Re: OS 10 vs Windows?
On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 11:18 AM, (G-Books) wrote: Compare this to Mac OS (9 or X) where you plug in a USB or FireWire drive and (*GASP*) it just works! I have to add to this discussion, too. A few weeks ago I was using an Olympus digital camera borrowed from my department at the university. After I was done taking pictures I came back to download them to a computer. Now, the department has IBM Thinkpads and Dell Inspirions. (No Macs! And this is the New Media Institute!) They have several different digital cameras, and my professor had specifically given me the Olympus because, as he said, This camera tends to work better with those IBMs. I had bad feelings about trying this on a PC, but I thought I'd give it a shot, remembering my prof's words. I got out a Stinkpad - I mean, Thinkpad - and plugged the USB cable from the camera into the computer. Surprise, surprise... Windows new hardware found message pops up and asks if I want to install drivers. I knew it was futile but I thought, why not, and did the search for drivers deal, and of course, it couldn't find any. I decided to reboot (because we know how Windows lves those reboots) with the camera still plugged in and this time the computer did not recognize the camera at all. I was getting really annoyed because I was short on time and working toward a fast-approaching deadline. Fortunately, I had my iBook with me. I took it out, plugged in the camera, which immediately showed up as a drive on the desktop, then opened iPhoto and imported the pictures. Simple as that. Took less than a minute. I could've spent another 15-30 minutes (at least!) futzing with that IBM trying to get it to work, but hey, I don't have time for that kind of crap. (I felt like the Switcher commercial about the girl who saved Christmas.) :) And yet there are still plenty of people in my program (Master of Internet Technology) who CONTINUE to scoff at and make fun of Macs, even though they've never used one (or if they have, it was at least 10 years ago) AND their computers are constantly breaking! Seriously - there are 27 people in my program and the count is up to 10 now of how many people's peecee laptops have had major problems requiring them to be out of commission for days to weeks this semester! Meanwhile, I cruise along with my iBook, getting all my work done and having time to spare. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Mac OS 9 vs. X
On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 11:18 AM, (G-Books) wrote: My computer handles OS 9 beautifully. 400 MHz is plenty of speed. The new drive and half gig of memory helps with OS X, but it's still sluggish. I hate to imagine using it on a stock WallStreet, Lombard, Pismo, or sub-600 MHz iBook. But my hardware is adequate, so that's not the reason I stick with 9. I run Jaguar on a iBook 500 w/384 megs RAM. I saw a *huge* improvement in OS X performance after I installed Jag. With 10.1.5 (and earlier), performance was acceptable, but sluggish - certainly *a lot* slower than OS 9. Because of this I used 9 much more than X, as what matters to me is how fast and smoothly I can get my tasks accomplished, not whether I'm running the latest and greatest. Now, with Jaguar, I cannot notice a speed difference between X and 9, and I boot into X a lot more. Not saying you should or should not take the plunge for Jaguar - just sharing my experience. Heck, I wouldn't be using it if I hadn't received a free (LEGAL! before anyone jumps on me) copy of it. (I don't mean to be complaining - I think its price is fair for all that it includes, but I'm just poor!) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Mac OS 9 vs. X
One last comment: I wouldn't be using OS X at *all* if it weren't for WindowShadeX! I *hate* the default behavior of OS X's minimzing windows - looks wy too much like Windows to me, and for me it is more difficult to keep track of everything I have open, than if I have their menubars floating around the desktop in out-of-the-way positions. When I upgraded to Jag, I was worried that WindowShadeX might not work anymore, but fortunately it does! (Sadly, the other two shareware/freeware apps I'd been using in 10.1.5 - FruitMenu and ASM - do not work in Jag.) I've also recently downloaded Labels X, which brings the classic Mac OS labels back - I love it! -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Broken iBook key
A few weeks ago when I was popping all the keys off my iBook's keyboard so I could clean underneath, I accidentally broke the little spring mechanism on the F9 key. I tried to fix it with glue but couldn't. Fortunately, I never use F9, so it's not a big deal; but does anyone know where I could get a replacement? I know it's a weird thing to ask for. But I hate seeing that empty spot in the upper right corner of my keyboard! :) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: weird, (not-so-)random crashes in 10.2
