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Re: MacBook Air 15” M2 chip (2023)
On Aug 11, 2023, at 2:07 PM, Steve Bee <buytcfhe@...> wrote: Am about to order it today and since I like to keep things a long time, until I'm practically forced to upgrade; I want to make a wise choice.
Thanks, Steve Just remember, the internal SSD is soldered in, so get the largest one possible as you'll be stuck with it for the life of the machine. All the best, John?
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MacBook Air 15” M2 chip (2023)
Has anyone gotten the new 15" MacBook Air?? We are about to get one and would like to hear of people's personal experiences.
Have you found any problems with it? Any Pros or Cons?
Am about to order it today and since I like to keep things a long time, until I'm practically forced to upgrade; I want to make a wise choice.
Thanks, Steve
BTW, this computer would be replacing a 15" MacBook Pro from 2012 !
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Just home from 2 weeks holiday, and I turn om my Mac and the first thing I see is a notification that my Mac has been infected. ?
Image attached here - I hope it works. It’s in Danish, but it will tell you what it looks like.?
A second later, the notification is gone.?
But only for a few minutes, then it returns with a new text; My iCloud has been hacked!?
It’s obviously some kind of malware.?
I have checked the browsers for weird unwanted extras but there’s nothing there.?
I have checked the LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents folders on system level and user level.Nothing suspicious there.
So I ran downloades and ran Malwarebytes. It found at PUP that I removed.?
So I downloaded at ran AVG. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran DetectX Swift. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran Into VirusBarrier. It didn’t find anything.?
And the annoying notifications continue …?
I wonder where they come from - I don’t visit questionable websites. I’m careful what emails I open. And why is it suddenly there, when I return from holiday? A “sleeper”??
But most of all … how doing I get rid of it??
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Some of this relates to Windows rather than MacOS and Linux, but there may be something there you haven't tried yet.
There is also this: which mentions "Notifications" in Safari
I am not sure about this, but there is also
AG
Friday, August 11, 2023, 5:57:35 PM, Peter Rasmusen peter@... wrote:
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That was the first thing that came to mind, but I have no browser extensions .. so I am really lost here. Also … the notifications are not browser-dependent, they come without any browser running.
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If you haven’t already, take a look at System Preferences>Notifications to see if you can find a fix.
Pat
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On Aug 11, 2023, at 9:57 AM, Peter Rasmusen <peter@...> wrote:
That was the first thing that came to mind, but I have no browser extensions .. so I am really lost here. Also … the notifications are not browser-dependent, they come without any browser running.
It really is annoying that I can’t get rid of it
:-)
Peter
Den 11. aug. 2023 kl. 17.23 skrev maclists <maclists@...>:
In that case, uninstall all browser extensions and put them back one at a time to find which one is the cause and then uninstall that and don't install it again.
AG
Friday, August 11, 2023, 12:04:40 AM, Brent via groups.io whodo678@... wrote:
I don’t think you are infected. Research “McAfee malware”. It is techniquely not malware, but a exploitation of a browser extension.
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That was the first thing that came to mind, but I have no browser extensions .. so I am really lost here. Also … the notifications are not browser-dependent, they come without any browser running.
It really is annoying that I can’t get rid of it
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Peter
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Den 11. aug. 2023 kl. 17.23 skrev maclists <maclists@...>:
In that case, uninstall all browser extensions and put them back one at a time to find which one is the cause and then uninstall that and don't install it again.
AG
Friday, August 11, 2023, 12:04:40 AM, Brent via groups.io whodo678@... wrote:
I don’t think you are infected. Research “McAfee malware”. It is techniquely not malware, but a exploitation of a browser extension.
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In that case, uninstall all browser extensions and put them back one at a time to find which one is the cause and then uninstall that and don't install it again.
AG
Friday, August 11, 2023, 12:04:40 AM, Brent via groups.io whodo678@... wrote:
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I don’t think you are infected. Research “McAfee malware”. It is techniquely not malware, but a exploitation of a browser extension.
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On Aug 10, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Brent via < whodo678@...> wrote:
I don’t think you are infected. Research “McAfee malware”. It is techniquely not malware, but a exploitation of a browser extension.?
His question was: ?How do I get rid of it?
Bob —— If you always do what you always did, You’ll always get what you always got.
Bob ——— “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” - Source uncertain
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Re: loading background pictures
Do you have a recommendation for a similar tool that works on iOS/iPadOS?
Sorry, I do not, and I have been watching for one. I simply block all remote content on my iPhone & iPad and use the "Load All Images" in messages where absolutely necessary to understand it and I trust the sender.
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I tried everything that everybody suggested and nothing worked. I was going to coll Home Depot support and magically today everything went back to normal and I am able to access those websites. I guess the problem was on their end and it was fixed somehow. Thank you to everyone for suggestions.
