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thanks - that's a pity because i rely quite a lot... 736 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks - that's a pity because i rely quite a lot on repeated all-day events - i'll have to change them somehow to events scheduled at a particular time of the day i presume

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Posted by sgrup, on Sep 3, 2003 at 06:49 AM, in Applications
'All Day Events' when syncing iCal with a T68i 736 Views / 4 Replies  
I've tried searching these forums for this problem - either I'm not good at searches in which case I apologise, or else this has not been a common problem with syncing iCal with a T68i:
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Posted by sgrup, on Sep 2, 2003 at 11:05 AM, in Applications
thanks - my main motivation is of being able to... 759 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks - my main motivation is of being able to reinstall the system without disturbing much else, if required. I think will install the OS and its applications on a partition, and all other apps on...
Posted by sgrup, on Jun 26, 2003 at 07:06 AM, in macOS
Recommended partitioning - os on separate partition?? 759 Views / 4 Replies  
I've never partitioned my HDs when installing OS's but I was keen on trying it. What are the general recommendations for drive partitioning?

Should the OS be on a partition on its own (5GB, say),...
Posted by sgrup, on Jun 25, 2003 at 10:45 AM, in macOS
my vote goes for LaTeX as well - i use TeXShop... 3,823 Views / 46 Replies  
my vote goes for LaTeX as well - i use TeXShop personally

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Posted by sgrup, on Jun 16, 2003 at 01:01 PM, in Applications
open-firmware has a number of uses - but the one... 1,257 Views / 7 Replies  
open-firmware has a number of uses - but the one you might need every now and then is when you cannot eject a CD in any other manner - boot in open-firmware and type 'eject cd' (lowercase) - easy and...
Posted by sgrup, on Jun 16, 2003 at 12:58 PM, in macOS
i never had KPs when connecting to smb volumes... 828 Views / 9 Replies  
i never had KPs when connecting to smb volumes but in the last few days i've been getting KPs every single time - not sure why - if anyone has a fix for this i'll be grateful since i cannot backup my...
Posted by sgrup, on May 13, 2003 at 10:29 AM, in macOS
is there a way of waking up from sleep when... 1,927 Views / 39 Replies  
is there a way of waking up from sleep when trying to access the computer remotely, ssh say - i keep my office desktop on (not on sleep) because i want to be able to access it from home, but i'd...
Posted by sgrup, on May 13, 2003 at 10:27 AM, in macOS
does anyone know how to get a word count in... 3,339 Views / 33 Replies  
does anyone know how to get a word count in texshop?

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Posted by sgrup, on May 12, 2003 at 07:36 AM, in Applications
what is the reason for not releasing the same... 1,476 Views / 21 Replies  
what is the reason for not releasing the same versions of AW northamer and international?

can anyone enlighten me pls

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Posted by sgrup, on Apr 25, 2003 at 09:26 AM, in macOS
VirtualDesktop - i couldn't live without it... 3,328 Views / 82 Replies  
VirtualDesktop - i couldn't live without it anymore

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Posted by sgrup, on Mar 31, 2003 at 10:09 AM, in Applications
I was actually trying to copy colours from one... 4,202 Views / 3 Replies  
I was actually trying to copy colours from one document to the other yesterday and I'm sure there must be a way of doing that - however I also had to revert to copying an object with that colour from...
Posted by sgrup, on Mar 20, 2003 at 10:20 AM, in macOS
yes - i thinnk you're right - however once your... 710 Views / 9 Replies  
yes - i thinnk you're right - however once your Unicode keyboard layout is selected, the keyboard will switch automatically between it and the default non-Unicode layout as you go from app to app, so...
Posted by sgrup, on Mar 13, 2003 at 02:24 PM, in macOS
I agree with your first point, however, and here... 710 Views / 9 Replies  
I agree with your first point, however, and here I can only speak of apps i use regularly, many apps seem to be Unicode-savvy - I'm not sure about this but aren't all Cocoa apps Unicode-aware?

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Posted by sgrup, on Mar 13, 2003 at 01:31 PM, in macOS
I started off using the Croatian.keylayout (for... 790 Views / 7 Replies  
I started off using the Croatian.keylayout (for no particular reason other than it was fairly simliar to what I needed in the first place, it's in /System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/Unicdoe...
Posted by sgrup, on Mar 13, 2003 at 11:06 AM, in macOS
Hash, I've created a custom keyboard layout... 790 Views / 7 Replies  
Hash,

