Re: Download Error Message

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

Hi Ronni

I was using Firefox 10.0. I tried Safari, no problems, file opened on screen 
and I saved it as a PDF.

I went back to Firefox and did some more investigation. Right click does not 
give the option 'Save As'.

I tried 'Open Link in New Tab' and ' Open Link in New Window' and was rewarded 
with a blank page.

The only other options are:
Bookmark This Link
Save Link As...
Send Link...
Copy Link Location
Inspect Element

I did have Firefox set to ask where to save the file, when I looked in the 
Preferences neither option was selected so I checked 'Downloads' and tried 
again. It did not open the download window and when I looked in the Downloads 
Folder there were 7 copies of the PDF. I tried them and they all opened. I 
looked again at the Downloads window and there were 7 'failed' with no file 
size.

I then reopened the Downloads Folder and all 7 files have disappeared, they are 
still showing as failed in the Downloads window. But searching 'This Mac' in 
Finder shows none!

A bit scary! I gave up Safari a number of OS ago but I can't remember why. 
Maybe I should re-embrace Safari?

How do I get my bookmarks from Firefox into Safari? Normally I should be able 
to find this out for myself but last week I ended up in RPH with an adverse 
drug reaction and I am still rather 'off the air'! 

Regards Diana

On 14/02/2012, at 2:09 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Diana,
> 
> Are you downloading the PDF in Safari? 
> Is this only happening with one particular PDF or all PDFs?
> 
> Before you reply a couple of things you could try:
> 
> Try   ‘Save As’ and see if that allows you to download the PDF.
> Right-click or control-click anywhere in the PDF element and select Save PDF 
> As... from the contextual menu.
> 
> What setting do you have in Safari > Preferences > General  ‘Save downloaded 
> files to': Downloads?
> Could be pointing to an invalid directory, try changing it to Desktop & see 
> if it downloads correctly and can be opened.
> 
> If it can you could try changing it back to downloads and see if it works 
> then.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 14/02/2012, at 12:29 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote:
> 
>> Hi List
>> 
>> I keep getting an error message when I try to download a PDF. It says:
>> 
>> Download Error
>> 
>> /Users/diana/Downloads/filename.pdf could not be opened because an unknown 
>> error occurred.
>> 
>> Try saving to disk first then opening the file.
>> 
>> I thought I was saving it to disk! I can view it under Quick View but that 
>> does not allow me to save it as a PDF. Any suggestions?
>> 
>> MacBookPro 10.6.8
>> 
>> Best wishes to all from Diana
>> 
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Re: Download Error Message

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Diana,

Are you downloading the PDF in Safari? 
Is this only happening with one particular PDF or all PDFs?

Before you reply a couple of things you could try:

Try   ‘Save As’ and see if that allows you to download the PDF.
Right-click or control-click anywhere in the PDF element and select Save PDF 
As... from the contextual menu.

What setting do you have in Safari > Preferences > General  ‘Save downloaded 
files to': Downloads?
Could be pointing to an invalid directory, try changing it to Desktop & see if 
it downloads correctly and can be opened.

If it can you could try changing it back to downloads and see if it works then.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 14/02/2012, at 12:29 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote:

> Hi List
> 
> I keep getting an error message when I try to download a PDF. It says:
> 
> Download Error
> 
> /Users/diana/Downloads/filename.pdf could not be opened because an unknown 
> error occurred.
> 
> Try saving to disk first then opening the file.
> 
> I thought I was saving it to disk! I can view it under Quick View but that 
> does not allow me to save it as a PDF. Any suggestions?
> 
> MacBookPro 10.6.8
> 
> Best wishes to all from Diana
> 

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Re: Disk image difficulty

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Pat,

Thanks for getting back with your results. Good you can open disk images again, 
but I’m a bit concerned that the default app to open disk images in Snow 
Leopard (& Lion) ‘DiskImageMounter.app’ is greyed out when you do a ‘Get Info’ 
> Open with, on a dmg. 
You couldn’t select it when you clicked ‘Other’ & locate the 
DiskImageMounter.app by following the path below?

 /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app. 

Is DiskImageMounter.app there and is there any red error mark?

Did you get any errors when you did ‘Repair Disk’? If so did you run Repair 
Disk again until there were no errors?
Also when you Repaired Permissions, were their any messages relating to 
CoreServices DiskImageMounter or similar?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 14/02/2012, at 11:53 AM, Pat wrote:

