Mac Users Of Mtc (apple: Go Ahead, Take A Bite!)

[rapturousone]

Maybe one of you can help me out.

 

I got so used to the Microsoft Office from my PC days that I installed the Office for Mac when I shifted to Apple. There is a bug in Outlook that.......bugs me. I created sub-folders to store e-mails according to subject matter. E-mails that I receive are stored chronologically. However, e-mails that I sent (although these bear correct time and date stamps) are stored as "Older" e-mail.

 

For example, if I received an e-mail today and stored it in one of the folders, it would come out on top of the list (because I view my e-mails from newest to oldest). However, if I sent a reply to this e-mail and save that reply in the same folder, I would have to scroll all the way down the list of e-mails to find it.

 

I have been trying to find a fix.

 

Any ideas or suggestions? Perhaps one of you has encountered this before.

[denimhead]

rest in peace steve

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7674/unledbpm.jpg

[xxxxdgnr8xxxx]

a visionary has left us today.

 

http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png

 

you sure left a dent in the universe. rest in peace, mr jobs.

[scootmax]

one more bright light in the world has been switched off.

 

steve jobs will be irreplaceable. and that's the greater loss.

 

rest in peace, mr apple.

 

farewell...

[DiamondGothic]

guys tanong lang, i'm SERIOUSLY contemplating switching to MBP after a lifetime of using PCs, including this 2-year old laptop that i'm typing on. how is gaming performance on MBPs w/ HD3000 graphics?

[Vegasboy32]

macbook pro 13. of course i cannot part with my pc as well

[kaprikorn]

after almost 20 yrs as PC user, i just shifted to Mac. got my first Macbook Pro 3 weeks ago. still i'm adjusting but started to like it.

 

After almost 20 years as PC user, i just shifted to Mac. Just bought Macbook Pro 13" 2 weeks ago. Still adjusting and I started to like it.

[johnlove]

Masters. is there such thing as a mac laptop with touch screen?

Thanks

Edited January 5, 2012 by johnlove

[pong ulupong]

Using MBP 13" (MC700) OSX Lion since October, with Windows 7 via Boot Camp.

 

OSX seems to be way advanced compared to Windows 7.

[maddocks]

Hi John,

 

I'm a mac lover and I never heard/saw such a macbook with a touchscreen. for the steve fanatics out there are Icon is currently producing realistic Steve Jobs action figures which will be on sale by february. check out the link. bizarre ultra-realistic looking Steve Jobs action figure

[macbookpro]

MacBookPro 15" i7 user here.

ask ko lang, i bought this laptop 1yr ago from singapore.

sabi nila may lifespan daw battery? paano pag malapit na umabot sa capacity?

how to handle? where to go? how much will it cost for replace?

help naman, someone told me na nasa half na ata ung life ng battery ko eh

i have no idea kasi dun sa sinasabi nya.

Edited January 6, 2012 by macbookpro

[roxysnonie]

you can actually check battery cycle thru...

 

click on the apple in finder,

about this mac,

more info,

power

battery information

 

therell youll find then info you need about ur batt.

 

as to when youll find out if u need to replace, if u see the batt sign, upper right hand of finder, itll say that u need to replace, when the time comes.

 

where to go for new batts, digital hub, battery specialist, or a place near buendia n ayala, a condo office thats sells replacement batts, got mine 4.5k k naman till now.

[macbookpro]

you can actually check battery cycle thru...

 

click on the apple in finder,

about this mac,

more info,

power

battery information

 

therell youll find then info you need about ur batt.

 

as to when youll find out if u need to replace, if u see the batt sign, upper right hand of finder, itll say that u need to replace, when the time comes.

 

where to go for new batts, digital hub, battery specialist, or a place near buendia n ayala, a condo office thats sells replacement batts, got mine 4.5k k naman till now.

 

thanks for the info bro!

[n70]

im planning to buy a used MBP, just like a car, how do i check if its still in good condition? what are things to look at aside from aesthetics?

[boomouse]

im planning to buy a used MBP, just like a car, how do i check if its still in good condition? what are things to look at aside from aesthetics?

 

I suggest that you get Coconut Battery (an app that lets you check the condition of an Apple laptop's battery) here.