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 07:06 PM, (G-Books) wrote: I did have a problem at some point with iChat. When I was selecting the buddy list from the menu extensions, the application wasn't launched anymore. After reading some newsgroups, I found out that the file 'com.apple.FCacheUserDomain' in Library/Caches was corrupted some how. I did remove the file and then iChat was working fine again. That might not be your problem, but you might want to give it a try. I tried it and nothing changed. :( So I guess my only other option is to create a new user and delete my old user? My account was the first one I created when I got the computer, will there be any problem deleting it? (I'm not an expert when it comes to UNIX-type things.) I figure if I login as root, I can delete any user, even if it's a 'super-user'. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: weird, (not-so-)random crashes in 10.2
On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 01:49 PM, John Haumann wrote: On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 10:00 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: Like I said, this weirdness has started only since I've installed 10.2; things were fine in 10.1.5 and prior. Right-clicking does not cause problems in apps other than the ones noted, and the iChat business is just plain weird. (Also, Fetch 4.0.2 crashed randomly a couple times today, but I can't assume it's related.) This concerns me because OS X is supposed to be so stable (and it has been, otherwise); plus it's just plain frustrating! Amber, Create another user account and see if the problem persists when you log in as the new user. If the problem goes away, you've got a corrupt file somewhere in your userlibrary folder. John, Thanks for the suggestion! I created a new user account and logged in as the new user. I tried all the things that usually result in a crash, and all of them worked fine, no crashes. So I guess I have a corrupt file. :( Now how would I go about finding it? Thanks again, Amber -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
weird, (not-so-)random crashes in 10.2
Hi all, I installed Jaguar on my iBook/500 about a week or so ago and have been mostly happy with it; however, I have noticed some odd things going on. If I right-click in certain programs (IE 5.2, BBEdit 6.1, and iChat noted to date), or if I click on certain things in the iChat Buddy List window, the program crashes with the familiar unexpectedly quit message. This has been happening consistently in these programs, doing these tasks. (It may be likely to happen in other programs too, but so far these are the ones that I've noticed.) At first I thought the issue was with my Logitech mouse, as I posted several days ago. But these same problems occur even with the mouse disconnected and using the trackpad. Disk Utility finds no problems. I ran Repair Permissions shortly after installing 10.2, but I suppose I could run it again. I don't have any other diagnostic utilities for OS X. (I do have DiskWarrior, but I'm not sure if it's Jag compatible, and plus I don't think it would find the kind of problem likely to be causing this anyway.) Like I said, this weirdness has started only since I've installed 10.2; things were fine in 10.1.5 and prior. Right-clicking does not cause problems in apps other than the ones noted, and the iChat business is just plain weird. (Also, Fetch 4.0.2 crashed randomly a couple times today, but I can't assume it's related.) This concerns me because OS X is supposed to be so stable (and it has been, otherwise); plus it's just plain frustrating! Thanks, Amber -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Jaguar unstable: right-clicking
on 11/25/02 2:29 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 16:29 US/Pacific, Amber Rhea wrote: I installed Jaguar a few days ago and have been very pleased with it overall. There is a notable speed increase in my iBook 500. One weird thing, though: whenever I right-click or control-click in Internet Explorer, the program crashes (unexpectedly quit). I have a Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse. I downloaded the Logitech OS X preference pane (is that the correct term?) as well as the latest version of IE, but it's still happening. It also happens in iChat. So far, other apps seem to be fine. (I can right-click in Netscape with no problems.) This is very odd. Has anyone experienced anything like this? It doesn't happen with my Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse, Jaguar, and IE 5.2.2/iChat. I'm using a Pismo 500, but I suspect the difference is that I'm not using any Logitech drivers or software; just the mouse plugged in on the Jaguar base build. Works fine. Well, it can't be that, because I was not using any Logitech drivers and it was happening. I downloaded the Logitech drivers because I thought they might fix the problem. I used this same mouse with no additional drivers under 10.1.5 for months with no problems... so it must be something particular to Jaguar (I'm running 10.2.2). Not a huge deal, but I'd just like to get to the bottom of it! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Entourage, iCal, or Palm Desktop?
On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 11:58 AM, (G-Books) wrote: What are folks on the list currently using as a calendar/address book? I use Now Up-to-Date and Contact. I like iCal but NUTD still has some features that iCal lacks. -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: force quit?
