MacGroup: control strip
Marta Edie wrote: Hi, out there. I am stumped. I wanted to add a control strip module to my control strip. The help menu says, or I think it says : to drag the modulle out of the control module folder unto the control strip. I can't get them to stay. They whizz back from whence they came. What am I doing wrong? Marta Marta I just tried it and, to the best of my knowledge, it looks like the control strip works like this. Anything in the control strip modules folder is already loaded onto the control strip even if it doesn't show (but don't ask me why). If you have a module that isn't in the folder, then you can drag it to the control strip. The module will then be placed in the folder and on the control strip itself (maybe). To get an idea of how it works, hold down the Option key and move a module from the control strip to the desktop. A blank spot will appear at the end of the control strip. If you look in the control strip modules folder, you should have one less item than you had. Now drag the item from the desktop to the control strip. The item will appear where you dropped it on the control strip, and the module will be added to the folder. I never really bothered with the control strip, but your letter made me curious. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
03.04.2003 02:15 UhrTony LaFeminaremacs at optonline.net: Marta Edie wrote: Hi, out there. I am stumped. I wanted to add a control strip module to my control strip. The help menu says, or I think it says : to drag the modulle out of the control module folder unto the control strip. I can't get them to stay. They whizz back from whence they came. What am I doing wrong? Marta Marta I just tried it and, to the best of my knowledge, it looks like the control strip works like this. Anything in the control strip modules folder is already loaded onto the control strip even if it doesn't show (but don't ask me why). If you have a module that isn't in the folder, then you can drag it to the control strip. The module will then be placed in the folder and on the control strip itself (maybe). To get an idea of how it works, hold down the Option key and move a module from the control strip to the desktop. A blank spot will appear at the end of the control strip. If you look in the control strip modules folder, you should have one less item than you had. Now drag the item from the desktop to the control strip. The item will appear where you dropped it on the control strip, and the module will be added to the folder. I never really bothered with the control strip, but your letter made me curious. Yes, that I can do. but I can't do it the other way around. For example :In anticipation of my getting an airport, I was goiing to put that module, which is in the controlstrip modules folder, but not showing on my controlstrip, into the controlstrip proper. And here I get that module balking. The help menu says to drag it into the controlstrip. but here all good spirits leave me. The module jumps back into the folder. Sometimes I think these modules are somewhere in the controlstrip already, but don't show up. My strip doesn.t show the modules for airport, for TV and Video mirroring, speakable items and a few more. Then I think the controlstrip only holds a certain number and I need to get rid of some before I can put another one in. But these are all Marta's mind flicks. I do use the monitor control panel a lot, especially when I need to enlarge the print where i don't have an enlarge button in the menu bar. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: HP Printer problem
Recently my HP deskjet began malfunctioning; it would begin to print and then stop, giving an error msg. that possibly the cover was open, the connection was broken, etc. -- unlikely possibilities. HP said: There are known issues such as you are seeing with partial or no printing when using this printer with Mac OS 9.1. To resolve this, upgrade the Mac OS to 9.2.1 or later. The updates are available for download from Apple's website. A workaround which often helps is to plug the USB cable from the printer into a keyboard port instead of the Mac itself if the port is available. I updated to 9.2, and the USB was already plugged into the keyboard. The same problem exists, but somewhat erratically. I was able to print out 3/4 of a page one time, then the printer reverted to printing out only a line or 2 on subsequent printings. Do any of you have some suggestions? I appreciate your time and help very much. Fran | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: HP Printer problem
Hi Fran, First, make sure as HP suggested that you've updated to 9.2.1 or later. You mentioned 9.2 which implies you need an additional update. Second, I would not ever plug a printer into the keyboard port but have it plugged in directly to your Mac. I'm not implying that it won't work. I just never seen it done. Assuming that you are using the recommended printer drivers, should you continue to have problems you may want to run a diagnostic check with something like Norton's Disk Doctor, Disk Warrior or Disk First Aid. Directory corruption or damaged system files could also be responsible for your problems. Good Luck! Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us Recently my HP deskjet began malfunctioning; it would begin to print and then stop, giving an error msg. that possibly the cover was open, the connection was broken, etc. -- unlikely possibilities. HP said: There are known issues such as you are seeing with partial or no printing when using this printer with Mac OS 9.1. To resolve this, upgrade the Mac OS to 9.2.1 or later. The updates are available for download from Apple's website. A workaround which often helps is to plug the USB cable from the printer into a keyboard port instead of the Mac itself if the port is available. I updated to 9.2, and the USB was already plugged into the keyboard. The same problem exists, but somewhat erratically. I was able to print out 3/4 of a page one time, then the printer reverted to printing out only a line or 2 on subsequent printings. Do any of you have some suggestions? I appreciate your time and help very much. Fran | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
Alex, If you feel comfortable with this... Open the Terminal application located in /Applications/Utilities Once in there, type what's on the following line below-case IS important: cd .Trash Then hit the return key This will put you in the trash folder just like you were looking at it from the Finder except you are looking at it from the inside. Now type what's below: ls -la Then hit the return key This will show you all the files, even the invisible ones, in your trash. If you want to get rid of them, type what's in the line below EXACTLY: sudo rm *.* And hit the return key Now enter your password when asked and hit the return key This tells the computer to become a SUPERUSER for a period of five minutes. It also tells the computer to remove ANY files in your Trash You should now quit the Terminal application and click on the Trash Can on your dock to open the window. Everything in there should now be gone. Or you could take the safest route by going to www.versiontracker.com and downloading... CanMan or Delete It or DropObliter8 or LockBurn or Trash It! or Trash Locked Files or unlockAll It might be best to use a free or shareware application for this job if you don't feel comfortable typing, especially since a mistake could erase more than your data if you are not in the right location at the time. So, in summation, BE careful if you are not sure what you are doing in the Terminal and *NEVER* type rm *.* unless you know for sure you are in the right place. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there. :) Schoun On 4/3/03 12:33 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
Hello Marta, Put your module back into the control modules folder. It will not become active (show up in the strip) until you hook your Mac up to a Base Station or put an Airport card into the Mac. Control Strip Modules are similar to control panels, you can have a bunch that won't show up until you have the other stuff to go along with them. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 07:18 AM, Marta Edie wrote: 03.04.2003 02:15 UhrTony LaFeminaremacs at optonline.net: Marta Edie wrote: Hi, out there. I am stumped. I wanted to add a control strip module to my control strip. The help menu says, or I think it says : to drag the modulle out of the control module folder unto the control strip. I can't get them to stay. They whizz back from whence they came. What am I doing wrong? Marta Marta I just tried it and, to the best of my knowledge, it looks like the control strip works like this. Anything in the control strip modules folder is already loaded onto the control strip even if it doesn't show (but don't ask me why). If you have a module that isn't in the folder, then you can drag it to the control strip. The module will then be placed in the folder and on the control strip itself (maybe). To get an idea of how it works, hold down the Option key and move a module from the control strip to the desktop. A blank spot will appear at the end of the control strip. If you look in the control strip modules folder, you should have one less item than you had. Now drag the item from the desktop to the control strip. The item will appear where you dropped it on the control strip, and the module will be added to the folder. I never really bothered with the control strip, but your letter made me curious. Yes, that I can do. but I can't do it the other way around. For example :In anticipation of my getting an airport, I was goiing to put that module, which is in the controlstrip modules folder, but not showing on my controlstrip, into the controlstrip proper. And here I get that module balking. The help menu says to drag it into the controlstrip. but here all good spirits leave me. The module jumps back into the folder. Sometimes I think these modules are somewhere in the controlstrip already, but don't show up. My strip doesn.t show the modules for airport, for TV and Video mirroring, speakable items and a few more. Then I think the controlstrip only holds a certain number and I need to get rid of some before I can put another one in. But these are all Marta's mind flicks. I do use the monitor control panel a lot, especially when I need to enlarge the print where i don't have an enlarge button in the menu bar. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