I've created a custom keyboard layout for my language by taking a Unicode keyboard layout (.keylayout file) and modifying it accordingly.
I then placed this file in /System/Library/Keyboard...
Posted by sgrup, on Mar 13, 2003 at 09:57 AM, in macOS
this has always worked for me so far - even when... 1,595 Views / 13 Replies  
this has always worked for me so far - even when the CD wasn't showing at all in the Finder:

fstat | grep Diskname (to see if any files are open)
df (to get the /dev name of the drive) ...
Posted by sgrup, on Feb 25, 2003 at 10:37 AM, in macOS
thanks - i'll try that straight away s 1,259 Views / 6 Replies  
thanks - i'll try that straight away
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Posted by sgrup, on Feb 7, 2003 at 11:18 AM, in macOS
remote wake up? stil no way of doing this? 1,259 Views / 6 Replies  
I've found a number of older posts saying that remotely waking up a computer from sleep is not possible - has this been changed since - is it still impossible to do with jaguar

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Posted by sgrup, on Feb 7, 2003 at 09:26 AM, in macOS
if you've got the os x matlab then it's very easy... 2,705 Views / 30 Replies  
if you've got the os x matlab then it's very easy to get it to use Apple's X11 rather than the ver of X11 it comes with - just post again if you need instructions on how to do that

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Posted by sgrup, on Jan 22, 2003 at 06:58 AM, in macOS
nope - not as far as I know - and stuff i have... 652 Views / 5 Replies  
nope - not as far as I know - and stuff i have (such as DragThing) i've been using for a while without any problems

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Posted by sgrup, on Jan 18, 2003 at 10:16 AM, in macOS
crash log upon startup - anyone can read this? 652 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm getting this crash log upon startup and I'm also having problems with one of my printers (print center will not find it any more) - could these problems be related?


Date/Time: 2003-01-18...
Posted by sgrup, on Jan 18, 2003 at 09:56 AM, in macOS
Actually I suspect the problem is from the... 688 Views / 8 Replies  
Actually I suspect the problem is from the PowerMac which is the one connected to the modem rather than the iBook - one weird thing which is happening is that when I switch internet sharing on, it...
Posted by sgrup, on Dec 23, 2002 at 10:23 AM, in macOS
indeed - the reason that I want to share the... 688 Views / 8 Replies  
indeed - the reason that I want to share the connection is because I do not want to install the Alcatel frog drivers on my iBook (bad experience with that myself) - unfortunately the ISP at my home...
Posted by sgrup, on Dec 23, 2002 at 10:06 AM, in macOS
no replies means that no one has had this problem... 688 Views / 8 Replies  
no replies means that no one has had this problem before?

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Posted by sgrup, on Dec 23, 2002 at 05:38 AM, in macOS
Internet Sharing problem 688 Views / 8 Replies  
I have an iBook connected to a PowerMac. The latter is connected to the rest of the world via USB ADSL and I was trying to share this internet connection with my iBook. A standard ethernet cable...
Posted by sgrup, on Dec 20, 2002 at 01:19 PM, in macOS
wouldn't OmniWeb 5.0 be a valid candidate as... 3,791 Views / 75 Replies  
wouldn't OmniWeb 5.0 be a valid candidate as Apple's default browser (even the icon - the original one that is - already looks like an apple icon)?

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Posted by sgrup, on Dec 9, 2002 at 07:23 AM, in macOS
Mail.app signature format 829 Views / 5 Replies  
I was surprised I could not find anything about this problem on these forums - I have Mail.app set for rich text and one of my signatures has some text with a different font size - however when I add...
Posted by sgrup, on Dec 9, 2002 at 07:10 AM, in macOS
fully agree - if all software companies had such... 731 Views / 6 Replies  
fully agree - if all software companies had such a good support and customer relations!!

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Posted by sgrup, on Dec 1, 2002 at 01:38 PM, in Applications
VirtualDesktop claims it is an expired beta when it actually is v2 731 Views / 6 Replies  
I've been using v2 of VirtualDesktop and it's been working fine, however today (nov 30th) it decided to quit functioning claiming that it is an expired beta, when it actually is the full final...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 30, 2002 at 09:48 AM, in Applications
could this possibly be due ti the individual 'id'... 790 Views / 7 Replies  
could this possibly be due ti the individual 'id' number that each Unicode layout must have?

