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Windows 8 has a very different look and feel to it and figuring out where things are is not always straightforward.

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Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 9:55 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Paul" hlecptr

Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.

I want to get rid of things like multiple ">>>>>>" symbols in emails before I forward them on.

I've googled but so far I haven't seen one for Mac.

Thanks,

Paul

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Re: Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 10:11 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Hugh Crymble" hcrymble

If >>> is your only concern, "Find and Replace All" works easily.

hugh

> Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.
>
> I want to get rid of things like multiple " " symbols in emails before I forward them on.
>
> I've googled but so far I haven't seen one for Mac.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>

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Re: Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 10:14 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Dave C" davec2468

Maybe Google will be more responsive to the term "stripping"? ;-)

2011 Mini 2.7 GHz dual i7 / 16 GB / 250 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

On 1 November 2012, at 9:55 AM, Paul wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.
>
> I want to get rid of things like multiple ">>>>>>" symbols in emails before I forward them on.
>
> I've googled but so far I haven't seen one for Mac.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

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Re: Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 10:41 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patsy Price" beyondwords2

I use SmartWrap. Have depended on it for a long, long time. Now have
version 2.8. I see that 2.9 is now available.

http://www.selznick.com

Patsy

>Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one
>when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.
>
>I want to get rid of things like multiple ">>>>>>" symbols in emails
>before I forward them on.

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Re: Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:34 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.

<Delete> key

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Re: Email striping program

Thu Nov 1, 2012 2:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Christopher Collins" cjc1959au

In Apple Mail, it's easy.

Highlight your message then Format -> Quote Level -> Decrease

cjc

On 02/11/2012, at 3:55 AM, Paul <HLECPTR@aol.com> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good free email striping program? I had one when I used PC but I'm on Mac now.
>
> I want to get rid of things like multiple ">>>>>>" symbols in emails before I forward them on.
>
> I've googled but so far I haven't seen one for Mac.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

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Re: iPhoto problem

Thu Nov 1, 2012 9:58 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"clr42uk" clr42uk

I haven't had chance to try and sort out my iPhoto today. Thank you for mentioning about not dragging the Modified folder. In fact I'll be happy enough just to get the Originals back as any modifying I've done will only have been to crop or colour correction.

Cynthia

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
>
> iPhoto is a rigid database application. Rigid in that once a photo is added to the database, any alteration (opened in Photoshop and manipulated) is saved as an altered original. The original remains untouched. The altered image stays in the "modified" folder hidden until you manually import it into iPhoto.
>
> iPhoto is a database, and I have to follow it's rules. If I do, it's a sweet way to keep images, but if I don't it can get very confusing.
>
> I caution you about dragging the "Modified" folder into iPhoto. The folder may lose all organization within. You might need the organization in re-importing images. jr
>
>

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Re: How do I set default "From" address in Mail?

Thu Nov 1, 2012 10:55 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Carol" were_koala

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
>
> I'm confused. You said
>
> "I have a similar question. My account botteron@... is a
> permanent forwarding edress that redirects my mail to what I'll call
> carol@...
>
> Mail makes all my messages say "From: carol@..." But for several
> reasons I want my messages to say "From: botteron@..." In Eudora
> I could do that. (I miss Eudora! But OS 10.7 won't let me use it.)"
>
> This led me to think that you only had carol@... set up in Mail and
> messages from this group were forwarded to that from
> botteron@... . From
> what you now tell us, Mail does not have carol@... set up but it
> *does* have botteron@... , i.e., the opposite situation.

When I send a message from Mail, the "From" address is the carol@isp not botteron@alum.mit.edu. I'm confused too. Was hoping someone here could help me change that.

> In any case, as Dane says, your messages appear here as from
> botteron@... .

That's because I'm not using Mail to send them. Yahoo doesn't recognize the carol@isp edress so I'm posting from the group web site.

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Re: How do I set default "From" address in Mail?

Thu Nov 1, 2012 11:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"John Ross" maltcote@btinternet.com

You can tell Yahoo to allow sending from other email addresses (up to 10). eg. this email has the from address jaross@iee.org, via a Yahoo POP email server.

On 1 Nov 2012, at 17:54, Carol <botteron@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
>>
>> I'm confused. You said
>>
>> "I have a similar question. My account botteron@... is a
>> permanent forwarding edress that redirects my mail to what I'll call
>> carol@...
>>
>> Mail makes all my messages say "From: carol@..." But for several
>> reasons I want my messages to say "From: botteron@..." In Eudora
>> I could do that. (I miss Eudora! But OS 10.7 won't let me use it.)"
>>
>> This led me to think that you only had carol@... set up in Mail and
>> messages from this group were forwarded to that from
>> botteron@... . From
>> what you now tell us, Mail does not have carol@... set up but it
>> *does* have botteron@... , i.e., the opposite situation.
>
> When I send a message from Mail, the "From" address is the carol@isp not botteron@alum.mit.edu. I'm confused too. Was hoping someone here could help me change that.
>
>> In any case, as Dane says, your messages appear here as from
>> botteron@... .
>
> That's because I'm not using Mail to send them. Yahoo doesn't recognize the carol@isp edress so I'm posting from the group web site.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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Library folder became invisible

Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Brimac" cuatro.calla

iMac late 2009 27"
Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)

I was doing some maintenance and Preferential Treatment informed me a preference file in my user/Library was bad. When I went to my user folder, there was no Library. I went through all of Randy's routine maintenance, ran iDefrag, Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro. It is still invisible.

