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My allotment site.... 746 Views / 3 Replies  
My allotment site. (http://www.growhorwich.org.uk) I cut things down to as simple as possible for clearest communication. Some pages involved a bit of hand coding, such as the plot plan and the...
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 30, 2007 at 07:44 AM, in Applications
Yeah, good catch. Explains why those of us who... 892 Views / 9 Replies  
Yeah, good catch. Explains why those of us who never touch our machines during system updates (left-over paranoia from MacOS 9) have never been stung.
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 17, 2007 at 06:02 PM, in macOS
I have had my Users folder on another drive (with... 590 Views / 9 Replies  
I have had my Users folder on another drive (with a link from the startup drive) since 10.1, and it's never caused me a single problem. It is very simple to do (you only need a symbolic link) and...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 5, 2007 at 11:47 AM, in macOS
Full instructions for how to do this are here... 864 Views / 6 Replies  
Full instructions for how to do this are here (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/SpeechSynthesisProgrammingGuide/FineTuning/chapter_4_section_1.html), though it will...
Posted by barney ntd, on Sep 29, 2006 at 01:26 PM, in macOS
Technically, this is part of the Mac OS X... 830 Views / 6 Replies  
Technically, this is part of the Mac OS X standard folder structure. It's there in case you want to install applications which only you can use. When the system looks for applications or services,...
Posted by barney ntd, on Sep 10, 2006 at 11:11 AM, in macOS
It's much simpler to move the Users folder, with... 628 Views / 4 Replies  
It's much simpler to move the Users folder, with all the home folders in it. Then you just replace the Users folder on the boot disk with a symbolic link.

Barney.
Posted by barney ntd, on Aug 28, 2006 at 07:21 AM, in macOS
Yes, I am the author of Spot Picker. If you have... 1,017 Views / 8 Replies  
Yes, I am the author of Spot Picker. If you have the Adobe swatch files, Spot Picker lets you use them in any app which uses the system colour picker. Even better, in most cocoa apps (including...
Posted by barney ntd, on Aug 22, 2006 at 06:03 PM, in macOS
If it's an Apple color list, it should be in... 1,017 Views / 8 Replies  
If it's an Apple color list, it should be in either /Library/Colors or in ~/Library/Colors (or if it's been put in the wrong place, it may be in /System/Library/Colors).

If it's an icc profile...
Posted by barney ntd, on Aug 22, 2006 at 02:56 PM, in macOS
Not quite: you still have to click "Edit" if you... 1,428 Views / 18 Replies  
Not quite: you still have to click "Edit" if you want to search for a different name.
Posted by barney ntd, on Jul 26, 2006 at 09:01 PM, in macOS
Compare the time the box popped up with the times... 2,967 Views / 5 Replies  
Compare the time the box popped up with the times shown in the log. My guess would be it's those Dashboard/iCal errors, which are probably caused by the dashboard "iCal Events" widget.
Remove that...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jul 20, 2006 at 08:38 AM, in macOS
Cyberduck is free and works for me. I upload an... 620 Views / 9 Replies  
Cyberduck is free and works for me. I upload an iweb site of several MB every week or two and I've never had any trouble.

Barney.
Posted by barney ntd, on Jul 19, 2006 at 02:05 PM, in Applications
There's a BIG difference between bundling it with... 1,856 Views / 40 Replies  
There's a BIG difference between bundling it with the OS and bundling it with the machines.

Bundling it with the OS means either giving it away for free (which means it won't be developed any...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jul 7, 2006 at 07:17 AM, in Applications
USB2 card/sleep problems are not new. I have an... 1,279 Views / 15 Replies  
USB2 card/sleep problems are not new. I have an unbranded USB2 card plugged into my 400MHz sawtooth which works fine, provided I unplug every USB2 device before putting the computer to sleep. If I...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jul 4, 2006 at 07:02 AM, in macOS
1. Make sure the file is on your idisk. 2.... 646 Views / 7 Replies  
1. Make sure the file is on your idisk.
2. Select the piece of text, graphic, picture or whatever you want to be clickable.
3. Show the Link panel on the inspector, and tick the box marked "Enable...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jun 22, 2006 at 09:28 AM, in Applications
In Tiger, you don't need to run the maintenance... 1,843 Views / 19 Replies  
In Tiger, you don't need to run the maintenance scripts from the terminal. They are run automatically by launchd.
Posted by barney ntd, on May 29, 2006 at 07:28 PM, in macOS
If you do a "Get Info" on their folders, show the... 585 Views / 3 Replies  
If you do a "Get Info" on their folders, show the "More details" under Permissions, then click the padlock, you can do what you like. Normally, you should change the group, not the owner, though you...
Posted by barney ntd, on May 29, 2006 at 07:01 PM, in macOS
I have this problem too, and have always had it.... 577 Views / 2 Replies  
I have this problem too, and have always had it. In early versions of disk utility, you could only verify disks with no files open. Since 10.4 (or was it 10.3?) you have been able to verify the boot...
Posted by barney ntd, on May 29, 2006 at 09:14 AM, in macOS
My G4 400 works fine. 439 Views / 2 Replies  
My G4 400 works fine.
Posted by barney ntd, on May 13, 2006 at 02:00 PM, in macOS
The ~ at the start of the path means your home... 865 Views / 10 Replies  
The ~ at the start of the path means your home folder. It's an old unix convention, as used in terminal commands. For the system wide version, I would have written /Library/Application Support/iWeb.
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 24, 2006 at 04:41 PM, in Applications
That's exactly it. Make sure iWeb isn't running... 865 Views / 10 Replies  
That's exactly it. Make sure iWeb isn't running while you do it, or it might get confused.
Several other applications store important data in Application Support, so it's safer to back up the lot.
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 22, 2006 at 08:39 PM, in Applications
What don't you understand about: :brick: 865 Views / 10 Replies  
What don't you understand about:

