Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Following up fwiw my iMac is a mid 2010 27" Intel Core i7 4 cores 2.93 Ghz 16GB RAM and it still seems to struggle with LR. Sort of like me most mornings...... On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Apple is right about the security of PPTP, but their habit of deleting > things whose security they question is downright annoying.<< > > What was really and truly annoying was the lack of notice that if I did > the upgrade being disconnected from my office would be the result. > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >> Apple is right about the security of PPTP, but their habit of deleting >> things whose security they question is downright annoying. >> >> Of course, Google just removed the largest certificate authority >> (Symantec) from Chrome and Mozilla, which has put the entire security >> certificate world into a massive dither. It's not just Apple. >> >> >> On 4/5/18 9:40 AM, Robert Baron via LUG wrote: >> >>> One cautionary tale: I have a high end but somewhat elderly (mid-2010 >>> version) iMac desktop with 16GB RAM etc etc and a robust 2015 MacBook Air >>> that were running reasonably well on Yosemite but when I tried to upgrade >>> them to the latest version of Lightroom, Adobe (I believe) said I needed >>> to >>> upgrade my OS to fully implement the features in the upgrade so I did >>> the >>> upgrading to High Sierra. All seemed fine until I discovered that High >>> Sierra had deleted the VPN settings connecting me from home or my laptop >>> to >>> my office. >>> >>> So I did some research (Google) and learned "yes, it does that". >>> Apparently Apple doesn't think the PPTP VPN method of connecting is >>> secure >>> any more and won't enable it (Brian, feel free to chime in here, I've >>> exhausted my vocabulary not to mention my knowledge). It would have been >>> nice if I had known this before considering whether the free upgrade >>> would >>> be worth the price. >>> >>> Since this is well outside my skill set I contacted the tech service that >>> maintains our office servers and network and was told 'hrmmm, Apple may >>> be >>> right and we'll look into it.' So far they are still looking. >>> >>> Hope This Helps. >>> >>> --Bob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >