Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Jay Abraham
- 1b.
- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Christopher Collins
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- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Christopher Collins
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- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Randy B. Singer
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- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Daly Jessup
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- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Jay Abraham
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- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Jay Abraham
- 1h.
- Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib From: Randy B. Singer
- 2a.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: cardiffcrafter
- 2b.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Jim Saklad
- 2c.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Harry Flaxman
- 2d.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Jim Showalter
- 2e.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Anthony
- 2f.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Daly Jessup
- 2g.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: Terry Pogue
- 2h.
- Re: A question about copying and pasting From: George Barker
- 3a.
- Re: iCloud issue From: walkerbrens
- 4.
- New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here's how it will cha From: Bill Boulware
- 5a.
- Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion? From: Jim Saklad
- 6a.
- Re: Business Card app for iphone? From: Jay Abraham
- 6b.
- Re: Business Card app for iphone? From: Randy B. Singer
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- Duplicate Entries From: Harry Flaxman
- 8a.
- Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s? From: Daly Jessup
- 9.
- Re: rounded corners From: Oneal Neumann
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- Acrobat and IE From: kathialexis
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:16 pm (PDT)
Dan,
Thanks for the suggestions. I don't think I want to spend the $180
(lowest upgrade price I could find) for Filemaker Pro. I'm thinking
Bento might be all that I need. Do you have any experience with that
- especially converting some database from Filemaker Pro to Bento?
Jay
On Nov 1, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
> 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
> >
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Christopher Collins" maclist@analogdigital.com.au cjc1959au
Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:16 pm (PDT)
I don't know what version your FMP is, but have you tried updating to just the next version?
So if yours is 11.0.1, then apply the updater for 11.0.2 then 11.0.3 etc all the way to 11.0.4.
Some applications need to be updated one revision at a time. Others can jump.
cjc
On 02/11/2011, at 3:34 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Christopher Collins" maclist@analogdigital.com.au cjc1959au
Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:18 pm (PDT)
Jay,
As long as you export your data BEFORE you upgrade to a standard format (CSV, TXT, db, etc) you should then be able to import it into any program, even Numbers.
cjc
On 02/11/2011, at 7:16 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I don't think I want to spend the $180
> (lowest upgrade price I could find) for Filemaker Pro. I'm thinking
> Bento might be all that I need. Do you have any experience with that
> - especially converting some database from Filemaker Pro to Bento?
>
> Jay
>
>
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:33 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:20 AM, 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.
Check out:
PDFPen $60
http://www.smilesoftware.com/ PDFpen/
You can nicely annotate PDF's with:
Formulate Pro (free)
http://code.google.com/ p/formulatepro/
You can just use Preview to combine PDF's:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article. php?story= 2007111419180662 4
http://www.macworld.com/article/ 143023/2009/ 09/
combine_pdf_snow_leopard. html
http://www.macworld.com/article/ 145129/2009/ 12/pdftips. html
PDF2RTFService (free)
http://www.devon-technologies. com/download/ index.html
(scroll to bottom of page)
allows any program that can read RTF documents (including OS X's
included TextEdit) to open a PDF document as an editable RTF document
and save it in RTF format!
(Assuming that the PDF document isn't a graphic image of a text
document. PDF2RTFService does not do OCR.)
The latest version of Preview allows you to do quite a bit of
editing. For instance you can:
a) highlight (in yellow), strike through or underline text
b) encircle anything on the page with a lasso of any shape, size or
colour
c) add marginal notes (in a side column) of any length, anywhere in
the document
d) add new text in any font, any colour, any size, anywhere in the
document where there is space
e) individual pages can be dragged out of or into the document or
deleted from the document
f) conversion to a PostScript file which can be edited and re-
converted to PDF
>
> 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.
Carbon Copy Cloner (donation requested)
http://www.bombich.com/
> 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?
Bento $49
http://www.filemaker.com/products/ bento/
>
> 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.
SEE Finance $30
http://scimonocesoftware.com/
> Microsoft Office 2004 - Probably will upgrade to Office 2011 but
> maybe use Open Office in the interim
Libre Office (free)
http://www.libreoffice.org
> 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.
Pixelmator Now $30 in Mac App Store!
http://www.pixelmator.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/pixelmato r/id407963104? mt=12&ls= 1
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:43 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> 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.'
