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Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:49 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
27" iMac10,1/3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/12gig RAM/OSX10.8.2/1 TBHD
Memorex DVD+RDL (8x, 8.5GB, 240min)
I moved several m4v movie files (apps. 5GB data) to the desktop into a folder.
Opened Disk Utility, clicked Burn, finder window opens for me to identify what files to burn to the blank DVD.
Why are the movie files unrecognized by Disk Utility? It's like Disk Utility doesn't see them as burnable data files. They will have plenty of room on the DVD.
jr
Memorex DVD+RDL (8x, 8.5GB, 240min)
I moved several m4v movie files (apps. 5GB data) to the desktop into a folder.
Opened Disk Utility, clicked Burn, finder window opens for me to identify what files to burn to the blank DVD.
Why are the movie files unrecognized by Disk Utility? It's like Disk Utility doesn't see them as burnable data files. They will have plenty of room on the DVD.
jr
Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:22 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> Pages is good but not as powerful as Word if you need pro-level features
> (such as edit tracking for authors), but you can send Pages can read and
> write files in Word format.
>
> If you need only a basic text editor, then Text Edit, which comes with OS
> X, will do.
I agree, but the free "Bean" is just as quick, and much nicer.
Daly
Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:42 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Carol wrote:
> From the Mac Newby again -- I'm looking for a good word processing program and have gotten a lot of suggestions, from Pages, Word, Scrivener, and some free programs. What do you all find the most useful? Pages sounds good because I can get it also on my iPads. However, some have said that if you have to communicate with people in the PC world, you also need Word. I am a sometime writer.
Pages will save in a Word format. But I have read that if you use advanced features, it doesn't always translate perfectly over to Word. Pretty good, but not always perfect. If I were you, I would want Pages on the iPad so I could do basic writing, and save it in Word format for final editing in Word before sending to PC users.
In fact that is what I have. I often take meeting notes at work on my iPad and save them in Word format and email them to my desktop computer, where they open perfectly in Windows Word. But they have no special formatting.
I think you should get Pages for Mac and iPad, and also Word for the Mac. It's a little outlay at the start but will give you the best of both worlds and the greatest flexibility.
If you are a student, you can get Word very cheaply with the student discount. Otherwise, you would pay about $125 at Amazon, or much less if from Craigslist or something like that. I can't find a way to buy just Word. Looks like the $125 is for the Office suite including PowerPoint and Excel.
Pages for iPad is $10 at the iTunes App Store (as are Numbers ("Excel"
Pages for Mac is $20 at the App Store. (as are Numbers and Keynote)
Happily, you can buy them as you need them.
But given the importance of writing in your life, I think you should get Office for the Mac and at least Pages for the iPad.
Daly
Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:51 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Kathleen Cercone" kathycercone
Hi, I know there are free programs you can get- here is a link that has info about several: http://lifehacker.com/5867300/the-best-word-processing-app-for-mac
If you choose Word, make sure you need what it offers. It has many features that I do not even use.
Kathleen Cercone PT, PhD
drcercone@mac.com
On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Daly Jessup jessup@san.rr.com > wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Carol wrote:
>
> > From the Mac Newby again -- I'm looking for a good word processing program and have gotten a lot of suggestions, from Pages, Word, Scrivener, and some free programs. What do you all find the most useful? Pages sounds good because I can get it also on my iPads. However, some have said that if you have to communicate with people in the PC world, you also need Word. I am a sometime writer.
>
> Pages will save in a Word format. But I have read that if you use advanced features, it doesn't always translate perfectly over to Word. Pretty good, but not always perfect. If I were you, I would want Pages on the iPad so I could do basic writing, and save it in Word format for final editing in Word before sending to PC users.
>
> In fact that is what I have. I often take meeting notes at work on my iPad and save them in Word format and email them to my desktop computer, where they open perfectly in Windows Word. But they have no special formatting.
>
> I think you should get Pages for Mac and iPad, and also Word for the Mac. It's a little outlay at the start but will give you the best of both worlds and the greatest flexibility.
>
> If you are a student, you can get Word very cheaply with the student discount. Otherwise, you would pay about $125 at Amazon, or much less if from Craigslist or something like that. I can't find a way to buy just Word. Looks like the $125 is for the Office suite including PowerPoint and Excel.
>
> Pages for iPad is $10 at the iTunes App Store (as are Numbers ("Excel") and Keynote ("PowerPoint").
>
> Pages for Mac is $20 at the App Store. (as are Numbers and Keynote)
>
> Happily, you can buy them as you need them.
>
> But given the importance of writing in your life, I think you should get Office for the Mac and at least Pages for the iPad.
>
> Daly
>
>
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If you choose Word, make sure you need what it offers. It has many features that I do not even use.
