Re: El Capitan oddities

Subject	Re: El Capitan oddities
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
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From	Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date	2015-10-07 08:38 -0400
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On 2015-10-06 20:32, xxx wrote:
> On 2015-10-06 16:59:40 +0000, Alan Browne said:
>
>> On 2015-10-06 03:18, xxx wrote:
>>> Some more oddities:
>>>
>>> Mail no longer makes sounds, despite prefs setting
>>>
>>> Mail checks for new mail every time you return to the program from
>>> another desktop (workspace) or dashboard, regardless of the time elapsed
>>> since the last check
>>>
>>> External hard disk for backup no longer shows green Time Machine icon
>>
>> Hasn't been green for a long time, fella.  10.7 (?)
>
>
>     Mine was green until last week.

What v. of the OS?

>
>>
>>>
>>> Secure delete is gone
>>
>> Doesn't make sense at all with SSD drives (unless srm is re-done) and
>> to a lesser extent doesn't make sense with FileVault activated.
>
>
>     It was a convenience with individual files. You can still type rm
> -P, but the convenience is gone.


There is no coordination between srm and SSD firmware that assures 
you're writing over the actual data in its physical location.

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Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 03:18 -0400
  Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 05:41 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-06 08:42 -0600
      Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 08:04 -0700
    Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:35 -0400
  Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:59 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:32 -0400
      Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 08:38 -0400
        Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 07:44 -0600
          Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 19:00 -0400
            Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 20:52 -0600
              Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-08 08:40 -0400
                Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 08:30 -0600
        Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-08 01:54 -0400
          Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 16:29 -0400
            Re: El Capitan oddities dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-10-09 14:09 +1300
              Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-08 22:08 -0400

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