Hattig
Oct 12, 11:25 AM
Not everyone agrees, do they? Many Mac "fanatics" prefer Word. This one prefers Pages.
I like Pages for small documents (<20 pages). It has very crisp text display and it is quite nippy in use. The exposed features are quite comprehensive in a single-user environment and the application is quite fun to use. I have yet to try Mellel's word processor however, that is meant to be very good.
It certainly doesn't have the quirks of Word, but it has its own quirks that can be very annoying. For example it wants to be Page Oriented, but then acts like a word processor within each Page, allowing you to have multi-page Pages (that the page template doesn't apply to). WTF?! I admit I didn't get iWork the upgrades didn't seem worthwhile. Hopefully iWork 2007 will be more tempting.
OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice/J are slow clunky embarrassments to open source. AbiWord, Gnumeric, etc, are far nippier (although the former is barely a word processor).
KeyNote is, of course, awesome. However there needs to be a KeyNote viewer application for Windows (and Mac), PowerPoint export isn't ideal, and QuickTime is a bulky tradeoff.
I like Pages for small documents (<20 pages). It has very crisp text display and it is quite nippy in use. The exposed features are quite comprehensive in a single-user environment and the application is quite fun to use. I have yet to try Mellel's word processor however, that is meant to be very good.
It certainly doesn't have the quirks of Word, but it has its own quirks that can be very annoying. For example it wants to be Page Oriented, but then acts like a word processor within each Page, allowing you to have multi-page Pages (that the page template doesn't apply to). WTF?! I admit I didn't get iWork the upgrades didn't seem worthwhile. Hopefully iWork 2007 will be more tempting.
OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice/J are slow clunky embarrassments to open source. AbiWord, Gnumeric, etc, are far nippier (although the former is barely a word processor).
KeyNote is, of course, awesome. However there needs to be a KeyNote viewer application for Windows (and Mac), PowerPoint export isn't ideal, and QuickTime is a bulky tradeoff.
ezekielrage_99
Aug 7, 08:54 PM
Well I can't honestly say I didn't see this one coming, I think everyone had the feeling VPC was dead from sometime now.
janey
Aug 15, 02:56 PM
Is that supposed to be fire? I don't think I would have been able to tell if not for edesign's post
yeah i cant do fire. sorry :D
the gratuitous use of red and orange...:p
yeah i cant do fire. sorry :D
the gratuitous use of red and orange...:p
whooleytoo
Apr 18, 12:39 PM
O2 sales reps here are telling customers that the iPhone 5 is coming in June. Admittedly, sales reps are the last people I'd trust, but it's surprising that they're volunteering a specific month; and more so that they'd say something which might stop a customer buying a phone over the next 2 months.
peharri
Oct 8, 10:43 PM
This is a total no-brainer. T-Mobile doesn't have it's own network, it rents its airtime from Cingular... Apple and Cingular are already in bed. It's a trickle-down effect... T-Mobile wants their own iPhone. Not surprising, really. (and yeah, release the Cracken! (err.. iPhone!)...
T-Mobile is an independent network. It and Cingular have rented infrastructure to one another at various times in the past to mutually help with each other's coverage, but T-Mobile is a real mobile phone operator. (It's what used to be Voicestream.)
I'm not entirely sure why people keep propogating this myth. It makes no sense on the face of it.
T-Mobile is an independent network. It and Cingular have rented infrastructure to one another at various times in the past to mutually help with each other's coverage, but T-Mobile is a real mobile phone operator. (It's what used to be Voicestream.)
I'm not entirely sure why people keep propogating this myth. It makes no sense on the face of it.
macrockbuddy
Feb 27, 11:23 PM
I've got one that has a small dead area on the screen because I let my little girl use it as a teething toy. Probably some sort of water damage. If ur interested let me know & maybe we can work something out.
rmbrown09
Aug 28, 02:40 PM
Just moved into my dorm, so now this is my setup.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7429382/Mobile%20Photo%20Aug%2027%2C%202010%205%2050%2053%20PM.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7429382/Mobile%20Photo%20Aug%2027%2C%202010%205%2050%2053%20PM.jpg
amacgenius
Nov 19, 09:43 PM
Have you checked HotScripts (http://www.hotscripts.com)? Personally I'd use PHP.
