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    address book app won't open

    hi arden, thanks for pointing out my temporal distortion, and also for the tip. i'll give it a go. cheers pete
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    address book app won't open

    hi, i'm running 10.8 on the last of the g3 powerbooks, and when i try to open address book, either from mail, or in the finder, it crashes without opening. this happenned with 10.6, and updating to 10.8 has made no difference. does anyone have any suggestions? thanks pete
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    file names invisible!

    problem fixed by reinstalling osx!
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    file names invisible!

    thanks, but I suspect this isnt the problem. When the results FIRST show up in the search results window, they appear as normal - if I click on them, the file names disappear and dont return...
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    file names invisible!

    the problem first occured in dreamweaver mx - in the site panel window, only the icons of the files showed, not their names. You could click where the names should be, and they showed up in a yellowish box. Then I notice the same thing in the finder, in the search results window - no file...
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    changing locked resource/xml files

    BACKGROUND: I have an epson sp700 printer and am trying to hack an osx driver for it, by following instructions on weirdkid/printerhack site. I do know I'm completely out of my depth, but I'm perservering nevertheless. PROBLEM: the instructions include changing the xml file of an existing...
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    mail application wont open after 10.2.1 install

    hi, after installing the new update, 10.2.1, the mail app wont open - it seems to "try" to open, but doesnt get as far as a window or anything, just quits. It did go a little weird before the update install - a whole lot of messages disappeared from my inbox after getting an odd message about...
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    cant boot from toast recordered cd

    I've attempted to copy a .dmg of both drive 10 and Norton system works to cds. They look fine -icon is great, I can read and open everything on the cds, but CANT BOOT from them. Using the system preferences to select the startup system clearly shows the respective systems on the discs, and...
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    no printer ports appear in chooser

    just discovered brand new osx driver for printer, so previous difficulties now irrelevant. Many thanks for tip on vuescan -it works great. about the floppy, like you, I'll wait.. thanks again pete
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    no printer ports appear in chooser

    thanks Cheryl, I just got your reply, but to no avail unfortunately. Yep, I got the alert sound etc, but when I selcted the printer, no ports appeared in the right hand pane. Also, 10.2 in classic mode cannot see the floppy drive (it does see the zip) and, again in the chooser, when...
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    no printer ports appear in chooser

    Hi Jarrick, thanks for your hints. Yep, its a stylus photo 1200, and the chooser does show the printer in the left hand pane, but when I select it, no ports appear in the right hand pane. Anyway, I'll try reinstalling the driver, and if that doesnt fix, i'll try 10.2 cheers
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    no printer ports appear in chooser

    hi, on a beige g3 with 10.1.5 and heaps of ram, when I try to print on an epson in classic mode, no ports show up in the chooser - I've tried the printer and modem ports, as well as usb. Its fine when I restart in in 9.2. No such problems on my g3 laptop. Any ideas??? many thanks pete
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    no port shown in chooser (classic mode)

    ok, I've seen this problem in quite a few places, always without anyone able to help. here 'tis: when attempting to print in classic mode, i go to the chooser, select a printer, and lo, no port to select shows in the chooser window. its a beige g3 with 10.1.5 - i've tried printer, modem and usb...
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