Thank you again. The screen is now sorted and something I couldn't open, an animated calendar, now opens again. I will take Ray's advice and hold on to the memory stick for a few weeks before asking if anyone would like it.
Regards, Jennifer On 22 October 2011 09:51, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > One thing to note with permanent enlargement of the screen. > Each monitor has a "default" resolution that it works at - ie the highest. > The lower down the resolution you go will notice some "blurriness" > sometimes of menu items and fonts. So sometimes it's a matter of finding one > that makes it a bit more "viewable" with the least amount of blurry. ;) > Just thought I'd mention that, so you don't think it's your monitor (or > your eyes) if you start to think it doesn't look as "crisp" :)) > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 4s > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > On 22/10/2011, at 9:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > > > Jennifer, > > > > besides Ronda's good advice about increasing the font size in Mail, you > can also increase the size of everything on your screen by using the steps > below. However, keep in mind that if you increase the size of everything, > you will see less of big items, as more of such items will be off-screen. > Thus you will need to do more scrolling up and down and left and right to > inspect all of such big items. > > > > Also, many apps will allow you to temporarily enlarge documents etc with > Command = (hold Command key while tapping the = key). Such apps will also > shrink documents etc with Command - (hold Command key while tapping the - > [hyphen] key). The way to remember this is to think of these keys as plus > and minus keys. > > > > For more permanent enlargement: > > > > 1 Apple menu>System Preferences > > > > 2 Single click Displays > > > > 3 Write down your current screen resolution in case things go wrong and > you want to return to known territory > > > > 4 Click once on a lower resolution (lower resolution means everything > will look bigger, but you'll see less) > > > > 5 If you don't like the result return to your original resolution. > > > > 6 Check a variety of resolutions and refresh rates till you find one that > suits. > > > > I am sure there may be a WAMUG person who would be very pleased if you > could mail them your obsolete memory stick so they can increase their > memory. I have never had a problem with posting memory sticks wrapped in > alfoil in standard envelopes. However, I would hang on to the displaced > stick for a few weeks in case of the very rare event that one of your new > memory sticks starts to act up. Then you have at least got a working stick > with which to play musical memory chairs to determine which is the sick > stick. > > > > If memory gets sick, it will nearly always do so early on in its working > life. If memory survives its first few weeks of work then it will nearly > always outlast the rest of a computer. I have fitted hundreds of memory > sticks in my life and have only come across four that didn't behave. The > owners bought two of those from dodgy sources. This supports the finding > that the probability of getting sick memory is small. > > > > On 21/10/2011, at 9:47 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: > > > >> Just to add to this, is there any use for the discarded 1GB memory stick > or > >> does it go to recycled ewaste? > >> > >> Also, by the time I had installed Snow Leopard, updated software etc. > icons, > >> dock and fonts on desktop were smaller. I have sorted icons and the > dock > >> but email text, menu bar etc are all still smaller and I can't find how > to > >> make them bigger. > >> > >> Regards, Jennifer > >> > >> On 20 October 2011 19:00, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you everyone for the very helpful advice. > >>> > >>> We decided to go for the 4Gb memory and Snow Leopard. I took my > courage in > >>> both hands and the screwdriver in one of them and put thenew memory in, > >>> hoping I wouldn't have to SOS you, Ray. Thank you very much for your > offer. > >>> I still can't believe I was bold enough to do it, It was good to know > you > >>> were in the next suburb. > >>> > >>> We now have the 4GB. 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