From fozard at nauticom.net Mon Oct 1 09:50:47 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:50:47 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] MACBOOK Seagate HDD Failures Message-ID: <47011757.9020709@nauticom.net> Not trying to be a harbinger of doom, but check this MACSurfer link out: "Hard Drives - Seagate Momentus catastrophic failures" http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/harddrives/index.html#d01oct2007 From hank at comealive.org Mon Oct 1 09:55:07 2007 From: hank at comealive.org (Hank Niewola) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:55:07 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Build Booklet script in InDesign CS3? Message-ID: <20071001155507.105082827@mail.comealive.org> I am still using InDesign 2.0.2 and am considering upgrading to the newest version. I appreciated the 'build booklet' script that did just what it said of documents since I put together 4-64 page booklets. Does anyone know if the latest InDesign includes this handy script? -- Hank Niewola Come Alive www.comealive.org From dave at davesevick.com Mon Oct 1 16:46:07 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:46:07 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Cranberry - Monroeville - Lawrenceville --- a full diet of Apple this week Message-ID: <6FEEEFCA-C568-4018-8262-2D2F5B9E6199@davesevick.com> Please join us at any ..... or all ... of these Apple User Group experiences this week in October 2007 ! Wed Oct 3 7-9PM Users Group meeting ( NPMUG ) at MacOutfitters of Cranberry ( topics include, but limited to Leopard 10.5, iPhone unlocking debate, the WiFi iTunes store .... and more ) Thurs Oct 4 7-9PM Users Group meeting ( COWMUG ) at the Monroeville Public Library Fri Oct 5 - Sat Oct 6 10AM - 7PM Computer Warehouse Sale at Goodwill in Lawrenceville ( Saturday will be also be a special user group volunteer day ) ``````````````````````` Pittsburgh Groups http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html ``````````````````````` M E E T I N G S I N P I T T S B U R G H - - - C R A N B E R R Y T O W N S H I P - - - 1st Wednesday of each month, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Location - MacOutfitters of Cranberry724-776-8075 http://www.macoutfitters.com ( 9PM nightcap at Primanti's in Cranberry after each meeting ) Contact: Apple User Group Ambassador - Dave Sevick - dave at davesevick.com http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/Cranberry%20Township.html - - - M O N R O E V I L L E - - - 1st Thursday of each month, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Location - Monroeville Public Library 412-372-3002 ( 5:30 PM coffee at Panera Bread in Miracle Mile Shopping Center before each meeting) http://www.monroevillelibrary.org/screens/cowmug.html Contact: COWMUG President - Peter Carras - pcarras+ at pitt.edu http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/Monroeville.html - - - S H A D Y S I D E - - - 2nd Sunday of each month, 5:30 - 6:30 PM, Location - Apple Store Shadyside 412-683-1186 http://www.apple.com/retail/shadyside ( 6:30PM dinner at Max and Erma's in Shadyside after each meeting ) Contact: Apple User Group Ambassador - Dave Sevick - dave at davesevick.com http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/Shadyside.html - - - S O U T H H I L L S - - - 4th Sunday of each month, 6:00 - 7:00 PM, Location - Apple Store South Hills Village 412-833-1840 http://www.apple.com/retail/southhillsvillage ( 7PM dinner at the Roxy Cafe in South Hills Village,Upper Level after every meeting ) Contact: Apple User Group Leader - Charles Firth - charles at firthconsulting.com http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/South%20Hills.html - - - P E N N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y - - - 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM ( see http:// www.psumug.org/ical/ calendar to be sure) Contact: Apple User Group Ambassador - Carlo Pitocco - gpitocco at ist.psu.edu http://web.mac.com/pittsburghgroups/iWeb/Site/Penn%20State% 20University.html ``````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(2) Apple iBook and PowerBook computers come bundled with iLife, a suite of applications ideal for learning the basics of photo editing, and audio and video editing. We'll use those programs in several classes. Incoming students will receive information on recommended models and pricing in February of each year. Q. What if I prefer a Windows-based machine? A. That's an option, but it's one we do not recommend unless you plan to make a career of computer-assisted reporting. By the time you purchase photo, audio and video software for a PC, you probably will have spent more than you would if buying a comparable Apple Computer. Buy a PC if you prefer to do so, but make sure it is wireless and has Microsoft Office. Almost 100 percent of last year's freshmen chose Apple computers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From dave at davesevick.com Fri Oct 5 05:22:39 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 07:22:39 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] October 5-6 Warehouse Sale at Goodwill in Lawrenceville - Special announcement - we now have Apple laptops !!!! Message-ID: <59ABB53C-F8E0-4B5A-A698-797F1558C99A@davesevick.com> ? Come see us in Lawrenceville ..... located 55 55th Street .... today, the 5th .... of October ... and tomorrow Oct 6 :-) ((((((((( SEE ATTACHED PDF FLYER )))))))) We now have iBooks !!!! In limited quantities .... prices vary based and hard drive, RAM and wireless cards ..... but start at $200 .... We have G3 iMacs running OS9 for $50 We have Blue and White G3 Towers with 14" monitors for $99 We have G3 iMacs with FireWire and 384mb RAM running OS X 10.3.9 for $150 We accept your donations today on the docks .... in Lawrenceville ..... See you there ! Dave .... and here is a quick list below of all the 24 local Goodwill Retail Stores for donations .... if you can't bring your donations to us this weekend .... More detailed info on each store can be found our web site http:// pghmac.com/goodwill-donations.html BANKSVILLE Lisa Davis #256 gwbanksville at verizon.net BELLE VERNON Linda Aglio #011 gwbelle at verizon.net BRIDGEPORT Mary Winkler #016 bport at labyrinth.net BRIDGEPORT OUTLET Cheryl Chrislip #278 gwoutlet at ma.rr.com BUCKHANNON Carla Mazza #012 gwbuck at cebridge.net BUTLER Sandra Crider (Interim) #019 goodwillbutler at earthlink.net CENTRE AVENUE Harriet Alston #255 centreavenue at verizon.net CHESWICK Marge Vassar (Interim) #017 gwcheswick at verizon.net ELKINS Janan Rice #021 gwelkins at cebridge.net FAIRMONT Michele Willis (Interim) #009 gwfmont at adelphia.net GREENSBURG Larry Stitt #014 gwburg at comcast.net MONROEVILLE Jon Golashewski #018 gwmonroeville at adelphia.net MORGANTOWN Elsie Field #007 gwmtown at adelphia.net MT. PLEASANT Bryan Seighman #001 pleasant at zoominternet.net NORTH HILLS Terri Davis (temp) #010 gwnorthhills at comcast.net NORTH HUNTINGDON Julijan Corej #015 gwnhunt at verizon.net NORTH SIDE Lisa Kennelly (Interim) #002 gwnside at comcast.net ROCHESTER Debbie Rodriguez (Interim) #013 gwrochester at verizon.net SOUTH SIDE Linda Kurtz #003 gwsside at verizon.net UNIONTOWN Dennis Lyons (Interim) #005 utown at nauticom.net WASHINGTON Michelle Paull #008 gwwash4 at earthlink.net WEXFORD ADC/BOOKSTORE - Wexford Shoppes Dean Focareta #264 WHITEHALL Maxine Zwigart (Interim) #006 gwwhitehall at comcast.net Computer Works on the South Side Robert Gianni gianni at goodwillpitt.org MacOufitters of Cranberry Township Jim Habel habel at macoutfitters.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071005/dd9f9245/attachment-0002.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Many thanks to the diligence of Marty Swartz to get the laptop program rolling. ------- Please come to see our G3 iMacs with OS9.2.2 for $50 G3 iMacs with OS X 10.3.9 , 384ram, larger HDs for $150 G3 B&W towers with 14" monitors running OS9.2.2 for $99 Again .... all laptops SOLD OUT !!!!! Dave From fozard at nauticom.net Fri Oct 5 10:11:29 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:11:29 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Fille Sharing Songs Costs BIG $$$! Message-ID: <47066231.8060207@nauticom.net> None of us MAC types would ever do this. If you know someone who's out in left field, you might want to consider referring them to this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071005/tc_afp/entertainmentusinternetmusicjustice From charles at firthconsulting.com Fri Oct 5 12:33:50 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:33:50 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] ZFS in Leopard Message-ID: It looks like ZFS is not going to be fully up and running when Leopard hits, but developers have been given a preview of full- featured ZFS to play with, so it looks like this is the direction Apple might go to replace HFS+ (known as "Mac OS Extended") If you remember, I had commented a while ago that Time Machine sounded a lot like ZFS was being used under the hood. :) http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/04/ zfs_to_play_larger_role_in_future_versions_of_mac_os_x.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, ++md From jamescorsale at mac.com Tue Oct 9 10:37:22 2007 From: jamescorsale at mac.com (Jim Corsale) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:37:22 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] The Daily Princetonian - On-campus Mac users quadruple Message-ID: <7FBD2B61-9AB0-4EE4-9F62-3D9B10DFB3B8@mac.com> This can only be good news for we, the chosen, who have been using macs. http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/10/05/news/18871.shtml? sr=hotnews -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071009/4b591d85/attachment.htm From r.l.adams at comcast.net Wed Oct 10 08:00:14 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:14 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Mail Print Message-ID: <6090D2B0-4915-4ADE-BC12-05218E72D489@comcast.net> I'm trying to combine and print multiple email messages to a single .pdf file. Mail help says that if I select the multiple messages, File-Print, choose Mail from the pop-up, and print to PDF, I should get a single document with combined messages. However, what I get are separate pdf files... one for each message. I know that Automator allows be to combine messages, but they are in ascii text and are not visually friendly. Am I missing something obvious? From marty.swartz at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 20:07:13 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:07:13 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Mail Print In-Reply-To: <6090D2B0-4915-4ADE-BC12-05218E72D489@comcast.net> References: <6090D2B0-4915-4ADE-BC12-05218E72D489@comcast.net> Message-ID: If you have the full Acrobat product, (not just Adobe Reader,) you can open the first message, and then append subsequent messages. ( Document > Insert Pages ) - Marty Swartz On 10/10/07, R Adams wrote: > I'm trying to combine and print multiple email messages to a > single .pdf file. From r.l.adams at comcast.net Thu Oct 11 08:41:03 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:41:03 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Mail Print Message-ID: I'll continue to use File-Save As-RTF. It appears that the Mail's Print to pdf feature described in Help does not work. thx! -- Ron From charles at firthconsulting.com Sat Oct 13 07:25:21 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:25:21 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage Message-ID: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> http://www.apple.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/3bae3e13/attachment.htm From alexmacimac at mac.com Sat Oct 13 08:02:03 2007 From: alexmacimac at mac.com (Alex MacArthur) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage In-Reply-To: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> References: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> Message-ID: <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22@mac.com> A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel him into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in my books , to be honest ). He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the temperature on Mars. ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by those who want to see America chained economically by imposing this canard of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . Read - more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the wooly mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as late as 3500 years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature of this planet - and nature usually adapts to counteract the change . Some day I should do a presentation on adaptive thermodynamics for those interested . ) Alex On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Charles Firth wrote: > http://www.apple.com/ > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/c5068f95/attachment-0001.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Oct 13 09:24:56 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:24:56 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Important for Apple folks :::> how backups work in Leopard 10.5 ... a good look at Apple's new "Time Machine" Message-ID: Dear people who are anxiously awaiting Leopard 10.5 on Oct 26, 2007, Prince McLean of "Apple Insider" wrote a detailed article on Apple Tme Machine yesterday ... Oct 10, 2007 ..... Page 2 is a very handy explanation on just how Apple's new Time Machine in Leopard works ..... written in terms most people can understand. The whole article is recommended reading ... but page 2 is helps us understand a radical change in the Apple software coming our way with Leopard. I think it is worthy of the full copy-paste here (something I don't usually encourage on this list ) ... as this just may be ..... the one GREAT REASON TO BUY LEOPARD ..... when people ask " why should I upgrade from Tiger 10.4 ?" A new approach to how we backup our data is nothing small .... and is worth a good look ..... I have skipped page one .... but here is a Page 1 link on the history of backups an how Time Machine came to be. ..... so in a few weeks ( probably Oct 26, 2007 ) when people ask why you upgraded to Leopard, hopefully "Time Machine" will be one good reason. Here is page 2 in it's entirety ... (((((((((( Start Page 2 )))))))))))) Friday, October 12, 2007 Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Time Machine [Page 2] By Prince McLean Published: 10:00 AM EST The Technology Behind Time Machine How to actually do this is addressed by the lowest layer of technology in Time Machine. There is still a conundrum to address: we don't need copies of things that don't change; we only need to frequently save things that do. However, saving differential backups (that only capture new changes) means that we have to stitch together the results of lots of backups over a long period of time in order to restore an entire disk. Managing changes over a long period of time often means we will end up with a mess of files spanning lots of disks, and there's no easy way to clean that mess up without starting over from scratch periodically and doing another new massive backup. Who wants to manage boring infrastructure details like that? At the same time, there is also the problem of knowing what to back up. Typical backup systems laboriously scan the disk for changes, requiring the system to either wake up at night to do backup housecleaning, or interrupt the user while they work. As more users move to laptops, getting backups scheduled and performed frequently enough to be useful becomes an additional challenge. The What Time Machine does a number of things to target these problems. First, it plugs directly into Mac OS X's FSEvents, the process that tracks file system events as they happen. This allows Time Machine to keep track of what needs to be backed up without having to do that work itself; the system already maintains those records, which are also shared among other applications (including Spotlight, which uses it to build instantaneous search results). When Time Machine begins a backup, it doesn't have to scrub the disk; it simply asks FSEvents for a list of what's changed and quickly hits just those files. Time Machine does allow you to exclude specific items from being backed up, but it's not usually necessary to micromanage this list. That's because the system is already intelligently designed to avoid backing up temp files and other things that don't need to be backed up. Apple also gives third party developers outlines on how to avoid dumping unnecessary things into Time Machine's backups. The Where Time Machines makes setting up a backup target easy; users simply select a disk. The first time an external drive is plugged in, Time Machine offers to use it for backups. There's no complex configuration or management of backup media pools or any real device setup. It is possible to set up multiple disks for use with Time Machine, making it easy to create an offsite archive. It only backs up to one drive at a time however. Apple recommends against using Time Machine