MacGroup: Loading OS9 to OSX.....

2004-07-07 Thread John Stone
Hi, I'm lending my sister my old Wallstreet powerbook, I didn't load OS9 on it as I don't have any programs that use OS9. She has some programs that need OS9 is there a special way to load OS 9 on the powerbook that already has OSX loaded? Did a search on the Apple site but turned up nothing

MacGroup: Icon in Navigator url box.....

2002-12-06 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Now that you guys have me using Navigator as my browser, which is way cool, and I like it alot.. There is this little icon that changes with the web site, how do I make a little icon for my web site? I've included an example of one. Thanks in advance for your great help.

MacGroup: Installing OSX on iMac DV

2002-12-18 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Was installing 10.2 on my G3 iMac DV and it installs the first cd, then restarts and all I get is the grey screen with the white apple and a little twirling logo. I've installed all the firmware updates, though all I found was one. Also hd is partitioned 10 gig and 2 gig with the

MacGroup: LCS members email addresses on the web site.

2005-03-15 Thread John Stone
Brian, You can post mine also. John On Mar 14, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Brian O'Neal wrote: If there are any members out there who want their email address listed on the LCS website please let me know. Also, if there are any members who wish not to have their email address listed on the web

MacGroup: Mac/Techie t-shirts (sort of)

2004-12-08 Thread John Stone
Bill, This was all I found... http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?affid=-1productID=183 http://www.geekt-shirts.com/details.asp?affID=genreID=catID=5productID=183 John -- Original Message -- From: Bill Rising [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: macgroup at

MacGroup: MAC OS Uprade

2004-12-10 Thread John Stone
Actually I've found that most companies do not offer an upgrade from OS9 to OSX, you have to buy the full program, as it is a totally different program! But it's more then worth the price on how well most programs run in X. John Don, If you currently own a program I would think that the

MacGroup: Trying to play .avi with Quicktime?

2003-07-13 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Hey, I'm trying to paly an .avi but I get a quicktime error message that QT doesn't have the necessary component and it isn't on the web site. Is there a utility that converts avis to qt formator..? Thanks, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who

MacGroup: OS-X 10.2.3 Tip (New Life for Preview)

2003-01-05 Thread John Stone
Jerry, My preview does that in 10.2, I have not done the update yet! Jerry wrote: Previous to the 10.2.3 update, if you opened a folder full of jpegs or gifs, selected all of them and opened them using Preview, you got a window for each image. That was then, this is now: (sorry about that) if

MacGroup: My friend's iMac, finally fixed????

2003-01-06 Thread John Stone
Hello All, I posted many months back, about my friends iMac, that only burned about 50% of the cds she tried to burn. Well after Complete Mac had it for a month and a half(and replacing the cd burner five different times) and couldn't get it to burn either. Majorally pissed off, she called

MacGroup: Powerbook for sale.....

2002-05-15 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Hope this is ok to post here. I have a G3 Powerbook Wallstreet for sale! I'm upgrading. It's a Wallstreet 2, it has a 14.1 TFT screen, 300 mhz, 1 mg backside cache, 8 gig HD, and it comes with a DVD-Rom(which also reads CDs), and floppy superdisk drive, a USB cardbus card for

MacGroup: Connect to dsl w/OSX?

2002-05-22 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Ok, I've installed OSX, and am trying to connect to the internet through my dslnothing happens! I've copied as best as I can all the settings from my OS 9 computer, but nothing... Also trying to network two G3 laptops w/crossover cable to drag items from OS 9 laptop to

MacGroup: OS X and Bellsouth DSL

2002-06-03 Thread John Stone
Rob, Rob wrote: I may have missed this discussion earlier, but is anyone using Bellsouth DSL and OS X? (I'm using 8.6 and PPOE so I can't really comment.) I've got a friend who's having a terrible time getting connected. I was the one that wrote the original message. The problem I was having

MacGroup: Re: CD problems in iMacs

2002-06-20 Thread John Stone
Ward, Ward wrote: I'm not doubting your prognosis but I've run into very few CD drive failures on iMacs (or any Mac for that matter). Your blanket assumption that the drive doesn't spin makes me question your diagnosis of the problem. Though my friends brand new iMac went through 3 cd

MacGroup: MWSF related question

2006-01-07 Thread John Stone
I've been using a 12 Powerbook that I got as a refurb from the Apple store in Cinci with no issues. $300 or some below price of new, same warranty. I'd recommend a refurb. John On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:33 PM, b3 wrote: Your best bang for the buck would be a some point after MWSF if an

MacGroup: AppleCare worth it?

