Netscape message

I received this message in a pop-up box while using Netscape. Can anyone tell me what this is? A scam? Thanks, Tivo Warning. Important Message!!! You are seeing this message, because we have detected that you have tracking software installed in your machine. (more info

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

said: snip snip The tech' comment was that since my other USB devices (Adesso keyboard and printer) were operating, the driver for the external unit was present and the unit's connecting cord or chip were bad. Tivo, were you connecting the thicker of the 2 cables? I found out that if I

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

on them. OS X can read any OS 9 disk. Fine, Bruce, but how do I get this enclosure to appear on the desktop so that it can be read? Tivo alas, I'm not sure. I have a cheapo USB case that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, and I've not been able to figure out why. Does Apple System

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

on them. OS X can read any OS 9 disk. Fine, Bruce, but how do I get this enclosure to appear on the desktop so that it can be read? Tivo alas, I'm not sure. I have a cheapo USB case that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, and I've not been able to figure out why. Does Apple System

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

on them. OS X can read any OS 9 disk. Fine, Bruce, but how do I get this enclosure to appear on the desktop so that it can be read? Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

on the desktop(s) of OS9. Whatzup? What do I do next? Thanks, Tivo -- 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 Sale! | Support Low End Mac http

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

the CD driver the unit came with. Should I uninstall the driver, although I don't see what that would do. The unit lights up and spins, yet no appearance of the icon on the destop that I can see. Thanks for answering. Tivo Hi Tivo, do you have OS 10 installed? you can check if it reads

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

guidance. Tivo On Mar 26, 2004, at 7:10 PM, tivo wrote: Yes, OSX is my usual OS, but the 6gig was formatted on, I believe, 9.2. My desktop now is OSX, where I thought the icon for the drive would appear, and then when opened it would automatically open to OS9, but it hasn't appeared at all

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

Tivo, if you don't have anything important on the external driver, you can use Disk Utility to re-initiallise the hardrive and don't forget to include the drivers for OS 9. You mean to re-initialize the entire hard drive just for one driver? Is it not just possible to install the driver to OS

Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question

Does your LaCie drive have OS 9 installed on it, or OS X? Or are you simply using it for data storage? I just use it as a back-up -- for iTunes music that is too bulky to place on CDs for back-up. I've moved all the other info also onto the La Cie, but only as back-up. I lost a 20gig Hitachi

Re: Word Thesaurus and spelling (was Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question)

I mean Thesaurus and Dictionary. The ability to have both accessible at the same time. With 2001 I can keep Thesaurus open and STILL look up a word in the Dictionary. I cannot do this with X. I do use OS 9 because I'm writing a lengthy document and I prefer Word from Office 2001 to Office X

Re: Net Bookmarks

On Mar 22, 2004, at 11:46 AM, tivo wrote: When I add a bookmark to my list, it often lists as Netscape Search, which is utterly worthless to me when I wish to return to the site since I don't know what it's referring to. How can I get Bookmarks to always use the site address

Re: Couldn't help myself: 800 mhz G3 ibook + Mac OS 10.3: $699 at CDW

This list makes me miss my old 145B Ah, my first computer, BW -- on which I wrote a doctoral dissertation! No thanks, I'm happy with this G3 iBook raised on a platform with an ergonomic Adesso below. T-haha -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Backing Up Itunes Music to La Cie External

Thanks for the suggestion, but Merit appears to be out of these external enclosures at this time. I'll check back with them for restocking. Any other suggestions at this $ level? If you get an USB 2.5 enclosure for about 20 bucks at Meritline.com you will not only solve the problem but you will

Re: CD burning question: G4 iBook

At 20:48 -0500 20/2/04, Michael Shaw wrote: ActuallyI have Toast 6. I'm curious about burning CDs from the Finder You'll find that using Toast is a better experience than Apple's method of burning from the Finder. Why? I've always found burning from the finder to be utterly simple

Re: Backing Up Itunes Music to La Cie External

costs)? Is there another way to do this that is simpler? Thanks again, folks. Tivo On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 02:36 PM, tivo wrote: One of the main reasons I purchased the external drive is for music I just attempted the same thing... How can I tell if the music