on a disk used for other purposes. You can do this, but files copied to the time Machine disk are not backed up (because the system automatically excludes the Time Machine backup drive from backing itself up). Putting other files on the Time Machine drive also obviously eats into the space available for backups. If you fill up your Time Machine drive, you can plug in a new drive and start over, leaving your old drive as an archive. You can also exclude folders of large content to avoid backing those items up, if you have lots of client data, photos, movies, or other items that are archived elsewhere and don't need to be included into Time Machine. The When After finding a source, Time Machine sets up a full backup. It then schedules a backup every hour. There's really no scheduling options to configure. Every day, it drops the previous day's hourly backups. Every week it drops the previous week's daily backups. That maintains a complete, extensive set of backups that balance out the demands for backup frequency versus disk space. Other backup systems commonly force the user to manage these details; Time Machine supplies the professional expertise so you don't have to think about it, and can't inadvertently set up schedules that make no sense. At the same time, it's easy to manually turn Time Machine off so that its regular backups don't interfere with game playing or other activities that demand an undistracted processor. Once you turn Time Machine back on, it simply jumps back to its schedule and resumes backing things up. The Time Machine settings in System Preferences show the time scheduled for the next backup. When that time arrives, it displays a progress thermometer during the backup, which typically only takes a few seconds, unless you've generated a huge amount of new content in the last hour. Again, that's because Time Machine doesn't scan through your entire drive looking for changes, but rather only consults FSEvents for a listing of what has changed recently. This backup frequency makes Time Machine immediately useful the first day you enable it. Delete a file or folder unintentionally, and you can nearly always immediately undo it, although it's still possible to create and destroy something within an hour and be left up the creek without a paddle. Time Machine's frequent backups are far more useful and practical than the "undelete" systems once popular among system utilities like Norton Utilities, which replaced the Trash with a system that tried to retain everything that was thrown away for later possible retrieval. Time Machine focuses on protecting the stuff you need and use, not on questioning the wisdom of everything you delete. The How Backup systems typically make a full clone backup, and then copy only the differential or incremental changes. Differential backups capture everything that has changed since the last full backup, while incremental backups only copy what's changed since the last partial backup. Full backups obviously consume too much disk space to do every hour, but differential or incremental backups don't capture the whole picture in a single shot. Time Machine appears to do both: capture full backups every hour without taking up all the disk space this would require. How does it do this? An intelligent backup system using differential backups would also have to parse all the various backups done in order to present a composite view of all the partial backups to present the user with the files that can be restored at any given time. The user might want the version of a file from two hours ago, or from two weeks ago. Accommodating this kind of flexibility typically requires managing a complex database of backup file transactions. If that metadata database is lost, restoring files from the backups becomes far more complex, and requires an arduous and lengthly rebuilding of the database. To solve both problems, Time Machine does something new and different that actually required Apple to make changes to the underlying Mac file system, HFS+. The new change is referred to multi-links, which are similar to "hard links" common to Unix users and potentially available when using NTFS on Windows. Hard links differ from "soft links" (also known as symbolic links), which simply act as placeholders pointing to another file. The Mac OS has long used aliases as a way to create a soft link stand-in for another file or directory. Windows calls soft links "shortcuts." (((((((((( End Page 2 )))))))))))) .... you can continue with Page 3 "Hard and Soft Links; Time Machine's Multi-Links; and Snapshots and Windows' Shadow Copy " helping us understand files and folders in Leopard. And Page 4 "The Pretty Layer of Time Machine and Back Up to the Future " with some cool photos of the new "Time Machine" in action .... 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( Better him than Hillary in my books , to be honest ).He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible .I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the temperature on Mars.( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by those who want to see America chained economically by imposing this canard of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . Read - more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the wooly mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as late as 3500 years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature of this planet - and nature usually adapts to counteract the change . Some day I should do a presentation on adaptive thermodynamics for those interested . )Alex On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Charles Firth wrote:http://www.apple.com/_______________________________________________NPMUG mailing listNPMUG at davesevick.comhttp://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook ? together at last. ?Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/5a4ef4a7/attachment.htm From getchell at mac.com Sat Oct 13 11:00:46 2007 From: getchell at mac.com (Les Getchell) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:00:46 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] NPMUG Digest, Vol 22, Issue 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5B95D62E-65C8-4324-867D-00CF43F8B1B1@mac.com> It is unfortunate to view this as a mix of business and politics. Al Gore sits on the board of Apple. If a member of my board won a Nobel prize, I would proudly congratulate them on my Web site and everywhere else no matter what their politics or religion or other beliefs may be. Les > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 > From: Alex MacArthur > Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage > To: Charles Firth , NPMUG > > Message-ID: <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22 at mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has > me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. > > The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel him > into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in my > books , to be honest ). > He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political > background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . > > I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the > temperature on Mars. > ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by those > who want to see America chained economically by imposing this canard > of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . Read - > more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the wooly > mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as late as 3500 > years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature of this planet - > and nature usually adapts to counteract the change . Some day I > should do a presentation on adaptive thermodynamics for those > interested . ) > > Alex From dreadfuldru at hotmail.com Sat Oct 13 11:10:38 2007 From: dreadfuldru at hotmail.com (Dru Cox) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:10:38 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] NPMUG Digest, Vol 22, Issue 4 In-Reply-To: <5B95D62E-65C8-4324-867D-00CF43F8B1B1@mac.com> References: <5B95D62E-65C8-4324-867D-00CF43F8B1B1@mac.com> Message-ID: All right, all right. Before I get yelled at by Dave... I've been a member of our group for years (and years), and never say anything about others views that come to my desktop. I love MAC's and our group as well. the end dru > From: getchell at mac.com > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:00:46 -0400 > To: npmug at davesevick.com > Subject: Re: [NPMUG] NPMUG Digest, Vol 22, Issue 4 > > It is unfortunate to view this as a mix of business and politics. Al > Gore sits on the board of Apple. If a member of my board won a Nobel > prize, I would proudly congratulate them on my Web site and > everywhere else no matter what their politics or religion or other > beliefs may be. > > Les > > > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 > > From: Alex MacArthur > > Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage > > To: Charles Firth , NPMUG > > > > Message-ID: <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22 at mac.