:brick:
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 22, 2006 at 02:00 PM, in Applications
Two pedantic points: 1. You can reinstall the... 865 Views / 10 Replies  
Two pedantic points:
1. You can reinstall the whole of OSX without losing any data. That is what archive-install is for.
2. You should backup all your data anyway, in case of disk failure/malware...
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 22, 2006 at 07:28 AM, in Applications
I have a 400 MHz AGP graphics with an adaptec... 778 Views / 11 Replies  
I have a 400 MHz AGP graphics with an adaptec 2906 scsi card. I've upgraded to every version of OS X since 10.0, and everything has always worked EXCEPT since 10.4 the scsi card won't work with an...
Posted by barney ntd, on Mar 8, 2006 at 07:02 AM, in macOS
Heuristics are always built by looking at a large... 1,033 Views / 8 Replies  
Heuristics are always built by looking at a large number of existing examples. Since there are so few bits MacOS X malware so far, this means that any AV software claiming to use heuristics has based...
Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 28, 2006 at 09:26 PM, in Applications
R is open source. It runs multiple graphics... 7,692 Views / 9 Replies  
R is open source. It runs multiple graphics drivers including X11 and quartz. It is probably the main stats package used in academia, so has an enormous collection of specialist modules available....
Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 19, 2006 at 06:49 AM, in Applications
R (http://www.r-project.org/) (though it does... 7,692 Views / 9 Replies  
R (http://www.r-project.org/)
(though it does have a bit of a learning curve)
Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 18, 2006 at 08:30 PM, in Applications
I think this part is an unnecessary extra. A... 1,620 Views / 42 Replies  
I think this part is an unnecessary extra. A prompt for new application launches is probably a good idea.

[facetious comment] How do you digitally singe things? With a data blowtorch? :p
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Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 17, 2006 at 08:10 PM, in macOS
If this warning message is supposed to appear... 1,620 Views / 42 Replies  
If this warning message is supposed to appear every time an unsigned application is launched, it would effectively force every developer to buy a certificate, because users wouldn't stand for it.
...
Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 17, 2006 at 01:43 PM, in macOS
Delete the dictionaries from ~/Library/Spelling 1,545 Views / 3 Replies  
Delete the dictionaries from ~/Library/Spelling
Posted by barney ntd, on Feb 3, 2006 at 08:44 AM, in macOS
Only works in Cocoa apps, not in Carbon nor in... 509 Views / 3 Replies  
Only works in Cocoa apps, not in Carbon nor in the Finder. Pity.
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 31, 2006 at 10:00 AM, in macOS
It used to work fine for me, but I've since... 517 Views / 2 Replies  
It used to work fine for me, but I've since upgraded my Palm III to a Tungsten E and Hotsync Manager to Missing Sync, so I can't guarantee it still does.

Barney.
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 25, 2006 at 02:28 PM, in macOS
I have a USB 2.0 card in my sawtooth, and deep... 544 Views / 2 Replies  
I have a USB 2.0 card in my sawtooth, and deep sleep has never worked if anything (except USB 1.1 devices) is plugged into it. Mind you, I don't think I've tried it since the upgrade, because I've...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 20, 2006 at 02:33 PM, in macOS
All your arguments, Pliny, amount to one thing:... 10,493 Views / 158 Replies  
All your arguments, Pliny, amount to one thing: "I want to pay less". That means either someone else has to pay more, or the market has to grow. Since almost everyone who has a mac has ilife, growing...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 13, 2006 at 10:36 AM, in Applications
Sounds like a nice bonus to me. How much do you... 10,493 Views / 158 Replies  
Sounds like a nice bonus to me. How much do you think it costs to check the purchase date? Or should this only apply to online purchases?


Except that if Apple's going to make any profit, the...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 13, 2006 at 09:23 AM, in Applications
Upgrade pricing (as used by Adobe, M$ and almost... 10,493 Views / 158 Replies  
Upgrade pricing (as used by Adobe, M$ and almost everyone else) doesn't make sense, either for iLife or for MacOS X. Since everyone already has an earlier version, everyone would be eligible for the...
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 13, 2006 at 07:51 AM, in Applications
New version of itunes is up for download. Now you... 10,493 Views / 158 Replies  
New version of itunes is up for download. Now you can drag & drop in any quicktime movie without fiddling about converting it. Perfect for those live8 Floyd tracks!
Posted by barney ntd, on Jan 10, 2006 at 04:03 PM, in Applications
VueScan contains its own drivers for all the... 494 Views / 1 Replies  
VueScan contains its own drivers for all the scanners it supports. However, they only work in the VueScan application, so if you want to scan directly from Photoshop, iPhoto, ImageCapture or anything...
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 29, 2005 at 05:05 PM, in Applications
I have almost the same problem, but leaving usb... 13,439 Views / 74 Replies  
I have almost the same problem, but leaving usb 1.1 devices plugged into the usb 2.0 card is ok. All the usb 2.0 devices I have tried have to be unplugged for sleep, but I have three usb 1 devices...
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 28, 2005 at 10:38 AM, in macOS
Bit slow this morning! :P Barney 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
Bit slow this morning! :P

Barney
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 12, 2005 at 08:35 AM, in Applications
I'm getting Hemel Hempstead in low res, and I... 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
I'm getting Hemel Hempstead in low res, and I can't see anything like that. Maybe they accidentally uploaded some bad data?
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 12, 2005 at 07:25 AM, in Applications
If you're a walker monkeybrain, have you looked... 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
If you're a walker monkeybrain, have you looked at the Pyrenees? Most of it is low res, but there are a couple of patches of hi res which are just stunning. You can see paths, vegetation, scree etc....
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 11, 2005 at 10:52 AM, in Applications
It is patchy, isn't it. I was hoping to plan some... 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
It is patchy, isn't it. I was hoping to plan some walks in the Lakes, but the hi-res stuff seems to stop at the Lancashire border. As soon as you get to Cumbria, you can see the mountains and lakes...
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 11, 2005 at 07:51 AM, in Applications
I was pretty impressed. Here are some sheep on... 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
I was pretty impressed. Here are some sheep on the West Pennine Moors (near Bolton, but a long way from London):
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.hilken/graphics/sheep.jpg
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 10, 2005 at 04:26 PM, in Applications
I found a nasty bug! On my 400MHz... 6,279 Views / 55 Replies  
I found a nasty bug!

On my 400MHz sawtooth/radeon 8500, it pops up a dialogue box saying "The minimum requirement for Google Earth is a Pentium III 500MHz, which you don't have. Click OK to try...
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 10, 2005 at 01:52 PM, in Applications
ichatusbcam is not a driver. It is a hack which... 1,420 Views / 22 Replies  
ichatusbcam is not a driver. It is a hack which undoes Apple's blocking of usb 1.1 cameras. You need a driver for your camera as well (either macam, which is free but buggy, or ioxperts which is...
Posted by barney ntd, on Dec 6, 2005 at 05:55 PM, in Applications
After installing anything old which uses a... 1,497 Views / 42 Replies  
After installing anything old which uses a classic installer. Some of these really mess up permissions, especially classic Vise. Also after booting in classic, just in case (because OS 9 ignores...
Posted by barney ntd, on Nov 7, 2005 at 04:55 PM, in macOS
Poll: What people are ignoring is simple economics:... 1,040 Views / 15 Replies  
What people are ignoring is simple economics: Apple make their money from HARDWARE. If they were to sell MacOS X for generic PCs they would have to charge about twice as much as they do now, and no...
Posted by barney ntd, on Oct 18, 2005 at 08:09 AM, in macOS
Not really. Gödel's (second) Incompleteness... 2,621 Views / 57 Replies  
Not really. Gödel's (second) Incompleteness Theorem sets a limit on what it is possible to prove in a formalised logical system. But the limit is to do with the complexity of numerical functions, not...
Posted by barney ntd, on Oct 1, 2005 at 02:44 PM, in macOS
This is true. In fact, writing mathematical... 2,621 Views / 57 Replies  
This is true. In fact, writing mathematical specifications to guarantee "safe" behaviour in a networked environment is still an active research topic. In other words, we aren't sure how to do it, but...
Posted by barney ntd, on Oct 1, 2005 at 09:16 AM, in macOS
If I remember right, USB uses the same... 1,410 Views / 29 Replies  
If I remember right, USB uses the same "Architecture Model" as ATAPI/IDE, so doesn't depend on IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily. If the LaCie has a USB 2.0 connection, this would be well worth trying....
Posted by barney ntd, on Aug 8, 2005 at 05:45 PM, in macOS
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