From alpoulin at cox.net Sat Oct 7 08:03:17 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:03:24 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> Nothing since September 13, 2006. Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. From wilann at telusplanet.net Sat Oct 7 08:13:22 2006 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:13:59 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> Message-ID: <6EC94247-10E9-458C-867E-B423C414DE97@telusplanet.net> I would not say dead, but rather quiet. I concur with the September 13 info. On 06-Oct-7, at 9:03 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > Nothing since September 13, 2006. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Sat Oct 7 08:27:01 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:27:10 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> Message-ID: <20061007152701.84047.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Al Morning from down here in Houston... This site (X-Newbies) sometimes ebbs & flows - at present it looks to be in a ebbing mood! I guess! So what?s happening with you? Rick Ramsowr =========================================== --- Al Poulin wrote: > Nothing since September 13, 2006. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, > forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From vze2rwkt at verizon.net Sat Oct 7 08:27:20 2006 From: vze2rwkt at verizon.net (Karl) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:30:02 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <20061007152701.84047.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061007152701.84047.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4527C758.70603@verizon.net> Heck start a rumors mill on when Apple will announce the new iPod Video or something else new and exciting, then you'll see some action here:) Skip From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Sat Oct 7 08:32:11 2006 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:32:19 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> Message-ID: On Oct 7, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > Nothing since September 13, 2006. The last Windows user bought a used iMac on August 19th, 2006. There are no more X newbies. Too bad ;) SR From ncicchek at optonline.net Sat Oct 7 08:32:37 2006 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:33:46 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <20061007152701.84047.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061007152701.84047.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0A005078-6C54-4A45-8773-318E7F224130@optonline.net> maybe it moved to yahoo groups? John On Oct 7, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: > Al > > Morning from down here in Houston... > > This site (X-Newbies) sometimes ebbs & flows - at > present it looks to be in a ebbing mood! > > I guess! > > So what?s happening with you? > > Rick Ramsowr > =========================================== -- Some people have minds like blotters: They soak up everything but get it all backward. From chris at mymac.demon.co.uk Sat Oct 7 08:35:34 2006 From: chris at mymac.demon.co.uk (Chris) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:38:34 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <6EC94247-10E9-458C-867E-B423C414DE97@telusplanet.net> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> <6EC94247-10E9-458C-867E-B423C414DE97@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> On 7/10/06 W Lane wrote: >I would not say dead, but rather quiet. OK then, I'll try to liven it up :-) Can anyone tell me anything about PAM authentication? Basically what I want to do is set out below (there may be spurious line endings - I'm not sure), to keep out SSH hackers. Presumably if I'm going to allow (say) 4 failed attempts, the line should read: file=/var/log/faillog deny=3 no_magic_root even_deny_root_account Also I'm not sure how to set up a Cron job. One thing I have noted is that there does not seem to be a /etc/pam.d/ system-auth file in the desktop version of OSX so it may be this is not doable. Place: auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so no_magic_root onerr=fail account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so onerr=fail file=/var/log/faillog deny=1 no_magic_root even_deny_root_account in my /etc/pam.d/system-auth file. That kills login if you type a bad password just twice. I reset it with a cron job every hour during the day when I'm working in case I screw up twice (" /sbin/pam_tally --reset") but not at night. cheers, Chris From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Sat Oct 7 08:51:46 2006 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Sat Oct 7 08:51:55 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> Message-ID: <68B5F460-44D3-45DC-B29F-2780D7B1998F@earthlink.net> I've posted several questions but no replies. On Oct 7, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > Nothing since September 13, 2006. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Sat Oct 7 10:45:41 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Sat Oct 7 10:45:48 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <4527C758.70603@verizon.net> Message-ID: <20061007174541.30204.qmail@web81406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Yo Here about G. W. Bush's family planing on buy Apple in 2008 so the boy wonder will have something new to screw up after his forced retirement! To bad they can?t do it now and save the nation the trouble of two more torturous year of bushie and boys! Rick =========================================== --- Karl wrote: > Heck start a rumors mill on when Apple will announce > the new iPod Video > or something else new and exciting, then you'll see > some action here:) > > Skip > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From philip.robar at gmail.com Sat Oct 7 14:13:13 2006 From: philip.robar at gmail.com (Philip J Robar) Date: Sat Oct 7 14:13:21 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> <6EC94247-10E9-458C-867E-B423C414DE97@telusplanet.net> <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: On Oct 7, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Chris wrote: > Also I'm not sure how to set up a Cron job. There are a couple of programs that provide GUI front ends to cron. I like CronniX. Everyone on this list should take a few minutes to become familiar with macupdate.com and versiontracker.com Phil From lesleyandgeorge at wildmail.com Sat Oct 7 14:20:54 2006 From: lesleyandgeorge at wildmail.com (Lesley & George Bradley-Peer) Date: Sat Oct 7 14:21:09 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] remove please Message-ID: <3BB585D22F5CF69449FAE11B80E35F2E@lesleyandgeorge.wildmail.com> Lesley, George, Pema & Dylan Lower Tremenheere Farm Ludgvan Penzance TR20 8XG OM MANI PEME HUNG Blessed Be Stop the Forest Service from killing more wolves, bears, cougars, and other animals in the wild: http://go.care2.com/99055 http://www.Care2.com Free e-mail. 100MB storage. Helps nonprofits. From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Sat Oct 7 17:30:44 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Sat Oct 7 17:30:51 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20061008003044.62771.qmail@web81415.