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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:12:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Siri oddity. Saying &#x27;period&#x27; doesn&#x27;t work.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26842306</link>
<description><![CDATA[So I know how to use punctuation when dictating, and everything works, except for 'period'. I have read all the guides, and even left a 5 second pause between the end of the sentence and saying 'period', along with all sorts of other gaps between the end of the sentence and saying 'period'.

Every single time it just writes 'period'. All other punctuation works, and is pretty accurate.

Anyone else experiencing this? Have you found a fix?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-01 22:08:10</pubDate>
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<title>[SU] Apple Releases OS X 10.7.3 with New Language Support and Bu</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26840869</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/01/apple-releases-os-x-10-7-3-with-new-language-support-and-bug-fixes/
Apple today released OS X 10.7.3, the third maintenance update to OS X Lion. The update is available via Software Update and Apple's download pages.

The 10.7.3 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac including fixes that:

- Add Catalan, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, and Ukrainian language support
- Address issues when using smart cards to log into OS X
- Resolve issues authenticating with directory services
- Address compatibility issues with Windows file sharing
Detailed information is available in the full full release notes.

Available versions includes:

- OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 (Client) (997.01 MB)
- OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 (Client Combo) (1.2 GB) 
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<pubDate>2012-02-01 16:24:14</pubDate>
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<title>Looking at a used Macbook Pro - what should I look out for?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26866234</link>
<description><![CDATA[My two concerns are "is it stolen?" and "is it too old?"  Anyways to determine these two things and what else should I look for?

supposed specs are:
upgraded to Snow Leopard
Specs:
17-inch: 2.16GHz (MA092LL/A) 
Processor 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo 
Memory 1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) 
Display 17-inch (diagonal), 1680 x 1050 resolution, TFT widescreen 
PCI Express Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and dual-link DVI 
Video Built-in iSight Camera, DVI, VGA (DVI to VGA adapter included) 
Audio Combined optical digital input/audio line in, combined optical digital output/headphone out, stereo speakers, microphone 
Hard disk drive (2) 120GB Serial ATA/100; 5400 rpm 
Slot-loading optical drive SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD&plusmn;RW/CD-RW) 
Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) 

P.S.  For those that know me, yest, I have completely converted into a mac-a-holic.  The PC collects dust now, I only use my iMac and iPhone, trying to get the wife away from the Dell laptop and also have plans on adding a Mac mini to my entertainment center in the Man Cave.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 19:16:22</pubDate>
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<title>Looking for a shortcut</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26834388</link>
<description><![CDATA[Let's say someone has two monitors.

I was shown a shortcut on Windows that will throw an active window to the other screen.   That is Windows Key +Shift + Right and naturally win + shift + left.  

Does this exist?

Thanks.
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What this country needs is a good five dollar plasma weapon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-31 10:55:09</pubDate>
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<title>[iPad] Ipad gift accessories</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26861958</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can anyone recommend a nice accessory gift for an Ipad owner? She has a magnetic cover thingie and a rubberized case as well, I'm not sure if there's some other wonderful must-have accessory that all you folks know about that she doesn't have yet?

Thanks for any ideas.... (and sorry, Itunes gift card won't get it done) :D]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 21:12:18</pubDate>
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<title>[iPhone] Strange App Store experience...</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26861111</link>
<description><![CDATA[Today I tried to download an app from the App Store, only to get a pop up saying my account had been disabled due to suspicious activity. I then got an email saying someone had attempted to purchase a game on my account, but they caught it and stopped the purchase and locked the account. I had to go through all the steps to reset my password. The next time I looked at my phone the game was downloading onto my phone...how the heck did this happen? I checked my PayPal, bank accounts, and emails and so far nothing is out of the ordinary, but I will changing all of those passwords right now...any ideas? PS-the game finished it's download and is playable. This is on a JB iPhone 4S.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 17:52:28</pubDate>
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<title>Epson gt20000 lion issues</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26861986</link>
<description><![CDATA[I upgraded my 27" imac to OSX lion, with that the epson gt20000 scanner i have i now a big desktop weight. I am able to scan thru print and scan in network preferences. I have lost all of my software and cant reload it as the disc said it cant load power pc apps. I am looking for OCR software and really have no idea. does anyone have suggestions on how to get all the software back? epson has not been much help. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 21:18:54</pubDate>
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<title>[iPhone] Charger</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26861441</link>
<description><![CDATA[I know with the Iphone 4S, the charger is a 5v 1amp..

