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Re: [MacGroup] The Wagon Still Rolls

2018-04-12 Thread Alex Whitman

Harry, how do you use Tivo without cable?

Alex Whitman

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartw...@aye.net> wrote:

> I use win.net
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__win.net=DwMFaQ=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs=adS5al9QJuBGm_cOnj_0zqzrcyOT-ZJd384D0H1BgNM=I0Jfuo5QKlFo0ICaQ4L_PFLYTB5LhZ96A6mX8efqrGU=>
> (aye.net
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aye.net=DwMFaQ=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs=adS5al9QJuBGm_cOnj_0zqzrcyOT-ZJd384D0H1BgNM=2vHVLGg3BVTU-WOsHWkfaWpPp5zzGB5oNpTXaXICSNU=>).
> DSL (through AT’s lines) it’s plenty fast for me but then I’m slow. (
> win.net
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__win.net=DwMFaQ=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs=adS5al9QJuBGm_cOnj_0zqzrcyOT-ZJd384D0H1BgNM=I0Jfuo5QKlFo0ICaQ4L_PFLYTB5LhZ96A6mX8efqrGU=>
> )
>
> IgLou is still around. They talk about High Speed Internet (igloo.com
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__igloo.com=DwMFaQ=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs=adS5al9QJuBGm_cOnj_0zqzrcyOT-ZJd384D0H1BgNM=FmjHai3vuY5nI4GG5ZXpNqsOAE8ALa6Y0HuhvZmTIQI=>
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 5:08 PM, William Micou <derby...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Been following this discussion -
> Ready to cut the AT UVerse cord and just use Apple TV, HD antenna, and
> some kind of a HD digital recorder. My question (one of many at this point)
> is - I only need a internet provider now, what is my best value in the
> Louisville area? Used to have IgLou and loved everything about them,
> especially the fact that they are local. What do you all say?
> Thanks,
> Bill M.
>
> On Apr 9, 2018, at 10:05 PM, tom holloman <chuba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> tried youtube tv but there is no way to get closed captions on all
> channels that its available on. you have to click on each individual
> program and CC for that program only. Thought I was doing something wrong
> so got on live chat. The chat guy couldnt believe it either and had to
> check. Came back and said unfortunately I was right. Hard to believe in
> this day.
> Tom
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Sandy Price <scjpr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> YouTube TV. It's awesome.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2018, at 7:05 PM, tom holloman <chuba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know of servicethat streams local channels over the internet?
>> Where I live a roof antenna will pick up no local channels. Theu are only
>> 50 miles away buy high hills in the way.
>> Thanks
>> Tom
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> We have never had cable - only an antenna on the roof of our house. I do
>>> have TIVO and Netflix and Amazon Prime. I also have CBS All Access so I can
>>> watch Star Trek Discovery. I am going to cancel that as soon as I finish
>>> the series.
>>> when Game of Thrones is streaming I order HBO Now and cancel that when
>>> it’s over.
>>>
>>> Life is great without cable.
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>> > On Mar 7, 2018, at 3:05 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@icloud.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Anne, you missed nothing, none of the folks in line were for a new
>>> product, I was there because my daughter cut her Cable service, she said
>>> today when she returned the boxes the line was a 30 minute wait and all
>>> were doing the same, cutting the cable.
>>> >
>>> > I was there to pick up an Apple TV, 4K, I’ll give her the last model
>>> (1080) so she can still watch the programming she wants.  I ordered her an
>>> antenna so I’ll hook both up for her and she should get by just fine
>>> without paying Spectrum their exorbitant fees.
>>> >
>>> > I was surprised that Apple had so many customers that early in the
>>> morning…I mean there wasn’t another person waiting at Best Buy, Microsoft,
>>> Dick’s, Macy’s, etc etc….only Apple, some were for a class, some were for
>>> purchases, some for repairs…it’s a well oiled company as the folks were
>>> soon dispersed and employees were getting them cared for…
>>> >
>>> > John
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>&g

Re: [MacGroup] really weird cursor problem

2018-01-10 Thread Alex Whitman

I've only had the cursor-gone-wild issue once, on a 2001 iMac, and it was
the first hint that the logic board was dying. Hope that's not the case for
you.

Alex

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer 
wrote:

> Several days ago I went to log on to my account on my computer, which is
> always on, and the cursor was moving all around the log on screen by
> itself. It was as if somebody else was controlling the cursor. I forced the
> computer to shut down by holding in the power button. I waited a while and
> turned it back on. Same thing. I turned the mouse off and the cursor
> eventually stopped moving. I turned the mouse back on and it started moving
> by itself again. I shut the computer down.
>
> I went about my business and later that afternoon I turned my mouse off
> and restarted the computer. After it booted up I logged in (you don’t need
> a mouse to do that) and then turned my mouse on and once the computer
> recognized the mouse the cursor started moving by itself. I had to force
> the computer to shut down. I turned off my mouse and got my wife’s mouse
> (both are apple bluetooth mice), turned it on and rebooted the computer. I
> logged in to my account and it took the computer a long long time to
> connect to my wife’s mouse. Once it did, the cursor again started moving
> all by itself. It was really weird. I called TechRestore and told them
> about the problem and said I would bring in the computer the next day. The
> technician said I should reset my p-ram before I before I bring in the
> computer, as that might solve the problem.
>
> I did and the problem was resolved. Yeah TechRestore!
>
> I had turned off both my mouse and my wife’s. After restarting the
> computer I turned on my mouse and it took a really, really long time (±5
> minutes although it seemed like much longer) for the computer to discover
> and connect to my mouse.
>
> It’s been working fine ever since resetting the P-Ram.
>
> Here’s how you do that!
>
> With the computer turned off hold down the command, option, p, and
> r keys and turn the computer back on. It will chime, go dark, chime go
> dark, and chime once again before restarting.
>
> The Technician had told me it would only chime twice but, as I said above
> it chimed 3 times.
>
> Thanks TechRestore
>
> Anybody have any idea why the cursor would start moving around by itself
> and why did resetting the P-Ram correct the problem?
>
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Re: [MacGroup] battery charger

2017-08-15 Thread Alex Whitman

I bought this one in early 2015 and it's still working.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AA6CS86/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8=1

Alex

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:59 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer 
wrote:

> I need an external battery charger for my iPhone 7 and my iPad pro to use
> while traveling. There are so many available with different ratings, it’s
> hard to make a choice.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
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Re: [MacGroup] how to open ".msg" file?

2017-03-11 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks, Ed, that's kind of what I was afraid the answer would be. Rather
than spending all day finding, installing, and learning how to use
something I'll probably never need to use again, I'm taking the bull by the
horns and asking Subaru to re-send it as a PDF.

Thanks again,
Alex

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Ed Wiser <wisero...@gmail.com> wrote:

> https://www.quora.com/How-can-a-Mac-user-open-a-msg-file
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Alex Whitman <aly...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Subaru has sent me a document as an attachment to an email. The file is
> "Headlight Claim Form.msg" with the instructions "You can complete and send
> back to me by email attachment."
>
> I can't figure out how to open it at all. Preview, Acrobat Reader, and
> TextEdit all fail, as do Safari, Firefox, and Pages. It's a googledoc I
> think, but I have never used googledocs so I'm kind of lost.
>
> Any assistance appreciated.
>
> Alex
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[MacGroup] how to open ".msg" file?

2017-03-11 Thread Alex Whitman

Subaru has sent me a document as an attachment to an email. The file is
"Headlight Claim Form.msg" with the instructions "You can complete and send
back to me by email attachment."

I can't figure out how to open it at all. Preview, Acrobat Reader, and
TextEdit all fail, as do Safari, Firefox, and Pages. It's a googledoc I
think, but I have never used googledocs so I'm kind of lost.

Any assistance appreciated.

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Re: [MacGroup] TIVO

2016-06-02 Thread Alex Whitman

I have one that needs a new hard drive. Hope someone has an answer.

Alex

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Ed Wiser  wrote:

> Never had to repair any of mine Thank goodness.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 2, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer  wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know where to get a TIVO repaired? Preferably here in
> Louisville.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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[MacGroup] New TWC modem,

2016-05-11 Thread Alex Whitman

Two weeks ago I received and installed the new TWC modem, and was assured
by the tech support guy that higher speeds have already been rolled out in
my neighborhood.

The connection on my 2011 MacBook Pro is still flaky and I have to turn
wifi off and back on again several times a day. It doesn't do this on
anyone else's network, only mine, so I suspect the problem is either my
router, a Netgear WGT624 v.3, or TWC's wiring in the house.

I went to speedtest.com to see if the lack of improvement was just my
imagination.
Download speed: 17.51 Mbps.
Upload speed: 9.28 Mbps.

bandwidthtest.com says
Download: 12.00
Upload: 11.10

cnet.com/internet-speed-test says
Download: 15.59

How do these compare with others who have gotten the new modem?

How do I troubleshoot the flakiness?

Thanks,
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Re: [MacGroup] Need Text Cleanup Suggestions

2016-02-26 Thread Alex Whitman

Beth, do you have the Messages app on your Mac tied to your iPhone? You
could save individual texts by copying and pasting the ones you want to
keep into a new document and then delete all off the phone.

It is kludgy though, I agree.

Alex Whitman

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:40 AM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com>
wrote:

> Beth,
>
> This may not be as slick as the Android but on my text messages, a long
> list, I hit the edit button at the top left, pops open a list for me to put
> a checkmark beside the ones I want to delete, I can go through dozens of
> them in seconds or just a minute.  Hit delete they are all gone.
>
> The same process works in Mail, go into the mailbox I want where all the
> messages are listed, hit Edit at the top right and now I have a choice of
> “marking” , “moving” , or “Trash”.  I scroll down the list clicking on the
> ones I want to trash and it’s done, takes no time at all.
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> > On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Beth Phillips <beth.phill...@fastline.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I've used Macs since the late 1980's and I've coveted an iPhone for
> years while grudgingly using an Android device. Last year I finally took
> the plunge and bought an iPhone and I love it – except when it comes to
> cleaning out my text messages. On my old Android devices I could select
> specific messages and lock them so they couldn't be deleted. Then I could
> just go in and delete the rest of the thread without worrying about losing
> those individual messages I may need. iOS works in reverse, I have to
> select all the messages I do want to delete and manually trash them using
> the trash can icon – NOT the Delete button at the top that trashes the
> entire thread. (Made that mistake once and lost some sentimental messages.)
> >
> > Also, when going through my texts to clean them out it takes forever to
> get back to a specific date in time where I want to begin my clean up
> process. (I usually make a note of the last date that I cleaned them out so
> I know where to start the next time.) If it has been a long time, I have to
> scroll, wait for more texts to load, scroll, wait, repeat, etc. Then when I
> finally get to where I want to be, if someone texts me during the process,
> it takes me back to the bottom and I have to start the whole process over
> again. I have spent days doing on an iPhone what I could do in a few hours
> on my old devices to clean out messages. How do others on the list clean up
> their texts? I have many I need to save, so a blanket delete of entire
> threads is not an option. Are there any apps available that anyone has used
> that would make this process easier?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Beth Phillips
> > IT Associate
> > PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385
> > DIRECT | 502-222-8385
> > EMAIL | beth.phill...@fastline.com<mailto:beth.phill...@fastline.com>
> > WEBSITE | www.Fastline.com
> >
> > 
> >
> > [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fllogo.png]
> >
> >
> > Fastline
> > PO Box 248 Buckner, KY  40010
> >
> >
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Re: [MacGroup] El Capitan on older MacBook Pro

2016-01-12 Thread Alex Whitman

Hi all, and Lee, thank you for answering the question I meant to ask
instead of the one my fingers typed. I meant would El Cap run better on
this machine than Yosemite does.

