Re: Font size of News bytes

[Malcolm McCallum]

Thanks Peter, that is just what I wanted other than a new set of peepers   :-)


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On 16/02/2010, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> 
> On 15/02/2010, at 5:09 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
> 
>> 
>> How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
>> Mac
>> 
> 
> 
> Another suggestion in addition to all the others:
> 
> Go to Firefox > Preferences and click the Content Tab. Under "Fonts & Colors" 
> click the "Advanced" button next to the Font Size menu. You will see a menu 
> called "Minimum Font Size", and it's probably set to "None" at present, which 
> means that Firefox is letting the CSS/HTML code of the page determine the 
> font size. Change this value to something that works for you. I generally 
> find that anything smaller than 10 starts to get a bit difficult on my 24" 
> Mac. The point here is that regardless of what font size is specified in the 
> code, Firefox will always display it at at least the size you specify in this 
> setting.
> 
> Note to Safari users: Safari has this setting as well in its "Advanced" 
> preferences section.
> 
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Re: Font size of News bytes

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 15/02/2010, at 5:09 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:

> 
> How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
> Mac
> 


Another suggestion in addition to all the others:

Go to Firefox > Preferences and click the Content Tab. Under "Fonts & Colors" 
click the "Advanced" button next to the Font Size menu. You will see a menu 
called "Minimum Font Size", and it's probably set to "None" at present, which 
means that Firefox is letting the CSS/HTML code of the page determine the font 
size. Change this value to something that works for you. I generally find that 
anything smaller than 10 starts to get a bit difficult on my 24" Mac. The point 
here is that regardless of what font size is specified in the code, Firefox 
will always display it at at least the size you specify in this setting.

Note to Safari users: Safari has this setting as well in its "Advanced" 
preferences section.

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Re: Emac went dim

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 15/02/2010, at 9:14 AM, malcolm Tate wrote:

> Thankyou for your replies
> 
> Sorry for the delay in replying, my weekend ended up flying by without me 
> realising it.
> I have a Power PC G4, and as much as I wrote for clarification I think I was 
> hoping you would all go ... no, its fine, all computers do that from time to 
> time, its good 
> Looks like I may need to look at something new rather soon ... now the 
> debate, PC so its compatible for the kids school, or my lovely mac, and sort 
> out compatibility later lol. I could see all the icons, pictures, everything 
> on the screen Ronni, it was just dim, like someone had turned the brightness 
> down.
> 
> Sam


The nice thing a bout a new Mac is that it's compatible with everything, though 
either Boot Camp or virtualisation software - or both. It's difficult to 
imagine anything your kids' school would require that would be beyond the scope 
of these of these technologies. And you get to keep your beloved Mac.


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Re: Apple Mail - Display Remote Images query

[Ronda Brown]

On 16/02/2010, at 3:28 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> 
> I use Apple Mail and Snow Leopard. Historically I've always had "Display 
> remote images in HTML messages" deselected in the Viewing panel of Mail's 
> Preferences.
> 
> I had cause to change this, so the option is now selected, with remote images 
> on display.
> 
> I don't know whether it's coincidental, but suddenly I seem to have a 
> substantial performance boost with Mail, and the computer generally, since 
> changing the preference setting. I would have guessed it would be the 
> opposite, ie. Mail now has to bring down extra data, therefore reducing 
> performance. But nope, the positive difference is stark.
> 
> Anyone know why this would be? Makes a nice change from trying to solve a 
> problem!

Hi Steven,

I can't see how enabling ""Display remote images in HTML messages" would give a 
performance boost with Mail, in fact I would expect the message to download 
slower.

From Mail Help:
"Some messages may use HTML to include remote images which, when retrieved from 
the sender’s servers, reveal information about your computer’s address. 
You can protect your privacy by not loading remote images contained in messages 
you receive. 
In addition, when you don’t load remote images, messages download more quickly."

From Take Control of Apple Mail:
For incoming messages in HTML format, Mail provides an option to disable 
display of embedded graphics, which can signal the server that you’ve read the 
message—compromising your privacy and potentially leading to more spam. 
Go to the Viewing preference pane and uncheck Display Remote Images in HTML 
Messages. 
If you want to see the graphics in a message with graphics off, click the Load 
Images button near the top of the message pane (or window).

Cheers,
Ronni

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Apple Mail - Display Remote Images query

[Steven Knowles]

I use Apple Mail and Snow Leopard. Historically I've always had "Display remote 
images in HTML messages" deselected in the Viewing panel of Mail's Preferences.

