Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Tim Collier
On Feb 20, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote: On 20/02/2006, at 4:28 AM, Tom wrote: What kind of idiot company would make their web site platform specific and eliminate potential customers? Well my bloody stupid bank does. Presumably, 'for reasons of security', they only support

Re: Website compatibility

2006-02-20 Thread Tim Collier
I find that with USBank, even when I log off properly in Safari (even the latest one), I often get stuck in a loop where I just get the your session has timed out screen unless I manually search for and delete all USBank cookies. (It sure would be nice to have a search feature within the

Re: Internet problems in 10.4.2

2006-02-20 Thread Tim Collier
On Feb 20, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Kurt Cypher wrote: On 2/20/06, Jared Noska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi - Since last night, I have had problems with my internet connection. However, it works fine in Classic (9.2.2). I am running OS X 10.4.2. house work fine on it. I reinstalled OS 10.4 and it

Re: Website Compatibility (Stonyfield)

2006-02-19 Thread Tim Collier
If you can enable the debug option in Safari, you could select the Windows Microsoft Explorer user agent, which basically tells the website which browser you use. I just tried it and had no problem getting in. Initially, before I changed the user agent, I got the same message but now it

Re: Rules

2006-02-03 Thread Tim Collier
Actually Tim, these rules have been in existence for at least a year. As Laurent said in his first note, they are not up for debate. If you are not willing or able to follow them, you might as well unsubscribe from this list too. Amber Robey G-Books List Manager Rules are rules. To

Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)

2006-02-03 Thread Tim Collier
On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:55 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Tim Collier wrote: I have broadband cable.doesn't cost me anything other than what I pay monthly. For that matter, I haven't seen any ISP's that charge by the minute lately..what, in years? Tim On Feb 2, 2006

Re: Rules

2006-02-03 Thread Tim Collier
On Feb 3, 2006, at 1:22 PM, CG Bacani wrote: Rules are rules. To go against the rules is like disagreeing with the president: unpatriotic. You're with us or against us. On Feb 3, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Tim Collier wrote: OK, bottom posting. I've belonged to these 'lists' for quite

Re: open source software and Macs

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Collier
Especially when you consider that Office by Microsoft was out for the Mac before it was available for the PC. Microsoft has done some great stuff in putting together the Mac version. I saw a site promoting the new version that's coming out for Windows. Strangely enough it has a lot of

Re: open source software and Macs--Mac Word Processors

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Collier
Stupid question here: What would make you want to 'gift' a 1000 G3's with Office? Gift them without and let the user decide what he wants to use. And then there's always Appleworks. I've used it and like it except there are some parts of it that I don't care for--like the 'database'.

Re: open source software site

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Collier
I just posted a long response regarding Word Processors. But, as soon as iWork 06 came out, I bought it. Pages is dramatically improved over the 05 version. It definitely gets my vote as #2. And, I do use it. If you're going to do an article with pictures, etc, it's a LOT easier to

Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Collier
oy! Are we going to start up with this here? I un-subscribed from the iMac list because of it. Tim On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Folks, I would like to remind everybody that one of the rule on LEM lists is that when you reply to a message, you quote only the most

Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules (2)

2006-02-02 Thread Tim Collier
I have broadband cable.doesn't cost me anything other than what I pay monthly. For that matter, I haven't seen any ISP's that charge by the minute lately..what, in years? Tim On Feb 2, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Al Poulin wrote: On Feb 2, 2006, at 1:21 PM, G-Books wrote: Date: Thu, 02 Feb

Re: open source software site

2006-02-01 Thread Tim Collier
Clarification here: you really replaced a program suite that you paid $400 for with open source NeoOffice? Pardon my doubt here, but Microsoft Office is the 'gold standard'. I can't imagine that any open source would run as fast or offer as many features. Now I do have to qualify this

Re: security re: file sharing/networks

2006-01-14 Thread Tim Collier
I totally agree on this one. I don't think the laws have caught up with the technology yet. It's a matter of the (restating the obvious) the technology having advanced so fast that legislation has not been able to act on the legality of intrusion into somebody else's home network. Yes, a lot

Re: 10.4.4 and update for 15 Al PB's ?

