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I've been using Print Magic HD on my iPad for a... 1,336 Views / 5 Replies  
I've been using Print Magic HD on my iPad for a while. It prints just fine to both a Brother Laser and HP Inkjet that are on my network. It involves one extra step vs, printing from a computer...
Posted by Spoffo, on Sep 2, 2010 at 09:11 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
How to open firewall ports in Mac OS 10.6 5,451 Views / 2 Replies  
For my networked music system (Squeezebox) I need to allow TCP ports 3483 and 9000 and UDP Port 9000 through the firewall. I found crystal-clear instructions online for how to do it under OS 10.4 ...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 26, 2009 at 07:20 AM, in Networking
I believe all the iPod models can sort by... 1,590 Views / 13 Replies  
I believe all the iPod models can sort by composer.

My problem is that I can't select by composer in the iTunes browser on my Mac, which is pretty much the price of admission on using that tag to...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 6, 2009 at 01:41 AM, in Applications
iTunes: any way to change the default configuration? 1,590 Views / 13 Replies  
Most of my music collection is classical, and like all classical fans, I've had to do some work-arounds to get iTunes to play nice with the way classical music is organized. Right now, I'm putting...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 6, 2009 at 12:52 AM, in Applications
My MBP is almost 3 years old and has started... 1,035 Views / 16 Replies  
My MBP is almost 3 years old and has started suddenly cutting off without warning when battery level reaches about 90-91%. It only has 56 cycles on it, but the pattern of irregular use is probably...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 1, 2009 at 02:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Mini video lost its "smarts"? 744 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a mini I've been using for kids with a large LCD HDTV via a DVi to HDMI cable. It had been working great. Suddenly it doesn't. Just a black screen. I've tried all sorts of different video...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 3, 2009 at 08:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
You're right, I just checked my Windows Excel and... 2,621 Views / 8 Replies  
You're right, I just checked my Windows Excel and it's right where you'd expect it to be; < TOOLS/Autocorrect options/Autoformat as you type>

Auto-formatting internet and network addresses is the...
Posted by Spoffo, on Dec 24, 2008 at 05:54 PM, in Applications
Neat workaround. Thanks. BUT, one of my... 2,621 Views / 8 Replies  
Neat workaround. Thanks.

BUT, one of my main uses is to sort and clean long lists of e-mail addresses before uploading them to Constant Contact. I would have to remove the little ' before each...
Posted by Spoffo, on Dec 24, 2008 at 03:38 PM, in Applications
How to stop auto email in EXCEL? 2,621 Views / 8 Replies  
I've been using Excel since v1.0 on a Mac Plus, so I thought I knew my way around it, but this one has me stumped.

In Excel, when you type text into a cell in the format of an e-mail address, the...
Posted by Spoffo, on Dec 24, 2008 at 02:48 PM, in Applications
I just answered my own question. After further... 791 Views / 5 Replies  
I just answered my own question. After further research, it turns out that not all Intel Minis can go beyond the 2GB "official" RAM limit. The older ones with the Core Duo CPU really are limited to...
Posted by Spoffo, on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Mac Mini doesn't see RAM upgrade 791 Views / 5 Replies  
My wife has a 1.98 Mhz Intel Mini I got her a year or two ago. I upgraded the RAM to 2 gb right after I bought it and all has been well since.

Recently, I ran into a number of discussions of how...
Posted by Spoffo, on Oct 30, 2008 at 09:38 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have the exact same problem. It started out of... 1,098 Views / 6 Replies  
I have the exact same problem. It started out of the blue as far as i can tell, and affects both of the accounts on this MacBook Pro. The only thing I can think that might have caused it was I was...
Posted by Spoffo, on Sep 30, 2008 at 03:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well, I fixed it, but it certainly was a pain. ... 713 Views / 1 Replies  
Well, I fixed it, but it certainly was a pain. After plowing around a bunch of Apple support forums and trying every sort of strip-and-reinstall option, the only remaining fix was a complete archive...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 26, 2008 at 11:26 PM, in Applications
A question for you Firefox enthusiasts: does v3... 2,900 Views / 53 Replies  
A question for you Firefox enthusiasts: does v3 finally support the Adobe Reader plug-in? I actually use Firefox 2 on my one PPC Mac, using the Schubert plug-in to read PDFs, but that add-on doesn't...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 25, 2008 at 01:03 PM, in Applications
QT 7.5 - Blank white screen on MPEG 4 713 Views / 1 Replies  
Suddenly, Quicktime on one of my desktop Macs shows a blank white screen when I try to play back MPEG 4 files though the sound is playing back ok. On my MacBook Pro, which has the identical software...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 25, 2008 at 05:29 AM, in Applications
Does Firefox 3 support adobe reader plug-in? 2,203 Views / 1 Replies  
One of the major shortcomings of Firefox 2 was that it didn't support the adobe reader plug-in. There was/is a PDF reader plug-in from Schubert that works on Power PC Macs, but not Intel Macs. On...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 20, 2008 at 04:05 AM, in Applications
I recently installed Fusion on my BoootCamp... 3,472 Views / 8 Replies  
I recently installed Fusion on my BoootCamp partition. As they warned in their documentation, I had to re-activate my installed copy of Win XP once (I think it was the first time I launched it in...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 18, 2008 at 02:41 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I had just one reason for trying Fusion: I have... 4,495 Views / 36 Replies  
I had just one reason for trying Fusion: I have several devices that require database downloads via USB from a Windows-only proprietary app. Parallels (which I liked otherwise) just wasn't able to...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 18, 2008 at 02:33 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Not an issue. I had 2 separate installations of... 1,104 Views / 14 Replies  
Not an issue. I had 2 separate installations of Windows for the Parallels VM and boot camp (Because I had installed Parallels first and only added Boot Camp after I found that Parallels wasn't able...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 12, 2008 at 09:58 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
(4 hours later) Yup, that definitely is the... 1,104 Views / 14 Replies  
(4 hours later) Yup, that definitely is the answer. Installed the trial of Fusion, and I've now got all the same rock-solid USB connections I used to get only in Boot Camp.

