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Mail 6.3 connection woes15 (4/17/2013 5:57:33 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I just jumped from MacOS 10.6.8 to 10.8.3. I'm not an early adopter and
did a lot of research on what needed to be upgraded and working before I
took the jump.
For the most part, it went fine. Some MyS... Michael
forward delete on MBP keyboard516 (2/21/2013 4:04:22 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I have a Matias Pro which is a version of the original Mac 101 keyboard.
It has Forward Delete in a group above the arrow keys along with Help,
Home, Page Up, Page Down, and End.
How are these keys mappe... Michael
Weird wake from sleep963 (7/3/2012 8:35:24 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I never use sleep mode on my MacPro, so I'm unfamiliar with it. On my
older machines, with various upgrades to hardware, Sleep stopped working
so I just let the machine run with a screen saver.
I just g... Michael
.Mac to .iCloud migration9183 (7/1/2012 8:20:55 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I manage an email listserv and about 10 people use .Mac or .Me (no
..MobleMe). Apple supposedly turned off .Mac yesterday, but email still
works. If I change an address from .mac.com to .icloud.com, it bo... Michael
Refurb MacBook Pro laptop from Apple381 (7/1/2012 4:29:13 AM) comp.sys.mac.system After the new notebooks were announced, I noticed a couple posters here
mentioning they picked up a refurb'ed older MacBook with firewire,
optical drive, etc. that aren't on the newer models, including the ... Michael
iTunes 10.5.1 always asking for AppleID2107 (11/18/2011 9:05:47 AM) comp.sys.mac.system I've set the new iTunes to not automatically update or download anything yet every time I start iTunes, it connects to ax.init.itunes.apple.com:80 to 'check in' to the iTunes Store. If there are iTouch Apps... Michael
Lion and CIFS/SAMBA175 (7/22/2011 11:19:42 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I heard that Lion had to throw out the V2 GPL'ed SAMBA code because V4 is now V3 GPL. So it's not part of Lion. Does sharing with Windows networks still work? A week or so ago, someone from Europe posted t... Michael
Can't sleep on old G4 running 10.4.11847 (2/8/2010 6:37:08 PM) comp.sys.mac.system A friend asked me why her system won't sleep any more. This is a very sudden occurrence apparently. Every day, she wakes her system, reads email, browses the web, then puts the system back to sleep. It's a... Michael
10.4.11 Security Update screws up a lot of stuff1054 (2/14/2008 3:10:51 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Luckily, I've been backing up my system before I install any Apple update since the Quicktime update royally screwed up my system a couple months ago. This latest update did a number of bad things(tm): 1) w... Michael
HP printer crash10 (5/11/2013 3:06:59 PM) comp.sys.mac.system MacBook with 10.6.8 printing system had been working very well
HP Deskjet AIO F4135 crashed repeatedly on Path:
/Library/Printers/hp/cups/Deskjet.driver/Contents/MacOS/Deskjet
Thought this may have hap... pure1(14)
pop-ups22 (5/13/2013 12:27:57 PM) comp.sys.mac.system MAC OS-X v 10.75
Firefox v 20.0
In my preferences in Firefox I have block-pop up windows checked but I
continually get pops-up windows... particularly surveys. How can I
stop this?
... gno52(77)
Odd Lack of Mountain Lion Documentation72 (5/11/2013 2:19:45 AM) comp.sys.mac.system With the Finder open there is a panel of options available when one
selects "Show View Options" from the "View" menu. That produces a panel
of options, one of which is "Use as Defaults". My attempts to figu... taliesinsoft966(907)
How to use a Greek font41 (5/14/2013 11:37:51 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Dear friends:
I am writing a paper using Microsoft Word for Mac, last version, and I need
to include in it a short line in old Greek. I understand that there is a
Greek font in OSX, so it should not be a p... jiclbchSINBASURA(178)
Week-at-a-Glance Calendar App31 (5/12/2013 2:15:31 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Does anyone know of a calendar app for Mac OS X that displays each week
as 2 columns: col 1 is Mon, Tue, and Wed; col 2 is Thu, Fri, and
Sat/Sun (in one box)? On my iPhone/iPad, Easy Calendar uses that
d... gary_w12(50)
decline and fall of a MacBook 10.6.8162 (5/11/2013 11:56:50 PM) comp.sys.mac.system For the last few months, I decided to start using the MacBook 10.6.8
regularly in house instead of saving it for on the road wifi. It has
recently behaved like PC used to - gradually got slower and buggier... pure1(14)
Browser for 10.5.8431 (5/11/2013 5:30:52 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hi all,
Can anyone suggest a decent browser for use on an old PPC Mini running
10.5.8? I've tried Opera, Safari and Firefox, none of them seem stable
and the dowload sites don't offer much guidance as to w... bp39(111)
Show ALL files including the ones that start with periods?111 (5/11/2013 5:41:20 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hello.
Is there a way to show ALL and access files in updated Mac OS X (10.5.8
and 10.8.3)'s Finder without going to Terminal (ls -all)? The reason is
why I need to recover older backup copies from Time ... ant(767)