 

It does give you other information that not only tells you the exact model you're looking at, but its age, and the condition of its battery (which is indicative of how much care the previous owner had given it)

 

[Vegasboy32]

mountain lion coming out this summer

[n70]

I suggest that you get Coconut Battery (an app that lets you check the condition of an Apple laptop's battery) here.

 

It does give you other information that not only tells you the exact model you're looking at, but its age, and the condition of its battery (which is indicative of how much care the previous owner had given it)

 

 

thanks saer. finally took a big leap and bought an mbp....

[jtaq]

mountain lion coming out this summer

 

lion is already out.

[liu bei]

Can you guys comment on imac's smudge on screen? thanks.

[boomouse]

Can you guys comment on imac's smudge on screen? thanks.

 

Do not use alcohol to clean it. You can use the same type microfiber cloth used to clean eyeglasses but be sure you put as little pressure as possible.

[artvader]

http://www.macworld.com/article/1166169/new_trojan_variant_can_install_without_password.html#lsrc.rss_main

 

Sigh. It was only a matter of time...

 

"...vulnerability, identified as CVE-2012-0507, allows the malware to install itself from a malicious website the user visits, without needing the user to enter an administrator’s password."

[boomouse]

http://www.macworld....l#lsrc.rss_main

 

Sigh. It was only a matter of time...

 

"...vulnerability, identified as CVE-2012-0507, allows the malware to install itself from a malicious website the user visits, without needing the user to enter an administrator's password."

 

Update to Lion. Problem solved. This is called the Flashback Trojan. It exploits a vulnerability in Java. LION DOES NOT COME WITH JAVA by default.

[tk421]

Unfortunately, not the ideal solution for everyone...

[n70]

guys question lang.

 

i have an mbp and 2 1TB external drives and 1 2TB desktop hardrive.

 

i plan to use the 1 1TB drive as my external drive while the other 1TB drive as a clone of the first 1TB. then my 2TB desktop drive is my final backup.

 

how do i this automatically?

 

currently im literally copyiing the first 1TB to the second on a regular basis, then every two weeks back all to my desktop drive. is there any way to speed this thing up? so i can have a semblance of a life?

 

another question -

 

also, i saw a cloud capable desktop hard drive and i was planning to use this so that wherever i am i can back up data. because 80% of the time, i am constantly moving, and my house has internet 24x7. im planning to use this instead of my existing 2TB. any suggestions?

[boomouse]

Unfortunately, not the ideal solution for everyone...

 

Perhaps this might be a better alternative:

 

Someone wrote an Applescript that that detected and removed the Flashback Trojan. You can get it HERE.

 

Of course, if you find it queasy and odd to have to download and execute some random program on the internet to remove malware that was installed after downloading and executing some random program on the internet. If you so desire, you can build this program from source yourself. Just copy the source code below, run AppleScript Editor, paste into a new window, and click the "run" button.

 

-- See if anything fishy is going on.

 

set trojan to do shell script "/bin/launchctl export | /usr/bin/sed -n 's/DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=\"\\(.*\\)\";.*/\\1/p'"

 

-- If something doesn't look right, investigate further.

 

if trojan is not equal to "" then

 

-- Turn off the environment variable.

 

do shell script "/bin/launchctl unsetenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES"

 

-- Now look for startup files.

 

tell application "System Events"

 

 

 

-- Get the LaunchAgents path however AppleScript will let me

 

set libraryPath to (path to library folder from user domain) as string

 

set launchagents to libraryPath & "LaunchAgents"

 

 

 

-- Get all the launch agents.

 

set plists to name of every disk item of alias launchagents

 

 

 

-- Check each and every one.

 

repeat with launchagent in plists

 

 

 

-- Get the path to the plist file and its name.

 

set plist to POSIX path of file launchagent of alias launchagents

 

set plistname to name of file plist

 

 

 

-- Get the program.

 

tell property list file plist

 

tell contents

 

set programArguments to value of property list item "ProgramArguments"

 

end tell

 

end tell

 

 

 

-- Get the executable.

 

set program to item 1 of programArguments

 

set programName to name of file program

 

 

 

-- If the executable starts with a "." to make it hidden,

 

-- delete it by default.

 

if programName starts with "." then

 

set dialogResult to display dialog ¬

 

"Delete file '" & plistname & "' that runs program '" & program & ¬

 

"'?" buttons {"Delete", "Keep"} default button "Delete"

 

else

 

set dialogResult to display dialog ¬

 

"Delete file '" & plistname & "' that runs program '" & program & ¬

 

"'?" buttons {"Delete", "Keep"} default button "Keep"

 

end if

 

 

 

-- I would like to just move this to the trash, but I can't make that work.

