Re: Moving to Google Groups

[David Brostoff]

At 12:01 PM -0600 2/11/06, Howard Katz wrote:


Sure.  If you use Dan's link, you're asked to use or create a google
account.  Not a problem if you already have an account on their system
you want to use.  All posts will either stay in the google groups
area, or be posted to your gmail account.


Sorry to sound so ignorant, but what is gmail? Also, is there an 
advantage to creating a Google account for the list?


Thank you,

David

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Re: Moving to Google Groups

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At 11:27 AM -0600 on 2/11/06, Howard Katz wrote:


If you want to have the email come to your currently used email
account vs a gmail one, send a message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Could you explain the difference?

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Re: Cleaning wipes for PB

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At 7:12 AM -0500 on 12/19/05, Brian McEwen wrote:

You should also be able to use some of the good cleaning solutions 
for glasses. . . . And you'll get a lot more cleaning solution for 
your $ than on the Klear Screen pads.


I bought an 8 oz. bottle of Klear Screen in 1992 (!) and it is still 
about half full. You only have to use an extremely small amount each 
time (best to spray it on the cloth first rather than on the screen).


I even still have one of the two supplied cotton cloths. I would 
still have the other one but I used it to clean a TV (CRT) screen and 
it picked up a huge amount of very fine blackish dirt (kind of like 
what gets deposited on or near a negative ion generator).


David

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

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At 9:55 PM -0800 on 11/7/05, David Brostoff wrote:


Sorry for the long, unsnipped bottom post.


Yikes! I meant, of course, sorry for the long, unsnipped top (not bottom) post.

David

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

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At 8:04 PM -0800 on 11/7/05, David Brostoff wrote:


MacWorld had reviews of 16X drives earlier this year . . .


Sorry for the long, unsnipped bottom post.

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Re: Recommended external DVD burner?

[David Brostoff]

MacWorld had reviews of 16X drives earlier this 
year (you can google it or search directly on 
macworld.com). The LaCie D2 16X DVD±RW was their 
pick for value (Plextor had a faster, though much 
more expensive drive).


Based on MacWorld and other sources, I bought the 
LaCie and have been very satisfied. The unit is 
very solidly built. I used Pricegrabber.com as a 
convenient way of finding a low price.


For media, I recommend Taiyo Yuden 8X (or 16X, 
but only for non-critical data; and remember that 
8X DVD is about 6 times faster than 8X CD) on 
Rima.com.


David

At 1:39 PM -0600 on 11/7/05, Howard Katz wrote:

Since my PB only has a Combo drive in it, I've been playing with the
idea of getting an external DVD writer, firewire of course.  I know I
could upgrade the internal drive, but an external unit could be shared
with my roommate for use on his peecee.  I'm interested in knowing
what others are using and recommendations of drives to look into, or
avoid.

Thanks!


Later..Howard

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Re: FTP client for Panther?

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At 8:40 AM -0700 on 10/7/05, David Brostoff wrote:

The upside is that it is troublefree, much faster than Fetch 
(although I'm not sure about current versions of Fetch) and allows 
simultaneous uploads/downloads.


What I should have said was that RBrowser allows simultaneous 
uploading (or downloading) of multiple files--you don't have to wait 
until one file has finished before starting another, as with Fetch.


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Re: FTP client for Panther?

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At 8:56 AM -0500 on 10/7/05, john slavin wrote:


I really like Fetch, for what it's worth.


Like others, I happily used Fetch for many years with no complaints. 
When I had to download our entire Web site, however, Fetch turned the 
process a long ordeal (slow, stalled or incomplete downloads).


After some research, I tried RBrowser. The only downside to the free 
version is that it is a little slow to open and
will do FTP only (not Secure FTP, etc.), although for most users this 
is probably sufficient.


The upside is that it is troublefree, much faster than Fetch 
(although I'm not sure about current versions of Fetch) and allows 
simultaneous uploads/downloads.


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Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

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At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote:

That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, 
but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder 
if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one 
comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate a car 
warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is 
installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with 
problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the 
shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer won't 
cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under warranty.


I agree with you, Counselor, but the court (Apple) told me that if 
they saw the drive was replaced, they would assume that was the cause 
of any other problem. That was their rule and there was no reasoning 
with them about it.


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Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

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At 7:33 AM -0500 on 9/14/05, Steve Fuller wrote:

If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified 
technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my 
powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that 
involved taking a good portion of my 17" PB apart I'm sure. I can 
understand voiding applecare if I replace the drive, but not if an 
authorized service center does it for me. I wonder if the same holds 
true if you were to buy your hard drive from Apple? My guess is 
probably not.