Mark B. Holland
On Monday, August 7, 2023 at 11:02:53 AM PDT, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
Has that ""http://www.homedepot.com" website ever worked for you? When I type that in, I get an immediate "redirect" to "https://www.homedepot.com" - note "httpS" instead of "http"
Also try changing your IP address using a VPN. If you are already using a VPN either try without it or use a different VPN server.
AG
Monday, August 7, 2023, 4:18:37 PM, Mark Holland via groups.io mbholland96@... wrote:
> I get the message Access Denied message for Home Depot and Lowes. I cleared the cookies and cache to no avail.
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I don’t think you are infected. Research “McAfee malware”. It is techniquely not malware, but a exploitation of a browser extension.?
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On Aug 10, 2023, at 13:38, Peter Rasmusen <peter@...> wrote:
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Just home from 2 weeks holiday, and I turn om my Mac and the first thing I see is a notification that my Mac has been infected. ?
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Image attached here - I hope it works. It’s in Danish, but it will tell you what it looks like.?
A second later, the notification is gone.?
But only for a few minutes, then it returns with a new text; My iCloud has been hacked!?
It’s obviously some kind of malware.?
I have checked the browsers for weird unwanted extras but there’s nothing there.?
I have checked the LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents folders on system level and user level.Nothing suspicious there.
So I ran downloades and ran Malwarebytes. It found at PUP that I removed.?
But no change.?
So I downloaded at ran AVG. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran DetectX Swift. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran Into VirusBarrier. It didn’t find anything.?
And the annoying notifications continue …?
I wonder where they come from - I don’t visit questionable websites. I’m careful what emails I open. And why is it suddenly there, when I return from holiday? A “sleeper”??
But most of all … how doing I get rid of it??
Peter
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Re: loading background pictures
I was searching the web to see if I could locate an iOS tool equivalent to MailTrackerBlocker, and came across a VERY interesting thread:
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And this:
TL;DR: it appears that the upcoming macOS Sonoma will not support the free version of MailTrackerBlocker that is in GitLab. Instead, the author has put a new version on the App store, and now charges $5 for it.
If the free version continues to perform well I’m happy to pay the $5 when I update to Sonoma
Enjoy,
Jim
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On Aug 10, 2023, at 1:04 PM, jwarthman <jwarthmanlists@...> wrote:
Al,
Thank you very much for pointing out MailTrackerBlocker! I installed it and like it very much.
Do you have a recommendation for a similar tool that works on iOS/iPadOS?
Thanks,
Jim
On Aug 9, 2023, at 12:31 AM, Al Varnell via groups.io <alvarnell@...> wrote:
I use MailTrackerBlocker plugin to solve that dilemma.
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On Aug 8, 2023, at 10:56 PM, maclists <
maclists@...> wrote:
You really should read up about "web beacons".
they involve sneaky things like a hidden remote image single pixel whose job it is to let the senders know you read the email.
This is why you should block remote content except from trusted senders. It is not an issue with normal plain text mail. The problem happens if people send HTML in e-mail.
AG
Just home from 2 weeks holiday, and I turn om my Mac and the first thing I see is a notification that my Mac has been infected. ?
Image attached here - I hope it works. It’s in Danish, but it will tell you what it looks like.?
A second later, the notification is gone.?
But only for a few minutes, then it returns with a new text; My iCloud has been hacked!?
It’s obviously some kind of malware.?
I have checked the browsers for weird unwanted extras but there’s nothing there.?
I have checked the LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents folders on system level and user level.Nothing suspicious there.
So I ran downloades and ran Malwarebytes. It found at PUP that I removed.?
But no change.?
So I downloaded at ran AVG. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran DetectX Swift. It didn’t find anything.
So I downloaded at ran Into VirusBarrier. It didn’t find anything.?
And the annoying notifications continue …?
I wonder where they come from - I don’t visit questionable websites. I’m careful what emails I open. And why is it suddenly there, when I return from holiday? A “sleeper”??
But most of all … how doing I get rid of it??
Peter
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Re: loading background pictures
Al, Thank you very much for pointing out MailTrackerBlocker! I installed it and like it very much.
Do you have a recommendation for a similar tool that works on iOS/iPadOS?
Thanks,
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On Aug 9, 2023, at 12:31 AM, Al Varnell via groups.io <alvarnell@...> wrote:
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-Al- On Aug 8, 2023, at 10:56 PM, maclists < maclists@...> wrote: You really should read up about "web beacons".
they involve sneaky things like a hidden remote image single pixel whose job it is to let the senders know you read the email.
This is why you should block remote content except from trusted senders. It is not an issue with normal plain text mail. The problem happens if people send HTML in e-mail.
