From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Tue Sep 14 04:36:09 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 Message-ID: <20040914113609.GG8028@Dark-Age.local> an update to the update... Security Update 2004-09-07 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 fixes the following issues in Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.0: lukemftpd: Corrects the path to the configuration directory Safari (10.3.5 only): The Safari version number is changed to provide compatibility with web sites that use an old version-checking mechanism Systems that have already installed Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.0 should install Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 to obtain these fixes. Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 is available for Mac OS X v10.2.8, Mac OS X v10.3.4, Mac OS X v10.3.5, Mac OS X Server v10.2.8, Mac OS X Server v10.3.4, and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5. This update includes the following components: CoreFoundation IPSec Kerberos libpcap lukemftpd NetworkConfig OpenLDAP OpenSSH PPPDialer rsync Safari tcpdump -- Eugene Lee From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Tue Sep 14 04:50:11 2004 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 In-Reply-To: <20040914113609.GG8028@Dark-Age.local> Message-ID: On 9/14/04 1:36 PM, "Eugene Lee" wrote: > an update to the update... Yeah, you gotta start wondering about this... Apple's getting a bit slack; this has been happening too often. Kirk My latest book: How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Panther http://www.mcelhearn.com/htde.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kirk@mcelhearn.com | http://www.mcelhearn.com . . . . . . . . Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France . . From ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Tue Sep 14 15:16:00 2004 From: ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (Eric Pentice) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] New List Server Up and Running. Message-ID: Hello list members. In case you haven't noticed, we've moved to a new list server. We're still running the old server for now just in case. All the current subscribers as of yesterday have been moved over to the new server. The only thing we ask of you is that you use the new server's email addresses for sending email to the lists. This message was sent through the new server so you can use the address this message came from to update your address book. If you are looking for more information, you can follow the links below. They include information about how to change your subscription options. For those interested, we're running the new listserver on a Dual 2 GHz Mac OS X Server and Mailman the list software is what comes built-in with X Server. From ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Tue Sep 14 15:22:32 2004 From: ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (Eric Pentice) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] New Lists Message-ID: <929EA45C-069C-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> OK, and while we're at it. With the new list server, we've added a few new lists that people have been asking for for a while. G5 List PowerBook List iMac List You can access more information at: Eric Prentice ListMom From mzmarvl at uclalumni.net Tue Sep 14 16:57:20 2004 From: mzmarvl at uclalumni.net (Toni Lubofsky) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] request to be added to the imac list on digest Message-ID: imac@listserver.themacintoshguy.com Thank you for these information/query sites From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Tue Sep 14 18:00:54 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Obscure preferences files - mail.app sigs & printing presets Message-ID: Hihi, When I set up my Powerbook a month or so ago, I copied across ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist along with a number of other prefs files from my desktop, and managed to save much mucking about reproducing my the configurations it has taken months to get right. I only seem to be missing two things that bug me. 1) The laptop has none of my signatures in Mail.app 2) When I go to print on my desktop I have a pair of "Presets" in the dropdown which I configured myself. They are labelled "Manual duplex - first run" & "Manual duplex - second run" - one of them prints only odd pages (set via the "paper handling" drop-down), the other only even pages. I choose the first one, remove the paper when it's finished, place it in the manual-feed tray & finally select the second preset on a second print run; this gives me double-sided output. Does anyone know where the files for these settings are kept, please..? Stroller. From senft at worldnet.att.net Wed Sep 15 00:48:54 2004 From: senft at worldnet.att.net (=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Donna_Ellis=95Mitchell_Senft?=) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network Message-ID: Once again, we're close to getting broadband at home and have a couple of questions. It's going to be a cable modem. The main machine is an aged G4/400. The second machine, which needs to be able to access the web would be, preferably, an iBook G3/800 or one of the first generation iMacs. First, I'm still unclear what plugs into what: cable modem goes into base station, and Mac connects to modem? Or base station? (The deal with Cablevision includes free installation, but I'm sure they're Macphobic so I'll have to know more than the installation person.) After parsing Apple's support pages, I'm completely confused as to what hardware I need. Can I use Airport Express? Can either the iBook or iMac take a wireless card? If so, which card. It looks from the support page that at least the iBook can only take the original Airport card. Is that so? Thanks, Mitchell From allan at hise.org Wed Sep 15 02:58:19 2004 From: allan at hise.org (Allan Hise) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, [WINDOWS-1252] Donna Ellis=95Mitchell Senft wrote: > Once again, we're close to getting broadband at home and have a couple > of questions. It's going to be a cable modem. The main machine is an > aged G4/400. The second machine, which needs to be able to access the > web would be, preferably, an iBook G3/800 or one of the first > generation iMacs. OK, it sounds straightforward. > > First, I'm still unclear what plugs into what: cable modem goes into > base station, and Mac connects to modem? Or base station? (The deal > with Cablevision includes free installation, but I'm sure they're > Macphobic so I'll have to know more than the installation person.) When they do the install, I would be leery about letting them install any software. I'll admit my inexperience with cable setups (I'm using DSL), but I don't think you should need any additional software to make it work. I would get it working with a wired ethernet connection to your G4, and once that works, insert the wireless element. As far as connections, the broadband signal comes into the cable modem and from there you should have an ethernet port. Plug your basestation into that, mking sure to use the appropriate port if it has more than one (on my mother-in-law's Linksys wireless router, it is marked "Internet". I've seen another router mark it "WAN"). If all other computers are wireless, then no more physical connections are needed. If you have a mix, you need to plug in the wired computers to the basestation, possibly insterting a switch or hub between if there are more computers than ports on the basestation. BTW, generally switches are more desirable, though more expensive (but not much so these days). > > After parsing Apple's support pages, I'm completely confused as to what > hardware I need. Can I use Airport Express? Can either the iBook or > iMac take a wireless card? If so, which card. It looks from the support > page that at least the iBook can only take the original Airport card. > Is that so? The iBook is of similar vintage as mine, and yes, it only accepts a non-Extreme Airpirt card. I don't know whether the G4 or the 1st gen iMac have Airport slots at all, but they probably aren't "extreme". No matter, they can be hooked up via ethernet easily or a 3rd party WLAN card/USB dongle can be added if they need to be wireless. I hope this helps. Allan From geoffrey at alaska.net Wed Sep 15 03:03:58 2004 From: geoffrey at alaska.net (Geoffrey Loeffler) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8F8A8863-06FE-11D9-9E90-003065469F9A@alaska.net> Two things there are hard wired routers that take cable to cable connections, usually have 4 to 5 outlets to connect to other computers printers. Wireless routers i.e. Apple Base Station do the same thing but with limitations. From the telco modem you usually can go directly to a hard wired router. Be sure you know what kind of cable is required. This is the hardest part and the one with the least directions. It usually is a Cat 5E crossover cable. Now usually the Telco company will sell this with the modem, ouch a bit pricey). However, if you buy the modem and router from the telco this makes getting tech support answers a lot easier, because if you use another "brand" router, the telco will always blame it on the off brand router. When I got mine they put the wrong cable in the box. 2 days of pulling hair out, the guy on the phone asks read the color wires in the cable, because the color code was off he knew it was the wrong. Luckily I had a cross over. In fact I had wire everywhere of every type, just in case It is also possible you may be able to use the hard wired router by straight cat 5e to the G4 and the G4 then becomes the base station to get the signal to the iBook. Why the hard wired router, ability to hook up other devices that are not wireless. To go from the hard wired router you need to research a bit more, it depends on which base station you use. From the router you can hook up to a Apple Base Station or other brands of wireless stations, usually cheaper but I try to buy Apple when they do not skin me on the cost. Again the type of cable used here is important and dependent on type of router and where it's used . From the hard wired router you can use straight cat 5e cable to hook up directly to most macs by just plugging it in. Macs made from the the 6100-8100 series and older had ethernet but was a bit different had to have a plug and play part, if you do not have anything that old not worth typing. Me I love my 6100 G3 300MHZ bought new in 1995 and runs 15/7 and I only replace the pram 3 times, plus it lets me connect one of my printers a Select 360 a beast of a printer, but 10 years and still going Again be sure you get the correct cables. This is the only real headache part. This will give you a wired set up that will let use hard wired or wireless. I am looking at getting one of the older "Snow Base Stations" this has 2 ethernet ports and wireless I am sure minds smarter then mine will help more but that is the general flow. You can eliminate the hard wired router and go totally wireless. But I have found that the straight cat 5e is faster, and at times that matters and lets me hook up all sorts of good old products.. Go to Apples website and do a little more search for airport to see what's best for you.. They do a much better job of explaining things. I have noticed that the sight seems a little better then it used to be. Below is a good site that I sent someone else to >> http://search.info.apple.com/? >> q=Airport+&search=Go&lr=lang_en&search=Go Below is a quote from another list of this group 1st power mac t 1:58 PM -0500 9/11/04, Fred wrote: >> It has been stated that adding a slower wireless connection to the >> mix will >> slow down the network. But it is important to remember that your 54 >> (g) >> connection is good for only 30 feet or so from the base and with >> other 54 >> (g) equipped macs and that none of this relates to your internet >> connection as >> either the 11 (b) connection or the 54 (g) connection will be >> identical as >> internet connections are generally anywhere from 56k up to 1.5M to 3M >> which >> does not even utilize the 11 (b) connection to it's fullest. >> So save the money and find a used or inexpensive Base Station. The router that comes out from the telco modem is not always cheap, sometimes, free if you find the right ad. The hard wired routers, those are cheap Good luck Geoff From mgrant at gmail.com Wed Sep 15 03:12:07 2004 From: mgrant at gmail.com (Michael Grant) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: So is anyone making Mac-compatible sheetfed scanners these days? I used to love my little Visioneer Strobe.... Michael -- Are they evil or just stupid? From pkrug at mac.com Wed Sep 15 04:22:42 2004 From: pkrug at mac.com (Peter Krug) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8F12FB92-0709-11D9-9268-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> On Sep 15, 2004, at 5:58 AM, Allan Hise wrote: > > When they do the install, I would be leery about letting them install > any > software. I'll admit my inexperience with cable setups (I'm using DSL), > but I don't think you should need any additional software to make it > work. > I would get it working with a wired ethernet connection to your G4, and > once that works, insert the wireless element. This is absolutely correct. When the cable folks came out to install my parents' cable modem, they said a) the system requires the software install on all computers and b) that any wireless connection will cost extra. I told my parents to a) only tell the installer guy about my dad's laptop and hide the airport base station. After he had gone, my mom's iBook worked completely fine set to DHCP Ethernet and the base station worked fine routing packets for both computers once it was set up. Also, when I got my DSL, I did not install any of the Earthlink software - DHCP Ethernet worked just fine. Caveat: I have heard that some cable/DSL providers link the modem to a specific computer based on the mac address. I haven't ever actually seen this, but theoretically you could have the technician set up a computer then "oops, I need to set up another computer - here's it's mac address" (and you read it off the bottom of the base station to the tech support guy on the phone). Summary - definitely try everything without the ISP's software first. Peter A little computer haiku: I can't remember the last time I restarted I love OS X This message sent with Mail.app 1.3.9 on Mac OS X 10.3.5 From aron at r8ix.com Wed Sep 15 06:23:51 2004 From: aron at r8ix.com (Aron S.Spencer) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: <8F12FB92-0709-11D9-9268-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> References: <8F12FB92-0709-11D9-9268-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> Message-ID: <7BBA7880-071A-11D9-B33E-000393D232D4@r8ix.com> This can be accomplished by turning everything off (unplugging the cable modem), doing the reconfiguration, then turning everything back on. The cable modem will slave to the MAC address it sees first. And don't let them install any software on any computer. You don't need it. Go for the "Self Install" option if it's available. On Sep 15, 2004, at 7:22 AM, Peter Krug wrote: > Caveat: I have heard that some cable/DSL providers link the modem to > a specific computer based on the mac address. I haven't ever actually > seen this, but theoretically you could have the technician set up a > computer then "oops, I need to set up another computer - here's it's > mac address" (and you read it off the bottom of the base station to > the tech support guy on the phone). > Aron S. Spencer Elizabeth, NJ 07202 From doffie.rotter at uconn.edu Wed Sep 15 07:25:51 2004 From: doffie.rotter at uconn.edu (Doffie Rotter) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Help In-Reply-To: <20040914190008.363BF9902E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040914190008.363BF9902E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <2545F885-0723-11D9-83DA-000393D17D08@uconn.edu> UNSUB me, please. On Sep 14, 2004, at 3:00 PM, x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Send X4U mailing list submissions to > x4u@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > x4u-owner@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of X4U digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 (Eugene Lee) > 2. Re: Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 (Kirk McElhearn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 06:36:09 -0500 > From: Eugene Lee > Subject: [X4U] Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 > To: x4u@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Message-ID: <20040914113609.GG8028@Dark-Age.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > an update to the update... > > Security Update 2004-09-07 delivers a number of security > enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. > > Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 fixes the following issues in > Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.0: > > lukemftpd: Corrects the path to the configuration > directory > > Safari (10.3.5 only): The Safari version number is > changed to provide compatibility with web sites that use > an old version-checking mechanism > > Systems that have already installed Security Update 2004-09-07 > v1.0 should install Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 to obtain > these fixes. > > Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 is available for Mac OS X > v10.2.8, Mac OS X v10.3.4, Mac OS X v10.3.5, Mac OS X Server > v10.2.8, Mac OS X Server v10.3.4, and Mac OS X Server v10.3.5. > > This update includes the following components: > > CoreFoundation > IPSec > Kerberos > libpcap > lukemftpd > NetworkConfig > OpenLDAP > OpenSSH > PPPDialer > rsync > Safari > tcpdump > > > -- > Eugene Lee > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:50:11 +0200 > From: Kirk McElhearn > Subject: Re: [X4U] Security Update 2004-09-07 v1.1 > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > On 9/14/04 1:36 PM, "Eugene Lee" wrote: > >> an update to the update... > > Yeah, you gotta start wondering about this... Apple's getting a bit > slack; > this has been happening too often. > > > Kirk > > My latest book: How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Panther > http://www.mcelhearn.com/htde.html > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > . . > . . . . . . . kirk@mcelhearn.com | http://www.mcelhearn.com . . . . > . . > . . Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France > . . > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > End of X4U Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > ********************************* > From nacohen at mac.com Wed Sep 15 08:18:49 2004 From: nacohen at mac.com (Norman Cohen) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Obscure preferences files - mail.app sigs & printing presets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8B6EE703-072A-11D9-B30C-000D93AD20F4@mac.com> Here's where my custom printer presets are stored: /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.custompresets.plist Norm Norman Cohen nacohen@mac.com "I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap." Bob Hope On Sep 14, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Stroller wrote: > 2) When I go to print on my desktop I have a pair of "Presets" in the > dropdown which I configured myself. They are labelled "Manual duplex - > first run" & "Manual duplex - second run" - one of them prints only > odd pages (set via the "paper handling" drop-down), the other only > even pages. I choose the first one, remove the paper when it's > finished, place it in the manual-feed tray & finally select the second > preset on a second print run; this gives me double-sided output. > > Does anyone know where the files for these settings are kept, please..? > > Stroller. > From silvoc at tiscali.it Wed Sep 15 09:26:03 2004 From: silvoc at tiscali.it (silvo conticello) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: <8F12FB92-0709-11D9-9268-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> References: <8F12FB92-0709-11D9-9268-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> Message-ID: On 15 Sep 2004, at 12:22, Peter Krug wrote: > Also, when I got my DSL, I did not install any of the Earthlink > software - DHCP Ethernet worked just fine. Caveat: I have heard that > some cable/DSL providers link the modem to a specific computer based > on the mac address. I haven't ever actually seen this, but > theoretically you could have the technician set up a computer then > "oops, I need to set up another computer - here's it's mac address" > (and you read it off the bottom of the base station to the tech > support guy on the phone). I'm rather ignorant about cable modems, but, from my experience with NTL, everytime I need to hook a different computer (don't have yet a wireless network) all I have to do is just to unplug and re-plug the cable modem to let it 'register' the new Ethernet address. Silvo Silvo Conticello Albook 17" 1.5GHz/1.5Gb RAM/80Gb HD/OS10.3.4 iMac 1GHz/500Mb Ram/80Gb HD/OS10.3.2/17" display E-mail: silvoc@tiscali.it Cambridge UK From randy at macattorney.com Wed Sep 15 09:53:46 2004 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners Message-ID: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Michael Grant said: >So is anyone making Mac-compatible sheetfed scanners these days? I >used to love my little Visioneer Strobe.... I assume by your reference to the Visioneer Strobe that you aren't simply looking for a sheetfed scanner, but one that is small and compact like the Strobe was. I do know of one. It was released with almost zero fanfare at the end of last year.: Syscan TravelScan 464M USB Scanner SYSCAN, INC. 1754 Technology Drive, Suite 129 SanJose, California 95110, USA Tel: 1-408-436-9888 Fax: 1-408-436-6151 Tech Support: 1-408-436-6152 E-mail: $159 with free shipping from: Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From bullen.r at comcast.net Wed Sep 15 10:33:54 2004 From: bullen.r at comcast.net (Richard Bullen) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Sheetfed Scanners In-Reply-To: <20040915142601.76CD8A4525@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: A message from x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com sent on 9/15/04 included the following: >So is anyone making Mac-compatible sheetfed scanners these days? I >used to love my little Visioneer Strobe.... Try HP - 6110xi $199 @ Costco. Richard Bullen - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard Bullen Principal Business Navigation Tel: 510.790.1663 Cell: 510.449.4988 Email: rbullen@comcast.net From mcyoura at ix.netcom.com Wed Sep 15 11:14:03 2004 From: mcyoura at ix.netcom.com (Mary C.Youra) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: : [X4U] wireless network In-Reply-To: <20040915142601.AED8DA4529@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040915142601.AED8DA4529@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <0657D733-0743-11D9-8508-000393D99934@ix.netcom.com> On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:26 AM, senft@worldnet.att.net wrote: > Once again, we're close to getting broadband at home and have a couple > of questions. > First, I'm still unclear what plugs into what: cable modem goes into > base station, and Mac connects to modem? Or base station? Mitchell--this can be confusing to read, but it's pretty simple once you see it. Here's how our home network was initially set up: Cable Modem > Apple Snow Base Station > Ethernet RJ-45 cable connected to Blue/White G3 (which has no internal airport card slot, incidentally). Other computers--an iBook 800 G3, iBook SE, 2 iMac 500s (not first generation, but Summer 2001), and a Powerbook 3400 with a wireless card in a PCMCIA slot--connect wirelessly with all but the Powerbook 3400 outfitted with original Airtport cards. The Apple Base Station is easy to set up, but it is more expensive than many other routers. The newer Apple Extreme Base Stations offer a faster wireless connection, but only to those computers with the newer Airport Extreme cards. An AEBS will work with the original Airport cards, but they can only receive the signal at their lower rate. This Apple site has a nice setup diagram, though it's about those ISPs that want only one device connected at a time. (This was helpful information for us, even though our cable company does not care if we have a router--we still had to use the reset procedure to connect the Airport Base Station after the cable guy hooked up the B/W G3 to the modem, and left.): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106836 If you buy an non-Apple wireless router, make sure it doesn't require a Windows PC to configure it, or know someone with a PC notebook to come over and help you. > After parsing Apple's support pages, I'm completely confused as to what > hardware I need. Can I use Airport Express? Airport Express has only one ethernet port, into which you would plug the cable modem. It would broadcast a wireless signal to any of your computers with an Airport card, but there'd be no port available to connect it by ethernet to a non-wireless computer. You might find it too limiting for your purposes, though it does offer a wireless print server usb connection, which would allow you to hook up your printer and let your wireless computers access the printer that way. (My iBook accesses my husband's printer wirelessly, but his computer does have to be on to do so.) > Can either the iBook or > iMac take a wireless card? The iBook 800 G3 can certainly take an original Airport card, but not the newer, faster Extreme card. I am not certain about your iMac, it may be too early (if it can, like the iBook, it will be limited to the original Airport card). Check these two sites: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106777 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58669 If there is no internal Airport card slot, keep in mind that there are external devices which plug into the iMac's ethernet port which will allow it to connect wirelessly to a wireless router or Airport Base Station. I think these adapters can be pricey, however. Or you can do what my college daugher does in her shared apartment--they have a 4 port Linksys router with ethernet cables snaking up and down the hall and into their rooms. Not elegant, but functional. hth, Mary From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Wed Sep 15 14:04:17 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Obscure preferences files - mail.app sigs & printing presets In-Reply-To: <8B6EE703-072A-11D9-B30C-000D93AD20F4@mac.com> References: <8B6EE703-072A-11D9-B30C-000D93AD20F4@mac.com> Message-ID: On Sep 15, 2004, at 4:18 pm, Norman Cohen wrote: > Here's where my custom printer presets are stored: > > /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.print.custompresets.plist Ta. Much appreciated. Stroller. From mark at mophilly.com Wed Sep 15 16:39:37 2004 From: mark at mophilly.com (Mark Phillips) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] wmv to dvd format Message-ID: <816FFFB0-0770-11D9-80C9-000A95A5888A@mophilly.com> What is needed to convert wmv files to a format that can be burned onto a DVD and played? Also, I paid a fellow to edit some video and provide a master DVD I can use for duplication for a club I am involved with. Is it possible to "rip" a DVD and splice in the aforementioned wmv files? Mark Phillips Mophilly & Associates On the web at http://www.mophilly.com On the phone at 619 444-9210 From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Wed Sep 15 17:19:18 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Help In-Reply-To: <2545F885-0723-11D9-83DA-000393D17D08@uconn.edu> References: <20040914190008.363BF9902E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <2545F885-0723-11D9-83DA-000393D17D08@uconn.edu> Message-ID: <20040916001918.GB3794@Dark-Age.local> Doffie, please don't quote an entire message just to reply with a single one-liner response. That's bad netiquette. Also, did you even follow the instructions for unsubscribing? They are listed in every post and every digest. I've trimmed the message you sent so that you can read the instructions more clearly. On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:25:51AM -0400, Doffie Rotter wrote: : : UNSUB me, please. : : On Sep 14, 2004, at 3:00 PM, x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com : wrote: : : >Send X4U mailing list submissions to : > x4u@listserver.themacintoshguy.com : > : >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit : > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u : >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to : > x4u-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From pandcsealy at internode.on.net Wed Sep 15 22:45:22 2004 From: pandcsealy at internode.on.net (Peter Sealy) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question Message-ID: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: > > Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? > > Thank you in advance, > > Al SImcoe One way is to Restart but that may not suit your working environment. Cheers ......... Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Wed Sep 15 23:55:06 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> Message-ID: <57A545EC-07AD-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: > On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: > >> >> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Al SImcoe > > One way is to Restart but that may not suit your working environment. Now that would be called a "Royal Flush" ! A very undesirable solution. :-) Al Simcoe From brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au Thu Sep 16 00:17:04 2004 From: brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <57A545EC-07AD-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: You know, I vaguely remember running an app recently that had the option of showing you what was in the clipboard. Whether it allowed you to clear it or not is another question. For the life of me I can't remember what it was. However, I found the following link on Versiontracker for a Script that will clear the clipboard: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11308 Cheers, Coj Al Simcoe On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: > On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: > >> >> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Al SImcoe > > One way is to Restart but that may not suit your working environment. Now that would be called a "Royal Flush" ! A very undesirable solution. :-) Al Simcoe From senft at worldnet.att.net Thu Sep 16 01:52:51 2004 From: senft at worldnet.att.net (=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Donna_Ellis=95Mitchell_Senft?=) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network Message-ID: Thanks for all the quick responses. However, they somewhat miss the mark, maybe because I didn't emphasize the most perplexing thing which is the wireless network issue. That is, in no particular order: What cards do the iBook G3 and 4 year old iMac take, if at all? Are they still available? It looks like the iBook takes an Airport card, but not Airport Extreme. The iMac I'm unsure about. Does this "original" Airport card work with the Airport Express unit? If so, how well? Or do I have options? For that matter, is this Wi-Fi stuff generic enough that I don't need Apple hardware? If so, again, what "generic" cards would be recommended? Thanks, Mitchell From allan at hise.org Thu Sep 16 06:21:42 2004 From: allan at hise.org (Allan Hise) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, [WINDOWS-1252] Donna Ellis=95Mitchell Senft wrote: > Thanks for all the quick responses. However, they somewhat miss the > mark, maybe because I didn't emphasize the most perplexing thing which > is the wireless network issue. That is, in no particular order: > > What cards do the iBook G3 and 4 year old iMac take, if at all? Are > they still available? It looks like the iBook takes an Airport card, > but not Airport Extreme. The iMac I'm unsure about. > The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about availability. The iMac, if it has an airport slot, will take a standard one. Airport Extreme card work only in macs that specifically say they take them. > Does this "original" Airport card work with the Airport Express unit? > If so, how well? Or do I have options? > Yes. But only at the original airport speed (11 MB/s). > For that matter, is this Wi-Fi stuff generic enough that I don't need > Apple hardware? If so, again, what "generic" cards would be > recommended? Yes, in theory. They should all be IEEE 802.11b and/or 802.11g compliant, which are international standards for wireless networking. That's why you can use wireless hotspots with your airport equipped iBook or PowerBook & the wireless hardware isn't apple's. The only problem you might run into is in Mac drives for cards and/or USB dongles. Allan From mpanas at callatg.com Thu Sep 16 06:58:58 2004 From: mpanas at callatg.com (Mike Panas) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8E77B237-07E8-11D9-870A-000A95BA5EEA@callatg.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 6:21 AM, Allan Hise wrote: > The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about > availability I found one at Tekserve in New York, and there is a MAc store in Marin that sells them. The Apple retail stores don't have them, and employees there will tell you they can't be purchased. Mike From mcclernan1 at comcast.net Thu Sep 16 07:23:35 2004 From: mcclernan1 at comcast.net (John McClernan) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network In-Reply-To: <8E77B237-07E8-11D9-870A-000A95BA5EEA@callatg.com> Message-ID: Just do a Google search for "Apple Airport card" and you'll get plenty of places that have them. I looked at just one listing and the card was $81 with free shipping. A little digging will produce successful results. Also try: PriceGrabber,com Shopper.cnet.com Bizrate.com Streetprices.com Dealmac.com There's just a few. Cheers, John On 9/16/04 9:58 AM, "Mike Panas" wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2004, at 6:21 AM, Allan Hise wrote: > >> The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about >> availability > > I found one at Tekserve in New York, and there is a MAc store in Marin > that sells them. > > The Apple retail stores don't have them, and employees there will tell > you they can't be purchased. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 07:32:37 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <41B5171C-07ED-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Thanks for this. Al Simcoe On Sep 16, 2004, at 3:17 AM, Brett Conlon wrote: > You know, I vaguely remember running an app recently that had the > option > of showing you what was in the clipboard. Whether it allowed you to > clear > it or not is another question. For the life of me I can't remember > what it > was. > > However, I found the following link on Versiontracker for a Script that > will clear the clipboard: > > http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11308 > > Cheers, > > Coj > > > > Al Simcoe > > > On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:45 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: > >> On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: >> >>> >>> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? From roy at ion.co.za Thu Sep 16 07:05:05 2004 From: roy at ion.co.za (Roy van der Westhuizen) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Replacing the Escape key Message-ID: <68F4C227-07E9-11D9-9525-000A95A06CCC@ion.co.za> I wonder if anyone can point me to a diagram of how to replace/install an escape key on a a Power Book. Mine came lose when cleaning the keys and I subsequently tried to replace it, but I battled to wrap my mind around it. In addition I need a magnifying glass and and battle with dexterity, so a sketch plan would be a great help. Regards, Roy From billwhite at mac.com Thu Sep 16 07:54:22 2004 From: billwhite at mac.com (Bill White) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <41B5171C-07ED-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On 9/16/04 10:32 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: >> However, I found the following link on Versiontracker for a Script that will >> clear the clipboard: >> >> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11308 That old script doesn't work for me under 10.3.5, but it's easy enough to write your own...it's a one-liner. Open Script Editor (Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor) and create a new script. Enter this text in the script window: set the clipboard to "" Save that as an application and you're done. --Bill From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 08:12:41 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 16, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Bill White wrote: > Open Script Editor (Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor) and create > a new > script. > > Enter this text in the script window: set the clipboard to "" > > Save that as an application and you're done. > Thank you Bill !!! Al Simcoe From gretchen at sedl.org Thu Sep 16 08:53:36 2004 From: gretchen at sedl.org (Gretchen Hayman) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] USB Microphones? Message-ID: <9224EA00-07F8-11D9-8DE6-0003937C1BB0@sedl.org> Hi All, Sorry if this has been covered before, but I couldn't find the old archives for the "old" version of this list, only the newly created archives from this month. I was looking for some recommendations on USB Microphones. We have someone who wants to do some voice-overs for a flash training that will available via our web site. We don't need it to be CD-quality sound, just better than that provided by the built-in mics in our PowerBooks, etc. I know that the best quality sound would probably be from a proper microphone via mic input, but I was looking for something a little more universal, that could be used on any of our Macs that have USB. Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? Also any recommendations on software for recording (OS X, of course)? I see that there are several available: Audio Recorder Audio In Audio Companion Sound Studio I think we would prefer mp3 format to AIFF. So, any good, bad or ugly opinions on any of these? Many thanks for your input! Gretchen From ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Thu Sep 16 09:35:02 2004 From: ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (Eric Pentice) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> Message-ID: <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Wouldn't just copying something else remove what was on there? Select a single word or even a space, Command-C. Or am I missing something deeper here? Eric On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:45 PM, Peter Sealy wrote: > On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: > >> >> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Al SImcoe > > One way is to Restart but that may not suit your working environment. > > Cheers > ......... > > Peter Sealy *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* Dr. Bott "Distribution Macintosh Style" 9720 SW Hillman Ct., Suite 840 Wilsonville, OR 97070 877.611.2688 ? 503.682.6767 fax www.drbott.com From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 09:45:16 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On Sep 16, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Eric Pentice wrote: > Wouldn't just copying something else remove what was on there? No. > Select a single word or even a space, Command-C. How would that "Flush" (empty) the System Clipboard? > Or am I missing something deeper here? Yup. Read the complete thread. Al SImcoe From keith_w at dslextreme.com Thu Sep 16 09:47:59 2004 From: keith_w at dslextreme.com (Keith Whaley) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> It seems that would work. The clipboard doesn't care what is copied to it. If you want a "space" copied to it, do so. Like any other text character, it will copy over and replace what's already there. I just selected the "C" in the text below, did a command-c to "copy' it the clipboard, and after repositioning the cursor, did a command-v to "paste," it showed up at the cursor. That works with a space as well. Try it... keith whaley Eric Pentice wrote: > Wouldn't just copying something else remove what was on there? > > Select a single word or even a space, Command-C. > > Or am I missing something deeper here? > > Eric > > > > On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:45 PM, Peter Sealy wrote: > >> On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: >> >>> >>> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? >>> >>> Thank you in advance, >>> >>> Al SImcoe >> >> >> One way is to Restart but that may not suit your working environment. >> >> Cheers >> ......... >> >> Peter Sealy > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* > Dr. Bott "Distribution Macintosh Style" > 9720 SW Hillman Ct., Suite 840 > Wilsonville, OR 97070 > 877.611.2688 ? 503.682.6767 fax > www.drbott.com > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > > From randy at macattorney.com Thu Sep 16 09:56:06 2004 From: randy at macattorney.com (Randy B.Singer) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] USB Microphones? Message-ID: <20040916165610.169F1ABFF8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Gretchen Hayman said: >I was looking for some recommendations on USB Microphones. We have >someone who wants to do some voice-overs for a flash training that will >available via our web site. I'm told (but can't personally verify) that the best microphone for voice recognition (which requires as clean input as possible) is: The VXI TalkPro Xpress combined with the Andrea USB sound pod. When you connect the VXI to the Andrea USB pod you get a USB headset. See these at: http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=047 http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=003 For less rigorous use, for my personal use I have the MacSense iParrot Stereo headset. $10 http://store.yahoo.com/lovemacs/5352ipbi.html $13 http://www.outpost.com/product/3381612/ Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html From tabdave at comcast.net Thu Sep 16 10:08:17 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OT-Air Traffic Control crash because of MS! In-Reply-To: References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <00B26D9E-0803-11D9-A83C-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> I thought everyone would get a great kick out of this even though it's OT! You all probably heard about how the radio communications of the Air Traffic Control System crashed on Tuesday bringing air flights to an almost standstill on the west coast. Well guess what! It's because of a bug in the Microsoft based OS they use that shuts down the system automatically every 49.7 days to prevent overload. Seems that they actually have to have a human reset the system when this happens and apparently, the guy just forgot! Before a year ago when they "upgraded" to the MS system, it was built on UNIX (the same system the Mac is based on), and had been running crash free for many years! Here's a little blurb about it all: > > As originally designed, the VSCS system used computers that ran on an > operating system known as Unix, said Ray Baggett, vice president for > the union's western region. > > The VSCS system was built for the FAA by Harris Corp. of Melbourne, > Fla., at a cost of more than $1.5 billion. > > When the system was upgraded about a year ago, the original computers > were replaced by Dell computers using Microsoft software. Baggett said > the Microsoft software contained an internal clock designed to shut > the system down after 49.7 days to prevent it from becoming overloaded > with data. > > FAA officials said they had known for more than a year that a > software glitch could shut down radio communications and were in the > process of fixing it. In the meantime, they required manual resetting > of the communications system ? a process they described as similar to > rebooting a personal computer. > > The agency's radio system in Palmdale shut itself down Tuesday > afternoon because a technician failed to reset an internal clock David Crandon -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Is it possible to > "rip" a DVD and splice in the aforementioned wmv files? From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 10:40:54 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> Message-ID: <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 12:47 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: > > It seems that would work. > The clipboard doesn't care what is copied to it. The Clipboard may not care but Al SImcoe does. Let me restate the mission here, I want to **FLUSH** (empty) the System Clipboard. :-) I want the "System Clipboard" to be in a Vacuous state !!!!! Now, that said............ All the repliers to my question but Bill White, seem to "Assume" or pre determine why I want to do this and craft their answers accordingly.. Don't do this. You'll be wrong. I am sure you all know how to spell the word "assume" You will make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". The very first words out of my 1st year Engineering professor's mouth so many years ago :-) The Holy Grail here should be simple to understand. How do I "Flush" (empty) the "System Clipboard". No more, no less ! > If you want a "space" copied to it, do so. Like any other text > character, it will copy over and replace what's already there. Where did I say I want a space? I do not want a "Space" in the clipboard. A "Space" is data just like an "A" or "D" or "&" characters. The only difference is you can not see a "Space". The "Space" character has an true "ascii" value!!!! I forget what it is offhand. I think it is "%20". > I just selected the "C" in the text below, did a command-c to "copy' > it the clipboard, and after repositioning the cursor, did a command-v > to "paste," it showed up at the cursor. > That works with a space as well. Try it... see above ! Thanks to all the list members who have tried to help so far. The most entertaining one so far is the reply that would have me do a "Royal Flush"! (see one of my previous replies) The best solution (I think) is Bill White's simple AppleScript solution. Thanks Bill (see Bill's reply) It seems that Bill has learned NOT to "Over Engineer" a solution !!! Any more ideas? :-) Al Simcoe > > Eric Pentice wrote: > >> Wouldn't just copying something else remove what was on there? >> Select a single word or even a space, Command-C. Or am I missing >> something deeper here? >> Eric >> On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:45 PM, Peter Sealy wrote: >>> On 16/09/2004, at 10:12 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Can someone tell me how to "Flush" the System Clipboard? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance, >>>> >>>> Al SImcoe >>> From drcohen at mac.com Thu Sep 16 11:05:22 2004 From: drcohen at mac.com (Dennis R. Cohen) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wmv to dvd format In-Reply-To: <20040916174104.1D215AC4D4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 9/16/04 at 1:33 PM, Richard Gilmore transmitted the following electronic message: > >I'm not 100% on this but I think you can Cleaner 5/6 to convert a >.wmv file to Quicktime and from there use iDVD to burn it. DVDs can be >ripped, edited and re-burned but the quality goes down. Unfortunately >I'm not the one to talk to about that except that I know it can be >done. Try the MacDV list they would definitely be able to tell you. > >Richard > > > > >> What is needed to convert wmv files to a format that can be burned >> onto a DVD and played? >> >> Also, I paid a fellow to edit some video and provide a master DVD I >> can use for duplication for a club I am involved with. Is it >> possible to "rip" a DVD and splice in the aforementioned wmv files? > Some wmv files, not those with DRM protection, though, nor does it support the most recent wmv formats (WMP9 and later). You can also convert the "older", non-protected WMVs using ffmpegX with the "Decode using mplayer" option (i.e. if you can play it with MPlayer, you can convert it with ffmpegX). So far as Richard's "splicing" question -- it's possible, but decidedly non-trivial. A DVD is comprised of BUP, IFO, and VOB files. IFO files (and BUPs, which are IFO backups) contain instructions to the DVD Player as to how the VOB (Video OBject) files are to be played -- aspect ratio, languages, menus, etc. The VOB files contain multiplexed MPEG video and digital audio and, together, contain parts of a movie (each individual VOB is size limited). You would need to reconstruct the VOB sequences, splicing in your new material, resplitting the VOB files in a domino effect from the point of insertion/deletion, rebuild the IFO, and so forth. You are far more likely to be successful to take the raw material and reauthor the DVD. Check out www.dvdrhelp.com and www.audio-video-affair.com for reference material on how DVDs are laid-out and authored. -- Deenis R. Cohen FileMaker Pro 7 Bible Teach Yourself Visually iLife04 and other titles From gretchen at sedl.org Thu Sep 16 11:30:11 2004 From: gretchen at sedl.org (Gretchen Hayman) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] USB Microphones? In-Reply-To: <20040916165610.169F1ABFF8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040916165610.169F1ABFF8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <71FC5B42-080E-11D9-8DE6-0003937C1BB0@sedl.org> On Sep 16, 2004, at 11:56, Randy B.Singer wrote: > I'm told (but can't personally verify) that the best microphone for > voice > recognition (which requires as clean input as possible) is: > > The VXI TalkPro Xpress combined with the Andrea USB sound pod. (snip) > For less rigorous use, for my personal use I have the MacSense iParrot > Stereo headset. Excellent! Thank you for your (very quick!) suggestions Randy. I will check these out. Gretchen From ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Thu Sep 16 11:35:57 2004 From: ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (Eric Pentice) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: <3FB96C5E-080F-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> OK, so why do you want to do that? My wife taught me that if you communicate fully a lot less assuming happens. ;-) Eric On Sep 16, 2004, at 10:40 AM, Al Simcoe wrote: > Now, that said............ > > All the repliers to my question but Bill White, seem to "Assume" or > pre determine why > I want to do this and craft their answers accordingly.. Don't do this. > You'll be wrong. > I am sure you all know how to spell the word "assume" > You will make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". > The very first words out of my 1st year Engineering professor's mouth > so many years ago :-) > > The Holy Grail here should be simple to understand. How do I "Flush" > (empty) the "System Clipboard". > No more, no less ! From lists at sofstats.com Thu Sep 16 11:40:55 2004 From: lists at sofstats.com (Rod Buchanan) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On 9/16/04 12:40 PM, "Al Simcoe" wrote: > The best solution (I think) is Bill White's simple AppleScript > solution. Thanks Bill (see Bill's reply) > It seems that Bill has learned NOT to "Over Engineer" a solution !!! >From the command line (Terminal): cat /dev/null | pbcopy -- Rod "The Klingon Gods are dead. Klingon warriors killed them millennia ago. They proved more trouble than they were worth." -- Worf From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 11:50:04 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <3FB96C5E-080F-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> <3FB96C5E-080F-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <38C61A98-0811-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:35 PM, Eric Pentice wrote: > OK, so why do you want to do that? > > My wife taught me that if you communicate fully a lot less assuming > happens. ;-) Oh oh, I knew someone was going to ask this question. It is on a need to know basis If I tell you, I would have to shoot you after. :-) I agree with your very smart wife but coming up with a solution, is not relevant as to why! :-) Respectfully, Al Simcoe From MAPeterson at jamestower.com Thu Sep 16 11:32:31 2004 From: MAPeterson at jamestower.com (Peterson, Mike A. (James Tower)) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question Message-ID: <01E4A5BAEE42D411977100508BC22C9F09B41DDF@tcexch3.taylorcorp.com> >I am sure you all know how to spell the word "assume" >You will make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". This has always bugged me, because don't you have to assume that you shouldn't assume to reach this conclusion? It also bugs me because no one ever says anything about guessing, so apparently guessing (which isn't too far from assuming) is OK. The saying itself is right up there with "There's no "I" in TEAM." There is a "me" though and no "us" or "we". ---------------------------------------------------- Michael Peterson Dilbert's Words of Wisdom: Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the heck is the ceiling?!" From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 12:30:34 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <38C61A98-0811-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> References: <99824738-07A3-11D9-9B2D-000393DC7316@internode.on.net> <5B7A6008-07FE-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <4149C3BF.10207@dslextreme.com> <8F4E7E38-0807-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> <3FB96C5E-080F-11D9-B52A-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <38C61A98-0811-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Al Simcoe wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:35 PM, Eric Pentice wrote: > >> OK, so why do you want to do that? >> Ok ok. I will explain. You were all part of an experiment. I am currently tutoring a young Engineering (computer sciences) student who is now attending a local University. In the course of tutoring him, he sometimes seems to want to Over Engineer some of the scripts he is writing to accomplish some defined tasks. This can be an invitation to disaster when it comes to making an operating do what you want it to do. Heck, look what happened to Microsoft's Windows. Perfect example of a Bloated, over engineered and inefficient OS, So, to prove my point to him, I put out a question to the list asking, "How can I Flush (empty) the "System Clipboard", a simply put but well defined question. The results were very interesting to both him and myself. We have received replies from people who did not really take the time to Really understand the question fully, to what I feel are Over Engineered answers, to one that would have me simply Shutdown and re boot the system (the Royal Flush as I call it), albeit a simple one, to a simplistic solution that seems and feels right (again, thanks Bill Wright). Maybe I'll have my young student write a script called "royal_flush". Maybe I will ! Cheers to all! Al SImcoe From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 12:35:53 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question In-Reply-To: <01E4A5BAEE42D411977100508BC22C9F09B41DDF@tcexch3.taylorcorp.com> References: <01E4A5BAEE42D411977100508BC22C9F09B41DDF@tcexch3.taylorcorp.com> Message-ID: <9F3047A2-0817-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Peterson, Mike A. (James Tower) wrote: >> I am sure you all know how to spell the word "assume" >> You will make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". > > This has always bugged me, because don't you have to assume that you > shouldn't assume to reach this conclusion? Phew! :-) Assumption becomes somewhat safer when you **FULLY* understand was is asked of you. My question did have all the info necessary to come up with a good answer. I think though that the exercise was a good one for him. Al SImcoe From jpfreeman at mac.com Thu Sep 16 12:39:29 2004 From: jpfreeman at mac.com (Jim Freeman) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2019E19B-0818-11D9-AB75-000D933284B2@mac.com> ebay On 16-Sep-04, at 10:23 AM, John McClernan wrote: > Also try: > PriceGrabber,com > Shopper.cnet.com > Bizrate.com > Streetprices.com > Dealmac.com From CoverC at wpunj.edu Thu Sep 16 13:00:18 2004 From: CoverC at wpunj.edu (Cover, Chris) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Automatic downloads In-Reply-To: <9F3047A2-0817-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: Has anyone else seen this problem: I hit a page with some ad. Suddenly I get a download file named like this: 2004.09.16.19.54.20 Which appears in the activity window as: http://view.atdmt.com/RIS/iview/nwyrkhdr00100002ris/direct/012004.09.16.19.5 4.20?click= When I open the file with BBedit I get: RTSP/1.0 400 Bad Request Server: QTSS/4.1.1 (Build/412.38; Platform/MacOSX) Cseq: Connection: Close Now I do have a QTSS running on my machine but it has never intercepted a weblink before. Any ideas? From brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au Thu Sep 16 16:36:29 2004 From: brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question [NOISE] In-Reply-To: <9F3047A2-0817-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: SHEESH!!!!! May I suggest that *some* of you come visit downunder in Oz for a while so you can learn how to chill out and say, "She'll be right, mate"???!!! I mean..... for heaven's sake..... some of the stuff that goes on in this list is... embarrassing! Cojcolds Al Simcoe On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Peterson, Mike A. (James Tower) wrote: >> I am sure you all know how to spell the word "assume" >> You will make an "ass" out of "u" and "me". > > This has always bugged me, because don't you have to assume that you > shouldn't assume to reach this conclusion? Phew! :-) Assumption becomes somewhat safer when you **FULLY* understand was is asked of you. My question did have all the info necessary to come up with a good answer. I think though that the exercise was a good one for him. Al SImcoe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040917/a46a87de/attachment.html From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 17:15:22 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question [NOISE] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 16, 2004, at 7:36 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > > SHEESH!!!!! > > May I suggest that *some* of you come visit downunder in Oz for a > while so you can learn how to chill out and say, "She'll be right, > mate"???!!! > > I mean..... for heaven's sake..... some of the stuff that goes on in > this list is... embarrassing! Calm down now. It's just some good clean fun. Look at it this way; the question is quite legitimate. The thread has been a long one and there has been: No flames No threats No cursing No one thrown off the list By the number of participants in the thread, I'd say it has been successful. So, kick back and open a Foster's and enjoy!! Cheers to you Brett, Al Simcoe From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 17:26:17 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OS X update from Apple Message-ID: <310AC41A-0840-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Ok, this is a for real question. I have OS X checking for updates daily. In the window that gets displayed, it suggests items the Updater wishes to update. It also allows you to select or deselect which items you want or not want updated. Some of these items I will Never want updated. How can I stop those items from showing in the Updater window? Al Simcoe From allan at hise.org Thu Sep 16 17:29:22 2004 From: allan at hise.org (Allan Hise) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OS X update from Apple In-Reply-To: <310AC41A-0840-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Al Simcoe wrote: > Some of these items I will Never want updated. How can I stop those > items from > showing in the Updater window? 1) select package you want to never see again 2) In the "Update" menu, select "Ignore Update. That's all, folks. Allan From thelook at eircom.net Thu Sep 16 17:30:49 2004 From: thelook at eircom.net (Jim MacCormaic) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OS X update from Apple In-Reply-To: <310AC41A-0840-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> References: <310AC41A-0840-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On 17 Sep 2004, at 01:26 am, Al Simcoe wrote: > Some of these items I will Never want updated. How can I stop those > items from > showing in the Updater window? Select the update in question. Hit Cmd-Delete (or, using the menus, Update -> Ignore Update. Jim MacCormaic Dublin, Ireland From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 17:34:16 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OS X update from Apple In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E5E4FAC-0841-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 8:29 PM, Allan Hise wrote: > > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Al Simcoe wrote: > >> Some of these items I will Never want updated. How can I stop those >> items from >> showing in the Updater window? > > 1) select package you want to never see again > 2) In the "Update" menu, select "Ignore Update. Sorry, I should have stated that I am running OS X 10.3.5 In previous versions i was given the above option but seemingly, not in 10.3. Or am I missing something here. Al Simcoe From alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com Thu Sep 16 17:38:50 2004 From: alsimcoe at alsimcoe.com (Al Simcoe) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] OS X update from Apple In-Reply-To: References: <310AC41A-0840-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: On Sep 16, 2004, at 8:30 PM, Jim MacCormaic wrote: > On 17 Sep 2004, at 01:26 am, Al Simcoe wrote: > >> Some of these items I will Never want updated. How can I stop those >> items from >> showing in the Updater window? > > Select the update in question. Hit Cmd-Delete (or, using the menus, > Update -> Ignore Update. Thanks Jim. I neglected the obvious. Works just fine. Thanks Al Simcoe From senft at worldnet.att.net Fri Sep 17 01:58:56 2004 From: senft at worldnet.att.net (=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Donna_Ellis=95Mitchell_Senft?=) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wireless network In-Reply-To: <20040916143645.DB1D5AB582@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040916143645.DB1D5AB582@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about > availability. The iMac, if it has an airport slot, will take a standard > one. Airport Extreme card work only in macs that specifically say they > take them. How do I find out whether our iMac has the slot? > >> Does this "original" Airport card work with the Airport Express unit? >> If so, how well? Or do I have options? >> > > Yes. But only at the original airport speed (11 MB/s). 11 MB/s means what practically speaking? More importantly, as it's a means for additional access to the web through the cable modem, would the web access be slowed significantly? If so, how badly? Thanks, Mitchell From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Fri Sep 17 03:04:41 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Major Graphics flaw In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20040917100441.GA414@Dark-Age.local> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:05:54AM +0200, Paul Moortgat wrote: : : Read it all in ZDNet : : Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs : : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5366314.html Old news. Basically, there's a bug in way Windoze reads JPEGs that allows malicious code to get executed. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Fri Sep 17 03:13:37 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: <20040916143645.DB1D5AB582@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <20040917101337.GB414@Dark-Age.local> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:58:56AM -0400, Donna Ellis?Mitchell Senft wrote: : : >The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about : >availability. The iMac, if it has an airport slot, will take a standard : >one. Airport Extreme card work only in macs that specifically say they : >take them. : : How do I find out whether our iMac has the slot? Check your user manual. It should say something like "AirPort Ready". You can also check with online sites as well: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index.html : >>Does this "original" Airport card work with the Airport Express unit? : >>If so, how well? Or do I have options? : > : >Yes. But only at the original airport speed (11 MB/s). : : 11 MB/s means what practically speaking? More importantly, as it's a : means for additional access to the web through the cable modem, would : the web access be slowed significantly? If so, how badly? 1) It's actually "11 Mbps" as in "11 megabits/sec". "MB" almost universally stands for megabytes. 2) Practically speaking, you will not notice a difference in speed downloading web pages between AirPort and AirPort Extreme. That's because the slowest part of your network is the Internet connection (i.e. your cable modem). The benefit of AirPort Extreme over AirPort is that the former supports faster connection speeds between computers on your *local* wireless network. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Fri Sep 17 04:18:13 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: <20040916143645.DB1D5AB582@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <4409D903-089B-11D9-A625-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> On Sep 17, 2004, at 9:58 am, Donna Ellis?Mitchell Senft wrote: >> The iBook G3 takes a standard Airport card. I'm not sure about >> availability. The iMac, if it has an airport slot, will take a >> standard >> one. Airport Extreme card work only in macs that specifically say they >> take them. > > How do I find out whether our iMac has the slot? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86258 >>> Does this "original" Airport card work with the Airport Express unit? >>> If so, how well? Or do I have options? >>> >> >> Yes. But only at the original airport speed (11 MB/s). > > 11 MB/s means what practically speaking? It means 5MB/sec after overhead. Probably a full-sixed CD image (600 - 700meg) in 30 - 40 minutes. > More importantly, as it's a means for additional access to the web > through the cable modem, would the web access be slowed significantly? > If so, how badly? No, the Airport would be faster. Stroller. From tmiller4 at tampabay.rr.com Fri Sep 17 04:30:09 2004 From: tmiller4 at tampabay.rr.com (Tom Miller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wireless network In-Reply-To: <4409D903-089B-11D9-A625-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> References: <4409D903-089B-11D9-A625-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: <20040917123009.4941@smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com> On 9/17/04, at 12:18 PM, Stroller, said: >It means 5MB/sec after overhead. Probably a full-sixed CD image (600 - >700meg) in 30 - 40 minutes. For whatever reason, my Airport Extreme Base Station stopped working and I had to use my QuickSilver w/ an old AirPort (slower) card as the software base station to give my wife's iMac (Extreme card) internet access. She never noticed the difference. From craig at craigwdesigns.com Fri Sep 17 04:59:33 2004 From: craig at craigwdesigns.com (Craig) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Major Graphics flaw In-Reply-To: <20040917100441.GA414@Dark-Age.local> References: <20040917100441.GA414@Dark-Age.local> Message-ID: <0A34364B-08A1-11D9-A143-003065BD317A@craigwdesigns.com> On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:04 AM, Eugene Lee wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:05:54AM +0200, Paul Moortgat wrote: > : > : Read it all in ZDNet > : > : Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs > : > : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5366314.html > > Old news. Basically, there's a bug in way Windoze reads JPEGs that > allows malicious code to get executed. Not that old, they just announced it Tuesday. Maybe you're thinking the same thing I did when I read it in the news, I confused it with last month's png vulnerability (quote from the zdnet article): "The flaw is unrelated to another image vulnerability found in early August. That vulnerability, in a common code library designed to support the Portable Network Graphics, or PNG, format, affected applications running on Linux, Windows and Apple's Mac OS X. Both the JPEG, which stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, and PNG formats are commonly used by Web sites." But here's the funny part! " The JPEG image-processing vulnerability is the latest flaw from Microsoft and the source of the company's 28th advisory this year. Microsoft frequently includes multiple issues in a single advisory; four advisories in April, for example, contained more than 20 vulnerabilities." -Craig From winter at mac.com Fri Sep 17 06:53:53 2004 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Clipboard question [NOISE] In-Reply-To: <9F3047A2-0817-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> References: <01E4A5BAEE42D411977100508BC22C9F09B41DDF@tcexch3.taylorcorp.com> <9F3047A2-0817-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: <03195FA2-08B1-11D9-A0E2-0003937E4B50@mac.com> On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:35 PM, Al Simcoe wrote: > My question did have all the info necessary to come up with a good > answer. Not necessarily, and not necessarily the best answer. That generally requires getting as much information as possible (asking questions) to make sure one fully understands the problem. Without doing that, you ("you" being the person answering the question) can't even be sure you have a good answer. You'd have to trust the questioner to have actually provided all necessary information and really understand the problem they're trying to solve (often not the case -but one can always make that assumption :-) So, IMO you gave enough info to form an answer, but not necessarily a good one. For example, restarting the computer was a suggestion. Its a perfectly simple solution, but the person responding has no basis for really knowing if its a good answer -restarting could moot the point of clearing the clipboard. So I find its actually a good thing that people are willing to start off by asking questions and making assumptions, especially on lists like this. I've seen very few problems solved without asking questions and making assumptions, and that includes engineering problems. Watch out for the Engineer who doesn't understand the assumptions made to derive that equation being used. -Mike From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Fri Sep 17 07:32:42 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Major Graphics flaw In-Reply-To: <0A34364B-08A1-11D9-A143-003065BD317A@craigwdesigns.com> References: <20040917100441.GA414@Dark-Age.local> <0A34364B-08A1-11D9-A143-003065BD317A@craigwdesigns.com> Message-ID: <20040917143242.GD1080@Dark-Age.local> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:59:33AM -0700, Craig wrote: : On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:04 AM, Eugene Lee wrote: : >On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:05:54AM +0200, Paul Moortgat wrote: : >: : >: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5366314.html : > : >Old news. Basically, there's a bug in way Windoze reads JPEGs that : >allows malicious code to get executed. : : Not that old, they just announced it Tuesday. Maybe you're thinking the : same thing I did when I read it in the news, I confused it with last : month's png vulnerability [...] Nope, I meant the JPEG vulnerability. Heard about several days ago, laughed hard for a day and teased my Windoze colleagues to my heart's content, then went back to business. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From tomak223 at mac.com Fri Sep 17 09:40:02 2004 From: tomak223 at mac.com (Thomas Karns) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: eMail Auto-Responder ? In-Reply-To: References: <204A7087-08AE-11D9-824F-000A95A73396@mac.com> Message-ID: <38FA30DE-08C8-11D9-A560-000393CA6704@mac.com> On Sep 17, 2004, at 6:33 AM, John Hay wrote: > Can someone recommend a good SIMPLE quick and easy email > auto-responder that possibly could even work as a plug-in or add-on > with mail.app ? TIA, John Your .mac account can be set to auto-respond. Login to your .mac account, go to account, and you can set it via mail settings. Tom K. From pb at wardrobe-on-the-web.com Fri Sep 17 11:42:05 2004 From: pb at wardrobe-on-the-web.com (Paul Bentley) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: eMail Auto-Responder ? In-Reply-To: <38FA30DE-08C8-11D9-A560-000393CA6704@mac.com> References: <204A7087-08AE-11D9-824F-000A95A73396@mac.com> <38FA30DE-08C8-11D9-A560-000393CA6704@mac.com> Message-ID: <45C70788-08D9-11D9-A70B-000393488520@wardrobe-on-the-web.com> > On Sep 17, 2004, at 6:33 AM, John Hay wrote: > >> Can someone recommend a good SIMPLE quick and easy email >> auto-responder that possibly could even work as a plug-in or add-on >> with mail.app ? TIA, John How about using 'Reply to Message' in Mail Rules under 'Perform the following actions' ? pb From lists at bettnet.com Fri Sep 17 13:51:01 2004 From: lists at bettnet.com (Domenico Bettinelli) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Reading web pages in foreign language Message-ID: I have a friend visiting from India for a couple of months and he wants to keep up with the news from home. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time getting the web pages to display properly. His language is Tamil and I can download the correct fonts, but the encoding is all wrong. What can I do? -- Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. The Bettnet blog Catholic World News Managing Editor, Catholic World Report magazine From verduron at comcast.net Fri Sep 17 14:56:21 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Rules In-Reply-To: <38C61A98-0811-11D9-A23B-000A95B038FC@alsimcoe.com> Message-ID: While editing one of my rules, the window into which I enter the e-mail addresses for which I want this rule to apply goes under the bottom of my screen when I add more e-mail addresses (I have a long list of addresses), no scrolling appears and I can no longer can close this window. Any idea? Thanks From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Fri Sep 17 15:52:13 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Another one! Message-ID: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> A third security update from Apple. After 12 one get a pipe. Paul Moortgat From spikedds at bellsouth.net Fri Sep 17 18:48:53 2004 From: spikedds at bellsouth.net (David R.Boag) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Mail not connecting to ISP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Actually, The settings are to automatically connect when needed and there are a couple which ask if you want to disconnect after certain parameters are met, but they are all set as they should be, so there should be no interruptions. On Sep 10, 2004, at 1:12 AM, Scott wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2004, at 21:17, David R. Boag wrote: > >> For some reason, since the last minor update to OS X (10.3.5 I >> believe) my Maill.app will not connect to my ISP (I have DSL via >> PPPoE). It will time out and take my accounts offline. The workaround >> is to open Safari and let it start to open the home page, letting it >> connect tot he ISP. then Mail works fine. >> >> Anyone got any ideas? > > Check your network settings, and see if PPPoE options are set to > "always stay connected". If not, set it. > > Scott From lstnmt at bresnan.net Fri Sep 17 21:28:18 2004 From: lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Rules In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2A397905-092B-11D9-B5A8-0030658A14C8@bresnan.net> On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:56 PM, verduron wrote: > While editing one of my rules, the window into which I enter the > e-mail > addresses for which I want this rule to apply goes under the bottom of > my > screen when I add more e-mail addresses (I have a long list of > addresses), > no scrolling appears and I can no longer can close this window. > Any idea? Thanks Make another rule. Name it something like 'X4U List 2' (any name probably would work fine) and have the same actions apply. Jens Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... From senft at worldnet.att.net Sat Sep 18 03:28:20 2004 From: senft at worldnet.att.net (=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Donna_Ellis=95Mitchell_Senft?=) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] ipod doesn't mount Message-ID: <763BAFC7-095D-11D9-A326-0050E499625E@worldnet.att.net> The last few times I've connected my 1G iPod, it doesn't mount on the desktop nor open iTunes and show in the app. I am not certain, but I recently used Broken Helix and ran the app. What I don't remember is whether the non-mounting started immediately after of whether things were normal for a awhile. another anomaly is that I tried to move some songs from the Mac to the iPod, was told there was no room, deleted some tracks then transfered the new tracks. And the old tracks nonetheless remained on the iPod -- not just showed, but played as well. I know restoring the iPod is and is the likeliest solution, but I rather avoid having to move a 1000-odd tracks back onto the iPod. Thanks, Mitchell From rashton at telus.net Sat Sep 18 07:21:53 2004 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Keychain In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <168A7A3B-097E-11D9-B11C-000A9599AEEE@telus.net> Had a problem in system 9 classic. As usual it ended up being an extension problem. After I finished fixing the the conflict, I now get this program needs the keychain and wants to know the keychain password. This happens all the time and there is no keychain password. Safari and other proqrams ask for this. I am trying not to have to reformat and reinstall 10. Is there any way that one can delete the file that holds the password or a way to fix this problem. TIA Bob From coolcat at hostalive.com Sat Sep 18 09:24:09 2004 From: coolcat at hostalive.com (revDAVE) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Streaming Confusion with QT Data Rates In-Reply-To: <168A7A3B-097E-11D9-B11C-000A9599AEEE@telus.net> Message-ID: I'm a bit confused about stream rates / data rates many Web sites offer 4 basic streaming rates to match your DSL speed: low-100k medium -200k high-300k modem-56k But - when using QuickTime pro to export video streams, it appears that the dsl presets are set roughly to: DSL-Low - video = 10k bytes per second DSL-Med - video = 28k bytes per second DSL-Hi - video = 82k bytes per second but aren't these set of very low? so, what is the ideal KBS for your average DSL speeds DSL-Low - 100k? DSL-Med - 200? DSL-Hi - 300k ? modem? -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@domains4days.com [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com From baltwo at san.rr.com Sat Sep 18 12:40:02 2004 From: baltwo at san.rr.com (John Baltutis) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Reading web pages in foreign language In-Reply-To: <20040918190008.A2760BC029@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040918190008.A2760BC029@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 09/17/04, Domenico Bettinelli wrote: > > I have a friend visiting from India for a couple of months and he wants to > keep up with the news from home. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time > getting the web pages to display properly. His language is Tamil and I can > download the correct fonts, but the encoding is all wrong. What can I do? Check out . From tabdave at comcast.net Sat Sep 18 14:53:00 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Extracting audio from a DVD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1BAFD60A-09BD-11D9-9E26-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Can you guys tell me what is the best way to extract audio from a DVD to then record to a CD. I have a DVD of a concert where I would like to burn the music to a CD to be able to play in my car. Can this be accomplished with DVD Player or Toast or iTunes or perhaps AudioHijack? Thanks, David Crandon From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Sep 18 21:53:18 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners Message-ID: I just purchased a Brother MFC-3200C multifunction machine from Officemax 2 weeks ago, for $79 after rebate. I see that the same rebate is available tomorrow (sunday sept 19). The printer has crappy reviews on Amazon.com; however, I bought it purely as a sheetfed scanner, as I'm trying to archive a ton of standard and legal-sized documents. It is capable of doing just about any scanning except, of course, for a book or something bulky and NOT sheetfed. The sheet feeder holds, officially, 20 sheets, but I have used it with many more. Depending on the type of paper, it DOES require some babysitting to get it to work well, but overall I'm very pleased for the money. I'm mainly using it to scan at 200x200 dpi in black and white, since I'm scanning documents, and can usually get 20 pages scanned in well under a minute. Higher resolution and grayscale and color, of course, take longer, sometimes much longer. It is also a stand-alone fax machine, and functions as a basic copier and printer. However, I've had it for two weeks, and haven't even installed the ink. It comes with a basic program called Presto! Pagemaker, however it is somewhat unMaclike, but it IS OSX native as far as I can tell. I'm using GraphicConverter to do the captures, and save the multipage files as PDFs. If you'd like any specific stats on the machine, let me know. Michael Sep 15, 2004, at 1:50 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > This messsage was sent through the "old" list. Please send all > messages through . > ---------- > > > So is anyone making Mac-compatible sheetfed scanners these days? I > used to love my little Visioneer Strobe.... > > Michael From lists3-200402 at verizon.net Sun Sep 19 03:22:57 2004 From: lists3-200402 at verizon.net (lists3-200402) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: Keychain In-Reply-To: <20040918190008.712D9BC028@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040918190008.712D9BC028@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Robert wrote: >Had a problem in system 9 classic. As usual it ended up being an >extension problem. After I finished fixing the the conflict, I now get >this program needs the keychain and wants to know the keychain >password. This happens all the time and there is no keychain password. >Safari and other proqrams ask for this. I am trying not to have to >reformat and reinstall 10. Is there any way that one can delete the >file that holds the password or a way to fix this problem. TIA Bob i would run keychain first aid. don From amarie at senecadesign.com Sun Sep 19 06:47:47 2004 From: amarie at senecadesign.com (Anne-Marie Concepcion) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] 16 colors on a G5? Message-ID: I want to run one of my Classic OS 9 games. It starts up okay, but I get a screen that says it only runs in 16 colors or black and white mode, with a Cancel button as the only option. Is there any way to get down to 16 colors w/Panther on a G5? How about on a late model Powerbook? My monitors panel only goes down to 256 colors. Thx AM From dharmaem at mac.com Sun Sep 19 07:11:29 2004 From: dharmaem at mac.com (E. Moorhead) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Mail not connecting to ISP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Actually, Scott; I'm inclined to agree that David is on to something. I held-off installing the SUD until this AM to let the potential 'KINKS' surface to the "List & Boards". As the 'Pill' seemed?) to have 'gone-down' with nary a Hick-up..., I held my nose, opened my mouth, and swallowed. Sure-enough, (with a DSL set-up like David's); Upon Re-Boot, Both SAFARI & MAIL now show me Logged-Off/Not Connected under varying circumstances. Requiring me to 'Duplicate' any action that addresses my ISP. i.e.: When I Command 'Send' for this e-Note, I will get, "Unabl..., No ISP..." ERROR. I then need to 'hit' "EDIT..."; Then RESEND, to get that satisfying "FLUSH". In SAFARI; The 'first-call' for a different/new WEB/HOT-LINK, brings the "Unabl... /find..." ERROR message. REFRESH is now required to complete the COMMAND. This; On a SYSTEM that performed at Ground-Zero for JEANNIE'S +14 hour Caribbean "Jump-Up, Jump-Down, Tun-a-Round", Bacchanal; With not so much as a 'Blink' or a 'Flicker'. IMHO; Somebody-Up-There DEFINITELY missed an "IF...[?]: THEN...[?]" Flag on this one, Scott. :-) BTW; Three High-End, Bull-Dog, In-(can't)TELL / AD? Systems?) Gave-up-the-Ghost in the first hour of the Hurricane, (Wednesday), ant the last was only able to come-back-up late last night. My MAC only, ever, required ONE Re-Boot; This AM, after the Security-Upgrade. Dass MAC Powar!!! e. -- Hail MAC! On This17 ,Sep,;2004, at 09:48 PM, David R.Boag wrote: > Actually, > > The settings are to automatically connect when needed and there are a > couple which ask if you want to disconnect after certain parameters > are met, but they are all set as they should be, so there should be no > interruptions. > > On Sep 10, 2004, at 1:12 AM, Scott wrote: > >> >> On Sep 9, 2004, at 21:17, David R. Boag wrote: >> >>> For some reason, since the last minor update to OS X (10.3.5 I >>> believe) my Maill.app will not connect to my ISP (I have DSL via >>> PPPoE). It will time out and take my accounts offline. The >>> workaround is to open Safari and let it start to open the home page, >>> letting it connect tot he ISP. then Mail works fine. >>> >>> Anyone got any ideas? >> >> Check your network settings, and see if PPPoE options are set to >> "always stay connected". If not, set it. >> >> Scott > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sun Sep 19 08:41:21 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card which has a VGA out. Which is OK? Paul Moortgat From jeff at carruthers.com Sun Sep 19 13:37:27 2004 From: jeff at carruthers.com (Jeff Carruthers) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 19, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Michael Elliott wrote: > I just purchased a Brother MFC-3200C multifunction machine from > Officemax 2 weeks ago, for $79 after rebate. I see that the same > rebate is available tomorrow (sunday sept 19). > > The printer has crappy reviews on Amazon.com; however, I bought it > purely as a sheetfed scanner, as I'm trying to archive a ton of > standard and legal-sized documents. It is capable of doing just about > any scanning except, of course, for a book or something bulky and NOT > sheetfed. > > The sheet feeder holds, officially, 20 sheets, but I have used it with > many more. Depending on the type of paper, it DOES require some > babysitting to get it to work well, but overall I'm very pleased for > the money. > > I'm mainly using it to scan at 200x200 dpi in black and white, since > I'm scanning documents, and can usually get 20 pages scanned in well > under a minute. Higher resolution and grayscale and color, of course, > take longer, sometimes much longer. > > It is also a stand-alone fax machine, and functions as a basic copier > and printer. However, I've had it for two weeks, and haven't even > installed the ink. > > It comes with a basic program called Presto! Pagemaker, however it is > somewhat unMaclike, but it IS OSX native as far as I can tell. > > I'm using GraphicConverter to do the captures, and save the multipage > files as PDFs. > > If you'd like any specific stats on the machine, let me know. > > Michael > Michael: I'd be interested in learning how easy the sheetfed scanner is to use in OSX. I've been thinking about buying an all-in-one, but the Brother machines I've looked only seem to be supported in OS9. Also, is the printer an inkjet or a laser? I need to scan documents to pdf and then post them on our website, so 200 or 300 dpi would be nice. I currently have an HP sheetfeed scanner and I either scan directly to Acrobat or to tiff and then Omnipage, to pdf. If the scan is good enough, I then use Acrobat to then do an OCR capture, so the documents have text as well as image. Thanks in advance. Jeff ----------------------------------------------- J-K Carruthers Limited Tel: 613-267-3890; cell: 613-720-2350 R.R. 1, Perth, ON K7H 3C3 Fax: 613-267-6727 www.carruthers.com e-mail: jeff@carruthers.com Publishing Orders in Council for 25 years From jeffw at tampabay.rr.com Sun Sep 19 15:35:49 2004 From: jeffw at tampabay.rr.com (Jeff Winchester) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] F14, F15, F16 keys? Message-ID: <4141C8F3-0A8C-11D9-8DE1-000A95D13C6A@tampabay.rr.com> I have an Apple keyboard for my PowerBook G4 that has F14, F15, and F16 keys on it. However, I don't seem to be able to use these keys for anything...they don't seem to emit a keycode that most programs can recognize. Does anyone know if there's a "trick" or anything to getting these keys recognized and usable? Thanks... -- Jeff Winchester jeffw@tampabay.rr.com From scott-xlists at scotist.com Sun Sep 19 15:40:54 2004 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: On Sep 19, 2004, at 08:41, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card which > has a VGA out. Which is OK? > Your G5 has a DVI port, which you can use with a DVI-VGA adapter. There should be such an adapter in the box. If you're already using the DVI port, and need to use the ADC port with a VGA monitor, there are adapters available for 20-40 USD. -- Scott From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sun Sep 19 15:51:46 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <7BAA0589-0A8E-11D9-B774-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Hi Scott, I ordered a G5/2.5 and a 30 inch cinema monitor (with the 6800 card) This is still a month away before I get it (I hope) and thought to late about it because I want to connect an AVerkey550 to it to tape the visual effects from iTunes and the music on tape. The AVerKey550 needs an VGA connector and the 6800 card has no VGA out. Can I use the second connector on the 6800 card to make a connection? Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 00:40, Scott wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2004, at 08:41, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card which >> has a VGA out. Which is OK? >> > > Your G5 has a DVI port, which you can use with a DVI-VGA adapter. > There should be such an adapter in the box. If you're already using > the DVI port, and need to use the ADC port with a VGA monitor, there > are adapters available for 20-40 USD. > > -- > Scott From scott-xlists at scotist.com Sun Sep 19 16:18:08 2004 From: scott-xlists at scotist.com (Scott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: <7BAA0589-0A8E-11D9-B774-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <7BAA0589-0A8E-11D9-B774-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <2B0D3472-0A92-11D9-8CD9-000D935214C0@scotist.com> Yes. You should have a DVI-->VGA adapter in the box with the G5. Plug it into the second DVI port, and plug the AVerkey into the adapter. Just in case the question comes up: You do not need both DVI ports to run a 30" monitor. From the http://apple.com/displays page: with two connectors, or Dual Dual Link (DDL), you can drive two 30-inch displays . My addition to that: You can also drive 1 30" display, and 1 other display. On Sep 19, 2004, at 15:51, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I ordered a G5/2.5 and a 30 inch cinema monitor (with the 6800 card) > This is still a month away before I get it (I hope) and thought to > late about it because I want to connect an AVerkey550 > to it to tape > the visual effects from iTunes and the music on tape. The AVerKey550 > needs an VGA connector and the 6800 card has no VGA out. > Can I use the second connector on the 6800 card to make a connection? > > Paul Moortgat > > On 20-sep-04, at 00:40, Scott wrote: > >> >> On Sep 19, 2004, at 08:41, Paul Moortgat wrote: >> >>> Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card which >>> has a VGA out. Which is OK? >>> >> >> Your G5 has a DVI port, which you can use with a DVI-VGA adapter. >> There should be such an adapter in the box. If you're already using >> the DVI port, and need to use the ADC port with a VGA monitor, there >> are adapters available for 20-40 USD. From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sun Sep 19 16:41:24 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: <2B0D3472-0A92-11D9-8CD9-000D935214C0@scotist.com> References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <7BAA0589-0A8E-11D9-B774-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <2B0D3472-0A92-11D9-8CD9-000D935214C0@scotist.com> Message-ID: <6B13A71E-0A95-11D9-9D1E-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Thanks Scott. Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 01:18, Scott wrote: > Yes. You should have a DVI-->VGA adapter in the box with the G5. Plug > it into the second DVI port, and plug the AVerkey into the adapter. > > Just in case the question comes up: You do not need both DVI ports to > run a 30" monitor. > > From the http://apple.com/displays page: with two connectors, or Dual > Dual Link (DDL), you can drive two 30-inch displays . > > My addition to that: You can also drive 1 30" display, and 1 other > display. > > > > On Sep 19, 2004, at 15:51, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> Hi Scott, >> >> I ordered a G5/2.5 and a 30 inch cinema monitor (with the 6800 card) >> This is still a month away before I get it (I hope) and thought to >> late about it because I want to connect an AVerkey550 >> to it to tape >> the visual effects from iTunes and the music on tape. The AVerKey550 >> needs an VGA connector and the 6800 card has no VGA out. >> Can I use the second connector on the 6800 card to make a connection? >> >> Paul Moortgat >> >> On 20-sep-04, at 00:40, Scott wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2004, at 08:41, Paul Moortgat wrote: >>> >>>> Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card >>>> which has a VGA out. Which is OK? >>>> >>> >>> Your G5 has a DVI port, which you can use with a DVI-VGA adapter. >>> There should be such an adapter in the box. If you're already using >>> the DVI port, and need to use the ADC port with a VGA monitor, there >>> are adapters available for 20-40 USD. From SteveR.Smith at state.sa.gov.au Sun Sep 19 18:24:40 2004 From: SteveR.Smith at state.sa.gov.au (Smith, Steve (EPA)) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) Message-ID: I recently used 'WireTap' (free download from Ambrosia) which will record any audio being played on your Mac, and it worked very well. It was a bit of a slow process as I wanted to be fussy about the tracks that I wanted to copy and didn't want too much applause and so forth at the start of each audio file, so I did each track separately. Just lined up the start of the track on the DVD, hit pause ... hit record on 'wiretap ... then hit play on the DVD or something like that. I think I then imported the tracks into iTunes to convert them to MP3s. Noticed just a little bit of clipping on the final tracks which might have something to do with the the volume level of my eMac .. next time I might ease the volume off to half or slightly more .. not too sure though. Don't know what else is out there but it was so easy with WireTap that for my purposes I don't think I need to use anything else. >From the Ambrosia Web Site ... http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies/ "WireTap 1.0.0 WireTap is a free product for MacOS X 10.2 or later that allows you to record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. This allows you to record news from Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations. WireTap works using a simple tape recorder-like interface. Simply click the record button, and any audio playing through your Mac will be recorded to disk. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the source, so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all supported. The technology in WireTap will be coming to a future version of our video/screen capture product Snapz Pro X. WireTap is a completely free product. Discussion about this application can be found here. You can also download WireTap from a mirror, if the server is busy (remind me never to say "free" again ;)." Steve Smith Message: 2 Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:53:00 -0700 From: Crandon David Subject: [X4U] Extracting audio from a DVD To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." Message-ID: <1BAFD60A-09BD-11D9-9E26-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Can you guys tell me what is the best way to extract audio from a DVD to then record to a CD. I have a DVD of a concert where I would like to burn the music to a CD to be able to play in my car. Can this be accomplished with DVD Player or Toast or iTunes or perhaps AudioHijack? Thanks, David Crandon From jpb at ApesSeekingKnowledge.net Sun Sep 19 15:06:19 2004 From: jpb at ApesSeekingKnowledge.net (Joe Block) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <22C5A880-0A88-11D9-81B1-000393102F9E@ApesSeekingKnowledge.net> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 16, 2004, at 4:52 AM, Donna Ellis?Mitchell Senft wrote: > For that matter, is this Wi-Fi stuff generic enough that I don't need > Apple hardware? If so, again, what "generic" cards would be > recommended? You can use generic hardware for base stations, but the Airport and Airport Express slots have a custom pinout and will only accept the appropriate card - you can't use generic PCMCIA cards, even though they look like they would fit in the slot. Note also that Airport slots will not accept Airport Express cards, and Airport Express slots will not accept Airport cards. jpb - -- Joe Block Benchmarks are like bikinis -- what they reveal may be enticing, but the details that they conceal are crucial. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBTgLiyEXo8W2M9hsRAg4RAJ0Q75N7RwabZ/wqs5FtMb49YTnHhgCgty/y O5aTuQz2MqfyAWXAjI0x1Ek= =tZOr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From jpb at ApesSeekingKnowledge.net Sun Sep 19 15:10:30 2004 From: jpb at ApesSeekingKnowledge.net (Joe Block) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: wireless network In-Reply-To: References: <20040916143645.DB1D5AB582@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 17, 2004, at 4:58 AM, Donna Ellis?Mitchell Senft wrote: > 11 MB/s means what practically speaking? More importantly, as it's a > means for additional access to the web through the cable modem, would > the web access be slowed significantly? If so, how badly? 11MB/s is considerably faster than your cablemodem or DSL modem are capable of. Unless you have a dozen users simultaneously using the network, our choke point will be the cablemodem. jpb - -- Joe Block I've been tempted multiple times to fix several Windows boxen, but I can't find time to mix the thermite. -Mike Andrews -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBTgPWyEXo8W2M9hsRAqJIAJ97eV8arzyC+F9CcveQ6B3FoVZ2AACgliEn rQ5cOrcOUL08mAgN41XGYwg= =P9lf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From tabdave at comcast.net Sun Sep 19 19:32:25 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4EBDF94E-0AAD-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Thanks for the info...that also brought another thought to my mind...if I simply record the audio, I won't have any track markers...hmmm. David On Sep 19, 2004, at 6:24 PM, Smith, Steve (EPA) wrote: > I recently used 'WireTap' (free download from Ambrosia) which will > record > any audio being played on your Mac, and it worked very well. > > It was a bit of a slow process as I wanted to be fussy about the > tracks that > I wanted to copy and didn't want too much applause and so forth at the > start > of each audio file, so I did each track separately. Just lined up the > start > of the track on the DVD, hit pause ... hit record on 'wiretap ... then > hit > play on the DVD or something like that. > > I think I then imported the tracks into iTunes to convert them to MP3s. > > Noticed just a little bit of clipping on the final tracks which might > have > something to do with the the volume level of my eMac .. next time I > might > ease the volume off to half or slightly more .. not too sure though. > > Don't know what else is out there but it was so easy with WireTap that > for > my purposes I don't think I need to use anything else. > >> From the Ambrosia Web Site ... >> http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies/ > > "WireTap 1.0.0 > > WireTap is a free product for MacOS X 10.2 or later that allows you to > record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later > listening or processing. This allows you to record news from Internet > radio > stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD > movie, > record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations. > WireTap works using a simple tape recorder-like interface. Simply > click the > record button, and any audio playing through your Mac will be recorded > to > disk. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the > source, > so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all > supported. > > The technology in WireTap will be coming to a future version of our > video/screen capture product Snapz Pro X. WireTap is a completely free > product. Discussion about this application can be found here. > > You can also download WireTap from a mirror, if the server is busy > (remind > me never to say "free" again ;)." > > > > > Steve Smith > > > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:53:00 -0700 > From: Crandon David > Subject: [X4U] Extracting audio from a DVD > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Message-ID: <1BAFD60A-09BD-11D9-9E26-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Can you guys tell me what is the best way to extract audio from a DVD > to then record to a CD. > > I have a DVD of a concert where I would like to burn the music to a CD > to be able to play in my car. Can this be accomplished with DVD Player > or Toast or iTunes or perhaps AudioHijack? > > Thanks, > > David Crandon > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From michaelelliott at mac.com Sun Sep 19 20:31:27 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8E2251C9-0AB5-11D9-ADA6-000A95AA2492@mac.com> Jeff, It works flawlessly for my use. (We're talking the Brother MFC-3200c). The drivers that came in the box were useless, but a quick visit to Brother's support site showed new drivers compatible with OSX 10.3.5. They actively advertise their OSX compatibility on the box, which is always a good sign. (No "Mac compatible" afterthought sticker). The scanner application that comes with the unit, Presto! Pagemaker (or Pagemanager?) is adequate, but I only used it once, and then went to my standby, GraphicConverter. The interface is a TWAIN driver. The options include a pre-scan, which lets you adjust contrast and brightness, but little else. The scanner can go to 600x1200 dpi. I can't remember how many bits it scans at, but I believe in the 40s. This model is an inkjet, but they have laser models as well. Using GraphicConverter, the file is scanned as a multi-page document (I don't know what the format is at that point...PICT?) and you then do a Save As... as one of the gazillion formats that GC can output to. So I choose PDF. The Presto! Pagemanager software also does OCR. How do you get Acrobat or another app to automatically OCR a file? I notice that using my flatbed Canon LIDE 30 and Canoscan Toolbox, that the multi-page PDFs are already OCR text searchable in Preview when I open the files. Any idea how to get that functionality with a 3rd-party? All in all, I've already gotten my money's worth from the unit, and I haven't even cracked open the ink cartriges. If you plan to use it as a printer, i would be very cautious, after reading the tepid reviews of the PRINTER on amazon.com Any more questions let me know... Michael On Sep 19, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Jeff Carruthers wrote: > Michael: I'd be interested in learning how easy the sheetfed scanner > is to use in OSX. I've been thinking about buying an all-in-one, but > the Brother machines I've looked only seem to be supported in OS9. > Also, is the printer an inkjet or a laser? > > I need to scan documents to pdf and then post them on our website, so > 200 or 300 dpi would be nice. I currently have an HP sheetfeed scanner > and I either scan directly to Acrobat or to tiff and then Omnipage, to > pdf. If the scan is good enough, I then use Acrobat to then do an OCR > capture, so the documents have text as well as image. > > Thanks in advance. > > Jeff From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Sep 20 02:13:48 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Belkin as good as Airport? Message-ID: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Can this replace Airport if one hasn't Airport? See at OWC Paul Moortgat From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Mon Sep 20 02:19:54 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] sheetfed scanners In-Reply-To: <8E2251C9-0AB5-11D9-ADA6-000A95AA2492@mac.com> References: <8E2251C9-0AB5-11D9-ADA6-000A95AA2492@mac.com> Message-ID: <3BB68701-0AE6-11D9-97CB-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> On Sep 20, 2004, at 4:31 am, Michael Elliott wrote: > > How do you get Acrobat or another app to automatically OCR a file? I > notice that using my flatbed Canon LIDE 30 and Canoscan Toolbox, that > the multi-page PDFs are already OCR text searchable in Preview when I > open the files. Any idea how to get that functionality with a > 3rd-party? I picked up a Canon LIDE (not the 30 model, I don't think) for a fiver at a car-boot sale (approximately the British equivalent of a yard sale) a while back, and was rather pleased when I found it had Mac OS X drivers. I subsequently sold it on eBay, tho', as I was very disappointed with it - I seem to recall that it took ages to scan & the images were very poor quality. Was I doing something wrong, or was it just this particular model..? Should I look out for Canon LIDEs in the future..? What are other peoples' experiences with this model. Incidentally, I've just bought a Canon printer, one of the new Pixma iP3000s, which I'm VERY pleased with. Colour output seems very good to my untrained eye - on plain A4 photocopier paper photos come out at adequate (colour newspaper?) quality; I guess special paper would produce better results, but I haven't tried it yet. The unit does a duplex page of maps & driving directions from Route 66 in perhaps 45 seconds, and it prints directly on CD or DVD using a special tray. Two small whinges: I couldn't get it to print via a Netgear PS-121 USB print-server I bought, but nobody promised I was going to be able to, and I think to be honest that compatibility with such a 3rd-party device would be exceptional. I also find it kinda annoying to have to use the bundled application for CD printing, but when I tried printing from InDesign & choosing the appropriate options for tray & media it printed off the edge of the disc. If anyone else has this printer and they solve this, I'd be indebted to hear from them. Stroller. From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Mon Sep 20 02:29:43 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Streaming Confusion with QT Data Rates In-Reply-To: References: <168A7A3B-097E-11D9-B11C-000A9599AEEE@telus.net> Message-ID: <20040920092943.GA4717@Dark-Age.local> On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:24:09AM -0700, revDAVE wrote: : : I'm a bit confused about stream rates / data rates : : many Web sites offer 4 basic streaming rates to match your DSL speed: : low-100k medium -200k high-300k modem-56k : : But - when using QuickTime pro to export video streams, it appears that the : dsl presets are set roughly to: : : DSL-Low - video = 10k bytes per second : DSL-Med - video = 28k bytes per second : DSL-Hi - video = 82k bytes per second : : but aren't these set of very low? I think you are mixing two different sets of numbers. The first set, e.g. "low-100k", probably means 100 kilobits/second (12.5 kilobytes/sec). The second set, e.g. "DSL-Low - video = 10k bytes per second", means 10 kilobytes/second (80 kilobits/sec). -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From phummers at iname.com Mon Sep 20 03:05:00 2004 From: phummers at iname.com (Peter Hummers) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Belkin as good as Airport? In-Reply-To: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: >Can this replace Airport if one hasn't Airport? See at OWC > > >Paul Moortgat This is the same specification as Airport - 802.11b (Airport 'Extreme' also does 802.11g, which is faster.) 802.11b is 11 Mbps speed; 802.11g is ~54 Mbps. As Joe Black points out in another message, both are faster than a DSL or cable internet connection. This Belkin thingie will work with an Airport base station; also with any third-party 802.11b or g (aka "WiFi") base station. This also looks like maybe just the thing for my old Rev. A iMac, which I'm preparing for X. Otherwise I can ethernet to our base station while the other computers in the house use their Airport cards. -Peter Hummers == Are you a Libertarian? Take the World's Smallest Political Quiz at http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Mon Sep 20 03:07:45 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Belkin as good as Airport? In-Reply-To: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: On Sep 20, 2004, at 10:13 am, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Can this replace Airport if one hasn't Airport? See at OWC > I looked at this unit around the time of my "Wireless networking an older iMac..." postings, and decided I wasn't comfortable installing it for a customer. IIRC it's the same chipset as this . Amazon & other reviews for the Belkin are mixed, although I think those for the D-Link DWL-122 are worse. IMO if you're going to go with an external, 3rd party unit, then you're best going with an Ethernet bridge. If a Playstation will work with one, then a Mac will. I've used these on two occasions now, and they're up & running in 20 or 30 minutes if you're as dippy as me, taking time to tidy the cables & forgetting what IP address to point your browser at to configure it. Any Mac that you're likely to be using will have an Ethernet port & a web-browser, which is all you need for compatibility with this box - much better than worrying about USB driver support in the future. Stroller. From jamesrob at sonic.net Mon Sep 20 06:25:43 2004 From: jamesrob at sonic.net (Jim Robertson) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: X4U Digest (bounced mail) In-Reply-To: <20040920013636.59815C3E89@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: Sorry to respond on list, but in the past few days I've received "warning" messages saying that digests (X4u and g4) have "bounced", and that to make certain I should continue receiving the digests, I should respond to the notifications. Every time I've responded to one of these warnings, IT bounces. Here's a snippet of such a message: > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > (reason: 550 Host unknown) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 550 5.1.2 ... Host unknown (Name > server: lists.themacintoshguy.com: host not found) Still, the digests continue to arrive (although I'm not sure I'm getting them all. Can someone (listmom?) explain this? Jim Robertson -- From robert at ameeti.net Mon Sep 20 06:41:47 2004 From: robert at ameeti.net (Robert Ameeti) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Belkin as good as Airport? In-Reply-To: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <61B68A9A-0AE5-11D9-8D1F-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: >Can this replace Airport if one hasn't Airport? See at OWC This USB adapter for 802.11b will get you on a wireless network, but there will be some limitations. i.e. You won't be able to stream tunes from iTunes to an AirPort Express via AirTunes as iTunes will be looking for an AirPort card. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up. - Joseph Barth <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> From vallwardt at mac.com Mon Sep 20 07:22:35 2004 From: vallwardt at mac.com (Vicki Allwardt) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships Message-ID: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> Recently someone posted that the airport shut down on the west coast was due to a Windows program. When I reported that info to my nephew whose wife got caught in it, he sent me this article. Very sobering information. Vicki Allwardt vallwardt@mac.com http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 449 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040920/10659707/attachment.bin From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Sep 20 08:46:11 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> Message-ID: <323707E1-0B1C-11D9-B863-000393DC7906@pandora.be> The link is wrong, or the article is removed. However, I found that the British navy will use Windows on their warships. Then a good hacker can blast London. Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 16:22, Vicki Allwardt wrote: > > Recently someone posted that the airport shut down on the west coast > was due to a Windows program. When I reported that info to my nephew > whose wife got caught in it, he sent me this article. Very sobering > information. > Vicki Allwardt > vallwardt@mac.com > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/ From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Sep 20 09:06:58 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] VGA on G5 In-Reply-To: References: <37611422-08FC-11D9-A2FB-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5B16C2D8-0A52-11D9-9CB1-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <19B31BC7-0B1F-11D9-B705-000393DC7906@pandora.be> The AVerKey500 will only handle 1024 * 768 size. What will happen with a larger monitor? All the rest cut off? Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 00:40, Scott wrote: > > On Sep 19, 2004, at 08:41, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> Ho have a VGA on a G5 I think I have to buy another video card which >> has a VGA out. Which is OK? >> > > Your G5 has a DVI port, which you can use with a DVI-VGA adapter. > There should be such an adapter in the box. If you're already using > the DVI port, and need to use the ADC port with a VGA monitor, there > are adapters available for 20-40 USD. > > -- > Scott From thelook at eircom.net Mon Sep 20 09:12:35 2004 From: thelook at eircom.net (Jim MacCormaic) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <323707E1-0B1C-11D9-B863-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> <323707E1-0B1C-11D9-B863-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: On 20 Sep 2004, at 4:46 pm, Paul Moortgat wrote: > The link is wrong, or the article is removed. All that was wrong was that the underscores following the URL in the original email were being included as part of it when clicking. Just scrub them and the link is fine. Jim MacCormaic Dublin, Ireland iChat/AIM : curlytool@mac.com (Running OS X Panther, 10.3.5, on a 17" flat-panel iMac and a 14" G4 iBook) From jgittins at sympatico.ca Mon Sep 20 09:57:00 2004 From: jgittins at sympatico.ca (John Gittins) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Toast question/problem Message-ID: I have what is supposed to be an application in disk image format, but I can't open/mount it with Toast 6. The icon is a dog-eared page with a disk in the center and a blue "HFS"" offset at the top left. In Get Info, kind is given as "hlmg". No application is suggested for opening, even though it has .toast as extension. If I try to open it in Toast, Toast says it doesn't recognize the format, and if I tell it to open anyway, it lists it as CD-ROM XA and mounts it as an Audio CD. Any suggestions? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040920/5cd1d569/attachment.html From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Mon Sep 20 10:32:42 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> Message-ID: <20040920173242.GE4717@Dark-Age.local> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 07:22:35AM -0700, Vicki Allwardt wrote: : : Recently someone posted that the airport shut down on the west coast : was due to a Windows program. When I reported that info to my nephew : whose wife got caught in it, he sent me this article. Very sobering : information. : : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/ Cool. I wonder who will get the honor of crashing the Royal Navy? Russian script kiddies? European script kiddies? American script kiddies? Al Quaeda script kiddies? Army of God script kiddies? If the Royal Navy were to enter a miliary conflict, have their Windoze system crash, and lose the fight, it's their own fault. Heaven help any nation stupid enough to depend on the Royal Navy and its insecure computer M$ infrastructure for military support. The wise reader will of course see that BAE Systems is getting a huge payoff to convert the Royal Navy to M$ Windoze. Humanity's greed will lead to its eventual extinction. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Sep 20 11:04:24 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <20040920173242.GE4717@Dark-Age.local> References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> <20040920173242.GE4717@Dark-Age.local> Message-ID: <812CAF65-0B2F-11D9-A05B-000393DC7906@pandora.be> A report in the newspaper from yesterday stated that each Windows user loses 6 hours each month due trough crashes. The survey was done with more than 1.3 million people. Worldwide they lose 2.4 billion hours. See http://www.microcost.com/en for it. Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 19:32, Eugene Lee wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 07:22:35AM -0700, Vicki Allwardt wrote: > : > : Recently someone posted that the airport shut down on the west coast > : was due to a Windows program. When I reported that info to my nephew > : whose wife got caught in it, he sent me this article. Very sobering > : information. > : > : > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/ > > Cool. I wonder who will get the honor of crashing the Royal Navy? > Russian script kiddies? European script kiddies? American script > kiddies? Al Quaeda script kiddies? Army of God script kiddies? > > If the Royal Navy were to enter a miliary conflict, have their > Windoze system crash, and lose the fight, it's their own fault. > Heaven help any nation stupid enough to depend on the Royal Navy > and its insecure computer M$ infrastructure for military support. > > The wise reader will of course see that BAE Systems is getting a > huge payoff to convert the Royal Navy to M$ Windoze. Humanity's > greed will lead to its eventual extinction. > > > -- > Eugene Lee > http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From CoverC at wpunj.edu Mon Sep 20 11:21:28 2004 From: CoverC at wpunj.edu (Cover, Chris) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <812CAF65-0B2F-11D9-A05B-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: I fear to think of how many hours were lost by OS 7 users back in the day. or even OS 9 users except for me since my OS' since 7.6 were extremely stable. ;-) > From: Paul Moortgat > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:04:24 +0200 > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > > Subject: Re: [X4U] Windows for Warships > > A report in the newspaper from yesterday stated that each Windows user > loses 6 hours each month due trough crashes. The survey was done with > more than 1.3 million people. Worldwide they lose 2.4 billion hours. > See http://www.microcost.com/en for it. > > Paul Moortgat > > On 20-sep-04, at 19:32, Eugene Lee wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 07:22:35AM -0700, Vicki Allwardt wrote: >> : >> : Recently someone posted that the airport shut down on the west coast >> : was due to a Windows program. When I reported that info to my nephew >> : whose wife got caught in it, he sent me this article. Very sobering >> : information. >> : >> : >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/ >> >> Cool. I wonder who will get the honor of crashing the Royal Navy? >> Russian script kiddies? European script kiddies? American script >> kiddies? Al Quaeda script kiddies? Army of God script kiddies? >> >> If the Royal Navy were to enter a miliary conflict, have their >> Windoze system crash, and lose the fight, it's their own fault. >> Heaven help any nation stupid enough to depend on the Royal Navy >> and its insecure computer M$ infrastructure for military support. >> >> The wise reader will of course see that BAE Systems is getting a >> huge payoff to convert the Royal Navy to M$ Windoze. Humanity's >> greed will lead to its eventual extinction. >> >> >> -- >> Eugene Lee >> http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From aamolsch at shentel.net Mon Sep 20 12:53:52 2004 From: aamolsch at shentel.net (Art Amolsch) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: <812CAF65-0B2F-11D9-A05B-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> <20040920173242.GE4717@Dark-Age.local> <812CAF65-0B2F-11D9-A05B-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: I went to the site, did a search for "windows costs" and got this: "'windows costs' was not found". On Sep 20, 2004, at 2:04 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > A report in the newspaper from yesterday stated that each Windows user > loses 6 hours each month due trough crashes. The survey was done with > more than 1.3 million people. Worldwide they lose 2.4 billion hours. > See http://www.microcost.com/en for it. From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Mon Sep 20 13:19:17 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: References: <84A0309C-0B10-11D9-B94C-00039302A0CC@mac.com> <20040920173242.GE4717@Dark-Age.local> <812CAF65-0B2F-11D9-A05B-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <5908F84E-0B42-11D9-8BD6-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Art, It must be there somewhere. I didn't go there myself. I just wrote what was in the newspaper. I will look for. Paul Moortgat On 20-sep-04, at 21:53, Art Amolsch wrote: > I went to the site, did a search for "windows costs" and got > this: "'windows costs' was not found". > > On Sep 20, 2004, at 2:04 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> A report in the newspaper from yesterday stated that each Windows >> user loses 6 hours each month due trough crashes. The survey was >> done with more than 1.3 million people. Worldwide they lose 2.4 >> billion hours. See http://www.microcost.com/en for it. From glen.mcknight at ntlworld.com Mon Sep 20 13:46:31 2004 From: glen.mcknight at ntlworld.com (Glen McKnight) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Toast question/problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2703E811-0B46-11D9-AE8C-0030654ED672@ntlworld.com> On Monday, Sep 20, 2004, at 17:57 Europe/London, John Gittins wrote: > I have what is supposed to be an application in disk image format, but > I can't open/mount it with Toast 6. > The icon is a dog-eared page with a disk in the center and a blue > "HFS"" offset at the top left. In Get Info, kind is given as "hlmg".? > No application is suggested for opening, even though it has .toast as > extension.? If I try to open it in Toast, Toast says it doesn't > recognize the format, and if I tell it to open anyway, it lists it as > CD-ROM XA and mounts it as an Audio CD. > Any suggestions? > I think this is a playstation cd image. Have Fun Glen From tmiller4 at tampabay.rr.com Mon Sep 20 19:02:06 2004 From: tmiller4 at tampabay.rr.com (Tom Miller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Windows for Warships In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20040921030206.20303@smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com> On 9/20/04, at 2:21 PM, Cover, Chris, said: >I fear to think of how many hours were lost by OS 7 users back in the day. >or even OS 9 users except for me since my OS' since 7.6 were extremely >stable. 7.6 was a real improvement over 7.5.3 where it seemed like I had to run Norton Utils every week to keep things going. From jerry at ieee.org Mon Sep 20 20:29:21 2004 From: jerry at ieee.org (Jerry Krinock) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] F14, F15, F16 keys? In-Reply-To: <4141C8F3-0A8C-11D9-8DE1-000A95D13C6A@tampabay.rr.com> Message-ID: on 04/09/19 15:35, Jeff Winchester at jeffw@tampabay.rr.com wrote: > I have an Apple keyboard for my PowerBook G4 that has F14, F15, and F16 > keys on it. However, I don't seem to be able to use these keys for > anything... What do you want these keys to do? From jeffw at tampabay.rr.com Mon Sep 20 21:02:53 2004 From: jeffw at tampabay.rr.com (Jeff Winchester) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] F14, F15, F16 keys? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1CB1D6C8-0B83-11D9-84D2-000A95D13C6A@tampabay.rr.com> On Sep 20, 2004, at 11:29 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote: >> I have an Apple keyboard for my PowerBook G4 that has F14, F15, and >> F16 >> keys on it. However, I don't seem to be able to use these keys for >> anything... > > What do you want these keys to do? Most recently I was trying to program them for use in the game "America's Army," but they do not seem to be recognized, even though config files for the game make reference to all three keys (plus other F keys). It seems like I tried to program them to do something in the OS as well (in general), but I don't remember having any success. -- Jeff Winchester jeffw@tampabay.rr.com From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Tue Sep 21 08:30:54 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Open swf files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> I get a CD with each magazine about photography. They now changed to SWF files which I can open in Quicktime, but only for sound. How can I get video as well? Which Mac program will open SWF files? Paul Moortgat From steve at planomartins.com Tue Sep 21 08:51:00 2004 From: steve at planomartins.com (Steve Martin) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Open swf files In-Reply-To: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <08B9DE0C-0BE6-11D9-8E2B-000A95BDC98A@planomartins.com> Try Safari? If you have the right Shockwave plugin installed, I suspect that would work. On Sep 21, 2004, at 10:30 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > I get a CD with each magazine about photography. They now changed to > SWF files which I can open in Quicktime, but only for sound. How can > I get video as well? Which Mac program will open SWF files? > > Paul Moortgat > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > -- Steve Martin steve@planomartins.com From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Tue Sep 21 09:05:31 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Open swf files In-Reply-To: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <20040921160531.GA9331@Dark-Age.local> On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 05:30:54PM +0200, Paul Moortgat wrote: : : I get a CD with each magazine about photography. They now changed to : SWF files which I can open in Quicktime, but only for sound. How can I : get video as well? Which Mac program will open SWF files? Macromedia has a standalone Flash Player. http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From pkrug at mac.com Tue Sep 21 09:00:34 2004 From: pkrug at mac.com (Peter Krug) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Open swf files In-Reply-To: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> References: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> Message-ID: <5F5B0AB6-0BE7-11D9-BA26-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> On Sep 21, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > I get a CD with each magazine about photography. They now changed to > SWF files which I can open in Quicktime, but only for sound. How can > I get video as well? Which Mac program will open SWF files? > > Paul, Try Macromedia's Stand Alone Flash Player: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/updates/mx2004/player7/ saflashplayer_all.hqx Hope this helps, Peter A little computer haiku: I can't remember the last time I restarted I love OS X This message sent with Mail.app 1.3.9 on Mac OS X 10.3.5 From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Tue Sep 21 10:25:22 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Open swf files In-Reply-To: <5F5B0AB6-0BE7-11D9-BA26-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> References: <39DED7CC-0BE3-11D9-93C0-000393DC7906@pandora.be> <5F5B0AB6-0BE7-11D9-BA26-000A95A0BEBA@mac.com> Message-ID: <378FED24-0BF3-11D9-AC1E-000393DC7906@pandora.be> The only missing thing here is that it doesn't have a slider. If one wants to see a previous part, one must play from the beginning. Anyway thanks all for the help. Paul Moortgat On 21-sep-04, at 18:00, Peter Krug wrote: > > On Sep 21, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> I get a CD with each magazine about photography. They now changed to >> SWF files which I can open in Quicktime, but only for sound. How can >> I get video as well? Which Mac program will open SWF files? >> >> > > Paul, > > Try Macromedia's Stand Alone Flash Player: > > http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/updates/mx2004/player7/ > saflashplayer_all.hqx > > Hope this helps, > > Peter > > A little computer haiku: > I can't remember > the last time I restarted > I love OS X From cms01 at tampabay.rr.com Tue Sep 21 10:44:54 2004 From: cms01 at tampabay.rr.com (Richard) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Safari Browser Problem !! Message-ID: Well, I've recently have install Firefox web browser, and I do like it, however, there is a issue with Safari and Firefox, When I drag a link off Firefox URL address, and drop it on my desktop, MOST of the time Firefox will open that link... However, Sometime, Safari would open a link as well. Get info: select Firefox, Open only with Firefox, (default) and change all to Firefox. (default) Click on that web address, and presto Safari launches again... went back to get info: all setting are set for Firefox. WHY? is there going on here ??? is this a Microsoft Explorer thing... it would die on a PC. Anyone? TKS - Richard From rgilmor at uwo.ca Tue Sep 21 14:19:55 2004 From: rgilmor at uwo.ca (Richard Gilmore) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Safari Browser Problem !! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi I'm also Richard, I think you have to go to the preferences in Safari and change the default web browser under the "general" tab. That will make Firefox the default browser, which is what I use also. Firefox is a great browser my only complaint is that it doesn't support flash in which case I use Mozilla. I personally don't think Safari is too great a browser. Firefox/Mozilla etc...have way more features and are about as fast and stable as Safari. Richard2 >: [X4U] Safari Browser Problem !! > > Well, I've recently have install Firefox web browser, > and I do like it, however, there is a issue with Safari and Firefox, > > When I drag a link off Firefox URL address, and drop it on my desktop, > MOST of the time Firefox will open that link... However, Sometime, > Safari would open a link as well. > > Get info: select Firefox, Open only with Firefox, (default) > and change all to Firefox. (default) > > Click on that web address, and presto Safari launches again... > went back to get info: all setting are set for Firefox. > > WHY? is there going on here ??? > is this a Microsoft Explorer thing... it would die on a PC. > > Anyone? > TKS - > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u From michaelelliott at mac.com Tue Sep 21 15:28:57 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: When I log onto www.chase.com, and select to enroll as a new account (which you can check out...it's the registration portion that's the problem) when i try to enter a social security number, it hangs on the middle digits...won't let me enter the numbers. This occurs in both Safari and IE under OS X 10.3.5 with the most recent security updates applied. Anyone else have the same problem? It looks like the interface is a java/javascript thingamabob I just "fixed" it by typing my 2 digit # into Text Edit, copying it, entering the field and hitting command-V Interesting.... Michael From cms01 at tampabay.rr.com Tue Sep 21 16:11:36 2004 From: cms01 at tampabay.rr.com (Richard) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Safari Browser Problem !! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9653FDFE-0C23-11D9-92F3-000A2794A200@tampabay.rr.com> funny, already did that.... very ODD. Rick On Sep 21, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Richard Gilmore wrote: > Hi I'm also Richard, > > I think you have to go to the preferences in Safari and change the > default > web browser under the "general" tab. That will make Firefox the default > browser, which is what I use also. Firefox is a great browser my only > complaint is that it doesn't support flash in which case I use > Mozilla. I > personally don't think Safari is too great a browser. Firefox/Mozilla > etc...have way more features and are about as fast and stable as > Safari. > > Richard2 From tabdave at comcast.net Tue Sep 21 17:01:22 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: References: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <89D8586F-0C2A-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Interestingly, when I just tried it it would let me put the first two numbers in and then it would jump to the second field! When I changed Safari's user agent to MS IE for Windows it worked fine. David Crandon On Sep 21, 2004, at 3:28 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > When I log onto www.chase.com, and select to enroll as a new account > (which you can check out...it's the registration portion that's the > problem) when i try to enter a social security number, it hangs on the > middle digits...won't let me enter the numbers. This occurs in both > Safari and IE under OS X 10.3.5 with the most recent security updates > applied. > > Anyone else have the same problem? It looks like the interface is a > java/javascript thingamabob > > I just "fixed" it by typing my 2 digit # into Text Edit, copying it, > entering the field and hitting command-V > > Interesting.... > > > Michael > From wdlnd at adelphia.net Tue Sep 21 17:06:36 2004 From: wdlnd at adelphia.net (Birgit Rhoads) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: References: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <45080699-0C2B-11D9-8259-000A95A9AA42@adelphia.net> Hi, I am new to this particular board. I am also the unfortunate owner of a Chase Credit Card. I found it easier just to go onto IE to enroll on to their most confusing site. They do not support Safari evidently. Birgit On Sep 21, 2004, at 6:28 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > When I log onto www.chase.com, and select to enroll as a new account > (which you can check out...it's the registration portion that's the > problem) when i try to enter a social security number, it hangs on the > middle digits...won't let me enter the numbers. This occurs in both > Safari and IE under OS X 10.3.5 with the most recent security updates > applied. > > Anyone else have the same problem? It looks like the interface is a > java/javascript thingamabob > > I just "fixed" it by typing my 2 digit # into Text Edit, copying it, > entering the field and hitting command-V > > Interesting.... > > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From michaelelliott at mac.com Tue Sep 21 17:45:06 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: <45080699-0C2B-11D9-8259-000A95A9AA42@adelphia.net> References: <20040915165347.D619CA5499@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <45080699-0C2B-11D9-8259-000A95A9AA42@adelphia.net> Message-ID: Yes...but I got the same problem with Internet Explorer Michael On Sep 21, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Birgit Rhoads wrote: > Hi, I am new to this particular board. I am also the unfortunate > owner of a Chase Credit Card. I found it easier just to go onto IE to > enroll on to their most confusing site. They do not support Safari > evidently. From brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au Tue Sep 21 17:59:52 2004 From: brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Send me all your card details and I'll try it from here. ;-D Coj Michael Elliott Yes...but I got the same problem with Internet Explorer Michael On Sep 21, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Birgit Rhoads wrote: > Hi, I am new to this particular board. I am also the unfortunate > owner of a Chase Credit Card. I found it easier just to go onto IE to > enroll on to their most confusing site. They do not support Safari > evidently. _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040922/3b79a44d/attachment.html From michaelelliott at mac.com Tue Sep 21 19:52:14 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <68578E43-0C42-11D9-A841-000A95AA2492@mac.com> Sure...I'll string you along like the "Nigerian" scam artist that I've been emailing back and forth with for the last 3 weeks. I've gotten this guy to call me and expend at least 25 minutes of (international?) phone charges while he makes "arrangements" for a large money transfer to my bank account. Damn, if I could only remember to give him the right account numbers, I keep screwing that up. My bad... Michael On Sep 21, 2004, at 7:59 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > > Send me all your card details and I'll try it from here. ?;-D > > Coj > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." cc: (bcc: Brett Conlon) Subject: Re: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] Sure...I'll string you along like the "Nigerian" scam artist that I've been emailing back and forth with for the last 3 weeks. I've gotten this guy to call me and expend at least 25 minutes of (international?) phone charges while he makes "arrangements" for a large money transfer to my bank account. Damn, if I could only remember to give him the right account numbers, I keep screwing that up. My bad... Michael On Sep 21, 2004, at 7:59 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > > Send me all your card details and I'll try it from here. ;-D > > Coj > > > _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040922/93b103de/attachment.html From Lists at mac.com Tue Sep 21 20:24:42 2004 From: Lists at mac.com (Neil) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: on 9/21/04 10:59 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > I received my US$500,000 3 months ago from a sweet, highly religious old lady > who lost her rich husband and wanted to give his money to someone who would > use it to build god's kingdom - afterall she didn't know what to do with it. > > We're about to put an extra wing on our local chapel because of her kind > generosity. You bum! She was supposed to use that money to buy ballroom dance lessons from me. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040921/bff2217d/attachment.html From baltwo at san.rr.com Tue Sep 21 21:09:33 2004 From: baltwo at san.rr.com (John Baltutis) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: <20040922025931.C9164D1B5E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040922025931.C9164D1B5E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: On 09/21/04, Michael Elliott wrote: > > When I log onto www.chase.com, and select to enroll as a new account > (which you can check out...it's the registration portion that's the > problem) when i try to enter a social security number, it hangs on the > middle digits...won't let me enter the numbers. This occurs in both > Safari and IE under OS X 10.3.5 with the most recent security updates > applied. > > Anyone else have the same problem? It looks like the interface is a > java/javascript thingamabob > > I just "fixed" it by typing my 2 digit # into Text Edit, copying it, > entering the field and hitting command-V Then you have a problem with your installation. Try running the 10.3.5 Combo updater again and then checking for any updates using Software Update. I just went to that site, with 10.3.5 and Safari 1.2.3 v 125.9, and didn't have any problem entering any data. If you start at the form's top, enter data, and use the tab key to go to the next box, you may overcome your difficulties. From brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au Tue Sep 21 22:41:37 2004 From: brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au (Brett Conlon) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Heh, you coulda bought the room... and the ball for that. Sorry to disappoint ya! Coj Neil Sent by: x4u-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 22/09/04 01:24 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." To: X4U cc: (bcc: Brett Conlon) Subject: Re: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out [NOISE] You bum! She was supposed to use that money to buy ballroom dance lessons from me. _______________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040922/27c3e3b5/attachment.html From michaelelliott at mac.com Wed Sep 22 05:49:36 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Problems with Chase credit card site? check this out In-Reply-To: References: <20040922025931.C9164D1B5E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: That's actually what i did in the first place. It's kind of a moot point at this time...I managed to cut-and-paste my info into the fields, and now I don't have the problem with the regular login page. Michael On Sep 21, 2004, at 11:09 PM, John Baltutis wrote: > If you start at the form's top, > enter data, and use the tab key to go to the next box, you may overcome > your difficulties. > _________________________ From tabdave at comcast.net Wed Sep 22 08:01:02 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Safari page holder feature? In-Reply-To: References: <20040922025931.C9164D1B5E@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <3836C378-0CA8-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Hello All, Does Safari have a feature similar to IE's page holder feature? So I can save a page to view and read later, that will survive a quit and restart of Safari? Or is there a separate helper app that will do it? Thanks, David From nigelall at surfbvi.com Wed Sep 22 01:34:56 2004 From: nigelall at surfbvi.com (Nigel R.Alleyne) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] itunes problem In-Reply-To: <2703E811-0B46-11D9-AE8C-0030654ED672@ntlworld.com> References: <2703E811-0B46-11D9-AE8C-0030654ED672@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <4839C2B9-0C72-11D9-ACAE-000A95A74F12@surfbvi.com> Hello Guys, I have 10249 songs in my itunes, I am trying to import more and get this error message http://homepage.mac.com/nigel_all/PhotoAlbum32.html can anyone help?? Thanks -Nigel From ensignjd at optonline.net Wed Sep 22 12:41:15 2004 From: ensignjd at optonline.net (John McGibney) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: X4U iTunes problem In-Reply-To: <20040922190009.77A16D5FBB@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > > > Hello Guys, > > I have 10249 songs in my itunes, I am trying to import more and get > this error message http://homepage.mac.com/nigel_all/PhotoAlbum32.html > can anyone help?? > > Thanks > > -Nigel > > Run disk utility and repair permissions. If you have multiple users and the original library folder is registered to another user you will have to add read/write permissions for yourself from the 'get info' item. John -- One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them. One OS to bring them all and in anti-competitive practices bind them. In the land of M$ where the Shadow lies. From phadams at mac.com Wed Sep 22 13:02:03 2004 From: phadams at mac.com (P. H. Adams) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) In-Reply-To: <4EBDF94E-0AAD-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> References: <4EBDF94E-0AAD-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4558FB3B-0CD2-11D9-9FC4-000A95D008FC@mac.com> The best way that I've found to do this is by using the free 0SEx to rip the audio and a52decX to convert the audio to MP3 (since you want to record directly to CD you may not need that step). Here are some online tutorials, with links: I also like WireTap, but it records all audio on the computer, including system alert sounds, etc., which may interfere with your recording. -patch On Sep 20, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Crandon David wrote: >> Can you guys tell me what is the best way to extract audio from a DVD >> to then record to a CD. From tabdave at comcast.net Thu Sep 23 08:16:01 2004 From: tabdave at comcast.net (Crandon David) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) In-Reply-To: <4558FB3B-0CD2-11D9-9FC4-000A95D008FC@mac.com> References: <4EBDF94E-0AAD-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> <4558FB3B-0CD2-11D9-9FC4-000A95D008FC@mac.com> Message-ID: <7AE1C09E-0D73-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> What program do I use to create track breaks? Or will they automatically come through as well? Thanks, David On Sep 22, 2004, at 1:02 PM, P. H. Adams wrote: > The best way that I've found to do this is by using the free 0SEx to > rip the audio and a52decX to convert the audio to MP3 (since you want > to record directly to CD you may not need that step). Here are some > online tutorials, with links: > > > > > I also like WireTap, but it records all audio on the computer, > including system alert sounds, etc., which may interfere with your > recording. > > -patch > > On Sep 20, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Crandon David wrote: > >>> Can you guys tell me what is the best way to extract audio from a DVD >>> to then record to a CD. > > _______________________________________________ > X From jleo at projectsupport.com Thu Sep 23 12:04:43 2004 From: jleo at projectsupport.com (Jesse Leo) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] System instability from dialog boxes? Message-ID: Guys, Having a strange problem that is plaguing my overall system's stability (latest version of Panther with all patches): If I am in a application document - TextEdit for example, and make changes to the doc then close the document, the "do you want to save changes" dialog box pops up. But then the application is locked up and requires a force quit. It happens in every app - and in some circumstances the finder itself. Seems like certain pop up dialog boxes do it every time. Here is what the console log shows when it happens in TextEdit: TextEdit[10907] *** +[NSCFString length]: selector not recognized Put simply, dialog boxes are wreaking havoc on the Finder. Any ideas? Thanks, Jesse -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040923/d73a1d47/attachment.html From gretchen at sedl.org Thu Sep 23 12:41:03 2004 From: gretchen at sedl.org (Gretchen Hayman) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] System instability from dialog boxes? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <80F02613-0D98-11D9-AA43-0003937C1BB0@sedl.org> On Sep 23, 2004, at 14:04, Jesse Leo wrote: > TextEdit[10907] *** +[NSCFString length]: selector not recognized > > Put simply, dialog boxes are wreaking havoc on the Finder. Any ideas? Hi Jesse, To test whether it is the system or just your account, I would suggest logging in as another user on the computer (if you can) and see if that user has the same trouble. If that user has no problems, then it is something with your account preferences/settings that is the problem. If that user has problems as well, then yes, you may have some system problems. I would suggestion running the Repair Disk on your Panther volume. I presume that you have tried the Shutdown, then wait about a minute, then start the computer to see if the behavior goes away? (I prefer this rather than a Restart, which I have read may not clear all temp files.) Hope this helps you start to narrow the problem down a bit. gretchen From clong at mac.com Thu Sep 23 13:15:20 2004 From: clong at mac.com (Christopher Long) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) Message-ID: <4234430.1095970520382.JavaMail.clong@mac.com> Try MP3Trimmer at http://www.deepniner.net/mp3trimmer/onlinehelp.html The new version is supposed to automatically create breaks, but since it was just released, I haven't tried it yet. I've used it to split mp3's though, and it works flawlessly. Chris On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Crandon David wrote: What program do I use to create track breaks? Or will they automatically come through as well? Thanks, David From boccio at swarthmore.edu Thu Sep 23 14:31:22 2004 From: boccio at swarthmore.edu (boccio) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Web Counter (CGI?) Message-ID: Can anyone point me towards a way of having an Apache web site under OSX 10.3.5 count the number of times it is visited? Thanks, John Boccio Swarthmore College From verduron at comcast.net Thu Sep 23 17:12:43 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Folder size In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <74815B3C-0DBE-11D9-9D7C-000A9592F830@comcast.net> I have a folder with 3.5 GB of stuff in it. I have been adding more files in it but info keeps telling me it is still 3.5 GB. It seems stuck at 3.5GB. Any idea? Thanks. From mavots at mindspring.com Thu Sep 23 18:59:22 2004 From: mavots at mindspring.com (Maris Avots) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Out of Scan Range! How to fix? In-Reply-To: <74815B3C-0DBE-11D9-9D7C-000A9592F830@comcast.net> Message-ID: I mistakenly set my display resolution to a setting that my monitor can not handle. Now I have a black screen with an "OUT OF SCAN" MESSAGE on it. How can I return my resolution to a setting that works with my Sony VGA display when I can't see the screen? No problem accessing OS 9.2 on another hard drive. Using OS 10.3.5 on a B&W G4. Maris From fpryor at mac.com Thu Sep 23 19:32:18 2004 From: fpryor at mac.com (Fred Pryor) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Out of Scan Range! How to fix? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hold down the Shift Key while booting into 10.3.5 and that will make the G4 re-sync with the monitor. On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Maris Avots wrote: > I mistakenly set my display resolution to a setting that my monitor > can not > handle. Now I have a black screen with an "OUT OF SCAN" MESSAGE on it. > How can I return my resolution to a setting that works with my Sony VGA > display when I can't see the screen? > No problem accessing OS 9.2 on another hard drive. > Using OS 10.3.5 on a B&W G4. > Maris > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From mavots at mindspring.com Thu Sep 23 19:39:26 2004 From: mavots at mindspring.com (Maris Avots) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Out of Scan Range! How to fix? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Lovely, thank you! On 9/23/04 7:32 PM, "Fred Pryor" wrote: > Hold down the Shift Key while booting into 10.3.5 and that will make > the G4 re-sync with the monitor. > On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Maris Avots wrote: > >> I mistakenly set my display resolution to a setting that my monitor >> can not >> handle. Now I have a black screen with an "OUT OF SCAN" MESSAGE on it. >> How can I return my resolution to a setting that works with my Sony VGA >> display when I can't see the screen? >> No problem accessing OS 9.2 on another hard drive. >> Using OS 10.3.5 on a B&W G4. >> Maris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Fri Sep 24 08:26:23 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Web Counter (CGI?) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <18255484-0E3E-11D9-97CB-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:31 pm, boccio wrote: > Can anyone point me towards a way of > having an Apache web site under OSX 10.3.5 > count the number of times it is visited? Are these the sorts of things you're interested in..? http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/stats/ Stroller From phadams at mac.com Fri Sep 24 14:57:54 2004 From: phadams at mac.com (P. H. Adams) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re Extracting audio from DVD (Vol 1, Issue 11) In-Reply-To: <7AE1C09E-0D73-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> References: <4EBDF94E-0AAD-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> <4558FB3B-0CD2-11D9-9FC4-000A95D008FC@mac.com> <7AE1C09E-0D73-11D9-934D-003065DA3E6C@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Sep 24, 2004, at 12:16 AM, Crandon David wrote: > What program do I use to create track breaks? Or will they > automatically come through as well? > If using oSEx, you have the option of ripping by Title (the whole thing), or ripping by Chapter (which the songs on a music DVD are usually divided into). If ripping by Chapter, the breaks will come through. Further editing may be necessary, depending on your needs. For editing the .ac3 file, you can use QT Pro, or convert to MP3 and use another MP3 editing tool. -patch From coolcat at hostalive.com Sat Sep 25 07:49:22 2004 From: coolcat at hostalive.com (revDAVE) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Streaming Confusion with QT Data Rates In-Reply-To: <20040920092943.GA4717@Dark-Age.local> Message-ID: On 9/20/04 2:29 AM, "Eugene Lee" wrote: > I think you are mixing two different sets of numbers. The first set, > e.g. "low-100k", probably means 100 kilobits/second (12.5 kilobytes/sec). > The second set, e.g. "DSL-Low - video = 10k bytes per second", means > 10 kilobytes/second (80 kilobits/sec). If I understand you correctly- then if my QuickTime movie plays back with a data rate of 37.5 kBytes/sec - then is actually the data rate of 300 kBits /sec ? Also - what is the ideal Kbits for your average DSL speeds ( basic Internet standards) DSL-Low - 100kbits? DSL-Med - 200kbits? DSL-Hi - 300kbits? 