Re: testing
on 13/07/05 21:45, Claire Hart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just received a bounced post, saying I was not subscribed to this list. I'm sending a quick post to see if it goes through this time. Claire Apparently, the problem has been resolved... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] featurectomy /fee`ch*r-ek't*-mee/ n.: The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavors, the `righteous' and the `reluctant'. Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation)
On Jul 14, 2005, at 12:15 AM, Claire Hart wrote: applications via Virtual PC will become a target for all of the viruses, worms, etc., that PC users have become use to. Is that true? Will I become susceptible to all the stuff going around? After all, I would be accessing the internet through some of the software that will run on Virtual PC. What is the experience of those who run Virtual PC and Windows apps on their Macs in this regard? Claire Well, it's windows, so you'd be vulnerable to windows viruses and spyware on the windows side. pretty straightforward! The Mac isn't magic, it can't protect Windows. The good news is you can protect it with free software just fine, no reason to buy anything. Zonealarm as a firewall www.zonealarm.com AVG for free antivirus (google for the web site) Spybot Search and Destroy for some spyware AdAware for other adware/spyware and use Firefox not IE for web surfing when you can, although a lot of the relator web stuff likely needs activeX which means IE has to be run. www.mozilla.org You'd be fine. You can spend about $200 on commercial products to replace the above but they don't work as well often, or need constant renewal fees to keep them up to date. B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: gray frame around screen; odd key behavior
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 4:36 am -0500, Claire Hart wrote: Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally around the screen? It's translucent gray border about a half inch wide and either on all four edges or on the sides and top. (It's gone right now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock happens to be right now.) I wonder if it's a prompt of some kind. I haven't yet seen that pattern of strokes or conditions that causes it to appear or go away. It sounds like Exposé in action. Do you get the same thing when you press F11? You could check your Exposé pref pane to see what the keyboard shortcuts are set to. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Wireless network question
On 7/14/05, Timothy Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And where is a good place to buy Airport cards and routers? LowEndMac Swap list I bought an original Airport card (for my Pismo that I'm using to write this) cheaper than what I'd pay on eBay Can't help with the DLink as I use a BT Voyager 2110 courtesy of a wireless trial from work!! Tha Airport card connected flawlessly without me doing anything apart from fitting it and making sure the software was loaded. The big bonus is that I don't have the lump sticking out the side as I did with a Belkin card B.A (Before Airport) Good Luck! Ian -- http://homepage.mac.com/ianmoff - iChat/AIM/Skype: ianmoff Find a Better Way of Life at www.marillion.com Do your ears a favour - www.radioparadise.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation)
At 11:15 PM -0500 7/13/05, Claire Hart wrote: I really appreciate everyone's feedback on my Macs in real estate dilemma. Having weighed all of the info, and having already purchased Virtual PC, I'm wondering at this point if I even WANT to put Virtual PC on my computer. Several people mentioned the fact that a Mac running Windows applications via Virtual PC will become a target for all of the viruses, worms, etc., that PC users have become use to. Is that true? Will I become susceptible to all the stuff going around? Yes. It's a PC, just like a real hardware PC. But it would only affect the virtual disk that Virtual PC uses for Windows. And this can be backed up easily for quick recovery. Your Mac stuff should be okay, as it is now. - web -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation)
On Jul 14, 2005, at 3:36 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jul 14, 2005, at 12:15 AM, Claire Hart wrote: applications via Virtual PC will become a target for all of the viruses, worms, etc., that PC users have become use to. Is that true? Will I become susceptible to all the stuff going around? After all, I would be accessing the internet through some of the software that will run on Virtual PC. What is the experience of those who run Virtual PC and Windows apps on their Macs in this regard? Claire Well, it's windows, so you'd be vulnerable to windows viruses and spyware on the windows side. pretty straightforward! The Mac isn't magic, it can't protect Windows. The good news is you can protect it with free software just fine, no reason to buy anything. Zonealarm as a firewall www.zonealarm.com AVG for free antivirus (google for the web site) Spybot Search and Destroy for some spyware AdAware for other adware/spyware and use Firefox not IE for web surfing when you can, although a lot of the relator web stuff likely needs activeX which means IE has to be run. www.mozilla.org You'd be fine. You can spend about $200 on commercial products to replace the above but they don't work as well often, or need constant renewal fees to keep them up to date. All above is good advice. I'd go further and advise you not use Outlook Express for email on the virtual Windows. Use either Thunderbird (related to Firefox) or just use Eudora for Windows in free mode. Also, when you set up the Windows Virtual Machine, make a duplicate of it. Store all data not on the VM but in a Shared Folder. This is shared with the Macintosh, and actually lives in the Mac space of the disk. When the virtual machine gets infested, throw it away and start using the duplicate. (Make a duplicate of it too, so you can eventually throw away Duplicate 1 and press Duplicate 2 into service.) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.
