Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
On Jun 15, 2023, at 5:29 AM, floridabouvs <floridabouvs@...> wrote:
You say “if” we use Safari. Is there a better browser to use on a Mac? By far the best current browser to use is Brave. See: To get Brave go to: Brave (free) (Brave is FAST, highly secure, highly compatible with odd Web sites, and it natively blocks ads. It’s wonderful! Once you have used it for a while, and you have become used to it’s slightly different interface, you will wonder why you ever put up with Safari.) Once you have installed Brave, here are some settings that you will want to adjust for best security: Brave menu —> Preferences —> Privacy and Security —> Site & Shield Settings —> Notifications —> set Don’t Allow Sites To Send Notifications go back to Site & Shield Settings —> Popups and Redirects —> set Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
IMHO - it should have always been "settings".
AG
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 10:16:39 PM, Ben Rosenthal ben@... wrote:
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changes all references of “Preferences” to “Settings.”
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
On Jun 15, 2023, at 4:57 PM, Brent via < whodo678@...> wrote:
It is their job to “make it work as it should”, not yours. You and our members have covered the regular things, it is time to escalate it.?
It is so rare that, with help from folks on this and other Groups, that I can’t solve problems they raise and it kills me to admit defeat….but that’s what I shall tell her to do.
Bob
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Don’t forget: ?“Good?health is merely the?slowest possible rate?at which one can die."
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
On Jun 15, 2023, at 4:16 PM, Ben Rosenthal < ben@...> wrote:
This is the result of upgrading to Ventura, which changes all references of “Preferences” to “Settings.” IMHO, this removes a human element from the user experience.
Agree. ?It is going to take me years before I “know” Settings as well as I knew ?Preferences.
Bob
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Don’t forget: ?“Good?health is merely the?slowest possible rate?at which one can die."
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
On Jun 15, 2023, at 10:32, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
Yep, copying and pasting in an email would work, but I am trying to get Notes/Share to work as it should work and I just cannot dope out why Apple’s Mail appicon is not offered as a choice for her as it is for everyone else with a Mac. IIRC, she is using the the latest and greatest macOS, which has had a number of issues in Mail. Sometimes, there are issues or apps that did not upgrade as well as they should. This sounds like a “bleeding edge” issue or bug. Call Apple. This might need a bug report and their attention to help others avoid this. It is their job to “make it work as it should”, not yours. You and our members have covered the regular things, it is time to escalate it.
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
This is the result of upgrading to Ventura, which changes all references of “Preferences” to “Settings.” IMHO, this removes a human element from the user experience.
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On 15 Jun 2023, at 12:50, Jerald Levinson <levinson@...> wrote:
A minor point: For my version of Safari, it is “Settings” not “Preferences.” Safari 16.5, Ventura 13.4.
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
A minor point: For my version of Safari, it is “Settings” not “Preferences.” Safari 16.5, Ventura 13.4. Otherwise, great info, thanks Randy! Jerry On Jun 14, 2023, at 5:05 PM, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote:
<snip> Getting rid of this adware, if you are hit by it, is actually quite simple, and it doesn't require one to download any utilities:
1.) While in Safari, open Preferences in the Safari menu. Click on Websites. Click on Notifications in the column on the left. Delete all notifications that you don't recognize. (For most folks, this is probably all of them.)
2.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Privacy. Then Click on "Manage Website Data". Click on "Remove All".
3.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Extensions. Uninstall any Extensions that you aren't 100% sure that you installed on purpose.
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
On Jun 15, 2023, at 8:29 AM, floridabouvs wrote: Is there a better browser to use on a Mac?
Thanks,
Carol
Hands down, BRAVE.
All the best,
John
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
What is the Default Email Reader set in Mail?
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On Jun 15, 2023, at 10:32, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? On Jun 15, 2023, at 13:24, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Aha! I wonder if Notes doesn’t support sending a copy to third-party email readers. An earlier reply suggested copying the content of a note and pasting it in an email to send a copy.
Yep, copying and pasting in an email would work, but I am trying to get Notes/Share to work as it should work and I just cannot dope out why Apple’s Mail appicon is not offered as a choice for her as it is for everyone else with a Mac.
Bob
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
On Jun 15, 2023, at 13:24, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Aha! I wonder if Notes doesn’t support sending a copy to third-party email readers. An earlier reply suggested copying the content of a note and pasting it in an email to send a copy.
Yep, copying and pasting in an email would work, but I am trying to get Notes/Share to work as it should work and I just cannot dope out why Apple’s Mail appicon is not offered as a choice for her as it is for everyone else with a Mac.
Bob
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"We must not?always talk in the?marketplace, of?what happens to us?in the forest.”?
- Hester?Prynne
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
Aha! I wonder if Notes doesn’t support sending a copy to third-party email readers. An earlier reply suggested copying the content of a note and pasting it in an email to send a copy.