2006-01-11 Thread Tim Collier
I applied the 10.4.4 update on my dual 2 gig G5 and my G4 iBook all without any problems Tim On Jan 11, 2006, at 4:26 AM, themacuser wrote: Had 10.4.4 on my 12 PB for... 6 hours now. So far so good. On 11/01/2006, at 3:31 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Just installed 10.4.4 on my BW... so far so

Re: Internet on Virtual PC

2005-12-29 Thread Tim Collier
Actually if you read the documentation, it recommends that you run VPC with 256 allocated. They say it runs best that way. Forget where I read it so don't ask me to site a resource. :) Tim On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Jared Noska wrote: I believe you are correct on this. Something weird

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-25 Thread Tim Collier
support and very soon after, Voilà, the impossible was actually quite easy, even for a tech- impaired person like me. Concetta On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Collier
Plain simple truth of the matter is that Apple designed their Airport base stations and the Airport Express to work with your Mac. The Airport Setup software is designed to set it up in just a few simple steps that rarely even require referring to the enclosed documentation. Whether you

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Collier
... Caleb On Friday, Dec 23, 2005, at 07:12 America/Chicago, Alan Miller wrote: On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Tim Collier wrote: I called customer support and got a very unhelpful person at the other end who told me that you shouldn't be using this with a Mac in the first place. So they really

Re: Real computers

2005-12-08 Thread Tim Collier
Is this a Mac discussion list? I thought it was... What does all of this have to do with G-Books? Guys, why not take this discussion off-list. Tim On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Sionnach Aisling wrote: --- shawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not recommend Microsoft Anti Spyware

Re: Macs and eBay

2005-12-04 Thread Tim Collier
Amber, I buy and sell on Ebay using my G4 iBook ALL THE TIME.not one single problem. I'm running OS 10.4.3 with the latest Safari. And Safari is the only Browser I use. Tim On Dec 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote: Hi, This is partially related to my previous question.It

Living with Nature (was Reminder about Static Electricity)

2005-11-28 Thread Tim Collier
On Nov 27, 2005, at 4:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:10 PM -0500 11/27/05, Tim Collier wrote: Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that down here in Miami. True. You just get hallacious thunderstorms, hurricanes, and 24/7 mildew. :P ug. While visiting my mom years ago (Royal Palm Beach

Re: Reminder about static electricity

2005-11-27 Thread Tim Collier
Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that down here in Miami. Tim On Nov 27, 2005, at 11:52 AM, bobgir2004 wrote: Just a friendly reminder to all. It's gotten quite cold these last weeks and I've noticed, in particular when wearing anything made of Polartec, that when I reach

Re: Apple Printer drivers

2005-11-14 Thread Tim Collier
You'd have a lot better luck if you installed the CUPS printing system, lots of drivers available. And if it's not there, you can get it from one of the linux sites. Practically every printer ever made is listed. To check to see if it's already installed, open your web browser and type

Re: [G-Books] bracket thingy

2005-10-19 Thread Tim Collier
This might sound a little simplistic but I use Apple's Mail app in preview mode and I can see who or what list an email is addressed towhy fix it if it ain't broke? Tim On Oct 19, 2005, at 4:57 PM, John Roberts wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Would it be

Re: Clarification?

2005-10-12 Thread Tim Collier
Dylan, you're right, they did have an option for a zip drive on the Quicksilvers. I didn't opt to get it because I thought they were on their way out. But the option was there. Tim On Oct 12, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Dylan Moore wrote: Hey bruce, quick question- I'm probably misunderstanding

Re: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Tim Collier
That sounds like what happened to my G5 iMac. My solution was just to pull the hard drive and anything else I could salvage and buy a new computer. I sold the dead iMac for somebody who could have the time and patience to get it repairedbecause I'm not that person. Tim On Oct 9,

Re: ?: iBook G3 500 has10.3.9: Is HD wipeout needed to installOS 9.2.2 / 10.3.9?