2006-01-10 Thread John Stone
On Jan 9, 2006, at 4:33 PM, b3 wrote: okay, so i just checked prices on apple.com AppleCare for an iBook - $249 AppleCare for an iBook with my University discount - $183 seems a bit more reasonable (even if 60 some odd bucks over two years doesn't mean much) something that i'll have

MacGroup: Linksys router as hub

2006-01-19 Thread John Stone
Dan, It won't issue dupe ips as the gateway router will assign an ip address to the router(I think your referring to as linksysb) then linksysb assigns ips to the devices behind it.. But then that router routes the traffic where it needs to go, hence the name router The wan

MacGroup: battery weirdness

2006-04-06 Thread John Stone
Rick, Have you reset the PMU, Apple suggested that when I replaced my battery. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 It seemed to help with the amount of battery life that was showed. John On Apr 5, 2006, at 9:15 PM, b3 wrote: The battery on my powerbook had not been holding

MacGroup: Megapixels

2003-11-01 Thread John Stone
Tony LaFima wrote: items deleted I will agree with whoever it was that said digital was no match for film, but only from a consumer standpoint. I don't think digital images from the Hubble telescope use the same technology. But I could be wrong. Many years ago when I was in the service, I

MacGroup: Panther bug

2003-11-01 Thread John Stone
Marta wrote: A friend of mine who has just switched to the Mac and has Panther, and is in the process of loading all his stuff into the Mac ( Seattle, not Louisville)-found this link and wants me -- of all people -- to tell him if this is serious. ( I guess I will hear it from now on,

MacGroup: Re: Printing Processes vs. Sports Illustrated

2003-11-04 Thread John Stone
On Nov 3, 2003, at 8:40 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: ... stuff cut out ... It is also very hard to photograph an athlete that is moving very fast, at night under artificial lighting, with a slow telephoto lens and get it sharp. (I know. I've tried.) You can use higher speed film, but the

MacGroup: Switching mail programs

2003-02-03 Thread John Stone
Harry, Have you tried the old tried and true Eudora? Best, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The

MacGroup: Broadband

2003-02-06 Thread John Stone
Geroge, I've have had DSL from Bellsouth since it was available in my neighborhood 2-3 years ago. And would VERY HIGHLY recommend it. Where we leave in St. Matthews, the cable was always going out when they predicted any kind of weather, phone was always there! I've never had a any major

MacGroup: Airport problems.....

2003-02-13 Thread John Stone
Hello All, A friend asked me to look at his airport set-up, they've changed isps and the airport isn't working now. I looked around on Apple support and they recommended running set-up again, so that's what I did. The problem is the software can see the airport but he cannot surf the web

MacGroup: Continuing Airport problems.....

2003-02-14 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Well we've gotten the airport running and the the computer can surf the web. But for some reason after about 10-15 minutes of surfing, you it won't load any pages, the computer and airport are still talking but no new pages... we have figured out if you unplug the power and

MacGroup: .mac

2002-09-21 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Harry wrote: Is anyone taking apple up on their offer for a .Mac account for $49.95 if purchased by the end of the month? Is there any reason to? It's 1/3 of the fee for a web page space, for email alone. I didn't use the web space and the other features of iTools. .. Sorry,

MacGroup: powerbook

2002-09-28 Thread John Stone
Henri, There is also Murphy's Camera on Bardstown Rd. near Eastern Parkway, They are a authorized Mac dealer. There phone is: 485-1500 Best, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin The next

MacGroup: Mail weirdness...