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has > > me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. > > > > The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel him > > into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in my > > books , to be honest ). > > He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political > > background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . > > > > I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the > > temperature on Mars. > > ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by those > > who want to see America chained economically by imposing this canard > > of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . Read - > > more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the wooly > > mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as late as 3500 > > years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature of this planet - > > and nature usually adapts to counteract the change . Some day I > > should do a presentation on adaptive thermodynamics for those > > interested . ) > > > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook ? together at last. ?Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/93c6d110/attachment.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Sat Oct 13 11:15:17 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:15:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage In-Reply-To: References: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22@mac.com> Message-ID: <390EB716-0F38-45C7-8D52-6582D3E625BB@firthconsulting.com> I'm kinda sorry I brought it up. I was only pointing out Apple's front-page change, where they congratulate a board member for getting a Nobel Prize. On Oct 13, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Dru Cox wrote: > Hurray for your opinion, Alex! > ...but I wouldn't vote for either of those two buffoons. > (hey- you started this Charles) > : ) > dru cox > > From: alexmacimac at mac.com > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 > To: charles at firthconsulting.com; npmug at davesevick.com > Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage > > A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has > me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. > > The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel > him into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in > my books , to be honest ). > He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political > background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . > > I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the > temperature on Mars. > ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by > those who want to see America chained economically by imposing this > canard of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . > Read - more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the > wooly mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as > late as 3500 years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature > of this planet - and nature usually adapts to counteract the > change . Some day I should do a presentation on adaptive > thermodynamics for those interested . ) > > Alex > > > On Oct 13, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Charles Firth wrote: > > http://www.apple.com/ > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > > > Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook ? together at > last.Get it now! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/d3ba0157/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Sat Oct 13 11:59:49 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:59:49 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] ADMIN ALERT: Signal to noise ratio on this Apple-Pittsburgh listserve ..... Message-ID: <9F906F1A-D625-42C5-B2C3-559773EFCEFC@davesevick.com> ..... see what happens when I go outside and try to get some work done .... :-) Discussion and chatter and opinions = noise Helpful facts and public info to help all Apple folks = signal ======== Guys and Gals, I think all of your views are part of free speech ... everyone's ... .... and we are very blessed with mostly signal .... very little noise on this list. This listserve is designed to have people "go offline" to have private discussions. So, Alex and Dru and Les .... all you great people ..... please chat about politics and non-Apple stuff offline and privately. Charles' post was very appropriate and not political, IMHO. When we have our many local Apple group meetings .... well, this is the place to have these spirited discussions :-) ====== Let me go a step further with something you all may not know .... I get requests to discuss "bad products" and "companies that really screwed me over ...." on this listserve all the time .... and I mean all the time. I won't .... ..... and you should not either. The term is "flaming" and I just won't tolerate it here. ======= Realizing that we have nearly 400 people actively subscribed to this list, it can serve as a weapon for harm or a cause for good ..... ======= Since this domain bears my name and pay for it and maintain it :-) I choose to make it a tool for good ... and a portal for important Pittsburgh based Apple info. I myself have veered off this planned path of "just the facts" on a few occasions ... and been told by my peers and you all when I have maybe "crossed the line" with comments made here on this Apple based listserve. Thank you for that help. I hope this helps calrify the borders on this Apple based listserve. Please use this bandwidth to inform and help each other ...... ======= Having said that and admitting that I get the "urge to step up on the podium ..." myself .... please truly weigh if your input here is meant for the good of us all .... or just a way for you to get a "personal quickie broadcasted to 400 people ...." Please consider who you are helping before you post ? Dave Sevick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/356bc5ad/attachment-0001.htm From marty.swartz at gmail.com Sat Oct 13 12:41:41 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:41:41 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage In-Reply-To: <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22@mac.com> References: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22@mac.com> Message-ID: Yes, unfortunate, even shocking! Let's contact the White House (or at least VP Cheney) about this mixture, of .. um... never mind. My bad. On 10/13/07, Alex MacArthur wrote: > A very unfortunate mix of business and politics. From lynnsevick at mac.com Sat Oct 13 13:19:31 2007 From: lynnsevick at mac.com (Lynn Sevick) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:19:31 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] NPMUG Digest, Vol 22, Issue 4 In-Reply-To: <5B95D62E-65C8-4324-867D-00CF43F8B1B1@mac.com> References: <5B95D62E-65C8-4324-867D-00CF43F8B1B1@mac.com> Message-ID: <335031AE-DE86-4B6F-985E-BA1565E8D996@mac.com> Ditto! On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Les Getchell wrote: > It is unfortunate to view this as a mix of business and politics. Al > Gore sits on the board of Apple. If a member of my board won a Nobel > prize, I would proudly congratulate them on my Web site and > everywhere else no matter what their politics or religion or other > beliefs may be. > > Les > >> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 >> From: Alex MacArthur >> Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage >> To: Charles Firth , NPMUG >> >> Message-ID: <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22 at mac.