Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Bill B.
- 1b.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Curby Keith
- 1c.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Laura Velez
- 1d.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: vixpix
- 1e.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Otto Nikolaus
- 1f.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Laura Velez
- 1g.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Bill B.
- 1h.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Otto Nikolaus
- 1i.
- Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice From: Jim Saklad
- 2a.
- Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s? From: Jurgen Richter
- 2b.
- Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s? From: Jay Abraham
- 3a.
- Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatible s From: Jay Abraham
- 3b.
- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Denver Dan
- 4a.
- Where is the C compiler in Lion? From: Bill Morton
- 4b.
- Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion? From: Jim Saklad
- 4c.
- Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion? From: Bill Morton
- 5a.
- Re: Help with Installing MS Office 2011 for Mac From: Nick Andriash
- 5b.
- Re: Help with Installing MS Office 2011 for Mac From: Nick Andriash
- 6a.
- A question about copying and pasting From: cardiffcrafter
- 6b.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Harry Flaxman
- 7a.
- Yahoo strikes again From: paul smith
- 7b.
- Re: Yahoo strikes again From: Jim Saklad
- 8.
- Business Card app for iphone? From: Jurgen Richter
- 9a.
- Postbox 3 launched with impressive features From: Michel Munger
- 9b.
- Re: Postbox 3 launched with impressive features From: Harry Flaxman
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:57 am (PDT)
At 10:11 AM -0700 10/31/11, DaveC wrote:
>But in what way do you use your iDevice that's unique? (The geekier
>the better...)
I used my iPad to level a new washer and dryer. Can't remember the program name since my iPad is at home.
Bill
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Curby Keith" clkeith50@yahoo.com clkeith50
Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:16 am (PDT)
You probably used Clinometer. I used it to measure the angles of the brackets on a trailer hitch I made for my motorcycle.
Curby
Del City, Ok
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:55 AM, "Bill B." <bill501@mindspring.com > wrote:
> At 10:11 AM -0700 10/31/11, DaveC wrote:
> >But in what way do you use your iDevice that's unique? (The geekier
> >the better...)
>
> I used my iPad to level a new washer and dryer. Can't remember the program name since my iPad is at home.
>
> Bill
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Laura Velez" lgvelez@yahoo.com lgvelez
Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:16 am (PDT)
Glad you clarified your action .... I had visions of your poor iPad under the feet of the washer and dryer. Obviously there is an app that works as a level with the bubbles.
LauraV in TX
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Bill B. wrote:
> At 10:11 AM -0700 10/31/11, DaveC wrote:
> >But in what way do you use your iDevice that's unique? (The geekier
> >the better...)
>
> I used my iPad to level a new washer and dryer. Can't remember the program name since my iPad is at home.
>
> Bill
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "vixpix" vixpix@frontiernet.net nyskater
Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:50 am (PDT)
There's also iHandy Level.
Vickie
Sent from a spoiled little iPad
On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Curby Keith <clkeith50@yahoo.com > wrote:
> You probably used Clinometer. I used it to measure the angles of the brackets on a trailer hitch I made for my motorcycle.
>
> Curby
> Del City, Ok
>
> On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:55 AM, "Bill B." <bill501@mindspring.com > wrote:
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>> At 10:11 AM -0700 10/31/11, DaveC wrote:
>>> But in what way do you use your iDevice that's unique? (The geekier
>>> the better...)
>>
>> I used my iPad to level a new washer and dryer. Can't remember the program name since my iPad is at home.
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>> Bill
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Nov 1, 2011 8:07 am (PDT)
Clinometer is included in App Box Lite (free). This might cut down on the
number of separate apps you have.
Otto
On 1 November 2011 14:09, Curby Keith <clkeith50@yahoo.com > wrote:
> You probably used Clinometer. I used it to measure the angles of the
> brackets on a trailer hitch I made for my motorcycle.
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Laura Velez" lgvelez@yahoo.com lgvelez
Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:34 am (PDT)
Is the pro version any better?
LauraV in TX
On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> Clinometer is included in App Box Lite (free). This might cut down on the
> number of separate apps you have.
>
> Otto
>
> On 1 November 2011 14:09, Curby Keith <clkeith50@yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> > You probably used Clinometer. I used it to measure the angles of the
> > brackets on a trailer hitch I made for my motorcycle.
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:31 am (PDT)
At 9:09 AM -0500 11/1/11, Curby Keith wrote:
>You probably used Clinometer. I used it to measure the angles of the brackets on a trailer hitch I made for my motorcycle.
