Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 14, 2013, 06:31:31 PM
Post by: chriskleeman on March 14, 2013, 09:22:28 PM
CK
Post by: kimmer on March 14, 2013, 11:27:43 PM
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The ability to redeem iTunes gift cards in the Mac App Store using your Mac's built-in camera
First thought: Seriously?
Second thought: Time to cover up the camera on my iMac.
PS: I'll wait for Chris to give it a trial run.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 15, 2013, 10:32:15 AM
QUOTE("chris")
Maybe I'll upgrade over the weekend!!!
I'll be monitoring the seismic activity in the New England area...
Post by: Al on March 16, 2013, 03:11:23 AM
Post by: jchuzi on March 16, 2013, 05:41:08 AM
Post by: RobW on March 16, 2013, 07:59:45 AM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 16, 2013, 09:05:43 AM
)? Your iTunes and and App Store purchases are still in that "Cloud," also. Of course, TS is 'hosted in the cloud,' for that matter. 
Then there are the data storage sites. These are the places that most people think of, now, as the "Cloud." I really appreciate DropBox for allowing me to provide sometimes very large files for a few people. However, this "cloud" is still just a bunch of computers sitting in some room, just like we've been using the Internet since the beginning! The biggest difference is that those computers are more monitored, redundant and reliable than they used to be.
The "Cloud" is not the silver bullet its creators (actually just marketers) hoped, of course. We like to have control of anything we think of as ours. If we can't physically touch, or at least see our stuff, we have feel a loss of control. Some of us parents had similar feelings when we saw our kids driving off in our car!
I suspect that most of us have lost data on our drives or computers; they do crash/die/wear out. Some of us have UPSs that usually allow shutting down the computer in an orderly manner. And even if you've never lost any data yourself, you have undoubtedly seen reports of that at TS. My point is that, since we know these things can happen, we think it will happen in that "cloud!" While I don't yet store all my data in that badly named storage space called the "Cloud," I know that more and more people and even a few businesses are. Even large businesses build their own versions of a 'cloud' just to get the safety provided by using widely separated locations for data and users.
Now, if you'll all just send me your bank and/or credit card info, I'll put it on my own hard drives, located firmly on the desk in my house. Absolutely no 'clouds' involved! Well, my brain becomes a little 'cloudy' at times, but I can guarantee 100% protection of your data, as long as I'm in the room, and the power is on, and there are no tornadoes approaching, and the creek don't rise too much, and...
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Post by: RNKIII on March 16, 2013, 09:50:25 AM
Good analogy/opinion, I agree we probably all use the/a 'cloud' in some way each day. And like you, I don't want to allow my personal data to be hung out there somewhere, which is why we've not moved our Geneology files to any of the online/cloud sites. Not yet comfortable enough with that.
Thanks for the opinion ABD, I've just about got all my banking & cc data together to send, but it's pretty cloudy here today, so I'll wait for a sunnier day...
Bob K. rnkiii
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 16, 2013, 10:25:37 AM
Post by: chriskleeman on March 18, 2013, 10:07:57 AM
Cyclogenesis, Bombogenesis
Chris
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 18, 2013, 11:33:54 AM
Well, I've probably flown through those things without even knowing it!!!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 18, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
Post by: kimmer on March 18, 2013, 12:27:24 PM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 18, 2013, 03:14:13 PM
Post by: kimmer on March 18, 2013, 06:15:04 PM
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 18 2013, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
WIMP!!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 18, 2013, 08:26:55 PM
Saw this comment at the article: "I was preparing to switch from Safari to Firefox as my primary browser unless 10.8.3 fixed whatever was causing a major slowdown every time I switched web sites. Well, I used Safari briefly this morning and the problem appears to have gone away." That's been my main reason for switching to Chrome. But I've grown to like it in some ways...
Wonder if it will also clear up my lack of full javascript functioning at TS? I never see it anywhere else. OTOH, I think I remember Paddy or Kriss saying it was just the older version of the IP.Board software in use. O wel... I suspect hat updating the software would not only be expensive but time consuming. Maybe we need to give some of the Admins a raise? I vote for 33.33%! Should I start a Poll?!
Post by: kimmer on March 18, 2013, 08:57:42 PM
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 18 2013, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wonder if it will also clear up my lack of full javascript functioning at TS? I never see it anywhere else. OTOH, I think I remember Paddy or Kriss saying it was just the older version of the IP.Board software in use. O wel... I suspect hat updating the software would not only be expensive but time consuming. Maybe we need to give some of the Admins a raise? I vote for 33.33%! Should I start a Poll?!
Not sure who first mentioned it, but yes, the older IP.Board software and Safari (older?) are the culprits for your issues. Not just the cost, it's the time spent installing software and then creating / finding / modifying all the new skins that would be needed.
Not sure there is a big enough pay raise to cover that headache.PS: I'm now a confirmed FF user and Safari will have to go a looooonnnnng way to win me back.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 18, 2013, 09:21:43 PM
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Not sure there is a big enough pay raise to cover that headache.
Well, I'm willing to up my 33.33% offer to an even 34.0%! How about that?! 
And don't forget the other perks! 
And if you can remember those, how about reminding me!
Post by: kimmer on March 21, 2013, 11:23:48 PM
QUOTE(kimmer @ Mar 18 2013, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well ... my iMac simply updated itself when I wasn't looking and all I was left with was the alert RESTART.
So I'm no longer a wimp, I'm now on the blooming edge of software versions. Or something like that. I'll let you know if I have any problems.
Post by: jchuzi on March 22, 2013, 05:51:24 AM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 22, 2013, 09:29:20 AM
At any rate, I do have the "Download newly available updates in the background " unchecked, even though it claims would not actually install anything. The text says it will "notify [me] when...ready to be installed." I'm just paranoid, I guess.
There is also a setting (unchecked, in my case) that applies to anything purchased "other Macs." That is even more confusing! I suppose those "other Macs" are unable to connect to the Mac App Store?
Maybe on a business LAN with many Macs (not to be confused with mini Macs 
)Additionally, when Notifications became available (ML only, I think), you can get one stating that an Update is available. Don't be too quick to click the two buttons on that dialog! One basically says (because I'm writing this with my ever failing memory!) "Thanks, let me take a look at what you're talking about." In that case, The Mac App Store will open. But the other one says, "I'm feeling lucky! Go ahead and install it without even telling me what it is!"
This is one Notification that is going to do something, be sure you see what those two choices are. It is different than the vast majority of Notifications that allow you to simply dismiss it. 