span></b></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Kq09oWni0lBeyCSXy4Vq8QGNtbLtXq44ij1IyUVQZmgUAFeIq-kKZQNRaaX98FGYb5O1SC_JD7hxZLIMHrHLchlcerr7gVb5X92nOnjnDqA6KegTDuiC8xHgF_nseMnTenVZ5iG1ZU/s1600/photo-riaa-cops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Kq09oWni0lBeyCSXy4Vq8QGNtbLtXq44ij1IyUVQZmgUAFeIq-kKZQNRaaX98FGYb5O1SC_JD7hxZLIMHrHLchlcerr7gVb5X92nOnjnDqA6KegTDuiC8xHgF_nseMnTenVZ5iG1ZU/s320/photo-riaa-cops.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Such is the level of </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">insanity</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> among the companies represented by the RIAA.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My personal response to RIAA abuse and madness is to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">boycott</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> their company products and to instead support </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">independent</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> musicians and music companies who still support ART instead of customer abuse. I am also supportive of the victims of recent the RIAA's abusive and inflated royalty fees, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Internet radio</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please support independent music</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, if only to provide musicians their livelihood and to create a more user and musician friendly music business of the future.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">--</span>:-Derekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01192230834913012760noreply@blogger.com0