What is causing the problem is that there are several files (icons and folders) in this pre-OS-X program that are locked and some may be invisible as well. Schoun's advice should work, but if it does not, then drag everything out of the trash, and use the get info feature to unlock and change the owner of the files to you. Delete what you can. The worse case is that the locked invisible ones still will not delete. If that happens, Switch to OS-9 and use Res-Edit to change the invisibility to visible, change the owner, etc. then delete those things. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Alex, If you feel comfortable with this... Open the Terminal application located in /Applications/Utilities Once in there, type what's on the following line below-case IS important: cd .Trash Then hit the return key This will put you in the trash folder just like you were looking at it from the Finder except you are looking at it from the inside. Now type what's below: ls -la Then hit the return key This will show you all the files, even the invisible ones, in your trash. If you want to get rid of them, type what's in the line below EXACTLY: sudo rm *.* And hit the return key Now enter your password when asked and hit the return key This tells the computer to become a SUPERUSER for a period of five minutes. It also tells the computer to remove ANY files in your Trash You should now quit the Terminal application and click on the Trash Can on your dock to open the window. Everything in there should now be gone. Or you could take the safest route by going to www.versiontracker.com and downloading... CanMan or Delete It or DropObliter8 or LockBurn or Trash It! or Trash Locked Files or unlockAll It might be best to use a free or shareware application for this job if you don't feel comfortable typing, especially since a mistake could erase more than your data if you are not in the right location at the time. So, in summation, BE careful if you are not sure what you are doing in the Terminal and *NEVER* type rm *.* unless you know for sure you are in the right place. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there. :) Schoun On 4/3/03 12:33 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: Real klik and krash
I klikt on web links and got dialog boxes saying You do not have the plug-in needed to view the video/x-ms-asf type information on this page. To get the plug-in now, click View Plug-in Page. and You do not have the plug-in needed to view the audio/x-pn-realaudio type information on this page. To get the plug-in now, click View Plug-in Page. I klikt the [View Plug-n Page] link and downloaded everything I thought might be relevant. (don't ask) Perhaps unrelated, but I have recently klikt on three web page links only to have the computer lock up. Three examples, all Real: 1. I klikt on a snip of music on the WUOL web site. My computer downloaded bach.ram and _immediately_ froze. The cursor never moved again. The Bach did not play. Push the button; re-boot. 2. Same thing happened on the New York Times web site. I klikt on video Karbala. My computer downloaded npr4583.smil and _immediately_ froze. The cursor never moved again. No video. Push the button; re-boot. 3. Same thing happened on the New York Times web site. I klikt on video Karbala. My computer downloaded play.rbn.com and immediately froze. I thought the OS might time out trying and come back, so I waited 5 minutes. The cursor never moved again. No video. Push the button; re-boot. :-( ? -- Nelsn Helm helmkyny at clockwinders.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Enuff is enuff. Enoughis tu much. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
03.04.2003 13:42 UhrJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com: Hello Marta, Put your module back into the control modules folder. It will not become active (show up in the strip) until you hook your Mac up to a Base Station or put an Airport card into the Mac. Control Strip Modules are similar to control panels, you can have a bunch that won't show up until you have the other stuff to go along with them. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 07:18 AM, Marta Edie wrote: 03.04.2003 02:15 UhrTony LaFeminaremacs at optonline.net: Marta Edie wrote: Hi, out there. I am stumped. I wanted to add a control strip module to my control strip. The help menu says, or I think it says : to drag the modulle out of the control module folder unto the control strip. I can't get them to stay. They whizz back from whence they came. What am I doing wrong? Marta Marta I just tried it and, to the best of my knowledge, it looks like the control strip works like this. Anything in the control strip modules folder is already loaded onto the control strip even if it doesn't show (but don't ask me why). If you have a module that isn't in the folder, then you can drag it to the control strip. The module will then be placed in the folder and on the control strip itself (maybe). To get an idea of how it works, hold down the Option key and move a module from the control strip to the desktop. A blank spot will appear at the end of the control strip. If you look in the control strip modules folder, you should have one less item than you had. Now drag the item from the desktop to the control strip. The item will appear where you dropped it on the control strip, and the module will be added to the folder. I never really bothered with the control strip, but your letter made me curious. Yes, that I can do. but I can't do it the other way around. For example :In anticipation of my getting an airport, I was goiing to put that module, which is in the controlstrip modules folder, but not showing on my controlstrip, into the controlstrip proper. And here I get that module balking. The help menu says to drag it into the controlstrip. but here all good spirits leave me. The module jumps back into the folder. Sometimes I think these modules are somewhere in the controlstrip already, but don't show up. My strip doesn.t show the modules for airport, for TV and Video mirroring, speakable items and a few more. Then I think the controlstrip only holds a certain number and I need to get rid of some before I can put another one in. But these are all Marta's mind flicks. I do use the monitor control panel a lot, especially when I need to enlarge the print where i don't have an enlarge button in the menu bar. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. Thanks, Jerry. There is one more weensy question I have. The airport control module was in the controlstrip when I bought the computer. I am not sure when it disappeared. And the file sharing is in the strip, although I do not know with whom I should share files. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
Jerry, I have a better one: chflag So...if they are locked, and you can't see the locks from the GetInfo dialog box, Open the terminal application again and type what you see on the line below: cd .Trash Then hit the return key Then type what you see on the line below: chflags nouchg *.* Then hit the return key This unsets the flag that locks the files. NOW you can type the line below: sudo rm *.* Then hit the return key. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! Schoun On 4/3/03 1:49 PM, Jerry Yeager at jerry at browseryshop.com wrote: What is causing the problem is that there are several files (icons and folders) in this pre-OS-X program that are locked and some may be invisible as well. Schoun's advice should work, but if it does not, then drag everything out of the trash, and use the get info feature to unlock and change the owner of the files to you. Delete what you can. The worse case is that the locked invisible ones still will not delete. If that happens, Switch to OS-9 and use Res-Edit to change the invisibility to visible, change the owner, etc. then delete those things. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Alex, If you feel comfortable with this... Open the Terminal application located in /Applications/Utilities Once in there, type what's on the following line below-case IS important: cd .Trash Then hit the return key This will put you in the trash folder just like you were looking at it from the Finder except you are looking at it from the inside. Now type what's below: ls -la Then hit the return key This will show you all the files, even the invisible ones, in your trash. If you want to get rid of them, type what's in the line below EXACTLY: sudo rm *.* And hit the return key Now enter your password when asked and hit the return key This tells the computer to become a SUPERUSER for a period of five minutes. It also tells the computer to remove ANY files in your Trash You should now quit the Terminal application and click on the Trash Can on your dock to open the window. Everything in there should now be gone. Or you could take the safest route by going to www.versiontracker.com and downloading... CanMan or Delete It or DropObliter8 or LockBurn or Trash It! or Trash Locked Files or unlockAll It might be best to use a free or shareware application for this job if you don't feel comfortable typing, especially since a mistake could erase more than your data if you are not in the right location at the time. So, in summation, BE careful if you are not sure what you are doing in the Terminal and *NEVER* type rm *.* unless you know for sure you are in the right place. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there. :) Schoun On 4/3/03 12:33 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:59 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Why your friends and neighbors of course (grin). The file sharing module lets you control access to the files on your computer when you are connected to a network. You might want to limit whom on the network can get to the files on your computer (this is a good thing). The disappearing control module probably left when you upgraded your OS. The upgrade most likely looked at what you had connected to the Mac and decided there was no sense in keeping it if you weren't using it. Jerry Thanks, Jerry. There is one more weensy question I have. The airport control module was in the controlstrip when I bought the computer. I am not sure when it disappeared. And the file sharing is in the strip, although I do not know with whom I should share files. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