2006-03-28 Thread John Stone
Mike, Go to the Mailbox on the menu bar at the top of the screen and select Go Online. John On Mar 28, 2006, at 6:40 PM, mikewatk wrote: Several times recently, when I try to Send an E-mail (or open my new Mail), I get a note in the info line that reads Working Offline... what's that

MacGroup: 10.4.7

2006-06-28 Thread John Stone
Rick, OK, I give, what is pithelmet? John On Jun 27, 2006, at 8:40 PM, b3 wrote: new OS update in Software Update. weighs in at 133mb for my intel mac. everything seems to be okay for now, with the exception of the new Safari version disabling pithelmet for now. Man, I've said it

MacGroup: Black Hole at Insightbb

2005-02-09 Thread John Stone
Ya, We get our service from ATT and ATT runs our email servers(though that is going to change soon!) Whom ever runs the UofL mail server needs to contact rbl at abuse-att.net , and the mail server dudes will contact them and they can work out their differences so email can start flowing

MacGroup: Insightbb black hole

2005-02-09 Thread John Stone
Lee, Have the mail server dudes at UofL email rbl at abuse-att.net and they can discuss it with the black list dudes at ATT, so the email will start flowing John On Feb 8, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Robert M. Klein offered: Lee, if you need some phone numbers or whatever, feel free to email

MacGroup: Help for Pitt

2005-04-01 Thread John Stone
Tom, I'll be glad to help. I'm off on Fridays and Saturdays from my work. I'll do a check for the a bag of ends for $49.00. John On Mar 31, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Tom Guenthner wrote: As most of you know, the MAC Group meets at Pitt Academy for our monthly meetings and will meet there for our

MacGroup: getting my new mac to be part of airport network

2005-04-08 Thread John Stone
Stuart, I'm assuming that you have it's encryption on? If that what it's asking for the password and/or wep password to allow it to access the wireless router. You shouldn't have to run any software from the isp. John On Apr 7, 2005, at 12:25 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: I have a new Mac Mini

MacGroup: Java glitch in OS 10.3.9

2005-04-20 Thread John Stone
I did the update on my powerbook and then ran the test off of http://www.techspot.com/story17413.html, and I didn't get the error mesage, and I've been able to surf. The update seems to be fine on my Mac. John On 4/19/05, Bill Rising brising at louisville.edu wrote: On Apr 19, 2005, at

MacGroup: Anybody used Thunderbird?

2004-10-27 Thread John Stone
Rex, Have not tried Thunderbird, but I use Eudora and it works very, very well. I tried using Mail when I installed OSX, but it works sporactically, and when it doesn't work, no error messages or explanations as to why it isn't connecting to the mail server. Needless to say I'm not impressed

MacGroup: Anybody used Thunderbird?

2004-10-27 Thread John Stone
Marta, I can set it up with 1 email account, and it works, but then the second email account it won't check either, then mystically one day it started working properly. Checking both account correctly for a week or so and then went down again, for no apparent reason won't check either

MacGroup: .pps photos

2004-10-27 Thread John Stone
Fran, You'll need Power Point, I thought Keynote would open them but have yet to get it to open, them. I'm thinking now that maybe it can save a keynote presentation as a .pps file, but not open them John -- Original Message -- From: Fran LeCount

MacGroup: airport express and airport hub

2004-10-13 Thread John Stone
Jeffrey, I've got an Express network working right now, it's great. When your runnning the Express Utility program it should ask you whether you want to join/and extend your existing network. It should work with any wireless card. -- Original Message

MacGroup: Google's Gmail

2004-06-25 Thread John Stone
Alex, You've probably already have given away the 4 invites. John Stone johnstone at blackbirds.net 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

MacGroup: Firewall

2004-06-12 Thread John Stone
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Henri wrote: What exactly would be the restrictions on just hooking the modem up to the airport? His network would be safe from external attacks, unless they got into the airport, but he'd not be able to play online games or run servers at home? Hen Why can't he play

MacGroup: How to log in as root....

2003-10-02 Thread John Stone
Hello All, I'm curious as how you log in as root in OSX. I've read that you ;og in a sroot to take care of such and such... Which I'm assuming that it is not the same as administrator, correct? So how do you log in as root? Is it only a command line or can you log fro m the gui as well?

MacGroup: How to log in as root....