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has >> me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. >> >> The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel him >> into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in my >> books , to be honest ). >> He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political >> background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . >> >> I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the >> temperature on Mars. >> ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by those >> who want to see America chained economically by imposing this canard >> of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . Read - >> more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the wooly >> mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as late as 3500 >> years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature of this planet - >> and nature usually adapts to counteract the change . Some day I >> should do a presentation on adaptive thermodynamics for those >> interested . ) >> >> Alex > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From dankaraczun at mac.com Sat Oct 13 15:24:20 2007 From: dankaraczun at mac.com (Daniel Karaczun) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:24:20 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] NPMUG Mailing list Message-ID: <4200831B-C4EA-4D82-B0FA-F7D4FCAB189A@mac.com> Hi Dave, Please delete my name from the list. Thank you and good luck, Dan Karaczun dankaraczun at mac.com dankaraczun at verizon.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My thought is this--perhaps we should start a community forum for Pittsburgh area MUGs in which we can discuss the Mac problems/news and also have a "general" place where people can rant and rave as much as they want about politics, global warming, etc. This way those who wish to participate in the discussion of issues not really related to Macs (like the Al Gore stuff that came about today) could do so while those of us who are here exclusively for the purpose of finding out if their Mac can run OS X 10.5 or trying to figure out something in Pages or Keynote can do so as well. I'd still keep the e- mail list up as well for the purpose of Mac only stuff, and I'd suggest that it be Mac only. The forum could also include a section about the CRC program and maybe even a classified section. Just some thoughts on how to ease the tension I've seen in my inbox today from some members. Scott From calliex at mac.com Sat Oct 13 18:01:09 2007 From: calliex at mac.com (Joe Condle) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:01:09 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Remove me from listserve Message-ID: Dave, Please remove me from the listserve. calliex at mac.com Joe Condle Sent from my iPhone From dave at davesevick.com Sat Oct 13 18:40:17 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:40:17 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill honors our Apple user groups with a second Saturday each month !!! Message-ID: <06810E97-F25B-4C98-AA6E-8761627377E5@davesevick.com> Due to the great administrative support from .... Ed Henry and Dennis Abbott acting directors of the Computer Recycling Center .... ..... we Apple folks have been granted a 2nd Saturday each month to conduct recycling ... YEAH !!!!! I will be posting those dates here for the Oct - Nov - Dec 2007 Saturdays early next week. Remember also that we meet at the CRC in Lawrenceville each Friday from 10AM - 4PM if you are able to come ... these Fridays are directed by Bob Donaldson. More news soon ! Dave =============================================== Apple Recycling at Goodwill Industries Apple Outreach with Hosanna Industries Apple User Groups from the Pittsburgh area PGHMAC.COM website by Nathan Brentzel Dave Sevick and Bob Donaldson dave at davesevick.com - 724-779-0099 radonaldson at mac.com - 412-477-9188 ----- Peter Carras and Marty Swartz pcarras+PAUGC1 at pitt.edu - 724-327-5870 marty.swartz at gmail.com - 412-818-8096 As Apple users in Pittsburgh, we are taking local action to keep the environment free from e-waste ..... We support a "greener" Apple ..... http://www.apple.com/hotnews/agreenerapple/ =============================================== From jmarnell at stargate.net Sat Oct 13 18:41:11 2007 From: jmarnell at stargate.net (Joe Marnell) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:41:11 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] (no subject) Message-ID: Dave, Time to move on. This list and news group was supposed to be about Mac's. I get enough crap and political talking heads shoved down my throat via radio and cable TV. Did not expect it here. Take me off the list ASAP Joe Joe Marnell 1637 Stone Mansion Drive Sewickley, PA 15143 jmarnell at stargate.net 412-414-6191 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071013/4b659aef/attachment.htm From ruppertm at bellatlantic.net Sat Oct 13 18:52:32 2007 From: ruppertm at bellatlantic.net (Mark Ruppert) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:52:32 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Hang in there. From Ruppert Message-ID: <47116850.80205@bellatlantic.net> Dave and all, I appreciate the many interesting, applicable, and educational roads this listserve takes me, and am glad to stick with it. Keep me signed up. I realize that the topic can't always be applicable to me and my situation right now. But that variety keeps it interesting, too. Thanks, thanks, thanks for your service to us. Mark Ruppert From chutch33 at localnet.com Sat Oct 13 20:20:26 2007 From: chutch33 at localnet.com (Charles Hutchens) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:20:26 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] thin skin Message-ID: <47117CEA.3080502@localnet.com> Dave, Please keep me on the list. I enjoy the questions (and manage to learn something from the answers) but also find humor when folks get into keyboard shouting matches over subjects that don't really change people's minds. I agree that this forum shouldn't support opinion ping pong matches, but it does get humorous and I always have the option to click on the next MPMUG email. Please keep up the good work and don't shut down the system just because of those with thin skins who take offense at differing view points. Rants will go away if they are ignored, but seem to thrive if they invoke response. I just change the channel and go on looking for the next nifty tip about the mac. Charlie From r.l.adams at comcast.net Sat Oct 13 22:09:23 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:09:23 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] And now for some humor.... Message-ID: <51992565-CF63-4438-9A9E-684EED573C01@comcast.net> between the 8th and 9th inning of the Indians vs Red Sox Game 2 - http://www.hideapod.com/ From victornado at mac.com Sun Oct 14 05:05:36 2007 From: victornado at mac.com (Victoria Bush) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:05:36 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] List serve issues Message-ID: I truly appreciate the timely reminders that have been posted regarding the true purpose of the listserve. There has also been an interesting proposal to take the forum to the next level. I really like that idea and hope there is a thread for me entitled "Screw Ups". Not being a "techie" there are often messages that don't apply to me or my experience with a mac...but they do apply to someone! I'm not even particularly interested in the "apple in the news" posts but it is obvious they are interesting to many. My point is: Yes, someone posted a thought that wasn't defined under the true purpose of the listserve. It was a weak moment and an attempt to bring a smile (I am supposing). I suggest we make them spend an hour on a pc as penance. I have just the Gateway to make him never stray again! (we keep it locked in the basement next to the iron maiden) Regardless, I have always felt that I have gained more from being here than I have lost. You see, I have this handy little delete button and when I am not interested in a particular message....I click it. Last thought. Someone posted the Hide-A-Pod link this morning. Made me laugh. I hope that's okay. Love, Hugs, Kisses and Rainbows Victoria Bush From fozard at nauticom.net Sun Oct 14 17:27:44 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:27:44 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] AirPort Extreme Base Station Hits Gigabit Speeds Message-ID: <4712A5F0.80901@nauticom.net> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/138297/airport_extreme_base_station_hits_gigabit_speeds.html From steedinc at zbzoom.net Sat Oct 13 19:47:54 2007 From: steedinc at zbzoom.net (steedinc at zbzoom.net) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:47:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Hang in there. From Ruppert In-Reply-To: <47116850.80205@bellatlantic.net> References: <47116850.80205@bellatlantic.net> Message-ID: Here, here ! Someone with patience, brains, and understanding. Keep