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Are you sure you have Appletalk turned in on in Directory services? It's OFF by default...so you might want to double check.wrldwzrd89 said:
In addition to turning on AppleTalk in Directory Services as DHagan4755 said, you may need to make sure that it's active for the AirPort interface (i.e. go to the Network pane in System Preferences, select AirPort from the "Show:" pop-up menu, click on the AppleTalk tab, and make sure that "Make AppleTalk Active" is checked). **Note that, at least in Jaguar, AppleTalk would only be active for one interface at a time (e.g. Ethernet or AirPort), even though you could check the box in the Network pane for any number of interfaces.** This may still be the case in Panther. Hopefully someone who's reading this knows...wrldwzrd89 said:
HTH
WM
xenotek said:
Yikes. You should never have that many fonts "enabled" at one time - use Font Book to control which fonts are on/off. Only enable the ones you need, ATM used to do this, along with font substitution and smoothing.
why don't you demand that the software support the way that you work?
Why not?
Why are you apologizing for what is obviously a weakness in the design of the software? Why should a user even care about (or have to count) how many fonts she has?
Clearly, the software is broken and should be fixed - don't blame the user....
corradokid said:
Why not?
Why are you apologizing for what is obviously a weakness in the design of the software? Why should a user even care about (or have to count) how many fonts she has?
Clearly, the software is broken and should be fixed - don't blame the user....
wrldwzrd89 said:
How are you connected?
You need to have the Airport set to bridge to the wireless network for this to happen. The airport is a router, and if routers didn't block this stuff by default, you'd not only be able to see the computers you wanted to see, but every computer connected to the internet.
Bridging was an option on the old single port Airports. On the new two port Airports, bridging is on the LAN port and off (of course) for the WAN port.
AidenShaw said:
Absolutely right - the implementation of fonts and font control should be PERFECT and seamless on an OS with such massive support in the creative arena. There should never have to have been Suitcase, or ATM, or Wysiwyg Menus and all those other workarounds- Apple should have sorted this out years ago, instead they gave up after the graphics industry largely ignored their truetype implementation ( except for pc
)Fontbook is too little too late. They should properly fix the entire way they use fonts.
WM. said:
Sadly, AppleTalk doesn't seem to be available for AirPort connections in Panther (Network pane of System Preferences). It is enabled in both places. AppleTalk only shows up in the Ethernet interface (there isn't a tab for AppleTalk when AirPort is selected as the interface to configure).
tmornini said:How are you connected?
You need to have the Airport set to bridge to the wireless network for this to happen. The airport is a router, and if routers didn't block this stuff by default, you'd not only be able to see the computers you wanted to see, but every computer connected to the internet.
Bridging was an option on the old single port Airports. On the new two port Airports, bridging is on the LAN port and off (of course) for the WAN port.
The wireless connection is made from an AirPort card in the computer to a Linksys Wireless Access Point. Therefore, I don't have this configuration option you mention.
mvc said:Absolutely right - the implementation of fonts and font control should be PERFECT and seamless on an OS with such massive support in the creative arena. There should never have to have been Suitcase, or ATM, or Wysiwyg Menus and all those other workarounds- Apple should have sorted this out years ago, instead they gave up after the graphics industry largely ignored their truetype implementation ( except for pc
Fontbook is too little too late. They should properly fix the entire way they use fonts.
What's wrong with font handling in Mac OS X? I've had absolutely no font troubles since getting Mac OS X with the PowerBook 667 I used to have. I had Microsoft Office X installed on it (which installs lots of fonts, and I no longer use), and never once suspected corrupt fonts. Have I just been lucky, or is it because I've never installed other fonts that didn't come with an application?
mvc said:Absolutely right - the implementation of fonts and font control should be PERFECT and seamless on an OS with such massive support in the creative arena. There should never have to have been Suitcase, or ATM, or Wysiwyg Menus and all those other workarounds- Apple should have sorted this out years ago, instead they gave up after the graphics industry largely ignored their truetype implementation ( except for pc
Fontbook is too little too late. They should properly fix the entire way they use fonts.
Right again. All versions of Mac OSX up to now are a _MAJOR_ pain in the a** when it comes to font management, printing and management of the infamous desktop clutter. It's really strange that Apple who boasts the advance of its interface would leave such important parts of it in such a unpolished state ??!! Exposé for example is very sexy but it's useless IMHO when working with similar looking windows and doesn't adhere to one simple interface rule : no moving targets ! And just to round it off the window hiding "feature" sucks big time. Try hiding a two or more windows in Safari, then switch to the Finder, then switch back to Safari... see what I mean ? Like it or not but the much critisized "Task Bar" in the PC world is still more efficient to use. It's really laughable. I must be masochist to use this overpriced/overhyped stuff.
AidenShaw said:
I had never heard of that expression before (and I DO know what orthogonal means in terms of geometry).
Oh well, one learn new things every day...
I guess there is way to set the access point as a bridge, whether it is a Linksys or some other brand. You need to disable its NAT (aka IP address sharing) features I believe. You will probably also need to turn the DHCP off on the access point if there is already a DHCP on your network.wrldwzrd89 said:
NicoMan said:
Yes, it's a bit of techno-jargon that's changed a bit from its original meaning...
