Microsoft Office may be too damned expensive and come from the evil empire, but the latest update to Office X (10.1.2) has improved application launch significantly! So congratulations to the team! Now, can you go beat on the Windows Media Player folks, please? Please?
Tag: Tips
Jag Finder tip
OS X FAQ posted this really cool tip about command-clicking in the Jaguar Finder…
Backing up with Backup
I am now doing my first major cross-CD backup using the Backup application that came with my .mac subscription. 8 gigabytes, 14 CDs it claims. “But Steve, you own Retrospect, why not use that?” Well, restrospect stores data in it’s own proprietary format, which means you need Retrospect to read the data later. After Backup… Continue reading Backing up with Backup
10.2.1 does not fix Mail crash
Apple released Mac OS X 10.2.1 today. However, the Mail bug I have reported with them still exists. If you create an image with Graphic Converter and save using JPEG 6, dragging that file into a Mail message will cause Mail to lock up. Switch your GC prefs to save JPEGs with QuickTime. This bug… Continue reading 10.2.1 does not fix Mail crash
Using Virex to automatically scan archives
If you signed up for .Mac, then you got Virex as part of the package. Great! But it sucks. Virex does no auto scanning of new files for you as you download them. A partial fix, pointed out to me by Doug Shivers of PMUG, is to configure Stuffit Expander to use Virex to scan… Continue reading Using Virex to automatically scan archives
QuickTime Streaming and Firewalls
If you have a firewall and want to view streamed QuickTime, you will need to open some ports on your firewall. Here is an article that tells you which ports: QuickTime Streaming and Firewalls
Airport and Rendevouz
I have an SMC wireless basestation/router which I got to use for dialup backup, which I never installed of course. This weekend I put 10.2 on my G4 desktop and noticed, after playing with Redezvous (ichat) that my SMC was locking up from time to time. I called AT&T and there were no issues there.… Continue reading Airport and Rendevouz
Replace the misleading iCal icon
Great tip from MacOSXHints.com
How to fix Charla’s input box
Charla, the wondeful open source application for chatting on Yahoo has an annoying problem – When you launch Charla, the text cursor is not defaulted to being in the chat input box. This means you have to click in the box, which is annoying. However, Charla was written in Cocoa, so if you have the… Continue reading How to fix Charla’s input box
Proper iChat name editing
If you have used iChat, you know that if you add a user to your address book with the same AIM account as one of your buddies, then you must quit/relaunch iChat in order to show the new name. The proper way to change the name is to either ctrl-click (right click) on the buddy… Continue reading Proper iChat name editing
Apple raises price of additional .mac email addresses
from MacInTouch: “You wrote about adding e-mail accounts for $10/each; but the e-mail I got from Apple over the weekend says that additional e-mail accounts are $20. Adding Email-Only Accounts You can add up to ten 5MB email-only accounts to your full ..Mac membership, each for $20 a year. Keep the Mac.com name of an… Continue reading Apple raises price of additional .mac email addresses
palm – address and to do notes
From Simeon: “i figured out how to make an attached note for address or to do entries on the Palm Desktop that does the right thing on the palm when synced… for To Do: attach to a new memo named ‘Handheld Note: To Do List’ for address book: attach to a new memo named ‘Handheld… Continue reading palm – address and to do notes
Add iCal events to your iPod
Thanks to Roger for pointing this one out: Add iCal events to your iPod
Add an AppleScript Menu!
MacOS X 10.2 (Jaguar) includes an Applescript menu for your use, but it is not pre-installed.