Hi Rick, Thanks again. I'll try this stuff you're giving me when I have a breath at the main computer. I'm out and about on the laptop again (busy). I'll remember the YM 3.0 Beta is the one for my Mac. Nice to be in contact with a "fellow Mac user" online. I appreciate your help. R
--- In [email protected], "Rick Rudge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Robyn, > > Again, I wouldn't delete Y!M entirely, but just use Adium instead. That way, if > one of your friends, with a web cam, ever got on-line, you could simply quit > out of Adium and launch Y!M for the Macintosh and you'd be able to see them > live. I still prefer using Adium for simple IM, but I also like Y! M for video > conferencing. > > If you would like to have the Y!M icon stay on the dock, you simply launch Y!M. > The Y!M icon should be on your dock. Next you click and hold onto the Y!M > icon. There should be a pop-up menu that comes up with the Keep In Dock > menu command. That will keep your Y!M icon on the dock for quick access. > > Oh, another printer Macintosh user! Just like me. :-) I can't speak for your > printer vendor, but most Mac users are more than happy to lend a hand to > another fellow Mac user. > > --Rick > > --- In [email protected], "grafixrlarsen" <grafixrlarsen@> wrote: > > > > Hello Again Rick, I had installed Adium last year. Used it for a > > while....I spose I could delete all the YM's and just use that > > again? There was some hangup with it: like I couldn't get it off > > the desktop into the dock and something else that bugged me. > > > > I use a PC laptop when I'm out and about and am currently emailing > > you for there. Thanks for your helpful info. Only my printer uses > > Mac in my circle (and he wants to charge me for "help", I'm sure.) > > Robyn > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Rudge" <rickrudge@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello grafixriarsen, > > > > > > Yes, I love my Titanium PowerMac at home and my mirrored-door > > PowerMac > > > at my work (I'm a printer). I don't think that I'm any kind of > > Macintosh expert, > > > but just know a few things (from the school of hard knocks) to > > keep me out of > > > trouble. Fortunately, there's a bunch of knowledgeable people > > here that can > > > help. Best of luck to you. > > > > > > --Rick > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "grafixrlarsen" > > <grafixrlarsen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, Rick! Makes sense (r u a mac user or just > > knowledgeable?). > > > > Thank you anyhoo - will do. R > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Rudge" > > <rickrudge@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello grafixriarsen, > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I've noticed that Y!M for the Mac doesn't update the > > > > original version. > > > > > Instead, it installs the other newer version on your Macintosh > > > > along side the > > > > > older one. I guess that the reasoning is that, if you wanted > > to > > > > go back to > > > > > using the older version that you could. However, with the > > > > libraries being > > > > > changed with the newest update that this may no longer be > > possible. > > > > > > > > > > It might be better if you drug the older version (or all > > versions) > > > > of Y!M into the > > > > > trash and delete it and then re-install the newest version of > > Y! > > > > M. Then it might > > > > > work better for you. > > > > > > > > > > Also, have you considered using Adium X instead. If you use > > > > multiple Instant > > > > > Message programs at once, it might be better for you to use > > Adium > > > > instead. It > > > > > simultaneously connects to all of your IM servers at once, so > > you > > > > don't have a > > > > > chance to miss anybody. Adium doesn't take advantage of video > > > > conferencing > > > > > however, so you may want to keep your Y!M anyway. > > > > > > > > > > I hope that this works for you. Best of luck. > > > > > > > > > > --Rick > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "grafixrlarsen" > > > > <grafixrlarsen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm really having a problem using YM. It appears I have 4 > > of the > > > > > > program installed in my apps folder on my MAC OSX? Any icon > > I > > > > click > > > > > > wants to go through ANOTHER installation process? > > > > > > > > > > > > Using YM on my PC is a little better, however, MSN Messenger > > > > works > > > > > > fluidly with ease from both my PC and my Mac! What's up > > with YM? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