2003-10-04 Thread John Stone
Jerry, Thanks that was exactly what I was looking for, I always forget to check the Apple Knowledge base. Best, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin | The next meeting of the Louisville

MacGroup: MacTown question

2003-10-23 Thread John Stone
Hello, I have a friend that is selling her iMac.not sure how much email me off list and I'll get a hold of her and find out. Best, John Aci wrote: Hi there! Is anyone looking to sell a used iBook or iMac? I am considering buying a used one. I would prefer one with firewire and usb ports

MacGroup: Basics: A Shutterbug's Guide to Meting Out the Megapixels

2003-10-30 Thread John Stone
A couple of more thoughts on this... A couple of thoughts on this: On Oct 30, 2003, at 12:50 PM, Nelson Helm wrote: Basics: A Shutterbug's Guide to Meting Out the Megapixels October 30, 2003 Items deleted.. Those numbers are no match for 35-millimeter film, which has a resolution

MacGroup: Megapixels

2003-10-31 Thread John Stone
Dan, You are correct.. John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is http://www.kymac.org. |

MacGroup: Panther tips

2003-10-31 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Cool, I also just noticed..that in Panther it sorts things named numerically in natural order, 1 before 2, etc without having to use zeros in the front of them, WAY COOL! John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security

MacGroup: Burning a CD from iTunes...

2002-01-02 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Hope everyone had a great Holiday Season. A friend has an iMac with the internal CD burner, She was trying to burn a music CD with itunes(2.0.3) and it gets almost through and quits and gives an unknown error message -7932! Any ideas on what the matter could be? We've tried 3

MacGroup: Burning a CD from iTunes...

2002-01-03 Thread John Stone
message appears: There was a problem with the target device. Error code -7932. It's not a CD-RW disc, if that makes a difference and it gives me a message unknown error -7932, as opposed to the problem with target device error message. Best, John -- John Stone http://www.blackbirds.net

MacGroup: Has any one and a continuing problem.....

2002-01-06 Thread John Stone
message. Not loaded toast on it, I'll give it a try. Thanks, John -- John Stone http://www.blackbirds.net -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20020106/7b0863d0/attachment.html

MacGroup: Has any one and a continuing problem.....

2002-01-07 Thread John Stone
Ward, Yes , after we did clean install, we tried again, and so far every CD is dong it. I beginning to think a hardware problem. Best, John -- John Stone http://www.blackbirds.net -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu

MacGroup: Has any one and a continuing problem.....

2002-01-07 Thread John Stone
Ward, Thanks, I'll let you l know what happens. Best, John -- John Stone http://www.blackbirds.net -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20020107/27d36ce8/attachment.html

MacGroup: Has anyone tried a......

2002-01-11 Thread John Stone
Hello, I was thinking of buying one of the Griffin Technology (http://www.griffintechnology.com/audio/imic_main.html) iMics to download some music from a Minidisc player to iTunes has anyone tried or used one, if so how well do they work? And To bring everyone that has offered a

MacGroup: Has anyone tried a......

2002-01-13 Thread John Stone
Terry and All, Terry wrote: They work great. I installed one for a person that uses it in a mid-level in home recording studio. He has not had an problems with once we updated him to 9.2.x. You just need a open USB port. Sounds like a plan. Thanks for your input. Best, John -- John

MacGroup: OSX and DSL?

2002-01-15 Thread John Stone
Hello All, I hope I'm not bring up something has been discussed since X.2 has come out! I'm using BellSouth Fastaccess DSL and am thinking of upgrading to OSX from 9.2. BellSouth Tech tells me that they do not support X yet, but has anyone out there used Classic to connect and used X to surf,

MacGroup: OSX and DSL and PPPoE....

2002-01-16 Thread John Stone
Hello Again, Thanks for the help. I'm assuming that OSX uses PPPoE to connect to the DSL server(?)? How would I configure the PPPoE? Best, John The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be January 22. For more information, see http://www.aye.net/~lcs. A calendar of

MacGroup: Tiger - Dashboard?

2005-05-03 Thread John Stone
Or you could use Konfabulator, which is what Apple based it on. There is a UNIX trick around on the net that allows you to put widgets on the desktop. I have not tried it as I have not found a significant discomfort in pressing f12 when necessary. I also am nervous about tinkering

MacGroup: Dastardly Dashboard

2005-05-12 Thread John Stone
Speaking of dashboard I use Konfabulator and would like to turn off the Dashboard. I've looked thru the help and support sections and can find nothing that advises you how to turn it off. I've checked start-up items and nothing. Any ideas? Thanks, John | The next meeting of the

MacGroup: G4TTV (kind of a rant) was:Inside the Mac Mini

2005-01-24 Thread John Stone
Brian, Right on track, I feel the same way. I'm also not into gaming so most of the other programs are not of interest to me... Interestingly, All the folks I work with that are gamers can't stand G4 either, which I find interesting... I tried watching Screen Savers for a while after it

MacGroup: High speed access newbie

2005-01-28 Thread John Stone
My MCSE instructor has DirecTv internet and says the latency has gotten better but it's still there and it's not too bad if your surfing or checking email, but it'll be a problem if you play online games. Also you can't just throw a router on it and connect more computers to the net, you

MacGroup: wireless router quits

2005-08-20 Thread John Stone
Harry, They like everything else in the world will eventually break... But now is your chance to get away from the evil linksys and come over to the Apple side of wireless and get a Apple base station or like me an airport express... stream your iTunes through your stereo

MacGroup: OSX 10.2 bugs?