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 01:40 AM, (G-Books) wrote: I'm not sure about the file structure used by Mail since I haven't used it. I would be tempted to suggest you remove the preference file, don't throw it a way, just move it out of the Library/Preferences directory, in your home directory and launch Mail again. See what happens. I would imagine that the file would be named 'com.apple.Mail' or something similar. This worked! (or at least, no problems again so far!) :) Thanks! -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
force quit?
As I posted a few days ago, lately I have been having to force quit OS X Mail a lot, due to randomly getting the incessant spinning beachball which will not stop, and the application will not respond to any keystrokes. No one replied to my post to offer any suggestions as to why Mail is suddenly behaving this way, but the cause doesn't bother me as much as the possible effects - how potentially damaging is it, really, to force quit often? I imagine it would be different under OS X than OS 9, but I know it's still not the ideal thing to do. Thanks, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
OS X Mail problem
Hi all, Just recently I've begun experiencing a problem with Mail in OS X. I'm running 10.1.5 on an iBook. Sometimes, after I receive new mail, when I click on a new message to open it, I get the spinning beachball cursor... forever! (I've let it go for several minutes.) Then I have to force quit. Often when I re-open Mail after that, it is fine. This seems to happen truly randomly. It's not *that* big of a deal to me since it hasn't been a major inconvenience, but I don't like to force quit too much for fear of doing damage (what type, I don't know, but I just don't like it). Any thoughts? -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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:G-Books-off;mail.maclaunch.com For digest mode, email: mailto:G-Books-digest;mail.maclaunch.com Subscription questions: mailto:listmom;lemlists.com Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Switch
Now if Apple can get Steve the Dell Dude to switch, THAT would be hilarious! Donald http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/segtopic_steven_whois.htm Take a look at this: http://www.macboy.com/cartoons/switch/dude/index.html :) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:G-Books-off;mail.maclaunch.com For digest mode, email: mailto:G-Books-digest;mail.maclaunch.com Subscription questions: mailto:listmom;lemlists.com Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
iBook VGA adapter
Hi all, Can the iBook (firewire version) VGA adapter be used to connect to a projector? I don't know exactly the specs of the projector, but I know it will take a VGA connection. I have to give a Powerpoint presentation tomorrow and I want to make sure my iBook will connect and work with the equipment in the room. If you could email (or at least CC) any replies off-list I would really appreciate it - I'm in digest mode but I'm giving this presentation tomorrow afternoon so I need to know ASAP. I hadn't thought about it until I looked at Apple's website and it mentioned compatibility with certain VGA monitors, but said nothing about projectors. Thanks in advance, Amber -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Fire
On 10/3/02 3:09 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems abit O/T... However... how is your connection, is it solid - always on? I use Fire most of the time and have no issues. Other than the usual chat issues. I use Fire on an iBook. Thus I did not consider this off-topic. Other than the incident mentioned, my connection has always been rock-solid. I haven't tried it since, but when I get some free time (probably not until next week, after my four exams - gotta love grad school) I'll try it again. Another lister mentioned that AIM had been having connection problems in general, so that might've been the explanation. -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com For great justice -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Automatically connect to Airport network?
Hi everyone, It used to be that when my iBook detected certain Airport networks (such as the one at my home, and the one in the building where I have most of my classes, it would automatically connect to the network. But recently (past few days) for some reason it's stopped automatically connecting - instead I have to go up to the little Airport icon in the menubar (OS X) and select the network. I can't find a preference to set anywhere... anyone know what's up? Thanks, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Fire
I use Fire to chat with AIM and Yahoo Messenger. Today it started randomly disconnecting me and reconnecting me. After this happened several times, I started getting an alert over and over again, saying You have been blocked. Maybe you've been signing on and off too often or too quickly. I quit Fire and restarted it, but still got the alert. How do I make this go away so I can use Fire again? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Hotline
Has anyone found a Hotline client that actually *works* with OS X? I've tried iSwipe, HotCocoa, and HotPants (and plain ol' Hotline Client under Classic) and none of them work - I can't connect to any servers. (Hotline Client 1.85 works fine in OS 9.) Can anyone recommend a client? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
powerpoint again
Hi all, I should have mentioned in my first message that I'm using Office X. That's what I need the PowerPoint templates for. Thanks, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Speeding up Virtual PC?
