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Transfer photos from Aperture to iPhoto 6 952 Views / 9 Replies  
I'll be interested to see how I will be able to move files from Aperture to iPhoto 6 so I can use them with iWeb and Photocasting.

Maybe a bit of AppleScripting is in order.
Posted by wreising, on Jan 12, 2006 at 02:45 PM, in Applications
This could be cool. 1,855 Views / 45 Replies  
I'd rather have this display show recommended titles based on what I'm viewing in my library.

It would have to take into consideration ALL of the music that I already have.

Could be cool.
Posted by wreising, on Jan 10, 2006 at 05:59 PM, in Applications
Print to remote Mac 362 Views / 1 Replies  
I have two Macs. One has a static IP address, so I can get to it from anywhere. I'd like to be able to print to an attached printer. So two questions:

1) Can I do this? - I have 10.4.1 on both...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 1, 2005 at 02:16 AM, in macOS
I should have mentioned that I tried this. I got... 717 Views / 5 Replies  
I should have mentioned that I tried this. I got an error because I was using the same email address. I even tried one of the .Mac aliases. No good.

Apparently, .Mac stores the account files...
Posted by wreising, on May 5, 2005 at 01:03 AM, in Applications
Mail 2 and multiple SMTP servers? 717 Views / 5 Replies  
Is there a way to select the SMTP server that Mail 2 will use when sending mail?
As it stands now, I have Mail set to the SMTP server I use most often on my Powerbook, but when I go home, I need to...
Posted by wreising, on May 4, 2005 at 08:54 PM, in Applications
This has to be a bug. It is much too annoying to... 1,121 Views / 11 Replies  
This has to be a bug. It is much too annoying to have been done on purpose.
I've used the feedback to ask Apple to fix this.
It makes printing week calendars worthless.
Posted by wreising, on May 4, 2005 at 12:20 PM, in Applications
Does Tiger know my iPod mini is Blue? 1,330 Views / 13 Replies  
While syncing my blue iPod mini, I noticed that the icon showed a blue mini.

Is this a coincidence? Or does Tiger know which color the mini is? That would be cool.
Posted by wreising, on May 3, 2005 at 08:34 AM, in macOS
The AppleStore is Down. 543 Views / 4 Replies  
I tried to watch the Tiger presentation, but can't because the store is down with a back soon message.

Has anyone watched that presentation yet? Is is any good?
Posted by wreising, on May 3, 2005 at 08:07 AM, in macOS
Mail Smart Folder was a processor HOG (+Solution) 489 Views / 1 Replies  
I don't even think that Hog is the right animal to compare this Smart Folder to. Hogs don't eat as much.

I had a Smart Folder in Mail set to contain all of Today's mail. No problem for a couple...
Posted by wreising, on May 2, 2005 at 08:22 PM, in macOS
Neat Tiger Trick - Reload a Widget 1,836 Views / 12 Replies  
Select a Widget and hit Command+R and sit back and watch.

That is cool.
Posted by wreising, on Apr 30, 2005 at 06:02 PM, in macOS
What options in Disk Utility gets rid of the... 40,272 Views / 280 Replies  
What options in Disk Utility gets rid of the Safari Warning?
Posted by wreising, on Apr 30, 2005 at 04:32 PM, in macOS
Getting everything updated and tweaked to my... 6,296 Views / 81 Replies  
Getting everything updated and tweaked to my liking took a little while.
I've had some issues with Mail, which have been resolved, and found that other things, like my Airport performance, were...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 30, 2005 at 04:10 PM, in macOS
Tiger fixed my Airport Express 950 Views / 8 Replies  
Don't ask me to explain how this works but here it is.

Prior to Tiger, my Airport range on my 12inch PB from one specific Airport Express sucked. I mean 1 bar at 25 feet, and spotty at that.
...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 30, 2005 at 04:08 AM, in macOS
Widgets you install are located in... 2,016 Views / 24 Replies  
Widgets you install are located in user/library/widgets

I couldn't find a way to pull one out of the Dashboard widget drawer.
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2005 at 09:59 PM, in macOS
iCal learned how to print... mostly... 544 Views / 0 Replies  
iCal can finally print calendars that can be used by actual humans. Very exciting.

You can now use small text so events longer than 8 letters will fit.

However, When printing by Month or Week,...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2005 at 06:14 PM, in macOS
I second that WTF? 40,272 Views / 280 Replies  
I second that WTF?
Posted by wreising, on Apr 28, 2005 at 11:52 PM, in macOS
I like it. It's different and just looks cool. ... 4,639 Views / 57 Replies  
I like it. It's different and just looks cool.
But I don't really mind the collection of inconsistent UI's in OSX
Posted by wreising, on Apr 28, 2005 at 11:51 PM, in macOS
How do I kill the Safari download warning? 1,313 Views / 7 Replies  
With Safari RSS when I download a DMG that has an application in it, Safari brings up a warning box asking me if I really want to do this.

