Re: Is "paragon" ntfs software reliable?

At 8:25 PM -0700 3/31/09, aussieshepsrock posted: > I'm entering a mixed marriage (girlfriend is a PC user) and I'm > considering options for having co-usable data drives, files, and > etcetera. (Yes, she's slowly being seduced by the powers of Light & > Goodness - the new iMac's made her go W

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Hello everyone... My wife´s boss gave us for free some old mac equipment, he gave us a Powermac G3 desktop (the greyone), an AGFA Arcus II scanner and a Nikon LS-1000 film scanner both scanners are SCSI. As soon as I get home I opened the mac, changed the CD for a DVD reader and the 6Gb H

Re: Mail messages containing eBay links don't work (the links)

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Tom wrote: > Now here's something else I just tried: I opened up this G3-5 webpage > in Safari, clicked on the links in my own message above, and got the > same error: "Safari can't open the page." > > Then I quit Safari, opened up this page in Firefox, clicked on th

Is "paragon" ntfs software reliable?

I'm entering a mixed marriage (girlfriend is a PC user) and I'm considering options for having co-usable data drives, files, and etcetera. (Yes, she's slowly being seduced by the powers of Light & Goodness - the new iMac's made her go WOW!). I've seen a product called "Paragon" and I'm wondering i

Re: Mail messages containing eBay links don't work (the links)

Now here's something else I just tried: I opened up this G3-5 webpage in Safari, clicked on the links in my own message above, and got the same error: "Safari can't open the page." Then I quit Safari, opened up this page in Firefox, clicked on the same links in the message again, and the linked p

Re: Mail messages containing eBay links don't work (the links)

Thanks for the suggestions everybody. Nothing has worked so far. Bruce, I cleared the caches, and made sure the entire URL could be seen all on one line in the eBay messages, but the problem remains: links to my eBay auctions in e-mail notices from eBay still fail to open the linked webpage in Sa

Re: pooched iMac G5

Hasn't been moved from the desk since we got it new. Today was the first time it's been opened to test another RAM module in it, so RAM has been removed and re-seated twice now as has the power cord. Also after i sent this I let it sit, no power cord for an hour or so, no change. Tried it w

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Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Stephen Weber wrote: > >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104202 >> >> It should be as simple as putting in the PCI card then installing the >> drivers. > > Any OHCI USB card (which is all of them, iirc, this is a re

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On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Stephen Weber wrote: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104202 > > It should be as simple as putting in the PCI card then installing the > drivers. Any OHCI USB card (which is all of them, iirc, this is a requirement for XP and Vista, too)

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104202 It should be as simple as putting in the PCI card then installing the drivers. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > Here is an easy pair for you Mac Mavens on the List: > > My B&W (OS 10.4.11, 896 MB RAM,

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On 31 Mar 2009, at 17:03:14 PDT, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Here is an easy pair for you Mac Mavens on the List: > > My B&W (OS 10.4.11, 896 MB RAM, Sonnet Upgrade to 500Mhz G4) has > built in USB 1.1 > > How do I get USB 2.0 working on this machine? Please be specific > ...if possible. --

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Here is an easy pair for you Mac Mavens on the List: My B&W (OS 10.4.11, 896 MB RAM, Sonnet Upgrade to 500Mhz G4) has built in USB 1.1 How do I get USB 2.0 working on this machine? Please be specific ...if possible. Another question: I found a PCI card that adds 2 old style round serial p

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Peter wrote: > >> Real man grep a pencil. >> >> Peter M. > > Hmm...no /dev/pencil you must be running a different distro than I > am :-) > Yeah, I'm pretty sure the grep port to pencil is still in early alpha, I wouldn't want to

Re: pooched iMac G5

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Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

Perhaps it only was on the Graphite iMac? Peter M. Sent with my mobile divice -Original Message- From: Bruce Johnson Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:47:10 To: Subject: Re: What is the point of Mail.app?? On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Peter wrote: > Real man grep a pencil. > > Peter

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Peter wrote: > Real man grep a pencil. > > Peter M. Hmm...no /dev/pencil you must be running a different distro than I am :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, mere

Re: pooched iMac G5

Power supply going south??? JT Sam Macomber wrote: > Computer in question is a 17" iMac G5 running 10.5.6 has been running > OS 10.5 for over 6 months flawlessly. This morning it started > crashing at random progressively getting worse. While it was still > functioning I ran disc util

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Computer in question is a 17" iMac G5 running 10.5.6 has been running OS 10.5 for over 6 months flawlessly. This morning it started crashing at random progressively getting worse. While it was still functioning I ran disc utility disk checked out fine, repaired permissions(was not much w

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

Real man grep a pencil. Peter M. Sent with my mobile divice -Original Message- From: Dennis Myhand Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:14:26 To: Subject: Re: What is the point of Mail.app?? Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Dan wrote: > >> At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > > Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Dan wrote: >> >>> At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/2009, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What is the advantage? >>> It comes with OS X,