Kathleen Cercone PT, PhD
drcercone@mac.
On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Daly Jessup jessup@san.rr.
>
> On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Carol wrote:
>
> > From the Mac Newby again -- I'm looking for a good word processing program and have gotten a lot of suggestions, from Pages, Word, Scrivener, and some free programs. What do you all find the most useful? Pages sounds good because I can get it also on my iPads. However, some have said that if you have to communicate with people in the PC world, you also need Word. I am a sometime writer.
>
> Pages will save in a Word format. But I have read that if you use advanced features, it doesn't always translate perfectly over to Word. Pretty good, but not always perfect. If I were you, I would want Pages on the iPad so I could do basic writing, and save it in Word format for final editing in Word before sending to PC users.
>
> In fact that is what I have. I often take meeting notes at work on my iPad and save them in Word format and email them to my desktop computer, where they open perfectly in Windows Word. But they have no special formatting.
>
> I think you should get Pages for Mac and iPad, and also Word for the Mac. It's a little outlay at the start but will give you the best of both worlds and the greatest flexibility.
>
> If you are a student, you can get Word very cheaply with the student discount. Otherwise, you would pay about $125 at Amazon, or much less if from Craigslist or something like that. I can't find a way to buy just Word. Looks like the $125 is for the Office suite including PowerPoint and Excel.
>
> Pages for iPad is $10 at the iTunes App Store (as are Numbers ("Excel"
>
> Pages for Mac is $20 at the App Store. (as are Numbers and Keynote)
>
> Happily, you can buy them as you need them.
>
> But given the importance of writing in your life, I think you should get Office for the Mac and at least Pages for the iPad.
>
> Daly
>
>
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:12 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Carol wrote:
> Everything I have done so far has been in Word on PC, but reviews of Word for Mac are not that flattering.
I use Word for the Mac all day, everyday. (I'm an attorney.) It is an excellent program. Word/Mac gets bad reviews from Mac users mainly because Mac users tend to hate Microsoft, and because most Mac users don't ever really take the time to learn how to use Word/Mac, so they fight and struggle with it constantly. Of course they hate it...they don't know how to use it.
Word for the Mac is almost identical to Word for Windows. In fact, in some ways it is better and easier to use. If you are used to using Word on Windows, you will like Word for Mac, and going with it will allow you to avoid the learning curve associated with a new word processor that is entirely different, such as Pages (which is, nevertheless, and excellent program.)
No other word processor will allow you to send and receive files to and from Windows Word users completely seamlessly. In fact, Word/Mac has a compatibility wizard to make sure that there are no problems.
Here is Office/Mac for under $100:
http://is.gd/
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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.macattor
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:42 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:58:32 -0000, Carol wrote:
> Suggestions?
NeoOffice.
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/
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> Suggestions?
NeoOffice.
http://www.neooffic
OpenOffice
http://www.openoffi
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:47 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:07:26 +0000, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> If you need only a basic text editor, then Text Edit, which comes with OS
> X, will do.
A little more muscular basic text editors than Apple's Text Edit would be TexEdit Plus and Bean.
A good place to find apps -- especially freeware and shareware:
http://www.macupdate.com/
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> If you need only a basic text editor, then Text Edit, which comes with OS
> X, will do.
A little more muscular basic text editors than Apple's Text Edit would be TexEdit Plus and Bean.
A good place to find apps -- especially freeware and shareware:
http://www.macupdat
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:49 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
>> All apps have their own Help. You'll find it in the menu bar at the top of
>> the screen.
Also, Mac Help is in the menu when you're in Finder.
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>> the screen.
Also, Mac Help is in the menu when you're in Finder.
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Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:24 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
I would like to get a total of files in several directories and their
sub directories.
I know of Terminal commands that can count lines of files, and file
types in directories.
Is there a Terminal command that will count all files of all types in a
directory AND all of the sub directories in that directory?
And can it be used with the drag n drop from Finder for a path?
Denver Dan
I would like to get a total of files in several directories and their
sub directories.
I know of Terminal commands that can count lines of files, and file
types in directories.
Is there a Terminal command that will count all files of all types in a
directory AND all of the sub directories in that directory?
And can it be used with the drag n drop from Finder for a path?
Denver Dan
Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:36 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I would like to get a total of files in several directories and their
> sub directories.
>
> I know of Terminal commands that can count lines of files, and file
> types in directories.
>
> Is there a Terminal command that will count all files of all types in a
> directory AND all of the sub directories in that directory?
>
> And can it be used with the drag n drop from Finder for a path?
I don't know of a Terminal command, but File Buddy will do that if you use File/Get Info
on a folder.
Daly
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