From http://www.dictionary.com
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2003 Denis Howe
orthogonal adj. [from mathematics] Mutually independent; well separated; sometimes, irrelevant to.
Used in a generalization of its mathematical meaning to describe sets of primitives or capabilities that, like a vector basis in geometry, span the entire `capability space' of the system and are in some sense non-overlapping or mutually independent.
For example, in architectures such as the PDP-11 or VAX where all or nearly all registers can be used interchangeably in any role with respect to any instruction, the register set is said to be orthogonal. Or, in logic, the set of operators `not' and `or' is orthogonal, but the set `nand', `or', and `not' is not (because any one of these can be expressed in terms of the others).
Also used in comments on human discourse: "This may be orthogonal to the discussion, but...."
NicoMan said:
Okay, I will investigate this possibility. I do not need the NAT feature enabled or DHCP because both of those functions are provided by our router.
spinko said:
First of all, regarding Exposé, the windows must move around for it to do its job. Having the windows move when Exposé is activated is a "necessary evil", if you will. Which window hiding feature are you referring to? The "Minimize to Dock" hiding or the "Show Desktop" feature of Exposé? I must admit that I've never tried hiding windows, switching applications, then switching back to where I was. Maybe I should try this and report back on these forums?
<edit> By the way, you hit the nail on the head regarding the desktop clutter issue. As far as I know, Mac OS X doesn't include any method for organizing icons put on the desktop by a particular user.</edit>
I haven't hidden apps since Exposé was released. I like being able to see every open window or just seeing all open windows in the same app.
I just don't get how the windows taskbar, which just shows a name can be easier than Exposé which shows a name and a picture.
Sorry it doesn't seem to work for you but it has made things much easier for me. Especially the ability to drag and drop from within Exposé. Can you do that with the Windows Taskbar?
I just don't get how the windows taskbar, which just shows a name can be easier than Exposé which shows a name and a picture.
Sorry it doesn't seem to work for you but it has made things much easier for me. Especially the ability to drag and drop from within Exposé. Can you do that with the Windows Taskbar?
wrldwzrd89 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but can you go to view options, and keep arranged checked and have the desktop organize icons however you wish? I only have my 2 hard drives, idisk, and sometimes my ipod on my desktop anyway...I hate having a lot of icons on my desktop.
wrldwzrd89 said:
(sorry if I'm off-topic)
I was referring to the "Minimize to Dock" feature... I acknowledge that some people may prefer to stack all windows and have them all visible. I mostly use 3-4 applications at the same time and switch between them very often. I seem to be constantly adjusting window sizes (on the tiny triangle on the bottom of the window) and window positions to accomodate my workspace). This never seemed to be a problem in OS9 because one rarely had multiple programs open due to memory limitations or fear of provoking a crash. Now, with OSX it is natural to have 10+ apps open at any one time which is very nice but there is no real solution to handle then efficiently. Having to hit F9 or some other key to activate it doesn't strike me as beeing very intuitive. I've programmed the middle button on my 3rd party mouse (thank you Apple) to show all windows (exept the ones hidden by the "Minimize to Dock" feature which just adds to the confusion
mustang_dvs said:
Well, I don't know if it's been said and I don't have time right now to read the entire thread, but 10.2.7 was also released with the new PowerBooks as well as the G5's...but I do imagine you're correct in your assertion that it wasn't available via SU....
zync said:
zync, you are correct regarding Mac OS X V10.2.7. It was only included with PowerMac G5s and other new computers released between its arrival and that of the first, buggy 10.2.8 (like the PowerBooks; was there another?). It was never released via Software Update.
kcmac said:
I'm not sure what exactly you mean by dragging and dropping from within Exposé....what would you do with drag and drop in Exposé? Did you mean the dock possibly? In Windows you can drag things to the taskbar. Actually they're very similar. For most drag and drop type stuff the dock excels but there is one thing that Windows does that totally beats out the dock, but not in terms of clutter.
Windows programs like IE can open multiple windows. Each window in certain programs on MS systems is a seperate task, that way when IE crashes only the window that has the problem would die, leaving the rest of the pages open. In OS X they're all children of a single instance of Safari or IE or whatever so when one page has a fatal error they all die. This bugged me when IE crashed on my Mac a while back, before I could finally use Safari for everything (though it has crashed too just not as often). Now I'm not saying Windows was able to easily back out of an IE crash and leave you with the rest of the windows all the time but it stood more of a chance. If this could be done with OS X somehow I know it would work better than the Windows implementation. I'm going to suggest this to Apple.
What bothers me is that I like to hide programs sometimes (not on the dock but actually by using HIDE) but when I use Exposé they remain hidden. This is also true of windows residing in the dock. It would be nice that when you use Exposé to see all windows, you actually see all windows including those visible, hidden, and residing in the dock. I'm going to suggest this to Apple as well.
One last thing that I'm going to suggest is that when you Cmd-Tab to an Application, if it has hidden windows it opens up at least the last window you were working on! It's pretty annoying to Cmd-Tab to something and get nothing to show up. For that I might as well just click on the dock icon!
I'd also like to see a folder view similar to the filmstrip view in Windows XP. I think 2000 may have also had that feature.
Do these things bother any of you guys too? I just came from the Windows world last September. I've only had my PowerBook for about 6 months now so these things are still fresh in my mind. Overall though OS X totally blows Windows out of the water!