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• Burned a DVD, can't play it

• I used Mac the Ripper to copy one of my DVDs, then I tried to burn it toDVD, and the whole thing is too big. I dragged the 01_0.vob through01_5.vob files and the bup and ifo files to the dvd and burned them. Theyshow up as VLC files (orange and white safety cone), and it will play theindividual...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:56:00 GMT | 746 bytes | Answers (5)

• printing from OS 9 apps with OS 10 printer

• I sure hope someone can help me with this one. I have a G4 PowerPC running with OS 10.2.8 and just replaced my old printer with an Epson Stylus Photo R260. It works great with my Appleworks software, however I use an old version of Illustrator (7.0) and Photoshop (4.0) and these operate in OS 9...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:56:00 GMT | 735 bytes

• TidBITS#789/25-Jul-05 posted to c.s.m.digest

• TidBITS#789/25-Jul-05Our look into GPS continues with a review of the Garmin Forerunner201 from the aptly named runner Paul Lightfoot. Dawn D'Angelillothen joins us to talk about the serious problems surroundingobsolete electronics and the need for better recycling facilitiesand programs. G...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:56:00 GMT | 1,146 bytes

• M`I'5-Pe rsecution . why won't the British poli ce do thei r job an d pu t a sto

• -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--= why won't the British police do their job and put a stop. to it? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-The British police. obviously do know what is taking place. Besides myinterpretatio...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:56:00 GMT | 1,865 bytes

• Quicken questions

• After over 20 years using Managing Your Money (yes, a DOS program), Idecided to switch to Quicken on the Mac (my preferred platform), so Ibought Quicken 2007 Mac. I'm beginning to get the hang of it, but havetwo questions:1. My primary checking account is really check writing privileges wit...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:56:00 GMT | 1,287 bytes | Answers (5)

• Going from iPhoto to Finder, anything I should think about?

• So, I've grown tired of iPhoto being a little too buggy for my taste. It hasgreat features, but I am also experiencing great bugs.So, it dawned on me - with Smart folders and spotlight, the Finder could verymuch take iPhotos place. This is how I've figured it:iPhoto to Mail -> Finde...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:56:00 GMT | 2,313 bytes | Answers (2)

• Total Commander (Windows Commander) clone for Mac OS X

• Do you know any file manager program thatlooks/behaves like the Windows Total Commmander(former Windows Commander). I't hard to do fileoperations in Finder using keyboard only - whichcan be perfectly archieved in aforementionedproduct.Thank you for your help.Using M2, Opera's revolutio...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:56:00 GMT | 440 bytes | Answers (4)

• Weak USB Ports on G4 PowerBook

• I have an external hard drive that works just fine on my wife's old Pismo.It also works just fine on my 867MHZ Titanium. Both of these PowerBooks only require one USB connection to start it up.For some reason I have to plug it into both USB ports on my 1.25 Aluminum G4 PowerBook to get it t...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 349 bytes

• native koffice without X11

• for those who aren't keeping up with the port of KDE apps to run natively sans X on OSX,http://kde.opendarwin.org/has pre-alpha binaries of Kde apps including kofficehere is a screen shot of kwordhttp://ranger.befunk.com/screenshot...-apps/kword.png-Anu===============Anurodh Pokharelanurodh...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 527 bytes

• CodeWarrior 10.1 for Intel/Rosetta Debugging?

• Hi,I know that CW 10 is PowerPC only, but it would be really nice to beable to continue using it on the Intel boxes. I remember that the oldBronze 68K versions of CodeWarrior continued to work and weredebug-able on the PowerPC, so in traditional CodeWarrior style, perhapsCW 10 can be updated to...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 429 bytes | Answers (3)

• "Failed to locate supported file types or there are no photos found on this devi

• I have a Nano, and suddenly I see this error message everytime I plugit into laptop.The message is coming from the Memory Card Manager.Any idea how to fix? Thanks.c...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 192 bytes | Answers (8)

• checking embedded fonts in Acrobat

• I received a note from my publisher that one of my fonts wasn'tembedding in my prepress Acrobat PDF files. She left for vacationbefore I could find out which file and font it was. In the job optionssetting I have "embedd all fonts checked" and cancel job if embeddingfails. I really don'...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 447 bytes | Answers (4)

• Cancelling startup of wrong app (OSX)

• Back in the good old days, if you accidentallt started to open the"wrong" app (and the Dock makes this very easy!), you could hit CMD-dotand cancel the app loading.Under OSX it seems you have to wait till the app opens, then Quit it.Is this the only option, or have I missed a cancel shortcut?TIA...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:00 GMT | 325 bytes | Answers (6)

• iChat question

• How come this works like a broeeze at work on a wireless connection.But not at home on either a wireless or direct cable connection? (InAustralia, if that matters.) It disconnects me and says hostunavailable within a second or two of logging in....
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:56:00 GMT | 257 bytes | Answers (1)

• bidirectional popen

• My jaguar man page states that POPEN can now be used bidirectionally.Yet when I try the "r+" mode ("w+" and "a+", for good measure), I justget an error (invalid arg).In looking around, I found <http://www.hmug.org/man/3/popen.html>, whichwarned "Deprecated: Mac OS X < 10.3.x". Does "dep...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:00 GMT | 531 bytes | Answers (4)

• I'm getting anxious

• iTunes aborted 5 times so far this morning on my Windows machine. I'mwaiting for MacExpo to buy my Mac Pro.At least when iTunes aborts at home, it doesn't take down my machinethe way it does at work....
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:56:00 GMT | 225 bytes | Answers (8)

• How to make Mail erase deleted msgs on server too (POP)?

• I am using the newest Mail (2.0.7), Mac OS X (10.4.6) and SpamSieve(2.4.3).I access my mail through POP. SpamSieve moves junk mail to the Spamfolder, from where I delete it (move to Trash, and empty trash (erasedeleted messages in all accounts).Still I find my junk mails in my account on the mai...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:56:00 GMT | 836 bytes | Answers (4)

• hp laserjet 1022n and OS 9

• Looking for a solution to print via ethernet to a hp 1022n from OS 9. I am aware there is no hp support for this....
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:56:00 GMT | 113 bytes

• Triggering a breakpoint on a Hit Count

• I would like to trigger a breakpoint after it has been hit n number oftimes. Is this possible? According to the IDE User Guide it is. Cananyone shed some light on this subject. I am using CW 9.2.--= Posted via mcse.ms, Uncensored Usenet News =--http://www.mcse.ms - The #1 Newsgroup Service in th...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:56:00 GMT | 441 bytes | Answers (3)

• Active Apple forum?

• Is there someplace other than here that hosts an active forum or newsgroupfor Mac developers? This place is pretty dead, from all appearances.Thanks,-Howard...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:56:00 GMT | 172 bytes | Answers (3)