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Offline RHPConsult

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Learned two "solutions" at the Apple Store . . .
« on: June 19, 2003, 10:50:34 PM »
. . . in Honolulu, this week.

Some of you may remember that I "lost my Genie" (effect) some time ago and could not seem to get it back, either by building a new user profile, or trashing prefs files, or whatever.

One of the resident "geniuses" at the Ala Moana store pointed out to me this week that TinkerTool had a minimizer setting that interfered, since it didn't specifically cite "Genie", a teeny, tiny detail I had failed to discover.

Not a major problem of Western Civilization, but I really did want my Genie . . . you can have your MayPo . . . biggrin.gif

Second minor, but nevertheless vexing problem . . . also solved by Mr. Genius. If you travel with a PowerBook, you may have noticed that booting-up at a new location (with the attendant new settings in the Internet and Network preference panels) wouldn't necessarily make Internal Modem the default setting in Internet Connect . . .  no matter how carefully you might have tried to establish it in the Modem Tab of the Network pref panel. Why? wallbash.gif

'Cause, dummy, (that's ME I'm referring to) there's also a NetWork Configuration alternative in the dropdown that shows the Internal Modem, Ethernet, and the Infrared option. The configuration option is how the default is really set for each location.  doh.gif

Hmmmm. I'd overlooked that . . . but no longer.

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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2003, 10:58:13 PM »
Hmm I'm learning. smile.gif Gracias! biggrin.gif
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2003, 03:07:40 AM »
Getting smarter each day, isn't that one of the fun things in life? wink.gif
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Learned two "solutions" at the Apple Store . . .
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2003, 03:48:15 AM »
Wow, like at that proud owner of a "Genie" effect.  wink.gif

Glad it finally worked out, Richard.
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2003, 02:42:28 PM »
Dick,

What is "Genie". Enquiring minds want to know   biggrin.gif

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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2003, 08:37:50 PM »
When you click on a window to minimize you can have it "swoop" down to the Dock like a Genie into a bottle.

It's either that or when you wiggle your nose something disappears.

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Boy, that dates me.   dry.gif


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