From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 2 07:18:43 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 2 07:18:47 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Unable to save messages in Mail.app. Message-ID: <2552fa090701020718q2babf7ob234fe4e7e2c622f@mail.gmail.com> Happy New Year to all. My first problem of the new year is that on my newly installed Tiger system (clean install), I keep getting an error message from Mail.app saying: "Error: The message could not be saved" Is this a known issue? All of my e-mail accounts are IMAP and I am using Mail.app Version 2.1 (752/752.2) with OS X 10.4.8. I don't remember this happening with Mail.app and my old install of Tiger. Cheers, Brian From wilann at telusplanet.net Tue Jan 2 07:30:41 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Tue Jan 2 07:31:03 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Unable to save messages in Mail.app. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701020718q2babf7ob234fe4e7e2c622f@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701020718q2babf7ob234fe4e7e2c622f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6CE7FFF6-C626-4313-B248-112349D101D3@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-2, at 8:18 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Happy New Year to all. So far, so good. > > My first problem of the new year is that on my newly installed Tiger > system (clean install), I keep getting an error message from Mail.app > saying: > > "Error: The message could not be saved" This article may shed some light http://www.inertramblings.com/2006/03/09/mailapp-and-courier-imap-the- message-could-not-be-saved/ From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 07:15:42 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Jan 3 07:15:52 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Unable to save messages in Mail.app. In-Reply-To: <6CE7FFF6-C626-4313-B248-112349D101D3@telusplanet.net> References: <2552fa090701020718q2babf7ob234fe4e7e2c622f@mail.gmail.com> <6CE7FFF6-C626-4313-B248-112349D101D3@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701030715y28ae181csd2f1867d05ca0354@mail.gmail.com> On 1/2/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-2, at 8:18 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Happy New Year to all. > > So far, so good. > > > > > My first problem of the new year is that on my newly installed Tiger > > system (clean install), I keep getting an error message from Mail.app > > saying: > > > > "Error: The message could not be saved" > > This article may shed some light > > > http://www.inertramblings.com/2006/03/09/mailapp-and-courier-imap-the- > message-could-not-be-saved/ It seems to be working now, thanks. Brian From greenrw at shaw.ca Wed Jan 3 15:58:42 2007 From: greenrw at shaw.ca (Robert Green) Date: Wed Jan 3 15:58:48 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive In-Reply-To: <20061230210824.B189A6CA3BC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20061230210824.B189A6CA3BC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <65491CD4-FB3F-430B-9B79-96887E1E27BD@shaw.ca> Thanks John. I looked at the article and it appears that I could boot from it but the article doesn't give some details. The article says that a USB drive can be used to start my G4 from and can hold a system folder to do this but it doesn't give details on how to install the folder and then start from it. I want to start form my Western Digital 250 gb usb drive in order to defragement the main drive using idefrag. Any suggestions? On 30-Dec-06, at 2:04 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote: > John McGibney said: > >> 1. Macs aren't bootable from USB drives. > > > That is a common misconception. Several Macs were able to boot > from USB > drives under OS 9. > > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58430 > > And all Intel-based Macs can boot from USB drives. > > http://rentzsch.com/tidbits/intelbasedMacBootIncompatibility > > > > > > Randy B. Singer > > Co-Author of: > The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) > > OS X Routine Maintenance > http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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 randy at macattorney.com Wed Jan 3 17:47:16 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Wed Jan 3 17:51:41 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] New external hard drive Message-ID: <20070104015134.2433D6F84FE@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Robert Green said: >Thanks John. I looked at the article and it appears that I could boot >from it but the article doesn't give some details. The article says >that a USB drive can be used to start my G4 from and can hold a >system folder to do this but it doesn't give details on how to >install the folder and then start from it. I want to start form my >Western Digital 250 gb usb drive in order to defragement the main >drive using idefrag. Any suggestions? If you want your external USB drive to be a startup drive for your G4, and assuming that your G4 is one of the models that will boot from a USB drive and which can boot into OS 9, and that you have a USB drive that has the specs to do it, you will have to install OS 9 on the drive, and the boot driver for OS 9. Installing OS 9 is easy. You install it as you would for any Mac or other drive. Installing the OS 9 boot driver requires that you reformat (and completely erase) the drive with Disk Utility. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75275 . 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 globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 11:40:22 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 4 11:40:31 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. Message-ID: <2552fa090701041140r767ed2b4m5f77fcf643da34fb@mail.gmail.com> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated 2.3 MB to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of it. Any ideas?? Cheers, Brian From robertmacleay at mac.com Thu Jan 4 12:02:15 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Thu Jan 4 12:02:28 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701041140r767ed2b4m5f77fcf643da34fb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the pdf standard was used originally. Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as advertised. It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which will make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically increasing the compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated elements. There may be other things it does as well. Note that the efficiency of this depends on the inefficiency of the program which originally created the document. In practice, I have seen MS Word-created pdfs shrunk to 10% of their original size, and Acrobat-created pdfs shrunk to 99% of their original size. YMMV. Can you supply a link to the guilty document? On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a > social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB > uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf > file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated 2.3 MB > to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both > excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to > strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same > authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of > it. > > Any ideas?? > > Cheers, > > Brian From ncicchek at optonline.net Thu Jan 4 12:40:31 2007 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Thu Jan 4 12:41:00 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <464298D6-5065-49E7-8C96-055825EF9898@optonline.net> versiontracker.com has several pdf utilities. Try this link: John On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the > pdf > standard was used originally. > > Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as > advertised. > It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which > will > make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically > increasing the > compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated > elements. > There may be other things it does as well. > .... > > On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > >> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a >> social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB >> uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf >> file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated >> 2.3 MB >> to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both >> excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to >> strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same >> authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of >> it. >> >> Any ideas?? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 13:06:20 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 4 13:06:29 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090701041140r767ed2b4m5f77fcf643da34fb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701041306l53aea18cy6a323df01769fb5b@mail.gmail.com> Hi Robert, http://www.unido.org/userfiles/PuffK/CorporateSocialResponsibility.pdf On 1/4/07, Robert MacLeay wrote: > Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the pdf > standard was used originally. > > Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as advertised. > It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which will > make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically increasing the > compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated elements. > There may be other things it does as well. > > Note that the efficiency of this depends on the inefficiency of the program > which originally created the document. In practice, I have seen MS > Word-created pdfs shrunk to 10% of their original size, and Acrobat-created > pdfs shrunk to 99% of their original size. YMMV. > > Can you supply a link to the guilty document? > > On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > > > I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a > > social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB > > uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf > > file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated 2.3 MB > > to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both > > excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to > > strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same > > authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of > > it. > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 13:10:21 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 4 13:10:30 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <464298D6-5065-49E7-8C96-055825EF9898@optonline.net> References: <464298D6-5065-49E7-8C96-055825EF9898@optonline.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701041310o64a11cfera775344bb8a5b691@mail.gmail.com> Thanks John, Unfortunately it all looks like it is all shareware. I wasn't planning on buying an app just for one .pdf file. Cheers, Brian On 1/4/07, John McGibney wrote: > versiontracker.com has several pdf utilities. Try this link: > PHPSESSID=df81b8697aebca8abd1209c8999d5a0f&mode=basic&action=search&str= > pdf+compression&srchArea=mac%7Cosx&x=0&y=0> > > John > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > > Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the > > pdf > > standard was used originally. > > > > Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as > > advertised. > > It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which > > will > > make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically > > increasing the > > compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated > > elements. > > There may be other things it does as well. > > .... > > > > On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > > > >> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a > >> social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB > >> uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf > >> file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated > >> 2.3 MB > >> to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both > >> excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to > >> strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same > >> authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of > >> it. > >> > >> Any ideas?? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ncicchek at optonline.net Thu Jan 4 13:27:08 2007 From: ncicchek at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Thu Jan 4 13:27:31 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701041310o64a11cfera775344bb8a5b691@mail.gmail.com> References: <464298D6-5065-49E7-8C96-055825EF9898@optonline.net> <2552fa090701041310o64a11cfera775344bb8a5b691@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0827431A-FE1F-4726-9B37-C51868AB611B@optonline.net> Shareware is try b4 you buy. They should all give you one free try. John On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > Thanks John, > > Unfortunately it all looks like it is all shareware. I wasn't planning > on buying an app just for one .pdf file. > > Cheers, > > Brian The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 13:35:06 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 4 13:35:16 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <0827431A-FE1F-4726-9B37-C51868AB611B@optonline.net> References: <464298D6-5065-49E7-8C96-055825EF9898@optonline.net> <2552fa090701041310o64a11cfera775344bb8a5b691@mail.gmail.com> <0827431A-FE1F-4726-9B37-C51868AB611B@optonline.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701041335g6f30d570qa239b5abbb1aca0c@mail.gmail.com> OK, I'll check them out. Brian On 1/4/07, John McGibney wrote: > Shareware is try b4 you buy. They should all give you one free try. > > John > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Thanks John, > > > > Unfortunately it all looks like it is all shareware. I wasn't planning > > on buying an app just for one .pdf file. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > > The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 robertmacleay at mac.com Thu Jan 4 13:45:30 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Thu Jan 4 13:46:12 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701041306l53aea18cy6a323df01769fb5b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Brian, there may be something else at work here. The file you referenced downloaded to my Mac at a reasonable 472K; I was able to further shrink it to 456K. Both are a lot smaller than what you were trying to post. I will send you my copy of the original, separate from the list, but you might look to your mail settings to check what your mail program is doing to outgoing attachments. On 1/4/07 2:06 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > Hi Robert, > > http://www.unido.org/userfiles/PuffK/CorporateSocialResponsibility.pdf > > On 1/4/07, Robert MacLeay wrote: >> Can you supply a link to the guilty document? >> >> On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: >> >>> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a >>> social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB >>> uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf >>> file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated 2.3 MB >>> to a svelte 1MB? From edjusted at layerblue.net Thu Jan 4 14:04:58 2007 From: edjusted at layerblue.net (ed) Date: Thu Jan 4 14:11:02 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: PDF file compression. In-Reply-To: <20070104212732.552EB7011C7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070104212732.552EB7011C7@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Assuming you have Mac OS X 10.4.x... Not sure if this will get it down to 1mb, but you can try this: 1. Open the PDF with Preview. DO NOT use Acrobat for this. 2. Select "Print" from the File menu. 3. Don't print it, but click on the "PDF" button on the bottom left corner of the Print dialog. Select "Compress PDF". It'll ask you for a file name. Save the file and see how much smaller it is. Good luck! >On 1/4/07, John McGibney wrote: >> versiontracker.com has several pdf utilities. Try this link: >> > PHPSESSID=df81b8697aebca8abd1209c8999d5a0f&mode=basic&action=search&str= >> pdf+compression&srchArea=mac%7Cosx&x=0&y=0> >> >> John >> >> On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: >> >> > Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the >> > pdf >> > standard was used originally. >> > >> > Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as >> > advertised. >> > It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which >> > will >> > make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically >> > increasing the >> > compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated >> > elements. >> > There may be other things it does as well. >> > .... >> > >> > On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: >> > >> >> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a >> >> social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB >> >> uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf >> >> file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated >> >> 2.3 MB >> >> to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both >> >> excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to >> >> strip anything from the .pdf as it then would no longer be the same >> >> authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of >> >> it. >> >> >> >> Any ideas?? >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Brian >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:27:08 -0500 >From: John McGibney >Subject: Re: [X-Newbies] PDF file compression. >To: "A place to novice users Mac OS X." > >Message-ID: <0827431A-FE1F-4726-9B37-C51868AB611B@optonline.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Shareware is try b4 you buy. They should all give you one free try. > >John > >On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > >> Thanks John, >> >> Unfortunately it all looks like it is all shareware. I wasn't planning >> on buying an app just for one .pdf file. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Brian > > >The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. > > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >X-Newbies mailing list >X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > >End of X-Newbies Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2 >**************************************** From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Fri Jan 5 11:44:23 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Jan 5 11:44:27 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. Message-ID: <2552fa090701051144g9a5e471yb35a00dc3faf7f22@mail.gmail.com> I have managed to recover some of my resume files after my hard disk debacle from another source. Unfortunately, they are in .pdf format and I need to be able to convert them into .doc files to preserve as much of the formating as possible. Are there any simple OS X apps that can do this well? I have access to an IBM machine running Win XP, so... if nothing else is available, I could try something (gasp) that runs on XP. I am just looking for a simple, quick and dirty solution that does a good job of preserving formating. Cheers, Brian From randy at macattorney.com Fri Jan 5 12:11:19 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Fri Jan 5 12:15:41 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. Message-ID: <20070105201536.537EA70D15D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Brian Durant said: >I have managed to recover some of my resume files after my hard disk >debacle from another source. Unfortunately, they are in .pdf format >and I need to be able to convert them into .doc files to preserve as >much of the formating as possible. Are there any simple OS X apps that >can do this well? It depends on what you mean by "well". PDF's were never designed to be converted into word processing documents, even if they originated from one. So even the best program for doing the conversion won't be perfect. See: TextLightning http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html PDF2RTFService 1.0 (free) http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/services.html PDFtotext (free, most formatting not retained) http://www.bluem.net/downloads/pdftotext_en OmniPage Pro and the full version of Acrobat will also do it, but I assume that you aren't looking for a solution that is that expensive. 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 robertmacleay at mac.com Fri Jan 5 12:45:14 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Fri Jan 5 12:45:29 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. In-Reply-To: <20070105201536.537EA70D15D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: I have the full version of Acrobat Pro and can assure you, in addition to being expensive, it does a truly mediocre job. As Randy said, PDF files are neither word processing nor page layout documents. They are an elaborate form of printer instructions which only look like they are formatted. Cutting and pasting out of Preview will give you as close a copy as you can reasonably expect. On 1/5/07 1:11 PM, "Randy B.Singer" wrote: > OmniPage Pro and the full version of Acrobat will also do it, but I > assume that you aren't looking for a solution that is that expensive. On 1/5/07 12:44 PM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > I have managed to recover some of my resume files after my hard disk > debacle from another source. Unfortunately, they are in .pdf format > and I need to be able to convert them into .doc files to preserve as > much of the formating as possible. Are there any simple OS X apps that > can do this well? I have access to an IBM machine running Win XP, > so... if nothing else is available, I could try something (gasp) that > runs on XP. > > I am just looking for a simple, quick and dirty solution that does a > good job of preserving formating. From randy at macattorney.com Fri Jan 5 13:13:05 2007 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Fri Jan 5 13:17:25 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. Message-ID: <20070105211719.10FF770DFE5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Robert MacLeay said: >Cutting and pasting out of Preview will give you as close a copy as you can >reasonably expect. Actually, that's not the case. Cut and paste will destroy just about all formatting. TextLightning does a fair job of approximating the fomatting in a PDF document in its conversion to the .DOC format. It is far from perfect, but for the price ($27), it does an admirable job. OmniPage Pro, which costs hundreds of dollars, does an even better job, as it can recognize different, and even complex, zones on the page and it approximates formatting for these. But unless you need a high-end OCR program, OPP costs to much to purchase just for this task. 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 globetrotterdk at gmail.com Fri Jan 5 14:12:01 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Jan 5 14:12:12 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. In-Reply-To: <20070105201536.537EA70D15D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070105201536.537EA70D15D@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701051412x61e6256cwa0430ee7c78ee6ec@mail.gmail.com> Thanks Randy, TextLightning seems to do the best job of .rtf formating from .pdf that I have seen in OS X. There don't seem to be any OS X programs (except maybe OmniPage Pro and the full version of Acrobat) that will convert to .doc format. Cheers, Brian On 1/5/07, Randy B. Singer wrote: > Brian Durant said: > > >I have managed to recover some of my resume files after my hard disk > >debacle from another source. Unfortunately, they are in .pdf format > >and I need to be able to convert them into .doc files to preserve as > >much of the formating as possible. Are there any simple OS X apps that > >can do this well? > > > It depends on what you mean by "well". PDF's were never designed to be > converted into word processing documents, even if they originated from > one. So even the best program for doing the conversion won't be perfect. > > See: > > TextLightning > http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html > > PDF2RTFService 1.0 (free) > http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/services.html > > PDFtotext (free, most formatting not retained) > http://www.bluem.net/downloads/pdftotext_en > > OmniPage Pro and the full version of Acrobat will also do it, but I > assume that you aren't looking for a solution that is that expensive. > > > Randy B. Singer > > Co-Author of: > The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) > > OS X Routine Maintenance > http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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 aamolsch at shentel.net Fri Jan 5 14:30:16 2007 From: aamolsch at shentel.net (aamolsch@shentel.net) Date: Fri Jan 5 14:30:22 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. Message-ID: <200701052230.l05MUFJp032710@hammerhead.shentel.net> Try Trapeze. It'll give you a start, although TextLightning may do a better job. --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Shentel WebMail. http://WebMail.Shentel.Net From clmedler at comcast.net Fri Jan 5 19:51:20 2007 From: clmedler at comcast.net (Charles Medler) Date: Fri Jan 5 19:51:30 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] iMac Firmware update problem Message-ID: I tried to upgrade OS 10.1.x to OS 10.3 on a slot-loading iMac (PowerMac 2.2 @400 MHz, 320MB) BEFORE upgrading the firmware. (Yeah, I know, dumb, but the upgrade instructions are not clear - in fact wrong - you are NOT alerted to do the firmware upgrade if needed). The OS upgrade worked just fine - in fact I looked at a few files on the hard drive after completion and everything looked great. So, I quit for the day (it?s a friends machine). Next day - and every time since, I get a typical kernel panic when attempting to boot. So - here?s where I need help: I?ve attached a firewire drive, loaded and booted from the upgrade disk, clicked on Quit the Installer, then from the menu for selecting a restart, chose the OS 9.2.1 system on the iMac hard disk. This works. I have the firmware update (Firmware Update 4.1.9) downloaded and available on a USB memory stick. I copy the update to the iMac hard disk. I click on the Install Update icon - and OS 9.2.1 sez ?what application should I use to open this file? more or less. Yup - the info file shows that the Install Update file is a ?document? not a Classic App as it is identified by the OS on the system I used for its download (a new iMac running OS 10.4.x). So - what to do? Can I change the ?Kind? of the Update file? Or is there some other updater? etc. etc. From winter at mac.com Fri Jan 5 22:11:55 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Fri Jan 5 22:12:14 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] iMac Firmware update problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <85910256-542F-4EF5-BCE4-0ABDF7B5F606@mac.com> On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Charles Medler wrote: > So - what to do? Can I change the ?Kind? of the Update file? Or is > there some other updater? etc. etc. It sounds like you're doing everything right, based on reading and the instructions linked to it (I think that's the update you're doing) If you have internet access using OS 9, run Software Update in OS 9. I remember it correctly identifying wether the update had been done or not. What bit me was that this firmware update did not show up in Software Update when running OS X, but did if I booted in OS 9. Hopefully Apple still has that update available via that source. If not, download another copy from the "Information and Download" link near the bottom of the page I referenced above and see if that fixes the problem. -Mike From winter at mac.com Fri Jan 5 22:20:28 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Fri Jan 5 22:20:45 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] iMac Firmware update problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It just sunk in that you got the file off a USB key, which is probably FAT formatted. The update is probably a "classic" two-forked file which FAT does not handle. Mac OS 9 (and earlier versions) had a little trick they used to get around this limitation (one fork was saved in an invisible file that OS 9 would look for when copying from FAT volumes). If that update was downloaded to a PC, or went through a PC at some point, that "fork" of the file will be gone. I don't know off hand if the download from Apple is in a "PC/FAT safe" format or not -Mike From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Jan 6 14:11:04 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Jan 6 14:11:12 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Another PDF file question. In-Reply-To: <200701052230.l05MUFJp032710@hammerhead.shentel.net> References: <200701052230.l05MUFJp032710@hammerhead.shentel.