Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Elliott Price
That's cool! I do miss the bright blue accents from the older systems. 10.5 and 10.6 (And especially iTunes 10) are a little on the monochromatic grey side... I don't know why they still call it aqua since the only aqua elements left are the traffic light buttons, and the out of place blue

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 23, 11:39 am, Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com wrote: I hope that in 10.7 they switch away from the pink backgrounds. I miss the old blue swooshes. They were so elegant, and really made Macs pop. Even the new aluminum and black Macs look a lot more classy with the 10.4 blue swoosh,

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Bill Chapman
Yeah, Ive got all those blue background swooshes... Jaguar, Tiger, whatever... googled them. Even use the Tiger version on my Power Mac 8600. Guys, try DragThing if you don't like OS X dock. Used that on my pre-OS X machines from the get-go (1996). You can customize its look... at least you

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Bill Chapman
You can get the 'old blue swooshes'... just google 'em. I actually use the Tiger swoosh on my Power Mac 8600 and also on my B/W G3 Panther, G3 iMac Panther, and G3 iBook Panther Try DragThing dock... I still use it on my 8600 On 23/09/10 11:39 AM, Elliott Price wrote: That's cool! I do miss

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Elliott Price
Actually - They're still in the default desktops in the Desktop system preference... You don't have to google them or get them from old systems. I never use the default desktop - Being a photographer I always have my photos up as my desktop. But you're still greeted by the pink aurora when you

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
Apple always for some reason has managed to get back to it's classic monochromic themes. THe Platimun theme and the Leo/SL theme are both greyish and depressing. Only the leo and SL themes look a little more futuristic. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Bill Chapman
As a graphic designer, working on subtle desktops is an advantage. I don't need any distracting colours competing for attention. On 23/09/10 2:21 PM, Midnight rider wrote: Apple always for some reason has managed to get back to it's classic monochromic themes. THe Platimun theme and the

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
I understand you too. I am a computer expert, but since I maintain a website, i do have to do alot of stuff on Apache, adoe flashbuilder and photoshop. I have to know alot of stuff on graphics design too. My style is: Metallic, transparent, and shining blue with the glossy effects like the menu

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Bill Chapman
I'm happy with the Tiger, Leopard etc stuff... the way Apple does things... Adobe rocks too, and QuarkXPress 8 is a lot like Adobe CS4 stuff re UI, a big leap forward for Quark , very cool now to work with On 23/09/10 3:00 PM, Midnight rider wrote: I understand you too. I am a computer

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
The Apple GUI never fails to surprise me with it's eye candy since the days of Panther, and every new GUI is like a present from Apple to us to see and work with the OS in a new way. I like all of the Apple themes so far, and i think i will like the newer ones when they come out. If i were to have

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Sep 23, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Elliott Price wrote: I hope that in 10.7 they switch away from the pink backgrounds. I miss the old blue swooshes. They were so elegant, and really made Macs pop. Even the new aluminum and black Macs look a lot more classy with the 10.4 blue swoosh, rather

Mac OS X Panther beta intro video

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
I recently saw the Mac OS X panther beta introduction video on youtube, and i have a question. Why didn't Apple use it and where can i download it? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 23, 6:27 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Quantity isn't everything... In Spaces? Yeah. I need at least 32... I don't want a space for each app; I want a space for each *project*.   You need a different user per project. With fast switching on, that should work for you.

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
I have hyperspaces on my sawtooth... it works like it says it does... -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 23, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 23, 6:27 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: I don't want a space for each app; I want a space for each *project*. You need a different user per project. With fast switching on, that should work for you. Um, no. First of all,

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 23, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 23, 7:34 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Um, no. First of all, dialup connections are per-user, not system- wide, so if you switch users the connection drops. My current phone allows tethering over Bluetooth by providing a modem

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 23, 8:45 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: so *on the road* I'd have to configure it for each user...  Emphasis   added. I have pretty good cable Internet at home.  But occasionally I use my   laptop away from home and outside of a wireless hotspot. Well, I'm glad, man! That

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Midnight rider
Is there any system app i can download that i can use to change the system theme in Mac OS X? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide

Re: Printing to PDF

2010-09-23 Thread Dan
At 7:19 PM -0400 9/22/2010, N.Shani wrote: Will appreciate some tidbits on how to print to PDF so that it preserves the selected 'paper' size (via page set-up in Office) - not the (probably) default 8.5x11. I don't seem to find where any other size can be attributed to the PDF output - it

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Sep 23, 8:45 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: That would be great if my workflow divided neatly into separate applications. Sure, I have a space for chat and a space for mail, and those apps are assigned to those spaces. But each of

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 23, 10:53 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, well I prefer to shape my computing environment to the way I   think rather than vice versa. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one   persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all  

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Ashgrove
On Sep 23, 9:28 pm, Midnight rider coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any system app i can download that i can use to change the system theme in Mac OS X? I know of none that does the whole thing, but there are several that let you customize specific features and can be used together. Off the

Re: Leopard?

2010-09-23 Thread Joshua Juran
On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Steven wrote: Exposé is much more powerful than you think. Exposé is fine, but sometimes either Quartz or the GPU blows up. 90 text files is nothing compared to 112 QuickTime movies (and that's on a three year old iMac with just a gig of ram): Don't be so