December 2014 PACC TALK issue - Pittsburgh Area Computer Club
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1. 7th Edition THE LINU HTML XHTML amp CSS COMMAND LINE MPLETE INTRODUCTION SANA Px TTA we Sy A 4 if D es y g dt n ps Sy F Lf E User group members SAVE 40 on all print titles and 50 on all ebooks Enter discount code DSUG O REILLY ne knowledge of innovators ANDROID SIG X plore Dual pane tree view Root access on rooted devices also allowing changes to read only files Disk Map see which files consume most space on your disk FTP FTPS LAN SMB Samba servers Cloud storage access Google Drive Dropbox Box net Mega co nz 1 OneDrive Webdav Yandex MediaFire Sug arSync Dump Truck Copy com SSH File Transfer SFTP and SSH Shell 2 Application manager WiFi file sharing 2 Access from a PC web browser 2 Picasa image albums SQLite database explorer files with db extension Seamless work with Zip as with normal folder Favorite folders displayable in root Built in viewers for images video audio text Hex viewer Fast Image viewer with zoom and slide to previous next images in folder Thumbnails for images and video as well as for various file types depending on associated ap plication 1 Root 5 O Picasa Albums iamm A x Web storage beautiful white horse jpg retris 1 1 251KB we Continued from page 1 Ability to clear default application handlers Multi selection always available yet not disturbing Searc2. PACC TALK Official Newsletter of the Pittsburgh Area Computer Club MEETING SCHEDULE Sunday December 21 2014 11 00 11 25am Sign In Pay Dues Greet visitors Purchase 50 50 ROOM 311 tickets Optional Setup Computers Connect to Internet Prep for Meetings 11 00 11 25 pm PACC BOD Meeting ROOM 301 11 35 12 00 pm Windows New Users 12 00 12 30 pm General Meeting Raffle ROOM 301 12 35 2 30pm X plore pg 1 ROOM 301 Air Droid Orbot pg 2 2 35 3 30 pm More programs and utilities ROOM 301 2 05 3 30 pm Hardware SIG ROOM 311 Users Helping Users guests included 1 00 3 30 pm Linux SIG Members Helping Members ROOM 311 Computer troubleshooting Info Exchange 3 30 4 00 pm Pack Up Equipment Doors Close What ts inside PAGE 1 PAGE 2 plore Air Droid Orbot New Android Tablet Now What PAGE 3 by Phil Sorrentino indows 8 Tablet A tablet for all reasons PAGE 4 by Phil Sorrentino mage Processing Software Part 2 PAGE 5 by Dick Maybach Helium Backup a review PAGE 6 by Frank Ramsey nteresting Internet Finds June 2014 PAGE 8 by Steve Costello nteresting Internet Finds July 2014 PAGE 9 sesessseeeee DY Steve Costello nteresting Internet Finds August 2014 PAGE 9 sesessseeeee DY Steve Costello OTG Cable Adapter On the Go PAGE 10 by Frank Ramsey PAGE 10 From the President s and Editors Desk December 2014 Ler
3. UNIVERSAL MODE Orbot can be configured to transparently proxy all of your Internet traffic through Tor You can also choose which specific apps you want to use through Tor We Love Feedback ABOUT US Guardian Project is a group of developers that make se cure mobile apps and open source code for a better tomorrow OUR WEBSITE https GuardianProject info ON TWITTER https twitter com guardianproject OPEN SOURCE Orbot is free soft ware Take a look at our source code or join the community to make it better https gitweb torproject org orbot git ABOUT TOR https TorProject org MESSAGE US Are we missing your favorite feature Found an annoying bug We d love to hear from you Send us an email root guardianproject info 5 the end of the story A New Android Tablet Now What By Phil Sorrentino Staff Writer The Computer Club Inc Sun City Center FL May 2014 issue The Journal www scccomputerclub org philsorr at yahoo com You just got a new Android tablet Isn t the look of a brand new tab let wonderful it is so shiny and lacking finger prints But fingerprints are a good thing since they are a byproduct of using the touch enabled screen so the more finger prints the more use If the fingerprints eventually become annoying you can always clean them with a soft micro fiber cloth Now if the tablet 1s brand new when you turn it on it will probably take you through a few set u
4. Android device at ogor Em Ga Helium 76 apps selected for backup BUY PREMIUM muuone Notice the activat 7 ed Helium screen App Data Only smaller backups SYSTEM shows 0 apps se Acc oak prompter to cown oac ie Spp om lected and the App Remember Group of Apps Data Only box is checked TELLE E D cos 2 Pose Trt l Backup ro Helium Premium Buy Helium Premium to access all the Helium Ce features Google Play before restoring 0 apps selected for backup Select All Deselect All App Data Only smaller backups You will be prompted to download the app from Google Play before restoring Remember Group of Apps To select all applications to backup press the Select All dialog box Icons for the apps to be backed up will be displayed and the Select All Deselect All apps will be counted To select individual applications swipe up in the Helium Premium window A list of applications and system settings to backup is dis played 3 10 45 PM Helium O A a C Helium BACKUP RESTORE AND SYNC BACKUP RESTORE AND SYNC EEes AEN TouchWiz home BUY PREMIUM S Last backup 2 days ago Select Backup Destination Hereni Buy Helium Premium to access all the Helium cs features User Dictionary Aa User defined words and predictive text input R Internal Storage APPLICATIONS SYSTEM Air Control Last backup 2 days ago m Airl i Last backup 2 days ago om o
5. raw format the file includes a JPEG thumbnail in which the lens distortion has been corrected providing that if your camera has a removable lens it s compatible with the cam era The program uses the thumbnail to correct any distortion in the raw image All other programs that incorporate automatic distortion correction including Photoshop use databases and these don t cover all combinations of cameras and lenses Indeed RawTherapee can use the same Adobe camera and lens profiles used by Photoshop but it is a non trivial process to adapt them Lightzone http www lightzoneproject org for Linux OS X and Windows is a raw developer with a much different approach For one you can specify only a portion of the image for a particular processing step while RawTherapee always works on the entire image It can also show you which portions of the image have similar luminosities which is frequently helpful The screen shot below shows an image being edited in LightZone In the right hand panel the icons below the thumbnail bring up windows a new one each time you click on an icon Each window is one application of an editing tool which can apply to the whole image or just a portion If you delete a window the changes you made using that step are also discarded When you devel op the image the processing is done in the same order as the tool win dows so unlike RawTherapee their order can be important You can reorder the processing