I moved up to Yosemite in early October, so I'm pretty sure it's finished
all the indexing it needs to do by now.

Is replacing the hard drive in a 5 year old laptop the best use of funds?

I will run DW and see what happens. Good to know El Cap is a viable upgrade.

Thank you.

Alex



On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote:

> On Jan 11, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Alex Whitman <aly...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My early 2011 13" MBP is struggling with Yosemite (10.10.5). Lots of
> spinning beachballs, slow scrolling, and icons bouncing forever in the
> dock. I know it's long in the tooth but I'm hoping to get another 6 months
> out of it. Will Yosemite be better or worse for this machine?
>
>
> I often use an early 2009 MacBook Pro with El Capitan. It runs pretty well
> — better than it did with Yosemite.
>
> 8 GB RAM
> 1 T Seagate hybrid hard drive
> 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
>
> How long have you waited after installing the new operating system? When
> you install a major upgrade of OS X, it does a lot of indexing at first.
> This causes the spinning rainbow pizza of patience to appear a lot during
> the first few days.
>
> If the problems persist, I suggest running something like TechTool or Disk
> Warrior on the hard drive. Replacing it with an SSD or hybrid drive makes a
> big difference.
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[MacGroup] El Capitan on older MacBook Pro

2016-01-11 Thread Alex Whitman

My early 2011 13" MBP is struggling with Yosemite (10.10.5). Lots of
spinning beachballs, slow scrolling, and icons bouncing forever in the
dock. I know it's long in the tooth but I'm hoping to get another 6 months
out of it. Will Yosemite be better or worse for this machine?

2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

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Re: [MacGroup] iOS 9.0.2 texting issue

2015-10-09 Thread Alex Whitman

AHA!!! Right after I sent my screenshot to Ed I saw Penny's note, and while
I don't understand why any of my open apps would have had anything to do
with voice or video messages, closing them all did fix the issue. Thank
you, Penny and Ed!

Alex


On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:20 PM, <youngman.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had the same issue. I think it is trying to send a video. I correct
> it by closing out all the open apps. I thought I had inadvertently
> triggered it when removing my phone from my pocket. Whatever makes my phone
> think I want to send a video, this is a solution for me.
>
> Penny
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 9, 2015, at 3:12 PM, Ed Wiser <wisero...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Alex if you could make a screen shot of the problem.
> > Screen shot is accomplished by holding down the home and lock buttons at
> the same time.  Sent it to me and I can see what the issue is.  Sounds like
> you are activating the voice note function in messages.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Alex Whitman <aly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 9. I'm having a problem with Messages. An
> opaque dark gray bubble appears in the text input area obscuring the words
> I'm trying to send. On the right side of the gray bubble are the characters
> "0:00". Clicking the little microphone icon, the camera icon, or 123 has no
> effect. Texts still send, but of course I have no idea what auto-correct is
> doing to my messages until they are already sent.
> >>
> >> 9.0.2 seems to have a lot of issues with Messages (says Google) but I
> haven't seen any mention of this problem in particular.
> >>
> >> Anyone else experiencing this, or have any idea how to get rid of it?
> The only time I can get a clear input area is when I start a completely new
> conversation with a new recipient.
> >>
> >> As always, any help appreciated.
> >>
> >> Alex
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[MacGroup] iOS 9.0.2 texting issue

2015-10-09 Thread Alex Whitman

I updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 9. I'm having a problem with Messages. An
opaque dark gray bubble appears in the text input area obscuring the words
I'm trying to send. On the right side of the gray bubble are the characters
"0:00". Clicking the little microphone icon, the camera icon, or 123 has no
effect. Texts still send, but of course I have no idea what auto-correct is
doing to my messages until they are already sent.

9.0.2 seems to have a lot of issues with Messages (says Google) but I
haven't seen any mention of this problem in particular.

Anyone else experiencing this, or have any idea how to get rid of it? The
only time I can get a clear input area is when I start a completely new
conversation with a new recipient.

As always, any help appreciated.

Alex

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Re: [MacGroup] Canon Printer

2014-07-19 Thread Alex Whitman

I have a different Canon printer that uses the same ink. I'll happily take
the cartridges. Thanks!

Alex Whitman


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Anne Cartwright cartw...@aye.net wrote:

 Canon Pixmar iP3600 bought back in 2012. It started scrunching the paper.
 Still works find printing envelopes.

 Lots of Ink:
 Black 220
 Black 221
 Cyan 221
 Magenta 221
 Yellow 221

 Any one interested and wanting to see if they can fix it? And/ or use the
 ink?

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Re: [MacGroup] .mac mail issues

2012-07-02 Thread Alex Whitman

A little bit of progress: I got it working on the iPhone. On the laptop I
am stuck at step (3) below, so I'm calling Apple for support. Thanks for
your help.
Alex


On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:

 On Jun 29, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Alex Whitman wrote:

 Could you explain more fully, please? IMAP seems to already be there and I
 have no idea how to get rid of POP.


 I don’t  think you can just convert an older POP account in Apple's mail
 over to IMAP. Here's what I'd do:

 (0) With Safari, log into your iCloud account at 
 icloud.comhttps://www.icloud.com/ to
 make sure it's working.

 (1) Don't delete your old POP account right away because that will also
 delete the mail associated with it.

 (2) In Mail, make a new account with type IMAP using your iCloud address
 and password.

 (3) Make sure it's working.

 (4) In Mail, drag any old messages from the POP account into a folder in
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Re: [MacGroup] Convert a POP Email Account To... (mactricksandtips.com)

2012-07-02 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks Bill!

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Bill Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:

 Saw this tonight and thought it might help someone.
 Bill M.

 *Convert a POP Email Account To IMAP In Mac Mail 0*

 http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2012/06/convert-a-pop-email-account-to-imap-in-mac-mail.html

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[MacGroup] .mac mail issues

2012-06-29 Thread Alex Whitman

I have had a dot-mac email address since 2002, but for the last few months
I have only been able to fetch that mail on my iPad, not on my MacBook Pro
or on my iPhone. The iPad apparently offers no user-defined filtering, so
the amount of spam coming through makes the account basically unusable.

I changed the password to 10 characters including numbers and upper and
lower case and no dictionary words. This made no difference at all.

On the MBP, Mail.app's Connection Doctor says iCloud IMAP is connected, but
iCloud POP says, Trying to log into the iCloud POP account failed. Verify
that the username and password are correct. They are correct.

iPhone 3GS also says, The user name or password for .mac POP is
incorrect. But it isn't.

Anyone have ideas before I tackle Oxmoor and the Genius Bar? All devices
are fully updated: 10.7.4 for the MBP, iOS 5.1.1 for the iPad and iPhone.

Many thanks,
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Re: [MacGroup] .mac mail issues

2012-06-29 Thread Alex Whitman

Could you explain more fully, please? IMAP seems to already be there and I
have no idea how to get rid of POP.

Alex


On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Lee Larson leelar...@me.com wrote:

 On Jun 29, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Alex Whitman wrote:

 On the MBP, Mail.app's Connection Doctor says iCloud IMAP is connected,
 but iCloud POP says, Trying to log into the iCloud POP account failed.
 Verify that the username and password are correct. They are correct.

 iPhone 3GS also says, The user name or password for .mac POP is
 incorrect. But it isn't.

 Anyone have ideas before I tackle Oxmoor and the Genius Bar? All devices
 are fully updated: 10.7.4 for the MBP, iOS 5.1.1 for the iPad and iPhone.


 iCloud does not support POP mail accounts. You'll have to switch over to
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Re: [MacGroup] iCloud acct hacked?

2012-05-18 Thread Alex Whitman

I have been having the same issues for about a month with my mac.com account. 
For about 2 weeks I could only fetch that mail on an iPad, not from my iPhone 
or my Mac. It always claimed that my password was invalid. A software update in 
the last week seems to have fixed it.

Now I would like to not have duplicates of every entry in my Address Book, if 
anyone knows how to fix that.

Alex  --
Sent from a device that has its own opinions about the words I should be typing.

On May 18, 2012, at 10:48 AM, MICHAEL ROBERTSON 
michael.robert...@insightbb.com wrote:

 Help.  I have been using all the versions of Apples email service for the 
 last 15 yrs or so, from .Mac to mobile me, to now i Cloud. I have always used 
 the same password for the account over the years, but for some unknown reason 
 to me, when I tried to get my email for my .me account,( using the Mail app 
 in OS 10.7.4) a window came up saying that my iCloud password was not valid, 
 and when I try to submit it, it is rejected as not correct. Do I reset it?  
 Why would iCloud do this now, when I have never had this kind of issue before 
 over all these years.
 Anyone else using iCloud having these issues now?
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Re: [MacGroup] cameras

2011-12-01 Thread Alex Whitman

Harry ( Dan),

I was just reading this CNet review of the J1, Nikon's new in-between
offering. It comes in 2 flavors, one of which has a real viewfinder. It
looks intriguing.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20112542-1/nikon-1-j1-review-worth-the-wait/

Alex

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 If anyone else knows of a good point-and-shoot that still has a
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Re: [MacGroup] ancient iPod: that syncing feeling

2011-08-13 Thread Alex Whitman

Reinstalling iTunes didn't help. I'm resigned to the iPod being stuck in 2010 
until it dies.

Thanks for the research and the link. 

Alex

Sent from somewhere else.

On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Bill Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:

 Alex,
 I wish I had an answer, but I too have that model that has been sitting on a 
 ac powered speaker stand next to the bed for the last 7 years. I probably 
 last synched it 6 years ago. I have been wondering what would happened if I 
 synched it.
 Is the battery fully charged?
 After searching for similar problems, I found this:
 
 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2360928?start=0tstart=0
 
 and the solution back then, in 2010, was to reinstall iTunes (do not 
 uninstall first, just reinstall iTunes on top of the current iTunes).
 
 I hope that helps.
 Bill
 
 On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:
 
 I have an iPod from 2003 or maybe 2004, the 3rd generation, with a touch 
 wheel, 4 buttons and a firewire dock. Today I tried to sync it with iTunes 
 (10.4). No dice - iTunes becomes unresponsive and gives me a spinning beach 
 ball until I force quit. The battery will charge but there is no syncing 
 happening. Tried it without the dock, just the cable, with the same result. 
 This is the first time I've tried to sync it in at least a year, so several 
 iTunes updates have happened since then. Is it simply obsolete? Or is there 
 something else I should try?
 
