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window corners 444 Views / 0 Replies  
I'm making some basic modifications to the basic aqua theme (in 10.3.3), and I want to square off the top corners of aqua windows. Using themepark, this was pretty easy. The problem I have is that...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 16, 2004 at 01:20 PM, in GUI Customization
Re: Eudora in OSX 685 Views / 7 Replies  
It imports things perfectly in my experience. In fact there is no need to impost, you can run both os9 eudora and os10 eudora and have them access the same same set of mailboxes. All you have to do...
Posted by ratfink, on Oct 18, 2002 at 01:59 PM, in Applications
the terminology is different, but the "Email... 630 Views / 3 Replies  
the terminology is different, but the "Email Address" field is the same as "Reply To:" Then the "Host Name" and "User Name" point to the real account that stores the mail.

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 24, 2002 at 01:28 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 505 Views / 9 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by shadybirdstan:...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 24, 2002 at 01:25 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 815 Views / 36 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by undotwa:
<strong>You can...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 24, 2002 at 12:47 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 815 Views / 36 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by rsh:
<strong>Perhaps...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 23, 2002 at 05:46 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 815 Views / 36 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by dwishbone:
<strong>i...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 23, 2002 at 03:59 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 494 Views / 4 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 23, 2002 at 02:25 PM, in macOS
I would suggest the following addition: I... 592 Views / 18 Replies  
I would suggest the following addition:

I bought a mac because:

- The software I use is mac-only. No more, no less.

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 23, 2002 at 02:13 PM, in macOS
itunes full screen--not working 563 Views / 3 Replies  
I just notices that full screen visualization is no longer working on my cube. the came as a result of a fresh clean install of OSX to a band new hard drive. It was broken with 10.1.5 and itunes...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:10 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,284 Views / 76 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Sharky K.:
<strong>10.2...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 22, 2002 at 12:25 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,239 Views / 99 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Mithras:
<strong>
...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 18, 2002 at 04:25 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 671 Views / 41 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Pepper:
<strong>I do not...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 18, 2002 at 12:15 PM, in macOS
I actually like the fact that it is the minimal... 627 Views / 9 Replies  
I actually like the fact that it is the minimal player. Sure, it took them long enough, but it doesn't seem to be the obnoxious crap that real for Windows is. I do wish it would respect the...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 17, 2002 at 05:42 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 1,313 Views / 75 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by zazou:
<strong>I use the...
Posted by ratfink, on Jul 17, 2002 at 01:35 PM, in macOS
I really dislike aqua, out of the box, but I have... 652 Views / 48 Replies  
I really dislike aqua, out of the box, but I have taken the unlined charcoal theme, and slowly been adding my own modifications until I like it, it has become much more bearable. My personal theme...
Posted by ratfink, on Jun 13, 2002 at 02:39 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 549 Views / 18 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Adam Betts:
<strong>The...
Posted by ratfink, on Jun 10, 2002 at 01:48 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 612 Views / 16 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by fmalloy:
[QB]
3. My...
Posted by ratfink, on May 31, 2002 at 03:17 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 443 Views / 19 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Millennium:
[QB]...
Posted by ratfink, on May 30, 2002 at 03:07 PM, in macOS
I too have this problem frequently on my systems-... 859 Views / 42 Replies  
I too have this problem frequently on my systems- icebook500 (384mb) and cube 450 (576mb). I suspect it either has something to do with the windowing system, or some other gui based framework,...
Posted by ratfink, on May 21, 2002 at 02:18 PM, in macOS
I personally wish that apple would adopt a... 1,428 Views / 50 Replies  
I personally wish that apple would adopt a release system like SGI. Since IRIX 6.5, SGI has released two updates every three months. One update, the maintenence stream, is all bugfixes and...
Posted by ratfink, on May 16, 2002 at 01:34 PM, in macOS
The card you seem to have is an IMS Twin Turbo. ... 455 Views / 14 Replies  
The card you seem to have is an IMS Twin Turbo. They are out of business, so don't expect any driver except from apple. I don't know if what others have mentioned here are accurate, but this might...
Posted by ratfink, on May 14, 2002 at 04:27 PM, in macOS
Only if it ran the newton OS, not Palm OS, but... 2,112 Views / 63 Replies  
Only if it ran the newton OS, not Palm OS, but was smaller than the old newtons.

