G'day Bruce.
As an aside, have you set up a screen sharing link with both Macs, so you can
show your parents what to do? Skype makes it easy, but you do need reasonably
fast links. Skype suggest 300 KBs.
I find screen sharing invaluable, even from a few kilometers away.
Regards
Santa
On
Goodby G-list, it's been good to know ya!
Regards
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G'day, thanks Robert
I've got a 2010 i7 iMac with 16GB ram, running 10.8.2.
It looks to me like Matthew Drayton (the author of interarchy) has simply used
the same layout in Interarchy 10 as in Interarchy 9, but disabled the
Scheduled Bookmarks feature.
Regards
Santa
On 18/02/2013, at
G'day folks
This is one for the collective minds of G5.
I'm trying to use Interarchy 10 to mirror both ways on many folders, and want
to schedule them for every 10 minutes or less. A fast reaction time is
important.
Trouble is, I can't work out how to use the 'Schedule Bookmarks' feature of
G'day listers
This is a bit off topic, as it relates to an iMac running Mountain lion.
Two days ago I was testing an applescript, and put my clock forward by a year
to make sure a yearly report was sent.
Time machine stopped backing up, and having two CCC backups, I decided to erase
and
On 18/07/2012, at 4:41 PM, MaGioZal wrote:
Long are gone the times when a Mac OS version (7.5.5) could run from a Plus
to a multiprocessed 9600 machine... And this was used as selling point in
Why Mac? brochures!
But Steve Jobs, despite saving, ressurecting and rebranding Apple,
How do you get a TextEdit file with half inch margins?
I have tried everything and did get a 1 inch margin, but no half inch, can
you
help or send an attachment (off list) of your work file.
G'day Jonas
Open up TextEdit preferences, and set the Window Size to about 96 characters.
G'day
Niceplayer gets a mention, but it's not a Quicktime plugin like Perian. One
would imagine that if Perian doesn't work under mountain lion, then all the
'Open with' preferences will need to be altered.
However, it also plays DVD's.
Regards
Santa
On 16/05/2012, at 9:36 AM, Alex
On 03/03/2012, at 2:34 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
G'day Santa,
Yes, iPhoto has in the EDIT mode a BW button, BUT THIS IS FAKE!
Let me tell you why.
All it does is print ALL COLORS and BLACK making a FAKE BLACK AND WHITE PIX.
Not that it matters, but with the house in foreclosure, cancer, job
On 03/03/2012, at 12:12 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
From time to time I want to print in BW. Get the effect of aging in old
photographs, or make your pictures look classic and use the black-and-white
effect, etc.
I run G4 10.4 or 10.5 looking for way to halftone a picture to print in BW, NOT
On 30/09/2011, at 8:30 AM, JohnV wrote:
I use this machine (a retired video production system) for audio production.
The discs coming out of the current internal drive are progressively flakey
on all playback CD decks and so I need something that WORKS.
Is it reasonable to replace it with
On 30/09/2011, at 8:04 AM, Tanner M wrote:
Bruce Johnson wrote:
No, the drive is the limitation on this issue, althoug it should
support burning at the lower speed on the higher-speed disks. The
rating of the disk is the maximum supported speed; they should also
work at all lower speeds
G'day Cliff
No problems renaming on my imac running 10.6.7
Are you sure the files/folders aren't locked? or the privileges different?
Do a get info on them to check.
Regards
Santa
On 18/04/2011, at 1:06 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote:
Running Tiger on G4
While transferring files from my
restore. guess you
could select all the files in the restore dialog?
On Mar 13, 11:19 pm, Brian Christmas b...@tpg.com.au wrote:
On 14/03/2011, at 2:14 PM, Scotty wrote:
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good alternative to time machine
that will run on my DA 733mhz Power Mac?
My old
On 14/03/2011, at 2:14 PM, Scotty wrote:
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good alternative to time machine
that will run on my DA 733mhz Power Mac?
My old quicksilver ran 10.5 and I am just looking for something that
can perform a similar function as time machine on Leopard.