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Philip Let?s not forget "EveryMac.com" - a store house of information on every Mac ever made. Rick R =========================================== --- Philip J Robar wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Chris wrote: > > > Also I'm not sure how to set up a Cron job. > > There are a couple of programs that provide GUI > front ends to cron. I > like CronniX. > > Everyone on this list should take a few minutes to > become familiar > with macupdate.com and versiontracker.com > > > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Sat Oct 7 19:55:06 2006 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Sat Oct 7 19:55:16 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Video in Safari Message-ID: <08AAED11-E64A-4F79-BA50-A1A8A1F04D28@earthlink.net> Can anyone tell me why videos such as those on YOUTUBE and certain news websites will NOT play (I get a message about not being able to create a temp file) in Safari but in Firefox the very same ones play immediately? Where does one tweak the plugins? From scott-xlists at scotist.com Sun Oct 8 01:46:48 2006 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Sun Oct 8 01:46:59 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Video in Safari In-Reply-To: <08AAED11-E64A-4F79-BA50-A1A8A1F04D28@earthlink.net> References: <08AAED11-E64A-4F79-BA50-A1A8A1F04D28@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <021F4A97-4D54-469F-B317-193245414349@scotist.com> On Oct 7, 2006, at 7:55 PM, J wrote: > Can anyone tell me why videos such as those on YOUTUBE and certain > news websites will NOT play (I get a message about not being able > to create a temp file) in Safari but in Firefox the very same ones > play immediately? > > Where does one tweak the plugins? That doesn't sound like a plugin problem, but a permissions problem. It might help to have the exact verbatim error message. -- Scott From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Sun Oct 8 05:21:44 2006 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Sun Oct 8 05:22:30 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Video in Safari In-Reply-To: <021F4A97-4D54-469F-B317-193245414349@scotist.com> References: <08AAED11-E64A-4F79-BA50-A1A8A1F04D28@earthlink.net> <021F4A97-4D54-469F-B317-193245414349@scotist.com> Message-ID: <1B17D5FF-35A0-44AA-A878-9A9F8A041706@earthlink.net> Alrighty, thanks and will do when I see it next. I believe it is very close to "Error creating temp file" and was a coding error that was made, not in Safari's favor, since many times playback of videos and sound used to need two sets of code if I recall. On Oct 8, 2006, at 4:46 AM, Scott wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2006, at 7:55 PM, J wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me why videos such as those on YOUTUBE and certain >> news websites will NOT play (I get a message about not being able >> to create a temp file) in Safari but in Firefox the very same ones >> play immediately? >> >> Where does one tweak the plugins? > > That doesn't sound like a plugin problem, but a permissions > problem. It might help to have the exact verbatim error message. > > -- > Scott > From ghadlow at iafrica.com Sun Oct 8 11:06:02 2006 From: ghadlow at iafrica.com (Gen Hadlow Mac Impact Dbn) Date: Sun Oct 8 11:10:30 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Searching problem? In-Reply-To: <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Hi All iBook 1Ghz with 10.4.7 I changed to a larger internal hard drive and now find that if I search for files that I have not opened recently - the search facility will not find them. This also applies to files stored on our server. I have repaired disk permissions, trashed a number of preferences but to no avail. Can anyone help? Gen From alpoulin at cox.net Sun Oct 8 17:29:25 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Sun Oct 8 17:29:36 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Searching problem? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <78ef22e9edb1eb3963f8b571b99ab0ff@cox.net> On Oct 8, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Gen Hadlow Mac Impact Dbn wrote: > Hi All > iBook 1Ghz with 10.4.7 > I changed to a larger internal hard drive and now find that if I > search for > files that I have not opened recently - the search facility will not > find > them. This also applies to files stored on our server. Did you allow a half hour or so, maybe two or three hours or more for Spotlight to index the contents of the hard drive? In System Preferences, check the Spotlight Privacy tab. Is the hard drive set for "Don't look in here"? In the Search Results tab, are the categories you want checked? Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Mon Oct 9 20:35:46 2006 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Mon Oct 9 20:35:54 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Is This List Dead? In-Reply-To: <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> References: <7b7e469606a034bff5e597fa8fcaec55@cox.net> <6EC94247-10E9-458C-867E-B423C414DE97@telusplanet.net> <20061007153534.6966@post.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: On Oct 7, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Chris wrote: > On 7/10/06 W Lane wrote: >> I would not say dead, but rather quiet. > > OK then, I'll try to liven it up :-) > > Can anyone tell me anything about PAM authentication? I don't know much, but this looks like something I ought to find out about. I managed to google up a few interesting items: http://itso.iu.edu/SSH_Back_Door_on_Public_Mac_OS_X_Computers sewpsc.sewp.nasa.gov/documents/ssh_hardening.pdf http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050815135941513 none of these really seems to nail the whole issue down, but it was the best I could find. SR From randy at macattorney.com Mon Oct 9 21:14:42 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Mon Oct 9 21:15:59 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Searching problem? Message-ID: <20061010041552.3C82F2ACC0E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Gen Hadlow Mac Impact Dbn said: >iBook 1Ghz with 10.4.7 >I changed to a larger internal hard drive and now find that if I search for >files that I have not opened recently - the search facility will not find >them. Many folks recommend that if you do a major update of the OS, or make any other sort of major change, that you rebuild the Spotlight database. To do this, Open System Preferences, choose the Spotlight panel, click on the Privacy tab, and drag your main drive's icon into the Privacy window. Now highlight your hard drive's icon within the Privacy window and click on the "-" (that is, the minus button in the Privacy Window). Or you could highlight the hard drive icon in the Privacy window and hit the delete key. This will cause the Spotlight database to be deleted and automatically rebuilt. (You won't be able to use Spotlight while its database is being rebuilt.). After doing this, leave your Mac on (and not asleep) for 24 hours and allow Spotlight to index your entire drive uninterrupted. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) MACINTOSH OS X ROUTINE MAINTENANCE http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 06:59:51 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 07:00:04 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. Message-ID: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. Cheers, Brian From alpoulin at cox.net Wed Oct 11 07:42:18 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Wed Oct 11 07:42:23 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I > have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using > Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. Hello Brian: What icon do you mean? I move some by dragging. Some I can copy and drag. Some show up after downloading software. In Mail, I can make attachment icons appear. When I create a document in word processing, I can save it to the Desktop. But if I drag an icon from the Dock or the Sidebar, it just goes up in smoke. Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Wed Oct 11 07:54:12 2006 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Wed Oct 11 07:54:17 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> Message-ID: <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> Do you mean the Computer (HD) icon? Finder Prefs>General has a place to check that off. You can save things to the desktop, or make an alias wherever the item resides and then move it to the desktop, either for an app or document. On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:42 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > >> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I >> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using >> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. > > Hello Brian: > > What icon do you mean? I move some by dragging. Some I can copy > and drag. Some show up after downloading software. In Mail, I can > make attachment icons appear. When I create a document in word > processing, I can save it to the Desktop. But if I drag an icon > from the Dock or the Sidebar, it just goes up in smoke. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From alpoulin at cox.net Wed Oct 11 08:47:54 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Wed Oct 11 08:48:04 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] E-mail from Desktop G4 to iBook G4 Message-ID: Our QuickSilver G4/733 MHz is running Panther, Mail 1.3.11. This is where we take care of our POP mail with the ISP, cox.net. Occasionally, I want to transfer all mail folders to my iBook G4/1.33 GHz running Tiger, Mail 2.0.2, for a trip. On the iBook, an I simply remove the folder at: (home)>Library>Mail and then replace it with a copy of the folder from the QuickSilver at: (home)>Library>Mail ? Would the names of the "homes" need to be identical? Where the Tiger mail folder has extra items in it, would these be automaticaly regenerated when I start up Mail? These extra items are: Envelope Index MessageRules.plist MessageRules.plist.backup OpenedAttachments.plist Signatures (folder) SmartMailboxes.plist If the above would not work, should I just use File, Import Mailboxes in Tiger Mail? Then, I think I'd have to slowly rearrange the newly arrived folders to replace the old folders. Thanks, Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 09:06:16 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 09:07:41 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> Hi Al, No, I understand all of that. What I am looking for is a desktop icon similar to the Finder sidebar ditto for my computer. If you have a standard folder pane, the upper section lists your computer, network, Mac HD and any other volumes that are mounted, depending on the prefs that are set in the Finder. I just find it irritating that I can't choose to (for example) have a computer icon on the desktop rather than a Mac HD icon and volume icons.. Cheers, Brian On 10/11/06, J wrote: > Do you mean the Computer (HD) icon? Finder Prefs>General has a place > to check that off. > > You can save things to the desktop, or make an alias wherever the > item resides and then move it to the desktop, either for an app or > document. > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:42 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > >> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I > >> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using > >> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. > > > > Hello Brian: > > > > What icon do you mean? I move some by dragging. Some I can copy > > and drag. Some show up after downloading software. In Mail, I can > > make attachment icons appear. When I create a document in word > > processing, I can save it to the Desktop. But if I drag an icon > > from the Dock or the Sidebar, it just goes up in smoke. > > > > Al Poulin > > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > X-Newbies mailing list > > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > > stuff: > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From wilann at telusplanet.net Wed Oct 11 09:21:57 2006 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Wed Oct 11 09:22:19 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> On 06-Oct-11, at 10:06 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Hi Al, > > No, I understand all of that. What I am looking for is a desktop icon > similar to the Finder sidebar ditto for my computer. If you have a > standard folder pane, the upper section lists your computer, network, > Mac HD and any other volumes that are mounted, depending on the prefs > that are set in the Finder. I just find it irritating that I can't > choose to (for example) have a computer icon on the desktop rather > than a Mac HD icon and volume icons.. Ah, a custom icon is what you're looking for. Find the 'icon of choice' (there's tons of sites that offer them for free), download the icon, do a Get Info on it, copy the image from that window, then do Get Info on your HD and paste the chosen icon in. Done. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 09:30:42 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 09:30:50 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> Sorry, not a custom icon, but a real icon. An icon that takes me to the same place from the desktop as happens when I click on the computer icon in the Finder sidepanel. I'm not looking for eye candy, but rather an alternative way to navigate through the file system than is provided with the HD icon. The advantage being that I only have to have one icon for my file system on the desktop and with that I can navigate to any other attached/mounted volumes that I choose, without having the icons spread all over my desktop. Cheers, Brian. On 10/11/06, W Lane wrote: > Ah, a custom icon is what you're looking for. Find the 'icon of > choice' (there's tons of sites that offer them for free), download > the icon, do a Get Info on it, copy the image from that window, then > do Get Info on your HD and paste the chosen icon in. Done. From mliii at earthlink.net Wed Oct 11 09:41:33 2006 From: mliii at earthlink.net (Mike) Date: Wed Oct 11 09:41:38 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: That's easy- you can access a disk, application, file, or folder from another folder or the desktop by creating an alias to it. In the Finder, open a window showing the item. Choose File > Make Alias. If you want, move the alias to a more convenient location. To create an alias for an item and relocate it in one step, press and hold the Command and Option keys while you drag the item's icon to another folder or to the desktop. Be sure to release the mouse before releasing the Command and Option keys. If you want to find the original item of an alias, select the alias and choose File > Show Original. On Oct 11, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Sorry, not a custom icon, but a real icon. An icon that takes me to > the same place from the desktop as happens when I click on the > computer icon in the Finder sidepanel. I'm not looking for eye candy, > but rather an alternative way to navigate through the file system than > is provided with the HD icon. The advantage being that I only have to > have one icon for my file system on the desktop and with that I can > navigate to any other attached/mounted volumes that I choose, without > having the icons spread all over my desktop. > > Cheers, > > Brian. > > On 10/11/06, W Lane wrote: > >> Ah, a custom icon is what you're looking for. Find the 'icon of >> choice' (there's tons of sites that offer them for free), download >> the icon, do a Get Info on it, copy the image from that window, then >> do Get Info on your HD and paste the chosen icon in. Done. > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 09:52:16 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 09:52:29 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610110952t68469220k93ed2f12bcc9c71d@mail.gmail.com> Hi Mike, This still isn't what I need. My concrete problem is that when I mount my (large) Firewire/USB 2 drive, which was formatted when I used Win 2k, I end up with 7 icons on my desktop, one for each formatted volume. I don't want all of those, plus my Mac HD, USB pen drive, CD/DVD, etc. spitting out icons all over my desktop. I want to be able to access one icon, double click, and get a Finder window with all of my volumes listed, just like I can from a Finder sidepane when I press the (name) computer. Cheers, Brian On 10/11/06, Mike wrote: > That's easy- you can access a disk, application, file, or folder from > another folder or the desktop by creating an alias to it. > In the Finder, open a window showing the item. > Choose File > Make Alias. > If you want, move the alias to a more convenient location. > To create an alias for an item and relocate it in one step, press and > hold the Command and Option keys while you drag the item's icon to > another folder or to the desktop. Be sure to release the mouse before > releasing the Command and Option keys. > > If you want to find the original item of an alias, select the alias > and choose File > Show Original. From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Wed Oct 11 10:10:08 2006 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Wed Oct 11 10:10:20 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610110952t68469220k93ed2f12bcc9c71d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090610110952t68469220k93ed2f12bcc9c71d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4FADFE50-3666-4587-B191-87ACDD767F3A@austin.rr.com> On Oct 11, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Hi Mike, > > This still isn't what I need. My concrete problem is that when I mount > my (large) Firewire/USB 2 drive, which was formatted when I used Win > 2k, I end up with 7 icons on my desktop, one for each formatted > volume. I don't want all of those, . . . Isn't that a preference (show mounted volumes on the desktop)? Seems like it is, but I couldn't locate it right away . . . SR From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 10:27:19 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 10:27:32 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <4FADFE50-3666-4587-B191-87ACDD767F3A@austin.rr.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090610110952t68469220k93ed2f12bcc9c71d@mail.gmail.com> <4FADFE50-3666-4587-B191-87ACDD767F3A@austin.rr.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610111027m332e53e1s18183c7cab5d2c64@mail.gmail.com> Hi Steve, Yes there is. Finder --> preferences -> general. Unfortunately, that isn't what I want. I want to keep them away from the desktop, but be able to access them all from a "computer" icon on the desktop. This behavior would be similar to Linux (gconf-editor) where you can choose to have a computer icon on the desktop. Cheers, Brian On 10/11/06, Steven Rogers wrote: > Isn't that a preference (show mounted volumes on the desktop)? Seems > like it is, but I couldn't locate it right away . . . > > SR From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Wed Oct 11 11:35:04 2006 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Wed Oct 11 11:35:15 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610111027m332e53e1s18183c7cab5d2c64@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <823f463127740747d6764db3e037d57e@cox.net> <2F50EB3E-6A9F-4963-8CB3-6F8F5A286407@earthlink.net> <2552fa090610110906j650a8a54r1fc763f9bd744348@mail.gmail.com> <469E9DBA-8E78-4545-9138-04F4C8FBEC75@telusplanet.net> <2552fa090610110930o625caef3wc4a11a1f83d57f68@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090610110952t68469220k93ed2f12bcc9c71d@mail.gmail.com> <4FADFE50-3666-4587-B191-87ACDD767F3A@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111027m332e53e1s18183c7cab5d2c64@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <35860120-B9DA-4455-8281-664FCF9F4BDF@austin.rr.com> On Oct 11, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Yes there is. Finder --> preferences -> general. Unfortunately, that > isn't what I want. I want to keep them away from the desktop, but be > able to access them all from a "computer" icon on the desktop. This > behavior would be similar to Linux (gconf-editor) where you can > choose to have a computer icon on the desktop. When you open the main volume, they show up in the volumes section of the finder toolbar area on the left. That seems pretty close to double-click desktop icon, select volume => explore. SR From caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us Wed Oct 11 11:56:01 2006 From: caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us (C. Aranzazu) Date: Wed Oct 11 11:57:08 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I understand what you mean by computer icon. as in the upper most level you can navigate to where you see all your mounted drives and network icon... as far as i know there is no way to do have that icon on your desktop. >Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I >have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using >Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. -- From C.A. Aranzazu This message has been scanned for virus detection by the Union City School's email system. Un-cleanable attachments have been deleted and the sender notified. From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Wed Oct 11 12:21:03 2006 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Wed Oct 11 12:21:15 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:56 PM, C. Aranzazu wrote: > I understand what you mean by computer icon. as in the upper most > level you can navigate to where you see all your mounted drives and > network icon... as far as i know there is no way to do have that > icon on your desktop. > >> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I >> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using >> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. Yeah - it won't let me make aliases of those things. Its pretty close to what you get if you do Go => Computer from the finder menu. But I can't get it to make aliases of those top level items in the desktop. If you could alias that, it would be pretty close to double-click a "Computer" icon. As it is, you have to do an extra step to get there. SR From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 14:06:38 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 11 14:06:46 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> OK, thanks. It is weird that Apple somehow could leave this and virtual desktops when OS X is based on BSD and both are found in Linux as well. Apple first plans to implement virtual desktops in Leopard, but that is a step too far for me as I still want my Classic. Cheers, Brian On 10/11/06, Steven Rogers wrote: > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:56 PM, C. Aranzazu wrote: > > > I understand what you mean by computer icon. as in the upper most > > level you can navigate to where you see all your mounted drives and > > network icon... as far as i know there is no way to do have that > > icon on your desktop. > > > >> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I > >> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using > >> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. > > Yeah - it won't let me make aliases of those things. Its pretty close > to what you get if you do Go => Computer from the finder menu. But I > can't get it to make aliases of those top level items in the desktop. > If you could alias that, it would be pretty close to double-click a > "Computer" icon. As it is, you have to do an extra step to get there. > > SR From abob11 at cox.net Wed Oct 11 16:49:20 2006 From: abob11 at cox.net (Ed T) Date: Wed Oct 11 16:49:31 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> Message-ID: while in finder / desktop ... command and pg up as an alternate to Go=>Computer. But still not what you want On Oct 11, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Steven Rogers wrote: > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:56 PM, C. Aranzazu wrote: > >> I understand what you mean by computer icon. as in the upper most >> level you can navigate to where you see all your mounted drives >> and network icon... as far as i know there is no way to do have >> that icon on your desktop. >> >>> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I >>> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using >>> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. > > Yeah - it won't let me make aliases of those things. Its pretty > close to what you get if you do Go => Computer from the finder > menu. But I can't get it to make aliases of those top level items > in the desktop. If you could alias that, it would be pretty close > to double-click a "Computer" icon. As it is, you have to do an > extra step to get there. > > SR > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From alpoulin at cox.net Wed Oct 11 17:24:18 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Wed Oct 11 17:24:27 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Home Folder Name Message-ID: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> Hello all: It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the Users folder. Is this safe to do? Or would this cause problems with passwords or in networking with other Macs? Al Poulin From scott-xlists at scotist.com Wed Oct 11 19:09:32 2006 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Wed Oct 11 19:09:40 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Home Folder Name In-Reply-To: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> References: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> Message-ID: This would cause you to think you lost all of your files. It's generally not a good idea. If you really, really need to do so, you'll need to follow the steps in this article (40 steps, 3 footnotes). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 -- Scott On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > Hello all: > > It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the > Users folder. Is this safe to do? Or would this cause problems > with passwords or in networking with other Macs? > > Al Poulin > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From scott-xlists at scotist.com Wed Oct 11 19:14:52 2006 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Wed Oct 11 19:15:13 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > OK, thanks. It is weird that Apple somehow could leave this and > virtual desktops when OS X is based on BSD and both are found in Linux > as well. Apple first plans to implement virtual desktops in Leopard, > but that is a step too far for me as I still want my Classic. Wow. Lots of incorrect assumptions in this thread. You can roll your own "Computer" icon on the desktop - it'll take a bit of scripting. Open /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor, and paste in the following script. Save it on the desktop with the name "computer", in the save dialog set the type to 'application', check the 'run only' box and uncheck the 'startup screen' box. I am assuming that in this case, you want the finder sidebar closed, because the volumes listed therein are redundant in the Finder's "Computer" view. If you still want the sidebar, try it without the "set sidebar" line. You can also change the icon to something more appropriate. There's a set including a decent G5 icon here - http://www.mbstuart.com/ nonflash/icons.php . If this works, please send two cookies and a beer via paypal. -- Scott Buntin -- ----------------------- tell application "Finder" activate make new Finder window set target of Finder window 1 to computer container set sidebar width of Finder window 1 to 0 set toolbar visible of Finder window 1 to true end tell -- ----------------------- From alpoulin at cox.net Wed Oct 11 19:26:22 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Wed Oct 11 19:26:26 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Home Folder Name In-Reply-To: References: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> Message-ID: Wow, Scott, thanks, glad I asked. I really do not need to do this. Al Poulin On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Scott wrote: > This would cause you to think you lost all of your files. > > It's generally not a good idea. If you really, really need to do so, > you'll need to follow the steps in this article (40 steps, 3 > footnotes). > > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 > > -- > Scott > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > >> Hello all: >> >> It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the Users >> folder. Is this safe to do? Or would this cause problems with >> passwords or in networking with other Macs? >> >> Al Poulin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X-Newbies mailing list >> X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From scott-xlists at scotist.com Wed Oct 11 19:42:29 2006 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Wed Oct 11 19:42:37 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Home Folder Name In-Reply-To: References: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> Message-ID: Glad I caught you in time. :) I learned the hard way that talking someone through fixing this is *not* fun. -- Scott On Oct 11, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > Wow, Scott, thanks, glad I asked. I really do not need to do this. > > Al Poulin > > On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Scott wrote: > >> This would cause you to think you lost all of your files. >> >> It's generally not a good idea. If you really, really need to do >> so, you'll need to follow the steps in this article (40 steps, 3 >> footnotes). >> >> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 >> >> -- >> Scott >> >> On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Al Poulin wrote: >> >>> Hello all: >>> >>> It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the >>> Users folder. Is this safe to do? Or would this cause problems >>> with passwords or in networking with other Macs? >>> >>> Al Poulin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> X-Newbies mailing list >>> X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies >>> >>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and >>> random stuff: >>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X-Newbies mailing list >> X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From wilann at telusplanet.net Wed Oct 11 20:55:35 2006 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Wed Oct 11 20:56:05 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Home Folder Name In-Reply-To: References: <64c412e88236ccd7a8b785fc9a112194@cox.net> Message-ID: <69603B76-5568-4FA1-BBC4-A5EA4C6E1D7C@telusplanet.net> On 06-Oct-11, at 8:09 PM, Scott wrote: > This would cause you to think you lost all of your files. > > It's generally not a good idea. If you really, really need to do > so, you'll need to follow the steps in this article (40 steps, 3 > footnotes). > > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824 Or, go here and download Mr Frakes software http://homepage.mac.com/frakes/MOSXPT/content/shortusername.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Oct 12 02:37:25 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Oct 12 02:37:28 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610120237r71f73eddo4c73e8387115d9b0@mail.gmail.com> Many thanks Scott :-)) That works like a charm and makes my desktop really cool and clean. Any suggestions for a good AppleScript learning resource? I would like to learn about AppleScript. Cheers, Brian On 10/12/06, Scott wrote: > > Wow. Lots of incorrect assumptions in this thread. You can roll your > own "Computer" icon on the desktop - it'll take a bit of scripting. > > Open /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor, and paste in the > following script. Save it on the desktop with the name "computer", in > the save dialog set the type to 'application', check the 'run only' > box and uncheck the 'startup screen' box. > > I am assuming that in this case, you want the finder sidebar > closed, because the volumes listed therein are redundant in the > Finder's "Computer" view. If you still want the sidebar, try it > without the "set sidebar" line. > > You can also change the icon to something more appropriate. There's a > set including a decent G5 icon here - http://www.mbstuart.com/ > nonflash/icons.php . > > > If this works, please send two cookies and a beer via paypal. > > -- > Scott Buntin > > > -- ----------------------- > tell application "Finder" > activate > make new Finder window > set target of Finder window 1 to computer container > set sidebar width of Finder window 1 to 0 > set toolbar visible of Finder window 1 to true > end tell > -- ----------------------- From popreedy at comcast.net Thu Oct 12 06:01:29 2006 From: popreedy at comcast.net (Raymond P Reedy) Date: Thu Oct 12 06:01:38 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Computer Icon on Desktop In-Reply-To: <20061012020945.0063D2BA49D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061012020945.0063D2BA49D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <503D0480-6EC2-480E-B687-3D76CB7712BA@comcast.net> >> >>> Anyone know of a way to add a computer icon to the OS X desktop? I >>> have checked both Finder and System prefs with no luck. I am using >>> Tiger 10.4.8 on a G5 single. > > Yeah - it won't let me make aliases of those things. Its pretty close > to what you get if you do Go => Computer from the finder menu. But I > can't get it to make aliases of those top level items in the desktop. > If you could alias that, it would be pretty close to double-click a > "Computer" icon. As it is, you have to do an extra step to get there. I am able to make aliases of these icons... 1. In Finder Preferences check all of the 'Show these items' 2. On the desktop create a new folder. Call it Drives, or anything you want. 3. Do a CMD-L on each of the drives that you want to include. 4. Drag each of these aliases into your new 'Drives' folder. 5. Then uncheck the items in Finder Preferences. That leaves your 'Drives' folder. 