I'd say them, or there's ALWAYS Google ;).
I'd say them, or there's ALWAYS Google ;).
CanadaRAM
Jan 26, 12:26 AM
The Corrupt Font message could be because there's ...er... a corrupt font?
Given that the font name appears to be a double-byte format, chances are that it is one of the OSX Asian fonts. Assuming this is an English operating system and you don't need extended language support>
Walk her through this on the 'phone. You can go into the Library:Fonts and the System:Library:Fonts and safely remove any font with a name that is in non-Roman type, and those with names like Geeza, Li, Hai and similar. Toss 'em into another folder or outright trash them. Then restart and try again.
Cocktail might not be the right tool to put in the hands of a 2 month new Mac user. A support problem is, you don't have any idea what she did to the machine with Cocktail.
Also stress to Sis that she should not move or rename any unfamiliar sounding folders or files - she could do damage to the OS.
If she continues to have problems, Archive and Install with OSX would not be bad, followed by reinstall of Office and the Apple and Microsoft updates.
Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com
Given that the font name appears to be a double-byte format, chances are that it is one of the OSX Asian fonts. Assuming this is an English operating system and you don't need extended language support>
Walk her through this on the 'phone. You can go into the Library:Fonts and the System:Library:Fonts and safely remove any font with a name that is in non-Roman type, and those with names like Geeza, Li, Hai and similar. Toss 'em into another folder or outright trash them. Then restart and try again.
Cocktail might not be the right tool to put in the hands of a 2 month new Mac user. A support problem is, you don't have any idea what she did to the machine with Cocktail.
Also stress to Sis that she should not move or rename any unfamiliar sounding folders or files - she could do damage to the OS.
If she continues to have problems, Archive and Install with OSX would not be bad, followed by reinstall of Office and the Apple and Microsoft updates.
Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com
tbluhp
Apr 29, 08:20 AM
Can you unlock the settings via the small lock on the bottom right?
Can you add a user (Everyone) and change permissions?
no
Can you add a user (Everyone) and change permissions?
no
Butters
Oct 12, 05:06 AM
(.)(.)
:D (British in-joke)
hehe :D
:D (British in-joke)
hehe :D
Melrose
Jan 6, 08:16 AM
Baker Street predates me by a few years, but it seems like everyone I talk to can recall exactly what they were doing when they heard it for the first time... City To City was a great album.
He also wrote and sang a song on Mark Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack, which is very good.
RIP Gerry. :(
He also wrote and sang a song on Mark Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack, which is very good.
RIP Gerry. :(
bdj21ya
Oct 26, 08:55 AM
Also, does anyone else think it's weird that these fingers actually look like fingers?!? In a patent drawing?:eek:
settledown
Mar 24, 09:06 AM
call me when it runs natively in OS X....REALLY
I want to get rid of MS office, but X11....
I want to get rid of MS office, but X11....
rprebel
Nov 12, 12:40 AM
i'll just post it here so if anyone else wants to do the same.
i just found a font that a member (Trimegistro) on mac themes ported. the name of the font is Candela. The post can be found HERE (http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=623585#p623585)
after you download it you will need to make a copy of it (**make sure the name is the same, aka not LucindaGrande-copy**). Then use one to replace the LucidaGrande.ttc file under /system/library/fonts make sure you totally delete this one before adding it first.
and the other to just replace the LucidaGrande.ttc file in /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/
Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/
ProtectedFonts/LucidaGrande.ttc
**BACK UP YOUR FILES**
empty your trash, log out, and log back in and everything should look nice and new.
if you find any other font you want to use you need FontLabStudio to change the font to a .tts file.
good luck
Excellent post, ★★★★★. Finally I can have Apple Garamond EVERYWHERE. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! One thing, though. FontLab Studio is $650!! Anybody got a suggestion for another app that can do the same thing?
