Clie utilities under OS X

2005-09-10 Thread Brian McEwen
I don't have my Clie UX-50 install CD with me, and sonyclie.org has been down all week (hope the guy/server is safe, dig shows them to be in TX?) and I don't have the software installed on my 10.4 powerbook. Can someone tell me if the Data Import utility will run inder OSX (or classic?)

Re: Utilities

2005-08-04 Thread Harry Corsover
On Aug 3, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: iScroll2 supports horizontal scrolling also. At least it does on Tiger. I downloaded it and set it up, and I love it! I've tried horizontal scrolling in MS Word v.X and it doesn't seem to work there, but it does work in Excel, though.

Re: Utilities

2005-08-03 Thread Kevin Smith (ae)
I've been using it on my 1.25ghz AlBook. It's worked fine since day one on Tiger (April 29). It worked fine under Panther also. - Dylan --- I have iscroll2 on my 12 iBook, 1 gig under 10.3.9. While only beta, I would like to have the horizontal scrolling as well as the

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Harry Corsover
On Jul 31, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Krow Magnum wrote: I think trackpad scrolling is built into the Book or rather the trackpad, my AL 1.5 has it using Panther,' -- It depends on the vintage. Only the PowerBooks sold in the last year or less have this. My 15 AlBook G4 (bought 12/30/03)

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Harry Corsover
On Jul 31, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: 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. In general, Repair Permissions should only be run from the version of Disk Utility

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Krow Magnum
On 8/2/05, Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 31, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Krow Magnum wrote: I think trackpad scrolling is built into the Book or rather the trackpad, my AL 1.5 has it using Panther,' -- It depends on the vintage. Only the PowerBooks sold in the last year

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: It depends on the vintage. Only the PowerBooks sold in the last year or less have this. My 15 AlBook G4 (bought 12/30/03) does not have trackpad scrolling built in. On many of the 'books you can use iScroll2 to get two finger scrolling

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Harry Corsover
On Aug 2, 2005, at 9:09 PM, Dylan McDermond wrote: On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Harry Corsover wrote: It depends on the vintage. Only the PowerBooks sold in the last year or less have this. My 15 AlBook G4 (bought 12/30/03) does not have trackpad scrolling built in. On many of the

Re: Utilities

2005-08-02 Thread Dylan McDermond
On Aug 2, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Harry Corsover wrote: Yes, I read about this in the latest Macworld issue. On their site, they say very clearly that this is beta software and has not been thoroughly tested on Tiger. It sounds like a good idea, but with all that's on my plate, I think I'll

Re: Subject: Utilities

2005-08-01 Thread Henry Taylor
, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I run utilities, I run Disk Utilities that came with OS X and then I run OnXy. That may be redundant, but it's what I do. Ok, this one has me stumped. I did a google search of OnXy, and while I found a lot of messages, nothing about what

Re: Subject: Utilities

2005-08-01 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Mon, Aug 1, 2005 at 2:17 pm -0500, Howard Katz wrote: On 7/30/05, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I run utilities, I run Disk Utilities that came with OS X and then I run OnXy. That may be redundant, but it's what I do. Ok, this one has me stumped. I did a google search

Re: Subject: Utilities

2005-08-01 Thread F Arocha
You can find OnyX at www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com. These are the best repositories of mac software (IMHO). frank -- On 01 Aug 2005 , at 9:17 AM, Howard Katz wrote: On 7/30/05, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I run utilities, I run Disk Utilities

Re: Utilities

2005-08-01 Thread Claire Hart
I tried SideTrack on my Panther PowerBook. I made the mistake of paying for it right up front rather than trying it out. It made my trackpad ultrasensitive, causing the cursor to suddenly be other than where I had it. It almost seemed like it would respond to a sneeze. I finally

Re: Utilities

2005-07-31 Thread Timothy Luoma
.. Original Message ... On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:38:54 -0600 Andrew Main [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a big fan of Macaroni http://atomicbird.com/, which automates Repair Permissions I'm still amazed that people insist on automate something which is of questionable usefulness, but to

Re: Utilities

2005-07-31 Thread Bill Briggs
At 3:38 PM -0600 7/30/05, Andrew Main wrote: uControl (which I use to allow trackpad scrolling; it doesn't work in 10.4 Trackpad scrolling is built into 10.4. At least on my new PowerBook. You just use two fingers instead of one and you can scroll vertically or horizontally. - web --

Re: Utilities

2005-07-31 Thread Krow Magnum
On 7/31/05, Bill Briggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 3:38 PM -0600 7/30/05, Andrew Main wrote: uControl (which I use to allow trackpad scrolling; it doesn't work in 10.4 Trackpad scrolling is built into 10.4. At least on my new PowerBook. You just use two fingers instead of one and you can

Re: Utilities

2005-07-30 Thread Andrew Main
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Utilities Date: July 30, 2005 3:28:00 PM MDT To: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Howard Katz wrote: I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version

Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Howard Katz
I'm new to owning a G4 powerbok (been a 5300c owner for years, but it finally died), and am in the process of tweaking my new machine, and Tiger. I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version, and then saw an ad for DiskWarrior. Do you

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 29/07/05 09:49, Howard Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to owning a G4 powerbok (been a 5300c owner for years, but it finally died), and am in the process of tweaking my new machine, and Tiger. I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Howard Katz
Addendum question: How does Drive Genius compare to TechTools in real-life usage? Thanks! Later...Howard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 29, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Howard Katz wrote: Addendum question: How does Drive Genius compare to TechTools in real-life usage? Thanks! In my experience, I never had Tech Tools do much useful for me. Deep zap PRAM in one step, stuff like that, that you can do yourself. The subset

