Send to Kindle

Send To KindleI have just installed this application on both my Mac and my Windows laptop.  It's a great way to get your own documents etc onto your kindle device, or in my case the kindle application on the iPad.

It's incredibly simple to use, on the windows side you just select your file or files, then right click and select "Send to Kindle".  You also can use the print dialog box, all you need to so is select the printer "Send to Kindle"

On the Mac version you can open the applications and drag your files into it or just drag the files to the dock icon.  Also on the Mac side you have the option to use select the printer "Send to Kindle" from the print dialog box.

So now you can store your documents in evernote and/or you can keep them on your kindle, you can just scan to pdf and send it away.

You can download the application from the following link from Amazon : Send-to-Kindle.

Mac Application - Send To Kindle

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Skydrive Storage

Microsoft SkydriveFrom now on if you sign up to Microsoft's Skydrive, you will be getting 7Gb of storage instead of the 25Gb they used to offer you once you sign up.  If you are an existing customer then you are being given a free upgrade to 25Gb of storage but you have to visit the skydrive site to claim your free upgrade, you need to do so using this following link. 

As well as your free upgrade, you can also pay for additional storage, the options are

• Skydrive +20 £6/Year Add 20Gb to your free storage
• Skydrive +50 £16/Year Add 50Gb to your free storage
• Skydrive +100 £32/Year Add 100Gb to your free storage.

Most users will already use a service like dropbox, but this may be a serious competitor.  Now it has been released onto the desktop, it creates a folder like dropbox and files and folders copied into this will automatically be synchronised.  The upgrade pricing is a lot cheaper to upgrade than the current dropbox prices.

I am always interested in your thoughts so if you have any comments or feedback then please feel free to add any comments, or you can mail me  here. 

Mac Updates

There has been two small updates recently to Mac OS one was :

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.12

This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following camera to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark III

For more information on supported RAW formats, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4757.

The other was a bit more important:

This Java security update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware.

This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.

This update is recommended for all Mac users with Java installed.

For details about this update see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5242

I would recommend you install the latest Java Security update as soon as can, although you may not be affected, better to be safe than sorry.

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Flashback Trojan

This post is a bit later than planned due to my recent arrival, but I still thought I would post it out there.  There has been a bit a press recently about the Flashback Trojan on many Macs.

Originally the piece I had read on the register was claiming there are as many as 550,000 infected machines.

The best article I saw on the detecting and removing the trojan was on F-Secure.

Initially if you run the commands you can see below, if you get the same output then you are not infected by the Trojan.  

Macintosh-3:~ craigdba$ defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment

2012-04-05 19:26:16.700 defaults[25533:707] 

The domain/default pair of (/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info, LSEnvironment) does not exist

Macintosh-3:~ craigdba$ defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES

2012-04-05 19:27:24.648 defaults[25535:707] 

The domain/default pair of (/Users/craigdba/.MacOSX/environment, DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES) does not exist 

If you do get replies then you will want to read the article in the link from F-Secure, or apply the latest software updates from Apple which does contain a Java security update.  Apple has said in the text that it is for the Trojan, plus today I see an article on The Register which now says the number of machines has dropped to 270,000.

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iTunes 10.6.1

iTunesApple have released a new version of iTunes.  

iTunes 10.6.1 provides a number of improvements, including: 

• Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices.

• Addresses an issue where some iTunes interface elements are incorrectly described by VoiceOver and WindowEyes.

• Fixes a problem where iTunes may become unresponsive while syncing iPod nano or iPod shuffle.

• Resolves an ordering problem while browsing TV episodes in your iTunes library on Apple TV.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

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