i just found a font that a member (Trimegistro) on mac themes ported. the name of the font is Candela. The post can be found HERE (http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=623585#p623585)
after you download it you will need to make a copy of it (**make sure the name is the same, aka not LucindaGrande-copy**). Then use one to replace the LucidaGrande.ttc file under /system/library/fonts make sure you totally delete this one before adding it first.
and the other to just replace the LucidaGrande.ttc file in /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/
Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/
ProtectedFonts/LucidaGrande.ttc
**BACK UP YOUR FILES**
empty your trash, log out, and log back in and everything should look nice and new.
if you find any other font you want to use you need FontLabStudio to change the font to a .tts file.
good luck
Excellent post, ★★★★★. Finally I can have Apple Garamond EVERYWHERE. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! One thing, though. FontLab Studio is $650!! Anybody got a suggestion for another app that can do the same thing?
benhollberg
Mar 11, 10:18 PM
Anyone know what kind of stock numbers they will have on Saturday? I want to go pick up some more iPads.
I was there hanging out with Nick who is a tech reviewer.
That guy was just crazy.
I was there hanging out with Nick who is a tech reviewer.
That guy was just crazy.
Hans Brix
May 3, 12:45 AM
Interested to see if the RAM works.
Thomas2006
Oct 12, 01:08 PM
I can understand people's impatience with Apple for not having a complete AppleWorks replacement already, but if you look at their long term plans for iWork it makes perfect sense. If you start out with a solid foundation it is easier to make improvements so follow my thinking:
"iWork '03"
Keynote 1
iWork '05
Keynote 2 - improvements
Pages 1 - introduced and is a cross between a word processor and a page layout program. Handles the basics of both well but lacks "pro" features
iWork '06
Keynote 3 - improvements
Pages 2 - gets table cell formulas, sorting, number formatting (preparation for spreadsheet app), comments (colaboration), thumbnail view (page finding, ordering, deleting), address book support (mail merge), endnotes, automatic text correction, and general improvements to features already there.
iWork '07
Keynote 4 - improvements
Pages 3 - gets modes which separates word processing tasks/items from page layout tasks/items (reduced clutter), ability to create custom formulas.
Spreadsheet 1 - can import/read Excel data, save as/export to Excel file, basic reporting, there will be a way supply the charts in Keynote and Pages with data, plus whatever Apple adds
iWork '08
Keynote 5 - improvements
Pages 4 - word processing and page layout tasks are improved to the point where they are looking like two separate apps
Spreadsheet 2 - general improvements, reporting feature gets most improvement by being able to "drill" down through pie charts.
iWork '09
Keynote 6 - improvements
Pages 5 - improved to the point where it is only a word processor now.
Page Layout 1 - "New" app that has broken away from Pages and is now the "iApp" of DTPs. This could happen in iWork '08.
Spreadsheet 3 - Gets ODBC support
Database 1 - most likely SQLite, or equivalent, with a sweet front-end. Hopefully, it will be a true RDBMS and not something like what came with AppleWorks.
Reports 1 - (ie Crystal Reports) This is a stretch but if not a separate app then more of an "engine" that is used by the spreadsheet and database apps.
I do not use Keynote which is why I only entered "improvements" next to it.
"iWork '03"
Keynote 1
iWork '05
Keynote 2 - improvements
Pages 1 - introduced and is a cross between a word processor and a page layout program. Handles the basics of both well but lacks "pro" features
iWork '06
Keynote 3 - improvements
Pages 2 - gets table cell formulas, sorting, number formatting (preparation for spreadsheet app), comments (colaboration), thumbnail view (page finding, ordering, deleting), address book support (mail merge), endnotes, automatic text correction, and general improvements to features already there.
iWork '07
Keynote 4 - improvements
Pages 3 - gets modes which separates word processing tasks/items from page layout tasks/items (reduced clutter), ability to create custom formulas.
