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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1775667" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time (Midnight GMT) for the weekly <a href="https://youtu.be/qvICjg98IAc" target="_blank">Mac-Forum Video Chat</a>. We'll have a forum roundup that looks at updating Flash, a few brief thought on two factor authentication, and whatever else comes to mind. The two-factor authentication tip is not the extensive discussion I had planned. I had to put that on the back burner for this week.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">I'll also use one of our graphics threads to talk a bit about using apps in ways one might not think of and how this can save new Mac users some cash. In our IOS tip this week I'll link you to 13 IOS settings you might want to check and possibly change.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">If you are running macOS 10.13, a.k.a High Sierra, and you have converted your drive to the new Apple File System (APFS) make sure you <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343704-apfs-file-recovery.html" target="_blank"><strong>don’t use a disk utility to modify that drive until you are sure that the utility you want to use has been updated to the changes brought about by APFS</strong></a>. If you are not sure about the drive formatting single click your boot drive and choose Get Info. Click the first disclosure triangle and look to see if Format reads APFS.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Forum member Cr00zng asked about the process of adding trusted devices in Apple’s two factor authentication process. The settings, particularly the opportunity to make changes, are <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343795-trusted-phone-2fa.html" target="_blank">not where one might expect them to appear</a>. Forum member lclev reminds us that under IOS 11 the settings/controls for two factor authentication can be found by <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343795&p=1775449&viewfull=1#post1775449" target="_blank">doing the following:</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1. Go to your iPhone's Settings</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2. Tap your name at the top - it says under it: Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App store</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">3. Tap Password & Security</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">4. Here you can turn on two-factor authentication and add a trusted phone number.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Some of our forum members choose to avoid Adobe Flash entirely, or use it as little as possible due to security and performance concerns. If you are using Flash, make sure you keep it up to date. Member Randy B. Singer has some thoughts on <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/343750-flash-popups-and-flash-macintosh.html" target="_blank">the proper way to update Flash</a>. This is important because there are a number of sites that have potentially dodgy / compromised versions of Flash. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">Apple recently changed where you look for recent upgrades when you are ready to upgrade the OS. (bad link removed)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-notebooks/343812-giving-2011-macbook-pro-processors-run-fans.html#post1775627" target="_blank">Maybe it’s time to upgrade your Mac</a>. If your Mac’s fans are going berserk and you’ve already tried cleaning your Mac’s air vents it <strong>might</strong> be time for a new Mac. This thread might present you with some additional ideas. I<a href="http://www.atpm.com/13.10/segments.shtml" target="_blank"> wrote about this a decade ago for About This Particular Macintosh</a> and I still think that subjective speed is the basis upon which most people make their upgrade decisions. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/images-graphic-design-and-digital-photography/342242-recommendations-photo-video-editing-software.html#post1775658" target="_blank">This thread </a>starts out asking about graphic editing software but member RadDave figured out a way to do the task at hand using the Preview program already on your Mac (post #17). Situations like these get me thinking about the software I use on a daily basis. I often alternate between wanting to use software I already have but also have more than one option available to mr. Sometimes, although not often, one app will not fully handle a file while a second application handles the same file. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">The Kirkville site comes through this week with a tip on how to zoom (enlarge) the text on a website by website basis. I used to enlarge all site text using a css stylesheet setting suggested by our own Chscag. I stopped using that method under High Sierra because it conflicted with some forum operations (perhaps this only affected administration/moderation functions). Kirk suggests going to Safari’s preferences an clicking the website tab. From there you can control a wide array of features including text zooming and audio /video autoplay. <a href="https://www.kirkville.com/permanently-zoom-specific-websites-with-safari-on-macos/" target="_blank">See here</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">If you have ever shipped a computer somewhere and needed packing boxes / materials you might find<a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343795&p=1775675&viewfull=1#post1775675" target="_blank"> this post</a> hilarious. Not sure but I can almost guarantee Charlie didn’t pay that much for boxes and bubble wrap. lol</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TkqMVeVVa0" target="_blank">IOS settings you might want to change </a>depending upon how you use your phone. All the settings in this video are pretty self-explanatory.