2002-10-04 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Marta wrote: In a message dated 03.10.2002 21:26:14, bayard at generationjava.com writes: I've got a powerbook. When I close the powerbook the network connection often dies. It's something I've been assuming is a feature, which is a pain as it meanns I can't get into the laptop from

MacGroup: Your input is needed. LCS domain name.

2002-10-26 Thread John Stone
Hello all, I agree with Anne, it needs Louisville or at least LOU in the name and it should be an .org. http://www.loumug.org/ is available. My .02? Best, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin

MacGroup: E-book reader?

2002-11-18 Thread John Stone
Hello All, A friend sent me a cd with an e-book he has written, the problem is I can read it on the pc at work, but OSX(10.2) gives me a message that it can't recognize anything on the cd. Is there a reader for either X or 9 for e-book? Thanks in advance, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page

MacGroup: Homeland Security bill

2002-11-21 Thread John Stone
Hello all, On the subject of Homeland Security , Ben Franklin once said: Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither We had the laws on the books that could and would get the job done, if the folks would have done there job! Best, John -- U-2 and SR-71 Web Page

MacGroup: Syncing computers....

2002-11-27 Thread John Stone
Hello all, I think this was discussed a while back but I do not remember what was said.. A friend of mine has a G4 dual processor and has just bought a TiBook, and wants to be able to sync the two computers so that he has the same data on both computers, he is running 10.2 on both

MacGroup: Looking for Airport Card....

2006-05-17 Thread John Stone
Hi, A friend is looking for an original Airport card to go with her original iBook, anyone have one sitting around gathering dust? Thanks, John | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 23 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is

MacGroup: Boot Camp question

2006-08-03 Thread John Stone
Get Parrallels(http://www.parallels.com/), you can run OSX and Windozes at the same time, instead of having to dual boot using Boot Camp. John On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Beth Phillips wrote: We are looking at possibly purchasing some Macbooks with Windows pre-installed. In looking at

MacGroup: Fwd: CDs no longer recognized when burned

2005-07-22 Thread John Stone
Janice, Have you tried it in any other Macs or pcs? Does it play in them? John On Jul 22, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Janice Weber wrote: This is my third time posting this message - if there are no answers, can anyone tell me where to find out? I'm running 10.2.8. Begin forwarded message:

MacGroup: Epson printer issues.....

2004-01-12 Thread John Stone
Hello All, I was at friends yesterday, helping them get their new(to them) iBook 700mhz(running Panther) set-up. The problem is they have a Epson CX5200 all in one printer/copier and scanner, it shows up as the default printer but, when you go to print it loads the document but then it goes

[MacGroup] iWoz

2006-09-28 Thread John Stone
Hello All, Woz's(Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, with Steve Jobs) autobiography is out. I picked up a copy at the old Hawley-Cooke bookstore last night, I've only got tten through the first 20 or so pages, but already an interesting read It's called iWoz John

[MacGroup] Software update 10.4.10

2007-07-02 Thread John Stone
Harry, I've done the 10.4.10 upgrade, also did the 7.3 iTunes no issues... John On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: In a recent message someone mentioned problems with a software update. Was is software update 10.4.10? If so, is the problem a serious one and

[MacGroup] Start Page

2007-07-18 Thread John Stone
BBC World News John Stone 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. ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be July 24

[MacGroup] iPhone

2007-07-19 Thread John Stone
Mary Anne, I'd rethink the switch to Nextel, we use them at work and everyone hates them, countless drop calls, fade in and out. We even get a deal on them through our work and very few people take advantage of it because of the horrible service and atrocious customer service. John On Jul

