Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread Richard Smykla
John, I've read in the previews for OS 10.4 Tiger that the new Apple Mail will use an individual file format for mail messages, rather than the mbox format that it currently uses. If so, you could then conceivably bookmark individual messages with a reference something like . You can open (or

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread john slavin
I hadn't thought about web mail, which I think you're referring to. I was thinking about mail that's sitting on my computer over in Apple's own mail.app. John On Aug 21, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Clark Martin wrote: At 2:16 PM -0500 8/21/04, John Slavin wrote: This is something I should know the answer

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:16 PM -0500 8/21/04, John Slavin wrote: This is something I should know the answer to. Is there a way to add a bookmark in Safari's bookmarks to an email message? As in reading your web mail and you want to bookmark a message to come back to again. You should be able to like any other pag

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread Bruce Mitchell
I never thought of it before reading this thread, but it's a great idea and I can see that it would be a very useful feature. Even if it was just something like how the links work in Entourage. Please let me know if you find a way to do it. I'd really appreciate it. Bruce on 8/21/04 2:44 PM, j

Re: Problem with new G4 iBook

2004-08-21 Thread Steve Fuller
I think the TT Deluxe CDs they are shipping were made before the g4 ibooks came out. There's a chance that the OS on them is not new enough to boot your G4 ibook. I have heard of this same type of thing occurring when the Albooks first came out and people bought Applecare with them. Steve On A

Re: Problem with new G4 iBook

2004-08-21 Thread Marcin Wichary
My "new" Apple refurbished iBook G4 does the same thing at startup--the bar only goes half way across the screen, it says "waiting for network initialization" and then the desktop appears. I can confirm the same behaviour in my new PowerBook. I presume all the remaining steps are happening so qu

Re: Surface current in the Titanium Powerbooks

2004-08-21 Thread Marcin Wichary
Typically this happens when bare footed and your feet are on a tiled floor - particularly on the joins between the tiles. That's 100% correct! I wouldn't have made the connection myself in a million years... Sometimes it can be eliminated by reversing the adapter in the power point. I should

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread john slavin
That's not really what I want to do. Like most people, I suspect, I have my bookmarks organized in categories that I use. I also have important email messages that I have kept, some of which relate to the same areas as my bookmarks. I was just thinking that it would be nice to be able to

Re: Problem with new G4 iBook

2004-08-21 Thread Brian Andrews
My "new" Apple refurbished iBook G4 does the same thing at startup--the bar only goes half way across the screen, it says "waiting for network initialization" and then the desktop appears. I haven't done much with the iBook yet so I don't know if there are any issues. Please let me know what y

bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi John, You can just drag bookmarks from Safari into a mail message, but that's just the address, not the title. Is that enough? This is something I use occasionally - I don't remember where I got it from. Add the following as a bookmark to Safari; selecting it will open a new mail contai

Problem with new G4 iBook

2004-08-21 Thread bobgir2004
New iBook G4, 14". We decided to go for Apple Care, since it was a portable and not a desktop. When, three weeks later, the Apple Care package came along with the Tech Tool Deluxe disk, decided to run TT Deluxe to get a baseline, so to speak, and see if everything passed the TT tests.

Re: bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread Richard Smykla
John, Create a new (empty) bookmark and use this text for the address part: javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+%0A%20%20'&BODY=%3C'+escape(location.href)+'%3E' Put this new bookmark on your Address Bar in Safari. Now when you want to send an email with the URL of the displa

bookmarking mail messages

2004-08-21 Thread John Slavin
This is something I should know the answer to. Is there a way to add a bookmark in Safari's bookmarks to an email message? John Slavin Kirksville, MO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: Cache problem - PowerBook G3 (bronze) Lombard

2004-08-21 Thread darm0k
At 12:09 PM -0500 08/21/2004, Eugene Lee wrote: On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:01:42PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Is there an actual cache card in the Lombard? Something that a : local tech can simply pull and reseat or replace? ...Lookin for : a quick'n'dirty possibility to get it working. AFA

Re: DVD Decoder card

2004-08-21 Thread Dan K
Craig W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi; I am currently looking for an extra DVD decoder pc card for a Wallstreet >I am giving to a relative. > >Am I restricted to Apple's DVD decoder? I have seen several others, >including one by VST. AFAIK, VST's card is identical to Apple's with a different