This is terribly annoying. Can I turn just the warning...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 28, 2005 at 08:37 PM, in macOS
Mail's been giving me problems 1,305 Views / 16 Replies  
It will crash twice, then ask me to enter my account info, then work.
Until I restart and then two more crashes.

I did an update install, so I probably have to trash all the mail prefs, etc...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 28, 2005 at 05:52 PM, in macOS
Tiger - Same old Home Folder Icons? 932 Views / 9 Replies  
Come on Apple. We've had the same lame icons for Home Folder contents like Music, Documents, Movies, etc... since OS X 10.0

They were lame them and even more lame now.

Tiger is visually...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 28, 2005 at 06:13 AM, in macOS
On or before 4/28 27,963 Views / 520 Replies  
I had planned on taking the rest of the day off as soon as Tiger arrived. If mine might arrive on the 28th I'll have to reschedule some things :) :) :)
Posted by wreising, on Apr 15, 2005 at 11:45 PM, in macOS
Solution for serial number "tagging" Word Documents? 464 Views / 0 Replies  
I have a need to tag Word Documents with a serial number of sorts.

For example: The first document that I create in 2005 would have a small 05001 in the lower left corner and the 105th document...
Posted by wreising, on Feb 24, 2005 at 04:40 PM, in Applications
I really like it 1,010 Views / 11 Replies  
I've had my .mac address since the day iTools came out (I was at that Macworld) and have never regretted it.

However, I can't argue with people that think that it is overpriced. It is expensive,...
Posted by wreising, on Jan 30, 2005 at 04:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
Why not a more public Preview of Tiger? 804 Views / 7 Replies  
The developer preview of Tiger has been given to more that 3500 developers and is readily available to anyone on the net who is willing to look hard enough. Therefore, the idea that the preview is...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 2, 2004 at 01:21 AM, in macOS
That is simply not true. Just last March I used... 6,360 Views / 133 Replies  
That is simply not true. Just last March I used iChat AV daily from Germany to talk to my girlfriend.

Seemed pretty usedful to me then.
Posted by wreising, on Jun 28, 2004 at 04:16 PM, in macOS
Does anyone know if it is possible to have... 4,062 Views / 52 Replies  
Does anyone know if it is possible to have Quicken 2004 report itself as the Windows version?

My bank supports Direct Connect for Windows but not for the Mac, so if Quicken could report itself as...
Posted by wreising, on Sep 11, 2003 at 04:03 PM, in Applications
Thats a good question. The quick answer is... 1,011 Views / 13 Replies  
Thats a good question.

The quick answer is that it will count against the 3 Mac limit - so you can "replace" the old Mac by de-authorizing it and authorizing the new one. Everything will work...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 26, 2003 at 12:39 AM, in Applications
No, as I said before that is not true. I can't... 45,279 Views / 400 Replies  
No, as I said before that is not true. I can't figure out how I did it, but my DP1 screen-saver prompts for a password.

The only question is if Apple will allow this password window (which...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 26, 2003 at 12:03 AM, in macOS
Yup, just a regular user - no admin privileges. 45,279 Views / 400 Replies  
Yup, just a regular user - no admin privileges.
Posted by wreising, on Jul 25, 2003 at 04:41 PM, in macOS
Thats not entirely true either. I'm not sure... 45,279 Views / 400 Replies  
Thats not entirely true either. I'm not sure how, but I seem to have set the screen saver to ask for a password upon wake-up every time. I've never used the lock-screen option, so I don't think...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 25, 2003 at 02:28 PM, in macOS
Poll: Not only do I have a near terminal case of LAGS... 1,808 Views / 40 Replies  
Not only do I have a near terminal case of LAGS (latest and greatest syndrome) but from what I've seen during the brief moments when my developer buddy is too busy plaing NCAA 2004 (Go SC!!) to...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 23, 2003 at 01:46 PM, in macOS
Cool - Its not a new app, its actually a web... 802 Views / 7 Replies  
Cool - Its not a new app, its actually a web browser window that you open from .Mac

Very cool
Posted by wreising, on Jul 9, 2003 at 02:46 PM, in Applications
.Mac Bookmark Syncing 802 Views / 7 Replies  
It seems that the strange screen shot we saw just prior to Panther's release is the new .Mac Bookmark sync preferences.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to get to the .Mac main page so I can download it...
Posted by wreising, on Jul 9, 2003 at 02:37 PM, in Applications
Couple more notes to add: - You can change... 83,005 Views / 470 Replies  
Couple more notes to add:

- You can change the icon for the Utilities folder

- When you add a file or App to a folder on the left it does a kind of Genie/Scale effect to kind of fall into the...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 27, 2003 at 09:15 PM, in macOS
Ok, so after pleading with my recently back from... 83,005 Views / 470 Replies  
Ok, so after pleading with my recently back from WWDC buddy to let met install Panther for him on his 500mhz PB G4, I have a couple of notes to share with you.