2005-09-21 Thread Tim Collier
It won't! Just do it. Tim On Sep 21, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Malcolm, this message gives me NO indication of whether this installation will wipe out the installed version of OS X 10.3.8. What do you recommend I do here? Exterminate all rational though. -- G-Books is

Re: CCC Tiger

2005-08-17 Thread Tim Collier
I've successfully used Carbon Copy Cloner with 10.4.2. Note it has to be 10.4.2. I heard it didn't work with 10.4.1. Last time I used it was on Monday. Tim On Aug 16, 2005, at 11:38 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Aug 16, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Francesco sciacca wrote: Is CCC working

Re: CCC Tiger

2005-08-17 Thread Tim Collier
yes On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 11:55AM, David Brostoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 6:05 AM -0400 on 8/17/05, Tim Collier wrote: I've successfully used Carbon Copy Cloner with 10.4.2. Still happy with SuperDuper's faster speed, but just curious--have you been able to synch an already

Re: lombard and tiger

2005-07-16 Thread Tim Collier
Wouldn't it also be important that you be able to boot from said external DVD? Tim On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Lisa Tom P wrote: hola a todos: i want to know if this is possible: can i install tiger in dvd in a lombard using an external dvd drive? what would i need to do it? has

Re: real estate situation

2005-07-06 Thread Tim Collier
Here's my 2 cents. Virtual PC runs very well but slowly on every Mac I've ever put it on including my G5 iMac. At least on the G5, it runs half way fast but on this 1.2 gig iBook, it's tedious at best. When VPC (I have the latest version--7) is running, for all intents and purposes you are

Re: OE on OSX?

2005-07-06 Thread Tim Collier
No, but should run in classic. Try OS X's mail app. It's good. Exterminate all rational thought. Jim Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: __ Baby question: Does Outlook Express work on OSX? Thanks, Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Tiger without Appletalk issues

2005-06-17 Thread Tim Collier
I have an option to turn on Appletalk and I'm using 10.4. What are you talking about? In system preferences click on network and then on the adapter and you'll see an Appletalk tab. Tim On Friday, June 17, 2005, at 05:46PM, pegleg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sending this out to several

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-14 Thread Tim Collier
adapter and turning it into something That oughta be funny. If my Mac SE had a larger hard drive I might even network it (G) Good luck with y'alls DSL and/or Cable Modems and watch out for the lightning! :-) Sincerely, Pacer the Loon Tim Collier wrote: I live in South

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Tim Collier
I live in South Florida and we have thunderstorms everyday especially in the Summer. I used to have BellSouth DSL and had a similar experience. I use a cable modem now. No more problems. Tim On Jun 12, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Kristina wrote: on 6/12/05 9:12 PM, Pacer at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-11 Thread Tim Collier
I've wondered if any of the people who are chiming on on this topic watched the keynote address? Though Apple is switching to Intel, is it going to be the 586 or Pentium family of processors? Steve Jobs never said anything about that.for all we know it could be a whole different

Re: Heat issue/Apple

2005-06-05 Thread Tim Collier
My wife and I each have an iBook, both purchased last November and now both running 10.4.1. We have no issues with heat. Do you hold the computer on your lap or on an unventilated surface? In the past, when I first got this iBook, I used to hold it on a pillow on my lap and yes, it got

Re: iBook fixed + iBook Battery Exchange

2005-05-27 Thread Tim Collier
I already received my replacement battery. Still have to send the original back but the enclosed literature says that I have until 2007 to do this. Of course I'm going to send it back next week. Anyway, now my iBook won't spontaneously combust. Tim On May 27, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Aase Marit

Re: How to connect WS II (OS 9.2.2) wirelessly to dial-up using

2005-05-14 Thread Tim Collier
My Airport Extreme has a modem built indon't use it, but it's there. Tim On May 13, 2005, at 9:20 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 2:25 PM -0600 5/13/05, Andrea Stansbury wrote: It was my understanding that dialup cannot go wireless. I am pretty sure that you have to have a high speed

New iTunes

2005-05-11 Thread Tim Collier
I just discovered that there is a new iTunes out. It doesn't appear in software update but when I opened iTunes, it told me there was an upgrade. Tim Exterminate all rational though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Put the Cat in the Book

2005-05-10 Thread Tim Collier
I did the same thing on my iBook. Great minds think alike. Tim On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 11:49AM, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I re routed Dashboard to F8, so I wouldn't have to use the fn key to activate it. Been happy with it. I've used the converter, dictionary, calculator

Re: Tiger and video card

2005-05-09 Thread Tim Collier
seen much of a speed improvement on the G4 iBooks? Matt Original Message Follows From: Tim Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: Tiger and video card Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 05:57:28 -0400 My iBooks (1.2