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701061411q43dcd0e7x44b5fcd9852d2001@mail.gmail.com> Trapeze works better for me. There are Win apps that seem to do a better job converting .pdf files, but why would I buy a Win app that I would probably only use when I need to crack open .pdf files. BTW, File Juicer is to be recomended for pictures in .pdf files. Cheers, Brian On 1/5/07, aamolsch@shentel.net wrote: > Try Trapeze. It'll give you a start, > although TextLightning may do a better job. > > From caraloca at gmail.com Sat Jan 6 20:34:56 2007 From: caraloca at gmail.com (arturo oropeza) Date: Sat Jan 6 20:35:03 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] What to do when a imac is frozen Message-ID: Hi, my daughter opened imovies and the program got frozen.. what do you do in a case like that?.... we tried re-starting, shuting down but nothing works thanks From robertmacleay at mac.com Sat Jan 6 21:06:53 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Sat Jan 6 21:07:09 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] What to do when a imac is frozen In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Choose one: >From the Apple menu, choose "Force Quit..." and select the offending program. On the keyboard, press the ESC key while holding down the OPTION and COMMAND keys. Use your mouse to click and hold on the application's icon in the Dock. Choose QUIT or FORCE QUIT from the pop-up menu. If you cannot restart or shut down, it may be the Finder which is stuck. On 1/6/07 9:34 PM, "arturo oropeza" wrote: > Hi, my daughter opened imovies and the program got frozen.. what do > you do in a case like that?.... we tried re-starting, shuting down but > nothing works > thanks From caraloca at gmail.com Sun Jan 7 07:58:52 2007 From: caraloca at gmail.com (arturo oropeza) Date: Sun Jan 7 07:59:02 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] What to do when a imac is frozen In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you for your help, I can see that I need to learn alot yet. i have my imac for 1 month only. Arturo ================= On 1/6/07, Robert MacLeay wrote: > Choose one: > > >From the Apple menu, choose "Force Quit..." and select the offending > program. > > On the keyboard, press the ESC key while holding down the OPTION and COMMAND > keys. > > Use your mouse to click and hold on the application's icon in the Dock. > Choose QUIT or FORCE QUIT from the pop-up menu. > > If you cannot restart or shut down, it may be the Finder which is stuck. > > On 1/6/07 9:34 PM, "arturo oropeza" wrote: > > > Hi, my daughter opened imovies and the program got frozen.. what do > > you do in a case like that?.... we tried re-starting, shuting down but > > nothing works > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > 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 peterstj at earthlink.net Thu Jan 11 07:37:27 2007 From: peterstj at earthlink.net (Peter Saint James) Date: Thu Jan 11 07:37:37 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Keeping aps from automatically calling home Message-ID: <1998C2A4-FBF8-415D-81BA-F49F486FD947@earthlink.net> Quite a number of applications are set to automatically go on-line to do things like check for updates. Sometimes this amounts to no more than presenting me with an ad. Often it's a hassle. I don't like it. I don't want anything on the system to access the internet in any way automatically except the clock. I thought there was a setting somewhere in system preferences to keep this from happening, but I can't find it. Does such a preference exist? Or is there some other way to keep apps from calling home? TIA. Peter From peterstj at earthlink.net Thu Jan 11 07:38:41 2007 From: peterstj at earthlink.net (Peter Saint James) Date: Thu Jan 11 07:38:49 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] inappropriate screensaver activity Message-ID: When I watch a movie in iMovie or Quick Time, the screen saver will come on. Obviously the computer does not count watching a movie as "activity." I know I can simply go to System Preferences and turn the screen saver off, but it seems to me that this is not right. One is supposed to be able to do things like watch a movie on the computer, so it seems the system should accommodate it rather than fight against it. Is something malfunctioning here? Is there a way to make the computer recognize watching a movie as an activity and not do things like turn on the screen saver? I'm using an Al Powerbook running Tiger. Peter From chris at mymac.demon.co.uk Thu Jan 11 08:28:01 2007 From: chris at mymac.demon.co.uk (Chris) Date: Thu Jan 11 08:29:38 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Keeping aps from automatically calling home In-Reply-To: <1998C2A4-FBF8-415D-81BA-F49F486FD947@earthlink.net> References: <1998C2A4-FBF8-415D-81BA-F49F486FD947@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20070111162801.1687912621@post.demon.co.uk> Not directly related to the topic but isn't there a 'known hosts' file which you can use to block unwanted connections? I came across this for Windows but I imagine something similar would work for OSX Not sure how this would work with OSX as I don't have the technical knowledge, but perhaps someone could tell us. Otherwise, I can recommend Little Snitch. Not sure of the URL, but Google is your friend. cheers, Chris On 11/1/07 Peter Saint James wrote: > Quite a number of applications are set to automatically go on-line >to do things like check for updates. Sometimes this amounts to no >more than presenting me with an ad. Often it's a hassle. I don't >like it. I don't want anything on the system to access the internet >in any way automatically except the clock. > > I thought there was a setting somewhere in system preferences to >keep this from happening, but I can't find it. Does such a >preference exist? Or is there some other way to keep apps from >calling home? > > > TIA. > > > Peter > >_______________________________________________ >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 Fri Jan 12 08:03:40 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Fri Jan 12 08:04:29 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Cocoalicious 1.0b43 doesn't load tags. Message-ID: <2552fa090701120803n589a2981y29b0adbf6e3d7bbb@mail.gmail.com> Cocoalicious used to work for me before I experienced my hard disc failure. I have installed Cocoalicious 1.0b43 on my new HD and it doesn't seem to do anything. It prompted for my user name and password, but there aren't any tags that appear in Cocoalicious. Has anyone run into this? My gut reaction would be to try the latest stable version, but it doesn't seem to be available for download. Cheers, Brian From caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us Fri Jan 12 10:18:04 2007 From: caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us (C. Aranzazu) Date: Fri Jan 12 10:18:40 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Keeping aps from automatically calling home In-Reply-To: <1998C2A4-FBF8-415D-81BA-F49F486FD947@earthlink.net> References: <1998C2A4-FBF8-415D-81BA-F49F486FD947@earthlink.net> Message-ID: > I don't like it. I don't want anything on the system to access the >internet in any way automatically except the clock. use an app called "little snitch" http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html -- 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 globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Jan 13 11:13:03 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Jan 13 11:13:08 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Multi-clipboard utility. Message-ID: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> Howdy, I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard utility on a more or less regular basis. Cheers, Brian From ftf at mac.com Sat Jan 13 12:59:40 2007 From: ftf at mac.com (Fabian Fang) Date: Sat Jan 13 12:59:46 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <984E378D-C24C-4B4D-BDD4-CD90173D8824@mac.com> On Jan 13, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, > pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into > bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear > suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard > utility on a more or less regular basis. I recently bought iClip in a bundle of ten programs. You may wish to check it out: They also have iCliplite, a freeware. Fabian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sun Jan 14 04:47:09 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sun Jan 14 04:47:18 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <984E378D-C24C-4B4D-BDD4-CD90173D8824@mac.com> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> <984E378D-C24C-4B4D-BDD4-CD90173D8824@mac.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701140447n35f8151dk18bcc1a35b0ea863@mail.gmail.com> Hi Fabian, On 1/13/07, Fabian Fang wrote: > On Jan 13, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, > > pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into > > bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear > > suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard > > utility on a more or less regular basis. > > I recently bought iClip in a bundle of ten programs. You may wish to > check it out: > > They also have iCliplite, a freeware. > > Fabian Care to share with us what the bundle's software programs were and a URL?? Cheers, Brian From ftf at mac.com Sun Jan 14 06:42:48 2007 From: ftf at mac.com (Fabian Fang) Date: Sun Jan 14 06:42:55 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701140447n35f8151dk18bcc1a35b0ea863@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> <984E378D-C24C-4B4D-BDD4-CD90173D8824@mac.com> <2552fa090701140447n35f8151dk18bcc1a35b0ea863@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1B1CFA4D-2A37-4E41-B20E-3AE3FC7EBE21@mac.com> On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:47 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Care to share with us what the bundle's software programs were and > a URL?? Brian: The "10-programs for $49" bundle was put together by MacHeist about a month ago. It lasted only for a few days, during which about 17,000 bundles were sold, with $200,000 of the proceeds going to eight worthy charities, and generated a lot of buzz in the Macintosh community. Fabian From peterstj at earthlink.net Sun Jan 14 11:26:36 2007 From: peterstj at earthlink.net (Peter Saint James) Date: Sun Jan 14 11:26:39 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1B1D8312-492B-4B79-901C-843E7F3976AE@earthlink.net> On 13 Jan 2007, at 2:13 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, > pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into > bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear > suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard > utility on a more or less regular basis. I use iSnip, which seem to work fairly well. It's fairly easy to use and fairly reliable. It could use more functions. I would like to see something for Mac that works as well as ClipMate on Windoze but it does not seem to exist. It's a wonderment to me that neither Mac or Microsloth doesn't build this into the OS. Peter From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sun Jan 14 12:07:05 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sun Jan 14 12:07:14 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <1B1D8312-492B-4B79-901C-843E7F3976AE@earthlink.net> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> <1B1D8312-492B-4B79-901C-843E7F3976AE@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701141207g7a41e44eo3b922a10648691ac@mail.gmail.com> On 1/14/07, Peter Saint James wrote: > > On 13 Jan 2007, at 2:13 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > > I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, > > pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into > > bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear > > suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard > > utility on a more or less regular basis. > > > I use iSnip, which seem to work fairly well. It's fairly easy to > use and fairly reliable. It could use more functions. > > I would like to see something for Mac that works as well as ClipMate > on Windoze but it does not seem to exist. It's a wonderment to me > that neither Mac or Microsloth doesn't build this into the OS. > > > > Peter > Hi Peter, I don't get it either, particularly as there are a number of such utilities in the *NIX world. Maybe this is like virtual desktops, that is supposed to be implemented in Leopard. Cheers, Brian From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sun Jan 14 13:08:34 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sun Jan 14 13:08:43 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. Message-ID: <2552fa090701141308k5fea899av75653bc9d9af8df@mail.gmail.com> I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at Amazon, etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) I have the following software in OS X Tiger: RapidWeaver MacJournal iBlog Cheers, Brian From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Sun Jan 14 13:58:22 2007 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Sun Jan 14 13:58:31 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701141308k5fea899av75653bc9d9af8df@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701141308k5fea899av75653bc9d9af8df@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Brian, I love Word Press...it's pretty easy to set up. You can see an example here: http://www.dovertaxpayers.org/concord/?page_id=2 You will need access to MySql Database, which if administered from a Cpanel off the server, is also set up with a few clicks. - Jane On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of > my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at Amazon, > etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create > one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look > nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) I have the following > software in OS X Tiger: > > RapidWeaver > MacJournal > iBlog > > Cheers, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > 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 wingedpower at gmail.com Sun Jan 14 19:14:43 2007 From: wingedpower at gmail.com (Wing Wong) Date: Sun Jan 14 19:14:53 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090701141308k5fea899av75653bc9d9af8df@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7097bd8c0701141914ub427db8u2965a20774fa3468@mail.gmail.com> Depending on your future business needs, wordpress is great. I personally use Drupal. Several large sites employ it and it is fairly easy to use and customize. Supports blogging, news articles, multiple users, and multi-domain hosting. Has built-in image support, and integrates well with 3rd party gallery software, like Gallery2. Wing. On 1/14/07, J wrote: > Brian, > > I love Word Press...it's pretty easy to set up. > > You can see an example here: > > http://www.dovertaxpayers.org/concord/?page_id=2 > > You will need access to MySql Database, which if administered from a > Cpanel off the server, is also set up with a few clicks. > > - Jane > > > On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of > > my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at Amazon, > > etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create > > one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look > > nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) I have the following > > software in OS X Tiger: > > > > RapidWeaver > > MacJournal > > iBlog > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Wing Wong wingedpower@gmail.com From tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au Sun Jan 14 20:36:28 2007 From: tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au (Tony Johansen) Date: Sun Jan 14 20:36:40 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701141308k5fea899av75653bc9d9af8df@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 15/1/2007 8:08 AM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of > my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at Amazon, > etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create > one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look > nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) There is a vast difference between blog and wiki. So first you need to decide which to go for. Blogs well done are fine for most circumstances and are easier so I would advise blog. Wiki you would use if you really need significant customer interaction on the site. 2nd: free or pay? Like with anything you get what you pay for. Blogger.com is free for example and a lot of people like them. Personally I find them too limited and their templates are the most boring on the planet. I use http://www.typepad.com/ It has the balance between powerful, flexible, looks great, value, etc that suits me. And they have excellent online manual resources that makes everything simple, yet you can easily add photo albums, widgets etc. A third choice open to you if you run Tiger, is to make sure you have Apple's iWeb and use that. It is designed to be easiest to use with a .Mac account, but there are ways of getting it onto your own hosted web space. Iweb demo's I have seen show it to be easy to use and looks cool. With all of these it is best for business to have the blog on your own domain name because the web address can be simpler and easier for your customers to use. TypePad makes that process relatively easy to do, and are helpful at every step incidentally. I have not used iWeb myself, so can't comment on their helpfulness, nor the flexibility of the programme. Blogs work well, but I find a static web site works better on the web in terms of the search engines. An ideal world is to have a static web site with an embedded blog that takes care of news, specials, etc You may care to look at one of my (too many) TypePad blogs here: http://www.christmas.blogs.com Have fun :-) Tony From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Sun Jan 14 21:06:20 2007 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Sun Jan 14 21:06:29 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <902219AE-E0EE-4C02-8DBC-F55E33DBAE74@earthlink.net> I agree with Tony. I like Typepad as well. Most of the sites I set up for taxpayer groups and candidates and legislators have a static section for the information that doesn't change and then non- web savvy owners can post their own material to the blog section without having to know how to code. Otherwise I could not keep up with all those websites myself... On Jan 14, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Tony Johansen wrote: > On 15/1/2007 8:08 AM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > >> I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of >> my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at >> Amazon, >> etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create >> one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look >> nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) > > There is a vast difference between blog and wiki. So first you need to > decide which to go for. Blogs well done are fine for most > circumstances and > are easier so I would advise blog. Wiki you would use if you really > need > significant customer interaction on the site. > > 2nd: free or pay? Like with anything you get what you pay for. > Blogger.com > is free for example and a lot of people like them. Personally I > find them > too limited and their templates are the most boring on the planet. > I use http://www.typepad.com/ It has the balance between > powerful, > flexible, looks great, value, etc that suits me. And they have > excellent > online manual resources that makes everything simple, yet you can > easily add > photo albums, widgets etc. > > A third choice open to you if you run Tiger, is to make sure you have > Apple's iWeb and use that. It is designed to be easiest to use with > a .Mac > account, but there are ways of getting it onto your own hosted web > space. > Iweb demo's I have seen show it to be easy to use and looks cool. > > With all of these it is best for business to have the blog on your own > domain name because the web address can be simpler and easier for your > customers to use. TypePad makes that process relatively easy to do, > and are > helpful at every step incidentally. I have not used iWeb myself, so > can't > comment on their helpfulness, nor the flexibility of the programme. > > Blogs work well, but I find a static web site works better on the > web in > terms of the search engines. An ideal world is to have a static web > site > with an embedded blog that takes care of news, specials, etc > > You may care to look at one of my (too many) TypePad blogs here: > http://www.christmas.blogs.com > > Have fun :-) Tony > > _______________________________________________ > 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 list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Sun Jan 14 21:55:04 2007 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene) Date: Sun Jan 14 21:55:23 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Multi-clipboard utility. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701131113s733bac57p266681efe76bfa3c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070115055503.GB249@core-age.local> On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 01:13:03PM CST, Brian Durant wrote: : : I am looking for a good multi-clipboard utility that can handle text, : pictures, etc. I have tried CopyPaste, which seems to have grown into : bloatware since OS 9, and shadowClipboard. I would like to hear : suggestions from anyone on the list that uses a multi-clipboard : utility on a more or less regular basis. I like PTHPasteboard. -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Mon Jan 15 12:57:41 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Mon Jan 15 12:57:52 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: <902219AE-E0EE-4C02-8DBC-F55E33DBAE74@earthlink.net> References: <902219AE-E0EE-4C02-8DBC-F55E33DBAE74@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701151257m473d8445sbb6a1fdcabceb062@mail.gmail.com> The problem for me and the reason that I am split about blog or wiki, is that I would like to use something as simple as MacJournal and has a low learning curve - something for myself, but what I really need is something collaborative that I can show to the partners in my business and convince them to use on a "private" part of our web site, so that we can develop ideas, collect data and that is platform agnostic -as my partners use Windows. The learning curve still needs to be relatively low and needs to look good, so that I can convince the others to use it. Cheers, Brian On 1/15/07, J wrote: > I agree with Tony. > I like Typepad as well. > > Most of the sites I set up for taxpayer groups and candidates and > legislators have a > static section for the information that doesn't change and then non- > web savvy owners can post their own material to the blog section > without having to know how to code. > > Otherwise I could not keep up with all those websites myself... > > > On Jan 14, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Tony Johansen wrote: > > > On 15/1/2007 8:08 AM, "Brian Durant" wrote: > > > >> I would like to setup some sort of blog or wiki, preferably on one of > >> my own domains, but I need some advice, links, HowTo, books at > >> Amazon, > >> etc. to figure out what and how to create one. I would like to create > >> one in connection with a business I am starting, so it needs to look > >> nice enough not to scare customers away ;-) > > > > There is a vast difference between blog and wiki. So first you need to > > decide which to go for. Blogs well done are fine for most > > circumstances and > > are easier so I would advise blog. Wiki you would use if you really > > need > > significant customer interaction on the site. > > > > 2nd: free or pay? Like with anything you get what you pay for. > > Blogger.com > > is free for example and a lot of people like them. Personally I > > find them > > too limited and their templates are the most boring on the planet. > > I use http://www.typepad.com/ It has the balance between > > powerful, > > flexible, looks great, value, etc that suits me. And they have > > excellent > > online manual resources that makes everything simple, yet you can > > easily add > > photo albums, widgets etc. > > > > A third choice open to you if you run Tiger, is to make sure you have > > Apple's iWeb and use that. It is designed to be easiest to use with > > a .Mac > > account, but there are ways of getting it onto your own hosted web > > space. > > Iweb demo's I have seen show it to be easy to use and looks cool. > > > > With all of these it is best for business to have the blog on your own > > domain name because the web address can be simpler and easier for your > > customers to use. TypePad makes that process relatively easy to do, > > and are > > helpful at every step incidentally. I have not used iWeb myself, so > > can't > > comment on their helpfulness, nor the flexibility of the programme. > > > > Blogs work well, but I find a static web site works better on the > > web in > > terms of the search engines. An ideal world is to have a static web > > site > > with an embedded blog that takes care of news, specials, etc > > > > You may care to look at one of my (too many) TypePad blogs here: > > http://www.christmas.blogs.com > > > > Have fun :-) Tony From srogers1 at austin.rr.com Mon Jan 15 14:50:05 2007 From: srogers1 at austin.rr.com (Steven Rogers) Date: Mon Jan 15 14:50:10 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Blog and Wiki newbie. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701151257m473d8445sbb6a1fdcabceb062@mail.gmail.com> References: <902219AE-E0EE-4C02-8DBC-F55E33DBAE74@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701151257m473d8445sbb6a1fdcabceb062@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Jan 15, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > The problem for me and the reason that I am split about blog or wiki, > is that I would like to use something as simple as MacJournal and has > a low learning curve - something for myself, but what I really need is > something collaborative that I can show to the partners in my business > and convince them to use on a "private" part of our web site, so that > we can develop ideas, collect data and that is platform agnostic -as > my partners use Windows. The learning curve still needs to be > relatively low and needs to look good, so that I can convince the > others to use it. Sounds like Wiki is what you want, but you'll have to do a little "PR" work to get the others to use it. So far, I've just used MediaWiki - I like it, but the editing formats may be a little geeky for the average person to use. There may be better ones out there for what you want. SR From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 16 00:44:38 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 16 00:44:43 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Weird Tiger system behavior with iLife DVDs. Message-ID: <2552fa090701160044p22ecde47sd16a8ba97a690a28@mail.gmail.com> I have been in the process of reconstructing my data and reinstalling software after a catastrophic hard disc failure. In that connection, I have banged my head against a conundrum that I am sure will be a real brain teaser for the list: I have a G5 PPC single (PowerMac 9.1) running Tiger (10.4.8). My system consistently rejects iLife '06 install DVD's. The system is a clean install on a different HD than the one that experienced the HD failure. iWork install DVD's work fine, as well as other data DVD's such as DiskWarrior, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, etc. It is only the iLife DVD that doesn't work. I have even managed to finagle my way to get Apple here in Denmark to send me a new iLife install DVD on the out chance that it was the DVD that was damaged. Still no luck. The new iLife '06 DVD is rejected by the system as well. I never had this problem when I first installed iLife on my original HD last year. What the #*%! is going on??? Is there a solution? Has anyone come across anything as weird as this before? Cheers, Brian From wilann at telusplanet.net Tue Jan 16 06:16:32 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Tue Jan 16 06:17:27 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Weird Tiger system behavior with iLife DVDs. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701160044p22ecde47sd16a8ba97a690a28@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701160044p22ecde47sd16a8ba97a690a28@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <68C45DAC-28B3-4C70-9C0E-FCBD8658EDAA@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-16, at 1:44 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > What the #*%! is going on??? Is there a solution? Has anyone come > across anything as weird as this before? There is a thread on Macintouch here which, while referring to iLife '05 may shed some light http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/ilife05/topic2262.html that talks about this issue, including Spider Mann A reader wrote: "The replacement iLife 05 DVD that Apple sent still does not work on my dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC. The disk won't mount and is ejected. However both copies of the DVD mount on my older dual 1.42 GHz G4 PowerPC. I guess I will call Apple Support again." This user needs to take their G5 to an Apple Authorized repair center for checkout. My 1.8DP G5, and many other G5 owners, have had dead or dying SuperDrives that need replacement. Apple's discussion boards are full of reports of this happening. My machine worked fine for about eight months, then all of a sudden it wouldn't read CDs. Then it wouldn't read DVDs. Then it wouldn't burn anything. It had the same clicking sound as the reader above. I took my machine in and, after having it shipped to Apple, had it back five days later. The new SuperDrive works perfectly and there has not been a single problem. Feb. 15, 2005 Chad I also can't mount the iLife '05 DVD in my PowerBook G4 (15" 1.5 GHz, Jul 2004, Matsushita UJ-825 SuperDrive). The DVD will mount just fine on my 3rd Gen iMac G4 1 GHz (Sony SuperDrive). I even copied the DVD on the iMac and the copy would not mount on the PowerBook! The disk doesn't spit out, it just spins a while and then stops spinning. A while back a friend gave me some pictures on a CD and didn't finish the session (I do not know what PC software she used). The unfinished CD wouldn't mount on the PowerBook but would mount just fine on my iMac. I'm wondering if Apple finished the session properly on these iLive '05 DVD's? As for my drive going bad, I just don't think that's it, or the copy would've worked? It seems like it has to do with the formatting of the DVD. I guess I'll have to call Apple. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 16 07:00:13 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 16 07:01:01 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Weird Tiger system behavior with iLife DVDs. In-Reply-To: <68C45DAC-28B3-4C70-9C0E-FCBD8658EDAA@telusplanet.net> References: <2552fa090701160044p22ecde47sd16a8ba97a690a28@mail.gmail.com> <68C45DAC-28B3-4C70-9C0E-FCBD8658EDAA@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701160700j55730437p5f2491fce169d800@mail.gmail.com> On 1/16/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-16, at 1:44 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > What the #*%! is going on??? Is there a solution? Has anyone come > > across anything as weird as this before? > > > There is a thread on Macintouch here which, while referring to iLife > '05 may shed some light > > http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/ilife05/topic2262.html > > that talks about this issue, including > > > Spider Mann > > A reader wrote: "The replacement iLife 05 DVD that Apple sent still > does not work on my dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC. The disk won't mount and is > ejected. However both copies of the DVD mount on my older dual 1.42 > GHz G4 PowerPC. I guess I will call Apple Support again." > This user needs to take their G5 to an Apple Authorized repair center > for checkout. My 1.8DP G5, and many other G5 owners, have had dead or > dying SuperDrives that need replacement. Apple's discussion boards > are full of reports of this happening. My machine worked fine for > about eight months, then all of a sudden it wouldn't read CDs. Then > it wouldn't read DVDs. Then it wouldn't burn anything. It had the > same clicking sound as the reader above. > I took my machine in and, after having it shipped to Apple, had it > back five days later. The new SuperDrive works perfectly and there > has not been a single problem. > Feb. 15, 2005 > Chad > > I also can't mount the iLife '05 DVD in my PowerBook G4 (15" 1.5 GHz, > Jul 2004, Matsushita UJ-825 SuperDrive). The DVD will mount just fine > on my 3rd Gen iMac G4 1 GHz (Sony SuperDrive). I even copied the DVD > on the iMac and the copy would not mount on the PowerBook! The disk > doesn't spit out, it just spins a while and then stops spinning. > A while back a friend gave me some pictures on a CD and didn't finish > the session (I do not know what PC software she used). The unfinished > CD wouldn't mount on the PowerBook but would mount just fine on my > iMac. I'm wondering if Apple finished the session properly on these > iLive '05 DVD's? As for my drive going bad, I just don't think that's > it, or the copy would've worked? It seems like it has to do with the > formatting of the DVD. I guess I'll have to call Apple. Hmmm something to watch out for in the future. In my case, I tried zapping the PRAM (4x) and now finally, I have the iLife programs installed again on my G5. Cheers, Brian From markwt at mac.com Wed Jan 17 16:10:12 2007 From: markwt at mac.com (Mark Taintor) Date: Wed Jan 17 16:10:37 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders Message-ID: <442FD7C7-A688-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? My son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able to "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding something to his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues of doing this, do these things work? Any recommendations? Thanks very much. Sincerely, Mark From wilann at telusplanet.net Wed Jan 17 16:31:03 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Wed Jan 17 16:32:27 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <442FD7C7-A688-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> References: <442FD7C7-A688-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Message-ID: <42313179-4441-4BDD-AE63-DC13549B3109@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? > My son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able > to "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding > something to his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues > of doing this, do these things work? Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will pull in more networks, at least, not cost effectively. > Any recommendations? Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' > Thanks very much. From alpoulin at cox.net Wed Jan 17 16:48:08 2007 From: alpoulin at cox.net (Al Poulin) Date: Wed Jan 17 16:48:17 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <42313179-4441-4BDD-AE63-DC13549B3109@telusplanet.net> References: <442FD7C7-A688-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> <42313179-4441-4BDD-AE63-DC13549B3109@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:31 PM, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > >> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? My >> son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able to >> "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding something to >> his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues of doing this, >> do these things work? > > Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will pull in > more networks, at least, not cost effectively. > > >> Any recommendations? > > Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' And the neighbor needs to secure his bandwidth. Now you have the leverage to encourage the boy to set his thinking straight. You might also explain that some folks consider borrowing bandwidth from the neighbor the same as stealing. One analogy, a neighbor could borrow or siphon gasoline in small quantities. The victim does not notice that his mileage goes down. Al Poulin From wilann at telusplanet.net Wed Jan 17 17:35:31 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Wed Jan 17 17:35:45 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: References: <442FD7C7-A688-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> <42313179-4441-4BDD-AE63-DC13549B3109@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <69F4FB1B-7C0A-4642-946E-99095238F385@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:48 PM, Al Poulin wrote: >> >>> Any recommendations? >> >> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' > > And the neighbor needs to secure his bandwidth. Now you have the > leverage to encourage the boy to set his thinking straight. You > might also explain that some folks consider borrowing bandwidth > from the neighbor the same as stealing. One analogy, a neighbor > could borrow or siphon gasoline in small quantities. The victim > does not notice that his mileage goes down. The other consideration is that (at least here in Calgary) there's a growing trend by the criminal element > set up a wireless network, don't secure it, let the victims think that 'ha ha, you fool! Didn't secure your network! I'll just 'borrow' off of it. Then they discover that the 'fool' has in fact been watching and recording everything that goes through his network, email, passwords, credit card numbers, the usual unimportant stuff. You can imagine where this ends up. From markwt at mac.com Wed Jan 17 18:55:08 2007 From: markwt at mac.com (Mark Taintor) Date: Wed Jan 17 18:55:23 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <42313179-4441-4BDD-AE63-DC13549B3109@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <4EA0D1D8-A69F-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Thanks for your reply. Do some computers seem to have better built in antennas than others? When my son has been at a friend's apartment, the friend's computer(Don't know what kind) picks up the wifi signal in the apartment just great while my son's MacBook gets nothing. In our home wireless network, his Macbook works great. Any thoughts about what would cause the difference in reception? Thanks again. Mark On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 06:31 PM, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > >> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? My >> son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able to >> "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding something to >> his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues of doing this, >> do these things work? > > Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will pull in > more networks, at least, not cost effectively. > > >> Any recommendations? > > Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' > > > >> Thanks very much. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 markwt at mac.com Wed Jan 17 19:00:45 2007 From: markwt at mac.com (Mark Taintor) Date: Wed Jan 17 19:01:01 2007 Subject: Home network security was Re: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <69F4FB1B-7C0A-4642-946E-99095238F385@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <17684989-A6A0-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> A year os so ago, I installed a wireless router in my own home. I don't recall doing anything to secure it. Is there a way to tell if I am secure? What about my home computer which is a G4/533/no Airport, but it is plugged into the back of the wireless router? Is that an open book to the outside world? What can I do to keep my own data secure? Thanks, Mark On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 07:35 PM, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-17, at 5:48 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > >>> >>>> Any recommendations? >>> >>> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' >> >> And the neighbor needs to secure his bandwidth. Now you have the >> leverage to encourage the boy to set his thinking straight. You >> might also explain that some folks consider borrowing bandwidth from >> the neighbor the same as stealing. One analogy, a neighbor could >> borrow or siphon gasoline in small quantities. The victim does not >> notice that his mileage goes down. > > > The other consideration is that (at least here in Calgary) there's a > growing trend by the criminal element > set up a wireless network, > don't secure it, let the victims think that 'ha ha, you fool! Didn't > secure your network! I'll just 'borrow' off of it. Then they discover > that the 'fool' has in fact been watching and recording everything > that goes through his network, email, passwords, credit card numbers, > the usual unimportant stuff. You can imagine where this ends up. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Mark Taintor Chanhassen, MN USA From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Wed Jan 17 19:08:49 2007 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Wed Jan 17 19:09:00 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <4EA0D1D8-A69F-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> References: <4EA0D1D8-A69F-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Message-ID: <7B469DAD-1F34-4855-BB61-6A563CA7270C@earthlink.net> Your son's card could be a 'b' card which does much more poorly than a 'g' card. Or he could just be too far away from the source. Also, out here in the boonies, wouldn't someone have to be parked outside your house to use your network signal, unlike in the city where the whole apartment building could? My father would drive me nuts if I had to give him a password for each time he connected on his network from my sister's router where they now live. :-) In fact I begged my sister to hardwire his room. On Jan 17, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > Thanks for your reply. Do some computers seem to have better built > in antennas than others? When my son has been at a friend's > apartment, the friend's computer(Don't know what kind) picks up the > wifi signal in the apartment just great while my son's MacBook > gets nothing. In our home wireless network, his Macbook works > great. Any thoughts about what would cause the difference in > reception? > Thanks again. > Mark > > On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 06:31 PM, W Lane wrote: > >> >> On 07-Jan-17, at 5:10 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: >> >>> Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range >>> extenders? My son is living in a house with no internet access >>> and is not able to "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering >>> if adding something to his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the >>> moral issues of doing this, do these things work? >> >> Only from the sending end. I'm not aware of anything that will >> pull in more networks, at least, not cost effectively. >> >> >>> Any recommendations? >> >> Someone needs to get online 'inhouse' >> >> >> >>> Thanks very much. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 chasm at mac.com Wed Jan 17 23:42:58 2007 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Wed Jan 17 23:43:12 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <20070118001041.A23297AD49A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070118001041.A23297AD49A@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <5BA1C6D5-939D-43AB-8DAE-75DF2B3F1522@mac.com> > From: Mark Taintor > > Do any of you have experience with wi-fi antennas/range extenders? My > son is living in a house with no internet access and is not able to > "borrow" any neighbor's access. He's wondering if adding something to > his Macbook would help. Leaving aside the moral issues of doing this, > do these things work? Any recommendations? I'm afraid I can't "leave aside the moral issues" of this. You and your son are opening yourselves up to litigation, both civil and criminal. If none of your neighbours can be persuaded to set up an "open" wireless network (which may VERY WELL violate their TOS, getting them kicked out of their ISP service), then you're out of luck. The solution is really quite simple: pay to get internet access in the house he is staying in. "Lite" versions of all the popular DSL and cable offerings exist, and since your neighbours obviously have access so can he. If for some strange reason he's not permitted to do this, find local businesses and libraries that offer free internet access, and patronise them. Antenna and range extenders are generally intended to be attached to the BASE STATION, not the receiving computer. Although they do in fact work, they won't help your son in this case. Some ethics lessons, on the other hand, might come in handy. Cheers Chas From philip.robar at gmail.com Thu Jan 18 00:58:58 2007 From: philip.robar at gmail.com (Philip J Robar) Date: Thu Jan 18 00:59:10 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Home network security In-Reply-To: <17684989-A6A0-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> References: <17684989-A6A0-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Message-ID: <3673E4DC-AE67-4362-B04A-4F7EFA9FD912@gmail.com> On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > A year or so ago, I installed a wireless router in my own home. I > don't recall doing anything to secure it. Is there a way to tell if > I am secure? What about my home computer which is a G4/533/no > Airport, but it is plugged into the back of the wireless router? Is > that an open book to the outside world? What can I do to keep my > own data secure? You mean other than logging into the router with your manual next to you? :-) You're probably already using NAT without knowing it, that gives you pretty good protection of any wired connections in and of itself. Now days most routers also have a firewall, you should make sure it's turned on. If you use the router's wireless capability you should use WEP or WPA encryption. Phil -- "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke From wilann at telusplanet.net Thu Jan 18 05:08:17 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Thu Jan 18 05:08:29 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Wi-fi range extenders In-Reply-To: <4EA0D1D8-A69F-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> References: <4EA0D1D8-A69F-11DB-8897-00039348F756@mac.com> Message-ID: <43BCB32B-3A01-4CBC-8F8D-E16C22B937E6@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-17, at 7:55 PM, Mark Taintor wrote: > Thanks for your reply. Do some computers seem to have better built > in antennas than others? When my son has been at a friend's > apartment, the friend's computer(Don't know what kind) picks up the > wifi signal in the apartment just great while my son's MacBook > gets nothing. In our home wireless network, his Macbook works > great. Any thoughts about what would cause the difference in > reception? Yes, different computers get different reception. The MacBooks, generally, are very good. By way of example, my MB at present 'sees' 15 networks in my neighborhood. My wife's PowerBook, sitting right next to the MB, 'see's 4. Howkum? The PB antenna is 'buried' in the body of the computer, the shell of which happens to be metallic. The antenna in my MB is up in the display, the shell of which is plastic. From deetya at cbn.net.id Sat Jan 20 03:01:12 2007 From: deetya at cbn.net.id (Aldo Johnson) Date: Sat Jan 20 03:47:04 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] CDMA connection keeps dropping out In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701151257m473d8445sbb6a1fdcabceb062@mail.gmail.com> References: <902219AE-E0EE-4C02-8DBC-F55E33DBAE74@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701151257m473d8445sbb6a1fdcabceb062@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi all, Perhaps you can help me with this. My CDMA connection keeps dropping out. Sometimes my connection, using the StarOne network on a Nokia2865 and using Bluetooth to connect it to my mac, is fine, but more often than not, it disconnects every few minutes, and my Mac Mini 1.42ghz with Sys 10.4.7 would say "The connection was terminated because the other side is not responding. Please try again." Is there anything I can do to increase the reliability of the connection? Auto ping? Get a bigger antenna for the phone? A dedicated CDMA modem? Use a cable to connect the phone to the Mac instead of Bluetooth? Any suggestions? I have a Mac Mini 1.42ghz, sys 10.4.7 -- I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb and I also know that I'm not blonde. -- Dolly Parton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any remarks or comments are appreciated. cy From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Jan 20 11:48:04 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Jan 20 11:48:13 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Converting text based "mailto" in IWeb site to graphic. Message-ID: <2552fa090701201148w4bb2fa94ofa286e4609d4a815@mail.gmail.com> Are there any easy to use programs where I can convert a text based "mailto" hyperlink to a graphic hyperlink in iWeb to avoid spam? I have the text size style, font, etc. just the way I want it in iWeb. Any good iWeb tips HowTos or links? Cheers, Brian From glen.mcknight at gmail.com Sat Jan 20 12:40:29 2007 From: glen.mcknight at gmail.com (Glen McKnight) Date: Sat Jan 20 12:40:44 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Converting text based "mailto" in IWeb site to graphic. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701201148w4bb2fa94ofa286e4609d4a815@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701201148w4bb2fa94ofa286e4609d4a815@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <41820DA1-B05F-44C6-BF23-30A21D8C90A6@gmail.com> On 20 Jan 2007, at 19:48, Brian Durant wrote: > Are there any easy to use programs where I can convert a text based > "mailto" hyperlink to a graphic hyperlink in iWeb to avoid spam? I > have the text size style, font, etc. just the way I want it in iWeb. > Any good iWeb tips HowTos or links? > > Cheers, > > Brian I don't know if this is what you want but I downloaded a program called 'Mailto Guard' it is a flash program, you put in the email you want, then press convert, it then converts it a code which you copy and paste into your page in place of your email, when you click on the link it opens your mail program with your mail address in a new mail. It doesn't display your email address on your site, it has been a while since I used it but I think you link it to your 'Contact me' button. Have Fun Glen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-newbies/attachments/20070120/ad96f8ec/attachment.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Sat Jan 20 14:23:49 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Sat Jan 20 14:23:54 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Converting text based "mailto" in IWeb site to graphic. In-Reply-To: <41820DA1-B05F-44C6-BF23-30A21D8C90A6@gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701201148w4bb2fa94ofa286e4609d4a815@mail.gmail.com> <41820DA1-B05F-44C6-BF23-30A21D8C90A6@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701201423i5612a03av8538b8c86c2b90ab@mail.gmail.com> On 1/20/07, Glen McKnight wrote: > > > > On 20 Jan 2007, at 19:48, Brian Durant wrote: > > Are there any easy to use programs where I can convert a text based > "mailto" hyperlink to a graphic hyperlink in iWeb to avoid spam? I > have the text size style, font, etc. just the way I want it in iWeb. > Any good iWeb tips HowTos or links? > > Cheers, > > Brian > I don't know if this is what you want but I downloaded a program called > 'Mailto Guard' it is a flash program, you put in the email you want, then > press convert, it then converts it a code which you copy and paste into your > page in place of your email, when you click on the link it opens your mail > program with your mail address in a new mail. > It doesn't display your email address on your site, it has been a while > since I used it but I think you link it to your 'Contact me' button. > > Have Fun > > Glen I used Grab.app and selected the text/mailto, edited it in Seashore and then copy pasted the selection into the homepage as a graphic. Will that keep spammers off my back? Cheers, Brian From robertmacleay at mac.com Sat Jan 20 18:48:58 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Sat Jan 20 18:49:14 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] cctv hookup to display In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As far as I am aware, none of the current Macs have dedicated video-in. With my 24" iMac, I am using a USB device to feed video into my Mac; it works quite well. There are a number of such on the market; which device you would want depends on the actual output format of your reader. On 1/20/07 9:20 AM, "Cy" wrote: > Not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this question, but here > goes... > > Because of vision issues, I need to use a Merlin type closed circuit tv > reader to read checks, legal documents, etc. Since I am now lusting > after the MacIntel to retire my 450 G3 iMac, I thought to use the same > display for the Merlin reader and the Mac. I can't see this working > with the all-in-one iMac, unless it has a separate video-in. That would > be all I need, right? Right? Separate display and the Mini? Other > solutions? Or am I reaching too far here? > > Any remarks or comments are appreciated. > > cy From cybarb at mac.com Sun Jan 21 10:10:12 2007 From: cybarb at mac.com (Cy) Date: Sun Jan 21 10:10:17 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] cctv hookup to display In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <087e01e3c13851d84fe0a29879308f1a@mac.com> On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > a USB device to feed video into my Mac; it > works quite well. It hadn't occurred to me to go in that direction. I'll check the specs. on the reader and google around for appropriate USB device. Which are you using? Thanks for your reply, cy From robertmacleay at mac.com Sun Jan 21 10:32:21 2007 From: robertmacleay at mac.com (Robert MacLeay) Date: Sun Jan 21 10:32:33 