Carbon
On 11/12/2010, at 3:14 PM, Toves wrote:
Hello, folks. Has anybody had experience with getting Mac's Mail
client to interface with mail.q.com? I can send mail out via
smtp.q.com, but Mac Mail times out on port 587 when it tries to
download mail.
We are using the Actiontec Q1000
On 17/11/2010, at 3:15 AM, Tina K. wrote:
On 2010/11/16 09:12, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote:
I'd report this as a bug to Apple
I've tried to report bugs in security updates but I could never find a PoC.
How do you report a bug to Apple?
Tina
G'day Tina
On 17/11/2010, at 12:59 PM, Tina K. wrote:
On 2010/11/16 15:13, Dan so eloquently wrote:
And keep around full documentation to the bug - text files, screen
shots, etc. Be prepared to hear little to nothing from Apple for days,
weeks, or even months. Then, when you do get a reply, realize
On 24/10/2010, at 5:19 PM, Scotty wrote:
Apple relatively recently acquired a company that makes CPUs for
mobile devices like the A4 Processor in the ipad. Now I am wondering
if I am the only one who is wondering if Apple has any intention of
eventually manufacturing their own CPUs for
On 21/10/2010, at 4:51 PM, Tom wrote:
Here's a link to a Seattle Times article on the Lion operating system:
http://tinyurl.com/24jese8
I notice that Apple's new laptop computers will have flash drives
instead of hard drives. Does that mean that flash drives will
eventually replace hard
On 21/10/2010, at 7:27 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
As the cost of flash memory drops, it appears likely that an OS will be
developed that uses flash as it's boot and running ram, but hard drives will
continue to be used for 'bulk
On 21/10/2010, at 7:51 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote:
Lion ?
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It looks like my one word post and simple title question have
On 21/10/2010, at 10:02 PM, James Therrault wrote:
On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:40 AM, Brian Christmas wrote:
Unfortunately obsolescence is a fact of life in the electronics industry,
even tho it's not planned.
That may be true but Marketing certainly is planned.
You're correct
On 21/10/2010, at 10:20 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
This may help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model
Very interesting.
I feel like I'm in a different state tho, an calm analytical one, - I don't
like the situation, what can I do about it?
Regards
Santa
And
On 21/10/2010, at 10:58 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Brian Christmas b...@tpg.com.au wrote:
On 21/10/2010, at 10:20 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
This may help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model
Very
I've got three Ministacks, each with a Seagate 1.5 Tb drive. About 6 months
old, with no problems.
I bought several other fanless cases with Firewire 800 and usb 2, but the 1.5's
were running too hot, and doing things like freezing the iMac on bootup, or
freezing during long writes, when the
On 20/06/2010, at 12:01 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote:
Hello all. I have a quick question. Does any one know of an application that
monitors cpu temp? OR, does anyone know how or where I can find this
information? The reason being is I have a Cpu upgrade in my Quicksilver and
wanted to see
G'day listers
Friend of mine got this email from his strictly PC IT manager, blaming him for
an attack on his network via my mates Power Mac (which is on the network).
I can't really help him, but knowing you guys, someone will know what's going
on.
This IT guy is very, very anti Mac.
On May 14, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day listers
Friend of mine got this email from his strictly PC IT manager, blaming him
for an attack on his network via my mates Power Mac (which is on the
network).
I can't really help him, but knowing you guys, someone
Sorry, I forgot to add, in response to questions, that the OS is 10.6.3, and he
has to keep his Mac on the network, no choice (he's running a script of mine t
hat automatically processes incoming email artwork, and prints it, and also
saves three redundant compressed copies to a PC server).
On 16/05/2010, at 2:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 15, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to add, in response to questions, that the OS is 10.6.3, and
he has to keep his Mac on the network, no choice (he's running a script of
mine t hat automatically processes
G'day John
If you can, install Photo Booth from Apple. It should allow you to select your
camera, and takes movies as well as stills. Lots of fun for kids.
Nor sure what OS is required tho.
Regards
Santa
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On 03/05/2010, at 9:50 AM, John Callahan wrote:
G'day Santa,
I have Photo Booth and my iMac has a built in camera, however all it does is
shoot stills?
