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Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:41 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Bekah" bekalex
Hi - I tried a search for this but the response was "no results."
My brother sent me an "abw" file. I have no idea how to open this to be readable. TextEdit gives me a lot of code. Pages can't find it. There's nothing available in the App store (that I could find through a simple search).
I've looked online a bit and found different things but have no idea what's what there.
I can ask him for a different format but I'd like to be able to open them regularly if this is the route he's choosing.
I have OS 10.8.2.
Bekah
My brother sent me an "abw" file. I have no idea how to open this to be readable. TextEdit gives me a lot of code. Pages can't find it. There's nothing available in the App store (that I could find through a simple search).
I've looked online a bit and found different things but have no idea what's what there.
I can ask him for a different format but I'd like to be able to open them regularly if this is the route he's choosing.
I have OS 10.8.2.
Bekah
Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:51 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Bekah wrote:
> My brother sent me an "abw" file.
It's an AbiWord document.
http://filext.
http://www.abisourc
Ask him to re-save the file for you in Plain Text (that way any word processor or text editor can open it, though any complex formatting will be lost), or, if you own Microsoft Word or Pages, you could ask him to save the file in Word or RTF format.
If you really want to read AbiWord files natively, there is a free version for the Macintosh, though I'm not sure if it requires Rosetta to run:
http://www.abisourc
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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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Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:51 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:41 PM, Bekah wrote:
> Hi - I tried a search for this but the response was "no results."
>
> My brother sent me an "abw" file. I have no idea how to open this to be readable. TextEdit gives me a lot of code. Pages can't find it. There's nothing available in the App store (that I could find through a simple search).
>
> I've looked online a bit and found different things but have no idea what's what there.
>
> I can ask him for a different format but I'd like to be able to open them regularly if this is the route he's choosing.
>
> I have OS 10.8.2.
>
http://pcsupport.
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Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:46 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> My brother sent me an "abw" file. I have no idea how to open this to be readable. TextEdit gives me a lot of code. Pages can't find it. There's nothing available in the App store (that I could find through a simple search).
> ...I can ask him for a different format but I'd like to be able to open them regularly if this is the route he's choosing.
"Abiword" is not a format ANYone should be attempting to share a file in in this day and age.
Ask for .txt or .rtf
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
> ...I can ask him for a different format but I'd like to be able to open them regularly if this is the route he's choosing.
"Abiword" is not a format ANYone should be attempting to share a file in in this day and age.
Ask for .txt or .rtf
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
On 22 February 2013 04:46, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com > wrote:
>
> "Abiword" is not a format ANYone should be attempting to share a file in
> in this day and age.
>
> Ask for .txt or .rtf
>
Agreed. To send such a file without any warning or description of the
format is inexcusable.
If AbiWord can save in MS Word (.doc) format, that would be best, but
failing that, .rtf would be good, both of which TextEdit can open.
Otto
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>
> "Abiword" is not a format ANYone should be attempting to share a file in
> in this day and age.
>
> Ask for .txt or .rtf
>
Agreed. To send such a file without any warning or description of the
format is inexcusable.
If AbiWord can save in MS Word (.doc) format, that would be best, but
failing that, .rtf would be good, both of which TextEdit can open.
Otto
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:58 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> If you really want to read AbiWord files natively, there is a free version for the Macintosh, though I'm not sure if it requires Rosetta to run:
> http://www.abisourc
I just downloaded it. It requires a PowerPC and won't install on my Lion system, Intel iMac.
Daly
Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:52 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Don" don.96705
Otto
I'm totally confused now. Been programming since 196x something. Can't explain this. I tried it again. Procedure is:
Remove password & unfreeze top 17 rows in Excel, save, open in Numbers.
OS X 10.6.x & Numbers '09 version 2.3
Numbers chokes.
OS X 10.7.5 & Numbers '09 version 2.3
Numbers opens spreadsheet with minor problems.