Spreadsheet 1 - can import/read Excel data, save as/export to Excel file, basic reporting, there will be a way supply the charts in Keynote and Pages with data, plus whatever Apple adds
iWork '08
Keynote 5 - improvements
Pages 4 - word processing and page layout tasks are improved to the point where they are looking like two separate apps
Spreadsheet 2 - general improvements, reporting feature gets most improvement by being able to "drill" down through pie charts.
iWork '09
Keynote 6 - improvements
Pages 5 - improved to the point where it is only a word processor now.
Page Layout 1 - "New" app that has broken away from Pages and is now the "iApp" of DTPs. This could happen in iWork '08.
Spreadsheet 3 - Gets ODBC support
Database 1 - most likely SQLite, or equivalent, with a sweet front-end. Hopefully, it will be a true RDBMS and not something like what came with AppleWorks.
Reports 1 - (ie Crystal Reports) This is a stretch but if not a separate app then more of an "engine" that is used by the spreadsheet and database apps.
I do not use Keynote which is why I only entered "improvements" next to it.
therealseebs
Apr 28, 08:34 PM
I ended up going in and dropping it off, but they'll ship it back to me. Some day.
Gotta say, the service is pretty good, apart from the thing where they didn't have a magic wand they could wave to Just Make It Better. While I was there, they were helping someone with one of the silver-looking powerbook G4s, and they covered some stuff under warranty for someone with a black macbook that was 67 days out of warranty.
And here's me with a notebook that's maybe four months old, boring.
Gotta say, the service is pretty good, apart from the thing where they didn't have a magic wand they could wave to Just Make It Better. While I was there, they were helping someone with one of the silver-looking powerbook G4s, and they covered some stuff under warranty for someone with a black macbook that was 67 days out of warranty.
And here's me with a notebook that's maybe four months old, boring.
iLucas
May 1, 06:45 PM
I'm going to a university this year and I've saved up some money to buy either base model Air or iMac.
I'm going to receive a ipad2 from ma uncle and I was wondering if buying the imac was worth it bc its better performance.
Would it be alright if I take the ipad to classes and work in the iMac?
What I do in the computer are gaming, news, youtube, and music
Gaming would be better on the iMac. If you're going to use the iPad for classes i'd recommend a case with a keyboard, it'll make taking notes much easier.
I'm going to receive a ipad2 from ma uncle and I was wondering if buying the imac was worth it bc its better performance.
Would it be alright if I take the ipad to classes and work in the iMac?
What I do in the computer are gaming, news, youtube, and music
Gaming would be better on the iMac. If you're going to use the iPad for classes i'd recommend a case with a keyboard, it'll make taking notes much easier.
Sayer
Oct 5, 03:07 PM
Glad I sold my shares before they started to tumble (divine timing, if ever!).
Steve Jobs is taking a page from his buddy Slick Willy Rodham Clinton: "I did not grant those options..."
Steve Jobs is taking a page from his buddy Slick Willy Rodham Clinton: "I did not grant those options..."
alexjholland
May 4, 05:47 AM
Great answer!
bennybom
Feb 8, 04:48 AM
Hi everyone - being a newbie the following:
Just installed a bigger and faster new HD in the mini - is there any way to start the OS installation without a wired keybd? (i.e pressing 'c' ) all I get now is some DVD churning sounds and a grey screen telling me to restart the machine.
If there is no way - how would I go about ejecting the darned DVD out of the mini without taking everything apart?
hoping for some good answers.
Just installed a bigger and faster new HD in the mini - is there any way to start the OS installation without a wired keybd? (i.e pressing 'c' ) all I get now is some DVD churning sounds and a grey screen telling me to restart the machine.
If there is no way - how would I go about ejecting the darned DVD out of the mini without taking everything apart?
hoping for some good answers.
jessica.
Mar 28, 12:16 PM
As with all Apple computers purchased just before the release of a new OS, a drop in disk will be found in older models still on shelves after the release and you will be given an opportunity to get a free or severely discounted copy of the new OS if purchased in Apple's determined timeframe. I bought a Mac Mini about 30 days before Snow Leopard came out and was able to get SL for free.