6. scroll through to select the manufacturer of your de vice Download the drivers and either install if the download is an exe or open if the down load is a zip and follow the instructions in the zip file to complete the installs Windows Drivers Windows users will also need the Android Windows Drivers E C fi O www dockworkmod com carbon driver Orso HE Apps C Daily f eBay New amp used CtAdmTools FREE T 60 Windows 8 tips t C Other bookme jelium Tether Drivers Facebook Google Twit Carbon Drivers for Windows To complete your Carbon installation you must install the manufacturer provided adb phone that allot to connect to your PC Plug in a USB cable into your asus phone and and plug in the USB s sprvers an asus pevices cable to the PC MAC and the motoroia phone The phone should be oie privers an motoroia phones recognized Once the required drivers are installed Helium will ask you to enable USB debugging on the device Press OK to go to developer Options and select USB debugging If you are warned click OK to continue Now Helium will say mount the device in Photo sharing mode and takes you to the location to select this Finally you are ready to run the Helium desktop Click on the Carbon shortcut on the desktop Yes I know the desktop portion of the tool is called Carbon and the FOR SALE HD external USB 2 0 400 GB Western Digital 30 HD external USB 2 0 2
7. will ask you to log in to your Google account Having a Google account allows you to synchronize files and certain Apps so that you have the same information available to your tablet and your home computer After your Google account is set up there are a few operational things that you might like to modify None of these are absolutely necessary but I find setting them to my preferences is helpful Most of these things will be found in Settings so the first thing is to find the Settings icon and place it on a Home Screen if it is not there al ready The Settings icon may be found in the All Apps collection The All Apps collection is accessed by an icon typically at the top of the screen that looks like a small rectangular collection of smaller squares possibly four or six or nine All Apps Icon Tap this icon and an alphabetical listing of all the Apps on your tablet will be shown The Settings icon typically looks like a square with three lines and dots within the square or a gear There are probably multiple screens of Apps so you may have to flick the screen to the left to uncover all the Apps When you find the Settings icon tap and hold the icon and it will be select ed When you release it it will then be placed on a screen Now you can access the Settings by tapping the Settings icon whenever you want to review or change a setting Settings Icons Buy the way tablets have mult
8. 8 will feel right at home in front of this tablet Yes there are differences in the User In terface between Windows 8 on a non touchscreen computer and on a tablet because you don t use a mouse you use only your fingers But all the Windows 8 functionality is right there in front of you Although on an 8 screen some of the buttons are very small and may be difficult to actuate with a large finger Windows 8 as any user will tell you has two distinct modes of operation Desktop like Windows 7 and Tiles on the Start Screen Those who are only fa miliar with Windows 7 may look at the Tile mode as unnecessary and maybe even unusual but it is my feeling that the Tile mode really shines on a tablet So why didn t Microsoft develop two different Operating Systems each optimized for the specific target hardware computer or tablet The answer to that is way above my pay grade but maybe having to maintain multiple OSs in synchronism is more difficult than combining the functionality into one OS Only the gurus at Microsoft know the reasons and only time will tell if it was a good decision but I m betting that it will be a winner The reason being simply Microsoft enjoys a strong corporate presence The Tile mode seems to be a good default for a tablet even if it is not a good starting point for a Laptop For a laptop it would probably make more sense for it to start in the Desktop mode The tiles in Win dows 8 are like the ico
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10. K K K K K Most Fridays more interesting finds will be posted on the Computers Technology and User Groups Blog http ctublog sefcug com tag interesting internet finds The posts are under Creative Commons licensing the end of the stor Interesting Internet Finds Steve Costello Boca Raton Computer Society editor brcs org http ctublog sefcug com In the course of going through the more than 300 RSS feeds I often run across things that I think might be of interest to other user group mem bers The following are some items I found interesting during the month of July 2014 What s New in Android 5 0 L http www maketecheasier com whats new in android 5 0 1 Have you been hearing about the new Android 5 0 L Been wondering what it is all about If so check out this post from MakeTechEasier Can I Make Phone Calls from Within Gmail http www askdavetaylor com can make phone calls within gmail Dave Taylor explains how to make phone call for free with your Gmail account Picasa Tip Picture Sort Order Folder Sort Order http picasageeks com 2014 07 picasa tip picture sort order folder sort order Jim and Chris Guld explain how to sort pictures and folders in Picasa You can find more Picasa tips like this in their free weekly articles at http picasageeks com and check out http geeksontour tv for non Picasa related tutorials How to Train Google Now to Show You Better Cards http www greenbot co
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12. Terabyte Western Digital 60 Contact Vishnu 724 553 8051 vka zoominternet net Android part Helium In fact the backups made by Helium are stored in a folder called Carbon on the Android device Once you launched the Carbon shortcut title of the application is Helium ag Helium Once you ve started Carbon you get the Heli um desktop a Helium If your device is con nected by USB and the device is running Heli um once the connec tion is made the desk oe T top will show the suc cess Check To enable Helium on your Android please connect it to SB Helium has been enabled on your Android During the connection process the device will show a connection message Click Always allow this computer and then OK If you d rather be prompted every time don t click the Always just click OK The computer s RSA key fingerprint is 3C E1 74 D3 FD 45 53 46 F3 C2 AE A fa sD Bc a You can now disconnect the Android device from the PC MAC You have successfully ena bled all Helium features on the Android device ts Typically you must go through activation eS process the first time Helium is started on the e m Android device following boot BACKUP Always allow this computer RESTORE AND SYNC BUY PREMIUM warm From now on we will be referring to pry HelumPremium enn eee emium to access ali the helium BACKUP RESTORE AND SYNC Helium on the SYSTEM
