Hi there,Would anyone of you know how to export a man page as a pdf?-jns Mac mini 1.5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) ...
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Problems with pop mail accountSat, 29 Mar 2008 07:20:00 GMTI have my yahoo mail account in my mail box set up as a pop account.Every now and again a box will come up saying the pop mail account has rejected the password. So, i type the password in and a minute later it says it again. This can happen all the time someties then just every now and again o...
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Leftovers?Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:35:00 GMTI have never been able to click the curly arrow next to messages I replied to or the straight arrow next to messages I forwarded without getting an error like"Mail was unable to find your response to the message “XXXX”. You may have deleted the message."I started researching this today and ran...
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Finder window closes when I click on some filesSat, 29 Mar 2008 10:20:00 GMTWhen I'm in the third finder view (list?) and select certain files the finder window just closes (crashes?). The files it's happening with right now are a .psd and a .psb. Both files open fine in Photoshop, show fine in Bridge and do not crash the finder in the other 2 views. Both fil...
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Open .swf files localFri, 28 Mar 2008 20:24:00 GMTHi,with Macromedia flash paper, I created some swf-files. It is no problem to upload these files and watch it with Safari, but how is it possible to open a swf-file on my iBook directly, eg. with a double click?I tried to set Safari as the default applicaton for opening it, but it is not availa...
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How to Copy or Duplicate Video DVD's With Superdrive?Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:00:00 GMTCopying CD's to the harddrive and then duplicating them on blank Cd's is easy. But what about DVD's? I have several DVD's of good movies, TV programs, etc. that I have recorded off of TV. I would like to make duplicates of some of them. If I insert a recorded DVD and have ch...
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Unblocking Apps?Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:52:00 GMTA while back I blocked an application for my kids (World Of Warcraft). It was a bout a month ago and I was punishing them for a month and now I have forgotten how to unblock it Mac OS X (10.4.8) ...
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New disk image is not encryptedFri, 28 Mar 2008 12:59:00 GMTI created a disk image out of a folder on my hard drive and opted for encryption, but when I click on the new disk image, its contents are readily accessible. Should I not be prompted for a password? 15 FW800 1.6Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3) ...
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Keychain Access!Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:16:00 GMTi forgot the wireless internet password in my computer where i used to connect from it before,a friend told me that i could use the Keychain Access to retrieve my password, is that possible!? anyone have an idea?!thanks MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.10) ...
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doouble voowelsFri, 28 Mar 2008 21:25:00 GMTEver since I upgraded to OS X about a year and a half ago, I notice that my typing has gotten sloppy. For some reason, I'm always typing double vowels now. That is, when I proof my work, I keeping finding instances of words where a vowel has been typed twice... i.e "spell" ends up spelled...
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Tiger on iNtel iMac "Printing" over Airport to HP 2100MFri, 28 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMTNice new iNtel iMac 2GHz running Airport Extreme can't print via Airport to a networked HP 2100M. The HP has an EIO card and it's connected to the LAN by that cable.I have an old iMac that's hardwired to an ethernet hub that's being driven by the AEB and the HP 2100M is also...
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Default Printer not sticking in 10.4.10 (Previous posts keep getting cutWed, 09 Apr 2008 12:20:00 GMTSorry, my previous posts keep getting cut off after the first line. This is something I've just noticed in the last few days. I have three printers plus the Adobe PDF printer in my printer list: an Epson SC Photo 2200 with all of its variants, an Epson SC 740, a LaserWriter IIg (in great s...
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deleting a display calibrationWed, 09 Apr 2008 11:23:00 GMTI calibrate my displays with some frequency and want to deleteuseless profiles. Where are they hiding?Thanks! G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10) ...
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Add a static routeFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:04:00 GMTI want to add a static route but when I add it, if I shutdown the OS I lose it. How can I do to don't lose this route when I reboot or shutdown the OS? Thank you....
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this is so basic, i didn't knoe where to put itTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:25:00 GMThiMac people!here is my question! (sorry if it is not on the right forum, 1st timer)i erased by moving it out of the mac window finder, the network icon, the one above the harddrive icon, just over the desktop, user, movies, etc bar on the left of the finder window...how do i restore this icon?...
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Universal & RosettaSat, 29 Mar 2008 07:20:00 GMTCould someone be kind enough to explain to me how all the universal programs work and if they can work with Windows? And what is Rosetta? Can someone explain to me or show me a link of how Rosetta works and if i Can open it to make a specific .exe file run?Thanks Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)...
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Info as to whether or not a blind copy has been sentTue, 22 Apr 2008 13:12:00 GMTSometimes I like to recheck whether or not I have blind copied someone. When checking my sent mail, there doesn't seem to be any indication if this has actually been done. Is there a way to check on this? PowerMac G4 (10.3.9) 2 GB ram ? PowerBook G4 (10.4) 1GB ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)...
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Mail red circle doesn’t appear on the dockFri, 28 Mar 2008 23:07:00 GMTOk, I have done a stupid thing (*sigh*), using an open source software for fonts and by mistake deleted some fonts from my hard disk. I restored the fonts, but for some reason, I don’t see the red circle on the dock, showing I have a new mail. Any suggestions?G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)...
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GarageBand was in my toolbar, & now it's not. How do I find it?Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:54:00 GMTThis probably qualifies as a moronic question, but Garage Band recently disappeared from my tool bar / dock and I'd like to get it back. I can't find it in Applications and Spotlight doesn't locate it either. I suspect that means I have to reinstall it from my Tiger disks. Right?...
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Total War gamesSat, 29 Mar 2008 10:18:00 GMTWill any Total War games ever be released on the Mac, or are we doomed to claim Imperial Glory as the Mac combat-based-rule-the-world-game? MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) ...
