Best to block remote content to stop the "web beacons". It's only an issue with HTML in e-mail.
Your e-mail client should allow you to add exceptions.
AG
Monday, July 10, 2023, 7:35:04 PM, Ben Rosenthal ben@... wrote:
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And if you have that, check your Mail settings for an option to always load remote content.
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Re: another mail question
Ellen, I believe Randy told you what to do, several times.?
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 14:47, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
? Since yesterday I keep getting these notices below: ?They come one the other and they won’t stop. when I close them, they keep coming back. I opened one to find out where it comes from ?and it is from McAfee which I don’t think we need any more. ?It wants me to signup. I pretty much got rid of McAfee ony computer but I cannot get rid of this notification. It looks likea scam but how do I get rid of it?
What can I do? Need ?your help!
Ellen
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When I press on “show" I get this:
And when I pressed scan once I got this notice to sign up for McAfee.
The notices are not in messages or emails. Don’t know where they are.
When I get information I get all this:
 Settings  Help  You Are Protected Protection Updates:?Current
Last Scan:?Not available?| Quick Scan
Licenses Used:?1 of 5?| Install on Another Device Security  Protected Identity  Protected Performance  Protected More McAfee  Protected SUBSCRIPTION STATUS:?30 Days Remaining Threat Detected!
Mac/Hoax.Renos.HX  High Risk  Origin
Not available  Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan IRC/Backdor.Sd.FRV High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Adware.Mac.Look2me.ab Medium Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan.Qoologic - Key Logger High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan.Fakealert.356 High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1  Security Alert You've visited illegal infected website You have visited unsafe site with illegal content Your Mac is at risk of being infected by viruses To continue browsing safely - perform an antivirus scan
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Re: ThanRe: [iomug] mail help needed
OK I guess I’ll have to keep delting them and maybe who ever sends these will stop.
Thanks,
Ellen
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On Jul 10, 2023, at 9:54 PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
No, Ellen. If you open an email from someone or some company you don’t know. That is when you stop and delete the email. You DO NOT OPEN any attachment that came with it.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
On Jul 10, 2023, at 14:12, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
?Thank you! I have a little url top right that says “load content directly” and that fixed it.
I have to press it or each unloaded email.
I don’t know what happened to change it or what I pressed to change it. is there a settings to permanently fix it?
If it is to prevent malware, not sure that will help because if I cannot see it then I’d have to load thee content to see that it was malware?
So how would that help?
Thanks,
Ellen
On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Peter Gaunt <pete@...> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying. Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures.
--
Pete
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
Just a thought, but can you print out the form, fill in the circles, then either take a picure of it and send it back in whatever format you want, or if the place has a fax number and if you have a fax machine, send it to them that way.
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 12:15 PM, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
I have to fill out some medical forms sent to me in .pdf format.
My 2020 iMac, is running macOS 13.4.1 (a)
By clicking on [Form Filling] in the Preview toolbar, I can type in text.
What I can’t do is check or fill in the round blanks, like these:
<Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 12.08.17.jpg> Is this possible in Preview? ?
I tried Adobe Acrobat but it appears you have to have a paid account to edit a .pdf.
Can anyone suggest a free app to use to fill in forms like this?
I have Skim.app on my Mac but can’t get it to fill in the circles.
Many thanks,
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Since yesterday I keep getting these notices below: ?They come one the other and they won’t stop. when I close them, they keep coming back. I opened one to find out where it comes from ?and it is from McAfee which I don’t think we need any more. ?It wants me to signup. I pretty much got rid of McAfee ony computer but I cannot get rid of this notification. It looks likea scam but how do I get rid of it?
What can I do? Need ?your help!
Ellen
‘ 
When I press on “show" I get this:
And when I pressed scan once I got this notice to sign up for McAfee.
The notices are not in messages or emails. Don’t know where they are.
When I get information I get all this:
Settings Help You Are Protected Protection Updates:?Current
Last Scan:?Not available?| Quick Scan
Licenses Used:?1 of 5?| Install on Another Device Security Protected Identity Protected Performance Protected More McAfee Protected SUBSCRIPTION STATUS:?30 Days Remaining Threat Detected!
Mac/Hoax.Renos.HX High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan IRC/Backdor.Sd.FRV High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Adware.Mac.Look2me.ab Medium Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan.Qoologic - Key Logger High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Threat Detected!
Trojan.Fakealert.356 High Risk Origin
Not available Activity
Threat actions performed: 1 Security Alert You've visited illegal infected website You have visited unsafe site with illegal content Your Mac is at risk of being infected by viruses To continue browsing safely - perform an antivirus scan
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
John’s I’m curious what the value is for you of taking screenshots, editing JPEGs, and recombining as a PDF. That sounds like a lot of unnecessary extra work to me.