It is there, because it shows up when running TechTool, but it appears greyed out, although I can access it. This is when booted from the eDrive. Upon restart, the Library folder is still invisible, and does not show up in a search with Find or Spotlight.

I also cannot run iTunes. It will launch, and in about twenty seconds the SBOD appears and I have to Force Quit. I have waited an hour, incase it was rebuilding something, but to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I have searched through Time Machine, and the folder is there on the Oct 13th backup, but gone on the 14th. Is reinstalling the OS my only recourse? And if I do, and restore from Time Machine, will I encounter the same problem again? Or can I reinstall the OS without erasing my disc? I have Recovery Disk Assistant on a thumb drive.

Thanks,
Brian

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Re: Library folder became invisible

Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:43 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> When I went to my user folder, there was no Library. I went through all of Randy's routine maintenance, ran iDefrag, Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro. It is still invisible.
>
> It is there, because it shows up when running TechTool, but it appears greyed out, although I can access it. This is when booted from the eDrive. Upon restart, the Library folder is still invisible, and does not show up in a search with Find or Spotlight.

Apple decided to make the user libraries invisible as of Lion.

Immediately after the release of Lion, Macworld published an article listing about 19 ways to make that Library folder visible again.

Perhaps the simplest is to open a Finder window, press and hold <Option> while you use the "Go" menu. When <Option> is pressed, Library is available as a choice in that menu. Choose it.

When you have the Finder window open to Library, <Option><click> on the window's titlebar (where it says "Users/<username>/Library") and drag the folder icon to the window's sidebar.

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Re: Library folder became invisible

Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:44 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"gicleeman" gicleeman

I can't help you with iTunes, but the user library is hidden in Lion. To access it, go to Finder > Go > Go to folder > ~/Library/

Type in manually ... ~/Library/

Peter

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "Brimac" <brmc@...> wrote:
>
> iMac late 2009 27"
> Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5
> Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
> Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
> Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
>
> I was doing some maintenance and Preferential Treatment informed me a preference file in my user/Library was bad. When I went to my user folder, there was no Library. I went through all of Randy's routine maintenance, ran iDefrag, Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro. It is still invisible.
>
> It is there, because it shows up when running TechTool, but it appears greyed out, although I can access it. This is when booted from the eDrive. Upon restart, the Library folder is still invisible, and does not show up in a search with Find or Spotlight.
>
> I also cannot run iTunes. It will launch, and in about twenty seconds the SBOD appears and I have to Force Quit. I have waited an hour, incase it was rebuilding something, but to no avail.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? I have searched through Time Machine, and the folder is there on the Oct 13th backup, but gone on the 14th. Is reinstalling the OS my only recourse? And if I do, and restore from Time Machine, will I encounter the same problem again? Or can I reinstall the OS without erasing my disc? I have Recovery Disk Assistant on a thumb drive.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>

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Re: Library folder became invisible

Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patti A Robertson" parpiano

Thank you so much for this information. When I had to have the SSD drive wiped and start over from scratch on my new Macbook Pro Retina, I couldn't find the library items I needed from the CCC backup. Found the pathways by Googling, but this is great to know.

Thanks!

Patti

On Nov 1, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:

> > When I went to my user folder, there was no Library. I went through all of Randy's routine maintenance, ran iDefrag, Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro. It is still invisible.
> >
> > It is there, because it shows up when running TechTool, but it appears greyed out, although I can access it. This is when booted from the eDrive. Upon restart, the Library folder is still invisible, and does not show up in a search with Find or Spotlight.
>
> Apple decided to make the user libraries invisible as of Lion.
>
> Immediately after the release of Lion, Macworld published an article listing about 19 ways to make that Library folder visible again.
>
> Perhaps the simplest is to open a Finder window, press and hold <Option> while you use the "Go" menu. When <Option> is pressed, Library is available as a choice in that menu. Choose it.
>
> When you have the Finder window open to Library, <Option><click> on the window's titlebar (where it says "Users/<username>/Library") and drag the folder icon to the window's sidebar.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>

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Re: Library folder became invisible

Thu Nov 1, 2012 5:14 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup

On Nov 1, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Brimac wrote:

> bad. When I went to my user folder, there was no Library. I went through all of Randy's routine maintenance, ran iDefrag, Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro. It is still invisible.
>
> It is there, because it shows up when running TechTool, but it appears greyed out, although I can access it. This is when booted from the eDrive. Upon restart, the Library folder is still invisible, and does not show up in a search with Find o

Does the Library folder appear if you hold the Option while clicking the Go menu in the Finder?

Daly