[MacGroup] Letter to Ric Manning

2007-07-29 Thread John Stone
Robert, Ric Manning has been a Mac hater for a long, long time. I'm not sure what happened to him and Macs, but you always get the impression that he hates Macs. He also, as you noted, not very accurate in a lot of columns, no matter what he reviews. Great letter by the way. John Stone

[MacGroup] FlicherShop

2007-07-31 Thread John Stone
Jerry, How about a plugin for Lightroom? John On Jul 31, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: if you work in photoshop cs2 or cs3, and want to load your images directly into flickr, there is a new freeware photoshop plugin. best...jf http://pixelnovel.com/flickrshop.html

[MacGroup] iWork 08

2007-08-15 Thread John Stone
I've been using the Numbers part of iWork 08, and it seems fine to me. I've had iWork since the beginning, and have been waiting for a spreadsheet program, and besides Numbers doesn't like importing multiple sheet Excel spreadsheets, it seems to work fine, no real complaints. John Stone

[MacGroup] Replacement software for MacWasher X

2007-09-26 Thread John Stone
Steve, Cocktail is what I use, works great. I'm sure there are some others out there. http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php John Stone On Sep 26, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Stephen Ellis wrote: I have been using MacWasher X (Webroot software) for some time. The program automatically

[MacGroup] Insult Broadband

2007-10-02 Thread John Stone
Robk, Email me at johnsstone at gmail.com , with all the info and let me see what I can do John On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:12 PM, RobK wrote: So I decided to make the big jump. The Dish is disconnected which means I can lose the landline phone. And since I can't get any decent speed

[MacGroup] Backup/Synchronize software

2007-10-05 Thread John Stone
Dan, You can want till the end of October and use the new Time Machine back up software that comes free in Leopard.. John On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: I am looking for the best software to: 1. Create exact copies of files/folders from one external hard drive to

[MacGroup] Leopard 10.5, Who's upgrading?

2007-10-16 Thread John Stone
I'll be out of town on friday, but there will be an Apple Store where I'll be located, But will probably wait till I get home and by it locally, and rush home tp install it I can't wait.. John On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Stuart Urbahns wrote: I was just wondering who in the group

[MacGroup] leopard and Mail

2007-11-22 Thread John Stone
It's done the password thing once or twice since I've upgraded to Leopard, but the real issue I'm having with Mail is that it keeps putting all my incoming mail into the junk folder I'm not sure if it's a comment on the mail I receive, or an issue with Mail. John On Nov 21, 2007, at

[MacGroup] Mobile web, two newspaper articles

2007-12-02 Thread John Stone
Apparently Stephenson is pissed because Apple is theoretically working with Google on a 700 Mhz band device and this means a loss of funds to ATT. So he is showing his displeasure with Apple, by trying to crush sales of iPhones during the holiday buying season, hoping that if folks know

Re: [MacGroup] Picassa

2007-12-17 Thread John Stone
Nelson, Yep I use Picasa, great Mac based up loader works very well, I more them pleased with Picasa. I would recommend it whole-heartedly Here is the info from Picasa: Google provides two products for getting your photos into Picasa Web Albums: * Picasa Web Albums Exporter for iPhoto, an

Re: [MacGroup] IPod iTouch

2008-01-17 Thread John Stone
Now if it was available on T-Mobile, then I'd get one John On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: It's getting better. Anne On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:48 PM, b3studios wrote: it now has email... On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: On Jan 17, 2008, at

Re: [MacGroup] Opinion needed

2008-01-18 Thread John Stone
Nora, MacAuthority has new computers also... and a very helpful staff. John On Jan 18, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Nora J. Probasco wrote: I am getting ready to purchase a new 15” Macbook Pro, however, I am trying to decide where to purchase it. I checked MacAuthority online and they seem to only

[MacGroup] Looking for a 20Gb laptop hard drive....

2008-01-29 Thread John Stone
Hi, I have a iBook G4 with a bad hard drive and am looking for a used 20 gb or so hard drive. Does anyone have a one laying around that they would like to sell? If you do please contact me off list, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, John ___ The

Re: [MacGroup] Looking for a 20Gb laptop hard drive....

2008-01-30 Thread John Stone
Not a problem switching out the hard drives in Powerbooks takes about 20-30 minutes Of course it's not as easy as the old G3s where you pull off the keyboard and there it is... John On Jan 30, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: getting them all back in is the challenge.

Re: [MacGroup] Looking for a 20Gb laptop hard drive....