Yes that's it. It great since it worked in 2 dimensions at the same time. And checking with long level, the results were right on.
Bill
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:47 am (PDT)
No idea. I only add free apps.
Otto
On 1 November 2011 16:12, Laura Velez <lgvelez@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Is the pro version any better?
>
> LauraV in TX
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Re: In what unique ways do you use your iDevice
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:53 am (PDT)
>> But in what way do you use your iDevice that's unique? (The geekier
>> the better...)
>
> I used my iPad to level a new washer and dryer. Can't remember the program name since my iPad is at home.
I am enjoying a new photovoltaic installation. Before set-up, I used "Clinometer" to check the exact azimuth and elevation of the roof segments to be used.
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Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s?
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:58 am (PDT)
Thanks Jay
That seems to have done the trick. Those steps were not found hence
poorly documented, so I appreciate your help.
I managed to get both phones to work here using my wifi, but not sure if
facetime calls are considered voice calls or hybrid tapping into our
data plans. Seems that video component can really drain the bandwidth of
the feeble monthly allowance. While a novel feature, not sure how useful
that is for day to day calling, unless I need to "show" someone I'm
calling something of interest....
Have you gone into Settings: Facetime and assigned the e-mails you can
be reached at for video calls? Also the other party has to set up
Facetime in a similar fashion.
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Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s?
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:23 am (PDT)
Hi Jurgen,
We mainly use it for having our kids talk with their grandparents.
That way they can see each other and have a conversation without being
tied to the phone. I use it mainly from iPad to iPad so we go off the
Wifi connection rather than the cellular data plan.
The quality is much better than Skype but obviously restricted to
people who have iPad 2 or iphone 4 and above.
Glad you got it to work.
Jay
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Jurgen Richter wrote:
> Thanks Jay
> That seems to have done the trick. Those steps were not found hence
> poorly documented, so I appreciate your help.
> I managed to get both phones to work here using my wifi, but not
> sure if
> facetime calls are considered voice calls or hybrid tapping into our
> data plans. Seems that video component can really drain the
> bandwidth of
> the feeble monthly allowance. While a novel feature, not sure how
> useful
> that is for day to day calling, unless I need to "show" someone I'm
> calling something of interest....
>
> Have you gone into Settings: Facetime and assigned the e-mails you can
> be reached at for video calls? Also the other party has to set up
> Facetime in a similar fashion.
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Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatible s
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 8:21 am (PDT)
Hi all,
I'm upgrading to Lion and newer hardware (mac mini and Imac) from some
old PowerPC G5 towers and Imac G4. Given the job situation , I can't
afford to upgrade all my software and I'm not sure I need the
capabilities of the original software that I bought but I do want to
be able to access them and modify as needed.
The following are software I know that I will have to upgrade but
would like suggestions on free or inexpensive alternates that I might
be able to use in the mean time.
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 - I use mainly to keep consolidated records and
receipts, annotating notes on it. I know that Preview can't combine
PDF files, nor can I make notes on PDFs that I have imported. Is
there some other alternative other than going the full Adobe Upgrade.
Retrospect - I have been using Time Machine since I upgraded to
Leopard. I assume this should be good enough? I also have
ChronoSync. Probably can stop using except for recovering archives.
Filemaker Pro 7: Got it for an old business but don't use often
anymore. However I have some old Inventory and Library templates
where I have put our house inventory and my library of 2000+ books. I
would like to be able to keep up these files - both access and add new
records. Is there some inexpensive software I can use that can read
my old databases?
Quicken 2006 -- I figure I will convert to one of the other software
everyone has been recommending like Moneydance, etc. I just need to
take the time to do the evaluation and conversion.
Microsoft Office 2004 - Probably will upgrade to Office 2011 but
maybe use Open Office in the interim
Photoshop Elements 3 - I've been using to fix up family photo's by
replacing faces with closed eyes, etc. I didn't think those
capabilities existed in iPhoto when I first started using but maybe
they do now.
I have got the new computers now and I figure I will just transfer the
user folders over and then reinstall all the applications. I would
appreciate any suggestions on replacements for above or anything else
to watch out from as I upgrade.
Thanks
Jay
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:35 am (PDT)
Howdy.
Check MacUpdate for lots of alternative software possibilities.
<http://www.macupdate.com/ >
Lots of alternative PDF programs. Look for PDFpen or PDF Edit.
There are many backup alternatives to Retrospect (a program I've had a
love/hate relationship with for a long time).