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Re: [MacGroup] ancient iPod: that syncing feeling

2011-08-06 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks Bill, I'll try reinstalling iTunes this afternoon. The battery is
about 3/4 charged after sitting in the dock plugged into the MacBook
yesterday. The Bose speaker dock where it usually lives feeds it enough
power to play, but not enough to charge it.

Alex

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Bill Micou derby...@mac.com wrote:

 Alex,
 I wish I had an answer, but I too have that model that has been sitting on
 a ac powered speaker stand next to the bed for the last 7 years. I probably
 last synched it 6 years ago. I have been wondering what would happened if I
 synched it.
 Is the battery fully charged?
 After searching for similar problems, I found this:

 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2360928?start=0tstart=0

 and the solution back then, in 2010, was to reinstall iTunes (do not
 uninstall first, just reinstall iTunes on top of the current iTunes).

 I hope that helps.
 Bill

 On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

  I have an iPod from 2003 or maybe 2004, the 3rd generation, with a touch
 wheel, 4 buttons and a firewire dock. Today I tried to sync it with iTunes
 (10.4). No dice - iTunes becomes unresponsive and gives me a spinning beach
 ball until I force quit. The battery will charge but there is no syncing
 happening. Tried it without the dock, just the cable, with the same result.
 This is the first time I've tried to sync it in at least a year, so several
 iTunes updates have happened since then. Is it simply obsolete? Or is there
 something else I should try?
 
  Many thanks,
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[MacGroup] getting rid of old stuff

2010-04-14 Thread Alex Whitman

I am finally ready to let go of my ancient Treo 300. How do I wipe it so
that the dood at the recycling center can't retrieve the keys to the
millions in my offshore accounts*? If the easiest way is with a hammer, I'm
okay with that. I have ancient Palm software on my ancient iMac but the iMac
was frighteningly wheezy the last time I turned it on.

Thanks,
Alex

*I wish.

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Re: [MacGroup] getting rid of old stuff

2010-04-14 Thread Alex Whitman

I found it! You're both right. Thank you so much.

http://www.palm.com/us/support/handbooks/treo/treo300_UG.pdf

If anyone wants the Treo (don't know why anyone would) it is free for the
asking. Otherwise it is going to Meriweather Ave recycling in the next week
or so. I haven't found the CD yet but haven't looked very hard.

Alex

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Suzanne Blake dyby...@insightbb.comwrote:

 Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote:

 My palm Tungsten E has a reset hole on the back. I believe if you
 stick a paper clip in and push for a few seconds it will reset you palm
 to factory defauts.


 It's been a while, but I think that is a soft reset.  Maybe the hard
 reset has you press some button at the same time.  Can't remember, let me
 see if I have the directions.nope: many styli, Read this first,
 foreign plugs, but no directions.  It might be online
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Re: [MacGroup] R.I.P. Jerry Ethington

2010-03-12 Thread Alex Whitman

What a sad loss. Jerry was a good guy who always had a smile to share.
Thanks for spreading the word Ken.

Alex

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Ken Presley kenpres...@gmail.com wrote:

 It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of my longtime
 friend and Macintosh enthusiast, Jerry Ethington. He died in the first week
 of March from an apparent heart attack here in Louisville. He was 56 years
 old. Several people on this list knew him, although I am probably the only
 one that saw him on a regular basis.  He was very intelligent, quite
 humorous, and an all-around nice guy. He had no family left that I am aware
 of and I don't believe he wanted any visitation or funeral services. I will
 miss him greatly!

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Re: [MacGroup] Snow Leopard shipping August 28th

2009-08-22 Thread Alex Whitman

It's here, via FedEx. Just the box set though, no T shirt. Darn it all.
Alex


On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Ed Wiser wisero...@gmail.com wrote:

 Waiting for the T shirt ;)

 Sent from my iPhone

 On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Alex Whitman aly...@gmail.com wrote:

 I ordered the box set and my receipt says it will be delivered by the 25th.
 Alex



 On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Ed Wiser  ewi...@ralcorpfrozen.com
 ewi...@ralcorpfrozen.com wrote:

  
 http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/20/snow-leopard-shipping-august-28th-says-apples-uk-online-store/
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Re: [MacGroup] Snow Leopard shipping August 28th

2009-08-22 Thread Alex Whitman

I wish. I thought I was pre-ordering the Snow Leopard box set but what they
sent was the 10.5 box set. I have already returned it to the Apple store at
Oxmoor. Pffft.
Alex

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Re: [MacGroup] Snow Leopard shipping August 28th

2009-08-21 Thread Alex Whitman

I ordered the box set and my receipt says it will be delivered by the 25th.
Alex



On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Ed Wiser ewi...@ralcorpfrozen.com wrote:


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Re: [MacGroup] duplicated Mail messages

2009-07-08 Thread Alex Whitman

Thank you Ed! It worked like a charm.
Alex

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Ed Wiser ewi...@ralcorpfrozen.com wrote:

  Here is an applescript for this purpose.

 http://tim.auton.me.uk/select_duplicates.html



 *From:* macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:
 macgroup-boun...@erdos.math.louisville.edu] *On Behalf Of *Alex Whitman
 *Sent:* Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:25 PM
 *To:* Macintosh topics
 *Subject:* Re: [MacGroup] duplicated Mail messages



 I should add this is Mail 3.6 and OSX 10.5.7.



 Alex



 On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Alex Whitman aly...@gmail.com wrote:

 Before a stay at a motel with free wifi, 364 messages were on the 
 mac.comserver and were also in my Mail inbox on my MacBook.



 After I logged in to the motel wifi there are 364 x 2.



 So how do I get rid of 364 duplicate messages in Mail.App in one fool
 sweep?



 (How I can better manage my Inbox might be the subject of another post.)



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[MacGroup] duplicated Mail messages

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Whitman

Before a stay at a motel with free wifi, 364 messages were on the
mac.comserver and were also in my Mail inbox on my MacBook.
After I logged in to the motel wifi there are 364 x 2.

So how do I get rid of 364 duplicate messages in Mail.App in one fool sweep?

(How I can better manage my Inbox might be the subject of another post.)

Thanks,
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Re: [MacGroup] duplicated Mail messages

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Whitman

I should add this is Mail 3.6 and OSX 10.5.7.
Alex


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Alex Whitman aly...@gmail.com wrote:

 Before a stay at a motel with free wifi, 364 messages were on the 
 mac.comserver and were also in my Mail inbox on my MacBook.
 After I logged in to the motel wifi there are 364 x 2.

 So how do I get rid of 364 duplicate messages in Mail.App in one fool
 sweep?

 (How I can better manage my Inbox might be the subject of another post.)

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Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): Is this true or a scam?

2009-01-26 Thread Alex Whitman

It is here:
https://donotcall.gov/

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Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): Is this true or a scam?

2009-01-26 Thread Alex Whitman

Yes it is. If you follow the link for more information for consumers, you
come to an FTC FAQ which states:

   What Phone Numbers Can I Register?
   1. Can I register my cell phone on the National Do Not Call Registry?

   Yes, you may place your personal cell phone number on the National Do Not
   Call Registry. The registry has accepted cell phone numbers since it opened
   for registrations in June 2003. There is no deadline to register a home or
   cell phone number on the Registry.

   You may have received an email telling you that your cell phone is about
   to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone
   number database; however, that is not the case. FCC regulations prohibit
   telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers.
   Automated dialers are standard in the industry, so most telemarketers don't
   call consumers on their cell phones without their consent.


You can find this and more at:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt107.shtm

Alex



On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Sandra Schreiber
sgssil...@insightbb.comwrote:

 that is not for cell phones

 On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:02 AM, john humphries wrote:

 There is an official web site where one may register phone numbers for do
 not call to take effect. I do not have it at hand, but I am sure that one
 is able to Google and locate it. I registered our phone numbers there a
 couple of years back. I think that it is a government site.
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Re: [MacGroup] Is this true or a scam?

2009-01-25 Thread Alex Whitman

Snopes confirms your instinct that it's false:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp




On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Profile prof...@aye.net wrote:

 Does anyone know if this is true?  Just receive today but it may be fake or
 sent months ago and is doing the never ending bouncing around.
 John






 Heads up
 REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public today
 REMINDER... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing
 companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.

  YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS*

 To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone:
 888-382-1222.*
 It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your
 time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. *You must call from the
 cell phone number you want to have blocked*. You cannot call from a
 different phone number.

 HELP 20 OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS.. It takes about 20
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Re: [MacGroup] TIVO question

2009-01-23 Thread Alex Whitman

I am pretty sure you have to have Roxio Toast Titanium. Here is Tivo's take
on it:
http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/howto/gettivoanywhere/howto_transfer_shows_mac.html

Alex



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 I have TIVO (a digital video recorder). Is there an easy (and cheap) way
 to transfer a program I recorded on TIVO to my MacBook Pro?

 If there is not an easy / cheap way what are my alternatives?

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Re: [MacGroup] A Pleasant Surprise

2008-08-24 Thread Alex Whitman

Lee, how is it performing with 4MB? I have the same 2.16 MacBook and it
really struggles with video with only 2MB. If you're seeing a significant
improvement I'll order more RAM today.
Alex Whitman



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 that came with it states the maximum RAM supported is 2 GB, and I
 immediately filled it to that point. Various online sites have been saying
 for some time that it will use as much as 3.3 GB, if it's installed. I tried
 that this afternoon by installing 4 GB. To my delight, it sees and uses all
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 I've run four passes of memtest on the RAM, and the machine sees all of it
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Re: [MacGroup] Google in Safari

2008-07-06 Thread Alex Whitman

Safari  View  Customize Toolbar

Alex

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Anne Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I just managed to drag the Google (search) window from the menu bar in
 Safari. How do I get it back?

 It's so much easier just typing your want into the window rather than
 www.Google.com
 . Yikes, I've lost the place to enter the URL . What happened.
 Fireworks?

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[MacGroup] MacBook set-up problems

2007-12-05 Thread Alex Whitman

I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and I want
to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11) but there is a
glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire cable to both
machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T key. The big firewire
symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the MacBook gives this error
message:
There are no versions of Mac OS X available on your old Mac.
You can only transfer information from a Mac that has OS X installed.
Click Continue to keep trying, or click Cancel to stop the transferring.

Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X?

The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4 iMac and an
intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the iBook is working as
I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will be most gratefully
appreciated.

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2007-12-05 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks Jerry, but repairing permissions hasn't worked. I don't think I've
ever used classic but who knows. I'll keep trying.
Alex

On Dec 5, 2007 2:53 PM, Jerry Freeman x12 at insightbb.com wrote:

you repair permission on the ibook g4 10.4x? 10.5 does not support
classic, hence will not transfer classic located within 10.4. ie
continue to keep trying. if that doesn't work you could transfer by
hand in target disk mode. best...jf

On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and
I want to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11)
but there is a glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire
cable to both machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T
key. The big firewire symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the
MacBook gives this error message:

There are no versions of Mac OS X available on your old Mac.
You can only transfer information from a Mac that has OS X installed.
Click Continue to keep trying, or click Cancel to stop the
transferring.

Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X?

The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4
iMac and an intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the
iBook is working as I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will
be most gratefully appreciated.