In my case, Apple told me I could not upgrade the drive, even by an 
Apple certified service dealer. As I said, I thought this was rather 
draconian.


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Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

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At 7:15 PM -0500 on 9/12/05, Steve Fuller wrote:

if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could 
probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple 
might continue to cover the warranty then.


About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do 
that--that I was stuck with the drive I originally bought with my 
PowerBook (Ti G4 667 rev. 2). This struck me as draconian, but there 
didn't seem anything I could do about it. (Now that the computer is 
out of warranty I am planning on replacing the drive.)


David

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Re: Portfolio 7 [Was: Best photo organizer]

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At 4:24 PM -0700 on 8/18/05, John Collins wrote:

I can't compare to 5, but 7 and I think 6 has many powerful 
features--N ow that I know the basics and have worked with it--the 
manual is making more sense and I see all kinds of possibilities.


Thanks--now I will upgrade with confidence.

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Re: Portfolio 7 [Was: Best photo organizer]

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At 1:03 PM -0700 on 8/17/05, John Collins wrote:

In your case having already learned the Portfolio system, etc. you 
would not likely have the problems I have had.


So hopefully, that gives you an idea--I don't think my problems will 
bother you--just new users.


Thank you for your explanation, although I must say that if I am any 
example, unless 6 and 7 are vastly different from 5, I think most 
users would have an easy time learning the program: File/New Catalog 
(or Command+N) to open a new catalog; drag photos to catalog window; 
File>Open Catalog (or Command+O) to open and view a catalog; 
double-click an image for an enlarged view. I don't think I have 
found a reason to use any other functions.


Of course, I understand that my needs may be very different from 
yours. In my business (industrial advertising), we receive photos on 
CDs or via FTP. The photos are already labeled. Cataloging them in 
Portfolio gives us a convenient way to quickly look over the photos 
and see what is available for a particular job without opening each 
photo.


When you had a problem creating a new catalog, what did the cause 
turn out to be? Did it have anything to do with Portfolio itself?


David


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Re: CCC

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At 3:14 PM -0400 on 8/17/05, bobgir2004 wrote:


I believe this is incorrect.  With the latest upgrade to Tiger, 10.4.2,
CCC now works just fine.  It does for me and it didn't with previous
iterations of Tiger.


Are you able to synch (update) an already cloned drive or are you 
erasing and cloning from scratch each time?


David

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Re: CCC & Tiger

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At 6:05 AM -0400 on 8/17/05, Tim Collier wrote:


I've successfully used Carbon Copy Cloner with 10.4.2.


Still happy with SuperDuper's faster speed, but just curious--have 
you been able to synch an already cloned drive?


David

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Re: CCC & Tiger

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At 1:45 PM -0700 on 8/16/05, Muddle Man wrote:

I have been using CCC for some time with great
success. However, the latest version, 2.3 is not
compatible with Tiger 10.4. For me, it freezes when I
type in my admin password to start a clone operation.
I have been told this is a bug in it regarding 10.4.
So far, no new updates from the folks who make it. I'm
considering buying SuperDuper for $20 to replace CCC.


I am also a long-time CCC user but have now switched to SuperDuper.

It's as easy (or easier) to use as CCC and has the added advantage of 
being much faster when "smart updating" (synching) an already cloned 
drive (maybe also when doing the initial clone, but I haven't timed 
it). With CCC, it used to take me about 45-50 minutes to synch 
roughly 22 GB; with SD it's about 15-20. Support via the online 
discussion forum, which the developer constantly monitors and 
contributes to, is excellent.


David

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Portfolio 7 [Was: Best photo organizer]

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At 7:38 PM -0700 on 8/15/05, John Collins wrote:


  I bought Portfolio 7.

Now I am in the process of trying to catalog my files and it is a 
struggle (anybody on the list who uses it and is willing to help a 
newbie --let me know off list). I have found Extensis support to be 
almost non existent and when I query their "knowledge base" I get a 
listing of every article in it. I have not found a user's forum so 
at this point no help seems to be available.


I have considered selling my copy on eBay and absorbing the loss, 
but now have decided to keep working at it. Needless to say, I would 
not recommend Portfolio. And advice to others is to start now with 
something--don't wait until you have thousands of images.


I have found Portfolio Desktop Edition 5.0.2 (running in Classic 
under 10.4.2) to be very intuitive and easy to use. I have been 
recently planning to upgrade to the latest OS X version but your 
message has given me pause.


Could you be more specific about the problems you are having?

Thank you,

David

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