(grin) That will do the trick if root is allowed to make the changes. My earlier advice was based on a weird delete problem I have encountered twice where even logging in as root still resulted in the trash not getting emptied. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:59 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Jerry, I have a better one: chflag So...if they are locked, and you can't see the locks from the GetInfo dialog box, Open the terminal application again and type what you see on the line below: cd .Trash Then hit the return key Then type what you see on the line below: chflags nouchg *.* Then hit the return key This unsets the flag that locks the files. NOW you can type the line below: sudo rm *.* Then hit the return key. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! Schoun On 4/3/03 1:49 PM, Jerry Yeager at jerry at browseryshop.com wrote: What is causing the problem is that there are several files (icons and folders) in this pre-OS-X program that are locked and some may be invisible as well. Schoun's advice should work, but if it does not, then drag everything out of the trash, and use the get info feature to unlock and change the owner of the files to you. Delete what you can. The worse case is that the locked invisible ones still will not delete. If that happens, Switch to OS-9 and use Res-Edit to change the invisibility to visible, change the owner, etc. then delete those things. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Alex, If you feel comfortable with this... Open the Terminal application located in /Applications/Utilities Once in there, type what's on the following line below-case IS important: cd .Trash Then hit the return key This will put you in the trash folder just like you were looking at it from the Finder except you are looking at it from the inside. Now type what's below: ls -la Then hit the return key This will show you all the files, even the invisible ones, in your trash. If you want to get rid of them, type what's in the line below EXACTLY: sudo rm *.* And hit the return key Now enter your password when asked and hit the return key This tells the computer to become a SUPERUSER for a period of five minutes. It also tells the computer to remove ANY files in your Trash You should now quit the Terminal application and click on the Trash Can on your dock to open the window. Everything in there should now be gone. Or you could take the safest route by going to www.versiontracker.com and downloading... CanMan or Delete It or DropObliter8 or LockBurn or Trash It! or Trash Locked Files or unlockAll It might be best to use a free or shareware application for this job if you don't feel comfortable typing, especially since a mistake could erase more than your data if you are not in the right location at the time. So, in summation, BE careful if you are not sure what you are doing in the Terminal and *NEVER* type rm *.* unless you know for sure you are in the right place. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there. :) Schoun On 4/3/03 12:33 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: Insight BB stinks
I think the DSL doesn't go out to the billtown rd side of JTown. Unless it's been added recently. While I'm not a big fan of using Insight [A tv company seem the wrong people to talk computing with] I've not seen any real problems with their service since they did a big rejig about 18 months ago [either at, or prior to the @home debacle]. So things _can_ be happy :) That said, I'm all for DSL in the area :) Hen On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, George H. Yankey wrote: Mike, We live in the Jeffersontown area and have Bellsouth DSL. Works fine for us. Have you called 1.866.346.9293? George Yankey On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 08:12 PM, michaelphoto at att.net wrote: Hey Group, I'll get right to the point. Does anyone in the group know a contact name at Bellsouth, so that I can pleed my case to them to try to get their DSL service in my neighborhood. My Insight BB service, that I have had since last August has been terrible, it has been down at least 40% of the time. The whole story of my struggles with Insight is too long to go into here, and I REALLY don't want to go back to dial-up. Thanks for any help. Mike Robertson | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: Apple memory ibook/powerbook
Thanks. Guess I'll have to choose between 768M or 1G and a throw-away 256 for the powerbook. Hen On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 bcforrest at cox.net wrote: Make sure it's Low Profile SO-DIMMs (about 1). The Low Profile is important. Larger chips have traditionaly been made with two rows of chips on either side of the board, making a very tall chip (about 1-1/2) that will not fit properly in newer Powerbooks and iBooks. The 500Mhz iBook has either 64MB or 128MB of Ram in a proprietary slot on the motherboard and another slot where the user can add memory underneath the keyboard. Remove the keyboard and you will see a metal plate with two small screws in it (size 0 or 00). Remove the two screws. Remove the metal plate, and the chip slot is underneath. The memory chips are keyed, so they will only go in one way. In the titanium, all you have to do is remove the keyboard, and the chips are right there. Max Memory for the 500mhz iBook is either 576MB or 640MB, depending on if yours came standard with 64MB or 128MB of RAM. Hope this helps! Bryan Forrest Macintosh Specialist LifeNet http://www.lifenet.org From: Henri Yandell bayard at generationjava.com Date: 2003/04/01 Tue PM 12:52:00 EST To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Apple memory ibook/powerbook I have a 400mhz titanium powerbook 256 Meg. My wife has a 500mhz ibook 128 Meg. I want to buy a gig of memory [crucial have it for 120 dollars per 512] and then put my 256M into my wife's machine. Looking on crucial, it seems to say that the ibook 500 and the powerbook 400 use the same type of memory, but it charges different prices so I'm not sure. Does anyone know if I can do this? Also, I assume it's easy enough to fiddle with the memory in an apple laptop? ie) the same style of thing as an airport card installation. Powerbook gets unscrewed, ibook lifts the keyboard etc. Thanks, Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
