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I assume NOT including fonts in the document makes it a lot smaller than including them. My document consists of standard text except for a couple of arrow symbols. I don't know if these are standard and available on all platforms, so is there a way I can embed only those arrow signs but leave...

That's the first thing I tried, but found out that OmniOutliner stamps its files with all sorts of information at the top of the document which I don't want to have. I've been told this isn't possible to remove. I don't have Pages, but I assume I could do the same in NeoOffice? My impression of...

I want to create a PDF file out of several documents, but I don't know what would be the best way to do it. I have Adobe Acrobat pro 7. The documents are mostly forms created with OmniOutliner, but since I also wanted to include some graphics in some of those documents I chose to export them as...

I've already pointed out that DS_store files pose a problem for my Atari computer, so it's not just an aesthetic problem as you claim. I never said I didn't use floppy disks. I said that I wasn't sure why they sometimes refused to format or be unreadable on the Mac while after formatting them...

By the way, can someone check if the "Clean up non Mac disks" works on Intel Macs? "Show info" seems to indicate that it's PPC only (I'm on a PowerMac G4, so it works fine here).

Yes, those files can actually cause problems: Since they pop up everywhere (even inside folders) the other computer will complain about them when trying to copy those folders because the files use non-standard characters. It's also a mess to look at and waste disk space. The alternative is to...

I admit, I'm old fashioned ;) Is there a way to remove .DS_store files from floppy disks so that they won't cause problems on other computer systems? Another thing: why is it that floppy disks sometimes report as being unreadable on the Mac, and refuses to be formatted, but on another (non-Mac)...

Good for you! Glad I could be of help. Just goes to show that if you do it correctly (double-checking that you have the correct firmware files etc.) it'll most likely work out fine. Enjoy watching your DVDs, and don't worry when the DVD player application tells you that there are no more...

Ouch! Reading this got me worried, so I tried to burn a DVD-RW. Fortunately it worked just like before :-) If possible, could you try to check with your friend what kind of modification he did and post the results here? It might have been something completely different from firmware updating...

Glad to hear it. Though I hope you're not serious about that suicide thing :eek: Not quite being happy with my icons I added a few new ones, this time with a red "X" over them, giving some additional choices. I've enclosed the complete archive here, with the new icons, a new readme, and a new...

Thanks for those kind words. I completely understand your fear as I wasn't too comfortable about the idea of ending up with a damaged drive myself. However, I decided to go for it anyway. I assume that all the warnings are because nobody wants to be accused of damaging someone's hardware if...

You're welcome :-) To further complete the project it would be nice to edit the "icon" that pops up on top of the desktop (or whatever application you're running at the time) whenever you press the keyboard's F3 (mute), F4 (decrease the sound level) and F5 (increase the sound level) keys...

Yeah, I did give Automator a try, but I never figured it out. It seems to me that it only works with a few specific applications (the ones shown in its "Library" area), and only with a few specific tasks (shown in the "Action" area), so I assumed it was a tool for mix-and-matching some...

I've been working hard preparing a bunch of new "mute" icons and want to share that with anyone interested. The icons have all been placed into "Volume.menu" files, so it's just a matter of dragging one of them over to the existing one inside MacOS. Here are the icon variations that I've made...

There are various "hidden settings" in MacOS only accessible via the UNIX command line that I would like to turn on or off simply by double-clicking a file for each function (two files that is; one for turning the function on, another for turning it off). I've so far tried using ScriptGUI, and...

How do I import an existing icon (e.g. the Safari icon) into Photoshop so that I can edit it slightly, then save it as a Mac icon again? (hopefully without any noticeable changes for the parts of the icon I didn't edit).

I'm generally very happy with MacOS (I'm running 10.4.10 on a 1.67GHz Powerbook G4 with 1.5GB RAM), but things can always get better... Dashboard After installing Little snitch I found out that there are indeed a lot of "phoning home" type applications. I don't mean to start a debate about this...

I would like to find some way of automatically copying my photos from my memory card on to the Finder desktop instead of doing this manually each time. I believe "Automator" is the way to go, but it all looks awfully complicated and I have no idea where to start. This is the manual...

You're most welcome :) And I completely agree with you about the region coding issue. It has no place in this day when people travel more than ever and drag their laptops along. That's why it feels so good to be able to "solve" such a problem. It sure made my day, especially after almost giving...

Even more good news, which confirms that the drive is indeed region-free... Using two different DVDs (one for region 1, the other for region 2) I made the region-count of the drive go down until Apple's DVD player told me that I could no longer change the region. If my drive had its original...