13. Windows 8 tablets are probably not ready for prime time But if taking advantage of the storehouse of knowledge that you have acquired using Windows 8 and previous Windows Op erating systems is important to you then a Windows 8 tablet might be the right choice Windows 8 tablets are certainly late to the party but once they are available at reasonable prices and the Apps store gets a good bit larg er they just might be a really good tablet choice the end of the story Image Processing Software Part 2 By Dick Maybach Member Brookdale Computer Users Group NJ March 2014 issue BUG Bytes www bcug com n2nd att net In the first article February 2014 newsletter available at www bcug com we discussed photo retouching using GIMP GNU Image Processing Program However GIMP does not develop raw files for that you need a program such as RawTherapee Why would you want to bother with this extra step In the picture inside a church the frame on the left is the JPEG image as produced by my camera while the one on the right is the same image but I used RawTherapee to process it from a raw file I have my camera set up to save every picture as both a JPEG and a raw image and decide what processing to use after I see the results This example shows one advantage of working with a raw images In the JPEG the roof is essentially black with no visible detail while in the processed raw image the details are visible This
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15. by drag and drop moving of the tool windows You can also change the way in which the effects of each tool are combined in the final image The left hand panel shows the editing history Here I ve adjusted the white balance applied the relight tool which lightened the shadows and darkened the highlights and further Continued on page 6 Continued from page 5 lightened the shadows Then I used the color selector to select the very bright areas the window and the sun lit highlights on the table and reduced the luminosity of only those regions Finally I rotated the image All this takes longer to describe than to do The screen shot gt Same ELORF shows a region selected based on its luminosity but I could have based it on color or just by drawing an outline Like RAWTherapee LightZone has several pre defined styles and often applying one of these is the only thing you need do to obtain a satisfactory result Unlike RawTherapee and UFRaw LightZone has no provisions for correcting distortions If you look carefully at the window frame and the bookcase you can see some curvature which results from my particular lens a wide range zoom Better lenses have less distortion and some cameras correct for it in their raw images To get the best results from LightZone you must start from a raw im age as JPEG has discarded much of the photo s dynamic range Since the program can t correct lens distortion you would pass the de
16. d tablets and smartphones so my tendency has been towards the Android ecosystem Yes the literature considers these different varieties ecosystems and right now there are three major ecosystems out there Apple s 10S Google s Android and Microsoft s Windows 8 Blackberry would have also been considered a few years ago but they seem to have been eclipsed by the other three but that might change in the future Tablets of all types are great devices for consuming data They are not the best choice for creating data though they can be used to create short documents and review most any document Can you imagine writing your memoirs on a tablet I wouldn t even want to write this article on a tablet Tablets are very good at checking your email checking on your stocks sharing pictures and videos listening to mu sic social interactions finding a nearby restaurant getting driving directions keeping a calendar accessing your cloud storage and many more very specific activities But they are not so good for writing lengthy documents writing and sending lengthy emails with attach ments managing your stock portfolio managing a large picture or document database ripping your CD music editing pictures creating elaborate spreadsheets and many more generally complex computing activities The latest addition to my tablet collection is an 8 Dell Windows 8 tablet Those of us who are familiar with Windows
17. ditor ACPCUG Akron Canton PC Users Group Ohio www acpcug org aframsey at yahoo com The Helium of this review is a backup program for Android phones and tablets It s available in the Google Play store both free and paid editions Before continuing we must digress and discuss what does backup mean and what is included in a backup An android device can have multiple objects to backup Phone history phone contacts SMS messages system settings customizations W1 Fi networks etc applications and application data There are at least two types of applications system those that are installed on the device when it s purchased and those installed after the device is first turned on Complicating the process is each application has application data high scores for games user ID and passwords for banking etc that should be backed up for a restore to be complete Now some will remind me that when you first sign onto the Android device with your Google account you are offered the choice to backup and or restore the device to the Google account Yes you can have the device backed up to your Google account And Google does a great job of restoring settings like contacts and Wi Fi networks If you ve never used the device before Google can also install all non system non private applications from every device that is backed up to the Google clouds Unlike iTunes you are not asked to select a backup to use You get all the apps
