Re: System Preferences

2017-06-02 Thread Ronda Brown
ON either when you first installed Sierra > back sometime in February 2017 or in an update since. > And depending on what you have selected in System Preferences > iCloud Drive > - Options you might already have all your Documents and Desktop files stored > in iCloud Drive in the ‘clo

Re: System Preferences

2017-05-28 Thread Ronni Brown
lled Sierra back sometime in February 2017 or in an update since. And depending on what you have selected in System Preferences > iCloud Drive - Options you might already have all your Documents and Desktop files stored in iCloud Drive in the ‘cloud’. And depending on what you have selected in iClo

Re: System Preferences

2017-05-28 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
ate your and other people's patience. > > regards, > Jennifer > > On 26 May 2017 at 22:05, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jennifer, >> >> You can still access System Preferences from the Apple Logo > System >> Preferences. Exact

Re: System Preferences

2017-05-27 Thread Ronni Brown
ou can’t get rid of iCloud Drive - you can turn if OFF… but seeing as you have already turned iCloud Drive ON either when you first installed Sierra back sometime in February 2017 or in an update since. And depending on what you have selected in System Preferences > iCloud Drive - Options you mig

Re: System Preferences

2017-05-26 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
. regards, Jennifer On 26 May 2017 at 22:05, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > You can still access System Preferences from the Apple Logo > System > Preferences. Exactly as you did in previous OS X systems. > The Window you are seeing is in System Preference

Re: System Preferences

2017-05-26 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Jennifer, You can still access System Preferences from the Apple Logo > System Preferences. Exactly as you did in previous OS X systems. The Window you are seeing is in System Preferences > iCloud. Just click the back Arrow < in that iCloud window to go back to see the whol

System Preferences

2017-05-26 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Previously, when choosing System Preferences under the apple emblem top left, there was a window with groups of elements where it was possible to choose between the printer, mouse, desk top etc. and select options within them. I can no longer find a way to access this, but instead have a window

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-27 Thread cm
items take up resources by eating CPU cycles, reserving memory for their use, or running background processes that you may not even use. The current Macs handle having more apps open at startup much better than previous models. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-26 Thread Ronda Brown
not even use. The current Macs handle having more apps open at startup much better than previous models. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone any comment on this? In Lion, SystemPreferences

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-26 Thread Severin Crisp
at startup much better than previous models. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone any comment on this? In Lion, SystemPreferences, iPhoto, iMovie, App Store all quit when the window closes

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-26 Thread S Beach
better than previous models. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone any comment on this? In Lion, SystemPreferences, iPhoto, iMovie, App Store all quit when the window closes because you can't

Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-25 Thread Severin Crisp
. To this end only running applications whether hidden or not show on the dock. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone any comment on this? I am not convinced that Launchpad has any advantages over my

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-25 Thread Bill Cole
/modernise/get with it/update or whatever and use Launchpad. To this end only running applications whether hidden or not show on the dock. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone any comment on this? I

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-25 Thread Severin Crisp
to go with the flow/modernise/get with it/update or whatever and use Launchpad. To this end only running applications whether hidden or not show on the dock. System Preferences is an anomaly. Though set as a startup item it starts and then vanishes whether set as hidden or not. Has anyone

Re: System Preferences corrupted

2010-04-01 Thread Robin Belford
Sorry, I was using the royal we, as in the list discussion. If it wasn't this list it was another one. Glad to hear it fixed your problem. regards robin On 01/04/2010, at 1:10 PM, Kaye and Geoff wrote: Robin We've been here before, you can trawl through the archives or you can try this

Re: System Preferences corrupted

2010-03-31 Thread Kaye and Geoff
Robin We've been here before, you can trawl through the archives or you can try this link from apple. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730909tstart=120http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730909tstart=120 Thanks Robin, we did not remember any discussion of

System Preferences corrupted

2010-03-30 Thread Kaye and Geoff
Hi I normally connect to the internet through an ethernet connection to my partner's machine, but I've just been testing a wireless broadband connection, which seems to have left my System Preferences corrupted. Now, every time I open System Preferences and select Network I get a pop-up box

Re: Road to Mac OSX Leopard: System Preferences

2007-10-30 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 29/10/2007, at 3:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi WAMUGers, Since installing Leopard and finding out how to remotely control Macs on my Network Remotely, I came across this showing where System Preferences came from, and what's new. I found it interesting and possibly some of you

Road to Mac OSX Leopard: System Preferences

2007-10-28 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi WAMUGers, Since installing Leopard and finding out how to remotely control Macs on my Network Remotely, I came across this showing where System Preferences came from, and what's new. I found it interesting and possibly some of you will also. http://www.appleinsider.com/print.php?id

Re: Removing Photos from Desktop/Screen Saver System Preferences

2006-06-10 Thread Ronda Brown
On 09/06/2006, at 9:12 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Help I've done a real dumb thing. I accidently chose a GB worth of photos in iPhoto and chose desktop from the share menu. My available HD space has gone down by 1 GB suggesting all the photos have been stored somewhere. In system prefs I

Re: Removing Photos from Desktop/Screen Saver System Preferences

2006-06-10 Thread Ronda Brown
On 10/06/2006, at 7:14 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 09/06/2006, at 9:12 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Help I've done a real dumb thing. I accidently chose a GB worth of photos in iPhoto and chose desktop from the share menu. My available HD space has gone down by 1 GB suggesting all the photos

Re: Removing Photos from Desktop/Screen Saver System Preferences

2006-06-10 Thread Rod Blitvich
Also look in your Home Folder Pictures iPhoto Library Desktop Folder or iPhoto Selection Hit the nail on the head Ronni! Thanks a million. And thanks to the other kind souls including Bob and Chris. Cheers Rod on 10/6/06 7:52 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Removing Photos from Desktop/Screen Saver System Preferences

2006-06-09 Thread Rod Blitvich
Help I've done a real dumb thing. I accidently chose a GB worth of photos in iPhoto and chose desktop from the share menu. My available HD space has gone down by 1 GB suggesting all the photos have been stored somewhere. In system prefs I can select other settings for Desktop, but I can't seem to

System preferences

2006-05-10 Thread Lloyd White
Mac OS 10.4.6 My system preferences keep changing. Eg, I set an application to open in the Login items and next start it has disappeared. I have TapDex which I mark as Open on Log-in and click on Start TapDex but on next start it has gone. Some items in the Log-in Items, which I have removed

Re: System preferences

2006-05-10 Thread James Devenish
Hi Lloyd, Although I can't imagine why your startup items are being difficult, it could be a permissions problem. Startup items are recorded in ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist James.

Re: System preferences

2006-05-10 Thread Lloyd White
Thanks James, That was the preference I was looking for. I trashed it and reapplied the applications and the preferences are now holding. Lloyd Hi Lloyd, Although I can't imagine why your startup items are being difficult, it could be a permissions problem. Startup items are recorded