Re: Pismo Help needed Please...

2003-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:28:18 EDT To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pismo Help needed Please... Hi I have a pismo 400 MGz running 9.2 and have been out of the country for 3 months so the laptop just sat in my apt

Re: Pismo Help needed Please...

2003-10-09 Thread Jim Scolman
on 10/9/03 6:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have a pismo 400 MGz running 9.2 and have been out of the country for 3 months so the laptop just sat in my apt un-pluged. Before i left on my trip the laptop worked great -- now when i plug it in and go to start it

PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread tivo
May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any other options but image files (there are no images in the document). I wish to change the format and then change the document to a more condensed form for

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread Dawn Brocco
At 8:48 AM -0700 10/9/03, tivo wrote: May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any other options but image files (there are no images in the document). I wish to change the format and then change the

Re: Battery and screen care

2003-10-09 Thread Phil Burk
On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 06:09 PM, Donna Dolezal Zelzer wrote: I just bought a new iBook 3 weeks ago -- my first experience with both a laptop and OSX and I love both! As someone who has been using Apple laptops since 1995 I can easily state that I still share your enthusiasm.

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread tivo
Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any other options but image files (there are no images in the document). I wish to change the format and then change the document

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: Re: PDF file Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I

Adding a Firewire port

2003-10-09 Thread Mark
Hi all, I'm recording with my Powerbook and a MOTU 828 audio interface. I am also using a firewire hard drive to write tracks to. My question has to do with adding a firewire port. I only have one on my Powerbook, and was previously using the built-in hub port on the firewire hard drive case.

Re: Pismo Help needed Please...

2003-10-09 Thread Brandy
Un-plug it remove the battery, plug it back in and give it a shot, see if it will boot without the battery installed! Wiggle the plug end that inserts in the book and make sure your getting good contact. If it boots up and runss shut it down and then put the battery back in and try it again.

MAC BATT Re: Battery and screen care

2003-10-09 Thread James G (Jim) Hardwick
20031009 2. I'm normally working someplace where I can use the power adapter. Is this OK, or does the battery need to be used occasionally and then recharged? If yes, how often and how low should the charge go before I recharge? Someone else may correct me, but AFAIK, there is no memory

updates for OS X 10.2

2003-10-09 Thread Victor Levine
Does anyone possess or know of the existence of a CD of updates for OS X 10.2 that I could buy? My problem is an inordinately slow downloading setup. Thanks much. Victor -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Carl Testerman
I've just purchased my first laptop, one of the new 12 powerbooks. As far as I can find, the only advice before moving the powerbook is to wait until the light on the latch is blinking slowly (indicating that the hard drive is spun down). Do I need to shut down before taking the powerbook to

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Brian L. Matthews
Do I need to shut down before taking the powerbook to work, (car commute) or is it good enough to sleep and spin down the hard drive? The only time I shut mine down is if I'm not going to be using it for a few days (which doesn't happen very often :-)). Otherwise I just put it to sleep, put it

Wallstreet + PCMCIA/Cardbus: Software or Hardware failure

2003-10-09 Thread Martin Schmidt
Hi * two days ago my Wallstreet II/PDQ (233MHz, 256MB/30GB) suddenly did not recognise my USB-PCCard any more. When I now insert the Card, then the Finder thinks for a moment and then nothing happens. Therefore I even fail to eject it (except using a paper clip when switched off). In

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/03 17:03, Carl Testerman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just purchased my first laptop, one of the new 12 powerbooks. As far as I can find, the only advice before moving the powerbook is to wait until the light on the latch is blinking slowly (indicating that the hard drive is spun

Re: Wallstreet + PCMCIA/Cardbus: Software or Hardware failure

2003-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/03 18:40, Martin Schmidt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi * two days ago my Wallstreet II/PDQ (233MHz, 256MB/30GB) suddenly did not recognise my USB-PCCard any more. When I now insert the Card, then the Finder thinks for a moment and then nothing happens. Therefore I even fail to

Re: updates for OS X 10.2

2003-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/03 18:19, Victor Levine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone possess or know of the existence of a CD of updates for OS X 10.2 that I could buy? My problem is an inordinately slow downloading setup. Thanks much. Victor Did you check the Apple store? Or the download area? I

Re: MAC SW Re: PDF file (conversions, etc)

2003-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/03 18:00, James G (Jim) Hardwick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, you are going to need Acrobat, not Acrobat reader, I think, to do any editing. But if all you want is to capture the text for transfer, AReader might work. BTW, I have had a lot of trouble with Acrobat causing my