I have many blackberry 5v 700ma charger.. for my docking station for the iphone, its a microusb.. is 700ma enough to charge my phone overnight?

thanks
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 19:02:49</pubDate>
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<title>[OS X] Lion switches screen on every wake</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26858652</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've got a mac book air. I usually have Safari, Ical and mail maximized with their own screen. With out fail every time I close the lid and open or if I have to wake it up, it will switch screens from say Safari to Ical. It's getting really freaking annoying having to four finger swipe to get back to safari. Why won't it stay where I left it? Is there a fix or setting somewhere?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 05:36:53</pubDate>
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<title>[OS X] Partition question</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26861976</link>
<description><![CDATA[If I format a external drive in MS's NTFS file system can it been seen in Lion?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 21:16:32</pubDate>
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<title>[OS X] Cannot reinstall, Strange EFI Boot icon</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26851546</link>
<description><![CDATA[I wanted to reinstall Snow Leopard on my Mac Mini 2.26 C2D, from the original discs that came with it. I've never used the discs before, this is the first time, as the machine came with Snow Leopard. The discs are stamped Mac mini 10.6.2 so I cannot possibly have gotten them mixed up with something else, as I don't have another Mac that would have come with newer software.

Anyway, so when I hold Option to boot and the disc is inserted, this is what shows up. EFI Boot, instead of the normal OS X install. If I click this, it spins and spins, then shows a folder with a question mark on it, then it proceeds to boot to the hard drive.

The disc does show up on the desktop as a Mac OS X Install DVD. I can select it as a startup disc, but then it doesnt boot into it either upon restart.

Is this disc defective, or is something borked with the mini's hardware?
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GO LEAFS GO!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-03 19:14:36</pubDate>
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<title>[JB] MyAssistant</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26848529</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone check it out in Cydia yet?  It looks pretty cool, you can use Siri to toggle wifi, Bluetooth, take a picture etc.  You can also set custom responses.  Finally you can use Siri for just about anything on the phone.

http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=57370895&cid=null&bcid=&bid=-248]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-03 08:24:18</pubDate>
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<title>Jobs look a like flogging Android Tablets</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26860050</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seems the Taiwanese  have put up a Steve look a like to sell 7" Android Tablets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXAY4OAD16I

Link fixed]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 14:09:10</pubDate>
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<title>[iPad] Safari cannot open the page because it is a local file</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26787920</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a CD with contents in html that I would like to copy to my iPad. I inserted the CD into my desktop.  The local URL is 

file:///D:/home.htm

where D is the drive on my desktop.  I plugged the iPad into my PC via USB, but when I try to get Safari to access the URL it complains, "Safari cannot open the page because it is a local file."  

How can I get Safari to read this file and then save it to my iPad?  Do I have upload it to a web server somewhere first?  Or is there a workaround?

Thanks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-19 12:27:14</pubDate>
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<title>[OS X] Put iCal and Mail data stores on encrypted dmg?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26857280</link>
<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to put all user data for iCal and Mail into an encrypted dmg that must be explicitly mounted before these apps will work? Anyone done it?

Why? To prevent casual users or repair techs from browsing through your personal data.

Yes, I know that under SL FileVault can encrypt a Home folder, and that Lion can encrypt the whole disk. But there are times (ie. taking your machine in for service, or letting someone use your machine to surf the web) when security of your data at the app level is warranted.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-05 17:38:10</pubDate>
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<title>[OS X] Trying to burn a dmg file panther oS</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26859043</link>
<description><![CDATA[From what I understand I just need to drag the dmg over and I should see a burn icon or something like that? I don't see anything I just have

First-aid
erase
partition
restore]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-06 09:54:58</pubDate>
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<title>[SU] Security Update 2012-001 (Snow Leopard)</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26845724</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just noticed this in my SU for 10.6.8.  

Since the Lion update treated so many people so well...I think I'll let someone else be the first to play...

[att=1]]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-02 15:27:03</pubDate>
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<title>[Security] OpenBSDs PF firewall for iOS</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26853238</link>
<description><![CDATA[iOS uses the Darwin BSD kernel and has partial support of OpenBSDs PF firewall (ALTQ, which provides QoS functionality, is not implemented nor the logging facilities which use the pflog pseudo-device and pflogd daemon), a robust and highly configurable firewall which is the BSD equivalent of iptables.  While jailbroken iOS does have application-style firewalls such as Firewall-iP these lack the ability to quench ingress traffic or control iOS daemon accessibility.

PF is a stateful firewall and supports both IPv4 and IPv6.  See http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ for more information.

