Re: alternatives to Pages?

On 20 Nov 2013, at 17:52 , Andy Lee wrote: > A writer friend asks: > >> If you've been using ClarisWorks/AppleWorks/Pages all the way back, and you >> like it, and you also have hundreds of documents that you don't want to >> convert, and you hate Microsoft Word, but the new Pages is like a b

HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

I have an older MacBook that has 10.6.8 on it (the max it will run) and has one of those weird looking mini-dvi ports on it. I have a mini-DVI to DVI dongle connected to it, then a DVI to HDMI cable connected to a TV. The trouble is, the TV will only look for audio on the HDMI if it is connecte

Re: Surprised ...

On 21 Nov 2013, at 12:26 , steve harley wrote: > Safari claiming 11GB of real memory That seems excessive. > and 143GB of VM! That’s completely irrelevant. My Safari is using about 1GB of real memory and has been up since Monday. -- 'You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world

Re: HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:34 PM, LuKreme wrote: > I have an older MacBook that has 10.6.8 on it (the max it will run) and has > one of those weird looking mini-dvi ports on it. > > I have a mini-DVI to DVI dongle connected to it, then a DVI to HDMI cable > connected to a TV. > > The trouble is,

Re: HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

On 21 Nov 2013, at 15:37 , Andy Ringsmuth wrote: > On Nov 21, 2013, at 4:34 PM, LuKreme wrote: >> I have an older MacBook that has 10.6.8 on it (the max it will run) and has >> one of those weird looking mini-dvi ports on it. >> >> I have a mini-DVI to DVI dongle connected to it, then a DVI to

Re: HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

On 21 Nov 2013, at 15:51 , LuKreme wrote: > The TV has component and HDMI, no VGA. I found this Seems to be the only option. -- WORDS IN THE HEART CANNOT BE TAKEN --Feet of Clay __

Re: HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

On Nov 21, 2013, at 3:08 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On 21 Nov 2013, at 15:51 , LuKreme wrote: > >> The TV has component and HDMI, no VGA. > > I found this > > > > Seems to be the only option. LuKreme... You are right... these are

Re: Surprised ...

On Nov 21, 2013, at 11:26 AM, steve harley wrote: > i seem to be locked in a lifelong battle with web browsers and memory; Safari > is worse, and harder to manage; leave 50 tabs open in it for a few days and > it will use a huge amount of swap; i recently saw Safari claiming 11GB of > real me

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: > > Hmm… I’ll see if I can make that work for .doc files. Thanks. If you read down the page a bit, there are improvements that write out to the Desktop, then to the same folder as the original files, and then someone posts the string that ident

Re: HDMI and Audio on older MacBook

Beware that product has all 1 star reviews. On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:08 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On 21 Nov 2013, at 15:51 , LuKreme wrote: > > > The TV has component and HDMI, no VGA. > > I found this > > > > Seems to be the only

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On 21 Nov 2013, at 07:01 , Charles Dyer wrote: > It won’t batch convert, so far as I know. I’d have to open each file and > export ‘em one at a time. This would be… annoying. Have you looked at Automator? -- Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mir

Re: Surprised ...

on 2013-11-17 8:52 Ashley Aitken wrote But I don't know what to make of a tab in Google Chrome having very nearly one gigabyte of memory (real memory as reported by Google Chrome's Task Manager and Activity Monitor) and over 100% CPU. i seem to be locked in a lifelong battle with web browsers

Re: Surprised ...

on 2013-11-21 14:16 Scot Hacker wrote I wouldn't expect any browser now or in the future to be performant with that many tabs open. why not? anyhow, the fact is that Safari performs fine until it stews for a few days; i have often have 80 or more tabs, and my observation is that the more tab

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: > > Is there a currently available app which could batch convert from Pages > format (Pages 09 or Pages 5 or both) to a more commonly used format (.doc, > .docx, .rtf, .odt, etc) so that they’re usable in something other than Pages > 5? Coul

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On 11/21/13, 7:33 AM, "Charles Dyer" mailto:charles.d...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 20 Nov 2013, at 17:52 , Andy Lee mailto:ag...@mac.com>> wrote: A writer friend asks: If you've been using ClarisWorks/AppleWorks/Pages all the way back, and you like it, and you also have hundreds of documents that y

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On 21 Nov 2013, at 09:06 , Arno Hautala wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Arno Hautala wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: >>> >>> It won’t batch convert, so far as I know. I’d have to open each file and >>> export ‘em one at a time. This would be… annoying

Re: Surprised ...

> On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:48 AM, LuKreme wrote: > > >> On 19 Nov 2013, at 09:30 , Arno Hautala wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote: >>> >>> Facebook :-( >> >> I think that translates to "Flash". > > The only reason I kept Chrome was to use it on rare occasio

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Arno Hautala wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: >> >> It won’t batch convert, so far as I know. I’d have to open each file and >> export ‘em one at a time. This would be… annoying. > > Ah, I forgot about the batch requirement. Is Export

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: > > It won’t batch convert, so far as I know. I’d have to open each file and > export ‘em one at a time. This would be… annoying. Ah, I forgot about the batch requirement. Is Export available to AppleScript / Automator? -- arno s hautala

Re: alternatives to Pages?

On 21 Nov 2013, at 08:56 , Arno Hautala wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Charles Dyer wrote: >> >> Is there a currently available app which could batch convert from Pages >> format (Pages 09 or Pages 5 or both) to a more commonly used format (.doc, >> .docx, .rtf, .odt, etc) so that