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More (user) folders than accounts!Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:30:00 GMTI just got a laptop and I've been playing around with the accounts (the reseller creates an Adminstrator account to start with and I wanted to change the name of it).What I've managed to wind up with however are three separate folders in my User folder, with only one account under "Ac...
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Graphics Card Dilemma 9800 Pro or 9600 ProWed, 19 Mar 2008 21:30:00 GMTI have a dual 867 G4 in which I have just recently upgraded the stock graphics card to the new dual PC/Mac ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. I now have the opportunity to install a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro which is the genuine Mac version and not a PC reflashed one.My dilemma is should I change the cards? Which...
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IM programs & sleep - issues?Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:04:00 GMTMy wife has an account on my machine. both of us are usually logged in and she always leaves iChat and Fire running (stupid IM stuff). Anyway, does that kind of connection hinder the computer going to sleep? Also, what happens to that stuff if I log into my account? I am not one to leave things...
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Fonts are strangeFri, 28 Mar 2008 16:05:00 GMTFonts can be confusing and annoying. I have a number of font families such as Swiss, Avantgarde and others and the files are PFB and and PFM... I understand about TTF files, but I have always had problems getting those strange styles fonts installed and working properly.I do know that they work...
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Mail shuts down & opens again over & over & overSat, 29 Mar 2008 07:28:00 GMTMy mail program shuts down and then automatically re-opens itself.Even if I force quit, the mail program just starts up again.This happens over and over again. The only solution is to reboot.However, after a number of hours of usage, this problem repeats itself.Does this sound like a virus? Or,...
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upgrade probs: 10.4.3, disk utility, & missing smart mboxsFri, 21 Mar 2008 21:09:00 GMTOn our new edition of 10.4.3, I am so far unable to burn a DVD-R using Disk Utility Version 10.5.3 (198.5), although I'm burning CDs with iTunes just fine.This is my unit, a PB G4 15"... I create the disk image, it shows up in the Disk Utility, I click on burn, it asks for a blank disk, th...
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Terminal opens then closesThu, 10 Apr 2008 01:08:00 GMTSomething has happened to my terminal application that has made it unusable to me. When I click on terminal either after searching for it in spotlight or by an icon that is on my desktop, it opens then immediately closes. It is possible I might have tweaked a setting a while back that caused it...
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Folders turned into MPEGs?Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:15:00 GMTHi,Something very strange has happened on my computer. Certain folders now appear as MPEG-1 Video files in my finder!I'm pretty sure they were empty folders, but I can't be sure, esp. since I can no longer open them. They now have an mpeg icon, and are listed as "MPEG-1 Video" under f...
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Mail opens but won't receive emails (Mail 2.0.5 on 10.4.3)Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:18:00 GMTI had recently upgraded to 10.4.3, and shortly after had to have my iBook (G3 800mhz) sent off to have it's logic board replaced. Now that i have it back, I've found when I open Mail, the program will open and the grey wheel symbol by the inbox spins and spins but never receives my em...
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Anyone having problems with Sorenson Squeeze?Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:09:00 GMTHi, not sure if this is the correct forum but wondered if anyone else has had this problem. I am using the latest version of SS and the latest Quicktime and for some reason when I compress the file after it finishes it completely disappears from the folder where I've designated it to go. I...
Hi,Something very strange has happened on my computer. Certain folders now appear as MPEG-1 Video files in my finder!I'm pretty sure they were empty folders, but I can't be sure, esp. since I can no longer open them. They now have an mpeg icon, and are listed as "MPEG-1 Video" under f...
I had recently upgraded to 10.4.3, and shortly after had to have my iBook (G3 800mhz) sent off to have it's logic board replaced. Now that i have it back, I've found when I open Mail, the program will open and the grey wheel symbol by the inbox spins and spins but never receives my em...
Hi, not sure if this is the correct forum but wondered if anyone else has had this problem. I am using the latest version of SS and the latest Quicktime and for some reason when I compress the file after it finishes it completely disappears from the folder where I've designated it to go. I...
I have a dual 867 G4 in which I have just recently upgraded the stock graphics card to the new dual PC/Mac ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. I now have the opportunity to install a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro which is the genuine Mac version and not a PC reflashed one.My dilemma is should I change the cards? Which...
My wife has an account on my machine. both of us are usually logged in and she always leaves iChat and Fire running (stupid IM stuff). Anyway, does that kind of connection hinder the computer going to sleep? Also, what happens to that stuff if I log into my account? I am not one to leave things...
Fonts can be confusing and annoying. I have a number of font families such as Swiss, Avantgarde and others and the files are PFB and and PFM... I understand about TTF files, but I have always had problems getting those strange styles fonts installed and working properly.I do know that they work...
My mail program shuts down and then automatically re-opens itself.Even if I force quit, the mail program just starts up again.This happens over and over again. The only solution is to reboot.However, after a number of hours of usage, this problem repeats itself.Does this sound like a virus? Or,...
On our new edition of 10.4.3, I am so far unable to burn a DVD-R using Disk Utility Version 10.5.3 (198.5), although I'm burning CDs with iTunes just fine.This is my unit, a PB G4 15"... I create the disk image, it shows up in the Disk Utility, I click on burn, it asks for a blank disk, th...
Something has happened to my terminal application that has made it unusable to me. When I click on terminal either after searching for it in spotlight or by an icon that is on my desktop, it opens then immediately closes. It is possible I might have tweaked a setting a while back that caused it...
Will any Total War games ever be released on the Mac, or are we doomed to claim Imperial Glory as the Mac combat-based-rule-the-world-game? MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) ...