AG
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I only see a few lines of text in that mail, but there is also an HTML part with the same few lines of text, but without any fancy "formatting", "colours" etc. But no sign of any attachments.
It just looks like a normal reply to the mailing list. Admittedly my e-mail client is not Apple Mail though. I didn't look at webmail.
AG
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 8:49:18 PM, Brent via groups.io whodo678@... wrote:
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why won’t your reply to Otto’s post open in Mail.app, but will in yahoo webmail? Is that a pdf or other image. It takes a moment to show the subject line in the headers, but won’t open the body.
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The only thing I can think of is yahoo email. That is what I use for emails on groups.
It is still on yahoo web mail, and normal. But it has disappeared from Mail.app on my iPhone. I don’t forward from yahoo to my iCloud account, so it is not on my iCloud account wb mail.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Aug 9, 2023, at 13:46, Jim Warthman <jim.warthman@...> wrote:
?Hi Brent,
That’s strange, and the first I’ve heard that my emails cannot be opened in Mail.app. It’s disturbing to me, and I would love to “fix” this if it’s something I’m doing wrong.
I did not paste any PDF or image, I simply added a few lines of text. I opened the message from Sent Items, and displayed the raw source - saw nothing out of the ordinary.
Curious.
Jim
On Aug 9, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Jim Warthman, why won’t your reply to Otto’s post open in Mail.app, but will in yahoo webmail?
Is that a pdf or other image. It takes a moment to show the subject line in the headers, but won’t open the body.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
On Aug 9, 2023, at 11:25, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote: ?It’s Edge on the original album, and also on the ones (LP and CD) that I’ve checked on Discogs.
Otto
On 9 Aug 2023, at 18:19, Bob Hasselbrink via groups.io <hippie1@...> wrote:
Oops
Actually the lines were probably written by Graeme Edge
Different sources give different credit.
It does sound more like Edge though.
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It eventually disappear from Mail on my iPhone.
It opened on yahoo web mail.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Aug 9, 2023, at 13:46, Jim Warthman <jim.warthman@...> wrote:
?Hi Brent,
That’s strange, and the first I’ve heard that my emails cannot be opened in Mail.app. It’s disturbing to me, and I would love to “fix” this if it’s something I’m doing wrong.
I did not paste any PDF or image, I simply added a few lines of text. I opened the message from Sent Items, and displayed the raw source - saw nothing out of the ordinary.
Curious.
Jim
On Aug 9, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Jim Warthman, why won’t your reply to Otto’s post open in Mail.app, but will in yahoo webmail?
Is that a pdf or other image. It takes a moment to show the subject line in the headers, but won’t open the body.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
On Aug 9, 2023, at 11:25, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote: ?It’s Edge on the original album, and also on the ones (LP and CD) that I’ve checked on Discogs.
Otto
On 9 Aug 2023, at 18:19, Bob Hasselbrink via groups.io <hippie1@...> wrote:
Oops
Actually the lines were probably written by Graeme Edge
Different sources give different credit.
It does sound more like Edge though.
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THX! Jerry, ?this is likely the show! ?It was definitely a broadcast channel becuz I dropped cable about 20 yrs ago. I never saw any episodes that contestants won, however. ?And, since I don’t use Amazon, Prime or not, I won’t be able to watch to see if any of it is familiar. ?2017 is also probably right — I’ve found I tend to underestimate “years ago” in my memory these days, so I usually tack on a few years more to my time guesstimates to make up for memory shortage tendencies. ?Hence my guessing 2013-2015. ?And when I started to write my first iomug email on this, I “corrected” my guess of $100k prize to “$1million, thinking, “$100k is not enuf — who would leave home and job on the run for only that!” ? But you say, $250k, so that is probably correct, cuz $1million does seem too high.
May I request one more favor from this iomug community? ?If anyone does watch this series, please let me know. ?Since my personal email is visible, it’s okay to use it to reply so as not to bother any iomug members who are not interested.
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On Aug 8, 2023, at 4:41 PM, Jerald Levinson <levinson@...> wrote:
I think the show you are remembering is Hunted.
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One of the reviews said that, at the finale, two teams were able to escape with their winnings, $250,000. Available for viewing on Amazon Prime Video.
And no, I don’t mind the turn this has taken. As long as the discussion is sociable, it can go down any rabbit hole. ;-)
Jerry
On Aug 8, 2023, at 9:59 AM, Jaqi Thompson via groups.io <yywomyn@...> wrote:
Well, yes, Jim, since you pointed at that path, and Barbara hinted at it. ?I, too, believe one person’s security feature can be another person's tool for tracking, surveilling, imprisoning, enslaving, controlling, and sending democracy down a one-way hole to autocracy. ?We all have to be aware, to beware, and to support best practices in education and politics. ?
I personally think facial recognition capabilities are scarier than fingerprinting, but we’re already in a world where our every use of a phone, credit card, ATM, our email & text contacts, a toll transponder, plus driving or walking where there are intersection & highway cameras, can be used to track us down, wherever we go. ?Did anybody else see the very short (maybe 6 episodes) reality TV series a few years back (2014? 15? 13?) ??
It worked like this: ?people, mostly living in the southeastern US, were offered a handsome sum ($1million??) if they signed up for the following: ?be ready to leave home and job on a one-hour notice (or maybe it was 4 hours?) and try to disappear from law-enforcement tracking, and remain unfound for exactly — to the minute — two weeks. ?Or maybe it was 10 days. ?The conditions were that the TV crew would film it all, but that law enforcement could not use the TV crew to track the person/couple/family, and that the “escapee” would know that law enforcement would arrive at their home in exactly x# of hours, break-in and use every clue they could to find that person/family, just as if these innocent contestants were real criminals fleeing justice. ?
The tracking methods were very educational. ?The TV show used real law enforcement: some local police, some active/retired FBI/CIA. ?It was like watching a pride of lions stalk a bunny rabbit with a broken leg. ?Contestants’ parents, or if more appropriate, cousins, friends, old high school classmates, etc, were surveilled/phone-tapped and/or visited. ?Bank records were scrutinized up to the minute, car rental records and convenience store security cameras, too. ?License plates were tracked from highway/intersection cameras. ?Even off-the-grid camping didn’t help. ?Every single contestant was found easily— most within hours, others lasted 2 - 3 days. ?One couple almost got away — they were caught within the last few minutes on a dock as they were about to board a helicopter to fly to a non-USA island.
Mesmerizing, and again,?very?educational. ?And facial recognition software then was far, far less accurate than it is today.
Jerry, hope you don’t mind this turn of your original inquiry. ?This subject draws me like a magnet, especially since the show ended abruptly with no re-runs. ?And since there are many countries today, routinely using such tactics against their own citizens and against other countries, too. ?Think China, Eritrea, North Korea, to name just three. ?
On Aug 7, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Jim Warthman <jim.warthman@...> wrote:
…or are fingerprints agains *you*? ???
On Aug 7, 2023, at 1:13 PM, Barbara Mende <barbara@...> wrote:
Many years ago when i was 18 they couldn’t get my fingerprints. When I was 20 and worked for the government they had trouble getting them. I don’t know why but my prints never took on the phone either. So yes, I’m against fingerprints.
From my tiny iPhone keypad
On Aug 7, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Jerald Levinson <levinson@...> wrote:
?I was looking for a safe to install in my home and came across this (for a safe with fingerprint reader):
"Disclaimer: Not recommended for age group 55 and above. Due to thinning fingerprints, ALL fingerprint readers will lose accuracy with increasing age."
Since I am over 55 and use my fingerprint to open my phone and Mac, I’m curious about this. A Google search turned up a bunch of contradictory messages so I’m asking those of you who are over 55, have you had any problems with your fingerprints?
Looking closely at my fingerprints, they do seem faded, but are still working.
One interesting bit of info says that workers such as bricklayers tend to wear off their fingerprints. And, of course, old movies where the villains would sand off their fingerprints before performing nefarious deeds.?
And it was suggested that, when trying to get a good impression at the immigration office in the airport, just spit on your finger to get the print up enough.?
Thanks,
Jerry
On 9 Aug 2023, at 20:56, Bob Hasselbrink via < hippie1@...> wrote:
I always loved that “you’re” is not the possessive form but the contraction of “You are”.
I traveled millions of miles listening to those guys.
That is one of those things that so many people get wrong, just because they “sound the same”. Don’t get me started!
Otto
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Hi, Bob, of the Wondrous Quotes,
Thx for naming a book. ?I knew this becuz PBS covered the QR-code mandatory use in news broadcasts a few months/year? ago. I like books; will ask my local library for this one. ?Yes, off-topic. ?Thx to you, and all, for bearing w/me on this. ?
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On Aug 9, 2023, at 6:12 AM, Bob Gerard via groups.io <rowerbob@...> wrote:
On Aug 9, 2023, at 07:02, Robert Girouard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
Reading a non-fiction book called?Dead Quiet City,?
Reading farther in that book, today I read:
“Not long after the epidemic broke out, the Communist Party rolled out its ‘rule by QR code’. First in Zhejiang and then nationwide, every Chinese citizen has to live a QR-code life. They must swipe their own QR code to get on a bus, a subway or a taxi, and at train stations and restaurants, informing the government of their whereabouts at all times. It’s a new technology George Orwell hadn’t thought of. Few people in China openly object.”
— Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan by Murong Xuecun
…and that’s all I’ll write on this off-topic subject.
Bob ——— “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” - Source uncertain
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