Laser Printers

[Peter Curtis]

Hi all
Many thanks for all the responses.
I got a Xerox C525 from Xcell (9381 9633)
Excellent service, great price, delivered to the front door!
Can't recommend them highly enough
Regards
Peter

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How do smart folders work?

[Neil Houghton]

Once a week I update a number of spreadsheets which I have filed in various
folders.

After reading about smart folders I thought that this could save me some
time navigating through the various folders.

So.

For the documents in question (well 3 of them as a trial), I opened their
info pane and put "weekly" into the comment field.

As a check, a spotlight search on "weekly" now shows these as the first 3
document hits - so far, so good.

Then

I create a smart folder with "keywords" weekly as the criterion - but it
doesn't show any hits.

After browsing the "Other" criteria, I see that "Comment" can be chosen so I
make "comment" contains "weekly the criterion - still no joy - with or
without adding "kind" "any" or "kind" "document" as additional criteria.

As I start typing "weekly" in the "contains" box files do initially show -
with just "we" typed, for example, I see:
- iTunes tracks from an album that includes"we" in the iTunes comments field
- HTML text files that include "we" in the HTML metadata
- an excel workbook that includes "we" in the comments field in the
"properties" pane for the workbook.

But then as soon as I continue by "wee" they have all gone.


DOH!!

As I re-read the above, I now see the pattern - the Info box which used to
have a "Comments" field now has a "Spotlight Comments" field and searching
by "comment" is not actually looking in this field but in other file
metadata that meet its peculiar definition of "comment"

Further scrolling down the "Other" criteria does , indeeed reveal a
"Spotlight Comments" criteria and setting this up does, indeed find my
files.


SO... Problem Solved - However, I have to say Mac Help was spectacularly
useless in helping to find how the smart folder criteria actually work... So
I thought I'd still fire this off in the hope it might save some other poor
soul from the same frustration.

Cheers


Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
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second try

[KEVIN Lock]

Perchance does anyone have a SH Ram stick to suit 14" white iBook 
800mhz (PC133 sodimms-144 pin  512Mb)?


Thanks


Kev

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Re: USB 2.0 PCI card Tiger deep sleep

[Oldham, Toby]

Lol - Funny co-incidence, I just bought a cheap USB 2.0 card (brand:
Shintaro) that doesn't support deep sleep.

I'd hoped (without checking first) that the issue had been fixed since the
last time I tried it with my old G4.

Card makers still claim its Apple's fault, and Apple claims the fault is
with each cards' firmware.

I've also read some claims that devices such as external bluetooth adaptors
(plugged into the card) can cause the issue. Results from my own testing
indicate the computer won't sleep regardless.

Now I just shut down my G5 rather than put it to sleep. It's either that or
spend _more_ money to buy an external USB 2 hub.

T.


On 17/3/07 2:59 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone ,
> 
> Has anyone found a USB 2.0 PCI card that does NOT have a problem with
> OSX sleep ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bob
> 
> The Adaptec , Belkin and other cards
> I have checked so far seem to have problems.
> 
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Laser printers

[Peter Curtis]

Hi All
I am in Perth at the moment staying at my daughters place. Her  
printer has been giving her problems which are insurmountable and she  
has to buy a new one.
I have talked her into buying a laser rather than inkjet, to which  
she says for me to buy her one TODAY! It must be today!
Just home use, must be colour, reasonably priced, and of course  
compatible with Mac's.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Pleeeze?
Regards
Peter

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[FREE] Assorted SCSI cables + Powerbook Duo power supply

[Derek Y-E]

Hi WAMUG folks.

I have a selection of old SCSI cables, FREE to a good home. Including  
the old standard Mac SCSI cable:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SCSI_Mac.jpg

and the Centronics SCSI cable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SCSI_Cent_Male.jpg

Not forgetting a couple of HDI SCSI to Centronics cables (good for  
Powerbook G3's):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Macintosh_HDI_SCSI.jpg

Also available for free:

1x Rasterops monitor CABLE (old style Mac 2-rows of pins connection),  
to 4-BNC connectors (Red, Green, Blue, Black


Couple of 16-pin (2 rows of pins) beige Mac monitor cables (M-to-M)

Also, I have a Powerbook Duo power supply (thought to be in working  
order), if anybody wants it.


Cheers,
Derek


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Re: windows computer joining airport network

[Shay Telfer]

Rosemary Horton wrote:

 A friend came over with her laptop (Windows) and I said she could join
 my network, but even though she could see it's name , it would not
 accept the password, kept asking for >>> bit or ### bit password, (lots
 of characters?) which mine isn't

 What's going on? How can this work in future?


You could try this:


Have fun,
Shay
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 Opinions for hire  [POQ] of others; the love of power is
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windows computer joining airport network

[Rosemary Horton]

A friend came over with her laptop (Windows) and I said she could  
join my network, but even though she could see it's name , it would  
not accept the password, kept asking for >>> bit or ### bit password,  
(lots of characters?) which mine isn't


What's going on? How can this work in future?


 Rosemary Horton
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Re: no spotlight & endnote preferences

[Rosemary Horton]

For those who wondered, I sorted these problems out.

1) Spotlight

http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/15/spotlight-wont-work-fix-a-broken- 
spotlight-menu-with-these-troubleshooting-tips/

Lots of suggestions

The first one worked!


Solution #1: Kill SystemUIServer

* Launch ‘Activity Monitor’ (located in /Applications/Utilities/)
* Locate the process ‘SystemUIServer’, highlight it, and click  
the red button “Quit Process”
* Within a few seconds the menubar will rebuild itself and often  
Spotlight will magically work




2) Endnote Preferences

http://www.endnote.com/support/faqs/Install/faq27.asp#libmac

main problem was preferences are called things like Thomson Research  
etc..not intuitive at all





 Rosemary Horton
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On 01/03/2007, at 12:12 AM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

My husband's brand new macbook has an interesting problem..rather  
annoying.


There is a spotlight icon in the top left corner but when he clicks  
on it nothing happens, no little box,no big box,


Anyone got a clue how to fix this?

This started because Endnote closes every time he clicks on  
Preferences. I though junking his Endnote preferences might fix it  
but I couldn't find them


So one problem turned into 2




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