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Posted by sgrup, on Nov 27, 2002 at 06:00 AM, in macOS
Creating a custom keyboard layout 790 Views / 7 Replies  
I've been trying to create a custom keyboard layout by creating an xml .keylayout file. This works fine, however I'm having a few glitches:

(1) - when I log in, a third keyboard layout appears in...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 26, 2002 at 07:20 AM, in macOS
Creating a custom keyboard layout 470 Views / 0 Replies  
I've been trying to create a custom keyboard layout by creating an xml .keylayout file. This works fine, however I'm having a few glitches:

(1) - when I log in, a third keyboard layout appears in...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 24, 2002 at 06:18 PM, in Developer Center
The only solution I could find to this is to... 710 Views / 9 Replies  
The only solution I could find to this is to write a new keyboard layout (.keylayout) - I'm in the process of doing that but, is creating a new .keylayout file enough? It seems to work fine in Apps...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 21, 2002 at 05:41 AM, in macOS
one of the keyboard options, together with the... 710 Views / 9 Replies  
one of the keyboard options, together with the million or so languages supported, is Unicode Hex Input. when selected, the Unicode number can be input with the option key held down. cmd-space will...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 20, 2002 at 08:36 AM, in macOS
if you don't clean install then you should have... 421 Views / 2 Replies  
if you don't clean install then you should have both OS up and running, use classic through OS X or boot in OS 9 - however you should still backup before...

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Posted by sgrup, on Nov 20, 2002 at 07:53 AM, in macOS
Can I change key combinations to type special characters with Unicode fonts? 710 Views / 9 Replies  
I would like to change the characters output by certain key combinations when typing - can this be done? - for example, I want that typing opt-z would give me some other character rather than ...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 20, 2002 at 06:32 AM, in macOS
Scrolling in Preview.app 559 Views / 0 Replies  
So far I'm resisting the temptation of using Acrobat over Preview for pdfs. The single issue which bothers me most with Preview.app is that scrolling does not seem to work as it should. The arrow...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 14, 2002 at 08:00 PM, in Applications
Re: VNC? 889 Views / 7 Replies  
VNC will indeed allow you to open a window displaying a remote desktop and give you full control of that desktop. You will require a server on the remote computer to be running and a viewer on your...
Posted by sgrup, on Nov 9, 2002 at 09:39 AM, in macOS
A must for all computers is GraphicConverter -... 1,135 Views / 15 Replies  
A must for all computers is GraphicConverter - well at least it the single most useful piece of software if you use graphics and want to change from one format to the other

As someone suggested...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 31, 2002 at 07:13 PM, in Applications
Re: cannot mget with sftp 1,670 Views / 3 Replies  
thx - that worked fine and highlighted my ignorance when it comes to command line stuff

still i wonder why sftp behaves so differently between the 2 machines

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Posted by sgrup, on Oct 18, 2002 at 06:19 PM, in macOS
cannot mget with sftp 1,670 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm trying to transfer files between 2 Macs via a Unix/Sun machine (firewall reasons) - so i first ssh'd from my iBook to the Unix/Sun machine from which I sftp'd to my Powermac and downloaded files...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 18, 2002 at 05:12 PM, in macOS
I've had the same problem but with completely... 841 Views / 11 Replies  
I've had the same problem but with completely different apps - upon installing jaguar, the first thing I did was to delete IE but when i clicked a link in an email it still opened explorer from the...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 14, 2002 at 05:22 PM, in macOS
it might not be the same problem, but i was... 554 Views / 3 Replies  
it might not be the same problem, but i was having similar behaviour, ie no mail and no error messages, when I had no password entered in the account details

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Posted by sgrup, on Oct 14, 2002 at 05:14 PM, in Applications
no- deleting the messagesfrom your IN does not... 511 Views / 1 Replies  
no- deleting the messagesfrom your IN does not delete the messages from the server - to do this you have options in the preferences panel (Accounts -> Advanced) which allow you to decide when the...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 14, 2002 at 05:09 PM, in Applications
i've actually just realised that the way i grip... 3,522 Views / 105 Replies  
i've actually just realised that the way i grip the mouse (single button one) is a very open grip which means that my second and third fingers lie on the right hand edge of the mouse - this leads me...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 11, 2002 at 11:46 AM, in macOS
this debate will never end - there isn't an... 3,522 Views / 105 Replies  
this debate will never end - there isn't an optimal number of buttons on a mouse, it is all a matter of personal preferences and habits. I personally use the single button mouse - i find the design...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 9, 2002 at 07:30 AM, in macOS
it's not 1st of April today, isn't it?! s 2,365 Views / 17 Replies  
it's not 1st of April today, isn't it?!
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Posted by sgrup, on Oct 9, 2002 at 07:10 AM, in macOS
is a clean install really that important or will... 1,601 Views / 23 Replies  
is a clean install really that important or will installing over 10.1.5 work just as fine - i know different people have had different views on this but is there any reason why a clean install should...
Posted by sgrup, on Oct 9, 2002 at 07:07 AM, in macOS
Changing desktop still misbehaves: (OS X v10.1.5,... 1,270 Views / 15 Replies  
Changing desktop still misbehaves: (OS X v10.1.5, VD v2.0B2.1)

- correct image file name is now displayed next to each desktop but desktop picture itself does not change
- relaunching Finder will...
Posted by sgrup, on Sep 11, 2002 at 05:10 AM, in Applications
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