All Icons Vanished Desktop - Finder Menu Flashing

2006-06-27 Thread Wilson Tony
Help please Mac Mini (not core) - latest OS I have a cloned backup of the Mini HD and am sending this email from it. The icons vanished first, only the dock displays. Cannot launch any applications and the top menu bar flashes intermittently. Any suggestions greatly appreciated Tony

Flip4Mac beta up for Intel macs

2006-06-27 Thread Rod
Hi All! The universal binary for Flip4Mac has been released: http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_beta.htm This is only up for 24 hours, so those on Intel Macs keen to test should download ASAP. For those in the dark, Flip4Mac allows Windows Media files to be played via Quicktime. Microsoft have

Palatino Font Family

2006-06-27 Thread Wilson Tony
Would some kind member please email me above Mine are corrupted and I cannot resolve TIA Regards Tony Wilson Tel 08 9448 1517 Metal Artwork Creations 27 Ambridge St Hamersley WA 6022 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re Palatino

2006-06-27 Thread Wilson Tony
Please ignore issue - Problem resolved Regards Tony Wilson Tel 08 9448 1517 Metal Artwork Creations 27 Ambridge St Hamersley WA 6022 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

802.11g Mac Friendly Wireless Card

2006-06-27 Thread Antony N. Lord
I need to get a 17 PowerBook user going on our 802.11g wireless network here. Anyone recommend some Mac friendly brands? Cheers, Antony.

Re: Palatino Font Family

2006-06-27 Thread Wilson Tony
Thanks Ronnie For member's info, I had been meticulously following (or so I thought) the Take Control of Fonts in Mac OS X publication It is an exhaustive publication and it was only after one of my documents requested Palatino that I recalled putting it in a safe place as recommended,

Re: 802.11g Mac Friendly Wireless Card

2006-06-27 Thread Natas Porter
Hi Antony and list, when you say brands, do you mean brands of wireless AP..? cheers Nat On 27/06/2006, at 3:21 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: I need to get a 17 PowerBook user going on our 802.11g wireless network here. Anyone recommend some Mac friendly brands? Cheers, Antony. -- The WA

Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs

2006-06-27 Thread Holipac info
Phillipe, We have a MacBook Pro 17 running OS X and Windows under Boot Camp. It is fast. However, everything *read* about Parallels suggests it is very fast as well (possibly 90-95% of 'native' ), and the ease of use of Cmd- Tab to CAD rather than shutdown/reboot should be a major

basic video tutorial

2006-06-27 Thread kevin Lock
I am hoping that someone can help with a CD video of basic Mac 8/9 features to go with a shipment of Macs to Zimbabwe. I recall getting such a video CD with one of the Macs I bought a long time ago. The macs are going to a school where teachers and kids have NO computer experience. It is

Re: 802.11g Mac Friendly Wireless Card

2006-06-27 Thread Rob Davies
Afternoon Anthony, As far I know all 17 PB have wireless networking incorporated. Setup wireless network specifics in preferences. If this is the case of setting up a network at home or office I have not yet found any 803.11g devices that are not compatible with my 17 PB. Cheers! `Rob...

Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs

2006-06-27 Thread Josh McKinnon
On 26/06/2006, at 18:43 , J Philippe Chaperon wrote: Dear WAMUG'ers, I have a relative of mine thinking of moving from Windows to a Mac - Intel. However it is important for him to be able to run a CAD application, only available in Windows version, 3D rendering and Photoshop apps for

Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs

2006-06-27 Thread choy
Erm, I'm not sure where you're reading that parallels is *faster* than boot camp - it is the other way around. Which makes sense, since Parallels is using virtualisation to run 2 operating systems at once, vs. bootcamp - which is just running natively. I have both bootcamp and parallels

Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs

2006-06-27 Thread Robert Howells
Heh Dave, As I am on the side and looking on I do a fair bit of reading on Macintouch and the like. Their summary seems to be that Parallel's IS faster ... Which gels with the mails on this list .. So one wonders what is different with your installation Not that I have any desire to run

Re: Windows emulation/virtualisation on Intel Macs

2006-06-27 Thread Susan Hastings
What if, the speed of each depends on the configuration. I suspect that on a lower end intel Mac that Bootcamp will be faster, because its only one system being run, not two. Parallels may be faster if you have a faster computer with more RAM, although even then, you would think that only