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > > Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Dan wrote: >> >>> At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/2009, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >>> >>> YMMV. Real men use Eudora or Thunderbird or >> >> real mean grep port 143 >> > That's "real men grep por

Re: Installing 3rd Party Drivers under OS X 10.5.6

Update: On Mar 28, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 2:57 PM -0400 3/26/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: >> I replaced the SibeliusScore.mdimporter and I did the suggested sudo >> mdutil commands and re-Indexed everything. >> >> Still showing a problem with Sibelius 5 indexing. Have another >> e-mai

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Dan wrote: > >> At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/2009, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >>> I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What >>> is the advantage? >> It comes with OS X, so it's convenient. >> >> It has all the basic features one

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/2009, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >> I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What >> is the advantage? > > It comes with OS X, so it's convenient. > > It has all the basic features one should need in a POP3/IMAP cl

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> I run Mail.app on my sole remaining PPC Mac, a dual 1.0 GHz Digital >> Audio (Quicksilver processor), but I intend to move it to one of my >> Intel Hacks, shortly. > > It's also an excellent IMAP client. I run it on ALL my Macs. Yes, I agree

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What > is the advantage? > -Jonas There are many advantages. My two favorite are: 1. don't have to look at all the gibberish on yahoo, gMail or HotMail 2. don't

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

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Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

At 11:15 AM -0700 3/31/2009, Jonas Ulrich wrote: >I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What >is the advantage? It comes with OS X, so it's convenient. It has all the basic features one should need in a POP3/IMAP client, so it's useful to at least 80% of the userbase.

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:38 AM, PeterH wrote: > > I run Mail.app on my sole remaining PPC Mac, a dual 1.0 GHz Digital > Audio (Quicksilver processor), but I intend to move it to one of my > Intel Hacks, shortly. It's also an excellent IMAP client. I run it on ALL my Macs. -- Bruce Johnson Unive

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What > is the > advantage?-Jonas It's an email client, like Thunderbird, like Eudora, like Entourage, like other The point is to manage your email in a coherent fashion.

Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > I have always wondered what the point of the mail app in osx? What > is the advantage? Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman? Mail.app is a very good mail client, one which seems to talk quite effectively to mail servers from your traditional

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Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Clark Martin wrote: >> >> In Account Settings, in the composition section you can have it >> select >> the message when you reply, I could swear I knew of a means to make >> it >> only include selected text. It may be a 'hidden' pref, reachable only >> in the ad

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 7:59 AM, nestamicky wrote: > >>> >>> In Thunderbird, in the compose section of the prefs, there's a >>> selection to quote only the selected part of a message. >> I looked for the selection, but can't find it under composition. >> Thanks >> a lot! >

Re: The wonders of terminal

At 10:45 AM -0600 3/31/2009, Paul Stamsen wrote: > >I have a problem with the energy preferences (pict on request) in which the >hour/minute does not show for either the wake-up, or shut down time. > >I am running Tiger on B & W. > >Can this be fixed with a terminal command? If your energy saver

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Previously, at 10:54 pm -0400 3/14/09, Dan wrote: >Safari 4 really does work well. The interface annoyances can all be >tamed - these three defaults commands will put things back: tabs in >the right place, progress bar, stop/reload button... > > >Quit Safari >Copy the commands as-is, all at once.

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

On Mar 31, 2009, at 7:59 AM, nestamicky wrote: >> >> >> In Thunderbird, in the compose section of the prefs, there's a >> selection to quote only the selected part of a message. > I looked for the selection, but can't find it under composition. > Thanks > a lot! In Account Settings, in the

Re: Firefox memory?

On Mar 31, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> With the research my wife and I do in a dozen subjects - thousands of >> bookmarks is not surprising at all - what's surprising to me is that >> an app for research (like Firefox) can't seem to handle it. > > It could also be that there's a corruptio

Re: OS X Server 10.4 v's OS X Client 10.5 for home server

Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:59 PM, nestamicky wrote: > > >> I'd like to find a way to only >> respond to sections of the OT. I'm trying but I'm not good at it yet. >> > > > In Thunderbird, in the compose section of the prefs, there's a > selection to quote only the selec

Re: Firefox memory?

At 7:24 AM -0700 3/31/2009, MnDel wrote: > > I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply >> choke on bookmark lists that big. Probably best to do some serious >> weeding. Think hundreds, not thousands. >> >> An app such as BookDog or URL Manager Pro might be helpful.

Re: Firefox memory?

> I think you'll find that Firefox (and perhaps most browsers) simply > choke on bookmark lists that big.  Probably best to do some serious > weeding.  Think hundreds, not thousands. > > An app such as BookDog or URL Manager Pro might be helpful. > Try moving your massive bookmark file aside, th

Re: Slightly OT: The weirdest computer cleaning question ever

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