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on May 14, 2002 at 03:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Is this the default file search? It looks like... 2,122 Views / 221 Replies  
Is this the default file search? It looks like the old file find program from OS 7-8 and sherlock 1, before the makeover. If it is, I'll rejoice, and throw sherlock in the trash. I also hope it...
Posted by ratfink, on May 9, 2002 at 02:37 PM, in macOS
Well, the 9600 has no built in video, so I don't... 455 Views / 14 Replies  
Well, the 9600 has no built in video, so I don't know what card you have. That info might help. In the past I was able to run at high res on my 9600...

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on May 9, 2002 at 01:17 PM, in macOS
mmmmm, bandwith..... I love my octane. :) ... 1,088 Views / 67 Replies  
mmmmm, bandwith.....

I love my octane. :)

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on May 8, 2002 at 12:54 PM, in macOS
Very true. And most of the time I'm a little... 576 Views / 49 Replies  
Very true. And most of the time I'm a little more positive about apple's outlook. They have some great technology. But frequently their focus seems to be more adding features (that I may not need)...
Posted by ratfink, on May 8, 2002 at 12:32 PM, in macOS
It is dog slow on my ibook. (ice, 500mhz, 66mhz... 576 Views / 49 Replies  
It is dog slow on my ibook. (ice, 500mhz, 66mhz bus, 384mb ram.) Some of the problems I will happily admit are not the fault of quartz, but rather finder, or maybe network code, or other things. ...
Posted by ratfink, on May 7, 2002 at 11:59 PM, in macOS
Exactly. I think this is the hidden point behind... 576 Views / 49 Replies  
Exactly. I think this is the hidden point behind all the complaints: Apple sold us a dog slow OS. Quartz Extreme seems to be their answer (if there are further speedups, I haven't heard yet.) QE...
Posted by ratfink, on May 7, 2002 at 02:26 PM, in macOS
Theme Question: Opaque menus 533 Views / 13 Replies  
Is it possible for theme to change menus to completely opaque? I love alumitex, but the transparency of the menus continues to drive me nuts, and give me a headache. If I could go in and make that...
Posted by ratfink, on May 3, 2002 at 01:53 PM, in Applications
Theme Question: Opaque menus 449 Views / 3 Replies  
Is it possible for theme to change menus to completely opaque? I love alumitex, but the transparency of the menus continues to drive me nuts, and give me a headache. If I could go in and make that...
Posted by ratfink, on May 3, 2002 at 01:53 PM, in macOS
heh... The main difference with me is... 574 Views / 30 Replies  
heh...

The main difference with me is rebooting into 9 everytime I want to work on music. :) (I do love some things about X though--omniweb.)

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on May 3, 2002 at 11:35 AM, in macOS
Except that effectively, I have been "root" on my... 657 Views / 42 Replies  
Except that effectively, I have been "root" on my os7,8,9 machines for 10 years now, as well as on all the 95/98 machines I have ever used, and I have never hosed those machines (The 98/95 machines...
Posted by ratfink, on May 2, 2002 at 12:08 PM, in macOS
This is exactly what I get with increasing... 653 Views / 28 Replies  
This is exactly what I get with increasing regularity on all my OSX machines (icebook, cube, g4-500dp) If I try to open an application the "starting up" triangle flashes forever, and the app never...
Posted by ratfink, on May 1, 2002 at 11:15 AM, in macOS
WTB: Cube VGA extension cable 397 Views / 0 Replies  
I'm looking to buy that little right angle VGA extension cable that came with all the Cubes. If you aren't using yours, or you know of another source for a VGA extension that has a low clearance,...
Posted by ratfink, on Apr 16, 2002 at 04:01 PM, in Marketplace
Except that Matt isn't charging money. A... 997 Views / 69 Replies  
Except that Matt isn't charging money.

A couple of other notes:

- The BSD License the Sproket supposedly uses doesn't require that changet be made public, just that credit be given.

- I'm...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 14, 2002 at 04:43 PM, in Applications
Except that Matt isn't charging money. A... 786 Views / 61 Replies  
Except that Matt isn't charging money.

A couple of other notes:

- The BSD License the Sproket supposedly uses doesn't require that changet be made public, just that credit be given.