2008-01-31 Thread John Stone
to die so they can start the canonization process due to that little miracle. j. On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:49 PM, John Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not a problem switching out the hard drives in Powerbooks takes about 20-30 minutes Of course it's not as easy as the old G3s where

[MacGroup] I have a friend looking for a 65W power supply for Powerbook.

2008-02-14 Thread John Stone
Hi, I have a friend that has a 17 Powerbook and it's power supply has died, does anyone have a 65W Apple power supply? You can reach him 447-4277, his name is John Samways. Thanks, John ___ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be

Re: [MacGroup] Safari/Firefox ESPN

2008-03-12 Thread John Stone
Greg, I've tried the link you included in both Firefox(Firefox/2.0.0.12) and Safari(Version 3.0.4 (5523.15)) on my G4 Powerbook 1.67 ghz with Leopard(10.5.2), and didn't have any issues. Though on the windoze machine I use at work, sometimes hangs pages waiting for ads to load. we have a

Re: [MacGroup] Windows live

2008-03-13 Thread John Stone
Phishing.. John On Mar 13, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: I keep getting emails from Microsoft Customer Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] The messages say I requested to reset my Windows Live password and I should click on a link to do so. I'm not sure what Windows Live is

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): Lost photos

2008-03-13 Thread John Stone
I'll second PhotoRescue, it works great, I used it once or twice... John On Mar 13, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: http://photorescue.us/download.htm On Mar 13, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: I downloaded the program and attempted to use the demo version, twice.

Re: [MacGroup] lampshade mac

2008-03-30 Thread John Stone
Ann, Download MacTracker, it lists all Mac products and what the specs are for each product and one of the things it lists is how much and which kind of ram each computer takes... And it's free.. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10816 John On Mar 29, 2008, at 3:06

Re: [MacGroup] analog to digital converter boxes

2008-03-30 Thread John Stone
true This only effects folks that watch tv off a outside antenna. John On Mar 30, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: My understanding is that you don't need one unless you have an outside antenna. Is that true? I have an older set that is plugged directly into the cable (no

Re: [MacGroup] cable conundrum

2008-04-03 Thread John Stone
Ben, As a side note why do you pay for 3 ips when you can get a router and have as many as you like? Are you using a hub to connect all 3 computers to the modem? Could the device have a bad port that the G4 is connected thru? Bad cable with an intermittent problem? John Does the On Apr

Re: [MacGroup] firefox 3

2008-07-08 Thread John Stone
Harry, I upgraded when it was released no issues. John On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: In her recent message Cathy Green mentioned upgrading Firefox to version 3. Is it stable? Is it safe to upgrade. Are there any issues I should know about before upgrading?

Re: [MacGroup] Bellsouth drops newsgroups

2008-07-15 Thread John Stone
But as they said in TWIT, they didn't think it was because of porn it was because there are downloadable music, movies available and that the RIAA, and movie folks are behind this, and that they are using porn as the excuse. John On Jul 14, 2008, at 6:59 PM, Bill Bloom wrote: Just

Re: [MacGroup] issue with web site

2008-07-25 Thread John Stone
Harry, Try clearing the cache on your web browser, and see if that makes a difference. I had the same issue and even after clearing the cache the old page was showing up, I finally had to delete the page off the site and uploading the new one. John On Jul 24, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Harry

Re: [MacGroup] increase in spam

2008-08-05 Thread John Stone
Switch to Gmail.. I think in the past year I've gotten 3-4 pieces of spam that Google didn't catch. John On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: I've always had a fair amount of Spam to delete, but lately it has increased pretty dramatically. I use Yahoo! Mail. Anything I

Re: [MacGroup] Microsoft Works

2008-08-27 Thread John Stone
Tom, I would assume that a wdb, is some form of database But that's just a guess! John On Aug 26, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Tom Guenthner wrote: Not sure anyone out there uses Microworks on Windows, But here goes. I have a Microworks file (.wdb) I think it is a mailing list. How do I

Re: [MacGroup] Re(2): Tivo vs. Apple TV

2008-09-02 Thread John Stone
TIVO has it's own guide system, which is what you're paying monthly for. While Insight uses TV Guide as it's guide. With TIVO you can do different searches, such as searching for director, actor, actress , genre, etc. Which you can't do with the Insight DVR... John On Sep 1, 2008, at

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