Re: After Tiger... Firefox is slower

2005-05-09 Thread Tim Collier
Yes, use Safari, it's great! Tim On May 8, 2005, at 2:59 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: ... wonder why? Well, after installing Tiger, which installs Safari 2.0, Firefox has become bloody slwww. Ideas? Ben -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: After Tiger... Firefox is slower

2005-05-09 Thread Tim Collier
we've changed things under the hood. What's up? Why *would* Firefox be slower? On Mon, 9 May 2005, Tim Collier wrote: Yes, use Safari, it's great! Tim On May 8, 2005, at 2:59 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: ... wonder why? Well, after installing Tiger, which installs Safari 2.0, Firefox has become

Re: Tiger and video card

2005-05-08 Thread Tim Collier
My iBooks (1.2 gig G4 and a 1.3 gig G4) both have 32 RAM for video, they don't do the 'ripple' effect. My other Macs--both with 64 video RAM DO support the rippling effect. Guess anything under 64 won't do it. Tim On May 8, 2005, at 3:01 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: Yup, only newer

Re: Tiger appearance question

2005-04-30 Thread Tim Collier
Is it that the Apple is now totally blue? I like it. Tim On Apr 30, 2005, at 3:11 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 12:50 PM -0500 4/30/05, Brian wrote: I installed Tiger this morning, and it's definately sweet. I do, however, have one little gripe: I like the previous apple menu icon from

Installation of 10.4

2005-04-29 Thread Tim Collier
Sorry for this cross posting, but I have all of these: G4 Tower, iMac and iBook. I Installed 10.4 on the G5 iMac first, it went flawlessly and not one problem. The G4 Tower is a dual 1 gig Quicksilver and it took a total of 3 attempts at installation before it finally worked. The iBook

Re: Limewire

2005-04-20 Thread Tim Collier
Interesting answer. I was thinking as I read it.hmmm, no music industry, then nobody to pay artists, no artists being paid, no music! What a sad, sad world that would be. Just my thoughts, Tim On Apr 20, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Brian said: The relevance is that I am trying

Re: Konica Mintolta 1350W

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
You may be out of luck: see here http://printer.konicaminolta.com/support/casebase/index.html . Now I purchased the 2430 DL and it works perfectly. You really ought to research a printer before you buy it. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 12:44 AM, Chad Swarthout wrote: Does anyone know how to

Re: Here's a fairly dumb question...

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
I seem to remember it coming with my first G4 867. It was on the OS 9 partition and I think there was one in OS X too. This was under 10.1...I haven't seen it since on 10.2 or 10.3. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 11:45 AM, Barton Brown wrote: H... don't know how they got there, but I have FAXstf

Re: flash drive on WS

2005-04-18 Thread Tim Collier
I believe that you have to format it using the disk drive utility. Tim On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:34 PM, peter webster wrote: I just tried a Gizmo jump drive on my WallStreet II, sys 9.1, a Belkin USB card. No icon for the drive. The system profiler shows mass storage flash card on USB 0. I have a

Re: is my iBook screwed

2005-04-14 Thread Tim Collier
Goodness, it's quite clear. I saw the earlier post and checked my Serial Number by clicking on the Aqua Apple Menu/About This Mac. When the little box opens right under the Apple Logo and where it says Mac OS X beneath that it says 'Version 10.3.8' click on THAT then it will say build

Re: is my iBook screwed

2005-04-14 Thread Tim Collier
My iBook is a 1.2 gig G4 iBook purchased in November of 2004. 12 incher. On 4/14/05 8:43 AM, Malcolm Cornelius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine is UV4466X (I didn't give the entire serial number), so obviously it is not in the range and the problem does not apply to mine. If you in the

Tiger Release

2005-04-13 Thread Tim Collier
I ordered the Family Pack. It'll be here by April 29, hope everybody orders theirs soon too. Tim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on

Re: sync

2005-04-05 Thread Tim Collier
I use sort of a round-about way of doing this.and all it syncs is Entourage calendars and contacts as well as various documents, but Missing Sync (www.markspace.com) works really well with most PDA's. Sync to the PDA from the laptop then sync it with the G5 iMac and everything is the same

Re: connecting computers in a network

2005-03-31 Thread Tim Collier
Is this DSL modem wireless? Since you said that you have your iBook connected wirelessly, I'd assume so. My simple answer (if all of the above is true) would be to get airport cards for the other Macs and then connect them all. As for the Airport Base Station: I love mine. Works great and is