FileMaker Pro. I had to upgrade my FMP 7 to the current version after
moving to Lion. The local Apple Store had a decently priced upgrade
box for FMP version 11. Note that the install of FMP 11 was fine and
it opened all of my FMP ver. 7 files just fine. What hasn't worked AT
ALL is being able to install the FMP upgrade to get to ver. 11.0.4. I
get an error message every time even after two different sessions with
FMP tech support. FileMaker has a problem with this and I'm not the
only one to experience it.
Many replacements for Quicken have been discussed here. Check some
previous posts on the topic.
I'm using MS Office 2011 and it's doing fine. A little lugubrious but
doing OK. Open Office is a possibility. iWorks programs can also open
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files but if these contain elements using
the special features of Word, Excel, PP, that are not available in
OpenOffice or iWorks programs then those elements will be lost when the
file is opened.
Photoshop E. Try the great GREAT shareware program GraphicConverter.
It does pretty much most of what Photoshop full can do but has extra
features that make it just a great program. iPhoto has a red eye
removal feature (so does GraphicConverter). GraphicConverter is a low
cost shareware program.
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:20:23 -0500, Jay Abraham wrote:
> Adobe Acrobat 7.0 - I use mainly to keep consolidated records and
> receipts, annotating notes on it. I know that Preview can't combine
> PDF files, nor can I make notes on PDFs that I have imported. Is
> there some other alternative other than going the full Adobe Upgrade.
>
> Retrospect - I have been using Time Machine since I upgraded to
> Leopard. I assume this should be good enough? I also have
> ChronoSync. Probably can stop using except for recovering archives.
>
> Filemaker Pro 7: Got it for an old business but don't use often
> anymore. However I have some old Inventory and Library templates
> where I have put our house inventory and my library of 2000+ books. I
> would like to be able to keep up these files - both access and add new
> records. Is there some inexpensive software I can use that can read
> my old databases?
>
> Quicken 2006 -- I figure I will convert to one of the other software
> everyone has been recommending like Moneydance, etc. I just need to
> take the time to do the evaluation and conversion.
>
> Microsoft Office 2004 - Probably will upgrade to Office 2011 but
> maybe use Open Office in the interim
>
> Photoshop Elements 3 - I've been using to fix up family photo's by
> replacing faces with closed eyes, etc. I didn't think those
> capabilities existed in iPhoto when I first started using but maybe
> they do now.
>
>
> I have got the new computers now and I figure I will just transfer the
> user folders over and then reinstall all the applications. I would
> appreciate any suggestions on replacements for above or anything else
> to watch out from as I upgrade.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jay
>
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Where is the C compiler in Lion?
Posted by: "Bill Morton" billmorton999@gmail.com redpup99
Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:17 am (PDT)
Up until now, a standard installation of OSX included a "cc" command
which would handle C or C++ compilation and linking.
Lion 10.7.2 doesn't recognize cc as a command? Is it on the system
somewhere and if so where?
Bill
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Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:48 am (PDT)
> Up until now, a standard installation of OSX included a "cc" command
> which would handle C or C++ compilation and linking.
>
> Lion 10.7.2 doesn't recognize cc as a command? Is it on the system
> somewhere and if so where?
I just opened Terminal:
> Jims-MacBook-Pro-2:~ jimdoc$ cc
> i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc- 4.2: no input files
I also have Xcode installed.
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Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion?
Posted by: "Bill Morton" billmorton999@gmail.com redpup99
Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:31 am (PDT)
Thanks, Jim. I called Apple tech support and was told that
"we haven't included Xcode in the newer models". AGH!
However, it is FREE from the App Store and I'm downloading
it now.
I am still a little Pxxxd off that they took it away with no notice!
The only reason I use Apple is that it gives me a free Unix
platform underneath all the graphical stuff and I regard the
old PWB (Programmer's Workbench) stuff as PART of
Unix, not to be easily lost!!!
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
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>
>
> > Up until now, a standard installation of OSX included a "cc" command
> > which would handle C or C++ compilation and linking.
> >
> > Lion 10.7.2 doesn't recognize cc as a command? Is it on the system
> > somewhere and if so where?
>
> I just opened Terminal:
> > Jims-MacBook-Pro-2:~ jimdoc$ cc
> > i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc- 4.2: no input files
>
> I also have Xcode installed.
