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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. ___________________________________________________________________________ Bobbie's Comments: November is here and I do not know how it got here so fast this year. But then again it always seems to come fast, Here is a cute web site with a turkey song. http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou You want to try something fun? Go to http://radiomemories.libsyn.com/ amd download the old radio shows. It will go to your iTunes. Then just open iTunes and chose one and listen to it. This was found on http://www.hidacc.av.org/ by going to Webmasters latest Discoveries to Radio Memories Network. On that same site there is also another one that is really interesting. Listen to Radio Broadcasts from around the world that play in iTunes http://www.shoutcast.com/  
http://www.toilette-humor.com/flash/carve_pumpkin.swf http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/pumpkin_carve.asp http://www.angel9oh7.com/flashhallo9.html http://minibytes.mondominishows.com/poo/affiliates/play.asp?Affil=iwon&W ____________________________________________________________________________ Add Web images to iPhoto Have you ever spotted a nifty image while you're browsing your favorite blog and want to keep a copy of it in iPhoto? Control-click (or right-click) on it and choose Add Image To iPhoto Library. The image will be instantly imported into iPhoto. What Gender Is A Computer? Preview tip Just a tip: Preview has a built-in Reduce File Size command that might be helpful. Choose "Save As" from the File menu and look in the Quartz Filter popup menu for "Reduce File Size". It won't do much for straight text, but with graphics imbedded, it should help. To find the serial number of your Mac running OS X 10.1 or later. Use the About This Mac window to find the serial number of your Mac running OS X 10.1 or later. Here's how: 1 Click on Apple Menu - About This Mac 2 Double-click on the version text (for example Version 10.1) 3 Your computer's serial number is displayed where the version text had been ____________________________________________________________________________ OS X Tiger Tips Tiger Tip - Pop-up Dictionary A handy behind-the scenes Oxford dictionary and Thesaurus resides in both Safari and Mail. In either application you can access the dictionary by hitting Command-control-D. Mouse over any word then hit and hold Command-control-D and the dictionary will appear. You can then select Thesaurus from the pop-up window. Keep holding down the Command and control keys and you can now mouse over any word in your document and the dictionary will provide the definition. __________________ If you haven't yet realized just how useful burn folders are in Tiger, this hint should do the trick for you. Though there's a fair amount of behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on to handle burn folders, all they are to the file system are normal folders whose names end in .fpbf. Unfortunately, you can't create (or rename) folders with that extension from the Finder (except, of course, by using the GUI to explicitly create a burn folder). However, there's absolutely nothing preventing you from doing so in Terminal. Creating a burn folder from Terminal is trivial, but not perhaps so exciting. All you do is type: mkdir "Your Name Here.fpbf" Replace Your Name Here with the name you'd like to apply to the new burn folder, hit Return, and you'll have a new burn folder, located in whatever directory you were in when you ran the command. What is exciting is turning a normal folder into a burn folder, burning a disc, and then turning the folder back into a normal folder. First, turn the normal folder into a burnable folder: mv "Your Name Here" "Your Name Here.fpbf" In this case, Your Name Here is the name of the existing folder to convert into a burnable folder. After you burn the folder, use this command to switch it back: mv "Your Name Here.fpbf" "Your Name Here" There's no need to mess around with aliases or the like; burn folders are happy to burn real files just as well as aliases. I'm sure this would be a trivial thing for some enterprising soul to put into a script for the Finder's contextual menu for those who don't care for Terminal. I'd love to see a future version of OS X do away with the concept of burn folders altogether and simply make every folder burnable. (Anybody at Apple reading this?). In the interim, though, this is a good workaround. [robg adds: I tried to make an Automator action to handle the conversion to/from a burnable folder, but ran into a slight snag: Automator won't remove the extension from the folder. The command to add the extension runs fine in Automator (so I have a usable 'Make Burnable' action), but the command to remove the extension does not -- even though it works perfectly in the Terminal. I've sent this glitch in to the Automator team, and I'll post back if I find a successful workaround. (I had Doug Adams try an AppleScript to remove the extension, but it also failed).] ____________________________________________________________________________ What is a freeze? (OS X) We say that that a program freezes when it no longer responds to mouse or keyboard input, and shows no other sign of activity. You will find that you can work with other programs on the Mac, but every time you move the arrow cursor over the window of the frozen program, it turns to the spinning rainbow ball and you can't generate any further activity in that program. It is quite possible to postpone fixing the freeze; for instance, if it is your Web browser that is frozen, you can continue to use your email program or any others you might need, without needing to attend to the Web browser. Sooner or later though, you will have to attend to the frozen program. Forcing a quit (OS X) Force the frozen program to quit by holding down the Command and Option keys together, and while holding them, briefly pressing the Escape key. (The Command key is the one with the cloverleaf, to the left of the space bar, while the Escape key is at top left of your keyboard, usually marked "esc.") Alternatively, you can select "Force Quit" from the Apple menu. Either way, you will see a window listing all of the programs currently running, including the Finder. Click the name of the one that seems to be frozen (even the Finder if appropriate), then click "Force Quit." The selected program will quit and everything else will continue to work normally. You can then simply relaunch the problem program, which will function as usual. (If the Finder was the problem, it will have relaunched automatically.) There is no need to restart the Mac. Logging out/in (OS X) If you continue to see problems (e.g. the offending program freezes again), you should log out and log back in again. To do this, close any open programs, then from the Apple menu choose "Log Out." The display will clear to a plain background, then after a short time you will see the "Log In" screen with your name. Click the accompanying picture and enter