Re: Mac OS X utility question

2005-03-15 Thread Tim Collier
Click the Apple Menu and then About this Mac then click on More Info and ASP will launch. You can also find it in /Applications/Utilities/System Profiler. Tim On 3/14/05 6:48 PM, Hubert Phillips II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OS 9 has the nifty utility Apple System Profiler. Does Mac OS X

Re: New Member- iBook clamshell graphite

2005-03-15 Thread Tim Collier
I have a G4 iBook with the Airport Extreme card installed, I can access wireless networks anywhere provided there is no password set on it. Can't imagine that the original Airport card would work any differently. Tim On 3/14/05 11:48 PM, Andrea Stansbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got

Re: New laptop possibility

2005-03-14 Thread Tim Collier
the 6500. Thanks for the offer and glad to know I'm not the only crazy one sitting on the couch with a laptop. Not too good for the posture though LOL Diane At 6:30 PM -0500 3/13/05, Tim Collier wrote: Hi Diane: I have the same iBook as you. I find that I use it more than my main

Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

2005-03-14 Thread Tim Collier
Yes, I know you can get RAM for much less and in the past, I have purchased it from other sources but rarely had a good experience. I can afford it.so I buy it. Fact of life. Tim Upon reveiwing my email at 3/14/05 11:19 AM, I found the following message from Jan Musil, whose email address

Re: New laptop possibility

2005-03-13 Thread Tim Collier
Hi Diane: I have the same iBook as you. I find that I use it more than my main desktop.G5 iMac 1.8 gig.reason is it's so comfortable to use (reclining on the sofa with the news playing on the TV right now). I also treated myself to the $99 Shuffle and I LOVE it! So easy to use and a

Re: Slightly OT 802.11 question

2005-03-13 Thread Tim Collier
But, you can find themI recently saw them for sale on a site related to lowendmac.one of their 'Links' for $99. A couple of months ago, I needed one for a dual 1 gig G4 and ended up paying $150 (that hurt me to the core). Anyway, do a google search and you can find them. They're also

Re: External Antenna

2005-03-08 Thread Tim Collier
Just JAM a coathanger into the network portas hard as you can! Works really well. (I'm kidding, I couldn't resist.) Tim On 3/8/05 7:51 AM, Orlando Mac Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone had any experience in buildling your own external antenna for a Titanium Powerbook Airport

Re: OS X desktop icon bug, I cannot believe...

2005-03-01 Thread Tim Collier
I think somebody already posted a reply to your question a bit earlier today. From the desktop, choose the view menu then Show View Options and there you can choose the icon size and how items are displayed on the desktop. You can choose to keep arranged by name or kind or whatever. Personally,

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Tim Collier
You too, huh? I just posted regarding this. What Mac do you have? Mine is a G5 iMac which didn't come with bluetooth originally installed. Tim -- Exterminate all rational thought. From: Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:20:43

Re: New PowerBooks

2005-02-16 Thread Tim Collier
...I do feel sorry for my G5 20 inch iMac which sits in my office neglected while I mostly sit out in my family room using the iBook Tim Collier On Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 11:43AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have laptops of different sizes, and find my ThinkPad about

Hard Drive upgrade choices

2005-02-16 Thread Tim Collier
want to kill it! And, if it's not too difficult, what is a good choice for a replacement? Lastly, if I needed to have it done at my local Apple storeabout how much $$ am I looking at? Thanks, Tim Collier Exterminate all rational thought. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Hard Drive upgrade choices

2005-02-16 Thread Tim Collier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:34:42 -0700 To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: Hard Drive upgrade choices On Feb 16, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Tim Collier wrote: Is the iBook a bit too compact to go doing this myself? I don't

Re: Newest member of the family

2005-01-28 Thread Tim Collier
The iBook you describe is EXACTLY what I'm typing on now. It's a great little laptop. I use it more than my G5 iMac. She'll be VERY pleased with it. Tim On 1/27/05 11:17 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally got around to ordering my wife's birthday present tonight. A brand

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Tim Collier
These are disk images...not harmful at all. When you are done with it just eject it and it's gone! Also you can delete the original file that you downloaded, or you can keep it in storage somewhere in case you need to re-install some time later. Then just double click it and it'll make that

Re: Applecare, how long should it take?

