Re: Very useful Applescript

2009-07-24 Thread Charles Lenington
yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: > Bruce Johnson writes, > > when restarted. > > This lets you set up a Mac, update it and/or add programs, then hand > it off as 'clean' with no users. Better than simply nuking and paving > it. for institutional or corprate use this is how to pass on a Mac...> > > So

Re: Very useful Applescript

2009-07-24 Thread yersinia
Bruce Johnson writes, Sounds cool -- I downloaded it. Will use it on my "new" G4 1.5 GHz Mac Mini, which I got today and booted up to make sure it works/had the specs advertised by the Swap List seller I bought it from. It does, but I also found a Home folder from a past user -- nope I don't

Re: Upgrading an MDD

2009-07-24 Thread dc
> I wanted to upgrade my children's (my old) G4 MDD 1.25 Dualie, 2 GB RAM, > OS10.5.4 to the 1.42 Ghz Dual processors and heat sink. > > The buss speed is 167 so I should have had no problems. > > However, when I swapped the processors, heat sinks (big brass one), > pressed the cuda button and t

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Clark Martin
Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Allan Castleberry wrote: > >> I am trying to hook up my Gigabit G4, to my Magnavox lcd hdtv, with >> a DVI to >> HDMI cable. So far, radeon 7000 and radeon 9000 aren't working. Any >> suggestions? > > > Have you tried the VGA port on the

Re: Very useful Applescript

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:24 PM, nestami...@gmail.com wrote: > > I've not even looked at it yet but I feel/know this is going to be > good. > I know macs are not as bad as windows in their need for nuke and > pave to > get them running faster, but this will come in handy. Read the articleth

Re: Very useful Applescript

2009-07-24 Thread nestami...@gmail.com
Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > Cleans up a Mac of user files, and sets it up to run Setup Assistant > when restarted. > > This lets you set up a Mac, update it and/or add programs, then hand > it off as 'clean' with no users. Better t

Very useful Applescript

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
Cleans up a Mac of user files, and sets it up to run Setup Assistant when restarted. This lets you set up a Mac, update it and/or add programs, then hand it off as 'clean' with no users. Better than simply nuking and paving it

Re: I forgot....

2009-07-24 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Many thanks to you all for helping me with a problem. I followed your directions and now my .pdf files open with Previewregardless of browser. Larry >On Jul 23, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > >> But will this make the browser, Safari or whatever, also default to >> Preview for

Re: Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Allan Castleberry wrote: > I am trying to hook up my Gigabit G4, to my Magnavox lcd hdtv, with > a DVI to > HDMI cable. So far, radeon 7000 and radeon 9000 aren't working. Any > suggestions? Have you tried the VGA port on the TV? I know that when I connected m

Video card HELP

2009-07-24 Thread Allan Castleberry
I am trying to hook up my Gigabit G4, to my Magnavox lcd hdtv, with a DVI to HDMI cable. So far, radeon 7000 and radeon 9000 aren't working. Any suggestions? -- Allan Castleberry --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac

Re: I forgot....

2009-07-24 Thread Dan Auerbach
On Jul 23, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > But will this make the browser, Safari or whatever, also default to > Preview for the .pdf files not being saved locally while Adobe Reader > still has itself set to be the default? When I download a pdf file and click on it, it opens in preview.

Re: I forgot....

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > But will this make the browser, Safari or whatever, also default to > Preview for the .pdf files not being saved locally while Adobe Reader > still has itself set to be the default? Safari should open PDF's in the browser, since 3.0. It will eithe

Re: For the "Dayum, yah learn something every day" file

2009-07-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Al Poulin wrote: >> >> treated as such. If you delete files that way, you'll probably screw >> up Time Machine's indexing. It would have been smart for Apple to not >> make a TM volume even visible on the desktop. > >>> And you saved '20-25 Gb' ? > > Oh, well, I was