> Thanks very much, Ronni,
> 
> One odd thing is that I had tried the Get Info method with all three of those 
> opener apps.  Didn't work the first time, but did the second time.
> 
> Went through the rest of the steps, repaired the disk, and also rebuilt the 
> directory with DiskWarrior.  Opened several disk images.  They opened with 
> The Unarchiver, which is the one I had tried last with Get Info.  I tried to 
> reset it to DiskImageMounter but couldn't - it is greyed out.
> 
> Anyway, thanks again for the excellent advice.
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> On 13/02/2012, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pat,
>> 
>> As the Disk Images open correctly on Lion Drive, they are not corrupted.
>> 
>> Do you mean if you double click on the Disk Images they won’t open?
>> Will they open if you,
>> Right click on a .dmg file and select 'Get Info'.
>> In the Open with section select DiskImageMounter.
>> If for some reason it is not in the drop down list select Other...  The file 
>> is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app
>> Select Change All…
>> 
>> Do they open then?
>> 
>> 
>> Normally receiving a message "no mountable file systems” indicates some 
>> corruption on your HD.
>> 
>> If you have a Snow Leopard installation DVD, use it and follow the 
>> instructions below.
>> 
>> 1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer (Edit: Do 
>> not use the disc if it is not the same general version as what you have 
>> currently on your computer, e.g. use Snow Leopard Disc, then restart the 
>> computer while holding the C key.
>> 
>> 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk 
>> Utility from the Installer menu. (you must select your language first.)
>> 
>> Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If 
>> you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
>> 
>> 3. Click the First Aid tab.
>> 
>> 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to 
>> display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
>> 
>> 5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
>> 
>> 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
>> 
>> Then boot in Safe Mode, (holding Shift key down at bootup; takes longer to 
>> boot this way so be patient), run Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities, 
>> then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it 
>> completes.
>> 
>> Let us know the results please.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 4:20 PM, Pat wrote:
>> 
>>> Since about the time of the last Snow Leopard update, 10.6.8, I have not 
>>> been able to open disk images.  I have tried DiskImageMounter, Disk Utility 
>>> and The Unarchiver.  The message that comes up says: no mountable file 
>>> systems.  I know this isn't true.
>>> 
>>> I repaired permissions and looked at the WAMUG archives (nothing mentioned 
>>> about disk images).  I stumbled upon a workaround:  I could move the disk 
>>> images over to the Lion drive where they open with no difficulty at all, 
>>> and when shifted back to the SL drive, they install properly.
>>> 
>>> Still, it would probably be better to fix the problem with SL: is there a 
>>> plist that could be deleted, for instance?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Pat
>>> 

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Re: Photoshop Shortcuts

[Jon Davison]

Hi Diana

Command - J (Co-J) makes a layer of a selection or the entire layer (it's the 
same as copy (Co-C) and paste (Co-V) but quicker.
I hope this helps. I have the notes here if you need them. Email me off list 
and I will email them to you.

Cheers
Jon




On 14/02/2012, at 12:30 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote:

> Hi List
> 
> I have forgotten the key combination that allows you to copy a selection to a 
> new layer. I tried to find it in the documentation but failed.
> 
> I did two of Jon Davison's UWA Extension Photoshop Courses some years ago and 
> I am sure I should have notes. If you're lurking out there Jon, what did they 
> look like?
> 
> Best wishes to all from Diana
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Photoshop Shortcuts

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

Hi List

I have forgotten the key combination that allows you to copy a selection to a 
new layer. I tried to find it in the documentation but failed.

I did two of Jon Davison's UWA Extension Photoshop Courses some years ago and I 
am sure I should have notes. If you're lurking out there Jon, what did they 
look like?

Best wishes to all from Diana
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Download Error Message

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

Hi List

I keep getting an error message when I try to download a PDF. It says:

Download Error

/Users/diana/Downloads/filename.pdf could not be opened because an unknown 
error occurred.

Try saving to disk first then opening the file.

I thought I was saving it to disk! I can view it under Quick View but that does 
not allow me to save it as a PDF. Any suggestions?

MacBookPro 10.6.8

Best wishes to all from Diana


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Re: Disk image difficulty

[Pat]

Thanks very much, Ronni,

One odd thing is that I had tried the Get Info method with all three of those 
opener apps.  Didn't work the first time, but did the second time.

Went through the rest of the steps, repaired the disk, and also rebuilt the 
directory with DiskWarrior.  Opened several disk images.  They opened with The 
Unarchiver, which is the one I had tried last with Get Info.  I tried to reset 
it to DiskImageMounter but couldn't - it is greyed out.

Anyway, thanks again for the excellent advice.

Pat


On 13/02/2012, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Pat,
> 
> As the Disk Images open correctly on Lion Drive, they are not corrupted.
> 
> Do you mean if you double click on the Disk Images they won’t open?
> Will they open if you,
> Right click on a .dmg file and select 'Get Info'.
> In the Open with section select DiskImageMounter.
> If for some reason it is not in the drop down list select Other...  The file 
> is located at /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app
> Select Change All…
> 
> Do they open then?
> 
> 
> Normally receiving a message "no mountable file systems” indicates some 
> corruption on your HD.
> 
> If you have a Snow Leopard installation DVD, use it and follow the 
> instructions below.
> 
> 1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer (Edit: Do 
> not use the disc if it is not the same general version as what you have 
> currently on your computer, e.g. use Snow Leopard Disc, then restart the 
> computer while holding the C key.
> 
> 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility 
> from the Installer menu. (you must select your language first.)
> 
> Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you 
> do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
> 
> 3. Click the First Aid tab.
> 
> 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to 
> display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
> 
> 5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
> 
> 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
> 
> Then boot in Safe Mode, (holding Shift key down at bootup; takes longer to 
> boot this way so be patient), run Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities, 
> then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it 
> completes.
> 
> Let us know the results please.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 13/02/2012, at 4:20 PM, Pat wrote:
> 
>> Since about the time of the last Snow Leopard update, 10.6.8, I have not 
>> been able to open disk images.  I have tried DiskImageMounter, Disk Utility 
>> and The Unarchiver.  The message that comes up says: no mountable file 
>> systems.  I know this isn't true.
>> 
>> I repaired permissions and looked at the WAMUG archives (nothing mentioned 
>> about disk images).  I stumbled upon a workaround:  I could move the disk 
>> images over to the Lion drive where they open with no difficulty at all, and 
>> when shifted back to the SL drive, they install properly.
>> 
>> Still, it would probably be better to fix the problem with SL: is there a 
>> plist that could be deleted, for instance?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Pat
>> 
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Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Daniel,