>
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Re: Help with Installing MS Office 2011 for Mac
Posted by: "Nick Andriash" Nickster248@telus.net andriash2005
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:18 am (PDT)
On 2011-10-20, at 9:36 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> That should get you to a good place. 8-)
Randy, I tried as you suggested, and Word, PP and Excel run fine, but I still run into a problem with Outlook, in that I keep receiving the following error message:
"This identity cannot be opened with this version of Outlook"
What I would like to do is restore from a previous Time Machine backup, but here too I run into a problem. I've googled and read many pages on restoring, but they all say you have to insert your original Startup disk to get to the Utilities menu item "restore from a backup". Problem is, double clicking on the Install OX button brings up the following
"You can't use this version of the application Install Mac OS X.app with this version of Mac OS X."
Where do I go from here?
--
Nick Andriash
andriash@gmail.com
17" MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz Intel Core i7, Memory 8 GB, OS X 10.7.2
iPad2 WiFi & 3G, 64GB
iPhone4S 32GB
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Re: Help with Installing MS Office 2011 for Mac
Posted by: "Nick Andriash" Nickster248@telus.net andriash2005
Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:08 am (PDT)
On 2011-10-21, at 9:18 AM, I wrote:
> Where do I go from here?
Just to close this posting, I finally reverted to an earlier Time Machine backup, and all is well again. Reverting back has also cleared up all the spinning coloured wheels I was getting, and my Macbook Pro is now back to it's old self. :o)
Thank you again everyone for helping out.
--
Nick Andriash
andriash@gmail.com
17" MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz Intel Core i7, Memory 8 GB, OS X 10.7.2
iPad2 WiFi & 3G, 64GB
iPhone4 16GB
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A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "cardiffcrafter" cardiffcrafter@yahoo.co.uk cardiffcrafter
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:36 am (PDT)
I am having issues with copying and pasting with my Mac. When I highlight a page on a website text and images and copy when I come to paste it either in Word of Open Office only the text pastes. How to I copy and paste texts and images? thanks in advance
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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:31 am (PDT)
Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
This doesn't work?
Harry
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harry.flaxman@comcast.net
On Nov 1, 2011, at 1:13 PM, cardiffcrafter wrote:
> I am having issues with copying and pasting with my Mac. When I highlight a page on a website text and images and copy when I come to paste it either in Word of Open Office only the text pastes. How to I copy and paste texts and images? thanks in advance
>
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Yahoo strikes again
Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com waldonny
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:37 am (PDT)
I just received a "new" message to the group that was dated October 21.
Anyone who feels that their questions or comments are not generating responses might want to check that their posts actually *reached* the group.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.2
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Re: Yahoo strikes again
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:51 am (PDT)
> I just received a "new" message to the group that was dated October 21.
> Anyone who feels that their questions or comments are not generating responses might want to check that their posts actually *reached* the group.
I just received one I sent on Oct. 20....
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Business Card app for iphone?
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:14 am (PDT)
Like probably many of you, I have a stack of business cards on a pile,
held together with rubber bands.... To make my phone more useful I was
hoping to scan and import or photograph these with the phone and store
the actual business card image for starters, sort them by alphabetic
order, or whatever I choose. If if then does its OCR thing and actually
creates contact info into the Contacts app, great..... I've checked out
the app store and there are many apps to choose from. Few, if any, have
a trial or free version to check them out... and I really don't want to
pay for something that does not meet my needs.... so iFolks.... what
such apps are tops on your list so I can at least thin the selection and
compare features before purchase?
Thanks
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Postbox 3 launched with impressive features
Posted by: "Michel Munger" michel@macsupportcentral.com mmungermtl
Tue Nov 1, 2011 12:13 pm (PDT)
Hi everyone,
I was once asked why I liked the Postbox email software. Its 3.0 version has just been released and the new features sound impressive.
Social media integration and also integration with the latest Mac technologies, such as full screen and trackpad gestures.
http://www.postbox-inc.com/features
That's on trop of superior interface.
Michel
Sent from my iPhone
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Re: Postbox 3 launched with impressive features
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 12:22 pm (PDT)
Hi Michel,
I think I tried the last version of Postbox and found it lacking. The new version sounds great. I'm setting up the demo now.
Thanks for the info!
Harry
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harry.flaxman@comcast.net
On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Michel Munger wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I was once asked why I liked the Postbox email software. Its 3.0 version has just been released and the new features sound impressive.
>
> Social media integration and also integration with the latest Mac technologies, such as full screen and trackpad gestures.
>
> http://www.postbox-inc.com/features
>
> That's on trop of superior interface.
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