I had cause to change this, so the option is now selected, with remote images 
on display.

I don't know whether it's coincidental, but suddenly I seem to have a 
substantial performance boost with Mail, and the computer generally, since 
changing the preference setting. I would have guessed it would be the opposite, 
ie. Mail now has to bring down extra data, therefore reducing performance. But 
nope, the positive difference is stark.

Anyone know why this would be? Makes a nice change from trying to solve a 
problem!

Cheers, Steven

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Re: Appleworks to Pages

[David Noel]

-- Thanks Ronni, so simple if you know how

Cheers, David

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On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> AppleWorks allows you to 'save as' your datafile as "ASCII TEXT".
> This resulting file is a tab-separated values (TSV) text file.
> That is, each field value is separated by a tab character, and every record 
> is separated by a return.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On 15/02/2010, at 4:40 PM, David Noel wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Peter --
>>
>> -- How do you "export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text
>> files)" from Appleworks 6? I can't find any 'Export' facility. and
>> 'Save As' doesn't offer TSV. I'd like to know more.
>>
>> Cheers --
>>
>> David Noel / 2010 Feb 15
>>
>> ===
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Peter Hinchliffe
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/02/2010, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>>

 On 04/02/2010, at 4:33 PM, thefrogs wrote:

>
> I have some older apple and claris works documents that I would love to 
> open in Pages. I can run Apple works 6 in Snow Leopard but it is one more 
> program> I am sorry to ask help here, if there was a posting previously- 
> I may simply have turned a blind eye to it.

 Hi Tom,

 The iWork applications - Keynote, Pages & Numbers - can only open 
 AppleWorks 6 presentation, word processing, & spreadsheet documents, 
 respectively.
 They will not open any other type of AppleWorks 6 files or any AppleWorks 
 5 or any version of ClarisWorks files.

 AppleWorks database documents ... The only program that can open them is 
 AppleWorks.

 Pages may import AW6 WP files
 Numbers may import AW6 SS files
 Keynote may import AW6 PR files.

 NOTE:
 Remember to save the AW 5 files to AW 6 files before transferring them to 
 iWork!

>>>
>>> You can export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text files) and 
>>> import them into Bento (considered by many to be the de-facto database for 
>>> iWork).
>>>
>>> Paint documents can be saved as other formats (TIFF, PICT, etc) and used in 
>>> iWork and other software. The only module which presents a problem is the 
>>> Draw module. While Pages will not import these documents, in most cases 
>>> individual objects or their contents can be copied and pasted from 
>>> AppleWorks to Pages in Desktop Publishing mode. In fact, I finally spent 
>>> some time last weekend doing just that with my business cards, which have 
>>> always been in an Appleworks Draw document. Didn't take too long.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
>>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>>> Perth, Western Australia
>>> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948
>>> 
>>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
>>>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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Re: Font size of News bytes

[Eugene]

Not sure if this is what you're after but choose view / zoom / text only in 
firefox

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On 15/02/2010, at 5:09 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:

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> How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
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Re: Font size of News bytes

[Malcolm McCallum]

Thanks Ronni


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On 15/02/2010, at 5:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> On 15/02/2010, at 5:09 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
> 
>> 
>> How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
>> Mac
> 
> 1. Click on View on the browser Menu Bar.
> 2. Highlight Text Size with your mouse and notice  that you now have 3 
> choices that will allow you to increase or decrease text size.
>View > Zoom - Zoom Text Only
> 3. Increase or Decrease your font size and you will see a change in text size 
> on this web page. 
> 
> You can also hold down 'Command' (Apple Key) and type "+" or "-" to change 
> the font size.
> Select 'Reset' or 'Command' (Apple key)' > and "0" (zero) to return to the 
> default text size.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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Re: Font size of News bytes

[Ronda Brown]

On 15/02/2010, at 5:09 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:

> 
> How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
> Mac

1. Click on View on the browser Menu Bar.
2. Highlight Text Size with your mouse and notice  that you now have 3 choices 
that will allow you to increase or decrease text size.
View > Zoom - Zoom Text Only
3. Increase or Decrease your font size and you will see a change in text size 
on this web page. 