On Jul 12, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Claire Hart wrote: Go to Applications/Utilities and find Disk Utility. Launch it, and select the disk you back up to. Go to the tab Partition, and create two partitions. You can make these equal size, or you can adjust the size according to preference. Dan, I effortlessly partitioned my previous external HD a few years ago into 6 20GB partitions. This time around, I can't seem to figure out how to do it. With everything being so plug play, I wasn't even asked if I wanted to initialize this HD when I first connected it to my computer. When I go to Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility, I can't find a tab or anything that says partition. I'm using Panther. Of course you have to do this from a separate boot disk, with the disk to be partitioned mounted through Firewire. When you launch Disk Utility there will be (at least) two icons in the tray on the left edge of the application window. One icon at the top will be the boot disk. The next disk icon will be just below; and the icon below it will be indented to the right. Choose the icon that represents the mounted disk, the one to be partitioned. This will allow the display of five tabs along the upper edge of the centrish window: First Aid, Erase, Partition, RAID, Restore. I frequently erase first, and then partition. When you partition you'll get a column along the left of the central window that shows all the partitions. You'll have only one partition. Underneath the column is a button to Split. Click that and choose the number of partitions you want. Size them and name appropriately, and there you have it. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Speech recognition software
On Jul 12, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Kevin wrote: I recently purchased a lombard 333mhz ,it has OSX as well as OS 9 installed .I am wondering if there is a speech recognition software for word processing that will run on this computer. I saw MacSpeech demonstrated recently at a trade show and it looked pretty good. Comes with two microphones - one is high quality and they recommend it, the other seems to be okay. http://macspeech.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Wireless network question
On Jul 13, 2005, at 10:09 PM, Timothy Bailey wrote: I gather that an Airport card would be the best option, mainly because the software is already in the system, and there is an unused slot for it. How well does this work with the D-Link router? 802.11b is 802.11b is 802.11b. Airport cards work with any router. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation)
On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Bill Briggs wrote: At 1:08 PM -0700 7/14/05, Dan O'Donnell wrote: All above is good advice. I'd go further and advise you not use Outlook Express for email on the virtual Windows. Use either Thunderbird (related to Firefox) or just use Eudora for Windows in free mode Given that e-mail is platform agnostic, it would make sense to do no e-mail at all on the Windows side. Just use mail on the Mac. - web Actually, one of the very nice things that Outlook does for you is handle the central Exchange calendar, meetings, notes, group invites, etc. Outlook is a great way to expose yourself to Bad Things but it is mostly essential for proper functioning in the real corporate world. You can do some things (turn off the preview pane, make sure your virus stuff is watching your email etc) to make it more secure; my guess is you'll not just have to run it, but want to run it, for access to all the group stuff at the workplace. B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
email on Win (was Re: PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation))
On Jul 14, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Bill Briggs wrote: At 1:08 PM -0700 7/14/05, Dan O'Donnell wrote: All above is good advice. I'd go further and advise you not use Outlook Express for email on the virtual Windows. Use either Thunderbird (related to Firefox) or just use Eudora for Windows in free mode Given that e-mail is platform agnostic, it would make sense to do no e-mail at all on the Windows side. Just use mail on the Mac. - web Actually, one of the very nice things that Outlook does for you is handle the central Exchange calendar, meetings, notes, group invites, etc. Outlook is a great way to expose yourself to Bad Things but it is mostly essential for proper functioning in the real corporate world. You can do some things (turn off the preview pane, make sure your virus stuff is watching your email etc) to make it more secure; my guess is you'll not just have to run it, but want to run it, for access to all the group stuff at the workplace. That is true of Outlook, and Outlook is unavoidable in a corporate environment where Exchange is the email server. (It works well too.) My reference however, was to Outlook Express, which has the bad points of Outlook (i.e. vulnerabilities to malware) and few to none of the advantages wrt corporate email environments. This is getting pretty far off-topic from G-Books though... :-) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Wireless network question
On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jul 13, 2005, at 10:09 PM, Timothy Bailey wrote: I gather that an Airport card would be the best option, mainly because the software is already in the system, and there is an unused slot for it. How well does this work with the D-Link router? 802.11b is 802.11b is 802.11b. Airport cards work with any router. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' So long as we don't starting discussing WEP and WAP etc, this is true. David this is the reply that isn't dead yet. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