Thanks
On May 2, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day John
If you can, install Photo Booth from Apple. It should
On 03/05/2010, at 10:00 AM, Brian Christmas wrote:
On 03/05/2010, at 9:50 AM, John Callahan wrote:
G'day Santa,
I have Photo Booth and my iMac has a built in camera, however all it does is
shoot stills?
Thanks
On May 2, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day John
On 03/05/2010, at 10:57 AM, Dan wrote:
At 10:01 AM -0700 5/2/2010, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
How can I stop Apple Mail from constantly asking for a password. I can't get
2 minuets without it wanting a password. I type it in and tell keychain to
remember it but it asks again and again.
As
On 03/05/2010, at 11:39 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
On May 2, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
On 03/05/2010, at 10:57 AM, Dan wrote:
At 10:01 AM -0700 5/2/2010, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
How can I stop Apple Mail from constantly asking for a password. I can't
get 2 minuets without
On 28/04/2010, at 11:31 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
Hi a\All
I got a free 4GB Kingston USB flash drive at MicroCenter on Sunday just for
walking in the door and giving my e-mail addy. I'm moving a 1.25 GB file from
one machine to another and this thing is slower than the second coming it
On 28/04/2010, at 12:04 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:55 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
It got back all my music 890 TBs.
Wow, your music is larger than the amount of storage that Google used in 2006:
Google search crawler uses 850 TB of information.
On 27/04/2010, at 2:32 PM, roman...@ideal-access.com wrote:
I have various cameras. Canon, Panasonic and Nikon mostly. Why doesn't iPhoto
just pick up where it left off
and download the new stuff?
G'day
When you import from any camera, iPhoto should recognize any previous photos
that it
On 28/03/2010, at 9:25 PM, Gary D. wrote:
Hi all,
This is probably OT but I am pulling what is left of my hair out and
running out of blank disks. The task seems quite simple: Photos of an
event are to be burnt to CDs and distributed to those involved. The
only complication is I wanted to
On 02/03/2010, at 7:32 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:
Is the free download of iMovie 6 available anywhere?
Looking for a simple DV input app for a possible Canopus ADVC-300 purchase,
used on my DA Dual 533 under Leopard 10.5.8. Might also use it on my QS 2002
Dual 1GHz w/ 10.5.8.
Thanks
On 15/02/2010, at 10:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
No condemnations please
I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox
don't seem to be able to do so
On 04/02/2010, at 5:58 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
Hi All
I'm having trouble getting consistent DL DVD burns. It seems that I get a
good disk and when played on a set top they sometimes break up and it's
annoying. I have good equipment but I think maybe the media is crap. Like 1
out of
On 18/01/2010, at 7:29 AM, Tom wrote:
When I watch tutorial videos such as the ones on Lynda.com I'd like to
capture parts of them and save them as QT movies. What's a good
shareware or freeware (or cheapware) program that can capture a few to
several minutes of on-screen video with decent
On 29/10/2009, at 12:28 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Attempting to send ClarisWorks spreadsheet via email to friend.
Attaches fine, sends fine, dl fine, but file will not open calling CW!
If CW is open, it will not open file.
Did the following:
1. Direct attachment
2. Ziped it
3. Put file in
On 29/10/2009, at 12:55 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:
I'm no longer in touch with my OS 8 setup and have discovered that
nothing in my current work environment will open any of my old sound
files (Get Info: Kind: Sound File).
I'm hoping that someone here can suggest a way to update these nuggets
On 06/08/2009, at 11:38 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
My PPC dual 2.3 G5 was offered a 168 MB download via Software Update,
which I applied and so far so good.
Apple lists the 10.5.8 stand-alone version at 274 MB, and the Combo
version at 759 MB.