Alex Whitman
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[MacGroup] MacBook set-up problems

2007-12-05 Thread Alex Whitman

Yep, I did that. It's the second step after turning the MacBook on for the
very first time and following the set up instructions. It just doesn't
recognize anything on the iBook. I'm going to try making an old G4 iMac the
target and if that doesn't work I will call Apple tomorrow.
I know I can set it up without transferring my settings but this is a major
purchase and it should work as advertised.

Alex

On 12/5/07, Ed Wiser wiserone1 at gmail.com wrote:

You need to make one the target and the other the source. Open
Migration Assistant on the MacBook. Follow instructions. Start the source
disk?after connecting Fire Wire with the T key held down.

On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and I want
to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11) but there is a
glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire cable to both
machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T key. The big firewire
symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the MacBook gives this error
message:

Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X?

The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4 iMac and
an intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the iBook is working
as I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will be most gratefully
appreciated.

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2007-12-05 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks, Ward. I have made an appointment at the genius bar Friday. After it
couldn't read the iMac or the Mini either, I tried setting it up without the
other computers. The next step is choosing a wireless network. This resulted
in a spinning beachball that still hasn't quit. I give up. See you Friday.

On 12/5/07, Ward Oldham woldham at insightbb.com wrote:

Alex,

I would call Apple technical support.

http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

You may also bring both laptops to the Genius Bar and have them
troubleshoot the problem for free. You will need to make a reservation
first.

http://concierge.apple.com/store/R264

Ward Oldham

On Dec 5, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

I know I can set it up without transferring my settings but this is a
major purchase and it should work as advertised.

Alex

On 12/5/07, Ed Wiser wiserone1 at gmail.com wrote:

You need to make one the target and the other the source. Open
Migration Assistant on the MacBook. Follow instructions. Start the source
disk?after connecting Fire Wire with the T key held down.

On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and I
want to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11) but
there is a glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire cable to
both machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T key. The big
firewire symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the MacBook gives this
error message:

Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X?

The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4 iMac
and an intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the iBook is
working as I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will be most
gratefully appreciated.

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[MacGroup] iPhone password keeper app

2007-11-23 Thread Alex Whitman

I think it was Marta who was looking for a keychain-like application
for the iPhone. This one might do the trick:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity/mobilepasswordsafe.html

Happy holidays,
Alex Whitman

[MacGroup] Start Page

2007-07-18 Thread Alex Whitman

On 7/18/07, David Llewellyn dsl at australianracing.com wrote:
 www.AustralianRacing.com

 David Llewellyn

 On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:06 PM, b3studios wrote:

  Just conducting an informal survey, what page do you use as your web
  browsers start/home page?
 
  ~ r.
 
 
 
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MacGroup: An Even Easier One....

2006-01-29 Thread Alex Whitman


On Jan 29, 2006, at 10:49 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote:

 control + D = forward delete on a full keyboard, fn + delete on a  
 mac laptop...jf

Wow, thanks!! I am so happy to have this function back!

Alex


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MacGroup: Tiger anti-virus? was: hot! iBook hard drive

2005-08-06 Thread Alex Whitman


Virex was definitely the problem, and it took a bit of hoop-jumping  
to find McAfee's uninstaller. Once you know what to look for on  
Apple's website (thanks Brian!), they say Virex 7.5 is not compatible  
with Tiger, but Virex 7.2 is okay.

Unfortunately, if I ever had 7.2 installed I lost it when Apple told  
me to upgrade. Virex is no longer a free download for dotMac members,  
so it looks like I have to find a replacement. (Or... is Apple so  
confident in OSX now that they think we have natural immunity?)

What anti-virus software works with Tiger and won't choke a G4 iBook  
or G4 iMac? Automatic updates are required. Cheap is better, but I'll  
resign myself to spending some bucks if I have to.

Thanks,
Alex




 On Aug 3, 2005, at 9:39 PM, Alex Whitman wrote:

 Over the past few months, my G4 iBook has been running  
 progressively hotter. This weekend I installed Tiger, though I  
 don't know if that's relevant. Now it's *really* hot. I feel sure I  
 could fry an egg on the left front quarter.

 Is this a sign of impending hard drive death? Or something else?

 Alex Whitman




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MacGroup: Re: hot! iBook hard drive

2005-08-05 Thread Alex Whitman

 Hi Alex! You might check your energy saver control panel and look  
 at Options
 (next to Sleep). Check Processor Performance to see that it is  
 set to Automatic
 and not to Highest. It will indeed run hot if that setting is  
 Highest. Hope this helps!

 See ya...Ken Presley

Yup, Ken, it is set to automatic and always has been, as far as I  
can tell. Don't know what else to check.

Thanks,
Alex


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MacGroup: hot! iBook hard drive

2005-08-05 Thread Alex Whitman


On Aug 4, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Brian O'Neal wrote:

 You may want to look at your activity monitor to see if there is  
 anything using alot of processor. Mine gets pretty warm on  
 occasion. Usually when I am running Virtual PC.

Aha!! VShieldCheck is using 70-85% of the CPU. I assume this is  
part of Virex that came with .Mac, and I assume 70-85% is more than  
it should be using. I'll disable it today and see if that makes a  
difference.

 Restart your ibook and see if it cools any.

Will do.

 I really don't mind this too much in the winter time.

Yes, it's a nice lapwarmer in the winter but rather beastly when it's  
98F outside. ;-]

Thanks!
Alex




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MacGroup: hot! iBook hard drive

2005-08-03 Thread Alex Whitman

Over the past few months, my G4 iBook has been running progressively  
hotter. This weekend I installed Tiger, though I don't know if that's  
relevant. Now it's *really* hot. I feel sure I could fry an egg on  
the left front quarter.

Is this a sign of impending hard drive death? Or something else?

Alex Whitman


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MacGroup: googlemaps vs virtualearth

2005-07-27 Thread Alex Whitman

Here's a weird one for you. Google's satellite view of the intersection  
of Westport Rd/ Reamers Rd/ Old LaGrange Rd/ New LaGrange Rd shows the  
rerouting and improvements made in the last 3-4 years -- but their map  
still shows the old configuration. The hybrid view doesn't match up,  
though you can see in the photo hints of where the roads used to be.  
Zoom in on this link to see:

http://maps.google.com/maps? 
q=Reamers+Rd+and+LaGrange+Rd,+Louisville,+KY+40245spn=0.017822,0.025644 
t=hhl=en

It's the same with MSN's VirtualEarth.

http://virtualearth.msn.com/? 
sp=adr.Reamers%20Rd%2C%20Louisville%2C%20KY%2040245

The satellite views are clearly newer than the maps.

Alex Whitman
alylex at mac.com



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MacGroup: palm contacts from pc to mac

2005-04-20 Thread Alex Whitman

Ann, if it would help, you can borrow my old Palm m105 and its cradle 
to make the transfer. Email me off-list if you like.

(I know it won't solve the greater mystery, but it might at least let 
you go on to more interesting projects. ;-) )

Alex Whitman
alylex at mac.com


On Apr 19, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote:

 Do you have any troubles with other kinds of documents that you email 
 to your Mac from your pc?
 If so your pc's email program may be mangling the attachment so that 
 OS 9.1 cannot read it correctly. Try some of the other methods for 
 attachments (bin-hex, binary, etc.)

 I seem to recall that in OS 9.1, Apple did not have very much of the 
 MacLinkPlus file type translators built in to the OS like they do in 
 the later systems.
 What happens when you export only one vcard and send it?
 Also do you have MacLinkPlus? If so, have you tried to use it to 
 translate the file?

   Jerry


 On Apr 19, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Ann Richmond wrote:

 Well I am completely stumpedagain.

 After your several excellent advice about how to get my palm 
 addresses etc from my work pc  (Windows 2000) into my husband's 
 Titanium powerbook, I decided to try moving it from the pc to my 9600 
 Mac running OS9.1.
 My pda is dead and I didn't want to spend the money to get another 
 one just to move this stuff with.

 So...
 I downloaded Palm 4 for Mac to the 9600 and it seems to be very happy.
 I downloaded Palm 4 for the pc and it seems to work fine and did not 
 lose any of my data. (Whew!)
 Thinking that success couldn't be far away I located the 
 import/export instructions, which seem simple enough for a baby to 
 follow.
 I have done what they instruct on both Mac and pc ends several times 
 and nothing happens.

 vcard method
 on pc.
 Select all in the address window.
 choose export as vcard. save to desktop on pc.
 email file to self at 9600.
 email received. vcard saved to desktop on 9600. (All is well so far 
 but here is the problem)
 The Mac instructions for importing vcards say to drag the vcard file 
 onto the address book. I have done this every way I can think of and 
 it just slides back where it was on the desktop.
 I have also tried the import command from the file menu. The error 
 box says  that vcard is not a readable file.

 Then I tried dragging the vcard icon on the desktop over the Palm 
 icon on the desktop. Palm opened and the error box says the file is 
 an unreadable format.

 Can anyone point out what I might be screwing up?

 Thanks as always,
 Ann



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MacGroup: 10.3.9 - no finder

2005-04-20 Thread Alex Whitman

Ward and Jerry,

Yes, I did a disk repair, and no Firewire devices were even the the 
same room.

Somehow, while I was typing my SOS message and waiting for your 
replies, it fixed itself. It seemed to need 30 minutes to get its bits 
in order. I have Finder back and trashed PithHelmet. Safari is running 
fine.

Thanks for the help; sorry for the false alarm. You guys are great.

Alex


On Apr 20, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Ward Oldham wrote:

 Hey Alex,

  Did you perform a disk repair (directory repair) first?
  Did you install the update with all firewire devices disconnected?
  Will Safari run without the Finder? (it should) ?and if so, try 
 downloading and installing the combo version of the 10.3.9 update.

  Ward

  Ward Oldham, MacDude
  MacTown
  1041 Bardstown Road
  Louisville, KY ?40204
  502-485-1243
 ward at mactown.us
 http://www.mactown.us


 From: ahw alylex at mac.com
 Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:54:37 -0400
 To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
 Subject: MacGroup: 10.3.9 - no finder

 I just installed the updates, 10.3.9 and the Security pack, on my G4
  iBook.

  Repaired permissions
  Ran MacJanitor to take care of cron jobs
  turned off all other apps
  installed the updates from Software Update
  allowed it to restart itself (this took a very long time)

  The dock, wallpaper, and desktop icons look just like they should, but
  there is no top menu bar. The day/time, volume control, etc appear in
  the upper right corner of the screen where they should be, but there's
  no grey stripe and no blue apple, or any of the other options that
  should be in the upper left. Apple Mail is working, can be accessed
  from the dock, and has a top menu bar. Safari is crashing instantly
  because of Pith Helmet. I would just trash Pith Helmet, but I can't
  seem to open a Finder window. I would repair permissions again, but I
  don't know how to get there either.

  When no apps are open, the spinning multi-chromatic beachball spins 
 and
  spins and spins.

  What am I missing? How do I get into Finder? I appeal to those in the
  know.

  Sigh. Thanks.

  Alex Whitman



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MacGroup: 10.3.9, or wait for 10.4?