It's totally not true that Preview can't combine PDF files. Just open one, then drag another to the bookmarks bar beneath the last page of the first, and you now have a single PDF that contains both PDFs.
> 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.
Use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
> 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?
Someone else answered that.
> 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.
I'm loving SEE Finance and it imported all my years of many multiple Quicken files perfectly and seems very stable and easy to use.
> Microsoft Office 2004 - Probably will upgrade to Office 2011 but
> maybe use Open Office in the interim
That sounds good. Office 2011 also works great. And it isn't that expensive, if you get it at the right place. I got my through an upgrade available from work.
> 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.
Graphic Converter will do that, but Photoshop Elements is very inexpensive. I would suggest you just upgrade to the latest and pay the few dollars for it.
> 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.
If you use AppleWorks, you will need replacements for the different modules. We can go into that if necessary. Do you have AppleWorks documents on the old computer?
Daly
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:35 pm (PDT)
Hi Daly,
No. I don't use AppleWorks but thanks for your other suggestions.
Jay
On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> If you use AppleWorks, you will need replacements for the different
> modules. We can go into that if necessary. Do you have AppleWorks
> documents on the old computer?
>
> Daly
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:42 pm (PDT)
Randy, Daly,
Thanks for letting me know of this trick. I never realized Preview
could combine documents by drag and drop. I also now realize that
Preview can annotate and you can write in notes.
It has been a while since I really looked at Preview. Did I miss
these capabilities from pre Tiger versions of the OS or has this been
a recent enhancement post Tiger?
Thanks again.
Jay
On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> It's totally not true that Preview can't combine PDF files. Just
> open one, then drag another to the bookmarks bar beneath the last
> page of the first, and you now have a single PDF that contains both
> PDFs.
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Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:20 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 6:42 PM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> It has been a while since I really looked at Preview. Did I miss
> these capabilities from pre Tiger versions of the OS or has this been
> a recent enhancement post Tiger?
Preview got a lot of nice new features in subsequent versions of OS X
after Tiger.
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "cardiffcrafter" cardiffcrafter@yahoo.co.uk cardiffcrafter
Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:27 pm (PDT)
Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>
> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>
> This doesn't work?
>
> Harry
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@...
> 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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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:26 pm (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
>>
>> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>> This doesn't work?
>> Harry
>
> Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
If I do this in Safari, and paste into Pages, or into TextEdit, I get text and images.
Perhaps it's a fault of the office suite(s).
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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:56 pm (PDT)
Hmm. It may depend upon what you're pasting the clipboard contents into. I haven't tried to determine that. I know whenever I copy and paste, I get both graphics and text.
One test might be to open the program, 'Stickies'. Copy from something with a graphic file and paste into Stickies. I know that Stickies will show both text and graphics.
Harry
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harry.flaxman@comcast.net
On Nov 1, 2011, at 3:20 PM, cardiffcrafter wrote:
> Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>>
>> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>>
>> This doesn't work?
>>
>> Harry
>>
>> _____________________ _
>> Harry Flaxman
>> harry.flaxman@...
>
>> 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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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Jim Showalter" jshowalt@mindspring.com jshowalt94127
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:59 pm (PDT)
Have you tried after clicking in the page doing command-a? That is Select All, then do command-c, Copy, then command-v to paste and that usually works for me.
On Nov 1, 2011, at 12:20 PM, cardiffcrafter wrote:
> Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>>
>> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>>
>> This doesn't work?
>>
>> Harry
>>
>> _____________________ _
>> Harry Flaxman
>> harry.flaxman@...
>
>> 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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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Anthony" cardiffcrafter@yahoo.co.uk cardiffcrafter
Tue Nov 1, 2011 3:17 pm (PDT)
Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>
> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>
> This doesn't work?
>
> Harry
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@...
>
>
>
>
> 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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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:18 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Jim Saklad 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
>>>
>>> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>>> This doesn't work?
>>> Harry
>>
>
>> Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
>
>
> If I do this in Safari, and paste into Pages, or into TextEdit, I get text and images.
> Perhaps it's a fault of the office suite(s).
You have to make sure TextEdit is set in its Format menu to "Make Rich Text."
Daly
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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "Terry Pogue" tpogue@comcast.net terrypogue_2000
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:32 pm (PDT)
Some sites don't even print the images when given the command. I think it has to do with the site not you.