Re: Backing Up Itunes Music to La Cie External

one so small) and case when the 120gig is so huge. T At $60 an hour, why don't you purchase an external case for the 6Gig and do your own transferring, thus saving some money and getting and external HD as well? Tom on 2/15/04 12:09, tivo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I take

Backing Up Itunes Music to La Cie External

or understanding. Anything guidance would be appreciated. Thank you, Tivo -- 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 Sale! | Support Low

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

A Mac repair guy was telling me that iBooks develop a smell after a year due to the kind of plastic used. The heat makes the plastic stink. Anybody know if this is true? Jocelyn I'm sniffing mine as we speak -- six months of age, no smell yet. What kind of a smell should I be on the

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

My answer was tongue in cheek -- or perhaps up my nose. But I really needed a giggle, even I had to provide it to myself! And truth be, one never nose. No, its not true ... its silly though ;-) David On Feb 1, 2004, at 9:55 PM, tivo wrote: A Mac repair guy was telling me that iBooks

Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?

something cheap that will fail, so I'm willing to invest in myself and my future. All aid and guidance appreciated. Thanks, Tivo I also have a full 6GB hard drive leftover from the Pismo (used before the failed Hitachi 20GB) with music that I'd like to retrieve. Any suggestions on best buys

Can't Open Word Document

was recently opened I can click on it in the list at the bottom the file menu in recent items, but if it's beyond the number allowed in that list I cannot get it to open. Would appreciate suggestions. Thank you all. Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: LIST Re: G-Bill Clinton and PowerBook, of pols and polandering, xx, fool-landering

On 12/10/03 2:56 PM, James G (Jim) Hardwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My humble suggestion to the list nan, unless you want some of us to start discussing various politician's limitations, problems with keeping young girls away from zippered openings, etc, this had better be a short thread.

DiskWarrior And

disc maintenance utilities? I hope so. Thanks, Tivo -- 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 Sale! | Support Low End Mac http

Re: OS10 sleep

Thomas Ethen wrote: I have both 10.2 and 9.2 on my 977 G4 and both seem to run just fine, but when I let the G4 go into sleep mode in 10, nothing will wake it from sleep and I have to do a hard start to get it running again. Any ideas? Tom bootup with os 9 cd a couple of times

Re: OS10 sleep

not in active use for any extended period of time, or I use the screen display with iTunes music. I'm interested in what others say in response to your question. Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Stuffit Deluxe

I've only used the free download of Stuffit since I've used a computer, and it's always worked for my purposes, which are few. Any particular reasons for a light user like myself to use the Deluxe version? Thanks, T -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Program Glitching

utility programs. What would be the best choice for such a program? And does this sound like something a utility program would rectify? I have Applecare, but this seems more of a software-plus issue? Sure would appreciate some feedback, guidance, and suggestions. Thanks for you attention, Tivo

PDF file

for printing (such as using Word). I've an iBook, OSX, etc. Thanks, Tivo -- 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 Sale! | Support Low End

Re: PDF file

to a more condensed form for printing (such as using Word). I've an iBook, OSX, etc. Thanks, Tivo Actually, the PDF file is more condensed than any Word file would be. That's one of the reasons for using the PDF format on the web. If your PDF file you downloaded seems large, it may

Re: PDF file

menu using Acrobat. But not a great deal is gained page printing-wise (as someone commented), at least not with the 15 page document I was trying to compress. The PDF file is the same number of pages, but the text font is a number of times smaller. Thanks again to everyone, Tivo -- G-Books

IE Stuff

and use it now and then for particular sites that require it (business info). Is there a patch that I must add to the above version (I've never done so), and if so, where would I go to download it? I searched around and just don't get anywhere. Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: PowerBook G4 Titanium/Aluminium ???