Excel spreadsheet has three charts, identical except for start points. #1@ row 1, #2 @ row 2000, #3 @ row 3000
Numbers spreadsheet has three charts, identical start points. #1@ row 1, #2 @ row 1, #3 @ row 1
Time to learn how to create charts in Numbers. Thanks for the help.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Early 2009 Mac Pro
2 x 2.93 GHz Quad Core Xeon, 6GB RAM
OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 21, 2013, at 13:53, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> 20 x 3700 isn't much by spreadsheet standards. Are you sure the issue isn't
> something else, e.g. something that can't be converted?
>
> Otto
>
> On 21 February 2013 20:58, Don y-photo.96705@hawaiiantel.net > wrote:
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I'm totally confused now. Been programming since 196x something. Can't explain this. I tried it again. Procedure is:
Remove password & unfreeze top 17 rows in Excel, save, open in Numbers.
OS X 10.6.x & Numbers '09 version 2.3
Numbers chokes.
OS X 10.7.5 & Numbers '09 version 2.3
Numbers opens spreadsheet with minor problems.
Excel spreadsheet has three charts, identical except for start points. #1@ row 1, #2 @ row 2000, #3 @ row 3000
Numbers spreadsheet has three charts, identical start points. #1@ row 1, #2 @ row 1, #3 @ row 1
Time to learn how to create charts in Numbers. Thanks for the help.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Early 2009 Mac Pro
2 x 2.93 GHz Quad Core Xeon, 6GB RAM
OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 21, 2013, at 13:53, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> 20 x 3700 isn't much by spreadsheet standards. Are you sure the issue isn't
> something else, e.g. something that can't be converted?
>
> Otto
>
> On 21 February 2013 20:58, Don y-photo.96705@
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:15 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Don" don.96705
Kay
My wife occasionally has a similar problem. The configuration that will reproduce it is:
Mail open (or Safari)
Shutdown/Reboot with "Open Windows …" checked
Mail tries to access the mail server before the network is initialized. Time it just right and something gets confused and no connection.
Our workaround was to be sure "Open Windows …" is not checked. Not sure which 10.6.x upgrade changed the default, its now not checked.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Mac Pro OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:43, us2forever wrote:
> On my MacBook Air running 10.8.2, I have to wait for it to slowly find the network. When it does, I have to go to the network drop down list and click the network "frontier8888" for it to be connected. I never had to do this before, it just automatically got the network going for me. (My MacBook Pro works fine.)
>
> For network preferences, I have frontier8888 as location. I have tried it with automatic and it makes no difference.
>
> I have "Wi_Fi is connected to frontier8888 and has the IP address ∑∑."
>
> Network Name: I have frontier8888
>
> I have run disc utilities, doing both the permissions and disc check and repair.
>
> Is there something I am missing that I can do to get it to work normally?
>
> Also, when I click Safari and I finally get the network working, I have to force reload the first page I want, then it works fine. This, I do not understand at all. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Kay
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My wife occasionally has a similar problem. The configuration that will reproduce it is:
Mail open (or Safari)
Shutdown/Reboot with "Open Windows …" checked
Mail tries to access the mail server before the network is initialized. Time it just right and something gets confused and no connection.
Our workaround was to be sure "Open Windows …" is not checked. Not sure which 10.6.x upgrade changed the default, its now not checked.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Mac Pro OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:43, us2forever wrote:
> On my MacBook Air running 10.8.2, I have to wait for it to slowly find the network. When it does, I have to go to the network drop down list and click the network "frontier8888&
>
> For network preferences, I have frontier8888 as location. I have tried it with automatic and it makes no difference.
>
> I have "Wi_Fi is connected to frontier8888 and has the IP address ∑∑."
>
> Network Name: I have frontier8888
>
> I have run disc utilities, doing both the permissions and disc check and repair.
>
> Is there something I am missing that I can do to get it to work normally?