2005-04-18 Thread Alex Whitman

I haven't updated to 10.3.9 yet because I'm still seeing reports of 
problems with the new version of Safari and some of my favorite 
websites. Since Tiger is coming out soon (and yes, Ward, I'll buy it 
from you guys) is there any reason to get this Panther update?

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MacGroup: dish

2005-02-22 Thread Alex Whitman

 Yeah, there is a monthly charge for TiVo as well.  You'r subscribing to
 the channel guide service, essentially it's like buying a subscription
 to TV Guide.

TiVo gives you a choice between a monthly fee (~$13) or a product 
lifetime subscription (a one-time payment of ~$300). It's not just TV 
Guide; it also allows you season passes and the other goodies that 
you can't get with some other services like Insight.

My first TiVo unit is in the loving hands of UPS and should be here by 
the end of the week. :-) I'm sick of missing my favorite shows because 
they were pre-empted by basketball games and rescheduled for some 
unknown time.

Alex



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MacGroup: Latest Security Update...

2005-02-01 Thread Alex Whitman

 I've been holding off downloading the update until someone gives the 
 All
 Clear.


For whatever it's worth, yesterday I downloaded and installed it on a 
G4 iMac and a G4 iBook with no problems. As I have learned from 
experience, I first emptied the trash and the caches and ran 
MacJanitor, and repaired permissions both before and after (this is 
surely overkill, but we all have our crazy superstitions).

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MacGroup: Latest Security Update...

2005-02-01 Thread Alex Whitman

Basically I'm just trying to reduce the clutter on the hard drive.

In Safari: History (in the top menu bar)  Clear History.
Then: Safari  Empty Cache.

In Mail: Mailbox  Erase Deleted Messages  in all accounts.
Mailbox  Erase Junk Mail.

I also empty the Desktop Trash.

But don't take any of this as gospel... as I said, it is probably 
superstitious overkill. Software updates just seem to me to be a good 
time to do some general house-cleaning.

Alex


On Feb 1, 2005, at 1:50 PM, Marta Edie wrote:

 I did not have any trouble downloading, I have the new security update 
 on the iMac and the powerbook. I do run Macjanitor and the diskutility 
  periodically, but Alex, when you say you clean the caches, what do 
 you mean by that?
 Marta



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MacGroup: Macworld

2005-01-12 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks, Bill. The Apple website must have been swamped but I did
finally get to see the new toys and all the specs. It's brilliant.

Alex


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MacGroup: Macworld

2005-01-11 Thread Alex Whitman

I agree, the mini-Mac is awesome sounding. Questions that probably no 
one has answers to yet: 1) Can you use any monitor, or do you have to 
buy an Apple display? 2) Will it include an Airport card? (I'm guessing 
not) 3) What is Apple's usual timeframe for being able to upgrade the 
operating system for free when the next version comes out? In other 
words, if you buy a new computer and then soon thereafter they release 
10.4, what is the usual cut-off date for a free upgrade? And 4) when 
will local stores have demo models for us to drool on?

I'm already talking my parents into this -- they are the only MS 
hold-outs in the entire family.

Alex Whitman


   From: Rex Baldazo Rex.Baldazo at cnet.com

 Looks like essentially all the pre-Macworld rumours are true--a
 sub-$500 iMac, a flash iPod, and new productivity app bundle called
 iWorks:

 http://news.com.com/2100-7354_3-5532008.html



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MacGroup: eek! no mouse!

2004-12-13 Thread Alex Whitman

And now, on the flat panel iMac, the mouse buttons don't work. The 
cursor moves, but clicking doesn't do anything. Have tried 2 different 
mice, which both work fine on the iBook -- an Apple 1-button and a 
Logitech 2-button with scroll-wheel. Tried plugging them into other USB 
ports, still no dice.

The iMac also just got the same round of Apple updates and is suffering 
the same speed issues as the iBook.

Thanks,
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MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Alex Whitman

Why is EyeTV (or any other TV tuner card) better than a Tivo? The new
Tivo's I drooled over at Sam's Club a couple of weeks ago have a DVD
burner built in, and would allow me to watch on my bigger TV instead
of my smaller computer screen. What's the advantage of tying your TV
viewing to your computer? (I like to surf the web and watch TV at the
same time -- they are just about the only things I can successfully
multitask -- but I still can't watch The Daily Show and West Wing
reruns at the same time.)

Idly wondering which one I should ask Santa Claus for...

Alex Whitman
Louisville, KY


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MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Alex Whitman


On Nov 21, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote:

 I think there is also the minimalist factor.  I am
 trying to get away from all the different boxes and
 wires that typically go with electronic equipment.

That's a good point, and certainly one to consider. My TV-watching area 
is already a mess of cables, speakers, and boxes, and I really 
appreciate being wireless with the iBook.


And John Robinson says:

  With EyeTV you can opt to have the show made into a QuickTime movie, 
which you could then send to another person, collect a series and store 
offline, etc. etc.  Of course you could take the show and put it into 
iLife or Final Cut Pro and work with various clips to remove unwanted 
material, or take a section and include in your home movie (careful of 
copyright infringement).

If your Tivo records to DVD (presumably you can use re-writable 
disks?), can you then load whatever format it uses into QT/iLife and 
edit out the commerc-- er, unwanted material -- on a Mac? (iMac, in my 
case, as it has a bigger hard drive) Then write it back to a 
non-re-writable DVD?

Thanks for your valuable insights!

Alex



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MacGroup: outage and some

2004-11-08 Thread Alex Whitman

Yes, but it all seems to be working today. :-)

Alex

Alex Whitman
alylex at mac.com
Louisville, KY, USA


On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:08 PM, Marta Edie wrote:

 Did all of you having a .mac account have the same problem?
 Marta 
  
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MacGroup: Apple Updates

2004-08-13 Thread Alex Whitman

FWIW, I installed all of these on my G4 iBook this morning and 
everything works. :)

Alex Whitman


On Aug 13, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote:

 Apple has recently released another slew of new updates:

 iPhoto 2.0.1 (for those that did not jump to iPhoto 4.x)
 iSync 1.5
 iTunes 4.6
 Java 1.4.2 Update 1
 OS-X update (10.3.5)
 Security Update (2004- 08-09)




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MacGroup: firefox

2004-07-11 Thread Alex Whitman

Hi Rob,

I tried the previous Mac version of Opera and found it cumbersome... 
but it just so happens that I have a free upgrade to the new version 
waiting for me. I'll give it a whirl this week. Thanks for the 
reminder!

Alex


On Jul 11, 2004, at 3:56 PM, Robert Kersting wrote:

 Have you guys tried Opera? It has a prefs setting that allows it to be 
 identified as a number of browsers including the latest Explorer.
 It's very fast, very reliable and TONS of features.
 There's an advertiser-supported (but not obnoxious) free version and 
 pay version.

 Latest version is available here: http://www.opera.com/




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MacGroup: Google's Gmail

2004-06-25 Thread Alex Whitman

I agree with Rex *to some degree* WRT the privacy issues with Gmail.
However, your mail, says google, is only scanned by machines, never by
humans. I seriously doubt that any email sitting on any server is
completely safe from prying eyes (or crawlng bots). If Big Brother
really wants to know what you're up to, he will find out no matter
where your email is stored.

My invitations are all gone for now, but more should be coming along
fairly soon. I hope you four early responders enjoy! I ask only that
you pay it forward -- when you get some invites to give away, make
some available to the MacGroup.

Have a great weekend,
Alex


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MacGroup: Google's Gmail

2004-06-24 Thread Alex Whitman

I've been playing with Google's new web-based email for the past
couple of weeks. It is still in beta testing, so it isn't perfect yet,
and it doesn't have all the features one might hope for, but those
should be coming along soon. What it does have is 1GB of storage per
account, and the ability to do a google-powered search within your own
account. (Hmm, I remember reading a couple of months ago about how to
zap pram... With gmail, you can build your own fully searchable
MacGroup archives!)

Because it's still in beta, accounts are by invitation only. I have 4
invitations to give away. If you want one, email me with your first
and last name and a working email address. First come, first served!

Alex Whitman
alylex at gmail.com


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MacGroup: Gmail afterthought

2004-06-24 Thread Alex Whitman

I forgot to mention that if you use Safari, it must be 1.2 or later in
order to play nicely with Gmail.

Three invitations left!

Alex


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MacGroup: Pesky Icon

2004-06-15 Thread Alex Whitman


On Jun 15, 2004, at 3:02 PM, Schoun Regan wrote:

 Marta,
 If you turn on invisible files your head will explode.

Marta dear,

We like you in one piece, just as you are. :-)

Schoun, thanks for the best laugh so far this week.

Alex



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MacGroup: unclickable hyperlinks

2004-01-30 Thread Alex Whitman


On Jan 29, 2004, at 11:48 PM, Lee Larson patiently explained again:

 Alas, no. Mail can display it, but it can't compose it. If you look at 
 a message with styled text sent by Mail, the header contains

 Content-Type: text/enriched;

 A true html mail message will have this in its headers

 Content-Type: text/html;

 As far as I know, Mail has no facility for embedding true hyperlinks, 
 or sending true html mail. On the very rare occasions when I want to 
 sent html mail, I use Mozilla.

Thank you, Lee. When I send URLs in email I assume my recipients will 
copy and paste them into their web browsers, and it never occurred to 
me until last night that my Standard Operating Procedure might be 
improved upon. The impress your friends with your clever new trick 
factor had a momentary zing, but not enough to send me off to study 
Mozilla.

A friend gave me a license for Opera 6.03 for Mac because he really 
likes the Windows version (7.x). Unfortunately the Mac version lacks 
mouse gestures, one of the most appealing features in the newer 
Windows Opera, so I haven't immersed myself in it. After I figure out 
some of my higher priority computer challenges I will add, Can Opera 
do HTML email? If not, check out Mozilla to my list.

Thanks again, Lee.

Alex



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MacGroup: Spyware and Popups

2004-01-09 Thread Alex Whitman

Rob,
In theory I agree with you, but in practice... well, spit happens. 
Especially with one-button mice. And a cat who likes to prowl about and 
unexpectedly pounce on my mouse hand.

Alex Whitman


On Jan 9, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Rob Kersting wrote:

 How about not clicking on any popups.

 I'm not trying to be heartless, cruel or insulting, but anyone who 
 clicks
 on the Get Rich Quick Now or Last Chance To Buy This or whatever
 deserves what they get.



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MacGroup: Konfabulator, widgets Palm files

2004-01-03 Thread Alex Whitman

Marta,

With Panther you can indeed print every last detail from your Address 
Book. When you click File  Print, you get a pop-up window where you 
can design your print-out: which printer, what size paper, vertical or 
horizontal, and a list of Attributes: phone, email, address, instant 
messenger, photo, job title, department, company, nickname, phonetic 
name, names, birthday, date, note, and homepage. If you check all the 
boxes, you get a very long print-out! (Address Book is much more 
customizable now; you can create your own attributes (like children's 
names. I suspect, though, that if you want those in your print-out you 
would have to list the children's names in a field that is on the 
print-out list. I would try putting the children's names in a category 
that I'm not using for that person, like phonetic name.) I personally 
think the new version is vastly better than the old, and so far I have 
not found anything I want to do that it can't accommodate. I will be 
the first to say, however, that my needs are not complex.)