That is an interesting perspective for those who can afford to upgrade every piece of software they own to run under X, but for the rest of us OS 9 is still very much alive. Apple would be making a great mistake buy dropping classic, as it would take quite a bite out of new computer sales for

Re: AC-Driven Speaker Static

It sounds like it might be power line interference or interference from your monitor. If it's monitor interference, you might try moving the wires to see if you can reduce it. If it's power supply noise, then good luck, there's not much you can do about it except spend more money on better

AC-Driven Speaker Static

of speakers operating when computing (even without music) for the sounds that let me know something is saved, etc. Is there anything that I can do to stop the static from occurring? Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Word X Question

, back-up) and I'm using it in OS9 -- an absurd move backwards after purchasing Word X. I'll try to locate an Office X tech site and phone. If this is unfixable I want my money returned, and I'll just use Word from Office 2001. Thanks for allowing me to throw a fit! Grr, Tivo -- G-Books

Re: Word X

I'm using Word X on my Pismo with no problems. I think your problem is that the thesaurus is an interactive script while the dictionary is not. If you highlight a word in your document first, then bring up the dictionary, it'll bring up the definition on your screen. Clicking on the

Re: Word X Question

. Erick On Sunday, Aug 24, 2003, at 19:21 America/Indianapolis, tivo wrote: Is anyone using Word X? Office 2001 Word allowed me to open both the Dictionary and the Thesaurus alongside a document on the desktop and to switch back and forth between them for information at will. In Office X

Word Sound

because I don't use them all), for instance Entourage, which continues its notification sound for mail. Any ideas? IBook 900MHz, 640RAM, 40GIG; using an Adesso ergonomic keyboard, but the iBook alone doesn't create response either. Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: backlight problems

It started when a couple of times I left the lid open a few hours, and instead of the screen saver being on, the machine had gone to sleep, but I couldn't bring it back - I had to restart the machine again. My iBook also must be three-finger restarted if allowed to go from screen saver to

Re: backlight problems

It started when a couple of times I left the lid open a few hours, and instead of the screen saver being on, the machine had gone to sleep, but I couldn't bring it back - I had to restart the machine again. My iBook also must be three-finger restarted if allowed to go from screen saver to

Re: Pop-up menus

? The Adesso, aside from these problems, is a great aid in typing. Thank you for helping, Tivo -- 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 Sale

Re: Pop-up menus

No problem; so yes, the keyboard is somehow firing the control feature? What to do? And how about that periodic port weirdness? The Adesso, aside from these problems, is a great aid in typing. May be worth a look around to see if a driver does indeed exist for the keyboard. I have a

Re: Pop-up menus

under the Safari menu, but this concerns Web windows, I believe, not the menu windows I'm referring to when off-line and working on text in Word. Sure would appreciate any other suggestions -- especially if someone is using Office X Word or Entourage and knows what I'm referring to. Thanks, Tivo

Re: Pop-up menus

All I can think of is you are maybe accidentally hitting control whilst clicking, or pressing the right mouse button, if you have one, by mistake?? Or maybe leaning on the mouse/trackpad button?? Wiebe I see what you mean about the right mouse button, although I don't use a mouse. I have

Re: Pop-up menus

I recently purchased a new iBook, 40gig, 900mHz,640RAM. My Pismo kicked. I'm using OSX and Office X (only the Word part). I've lots of questions. How do I get rid of these obnoxious edit-type pop-up menus in the midst of text? I don't know what makes them occur when I drop the cursor into a

Pop-up menus

I recently purchased a new iBook, 40gig, 900mHz,640RAM. My Pismo kicked. I'm using OSX and Office X (only the Word part). I've lots of questions. How do I get rid of these obnoxious edit-type pop-up menus in the midst of text? I don't know what makes them occur when I drop the cursor into a word

Re: iTunes Importing

I have never encoded using iTunes, so I don't know if it is reasonably good or not at encoding. I would think you would want variable bit rate and so forth--and I'm not sure it has that. And I don't know how to control the dynamic range. First, there's no reason to control the dynamic

Re: iTunes Importing

On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 04:33 pm, Tivo wrote: Which kbps setting is best for input to iTunes of OTC jazz CDs? I know very little about this, but was recently fiddling with the possibilities and saw the above choices. While all replies about how hard to answer this question