I suppose this is a sign that Apple has cut
On 20/07/2009, at 3:46 PM, Bill Connelly wrote:
On Jul 20, 2009, at 1:11 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
I took out all pci devices and all the ram except the original 2
512MB chips, ran applejack, verified disk and repaired permissions,
and during software update a bunch of text appeared on the
On 20/07/2009, at 3:55 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
On 20/07/2009, at 3:46 PM, Bill Connelly wrote:
On Jul 20, 2009, at 1:11 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
I took out all pci devices and all the ram except the original 2
512MB chips, ran applejack, verified disk and repaired permissions
G'day all
Thanks for the feedback, listers.
My daughter Tracey has agreed to try the Apple keyboard for a while to
see if she will grow to like it, otherwise she can revert to her
existing Microsoft PC keyboard (re-mapped). I know how to install the
eject icon in the menu bar, so lack of
G'day
I'm just in the process of buying my daughter a new 24 iMac, but she
doesn't like the Apple keyboards.
Is there a 3rd part replacement that offers the same keys, or that can
be keymapped?
Said keyboard should be suitable for a touch typist.
Or, should I insist she uses the aluminium
On 25/04/2009, at 1:14 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
Nobody around here has been doing their maintenance jobs :@(
Frankly, because of illness, I wonder have I run it in the last six
months. I know it should be done once a week when the computer is
off at night. Perhaps this explains the
G'day
I've got a bit of an OT .
I'm trying to save multiple email, rtfd, and Zip files to a NAS server
about 30 times per hour. The saving to server is proving very, very
slow compared to saving the same files to an external hard drive off
of the power mac. Time is critical, and the
this printer and maintain
speed?
Regards
Santa
On 11/04/2009, at 2:16 AM, Dan wrote:
At 10:28 PM +1000 4/10/2009, Brian Christmas wrote:
I'm trying to save multiple email, rtfd, and Zip files to a NAS
server about 30 times per hour.
[and later] Time is critical
Why? What's the point
on, is there perhaps a preferences file causing
this?
Any ideas welcome, we're at wits end.
Regards
Santa
On 11/04/2009, at 3:33 AM, Dan wrote:
At 2:44 AM +1000 4/11/2009, Brian Christmas wrote:
Situation: a mail room getting HEAPS of artwork that has to be
printed on a tight turnaround
On 07/04/2009, at 3:39 PM, PETE wrote:
I have some old photos without negatives. I want to transfer them to
my mac without losing quality. (I sold my scanner several years ago!).
TIA.
Pete
G'day Pete.
If you've got access to a reasonable digital camera, take photos of
your old photos
G'day
Spruce the place up, paint the floor with concrete paint!
Regards
Santa
On 23/03/2009, at 11:06 AM, tonycd wrote:
I used to have an Epson Stylus Color 740 hooked up to my Mac. It was
loud, slow, and in the brilliant words of another owner's post, kept
on cleaning itself like a cat.
On 22/02/2009, at 10:48 AM, Demetrius wrote:
hi there
i always make a copy of my important discs, and i'd like to make one
of the 10.5 Leopard disc that came with my G4 (off ebay), but i see it
is dual layer. any nifty tricks for making a copy onto multiple reg.
dvds? i have toast.
On 28/01/2009, at 11:15 PM, D Stubbs wrote:
This morning as I was browsing suddenly the entire screen started
moving with the mouse, screen shifts about 1 in any direction. Also
the top or bottom bar, and right or left side are now hidden - only
brought in to view by moving the
On 28/01/2009, at 2:25 PM, Bill Connelly wrote:
On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:19 AM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day Bruce
From the dim, dark recesses of my feeble mind I remember reading
somewhere that Apple tried a 4 and 8 pass choice, but 4 passes did
not
fully erase the drive, hence
On 27/01/2009, at 4:07 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
Hi Bruce;
Are the G3s new enough for firewire external?
If not, the same thing can be done with a SCSI external.
Setup the external drive with a bootable OSX, boot that and run Disk
On 26/01/2009, at 10:41 AM, Dan wrote:
At 6:21 PM -0500 1/25/2009, jgc wrote:
I found iworks to be a little awkard.
In what way exactly?
Did you write it up and submit it to Apple so they could improve the
product?
- Dan.
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On 19/01/2009, at 1:43 PM, George Hozendorf wrote:
For some reason all my songs in iTunes are not there. They are in
User/Music. Is there anyway to move them all over at one time?