03.04.2003 15:24 UhrJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com: On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:59 PM, Marta Edie wrote: Why your friends and neighbors of course (grin). The file sharing module lets you control access to the files on your computer when you are connected to a network. You might want to limit whom on the network can get to the files on your computer (this is a good thing). The disappearing control module probably left when you upgraded your OS. The upgrade most likely looked at what you had connected to the Mac and decided there was no sense in keeping it if you weren't using it. Jerry Thanks, Jerry. There is one more weensy question I have. The airport control module was in the controlstrip when I bought the computer. I am not sure when it disappeared. And the file sharing is in the strip, although I do not know with whom I should share files. Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. It's always astonishing what these little gremlins do in your computer behind your back!!!Thanks, Jerry, Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: can't empty trash
03.04.2003 15:27 UhrJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com: (grin) That will do the trick if root is allowed to make the changes. My earlier advice was based on a weird delete problem I have encountered twice where even logging in as root still resulted in the trash not getting emptied. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:59 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Jerry, I have a better one: chflag So...if they are locked, and you can't see the locks from the GetInfo dialog box, Open the terminal application again and type what you see on the line below: cd .Trash Then hit the return key Then type what you see on the line below: chflags nouchg *.* Then hit the return key This unsets the flag that locks the files. NOW you can type the line below: sudo rm *.* Then hit the return key. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! Schoun On 4/3/03 1:49 PM, Jerry Yeager at jerry at browseryshop.com wrote: What is causing the problem is that there are several files (icons and folders) in this pre-OS-X program that are locked and some may be invisible as well. Schoun's advice should work, but if it does not, then drag everything out of the trash, and use the get info feature to unlock and change the owner of the files to you. Delete what you can. The worse case is that the locked invisible ones still will not delete. If that happens, Switch to OS-9 and use Res-Edit to change the invisibility to visible, change the owner, etc. then delete those things. Jerry On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: Alex, If you feel comfortable with this... Open the Terminal application located in /Applications/Utilities Once in there, type what's on the following line below-case IS important: cd .Trash Then hit the return key This will put you in the trash folder just like you were looking at it from the Finder except you are looking at it from the inside. Now type what's below: ls -la Then hit the return key This will show you all the files, even the invisible ones, in your trash. If you want to get rid of them, type what's in the line below EXACTLY: sudo rm *.* And hit the return key Now enter your password when asked and hit the return key This tells the computer to become a SUPERUSER for a period of five minutes. It also tells the computer to remove ANY files in your Trash You should now quit the Terminal application and click on the Trash Can on your dock to open the window. Everything in there should now be gone. Or you could take the safest route by going to www.versiontracker.com and downloading... CanMan or Delete It or DropObliter8 or LockBurn or Trash It! or Trash Locked Files or unlockAll It might be best to use a free or shareware application for this job if you don't feel comfortable typing, especially since a mistake could erase more than your data if you are not in the right location at the time. So, in summation, BE careful if you are not sure what you are doing in the Terminal and *NEVER* type rm *.* unless you know for sure you are in the right place. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there. :) Schoun On 4/3/03 12:33 PM, Alex Whitman at alylex at earthlink.net wrote: I'm running 10.2.4. When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item Fr28.psf is locked. I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder doesn't find it. Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and Continue. When I click Continue I get another error message saying 01.psf is locked. I don't know what that is either. Nonetheless, I click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone. I really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear. Help? Thanks, Alex Whitman | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. With all your influence in the Apple ?omputer world, and I mean all you gurus in the Mac Group, can't you get Apple to change that word ROOT to a more picturesque one? This vegetable connotation just doesn't fit. I would put out a contest and let the creative forces do their bit. I suppose it is this terminology that has kept me from using OSX . MARTA | The next meeting of the