- I'm...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 14, 2002 at 04:43 PM, in macOS
here is a source for some newt abandonware: ... 530 Views / 7 Replies  
here is a source for some newt abandonware:

http://www.chuma.org/newton/ncage/

It also has a lot of the apple software like NCU, etc...

Geof
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 7, 2002 at 01:15 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I has a couple of frustrations with eudora, so I... 777 Views / 11 Replies  
I has a couple of frustrations with eudora, so I moved to mail, which was nice for a couple of weeks, but it was too damn slow, ao I moved back. I still have a couple of issues:

1. Launching a...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 6, 2002 at 05:18 PM, in Applications
recursive touch 4,842 Views / 3 Replies  
I'm a bit new to advanced unix. I need to change the mod date on a very large number of files in a deep hierarchy of folders. I know 'touch' will update a single file, and 'touch *' will update all...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 6, 2002 at 02:02 PM, in macOS
back up system 492 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm hoping to figure out a way to copy my entire system to a new drive (upgrading from a 20gb to a 40gb) simply using cp, tar, or cpio will ignore the resource fork (since I'm using hfs+), right? ...
Posted by ratfink, on Mar 4, 2002 at 03:25 PM, in macOS
This is the case. I keep all my mp3's on my O2... 1,530 Views / 60 Replies  
This is the case. I keep all my mp3's on my O2 and share via nfs to all my macs, so I have seen many of these files. Fortunately the leading dot means to unix that the file is invisible. ...
Posted by ratfink, on Feb 28, 2002 at 02:54 PM, in macOS
routing or bridge 465 Views / 2 Replies  
I figure the functionality I need is in there somewhere, but I don't know how to access it. Here is the deal, I have an ethernet net at home using the 192.16.0.XXX net. My cube also has a Airport...
Posted by ratfink, on Nov 27, 2001 at 02:44 PM, in macOS
Of course I would argue that _I_ dont want... 628 Views / 36 Replies  
Of course I would argue that _I_ dont want "transparent windows & soft drop shadows in PDF" It's a dead weight that does nothing functionally usefull for me, and slows the machine down.

At work...
Posted by ratfink, on Oct 9, 2001 at 04:16 PM, in macOS
Two comments: 1. Cutting and pasting names... 507 Views / 24 Replies  
Two comments:

1. Cutting and pasting names doesn't show the directory structure as you can if you pring a fully expanded list view.

2. Web-browser listings are worse in that you cant show the...
Posted by ratfink, on Oct 9, 2001 at 03:55 PM, in macOS
10.1 DVD Problem 398 Views / 0 Replies  
Well, I've got 10.1 installed on my cube 450, and I got mixed feelings about it, but one thing is seriously annoying me. Whenever I play a DVD in full screen mode, some bizzare round speech window...
Posted by ratfink, on Oct 1, 2001 at 02:18 AM, in macOS
My understanding is that the primary function is... 946 Views / 27 Replies  
My understanding is that the primary function is threefold.

1. Timing, as someone mentioned, a Hollywood film is usually released on DVD before it makes it to theaters in other countries.

2....
Posted by ratfink, on Sep 4, 2001 at 03:17 PM, in macOS
Now that's a fine piece of automobile! Does that... 4,192 Views / 177 Replies  
Now that's a fine piece of automobile! Does that have the 430ci engine? GVW of close to 3 tons, right? I once had a 69 Buick Riviera with that engine and it was a beast, I had it up to about 140....
Posted by ratfink, on Sep 4, 2001 at 02:42 PM, in macOS
This isn't entirely accurate. MS actually... 884 Views / 47 Replies  
This isn't entirely accurate. MS actually appropriated NT as they have with most of their products. It was originally a project at Digital. MS hired the brains behind the project, especially...
Posted by ratfink, on Aug 23, 2001 at 05:56 PM, in macOS
Well for one it was _fast_... I mean real fast. ... 884 Views / 47 Replies  
Well for one it was _fast_... I mean real fast. BeOS on my old 132mhz 604, made 10.0.4 on a G4 DP500 feel like molasses in january. Boot times are usually under 5 seconds. Most apps (even larger...
Posted by ratfink, on Aug 23, 2001 at 05:48 PM, in macOS
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