 

if button returned of dialogResult is "Delete" then

 

do shell script "/bin/launchctl unload -w " & plist

 

do shell script "/bin/rm " & plist

 

do shell script "/bin/rm " & program

 

end if

 

end repeat

 

end tell

 

 

 

activate

 

 

 

-- Check applications.

 

set checkApps to display dialog ¬

 

"Check applications? (this will take a few minutes)" buttons {"Skip", "Check"} default button "Check"

 

 

 

-- If the user wants to check applications, summarize at the end.

 

set appsChecked to false

 

set infectionFound to false

 

 

 

if button returned of checkApps is "Check" then

 

 

 

-- Display a summary when we are done.

 

set appsChecked to true

 

 

 

-- Check for infections.

 

set infected to do shell script "/usr/bin/find /Applications -type d -name *.app -exec sh -c '/usr/bin/defaults read \"{}/Contents/Info\" LSEnvironment 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/grep -q DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES -' \\; -print"

 

 

 

-- Split the results by lines.

 

set infectedApps to paragraphs of infected

 

 

 

-- Tell the user what we found.

 

repeat with infectedApp in infectedApps

 

display dialog infectedApp & " may be infected"

 

set infectionFound to true

 

end repeat

 

end if

 

 

 

-- Check core services.

 

set checkCS to display dialog ¬

 

"Check core services? (this will take a few minutes)" buttons {"Skip", "Check"} default button "Check"

 

 

 

if button returned of checkCS is "Check" then

 

 

 

-- Display a summary when we are done.

 

set appsChecked to true

 

 

 

-- Check for infections.

 

set infected to do shell script "/usr/bin/find /System/Library/CoreServices -type d -name *.app -exec sh -c '/usr/bin/defaults read \"{}/Contents/Info\" LSEnvironment 2> /dev/null | /usr/bin/grep -q DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES -' \\; -print"

 

 

 

-- Split the results by lines.

 

set infectedApps to paragraphs of infected

 

 

 

repeat with infectedApp in infectedApps

 

display dialog infectedApp & " may be infected"

 

set infectionFound to true

 

end repeat

 

end if

 

 

 

-- Report a summary.

 

if appsChecked then

 

if infectionFound then

 

display dialog "Infected applications found. Please restore these applications from backup or, even better, visit an Apple Store for help"

 

else

 

display dialog "No infected applications found"

 

end if

 

end if

 

 

 

-- Finally get rid of the trojan.

 

 

 

-- I may need admin for this.

 

set adminRequired to false

 

 

 

-- Check for the presence of environment.plist.

 

-- This is the only way I can get Applescript to test the existence of a file.

 

try

 

set envPlistPath to do shell script "/usr/bin/find ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist -print 2> /dev/null"

 

if envPlistPath is not equal to "" then

 

display dialog "Removing " & envPlistPath

 

do shell script "/bin/rm " & envPlistPath

 

do shell script "/bin/rm " & trojan

 

end if

 

end try

 

 

 

-- Check for the presence of launchd.donf.

 

-- This is the only way I can get Applescript to test the existence of a file.

 

try

 

set launchdConf to do shell script "/usr/bin/find /etc/launchd.conf -exec /usr/bin/grep -q DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES {} \\; -print 2> /dev/null"

 

if launchdConf is not equal to "" then

 

display dialog "Removing /etc/launchd.conf"

 

set adminRequired to true

 

do shell script "/bin/rm /etc/launchd.conf" with administrator privileges

 

do shell script "/bin/rm " & trojan with administrator privileges

 

end if

 

end try

 

 

 

-- Wrap things up.

 

if appsChecked and infectionFound then

 

display dialog "Some malware removed. Please do not use any infected applications until you restore them from backup." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"

 

else

 

display dialog "Malware removed." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"

 

end if

 

 

 

if adminRequired then

 

display dialog "To complete the process, reboot your machine." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"

 

else

 

display dialog "To complete the process, just log out and log back in." buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"

 

end if

 

 

 

else

 

-- Move along.

 

display dialog ¬

 

"You don't seem to have any malware problems" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK"

 

end if