2005-01-25 Thread Tim Collier
I've been reading everything in this thread and have to put in my $.02. Due to some silly problem after Hurricane Andrew back in 1992 the Florida legislature passed a law that somehow prohibits us from purchasing AppleCare. All we can get is the 3 months of phone support and the 1 year

Re: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice

2005-01-18 Thread Tim Collier
to do is legal, and situations where it isn't. Since we don't have enough information to determine which situation he's in, it seems prudent to let him decide. Cheers, Ben On 18 Jan 2005, at 11:32, Tim Collier wrote: Hey Ben, that's somebody else's music! What you are suggesting

Re: connecting through Airport Extreme

2005-01-18 Thread Tim Collier
Claire: If you just bought it, you can call Apple Tech support and they will help. You can get phone support on it for 90 days. I've called them with some 'dubious' questions at times and they've always been able to help or point me in the right direction. Give it a try. Tim On 1/17/05 9:51

Re: wreless printing

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
Two words: Airport Express Tim Exterminate all rational thought. w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: __ I'm rearranging furniture and realize that wireless printing would be desirable. I have a desktop G4 (Yikes) and a Powerbook (G3 Lombard). The printer is an Epson SP960. There's a

Re: wreless printing

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
Well, I'm running 10.3.7 on all of my Macs and have the Airport Extreme Base Station and Airport Express to boost the signal to the back of the house. I have USB printers on each and it is very effortless to print to whichever printer is closer. The original poster stated that he was running a G4

Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
On 1/17/05 10:01 AM, Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Password field in the accounts preferences pane *always* displays the same number of dots, regardless of password length or whether there's one there or not. It's an added security measure. You can't really change the account to

Re: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
Hey Ben, that's somebody else's music! What you are suggesting is tantamount to theft. Aase, put your OWN music in iTunes, the stuff that is there now is NOT YOURS! For that matter, any software the previous owner left on it is NOT yours unless he gave you the install CD's and licenses. GUYS!

Re: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
Which, I point out again, isn't yours. Tim On 1/17/05 4:10 PM, Aase Marit Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We`ll just have to transfer all the music, I just can`t lose 35 Gigs of music... -- Exterminate all rational thought. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice

2005-01-17 Thread Tim Collier
Peter, read your own sig file and rethink that comment. Tim On 1/17/05 7:49 PM, Peter Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a new year. Let's not go down that what's-illegal-what's-legal road again. At 7:32 PM -0500 1/17/05, Tim Collier wrote: Hey Ben, that's somebody else's music

Re: new ipod shuffe and 867 PB

2005-01-13 Thread Tim Collier
I stand corrected. Tim On 1/12/05 10:47 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at 05:25 PM, Tim Collier wrote: The 867 Powerbook doesn't have a PCM slot. But he's correct in stating that USB 1.1 will work just fine but a bit slower. He meant

Re: Trouble with Quicktime viewing

2005-01-13 Thread Tim Collier
Claire: I think we all had that problemI know I did. I was able to view it with a few minor pauses during the day yesterday. Lots of people wanting to see it all at the same time causes it. Want me to summarize it for you? Tim On 1/13/05 1:54 PM, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: new ipod shuffe and 867 PB

2005-01-12 Thread Tim Collier
The 867 Powerbook doesn't have a PCM slot. But he's correct in stating that USB 1.1 will work just fine but a bit slower. Tim On 1/12/05 12:55 PM, Aaron Willems [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can use old USB, it will just be slow. The other option is to purchase a USB 2.0 PCM card for your PCM

Re: Connecting to a Wireless Windows Network

2005-01-11 Thread Tim Collier
. Tim On 1/11/05 1:20 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 10/01/05 21:02, Tim Collier at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just donated our old Powerbook (G4 867) with an Airport Extreme card to my nephew. My brother-in-law has a Windows based wireless network in his house

Connecting to a Wireless Windows Network

2005-01-10 Thread Tim Collier
We just donated our old Powerbook (G4 867) with an Airport Extreme card to my nephew. My brother-in-law has a Windows based wireless network in his house. The Powerbook used to connect to my home network that uses an Airport Extreme basestation and WEP password protection. My brother-in-law's

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Tim Collier
How about twice the storage capacity and a 1.33 gig processor as opposed to a 1.2? On 12/31/04 8:30 PM, MTH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You won't gain any screen real-estate by getting a 14 iBook, it has the same 1024 x 768 resolution that the 12 iBooks have. unless your eyesight is failing