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On Jun 15, 2023, at 10:16, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? Reporting back as promised.
This did not work; [Mail] was not offered as a choice
Go to a note.
Highlight (select) the part of the note that she wants to share.
Right-click or Control-click.
Choose Share.
Choose Mail.
<Screenshot 2023-06-15 at 10.18.18.jpg> We also checked on these settings and everything is set up as it should be. I’m thinking that may also mean you have to have an iCloud ?email account set up and synced to iCloud. ?Apple does not specifically say that, but seems it might be worth looking at the mail and iCloud settings. In my Extensions settings, Mail is shown but I can’t select or unselect it, it is just present. ?I do have iCloud mail set up. However, we did note when she opted for [Collaborate] instead of [Send Copy], a Gmail account was among the choices offered.
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Does this suggest anything to anyone?
Bob
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Don’t forget: ?“Good?health is merely the?slowest possible rate?at which one can die."
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
Reporting back as promised.
This did not work; [Mail] was not offered as a choice
Go to a note.
Highlight (select) the part of the note that she wants to share.
Right-click or Control-click.
Choose Share.
Choose Mail.
 We also checked on these settings and everything is set up as it should be. I’m thinking that may also mean you have to have an iCloud ?email account set up and synced to iCloud. ?Apple does not specifically say that, but seems it might be worth looking at the mail and iCloud settings. In my Extensions settings, Mail is shown but I can’t select or unselect it, it is just present. ?I do have iCloud mail set up. However, we did note when she opted for [Collaborate] instead of [Send Copy], a Gmail account was among the choices offered.
Does this suggest anything to anyone?
Bob
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Don’t forget: ?“Good?health is merely the?slowest possible rate?at which one can die."
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
Firefox and Brave are the obvious ones.
AG
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 2:29:53 PM, floridabouvs floridabouvs@... wrote:
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You say “if” we use Safari. Is there a better browser to use on a Mac?
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Re: MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
Randy, thank you. You say “if” we use Safari. Is there a better browser to use on a Mac?
Thanks,
Carol
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MCAFEE ADWARE! Please Read!
I'm starting to hear from more and more Macintosh users that there is a very annoying bit of adware going around. It constantly shows you notifications that your McAfee anti-virus software subscription is up. It will even show you these notifications outside of your Web browser.
In almost every case, the users who become infected say that they have never been McAfee subscribers. It also appears that only Safari users are effected. (I've not heard any reports of this adware from users of other browsers.) Attempts to get rid of the notifications by running Malwarebytes, DetectX Swift, or VirusBarrier are unsuccessful.
It turns out that the reason that the above are unsuccessful is because there is no malware infection per se. The culprit is a notification that users are tricked into agreeing to. The user visits a Web site, and clicks on a window that asks if the user wants notifications from that Web site. (These seem to have become very popular lately.) In some cases simply hitting Return on one's keyboard to clear the window sets the notification in the user's browser. It's also possible that the user is tricked into clicking on something that on the surface doesn't appear to have anything to do with notifications at all.
What this adware is trying to do is to funnel you to a fake McAfee Web site to get you to give them credit card information (ostensibly for the purpose of renewing your McAfee subscription). DO NOT agree to anything in this notification or on the associated Web site. Otherwise, fortunately, this adware doesn't harm your Mac in any way.
It's easy to remove this adware, but even easier to avoid it completely. So please tell all of your users to do the following:
To avoid it, if you use Safari, in Safari open Preferences in the Safari menu. Click on Websites. Click on Notifications in the column on the left. UNCHECK: Allow Websites To Ask For Permission To Send Notifications.
So far I've only heard of this adware effecting users of Safari. However, if you use Brave, in Brave, Brave menu —> Preferences —> Privacy and Security —> Site & Shield Settings —> Notifications —> set Don’t Allow Sites To Send Notifications
Now, go back to Site & Shield Settings —> Popups and Redirects —> set Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects.
Getting rid of this adware, if you are hit by it, is actually quite simple, and it doesn't require one to download any utilities:
1.) While in Safari, open Preferences in the Safari menu. Click on Websites. Click on Notifications in the column on the left. Delete all notifications that you don't recognize. (For most folks, this is probably all of them.)
2.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Privacy. Then Click on "Manage Website Data". Click on "Remove All".
3.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Extensions. Uninstall any Extensions that you aren't 100% sure that you installed on purpose.
It wouldn't hurt to close Safari and restart your Mac after doing all of the above.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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Re: Copyright Act of 1977 (USA)
I believe that there was another copyright revision in the mid 1980s pushed by Disney. Mickey’s copyright was about to run out. It got extended and several other changes.?