6. Find a good looking icon to copy over the generic 'Drives' folder icon. Ray Raymond P Reedy popreedy@comcast.net From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Oct 12 09:45:27 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Oct 12 09:52:34 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610120945y6c6830dbl49d13dea88ce3191@mail.gmail.com> Hi Scott, I tried the same on my daughter's computer, but I want to keep the sidebar. Removing the line "set sidebar" doesn't help. Cheers, Brian On 10/12/06, Scott wrote: > -- ----------------------- > tell application "Finder" > activate > make new Finder window > set target of Finder window 1 to computer container > set sidebar width of Finder window 1 to 0 > set toolbar visible of Finder window 1 to true > end tell > -- ----------------------- > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061012/b2892989/attachment.html From scott-xlists at scotist.com Thu Oct 12 10:39:54 2006 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Thu Oct 12 10:40:04 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610120945y6c6830dbl49d13dea88ce3191@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090610120945y6c6830dbl49d13dea88ce3191@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7FDB8673-DB1A-4C2E-8351-33412A7068CC@scotist.com> It works on mine without the sidebar line, but only if I haven't already opened a 'computer' window with a width of 0 -if I have already done so, it uses that existing width as the new default. You can fix it by manually opening the sidebar of a computer window, then running the script again (without the sidebar line), or changing the sidebar width in the script to something larger. My MacBook defaults to 147. S On Oct 12, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Hi Scott, I tried the same on my daughter's computer, but I want to > keep the sidebar. Removing the line "set sidebar" doesn't help. > > Cheers, > > Brian > > On 10/12/06, Scott wrote: > -- ----------------------- > tell application "Finder" > activate > make new Finder window > set target of Finder window 1 to computer container > set sidebar width of Finder window 1 to 0 > set toolbar visible of Finder window 1 to true > end tell > -- ----------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Oct 12 14:24:36 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Oct 12 14:24:44 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Computer icon on desktop. In-Reply-To: <7FDB8673-DB1A-4C2E-8351-33412A7068CC@scotist.com> References: <2552fa090610110659p65d2bffjdfe67b517ef3fe09@mail.gmail.com> <73C28DA1-D0DA-4FAA-AA25-54B0DF875ACF@austin.rr.com> <2552fa090610111406j2aae11b2h2794df4a8b7aa240@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090610120945y6c6830dbl49d13dea88ce3191@mail.gmail.com> <7FDB8673-DB1A-4C2E-8351-33412A7068CC@scotist.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610121424l26b2f592ye18edc7ddfbf00cd@mail.gmail.com> Thanks Scott. That did it. All the best, Brian On 10/12/06, Scott wrote: > It works on mine without the sidebar line, but only if I haven't > already opened a 'computer' window with a width of 0 -if I have > already done so, it uses that existing width as the new default. > > You can fix it by manually opening the sidebar of a computer window, > then running the script again (without the sidebar line), or > changing the sidebar width in the script to something larger. My > MacBook defaults to 147. 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Subject: [X-Newbies] To moderator : Message length Hello I have a message "waiting for approval" because it is 11 k Can you allow bigger messages Best Cyril ----------------------------------------------------------- My Mail is filtered by Personal Antispam. Join the Independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra forum (Q.L.S.O.) for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda _______________________________________________ X-Newbies mailing list X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 From laronoff at fuse.net Tue Oct 17 12:40:31 2006 From: laronoff at fuse.net (Leah Aronoff) Date: Tue Oct 17 12:40:29 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] To moderator : Message length In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <18e2cacba25998cf4e62aef9ad1f1569@fuse.net> > > I have a message "waiting for approval" because it is 11 k > > > Can you allow bigger messages ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ > My answer: probably Leah From chasm at mac.com Wed Oct 18 19:26:51 2006 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Wed Oct 18 19:27:00 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Home Folder Name In-Reply-To: <20061012020945.2AB252BA49E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061012020945.2AB252BA49E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > From: Al Poulin > > It appears that I can change the name of my home folder in the Users > folder. Is this safe to do? Or would this cause problems with > passwords or in networking with other Macs? Let me put it this way, Al -- we make A LOT of money at our Mac repair shop straightening the damage out when people do this. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MUST YOU ***EVER*** CHANGE THE NAME OF YOUR HOME FOLDER!!! It is a HUGE flaw that Apple lets (admin) users do this. It WILL cause BIG problems with both directory structure and bootability even if you only "change it right back." The procedure to actually change your "short user name" (which is what you are doing when you rename your Home folder) is incredibly complicated and UNIX-y. Luckily someone wrote a simple Applescript that does the work for you and works VERY well. You can find it, called ChangeShortUserName, at macupdate.com. If you MUST change your short user name, that is the ONLY way I can recommend. Cheers Chas ps. sorry this is such a late reply, Al ... two near-simultaneous deaths in the family have me catching up. From randy at macattorney.com Thu Oct 19 10:15:44 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Thu Oct 19 13:06:35 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Home Folder Name Message-ID: <20061019171725.66F252F5A30@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Charles Martin said: >You can find it, called ChangeShortUserName, at macupdate.com. If you >MUST change your short user name, that is the ONLY way I can recommend. You can download ChangeShortName from: http://homepage.mac.com/frakes/MOSXPT/content/shortusername.html Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net Sun Oct 22 11:36:04 2006 From: r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net (Richard Ramsowr) Date: Sun Oct 22 11:36:07 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution... Message-ID: <20061022183604.86844.qmail@web81401.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Morning All... I?m looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution what will run iWorks, NeoOffice and Tiger. I need one for sales presentations using iWorks 6 (KeyNote), NeoOffice and hopefully Tiger. Under line bargain-basement - a year or so from now I go in the local Apple Store and buy the latest commercial laptop that Apple?s offering - but right now with a startup business money is hard to find. I could use some good input please and Thanks Rick R From randy at macattorney.com Sun Oct 22 12:00:01 2006 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Sun Oct 22 12:01:59 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution... Message-ID: <20061022190153.B8C3C30ED7C@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Richard Ramsowr said: >I?m looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution >what will run iWorks, NeoOffice and Tiger. I need one >for sales presentations using iWorks 6 (KeyNote), >NeoOffice and hopefully Tiger. ... >I could use some good input please and Thanks Okay, you need to be able to run OS X to run iWorks and Tiger. You should be able to run OS X just fine on any Mac that has at least a 400Mhz G3 PowerPC processor. You can run Tiger if you purchase it and then send in the disks to Apple and exchange the DVD disk for CD-ROM disks. Have a look at: http://www.baucomcomputers.com/ There are a couple of very inexpensive used laptops that fill the bill. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From philip.robar at gmail.com Sun Oct 22 14:56:04 2006 From: philip.robar at gmail.com (Philip J Robar) Date: Sun Oct 22 14:56:14 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution... In-Reply-To: <20061022183604.86844.qmail@web81401.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061022183604.86844.qmail@web81401.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <486E61CE-1933-453B-8FC5-3FF87CF4E6E2@gmail.com> On Oct 22, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: > I'm looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution > what will run iWorks, NeoOffice and Tiger. OWC, a.k.a. http://www.macsales.com recently advertised iBooks in the $200 range. Phil -- "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it." -- Edward R. Murrow From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Mon Oct 23 09:09:08 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Mon Oct 23 14:52:31 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Transfering a radio program on tape to MP3 file for web site. Message-ID: <2552fa090610230909n5faeec9boa325b9f32811a346@mail.gmail.com> I have a radio program that I made for Danish Radio about 12 years ago that I would like to put on a personal web site of mine. What is the easiest way to transfer from a pro style Walkman to my G5? Do I need special cables, etc? Cheers, Brian From alpoulin at cox.net Mon Oct 23 15:00:33 2006 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Mon Oct 23 15:00:42 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Transfering a radio program on tape to MP3 file for web site. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610230909n5faeec9boa325b9f32811a346@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610230909n5faeec9boa325b9f32811a346@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 23, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > I have a radio program that I made for Danish Radio about 12 years ago > that I would like to put on a personal web site of mine. What is the > easiest way to transfer from a pro style Walkman to my G5? Do I need > special cables, etc? I cannot answer the question. But it begs another one; does Danish Radio reserve the copyright? Al Poulin From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Oct 24 07:28:13 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Oct 24 07:28:54 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Transfering a radio program on tape to MP3 file for web site. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610230909n5faeec9boa325b9f32811a346@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610240728o466322e2x81ac6debfea22728@mail.gmail.com> The jury is still out on that. Brian On 10/24/06, Al Poulin wrote: > On Oct 23, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I have a radio program that I made for Danish Radio about 12 years ago > > that I would like to put on a personal web site of mine. What is the > > easiest way to transfer from a pro style Walkman to my G5? Do I need > > special cables, etc? > > I cannot answer the question. But it begs another one; does Danish > Radio reserve the copyright? > > Al Poulin > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Oct 24 07:31:13 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Oct 24 07:31:30 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] X11 on MacBook. Message-ID: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> My daughter just got a MacBook a few days ago and I thought that I would install X11 and Fink on her computer. To my surprise, there have been some changes since I installed ditto on my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1). Firstly, I noticed that XDarwin is installed rather than a vanilla X11, so I decided to play it cautiously and install Fink and Gedit to see how that would work. After install, which seemed to be a little on the slow side, I fired up Gedit and to my suprise, I got a whole bunch of greenish windows (including one with an analog clock!) and Gedit. Gedit seems to work fine, but I am wondering where all of these windows came from. Is this part of what Fink installs with the various libs that Gedit needs or is this something with XDarwin? How do you manage or get rid of all of these windows? Does Fink now need a window manager to run with the installed packages or is this some sort of XDarwin quirk? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Brian From philip.robar at gmail.com Tue Oct 24 12:46:44 2006 From: philip.robar at gmail.com (Philip J Robar) Date: Tue Oct 24 12:46:57 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] X11 on MacBook. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 24, 2006, at 7:31 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > My daughter just got a MacBook a few days ago and I thought that I > would install X11 and Fink on her computer. Why install Fink, an alternate GNU environment which overlays or interferes with the OS X's UNIX depending on your perspective, when you could use Darwin Ports, which leverages OS X's native BSD/Unix environment? Phil From wingedpower at gmail.com Tue Oct 24 12:51:40 2006 From: wingedpower at gmail.com (Wing Wong) Date: Tue Oct 24 12:51:45 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] X11 on MacBook. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7097bd8c0610241251wa91d0dev48ba4b2265ffc7e@mail.gmail.com> All of the green windows are potentially the other auto-started apps listed in your .xinitrc file. Haven't played with X11 on MacOSX in the last few months, so it isn't fresh on my mind, but I'd look there first. ~/.xinitrc ~/.xserver Depends on how the installation mechanism lays out the files. Congratz on the Macbook, though. :) I'm still at the ibook level. ^_- Wing. -- Wing Wong wingedpower@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061024/786a2a21/attachment.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Oct 25 03:36:59 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Oct 25 03:43:34 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] X11 on MacBook. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090610240731w7ce162f1s19da3d2d380ea44f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090610250336o302994b0j58bc1516a017f77e@mail.gmail.com> Hi Phillip, I don't really know anything about Darwin Ports. As far as I understand, this is a question of whether to use .rpm or .deb based packaging for the BSD base that OS X is built on? Tell me more. This would be of benefit for the list at large. Cheers, Brian On 10/24/06, Philip J Robar wrote: > > On Oct 24, 2006, at 7:31 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > My daughter just got a MacBook a few days ago and I thought that I > > would install X11 and Fink on her computer. > > Why install Fink, an alternate GNU environment which overlays or > interferes with the OS X's UNIX depending on your perspective, when > you could use Darwin Ports, which leverages OS X's native BSD/Unix > environment? From k.j.riley at hud.ac.uk Wed Oct 25 08:29:16 2006 From: k.j.riley at hud.ac.uk (Kevin Riley) Date: Wed Oct 25 08:32:38 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Can't boot from CD Message-ID: <9AFDB5D3109B334B993A4313914FFDF104B56E73@maggie.AD.HUD.AC.UK> Hi, I am having a problem with my macbook in that I cannot seem to boot from CD anymore...I insert the CD, hold down C and OSX boots up. If I hold down the alt key to get the boot selection screen with a CD in the drive I just get the OSX and Windows partitions to boot from. If I have a CD in and select the startup disk utility, again, I just get the two partitions OSX and Windows... Help please! Kevin Riley "Some people are like Slinkies. They're really good for nothing; however, they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061025/79cd1455/attachment.html From winter at mac.com Wed Oct 25 08:54:56 2006 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Wed Oct 25 08:54:48 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Can't boot from CD In-Reply-To: <9AFDB5D3109B334B993A4313914FFDF104B56E73@maggie.AD.HUD.AC.UK> References: <9AFDB5D3109B334B993A4313914FFDF104B56E73@maggie.AD.HUD.AC.UK> Message-ID: On Oct 25, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Kevin Riley wrote: > I am having a problem with my macbook in that I cannot seem to boot > from CD anymore?I insert the CD, hold down C and OSX boots up. If I > hold down the alt key to get the boot selection screen with a CD in > the drive I just get the OSX and Windows partitions to boot from. > If I have a CD in and select the startup disk utility, again, I > just get the two partitions OSX and Windows? It appears your CD is not being recognized as being able to boot your computer. A couple possibilities: The CD is damaged. Does it show up in the Finder when inserted? The OS on the CD is too old to boot your computer. Don't Macbooks come with a boot DVD? I don't know that any of the OS's that came on CD are current enough to run a Macbook. Are you using a disk that came with the Macbook? -Mike From chasm at mac.com Wed Oct 25 19:52:23 2006 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Wed Oct 25 19:52:33 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution... In-Reply-To: <20061023215234.0ECB631C3B0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061023215234.0ECB631C3B0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <8808729B-9AE2-40E3-BB37-A6D23256593D@mac.com> > From: Richard Ramsowr > > I?m looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution > what will run iWorks, NeoOffice and Tiger. I need one > for sales presentations using iWorks 6 (KeyNote), > NeoOffice and hopefully Tiger. Given these requirements, you have only two options: an iBook or Powerbook G4 with at least a combo drive (iWork 06 requires a G4, and Tiger and NeoOffice both run better with a G4). In addition, I would STRONGLY recommend getting as much RAM as possible. 1GB or better should do nicely. Given that the 14-inch iBook G4 with Superdrive is selling on Apple's refurb page for $999, I would think that they might offer a 12-inch G4 combo for quite a bit less, making them very attractive now. Of course you'll have to wait till they come available on Apple's page, or visit one of the many reputable online Mac dealers like Small Dog, OWC, Megamacs et al to see if any of them have a good deal. Make sure Tiger and iLife 06 are part of the deal. I no longer recommend Ebay for this type of thing, but if you're feeling lucky you may pick up a great deal that way as well. I think if you can find say $800-900, you could get a great G4 iBook (I really loved mine) and max it out with RAM. Killer presentation machine. Cheers Chas From chasm at mac.com Wed Oct 25 19:57:45 2006 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Wed Oct 25 19:57:52 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Transfering a radio program on tape to MP3 file for web site. In-Reply-To: <20061023215234.0ECB631C3B0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061023215234.0ECB631C3B0@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <8E325B2E-0E81-4031-8354-E4A7F0683E26@mac.com> > From: "Brian Durant" > > I have a radio program that I made for Danish Radio about 12 years ago > that I would like to put on a personal web site of mine. What is the > easiest way to transfer from a pro style Walkman to my G5? Do I need > special cables, etc? You need an iMic (about $40US from Griffin Technology, http:// www.griffintechnology.com). You'll also need a sound editor that can fix the "hiss" of the tape, edit and so on. I'd suggest Amadeus 2 ($35), though I haven't yet used Fission ($17) from Rogue Amoeba and it looks really promising too. iTunes or Amadeus can convert the file to MP3 or Quicktime hinted MOV format (much better for web site -- streaming listening instead of having to download the entire file first!). Cheers Chas From tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au Wed Oct 25 22:11:57 2006 From: tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au (Tony Johansen) Date: Wed Oct 25 22:12:06 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution... In-Reply-To: <8808729B-9AE2-40E3-BB37-A6D23256593D@mac.com> Message-ID: On 26/10/2006 12:52 PM, "Charles Martin" wrote: >> From: Richard Ramsowr >> >> I?m looking for a bargain-basement laptop solution >> what will run iWorks, NeoOffice and Tiger. > > Given these requirements, you have only two options: an iBook or > Powerbook G4 with at least a combo drive (iWork 06 requires a G4, and > Tiger and NeoOffice both run better with a G4). I no longer recommend Ebay for this type of thing, but if you're > feeling lucky you may pick up a great deal that way as well. > > I think if you can find say $800-900, you could get a great G4 iBook > (I really loved mine) and max it out with RAM. Killer presentation > machine. I second the notion of trying discount chains. One here in Australia has been selling new G4 iBook stock for 1100 Australian dollars which is equal to 768 US dollars. Normally I myself would try eBay, as my experience has been good (I bought a G3 iBook with a brand new battery in it for AU$500 (US$349) and am very happy with it). Unfortunately so far, it seems, the prices of used laptops hasn't fallen as much in relative terms as the cost of new computers, so the savings are not so great for used notebooks now compared to a year ago, especially when factoring the discounts on new pre-intel stock. Tony http://www.tonyjohansen.com A Life Of Art From deetya at cbn.net.id Thu Oct 26 05:12:58 2006 From: deetya at cbn.net.id (Aldo Johnson) Date: Thu Oct 26 05:13:46 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Can't surf w/ Safari, IE, Only w/ Firefox In-Reply-To: References: <9AFDB5D3109B334B993A4313914FFDF104B56E73@maggie.AD.HUD.AC.UK> Message-ID: <6AD7676D-12B0-402A-8751-9EA67CFD0FBE@cbn.net.id> Howdy all, I have an interesting problem here. I'm on a trial basis with Diginet (digi.net.id) here in Asia. It is basically a CDMA based service, where you can connect the internet using the CDMA network. The trouble is this; if I use my ISP's web proxy, I can d/l e-mail just fine, but I can only surf using Firefox. If I try IE, it would come back with "A Connection Failure has occurred" With Safari, it's "Safari can't connect to the server" I asked the CDMA network provider (who is not my ISP), and they said it's because Firefox has a cache Huh??!! What the....? If I don't use my ISP's web proxy, then I can connect, but at a slower pace. So, you get the idea. How come I can only surf using Firefox, but not IE or Safari? Can anyone give me a pointer or something? Thanks in advance. Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. --John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20061026/8e538085/attachment.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Oct 26 08:24:59 2006 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Oct 26 08:31:39 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Can't surf w/ Safari, IE, Only w/ Firefox In-Reply-To: <6AD7676D-12B0-402A-8751-9EA67CFD0FBE@cbn.net.id> References: <9AFDB5D3109B334B993A4313914FFDF104B56E73@maggie.AD.HUD.AC.UK> <6AD7676D-12B0-402A-8751-9EA67CFD0FBE@cbn.net.id> Message-ID: <2552fa090610260824s2f2bbef5l88347a66b8642168@mail.gmail.com> Selamat sore Aldo, I can't help you with your concrete problem as I am not familiar with CDMA. It looks to be some sort of wireless technology? Anyway, what I can tell you is that I lived in Indonesia for four years and that no matter what you have, your mileage may vary. My experience has been that CBN was the best while I was there, but there were a lot of ups and downs. When things weren't working so well, I almost always got the excuse that it had to do with the node from which Indonesia is connected to the Internet. I can at least confirm that web sites to and from (in or outside) of Indonesia are often slow to load. My suspicion is that most if not all ISP's try to connect too many users to under dimensioned servers. While I can't help you with your concrete problem, I can advise you to go with a reliable ISP as you will usually get better service and a better connection. Sometimes it also depends on where you are located (in Jakarta) i.e. in Kemang, down on Jalan Jaksa, Gaja Mada, Kota, etc. Cheers, Brian On 10/26/06, Aldo Johnson wrote: > Howdy all, From jorgedaniel at mac.com Sat Oct 28 06:18:14 2006 From: jorgedaniel at mac.com (Jorge Parada) Date: Sat Oct 28 06:18:13 2006 Subject: [X-Newbies] Englis-Spanish Message-ID: Is anyone familiar with an English-Spanish, Spanish to English dictionary for Mac OS X? Jorge D. 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