Delete Folder

2007-01-13 Thread Chris Watt
Hi Guys, I have been trying to delte media player but it just will not uninstall. Recycle bin just throws up a bunch of errors and won;t delete anything. I have also trying using sudo rm -R folder but it gives me permission queries adn then does nothing after yessing them all. Any ideas? Chee

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2007-01-13 Thread Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment
The all caps issue was as I suspected and several of you have given me ample reference points to pass along...marvellous! Barb -- Geoffrey and Barbara Maidment "Idleyld Farm" 477 Cowaramup Bay Road Cowaramup 6284 Western Australia ph/fx +61 8 9755 5265 e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why on earth would anybody want a 10Gb HD so badly they take it out of an old machine? Hi all I believe some organisations who sell off large numbers of redundant machines just get the drives destroyed rather than pay someone to *securely* erase the data in order

Re: Can't find drive - missing replies

2007-01-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/01/2007, at 4:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Daniel etc... It was entirely my fault. Bob sent a reply directly to me, not the list. I replied to the list. Apolz...no flames required... Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof. No Kevin you were not wrong to reply directly to the list. Yo

Re: Can't find drive - missing replies

2007-01-13 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Kevin No apologies needed, and no blame lain anyway,... Was just letting people know that sometimes threads don't always follow on the list, for various reasons,.. And more so for the archive...if people go to look things up for various reasons then they can follow a thread easily. With such a

Re: Can't find drive - missing replies

2007-01-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Daniel etc... It was entirely my fault. Bob sent a reply directly to me, not the list. I replied to the list. Apolz...no flames required... Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof.

Re: Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread Malcolm McCallum
As far as I am concerned it is shouting, always has been :-) mac On 13/01/2007, at 5:27 PM, Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment wrote: I'm having some friendly banter with an American friend over some email/internet protocols. I've told my friend that using ALL CAPS is the email way of shouting and s

Re: Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/01/2007, at 5:27 PM, Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment wrote: I'm having some friendly banter with an American friend over some email/internet protocols. I've told my friend that using ALL CAPS is the email way of shouting and should be used very sparingly. Not to mention that in graphics

Re: Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread Rod Blitvich
http://www.netmanners.com/courtesy1.html "Do not type in all caps. Typing in all caps is considered yelling or screaming online. Those who type in all caps are perceived as lazy and not being considerate of those who will have to read their e-mail. Various studies on the topic reflect that it is

Re: Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread wyvern
Hi Barb, You are correct... you can refer him to http://www.netdictionary.com/ s.html where it says the use of capitals indicates shouting... and that is a California site. It is also taught in speed reading that capitals should be used only to draw attention to a certain word or group of

Re: Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread Steven
These couple of pages may help prove your point Barb. Perhaps point out to your friend that the pages do not have .au at the end :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps http://www.hoax-slayer.com/do-not-use-all-capitals.html Cheers, Steven On 13/1/07 6:27 PM, "Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment" <

Re: MS Word - language

2007-01-13 Thread Lloyd White
Hi everyone, On closer examination I found that not only Language was missing but so were several other functions. I took the long way round and reinstalled and did all the upgrades. Back to normal now. One of the great mysteries of life - and M$ word, Thanks Bob and Ronda. Lloyd > > On 1

Internet protocol

2007-01-13 Thread Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment
I'm having some friendly banter with an American friend over some email/internet protocols. I've told my friend that using ALL CAPS is the email way of shouting and should be used very sparingly. Not to mention that in graphics terms, all caps is actually much harder to read than all lower case,

Re: MS Word - language

2007-01-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/01/2007, at 11:27 AM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I am using MS Word 2004 on my iMac OSX 10.4.8 I used to have, under Tools, an item called Language. I appears to have disappeared somehow. I used it to set the language of a client's document to English (AUS) by highlighting the

Re: MS Word - language

2007-01-13 Thread Lloyd White
Thanks Bob, I have upgraded to 11.3 so perhaps that is the problem. Does anyone else have 11.3 and is experiencing the same problem? Lloyd > > On 13/01/2007, at 10:27 AM, Lloyd White wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am using MS Word 2004 on my iMac OSX 10.4.8 >> >> I used to have, under To

