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Originally Posted by jswinden
...Then yesterday I got a strange Mac OS X Mavericks pop up message on my Mac Mini. It asked if it was okay for Google Software Update.app to take control of my Mac Min!
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Wow, that would be troubling to see something like that, indeed. I googled "google software update.app take control of mac" and this is one link that came up:
http://superuser.com/questions/65701...-computer-what
I only own mobile Apple products, so I can't really speak to anything concerning Mac's specifically. My opinion, though...that any program or app would require 'control' of a computer in order to check for or install updates is disturbing, to say the least.
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
I've been thinking of moving to another mail server too, maybe my own. Like many people I suppose, I've been getting a bit concerned about how much of my private data is on the cloud, and how much google especially has access to. But I'm not ready to change just now. So I hope mail will continue to work and I can keep using it with gmail. Because I've been reviewing other mail apps, and frankly they don't appeal much.
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Well, the gmail app added another annoying feature which I just saw today. I found a spam ad disguised as an e-mail in the Promotions tab. You have to tap it to delete it, which means, you have to look at it. I guess this is Google's way of generating ad revenue via the Apple app, but I still don't like to see it.
I don't use the gmail app in my iPad mini or iPhone, just the iPad2. I have mail organized in folders in my gmail account, and if I move them in a gmail app, that doesn't sync over to the native Apple e-mail in the other 2 devices. The whole e-mail situation with my mobile devices is something I'm not entirely satisfied with yet but I am not sure what to do about it at this point. I also looked for apps at the app store and I'm not seeing anything of interest there.