your password in the box that appears. Click the "Log In" button to continue. Restarting (OS X) On the odd occasion, you may find that you are unable to force quit the problem program, and/or are unable to log out or restart using the Apple menu. If that happens, it is time to force a restart. Most Macs running OS X will have been made in the past couple of years. On these machines you need to press the start button for about six seconds, upon which the Mac will shut down. Release the button, then press it again briefly to restart the Mac. If pressing the start button for six seconds doesn't shut down your Mac, you will need to try one of the methods outlined in the Mac OS 9 section for older Macs (see the "Forcing a restart" heading). ____________________________________________________________________________ Mac OS 9 Tips What is a freeze? (OS 9) We say that that a program freezes when it no longer responds to mouse or keyboard input, and shows no other sign of activity. You will find that you won't be able to do anything useful with the rest of the Mac either, until you've resolved the freeze. A freeze is not usually caused by any mechanical defect, but rather by a software glitch. While it is possible just to turn the Mac off at the wall switch and then back on again, there are better methods which may save you from losing work in progress, and are certainly kinder to your Mac's electronics and hard disk. Forcing a quit (OS 9) Quite often, all that has happened when you observe a freeze is that the application (program) you were working with has tripped up internally. With a bit of luck, all other programs and processes are still working, and if you could just get the frozen program out of the way, you'd be able to continue working. Attempt to force the frozen program to quit by holding down the Command and Option keys together, and while holding them, briefly pressing the Escape key. (The Command key is the one with the cloverleaf, to the left of the space bar, while the Escape key is at top left of your keyboard, usually marked "esc.") You will see a dialog that includes a "Force Quit" button. If you are lucky, clicking this may result in the program's quitting, enabling a return to normal operation of the Mac. If this happens, you should save any work still open in other programs, then restart the Mac normally. (Although you can skip this "restart" step, it will ensure that any residual problem has been cleared.) Quite often, though, the program will not quit and you have no option but to force a restart. Forcing a restart When you force a restart, the Mac's screen goes black, you hear the startup chime, and the Mac starts normally. The technique for forcing a restart varies from Mac to Mac, so read on until you find the one that suits yours. (Your Mac's manual may also be helpful.) Until a couple of years ago, the standard way of forcing a restart was to hold down the Command and Control keys together, then press the power button (i.e. the "start" button on or near the keyboard). If your Mac has such a button, try this method first. Some desktop Macs of this vintage also have a restart button on the front of the main box, marked with a small triangle icon. If you have an iMac (not a flat screen model), you have a special restart button. To find it, look in the recess on the side of the iMac where all the cords plug in. If you see two small white buttons towards the lower edge of the recess, and if the forward button is marked with a little black triangle, that is the restart button. If your iMac has the kind of CD drawer that slides out towards you and has an "eject" button on it, you will have to look further. Within the iMac's side recessed area, and towards the back of it, you will see two small holes one above the other and about 15mm apart. You need to poke something slim (a straightened paper clip is the standard tool) gently into the upper hole until you feel a resistance. A further gentle push will activate the restart switch. Most PowerBooks and iBooks also have a special restart button, either on the back edge amongst the various plugs, or above the start button on the keyboard panel, tucked into the grille below the screen. In any case the button is marked with a tiny triangle icon. If your Mac was made within the past couple of years, you won't find a restart button of any kind. What you are meant to do in this case is press the power button and keep it pressed for about six seconds, when the Mac will shut down. Then release the button and press it again briefly to restart the Mac. Practice! As long as you have no unsaved documents, you can do no harm by practicing these techniques. In fact, I recommend that you do. Window Shading Mac OS 9 allows you to collapse any window to its title bar by clicking the small rectangle in the top right. This allows you to view the contents behind the window without having to actually close the window or move it offside. Fans of this features can simplify its activation by opening the Appearance control panel, clicking the Options tab, and checking off the second option which allows you to collapse any window by double-clicking its title bar. ___________________________________________ Fun Sites Okay, it's up to you to figure this out. Follow the directions. Go to the site shown below. This will boggle your mind... Take your time and follow the instructions. After reading each window click on the boy in the lower right corner. You will be amazed....and, I don know how it¹s done. So should you not figure it out email me and I'll tell you.  http://digicc.com/fido/ http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/4462/real_or_hoax1.swf http://pianoladydeedee.250free.com/cartoonimages/MouseTrap-00025.swf http://www.goldengirls03.org/Lords_Prayer.htm http://d93.k12.id.us/~tech/smile.html http://members.shaw.ca/mcinnes-hume/mud_puddles__dandelions.htm http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf ____________________________________________________________________________ Joke of the Month   A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. "House'' for instance, is feminine: ''la casa.'' ''Pencil,'' however, is masculine: "el lapiz.'' A student asked, ''What gender is 'computer'?'' Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether ''computer'' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation. The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be of the feminine gender (''la computadora''), because: 1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic; 2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else; 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval; 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine (''el computador''), because: 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on; 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves; 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem; 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model. ______________________________________________________________
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