I have never tried to print my calendar, so I can't help you there. But 
perhaps I will try it just to find out.

I have never had more than one Mac at a time, so can't help with 
multi-syncing either. I do have a .Mac account, and I have no idea how 
to do any of this without it!

After you install Panther, you will only have to re-download the 
iSyncPalmConduit 1.2 from the Apple website. Once set up, your 
preferences stay put and you don't have to constantly fuss with 
changing conduits.

Alex


On Jan 3, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Marta Edie PB wrote:

 Hi Harry and Alex,
 i am so glad you are discussing this matter, because I  use the palm 
 zire 71 and am not sure what i will be in for when i turn to Panther. 
 At the moment I use palm desktop on my powerbook, because I  like that 
 you can print whole addresses from the Palm software, not so with 
 Apple addressbook. There you can only print telephone numbers or 
 e-mail addresses with the name. That is a flaw of that Apple 
 addressbook and  irritating to me. Neither can you print your calendar 
 in a list form, which to me is important, because i can go back and 
 trace all appts and events  etc for the last few years in a printout 
 list. I  had hoped with Panther it would be different, but apparently 
 it is not..
 With my i-Mac  I  sync all the palm data and  Apple addressbook stuff 
 and iCAl  and through my .mac account  everything to my powerbook and 
 sync the pictures into my i-photo folders ( zire 71 has that little 
 camera in it) .
 The trouble with i-sync is that it overrides all the palm desktop  
 except the note pad and the pictures. In order to not have to change 
 conduits all the time from the abled to the disabled, I chose to 
 hot-sync palm stuff only on my PB  to  get all the entries that can be 
 printed in addressbook form, and i-sync everything on my i-Mac which 
 then shows on my PB too.
 If anybody could tell me how to print out address lists from the Apple 
 stuff, I would not need the  palm addressbook and calendar at all. ( 
 there once was a download where you were to work through text-edit to 
 print total addresses, but it was not successful, it lost its 
 formatting.)
  Will Panther tell you what to install for Palm? Or is that a new 
 download? I, too have too many palm  do-dos and conduits etc floating 
 around.
 Marta
 On Saturday, Jan 3, 2004, at 13:41 US/Eastern, Alex Whitman wrote:

 Hi Harry-

 I use a Handspring Treo - like your Visor, it runs Palm OS, so I do 
 need
 some of the Palm software in order to HotSync. But I use iCal and 
 Apple
 Address Book on the iMac because they are friendlier (to me) than Palm
 Desktop. I used Palm Desktop with Windows98 and XP boxes back before 
 I saw
 the light.

 I still have everything I need to run Classic apps... I just haven't 
 ever
 needed any (yet!).

 Alex

 .. Original Message ...
 On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:59:00 -0500 Harry Jacobson-Beyer
 harryjb at bellsouth.net wrote:
 Alex,

 Don't know what to tell you. I use Palm Desktop because I have a
 Handspring Visor (palm lookalike). I used it with OS9 and now with
 panther. My classic is on a separate partition but I'm not deleting
 anything on that partition. It just stays there waiting


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MacGroup: Konfabulator, widgets Palm files

2004-01-03 Thread Alex Whitman

Hi Harry-

I use a Handspring Treo - like your Visor, it runs Palm OS, so I do need 
some of the Palm software in order to HotSync. But I use iCal and Apple 
Address Book on the iMac because they are friendlier (to me) than Palm 
Desktop. I used Palm Desktop with Windows98 and XP boxes back before I saw 
the light.

I still have everything I need to run Classic apps... I just haven't ever 
needed any (yet!).

Alex

.. Original Message ...
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:59:00 -0500 Harry Jacobson-Beyer 
harryjb at bellsouth.net wrote:
Alex,

Don't know what to tell you. I use Palm Desktop because I have a
Handspring Visor (palm lookalike). I used it with OS9 and now with
panther. My classic is on a separate partition but I'm not deleting
anything on that partition. It just stays there waiting


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MacGroup: Konfabulator, widgets Palm files

2004-01-02 Thread Alex Whitman

 All I know is I've got widgets coming out the ying yang in 59 trillion
 different places and I don't know what I can move, combine, or throw
 away. The anal retentive part of my soul wants to do a search on widget
 and trash everything containing that word and trash Konfabulator and
 start all over again.

Harry, I feel your pain. Can't answer your question, and will add 
another:

  I have 104 Palm folders, files, documents, and what-have-you's.

Some of them are clearly for OS 9. I have never used OS 9 and I don't 
plan to (my iMac purrs on Panther). Can I trash the obviously OS 9 Palm 
things? And what about the assorted duplicated Palm things? Some of 
these may have been duplicated by the Panther upgrade, and some were 
probably duplicated by me when I downloaded and installed the same 
packages more than once.

I never use the Palm Desktop, yet I have folders for Palm Desktop, Palm 
Desktop 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.0.3. Similarly, I have 4 different versions 
of Palm Desktop Installer, and 6 copies of Palm Setup Assistant... the 
list goes on. What can I trash?

Thanks,
Alex



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MacGroup: What does this mean?

2003-12-30 Thread Alex Whitman

 I just upgraded to panther and when I log in I get the following 
 error
 message:



 The application Transport Monitor could not be launched because of 
 a
 shared library error: 8Transport MonitorTransport
 MonitorHotSyncLib.PPC  


Harry:

I had the same problem when I upgraded to Panther. You lost your 
iSyncPalmConduit 1.2, which you can replace at

http://www.apple.com/isync/download/

The special stuff for Mac-Palm synchronicity is in the column on the 
right side of the page.

Happy New Year to all!
Alex Whitman



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MacGroup: GPSCity.com Apple Mac User Request Page

2003-12-27 Thread Alex Whitman


 global positioning system as in: I'm being kidnapped, find my cell 
 phone...

Well, that's part of it, but not the biggest selling point. :-)

A small Global Positioning System unit in your car (or backpack or 
pocket) communicates with satellites in Earth's orbit to pinpoint your 
exact location.

You buy and download (to a PC) maps for the areas you're planning to 
travel. You sync those with your GPS unit. The unit can then figure out 
the best way to get Point A to Point B. If I want to drive from my 
house to your house, I enter both addresses in the GPS and it will give 
me turn-by-turn directions. Oops... I missed that left turn because the 
street was closed for construction! No problem - the unit will 
recalibrate on the fly and devise a new route. Finished your business 
at Point B and suddenly remember you want to go to Point C? It can do 
that too, while you're sitting behind the wheel.

Some units talk to you so you never even have to look at the map 
display. Most maps include useful info like gas stations, motels, 
hospitals, and restaurants along your route. Most of the map systems 
that I have investigated are subscription services, so you can get 
occasional updates which include new roads.

There are a few PDAs that are GPS-ready. When I last researched (in 
September '03), they weren't Mac-friendly and didn't include other 
features I need in my PDA.

GPS can be included in more extensive services. You may be familiar 
with the OnStar system available in some high-priced cars -- this is 
what Suzanne was referring to. They use GPS to navigate for you, but 
also remotely connect your car and all its circuitry to a monitoring 
station so they know to call 911 for you when your airbag inflates. 
LowJack (sp?) is another variation that can track stolen cars. Yet 
another use is the game of caching, in which players hide tiny things 
in remote locations (a smurf doll in a hollow tree somewhere in the 
Daniel Boone Forest, for example), then post the exact coordinates on a 
website, and others use their GPS's to find the smurf doll and add 
another trinket. There was a story about this in the Courier-Journal 
sometime in the last year, but I can't find a link for it at the 
moment.

To summarize, GPS technology is cool, and has many functions. As I said 
before, I just want it because I have no sense of direction and get 
lost a lot, even if I study a map before I leave home. If I had it, I 
wouldn't have been late to Suzanne's house for Christmas dinner!

Alex

(Why do you suppose Apple's spellchecker likes calibrate but not 
recalibrate?)



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MacGroup: GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) software for mac

2003-12-27 Thread Alex Whitman


On Dec 27, 2003, at 2:11 PM, Ronald Broadwater wrote:

 Go to www.macgpspro.com for a gps program.

Wow! Thanks! I'll study this. I guess I missed the right combination of 
google keywords in my previous searches.

Alex



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MacGroup: GPSCity.com Apple Mac User Request Page

2003-12-27 Thread Alex Whitman

Thanks for the link, John! I long for GPS. I yearn, I ache, I covet. I  
get lost a lot.

Alex W


On Dec 27, 2003, at 10:49 AM, John Robinson wrote:

 http://www.gpscity.com/gps/brados/131.1.12331854138312293663/ 
 macsignup.html

 It would be nice we would go to the above link and vote for GPS on the  
 MAC platform. 
  



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MacGroup: Panther and mouse

2003-11-16 Thread Alex Whitman


On Nov 13, 2003, at 5:41 PM, Ward Oldham wrote:
 Also, try your flakey mouse on another Mac to test whether the problem 
 moves with your mouse or not. ?And also try a different mouse on your 
 Mac.

My Apple mouse tested fine on another iMac. A Logitech mouse works fine 
on my iMac. My Apple mouse still acts weird on my iMac. I'm happy using 
the Logitech, so while I am still puzzled over why the native mouse 
forgot its own language, it's just idle curiosity at this point.

Thanks for your help!

Alex

P.S. Airport is the neatest thing since sliced bread, the 512 memory 
addition makes applications run faster than the speed of light, and I 
like Panther!

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MacGroup: Panther and mouse

2003-11-13 Thread Alex Whitman

My flat panel iMac's optical mouse pointer is behaving very 
erratically.  It seems to have a mind of its own and jumps across the 
screen at inopportune moments.

Recent system changes:
-folks at MacTown replaced the logic board (thanks!)
-installed a 512 RAM memory upgrade chip
-installed an AirPort card
-upgraded from 10.2.8 (2nd edition) to Panther

I seem to recall that the mouse was a little bit flakey before any of 
this happened, but it was very rare.  Now it is happening often enough 
to be frustrating.

Last night I looked at some Mac discussion forums, where people said 
there had been problems with USB devices (like mice) since 10.2.6.

I have tried 2 different Logitech mice (both work fine on Windows 
computers) with no improvement. I also tried plugging the mouse into 
the other port on the other side of the keyboard. Plugging the mouse 
into a USB port on the back of the computer seemed to help temporarily 
but is not a permanent fix (also the cord is short and so are my 
arms!).  Restarts with and without the mouse help for a short period of 
time.

Any suggestions? Please?

In search of a better mousetrap,
Alex Whitman



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MacGroup: Panther and mouse

2003-11-13 Thread Alex Whitman

Hi Ward,

Yes, I did the Install and Archive for Panther, and my other data,
settings and preferences (except for Palm syncing, which I expected)
were preserved. I suspect a software issue since outside mice behave
the same way when tested on this iMac, but I will try this mouse on
another Mac asap and come back with more info.