I don’t know why you had to use Terminal to achieve this, unless I’m 
misunderstanding you.

Since I changed both settings (quite some time ago) in System Preferences > 
General > Number of Recent Items by selecting 'Documents None' (0)
and unselecting ‘Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps’, I don’t 
have recent Applications opening or documents or Preview images etc opening.

If I open TextEdit a blank page appears & no other documents, if I open Preview 
(without selecting anything) nothing appears and in both Applications, if I go 
to File > Open Recent - Clear Menu is greyed out as there is nothing in Recents 
(which is what I want).

If I Control-Click > Show Recents on either TextEdit or Preview in the Dock, 
nothing appears … which is exactly what I have wished to achieve.

I can send you screenshots if you doubt me or wish to see what is happening on 
my ‘Customised’ Lion ;-)

Cheers,
Ronni


On 14/02/2012, at 8:45 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> Hi Ronni
> 
> I've long had the "Restore windows when Quitting" unticked long before the 
> Preview thing. I never liked that feature either, so turned it off with in 
> days of installing Lion.
> So even though that's still turned off it (Preview) still did it.
> After a bit of googling a lot of people didn't like this "Recent Items" 
> feature and had found the only way to "turn it off" was via the Terminal 
> commands.
> 
> Previews preferences were a bit "light on the ground" with those 
> things,..lol. ;o)
> Generally I don't mind it, but with some things I do,... :))
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 4s
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
> 
> **For everything Macintosh**
> 
> On 14/02/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill & Michael & Daniel,
>> 
>> In Lion when you open programs like Preview and Safari, your previously 
>> viewed docs or tabs automatically get reloaded.
>> 
>> This feature is system wide and not app specific. 
>> You can manage or disable this feature in System Preferences>General>Number 
>> of Recent Items by un-checking “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening 
>> apps” and setting the number of recent documents to 0.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.7.3 Lion
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> On 14/02/2012, at 6:59 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( 
>>> S-Leopard)
>>> Not sure its Preview exclusive.
>>> 
>>> After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
>>> beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it 
>>> has stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to 
>>> understand, most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff 
>>> but never use it.
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>> 
 Hi All
 
 Just thought I'd share this
 
 After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really 
 like the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
 To help explain it a little more.
 
 Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
 Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
 at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
 Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
 you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
 then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
 
 This is where it gets interesting.
 Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File 
 Menu, Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so 
 you think).
 If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if 
 you right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll 
 see it's still there.
 
 After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
 clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
 
 So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for 
 those that might not want it to remember these items.
 
 You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
 com.apple.Preview.
 
 Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
 Utilities.)
 In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
 (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
 brackets).
 
 defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
 (Hit Return)
 defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
 (Hit Return)
 defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileLis

Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Michael Hawkins]

Thank you Ronda!

On 14/02/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Hi Bill & Michael & Daniel,
> 
> In Lion when you open programs like Preview and Safari, your previously 
> viewed docs or tabs automatically get reloaded.
> 
> This feature is system wide and not app specific. 
> You can manage or disable this feature in System Preferences>General>Number 
> of Recent Items by un-checking “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening 
> apps” and setting the number of recent documents to 0.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.7.3 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> On 14/02/2012, at 6:59 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
> 
>> It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( 
>> S-Leopard)
>> Not sure its Preview exclusive.
>> 
>> After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
>> beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it 
>> has stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to 
>> understand, most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff 
>> but never use it.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All
>>> 
>>> Just thought I'd share this
>>> 
>>> After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really 
>>> like the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
>>> To help explain it a little more.
>>> 
>>> Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
>>> Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
>>> at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
>>> Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
>>> you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
>>> then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
>>> 
>>> This is where it gets interesting.
>>> Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File 
>>> Menu, Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so 
>>> you think).
>>> If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
>>> right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
>>> it's still there.
>>> 
>>> After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
>>> clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
>>> 
>>> So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
>>> that might not want it to remember these items.
>>> 
>>> You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
>>> com.apple.Preview.
>>> 
>>> Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
>>> Utilities.)
>>> In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
>>> (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
>>> brackets).
>>> 
>>> defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
>>> MaxAmount 0
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> Restart the computer.
>>> 
>>> What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
>>> Recent Items at all. Great!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
>>> While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
>>> before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked 
>>> at for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
>>> previously gone into, also showing as well.
>>> I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and 
>>> normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm 
>>> using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right 
>>> click on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info 
>>> (names in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
>>> I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
>>> I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
>>> 
>>> I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
>>> empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
>>> 
>>> Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
>>> The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
>>> Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hope some find that useful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email: 
>>> Web:   
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Ronni