You can also hold down 'Command' (Apple Key) and type "+" or "-" to change the 
font size.
Select 'Reset' or 'Command' (Apple key)' > and "0" (zero) to return to the 
default text size.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Font size of News bytes

[Malcolm McCallum]

How do I change the font size of presented news bytes in Firefox.
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Re: Appleworks to Pages

[Ronda Brown]

Hi David,

AppleWorks allows you to 'save as' your datafile as "ASCII TEXT".  
This resulting file is a tab-separated values (TSV) text file.  
That is, each field value is separated by a tab character, and every record is 
separated by a return.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 15/02/2010, at 4:40 PM, David Noel wrote:

> 
> Hi Peter --
> 
> -- How do you "export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text
> files)" from Appleworks 6? I can't find any 'Export' facility. and
> 'Save As' doesn't offer TSV. I'd like to know more.
> 
> Cheers --
> 
> David Noel / 2010 Feb 15
> 
> ===
> 
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Peter Hinchliffe
>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 04/02/2010, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 04/02/2010, at 4:33 PM, thefrogs wrote:
>>> 
 
 I have some older apple and claris works documents that I would love to 
 open in Pages. I can run Apple works 6 in Snow Leopard but it is one more 
 program> I am sorry to ask help here, if there was a posting previously- I 
 may simply have turned a blind eye to it.
>>> 
>>> Hi Tom,
>>> 
>>> The iWork applications - Keynote, Pages & Numbers - can only open 
>>> AppleWorks 6 presentation, word processing, & spreadsheet documents, 
>>> respectively.
>>> They will not open any other type of AppleWorks 6 files or any AppleWorks 5 
>>> or any version of ClarisWorks files.
>>> 
>>> AppleWorks database documents ... The only program that can open them is 
>>> AppleWorks.
>>> 
>>> Pages may import AW6 WP files
>>> Numbers may import AW6 SS files
>>> Keynote may import AW6 PR files.
>>> 
>>> NOTE:
>>> Remember to save the AW 5 files to AW 6 files before transferring them to 
>>> iWork!
>>> 
>> 
>> You can export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text files) and 
>> import them into Bento (considered by many to be the de-facto database for 
>> iWork).
>> 
>> Paint documents can be saved as other formats (TIFF, PICT, etc) and used in 
>> iWork and other software. The only module which presents a problem is the 
>> Draw module. While Pages will not import these documents, in most cases 
>> individual objects or their contents can be copied and pasted from 
>> AppleWorks to Pages in Desktop Publishing mode. In fact, I finally spent 
>> some time last weekend doing just that with my business cards, which have 
>> always been in an Appleworks Draw document. Didn't take too long.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>> Perth, Western Australia
>> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948
>> 
>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
>> 



Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Appleworks to Pages

[David Noel]

Hi Peter --

-- How do you "export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text
files)" from Appleworks 6? I can't find any 'Export' facility. and
'Save As' doesn't offer TSV. I'd like to know more.

Cheers --

David Noel / 2010 Feb 15

===

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Peter Hinchliffe
 wrote:
>
>
> On 04/02/2010, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>
>>
>> On 04/02/2010, at 4:33 PM, thefrogs wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have some older apple and claris works documents that I would love to 
>>> open in Pages. I can run Apple works 6 in Snow Leopard but it is one more 
>>> program> I am sorry to ask help here, if there was a posting previously- I 
>>> may simply have turned a blind eye to it.
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> The iWork applications - Keynote, Pages & Numbers - can only open AppleWorks 
>> 6 presentation, word processing, & spreadsheet documents, respectively.
>> They will not open any other type of AppleWorks 6 files or any AppleWorks 5 
>> or any version of ClarisWorks files.
>>
>> AppleWorks database documents ... The only program that can open them is 
>> AppleWorks.
>>
>> Pages may import AW6 WP files
>> Numbers may import AW6 SS files
>> Keynote may import AW6 PR files.
>>
>> NOTE:
>> Remember to save the AW 5 files to AW 6 files before transferring them to 
>> iWork!
>>
>
> You can export your database files as TSV (Tab-separated text files) and 
> import them into Bento (considered by many to be the de-facto database for 
> iWork).
>
> Paint documents can be saved as other formats (TIFF, PICT, etc) and used in 
> iWork and other software. The only module which presents a problem is the 
> Draw module. While Pages will not import these documents, in most cases 
> individual objects or their contents can be copied and pasted from AppleWorks 
> to Pages in Desktop Publishing mode. In fact, I finally spent some time last 
> weekend doing just that with my business cards, which have always been in an 
> Appleworks Draw document. Didn't take too long.
>
> --
>
> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Emac went dim

[Reg Whitely]

Hi Sam

Remember you can run Windows, Linux etc on your new iMac, Macbook etc.  
I can help you with that when the time comes. What extra compatibility  
do you need with the schools that's not already there?
Have a look at the Apple ed student shop for some prices. You should  
be able to get a tax rebate for student use too. Didn't Mr Ru  
offer that last year? Might even get an iPod or printer thrown in.


