Archive for the 'Security' Category

JULY MEETING

Monday, July 11th, 2011

MEETING REMINDER TONIGHT 7pm You don’t want to miss this unless you are not interested in dmg files, Mac’s, or fun people, so be there. Topics from the President DISK IMAGES • Archiving Email • General File Organization Gerald will be doing a presentation on Disk Images. What they are, how to use them, and [...]

SMMUG TROJAN ALERT

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

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August 27, 2010 News

Friday, August 27th, 2010

• NEXT MEETING: Monday, September 13 • Bill Yanko, from the Lake Wildwood Mac User Group, will do a presentation on "GOING PAPERLESS." "I will be sharing my experiences about Going Paperless.  This is a project I’ve been working on for some months now and I've learned a lot. There are a number of factors [...]

Great NYT article by David Pogue on Mac Security

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

I came across this great article by David Pogue on Mac security. He argues clearly that the Mac is not simply safer because it is not as big a target as Windows, but by design. However, he also points out the a properly updated XP installation has closed many of the vulnerabilities and people may [...]

Keeping a “Live” backup

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Here’s one backup technique: Click here I actually like Carbon Copy Cloner, which is free. We discussed this during a troubleshooting session… I recommended getting a large hard drive (at least 3x your drive size). I’ve managed to get good prices on Western Digital drives from Fry’s and other sources. I should mention that several [...]