>
> Also, when I click Safari and I finally get the network working, I have to force reload the first page I want, then it works fine. This, I do not understand at all. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Kay
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:06 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
I think so, but it's so easy to try my suggestion ...
Otto
On 22 February 2013 01:43, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> Good point, Otto.
>
> So you agree it has nothing to do with permissions or her disk? It is
> related to the WiFi base unit.
>
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Otto
On 22 February 2013 01:43, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.
> Good point, Otto.
>
> So you agree it has nothing to do with permissions or her disk? It is
> related to the WiFi base unit.
>
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:45 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Bill B." kernos501
My routine when the network cannot be found it to turn WiFi (Airport) on off and back on or unplug replug ethernet. It that does not work I go to Network prefpane->protocol (wifi eg)) ->advanced -> TCP/IP and push Renew DHCP Lease.
If those don't work I restart, closing programs 1st if on Lion or ML.
BB
If those don't work I restart, closing programs 1st if on Lion or ML.
BB
Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:20 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Don" don.96705
N.A.
Thanks for saying what most of us were thinking.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Mac Pro OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 21, 2013, at 15:57, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Aw, so all you wanted to do was to move the spam to your junk folder, and you found the "Mark this message as Junk" icon.
>
> Too bad the resolution wasn't shared with the group so others can learn from it.
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Thanks for saying what most of us were thinking.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
Mac Pro OS X 10.7.5
On Feb 21, 2013, at 15:57, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Aw, so all you wanted to do was to move the spam to your junk folder, and you found the "Mark this message as Junk" icon.
>
> Too bad the resolution wasn't shared with the group so others can learn from it.
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:52 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
It's certainly limited to 128 GB internally, but via FW?
Otto
On 22 February 2013 01:50, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the 2001 iBook can not recognize
> all of a 2 TB hard drive.
>
> (That phrase made more sense when a donut cost 8 cents.)
>
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Otto
On 22 February 2013 01:50, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.
> I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the 2001 iBook can not recognize
> all of a 2 TB hard drive.
>
> (That phrase made more sense when a donut cost 8 cents.)
>
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:02 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Christopher Collins" cjc1959au
I don't quite understand why that matters, but I will believe you.
Only the Time Capsule needs to recognise the 2TB drive & I tnow that the 500GB TC does.
The iBook will recognise the disk inside the TC simply because it is a NAS device.
cjc
On 22/02/2013, at 12:50 PM, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the 2001 iBook can not recognize all of a 2 TB hard drive.
>
> (That phrase made more sense when a donut cost 8 cents.)
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Christopher Collins wrote:
>
> Just replace the 500GB disk with a 2TB disk.
>
> Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
>
> Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and go for it.
>
> cjc
>
> On 21/02/2013, at 12:18 PM, Jim Showalter jshowalt@mindspring.com > wrote:
>
>> I've googled this and searched at Apple support, but have not found an answer.
>>
>> My old 500GB Time Capsule has now gone into fits while trying to maintain backups for two MacBooks. The disk is full, and so has to go into deleting old backups, which is really time consuming and delays backups of current data. What I want to do is to add a new 2TB TC to backup the more active MacBook and let the older 500GB TC continue to handle the less active MacBook, after moving the more active MacBook' s backups to the newer larger TC.
>>
>> What I haven't been able to find is how to migrate the TC backups for one MacBook to the new TC, then clean off the backups from the old TC. Links to documents on how to do that are gratefully appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
Only the Time Capsule needs to recognise the 2TB drive & I tnow that the 500GB TC does.
The iBook will recognise the disk inside the TC simply because it is a NAS device.
cjc
On 22/02/2013, at 12:50 PM, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.
> I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the 2001 iBook can not recognize all of a 2 TB hard drive.
>
> (That phrase made more sense when a donut cost 8 cents.)
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Christopher Collins wrote:
>
> Just replace the 500GB disk with a 2TB disk.
>
> Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
>
> Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and go for it.