Re: Cache problem - PowerBook G3 (bronze) Lombard

2004-08-21 Thread Eugene Lee
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:01:42PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : Apparently their PowerBook (Lombard) got dropped. Now, when they : boot it, it gives a terse dialog that says there's a problem with : the cache, then freezes. : : I've talked them thru the basics - zapping PRAM, battery pul

Re: Cache problem - PowerBook G3 (bronze) Lombard

2004-08-21 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 21/08/04 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there an actual cache card in the Lombard? Something that a local > tech can simply pull and reseat or replace? ...Lookin for a > quick'n'dirty possibility to get it working. Nope, it's part of the processor card. HOWEVER,

Cache problem - PowerBook G3 (bronze) Lombard

2004-08-21 Thread darm0k
Hi All, Well, my housemates have been traveling in their RV again. They spent a month+ in Canada, and are now they're at a friend's in Oregon... Apparently their PowerBook (Lombard) got dropped. Now, when they boot it, it gives a terse dialog that says there's a problem with the cache, then

Re: DVD Decoder card

2004-08-21 Thread Adam Thayer
On Aug 20, 2004, at 11:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi; I am currently looking for an extra DVD decoder pc card for a Wallstreet I am giving to a relative. Am I restricted to Apple's DVD decoder? I have seen several others, including one by VST. Thanks, Craig W. Atlanta, GA Yeah, Apple's or

12" 1.33Ghz Tibook questions

2004-08-21 Thread walter
From: Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12" 1.33Ghz Tibook questions Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:35:55 -0500 just bought a 12" Tibook for my wife. Fantastic machine! Sleek, whisper quiet, fabulous screen, so far it seems to be just about perfect. You actually bought a 12" AlBook for your

Screen / keyboard protector

2004-08-21 Thread Emery Stora
- the often-discussed question of fingerprints on the screen: on my=20 iBook I always place the foam sheet that came with the machine on the=20= keyboard before closing the lid. The Tibook seems to have two feet on=20= the lid that may actually prevent the keys from touching the screen. I=20=

Re: Rev A Albook

2004-08-21 Thread Anne Judge
On Aug 21, 2004, at 10:34 AM, BobGir wrote: It was suggested that I read the very detailed Ars Technica report on this model PowerBook, which I did and which I recommend to you. Thanks for the ref - the lid-cupping he observed mean

Re: Disc Burner or HD for Clamshell?

2004-08-21 Thread MTH
On Saturday, August 21, 2004, at 07:58 AM, Thomas Ethen wrote: Not true! It is just that at least for Iomega, they don't have any support for an OS higher than 8.6 and therefore 9.2 will not see the burner. Tom on 8/21/04 4:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that's the case,

Re: Rev A Albook

2004-08-21 Thread BobGir
>> I checked, they were Rev A, and I gave them a pass and got a 14" G4 >> iBook for my wife instead. > Whoa, I missed these posts, what were the reasons for avoiding rev. A?? > > (I picked up a 1st-gen 17" CompUSA store demo at Christmas, and hadn't > heard anything bad about it - at least, anyth

Re: Rev. A Albook, was Re: Refurbished ABS

2004-08-21 Thread Anne Judge
On Aug 20, 2004, at 9:49 PM, Michael Levin wrote: I bought a refurb 15" AlBook in March. Not less than six months later, I have two cracks on the plastic frame, the palm rest has separated from the plastic trim, and there are burned in marks on the screen. What plastic frame? That little teeny bi

Re: Disc Burner or HD for Clamshell?

2004-08-21 Thread Thomas Ethen
Not true! It is just that at least for Iomega, they don't have any support for an OS higher than 8.6 and therefore 9.2 will not see the burner. Tom on 8/21/04 4:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If that's the case, then I'd guess you are using an outdated version of > Toast.

TiBook LCD troubles

2004-08-21 Thread Kevin Thomas
I have picked up a G4 Titanium that is having LCD troubles. It is being shipped to me so I have yet to check it out. Below is a description from the previous owner...does anyone have any suggestions of what the trouble might be? I've read that LCD troubles is common in the TiBook's...will a

Disc Burner or HD for Clamshell?

2004-08-21 Thread illovox
If that's the case, then I'd guess you are using an outdated version of Toast...or you need to do a wipe and install of the OS, and a fresh install of the latest toast forthat system...:) > Subject: Re: Disc Burner or HD for Clamshell? > From: Thomas Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL