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I use Avery DesignPro for labels, postcards, etc....	1,048 Views / 9 Replies
I use Avery DesignPro for labels, postcards, etc. It's not InDesign and it has a few frustrating quirks (the biggest: you can't do line by line formatting, you have to have the same text formatting...
Posted by quietjim, on Jan 6, 2012 at 03:51 PM, in Applications

After the 10.6.1 update, the drivers did install....	1,157 Views / 3 Replies
After the 10.6.1 update, the drivers did install. That did not fix the problem. I finally figured out that for reasons which are beyond me, the HP 4200 was insisting on living at 192.0.0.192, an IP...
Posted by quietjim, on Oct 5, 2009 at 02:36 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

HP Printer Drivers will not install	1,157 Views / 3 Replies
After updating to Snow Leopard and then 10.6.1, I downloaded the new HP Printer Drivers; I get a message that says the "Volume does not meet the requirements" for these drivers. Using a Macbook Pro...
Posted by quietjim, on Sep 14, 2009 at 07:34 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I have used both versions of Bento and would not...	2,075 Views / 32 Replies
I have used both versions of Bento and would not recommend it to anyone. It's fine for getting data in... it's very difficult to get data out. For example, Bento automatically works with Address Book...
Posted by quietjim, on Mar 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, in Applications

WD 2.5 inch drive is acting up	492 Views / 0 Replies
I have a small, plastic enclosure Western Digital drive, partitioned into two logical drives: Backup and Gallery, 289.09 GB capacity. The drive...
Posted by quietjim, on Feb 12, 2009 at 06:08 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

iPod Photo Connector does not work with iPhone	1,948 Views / 11 Replies
Attaching the iPod Photo Connector to a 16Gig 3G iPhone immediately produced a message saying, "This accessory is not supported by iPhone"
Posted by quietjim, on Sep 27, 2008 at 06:35 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

I've been using Lightroom since it's early beta...	1,787 Views / 21 Replies
I've been using Lightroom since it's early beta days, through version 1, now using version 2. Periodically I've tried Aperture out, including Aperture 2. I shoot almost exclusively RAW with a Nikon...
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 28, 2008 at 09:39 PM, in Applications

I have that bag (Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW) and I...	1,998 Views / 49 Replies
I have that bag (Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW) and I can tell you it's great. My standard kit is a Nikon D300, 18-70mm, 55-200 mm, 24-80mm and 50 mm 1.8 lenses along with an SB-800. It handles all taht...
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 5, 2008 at 11:00 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Layout	704 Views / 7 Replies
I think a good point is made here. Modern word processors tempt us to do layout instead of carefully distinguishing different phases of a project. But a large project like a textbook makes it...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 25, 2008 at 10:54 AM, in Applications

I have both Pages and Word. Normally, I would say...	704 Views / 7 Replies
I have both Pages and Word. Normally, I would say that for something involving page layout, pages is far superior. It allows you to change the baseline and to do individual kerning. But I don't...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 24, 2008 at 11:56 PM, in Applications

Kaleidoscope Screen and Crash on MBP	505 Views / 2 Replies
I bought a MacBook Pro about a month ago; matte display. It gets hooked back and forth to a Cinema Display at the office. Recently, I've noticed that every once in a while...perhaps once a...
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 19, 2008 at 12:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I just bought a new MBP 15" 250 Gig HD, matte...	921 Views / 15 Replies
I just bought a new MBP 15" 250 Gig HD, matte screen; I was coming from a Powerbook 15"; let migration assistant handle the transfer even though I usually like to start fresh (I needed NO downtime)....
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 10, 2008 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks

IMAP will not let me delete	434 Views / 2 Replies
Today, after upgrading to Leopard and then 10.5.1, my email server refuses to let me delete mail. It fails with an error that says "UID COPY unable to copy to Trash". Any ideas on what might be wrong?
Posted by quietjim, on Jan 22, 2008 at 09:30 AM, in Applications

Could you please post your settings? I was able...	6,830 Views / 13 Replies
Could you please post your settings? I was able to tether a v551 but just bought a Motorola V3xx (Cingular) and having no luck making it connect. Powerbook G4 17"
Posted by quietjim, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:59 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

IrDA is/was a protocol for short range, infrared...	502 Views / 5 Replies
IrDA is/was a protocol for short range, infrared device communication. At the time, WIFI was far less common. Bluetooth was nonexistent. Palm devices had IrDA ports; so did several printers. The HP...
Posted by quietjim, on Feb 18, 2007 at 10:51 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

if you take the time to do the keywords and...	649 Views / 5 Replies
if you take the time to do the keywords and comments though, it becomes so easy to extract groups of photos using the Smart Folders mechanism.
Posted by quietjim, on Oct 24, 2006 at 10:56 PM, in Applications

I used to use Mac Project (on a Mac SE, which...	2,061 Views / 28 Replies
I used to use Mac Project (on a Mac SE, which shows you how long ago!) and I loved it. What I loved about it was the way you could draw the boxes for different tasks, then fill them out a bit here...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 24, 2006 at 03:44 PM, in Applications

You could look for it in your keychain on the old...	970 Views / 5 Replies
You could look for it in your keychain on the old machine.
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 22, 2006 at 10:44 PM, in Applications

I don't have any answers, but I seem to have a...	831 Views / 4 Replies
I don't have any answers, but I seem to have a similar problem. I have a 15" PB 1.5 MHz, wireless to an Airport Express, then to a Netgear router. The problem seemed to appear after the 10.4.7...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 16, 2006 at 06:03 PM, in Networking

I edit a magazine and do photo editing with a...	753 Views / 4 Replies
I edit a magazine and do photo editing with a PowerBook and a 23" Apple Cinema display. It's a great setup for photoshop work: you can put the picture on the big screen and keep the controls and...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 6, 2006 at 10:16 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

The Nikon P3 should work fine with your Mac. The...	1,184 Views / 6 Replies
The Nikon P3 should work fine with your Mac. The vibration reduction it has should help with low light situations and the built in wi-fi should allow you to send pictures direct to the Mac without a...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 3, 2006 at 10:21 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

Use Mac speakers as PA?	1,073 Views / 1 Replies
I'm doing my (first ever) Power Point presentation (yes I know it would be better to use keynote but this is what I have). The presentation is set, I'm going to run it from my 15" Al Powerbook to a...
Posted by quietjim, on Jun 20, 2006 at 01:43 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

I have a D70s with the (kit) 18-70 lens; I think...	1,088 Views / 10 Replies
I have a D70s with the (kit) 18-70 lens; I think it sells for about $300. I've been very happy with it and use it as a "walkign around" lens. If I had the money, I'd buy the new 18-200 VR lens that...
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 19, 2006 at 04:56 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

I edit a magazine with InDesign and when I...	871 Views / 4 Replies
I edit a magazine with InDesign and when I started I found the Classroom in a Book series very helpful. InDesign CS2 has a built in menu item to generate booklets.
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 19, 2006 at 04:51 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

I don't know how it would show up on a Windows...	3,851 Views / 2 Replies
I don't know how it would show up on a Windows machine but on a Mac, you should fire up iMovie. I have a TR17, a predecessor model, and have never had a problem. When I first used iMovie for some...
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 19, 2006 at 04:42 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

Thanks for the ideas. As to the connection, I...	2,957 Views / 9 Replies
Thanks for the ideas. As to the connection, I actually filter out the DSL when the line comes into the house. This is how SBC did it when they were doing the installation and I think it works better...
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 15, 2006 at 10:36 PM, in Networking

Apple Wireless Mouse Setup	491 Views / 1 Replies
I have intermittent problems where my Al Powerbook 15" does not automatically recognize my Apple wireless mouse. Usually what is required is to go into Bluetooth prefs, delete the item <username>...
Posted by quietjim, on Apr 6, 2006 at 11:40 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Creative Suite is life and death for me too, I'm...	569 Views / 3 Replies
Creative Suite is life and death for me too, I'm waiting to upgrade until they not only have native versions but they've been out for a while and I know they work.
Posted by quietjim, on Mar 25, 2006 at 11:28 PM, in Applications

Problems with mail.app saving	398 Views / 0 Replies
1. I get a consistent message if I start to compose a new mail and wait that says "Unable to save message". Anyone know how to get rid of this permanently? --best would be to allow it to do the save!...
Posted by quietjim, on Mar 7, 2006 at 12:30 AM, in Applications

That's not the threat that worries me. I use a...	6,272 Views / 19 Replies
That's not the threat that worries me. I use a Kensington lock when I'm at Borders and need to leave my PB for a few minutes. It just makes sure that your average person can't walk off with it...
Posted by quietjim, on Feb 26, 2006 at 08:35 PM, in Mac Desktops

iMovie HD recognizes the iSight, lists it, and...	5,190 Views / 31 Replies
iMovie HD recognizes the iSight, lists it, and allows recording from it. I'm using the version from ILife 6/ Tiger 10..4.4 / Powerbook 15" with a standard iSight.
Posted by quietjim, on Jan 21, 2006 at 09:46 PM, in Mac Desktops

I just want to second this recommendation, I love...	674 Views / 7 Replies
I just want to second this recommendation, I love my Sennheisers. Having said that, if I were doing it again, I'd think about the wireless ones from Logitech.
Posted by quietjim, on Jan 4, 2006 at 11:02 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

iPhoto and Photoshop Elements can be made to work...	4,720 Views / 4 Replies
iPhoto and Photoshop Elements can be made to work together. iPhoto has a Preference setting that controls what happens when you double-click a photo. One of the options is to set Photoshop Elemetns...
Posted by quietjim, on Nov 29, 2005 at 11:39 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

I also use the Adobe Suite (so far, just CS). I...	2,842 Views / 54 Replies
I also use the Adobe Suite (so far, just CS). I was under the impression InDesign would only natively import Word files. Will it import Pages files?
Posted by quietjim, on Oct 29, 2005 at 09:50 PM, in Applications

Libby indicted on 5 counts	545 Views / 1 Replies
1 obstruction of justic 2 making false statements 2 perjury comment: Bet he was protecting Cheney...and will get pardoned
Posted by quietjim, on Oct 28, 2005 at 12:49 PM, in Political/War Lounge

I've hosted a website with Dreamhost for three...	720 Views / 7 Replies
I've hosted a website with Dreamhost for three years and now host two more domains there. I've found them to be very reliable. What's just as important to me, when they do break down--and evyerone...
Posted by quietjim, on Oct 16, 2005 at 08:49 PM, in Developer Center

I took over a small national magazine a little...	1,108 Views / 25 Replies
I took over a small national magazine a little over a year ago. We bought Powerbooks and the CS suite for deisgn, Office for everything else and have been pretty happy. I love InDesign (I used to...
Posted by quietjim, on Sep 4, 2005 at 04:16 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

The copy needs work, it's stilted...doesn't draw...	934 Views / 18 Replies
The copy needs work, it's stilted...doesn't draw the reader in.
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 29, 2005 at 11:21 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Actually this is not true. The most recent...	5,380 Views / 169 Replies
Actually this is not true. The most recent approval rating for Bush is 40% which means more than half of the people oppose him. Actually, Bush's approval ratings have tended to hover under 50%. The...
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 28, 2005 at 08:38 PM, in Political/War Lounge

Poll: I went to the Apple store yesterday and tried it...	4,252 Views / 69 Replies
I went to the Apple store yesterday and tried it out. I use an Apple BT mouse now and I didn't like the feel of the Mighty Mouse. Just felt light/unsure to me. Plus I had trouble reliably clicking on...
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 28, 2005 at 08:34 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Database for worship	2,744 Views / 116 Replies
Thanks for the thoughts on using Keynote with worship. I was wondering if there is something for keeping records of worship?
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 24, 2005 at 04:38 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Hang in there. I did it one hour at a time in...	1,152 Views / 46 Replies
Hang in there. I did it one hour at a time in February and it was very hard BUT!-- soooo worth it. I can't believe how much better I feel. And I was surprised that my wife and daughter were so happy...
Posted by quietjim, on Aug 15, 2005 at 09:44 AM, in MacNN Lounge

BT Phone with Mac	786 Views / 7 Replies
I have a Motorola v551/Cingular service that works great with my Powerbook 15"/Tiger 10.4.2. No problems with sync via iSync except that the phone only has one field for phone numbers, address book...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 31, 2005 at 09:55 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Avery Labels	487 Views / 1 Replies
I don't use this function so I can't really say how precise the fit on a page is, but there are a LOT of labels listed. It looks to me like a pretty completely list, the last one is 89xx, t he firsts...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 31, 2005 at 09:45 PM, in Applications

Speed test	102,944 Views / 228 Replies
[QUOTE=aaronmarks]I only ran one speedtest with the new Nokia 6230, but just on the first try it was definitely faster than my one time record 143/26 with the Motorola v551. I got a 145/53:...
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 28, 2005 at 09:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Suddenly today my Al 15 powerbook (10.4.2) will...	102,944 Views / 228 Replies
Suddenly today my Al 15 powerbook (10.4.2) will not connect to my v551. Any ideas? What do I need to delete to start set up over?
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 22, 2005 at 04:54 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I don't see why the USB adapter and the PCMIA...	1,100 Views / 8 Replies
I don't see why the USB adapter and the PCMIA adaptor shouldn't work on the Mac, they are pretty standard.
Posted by quietjim, on Jul 20, 2005 at 02:02 PM, in Networking

I have Fireworks, Photoshop elements and...	1,148 Views / 28 Replies
I have Fireworks, Photoshop elements and Photoshop CS. I think the suggestion above to get Photoshop Elements is a great one. PS is all about editing photos; personally I think Fireworks is a...
Posted by quietjim, on Jun 21, 2005 at 09:34 PM, in Applications

This link actually downloads an application...	1,303 Views / 17 Replies
This link actually downloads an application called Deerpark.
Posted by quietjim, on Jun 20, 2005 at 11:00 PM, in Applications

woops-- forgot the other part of the question:...	2,367 Views / 38 Replies
woops-- forgot the other part of the question: tools. i use Macromedia Studio MX, CSEDit and Subethanet. We've bought GoLive but haven't used it yet.
Posted by quietjim, on Jun 19, 2005 at 12:22 AM, in Developer Center

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