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1775667, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue]Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time (Midnight GMT) for the weekly [URL='https://youtu.be/qvICjg98IAc']Mac-Forum Video Chat[/URL]. We'll have a forum roundup that looks at updating Flash, a few brief thought on two factor authentication, and whatever else comes to mind. The two-factor authentication tip is not the extensive discussion I had planned. I had to put that on the back burner for this week. I'll also use one of our graphics threads to talk a bit about using apps in ways one might not think of and how this can save new Mac users some cash. In our IOS tip this week I'll link you to 13 IOS settings you might want to check and possibly change. [B]Show Notes[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000][FONT=inherit]If you are running macOS 10.13, a.k.a High Sierra, and you have converted your drive to the new Apple File System (APFS) make sure you [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343704-apfs-file-recovery.html'][B]don’t use a disk utility to modify that drive until you are sure that the utility you want to use has been updated to the changes brought about by APFS[/B][/URL]. If you are not sure about the drive formatting single click your boot drive and choose Get Info. Click the first disclosure triangle and look to see if Format reads APFS. Forum member Cr00zng asked about the process of adding trusted devices in Apple’s two factor authentication process. The settings, particularly the opportunity to make changes, are [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343795-trusted-phone-2fa.html']not where one might expect them to appear[/URL]. Forum member lclev reminds us that under IOS 11 the settings/controls for two factor authentication can be found by [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343795&p=1775449&viewfull=1#post1775449']doing the following:[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]1. Go to your iPhone's Settings 2. Tap your name at the top - it says under it: Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App store 3. Tap Password & Security 4. Here you can turn on two-factor authentication and add a trusted phone number.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=inherit]Some of our forum members choose to avoid Adobe Flash entirely, or use it as little as possible due to security and performance concerns. If you are using Flash, make sure you keep it up to date. Member Randy B. Singer has some thoughts on [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/security-awareness/343750-flash-popups-and-flash-macintosh.html']the proper way to update Flash[/URL]. This is important because there are a number of sites that have potentially dodgy / compromised versions of Flash. Apple recently changed where you look for recent upgrades when you are ready to upgrade the OS. (bad link removed) [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-notebooks/343812-giving-2011-macbook-pro-processors-run-fans.html#post1775627']Maybe it’s time to upgrade your Mac[/URL]. If your Mac’s fans are going berserk and you’ve already tried cleaning your Mac’s air vents it [B]might[/B] be time for a new Mac. This thread might present you with some additional ideas. I[URL='http://www.atpm.com/13.10/segments.shtml'] wrote about this a decade ago for About This Particular Macintosh[/URL] and I still think that subjective speed is the basis upon which most people make their upgrade decisions. [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/images-graphic-design-and-digital-photography/342242-recommendations-photo-video-editing-software.html#post1775658']This thread [/URL]starts out asking about graphic editing software but member RadDave figured out a way to do the task at hand using the Preview program already on your Mac (post #17). Situations like these get me thinking about the software I use on a daily basis. I often alternate between wanting to use software I already have but also have more than one option available to mr. Sometimes, although not often, one app will not fully handle a file while a second application handles the same file. The Kirkville site comes through this week with a tip on how to zoom (enlarge) the text on a website by website basis. I used to enlarge all site text using a css stylesheet setting suggested by our own Chscag. I stopped using that method under High Sierra because it conflicted with some forum operations (perhaps this only affected administration/moderation functions). Kirk suggests going to Safari’s preferences an clicking the website tab. From there you can control a wide array of features including text zooming and audio /video autoplay. [URL='https://www.kirkville.com/permanently-zoom-specific-websites-with-safari-on-macos/']See here[/URL] If you have ever shipped a computer somewhere and needed packing boxes / materials you might find[URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=343795&p=1775675&viewfull=1#post1775675'] this post[/URL] hilarious. Not sure but I can almost guarantee Charlie didn’t pay that much for boxes and bubble wrap. lol [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TkqMVeVVa0']IOS settings you might want to change [/URL]depending upon how you use your phone. All the settings in this video are pretty self-explanatory.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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