Messages In This Digest (16 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal From: Daly Jessup
- 1b.
- Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal From: Tod Hopkins
- 1c.
- Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal From: Larson
- 1d.
- Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal From: Daly Jessup
- 2a.
- Re: System profile file From: pco98
- 2b.
- Re: System profile file From: pco98
- 3a.
- Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk From: Denver Dan
- 3b.
- Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk From: Jim Saklad
- 3c.
- Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk From: HAL9000
- 3d.
- Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk From: Jim Saklad
- 4a.
- Re: chmod message From: Jurgen Richter
- 4b.
- Re: chmod message From: Les Streater
- 5a.
- Re: Preview behavior From: Joan B Sax Ph.D.
- 5b.
- Re: Preview behavior From: Larson
- 6a.
- Re: address book From: Joan B Sax Ph.D.
- 7.
- Handycam conversion to iMovie and FCP From: Arjun Singhal
Messages
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Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com
Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:30 am (PST)
On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Larson wrote:
> On 08.01.2012, at 23:51, Christopher Collins wrote:
>
>> Address Book is a simple address book that allows for names, addresses & other information.
>
> That's exactly what I have been saying, it is way too simple. You can't use it for serious work.
> Anna
I think AddressBook wasn't designed for the kind of work you want it to do. It is a freebie. It works fine as a (VERY) simple address book, just as TextEdit works as a very simple text editor. No one complains because it doesn't replace a commercial word processor, which is what you would want for "serious work."
I would suggest that you get a program designed for the work you want to do. Perhaps SOHO Organizer?
Daly
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AMD Radeon HD 6970M video, wired Apple mouse and keyboard. Partition: GUID Partition Table.
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Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:07 am (PST)
Give Address Book it's due. It's value lays in it's integration with the OS and the other contact functions, Mail, Calendar, iChat, etc... If you are not using it in coordination with the other built-ins, then it's not much to speak of.
I say this only because I chose to adjust my work habits rather than switch, in order to take advantage of that integration. At that, it's most definitely not a contact manager, but that is a whole different class of beast.
If it can't do what you want, it can't do it...
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 11, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:14 AM, Larson wrote:
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>> On 08.01.2012, at 23:51, Christopher Collins wrote:
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>>> Address Book is a simple address book that allows for names, addresses & other information.
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>> That's exactly what I have been saying, it is way too simple. You can't use it for serious work.
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>> Anna
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> I think AddressBook wasn't designed for the kind of work you want it to do. It is a freebie. It works fine as a (VERY) simple address book, just as TextEdit works as a very simple text editor. No one complains because it doesn't replace a commercial word processor, which is what you would want for "serious work."
>
> I would suggest that you get a program designed for the work you want to do. Perhaps SOHO Organizer?
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> Daly
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Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal
Posted by: "Larson" pix@maksimo.de yovard@ymail.com
Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:56 pm (PST)
Hi Daly,
On 11.01.2012, at 14:30, Daly Jessup wrote:
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> I would suggest that you get a program designed for the work you want to do. Perhaps SOHO Organizer?
Well, I was the one who suggested SOHO Organizer as an alternative at the beginning of this thread. ;-)
SOHO Organizer, as you may know, has received pretty bad critiques from users in the past years. Do you use it on a regular basis?
Anna
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Re: Looking for an alternative to Address Book and iCal
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com
Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:08 pm (PST)
On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Larson wrote:
> Hi Daly,
>
> On 11.01.2012, at 14:30, Daly Jessup wrote:
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>>
>> I would suggest that you get a program designed for the work you want to do. Perhaps SOHO Organizer?
>
>
> Well, I was the one who suggested SOHO Organizer as an alternative at the beginning of this thread. ;-)
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> SOHO Organizer, as you may know, has received pretty bad critiques from users in the past years. Do you use it on a regular basis?
No, I don't use it. I tested all the apps on your list and that one seemed to have most or all of the features that the original poster was looking for.
My point was that AddressBook is a lightweight freebe and the original poster is demanding too much from a free application. It says it is an Address Book and this is what it IS. Nothing else.
Daly
- 2a.
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Re: System profile file
Posted by: "pco98" pco98@excite.com pco98
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:09 am (PST)
Had a look on my external at work (/Library/System Profiler) but it is empty. Will check the one at home but I suspect will be the same. Is it a hidden file or somewhere else I could get such info?
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Re: System profile file
Posted by: "pco98" pco98@excite.com pco98
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:24 am (PST)
PS Backup was from latest Lion
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , "pco98" <pco98@...> wrote:com
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> Had a look on my external at work (/Library/System Profiler) but it is empty. Will check the one at home but I suspect will be the same. Is it a hidden file or somewhere else I could get such info?
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Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:11 am (PST)
Howdy.
You are asking about the "Disk Identifier."
The Disk Identifier is what the system actually uses to distinguish
different disks connected to your computer.
