Brad, My pleasure!
I only know enough Unix to be dangerous...but I *do* know macs! 8*) Carlisle >Carlisle, > >Thanks for amplifying my answer, yours is so much clearer and sensible. I >recognize that I was assuming that everyone knows Unix to some degree, even >though I also know that isn't true. > >Brad >> Berry, >> >> To amplify Brad's answer: >> >> When you first set up your Mac under OSX, you create accounts that >> will have various levels of administrative privileges. That way you >> can set up your machine for multiple users, and everybody gets their >> own directory space for storing files, etc., and you can limit what >> some of the users (for example, your child, friend, co-worker, etc.) >> can get to and do. At least one of the users has administrative >> privileges, that is, can add and delete files and applications at >> will. So, if you set up your machine with an account for you and >> your kid, and you fixed it so that your kid had limited privileges, >> then only you could load the software, not your kid. >> >> With regards to native vs non-native, what this means is that if you >> have some OS9 software that use with plugins for the scanner, then >> although that software will run in OSX, the plugins won't. You will >> have to upgrade to the OSX version of the software to run the plugins. >> >> Have a great evening! >> >> Carlisle >> >> At 10:46 AM -0700 9/14/04, Brad Davis wrote: >>> Berry,, >>> OS X is basically a Unix system, I'm sure you've heard that. #3 just means >>> that you have to have full privileges on the system - the administrator >>> privileges. When you go to OS X you will find that there are differing >>> levels of privileges which define what you can do and administrator is the >>> only one who can install software. >>> >>> #4 just means that the program controlling plug-in must have been written >>> for OS X. There were programs that were cobbled together and would run >>> under OS X, but weren't native to the operating system. These >>>existed early >>> on for OS X, when there hadn't been time to rewrite everything to run under >>> OS X. Generally, these required an added layer between the program and the >>> OS so that a translation could be done. By now, most everything is native. >>> >>> By the way, when you go to OS X, you will find that it will run >>>OS 9.2 under >>> OS X. This is so you can run legacy programs. I found that it worked, but >>> was not satisfactory (and you can't use the Minolta plug-in with say >>> Photoshop running under 9.1, for instance). >>> >>> With OS X, you get a chance to learn UNIX, if you so choose, or not, there >>> is not real need. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Brad >>> >>>> I notice on the Minolta compatibility chart, the following footnotes >>>> regarding use of the Scan Dual IV with Mac OS-X: >>>> >>>> *3:You must be logged on as an administrator to complete the driver > >>> installation. > >>> *4:The Mac OS X plug-in cannot be used with applications that >are not OS X > >>> native. > >>> > >>> Since it is stated that various versions of OS-X are compatible, *4 is a >>>> little puzzling. *3 is a mystery to me. >>>> >>>> My main question is whether SD-IV works fine with OS-X 3.x, or are there >>>> some issues. >>>> >>>> (I am still using OS 9.1 on a G4, but am considering upgrading >>>>the OS or to >>>> G5.) >>>> >>>> Berry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> ---------- >>>> Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >>>> filmscanners' >>>> or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the >>>> message title or >>>> body >>> >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ----------- >>> Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >>> filmscanners' >>> or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message >>> title or body >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---------- >> Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >> filmscanners' >> or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the >>message title or >> body > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message >title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