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

2005-01-01 Thread Tim Collier
I'm using a 12 inch iBook (G4) and I love it. I have no difficulty with reading ANYTHING. I use Word and Photoshop on it and it's just fine. Now, some people will complain.but this iBook is fast and very portable. I use it more than my desktop. My wife just replace her old 12 inch

12 inch Powerbook G4

2004-12-31 Thread Tim Collier
I just bought my wife a new iBook (14 inch). She was using a G4 Powerbook 867 12 inch model. We had upgraded the OS to 10.3.7--it originally came with 10.2.x. I am planning on selling it and last night I went to put it back to it's original state and inserted the original Install/Restore CD.

Re: 12 inch Powerbook G4

2004-12-31 Thread Tim Collier
Well, it's not that oldonly 2 years. And I tried removing the RAM without success. I'm trying Carbon Copy Cloner now. It's in progress as I type this. Tim Exterminate all rational thought. Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: __ First of all, I tried booting from it and got a

Re: Apple Mail

2004-12-24 Thread Tim Collier
I'm really sorry if anybody gets offended by this but Office v.X was pretty good and Office 2004 is VERY GOOD. Entourage is a totally integrated application: mail, calendar, contacts and tons of options on how to use everything to the max. I might add that there is a conduit included to sync

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

2004-12-18 Thread Tim Collier
Unfortunately we folks in Florida can't take part in AppleCare. It seems as though there were some unscrupulous folks floating around after Hurricane Andrew back in 1992 and they ruined it for all of us. As a result, there was a law passed in Tallahassee prohibiting certain extended

Re: keeping track of current ip address? File/Directory Sync'ing

2004-12-17 Thread Tim Collier
One solution that I've found that works fairly well, but this is not really what you are asking, is to use the iDisk that comes with a .Mac account. You can access your iDisk from ANYWHERE from a Mac or PC. Having those files uploaded to your iDisk makes them accessible from anywhere at any

Re: ibook booting from panther

2004-12-13 Thread Tim Collier
OK, thank you, but once again, I DON'T have any PROBLEMS! Tim On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Exterminate all rational thought. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: setting up print server for G3 Lombard (OHello AllS 9.2.2) ?

2004-12-13 Thread Tim Collier
One thing that comes to mind is the Airport Extreme base station as well as the Airport Express, both have a port for a USB printer that can be accessed by any computer on the network. Works well for me. Tim On Dec 13, 2004, at 1:44 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Has anyone got any suggestions

Re: ibook booting from panther

2004-12-12 Thread Tim Collier
I experienced a similar problem with my iMac G5. I wanted to repair the disk and permissions as I like to do about once per month. This was the first time that I was doing this and out of habit, I got down the Panther installation box. I put the CD in and restarted holding the the C key. I

Re: ibook booting from panther

2004-12-12 Thread Tim Collier
Clark: I'm not the one with the problem. I solved it by calling Apple and they told me the mistake I made. The original post was from Dylan Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] and this is what he said: Well it doesn't work for me, either, and I really need it to. 1Ghz 12 ibook If I start from a CD, i

Re: OS X first timer - blank password

2004-12-04 Thread Tim Collier
Sorry for this, but how do you go about setting a firmware password? I even forget how to boot into the firmware area...can anybody describe the process for me? Tim On Dec 3, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Aaron Willems wrote: If you want security, password protect the firmware on your Mac. This will

Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's

2004-12-04 Thread Tim Collier
So, following the thread, should we also be worried about the plastic in our mice? or the formaldehyde used in processing new clothing, pesticides use to grow our crops, lead in the water, and I could go on and on. There is a point where 'caution' goes to paranoia. I know that this thread

Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's

2004-12-04 Thread Tim Collier
Good point! Tim On Dec 4, 2004, at 8:46 AM, Richard Clark wrote: but it does expose them to Aluminum Oxide (anodizing) :):) :) :D Richard Clark MawgaDog Computer Systems http://mawgadogsnewt.homeip.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exterminate all rational thought. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's

2004-12-02 Thread Tim Collier
If you're that concerned, this is a question that you should be asking of your personal physician, not here. Tim (RN) On Dec 2, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: Okay, here we go, I've wanted to post this question for a long time, but it seems somewhat inflammitory, at least on another

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