I've long had the "Restore windows when Quitting" unticked long before the 
Preview thing. I never liked that feature either, so turned it off with in days 
of installing Lion.
So even though that's still turned off it (Preview) still did it.
After a bit of googling a lot of people didn't like this "Recent Items" feature 
and had found the only way to "turn it off" was via the Terminal commands.

Previews preferences were a bit "light on the ground" with those things,..lol. 
;o)
Generally I don't mind it, but with some things I do,... :))

Kind regards
Daniel

Sent from my iPhone 4s

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On 14/02/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Bill & Michael & Daniel,
> 
> In Lion when you open programs like Preview and Safari, your previously 
> viewed docs or tabs automatically get reloaded.
> 
> This feature is system wide and not app specific. 
> You can manage or disable this feature in System Preferences>General>Number 
> of Recent Items by un-checking “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening 
> apps” and setting the number of recent documents to 0.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.7.3 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> On 14/02/2012, at 6:59 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
> 
>> It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( 
>> S-Leopard)
>> Not sure its Preview exclusive.
>> 
>> After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
>> beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it 
>> has stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to 
>> understand, most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff 
>> but never use it.
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All
>>> 
>>> Just thought I'd share this
>>> 
>>> After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really 
>>> like the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
>>> To help explain it a little more.
>>> 
>>> Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
>>> Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
>>> at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
>>> Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
>>> you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
>>> then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
>>> 
>>> This is where it gets interesting.
>>> Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File 
>>> Menu, Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so 
>>> you think).
>>> If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
>>> right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
>>> it's still there.
>>> 
>>> After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
>>> clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
>>> 
>>> So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
>>> that might not want it to remember these items.
>>> 
>>> You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
>>> com.apple.Preview.
>>> 
>>> Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
>>> Utilities.)
>>> In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
>>> (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
>>> brackets).
>>> 
>>> defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
>>> MaxAmount 0
>>> (Hit Return)
>>> Restart the computer.
>>> 
>>> What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
>>> Recent Items at all. Great!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
>>> While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
>>> before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked 
>>> at for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
>>> previously gone into, also showing as well.
>>> I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and 
>>> normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm 
>>> using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right 
>>> click on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info 
>>> (names in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
>>> I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
>>> I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
>>> 
>>> I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the kno

Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill & Michael & Daniel,

In Lion when you open programs like Preview and Safari, your previously viewed 
docs or tabs automatically get reloaded.

This feature is system wide and not app specific. 
You can manage or disable this feature in System Preferences>General>Number of 
Recent Items by un-checking “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps” 
and setting the number of recent documents to 0.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.7.3 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

On 14/02/2012, at 6:59 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

> It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( S-Leopard)
> Not sure its Preview exclusive.
> 
> After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
> beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it 
> has stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to 
> understand, most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff 
> but never use it.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> Hi All
>> 
>> Just thought I'd share this
>> 
>> After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really like 
>> the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
>> To help explain it a little more.
>> 
>> Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
>> Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
>> at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
>> Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
>> you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
>> then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
>> 
>> This is where it gets interesting.
>> Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File 
>> Menu, Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so 
>> you think).
>> If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
>> right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
>> it's still there.
>> 
>> After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
>> clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
>> 
>> So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
>> that might not want it to remember these items.
>> 
>> You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
>> com.apple.Preview.
>> 
>> Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
>> Utilities.)
>> In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
>> (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
>> brackets).
>> 
>> defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
>> (Hit Return)
>> defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
>> (Hit Return)
>> defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
>> MaxAmount 0
>> (Hit Return)
>> Restart the computer.
>> 
>> What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
>> Recent Items at all. Great!
>> 
>> 
>> Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
>> While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
>> before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked 
>> at for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
>> previously gone into, also showing as well.
>> I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and 
>> normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm 
>> using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right click 
>> on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info (names 
>> in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
>> I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
>> I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
>> 
>> I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
>> empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
>> 
>> Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
>> The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
>> Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
>> 
>> 
>> Hope some find that useful.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> ---
>> Daniel Kerr
>> MacWizardry
>> 
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web:   
>> 
>> 
>> **For everything Macintosh**
>> 
















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Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Bill Parker]

It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( S-Leopard)
Not sure its Preview exclusive.

After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it has 
stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to understand, 
most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff but never use 
it.

