Jerry, When I got my new HD put in , I was missing Twain (to import items into Photoshop). I've been dealing with Epson about that... they're supposed to be be cutting me a CD and sending it to me with a copy of Twain. It should be easier than that, I know... but when I try to download it to my scanner from Epson's site, nothing happens, We've "walked through it" many times to try to install Twain, on Safari and on Explorer: I even got a new modum from Bellsouth for my internet. No help. (Bellsouth didn't charge anything but postage for it.) I should have the disk any day now , and will call them. per their instructions, to have them walk me through that installation. (They said it wouldn't be a regular disk , and it wouldn't show me how to do it own my own.)
I wasn't doing too well this summer, so most of the Epson Twain delay has been because I didn't feel up to dealing with it. I had both knees injured and in bad shape, just from over-doing. I guess I learned my lesson about that... it's just so hard not to try to do things for myself, even when I do know I should get help. That has meant a lot of pain, physical therapy, and exercising the knees at home. I kinda lost my whole summer. I am better now. I was also missing my Aquarium screen saver after the new HD was installed, and ended up ordering a replacement (updated) of that through Amazon. That works fine now. My Adobe Reader was hanging up halfway through the opening process, with the blue "progress" rod stopping halfway, and the screen freezing... sometimes. Other times, it worked fine. I did update Adobe Reader... so far, so good. Nothing else seems to be a problem or missing, at least for now. I hope there's nothing wrong with my new HD. This Address Book thing has me stumped, however. Some routes I take to get to an address folder to double-click on an address folder, It will open (in column view) an empty column, showing no items in folder. I had a friend staying here for a few days, in the studio, from out of town. Could he have accidently done something to have lost my addresses? I think he's computer-savvy enough to not do that.... though he doesn't usually use a Mac. (He's from the OTHER SIDE.) I sure do need a lot of those addresses. Some were new since I ran off a paper copy last. I suppose I can rebuild , one-by-one, my address book. My computer still knows many of them. If I am sending an E-mail, and can start the address, the automatic feature finishes it, still. That tells me they're in there somewhere, somehow. Am I wrong? Maybe I need to have you come over and check it out. I couldn't find Repair Permissions... don't remember the route, perhaps. Don't know that it would help, anyway. I have had a nasty cold this week and don't want to give it to anyone... so it would be a few days before I'd feel I should ask you to come, if you think it would help. What say? Mike On Nov 10, 2005, at 10:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > It sounds like something is a bit odd with your Mac, Mike. > > Are you missing other applications or is this the only one? > > Jerry > > On Nov 10, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Mike Watkins wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> I don't even have an address book listing in my Applications folder >> when I double-click on it. It's not there. It does show up if I just >> double-click on HD, in the right-hand list of that page, however. >> That, too, goes away, along with everything else in that side of the >> page if I double-click on it. >> >> My address book is lost in space! >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: >> >>> Have you tried opening the "Applications" folder on your hard drive >>> and double-clicking on the "Address Book" application? That should >>> open Address Book and use your current AddressBook.data file. If it >>> doesn't show the addresses you put in there, what does it do? >>> >>> The icon in the dock is just an alias file that launches the >>> application "Address Book." It was in your Dock because Apple puts >>> it there by default when you install your OS X system files. >>> Dragging it out of the dock -- accidentally or on purpose -- will >>> make it disappear with a "poof." All you have to do to put it back >>> into your Dock is to drag the application icon from the Applications >>> folder into the dock and drop it. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>>> Help! >>>> >>>> I have suddenly had a major loss and am in mourning... my address >>>> book is inaccessible.I know how to go the route of Home Computer/ >>>> Library/ Application Support/ Address Book/Address Book.data. (That >>>> was in an E-mail I saved from a previous person's question/ answer >>>> on our list serve.) >>>> >>>> My problem then is that I cannot find an application to open that >>>> file. I'm told that "There is no default application specified to >>>> open the document "AddressBook.data"." I can then choose to Cancel >>>> or to Choose Application. Seems as though I would then want to >>>> Choose Application. >>>> That's all well and good, but whatever I seem to choose as the >>>> application will only give me choices of New Folder or Cancel. >>>> There is also a space designated Open.... but it is shaded and not >>>> usable. Now what? >>>> >>>> I had it in my dock; but when I clicked on it, all I got was a big >>>> question mark over the center of it. >>>> While trying to fiddle with that, I "poofed" away that icon. Don't >>>> ask me how it got into this condition in the first place... I >>>> haven't the foggiest idea. >>>> >>>> I can find all sorts of folders, etc. regarding Addresses; but they >>>> don't get me anywhere. I get the same "No default application to >>>> open, etc." for all of those, too. Now what do I do?I've yet to >>>> find anything I can ask Help to get a pertinent answer. >>>> >>>> I am running a G4 iMac with a flat screen, on Panther/ >>>> version10.3.9 system. I do have a back-up LaCie HD; it's gone on >>>> that, too. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