Thanks,
Alex

On Nov 13, 2003, at 5:41 PM, Ward Oldham wrote:

Hi Alex,

Hopefully when you installed Panther, you performed an ?Install and
Archive?. ?If you installed Panther using the upgrade option, you may
want to reinstall Panther.

Also, try your flakey mouse on another Mac to test whether the problem
moves with your mouse or not. ?And also try a different mouse on your
Mac.

Ward

Ward Oldham, MacDude
MacTown
1041 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY ?40204
502-485-1243
ward at mactown.us
http://www.mactown.us

My flat panel iMac's optical mouse pointer is behaving very
erratically. ?It seems to have a mind of its own and jumps across the
screen at inopportune moments.

Recent system changes:
-folks at MacTown replaced the logic board (thanks!)
-installed a 512 RAM memory upgrade chip
-installed an AirPort card
-upgraded from 10.2.8 (2nd edition) to Panther

I seem to recall that the mouse was a little bit flakey before any of
this happened, but it was very rare. ?Now it is happening often enough
to be frustrating.

Last night I looked at some Mac discussion forums, where people said
there had been problems with USB devices (like mice) since 10.2.6.

I have tried 2 different Logitech mice (both work fine on Windows
computers) with no improvement. I also tried plugging the mouse into
the other port on the other side of the keyboard. Plugging the mouse
into a USB port on the back of the computer seemed to help temporarily
but is not a permanent fix (also the cord is short and so are my
arms!). ?Restarts with and without the mouse help for a short period of
time.

Any suggestions? Please?

In search of a better mousetrap,
Alex Whitman

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MacGroup: Panther and mouse

2003-11-13 Thread Alex Whitman


On Nov 13, 2003, at 5:39 PM, Bill Rising wrote:

 Is there any application that you're using when the behavior starts (or
 that is somehow common to the odd pointer behavior)?

It seems to happen most in Mail 1.3, but that may be because it is the 
application I use most.  Right now, for example, the computer has been 
turned off for at least 4 hours, and I just turned it back on and Mail 
is the first and only application running (other than web access 
through the AirPort card, a BroadMax DSL ethernet modem, and a US 
Robotics router -- but the mouse problems happened without AirPort and 
without the router). I haven't even launched a web browser yet this 
session, although Safari is my browser of choice.

Alex



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MacGroup: M$ patches: evil spam?

2003-09-18 Thread Alex Whitman

Very strange thing. I just received 2 email messages purportedly from 
Microsoft.

The first is from Microsoft Internet Delivery System 
mailerengine at netmail.com with the subject line Bug Notice. It 
contains no text except an attachment, hpqz.scr (104 KB).

The second is from Microsoft Technical Assistance with no email 
address, to Consumer consumer.kiezoane at updates.msn.com, subject 
line Patch, with 3 attachments. It looks very official with Microsoft 
logos all over it and links that look like they should take you to the 
MS website.

Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything stupid like click anywhere on 
either message. I do not use ANY Microsoft products, and Microsoft 
would have no reason to have my email address. I'm pretty convinced 
these are the worst kind of spam, with viruses or Trojan horses or 
worms or some other malevolent ware lurking under the surface.

It is puzzling, though, that both AppleMail and Earthlink let these 
slip through the spam filters. Or am I a jaded, over-spammed, 
suspicious cynic?

Alex Whitman
Louisville



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MacGroup: M$ patches: evil spam?

2003-09-18 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 05:02  PM, Beth Ernst wrote:
 Do NOT open the email if you can avoid it. ?The GIF/JPG files
 called in the hidden html tags will ping the sender alerting
 them that the email is being accessed.

 You can avoid this by
 a) opening the email while NOT connected to a network
 b) running email client in TEXT only (HTML turned OFF)

Thanks, Beth! Fortunately I am not part of a network, but unfortunately 
I had HTML turned on. Do you know whether this garbage can infiltrate a 
Mac? I'm now going to run Virex on my whole system, which will take a 
good long time.

Alex
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MacGroup: Histories

2003-07-01 Thread Alex Whitman

I am a recent convert to Safari, and very pleased with it.

In Safari, you can clear your History by clicking clear history in 
the History drop-down menu, and you can clear the cache by clicking 
empty cache in the Safari drop-down menu.  Then, as far as I can 
tell, the only urls that appear in the address bar when you start 
typing www.aare the ones in your bookmarks list.  I believe the 
Apple pages you refer to are prepackaged in Safari, but easily removed.

So... delete any bookmarks you don't want co-workers to see?

Alex Whitman


On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 02:00  AM, Kelly Svarstad wrote:


 Hey Group,

 I like to keep my histories pretty clean (where I've gone, where I 
 haven't) because I use my iBook at my work.  I'm pretty cranky about 
 other people being able to see what I've searched for, looked at, etc. 
  (I work in a pretty high security place)

 When i use Safari (noticed it with IE also) I can manually type in web 
 addresses, and all the ones will come up that I've ever looked at.  a 
 good example of this is Apple's web site:  I type in the http://www.a 
   and I get apple.com/buy  then /developers, etc.

 Is there any way to get rid of ALL of the histories, visited sites, 
 etc., without resetting the whole machine?

 thanks in advance for your help!!!

 -KRS



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MacGroup: can't empty trash

2003-04-03 Thread Alex Whitman

I'm running 10.2.4.  When I try to empty the trash, I get an error box 
with the message: The operation cannot be completed because the item 
Fr28.psf is locked.  I don't know what Fr28.psf is, and Finder 
doesn't find it.  Within the error box are 2 buttons, Stop and 
Continue.  When I click Continue I get another error message saying 
01.psf is locked.  I don't know what that is either.  Nonetheless, I 
click Continue again and it seems to work, but even when the error 
message goes away, a folder called PhotoImpression copy is still in 
the trash even though the original PhotoImpression icon is now gone.  I 
really do want all vestiges of PhotoImpression to disappear.  Help?

Thanks,
Alex Whitman



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MacGroup: Send a copy to safe harbor

2003-03-29 Thread Alex Whitman

David,

I can't find an email address for eBay, either. Apparently in order to
contact them you have to use their webform:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-support.html?csdirect=true

Under Select a topic: choose Rules and Safety. Under Select a
sub-topic: choose Spam and other email concerns. Under Select an
Issue: choose I don't think an email I received is actually from
eBay. Then click Continue. I didn't follow this all the way
through, but I assume eventually you will get to a page where you can
paste in the full headers and text of the emails you received.

The following article might also be of interest:

http://www.auctionbytes.com/pages/abn/y02/m11/i07/s01

Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 430 - November 07, 2002 - ISSN 1539-5065

Hoax eMails Continue to Plague eBay Users
By Ina Steiner
November 07, 2002
Hoax emails are continuing to make the rounds, sent by cyber-criminals
trying to obtain private information from eBay users. When eBay sellers
receive an email from Support at eBay.com beginning, We regret to inform
you that your eBay account will be suspended if you don't resolve your
problems, they often panic. Some eBay users are going to the spoof
sites linked to in the email and entering their user names, passwords,
social security numbers and credit card numbers.

A hoax mail we encountered continued, To resolve this problems please
click here and login to your account in order to resolve your account
problems. If your problems could not be resolved, your account will be
suspended for a period of 3-4 days, after that it will be again
operational. Please do not replay to this email. Sorry for
inconvenience.

We spoke to an AuctionBytes reader who was scammed. I feel like a
fool, but even as seasoned at eBay and the Net as I am, I fell for a
scam. I came home yesterday and received an email from support at ebay.com
saying my account was in question and that I needed to submit all my
account personal information immediately or I would be closed down. I
am right in the middle of 135 auctions and freaked out. So I did
exactly what they said.

PayPal has also been plagued by spoof sites. PayPal spokesperson Vince
Sollitto said the company has the ability to trace payments, and they
can reverse unauthorized transactions. But he warned users to be
careful, and said they should change their passwords periodically.
Passwords should be made up of letters and numbers, and a longer
password is better than a shorter password.

The best way to prevent being taken in by email hoaxes? Don't panic,
and don't click on links. Always type in the URL of the Web site in
your browser window.

Why click on a link? Sollitto said. Just type in www.paypal.com.

On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 10:20 PM, David Dudine wrote:

OK, Steve.
How do I send a copy to Safe Harbor? I did send a copy to
suspension at ebay.com, which is the only address that I have.
Heck, what IS Safe Harbor?

I have already posted the reply I just received from
suspension at ebay.com--
this time from the Trust and Safety Department, not from Safe
Harbor. It
just gets more curious.

Not being an eBay regular, I have tried to find these two departments
on the
website without luck.

Does anybody in the group have the REAL eBay email address to which I
should
send this?

Thanks,

David Dudine

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MacGroup: App that just won't die

2003-03-22 Thread Alex Whitman

Ward and Bill, thank you.  I used PhotoShop Light (different from 
Elements, I presume) on my old Windoze machine and liked it, but back 
then it came in the box with the scanner.  Forking over $99 for what 
used to be free is an ouch, and it also hurts a bit that what Epson 
now bundles with their scanners is useless, but so it goes.

On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 11:13  AM, Jerry Yeager wrote:

 Those programs are windoze ports. And as such, navigate like windoze 
 programs. To quit one of them, look for the boxed x in the top right 
 hand size of the rectangular window that shows up. Click on it and the 
 program should quit. Alternatively, control q will quit as well.


I looked everywhere for the boxed x, Jerry, and it wasn't there.  I 
wonder if perhaps the PhotoImpression screen couldn't format itself to 
fit the wide-screen iMac?  I couldn't even find anyplace to grab hold 
of with the mouse to move the window around.

And control-q... my bad.  I shoulda remembered that!

Thanks,
Alex



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MacGroup: alphabetical order

2003-02-16 Thread Alex Whitman


On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 11:18  AM, Nelsn Helm wrote:

 my address book allows me to assign a nickname to each entry.

 i use lastnameFirstname as the nickname.
 (it's easy to remember).

 i klik new message
 then type in lastnameFirstname
 and I'm in business without having to find anything.

 -- 
  Nelsn Helm
  helmkyny at clockwinders.net
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Enuffis enuff.
  Enough   is tu much.
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


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MacGroup: Sex!

2003-01-23 Thread Alex Whitman

Not to engender any more confusion, but I am a female Alex.


On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 04:04  PM, Mike Watkins wrote:

 Okay,  group, now that I have your attention I just thought 
 perhaps I should inform you all that I am a female Michael (pronounced 
 the same as the male name).

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net
Louisville, KY
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MacGroup: Sex!

2003-01-23 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 07:38  PM, Mledie at aol.com wrote:

 I have so enjoyed your
 'alylex  name. It sounds like a character from the Lord of the 
 Rings. I
 just could not quite decide into which roup to put you. It's the 
 mystery I
 like.

Perhaps, then, I should keep you in suspense as to the origin of the 
name.  s  BTW, Nelson Helm is my uncle and Suzanne Blake is my aunt.

 How do you like earthlink these days. They want me back with all kinds
 of promises to filter out spam and pop-ups. Is tha the case?