The installation of...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 11, 2008 at 06:18 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
I think maybe I will try VM Fusion. Someone over... 1,104 Views / 14 Replies  
I think maybe I will try VM Fusion. Someone over in the forum for my remote said he switched to Fusion from Parallels and got totally reliable USB downloads.

The Parallels forums have a few...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 11, 2008 at 01:56 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Unreliable USB data transfer with Parallels 1,104 Views / 14 Replies  
I have a MacBook Pro running 10.4.11 with Parallels 3 and Win XP pro installed. Everything seems to be running just fine on both sides except one thing (which happens to be the main reason I...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jun 10, 2008 at 07:38 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Safari 3 Can't view page source 447 Views / 1 Replies  
Actually this is a report on a problem solved. When I upgraded Safari to v3, I started getting a blank page when I tried to view the page source. Turns out that long ago I had installed a neat...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 27, 2007 at 11:58 AM, in Applications
Problem solved. There's a lovely little utility... 712 Views / 2 Replies  
Problem solved. There's a lovely little utility called SafariSource that adds color-coding to the HTML you see in "view source" (similar to the color coding that's built-in to Firefox.) It installs...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 27, 2007 at 11:46 AM, in macOS
I didn't have this problem before, but since I... 712 Views / 2 Replies  
I didn't have this problem before, but since I upgraded to Safari 3.0 I have it too. No matter what kind of web page, including some that I know have very basic HTML coding, I just get a blank page...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 27, 2007 at 11:20 AM, in macOS
I just installed Boot Camp 1.2 for the first time... 44,248 Views / 35 Replies  
I just installed Boot Camp 1.2 for the first time today on my MacBook Pro. (I've been running Parallels, but it can't handle the USB connection to a particular GPS of mine, so I wanted to see if Boot...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 14, 2007 at 05:54 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
That's always the fallback. I have very early... 1,178 Views / 5 Replies  
That's always the fallback. I have very early Power PC that I drag up from the garage about once a year when someone needs to read one of the old 800k floppies. (I also have an old G3 PowerBook that...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 8, 2007 at 03:06 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks, but the issue isn't a server or... 1,178 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks, but the issue isn't a server or connecting to the printer. That works just fine for printing, using AppleTalk over Ethernet. The problem is that the on-board software control panel for...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 5, 2007 at 06:55 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Replacement for Apple Printer Utility? 1,178 Views / 5 Replies  
I have an old LaserWriter 16/600 that's still running beautifully after about 12 years. I've solved all the networking and printing issues. (As I recall, I've even been able to print to it from...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 5, 2007 at 04:37 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Not so fast. Looking at the descriptions on the... 832 Views / 9 Replies  
Not so fast. Looking at the descriptions on the Open Office website, it seemed like a reasonable idea.

After installing X11 windows and downloading open office, it doesn't. What a total...
Posted by Spoffo, on Mar 14, 2007 at 03:39 PM, in Applications
A very common mistake is to burn a DVD as a data... 807 Views / 7 Replies  
A very common mistake is to burn a DVD as a data disc rather than Video DVD (which has a very specific file structure that a DVD player is looking for.) These will usually play on a computer (which...
Posted by Spoffo, on Mar 14, 2007 at 02:12 AM, in Applications
After a quick look at the database on Open... 832 Views / 9 Replies  
After a quick look at the database on Open Office, it looks like that should do the job nicely. Form design looks like a little more hassle than with FileMaker, but the price is right.

