Vol. 2                      Issue 17            Dec 2005

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My favorite sites..   

HIDACC  Hi-Desert Apple Computer Club
 This site give you so much information .. I'd like to suggest you put it in your bookmarks..

http://www.hidacc.av.org/ 

 OWC
 Other World Computing

 Chris      1-800-275-4576 Ext. 116   Hours: 11:00 A.M. -8:00 P.M.
 Eastern time.   If you need anything for your computer or a new one, talk to Chris.
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Bobbie's Comments: 

It has been a busy time for me. I put the Dec; newsletter off in Nov; then Thanksgiving
came and we went to CA: When I came home I turned around and packed up again and
went to Phoenix. I decided rather than not put anything in this month, I'd put what I had.
I just can't get to some of the other things I like to put in to the ones with
OS 9. I do hope you will understand.  Also my fun sites are down to zero this month.  
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I do want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
      


             


IMPORTANT HOLIDAY TIPS

 Carrot sticks: Avoid them. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet
table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots,
leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving fudge.

 Drink as much eggnog as you can. Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in
every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an egg-nogaholic or
something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have two. It's Christmas!

If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of  gravy.

 Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your
eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other
people's food for free.

Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's.
You  can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the
time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while
carrying a 10-pound plate of food.

If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted
Christmas cookies in the shape and size of a jolly elf, position yourself
near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the
center of attention.

Same for pies. Apple. Pumpkin. Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. When else
do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?

Fruitcake? Avoid it at all cost.

If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the
table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread these tips. But hurry!

Cookie less January is just around the corner.
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OS X Tiger News

  Get Ready for 64-Bit

 On its web site, the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has published an article titled "Developing 64-Bit
Applications Coming with the release in 2005 of Mac OS X v 10.4 (Tiger)."

 The article explains the switch from 32- to 64-bit computing. This change will allow developers to
 go beyond the 4GB limitation on RAM on each application currently imposed by Mac OS X.

 Tiger allows 16 exabytes, or 16 billion gigabytes. This is enough to hold 16,000 copies of the Internet Archive.
No computer can hold that much memory, but it will allow a lot of headroom for the future.

 You can read more on the Apple Developer Connection site.
http://developer.apple.com/

 Apple Pickers MUG, Indianapolis, IN

Big 10.4.3 system update with lots of good items,  including Safari now passing the  Acid2 test,  Core
Data framework improvements,  lots of Mail details,  and iChat can finally turn off smileys. 
All the details available here.  (The update also disables Quartz 2D Extreme due to instabilities.)

What's new?...
 
  Hackers: 2, Apple: 0  on keeping OS X off generic Intel boxes. Should make for an interesting '06 on this front.
http://osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=2
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  OS X  Panther Tips

 Frustrating File Sharing in OS X

Q: I used OS 9 for many years and I've just recently upgraded to OS 10.3. OS 9's File Sharing allowed me to share the
 hard disks between all my Macs. I could mount them on the desktop and drag and drop files from one computer to
the other rather easily. I can't figure out how to do this with OS X.

 I can set up file sharing so that everyone can access the Public Folders, but that's just plain annoying. I want to drag
and drop a file into the Documents folder on another Mac. I do not want to toss it in the Public Folder's Drop Box, run
across the room to the other computer, fish it out of the Drop Box and then put it into Documents. That's insane! Please
 tell me there's an easier way to go about this task. ~Brad Edwards

A: Yes, there is an easier way to share files. You're forgiven for being confused, though; OS X's Personal File Sharing
setup text implies that you can only "give users of other computers access to Public folder on this computer." In reality, you
can access anything on any computer so long as you have its administrator name and password.

 Go to the first computer, choose "System Preferences" from the Apple Menu and click "Sharing." Choose "Personal
File Sharing" from the list of services and click "Start." Repeat this process for each computer. Now return to the first
 computer. Go to the Finder and choose Go > Connect to Server. Click "Browse," and you'll be taken to a Finder window
showing all available servers. Double-click a computer you want to access to call up the login window. Choose
"Registered User" and then enter the administrator name and password for that computer. Don't click "Connect;"
instead, click "Options." You'll see that you can choose to add the password to the keychain. This is especially useful
 if you're going to be connecting to the computer on a regular basis. Choose the option to "Add Password to Keychain"
 and click "Save Preferences." Click "OK," then click "Connect."

 You're then asked to choose the volume you wish to mount. You can choose to access the entire hard disk or just the
user account. (Command/Click to choose multiple volumes.)

 Once the volume appears on your desktop, drag it to your Dock for quick access. Assuming you've chosen to add
the computer's name and password to your keychain, you'll be able to automatically connect to the volume at anytime
with a single click.

 macHOME Journal
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OS X Links

http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Links/

One More Try for an Entry-level Mac
http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Articles/index.php?rantID=16
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Joke of the Month

An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor. The manager there arranges
for him to take an aptitude test (Section: Floors, sweeping and cleaning).

After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour.
Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to report for
work on your first day.

Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address.
To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means that you virtually don't
exist and can therefore hardly expect to be employed.

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his wallet,
he decides to buy a 25 lb flat of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than 2 hours,
 he sells all the tomatoes individually at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day,
he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night.

And thus it dawns on him that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes.
Getting up early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly.

After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes of tomatoes, only to have to
 trade it in again so that he can buy a pickup truck to support his expanding business.
By the end of the second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pickup trucks and manages
a staff of a hundred former unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance.
Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances.
At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in
 order to send the final documents electronically.

When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail?
How on earth have you managed to amass such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce?
Just imagine where you would be now, if you had been connected to the internet from the very start!"

After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course!
I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"

Moral of this story:
1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life.
             2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a millionaire.
                    3. Since you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to becoming a janitor
than you are to becoming a millionaire.