18. for it For non rooted devices there are many free and paid highly rated backup tools There is only one backup tool for non rooted devices that also backs up application data Helium Period Continued on page 7 Continued from page 6 Now that we ve covered backups and the types let s look at Helium Helium is from ClockworkMod It s unique in that there is a desktop component also required at least to start the backup process This is how the developers get around the non root device application data backup dilemma al Welcome to Helium Welcome To get started with Helium you must first enable application backup by connecting to the Helium Desktop application Please visit the Helium website on VOP torinenichone To install Helium search for it in Google Play and install it Then http www clockworkmod com Open it You ll get the screen as carbon shown at the right Click OK Send Link You are request ed to connect your Android to your PC or MAC Helium Please connect your Android to your PC s USB Fire up your PC or MAC and go to the link shown at the right for the desktop application and drivers t c fi DO wwwdockwe Ei Apps B C Doiy By Boy New amp used Helium Helium Desktop Installer Download the appropriate Helium Desk top and install it Helium Desktop O If you are running Windows click on the Android Windows Drivers and
19. h files in folders also in archives or in search results View APK files as ZIP Share send files by Bluetooth email or whatever that device supports Configurable buttons and key shortcuts Hide folders that you don t want to see Marked features are paid donation need to be sent through Google Play Store 1 donation of any value 2 donation of value at least 3 beers may be also combination of 2 1 beers or cake coffee Get it here http www lonelycatgames com app xplore Air Droid AirDroid allows you to access and manage your Android phone or tablet from Windows Mac or the web wirelessly for free Better focused Calls SMS and the app notifications you allowed mirrored to the large computer screen you are focusing on Better equipped Type with full physical keyboard and control with a mouse Transfer things faster without looking for a cable Better equipments better life Better connected Control your Android from computer and use any apps on computer like WhatsApp WeChat and Line root required for some devices Things you can do with AirDroid from computer Feature availability may vary by client platforms Windows Mac or Web SMS send and receive individual or group messages Files transfer files between Android and computer from any network Notification Mirror Mirror phone notifications from any allowed apps to computer AirMirror beta Complete control of Android and use any a
20. h it If so you should read this post first Continued on page 9 Continued from page 8 How to Make a YouTube Video Easily http www aha now com how to make a youtube video Another interesting post this time about how to easily make a YouTube video This post explains how you can create your own YouTube video without a lot of specialized equipment and lighting Is Your PC Updating Correctly Are You Sure http www techsupportalert com content your pc updating correctly are you sure htm You re updating your Windows PC all the time Are you sure the up dates are actually being done Gizmo s Freeware tells you how to check in this post I think this is something you should do periodically In fact the post reminded me to check my Windows machines They all checked out giving me some peace of mind Going Paperless Quick Tip Clipping Email with the Evernote Web Clipper http www jamierubin net 2014 06 17 going paperless quick tip clipping email with the evernote web clipper In this Going Paperless tip Jamie shows how to clip your email into Evernote using the Web Clipper I found the tip useful and thought you might also if you use Evernote and email 6 Tips to Help You Go Paperless On Android http www makeuseof com tag 6 tips go paperless android This MakeUseOf post explains ways to be paperless on your Android by scanning receipts and documents using a notekeeping app printing to PDF and more KK K K K
21. hat s the story of Helium an Android backup and restore tool that can backup application data without requiring rooting of the device You may wonder how to protect the back gyrs up you just made especially if the backup is on the Android device of interest There are a couple of ways One is to store the backup in the Cloud Dropbox or other oK backup destinations Restore Complete Your app restore is complete Another is to copy the resulting backup to another device If the back up is stored in the storage of the Android device the storage location is a folder called Carbon All that s required is copying the Carbon folder to another location either using an OTG On the Go cable and USB flash drive or connecting the device to a PC MAC and dragging the folder from the device to the PC MAC If you are using Helium to switch devices back up the old device Copy the Carbon folder to external storage Turn off the old device I suggest actually wiping the old device after you ve verified all the stuff you want has been successfully moved Install Helium and activate it with the desktop on the new device Copy the Carbon folder from external storage to the new device Then use the Restore tab in Helium to restore your applications and applica tion data A final note There are a few applications that do not allow Helium to backup appli A Helium cation data You can find these by scroll BACKUP ing down
22. i ple screens usually an odd num ber with the middle screen being the home screen If you have 5 screens then screen number 3 is the home screen There may be an indicator on each of the screens typically on the bottom that indi cates which screen is currently being shown Now that the Settings icon is available tap it and it will allow you to make changes to the tablet s settings The settings are organized in groups such as Wireless amp Networks Device Personal Accounts and System Under Wireless amp Networks tap Wi Fi and you will see the network you are cur rently using and others if you have used them in the past Under Device among others there is Sound and Display Tap Sound and you can change the Sound Profiles and or the Sound levels depending on your version of Android Tap Display and you can change the Brightness of the display Just tap Brightness and then set the slider to the brightness level of your choice This is also the place to change the Font size if it is too small Font size Large seems to be a good choice The Sleep setting sets the time of inactivity allowed before the screen goes off A short time like 1 minute is good if you are actively using the tablet but a longer time maybe 5 minutes is nice to have when you are learning and it takes some time to deter mine your next step The longer time keeps the display from turning off just when you are abo