me on the list too! Vince On Oct 13, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Mark Ruppert wrote: > Dave and all, > I appreciate the many interesting, applicable, and educational > roads > this listserve takes me, and am glad to stick with it. > Keep me signed up. I realize that the topic can't always be > applicable to me and my situation right now. But that variety keeps it > interesting, too. > > Thanks, thanks, thanks for your service to us. > > Mark Ruppert > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug > From agreene at nauticom.net Mon Oct 15 17:05:16 2007 From: agreene at nauticom.net (Anne Greene) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:05:16 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] (no subject) Message-ID: <40C30A2B-AE4F-4A33-A080-BEDECC9079E2@nauticom.net> From artifax1 at verizon.net Mon Oct 15 17:08:11 2007 From: artifax1 at verizon.net (robert borkoski) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:08:11 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage In-Reply-To: References: <0CF980AF-0EB4-40DB-BF23-E037EEAE1EEF@firthconsulting.com> <0EBC1286-865C-44D9-ABAA-3E426A4B6B22@mac.com> Message-ID: If Mr Gore is serious about greenhouse gas emissions then I suggest he shut up and keep his hot air to himself. One of the worse moves APPLE made was to put Al Gore on the Board of Directors. Robert Borkoski artifax1 at verizon.net 412-720-5623 On Oct 13, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Dru Cox wrote: > Hurray for your opinion, Alex! > ...but I wouldn't vote for either of those two buffoons. > (hey- you started this Charles) > : ) > dru cox > > From: alexmacimac at mac.com > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:03 -0400 > To: charles at firthconsulting.com; npmug at davesevick.com > Subject: Re: [NPMUG] Al Gore on Apple's homepage > > A very unfortunate mix of business and politics , which frankly has > me rethinking my plans to purchase a new iMac. > > The word on the street is that his recent Nobel award will propel > him into the 2008 Presidential race . ( Better him than Hillary in > my books , to be honest ). > He doesn't understand the issues fully ! But due to his political > background and stature as a former VP he is seen as credible . > > I want to know how greenhouse gases on Earth are increasing the > temperature on Mars. > ( Hint - the sun is more active , but that is being ignored by > those who want to see America chained economically by imposing this > canard of CO2 emissions as being the cause of the warming trend . > Read - more manufacturing jobs lost in the USA. Remember - the > wooly mammoth resided in the ( then cool ) southwestern USA as > late as 3500 years ago ! Climatic change is a part of the nature > of this planet - and nature usually adapts to counteract the > change . 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I have had more un-subscriptions in the last few days than any time since I began this list a few years ago. -------- These lapses in judgement by a few of our members ..... have given me no choice but to suspend this list for a while. ------- The list will return after November 1, 2007 and there will be new rules in place upon it's return. ======= The list is now offline. P.S. I am sorry for those who use this list often .... but I don't have much of a choice here ..... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071015/9509111b/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Tue Oct 16 16:28:00 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:28:00 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Listserve for the NPMUG is back online .... with new rules .... Message-ID: Dear NPMUG list subscribers, New rules are in force for the NPMUG listserver, a list designed for helping Apple users in the Pittsburgh area. We have several people now moderating the listserver and will change the privileges of any user in violation of our rules. This listserver will continue to work as freely and openly as it always has ....however we will moderate people as needed .... and even shut down. Today , with the professional help of several of my colleagues, we now have a team of moderators ( not just me anymore ) who have access to the MailMan listserve software and the administrative power to change your subscription privileges .... immediately. Several people have been already placed on "first offense moderation" at this time, at my discretion. See below. NPMUG Listserve Mission: To give or get computer help and post news important to our large Apple community in Western PA and the Tri- State area. ========= Rules: Be Apple : Posts MUST related to Apple problem solving or news .... and have the intent to help or inform all subscribers. Be On Topic : No commentary on politics or religion. Just Apple. Be Nice : No negative "flaming" of people or companies for the purpose of public broadcast. ========= Actions: Normal: Members will remain un-moderated if they follow these rules. First offense: Settings for that specific offender will be set to "moderation for approval" of all posts to the list. Offenses include people "chiming in" or "piling on" to offensive comments made by others. Second offense: You will be placed in "Read Only" mode and will not be permitted to post to the list. ========= The listserve is now back online as of Oct 16, 2007 6:30 PM Thanks for the many supportive letters you have sent in the last couple of days. And deep thanks for the professional team of colleagues who now join me in moderating this list. Dave Sevick ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dave Sevick Apple Certified Technical Coordinator Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist Apple User Group Ambassador Helping people use technology in Pittsburgh Western PA, WV, OH, MD ... Since 1988 724.779.0099 mobile/office dave at davesevick.com Dave Sevick Consulting http://www.davesevick.com ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071016/4e79892b/attachment-0001.htm From dave at davesevick.com Tue Oct 16 16:31:36 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:31:36 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Leopard 10.5 to be released on Oct 26 as predicted by many ..... Message-ID: <9C7F692F-AF96-4A87-971C-7A86DFCDC017@davesevick.com> http://www.apple.com/macosx/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071016/e4ea47f8/attachment.htm From fozard at nauticom.net Tue Oct 16 19:09:03 2007 From: fozard at nauticom.net (Fozard) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:09:03 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Boot Manager Unusable? Message-ID: <471560AF.3020002@nauticom.net> FYI: - From Small Dog Can?t Use the Boot Manager? by Jon, jon at smalldog.com I fielded a tech call this week from a customer who had just purchased a new Apple keyboard for use with his new-ish iMac with Boot Camp. He called because holding down Option while booting did not bring up the boot manager, thereby forcing him to select his boot partition using the startup disk preference pane or whatever its Windows equivalent is. As is standard practice, I asked if he had another known-good keyboard to try, but alas he did not. I wondered if this was a bad keyboard. Since I had not heard of this issue, and have limited experience with the new models, I hit the Apple discussion boards: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1172165&tstart=0 As the thread indicates, this seems to be the first big bummer of the Boot Camp series: the update to 1.4 seems to have disabled the Boot manager/Option key at boot process. After booting into Windows, he could use the control panels to select his MacOS X volume as the boot volume, but that takes too long. Since the first days OS X, machines with OS 9 and OS X installed could hold down X on their keyboards during boot to specify that they wanted to boot into OS X. This now works with machines equipped with Boot Camp: hold down X right after you press the power button, and it?ll boot into the sunnier side, regardless of the Windows or MacOS startup disk settings. You may also hold down the C key to boot from the disk in the optical drive, regardless of which operating system is contained thereon. In most cases, you may hold down the D key on your Apple install disks to boot into the Apple Hardware Test. Finally, you can press apple-option-shift-delete to force the machine to boot from an external drive (FireWire only on PowerPC Macs; USB or FireWire on Intel Macs). From baxter at zoominternet.net Tue Oct 16 19:54:02 2007 From: baxter at zoominternet.net (Bob