Adobe InDesign CS on 14-inch G4 iBook...

2004-09-28 Thread Michael Shaw
Seriously, folks, is it just me or is InDesign CS really the most awkward and un-intuitive Adobe product ever made ? I can't believe that I un-installed QuarkXPress for this. Nothing is where i expect it to be and many of the features and pallets are simply annoying. M

Re: iBook Battery Charge Indicator Lights Always On

2004-08-17 Thread Michael Shaw
Always On Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 01:37:22 -0400 on 16/08/04 23:32, Michael Shaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's This ??? I just noticed that the four little green lights on the battery are always brightlly lit up as long as the iBook is in use. How can I turn them off ??? You can't turn

iBook Battery Charge Indicator Lights Always On

2004-08-16 Thread Michael Shaw
What's This ??? I just noticed that the four little green lights on the battery are always brightlly lit up as long as the iBook is in use. How can I turn them off ??? M _ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on

Re: I just ordered a iBook

2004-08-13 Thread Michael Shaw
From: larry Zasitko [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am looking at an iCurve stand but so far have resisted. Mine gets really warm and temps stay around 46 or 47c so may look into a cooling stand for it. Most of the devices for sale for cooling PowerBooks and iBooks are more decoration than function,

Re: Battery question

2004-08-06 Thread Michael Shaw
on 06/08/04 18:05, pamark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can someone please tell me how long it takes to fully charge a battery? I can get the amber light to stay on for about 10 minutes or so but it does not seem to charge the battery. What portable are you using and how depleted is the

Re: Can bad RAM cause video problems?

2004-07-22 Thread Michael Shaw
I have a Wallstreet that was running fine--no video issues at all. I just picked up a 128mb module and installed it while still in OS 9. I noticed a red outline or glow around dialog boxes after the install but didn't think much about it. I then installed Panther via XPostFacto and now

Re: (more) New iBook questions :)

2004-07-13 Thread Michael Shaw
Zoltan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ut I only have two. One for everything X and another for all OS 9 stuff. I partitioned the 60-gig internal iBook HD into two 30-gig partitions, but I also picked up a cheap USB 2.0 / FireWire 400 external drive box (for about $40.00 new) and put a new

Re: Disk Warrier for OSX 10.3.4 ?

2004-07-10 Thread Michael Shaw
Not me !!! I also have a 1 GHz iBook, OS10.3.4 and I have DW version 3 with OS 10.2.3 on it, so it definitely won't boot my iBook. M -- From: MacAddictvja [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disk Warrier for OSX 10.3.4 ? Date: Sat, Jul 10, 2004, 12:35 PM Has

Re: Disk Warrier for OSX 10.3.4 ?

2004-07-10 Thread Michael Shaw
-- From: K [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running DW 3.02 on a Pismo 400 and iMac SE 400 (Graphite)...Both running 10.3.4 No problems at all.. Regards, Mike K The problem is that the 1 GHz G4 iBooks came with Panther 10.3.2 installed and they WILL NOT BOOT from a disk with anything less

Re: Ibook battery

2004-05-23 Thread Michael Shaw
On 23-May-04, at 12:07 AM, Ted wrote: I just bought an iBook 366 MHz and the battery has a very short life. Is this a problem with that iBook or do I need to replace the battery? Ted Its obviously an older iBook and you can never tell if the battery has been used a lot or a little or if it

Re: External cooler fan for G4 iBook

2004-05-11 Thread Michael Shaw
would require so. -Richard Bae richardbae.com On 10 May 2004, at 11.49, Michael Shaw wrote: G D: In case anyone is interested the May 2004 Double Click has been put up on the MaUsE website. Go to : www.mause.caand click on the Files tab to find the download page. It contains an article

External cooler fan for G4 iBook

2004-05-10 Thread Michael Shaw
G D: In case anyone is interested the May 2004 Double Click has been put up on the MaUsE website. Go to : www.mause.caand click on the Files tab to find the download page. It contains an article about active and passive devices for cooling laptop computers. There is a ThermographX

iSight with iBook...

2004-05-03 Thread Michael Shaw
Kids: I was recently given an iSight camera to connect to my 1 GHz G4 iBook. Its hard to tell how well it works because I don't know anyone else who has the ability to do video chat. I don't have a .Mac account but I do have AIM installed. Is anyone else using one of these ? M michaelpfcshaw on

Re: returned messages

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Shaw
Happens all the time due to a specific trojan horse thing that afflicts Windows computers. Thats where the messages originate. Ignore them. On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 09:52 PM, Kurt Appling wrote: hi all, I am occasionaly recieveing notices of mail unable to be delivered to such?such

Re: iBook Problems

2004-04-17 Thread Michael Shaw
On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 12:13 PM, David Harris wrote: I noticed that heat does build up on my rebuilt iBook 700mHz and on the new 900 mHz iBook I bought in April 2003. I purchased an acrylic cooler for my iBook from Xoxide.com on the internet. It has two fans powered from the USB