Bill



On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Just thought I'd share this
> 
> After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really like 
> the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
> To help explain it a little more.
> 
> Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
> Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
> at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
> Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
> you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
> then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
> 
> This is where it gets interesting.
> Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File Menu, 
> Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so you 
> think).
> If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
> right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
> it's still there.
> 
> After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
> clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
> 
> So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
> that might not want it to remember these items.
> 
> You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
> com.apple.Preview.
> 
> Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
> Utilities.)
> In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
> (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
> brackets).
> 
> defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
> (Hit Return)
> defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
> (Hit Return)
> defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
> MaxAmount 0
> (Hit Return)
> Restart the computer.
> 
> What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
> Recent Items at all. Great!
> 
> 
> Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
> While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
> before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked at 
> for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
> previously gone into, also showing as well.
> I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and 
> normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm 
> using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right click 
> on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info (names 
> in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
> I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
> I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
> 
> I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
> empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
> 
> Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
> The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
> Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
> 
> 
> Hope some find that useful.
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
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Re: A "feature" in Preview

[Michael Hawkins]

I don't like it that documents I've previously looked at automatically open 
whenever I click on the icon for the document that I actually want to look at. 

There's a huge risk of breaching client confidentiality. And it smacks of the 
computer saying "I know better than you, what you want to look at." a bit like 
automatic formatting being repeatedly foisted upon me when I want to format in 
the way that I want, or words being placed in documents because that's the word 
the computer thought I should be using.

Michael, who wonders just how many former Microsoft programmers worked on Lion.

On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Just thought I'd share this
> 
> After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really like 
> the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
> To help explain it a little more.
> 
> Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
> Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
> at. And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
> Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
> you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
> then the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.
> 
> This is where it gets interesting.
> Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File Menu, 
> Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so you 
> think).
> If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
> right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
> it's still there.
> 
> After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
> clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.
> 
> So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
> that might not want it to remember these items.
> 
> You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is 
> com.apple.Preview.
> 
> Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
> Utilities.)
> In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
> (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
> brackets).
> 
> defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
> (Hit Return)
> defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
> (Hit Return)
> defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
> MaxAmount 0
> (Hit Return)
> Restart the computer.
> 
> What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
> Recent Items at all. Great!
> 
> 
> Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
> While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
> before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked at 
> for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
> previously gone into, also showing as well.
> I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and 
> normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm 
> using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right click 
> on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info (names 
> in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
> I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
> I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
> 
> I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
> empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
> 
> Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
> The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
> Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
> 
> 
> Hope some find that useful.
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
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A "feature" in Preview

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi All

Just thought I'd share this

After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really like 
the way it's "Recent Items" worked.
To help explain it a little more.

Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at "Open Recent".
Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked at. 
And it's got a "Clear List" in the menu. 
Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
you'll see a list of the "recent" items you've looked at. Possibly longer then 
the "Recent Items" you looked at from the menu.

This is where it gets interesting.
Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File Menu, 
Choose "Open Recent" and then choose "Clear List". List gone! (or so you think).
If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see it's 
still there.

After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
clear that list from the Dock "recent items" pop up list.

So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
that might not want it to remember these items.

You need to find the "Identifier" for Preview first. This is com.apple.Preview.

Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
Utilities.)
In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
(Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in brackets).

defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
(Hit Return)
defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
(Hit Return)
defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
MaxAmount 0
(Hit Return)
Restart the computer.

What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
Recent Items at all. Great!


Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at before, 
I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked at for 
clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd previously 
gone into, also showing as well.
I know my machine is "locked down" with a password for everything and normally 
I'm only the one using it. But I still feel "better" that when I'm using my 
machine to show off something to a client that should I right click on Preview 
in the Dock to show something off that other client's info (names in quotes 
etc) would show up in the list.
I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if I'm 
showing something off to clients or other people.

I'd rather lose the "slightly" used Recent Items for the knowledge of an empty 
Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)

Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
Obviously it can be used for other items as well.


Hope some find that useful.


Kind regards
Daniel
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Re: time machine - failed

[Daniel Kerr]

If the drives not showing in Finder, I'd try shutting the computer down and 
checking the drives connections. Could have a bit of dust between connectors 
and making it show/not show. 

Pull it out, check and reseat it. Then power up again and see how it goes. 

Kind regards
Daniel

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On 13/02/2012, at 5:50 PM, gary dorn  wrote:

>> Hi Gary,
>> 
>> In System Preferences > Time Machine - is Name:  & Select Disk: correct?
>> If you have put the drive in another position 
>> you might need to 'Select Disk' again for  to 
>> know where it is located.
>> Is the Partition mounting and showing in Disk Utility?
> 
> 
> 
> nope not showing
> nor  in Finder - was earlier today before I 
> updated to OS 10.6.8 a little while ago! from 
> 10.6.6
> 
> If I now go Enter Time Machine  it comes up with 
> " your time machine backup disk cant be found
>cancelset up time machine
> 
> oh bugger.
> 
>> 
>> Try to Repair the Time Machine Disk:
>> 1. Turn OFF Time Machine
>> 2. Open Disk Utility
>> 3. Select the Time Machine Partition (indented 
>> in left side panel) it will be named something 
>> similar to 'Time Machine Backups'
>> 4. Make sure 'First Aid' button is selected.
>> 5. Click 'Repair Disk'
>> 
>> It DU does repair anything, run Disk Repair again until no errors appear.
>> Post back what errors you receive and if Dick Utility can repair the  disk
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 4:26 PM, gary dorn wrote:
>> 
 Hi Gary,
 