McCullough) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:54:02 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iTunes migration Message-ID: <000301c81060$97e15150$6401a8c0@dell8300> Now that OS X 1.5 has a release date it's fast approaching time for me to purchase my first Mac. My first of many question is can anyone tell me if I can migrate my significant iTunes library from my WinXP workstation to the Mac via my network. Seems straightforward to me to just copy the directories from one machine to the other but I don't see that option in Apple's support pages. I'd like to have a migration strategy in place before the until hits the desk. The feedback from this group would be appreciated. Thanks, Bob McCullough -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071016/f480608f/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Tue Oct 16 21:31:12 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31:12 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] 300+ New Features in Leopard 10.5 ((( a great summary page of all that is new ))) Message-ID: <377EBD91-E398-40D8-A99A-794460C607CC@davesevick.com> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html Even Leopard innovations have innovations. Address Book (2) AppleScript (8) Automator (7) Boot Camp (7) Dashboard (3) Dashcode (7) Desktop (6) Dictionary (5) DVD Player (10) Finder (8) Fonts (6) Front Row (5) Graphics & Media (5) iCal (12) iChat (24) Imaging (3) Instruments (4) International (11) Mail (15) Networking (2) Parental Controls (7) Photo Booth (8) Preview (14) Printing (8) Quick Look (3) Safari (13) Screen Savers (6) Security (11) Spaces (5) Spotlight (8) System (9) System Preferences (7) Terminal (9) TextEdit (7) Time Machine (11) Universal Access (17) UNIX (12) Xcode 3 (10) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071016/b4d2a999/attachment.htm From dave at davesevick.com Tue Oct 16 22:04:54 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:04:54 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] MacOutfitters first to announce party on Oct 26th ..... Message-ID: <581E95FA-1346-4ABC-B0AC-B45B3F15DF23@davesevick.com> ? http://www.macoutfitters.com/events.html Introducing Mac OS X Leopard, with more than 300 new features. Get Wild at MacOutfitters Leopard Launch! Friday October 26, 2007 at 6:00 PM (note: Leopard will not be sold before 6:00 pm) ? Ongoing Leopard demos ? FREE Leopard install with purchase...while you wait! Just bring your computer with you! ? FREE mini stuffed Leopard with every purchase...while supplies last! ? Enter to WIN our life-sized stuffed Leopard! One per store will be given away! ? Refreshments will be served ? All this and more. You won't want to miss the fun! http://www.macoutfitters.com/events.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071017/0993a0b5/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Better customization--even Windows 3.1 allows more colour schemes than blue or grey. 6. A built-in scanner software similar to Image Capture that is designed for text/making copies. 7. A way to turn off icon bouncing in the dock when a program needs one's attention (perhaps a return of the old application menu could fix this?) 8. A built-in paint program similar to MS Paint--with the demise of AppleWorks and its paint module this would be great. MacPaint X anyone? 9. I know this isn't Leopard-related, but how about a full size old- school keyboard like the old ADB II or even the Pro Keyboard (without those tiny little keys on the newest ones) as well as a mouse without the little "pimple" and instead an area on it where you can scroll? (It would look like a non-Mighty USB optical (Pro)Mouse but there would be an area between where the two theoretical buttons are where you could move your finger for this motion). Scott From markd at borkware.com Wed Oct 17 15:57:41 2007 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:57:41 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Wish List for Leopard In-Reply-To: <44453526-4B05-4D97-B807-41EDA83FD417@verizon.net> References: <44453526-4B05-4D97-B807-41EDA83FD417@verizon.net> Message-ID: <4EF8671C-6644-403C-AA57-343700C25AC1@borkware.com> > > 9. I know this isn't Leopard-related, but how about a full size old- > school keyboard like the old ADB II or even the Pro Keyboard Check out the Matias Tactile Pro keyboard : http://www.matias.ca/tactilepro/ I have one, and it makes a wonderful noise. Cheers, ++md From r.l.adams at comcast.net Thu Oct 18 08:42:35 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:42:35 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iTunes migration Message-ID: Bob, With you new Mac attached to your network, go to Finder-Network and connect to the machine that houses your iTunes folder. Make sure that the iTunes folder has a "true" share status via file properties in windows. At this point, just drag the shared iTunes library over to your Mac's desktop. This will take some time to transfer. In the meantime, go to iTunes on your Mac and configure iTunes to properly manage your music..... iTunes-Preferences-Advanced-General, and check the first two boxes - "Keep iTunes music folder organized" and "copy files to itunes music folder with adding to library", and then click OK at the bottom of the window. After the transfer is complete, drag the new iTunes Music folder from your desktop to iTunes. iTunes will organize everything. Note that if you have protected music from previous purchases from the iTunes store, you will have to give permission for you new Mac to play that music. You do this through your iTunes account. Hope this helps -- Ron From charles at firthconsulting.com Thu Oct 18 09:01:18 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:01:18 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] iTunes migration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05517A6A-58EA-469F-BC10-384FD3715DCB@firthconsulting.com> Note this solution will not tranfer any playlists. You may want to try a straight copy of the iTunes music folder from your PC to the mac's ~/ music/ folder first (with iTunes not running). Last time I did this from PC to Mac it worked fine. Charles Firth Firth Consulting 412.427.5903 On Oct 18, 2007, at 10:42, R Adams wrote: > Bob, > > With you new Mac attached to your network, go to Finder-Network and > connect to the machine that houses your iTunes folder. Make sure > that the iTunes folder has a "true" share status via file properties > in windows. At this point, just drag the shared iTunes library over > to your Mac's desktop. This will take some time to transfer. > > In the meantime, go to iTunes on your Mac and configure iTunes to > properly manage your music..... iTunes-Preferences-Advanced-General, > and check the first two boxes - "Keep iTunes music folder organized" > and "copy files to itunes music folder with adding to library", and > then click OK at the bottom of the window. After the transfer is > complete, drag the new iTunes Music folder from your desktop to > iTunes. iTunes will organize everything. Note that if you have > protected music from previous purchases from the iTunes store, you > will have to give permission for you new Mac to play that music. You > do this through your iTunes account. > > Hope this helps -- Ron > > _______________________________________________ > NPMUG mailing list > NPMUG at davesevick.com > http://davesevick.com/mailman/listinfo/npmug From dsedor at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 10:51:41 2007 From: dsedor at gmail.com (David Sedor) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:51:41 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Non-booting MacBook Message-ID: <1f4f78820710180951r3f4c68a6i1f279463d284baaa@mail.gmail.com> Hi, all... My daughter has a white MacBook, 1.83 Ghz, running 10.4.10. Yesterday, she tried to boot it, and it got through the gray screen (with the little spinning gear thingie -- I *think* that's the technical term), but got stuck on the blue screen with the progress bar (I think it says "Loading Mac OS" or some such). It gets a sliver of the way into the progress bar, then the progress just stops. Last night/early this morning, I let it sit for almost 45 minutes, seeing if it was just one of those cases where it needed more time. No dice. It will boot into target mode, so we haven't lost any data, but it's too new and too expensive to use as a 60 gig external HD. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! (Rev.) Dave Sedor From dave at davesevick.com Fri Oct 19 13:10:51 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:10:51 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Watch the Mac OS X Leopard Guided Tour ... just released ! References: <68drnk$895a4c@badger02.apple.com> Message-ID: http://www.apple.com/macosx/guidedtour/?cid=CDM-US-OS- C0003843-113610&Email_PageName=Leopard_Tour_seg_Mac&Email_OID=169331&cp= 113610&sr=em Have Mac OS X Leopard at your door on October 26.* *To receive Mac OS X Leopard via standard shipping by October 26, order by midnight on October 24, 2007. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A student talent showHere?s your chance to share and celebrate student projects created on a Mac. Shop for a Mac and learn all about Leopard with a personal shopper. *Available to the first 500 guests per store. Space for workshops and presentations is limited. Workshops and presentations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Copyright ? 2007 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, MS 303-3DM, Cupertino, CA 95014. All Rights Reserved / Keep Informed / Privacy Policy / My Info If you prefer not to receive commercial email from Apple, or if you've changed your email address, please click here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071023/042c30c5/attachment.htm From charles at firthconsulting.com Wed Oct 24 17:30:43 2007 From: charles at firthconsulting.com (Charles Firth) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:30:43 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Nice security improvements in Leopard. 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Thanks in advance! -D From r.l.adams at comcast.net Thu Oct 25 22:17:36 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:17:36 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Stupid iTunes question Message-ID: <4BB6AD5D-6000-4BC1-839B-8F07051BB5DE@comcast.net> Doug, Create a playlist, or a smart playlist (album and artist rules). You now have two choices on how you want to play your new playlist. You can select the playlist you just created and just push play (with or without the shuffle option at the bottom of the list of playlists). Or, you can use the party shuffle option, located just under the Playlist header, and select your playlist within party shuffle (at the bottom of iTunes). I hope this helps -- Ron From dave at davesevick.com Sun Oct 28 03:22:55 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:22:55 -1000 Subject: [NPMUG] The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch Message-ID: If you haven't watched this yet, please do. It's only 10 minutes long and so awesome. Randy Pausch was in the news, in the Pittsburgh paper and he was also on Oprah. He's 44, married with three very young children and has only months to live. He has pancreatic cancer. This is his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon and it's all over the web. This first video is Randy on Oprah, giving the same last lecture he gave at Carnegie Mellon. The second video is a colleague introducing Randy at Carnegie Mellon before his last lecture. http://youtube.com/watch?v=k0aO64aKqek http://youtube.com/watch?v=vjp_WdJ-3Xg Jennifer Leigh Cleland giraffe at zbzoom.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071029/abee3626/attachment.htm From r.l.adams at comcast.net Mon Oct 29 21:17:05 2007 From: r.l.adams at comcast.net (R Adams) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:17:05 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] NBC chief says Apple 'destroyed' music pricing Message-ID: It looks like NBC is just now figuring out that Apple is primarily a hardware company, where elegant software and entertainment content is utilized to sell gear. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/29/ nbc_chief_says_apple_destroyed_music_pricing.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071029/037c8c1c/attachment.htm From markd at borkware.com Mon Oct 29 07:43:28 2007 From: markd at borkware.com (Mark Dalrymple) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:43:28 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > If you haven't watched this yet, please do. It's only 10 minutes > long and so awesome. the full 1:44 version is very much worth watching as well : Cheers, ++md From radonaldson at mac.com Tue Oct 30 15:08:00 2007 From: radonaldson at mac.com (Robert A. Donaldson) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:08:00 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] This weekend at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center Message-ID: <18270FFC-DAF4-4FFA-905E-DF8FC7D52068@mac.com> Dear Mac Friends: We will be having two workdays at Goodwill's Computer Recycling Center in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood this week. I'll be there all day on Friday, Nov. 2, for our usual weekly work session, and again on Saturday, Nov. 3, for a work session that coincides with Goodwill's monthly Computer Warehouse Sale. Friday's times are 9:00 a.m. until 4:30. The warehouse sale opens at 10:00 a.m. and goes until 7:00 p.m. Saturday's times are 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., the same times as the warehouse sale. We have a variety of tasks for a wide range of talents and abilities, so don't be shy if you think you can't disassemble a PowerBook. After all, that's why we have Marty Schwartz! Goodwill's Computer Recycling Center is at 55 55th St., just a block of Butler St. My cell phone is below, and I check my email while there every couple of hours. Hope to see yunzes there.... Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From marty.swartz at gmail.com Tue Oct 30 15:21:28 2007 From: marty.swartz at gmail.com (Marty Swartz) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:21:28 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] This weekend at the Goodwill Computer Recycling Center In-Reply-To: <18270FFC-DAF4-4FFA-905E-DF8FC7D52068@mac.com> References: <18270FFC-DAF4-4FFA-905E-DF8FC7D52068@mac.com> Message-ID: Nah, that's not right Bob. ANYBODY can disassemble a PowerBook. The real trick is getting it back together, without losing fasteners, patience, or eyesight. Working over deep pile carpet or spotted linoleum is strongly discouraged. :) Robert A. Donaldson said: ... We have a variety of tasks for a wide range of talents and abilities, so don't be shy if you think you can't disassemble a PowerBook. After all, that's why we have Marty Swartz! -- No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <413A1E19-D860-4D99-8C8F-D9E7FCFB1919@mac.com> Dear Mac Friends: Those of you interested in photography may want to learn of a Digital Asset Management (DAM) seminar being hosted at Point Park University by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) the evening of November 6. There is a registration fee for this three-hour seminar presented by author Peter Krough. I'm told it will deal with cross-platform issues in addition to digital photography workflow. If you are interested in the details, please email me off list. I will email you the information and registration link. Robert A. Donaldson radonaldson at mac.com (H) 412-922-3303 (M) 412-477-9188 From dave at davesevick.com Wed Oct 31 22:57:51 2007 From: dave at davesevick.com (Dave Sevick) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:57:51 -0400 Subject: [NPMUG] Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business - officially making the switch from PCs to Macs Message-ID: http://new.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=785010 SMU Cox Makes the Switch From PCs to Macs: Students Head Back to School With Macs in the Classroom Oct 25, 2007 DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - October 25, 2007) - The SMU Cox School of Business is officially making the switch from PCs to Macs. More than 30 classroom podiums have been retrofitted with Mac Minis, while around 100 lab computers have iMacs. All platforms dual-boot both Windows XP and Mac OS X Tiger. "By installing Intel Macs, we're enhancing and diversifying our computer platforms by keeping Windows XP while adding OS X," said Allen Gwinn, senior director of technology for the Cox School. "Upgrading to Apple platforms is the only way to do this." With Microsoft's rollout of Office 2007 and Windows Vista, both Office 2003 and 2007 on the Windows side of the Macs have been installed, with Office 2004 on the OS X side. "Obviously, our primary goal is service," said Gwinn. Full press release http://new.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do? id=785010 More on Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business in Dallas Texas http://www.cox.smu.edu/home -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://davesevick.com/pipermail/npmug/attachments/20071101/a7e6d44e/attachment.htm