Re: A different can't copy files to new HD

2007-01-13 Thread Adam Hewitt
If you use iTerm or some command line program then you can escape the forward slashes with back slashesor use inverted commas: ie. cp -Rvp /path/to/directory/containing/files/13\/01\/2007.blah / path/to/destination/directory/ or cp -Rvp /path/to/directory/containing/files/* /path/to/dest

Syncing Palm Vx with 10.4.8 Emac

2007-01-13 Thread Tim Law
Hello, Is anyone able to sync their Palm Vx with OSX 10.4.8? I used to be able to do it via the hot sync cradle, a serial to USB connection and an earlier version of OSX. But somewhere along the way it has stopped syncing. I can get it to sync with a Windows running XP, and even my OS9 7600, so

Re: Can't find drive - missing replies

2007-01-13 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 13/01/2007 9:28 AM, "J Philippe Chaperon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > --snip-- > I seem to have a problem with my WAMUG emails, when I send one out to the > group it appears in my mail box after only a couple of minutes. Your reply > message to Bob, on the other hand, was received

Re: MS Word - language

2007-01-13 Thread Robert Howells
On 13/01/2007, at 10:27 AM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I am using MS Word 2004 on my iMac OSX 10.4.8 I used to have, under Tools, an item called Language. I appears to have disappeared somehow. I used it to set the language of a client's document to English (AUS) by highlighting the

MS Word - language

2007-01-13 Thread Lloyd White
Hi everyone, I am using MS Word 2004 on my iMac OSX 10.4.8 I used to have, under Tools, an item called Language. I appears to have disappeared somehow. I used it to set the language of a client's document to English (AUS) by highlighting the whole doc and then going to Tools and down to Language

Re: A different can't copy files to new HD

2007-01-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/01/2007, at 9:39 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: I have problems with OSX moving files to an external HD when they have dates written with slashes. eg 13/01/2007. Any suggestions around this please? Hi Paul, I found this when trying to transfer files from my Sister's old machine to new iB

A different can't copy files to new HD

2007-01-13 Thread Paul Weaver
I have problems with OSX moving files to an external HD when they have dates written with slashes. eg 13/01/2007. Any suggestions around this please? Cheers, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver Fremantle - Home of the Dockers http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar

FW: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
Hi Kevin, Please disregard my email, I notice that your problem has been solved. (G'day Bob!). I seem to have a problem with my WAMUG emails, when I send one out to the group it appears in my mail box after only a couple of minutes. Your reply message to Bob, on the other hand, was received in my

Re: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi every1, I've sent a *firm* but not threatening email... thanx for all the advice... I just have one weird question: Why on earth would anybody want a 10Gb HD so badly they take it out of an old machine? :D Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof. P.S. I could probably buy a 80Gb HD for bugger-all

Re: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread Robert Howells
On 13/01/2007, at 7:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx Bob, There is NO hard drive installed!!! The machine I bought from ebay (ozdigital in Sydney actually) was supposed to have a 10Gb HD... what are my legal options here? I intend to send a scathing email to ozdigital then ebay... Chee

Re: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
Hi Kevin, Once you've booted from a DVD (or CD), if you launch Disk Utility, does it sees the Drive at all? Sounds like the drive may not be working, or the connection cable is perhaps loose. I'm sure one of our experts will come with an explanation and solution. What OS are you installing on t

Re: Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx Bob, There is NO hard drive installed!!! The machine I bought from ebay (ozdigital in Sydney actually) was supposed to have a 10Gb HD... what are my legal options here? I intend to send a scathing email to ozdigital then ebay... Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof.

Can't find drive

2007-01-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi every1, I recently bought a G4 from ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150066677301) and it says the drive was reformatted. I have the machine now and it will boot from a CD or DVD but cannot seem to locate a valid destination for installing a system. The machine