23. in the backup window to the BACKUP DISALLOWED group RESTORE AND SYNC BACKUP DISALLOWED Trivia Triplt Backup Disallowed 0 apps selected for backup For these applications Helium will back up and restore the application but cannot backup or restore the application data This is the choice of the application de veloper not a problem with Helium Typically applications that do not allow application data backup store their infor mation in the Cloud and require you to login by a userid and password Therefore the application data is stored in the Cloud and retrieved by the application when you authenticate it the end of the stor Interesting Internet Finds Steve Costello Boca Raton Computer Society editor brcs org http ctublog sefcug com In the course of going through the more than 300 RSS feeds I often run across things that I think might be of interest to other user group members The following are some items I found interesting during the month of June 2014 How can I manage a lot of scanned documents http askleo com how can i manage a lot of scanned documents Leo Notenboom explains how he manages a lot of scanned docu ments Check this post out to get an idea of how to handle your own collection of scanned documents How to Record Screencast Videos on Android http www labnol org software record android screencast 4929 Have an Android and thinking about recording screencasts wit
24. ings can also be done with Android tablets but in my experience it was much more difficult with the Android Apps that I used And when things did work you had an entirely different User Interface with which to be come familiar Most of the App provided User Interface s were very different from the well known Windows File Explorer Apps really make the tablet useful And in this area the lack of Win dows 8 Apps is probably the biggest detractor Currently in the battle for the largest number of Apps both Apple and Google boast over 1 Million Microsoft on the other hand can list only about 100 000 so they are really way behind in this area However some tasks like moving your camera pictures to your home computer that require an Apple or Android App to accomplish can be accomplished with Win dows Explorer which is an integral part of Windows 8 Many of what I ll call basic Apps are available There are multiple Apps for email news finance weather cloud storage maps calendars search picture and video viewing music playing social interaction reading and internet browsing But when I looked for my favorite picture viewer it wasn t available however the Photo Viewer that comes with the tablet works quite well Although many of the basic Apps are available there is certainly nowhere near the selection that is available with Apple and Android So if a large number of Apps is important to your decision then the
25. is not a simple exposure compensation as you can see by noting that the highlights in the two images for example as seen through the open door on the right have about the same brightness While adjusting the brightness I also compensated for the perspective distortion resulting from the wide angle lens As a result the image on the right is much closer to what your eye would see The changes here are modest in an attempt to keep the result realistic You can easily go off the rails and produce results that belong in a comic strip The improvement is possible because the camera records 12 bits per pixel per color while a JPEG image has only 8 In other words the raw image has 16 times the dynamic range of the JPEG one In photo terms this means that the raw image has two to three more f stops of range that a corresponding JPEG The screen shot below shows an image being processed by RawThera pee http rawtherapee com for Linux OS X and Windows The panel on the right shows the tools availalbe and these are grouped with tabs The color adjustment tab has been selected and the white balance tool within it From left to right the tabs are exposure detail color transform raw processing and metadata Histograms for lumi nance and the three primary colors are visible at the top of this panel The left panel shows the history of the changes and the center one the current state of the image If you look carefully you will see a b
26. it annoying to have videos autoplay in Facebook and it just uses up data Following the directions in this tip I have disabled the au toplay for my desktop and Android it has iPhone instructions too How to Create Your Own Personalized Domain Email Address http www online tech tips com computer tips how to create your own personalized domain email address for free This one is self explanatory KK K K K K K K K K Most Fridays more interesting finds will be posted on the Computers Technology and User Groups Blog http ctublog sefcug com tag interesting internet finds The posts are under Creative Commons licensing the end of the stor OTG Cable Adapter On the Go By Frank Ramsey Editor Akron Canton PCUG Ohio www acpcug org aframsey at yahoo com How do you accomplish the transfer of files between a mobile device and your PC There are a number of methods including connecting the device to a PC MAC via a USB cable use an application to connect over Wi Fi and others An additional method would be to transfer files to a USB Flash drive Since few Android devices have a full size USB Type A port how do you connect a flash Enter the OTG Cable A typical OTB cable is shown above One end is the USB Type A female the other end typically USB micro male 10 From the Presidents Editor s desk A New Android Tablet Now What vet oneaiens by Phil Sorrentino PAGE 3 Windows 8 Tablet A tab
27. let for all reasons josipoesisi by Phil Sorrentino PAGE 4 Image Processing Software Part 2 TEPE by Dick Maybach PAGE 5 Helium Backup a review PRETE EPE by Frank Ramsey PAGE 6 Interesting Internet Finds June 2014 SERO by Steve Costello PAGE 8 Interesting Internet Finds July 2014 sescsssssceee DY Steve Costello PAGE 9 Interesting Internet Finds August 2014 sescssssseeee DY Steve Costello PAGE 9 OTG Cable Adapter On the Go senabeaiaes by Frank Ramsey PAGE 10 PJK We will havea BYO Bring Your Own for those who do not re member Bring what you like and let others taste it If they do not like it you still do It will not be wasted The PACC will also contribute as usually PJK Please confirm your e mail address so the PACC TALK notification can go out to let you know the newsletter is at the PACC web site ready to download Thank you PJK IMPORTANT NOTICE The PACC web site is working You are again able to get your copy of PACC TALK there Zf you have a problem with viewing it with Adobe Reader use another PDF reader such as Nitro to view the PACC TALK PACC Web Site http pacc apcug org These are available from a num ber of sources including eBay for prices ranging from under a 1 to 5 or more You plug the flash drive into the Type A female connection and plug the USB micro male into the Android device Typically the Android device will recognize the flash drive and eventually it will sho