Terry
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:49 PM, "Anthony" <cardiffcrafter@yahoo.co. > wrote:uk
> Hi Harry - yes I do that but it only copies text - when I do it on a PC I am able to copy text and photos / images.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@com ...> wrote:
>>
>> Select the text, hold down command-c, go to where you want the text pasted, hold down command-v.
>>
>> This doesn't work?
>>
>> Harry
>>
>> _____________________ _
>> Harry Flaxman
>> harry.flaxman@...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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Re: A question about copying and pasting
Posted by: "George Barker" lynxster@ihug.com.au four46
Tue Nov 1, 2011 10:26 pm (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
This may be something I have added myself, but if I select text and
images in Safari then choose Safari > Services > Make New TextEdit
Window Containing Solution it creates a new TextEdit window with both
the text and any images involved.
Apologies if this Service is not on your Mac, but I'd certainly give
it a try...
George
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Re: iCloud issue
Posted by: "walkerbrens" walkjs@skydancercollies.com walkerbrens
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:03 pm (PDT)
That worked and I just imported the backup to Outlook. Thank you again.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@com ...> wrote:
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> I would make a separate backup of my contacts ASAP. (And also do regular
> backups of everything that matters, but that's another matter.)
>
> Otto
>
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New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here's how it will cha
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:13 pm (PDT)
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Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: New Apple Store app
launches Thursday; here's how it will change Apple's retail operations
via BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech by Jonathan S. Geller on
11/1/11
While information about Apple's new iOS app and retail plans have
leaked out in various forms over the past few weeks, we now have the
whole story thanks to a trusted source. On Thursday, Apple's new retail
store app for iOS will launch, and it will bring two major features
with it. First, it will enable online ordering with retail store pick
up. This has already started happening in a few stores in California
and New York City Apple stores as well, and more stores will go live on
Thursday. Hit the jump for details on what happens when you place an
order through the app to pick up in a retail store nearby.
- If a customer orders an in-stock product, pick up will be available
approximately 12 minutes after completing the order. Why 12 minutes?
Well, the order goes through the system to the designated Apple Store
in about 3 minutes. Apple's back-of-house employees have 2 minutes to
set all of the products aside on a shelf from the minute it was
ordered. There is then a 7-minute grace period for employees to get
everything else in order. Around 12 minutes after purchasing, customers
will be able to walk into the Apple Store, skip lines, skip registers,
get their products, sign for them and leave. We're told Apple is really
excited about this, and it's something customers have been seeking for
a while.
- If a customer orders something that a retail store does not have
in-stock, like a custom-configured machine, an accessory the store does
not carry, or something like an engraved or gift-wrapped device, the
customer will be a given a pick-up date right after the purchase is
completed. Everything will have free shipping when sent to an Apple
retail store. Once the order arrives at the Apple Store and is
available for pickup, a push notification will be sent to the customer
through the Apple Store app, letting him or her know the order is
ready. We're told the same 12-minute timeframe applies here as well: 12
minutes from the time the push notification is received, the customer's
order should be waiting to be signed for.
- We have been told customers who opt to purchase online or through the
app will be given priority when they walk into the store over a
customer waiting for a retail specialist, and that Apple expects the
majority of customers over the next few years to use the in-store pick
up option as their default method of buying products. This will help
with foot traffic in retail stores while also reducing the cost of
shipping for Apple, and possibly even reducing the number of stores
Apple needs to open to accommodate sales.
- Apple will offer customers the ability to return items purchased
online to retail stores.
- Lastly, we're told that Apple will be attributing revenue from items
purchased in this manner to the retail store where the items are
delivered and retrieved. This should help create new job opportunities
since hiring at Apple Stores is based on sales. Apple is reportedly
expecting a 30% increase in sales at retail stores from this program,
and it will only be available in the U.S. for now.
The other major feature coming in Apple's new app? Customer self
check-out at retail stores. This is a huge deal and Apple is the first
to be able to put it together. Here is how this will work: after you
find the item you want to buy, like an accessory, you launch the Apple
Store app on your iOS device and there will be an option to buy a
product in the store. You scan the product with the camera on your
device in the app, click purchase, and it will charge whatever credit
card is associated to your Apple ID. You then just walk out of the
store. Yes, we have been told that Apple will not be checking purchases
which seems hard to believe, but this self check-out option will launch
Thursday worldwide at all Apple retail stores.