A question about SideTrack

2004-03-27 Thread Michael Shaw
H SideTrack. Is anyone using this track pad enhancing software under Panther ??? Does it work OK ??? M -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: OS 10.3.3 (anti-virus question)

2004-03-18 Thread Michael Shaw
John: Do you REALLY need anti-virus software ??? M On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 06:05 PM, Dr. John Pullyblank wrote: I now view Norton as the real Microsoft as a source of disdain. Any recommendations for other virus programmes so that I could leave Norton behind completely? John --

AppleCare's TechTool Deluxe NFG

2004-03-02 Thread Michael Shaw
Has anyone been able to successfully start up their new G4 iBook off the TechTool CD that Apple sends with their Applecare package ??? M -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

AppleCare Question

2004-02-29 Thread Michael Shaw
I have a two-week old G4 iBook and I ordered AppleCare for it (mucho dineros) over the internet from the Apple Store and got the emails that indicate that it has been shipped. My first new Mac in about ten years. What exactly do I get ??? Will there be there anything besides papers in this

iBook screen mobility question

2004-02-29 Thread Michael Shaw
I saw something on eBay made by Macally that looks like a plastic holder for iBooks and PowerBooks that holds the computer up in the air so that it cools nicely. The one I saw does not raise the computer a few inches but holds the computer almost vertical. The picture showed an iBook in it

Re: Wierd noise in Mail

2004-02-29 Thread Michael Shaw
When I hit Send using Mail (panther 10.3.2 on G4 iBook) the computer makes a strange sound, in stereo, of the message whizzing off into the great void. Thiis is the only souund effect I've ever heard from this program. Are there any other sounds in the Mail program ??? M -- G-Books is

Re: Ebay G5 query

2004-02-24 Thread Michael Shaw
I have heard that it is a pyramid scam of some sort... M On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 12:51 AM, simon goslin wrote: Howdy! Has anyone seen this advert on ebay? Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2Ghz for only $235 This is the link in question... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/

Re: Question Regarding Jaguar in Panther environment

2004-02-24 Thread Michael Shaw
I just got a 1 GHz G4 iBook, which came with Panther 10.3.2 Can I run this thing off any lesser OSX systems like Jaguar 10.2 installed on an external FW drive ?? M -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: COPYING CDs in the Finder

2004-02-23 Thread Michael Shaw
Thats OK...thanks anyway. I have Jaguar on my other Mac...which is a Daystar Genesis. They did away with the Disk Copy utilityit became a subsection of the Disk Repair utility!!! M On Sunday, February 22, 2004, at 06:57 PM, Dylan Moore wrote: Hey Mike, Sorry I didn't catch that you were

Re: COPYING CDs in the Finder

2004-02-22 Thread Michael Shaw
I get it... I'm using PANTHER and there is no Disk Copy application in the Utilities folder M On Sunday, February 22, 2004, at 04:04 AM, Dylan Moore wrote: 1. open disk copy, its a utility in the apps folder. Put the CD in the drive, then copy the disc image to your desktop, or wherever.

COPYING CDs in the Finder

2004-02-21 Thread Michael Shaw
Maybe I have not expressed myself well enough... All of my previous CD copying experience has involved using external DC burners and Toast. I could make a perfect copy from an original CD in my CD-ROM drive to the blank CD in the CDRW drive using the Toast Make Copy command. Now I have this

COPYING CDs in the Finder

2004-02-21 Thread Michael Shaw
Maybe I have not expressed myself well enough... All of my previous CD copying experience has involved using external DC burners and Toast. I could make a perfect copy from an original CD in my CD-ROM drive to the blank CD in the CDRW drive using the Toast Make Copy command. Now I have this

CD burning question: G4 iBook

2004-02-20 Thread Michael Shaw
Very simple I'm sure but I have never had to do this All of my previous experience with burning CDs using Macs has involved VST or LaCie USB external burners using Toast. I just got a G4 iBook which has a CD burner / DVD player installed in it. Can someone point me towards a simple

Re: CD burning question: G4 iBook

2004-02-20 Thread Michael Shaw
ActuallyI have Toast 6. I'm curious about burning CDs from the Finder. How do I do it ??? M On Friday, February 20, 2004, at 08:04 PM, Thomas Ethen wrote: Get Toast 6! It doesn't get much easier than that. Tom Can someone point me towards a simple procedure or write-up about how to copy CDs

New Character Enters...

2004-02-13 Thread Michael Shaw
I just joined this list this week because I bid on a 256 MB 20 Gig Pismo 500 on eBay on Monday and fully expected to win it. Well...I didn't. Then I saw a PowerLogix accelerated Pismo with a 900 MHz G3 processor with a Buy It Now of $799.00 on Tuesday. I emailed the seller but by the time I