28. m article 2449596 how to train google now to show you better cards html Have an Android and use Google Now This post from Greenbot shows you how to train Google Now so you get better cards over time How to Start System Restore When You Can No Longer Log Into Windows http www 7tutorials com how start system restore when you can no longer log windows If you should no longer be able to log into Windows this post will tell you how to start System Restore anyway Keep this handy because it is likely you will have the problem sooner or later What Is RSS and How Can It Improve Your Life http www makeuseof com tag what is rss and how can it improve your life If you have been reading this column or the Interesting Internet Finds posts for a while you know that I get these kinds of things from RSS feeds Check out this MakeUseOf post to learn about RSS feeds then check out some for yourself I guarantee you will find lots of useful things for yourself KK K K K K ok ok K K Most Fridays more interesting finds will be posted on the Computers Technology and User Groups Blog http ctublog sefcug com tag interesting internet finds The posts are under Creative Commons licensing the end of the story Interesting Internet Finds Steve Costello Boca Raton Computer Society editor brcs org http ctublog sefcug com In the course of going through the more than 300 RSS feeds I often run across things that I think migh
29. no application data associated with each Assuming you don t want every app you ve ever purchased on the new device Google backup is not a great option at least for new devices All this points to the need for a 3rd party backup utility perhaps two or more depending on the capabilities of the backup utili ty The first question you have to answer when you decide to backup a device is to be backed up rooted Rooting is the term used to indi cate any privilege restrictions imposed by Google or the device manu facturer has been removed It s basically running with administrator privilege on Windows devices Unless the device is rooted you are running as a user with no way of performing privileged tasks such as backing up application data Rooting is not for everyone Root exploits areas not available for eve ry device You can brick make the device unusable a device There are very few reasons to root your device other than to say you ve root ed it and watch the puzzled looks on the faces of those who don t know what this means Basically DON T ROOT your device Having said this one exploit that rooting brings is the ability to back up application data There are many backup tools that backup applica tion data when the device is rooted including My Backup Titanium and others Most cost 5 or so Some provide free editions However if you ve taken the risk to root the device spend the money and pay for a quality backup tool
30. ns on an Android or Apple tablet The Tiles are rectangular and re sizeable The sizes for many Tiles are Small Medi um Wide and Large Because many of the Tiles are live meaning that changing data is being displayed on the tile the Wide and Large sizes are useful Tiles that don t reveal any data can be relegated to Small or Medium size leaving more screen room for information Tiles can be grouped and the groups can be named With a group of only a few tiles you can get a really good idea of what is happening in the world at a glance Live Tiles for Email News Finance Weather and a Calendar will give you a pretty good summary When you want more detailed information just touch the appropriate tile One nice thing about a Windows 8 tablet is that it is a full network participant showing up in the Network folder in Windows Explorer with ease Yes you have to set it up just like any other computer you want on your network but once that is done it can share files folders and printers just like any other network participant You can easily watch movies that reside on one of your other networked computers on the tablet You can play music that resides on another networked computer on the tablet You can access any information that has been shared on your network easily and efficiently Everything you know about networking applies to the tablet Anything you do on the net work can be done on your tablet Most of these th
31. on many of which may be the subject of future articles One last thing to do is change the way the tablet can be accessed Out secure go to Settings and then Personal and then change the Screen lock to Pattern or PIN or Password your choice Make sure these few changes to your out of the box tablet m sure you will begin to enjoy your shiny new tablet This icon is typically on the home screen which is ss mma go to the Play Store tap the icon and you will be trans Birds Candy Crush Yahoo Mail Solitaire Kindle reader Words ColorNote Evernote Firefox Sound Hound and many many more of the box the tablet only needs a swipe to enable it To make it more you don t forget the Pattern or PIN or password after it is set With l the end of the story mwm Windows 8 Tablet A tablet for all reasons By Phil Sorrentino Staff Writer The Computer Club Inc Sun City Center FL www scccomputerclub org philsorr at yahoo com Well maybe not all reasons but it certainly has some very good points in its favor I have used an iPad an Android tablet and now finally a Windows 8 tablet And let me tell you they are all great tab lets and any one would be a good addition to ones computing invento ry But as similar as they are they are all very different in the details and in my opinion that is where the ownership decision lies I must admit that most of my experience has been with Androi