I have constructed an application (if you can call it that, it's more of a plist, some PNG images, and a BASH script) which enables the usage of pfctl to enact firewall rules.  I have also created a skeleton pf.conf (contains firewall rules) useful for most environments.

Use of this application requires that your iOS device be jailbroken.  It is GNU/GPLv3 licensed and contains no executable binaries.  It is Open Source and I encourage any feedback.

I would like to thank the author of http://www.shebang.eu/post/2011/04/27/Packet-Filter-%28PF%29-on-iPhone which was instrumental in this project.

As you begin to craft your own firewall rules in /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.conf I recommend the use of companion tools such as the network-cmds and tcpdump package available in Cydia.

pfctl.app has been tested on iOS 5.0.1, iOS 4.3.3, and iOS 4.2.1


# GNU/GPLv3 licensed
#
# Changelog:
#   Feb 04, 2012 - Prepared for general public release with detailed comments.
#
# A shell script to manage the loading of pf firewall rules via /sbin/pfctl set as suid for iOS.
#
# This shell script is called from /applications/pfctl.app/Info.plist
# This script is called as user 'mobile' which is non-root from Springboard.
#
# Files and permissions
#  $APP_PATH/pf.sh is set as octal 755 root:admin
#  $APP_PATH/pf.log is set as octal 666 root:admin
#  $APP_PATH/pf.conf is set as octal 640 root:admin
#  /sbin/pfctl is set suid as octal 4755 root:wheel
#
#  #ls -la /Applications/pfctl.app/
#  total 160
#  drwxr-xr-x  2 root admin   272 Feb  4 07:31 .
#  drwxrwxr-x 46 root admin  1564 Feb  2 19:02 ..
#  -rw-r--r--  1 root admin 91565 Feb  2 19:53 Default.png
#  -rw-r--r--  1 root admin 18855 Feb  2 19:20 Icon.png
#  -rw-r--r--  1 root admin   669 Feb  3 18:35 Info.plist
#  -rw-r--r--  1 root admin  1799 Feb  3 19:03 pf.conf
#  -rw-rw-rw-  1 root admin  9166 Feb  4 07:30 pf.log
#  -rwxr-xr-x  1 root admin  1059 Feb  4 07:31 pf.sh
#
# Instructions for installation
#  1) Place the folder and contents of 'pfctl.app' into /Applications using SSH/SCP/SFTP, iFile, or another method.
#  2) Using SSH, mobileterminal, or another method which provides the necessary functionality, execute the below commands as root:
#    a) chown -R root:admin /Applications/pfctl.app
#    b) chmod -R +r /Applications/pfctl.app
#    c) chmod 755 /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.sh
#    d) chmod 666 /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.log
#    e) chmod 640 /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.conf
#    f) chmod 4755 /sbin/pfctl
#  3) /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.conf contains the firewall rules, modify these as necessary to suit your needs, usage habits, or environment.
#  4) Run pfctl from Springboard (iOS desktop) and your rules are committed, the results can be viewed at anytime in /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.log
#  5) The rules do not survive a reboot, however, they do survive respring.  After each reboot is it necessary to run pfctl via the iOS desktop.  Any new changes made to /Applications/pfctl.app/pf.conf require running pfctl from the iOS desktop to effect them.
#
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<pubDate>2012-02-04 11:08:19</pubDate>
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<title>Need iMac 27 desktop adjustable Arm to move it up and down</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26853202</link>
<description><![CDATA[I see several models but not one specific to grabbing an iMac.  Any ideas?  Ergotron MX holds 30 pounds for example.

I'm also gonna get the Desktop Elevator to move the whole desk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-04 10:57:47</pubDate>
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<title>Gmote and OS X Lion Firewall</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26846871</link>
<description><![CDATA[I use Gmote on my Android devices to control my computer remotely from my phone or tablet if I'm lounging on the couch (for example). Used to work perfectly when I was on Leopard, but I noticed that after upgrading to Lion, it seems I am not able to connect and control my Mac anymore due to the firewall. I tried disabling the firewall temporarily to see if it woudl work, and it did, but once the firewall is back up, it won't allow that connection to go through. How do I rectify this? 

A second question is that applications that I occasionally have accepting incoming connection (ie. Vuze, etc.) now keep prompting me every time I start them up and asking me if I want to allow incoming connection. Never did that under Leopard, but is now doing so under Lion. I want to be able to white list these applications in order to not be prompted every time I start those programs. How to I allow applications that I want to accept incoming connections, to so do without always being prompted?
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"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-02 19:14:01</pubDate>
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