Thanks...
Posted by Spoffo, on Mar 14, 2007 at 02:04 AM, in Applications
I don't understand how you managed to turn your... 650 Views / 4 Replies  
I don't understand how you managed to turn your account into a limited one. The OS requires that there be at least one admin account on the Mac to install programs and the like. I'll bet that if...
Posted by Spoffo, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:43 PM, in Applications
Cheap Database recommendation? 832 Views / 9 Replies  
I have a very simple (but big) file-card type database I started many years ago using an early version of Filemaker. I am still using it regularly, running Filemaker 3 in Classic mode. It is now...
Posted by Spoffo, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:13 PM, in Applications
For the printers that are directly on the... 758 Views / 2 Replies  
For the printers that are directly on the Ethernet network:

Open the Printer Setup Utility on your Mac
The printer may appear automatically. If not, click "add", select "IP Printing" and enter...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 19, 2006 at 10:02 PM, in Networking
I recently set up two new broadband hookups for... 1,191 Views / 9 Replies  
I recently set up two new broadband hookups for friends (different ISPs) and in both cases, they would accept outgoing mail ONLY via the ISP's SMTP server, with password authentification. My sense...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 19, 2006 at 09:50 PM, in Networking
Bless this forum! For months I've been battling... 2,276 Views / 32 Replies  
Bless this forum! For months I've been battling a "vanishing printer" and "vanishing shared files" problem on my simple little ethernet network. Sometime in early summer my old 4-port Linksys...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 18, 2006 at 08:08 PM, in Networking
Finding Mac address on windows 784 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm a life-long Mac user who is stuck maintaining a couple of Windows machines on a small mixed network. I have an insanely simple question that's driving me crazy!

How do you look up the MAC...
Posted by Spoffo, on Nov 9, 2006 at 03:33 PM, in Networking
There are several websites dedicated entirely to... 616 Views / 3 Replies  
There are several websites dedicated entirely to the joys of working with MPEG video and burning DVDs The subject gets pretty complicated, The best is probably the Mac forum at Videohelp.com here...
Posted by Spoffo, on Oct 20, 2006 at 12:18 AM, in Applications
Problem solved (sorta) It turns out there are... 458 Views / 3 Replies  
Problem solved (sorta) It turns out there are lots of these out there for OS X, including good ol' Z Term. The difference is that today they are called only "Terminal Emulators." A search on "Dial...
Posted by Spoffo, on Oct 19, 2006 at 08:24 PM, in Applications
Looking for old-style communication app 458 Views / 3 Replies  
If you're of a certain age, you remember the days before everything was internet, and we all used Compuserve and other online information services via direct dial-up and a simple "communications" or...
Posted by Spoffo, on Oct 19, 2006 at 03:29 PM, in Applications
It happened again today. I don't know why, but... 1,395 Views / 4 Replies  
It happened again today. I don't know why, but after a lot of experimenting, I have come up with a relaible fix (two of them, in fact.) I’m convinced that this definitely has something to do with...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 21, 2006 at 12:53 AM, in Networking
Problem solved, though I'd still like to know... 1,395 Views / 4 Replies  
Problem solved, though I'd still like to know why. On my old router, I had changed the setup from the default (IPs on the network starting with 192.168.1.100) to DCHP IPs starting with 192.168.1.201...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 11, 2006 at 09:19 PM, in Networking
It's definitely something in the router. I just... 1,395 Views / 4 Replies  
It's definitely something in the router. I just tried swapping it out for an old dumb hub I had, and shared printing worked just fine,
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 11, 2006 at 09:02 PM, in Networking
Printer sharing "Unable to lookup host" port issue? 1,395 Views / 4 Replies  
I have a very simple ethernet network: two Macs, both running 10.3.9, and an old ethernet-capable laserwriter (which I only use for the occasional high-volume job.) These are all connected to a...
Posted by Spoffo, on Aug 11, 2006 at 06:38 PM, in Networking
Or, you can burn to a DL blank. The price is... 1,524 Views / 6 Replies  
Or, you can burn to a DL blank. The price is down to around $2 per disk now. I've burned around 50 Verbatim DVD +R DLs, and they play perfectly on all my players, just like commercial DL disks.
Posted by Spoffo, on Jul 11, 2006 at 11:30 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Also, you can go to the HP website to find and... 11,923 Views / 5 Replies  
Also, you can go to the HP website to find and download both the manual and the software for making the scanner work.
Posted by Spoffo, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:16 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
The main thing on the camera is to get one that... 953 Views / 2 Replies  
The main thing on the camera is to get one that uses the MiniDV tape format. This is almost universal these days, but there are stll a few camcorders out there that use older analog tape formats...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jul 11, 2006 at 03:05 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
You'd be surprised how many modern DVD players... 1,524 Views / 6 Replies  
You'd be surprised how many modern DVD players and digital TV sets will play PAL just fine out of the box once you get past the regional code thing. So will the Apple DVD player app.

Just rip the...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jul 11, 2006 at 02:40 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
It wasn't "undesirable behavior" as such - - as... 1,194 Views / 8 Replies  
It wasn't "undesirable behavior" as such - - as in crashing or slowing down I just think it needed a restart to sort out a bunch of changes in program links/ prefs files or whatever. There are all...
Posted by Spoffo, on Jul 11, 2006 at 02:28 AM, in Applications
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