32. p steps These steps are usually also explained in a brief Quick Start Guide that is included in the package For more detailed information and instruction go to the manufacturer s website and look for a Support or Documents page for your specific tablet model and download the User Manual if there is one If the tablet is not brand new maybe a hand me up from one of your kids or grandchildren you may also want to get a User Manual and change some of these general settings Typically the first things to set up are very basic such as Language and Time Zone After these the most important thing to do is to get the tablet onto the internet All tablets have Wi Fi circuitry so if you have Wi Fi at home you are set If you don t have Wi Fi at home the tablet will still be useful for watching videos showing pictures play ing games and listening to music And you can always use one of the many free public W1 Fi hot spots at locations like a Library or Star bucks Once you are in a Wi Fi area all you need to do is key in the password or passphrase for the network if it is protected Hopefully that makes sense to you because you have protected your home net work with WEP WPA2 or WPA2 security Once you have connected to Wi Fi you will be able to go to the Google Play Store where you can download all those useful Apps and games If your tablet is new it will probably instruct you to either setup a Google account or it
33. pps like WhatsApp WeChat and Line requires root AirDroid Windows amp Mac only Contacts View and edit all the contacts Photos Transfer photos between Android and computer Music amp Videos Play and manage music amp videos on Android and transfer them between Android and computer Ringtones Set music as ringtone and export ringtones Screenshot View the real time screen of Android devices take static screenshots requires root Apps Import and export apk files Camera See through the lens of both front and back cameras URL Push url to Android and open it with default web browser Clipboard Share clipboard content between Android and computer https play google com store apps details id com sand airdroid AA rem saya sree ny ETOS lt pe EA Y aa sy A me lt a 2 G G 4 ON ere rine j OL j 7 Orbot Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely Orbot uses Tor to en crypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world Tor is free software and an open network that helps you de fend against a form of network surveillance that threat ens personal freedom and privacy confidential business activities and relationships and state security known as traffic analysis Orbot is the only app that creates a truly private internet connection As the New York Time
34. reen Your app backup is complete Z Helium Now that you have the backup your device is protected BACKUP RESTORE AND SYNC Compliance Security Operations 5 stars Best buy SC magazine CLOUD To restore from Helium open the Helium desktop activate it with the desktop 1f Add Cloud Storage Acoust prompted then click on the RESTORE and woes SYNC tab Select the location of the back up The backups available are displayed Internal Storage Restore apps from the internal storage on this SCH 1545 Login to sync with your other devices The list of applications backed up shows the Not Installed apps first then the in stalled ones Restoring PF Helium 3 cs Select the app fo Sunrises Sunset Wallpaper restore and click w the restore button Best SIEM Log Mgmt Lose It Not Insta ed 100 4867555 Media Hub Not Installec After the restore 2 PrintHand completes you will get a restore success 2 6 nstalle message g Samsung Galaxy S III lt Not Installec If you selected multiple apps to restore you E sleet a N may get various dialogs asking you to con a gn ovat firm the installation of each app Follow the Not Installec install of each app press the Done button if gam volume prompted DO NOT press the Open button Ra as restores will stop Restore Reboot the device to active the new applications and data And enjoy T
35. s writes when a communication arrives from Tor you can never know where or whom it s from Tor won the 2012 Elec tronic Frontier Foundation EFF Pioneer Award ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES Orbot is the safest way to use the Internet on Android Period Orbot bounces your encrypted traffic several times through computers around the world instead of connecting you direct ly like VPNs and proxies This process takes a little longer but the strongest privacy and identity protection available is worth the wait PRIVATE WEB SURFING Use with Orweb the most anonymous way to access any website even if it s normally blocked monitored or on the hidden web Get Orweb https goo gl s3mLa PRIVATE CHAT MESSAGING Use Gibberbot with Orbot to chat confi dentially with anyone anywhere for free Get Gibberbot https goo gl O3FfS PRIVACY FOR APPS Any installed app can use Tor if it has a proxy fea ture using the settings found here https goo gl 20A1y Use Orbot with Twitter or try private web searching with DuckDuckGo https goo gl Ighip PRIVACY FOR EVERYONE Tor can help you confidentially research a competitor get around the Facebook block at school or circumvent a firewall to watch sports at work PRIVACY MADE EASY Check out our fun interactive walkthrough https guardianproject info howto browsefreely IT S OFFICIAL This is the official version of the Tor onion routing service for Android Expert Root Mode
36. t be of interest to other user group members The following are some items I found interesting during the month of August 2014 What is Google http geeksontour tv 2014 07 what is google Chris explains what Google is and why they use it Continued on page 10 The 5 Best Apps for Your Stylus Sporting Android Tablet http www greenbot com article 2459936 the 5 best apps for your stylus sporting android tablet html If you have an Android tablet that supports using a stylus you should have some apps to make the most use of it Greenbot lists five of what they call the best apps in this post I currently use one of them and am going to try two more of the ones shown Why Are Most Programs Still 32 bit on a 64 bit Version of Windows http www howtogeek com 194119 why are most programs still 32 bit on a 64 bit version of windows Do you have a 64 bit version of Windows Do you wonder why most of your programs are still 32 bit HowToGeek has some answers for you in this post Going Paperless Add Reminders to Scanned Documents for Quick Action Items http www jamierubin net 2014 08 19 going paperless add reminders to scanned documents for quick action items For the Evernote users out there Jamie Rubin explains how and why to add reminders to your scanned documents for quick action items How to Disable Autoplay For Facebook Videos http www cnet com how to how to disable autoplay for facebook videos I find