 More information would help give correct instructions.
 Are you receiving an error message when Time Machine tries to backup?
 Or is it staying in "Preparing for backup" for a very long time?
 Is  finding the backup partition?
>>> 
>>> Hi Ronni
>>> is says bugger all
>>> 
>>> "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred 
>>> while creating the backup folder.
>>> 
>>> Latest successful backup: 2/02/12 at 9:01 AM"
>>> 
>>> available 22.56 GB of 499.97 GB
>>> oldest backup: --
>>> latest backup: Failed i
>>> 
>>> macpro 1,1 2 x 2.66GHz
>>> OS 10.6.8
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks
>>> 
>>> 
 Hi Ronni,
 Post back with more information and I'll give
 you suggestions what can be done.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 13/02/2012, at 2:33 PM, gary dorn wrote:
 
> howdy
> 
> Last week  or the week before, during the hot days, my macPros' fans
> started up  and I was getting some flaky performance.
> 
> So I shut it down.  pulled it apart, removed ram boards,  and 3 x  HD
> trays and vacuumed all the dust out from the inside , internal fans
> etc and put it back together, trays in reinstalled in number order.
> http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early_2008.pdf
> 
> 
> Now Time machine ( one of  internal HD)  fails at doing its backup thing.
> 
> Would  putting the Time Machine HD back in a different tray position
> affect this? maybe I'v put it back in the wrong position.
> 
> Is there a certain order the HD trays ought to be installed. The User
> guides doesn't say anything about a preferred order
> 
> thanks for any advice.
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Re: time machine - failed

[gary dorn]

>Hi Gary,
>
>In System Preferences > Time Machine - is Name:  & Select Disk: correct?
>If you have put the drive in another position 
>you might need to 'Select Disk' again for  to 
>know where it is located.
>Is the Partition mounting and showing in Disk Utility?



nope not showing
nor  in Finder - was earlier today before I 
updated to OS 10.6.8 a little while ago! from 
10.6.6

If I now go Enter Time Machine  it comes up with 
" your time machine backup disk cant be found
cancel  set up time machine

oh bugger.

>
>Try to Repair the Time Machine Disk:
>1. Turn OFF Time Machine
>2. Open Disk Utility
>3. Select the Time Machine Partition (indented 
>in left side panel) it will be named something 
>similar to 'Time Machine Backups'
>4. Make sure 'First Aid' button is selected.
>5. Click 'Repair Disk'
>
>It DU does repair anything, run Disk Repair again until no errors appear.
>Post back what errors you receive and if Dick Utility can repair the  disk
>
>Cheers,
>Ronni
>
>On 13/02/2012, at 4:26 PM, gary dorn wrote:
>
>>>  Hi Gary,
>>>
>>>  More information would help give correct instructions.
>>>  Are you receiving an error message when Time Machine tries to backup?
>>>  Or is it staying in "Preparing for backup" for a very long time?
>>>  Is  finding the backup partition?
>>
>>  Hi Ronni
>>  is says bugger all
>>
>>  "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred 
>>while creating the backup folder.
>>
>>  Latest successful backup: 2/02/12 at 9:01 AM"
>>
>>  available 22.56 GB of 499.97 GB
>>  oldest backup: --
>>  latest backup: Failed i
>>
>>  macpro 1,1 2 x 2.66GHz
>>  OS 10.6.8
>>
>>
>>  thanks
>>
>>
>>>  Hi Ronni,
>>>  Post back with more information and I'll give
>>>  you suggestions what can be done.
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>  Ronni
>>>
>>>  On 13/02/2012, at 2:33 PM, gary dorn wrote:
>>>
  howdy

  Last week  or the week before, during the hot days, my macPros' fans
  started up  and I was getting some flaky performance.

  So I shut it down.  pulled it apart, removed ram boards,  and 3 x  HD
  trays and vacuumed all the dust out from the inside , internal fans
  etc and put it back together, trays in reinstalled in number order.
  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early_2008.pdf


  Now Time machine ( one of  internal HD)  fails at doing its backup thing.

  Would  putting the Time Machine HD back in a different tray position
  affect this? maybe I'v put it back in the wrong position.

  Is there a certain order the HD trays ought to be installed. The User
  guides doesn't say anything about a preferred order

  thanks for any advice.
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Re: Disk image difficulty

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Pat,

As the Disk Images open correctly on Lion Drive, they are not corrupted.

Do you mean if you double click on the Disk Images they won’t open?
Will they open if you,
Right click on a .dmg file and select 'Get Info'.
In the Open with section select DiskImageMounter.
If for some reason it is not in the drop down list select Other...  The file is 
located at /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app
Select Change All…

Do they open then?


Normally receiving a message "no mountable file systems” indicates some 
corruption on your HD.

If you have a Snow Leopard installation DVD, use it and follow the instructions 
below.