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] cctv hookup to display In-Reply-To: <087e01e3c13851d84fe0a29879308f1a@mac.com> Message-ID: The Elgato EyeTV Hybrid. http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=homeNA&newlang=en On 1/21/07 11:10 AM, "Cy" wrote: > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > >> a USB device to feed video into my Mac; it >> works quite well. > > It hadn't occurred to me to go in that direction. I'll check the > specs. on the reader and google around for appropriate USB device. > Which are you using? > > Thanks for your reply, > cy From cybarb at mac.com Sun Jan 21 12:30:25 2007 From: cybarb at mac.com (Cy) Date: Sun Jan 21 12:30:35 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] cctv hookup to display In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Much appreciated! Looks as tho there are a few possibilities, with ethernet crossover cable and rca input. Grazie, cy On Jan 21, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > The Elgato EyeTV Hybrid. > > http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=homeNA&newlang=en > > On 1/21/07 11:10 AM, "Cy" wrote: > >> >> On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: >> >>> a USB device to feed video into my Mac; it >>> works quite well. >> >> It hadn't occurred to me to go in that direction. I'll check the >> specs. on the reader and google around for appropriate USB device. >> Which are you using? >> >> Thanks for your reply, >> cy > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Jan 22 12:39:48 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Mon Jan 22 12:39:55 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. Message-ID: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> What is with the Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb? For some reason you can't change the url or redirect the url to apple.com. The same thing goes for the "e-mail me" tiff file. Anyone know either how to crack them or where I can find copies that aren't locked? I feel comfortable with advertising that my site is made on a Mac, but PC users would need to check out apple.com rather than mac.com. Cheers, Brian From themacintoshlady at earthlink.net Mon Jan 22 12:50:26 2007 From: themacintoshlady at earthlink.net (J) Date: Mon Jan 22 12:51:15 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> It already redirects to apple.com/dotmac At least it gets you that far. I am not sure I understand why you can't change it on the code, manually? On Jan 22, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > What is with the Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb? For some reason you > can't change the url or redirect the url to apple.com. The same thing > goes for the "e-mail me" tiff file. Anyone know either how to crack > them or where I can find copies that aren't locked? I feel comfortable > with advertising that my site is made on a Mac, but PC users would > need to check out apple.com rather than mac.com. > > Cheers, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Jan 22 13:01:15 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Mon Jan 22 13:01:24 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> For some reason, the hyperlink sheet on the iWeb inspector totally greys out on the "Made on Mac" and "Email Me" tiff files. Everything else can be directed where you want, if you want to add a hyperlink to the graphic. Cheers, Brian On 1/22/07, J wrote: > It already redirects to apple.com/dotmac > > At least it gets you that far. > > I am not sure I understand why you can't change it on the code, > manually? > > On Jan 22, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > What is with the Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb? For some reason you > > can't change the url or redirect the url to apple.com. The same thing > > goes for the "e-mail me" tiff file. Anyone know either how to crack > > them or where I can find copies that aren't locked? I feel comfortable > > with advertising that my site is made on a Mac, but PC users would > > need to check out apple.com rather than mac.com. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 mark at astroprinting.com Tue Jan 23 05:17:25 2007 From: mark at astroprinting.com (Mark Des Cotes) Date: Tue Jan 23 05:21:59 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> I haven't tried iWeb and haven't seen the graphics you're referring to, but couldn't you just take a screen capture of them and then add them back to the page as your own graphics? Mark Des Cotes Systems Manager/Graphic Designer Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd. 3308 Second Street East Cornwall Ontario Canada K6H 6J8 T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106, F (613) 932-1052 www.astroprinting.com On 22-Jan-07, at 4:01 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > For some reason, the hyperlink sheet on the iWeb inspector totally > greys out on the "Made on Mac" and "Email Me" tiff files. Everything > else can be directed where you want, if you want to add a hyperlink to > the graphic. > > Cheers, > > Brian > > On 1/22/07, J wrote: >> It already redirects to apple.com/dotmac >> >> At least it gets you that far. >> >> I am not sure I understand why you can't change it on the code, >> manually? >> >> On Jan 22, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Brian Durant wrote: >> >> > What is with the Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb? For some reason you >> > can't change the url or redirect the url to apple.com. The same >> thing >> > goes for the "e-mail me" tiff file. Anyone know either how to crack >> > them or where I can find copies that aren't locked? I feel >> comfortable >> > with advertising that my site is made on a Mac, but PC users would >> > need to check out apple.com rather than mac.com. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Brian >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 06:10:53 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 23 06:11:13 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> Apple went to a lot of trouble with these files. I extracted the "tiff" bit of the files with File Juicer and then I was able to drag and drop, as well as add a hyperlink to the files. Unfortunately, they lose something that allows the files to work correctly so that they are visible on any color background. I tried opening the files in GraphicConverter, selecting all of the graphic bits and filling with another color, but the graphics come out with white "holes" or pinpricks in the graphic :-( Cheers, Brian On 1/23/07, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > I haven't tried iWeb and haven't seen the graphics you're referring > to, but couldn't you just take a screen capture of them and then add > them back to the page as your own graphics? > > Mark Des Cotes > Systems Manager/Graphic Designer > > Astro Printing Service (Cornwall) Ltd. > 3308 Second Street East > Cornwall Ontario Canada K6H 6J8 > T (613) 932-9281 Ext 106, F (613) 932-1052 > www.astroprinting.com > > > > > On 22-Jan-07, at 4:01 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > For some reason, the hyperlink sheet on the iWeb inspector totally > > greys out on the "Made on Mac" and "Email Me" tiff files. Everything > > else can be directed where you want, if you want to add a hyperlink to > > the graphic. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > > > On 1/22/07, J wrote: > >> It already redirects to apple.com/dotmac > >> > >> At least it gets you that far. > >> > >> I am not sure I understand why you can't change it on the code, > >> manually? > >> > >> On Jan 22, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > >> > >> > What is with the Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb? For some reason you > >> > can't change the url or redirect the url to apple.com. The same > >> thing > >> > goes for the "e-mail me" tiff file. Anyone know either how to crack > >> > them or where I can find copies that aren't locked? I feel > >> comfortable > >> > with advertising that my site is made on a Mac, but PC users would > >> > need to check out apple.com rather than mac.com. > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > > >> > Brian > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 john.kiss at comcast.net Tue Jan 23 06:46:10 2007 From: john.kiss at comcast.net (John Kiss) Date: Tue Jan 23 06:47:34 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <74431185-8937-4AC1-97AE-57E8C4B7A396@comcast.net> I used iWeb some time ago to publish to a folder on my hard drive. The "Made on a Mac" graphic can be found inside that folder and it shows up as "Image.png" file. I just tried to view that file using Preview and it shows up fine and with a transparent background. Is that what you're looking for? John On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Apple went to a lot of trouble with these files. I extracted the > "tiff" bit of the files with File Juicer and then I was able to drag > and drop, as well as add a hyperlink to the files. Unfortunately, they > lose something that allows the files to work correctly so that they > are visible on any color background. I tried opening the files in > GraphicConverter, selecting all of the graphic bits and filling with > another color, but the graphics come out with white "holes" or > pinpricks in the graphic :-( From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 09:00:28 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 23 09:00:39 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <74431185-8937-4AC1-97AE-57E8C4B7A396@comcast.net> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> <74431185-8937-4AC1-97AE-57E8C4B7A396@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701230900w1b8451bct4bc8e42e1b6f4277@mail.gmail.com> Yes. The problem being however, that iWeb won't allow the user to change the link to apple.com. It seems to me that when wants to bother with advertising the fact that the site was made on a Mac, it should at least direct to the correct URL :-) The "email me" file lack the same ability - in other words a person clicking the link would not be able to email me. Brian On 1/23/07, John Kiss wrote: > I used iWeb some time ago to publish to a folder on my hard drive. > The "Made on a Mac" graphic can be found inside that folder and it > shows up as "Image.png" file. I just tried to view that file using > Preview and it shows up fine and with a transparent background. Is > that what you're looking for? > > John > > > On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Apple went to a lot of trouble with these files. I extracted the > > "tiff" bit of the files with File Juicer and then I was able to drag > > and drop, as well as add a hyperlink to the files. Unfortunately, they > > lose something that allows the files to work correctly so that they > > are visible on any color background. I tried opening the files in > > GraphicConverter, selecting all of the graphic bits and filling with > > another color, but the graphics come out with white "holes" or > > pinpricks in the graphic :-( > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 john.kiss at comcast.net Tue Jan 23 09:30:43 2007 From: john.kiss at comcast.net (John Kiss) Date: Tue Jan 23 09:30:57 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701230900w1b8451bct4bc8e42e1b6f4277@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> <74431185-8937-4AC1-97AE-57E8C4B7A396@comcast.net> <2552fa090701230900w1b8451bct4bc8e42e1b6f4277@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9CE651C3-4DE6-4101-8EC5-9584E4219CB3@comcast.net> If you copy/drag the image back into iWeb and delete the one that's already there then you can set the hyperlink to whatever you want. I see that the original image doesn't allow for selecting a hyperlink but the newly dragged-in image does. On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > Yes. The problem being however, that iWeb won't allow the user to > change the link to apple.com. It seems to me that when wants to bother > with advertising the fact that the site was made on a Mac, it should > at least direct to the correct URL :-) The "email me" file lack the > same ability - in other words a person clicking the link would not be > able to email me. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 10:51:03 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 23 10:51:10 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Made on Mac tiff file in iWeb. In-Reply-To: <9CE651C3-4DE6-4101-8EC5-9584E4219CB3@comcast.net> References: <2552fa090701221239n8a6822chf28122607fb4bc07@mail.gmail.com> <27915892-985A-48EC-81CE-4B4ED28F44FE@earthlink.net> <2552fa090701221301x45c3600ar9191c9c59327e6ab@mail.gmail.com> <371417C3-6669-4606-9DF6-E5E0E8FDA7D2@astroprinting.com> <2552fa090701230610p529630afq83924983c82a988d@mail.gmail.com> <74431185-8937-4AC1-97AE-57E8C4B7A396@comcast.net> <2552fa090701230900w1b8451bct4bc8e42e1b6f4277@mail.gmail.com> <9CE651C3-4DE6-4101-8EC5-9584E4219CB3@comcast.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701231051m49613d9dj109643953470973d@mail.gmail.com> OK, got it. Yes, it works just fine now :-) Cheers, Brian On 1/23/07, John Kiss wrote: > If you copy/drag the image back into iWeb and delete the one that's > already there then you can set the hyperlink to whatever you want. > > I see that the original image doesn't allow for selecting a hyperlink > but the newly dragged-in image does. > > > On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Yes. The problem being however, that iWeb won't allow the user to > > change the link to apple.com. It seems to me that when wants to bother > > with advertising the fact that the site was made on a Mac, it should > > at least direct to the correct URL :-) The "email me" file lack the > > same ability - in other words a person clicking the link would not be > > able to email me. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 grahamta.pugh at virgin.net Tue Jan 23 10:58:16 2007 From: grahamta.pugh at virgin.net (Graham Pugh) Date: Tue Jan 23 11:00:11 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Animated gifs in Mail Message-ID: <45B65AC8.7040909@virgin.net> Why can I can see animated .gif attachments when I read my e-mail with Firefox but not with Apple's Mail (v2.1)? I have tried looking at Mail's prefs. to see if I can animate attachments in Mail, no luck. Any advice greatly received. From grahamta.pugh at virgin.net Tue Jan 23 11:01:15 2007 From: grahamta.pugh at virgin.net (Graham Pugh) Date: Tue Jan 23 11:02:15 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Animated gifs in Mail Message-ID: <45B65B7B.7080205@virgin.net> Why can I can see animated .gif attachments when I read my e-mail with Thunderbird but not with Apple's Mail (v2.1).? I have tried looking at Mail's prefs. to see if I can animate attachments in Mail, no luck. Any advice greatly received. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Jan 23 11:12:03 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Jan 23 11:12:11 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Google search from Mail in Firefox? Message-ID: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> When I highlight a word or phrase in a Mail e-mail message (and despite Firefox being set as my default browser), right-click and choose Google search, Safari opens and the search is run from there. Is this a known issue? Is there anything to do about it? BTW, I wonder why Apple got the absolutely mad idea to place default browser settings in Safari, rather than in system preferences??? Cheers, Brian From wilann at telusplanet.net Tue Jan 23 11:17:18 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Tue Jan 23 11:17:28 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Google search from Mail in Firefox? In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <156DA74C-3AED-4E71-9DC3-D43680D20146@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-23, at 12:12 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > When I highlight a word or phrase in a Mail e-mail message (and > despite Firefox being set as my default browser), right-click and > choose Google search, Safari opens and the search is run from there. > Is this a known issue? I suspect that the contextual plug in you are using is 'tied' to Safari, despite your having selected Firefox as your browser. > Is there anything to do about it? Find and install an alternate contextual menu plugin > > BTW, I wonder why Apple got the absolutely mad idea to place default > browser settings in Safari, rather than in system preferences??? an effort to keep us all faithful to Safari? From wilann at telusplanet.net Tue Jan 23 11:24:34 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Tue Jan 23 11:24:40 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Google search from Mail in Firefox? In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6DACC4D6-851A-4FF5-A5E4-BA399947C738@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-23, at 12:12 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > Is there anything to do about it? This article while somewhat dated, may shed some light http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.19/19.01/1901MenuPlugins/ index.html From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Wed Jan 24 05:20:40 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Wed Jan 24 05:20:50 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Google search from Mail in Firefox? In-Reply-To: <6DACC4D6-851A-4FF5-A5E4-BA399947C738@telusplanet.net> References: <2552fa090701231112j7347d3cfl675c4901bf65f87@mail.gmail.com> <6DACC4D6-851A-4FF5-A5E4-BA399947C738@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701240520y31cd351agb71adac00e07e190@mail.gmail.com> Thanks. Unfortunately the article goes far beyond my OS X knowledge. Cheers, Brian On 1/23/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-23, at 12:12 PM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Is there anything to do about it? > > > This article while somewhat dated, may shed some light > > http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.19/19.01/1901MenuPlugins/ > index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 peterstj at earthlink.net Wed Jan 24 13:09:44 2007 From: peterstj at earthlink.net (Peter Saint James) Date: Wed Jan 24 13:09:52 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] shut off tool tips Message-ID: Tool tips (the little flags that appear when the cursor touches a particular item) are handy sometimes but they get in the way. Is there a way to shut them off in apps like Mail, Stickies, iMovie, and others? I find nothing in preferences for these apps. TIA. Peter From robg at macosxhints.com Wed Jan 24 15:06:17 2007 From: robg at macosxhints.com (Rob Griffiths) Date: Wed Jan 24 15:06:28 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] shut off tool tips In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jan 24, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Peter Saint James wrote: > Tool tips (the little flags that appear when the cursor touches a > particular item) are handy sometimes but they get in the way. Is > there a way to shut them off in apps like Mail, Stickies, iMovie, > and others? I find nothing in preferences for these apps. I'm not aware of any way to just disable them, but there are some preferences that control how they work -- they're listed in this tip on the macosxhints site: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061107125819464 In particular, this command will set the delay before activation to defaults write -g NSInitialToolTipDelay -int 10000 That will set the global default for the delay before tool tip activation to 10,000 milliseconds (10 seconds), which should greatly reduce the incidence of accidental pop-ups. This will affect only those programs launched after you run the command. I'm not sure if there are any downsides to increasing the number even higher than that. -rob. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 03:40:15 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 25 03:40:24 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. Message-ID: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> I have noticed that most, but not all, of the system preference icons in OS X (10.4.8) suddenly have some sort of generic icon. What does this mean and what can I do about it? Cheers, Brian From wilann at telusplanet.net Thu Jan 25 06:01:40 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Thu Jan 25 06:01:52 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 07-Jan-25, at 4:40 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > I have noticed that most, but not all, of the system preference icons > in OS X (10.4.8) suddenly have some sort of generic icon. What does > this mean and what can I do about it? Is this generic icon like a light switch? What aftermarket Preference Panes do you have installed? From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 06:07:25 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 25 06:07:35 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> Exactly, they look like light switches. I have Default Folder X, Growl, High Priority, Intego NetUpdate X4, OpenBase (Daylite), CocoAspell and TypeIt4Me. Cheers, Brian On 1/25/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-25, at 4:40 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I have noticed that most, but not all, of the system preference icons > > in OS X (10.4.8) suddenly have some sort of generic icon. What does > > this mean and what can I do about it? > > > Is this generic icon like a light switch? > What aftermarket Preference Panes do you have installed? From wilann at telusplanet.net Thu Jan 25 06:18:44 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Thu Jan 25 06:18:56 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 07-Jan-25, at 7:07 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Exactly, they look like light switches. I have Default Folder X, > Growl, High Priority, Intego NetUpdate X4, OpenBase (Daylite), > CocoAspell and TypeIt4Me. Hmmmm. Darn. No similarity to my setup. I had discussion with someone else about this issue, the common factor for us seemed to be having Flip4Mac installed. It being a 'can't live without' sort of thing I've opted to ignore the issue for now. In my case it only affects the Universal Access Preference. Very odd. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 06:26:52 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 25 06:27:00 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa090701250626nc744bdaoe45b1f1ebdad182@mail.gmail.com> Yeah, it is weird. I don't have Flip4Mac at this time. I first noticed this issue in connection with creating backup clones (Intego) to another HD and Personal Backup X4 not being able to finish. This problem seemed to get sorted out after having run DiskWarrior 4 and Onyx. I did notice that the support reply on the issue included the following: "...An iTunes update is known to cause this problem. You might try to update to latest version of iTunes. You can also disable permissions verification by creating a custom script, and unchecking the box on Clone Options pane." I don't know if that provides any clues. Brian On 1/25/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-25, at 7:07 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Exactly, they look like light switches. I have Default Folder X, > > Growl, High Priority, Intego NetUpdate X4, OpenBase (Daylite), > > CocoAspell and TypeIt4Me. > > > Hmmmm. Darn. No similarity to my setup. I had discussion with someone > else about this issue, the common factor for us seemed to be having > Flip4Mac installed. It being a 'can't live without' sort of thing > I've opted to ignore the issue for now. In my case it only affects > the Universal Access Preference. > > Very odd. From wilann at telusplanet.net Thu Jan 25 06:37:25 2007 From: wilann at telusplanet.net (W Lane) Date: Thu Jan 25 06:37:34 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701250626nc744bdaoe45b1f1ebdad182@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250626nc744bdaoe45b1f1ebdad182@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3E0583AD-5A26-4BB5-9E9A-9ECA6A149BA5@telusplanet.net> On 07-Jan-25, at 7:26 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > Yeah, it is weird. I don't have Flip4Mac at this time. I first noticed > this issue in connection with creating backup clones (Intego) to > another HD and Personal Backup X4 not being able to finish. This > problem seemed to get sorted out after having run DiskWarrior 4 and > Onyx. Are you saying that you managed to restore the original icons? > > I did notice that the support reply on the issue included the > following: > > "...An iTunes update is known to cause this problem. You might try to > update to latest version of iTunes. right up to date, so that won't do it for me > > You can also disable permissions verification by creating a custom > script, and unchecking the box on Clone Options pane." Hmmm. Why would one not want to verify permissions? Seems sort of odd > > I don't know if that provides any clues. From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 08:26:39 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 25 08:26:44 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: <3E0583AD-5A26-4BB5-9E9A-9ECA6A149BA5@telusplanet.net> References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250607j3b4ca1e6o7d1c343cf2138ced@mail.gmail.com> <2552fa090701250626nc744bdaoe45b1f1ebdad182@mail.gmail.com> <3E0583AD-5A26-4BB5-9E9A-9ECA6A149BA5@telusplanet.net> Message-ID: <2552fa090701250826r7ed73cf4j94ccfce4bc2da188@mail.gmail.com> On 1/25/07, W Lane wrote: > > On 07-Jan-25, at 7:26 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > Yeah, it is weird. I don't have Flip4Mac at this time. I first noticed > > this issue in connection with creating backup clones (Intego) to > > another HD and Personal Backup X4 not being able to finish. This > > problem seemed to get sorted out after having run DiskWarrior 4 and > > Onyx. > > Are you saying that you managed to restore the original icons? No. > > > > I did notice that the support reply on the issue included the > > following: > > > > "...An iTunes update is known to cause this problem. You might try to > > update to latest version of iTunes. > > right up to date, so that won't do it for me > > > > > You can also disable permissions verification by creating a custom > > script, and unchecking the box on Clone Options pane." > > Hmmm. Why would one not want to verify permissions? Seems sort of odd Agreed > > > > I don't know if that provides any clues. Brian From chasm at mac.com Thu Jan 25 10:36:09 2007 From: chasm at mac.com (Charles Martin) Date: Thu Jan 25 10:36:25 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] Re: Animated gifs in Mail In-Reply-To: <20070125140201.1405A807528@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20070125140201.1405A807528@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: >From: Graham Pugh > >Why can I can see animated .gif attachments when I read my e-mail with >Thunderbird but not with Apple's Mail (v2.1).? > >I have tried looking at Mail's prefs. to see if I can animate >attachments in Mail, no luck. This is a HUGE blessing you have there! I absolutely HATE animated gifs in email. They are stupid, take up space, serve no purpose and if there is EVER a virus written for Mac OS X, it will be delivered via these evil and innocuous demons. That said, I see animated gifs in my Mail from time to time, so they ARE supposed to work. Just be glad they don't on your machine. Cheers Chas From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 18:37:33 2007 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Thu Jan 25 18:37:38 2007 Subject: [X-Newbies] System pref icons gone. In-Reply-To: <2552fa090701250826r7ed73cf4j94ccfce4bc2da188@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa090701250340xf538da3t3957d2d85d6d639@mail.gmail.com>