Re: Modem/Phone Help

2003-10-09 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/8/03 11:10 AM, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: I suppose you already know this but one thing to try is to dial the number manually just to make sure you get a carrier. Does the phone show a connection. Also try using a terminal emulator to dial as a test. I

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 10/9/03 5:03 PM, Carl Testerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just purchased my first laptop, one of the new 12 powerbooks. As far as I can find, the only advice before moving the powerbook is to wait until the light on the latch is blinking slowly (indicating that the hard drive is spun

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread tivo
Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? Thanks to everyone for the input. The PDF file did open with Acrobat -- after refusing to do so earlier; thus the reason for my writing and asking. I have no

Re: updates for OS X 10.2

2003-10-09 Thread Mick Ring
on 10/9/03 15:19, Victor Levine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone possess or know of the existence of a CD of updates for OS X 10.2 that I could buy? My problem is an inordinately slow downloading setup. Thanks much. Victor Do you know that there is usually something called a combo

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Johnson
mine (along with thousands more I would imagine) have even slept through the X-ray machines at the airport, 100% safe! -Andrew On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 07:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In all the years I've owned PowerBooks - I go back to the original PB 140 - I have only turned my

Clamshell iBook and 10.2.8?

2003-10-09 Thread Kyle Lee
Hello all, This Blueberry iBook was running 10.2.8, the original release, sinc the original installation. It went to sleep tonight about an hour ago. Now it will not boot from the HD, the Jaguar Disk or OS9.1 Disk. The screen lights up at boot, the HD spins, the CD constantly spins up then

Clamshell iBook and 10.2.8? : UPDATE

2003-10-09 Thread Kyle Lee
Believe it or not. I booted the iBook and let it finish the boot sequence. I could tell it was finished because the CD in the tray spun up and I heard it mount. I then adjusted the brightness of the monitor using the keys on the keyboard. The screen would go totally black and extremely white,

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Kershaw
mine (along with thousands more I would imagine) have even slept through the X-ray machines at the airport, 100% safe! -Andrew (Hey, nice name!) I think at one time that this was actually a MacWorld user tip. They suggested that when going through security, you have your Mac sleeping so that

Re: MAC BATT new bad Al-Book bat

2003-10-09 Thread Gary Kimes
how often and how low should the charge go before I recharge? Someone else may correct me, but AFAIK, there is no memory associated with the batteries Apple uses in the iBook and PowerBook. You can either leave the computer plugged in or not; I've run my battery down multiple times and have

Re: Clamshell iBook and 10.2.8? : UPDATE

2003-10-09 Thread Andrew Kershaw
So, I merely tapped the back of the display and the picture returned. Any clues? That sounds like a loose LCD cable. You could try taking it apart and securing the connection, but these cables are extremely fragile. If it's not the connector that's loose, you probably have a slight

Re: adding a firewire port

2003-10-09 Thread Simon Stone
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:14:58 -0700 Subject: Adding a Firewire port From: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I'm recording with my Powerbook and a MOTU 828 audio interface. I am also using a firewire hard drive to write tracks

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread David M. Ensteness
I haven't actually shutdown my Pismo for anything more than a restart since I added RAM to it ... that was in January. I never shutdown my Pismo basically. David On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 04:03 PM, Carl Testerman wrote: I've just purchased my first laptop, one of the new 12

Re: Clamshell iBook and 10.2.8?

2003-10-09 Thread Brandy
Maybe it's just really tired and feeling little cranky! ;-) Brandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, This Blueberry iBook was running 10.2.8, the original release, since the original installation. It went to sleep tonight about an hour ago. Now it will not boot from the HD, the Jaguar Disk

Re: When do you shut down your laptop?

2003-10-09 Thread Brandy
Do what your most comfortable with. Sleep or shut down. I sleep em' if I will be using them and shut em' down if I'm not. Brandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just purchased my first laptop, one of the new 12 powerbooks. As far as I can find, the only advice before moving the powerbook is to

Re: updates for OS X 10.2

2003-10-09 Thread Steve Fuller
Does anyone possess or know of the existence of a CD of updates for OS X 10.2 that I could buy? My problem is an inordinately slow downloading setup. Thanks much. Victor Did you check the Apple store? Or the download area? I thought that Apple was selling such a CD a little while ago for

Re: PDF file

2003-10-09 Thread Brandy
I was just pointing it out FYI.. thing since some people are not aware of it. I use Acrobat 6 Pro. for PC and OS X I password protect and lock all PDF's I create. And like you said I don't want any one fiddling with em'. Brandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Brandy, I have Acrobat Reader