37. ut to take your next step Under System tap About tablet which shows a lot of technical information but the one important item here is the version of the Android Operating Sys tem Android version gives you the currently loaded Android ver sion such as 4 2 2 Don t worry about the third digit Versions 4 1 4 2 and 4 3 are commonly called Jelly Bean Version 4 4 is the latest and goes by the name Kit Kat Under System you can also set the Date and Time or let the tablet Use network provided time Once you have found out the Android version and possibly made some changes to the Sound Display Date amp Time or Wi Fi you can go back to the home screen by tapping the Back button That s the arrow at the bottom of the screen that starts off to the right and turns back on itself to go to the left Now you can go to the Google Play Store and get all the Apps you think you will want to try out and or use The Play Store icon looks like a Shopping Bag with a triangle in the middle of blue and red Google Play Store Icon probably a good place for it This way it will always be available when you want to shop the Play Store To b ported to the Google Store This is the place to get all those popular Apps like Facebook Pandora Netflix Skype Angry with Friends Google Earth Tetris Google Translate Barcode Scan ner Hulu Flashlight Chrome YouTube IMDB Google Drive Over 1 milli
38. utton on the bottom just to the left of the orange Ready button Clicking this develops the image and sends it to GIMP as a 16 bit TIFF file As I noted in the previous article the current version of GIMP is capable of only 8 bit processing so it immediately converts the file to 8 bit TIFF Hopefully this butchering will stop with the next version of GIMP The next button to the left outputs a JPEG TIFF or PNG file directly I frequently skip GIMP altogether as RawTherapee can often do all the processing I need RawTherapee is a non destructive editor that is it makes no changes to the image file Instead it creates a separate script file that specifies the processing to be done when the raw image is developed The processing occurs in the order the pro gram deems optimal As a result the order in which you perform your editing is unimportant This is much different than with a program such as GIMP which changes the image directly in sync with what you do In the latter case the order of the editing steps is quite important RawTherapee requires some persistence to master partly because it has no help file Expect to spend some time reading the manual and searching the Web for examples before you become comfortable with it Finally although it should run on a 32 bit operating system without difficulty a 64 bit one is recommended RawTherapee has a unique ability to correct for lens distortion When your camera saves an image in
39. vel oped image file to GIMP in TIFF format to avoid degrading it with JPEG compression There you would correct he image in GIMP perhaps by comparing it to a JPEG version of a photo as processed by your camera The combination of GIMP RawTherapee and LightZone will provide the tools to do almost all your image processing I ve introduced these because they have good reputations and I m familiar with them How ever an Internet search using image processing software will reveal dozens of alternatives both free and commercial References Montabone Beginning Digital Image processing Using Free Tools for Photographers provides a good overview of the tools I ve discussed although the book is less helpful than it could be as all the example images are in black and white http www cambridgeincolour com contains many very valu able tutorials on photography and image processing If you check only one photo Web site this should be the one Make a search for RawTherapee 4 User Manual to find a very good manual hosted on Google Books This is essential as the program has no help feature http sunburntandinneedofashave blogspot com 2010 03 lightzone beginners tutorial well sort html will get you started with LightZone although the program does have very good help help although the program does have very good hel very good help features the end of the story Helium Backup a review By Frank Ramsey E
40. w up in File Manager I say eventu ally because the flash drive must be scanned by the An droid device Depending on the size of the flash drive and the speed of the Android de vice it may take a little time for the USB drive to show up Be patient Screen Bluetooth rotation Vibrate x USB mass storage connected h lt E My Files storage 2 Device storage a SD memory card Now you can copy files to from the flash drive i UsbDriveA the end of the story end of the stor MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR PACC OCP FINO Nveuecnstseatpur ne sapaascqeae E EEE E INTERES E oiea a E E EE RECOMMENDED BY PACC MEMBER seessssesssssessssesrssesressssssssss Dues 25 per year Make your check out to PACC and send it with your application to Please print in CAPS Treasurer PACC 216 Cashmere Court Cranberry Twp PA 16066 CUE NONO correa a n aa CULL ETE PACC HELP LINE Help is available to PACC members on various computer topics by contacting one of those listed below It is recommended that the initial contact with any of these experts should be made via the PACC WEB SITE In this way others can benefit from the questions and responses Be courteous and call only during the listed times NAME COMPUTER AREA PHONE TIME Agrawala Vishnu Hardware 724 553 8051 3 6 00 pm Cutrara Phil Geoworks 766 0274 Fisher Bill Cobol Word Perfect 367 8996 7 9 00 pm Konecny P Windows DOS 6 2x MS IE H
41. ye Airport Mania 2 Last backup 2 days ago 0 apps selected for backup Try O Schedule Backup 76 apps selected for backup aa Add Cloud Storage era Account un Backup App Data Only smaller backups ito t Jownload the app from gt restoring Remember Group of Apps Select All Deselect All Continued on page 8 Continued from page 7 You are ready to continue NOTE if the App Data Only box is checked you will backup ONLY the application data for each applica tion and not the actual applications While this does make for smaller and faster backups restoring is a pain as you must first get the app installed before you can restore the apps application data Read my article on restoring my phone from scratch and make your own deci sion To start the Backup click the Backup button next to the Icons for the applications Select where to put the backup I ve only used the Internal Storage option and not tried the Add Cloud or Schedule Backup You will be given the chance to encrypt the backup by specifying a password I suggest NOT using a password The dialog is displayed very quickly so if you want to specify a password make it quick Once you select the location the backup gpm starts Various dialogs are displayed show ca Packup Complete ing the app currently being backed up and the backup progress Eventually you get a successful backup message Click OK to return to the Helium main sc
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