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread bobgir2004
Do you all recommend one over the other, both, neither? (And while we're at it, what are some of your favorite add-ons and widgets? I did just install Compost, since I like the idea of having more control over trash functions. :) ) I like RadarInMotion. When it opens with your other

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Dan K
Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something I can't live without is Desktop Manager http:// desktopmanager.berlios.de/index.php It's a virtual desktop manager, like having 4 or 5 monitors. I have it on all my systems Powerbook and desktop alike. Well, a nearly unlimited number of

Re: Utilities

2005-07-29 Thread Bill Briggs
At 8:49 AM -0500 7/29/05, Howard Katz wrote: I'm new to owning a G4 powerbok (been a 5300c owner for years, but it finally died), and am in the process of tweaking my new machine, and Tiger. I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX

Re: Error 1000 with disk utilities

2004-08-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 08/08/04 03:23, Leonard Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The external disk is a firewire LaCie 160gb (Porsche) I havre done it sing the install dvd and disk Utilities. That said Disk Utilities on the PowerBook still will not open and give the Error 1000 message Leonard Smith

Re: Error 1000 with disk utilities

2004-08-08 Thread Leonard Smith
The external disk is a firewire LaCie 160gb (Porsche) I havre done it sing the install dvd and disk Utilities. That said Disk Utilities on the PowerBook still will not open and give the Error 1000 message Leonard Smith From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL

Re: Error 1000 with disk utilities

2004-08-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 06/08/04 23:49, Leonard Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to re format an external disk but every time I try to start Disk Utilities I get an error 1000 and it will not launch. I have tried a system re install, repaired permissions with Disk Warrior etc all to no avail. What kind

Re: Error 1000 with disk utilities

2004-08-06 Thread Alejandro
Boot on OS 9 and you will be able to do it. Good Luck. --- Leonard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish to re format an external disk but every time I try to start Disk Utilities I get an error 1000 and it will not launch. I have tried a system re install, repaired permissions with Disk

OSX utilities (was Woe Befalls)

2004-05-13 Thread Erik Ness
At 9:19 AM -0400 5/13/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a matter of course, I always repair permissions and run Disk Utility I'm new to OSX. Can anyone recommend utility programs or a good site going over the basics in this brave new world? Cheers, Erik -- ### Erik Ness

Re: OSX utilities (was Woe Befalls)

2004-05-13 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 13/05/04 09:26, Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:19 AM -0400 5/13/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a matter of course, I always repair permissions and run Disk Utility I'm new to OSX. Can anyone recommend utility programs or a good site going over the basics in this brave new

Re: Norton Utilities (was Re: Panther won't boot - shell )

2004-01-23 Thread chueewowee
I believe techtool does this too, can you confirm anyone? 22/1/04 5:24 PM -0600 James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part of the difference is that DiskWarrior repairs the directory entries and creates a new directory in a new location. regards, John bye, john bye, john plum -- G-Books is

Norton Utilities (was Re: Panther won't boot - shell )

2004-01-22 Thread James Rohde
On 1/22/04 1:22 PM, gianfranco wrote: My question to the list now is (perhaps I should have changed the subject?): (Changed it for you/us)... I've read many bad accounts about Norton Utilities, is it really that bad? I have used regularly the antivirus and defrag on my powerbook for over a year

Best disk utilities...repair backup

2002-12-17 Thread Brian C. Peters
currently on the market? And... Why can't Apple themselves be better about HD disk utilities for their products? I doubt Disk First Aid would have touched this problem. After this near miss I will be replacing the original HD with probably a 60 GByte IBM and creating separate partitions, something long

Disk Utilities (was Re: Anti-virus software)

2001-07-31 Thread John Lee
Are there any disk recovery/maintenance utilities other than Norton? I just bought an iBook (Dual USB) and am in the process of making a list of must-have software. Does anyone have any suggestions, machine specific or not? Thanks, John B. Lee --- Larry D. Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Disk Utilities (was Re: Anti-virus software)

2001-07-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
John Lee wrote: Are there any disk recovery/maintenance utilities other than Norton? I just bought an iBook (Dual USB) and am in the process of making a list of must-have software. Does anyone have any suggestions, machine specific or not? Thanks, John B. Lee Disk Warrior and Techtool

Re: Disk Utilities (was Re: Anti-virus software)

2001-07-31 Thread Administrator
Disk Warrior, Tech Tool Pro, Disk First Aid. These are the tools of choice. Accept no substitutes GM On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:42 PM, John Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any disk recovery/maintenance utilities other than Norton? I just bought an iBook (Dual USB) and am

Re: Disk Utilities (was Re: Anti-virus software)

2001-07-31 Thread Larry D. Sharp
I use TechTool Pro, and have found it to be excellent. Replying to John Lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), 7/31/01 3:42 PM: Are there any disk recovery/maintenance utilities other than Norton? I just bought an iBook (Dual USB) and am in the process of making a list of must-have software. Does anyone

Re: Disk Utilities (was Re: Anti-virus software)

2001-07-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
Disk Warrior, Tech Tool Pro, Disk First Aid. These are the tools of choice. Accept no substitutes GM On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:42 PM, John Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any disk recovery/maintenance utilities other than Norton? I just bought an iBook (Dual USB) and am