Re: Yeah! Success! was Re: Help! iCal died!

Let the students pay the 20 bucks. -- Jim Manley Albuquerque, New Mexico On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: Lets see---$20 x 145 students = $2,900 compared to 200 floppies for $20. You bet, I will jump right on that one. -- G-Books is sponsored by an

application/x-oleobject

Where can I get a plug-in for application/x-oleobject? -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: How to stop iPhoto from auto importing

You are very welcome. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 28, 2005, at 9:03 PM, Sir Clark Frazier Hale I wrote: Thanks much! :) Jim Dynes wrote: I found thin on Apple's knowledge base. It will let you choose another app for your camera: Ch

Re: How to stop iPhoto from auto importing

e (in your Applications folder). 3. Choose Image Capture > Preferences. 4. Click the Camera button at the top of the Preferences window and choose an application from the pop-up menu. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 28, 2005, at 8:18 PM, Sir C

Re: Fax/DSL OS9.2

There has to be a port on your Mac. Also, the interface on your Mac has to match the interface on your modem or you are dead in the water. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Kristina wrote: My Mac Is a DT PowerPC G3... I wish this

Re: Fax/DSL OS9.2

Hi Kristina, I am not totally familiar with your specific Mac. In the old Macs you would plug it into the RS232 port. In the new Macs I would think USB would do the trick. Try it & see if your fax software recognizes it. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico

Re: Fax/DSL OS9.2

If my memory serves me correctly, OS 9 didn't have fax capability. I think you need 3rd party software like Faxstf. With that software you can configure it to access the external modem. NOTE: Make sure your modem is a fax modem. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Me

Re: Fax/DSL OS9.2

Do you have an internal 56K modem on that machine? -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Kristina wrote: oops, I am sorry...my Lombard is in the shop...getting all spiffed up... I am on my G3 DT. running OS 9.2.2 Kristina

Re: Mac Mall ripped me off UPDATE

Since my original post several people have recommended Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com. I am going to give them serious consideration on all my future purchases. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 4:45 PM, david wrote: On

Re: Fax/DSL OS9.2

If you have DSL then you use your built in 56K modem for faxing. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 4:43 PM, Kristina wrote: Does anyone know of a simple Fax program that will work with DSL & MY OS 9.2? It would seem that my old one

Re: Mac Mall ripped me off UPDATE

Ha Ha They are already cashed. Momma didn't raise no fool!! -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Richard Clark wrote: Sh wait until the checks clear. :) Richard On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:47 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: I couldn&#

Re: Mac Mall ripped me off UPDATE

I couldn't agree more. I will never do business with Mac Mall again. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Aug 17, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: The day after I posted the problem with Mac Mall I

Mac Mall ripped me off UPDATE

right to put anyone through this. I owe all the members of this list for the successful outcome of this problem. Some how all the comments of the list got to Mac Mall & I owe a great debt of gratitude to the list. It is amazing how much power we have when we all band together.

Re: best photo organizer

Try emailing one of the photos to a windows machine & see if there is a difference. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Ch

Re: best photo organizer

I don't know, I send photos to my EX who has a windows 2000 & she has never complained. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 15, 2005, at 10:13 PM, Kristina wrote: Hi Claire, what I do for PC users is select the photos you want & export them

Re: best photo organizer

Hi Claire, what I do for PC users is select the photos you want & export them to a folder & burn that folder. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 15, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote: What is everyone's favorite photo organizer? I have a

Re: REPOST: How can I connect Wallstreet II/ OS 9.2.2 to iBook 500/ OS X 10.3.9?

If I remember correctly you need to enable sharing in the file menu & turn on file sharing in the file sharing control panel. It has been a long time. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 15, 2005, at 4:19 PM, John Slavin wrote: Yep, that's t

Re: REPOST: How can I connect Wallstreet II/ OS 9.2.2 to iBook 500/ OS X 10.3.9?

Try the crossover cable. I believe you can connect through firewire ports (assuming that you have firewire on both machines). -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 15, 2005, at 2:35 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: I didn't get a single response to this inq

Re: Getting Ripped off by Mac Mall

Thanks Michael, We all need to band together on these companies. There is power in numbers. Mac Mall is in Torrance California & the products were shipped from Memphis. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 12, 2005, at 5:02 PM, Michael Levin wrote:

Getting Ripped off by Mac Mall

hey wern't going to honor my rebate. I dealt with Rithy Vu. I strongly advise you to take your business elsewhere. A company that practices false advertising isn't worth the trouble not to mention getting ripped off. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New M

Re: macros

Quickeys should work. http://www.cesoft.com/products/quickeys.html -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico On Aug 11, 2005, at 9:30 PM, Claire Hart wrote: In OS 9, I used to program my function keys to shortcut some tasks I did repetitively, mostly in AppleWorks.

