Re: [users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On Jan 25, 2010, at 00:52 , Michael Reich wrote: On 1/24/10 users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: You don't say what version of OSX you have or what type of Mac.On my MacBook running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) it doesn't take forever to start OOO or NeoOffice. Provide a little info on your setup so someone can guess what the problem is, as well as where your applications are stored. Serious miss, Michael. It's a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard, 10.6.2 and as you probably guessed, it was a little frustration in excess of what the situation called for that prompted my original mail, so I apologise to the list. If it hadn't been frustration, I would have remembered such obvious details. If you are running Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard, you can add programs to the list of apps that run at startup (click the apple in the upper left corner, System Preferences, Accounts, and then select the Login items pane on the right. You can add programs to the list by clicking the + sign. Thanks for this. I really needed to know that. I had been shown this by my son (who gave me his pensioned Mac) but had forgotten how to find it. //J - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On 1/25/10 users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: Subject: Re: [users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac From: James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:45:39 +0100 To: users@openoffice.org On Jan 25, 2010, at 00:52 , Michael Reich wrote: On 1/24/10 users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: You don't say what version of OSX you have or what type of Mac.On my MacBook running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) it doesn't take forever to start OOO or NeoOffice. Provide a little info on your setup so someone can guess what the problem is, as well as where your applications are stored. Serious miss, Michael. It's a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard, 10.6.2 and as you probably guessed, it was a little frustration in excess of what the situation called for that prompted my original mail, so I apologise to the list. If it hadn't been frustration, I would have remembered such obvious details. If you are running Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard, you can add programs to the list of apps that run at startup (click the apple in the upper left corner, System Preferences, Accounts, and then select the Login items pane on the right. You can add programs to the list by clicking the + sign. Thanks for this. I really needed to know that. I had been shown this by my son (who gave me his pensioned Mac) but had forgotten how to find it. //J No problem. If you're a newcomer to Macs, the learning curve doesn't last too long. I switched from Windows just a couple years ago, and now have a Mac and Ubuntu machines at home (with one tired old Windows 2K machine for desperate times). - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On 2010/01/24 5:36 AM James Wilde wrote: The first time I start OOo after a reboot it takes forever How long is forever? My MacBook takes 18 secs. to load OO.o after a reboot. I seem to remember that one can preload the basic functionality which means that, subsequently documents open quicker. Macs do not have the Quickstarter that Windows does. OO.o opens quicker after it has been previously opened on my Mac (5 secs.). You could set OO.o to open on startup, but that would lengthen the time it takes to boot. I've been looking around on my Mac and I just can't find where the programs are stored Programs are stored in the Applications folder. - I'm too new to the Mac - and come to think of it, I'm not sure I know how to place the appropriate program in some kind of startup folder. Perhaps you should get a good book on using Macs. I recommend David Pogue's Missing Manual appropiate to the version of OS X you are using (Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual, Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual) -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. - Edgard Varese - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
Re: [users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On Jan 24, 2010, at 20:48 , Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/01/24 5:36 AM James Wilde wrote: The first time I start OOo after a reboot it takes forever How long is forever? My MacBook takes 18 secs. to load OO.o after a reboot. Good question. Maybe I can live with it. Programs are stored in the Applications folder. I do believe it's a link to programs that one finds in the Applications folder. - I'm too new to the Mac - and come to think of it, I'm not sure I know how to place the appropriate program in some kind of startup folder. Perhaps you should get a good book on using Macs. I recommend David Pogue's Missing Manual appropiate to the version of OS X you are using (Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual, Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual) Thanks, Larry, I'll check that out. I definitely need something like that. //J - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On 2010/01/24 3:20 PM James Wilde wrote: Programs are stored in the Applications folder. I do believe it's a link to programs that one finds in the Applications folder. You are referring to the Quickstarter, which, as I stated before, does not exist on Macs. OO.o on Macs always opens bry clicking OpeOffice.org.app, either in the applications folder or in a alias on the dock or desktop. There is nothing inside the application that opens a specific program on a Mac. If you want to poke around an application file on a Mac (be very careful, or you will totally mess it up) right click on the application in the Applications folder, then click on Show Package Contents -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. - Edgard Varese - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
[users] Re: Preload OOo on Mac
On 1/24/10 users-digest-h...@openoffice.org wrote: Subject: Preload OOo on Mac From: James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:36:18 +0100 To: users@openoffice.org Hi: I feel incredibly stupid. The first time I start OOo after a reboot it takes forever but I seem to remember that one can preload the basic functionality which means that, subsequently documents open quicker. I've been looking around on my Mac and I just can't find where the programs are stored - I'm too new to the Mac - and come to think of it, I'm not sure I know how to place the appropriate program in some kind of startup folder. If some kind Mac user can help me with these two points I'll be very grateful. TIA //James You don't say what version of OSX you have or what type of Mac.On my MacBook running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) it doesn't take forever to start OOO or NeoOffice. Provide a little info on your setup so someone can guess what the problem is, as well as where your applications are stored. If you are running Tiger, Leopard, or Snow Leopard, you can add programs to the list of apps that run at startup (click the apple in the upper left corner, System Preferences, Accounts, and then select the Login items pane on the right. You can add programs to the list by clicking the + sign. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