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 10:14, John Hay via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote:
? On Jul 12, 2023, at 12:15 PM, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote: Hi Bob,
Well, certainly not quick and easy, but I've resorted to taking screenshots of the PDF as .jpgs and then, as you suggest editing in Preview. Then, I think I saved the first .jpg in Preview as a PDF, and then I think I dragged in all of the other .jpgs, and saving the multi-page PDF as a new PDF? Sorry. It took some time, but somehow I think it worked.
Or, better yet, as Brent just posted, if your app will let you, just add a text block somehow and type and "X" and then repeat as needed.? Brent's way is definitely faster if you can make it work.?
Cheers, John
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 12:15 PM, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote: Hi Bob,
Well, certainly not quick and easy, but I've resorted to taking screenshots of the PDF as .jpgs and then, as you suggest editing in Preview. Then, I think I saved the first .jpg in Preview as a PDF, and then I think I dragged in all of the other .jpgs, and saving the multi-page PDF as a new PDF? Sorry. It took some time, but somehow I think it worked.
Or, better yet, as Brent just posted, if your app will let you, just add a text block somehow and type and "X" and then repeat as needed.? Brent's way is definitely faster if you can make it work.?
Cheers, John
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
Are you using a #2 pencil or black in?
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 10:06, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? On Jul 12, 2023, at 12:47, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
I recommend not trying to fill the circles and deciding that an X is sufficient. use your markup toolbar to add a text box. Type an X. Drag it over a circle you want to mark. Option+drag the X to copy it to other circles.
Many thanks for the quick response, Ben.
I experimented while awaiting help and found that If I zoom in, I can use the pen tool to fill in, a bit sloppily, the circles.
They couldn’t use a check box??? ?Sheesh. ?You suggested method is also a useful one.
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
Type an X over the one you want.?
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 09:15, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? I have to fill out some medical forms sent to me in .pdf format.
My 2020 iMac, is running macOS 13.4.1 (a)
By clicking on [Form Filling] in the Preview toolbar, I can type in text.
What I can’t do is check or fill in the round blanks, like these:
Is this possible in Preview? ?
I tried Adobe Acrobat but it appears you have to have a paid account to edit a .pdf.
Can anyone suggest a free app to use to fill in forms like this?
I have Skim.app on my Mac but can’t get it to fill in the circles.
Many thanks,
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
On Jul 12, 2023, at 12:47, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
I recommend not trying to fill the circles and deciding that an X is sufficient. use your markup toolbar to add a text box. Type an X. Drag it over a circle you want to mark. Option+drag the X to copy it to other circles.
Many thanks for the quick response, Ben.
I experimented while awaiting help and found that If I zoom in, I can use the pen tool to fill in, a bit sloppily, the circles.
They couldn’t use a check box??? ?Sheesh. ?You suggested method is also a useful one.
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
I recommend not trying to fill the circles and deciding that an X is sufficient. use your markup toolbar to add a text box. Type an X. Drag it over a circle you want to mark. Option+drag the X to copy it to other circles.
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On Jul 12, 2023, at 09:15, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? I have to fill out some medical forms sent to me in .pdf format.
My 2020 iMac, is running macOS 13.4.1 (a)
By clicking on [Form Filling] in the Preview toolbar, I can type in text.
What I can’t do is check or fill in the round blanks, like these:
<Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 12.08.17.jpg> Is this possible in Preview? ?
I tried Adobe Acrobat but it appears you have to have a paid account to edit a .pdf.
Can anyone suggest a free app to use to fill in forms like this?
I have Skim.app on my Mac but can’t get it to fill in the circles.
Many thanks,
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Urgent request for .pdf/Preview help
I have to fill out some medical forms sent to me in .pdf format.
My 2020 iMac, is running macOS 13.4.1 (a)
By clicking on [Form Filling] in the Preview toolbar, I can type in text.
What I can’t do is check or fill in the round blanks, like these:
Is this possible in Preview? ?
I tried Adobe Acrobat but it appears you have to have a paid account to edit a .pdf.
Can anyone suggest a free app to use to fill in forms like this?
I have Skim.app on my Mac but can’t get it to fill in the circles.
Many thanks,
Bob
———
“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: ThanRe: [iomug] mail help needed
No, Ellen. If you open an email from someone or some company you don’t know. That is when you stop and delete the email. You DO NOT OPEN any attachment that came with it.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Jul 10, 2023, at 14:12, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
?Thank you! I have a little url top right that says “load content directly” and that fixed it.