First off, Panther is not snappy. ...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 27, 2003 at 01:53 AM, in macOS
I think all the screenshots so far look elegant... 8,436 Views / 93 Replies  
I think all the screenshots so far look elegant and refined - with the very notable exception of the same old lame icons for documents, movies, pictures, etc. But I guess that is what Iconfactory is...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 21, 2003 at 09:02 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: Quick Favor - What fonts does the System use? 606 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks - That looks about right.
Posted by wreising, on Jun 13, 2003 at 01:44 AM, in macOS
Quick Favor - What fonts does the System use? 606 Views / 3 Replies  
I just got Font Agent Pro to try and deal with my fonts and I have a bit of a problem:

Over the course of many installs, recoveries, and yet more installs of OS X I seem to have placed a whole...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 12, 2003 at 11:53 PM, in macOS
If any of you went to the main iSync page this... 4,987 Views / 86 Replies  
If any of you went to the main iSync page this morning you saw a screen shot from what I assume now was Pal. It has since been replaced with one of Safair.

When I saw it I was confused but had to...
Posted by wreising, on Jun 3, 2003 at 05:39 PM, in macOS
Re: iTunes 4 Antialiasing 762 Views / 6 Replies  
Mine is anti aliased. What point size do you have set in General Preferences?
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2003 at 04:15 PM, in Applications
What is wrong with mounting your GF's disc and... 3,335 Views / 45 Replies  
What is wrong with mounting your GF's disc and dragging the music files to your iTunes library?

Yeah, its not as elegant as simply using iTunes sharing to do it, but consider what would happen in...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2003 at 04:11 PM, in Applications
I for one like the UI. The new pencil look is... 1,963 Views / 32 Replies  
I for one like the UI. The new pencil look is cleaner and less obtrusive than the old glassy buttons. Buttons should look nice, but not distract the user from what they are supposed to be focusing...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2003 at 04:00 PM, in Applications
My GF got that message on her iBook, which was... 642 Views / 2 Replies  
My GF got that message on her iBook, which was odd since she doesn't have iSync installed at all.

Once Safari was relaunched, all was well.

There must be some flag within Safari to prevent...
Posted by wreising, on Apr 29, 2003 at 03:46 PM, in Applications
I'm sending my T68i to Minnisota in a couple days... 12,576 Views / 200 Replies  
I'm sending my T68i to Minnisota in a couple days to get the firmware upgrade.

So make that one for the firmware upgrade.

But your point is well taken, they should make the firmware avaliable...
Posted by wreising, on Mar 5, 2003 at 12:51 AM, in macOS
There is a simple and important reason that you... 1,957 Views / 36 Replies  
There is a simple and important reason that you can't delete photos from the iPhoto library from an album.

My Mom and my girlfriend would have deleted all their photos by accident by now.

It is...
Posted by wreising, on Feb 4, 2003 at 01:29 PM, in macOS
Never mind - Clogged Yellow ink cartridge. 564 Views / 1 Replies  
Never mind - Clogged Yellow ink cartridge.
Posted by wreising, on Jan 31, 2003 at 09:48 PM, in macOS
Purple Prints after iPhoto 2 564 Views / 1 Replies  
I just installed iPhoto 2. I'm really happy using it, but I've found that all my photo prints to my Epson 960 are purple.
They are purple when printed from the Epson drivers and the new GIMP...
Posted by wreising, on Jan 31, 2003 at 09:09 PM, in macOS
Remove attatchments in Mail? 542 Views / 3 Replies  
Does anyone know how to remove an attatchment in a received message in Mail?

I'd like to keep the message, but don't want the inflated mailbox.

Thanks,

Bill Reising
Posted by wreising, on Jan 28, 2003 at 01:58 PM, in macOS
Will catagories from iCal transfer over to a Palm... 4,616 Views / 77 Replies  
Will catagories from iCal transfer over to a Palm yet?
Posted by wreising, on Jan 3, 2003 at 03:55 PM, in macOS
iCal ToDo items and Palm ToDo items 379 Views / 1 Replies  
So, I have a Palm Tungsten T and Synced it with iSync. The ToDo items from iCal were placed on the Palm, but now they don't seem to be talking to each other anymore.

Which Conduits should be...
Posted by wreising, on Dec 28, 2002 at 12:19 AM, in macOS
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