George
Mac OS X 10.5.6
Mac Mini 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
G'day George.
On 18/01/2009, at 9:24 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
This is some great info! I don't have that older laptop unfortunately.
I believe I can do the transfer on 1.44 floppies... then give the rest
of your advice a workout:-) thanks! Jeff
G'day Jeff.
The VERY easiest way is to simply print out
On 23/12/2008, at 8:01 AM, Isaac Smith wrote:
I have a HP 1210xi all in one that has quit on me. I don't think it's
really compatible with Leopard. Anyway, I really like Epson printers
but I thought it would be a good idea to ask what you like. I'm on a
Quicksilver 2002 933mhz with 896mb
On 20/12/2008, at 4:11 PM, MIKO .. wrote:
I'm using Leopard.
I'm probably spacing out but- why don't I always see an Outbox or
Drafts folder? I've seen the drafts folder come and go, but never (or
rarely) the outbox- and I know I'm sending a large zip file right now-
so whewre can I
On 28/11/2008, at 5:28 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 27, 2008, at 2:49 AM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day, and thanks Bruce. The sawtooth runs fine in safe mode, and I
removed all the startup items and reset the resolution, but it still
kp's when starting in normal mode.
Start looking
On 26/11/2008, at 11:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 25, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
G'day listers
Further to the saga of the Sawtooth I donated to the neighbors kids
I've managed to borrow a 21 monitor that fits the existing
connector,
just to check the graphics
G'day listers
Further to the saga of the Sawtooth I donated to the neighbors kids
I've managed to borrow a 21 monitor that fits the existing connector,
just to check the graphics card, but now the sawtooth is kernel
panicking after bootup. Sometimes it gets as far as the desktop before
On 19/11/2008, at 11:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Gus wrote:
try
http://www.dougintosh.com/ware/vga_adapter/_d_VGA_adapter1.html
That is the exact opposite of what he needs.
That's for connecting a VGA monitor to a Mac video-out port. He needs
an
G'day listers
A while ago I posted a question about whether or not a monitor or
radeon 7000 card would be defunct on my neighbors Sawtooth.
I've just managed to get an old 21 monitor off a G3 tower to try, but
the plugs are different.
Is there a converter available to go from the Radeon to
On 15/11/2008, at 10:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On my G3, I dutifully add mailboxes to keep my messages in order, but
apart from the In, Out, Trash Drafts, and Sent,
I can't find the mailboxes.
Those five are available by using the top bar and clicking show from
the drop-down.
The
On 15/11/2008, at 2:31 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote:
Previously, at 0:57 pm -0600 11/14/08, Kris Tilford
wrote:
I wrote this above, but I'm wondering . . . I called
the little
triangle icon that expands a directory in list format
a cravat but I
think this is wrong perhaps? I know, a cravat is
On 14/11/2008, at 5:27 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:18 AM, Brian Christmas wrote:
I recently had cause to restore my 10.5.5 system from Time Machine.
In doing so it didn't restore my user scripts stored on the boot
library/scripts/folder action scripts. Turned out
On 15/10/2008, at 1:52 PM, Tom wrote:
I have a Quicksilver 1GHz DP running 10.4.11, with a SCSI card
(Adaptec 2930) in it to run a big old SCSI Minolta film scanner
(Dimage Scan Multi II). The scanner came with its proprietary Minolta
software (Dimage Scan Utility), which works very well,
On 15/10/2008, at 1:52 PM, Tom wrote:
I have a Quicksilver 1GHz DP running 10.4.11, with a SCSI card
(Adaptec 2930) in it to run a big old SCSI Minolta film scanner
(Dimage Scan Multi II). The scanner came with its proprietary Minolta
software (Dimage Scan Utility), which works very well,
G'day
I just been to my neighbours house, where a tricked out G4 Sawtooth is
playing up.
The computer seems to boot, and the monitor light comes on (green)
after a few seconds, but there's no picture.
Would it be the radeon 7000 GC, or the monitor?
Regards
Santa
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