Re: more than a flag?

On 11/29/10 12:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 11/28/10 10:41 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: In Apple mail.app, is there a way to "color" mail received so that it makes it easy to find? flagging works but I'm limited to that and that alone? any

Re: New oddities

On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:44 PM, john wrote: Any ideas? This is a system wide issue since it manifests in both Finder and Safari. You can try a Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at Startup, and then Restart normally again. This will trash all the old system cache files and rebuild them. If

Re: New oddities

At 8:44 PM -0800 11/29/2010, john wrote: G4, running 10.4.11. apple drop down window has duplicate entries for Restart, Shut Down, and Log Out. They all seem to function. Another is that I get a black frame showing up around my "back button" on the tool bar, as well as in the General button o

Re: wacky mouse movements

At 7:56 PM -0800 11/29/2010, rumble wrote: most of the time i get erratic mouse movements and it's hard to zero in on one spot to click on a button or place the cursor down on a spot, etc. Try cleaning your mouse pad, or whatever surface you're using... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; Sout

Re: how do i stop these emails?

At 11:21 PM -0500 11/29/2010, Chance Reecher wrote: List-Unsubscribe: , Tina, I think it used to be, but the Unsubscribe link is no longer in the signature. You're kidding, right? Th

New oddities

Hi, I noticed that a couple of odd things are going on with my G4, running 10.4.11. One is that the apple drop down window has duplicate entries for Restart, Shut Down, and Log Out. They all seem to function. Another is that I get a black frame showing up around my "back button" on the tool bar,

Re: wacky mouse movements

On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:56 PM, rumble wrote: > i've got a g4 mdd dual 1.25 running 10.4.11. > > most of the time i get erratic mouse movements and it's hard to zero > in on one spot to click on a button or place the cursor down on a > spot, etc. If you're using optical mice on a printed 'woodgr

Re: how do i stop these emails?

Tina, I think it used to be, but the Unsubscribe link is no longer in the signature. You have to go to the "For more options" link now to unsubscribe. Chance On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/11/29 20:51, lawson bishop so eloquently wrote: >> >> seriously > > It's right t

Re: how do i stop these emails?

On 2010/11/29 20:51, lawson bishop so eloquently wrote: seriously It's right there in the email. Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard 10.5.8 PowerBook G4 15"

Re: wacky mouse movements

On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:56 PM, rumble wrote: i've got a g4 mdd dual 1.25 running 10.4.11. most of the time i get erratic mouse movements and it's hard to zero in on one spot to click on a button or place the cursor down on a spot, etc. i've tried about 3 different usb optical mice on it. has

wacky mouse movements

i've got a g4 mdd dual 1.25 running 10.4.11. most of the time i get erratic mouse movements and it's hard to zero in on one spot to click on a button or place the cursor down on a spot, etc. i've tried about 3 different usb optical mice on it. has anyone ever come across this or a fix for it? t

how do i stop these emails?

seriously -- i saw it a light at the end of the tunnel and i alked to it it was a train!i ran but i died -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowe

Re: Word list Generator???

On Nov 29, 9:24 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Dan wrote: > > > At 9:24 PM -0800 11/27/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > >> Does anyone happen to know of a free or reasonable priced word list > >> generator that will run on Leopard? > > > Have you looked on macupdate and vers

Re: Unused, in box, mint 17" Studio Displays (2)

Actually, not a bad thought, saw a few QuickSilvers for under $100 and a legacy system could be worth to have. That is something I will contemplate and track here & on eBay. Thanks. On Nov 28, 10:12 pm, Dana Collins wrote: > On 11/28/10 1:19 AM, DARA macfan of daraguy...@yahoo.com sent > > Give

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

At 5:23 PM -0700 11/29/2010, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/11/29 16:07, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: You left off: "The really, truly final Directors 20th anniversary Redux cut with all the crap we originally left on the cutting room floor jammed back in no matter how disjointed it makes the fin

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

On 2010/11/29 16:07, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: You left off: "The really, truly final Directors 20th anniversary Redux cut with all the crap we originally left on the cutting room floor jammed back in no matter how disjointed it makes the final product, just because it was cool having M

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

On 2010/11/29 15:46, Dan so eloquently wrote: ...And Hollywood wonders why piracy is growing. Never fear, Homeland Security is on the case, apparently counterfeit and pirated products are terrorism. Not that I endorse said activities but that's the FBI's job, not Homeland Security. Or maybe

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

On Nov 29, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Dan wrote: > Director's cut on DVD. > Director's cut on DVD with Added Scenes! > The Uncensored Director's Cut on DVD with Added Scenes and the kitchen sink. You left off: "The really, truly final Directors 20th anniversary Redux cut with all the crap we originally

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

At 3:23 PM -0700 11/29/2010, Tina K. wrote: Blu-ray's main purpose is to get people to re-purchase their videos in yet-another format. :\ And when that well isn't producing enough (read: when they think they can get away with it) they will introduce the "Next Big Thing!" VHS. Standard editi

