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2006 / Hard Drive enclosures
« on: July 30, 2006, 09:03:12 PM »
I recommend this case kit:

ARGOSY EXTERNAL 3.5" USB 2.0 / FIREWIRE VERTICAL STAND ALUMINUM HARD DISK DRIVE COMBO ENCLOSURE
$38
http://www.pcmicrostore.com/PartDetail.asp...6232;p:10500933

It uses an external inline power supply, so the case runs cooler and there isn't a wall wort to take up multiple outlets on your surge strip.  It runs really quiet because the case uses its thick aluminum body as a heat sink, and this allows them to do away with a noisy internal fan.  The case is oriented vertically, so it takes up next to no desktop space.  The kit even comes complete with USB and FireWire cables.

I've recommended this case to literally thousands of users and I've only received glowing positive feedback about it.  It is a very well-designed case at a great price.  I have one myself.

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2006 / Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
« on: July 28, 2006, 08:15:20 PM »
Neat!  Other folks here ride!  

I'd like to go for a night ride, but this week it has only cooled down to somewhere in the 90's in the evening.  It has gotten cooler today, maybe I'll be ablel to go for a nice ride this weekend.

A friend from DMUG and I went for a ride along the Sacramento river a couple of weeks ago, and ended up in Old Town.  That was fun.  Especially looking at all the bikes parked in Old Town.

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2006 / OT-WD 40
« on: July 26, 2006, 12:25:35 PM »
We had a long discussion about this on a motorcycle discussion list that I'm on.

WD-40 apparently has petroleum distillates in it, which is what makes it a great cleaner/degreaser.  Unfortunately petroleum distillates can penetrate your skin and get into your bloodstream rather quickly, so it is best not to get WD-40 on your skin.

There is a new miracle spray lubricant on the market, and I'm really in love with it.  DuPont came out with this stuff in a bright blue can called: Teflon Multi-Use Lubricant.  What is so amazing about it is that it goes on and immediately drys and it leaves no oily film.  It penetrates, lubricates, it doesn't attract dirt, it protects metal from rusting, and, most importantly to me, when applied to a motorcycle chain it doesn't fling off!  It also doesn't destroy o-rings.

It has worked wonderfully on everything that I have tried it on.

Oh, one last thing about Teflon Multi-Use Lubricant, it has a smell just like coconuts.  It reminds me of a vacation in Hawaii!

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2006 / Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
« on: July 26, 2006, 12:15:23 PM »
Please *do* call me Randy!  The only folks who call me something else are either mad at me, or we are all in court.  wink2.gif

Kimmer, DMUG was great in the old days.  Unfortunately just about everyone I knew in DMUG is now gone...including you!  I unsubscribed from their e-mail list a few weeks ago.

I just tried Main Menu's site and it is still down.  But I don't think that it is anything to worry about.  Power outages due to the heat have caused several sites to go down temporarily.  Intego's site was down a couple of days ago and  lots of folks freaked out about that.  But it was back up a day later.

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2006 / Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
« on: July 25, 2006, 09:47:12 PM »
QUOTE(pendragon @ Jul 25 2006, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
2. Many OSX problems are printer related:
Use a utility such as TinkerTool System to Repair CUPS.


Apple clearly agrees with you on this.  In Tiger (OS X 10.4) in Apple's Printer Setup Utility, they have included the function Reset Printing System to take care of this.

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2006 / Just in case you miss your old, old MAC
« on: July 25, 2006, 03:29:56 PM »
>>I got the impression from the site that it was for emulating Macs on Windows
>>machines and not on newer Macs.

Sorry, I gave you the wrong link.  There are versions for just about every platform, including OS X.

http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/

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2006 / Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
« on: July 25, 2006, 03:15:06 PM »
Wow!  Thank you for the warm welcome back!  It is much appreciated.

I've started to wean myself from participating on Macintosh e-mail discussion lists.  Basically the story is that I have encountered one head case too many and I just don't enjoy it anymore.   I also find that my participation isn't as appreciated as it once was.  In addition, my presence often intimidates other helpers and sometimes causes them to act out.  (Which probably explains why you don't see any other Mac authors contributing to Mac discussion lists.)

I've also been withdrawing from participating in MUG's.  I think that I've gotten too old for them.  Or at least the combination of being too old and too well-known isn't a good one.

So, instead, I've been slowly updating my Web sites.  I think that is how I can best contribute to the Macintosh community.  My next site will be a FAQ about viruses.  I get asked about this topic constantly, and there is a ton of misinformation about Mac malware going around.

If you are in my area and want to get together for lunch or to chat, please send me a private e-mail for my phone number.

Yes, it is plenty hot enough for me here in Sacramento!  I recently purchased a new motorcycle, and it is sitting in my garage unused.  (Which is making me miserable.  I thought that I would be able to ride it a lot this summer.)  A ride in this weather would quickly turn me into a mummy!

Pendragon, your tips are right on!  However, my Mac OS X Routine Maintenance Web site is for "routine maintenance" items, and I'm not sure that those are routine maintenance items.  They are more troubleshooting items.  They would have been perfect on the "Tiger Problems" Web site that I started to create, but which was still-born.  Thank you, though.

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2006 / Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
« on: July 24, 2006, 10:49:49 PM »
Hi folks! It's been a while since I logged on here. I wanted to let you know one of the things that has been keeping me busy.

Over the past few weeks I've drastically updated my Web site:

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html

It is a free, non-commercial, reference designed for ordinary Macintosh users (not power users) to tell you how to do effective routine maintenance on your Macintosh running OS X. It not only tells you what to do, it tells you which utilities to use (with an emphasis on easy to use and free utilities) and where to get them.

I hope that you find this site helpful!

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2006 / Just in case you miss your old, old MAC
« on: July 24, 2006, 10:37:09 PM »
vMac allows you to emulate a Macintosh Plus and run old Mac software on your modern Mac:

http://www.leb.net/~vmac/

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2003 / Now, Happy with OS X
« on: May 20, 2003, 08:33:23 PM »
Have a look at MacSolitaire.  It is FREE, and available in both a Classic and an OS X-native version!

http://www.pcv-soft.com/

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2003 / OS X Combo Updater
« on: May 10, 2003, 08:16:38 PM »
Not only can you apply the Combo Updater to a version of the OS that has already been updated to that version, but I am told that doing so quite often fixes minor problems that have come about as the result of updating to a new version of Mac OS X.

For more info on troubleshooting OS X, have a look at:

http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html

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2003 / fax softwre for X??
« on: February 14, 2003, 01:01:00 AM »
Most folks who have tried FAXstf for OS X have found it to be...um...disappointing.

For sending faxes from your computer under OS X, check out:

Page Sender ($30)
http://www.smilesoftware.com/pagesender.html

Cocoa eFax ($10)
http://www.macadvocacy.com/cocoaefax.htm

Fax Elite.  ($75)
http://www.faxelite.com/
http://www.faxelite.com/osx.php

CoMa X
http://Hartmann.aax.de/
(Scroll down to english link in left column)

4-Sight Fax  (For Networks Only)
http://www.4sightfax.com/5Home.html

Hyla Fax
http://www.hylafax.org/4.1.2.html

More than likely there will *never* be an OS X update of GlobalFax.  Global Village has changed hands, and all of the programmers for GlobalFax no longer work for the company.

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2003 / Generic icons in Jaguar?
« on: February 14, 2003, 12:54:00 AM »
This is not an uncommon problem in OS X.  Have a look here for the solution:

http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html#Anchor-58320

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