MacGroup: control strip
That's one of the cardinal rules of safe computing: Never, ever turn your back on a computer. It's always astonishing what these little gremlins do in your computer behind your back!!! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: control strip
Marta Edie wrote: Yes, that I can do. but I can't do it the other way around. For example :In anticipation of my getting an airport, I was goiing to put that module, which is in the controlstrip modules folder, but not showing on my controlstrip, into the controlstrip proper. And here I get that module balking. The help menu says to drag it into the controlstrip. but here all good spirits leave me. The module jumps back into the folder. Sometimes I think these modules are somewhere in the controlstrip already, but don't show up. My strip doesn.t show the modules for airport, for TV and Video mirroring, speakable items and a few more. Then I think the controlstrip only holds a certain number and I need to get rid of some before I can put another one in. But these are all Marta's mind flicks. I do use the monitor control panel a lot, especially when I need to enlarge the print where i don't have an enlarge button in the menu bar. Marta I think the airport module will show up on the control strip once you have airport installed. I have 13 modules on my control strip and 17 modules in the folder. If your setup is different then I would imagine the control strip would be able to go, at least, to the other side of the screen. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: HP Printer problem
Ward Oldham wrote: Hi Fran, First, make sure as HP suggested that you've updated to 9.2.1 or later. You mentioned 9.2 which implies you need an additional update. Second, I would not ever plug a printer into the keyboard port but have it plugged in directly to your Mac. I'm not implying that it won't work. I just never seen it done. Assuming that you are using the recommended printer drivers, should you continue to have problems you may want to run a diagnostic check with something like Norton's Disk Doctor, Disk Warrior or Disk First Aid. Directory corruption or damaged system files could also be responsible for your problems. Good Luck! Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us I have an H-P printer plugged into my keyboard and never had any problems with the setup. My iMac has two USB ports. I have the keyboard in one and a floppy drive in the other. The floppy drive won't work when it's plugged into the keyboard. I think it's because of the power requirements. The printer has a separate power source and only relies on the USB port for data transfer. I've been using it for over two years like that so I don't think it will cause any problems. But then you can't be sure of anything these days. -- Tony LaFemina Major in Layout Design Techniques Minor in Software Fundamentals http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html mailto:remacs at optonline.net | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: Re: macgroup-digest V1 #132
On 4/3/03 5:15 PM, macgroup-digest owner-macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisville.edu wrote: Does anyone know of any OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software that works with the Epson Perfection 2450 PHOTO scanner? OmniPage is supposed to work, but see my submission to this list a couple of weeks ago. I am still waiting for the replacement CD from the publisher that will allow the program to recognize Epson's Twain program under OS 10.2+. I'll report back once the CD arrives. And speaking of Al Gore . . . Robert | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org.
MacGroup: HP Printer problem
I am looking for an inexpensive (better is free) application to manage contact information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc. I seem to remember a reference to such and application in one of the earlier e-mails. Does anyone remember the name of the application or can suggest an application that will let me import, store, manipulate the data and export to other applications? I use a Ti PB 667, OSX 10.1 and Office V.x w/Entourage. Entourage is where I ultimately want to used the data on a daily basis. Thanks, Frank -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20030403/b2f80884/attachment.html
MacGroup: HP Printer problem
Hi Frank, First, you may in the future want to start a new thread. Your topic has nothing to do with the HP printer problem. Second, I?m a little confused. You already have Entourage which will accomplish this for you. What exactly are you looking to do? Ward Oldham, MacDude MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us On 4/3/03 10:44 PM, Frank Hammitt fhammitt at msn.com wrote: I am looking for an inexpensive (better is free) application to manage contact information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc. I seem to remember a reference to such and application in one of the earlier e-mails. Does anyone remember the name of the application or can suggest an application that will let me import, store, manipulate the data and export to other applications? I use a Ti PB 667, OSX 10.1 and Office V.x w/Entourage. Entourage is where I ultimately want to used the data on a daily basis. Thanks, Frank -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20030403/26b9b936/attachment.html
