11/03/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8530

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1a.

Re: Removing Old Owner

Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net   barryaus

Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:01 pm (PDT)



At 2:51 PM -0700 10/20/11, us2forever wrote:

>Some how I want to remove my son from his old
>computer and make it just mine. I have tried
>installing Snow Leopard while holding down C and
>also Option. He is still there. Any ideas on
>how I can get rid of him……just on the
>computer…..lol

Log into another account with administrative
permissions and delete the other account with it.
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2.1.

Re: A question about copying and pasting

Posted by: "George Barker" lynxster@ihug.com.au   four46

Wed Nov 2, 2011 6:31 pm (PDT)



Sorry Tanya, but I don't know where it came from. From memory I found
mention of it somewhere as a Mac OS tip, which would seem to
indicate that it was a default part of the System. I'm running Safari
5.1.1 on an iMac under OS X 10.6.8.

George

>How do you get this service on my mac. Am running Snow Leopard,
>latest version on a MacBookPro that is 2 years old.
>Tanya
>On Nov 1, 2011, at 10:26 PM, George Barker 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
>>
>> 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...

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Re: A question about copying and pasting

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com

Wed Nov 2, 2011 7:37 pm (PDT)



On Nov 2, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:

> Looked it up. Here you go! :
>
> Shortcut for a Sticky note
> A pretty cool shortcut that is hidden in the "Services" menu. It takes any text you highlight and transform it into a Sticky note in Apple's Sticky application. You just have to highlight text and press "Shift-Command-Y" and Boom, it opens up sticky and create a
> new note with the text you selected. The only negative is I wish you could select if it goes in the Sticky application or in the Sticky

Is this a Lion thing? It is not working for me in snow Leopard, in spite of my trying to change Services settings in System Prefeences.

Daly

Snow Leopard
latest verson

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Re: A question about copying and pasting

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Wed Nov 2, 2011 7:50 pm (PDT)



No, it worked in 10.6 as well.

Harry

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On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> On Nov 2, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
>> Looked it up. Here you go! :
>>
>> Shortcut for a Sticky note
>> A pretty cool shortcut that is hidden in the "Services" menu. It takes any text you highlight and transform it into a Sticky note in Apple's Sticky application. You just have to highlight text and press "Shift-Command-Y" and Boom, it opens up sticky and create a
>> new note with the text you selected. The only negative is I wish you could select if it goes in the Sticky application or in the Sticky
>
> Is this a Lion thing? It is not working for me in snow Leopard, in spite of my trying to change Services settings in System Prefeences.
>
> Daly

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Re: A question about copying and pasting

Posted by: "George Barker" lynxster@ihug.com.au   four46

Wed Nov 2, 2011 7:54 pm (PDT)



On Nov 2, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:

> > Shortcut for a Sticky note
> > A pretty cool shortcut that is hidden in the "Services" menu. It
>takes any text you highlight and transform it into a Sticky note in
>Apple's Sticky application. You just have to highlight text and
>press "Shift-Command-Y" and Boom, it opens up sticky and create a
>> new note with the text you selected. The only negative is I wish
>>you could select if it goes in the Sticky application or in the
>>Sticky
>
>Is this a Lion thing? It is not working for me in snow Leopard, in
>spite of my trying to change Services settings in System Prefeences.

Definitely not just a Lion thing. I just tried it in SnowLeopard.
Selected text and image in Safari, pressed "Shift-Command-Y" and
Stickies opened with a new window containing both text and image!

BTW - regarding the "New TextEdit WIndow Containing Selection"
service. It's a native Service and can be activated by opening System
Preferences > Keyboard and clicking on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

Scroll down to it, tick the checkbox, then close the window.

This site has all the info.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/your-quick-guide-to-services-menu-on-snow-leopard/

George

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3a.

Re: Upgrading to Lion - Need inexpensive alternatives for incompatib

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Wed Nov 2, 2011 10:54 pm (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.
>...
>Jay

Put those old Macs to work for you.

You can continue to run your old apps on an old Mac and control the
old Mac from the new Macs using a VNC app. Network them all together
and transfer files to & from the old Mac as needed. Print, too! You
can even put the old Mac in a closet somewhere, or in the basement --
it doesn't need to be nearby, just networked.

FYI, my (semi-temporary) solution:

<http://oi56.tinypic.com/9zn0bd.jpg>

New 2011 mini running Lion. 2006 mini running Snow Leopard. I run
Eudora, AppleWorks and some other beloved older software on the old
mini.

Both monitors are connected to the new mini. On the new mini, a VNC
client (currently JollyFast VNC, although I really like open-source
Chicken) is running, and connects to the old mini in Full Screen mode.

The smaller monitor on the left displays (via VNC) the old mini and
is occupied mostly with Eudora (sorry about the awful obscuring
technique used...) while the large monitor shows the new mini's
desktop and other applications.

Of course you don't need 2 monitors; you can see all you need on one
screen. The VNC application has a window just like any other
application.

Cheers,
Dave

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4a.

Re: PBS Documentaries

Posted by: "Dave Sherlock" dsherlock.geo@yahoo.com   dsherlock.geo

Wed Nov 2, 2011 11:05 pm (PDT)



Super show.

Regards, Dave
Sent from my  iPad

On Nov 2, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve Jobs PBS Documentary Airs Tonight; Biography a Smash
>

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4b.

Re: PBS Documentaries

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Wed Nov 2, 2011 11:30 pm (PDT)



Yup, really good!

On the PBS site, they also have an interview with Steve Jobs. It's several years old, but interesting as heck!

Harry

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On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Dave Sherlock wrote:

> Super show.
>
> Regards, Dave
> Sent from my  iPad

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