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

Yes, I do the same. But many come in when I am asleep so I can't get them very fast. That is why I want to get a rule to do this for me. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:13 AM, David Rodriguez wro

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

Now that sounds like a plan. Someone on the lists are collecting emails for spammers because that is the only place I post. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Aug 5, 2005, at 9:12 PM, Brian McEwen wrote: There is a web site,

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

-- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Joe Armstrong wrote: All (and I do mean all) spam these days fakes the from address Actually only about 30% are fake addresses. Which bounce back to me. 70%

Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

True. I can't seem to find spam settings in the gmail site. I haven't tried the filters yet. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:54 PM, gisjason wrote: gmail has a good spam feature... tho it don

Mail app & the bounce feature

I am plagued with spam & I want to make a rule to automatically bounce them. I can't seem to do this & I was wondering if anyone out there knows how to do this. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west -- G-Books is

Re: Subject: Utilities

Try main menu. It is free and does all the tasks you could ever want and resides in the menu bar. You can get it from versiontracker. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Aug 1, 2005, at 7:17 AM, Howard Katz wrote: Every time

Re: Utilities

Repairing Permissions can cure many problems. In fact macfixit had a problem where they couldn't boot until they Repaired Permissions from the install CD. -- Jim Dynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Albuquerque, New Mexico The land of the wild wild west On Jul 31, 2005, at 10:40 AM, Ti

Re: Canoscan 1220U scanner

The list was down On Jul 25, 2005, at 8:19 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: I sent this Saturday, July 23, & yesterday, July 24 and received this back both times: Failed to deliver to '' LIST module(list G-Books) reports: account is full (quota exceeded) What is going on? Does anyone on this

Re: Mail question

Try adding a new account for her On Jul 12, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Dijkwel wrote: Ran into a little problem using mail in OS 10.3.9: my wife wants to receive some of her messages under her own name so I have added a second name to e-mail addresses line under Account Information in the Mail pr

Re: brand new iBook G4 with key/lettering coming off

I am having the same problem. Also, As I am typing I get contextual menus popping up. Jim On Jun 11, 2005, at 6:50 PM, Michelle wrote: Hi there, I have only had my iBook G4 14" since May 10th, 2004. I have used it every day but predominantly for email - not a ton of typing by any means.

Re: IPOD

Hi Dan, I haven't heard from you in a while. I guess your getting ready for the big move. A guy on the itunes list says to just dis-mount it so I am going to give that a try. Thanks Jim On Jun 11, 2005, at 4:34 PM, dan_A wrote: On Jun 11, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: H

IPOD

Hi all, I just bought a 20 gig Ipod and it updated as soon as I plugged it in & Itunes says that the update is complete but the ipod says do not dis-connect. It has been doing this for hours. What is it doing & when can I use it? Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by and..

Re: Confirmation Request (3040057234)

> >>> I anyone else getting these? > >>> This is the 4th one I've had since yesterday. > >>> Does someone have a virus? > >> > >> Don't know but I did email the original poster to ask him to stop > >> forwarding > >> those to the main list. I am the one who sent it to the list by accident. I co

Re: Why am I getting this?

On May 5, 2005, at 12:01 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: LIST module(list G-Books) reports: Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: multipart/alternative, and this list accepts plain text only Because your email application is configured to send HTML messages and the list reject

Re: Why am I getting this?

On May 5, 2005, at 12:01 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 05/05/05 01:58, Jim Dynes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LIST module(list G-Books) reports: Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: multipart/alternative, and this list accepts plain text only Because your email

Why am I getting this?

LIST module(list G-Books) reports: Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: multipart/alternative, and this list accepts plain text only -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our

Confirmation Request (3040057234)

This is an automated message from the G-Books mailing list manager. Somebody (probably you) has requested the unsubscribe operation for the email address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Be sure to read the list FAQ (linked at ) and netiquette page

Re: Problems with spymac email

spam. It never worked for me until I simply abandoned the darn thing. I suggest you try gmail-I have some invites to give away too. On May 1, 2005, at 20:23, Jim Dynes wrote: Hi All; I am having problems with Spymac mail. It used to work fine but now I can receive mail just fine but I can't

Problems with spymac email

Hi All; I am having problems with Spymac mail. It used to work fine but now I can receive mail just fine but I can't send unless I use web mail like I am doing now. My outgoing mail server is mail.spymac.com just like it has alwasy has been. Any suggestions? Jim -- G-Books is sponso

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I am trying to watch live audio/video feeds but I need the following plug-in: audio/x-mplayer2 Does anyone know where I can find it? Thanks Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Yahoo address

How do you set up a yahoo address in mail? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Can a Powerbook use Windows fonts?

It depends on the type of font. If you use OTF (open type face) fonts they are cross platform. Other fonts are not. Jim On Apr 10, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Gary Goldberg wrote: I had a Russian friend (who lives in the US) send me some Cyrilic fonts for a friend to install on her Windows XP deskt

Re: Short-term ISP, try access-4-free

You can go to libraries, Starbucks, restaurants, & business. Some have passwords but many don't. Chicago is building WIFI for the whole city & uping the taxes a bit to cover the costs. Jim On Apr 3, 2005, at 10:14 PM, peter webster wrote: You got me: I don't know. I just go to libraries to get b

Re: iBook DVD Player question

It depends if the movie was made for TV or the silver screen. If it was made for the silver screen then to get the whole width you will get black on the top & bottom because the height & width ratio don't match. Jim On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: My daughter has a 1GHz G4,

Re: setting default internet browser

The default browser setting is in Safari prefs. Jim On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I had a problem making a presentation this last week, and I need help. When I am presenting in PowerPoint, I often have Internet links that I click on. My problem is that I want the program t

Re: New laptop possibility

No it doesn't but it comes on a disk with the machine. I believe it is on a disk called other software. Jim On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote: I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know I have

Re: Getting zip files to be opened by system

Stuffit Expander will open Zip files. I do it all the time. No muss no fuss. Jim On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Ben Dyer wrote: You need to Get Info on a zip file, and change the "Open With" to BOMArchiveHelper (in /System/Library/CoreServices). Click "Change All...", and confirm. -- G-Books is

Re: How do current iBooks fare in multimedia apps like iMovie or Garageband?

I have the new ibook 1.2 ghz and I upgraded it to 768 for 100 bucks and everything runs fine. This machine really shits & gets. The only thing is that the the min. OS is 10.3.5. So Norton won't boot it. Jim On Feb 28, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Ben Parkhurst wrote: If you get a G4 powerbook, iMovie an

Re: iBooks booting from CD?

It most likely won't boot on any OS before 10.3.5. I recently bought the 2005 12" Ibook 1.2 and it was shipped with 10.3.5 & it won't boot with anything else. Jim On Feb 8, 2005, at 6:52 PM, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: My otherwise lovely new iBook came preinstalled with Panther, which unf

Re: OT:Gmail and Mail

I have a pdf that explains exactly how to do it. Anyone who wants it I can email it to you. email me offline. Jim On Feb 6, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Jan Musil wrote: I suggest you review the guide on gmail page that details the setup. Remember that you need to enable POP access in gmail preferences firs

Re: 12" iBook (new) - external monitor resolution ?

On Jan 14, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I am thinking of buying a brand new iBook when it comes with Tiger (saves me buying it seperately), though I have a question: If I connect an external TFT screen, not as mirror but expanded desktop, what resolution can the iBook 12" 32MB VRAM go up

Re: apple mail

My copy of Mail shows 5 megs??? Jim On Jan 9, 2005, at 4:44 PM, robert stiefvater wrote: I am trying to help another guy who has a powerbook with OS 10.3 on it. When attempting to use the mail application, nothing happens. It just won't open. I did a find command which shows it as being on the

Re: Pismo G3/Panther 10.3.4 & OS 9.1 as classic-can't get 9.1 to 9.2

Is there any reason why you don't go with 9.2.2? Jim On Jan 8, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Shawn Harley wrote: Is your version of 9.2.1 a retail version? Or is it for a specific machine? Is it a full version or an upgrade? I had a somewhat similar problem on my Dual G4 desktop. I'll try to recall the insta

Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

No No No!! If a little is good, then more is better -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: mdf & mds files

Thanks Ben, changing the large on to ISO worked & it mounted. Jim On Dec 18, 2004, at 9:24 PM, Ben Dyer wrote: They're Alcohol disk image files, equivalent to .dmg or .cdr on Mac OS X systems. You should be able to mount the .mdf file (the .mds doesn't seem to be vital) by changing the extension

mdf & mds files

Hi all, does anyone know what mdf & mds files files are and what program will open them? Thanks Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sa

Re: what system for iBook G4 1gHz?

On Dec 16, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Hal wrote: Can anyone tell me what OSX version shipped with the 1gHz iBook G4 (12" model)? I just got one, and want to reinstall the system, but didn't get a set of discs with it. I just bought an ibook G4 1.2 ghz and they sent me 10.3.5. Jim -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

Combo drives will read DVDs. Just pop it in. Jim On Dec 15, 2004, at 6:56 PM, Ben Coplin wrote: Hello. Is there any way I can get my Clamshell ibook 300 w/ combo drive(dvd/cd-rw) to read dvd's? How would I go about doing that? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Sma

Re: ibook booting from panther

On Dec 12, 2004, at 7:21 AM, Dylan Moore wrote: Well it doesn't work for me, either, and I really need it to. 1Ghz 12" ibook If I start from a CD, i get the apple for a few seconds, then the apple glitches slightly (gets offset, wraps around and gets garbled around the edge) never shows the spinn

Re: Back stepping OS versions

On Dec 12, 2004, at 8:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the easiest way to go to an earlier version of panther? What I'm going to suggest won't do you any good now but you might want to think about it for the future. Large external hard drive prices can be had for $125 to $150 and several c

Re: Back stepping OS versions

On Dec 11, 2004, at 10:12 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: What is the easiest way to go to an earlier version of panther? Make a backup of your files and any custom applications you installed, then format and re-install from the 10.3 installation CD. I was trying to avoid that. Jim -- G-Books is spons

Back stepping OS versions

What is the easiest way to go to an earlier version of panther? Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Ibook not seeing DVD drive

Hi All, I have a firewire EZQUEST DVD burner and I had a 400 slot loader and all was fine. I bought an Ibook & it doesn't recognize it. If I un-plug the drive and go into system profiler the firewire section shows the port & gives the speed. If I plug-in the drive & do the same it says no info