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You Can Sandbox Flash Player

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          You can Sandbox Flash Player in Safari for OS Mavericks as described and explained in this article http://techland.time.com/2013/10/24/finally-you-can-sandbox-flash-player-in-safari-for-os-x-mavericks/ 
        What’s an “app sandbox?.  Here’s Apple’s guide to this protection for your security. https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AboutAppSandbox/AboutAppSandbox.html 

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FREE IWork Apps

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        Jim Hamm's been busy with Mavericks, don't you know.  He sends us one more link with helpful information.  "With the release of Mavericks Apple has enabled FREE upgrades for iWork apps such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Here's an article with further details. A nice touch by Apple. 

        "Apple has so much cash stashed away they've become quite liberal with pricing their OS updates -- as in FREE for Mavericks. Hard to quarrel with that price...(grin)."  Jim
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Gmail in Mavericks

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        Here's a warning from Jim Hamm about Mavericks,  "If you use a Gmail  account for your emails, and use the Mac Mail app to download your emails, according to this article you may have a problem. Trying to read and understand the article almost gave me a headache, so I hope you do better.

        "I use Gmail, but on the web server. I haven't downloaded emails into Mac Mail or any other program, such as Thunderbird, for years. I just prefer to use Gmail's web server program. It simplifies my email life.
        Jim closes with, "If you've installed Mavericks, and download your email into Mac Mail, you may want to take a peak at this article. Good luck...(grin)" 
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More on Mavericks

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        "I was using Mavericks and suddenly a dialog box popped up and asked if I'd like to take a tour of the new features. I clicked sure, and off we went. It highlighted and explained the more significant features and improvements of 10.9.

        "I thought this was a nice idea and a nice touch by Apple. BTW, if you should use the Avast AV program on your Mac, it is compatible with 10.9,"  and so Jim Hamm continues with his introduction to the newest and greatest.
        Anyone else taken the plunge?  Let's hear from you, too. 
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Smart Photo Download Tip

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        "Did you find a photo on the Internet or in your email that you want to save?" asks John Carter. He's going to tell us what to do.  "The best place for that photo is not on your computer in some picture folder, but in iPhoto (or even Aperture). Here's how.

        "If the photo shows up in your Facebook account (from a friend or family), or it's just sitting in some website that you came upon (like that fantastic image of Comet ISON in Astronomy.com), first, right click on the image. In the menu that pops up, select "Add Image to iPhoto Library":
       (Remember you can click on this screen shot to enlarge, then do Esc to come back to this page.)
        John continues, "If the image is in an email message, click and drag it into the iPhoto icon in the Dock.
        "And don't forget to rename the image, add a description, and give it some keywords to help you find it in the future.
       "More on this in November's General Meeting when I go into detail about how to manage and organize your iPhoto library."
       So be sure to mark your calendar or check your Calendar on the Dock for the November 16 meeting at 10 a.m. at the Prescott Public Library.  John will give us more help with photos. 
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Password Breached?

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        "Here is an informative article on what to do if your passwords are ever breached," Jim Hamm gets our attention.  "Also, there's a discussion on some Password Managers and several sites to check the strength of your passwords. If you do some testing don't use your actual passwords — use ones that are similar in length and complexity.

        Jim explains, "Although the author, Fred Langa, writes for Windows users, this article applies to Macs as well."
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Banish Web Ads?

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        "Here's an article about a new invention whose function is to banish web ads," declares Jim Hamm. He goes on to elaborate, "Now I don't enjoy obtrusive, flashing web ads either, but I wonder if we use something like this that blocks all web ads do we eventually lose free Internet websites? Web advertising provides financial support for many things we enjoy on the web now for free. For example: Google search, Gmail, etc.

        "What do you think? Is this a good or bad idea, all things considered?"  
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Look at the Apple Menu

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You’re comfortable with your Mac by now; you’ve learned some terminology and you’ve found some shortcuts.  But every time there’s an upgrade to your system there are changes to explore.  (Remember to click on the illustrations to enlarge. Then do Esc. to go back.)
Let’s look at your Apple Menu.  Go to the top menu bar, clear to the left side.  Click on the tiny apple. 

Click on About This Mac.  Now click on More Info . . . 
Up comes a box with headings: Overview, Displays, Storage, Memory  and on the far right side is Support and Service. 


Displays brings up the name, size and graphics info, and you can click to bring up User Manual.  You can also do Displays Preferences where you can adjust brightness, resolution, rotation, and AirPlay Mirroring.  Under Color you have profile info that you can open and also calibrate.  

Storage brings up colorful graphs showing how much memory is used on your HD: audio, movies, photos, apps, backups, and other. It shows how much free memory you have out of the total available. 


If you have a separate device for your Time Machine here is where you see how much memory is being used for those same categories, and it also posts how much free memory is available.


The SuperDrive is shown and lists Disc formats that can be written, such as  CD-R, CD-RW.   


Go back to Overview. Click On Memory and  it tells you how many memory slots you have, each of which accepts which  memory modules, and will say if all memory slots are currently in use.  In small type under that you can click where it says Memory Upgrade instructions.


On the right hand side of About this Mac is Support.  Click to bring up OS X Resources, Help center,  OS X Support.   Under Macintosh Resources you can click to go to User Manual, Specifications, and Hardware Support.  


On the far right hand side of About This Mac click Service. It tells about the limited warranty, & the complimentary telephone technical support.  It tells about the AppleCare Protection Plan. It says that even if your coverage has expired you may still be able to pay for any repairs you need through an Apple-authorized technician.  Here you can click to check your service and support coverage status, and your service and repair options.


Depending on your Mac and the system you’re using this will vary.  I’ve got 10.8.5. 


Back to the little apple on the main menu.  You can rearrange Dock.   Do you use Recent Items as a handy way to find where you recently were?  October issue of Macworld  magazine tells that you can hold down the Command key to get some other choices.  Also, here’s Force Quit. 


Under File you can choose Quick Look.  
Under Edit you can choose Start Dictation, or use fn fn  (the function key). 
Under View you can do Clean Up, Sort by, and Show View Options.
Under Go, there’s a list of your recently created folders.  
Under Help, is where we’ve probably all gone, at sometime or other.  Helpful links there. 
Look at the other items along that very top menu bar.  There’s DropBox, the icon for the Time Machine backup, day and time, and the very last is Notifications.  


On the top, far right hand side click on the magnifying glass icon.  That brings up Spotlight which does your search.  Type in a word or phrase and your smart little computer brings up a list of possibilities for you to check for the one thing you want.  As you bring your cursor down the list a tiny image of the page will show up.  But where is that document?  Click on Command and the R to bring it up in its folder.  


Just for fun I typed in cow.  One of the documents listed brought up a picture of a cow with our son Peter.  Doing Command R opened it, showing me where it was found.  

Spotlight’s list that appears has Top Hit, Documents, PDF Documents, Images, Messages that mention “cow,” Presentations, Look Up brings your word up in the Dictionary,  and finally Web Searches and Spotlight Preferences.


Here’s a shortcut that’s really handy:  In Pages:  Command + Z puts back in what you accidentally deleted when you did Command X, instead of doing Command C to copy!  


Last, but not least, do you use “hot corners” also known as Active Screen Corners?  Go to System Preferences on the Dock, click on Desktop & Screen Saver. In Screen Saver you can choose hot corners and slideshows. You also choose how soon the slides should start.  When you drag your cursor to one of the corners of the screen the slideshow will begin to entertain you. Moving the cursor away from the corner brings back your normal view of your desktop.


You’ll discover shortcuts that you’ll be happy to use.  You’ll also discover methods that you might not need or use now, but it’s good to keep learning.   
That’s the fun of Mac.    : ) 

This is today's PMUG handout for 10-19-13.  Hope to see you at our next meeting.  
from ELAINE HARDT

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Caution: Chase Online

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        There's a new hacker attempt going around, according to John Carter.  Here's what he saw from the Quarantine Manager.  Click on the screenshot to enlarge, then click off in the black background to come back to this normal view.  

Here's the header of the email: 

        John explains,  "Even if you only click on the link in the message, you've just notified the hackers who you are.  And if you follow the link and give them the information they want, your bank account may not have any money in it for long.
        "If you want to know if something like this is real, call your bank and ask about it." 
        What kind of warning did you get on your computer,  we asked.  John replied, "I got the message from Sophos, warning me that an email contains a virus."  
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iMessage Feature: Blue, Green, Red?

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        Jim Hamm sends some interesting how-to for users of iMessage.  "One nice feature of iOS is iMessage. If both parties have a device (an iPhone or iPad) with iMessage then text messages can be sent to each other for free. This bypasses the carrier and no text message fee is encountered by either party. 

        "Apple has made it easy to determine if the message will be free for both parties. When you go to send an iMessage and tap the number (or email address) of the person you want to send the message to, take a look at the number or email's color. If it is blue it means both parties have iMessage and the text will be sent free of charge. If the color is green on an iPhone (or red on an iPad) it means the message will be sent as a regular text message and fees will be incurred by both parties. If one, or both, parties have already subscribed to and paid a monthly fee for text messaging, there won't be an incremental charge.
        "Apple's servers know if both parties have the capability of iMessage. If, say, you have an iOS device and want to send a text message via iMessage to someone who doesn't have iMessage, then the color of the number will be green or red instead of blue. Both parties could incur a text message charge from their respective carrier.  
        "If you haven't tried iMessage, you might give it a try. A quick and easy way to communicate with someone. Remember, if it's blue it's free to do...(grin)."
        But Jim, what website do you recommend for someone who needs more iMessage help?   Here comes his answer,  "Take a look here, and here for more info on iMessage."