1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer (Edit: Do not 
use the disc if it is not the same general version as what you have currently 
on your computer, e.g. use Snow Leopard Disc, then restart the computer while 
holding the C key.

2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility 
from the Installer menu. (you must select your language first.)

Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you 
do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.

3. Click the First Aid tab.

4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display 
the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.

5. Select your Mac OS X volume.

6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.

Then boot in Safe Mode, (holding Shift key down at bootup; takes longer to boot 
this way so be patient), run Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities, then 
highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

Let us know the results please.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 13/02/2012, at 4:20 PM, Pat wrote:

> Since about the time of the last Snow Leopard update, 10.6.8, I have not been 
> able to open disk images.  I have tried DiskImageMounter, Disk Utility and 
> The Unarchiver.  The message that comes up says: no mountable file systems.  
> I know this isn't true.
> 
> I repaired permissions and looked at the WAMUG archives (nothing mentioned 
> about disk images).  I stumbled upon a workaround:  I could move the disk 
> images over to the Lion drive where they open with no difficulty at all, and 
> when shifted back to the SL drive, they install properly.
> 
> Still, it would probably be better to fix the problem with SL: is there a 
> plist that could be deleted, for instance?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pat
> 

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Re: time machine - failed

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Gary,

In System Preferences > Time Machine - is Name:  & Select Disk: correct?
If you have put the drive in another position you might need to ‘Select Disk’ 
again for ™ to know where it is located.
Is the Partition mounting and showing in Disk Utility?

Try to Repair the Time Machine Disk:
1. Turn OFF Time Machine
2. Open Disk Utility
3. Select the Time Machine Partition (indented in left side panel) it will be 
named something similar to ‘Time Machine Backups’
4. Make sure ‘First Aid' button is selected.
5. Click ‘Repair Disk’

It DU does repair anything, run Disk Repair again until no errors appear.
Post back what errors you receive and if Dick Utility can repair the ™ disk

Cheers,
Ronni

On 13/02/2012, at 4:26 PM, gary dorn wrote:

>> Hi Gary,
>> 
>> More information would help give correct instructions.
>> Are you receiving an error message when Time Machine tries to backup?
>> Or is it staying in "Preparing for backup" for a very long time?
>> Is ™ finding the backup partition?
> 
> Hi Ronni
> is says bugger all
> 
> "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup 
> folder.
> 
> Latest successful backup: 2/02/12 at 9:01 AM"
> 
> available 22.56 GB of 499.97 GB
> oldest backup: --
> latest backup: Failed i
> 
> macpro 1,1 2 x 2.66GHz
> OS 10.6.8
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
>> Hi Ronni,
>> Post back with more information and I'll give 
>> you suggestions what can be done.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 2:33 PM, gary dorn wrote:
>> 
>>> howdy
>>> 
>>> Last week  or the week before, during the hot days, my macPros' fans
>>> started up  and I was getting some flaky performance.
>>> 
>>> So I shut it down.  pulled it apart, removed ram boards,  and 3 x  HD
>>> trays and vacuumed all the dust out from the inside , internal fans
>>> etc and put it back together, trays in reinstalled in number order.
>>> http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early_2008.pdf
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Now Time machine ( one of  internal HD)  fails at doing its backup thing.
>>> 
>>> Would  putting the Time Machine HD back in a different tray position
>>> affect this? maybe I'v put it back in the wrong position.
>>> 
>>> Is there a certain order the HD trays ought to be installed. The User
>>> guides doesn't say anything about a preferred order
>>> 
>>> thanks for any advice.

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Re: Blank page on opening Word

[Severin Crisp]

Thanks, Ronni.  I thought that was probably the situation.  Thanks for that 
simple script, I will incorporate it into my processes.  
Regards as ever
Severin


On 12/02/2012, at 11:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Sorry Severin,
> 
> I misunderstood your email ;-) TextEdit also opens with a blank page, it is 
> how the programs are designed & is in compliance with Apple's OS X guidelines 
> for software of its type.
> 
> There is a AppleScript here that open’s Word 2008 for Mac and then closes the 
> automatically spawned blank document.
> To stop a blank document on opening Word 2008
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 12/02/2012, at 10:44 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Ronni, but that is not quite what I mean.   More often than not I 
>> either want to open an existing document or one of my own templates.  It is 
>> only a little thing but I find it annoying to always have a blank "Normal", 
>> even if it is my own doctored one,  open each time to be immediately closed. 
>>
>> Severin
>> 
>> On 12/02/2012, at 5:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Severin,
>>> 
>>> The default template (Normal.dot), based on new documents that contain 
>>> unwanted content. Delete the default template (Normal.dot), so that Word 
>>> automatically creates a new default template (Normal.dot "can create new).
>>> 
>>> 1.Quit Word. 
>>> 
>>> 2. In the Finder: / Users / username / Library / Application Support / 
>>> Microsoft / Office / User Templates, and then drag the file "Normal.dot" in 
>>> the trash. 
>>> 
>>> 3.When you open Word the next time it starts a new default template 
>>> (Normal.dot ") is created. In this new template-based documents are blank. 
>>> 
>>> Note The term used in new documents based on the format defined in a 
>>> template settings.
>>> If you use any other template, the settings for new documents are based on 
>>> the Normal.dot
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>> 
>>> On 12/02/2012, at 5:22 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
 Is there a setting in Word 2008 that inhibits opening a blank page when 
 Word opens?   I can not find it anywhere.  Maybe it does not exist.  
 Severin Crisp
 
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Re: time machine - failed

[gary dorn]

>Hi Gary,
>
>More information would help give correct instructions.
>Are you receiving an error message when Time Machine tries to backup?
>Or is it staying in "Preparing for backup" for a very long time?
>Is  finding the backup partition?

