Sorry, Jeff, I realized it too late! The mail had already left with that Panther swisch and I could not run after it anymore. My Swiss Bank -- ask Andy of this group, he got me into it through the bank merger- has that abbreviation, now I always transpose the letters UBS and USB. No, the plug is not the United Bank of Switzerland! Marta
On Mar 31, 2004, at 15:41, Jeff @ SLYN Systems wrote: > USB! ;-) > Jeff > > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:13:27 -0500 Marta Edie <mledie at insightbb.com> > writes: >> Shoun, Oh you wise one - if we all had as much computer expertise as >> >> you do, we might at once know to ask the right questions, or we >> would >> know how to fix the problem ourselves. Two years ago I would not >> know >> an ethernet cable from a UBS ,nor would I know the names for them, >> Safari, mozilla and explorer were foreign languages to me. So, one >> asks >> about one's immediate problem in one's own language of the layman, >> and >> then the answer evolves, takes shape and we all benefit from the >> problem finally being solved. I used to see you on TV talking to >> this >> guy from one of the stations. What did I understand from your >> expertise >> there? Almost nothing, because I did not have the linguistic >> capability >> in that field. That is why I depend on David Pogue's books so much, >> >> here is a person knowing a great deal, but is able to translate it >> into >> the language of the lay person and with humor to boot. I am still >> lacking in computerise, but have never minded asking. I finally am >> >> making a systematic effort to find all apple sites (it is an >> effort- >> but my tenacity is paying off) . I have several friends whom I >> prodded >> into the apple environment ,( they are glad they did!) and they >> thought >> safari was a Travel Agency. And not long ago, I did not know that >> downloading did not necessarily mean installing!. So keep telling us >> >> more, in a language we can grasp. I just learned the word "volume" >> you >> mentioned, never thought of it other than in tangible form I could >> throw at someone when I got mad. >> Marta >> On Mar 31, 2004, at 13:03, Schoun Regan wrote: >> >>> On 3/31/04 12:40 PM, Steven Brown at sbrown1157 at earthlink.net >> wrote: >>> >>>> How do you install Safari and why doesn't it show up in the >> dock? >>> >>> Steve, >>> >>> Are you saying Safari is not on your volume? >>> What version of the OS are you running? 10.2, 10.3? >>> If you do not see the Safari icon in the Applications folder, then >> it >>> is >>> likely that you do not have it installed. >>> Did you use the Find command (apple-F) under the File menu in the >> >>> Finder to >>> look for it? >>> If you do not have it, a simple look at Apple's web site would >> have >>> gotten >>> you there. >>> >>> http://www.apple.com/safari/ >>> >>> There is a nice big button that says "Download Safari 1.2" >>> One you download Safari, it will install itself inside the >> Applications >>> folder. When you double-click on Safari, you can go to the Safari >>> Preferences under the Safari menu and choose the General icon. >>> You can then set Safari as your default browser. >>> If Safari is running, it will appear in your Dock, simply holding >> down >>> the >>> mouse button over the Safari icon in the dock will pop up a menu >> and >>> you can >>> choose to keep it in the Dock. >>> >>> After seeing your second post while writing this, >>> >>>> I can launch safari, but nothing in it opens. >>>> >>>> I do have it set as default. >>>> >>>> I can't figure out what I am doing wrong? >>> >>> I might suggest you look at the menu bar when you double-click on >> >>> Safari. >>> Does it show the word Safari next to the blue Apple? >>> If so, then Safari is launching and you should be able to go to >> the >>> File >>> menu and choose new window. >>> If, when you double-click on the Safari icon you do NOT see the >> word >>> Safari >>> next to the blue Apple, then you might want to download and >> reinstall >>> Safari. >>> >>> Next time try to be more explicit when describing the problem. It >> may >>> help >>> others help you faster. >>> >>> Schoun > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4511 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040331/6b646d87/attachment.bin