>
> cjc
>
> On 21/02/2013, at 12:18 PM, Jim Showalter jshowalt@mindspring
>
>> I've googled this and searched at Apple support, but have not found an answer.
>>
>> My old 500GB Time Capsule has now gone into fits while trying to maintain backups for two MacBooks. The disk is full, and so has to go into deleting old backups, which is really time consuming and delays backups of current data. What I want to do is to add a new 2TB TC to backup the more active MacBook and let the older 500GB TC continue to handle the less active MacBook, after moving the more active MacBook' s backups to the newer larger TC.
>>
>> What I haven't been able to find is how to migrate the TC backups for one MacBook to the new TC, then clean off the backups from the old TC. Links to documents on how to do that are gratefully appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:53 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
Exactly what are you doing to send the link? It would appear that html links are now associated with Internet Explorer. You can try this.
Drag an html link from Safari to your desktop to create a web page shortcut. Now do "Get Info" on the shortcut. In the Get Info window, look for "Open with". If it is set to Internet Explorer, that's your problem. Set it to Safari or possibly "Finder" and see if that works. You'll also want to click the "Change All" button when you have set the right association.
I run Parallels and sometimes have Windows apps open when clicking a file, but generally these are files that don't have a logical Mac association. Because of the way Parallels runs (and it may be possible to change this), it does create file associations in the Finder for Windows apps.
Cheers,
tod
On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Paul wrote:
> After Googling for an hour (and rebooting my computer a couple of times) I'm turning to you guys for assistance.
>
> When I want to send a mail link to a something opened in Safari, I am now getting redirected to Internet Explorer in my PARALLELS program. Can someone tell me how to correct this? I might add that Safari has been running very sluggish of late.
>
> I'm running Mountain Lion.
>
> Much thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
>
>
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Drag an html link from Safari to your desktop to create a web page shortcut. Now do "Get Info" on the shortcut. In the Get Info window, look for "Open with". If it is set to Internet Explorer, that's your problem. Set it to Safari or possibly "Finder" and see if that works. You'll also want to click the "Change All" button when you have set the right association.
I run Parallels and sometimes have Windows apps open when clicking a file, but generally these are files that don't have a logical Mac association. Because of the way Parallels runs (and it may be possible to change this), it does create file associations in the Finder for Windows apps.
Cheers,
tod
On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Paul wrote:
> After Googling for an hour (and rebooting my computer a couple of times) I'm turning to you guys for assistance.
>
> When I want to send a mail link to a something opened in Safari, I am now getting redirected to Internet Explorer in my PARALLELS program. Can someone tell me how to correct this? I might add that Safari has been running very sluggish of late.
>
> I'm running Mountain Lion.
>
> Much thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
>
>
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Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:01 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Jeff" jbturof
Hi all.
I've got a 27" i7 iMac(Quad-Core,3.4Ghz,8GB RAM,256GB-SSD/1TB-HD)and am having some crazy security issues with it. It's set up on a wireless home network (Linksys N-Router)and when I set it up, I transferred (via the wireless) a bunch of files from my MacBook Pro to it. What's happening though is the iMac is seeing me as a user and not the admin, even though when I check my user options, my profile says I'm admin. So any time I want to delete something, change the name on something, Save As on files that were copied...I need to enter my name/password for it to complete the task. Documents created on the iMac since I got it are fine. Even applications...any changes to them need to be 'authorized'.
Every file I brought over from my MacBook pro has to have it's read/write settings changed by me and 'authorized'. It won't let me just change the settings on the folder they're in.
It's a huge time waster and pretty annoying.
Anyone have any ideas of what I can do to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Jeff
I've got a 27" i7 iMac(Quad-Core,
Every file I brought over from my MacBook pro has to have it's read/write settings changed by me and 'authorized&#
It's a huge time waster and pretty annoying.
Anyone have any ideas of what I can do to fix this?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Jeff
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