Hi Ronni
is says bugger all

"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.

Latest successful backup: 2/02/12 at 9:01 AM"

available 22.56 GB of 499.97 GB
oldest backup: --
latest backup: Failed i

macpro 1,1 2 x 2.66GHz
OS 10.6.8


thanks


>Hi Ronni,
>Post back with more information and I'll give 
>you suggestions what can be done.
>
>Cheers,
>Ronni
>
>On 13/02/2012, at 2:33 PM, gary dorn wrote:
>
>>  howdy
>>
>>  Last week  or the week before, during the hot days, my macPros' fans
>>  started up  and I was getting some flaky performance.
>>
>>  So I shut it down.  pulled it apart, removed ram boards,  and 3 x  HD
>>  trays and vacuumed all the dust out from the inside , internal fans
>>  etc and put it back together, trays in reinstalled in number order.
>>  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Mac_Pro_Early_2008.pdf
>>
>>
>>  Now Time machine ( one of  internal HD)  fails at doing its backup thing.
>>
>>  Would  putting the Time Machine HD back in a different tray position
>>  affect this? maybe I'v put it back in the wrong position.
>>
>>  Is there a certain order the HD trays ought to be installed. The User
>>  guides doesn't say anything about a preferred order
>>
>>  thanks for any advice.
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Re: compressed pst file

[Daniel Kerr]

Thanks Ronni :)
Not always easy to email when driving (dictating of course). 
And copy paste links. Nope. Lol :)

Kind regards
Daniel

Sent from my iPhone 4s

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On 13/02/2012, at 1:36 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> Oh yes Daniel, I agree totally to stay away from CNET!!!
> Why a company purchase a really good thing and then completely ruins it?
> 
> I had a draft email to send re Emailchemy so  I will just send the link now 
> for Hugh ;-)
> http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 13/02/2012, at 1:14 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, I can't help it but
>> Ew cnet download site. Yuck. 
>> Try www.macupdate.com - so much nicer and less " rubbish". 
>> Versiontracker used to be the site to use until CNET bought it out and 
>> killedl it off and turned it into something horrible. Macupdate is so much 
>> easier to work with now. :)
>> 
>> Sorry, couldn't help it. Lol :))
>> 
>> On topic - have a look at a program called Emailachemy. Though not free it 
>> will convert them to a mac standard (mbox or other) that you can access. 
>> Works very well. 
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>> 
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>> 
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web: 
>> 
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>> 
>> On 13/02/2012, at 12:48 PM, Brian Scott  wrote:
>> 
>>> A search on http://download.cnet.com/mac/ found some converters.
>>> 
>>> PST Converter Pro for Mac looks good, though it's $19
>>> http://download.cnet.com/PST-Converter-Pro/3000-2369_4-75449744.html
>>> 
>>> I can't vouch for any of them as I'm never likely to acquire pst files.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> On 13/02/2012, at 10:57 AM, hugh griffiths wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi, I recently left the company I was working for and my email  
 backups from my ex-work laptop are outlook pst files, compressed  
 using whatever the standard win7 compress tool is.
 Is there any product ( preferably free) that the group can recommend  
 to allow me to look at emails in these backups, and open attachments  
 that they might have?
 I have tried a windows software called kernel pst viewer, which I am  
 running under my winXP/VMware fusion on my mac, but it has two  
 drawbacks ( apart from having to run windows), firstly my version of  
 xp wont uncompress the zip files correctly ( I am guessing that the  
 win7 version of zip uses a different algorithm) and secondly I can  
 only view emails, not their attachments.
 Is there anything free or low cost available on the mac to  
 uncompress win7 zips, and to look at outlook psts?
 Best Regards Hugh   
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Disk image difficulty

[Pat]

Since about the time of the last Snow Leopard update, 10.6.8, I have not been 
able to open disk images.  I have tried DiskImageMounter, Disk Utility and The 
Unarchiver.  The message that comes up says: no mountable file systems.  I know 
this isn't true.

I repaired permissions and looked at the WAMUG archives (nothing mentioned 
about disk images).  I stumbled upon a workaround:  I could move the disk 
images over to the Lion drive where they open with no difficulty at all, and 
when shifted back to the SL drive, they install properly.

Still, it would probably be better to fix the problem with SL: is there a plist 
that could be deleted, for instance?

Thanks,
Pat

 
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