Office 2001 Word Thesaurus

] that refuses access to the text when it's on), scroll the @#%# thing back down again and go through the process again, a great waste of time and effort. I would really appreciate some tips on how to customize these two bothers -- if possible! Thanks in advance, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http

Re: Pink Screen of Death? [Was: Is the Pismo Trackpad buttonNoisy]

Another thing I noticed almost straight away after waking from sleep was a noticeable pink twinge down the left hand side of the display. After 15 seconds or so, it has almost completely disappeared. A quick search on Google turned up the report in Macintouch that I had probably read a long

Re:

I just moved from San Fran *to* central Florida. My condolences... -- 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 Sale! | Support Low

Re: IE Search

Could you be a bit more specific? Thanks I don't know what occurred, but I cannot raise the search box in IE. I click on Search and nothing occurs. IE Help menu is useless for this issue. I've tried restarting, removing the program as default for the Net and then switching it back again, but

Re: IE Search Box Absent

. Before this occurred, I had been switching back and forth from Netscape to IE as the default Web choice (both were pissing me off for different reasons), so I wonder if something occurred then that created this problem? Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

IE Search

I don't know what occurred, but I cannot raise the search box in IE. I click on Search and nothing occurs. IE Help menu is useless for this issue. I've tried restarting, removing the program as default for the Net and then switching it back again, but still cannot get it to provide the search box.

Re: Pismo Hard drive advice

On 2/28/03 10:10 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: There is a step by step instruction on how to change the HD in the Pismo manual also. Then it's a CIP. Sorry if this has been addressed recently. Where or what is the best Net source for me to find a

External Keyboard Cursor Freeze

keyboard is thus frozen, the Pismo keyboard and cursor continue to work fine, however. Any ideas as to what's occurring? Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Monitor Magnification

I believe that I asked this before, and though I tried the suggestions, the problem wasn't solved. Sometimes when I switch iTunes to large visuals from the pull-down menu, rather than going to visuals, the monitor resolution will change from 1024 x 768 to 640 x 480, and magnify the material on my

Re: External Keyboard Cursor Freeze

I'm using an external keyboard (Adesso) with my Pismo. Sometimes the cursor freezes (and keyboard operation) if I leave the screen and it dims for some minutes. If I slightly withdraw the cable plug from the firewire port and then reseat it, the cursor will once again activate. When the

Re: Pismo Pink Screen Question

I have been looking at trading up from a PDQ (300) to a Pismo. The only thing that slows me down here are the stories of pink screen syndrome on the Pismo form factor. Let's assume I buy a Pismo and it develops pink screen. Is this something that you notice for only a dew moments after

Re: Secure Delete

I have ordered Secure Delete and will let you know how it works http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0204/09.securedelete.php Geoff Ah, great; please do. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: Secure Delete

SECURE DELETE Since folks are continuing this thread (I was afraid to go forth, for fear of the gallows), how's about response to one post that labeled such programs worthless because they don't really DELETE? Do they or don¹t they? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: wiping hard drive clean

Aladdin Systems, maker of Stuffit has a product called Secure Delete. Does anyone have personal or experiential knowledge about this product's efficiency? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: Yo-yo failures

I've been using the same battery for almost 3 years, and the charge has always lasted about 3.5 hours. Maybe I got lucky, Fo' sho you did! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: OWC was:[Re: recommend where to buy RAM for PDQ?]