I have to press it or each unloaded email.
I don’t know what happened to change it or what I pressed to change it. is there a settings to permanently fix it?
If it is to prevent malware, not sure that will help because if I cannot see it then I’d have to load thee content to see that it was malware?
So how would that help?
Thanks,
Ellen
On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Peter Gaunt <pete@...> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying. Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures.
--
Pete
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ThanRe: [iomug] mail help needed
Thank you! I have a little url top right that says “load content directly” and that fixed it.
I have to press it or each unloaded email.
I don’t know what happened to change it or what I pressed to change it. is there a settings to permanently fix it?
If it is to prevent malware, not sure that will help because if I cannot see it then I’d have to load thee content to see that it was malware?
So how would that help?
Thanks,
Ellen
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On Jul 10, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Peter Gaunt <pete@...> wrote:
On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying.
Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures.
--
Pete
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The reason you might have turned that off, might have been to avoid malware or malicious content.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Jul 10, 2023, at 10:35, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
?And if you have that, check your Mail settings for an option to always load remote content.
On Jul 10, 2023, at 10:24, Peter Gaunt <pete@...> wrote:
?On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying. Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures.
--
Pete
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?And if you have that, check your Mail settings for an option to always load remote content.
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On Jul 10, 2023, at 10:24, Peter Gaunt <pete@...> wrote:
?On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying. Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures.
--
Pete
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On 10 Jul 2023, at 16:50, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:
I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying.
Do you have a button labelled ‘Load remote content’ at the top right of such emails? If so click on that and it will load the pictures. -- Pete ====
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I guess a change I made has caused many of my emails to not show any pictures. I get something like this
:
Maybe it is better but I find it annoying.
How do I find a correction for this?
Thanks.
Ellen
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
For anyone following this thread, I found some instructions online as to how to force a sync of Photos among devices.
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Here are a few ideas to test. Much of what I'm going to suggest may well have been done, but check to make sure.
There is a lot to go through and I'm sorry for that; but I assure you it's all relevant. :)
On your MacBook, check out these settings:
Firstly, Open Photos app > now use the Keyboard shortcut - Command plus comma - to enter Photos Preferences > Click on "iCloud" and make sure "iCloud Photos" is ticked.
Mac > System Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Photos On (May need to tap on Show All to find it).
Whilst there, please tell me if "Optimise Mac Storage" is turned On or Off. Ideally, it should be Off, but if it's On - LEAVE it alone for now.
Next, same place, but just below: you will see "Account Storage". Alongside is "Manage". Click on that and tell me what you see there.
In particular, it will tell you how much Storage Space is available to you.
And underneath, you will find how much Storage Space is being taken up by Photos and Backups. (This is important particularly if "Optimise Mac Storage" is On).
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On iPhone & iPad > Settings > Photos >" iCloud Photos" is Ticked.
On iPhone & iPad > Settings > Tap on Owner's Name (Apple ID iCloud+ Media & purchases) > iCloud > Show All > Photos On. And below this > iCloud Backup On.
Again on iPhone & iPad > Settings > Mobile Data > Turn Off (for the moment) to restrict syncing to WiFi and then Tap on Mobile Data Options > Data Mode - Make sure Low Data Mode NOT ticked.
You may well have done this, but it pays to be sure.
The purpose of the above is to force Syncing by WiFi only. This is vastly quicker than Mobile Data and cheaper as it's not using that service. This is a temporary measure until we get the Syncing over and done with. Then Mobile Data can be turned On again.
Next, still on iPhone & iPad, just check your iCloud Storage limit in case that's the cause of the slow down. I know we did that for the Mac (Account Storage > Manage), but it's important to do this for iPhone & iPad because there seems to be a discrepancy about storage on each device.
To do this: On iPhone, iPad - Settings > Apple ID > iCloud. At the top alongside iCloud/iCloud+ you should see xGB of yGB used where x is the current amount stored within iCloud Storage and y is the amount of iCloud Storage you have or have paid for.
Syncing needs WiFi (in fact we have insisted that WiFi only will be used for syncing as we have shut down Mobile Data for the time being).
As Jake said, Syncing is low priority and there's a lot of photos (and possibly videos) to be synced via the iCloud to/from Mac, iPhone, iPad.
I've set you a lot of work to do, but I'm not sitting next to you and we need a good starting point.
Bob ——— "Better to be a dog in?times of?tranquility than?a human in times?of?chaos.”? ? ? ?- Chinese?saying.
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