On 9/17/02 6:09 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using VPC on a Pismo with 1 gig ram, under Jag it runs faster then ever did under 10.1. In fact under 10.1 it was dead slow. I have given VPC 256 megs of ram to run, no crashes. I did download the latest updater for VPC. I am using windows 98 in VPC Good luck Geoff Well, maybe when/if I have the dough to spend on Jag, it will work better. As it is, I downloaded and installed the 5.0.4 update, and it made no difference - still slow as molasses, as we say here in the south. ;) I guess for now I'll just boot into 9 when I need to use VPC. Thanks for all the comments and info, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
SCP (Secure Copy)
Hi all, In one of my classes, we have to upload files to the departmental server. The professor who's in charge of the server has turned off FTP, so we have to use SCP instead. I successdully uploaded everything to public_html with NiftyTelnet SSH (after becoming fed up with trying to figure out how to do it through OS X's terminal) but when I try to view the files (they're all HTML files) with a browser, I get 403 Forbidden. I've had this problem in the past with other servers, and the solution has always been to use passive FTP. However, I don't see such an option or equivalent with SCP. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks in advance! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Boundless Technology
Has anyone dealt with Boundless Technology (website: http://store.yahoo.com/boundless1/index.html) before? They have 512mb RAM for iBooks for $88 US, but I've seen better return policies. Anyone have experience? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Forgot root password?
On 8/29/02 9:58 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In order to use this fix you MUST be logged in to an account that has Administrative Priviledges on that system. Here is what to do: Open a terminal window and type in these commands 1. cd /etc 2. mount -t ufs -a 3. sudo passwd root 4. your password 5. the new root password (be sure to write this one down or something :) ) Thanks! This worked without a hitch! Kind of uncanny that it appears online not 2 days after my question... someone up there in Mac heaven must be watching out for me. :) -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: TiBook HotPlate
Apparently it is a known problem with at least some TiBooks. I saw it mentioned on another email list a few months ago. My husband works at the Dept. of Biochemistry at the local university, supporting a lot of Macs, and recently a professor had to send her new TiBook back to Apple because it was overheating so much that the screen image would get warped. Apple worked their magic and took care of the problem. On the other hand, the network administrator at my workplace just got a new TiBook and has had no problems. Other than that, I have no further info. :O Amber On 8/29/02 9:58 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have any problems with my TiBook. The only time the fan even kicks on is when I am using processor intensive applications like photoshop, illistrator, or ripping cd's in iTunes. Todd On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 06:38 AM, Moore, Rick wrote: Hello all! My TiBook suffers regularly from heat exhaustion. The fan kicks on constantly, and every once in a while, the DVD drive refuses to mount any discs. I either have to restart, or turn the thing off and let it sit for a while. I have my 'Book resting on a CoolPad all the time. Anyone else having this problem? (I know it's been a hot summer, but this is ridiculous!!!) Rick PowerBook G4/400 512/10gig -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: root password
On 8/28/02 9:45 AM, Herbert Goodfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have Administrator privileges (and have auto login so you can start without entering the password), you can... Open System Preferences, then Users, then select yourself and click on Edit User. In the window that opens, click on the Password tab and it will allow you to reset the password. I currently run OS X in single-user mode. I do have administrator priveleges. But my user (amber) and the root user are two different things. The root user is not enabled in OS X by default; I enabled it when I got this computer, but haven't used it in about two months. I tried NetInfo Manager, but it only allows you to change the password by entering the current password first (and then creating a new one). It's not a *huge* deal, since I have no need to login as root most of the time, but it does make me nervous because my husband, a UNIX-head, said, Well, in UNIX, if you forget your root password, you're screwed! Reinstall! This is a Mac... there's gotta be an easier way! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
root password
Hi everyone... I forgot my OS X root password. Am I screwed? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Stickies in OS X
Hi all, How can I get Stickies to launch at startup in OS X in the same way it does in OS 9? I don't see any preference to set that'll do it. I've just been re-opening Stickies each time I log in, and my saved notes are there, but I'd like it to automatically open instead. Thanks, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Cleaning LCD screens
Hi all, What's the best thing to use to clean LCD screens? I have a new (well, relatively new) iBook, and I've been cleaning the screen with these little wipes that are meant to clean electronics and monitor screens, but I think that might just refer to CRTs, because they are leaving streaks on my iBook's screen. What's the best way to get those streaks off *and* also get off any dirt, dust, etc that finds its way to my screen? Thanks! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com For great justice -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
GraphicConverter?