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Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:29 pm (PDT)
>> I also have Xcode installed.
>
> 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!!!
Lion is "download only".
It does not make sense to double the download size necessary, from 3.5 GB to 7 GB, in order to include XCode for EVERYone who upgrades to Lion, particularly when only about 1-5% of them will every do anything with it.
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Re: Business Card app for iphone?
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 2:58 pm (PDT)
I've used Presto Biz card which was bundled with one of the all-in-
one's I've purchased over the years. The version I've used is from
2005 and it did an adequate job of recognizing and populating the
business card fields. Still required a lot of work to correct since
so many cards come with fancy graphics and weird placements so it was
hard for the reader to pick up what everything was.
It was adequate given that it was free.
I'm sure there are a lot better things now 6 years later.
Jay
On Nov 1, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Jurgen Richter wrote:
> 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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Re: Business Card app for iphone?
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:52 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> I'm sure there are a lot better things now 6 years later.
Business Card Reader $5
http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/business- card-reader/ id328175747? mt=8
CamCard Lite (free)
http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/camcard- lite-business- card/id355472887 ?
mt=8
WorldCard Mobile $6
<http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/worldcard -mobile-business /id333211045?
mt=8&s=143455>
BizSnap (free)
http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/bizsnap/ id351056466? mt=8&s=143455
ABBYY Business Card Reader $7
<http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/abbyy- business- card-reader/
id347345474?mt=8>
Cloud Contacts
http://www.cloudcontacts.com/
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts. html
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Duplicate Entries
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:38 pm (PDT)
Since implementing iCloud on my iMac, my wife's Win pc, and my iPod Touch, I have been getting duplicate address book entries, duplicate calendar entries as well.
I have no idea how this is happening. I've gone over the settings and all looks OK. When I installed iCloud, I turned off CalDEV for Google and Yahoo. Should they have been left on, to sync, I can understand the dupes�but that's not the case.
Anyone have any suggestions as to how to remedy this? If I get rid of the dupe entry, it shows up again!
TIA
Harry
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Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: FaceTime on iPhone 4s?
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com
Tue Nov 1, 2011 5:31 pm (PDT)
On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:
> 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.
Why is it better than iChat?
Daly
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Re: rounded corners
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:14 pm (PDT)
I've had a copy of the biography of Steve Jobs since it went on sale last Monday (the 24th) and I'm not even (page 272) halfway-through.
Early in the book, possibly when it was referencing the Apple II, it was mentioned that Jobs had a thing for rounded corners on windows (and on hardware).
Running 10.6.8, I noticed that Finder windows have all four corners rounded, yet other windows (eg: Mail emails, Safari, etc) have only the upper-2 corners rounded.
Any ideas about that? Not a biggie importancewise, just a digression.
BTW, the About This Mac window has all four corners square.
Oneal
POSTSCRIPT: a sneaky (and now-offtopic) aside. The NYT opinion piece (which was picked up Saturday by my local rag) by Maureen Dowd was, notwithstanding the hagiographic impulses of most of the 'Screed' posters, spot-on. Dowd was focused, she had a point to make, she didn't wander all over the place. Steve Jobs, above all, would have understood and (probably grudgingly) would have agreed with her. ON
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Acrobat and IE
Posted by: "kathialexis" kathialexis@cox.net kathialexis
Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:46 pm (PDT)
Suddenly, my pdfs are have turned into IE 8docs. I cannot open them in anything but my browser. I have none of the controls I had in Acrobat.
When I uncheck the box in Acrobat that says display in browser, I cannot open the pdfs at all. Adobe customer service is pretty useless when it comes to technical stuff. All they want to do is sell me more software. When I goggle it, all anyone wants to tell me is how to view pdfs in my browser. I want just the opposite. Why in the world would I spend hundreds of dollars on Acrobat software and then only be able to view them in IE?
I just installed a brand new Acrobat X. I am using Windows 7 with the lastest service packs. But I also had the same problem with Acrobat 7.
I depend on pdfs to post a lot of stuff on our website. I haven't checked it yet, but I am not sure these IE/pdfs are going to cut in in Safari on my Mac with Dreamweaver. Besides, I like opening pdfs in Acrobat. For instance, how am I going to combine different pdfs into one when all I have are IE controls?
Can someone please help.
Thanks,
Kathi
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