You have the rights to the copyrighted copy of the piece you purchased, but you cannot do _anything_ you want with it.?
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On Jun 14, 2023, at 07:34, robfrankel <rob@...> wrote:
? Greetings:
When I was writing the , I researched the issue of copyrighted material in the USA, because the book reprinted samples of Nagel's work.? Here's the deal:
Prior to 1977, a buyer of any kind of creative work was entitled to all rights to that work.? It was considered a complete and total buyout. After the Copyright Act of 1977, an artist's sale of creative work was, by default, considered to be for specific reproductive purposes as outlined in the purchase agreement. So prior to 1977, the work was the buyer's to use in perpetuity as he wished.? After the act, unless there was a specific agreement outlining otherwise, the work could be used more as a license; the actual work (even if the original piece was sold) and its reproductive rights remained with the artist.? It still does today.
As such, when you purchase any art, the license includes all rights for your use, but specifically prohibits your reproducing and distributing the work for financial gain.? In Nagel's case, he lost all his rights to any works prior to 1977.? In my case, this means that even though I was reproducing his work in the book, I was safe because I was not reproducing the images themselves as posters for sale; they were illustrations provided for education purposes.? In the early 1990s, a counterfeit operation was indeed rounded up by the FBI for illegally reproducing those images and selling them in galleries as collectible pieces of art.
So feel free to share your music and images, just don't manufacture them for sale and you should be fine.
Rob Frankel
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Re: Sharing via Notes.app
On Jun 13, 2023, at 21:03, Mary Ann Niesen <mag314@...> wrote:
I’m thinking that may also mean you have to have an iCloud ?email account set up and synced to iCloud. ?Apple does not specifically say that, but seems it might be worth looking at the mail and iCloud settings. In my Extensions settings, Mail is shown but I can’t select or unselect it, it is just present. ?I do have iCloud mail set up.
Thanks Mary Ann, and Randy too.
I will ask her to attend my Zoom class tomorrow and we will check to see that she has an email account set up and synced to iCloud and check all her iCloud extensions [Side rant: ?I absolutely loathe the new System Setting that replaced System Preferences. ?I can never find anything I am looking for at first glance.]
I tried Randy’s suggestion on my iMac and his way works fine. ?And thanks also Randy to the link to the Apple article on Notes.
Promise to report back if she shows up at tomorrow’s session.
Bob ------ 
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Copyright Act of 1977 (USA)
Greetings:
When I was writing the , I researched the issue of copyrighted material in the USA, because the book reprinted samples of Nagel's work.? Here's the deal:
Prior to 1977, a buyer of any kind of creative work was entitled to all rights to that work.? It was considered a complete and total buyout. After the Copyright Act of 1977, an artist's sale of creative work was, by default, considered to be for specific reproductive purposes as outlined in the purchase agreement. So prior to 1977, the work was the buyer's to use in perpetuity as he wished.? After the act, unless there was a specific agreement outlining otherwise, the work could be used more as a license; the actual work (even if the original piece was sold) and its reproductive rights remained with the artist.? It still does today.
As such, when you purchase any art, the license includes all rights for your use, but specifically prohibits your reproducing and distributing the work for financial gain.? In Nagel's case, he lost all his rights to any works prior to 1977.? In my case, this means that even though I was reproducing his work in the book, I was safe because I was not reproducing the images themselves as posters for sale; they were illustrations provided for education purposes.? In the early 1990s, a counterfeit operation was indeed rounded up by the FBI for illegally reproducing those images and selling them in galleries as collectible pieces of art.
So feel free to share your music and images, just don't manufacture them for sale and you should be fine.
Rob Frankel
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Re: Convert 600 music CD UPC codes to Album Names?
I have a copy of a line drawing, from before the internet. It is of The Three Stooges, dressed as chefs, destroying a meal. It was done by a artist/syndicated cartoonist. I finally located him after he retired as an artist, because of MS. I tracked him down by contacting old newsmen, related to the syndicated cartoon I asked if I could purchase a copy of it. His assistant forwarded his reply that because of the MS, he was no longer doing art or even typing, and that it was ok to make a copy for personal use. I have a copy in my kitchen and in my personal cookbook. I call it Chaos Cooking.
I try very hard to honor copyrights.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Jun 13, 2023, at 02:48, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
?There is yet another side. People would quite happily buy the music, but cannot find any shop that actually sells it. Then they wonder why people download. Then of course they like what they download and buy tickets for live concerts which are orders of magnitude more expensive than what the CD would have cost.
AG
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 11:12:34 AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io otto.nikolaus@... wrote:
There's another side to this. Let's say I have a CD album that I like a
lot. I rip the CD and give the CD or files to a friend. They are also
impressed and buy more CDs by that artist, which they otherwise would not
have done. The same applied in the days of LPs and cassettes.
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Brent
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