Yes. Ward, on my iMac the dictionary is there as an icon, and it shows at the bottom that they use dictionary.com. however, my powerbook has lost the icon, the help menu acts as if all were ok and tells me to click on the dictionary ( that 3 books icon) which has disappeared; the "find" command tells me to go via HD to private to temp items , in there it has some sherlock files, they are empty, there is a PDF document which will not open, it tells me the preview has just quit . I have tried to check dictionary .com to try to get it into sherlock, but finally gave all this up because of utter frustration. But I have not checked on the Apple help sites. Maybe some day I shall try it.There is no such thing just to reinstall Sherlock, is there? And by the way, where does Watson figure in here? This Sherlock helper does not seem to live on my HD. Marta To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. -Henry Ward Beecher, preacher and writer (1813-1887)
On Jul 18, 2005, at 22:19, Ward Oldham wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Well . . . it works fine for me, I might add as of this moment.? Maybe > it works fine for you now as well. > > I don't believe intermittent disfunction of certain components of both > Sherlock and Watson has anything to do with those respective > programs.? If you notice in regards to the dictionary channel, its > resource path leads to dictionary.com.? I suspect they are the root of > the problem - when you experience one. > > I personally have had problems pulling up movie listings using both > Sherlock and Watson when I want to find out what's playing at Tinsel > Town for quite some time now.? Yet I observe that I can retrieve other > theater's listings without a problem.? So that tells me that the > problem doesn't exist with moviefone nor Sherlock but where exactly > the breakdown is I haven't a clue. > > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 128 Breckenridge Lane > Louisville, KY? 40207 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us > > > > On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:44 PM, Profile wrote: > >> Marta, >> >> I am sorry you are having the same problem, but it lets me know it >> isn't something with my machine. Possibly Ward knows what is going on >> and a cure? >> >> John R. >> >> >> On Jul 18, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >> >> >>> On my G4 powerbook the dictionary channel has not been working for a >>> long time. It distresses me greatly, but I have no idea how to >>> resurrect it, tried everything, finally gave up. This is the only >>> channel I actually use, because it also has thesaurus capabilities. >>> Since I have sherlock in my dock, it was so easy to use anytime i >>> needed a spelling or a synonym. Now only my iMac allows me to do >>> that. Phonebook and pictures are also "temporarily unavailable." >>> However ,their icons show up, my dictionary icon does not even show >>> on the palette of my powerbook >>> Marta >>> On Jul 18, 2005, at 14:33, Profile wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> For some strange reason the Pictures Channel and the Phone Book >>>> channel have quit working on a couple of my Mac's. I get the same >>>> dialogue box, saying "This Channel is temporarily unavailable, >>>> check back soon." >>>> >>>> This will appeared first on a laptop (all machines running 10.3.9), >>>> but worked on the other machines, then it appeared on a G5 desktop, >>>> but others worked, now today it appeared on a G4 iMac. Never do >>>> they begin working once they quit, and the machines are in >>>> different locations. >>>> >>>> Anyone have an idea what is happening or what needs to be done to >>>> gain usage again? >>>> >>>> I used Cocktail, no help. The other channels work fine, just the >>>> same two on each machine. >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> >>>> John R. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