I don't usually like to rant on the list,... but I wanted to make an exception in the case of OWC. Ditto. I had an experience with them a couple of years back when I first bought my burner. One of the Firewire ports was dead right out of the box. What I went through I don't wish to relate or

Pismo battery

I just stuck in my second battery (after not using it for close to a year), and it won't charge. When it clicks into place, the lightning bolt comes on for five seconds, and then goes off. I've switched bays for both batteries and the second battery still remains empty, while the other remains

Re: iBook vs. PowerBook

it'll be only a matter of time until the iBooks too get a G4 Anyone got any guessitmates in this respect? -- 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: Mozilla problems

this a try also, but the result was a similar boom. Thanks for the guidance and the offer of off-list advice. Will be in touch. Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Mozilla problems

Aaahhh well, yes if you're running 8.6.1 you could be seeing problems others aren't on OS9 or OSX... Development has slowed to a trickle on the OS9 version, let alone 8.6.1. :) This was the most recent Disk First Aid that I saw on the Apple site. Is there another more recent one

Re: Mozilla problems

I'd rather switch back to Netscape for the printing and then return to Mazilla for Web access, but don¹t know how to do the switch successfully (and simply). Just keep an alias to Communicator on your desktop. I managed to switch the default (don't get why it didn't work the first couple

Re: Desktop Magnification II

I've downloaded mozilla, as you suggested, and will load it and use it and see what happens. I only suggested mozzilla as it sounded as though you were having to restart due to netscape crashes. :) As Mick Jagger sang, I like it, I like it, yes I do, (It's only rock and rock, but...).

Re: Desktop Magnification II

far the machine hasn't done that clicking scenario. Thanks again. Will letchya know if the gremlins return... Tivo -- 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: Desktop Magnification II

This is odd- I'm assuming you're using OS9 if you're required to restart? One thing to try would be to not use netscape, and instead mozilla- netscape as it stands is running off of an older mozilla code base, and has some issues still. http://www.mozilla.org/ I'm using OS9.1. I restart

Re: Desktop magnification I

times and looks like the old Mac desktops did: large clunky icons, magnified dots, and so forth. I¹m unsure of where to find the setting to change this, and also don¹t know why it¹s occurring. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Tivo That's because iTunes is changing the screen resolution

Desktop Magnification II

PS I'm also having more than usual Netscape quits when moving through programs, requiring restarts. My hard drive (20g Hitachi, replaced the 6g it came with) hangs up at times and click-clicks until it digest whatever is troubling it. This clicking didn't occur before the HD changeover). Itunes

Hard Drives (again)

is just under $367 at Club Mac. I'd appreciate any other suggestions for brands and so forth at 60-80gig range for price and quality.Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

Re: Hard Drives (again)

? Is the drive you saw (the 60GB drive for $367 at clubmac) an IBM travelstar 60GH? Yes, it's an internal, and runs at the higher speed (over the 4200rpm 40gig) of 5400rpm. Appreciate any further guidance and input. Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Icon Motion

? Thanks in advance. Tivo -- 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 Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20

Re: Icon Motion

If this is happening after you play a game, it's something that's happened to me... I believe I resolved it by quitting the Finder (an option the game gave me, btw). Thanks for replying, but I don't play any games. I can't quit the finder on this Pismo, can I? It's needed for basic desktop

Re: Icon Motion

I don't play any games. I can't quit the finder on this Pismo, can I? It's needed for basic desktop operation, no? It usually occurs after a resolution switch, like when starting a game. You can quit the finder, both in Mac OS X and 7, 8 or 9. Either by typing some code in the debug

New Hard Drive Search

. Tivo -- 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 Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad

Firewalls

Pismo 400, 384RAM -- What's up with Firewalls these days? What are folks using and what are your comments about these products? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: Date and time

At 22:44 -0700 7/23/01, Tivo wrote: When my Pismo crashes, date and time go blooey. What's the problem and how to solve it? Thanks, Tivo how are you restarting the PowerBook when it crashes? If you're using the little button next to the modem port... that button is the power manager

Date and time

When my Pismo crashes, date and time go blooey. What¹s the problem and how to solve it? Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs

Re: Adapter Recall

I'm worried about this first time I plug my Pismo (same yo-yo adapter).In order to avoid this spark effect I plug it in a power cord plug with a switch set at off mode. Then switch it on, and there's no spark. Good idea. But does it simply spark within and you don't see the spark then?

Re: Adapter Recall

, but the middle (or bottom) semi circle does not have a metal prong. So what's the deal? Think I'll give 'em a call... I've got the same model and serial number also. Please post what you discover about these adapters. Thanks, Tivo -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog