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    Scratched Tiger CD??? please help

    'Dose anyone know if it safe or ok to try to install into my g3?' - Insert the 'DVD' disc (unless you really have the set of 'Tiger' CDs - which you would then insert 'Install Disc 1'), and reboot the G3 Mac with the 'option' key pressed. If the DVD is displayed within the list of boot-able...
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    Disabling "application XXX quit unexpectedly" dialog?

    'Is there any way to completely disable the "application XXX quit unexpectedly" window that comes up when applications crash' - yes, with (freeware) 'TinkerTool'. Download and launch 'TinkerTool'. Click on the 'Applications' toolbar icon button. Click on the 'When applications crash:'...
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    how can I force delete folders

    01. Launch 'Terminal', in the '/Applications/Utilities/' folder. 02. Enter ... sudo bash ..., and then press the '<return>' key. 03. Enter an administrators' password, and then press the '<return>' key. 04. Enter ... rm -rf ... (make sure to press the 'space bar' after the 'f' in 'rm -rf'...
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    Is it possible to link two apples?

    You can connect the two Macs together with an Ethernet or FireWire (you may have to access 'System Preferences' 'Network' utility to activate 'Built-in FireWire') cable, turn ON 'File Sharing' (via the 'System Preferences' 'Sharing' utility) and simply drag files back and forth between the Macs...
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    Address book not responding

    'I installed iWork 08 last night ...' - irrelevant. '... tried to drag DB of names and addresses from Appleworks 6 to Address book' - 'Address Book' of 'Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) does not accept dragged on ('.cwk' or '.txt') files. Nor was the format of the DB file provided. ' ... the beach...
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    internet connect

    '... and do noyt (not) have the original disc' - view the replies of 'Software Question'. 'Is there a site I can download this application from?' - no. Nor supplied was the MacOS X version ['Tiger', MacOS X 10.4.x or 'Panther', MacOS X 10.3.x].
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    applet hogging CPU

    With the 'applet' running ... 01. Launch 'Activity Monitor'. 02. Double click on the 'applet' listing. A new window will appear. 03. Record and reply the information above the windows' 'Memory', 'Statistics', and 'Open Files and Ports' tabs. Such as the 'Parent Process:', 'Process Groups ID:'...
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    Finder and Harddrive not working

    'So I tried to just press the "x" to stop copying, but it wouldn't go away' - that is because MacOS X launches 'ditto' to do the copying. To kill 'ditto', launch 'Activity Monitor' (in the '/Applications/Utilities/' folder), select 'ditto', and click the 'Quit Process' toolbar icon button. A...
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    Software Question

    'whois softwaremotion.com' listing ... Domain Name: SOFTWAREMOTION.COM Registrant: Polev Andrey A Polev (jorazs@yandex.ru) Krashaia str 117/119 Moskovskaia oblast Solnechnogorsk 0,141500 RU Tel. +495.5397336 Creation Date: 10-Feb-2008...
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    Please save me from throwing my mac out

    'Please save me from throwing my mac out' - The subject title is ridiculous. And, if you did (throw out the Mac), you would still not have the data you seek. 'I have a Power book G4 OSX 9' - there is no such Macintosh model. Perhaps, you have a PowerBook (there were only 17 model versions) with...
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    Graphics not correct.

    Or maybe, just maybe, someone simply pressed the 'Command <option> <control> 8' keys - which toggles the Macs' monitor from 'Black on White' (which is the same as performing Gigaguara's 'System Preferences' 'Universal Access', 'Seeing', 'Display' 'Black on 'White' selection suggestion) to 'White...
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    I photo

    'I have been having trouble with I photo' - the application is 'iPhoto'. 'I cannot see any pictures on the largest size which is not very useful when I am trying to review them. I get a grey box with an exclamation mark.' - this is an indication that the original file(s) has / hav been moved...
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    Recording my voice on my iBook G4 or eMa

    'You can do it with QuickTime without Pro if ...' - Very nice, thank you.
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    Recording my voice on my iBook G4 or eMa

    For $29.99 (or equivalent) you can upgrade your 'QuickTime' (component of MacOS X) to 'QuickTime Pro'; where, via the 'QuickTime Player' application - you can select the 'File, New Audio Recording' menu item, to present the simplistic 'Audio Recording' window. Unless you specifically save the...
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    new harddrive and won't boot...

    01. '... and unfortunately forgot to put in the operating system cd into the drive before I replaced the hard drive.' - such an action is / was not required. 'Tried the familiar key commands but nothing will work.' - a vague (non factually specific) statement. 02. The hard disk drive...
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    Automator/Applescript Help with FileMaker Pro and Mail

    Reply to '1)': set {firstNames, eMailAddresses} to {(every cell of document 1 whose name is firstNameCell), (every cell of document 1 whose name is eMailAddressCell)} ... is no different than ... set firstNames to (every cell of document 1 whose name is firstNameCell) set...
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    Automator/Applescript Help with FileMaker Pro and Mail

    With reference to ... set {firstNames, eMailAddresses} to {(every cell of document 1 whose name is firstNameCell), (every cell of document 1 whose name is eMailAddressCell)} ..., at the beginning of my second reply is ... property firstNameCell : "First_Name" -- Name of 'First Name'...
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    Automator/Applescript Help with FileMaker Pro and Mail

    Based on the information you provided. replace ... set fName to "HD02_232.03_007:Users:barhar:Desktop:Untitled.fp7" -- Full path to 'FileMaker Pro' database file. ... with ... set fName to "smb://workgroup;username:password@192.168.0.103/Applicants" -- Or similar; where 'username' and...
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    Automator/Applescript Help with FileMaker Pro and Mail

    Enter the following into 'Script Editor', edit where appropriate, and save as a 'Script' ('.script') or application ('.app' - which is then called an AppleScript applet). -- Code starts here -- set fName to "HD02_232.03_007:Users:barhar:Desktop:Untitled.fp7" -- Full path to 'FileMaker...
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    Automator/Applescript Help with FileMaker Pro and Mail

    '... the "contacts" are found using FileMaker Pro ...' - I read your posts' title, then the post, and continued on not associating the two. Let me see what I can contribute ...
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