Reg/Dad

On 15/02/2010, at 9:14 AM, malcolm Tate wrote:



Thankyou for your replies

Sorry for the delay in replying, my weekend ended up flying by  
without me realising it.
I have a Power PC G4, and as much as I wrote for clarification I  
think I was hoping you would all go ... no, its fine, all computers  
do that from time to time, its good 
Looks like I may need to look at something new rather soon ... now  
the debate, PC so its compatible for the kids school, or my lovely  
mac, and sort out compatibility later lol. I could see all the  
icons, pictures, everything on the screen Ronni, it was just dim,  
like someone had turned the brightness down.


Sam


On 14/02/2010, at 3:06 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:



On 13/02/2010 1:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 13/02/2010, at 12:15 PM, malcolm Tate wrote:



Hello everyone,

This morning when I woke up the screen on my Emac running 10.4.11  
was dim.
I recalibrated the colours and it seems to be ok now. I was just  
wondering if this was the right thing to do, and if my computer  
is on its way out?
Also, why would it happen? I've had the computer for a few years  
now and never seen this before.


Hi Sam,

Look closely at the screen, can you still see the icons in the  
background?
If you can and it seems extremely dark, then your problem is  
likely an LCD inverter board.
This isn't a terribly expensive part but getting it replaced might  
not be cheap labor wise.


An LCD inverter is what powers the backlight for the screen.

I would suggest you backup everything you need on your computer   
to an external Hard Drive, as the eMac could well be on its way out.


Cheers,
Ronni


Except eMacs have CRT's not LCD's? Which would mean it's the analog
board or equivalent.

Have fun,
Shay


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Re: .h264 codec or player

[James / Hans Kunz]

hello Ronni
it's a kingwave kw3290 recorder which is sold as oem/rebranded dv  
recorder, it has 'darkside' software included

a while ago i "inherited' a pc-laptop which is now running the player
for the time being i can backup a by time or event selected sequence  
(6fps) & the player does play it back, there also i can do a snap  
shot of a selected frame & save it as .bmp which in turn is viewable/ 
printabe on a mac, how to export to .avi i have to investigate more

thanks for the reply, which was actually quite spot on
to use internet explorer i need direct-x to install..on the pc
James

On 15/02/2010, at 11:02, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 11/02/2010, at 8:19 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


this is the whole file name:
cam01-20100206-101743.h264
it's from a security camera recorder & gets produced when you copy  
a sequence of frames to a memory stick for picture printing or for  
the police to view,
according the manual it supposed to be a h264 coded file, the  
recording unit has not much to choose the format, but i'm looking  
once more into that

James


Hi James,

What is the Brand & Model of the Security Camera you are using?

"h.264" is the file extension on files you get when you put a thumb  
drive directly into some Security units and tell it to offload files.
Some people use the explorer plug-in over the internet, it will  
download these files and you can watch them immediately through the  
plug-in, and it gives you the option to output them as .avi files.


But, it seems that the internet explorer plug-in only works on a  
P.  Do you have Windows installed on any Mac, or a Windows computer  
that you could try it on?


"You can backup on a USB flash drive and then save to a Mac but it  
needs the PC only software to play any recorded files.
On a PC you can then convert the files to an AVI File and then play  
on any PC or Mac."


Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Trash shows empty

[Lloyd White]

>> Hi all. A silly and trivial problem.
>> 
>> My trash basket has trash in it but it shows empty. It will empty when I
>> make it but it always shows empty.
>> 
>> At the same time my desktop pattern and screen-saver suddenly changed.
>> 
>> Do I trash some preference?
>> 
> Hi Lloyd,
> 
> Trash your Dock Preferences found here Home > library > preferences -
> com.apple.dock.plist and log out, then log back in.
> Your dock will be reset to the Defaults.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni

Thanks Ronni,

Back to normal now. I was looking for a trash plist! Didn't think about the
Dock.

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