56k modem - kbits ? Also - I noticed that when you use a QuickTime pro export - Hi quality - it uses the data rate of 82.029 kBytes/sec - so is that actually 656.232 kBits/sec? - Very high ( by average Internet DSL standards) -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@domains4days.com [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Sat Sep 25 08:51:33 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Streaming Confusion with QT Data Rates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 25, 2004, at 3:49 pm, revDAVE wrote: > On 9/20/04 2:29 AM, "Eugene Lee" wrote: > >> I think you are mixing two different sets of numbers. The first set, >> e.g. "low-100k", probably means 100 kilobits/second (12.5 >> kilobytes/sec). >> The second set, e.g. "DSL-Low - video = 10k bytes per second", means >> 10 kilobytes/second (80 kilobits/sec). > > If I understand you correctly- then if my QuickTime movie plays back > with a > data rate of 37.5 kBytes/sec - then is actually the data rate of 300 > kBits > /sec ? 37.5 * 8 = 300 Yes. A bit is "a binary one or zero". A byte originated as something like "enough bits that lined-up they represent a usable binary number, but not too many that it makes our processor too complicated or expensive to build" and has come to be standardised on 8 bits (which can be used to produce a number between 0 & 255) > Also - what is the ideal Kbits for your average DSL speeds ( basic > Internet > standards) > > DSL-Low - 100kbits? > DSL-Med - 200kbits? > DSL-Hi - 300kbits? > 56k modem - kbits ? Obviously I've missed a posting here here, but DSL is typically sold, for marketing purposes, in kilobits, and in powers of two of them, for convenience of packaging & management. In the UK we have ADSL services: 256kbits down, 128kbits up = 32kbytes down, 16kbytes up 512kbits down, 256kbits up = 64kbytes down, 32kbytes up - most domestic users are on this one, and many small offices, too. 1024kbits down, 256kbits up = 132kbytes down, 32kbytes up "megabit service" 2048kbits down, 256kbits up = 264kbytes down, 32kbytes up "2 megabit service" 3072kbits down, 256kbits up = 384kbytes down, 32kbytes up "3 megabit service" As I recall, the DSL modem actually achieves slightly higher performance than this, a 512 one pushing c 600 kilobits in a second in order to compensate for the overhead of error-checking & routing & stuff. Equally one is unlikely to see one's download meter hit 64 kilobytes on such a connection, as FTP (or whatever protocol one is using to get the file) has its own overheads. I'm very happy when I see 50kilobits or so on a download. 56k modem = 56kbits = (56/8 =) 7 bytes/second, but that's misleading. As I recall the marketing of 56k is different - I think that figure allows for compression (which may not always be possible) but not for protocol overhead. Stroller. From coolcat at hostalive.com Sat Sep 25 12:32:59 2004 From: coolcat at hostalive.com (revDAVE) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Streaming Confusion with QT Data Rates In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/25/04 8:51 AM, "Stroller" wrote: > Obviously I've missed a posting here here, but DSL is typically sold, > for marketing purposes, in kilobits, and in powers of two of them, for > convenience of packaging & management. > > In the UK we have ADSL services: > 256kbits down, 128kbits up = 32kbytes down, 16kbytes up > 512kbits down, 256kbits up = 64kbytes down, 32kbytes up > - most domestic users are on this one, and many small offices, too. > 1024kbits down, 256kbits up = 132kbytes down, 32kbytes up "megabit > service" > 2048kbits down, 256kbits up = 264kbytes down, 32kbytes up "2 megabit > service" > 3072kbits down, 256kbits up = 384kbytes down, 32kbytes up "3 megabit > service" > > As I recall, the DSL modem actually achieves slightly higher > performance than this, a 512 one pushing c 600 kilobits in a second in > order to compensate for the overhead of error-checking & routing & > stuff. Equally one is unlikely to see one's download meter hit 64 > kilobytes on such a connection, as FTP (or whatever protocol one is > using to get the file) has its own overheads. I'm very happy when I see > 50kilobits or so on a download. > > 56k modem = 56kbits = (56/8 =) 7 bytes/second, but that's misleading. > As I recall the marketing of 56k is different - I think that figure > allows for compression (which may not always be possible) but not for > protocol overhead. > > Stroller. Stroller - thanks for the clarification. That helps a lot. -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@domains4days.com [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Sep 25 12:48:38 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] .Mac retail purchase...can I use it to continue an existing subscription? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, My .Mac account is about to expire in a week. I renewed it last year, but I'm not entirely sure about renewing it this year. The main feature I find I use is iDisk for continuous backup of important documents. I've seen advertisements like this at buy.com: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=20361904&dcaid=1688 where a year of .Mac service is available for $75.99. However, the emails I get direct from Apple still quote a $99 subscription. Can I purchase this .Mac retail box, and still use whatever coupon or activation code is there to continue my current subscription (e.g. the MichaelElliott@mac.com address/idisk/etc.)? Michael From michaelelliott at mac.com Sat Sep 25 13:00:29 2004 From: michaelelliott at mac.com (Michael Elliott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] .Mac retail purchase...can I use it to continue an existing subscription? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CA11A2D-0F2D-11D9-9574-000A95AA2492@mac.com> Actually, I think I've already answered my own question. On the renewal page, there is a link to enter an activation key. I assume that one comes in the .Mac retail box? Michael On Sep 25, 2004, at 2:48 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > Hi All, > > My .Mac account is about to expire in a week. I renewed it last year, > but I'm not entirely sure about renewing it this year. The main > feature I find I use is iDisk for continuous backup of important > documents. > > I've seen advertisements like this at buy.com: > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=20361904&dcaid=1688 > > > where a year of .Mac service is available for $75.99. However, the > emails I get direct from Apple still quote a $99 subscription. > > Can I purchase this .Mac retail box, and still use whatever coupon or > activation code is there to continue my current subscription (e.g. the > MichaelElliott@mac.com address/idisk/etc.)? > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From geno at barbaloot.com Sat Sep 25 20:00:30 2004 From: geno at barbaloot.com (Geno Endicott) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] iTunes playlist question Message-ID: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> I have tried to look thru the files but is there a way to change the playlist and ipod preferences without opening iTunes? Like changing a text file or such? From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Sun Sep 26 01:21:41 2004 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] iTunes playlist question In-Reply-To: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: On 9/26/04 5:00 AM, "Geno Endicott" wrote: > I have tried to look thru the files but is there a way to change the > playlist and ipod preferences without opening iTunes? Like changing a > text file or such? What would be the point? After all, if you want to change anything you need to open iTunes to either play the changed playlist or sync it to the iPod. Kirk Forthcoming book: iPod/iTunes Garage - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France From miwine at mac.com Sun Sep 26 07:42:19 2004 From: miwine at mac.com (Michael Wines) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Mail won't default to proper server Message-ID: <44F5119D-0FCA-11D9-BA88-000D93293EAC@mac.com> Hello; returning to the list after a lengthy absence. Can anyone help with the foloing? I have two Mail accounts: a mac.com account and a second account which is accessed via a VPN. Mac.com is the default account. The problem: after tapping into the VPN account, terminating the VPN connection and switching back to mac.com, all outgoing mail attempts to send using the smtp server designated for the VPN account. (In other words, I can select mac.com as the mailbox in use, but outgoing mail is not routed to the stmp:mac.com server.) Nothing seems to solve this except quitting Mail and relaunching, and sometimes not even that helps. My tech support guy at my company says he has heard similar complaints from other OS X users who log in via VPN. Has anyone heard of this, or have a suggestion? Thanks. From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Sun Sep 26 08:01:04 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] iTunes playlist question In-Reply-To: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> References: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: On Sep 26, 2004, at 4:00 am, Geno Endicott wrote: > I have tried to look thru the files but is there a way to change the > playlist and ipod preferences without opening iTunes? Like changing a > text file or such? I don't have an iPod, but if you send me one I'll be glad to do more research: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist plist files are in XML, so a text-editor doesn't really cut it very well. If you have Developer Tools installed, then `open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist` will open the preferences in an XML editor, the surprisingly-named "plist editor". HTH, Stroller. From zoff at mac.com Sun Sep 26 10:51:41 2004 From: zoff at mac.com (John Azevedo) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] iTunes playlist question In-Reply-To: References: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: > On Sep 26, 2004, at 4:00 am, Geno Endicott wrote: > >> I have tried to look thru the files but is there a way to change the >> playlist and ipod preferences without opening iTunes? Like changing a >> text file or such? On Sep 26, 2004, at 11:01 AM, Stroller wrote: > I don't have an iPod, but if you send me one I'll be glad to do more > research: > > ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist > > plist files are in XML, so a text-editor doesn't really cut it very > well. If you have Developer Tools installed, I have Developer Tools, but I find it easier to edit plist files in TextEdit. From paul.moortgat at pandora.be Sun Sep 26 14:55:37 2004 From: paul.moortgat at pandora.be (Paul Moortgat) Date: Tue Sep 28 10:08:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] DVI to Video Adapter Message-ID: Is there such a cable when one get a G5, or does one need to buy one? Has anyone used this to connect to a video or TV set? How's the picture quality on the TV? Paul Moortgat From allan at nhbungalow.com Sun Sep 26 17:02:21 2004 From: allan at nhbungalow.com (Allan Rube=?ISO-8859-1?B?uSA=?=) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:26:41 2004 Subject: [X4U] Error -10810 Message-ID: After my Mac - with all latest updates - has been on for a while it returns a -10810 error whenever I try to open a new application. The ones that are already open react fine. I tried Cache Out X but that did not improved anything. A log out will not solve the problem but a restart always does. ??? Allan Allan Nashua, New Hampshire homepage: www.nhbungalow.com From Rob.Weatherly at handleman.com Mon Sep 27 08:22:29 2004 From: Rob.Weatherly at handleman.com (Weatherly, Rob) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage Message-ID: <283990F4F0B37641AF824B7AC258E1BEA51FF0@troy-exch3.handleman.com> We are currently looking at replacing outlook 2001 with the new version of Entourage. It seems to perform all the normal outlook function (some work different, but do work) My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those users that have PST files from outlook. There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB and 1.5GB Any suggestions? ----------------------------------------- Rob Weatherly ----------------------------------------- From rashton at telus.net Mon Sep 27 08:40:59 2004 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:32 2004 Subject: [X4U] Imovie Message-ID: Lately have been getting an error code 1000 when running imovie. Deleted all of imovies files and reinstalled. We have now reinstalled imovie 3 times. Worked fine for a day and now imovie is quitting with an error code 1000 again. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Bob From harryhuff at bellsouth.net Mon Sep 27 12:17:31 2004 From: harryhuff at bellsouth.net (Harry Huff) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:36 2004 Subject: [X4U] test- please disregard Message-ID: From coolcat at hostalive.com Mon Sep 27 13:19:02 2004 From: coolcat at hostalive.com (revDAVE) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:38 2004 Subject: [X4U] Low-Volume List In-Reply-To: Message-ID: This list used to get a lot of traffic. Recently the volume has highly diminished to just a few per day. Seems like it started happening right when the server switched to the new e-mail address. Is something weird going on? -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@domains4days.com [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com From rashton at telus.net Mon Sep 27 15:09:32 2004 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:49 2004 Subject: [X4U] imovie 4.01 Message-ID: Lately have been getting an error code 1000 when running imovie. Deleted all of imovies files and reinstalled. We have now reinstalled imovie 3 times. Worked fine for a day and now imovie is quitting with an error code 1000 again. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Bob From rashton at telus.net Mon Sep 27 16:26:17 2004 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:27:54 2004 Subject: [X4U] Imovie 4.01 Message-ID: Lately have been getting an error code 1000 when running imovie. Deleted all of imovies files and reinstalled. We have now reinstalled imovie 3 times. Worked fine for a day and now imovie is quitting with an error code 1000 again. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Bob From zoff at mac.com Tue Sep 28 07:02:07 2004 From: zoff at mac.com (John Azevedo) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:05 2004 Subject: [X4U] No mail in 2 days (NT) In-Reply-To: References: <39CD00E0-0F68-11D9-9092-000A95734DBE@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: From steveself at mac.com Tue Sep 28 10:31:23 2004 From: steveself at mac.com (Steve Self) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:09 2004 Subject: [X4U] new iMacs - Shortage? Message-ID: <381A6A80-1174-11D9-BC93-000A956A5DB4@mac.com> Has anyone received an ordered new iMac yet? I have seen a few in stores, but no one seems to have them to sell or have received an ordered one yet. Once again, mid-September means sometime before Christmas... From coolcat at hostalive.com Tue Sep 28 13:17:52 2004 From: coolcat at hostalive.com (revDAVE) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:11 2004 Subject: [X4U] DVI to Video Adapter In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/26/04 2:55 PM, "Paul Moortgat" wrote: > Is there such a cable when one get a G5, or does one need to buy one? > Has anyone used this to connect to a video or TV set? How's the > picture quality on the TV? > > Paul Moortgat DVI to Video Adapter - I'm not sure how a video adapter works - but I bought a DVI to VGA Adapter - and it is meant to plug into a basic CRT monitor - and it works fine. -- Thanks - RevDave Lists@domains4days.com [db-lists] Check out some great Domain Names at: http://www.domains4days.com From verduron at comcast.net Tue Sep 28 14:39:56 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:12 2004 Subject: [X4U] SCSI connection problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My scanner is no longer showing in the SCSI probe after I took the SCSI card off the computer and then put it back on for reasons that I will not elaborate on unless it is helpful for the diagnosis. Photoshop tells me it cannot find my scanner. G3 / 9.2 Scanner is Epson 636. From verduron at comcast.net Tue Sep 28 15:13:19 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:12 2004 Subject: [X4U] USB Microphones? In-Reply-To: <20040916165610.169F1ABFF8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040916165610.169F1ABFF8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <9A543538-119B-11D9-9C01-000A9592F830@comcast.net> Randy, I haven't received any message from this list in 3 days. Do you know if it is down or not? Many thanks. V. From mark at astroprinting.com Wed Sep 29 05:53:46 2004 From: mark at astroprinting.com (Mark Des Cotes) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:21 2004 Subject: [X4U] Remove Attachments Message-ID: <9A3091FE-1216-11D9-AD06-00039375C586@astroprinting.com> Does "Remove Attachments", found under the Message menu actually remove all the attachment's data from the hard drive? Or does it just remove the link to the email? 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 From geno at barbaloot.com Wed Sep 29 08:48:19 2004 From: geno at barbaloot.com (geno endicott) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:22 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem Message-ID: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog box appears saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, you won't be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my iDisk unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as always then about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this problem ever? geno. From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Wed Sep 29 12:43:27 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:28:23 2004 Subject: [X4U] [OT] testing Message-ID: <20040929194327.GC5184@Dark-Age.local> anyone getting messages lately? -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From zoff at mac.com Wed Sep 29 13:32:53 2004 From: zoff at mac.com (John Azevedo) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:33:02 2004 Subject: [X4U] List Down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Has the list been down? Haven't received any list mail (until now) since Saturday. From ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Wed Sep 29 13:43:48 2004 From: ep at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (Eric Pentice) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:43:50 2004 Subject: [X4U] List Down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <435CC24E-1258-11D9-B31B-000D93AD28DC@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> A small permissions issue was holding all the mail. It is fixed now and messages seem to be flowing. Eric listmom *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* Dr. Bott "Distribution Macintosh Style" 9720 SW Hillman Ct., Suite 840 Wilsonville, OR 97070 877.611.2688 ? 503.682.6767 fax www.drbott.com On Sep 29, 2004, at 1:32 PM, John Azevedo wrote: > Has the list been down? Haven't received any list mail (until now) > since Saturday. > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From sw at carolina.rr.com Wed Sep 29 13:58:55 2004 From: sw at carolina.rr.com (SW) Date: Wed Sep 29 13:59:05 2004 Subject: [X4U] iPhoto trash Message-ID: <60789EB2-125A-11D9-8F10-000A958D1814@carolina.rr.com> So I'm doing some work in iPhoto and realize that I haven't emptied it's trash in a while. I'm not sure when this first appeared but I still forget to empty it. I go and look and there are 280 pics in there. So I ctrl click on it, and select Empty trash. I get the warning (Are you sure.... can't undo etc..) and I say yes to trash. The external drive with the library on it whirs, and then stops. and the focus comes back to iPhoto. But all 280 of my pics are still there in the trash. I tried and few things then a few more. Restart the app. Reboot Delete it's plist Repair permissions. Backed up library. Deleted all traces of iPhoto.(including all pkj receipts so I could use Software update with no problems) Re-installed from iLife disk [ Interlude: I went into the custom install of iLife and unchecked everything but iPhoto then ran the installer. All went well. Went straight to Software Update to get current with 4.03 but the updates did not appear. Went into my Applications folder and could not find iPhoto. A search did not find it either. Tried the installer again and then noticed that in the area where I unchecked the other parts of iLife, iPhoto is listed as an upgrade. ran it again any way and it still did not install it. Is it not possible to install iPhoto from the DVD? Only upgrade an old one? Moving on... A quick look at Apple's site shows that they only have the Buy Now for iPhoto 4.0 so I improvise. I found a copy of 4.0 from an old back up and dragged it over. A quick test showed that it ran. ] Ran Software update to take it up to 4.03 Point iPhoto back to my original library on the external drive, and all my 280 pics are still in the trash which still does not empty. Move on to the Finder, I try to search for one of the files in the trash by filename, visibility, etc , but no luck. In Iphoto Library/Albums there is a file called Trash (generic icon). I deleted this and restarted Iphoto and the trash is now empty. However how can I confirm that his has deleted the actual files and not just the references to them? (Possibly relevant... I had just imported a folder of about 140 pics and was working on them when iPhoto seemed to become dog slow. This was why I went looking for the trash inn the first place.) Has anyone heard of this? Any ideas? Steve G5 1.6 256MB OS X 10.3.5 All up to date including the recent firmware update. iPhoto 4.0.3 17G Available on the main drive 35G Available on the External partition. There is no remedy for sex but more sex. From atlynch at mac.com Wed Sep 29 14:25:04 2004 From: atlynch at mac.com (Andrew T. Lynch) Date: Wed Sep 29 14:25:08 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> References: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: <07B26996-125E-11D9-A373-000A9575AAA6@mac.com> It's been happening to me as well. No clues why though... -Drew On Sep 29, 2004, at 8:48 AM, geno endicott wrote: > Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog > box appears > saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, > you won't > be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my iDisk > unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as > always then > about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this > problem ever? - Andrew T. Lynch - Chief Zymurgist - Verisity Design Inc. - (650)934-6875 From geno at barbaloot.com Wed Sep 29 14:26:48 2004 From: geno at barbaloot.com (geno endicott) Date: Wed Sep 29 14:26:54 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: <07B26996-125E-11D9-A373-000A9575AAA6@mac.com> References: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> <07B26996-125E-11D9-A373-000A9575AAA6@mac.com> Message-ID: <1096493208.415b289835b75@barbaloot.com> I assume it has to do with the .mac upgrade that happened, but still I would love to make it stop. geno. http://www.barbaloot.com AIM: BARBALUT "when you die," says a dark-haired woman at the next table, "they can make you into diamonds now. It's scientific. That's how I want to be remembered. I want to shine." -neil gaiman From verduron at comcast.net Wed Sep 29 15:15:44 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Wed Sep 29 15:15:50 2004 Subject: [X4U] Erasing partition In-Reply-To: <20040929194327.GC5184@Dark-Age.local> References: <20040929194327.GC5184@Dark-Age.local> Message-ID: <1B23A3C3-1265-11D9-923C-000A9592F830@comcast.net> I have a backup hard drive on my G4 which has 2 partitions. One of the partitions has a backup Mac OS X. I want to erase this partition and use it for something else. Using DiskUtility can I erase this partition only? Thanks. From winstonworks at sympatico.ca Wed Sep 29 18:24:04 2004 From: winstonworks at sympatico.ca (Winston MacKelvie) Date: Wed Sep 29 18:24:15 2004 Subject: [X4U] Erasing partition In-Reply-To: <1B23A3C3-1265-11D9-923C-000A9592F830@comcast.net> References: <20040929194327.GC5184@Dark-Age.local> <1B23A3C3-1265-11D9-923C-000A9592F830@comcast.net> Message-ID: <6A8D8A52-127F-11D9-A509-000393BFAFAC@sympatico.ca> Yes. I just did it. Use the CD, quit installer and select disc utility (File>). You will see the different partitions listed. I wish I had been smart enough to have copied my entire other main partition onto it instead of just my Home folder. I had to reload lots of things that could have been easily copied back. Regards, Winston www.inventure.ca From lstnmt at bresnan.net Wed Sep 29 18:31:57 2004 From: lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) Date: Wed Sep 29 18:32:05 2004 Subject: [X4U] Imovie 4.01 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <84F356F2-1280-11D9-8931-0030658A14C8@bresnan.net> On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Robert wrote: > Lately have been getting an error code 1000 when running imovie. > Deleted all of imovies files and reinstalled. We have now reinstalled > imovie 3 times. Worked fine for a day and now imovie is quitting with > an error code 1000 again. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Bob Did you run disk utility and repair permissions? That might help. Jens Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... From osatha at mac.com Wed Sep 29 18:34:01 2004 From: osatha at mac.com (Akravudh Osathanukrah) Date: Wed Sep 29 18:34:08 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> References: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: I also had the same experience about the change in iDisk' size. After checking the .Mac home page, I found the following message. Product Updates and Upgrades: 250 MB of Storage for .Mac Mail and iDisk Released September 29, 2004. .Mac Mail and iDisk combined storage space for full membership has been increased to 250 MB. Default settings are 125 MB of mail storage and 125 MB of iDisk space, and you can designate the storage to fit the way you use your .Mac account. I guess the issue has to do with the increase in the size of iDisk's storage. -- Akravudh Osathanukrah On 29 Sep 2004, at 10:48 PM, geno endicott wrote: > Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog > box appears > saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, > you won't > be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my iDisk > unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as > always then > about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this > problem ever? > > geno. > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1971 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20040930/6b7dfad4/attachment.bin From rashton at telus.net Wed Sep 29 19:07:20 2004 From: rashton at telus.net (Robert) Date: Wed Sep 29 19:07:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] Imovie 4.01 In-Reply-To: <84F356F2-1280-11D9-8931-0030658A14C8@bresnan.net> References: <84F356F2-1280-11D9-8931-0030658A14C8@bresnan.net> Message-ID: <76223E66-1285-11D9-9FAB-000A9599AEEE@telus.net> Thanks for replying. What it ended up being was a corrupted data file. As soon as the data file was loaded into imovie it trashed it. Once more thanks Bob On 29-Sep-04, at 6:31 PM, Jens Selvig wrote: > On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Robert wrote: > >> Lately have been getting an error code 1000 when running imovie. >> Deleted all of imovies files and reinstalled. We have now reinstalled >> imovie 3 times. Worked fine for a day and now imovie is quitting >> with an error code 1000 again. Any help would be appreciated. TIA >> Bob > > Did you run disk utility and repair permissions? That might help. > > Jens > > > Jens Selvig > ...lost in Montana... > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > From ColgateList at cox.net Wed Sep 29 19:37:58 2004 From: ColgateList at cox.net (Jim Colgate) Date: Wed Sep 29 19:38:03 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage In-Reply-To: <283990F4F0B37641AF824B7AC258E1BEA51FF0@troy-exch3.handleman.com> Message-ID: I haven't actually tackled this issue, but from poking around with the Exchange account under Entourage 2004 I have noted the following: 1. From a windows machine with Outlook, you can drag the contents of a local .pst file to the exchange server folders (If you have small size limits on your exchange account this might not be too practical for larger .pst files). Then after the folders synch, you can drag them to a local folder set on your Macintosh. Since Entourage does not have the concept of accessing multiple archive or database files at one time, you have the option of keeping them all in one database, archiving them with various tools, or creating a separate identity to hold your old archives. 2. Paul Berkowitz has a set of shareware apple scripts to import/export data between Windows Outlook and Entourage. Check them out at Good luck, Jim > From: "Weatherly, Rob" > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:22:29 -0400 > > We are currently looking at replacing outlook 2001 with the new version > of Entourage. > It seems to perform all the normal outlook function (some work > different, but do work) > > My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those users > that have PST files from outlook. > > There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. > > My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB and > 1.5GB > > Any suggestions? > > ----------------------------------------- > Rob Weatherly > ----------------------------------------- From polonius19 at gmail.com Wed Sep 29 20:19:38 2004 From: polonius19 at gmail.com (Hector Luna) Date: Wed Sep 29 20:19:47 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage In-Reply-To: References: <283990F4F0B37641AF824B7AC258E1BEA51FF0@troy-exch3.handleman.com> Message-ID: I found this on Google: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ol2mbox It looks promising. I was contemplating the same thing. I happen to manage the Exchange server where I work, so mailbox quotas weren't really an issue for me. But if I can get this to work, I can avoid that hassle... On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:37:58 -0700, Jim Colgate wrote: > I haven't actually tackled this issue, but from poking around with the > Exchange account under Entourage 2004 I have noted the following: > > 1. From a windows machine with Outlook, you can drag the contents of a local > .pst file to the exchange server folders (If you have small size limits on > your exchange account this might not be too practical for larger .pst > files). Then after the folders synch, you can drag them to a local folder > set on your Macintosh. Since Entourage does not have the concept of > accessing multiple archive or database files at one time, you have the > option of keeping them all in one database, archiving them with various > tools, or creating a separate identity to hold your old archives. > > 2. Paul Berkowitz has a set of shareware apple scripts to import/export data > between Windows Outlook and Entourage. Check them out at > > > Good luck, > > Jim > > > From: "Weatherly, Rob" > > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:22:29 -0400 > > > > > > We are currently looking at replacing outlook 2001 with the new version > > of Entourage. > > It seems to perform all the normal outlook function (some work > > different, but do work) > > > > My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those users > > that have PST files from outlook. > > > > There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. > > > > My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB and > > 1.5GB > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Rob Weatherly > > ----------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > -- Polonius19 Chief Malcontent & Misanthrope Urban Pacification League From rspilker at mac.com Wed Sep 29 20:59:38 2004 From: rspilker at mac.com (Cubeistan) Date: Wed Sep 29 20:59:45 2004 Subject: [X4U] Error -10810 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20040930035938.22934@smtp.mac.com> >After my Mac - with all latest updates - has been on for a while it returns >a -10810 error whenever I try to open a new application. The ones that are >already open react fine. I tried Cache Out X but that did not improved >anything. > >A log out will not solve the problem but a restart always does. >Allan Allan mine has the exact same problem after several hours of non-use. I can't remember exactly when it started. May have been before the drive failed and was replaced. The problem persists even with the new drive. I haven't called Apple about it yet. -- rs From flanders1 at charter.net Wed Sep 29 21:23:58 2004 From: flanders1 at charter.net (Cyn) Date: Wed Sep 29 21:24:14 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> References: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: At 11:48 AM -0400 on 9/29/04, geno endicott wrote: >Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog >box appears >saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, you won't >be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my iDisk >unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as always then >about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this >problem ever? Same thing just started happening here. -- Cyn From Lists at mac.com Wed Sep 29 22:14:33 2004 From: Lists at mac.com (Neil) Date: Wed Sep 29 22:14:38 2004 Subject: [X4U] iPhoto library not found Message-ID: All of a sudden, every time I try to launch iPhoto it tells me that my iPhoto library wasn't found. As far as I know, that library should be on my startup drive. I'm pretty sure I haven't moved it nor deleted it. I ran Disk Utility's repair permissions twice, but that didn't help. I selected the "find" button in the error message, but the files that look like candidates are all greyed out. In particular, I went to ~/pictures/iPhoto library/albums/photo library, but that was grey. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks, Neil From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Thu Sep 30 00:53:32 2004 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Thu Sep 30 00:53:38 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: <1096472899.415ad943afca1@barbaloot.com> Message-ID: On 9/29/04 5:48 PM, "geno endicott" wrote: > Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog box > appears > saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, you won't > be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my iDisk > unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as always then > about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this problem > ever? Yeah, basically everyone is having that since they changed the sizes of the iDisk. After a reboot it should sort itself out. Kirk Forthcoming book: iPod & iTunes Garage - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France From MacMonster at myrealbox.com Thu Sep 30 01:18:47 2004 From: MacMonster at myrealbox.com (Stroller) Date: Thu Sep 30 01:19:00 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage In-Reply-To: References: <283990F4F0B37641AF824B7AC258E1BEA51FF0@troy-exch3.handleman.com> Message-ID: <5A2B813E-12B9-11D9-8BB7-000A95795F3E@myrealbox.com> On Sep 30, 2004, at 4:19 am, Hector Luna wrote: > I found this on Google: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ol2mbox > > It looks promising. I was contemplating the same thing. I happen to > manage the Exchange server where I work, so mailbox quotas weren't > really an issue for me. But if I can get this to work, I can avoid > that hassle... I used this or something similar when I migrated from OE on Windows to Lunix 3 or 4 years ago now. It mostly worked, but ISTR a small percentage (or fraction of percent) of messages got corrupted. I think that dragging & dropping all messages to the server might be more reliable - that way the all applications involved in the migration are Microsoft's own, and should be compatible with their proprietary data formats. Stroller. From allan at nhbungalow.com Thu Sep 30 04:29:59 2004 From: allan at nhbungalow.com (Allan Rube=?ISO-8859-1?B?uSA=?=) Date: Thu Sep 30 04:30:08 2004 Subject: [X4U] Error -10810 In-Reply-To: <20040930035938.22934@smtp.mac.com> Message-ID: I am not happy for you but at least I know I am not the only one. Allan Cubeistan wrote: > >> After my Mac - with all latest updates - has been on for a while it returns >> a -10810 error whenever I try to open a new application. The ones that are >> already open react fine. I tried Cache Out X but that did not improved >> anything. >> >> A log out will not solve the problem but a restart always does. > >> Allan > > Allan mine has the exact same problem after several hours of non-use. > > I can't remember exactly when it started. May have been before the drive > failed and was replaced. The problem persists even with the new drive. I > haven't called Apple about it yet. > -- > rs From invicta at xs4all.nl Thu Sep 30 05:13:38 2004 From: invicta at xs4all.nl (invicta) Date: Thu Sep 30 05:13:46 2004 Subject: [X4U] System Preferences Icon lost Message-ID: <293D7A1B-12DA-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> Hello all Suddenly I lost the System Pref. Icon in the dock. I can still access this panel under the blue Appel but I was so used to accessing it from the dock that I really mis it. Where could it have gone, better still how can I get it back, short of reinstalling OS X 10.3.5. T.I.A. and greetings, Andre. From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Thu Sep 30 05:16:14 2004 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Thu Sep 30 05:16:20 2004 Subject: [X4U] System Preferences Icon lost In-Reply-To: <293D7A1B-12DA-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: On 9/30/04 2:13 PM, "invicta" wrote: > > Suddenly I lost the System Pref. Icon in the dock. I can still access > this panel under the blue Appel but I was so used to accessing it from > the dock that I really mis it. Where could it have gone, better still > how can I get it back, short of reinstalling OS X 10.3.5. Open it from the Apple menu, then click and hold the icon in the dock: select Keep in Dock, and it will stay there again. Kirk Author of: How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Panther - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France From lstnmt at bresnan.net Thu Sep 30 06:44:00 2004 From: lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) Date: Thu Sep 30 06:44:03 2004 Subject: [X4U] problem turning off iPhoto Message-ID: I have a G3 iBook with 10.3.5 installed. I used iPhoto to import some images from my digital camera via a USB card reader. Seems to work nicely but I don't want it to work at all. So my question is how do I tell iPhoto to not launch when I mount one of my compact flash cards? I tried going to the cd/dvd system preference file and choosing 'ignore' for when inserting a picture CD. Is there a setting somewhere else for this? Jens Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... From jpfreeman at mac.com Thu Sep 30 06:48:27 2004 From: jpfreeman at mac.com (Jim Freeman) Date: Thu Sep 30 06:48:30 2004 Subject: [X4U] Low-Volume List In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <681E7384-12E7-11D9-A09F-000D933284B2@mac.com> I'm glad it's not just me. I thought maybe mail was bouncing from my address or something. Jim On 27-Sep-04, at 4:19 PM, revDAVE wrote: > This list used to get a lot of traffic. Recently the volume has highly > diminished to just a few per day. Seems like it started happening > right > when the server switched to the new e-mail address. Is something weird > going on? > > -- > Thanks - RevDave > Lists@domains4days.com > [db-lists] > > Check out some great Domain Names at: > http://www.domains4days.com > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u From invicta at xs4all.nl Thu Sep 30 06:59:48 2004 From: invicta at xs4all.nl (invicta) Date: Thu Sep 30 06:59:55 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re:System Preferences Icon lost. In-Reply-To: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: > > Suddenly I lost the System Pref. Icon in the dock. I can still access > this panel under the blue Appel but I was so used to accessing it > from > the dock that I really mis it. Where could it have gone, better still > how can I get it back, short of reinstalling OS X 10.3.5. > > T.I.A. and greetings, Andre. Stupid me. I found it in Applications, dragged it to the dock and all is fine now. Must have had a blackout. Sorry to have taken your time. Greetings, Andre. From jpfreeman at mac.com Thu Sep 30 07:01:27 2004 From: jpfreeman at mac.com (Jim Freeman) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:01:29 2004 Subject: [X4U] iDisk size problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <38D4FD04-12E9-11D9-A09F-000D933284B2@mac.com> I'm not having this problem, apparently because I'm not keeping a local copy of my iDisk on my computer. I turned that feature off because iDisk access is slow and I kept getting errors about "mirror agent". When I heard about the upgrade I was pretty happy. My iDisk membership is about to be renewed and I was wondering if it was worth it. My 100 megs was all used up. I'm really only tied to the service because of the e-mail address, which I wouldn't want to give up. So I allocated more storage to iDisk - it took me a while to figure out how. And I proceed to to back up a folder with 50 megs of Word and PowerPoint files. It took forever. How useful can this service be when it's sooo sloooow? Jim On 30-Sep-04, at 3:53 AM, Kirk McElhearn wrote: > On 9/29/04 5:48 PM, "geno endicott" wrote: > >> Yesterday my iBook started doing something strange. A little dialog >> box >> appears >> saying "iDisk size doesn't match the size of your computer's iDisk, >> you won't >> be able to use your iDisk till this is fixed." When I click ok my >> iDisk >> unmounts from the desktop and then remounts. And starts working as >> always then >> about 30 mins later it does the same thing. Anyone else have this >> problem >> ever? From jpfreeman at mac.com Thu Sep 30 07:02:47 2004 From: jpfreeman at mac.com (Jim Freeman) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:02:50 2004 Subject: [X4U] problem turning off iPhoto In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <68726515-12E9-11D9-A09F-000D933284B2@mac.com> You have to change that in ImageCapture. Yes, it's a little strange. Jim On 30-Sep-04, at 9:44 AM, Jens Selvig wrote: > I have a G3 iBook with 10.3.5 installed. I used iPhoto to import some > images from my digital camera via a USB card reader. Seems to work > nicely but I don't want it to work at all. So my question is how do I > tell iPhoto to not launch when I mount one of my compact flash cards? > I tried going to the cd/dvd system preference file and choosing > 'ignore' for when inserting a picture CD. Is there a setting somewhere > else for this? > > Jens > > Jens Selvig > ...lost in Montana... From lstnmt at bresnan.net Thu Sep 30 07:08:42 2004 From: lstnmt at bresnan.net (Jens Selvig) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:08:45 2004 Subject: [X4U] problem turning off iPhoto In-Reply-To: <68726515-12E9-11D9-A09F-000D933284B2@mac.com> References: <68726515-12E9-11D9-A09F-000D933284B2@mac.com> Message-ID: <3C1D3024-12EA-11D9-8931-0030658A14C8@bresnan.net> Thanks, I guess that makes some sense. Not having iPhoto launch each time I mount a CF card will be nice. Jens On Sep 30, 2004, at 8:02 AM, Jim Freeman wrote: > You have to change that in ImageCapture. Yes, it's a little strange. > > Jim > > On 30-Sep-04, at 9:44 AM, Jens Selvig wrote: > >> I have a G3 iBook with 10.3.5 installed. I used iPhoto to import some >> images from my digital camera via a USB card reader. Seems to work >> nicely but I don't want it to work at all. So my question is how do I >> tell iPhoto to not launch when I mount one of my compact flash cards? >> I tried going to the cd/dvd system preference file and choosing >> 'ignore' for when inserting a picture CD. Is there a setting >> somewhere else for this? Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... From verduron at comcast.net Thu Sep 30 07:21:27 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:21:31 2004 Subject: [X4U] Trash emptying In-Reply-To: References: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <03F9EA12-12EC-11D9-AB8F-000A9592F830@comcast.net> I cannot unlock Window Media Player. How do I get rid of it? Thanks From invicta at xs4all.nl Thu Sep 30 07:21:33 2004 From: invicta at xs4all.nl (invicta) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:21:40 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: Sysstem Preferences Icon lost In-Reply-To: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <07F86B75-12EC-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> Thank you Kirk for your quick reply but as you will see in the next digest I found the solution in the mean time. Greetings, Andre. From kirklists at wanadoo.fr Thu Sep 30 07:25:28 2004 From: kirklists at wanadoo.fr (Kirk McElhearn) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:25:34 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: Sysstem Preferences Icon lost In-Reply-To: <07F86B75-12EC-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: On 9/30/04 4:21 PM, "invicta" wrote: > Thank you Kirk for your quick reply but as you will see in the next > digest I found the solution in the mean time. OK. Kirk Forthcoming book: iPod & iTunes Garage - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Thu Sep 30 07:46:40 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Thu Sep 30 07:46:48 2004 Subject: [X4U] Re: Sysstem Preferences Icon lost In-Reply-To: <07F86B75-12EC-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> References: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <07F86B75-12EC-11D9-99DF-000A95DF15BA@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <20040930144640.GA7770@Dark-Age.local> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 04:21:33PM +0200, invicta wrote: : : Thank you Kirk for your quick reply but as you will see in the next : digest I found the solution in the mean time. FYI, many of us are not subscribed to the digests. :-) -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From verduron at comcast.net Thu Sep 30 08:03:57 2004 From: verduron at comcast.net (verduron) Date: Thu Sep 30 08:04:00 2004 Subject: [X4U] Trash emptying In-Reply-To: <03F9EA12-12EC-11D9-AB8F-000A9592F830@comcast.net> References: <20040930134406.CE2C31123AD@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <03F9EA12-12EC-11D9-AB8F-000A9592F830@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Sep 30, 2004, at 10:21 AM, verduron wrote: > I cannot unlock Window Media Player. How do I get rid of it? Thanks > By holding the option key while emptying the trash, I was able to get rid of hundreds of locked files without unlocking them. From rgilmor at uwo.ca Thu Sep 30 08:05:23 2004 From: rgilmor at uwo.ca (Richard Gilmore) Date: Thu Sep 30 08:05:08 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage-on a tangent In-Reply-To: Message-ID: What is a PST file? >>> My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those users >>> that have PST files from outlook. >>> >>> There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. >>> >>> My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB and >>> 1.5GB >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> From list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net Thu Sep 30 10:14:51 2004 From: list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net (Eugene Lee) Date: Thu Sep 30 10:14:56 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage-on a tangent In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20040930171451.GC7770@Dark-Age.local> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:05:23AM -0400, Richard Gilmore wrote: : : >>> My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those : >>> users that have PST files from outlook. : >>> : >>> There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. : >>> : >>> My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB : >>> and 1.5GB : >>> : >>> Any suggestions? : : What is a PST file? That's "outlook.pst", which is a single file that contains just about *everything* (i.e. mail, attachments, addresses, etc.) for most versions of M$ Outlook. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ From Rob.Weatherly at handleman.com Thu Sep 30 10:31:58 2004 From: Rob.Weatherly at handleman.com (Weatherly, Rob) Date: Thu Sep 30 10:32:27 2004 Subject: [X4U] FW: New Entourage-on a tangent Message-ID: <283990F4F0B37641AF824B7AC258E1BE165108@troy-exch3.handleman.com> Pst... stands for Personal Store. When created it is pretty much empty, and you can create folders to store your emails in it. The point is to give you a place to store your mail outside of you mailbox on an exchange server. Most exchange mailboxes have a size limit, so this can give you a place to store/archive mail you want to keep It only contains inbox, outbox, sent, etc... folders if you tell it to. You may be thinking of an .ost file, which is an offline store. This is basically an offline copy of your exchange mailbox, used to read your mail offline without actually removing the items from the exchange server. Where my question originated is that in my environment, we have a limit of 100 MB on mailboxes, and my Mac users currently have 1 - 3 PST files that are around 500 MB up to 1.8 GB. So I wanted to know how to get this type of setup in entourage. ----------------------------------------- Rob Weatherly ----------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Lee [mailto:list-themacintoshguy@fsck.net] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:15 PM To: X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com Subject: Re: [X4U] FW: New Entourage-on a tangent On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 11:05:23AM -0400, Richard Gilmore wrote: : : >>> My question is, if anyone has done this, how do I handle those : >>> users that have PST files from outlook. : >>> : >>> There doesn't seem to be anyway to attach a PST file in Entourage. : >>> : >>> My users have a couple PST file each. Each file is between 500MB : >>> and 1.5GB : >>> : >>> Any suggestions? : : What is a PST file? That's "outlook.pst", which is a single file that contains just about *everything* (i.e. mail, attachments, addresses, etc.) for most versions of M$ Outlook. -- Eugene Lee http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u