Hi all, I have some questions about using GraphicConverter and its features. Before I post them here (because they'd be off-topic) does someone know of a GraphicConverter forum or some other similar place where I can ask these types of questions more appropriately? I have only dabbled with image editing in the past and now I need to do a little more with it (still nothing advanced, but new to me!) Thanks in advance. -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Fussy iBook CD-ROM drive
on 6/13/02 1:52 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually don't know *what* it was that I did that made it come out normally). I'm guessing some internal mechanism must be sticking; any ideas? Would something as simple as a shot of WD40 take care of it? I certainly don't want to damage any CDs, or the drive itself, with all this pushing and pulling. DO NOT use a lubricant on that drive. Send it in for repair. I bought the iBook second hand. I do know that it was originally purchased in May 2001. Any idea how Apple handles warranties with second-hand purchases? -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Fussy iBook CD-ROM drive
Hi everyone, My iBook (one of the new ones, not clamshell) is having an annoying problem with the CD-ROM drive. Sometimes, when I trash a CD, the drive tray will pop out only a few millimeters. I can't push it back in (it pops right back out, but again only that small bit) and I can't pry it open with my fingers, either. It's happened three times now, and each time after much pushing and prodding, I got it to come out normally after pushing it in and holding it (or something... I actually don't know *what* it was that I did that made it come out normally). I'm guessing some internal mechanism must be sticking; any ideas? Would something as simple as a shot of WD40 take care of it? I certainly don't want to damage any CDs, or the drive itself, with all this pushing and pulling. Thanks!! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
OS X Mail offline
This is probably a silly question with a very simple answer, but... after a certain period of time, if Mail doesn't successfully connect with the IMAP server (it times out, I suppose; the server is known for being notoriously slow at times) it goes 'Offline' - as in, the word Offline appears next to Inbox. How do I get it back 'Online'? Couldn't find anything in Preferences/Help/Accounts. TIA, Amber -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Address Book import
Hi, A quick question - is there a way for me to import my address book list from Outlook Express to OS X's Address Book? My problem with Outlook Express is that I've never found where it stores any of its information. Or rather, it doesn't seem to make an 'address book file' or anything that can be easily copied/backed up (that I know of). TIA, Amber -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Microsoft Word documents in OS 9 and OS X
on 5/24/02 11:27 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber, You could try the following: booting up to OS X select any Word file, right click (or ctrl + click) and select 'Show Info'. In the upper part of the window the is a dropdown list, click on the little arrow where it says 'General Information' and select 'Open with Application'. Click on the icon of the Application (which should be the 'W' for word X) and the select the word 2001 program, which is either already in the list or you can select by browsing to your folder tree by choosing 'other..' (possible location: Application (Mac OS 9)-Microsoft Office ?). The symbol should now stand for word 2001. Finally click on 'Change All...' and confirm the dialog box. That should do the job. Good luck. Hannes Hi again, I tried that (as someone else mentioned, that isn't the optimale solution... I'd like it to know which OS I'm using an open in the appropriate Word version... but anyway) I changed 'Open With Application' to the OS 9 version of Word for all .doc and .rtf files, but when I booted back into OS 9 and double-clicked a Word file, I got that same message: To use Microsoft Word your computer must be running MacOS X 10.1 or later. I'm guessing that all I've succeeding in doing is changing it so that in OS X, double-clicking a Word file will launch Classic mode. :P I guess my only option left is ResEdit? Any idea as to how to go about it? (And I know someone else said that they think I should ditch one or the other version, but I do not want to do that, at least not yet.) Thanks again, Amber -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Microsoft Word documents in OS 9 and OS X
Hi all, I just got a new iBook (500 MHz) the other day, and so far I love it. However, I have one question. It has OS 9 and OS X installed on the same partition. I have both Microsoft Office 2001 and Microsoft Office X. However, by default all my Word files have become associated with Office X. (I did not have Office X on my old computer.) If I double-click a Word document in OS 9 I get the message To use Microsoft Word your computer must be running MacOS X 10.1 or later. If I open Word first and then open the file from within it, it is fine. I don't boot into OS X very often, and when I do, it is mainly to work on Java programming and nothing else. How can I get the computer to know to use the version of Word that coincides with the OS I am currently using? (Does that make sense?) I assume I would have to use ResEdit, if I can do it at all. Thanks in advance! -- *** Amber Rhea *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tangerinecs.com /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect open standards! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