The name you have given your disk(s) is a convenience for humans.
In your example, disk0s1 means:
Disk Number: 0
Partition Number: 1
You can see the Disk Identifier for each connected disk by using Disk
Utility.
In Disk Utility, you will see two items for each of your disks in the
left hand column.
Here's an example:
2 TB ST32000641AS Media
Macintosh HD 1
2 TB Hitachi HDS722020AlA330
External HD 3
The first item, with the disk capacity, is the disk.
The 2nd, indented items, with the name I've assigned, is the Volume
(a partition).
If you click the Volume item once to select it, and then click the
blue/white Info icon on Disk Utility's Toolbar, you will get an info
window pane that opens with a long list of information about the disk.
You will see Disk Identifier on this list and at bottom the Disk Number
and Partition Number.
Denver Dan
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:24:39 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> Decided to wipe it all. Installed SL onto drive in only one partition
> (was two, SL and Lion). Then restored from yesterday's Time Machine
> backup of the SL partition.
>
> Can anyone explain what I saw in the booted Disk Utility window when
> I hilighted the entire drive and looked under PARTITIONS. It read:
>
> diskOs 1
> SL HD
> Lion HD
> diskOs 4
>
> What the heck is this diskOs 1 & 4? How the heck did I get 4
> partitions, but only two show in the Partition diagram window? Anyone
> ever seen this happen?
>
> Like I said I wiped the drive w SL only and everything is working
> fine. Just curious why two partitions and two semi ghost partitions?
>
> jr
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Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:25 am (PST)
> Decided to wipe it all.
Exactly what did you do to "wipe it all"?
> Installed SL onto drive in only one partition (was two, SL and Lion).
Did you use Disk Utility to repartition the drive to "Single partition"?
> Can anyone explain what I saw in the booted Disk Utility window when I hilighted the entire drive and looked under PARTITIONS. It read:
>
> diskOs 1
> SL HD
> Lion HD
> diskOs 4
The "disk0s1" is the BSD label for the EFI partition (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >) of about a max of 200 megabytes needed on every bootable GUID HFS+ drive.EFI_System_ partition
The presence of "Lion HD" suggests the drive was NOT repartitioned.
I can't explain "disk0s4".
> Anyone ever seen this happen?
Always.
> How the heck did I get 4 partitions, but only two show in the Partition diagram window?
Every modern drive has invisible partitions, required for normal disk management.
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Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk
Posted by: "HAL9000" jrswebhome@yahoo.com jrswebhome
Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:05 pm (PST)
> Exactly what did you do to "wipe it all"?
> Did you use Disk Utility to repartition the drive to "Single partition"?
>
>
Boot from the SL Install DVD.
Target the 1TB HD w two partitions.
Wipe the entire 1TB HD.
Install SL system onto the entire 1TB partition.
Reboot
Update Software
Reboot
Update Software
Reboot
Open Time Machine from backed up 500 Gig External drive.
Restore the old SL partition's data.
Reboot
Repair Permissions.
>
> The presence of "Lion HD" suggests the drive was NOT repartitioned.
>
Not sure what you are talking about. My original intention was to try
out Lion so I installed it upon one of two partitions. I don't like it so
I decided to wipe the drive and just use SL. I'm very happy w SL6.8.
jr
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Re: MacOSX cannot startup from this disk
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:24 pm (PST)
>> Exactly what did you do to "wipe it all"?
>> Did you use Disk Utility to repartition the drive to "Single partition"?
>
> Boot from the SL Install DVD.
> Target the 1TB HD w two partitions.
> Wipe the entire 1TB HD.
> Install SL system onto the entire 1TB partition.
This scarcely tells me anything more than "wipe it all".
Does "wipe the entire 1TB HD" mean that you DID tell Disk Utility to repartition the drive to be a single partition?
>> The presence of "Lion HD" suggests the drive was NOT repartitioned.
>
> Not sure what you are talking about.
What I'm talking about is the fact that you stated the "wiped" HD still had a "Lion HD" partition on it.
If you had, indeed, re-partitioned the drive to be a single partition in Disk Utility, the "Lion HD" should be gone.
> I don't like it so I decided to wipe the drive and just use SL.
"Wipe" is not a technically useful term.
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Re: chmod message
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:07 am (PST)
Have you tried out the following?
Hamrik's Vuescan scanner software that works with many legacy scanners?
http://www.hamrick.com/
Twain Sane twain drivers?
TWAIN SANE is a TWAIN datasource for Mac OS X that acquires images using
the SANE backend libraries. The SANE backend libraries provide access to
a large range of scanners connected through SCSI or USB. For a complete
list see the documentation on the SANE project homepage. It works with
my HP SCSI scanner, and many people have reported success with a large
number of different scanners. The feedback from users have helped the
SANE developers to fix problems with various backends, so with each
release of the SANE backends more of the Mac OS X specific problems have
been solved.
From the MacUpdate site:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/ mac/27505/ twain-sane
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Re: chmod message
Posted by: "Les Streater" lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk linernutuk
Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:05 am (PST)
I did indeed try Vuescan, which didn't see the scanner. Image Capture and Graphic Converter don't see it. Photoshop CS2 doesn't see it through Twain.
Twain Sane doesn't have the scanner.
This is a brand new scanner, it is not a legacy machine - the problem is that the manufacturers have not created a working Mac driver, although their website clearly lists it as having 10.6 AND 10.7 compatibility.
The problem is compunded by trying to discuss the problem with a developer in Germany with limited English and my German is almost non-existent!
I will try for another day or two but then will, I suspect, have to try to convince the seller to take the machine back.
Any other ideas welcome
Les
On 11 Jan 2012, at 16:07, Jurgen Richter wrote:
Have you tried out the following?
Hamrik's Vuescan scanner software that works with many legacy scanners?
http://www.hamrick.com/
Twain Sane twain drivers?
TWAIN SANE is a TWAIN datasource for Mac OS X that acquires images using
the SANE backend libraries. The SANE backend libraries provide access to
a large range of scanners connected through SCSI or USB. For a complete
list see the documentation on the SANE project homepage. It works with
my HP SCSI scanner, and many people have reported success with a large
number of different scanners. The feedback from users have helped the
SANE developers to fix problems with various backends, so with each
release of the SANE backends more of the Mac OS X specific problems have
been solved.
.
Les Streater
www.lesstreater.com
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Re: Preview behavior
Posted by: "Joan B Sax Ph.D." jsax@me.com joan05061
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:38 pm (PST)
Hi, the URL where I downloaded the file from is http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/ index.html.
Of course since the file came from the website, I am not sure what format it was originally created in. Probably Adobe, because I guess Preview is an Apple app, right? I long ago made Preview the default opener of pdf files for the many valid reasons given by some wonderful guru on this list. Next time I will try the step of Print and Save as PDF and see if that works. I will only know when the person at the other end of the transmission receives it.
Thanks for your contributions.
Joan
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Re: Preview behavior
Posted by: "Larson" pix@maksimo.de yovard@ymail.com
Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:28 am (PST)
On 12.01.2012, at 03:38, Joan B Sax Ph.D. wrote:
> Hi, the URL where I downloaded the file from is http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/ index.html.
> Of course since the file came from the website, I am not sure what format it was originally created in.
That shouldn't be a problem if you do the right thing. -- You did not tell me which file you downloaded so I just chose the first one on the page (Form 1040), then executed the "Save as…" command in Safari from the File menu. Now "Get Info" in Finder reveals that the original file was created with:
Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2
Anna
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Re: address book
Posted by: "Joan B Sax Ph.D." jsax@me.com joan05061
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:42 pm (PST)
Agree wholeheartedly about awkwardness of Address Book. I can't figure it out either. But the url to render our displeasure just took me to the Apple site to buy stuff. Can you give us the complaint uh comment url? Thanks.
Joan
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Handycam conversion to iMovie and FCP
Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal
Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:59 am (PST)
Hi friends
I finally got myself a new handycam. This time around, its not a very fancy one, unlike the ones I got earlier and those became completely obsolete.
The one I got is a Sony HDR CX 130 which records Full HD 1080 to a memory stick. Basically those were my requirements and this fit the bill at Rs. 22400 (what I paid for it - approximately USD 400, give or take a few). They've thrown in a 3-year warranty, a standard carrying case (which I am planning to replace - since the one they provided at no cost is very flimsy and has no space for accessories), and a 32 Gigabyte SD Card. When we opened the box in the showroom, it didn't contain the standard Class 4 card thats supposed to ship inside, so the storekeeper had to give me one from his stock, and this was a Class 10 Memory card - so yipee!
The camera records Full HD video at 1080p and it can potentially record the videos at 50fps overlay, while the standard format is at 50fps interlaced.
I want to make use of the 50 fps overlay mode, even if it consumes more space, to preserve maximum quality, since you really cannot go back to the event again. The problem I face is that iMovie and FCP cannot natively recognize the .mts file format that the camera records in. And thus, I am unable to import the movie onto the Mac. The picture motion browser software that came on the CD with the Camera is for Windows only, and again I don't think it contains any codecs that can be used on Windows either, or convert the file to a recognizable Mac format.
If anyone has a similar camera and has found a workaround to the situation, I'd be happy to know the solution, so I can use the same. I am just rushing out to an event for Youth Day in a little while, and will be recording in interlaced mode today (50i) but would like to move to overlay mode (50p) asap. If anyone has thoughts, please share.
Regards,
Arjun
blowtrumpet.com
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