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

On 2010/11/29 12:50, Dan so eloquently wrote: At 5:07 AM -0800 11/29/2010, Geke wrote: my Digital Audio (466 MHz G4) has the same problems. Some YouTube videos don't play smoothly and I can forget HD ones. Downloading them improves things only slightly Flash. ug. (been lots of threads on thi

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

At 5:07 AM -0800 11/29/2010, Geke wrote: We're having quite a number of topics in here now, but anyway: I've been asking myself whether it's better to top post or bottom post? My guess is bottom post while deleting from the previous post the part that is not being answered. I'm sure the rules a

Re: Cube immediately shuts down with 10.5

On Nov 26, 7:39 pm, "Andrew W. Hill" wrote: > I recently installed 10.5 on my G4/450 Cube using the open firmware > hack, and it now turns off immediately after booting from the disk.  A > reinstall did not help.  It boots fine from the 10.5 installer.  Has > anyone else had any problems like this

Re: more than a flag?

>> good question, you can't make folders like you can in t-bird > > > > What? Of course you can make folders in Mail. You can also set rules to move > mail into folders based on a lot of different criterion. > > You can also use rules to set colors either for the text or for the > background.

Re: more than a flag?

On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: > On 11/28/10 10:41 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >> In Apple mail.app, is there a way to "color" mail received so that it makes >> it easy to find? flagging works but I'm limited to that and that alone? any >> ideas? mail.app add-ons maybe? Jef

Re: more than a flag?

YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you muchly!! Jeff On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:22 AM, gifutiger wrote: > Greetings ( + )!( + ) > > That's an easy question to answer. > Select, highlight the eMail that you want to color then select from > the menu bar "Format" and from the drop-down select "Show Colors" and >

Re: more than a flag?

Greetings ( + )!( + ) That's an easy question to answer. Select, highlight the eMail that you want to color then select from the menu bar "Format" and from the drop-down select "Show Colors" and when the Color Platen opens select the color that you would like for that message. Cheers Harry San J

Re: OpenOffice vs Oracle

On Nov 28, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Ralph Green wrote: > On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 15:35 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> Open Office merely came along for the ride. Oracle charging for >> the Office ODF decoder may well be reversed in the future...business >> decisions are subject to change, and note this

Re: Old Mac never die.

10.5.8 ? My old faithfuls are the MDD (Mirrored Door) Running at either 1.25 or 1.42. There are few thing that won't run on them. My urge to get the Mac Pro was strictly for the few times the 10X performance bump would be noticed, video encoding. Funny, the Pro can't run my favorite ripper, so the

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Tina K. wrote: > On 2010/11/29 09:09, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: >> Not even remotely true. Significant speed improvements were made in >> 10.5 and 10.6. For example, Spotlight is actually useful in 10.5. > > At the cost of Finder search which Apple destroyed

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

On 2010/11/29 09:09, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: Not even remotely true. Significant speed improvements were made in 10.5 and 10.6. For example, Spotlight is actually useful in 10.5. At the cost of Finder search which Apple destroyed. I prefer to search a location rather than a drive, t

Re: Word list Generator???

On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Dan wrote: > At 9:24 PM -0800 11/27/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >> Does anyone happen to know of a free or reasonable priced word list >> generator that will run on Leopard? > > Have you looked on macupdate and versiontracker? > > What exactly is a "word list generat

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

On Nov 29, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Geke wrote: > You already found out, but anyway: > Apple has been replacing emulation code by native code up to Tiger, > and that’s the fastest OS X of all. In later versions, additions have > started to make things slower again. Not even remotely true. Significant s

Re: Dead Dead Drive

On Nov 29, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Gottick International wrote: >>> Back again. Trying get a new 500 GIG Caviar WD5000AA to work on a G5 >>> 20-inch 1.8 Ghz machine. The Machine starts fine on a install CD but >>> neither the installer or Disc Utility can even find the new drive. >>> The drive has been

Re: Dead Dead Drive

Back again. Trying get a new 500 GIG Caviar WD5000AA to work on a G5 20-inch 1.8 Ghz machine. The Machine starts fine on a install CD but neither the installer or Disc Utility can even find the new drive. The drive has been tested on another Mac and had been formated ok. The cables look ok. Wha

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

You’re welcome. One thing I forgot to mention: to work comfortably, TeamViewer needs relatively fast internet connections on both computers. So try it out before building your way of working on it. And I just wanted to mention also that I got a really good feeling from this thread. If you’d want t

Re: iMac G4 800, OS X Panther vs Tiger

> Tiger is smoother, as you told me > thank you You already found out, but anyway: Apple has been replacing emulation code by native code up to Tiger, and that’s the fastest OS X of all. In later versions, additions have started to make things slower again. Also, a lot of software requires a mini

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

We’re having quite a number of topics in here now, but anyway: I’ve been asking myself whether it’s better to top post or bottom post? My guess is bottom post while deleting from the previous post the part that is not being answered. I’m sure the rules are posted somewhere, but anyone inclined to t

Re: Unused, in box, mint 17" Studio Displays (2)

Used 17" displays go through ebay for little money. But many of those are half-broken: the fly-back transformers are very fragile, and expensive/very difficult to replace. So I’m sure your new ones are just what many users have been wishing for. Where are you located? :-) -- You received this mes