Their technical support is superb.  Spaminator catches almost all the 
junk mail, and what it doesn't filter out, AppleMail does.  Sadly, 
Pop-Up Blocker is only for Windows.  I hope they will fix that soon.  I 
have had a few connectivity problems, but I really believe they are my 
(house wiring) problems and not Earthlink's.

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net
Louisville, KY
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MacGroup: Re: Explorer

2003-01-12 Thread Alex Whitman

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 11:34 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
Is that what you are experiencing here? The key you use to wake the
iMac
up doesn't get written?

Not quite... I was so well trained in Windoze, where one awakens one's
machine by wiggling the mouse. That doesn't work on the iMac if I've
been away for more than a few minutes. The booklet that came in the
iMac box pointed to the power button, so I've been reawakening it by
pushing the power button. Whatever was on the screen before comes back
unaltered. I had no idea I could use a key on the keyboard for this.

moments of feeling like a dummy or an idiot inserted here

So the iMac is sleeping or dozing or napping (not shut down, just
left for a while). I bring it back to life with the power button, use
a mouse click or 2 to get to whatever website (let's say hotmail.com,
although the same thing happens on others, like nytimes and
yahoogroups), and when I attempt to type alylex in the login box,
what I get is lylex. Could the iMac think the a is the key I'm
using to reawaken it?

I think your only alternative, since you use web mail, is Netscape.
Try it.
Chimera is just a basic browser.

Safari's big win for me is on my work mail

I've been using the hotmail account for years as my spam magnet --
when I have to give an email address to some entity I don't know
personally. Apple Mail's spam filters are convincing me they are good
enough that I can wean myself off hotmail. Does Safari kill pop-ups?

Alex

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net
Louisville, KY
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MacGroup: Local service(s)

2003-01-11 Thread Alex Whitman

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 07:59 AM, John Stone wrote:

I'm using Bellsouth, and have nothing but great things to say, if I've
had a problem which has been very rare, they've been very, very
helpful. And it is rocking fast, it comes with your phone bill, so I
only have to write one check!

With all respect to John, I'm happy you're happy with BellSouth.

I wasn't. I used BS DSL for more than two years. In April 2002, I
went out of town and forgot to unplug everything. Upon arriving home,
I found my modem (BS's first generation internal, for a Windoze box)
had been fried in a lightning storm. I chalked that up to my own
forgetfulness and forked over $99 to BellSouth for a new modem.

In October, '02, I saw the light and bought this wizard iMac (at
CompUSA -- sorry guys, I didn't know the Compleat Mac had changed
hands). The AppleKid there said my BS DSL modem would not be
compatible, and I just needed to call BS to ask for a new ethernet
modem, and that they would probably send me one for free. I did... and
was told in no uncertain terms I would have to pay another $99. I told
the supervisor that Earthlink would give me the correct modem for free,
to which she replied, Then get it from Earthlink.

I used Mindspring for many years and only switched to BS because
Mindspring was too slow in offering DSL in my neighborhood. BS's
connections were always good, but customer support was always dismal.
I was happy to switch back to Earthlink/Mindspring, but *four months*
have gone by and BS is still tacking $45/mo onto my phone bill for DSL
despite at least one phone call each month explaining that I cancelled
the account.

I hate BellSouth's BS. Thanks for letting me rant.

Alex

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net
Louisville, KY
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MacGroup: Explorer

2003-01-11 Thread Alex Whitman

Since I'm here... :-)

I'm having some weird stuff happen with Explorer 5.2 on OS 10.2.3 which
also happened with 10.2.2. Perhaps someone can explain?

1) The toolbar favorites sometimes work and sometimes don't. As often
as not, clicking on either the name or the bullseye will pull up a
menu offering to open the page in a new window, among other things.
Sometimes holding the mouse down will make the page in question appear,
sometimes not. Choosing to allow a new window always works, but is
annoying because:

2) If more than 4 or 6 or 8 or whatever windows are open (including
pop-ups and pop-unders, which I don't necessarily know are even there),
Explorer will sometimes (not always) flat-out quit, losing all the
windows. I've tried to keep track of the maximum number of windows,
but this is challenging because of unseen pop-unders.

3) If the iMac has been asleep overnight, and the first thing I try to
do upon waking it is go to a website requiring a log-in, the first
character I type disappears (e.g., alylex becomes lylex). Doesn't
seem to matter how firmly I type the letter, I have to type it twice
(type aalylex to get alylex).

4) Yesterday someone sent me a message at my hotmail address which
included a 32k .rtf file and two 2k .txt files. I couldn't open the
.txt files, and downloading the .rtf file made Explorer crash. The
sender resent all three by pasting the text into the email, and I could
read all three.

I'm beginning to get comfortable enough with OS X to consider switching
browsers, unless there is an obvious fix for these idiosyncrasies.

Alex

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net
Louisville, KY
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MacGroup: Explorer

2003-01-11 Thread Alex Whitman


On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 03:23  PM, Lee Larson wrote:
 Are you using a one-button Apple mouse? This sounds like the 
 contextual menu when you right-click on something with a multi-button 
 mouse. Do you have anything installed that lets you program mouse 
 clicks?

Thanks Lee.  Yes, it is the clear acrylic Pro Mouse that is all one 
button.  I'm just beginning to learn not to rest my hand on it to avoid 
accidental clicks.

I have not installed any mouse software.  System preferences  Mouse 
brings a window that allows one to set tracking speed and double-click 
speed.  As far as I know, that's all there is.  Suggestions?

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MacGroup: Cryptic numbers within Mail

2002-11-18 Thread Alex Whitman

I've not had a problem with numbers, but when I was using Pegasus mail 
on Win 95, Win 98 and Win XP, none of my Mac friends could open any 
attachments from me.  The problem persisted through at least 3 Pegasus 
upgrades.  I had to get a hotmail account just for sending jpegs and 
docs.  I would guess the problem is in the old email client.  Might it 
also be a question of whether the numbers were entered from the 
typewriter half of the keyboard or the numberpad on the right of 
the keyboard?

Alex



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MacGroup: eMac CD-RW

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Whitman

I'm planning to decorate my Christmas tree with them.  Nice and sparkly.

Alex


On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 07:19  PM, mji wrote:

 If you carefully heat the outer edge of the CD over a stove burner, 
 you can
 fold the edge up to make a nice ashtray. People just seem to love AOL
 ashtrays.

Mark


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MacGroup: Palm and OS X

2002-10-31 Thread Alex Whitman

I'm having almost the same problem as Suzanne Blake.

I am running OS 10.2.1 and a Palm m105 (has a serial cabled cradle), 
have downloaded, unstuffed and installed Palm 4.0.3, and am using an 
IConcepts PDA USB adapter (the package specifically says, Compatible 
with all popular brands of PDA and Compatible with Mac 10.1 or 
above).  The Palm software looks great on the iMac screen, but when I 
try to hot sync, the PDA says, The connection between your handheld 
and the desktop could not be established.  In the Palm software, I 
have tried all the variants under HotSync--Software Setup--Connection 
Settings, with a restart after each change.  The PDA is a year old and 
worked just fine with my previous Win98 and WinXP computers.

I would have preferred to buy the PalmConnect cable adaptor instead of 
the IConcepts, but when I was shopping for it 2 weeks ago it was out of 
stock at palm.com, Circuit City, Best Buy, and CompUSA.  I *suspect* 
the problem is in the adaptor... but the fact that Suzanne, who isn't 
using an adaptor at all, is also stymied makes me wonder.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Alex Whitman
alylex at earthlink.net


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MacGroup: Palm and OS X

2002-10-31 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:11  PM, Ward Oldham wrote:
 Connectivity seems to be a likely issue.  Make sure you have it 
 connected
 directly to a built-in usb port, not a hub for your initial tests.

It is plugged into one of the three USB ports on the back of the iMac.

   Once
 connected, you may want to check to see if the Apple System Profiler 
 detects
 the device.

Ah, there's the (first) rub.  Under Devices and Volumes, System 
Profiler shows the keyboard with the mouse branching off from it.  One 
mystery item shows up as a USB device ... but that device must be the 
printer since the printer prints.  The results are the same whether the 
Palm cradle with adapter is plugged in or not.

 If not, go find a different adapter.

And that's the (second) rub.  The PalmConnect USB-serial adapter seems 
to have been discontinued, as it no longer appears on the Palm store 
website at all.  The I-Concepts adapter (suggested with a shrug and a 
maybe? by the Apple rep at CompUSA) was the only one I could find in 
an afternoon of driving all over town.  The people at Circuit City and 
Best Buy were not optimistic about getting any (Palm brand or 
otherwise) in.

I'm just about ready to give up and rebuild my Win98 box for the sole 
purpose of backing up the PDA (is that nuts or what?)... Unless you 
have other ideas?

Thanks for your help, Ward.

Alex Whitman
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MacGroup: Palm and OS X

2002-10-31 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 09:58  PM, Ward Oldham wrote:

 OK, Alex . . .

 I'm confused.  You have your keyboard plugged into one usb port.  Mouse
 plugged into the side of the keyboard.  Printer plugged into the other 
 usb
 port.

 So how can your pda be plugged in at all?

 Ward

Umm... my brand new super-dooper iMac has 3 USB ports on its body.  
They are grouped together under a symbol like a funky pitchfork.  The 
packing carton says 5 USB ports including 2 on the keyboard.  I am 
*not* a techno-wizard; I could be wrong... but I think it's got 5 of 
those puppies.

Alex

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MacGroup: Palm and OS X

2002-10-31 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 10:03  PM, Ward Oldham wrote:

 Hey Alex,

 Also have your pda plugged into the cradle with pda on and see if the 
 system
 profiler gives you any different results.

 Ward

AHA!!!

I played the shell game and rearranged all the cables several times, 
restarting and checking the System Profiler each time.  I have finally 
gotten the SP to acknowledge the PDA when the PDA is on and in the 
cradle, as you suggest above.  (All 3 USB ports apparently do work 
properly -- I was wondering.)  It still won't hot sync, but at least 
now I can guess it's a software issue, and the adapter is not the 
problem.

And sheesh... *looks chagrined*... I should have gone to eBay the first 
time, because I paid $30 for this adapter!  Next time...

Now I'm going to reread your previous replies, Ward, and see if I can 
follow your suggestions for the software.  Thanks!

Alex


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MacGroup: Palm and OS X

2002-10-31 Thread Alex Whitman


On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 10:12  PM, Ward Oldham wrote:

 Sorry for all of these partial replys.

No need to apologize!  I am grateful for your help.

 Check ebay:
 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1393777615

That one was sold by the time I got there, but I have placed a bid on  
another -- the one that Palm, the Apple guy at CompUSA, and someone on  
the big macfixitforum board have all said is what I need.

 http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/ 
 showflat.php?Cat=Board=Forum39Number=401853Forum=Forum39Words=palm 
 Match=Entire%20PhraseSearchpage=0Limit=25Old=allpostsMain=401853Se 
 arch=true#Post401853

Someone on the Apple discussion board said the iConcepts adaptor I  
bought is worthless with OS X, as it just doesn't have the drivers.   
:-(  I hope CompUSA will take it back.

Once this piece arrives, you can be sure I'll be back here either to  
pull some more of my hair out or to celebrate.

Alex


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