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Stan Robinson - 19 Apr 2008 06:39 GMT

Hi all,

The listed queries below are related to Safari.

1. Increase the font size in menu bar and bookmark bar.

2. Connect "Bootcamp to the Internet??

Stan Robinson.

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Jolly Roger - 19 Apr 2008 08:40 GMT

> The listed queries below are related to Safari.
>
> 1. Increase the font size in menu bar and bookmark bar.

Increase display resolution in System Preferences > Displays.

> 2. Connect "Bootcamp to the Internet??

Boot Camp is a hard drive formatting utility for creating Windows-format
hard drive partitions.

If you use Boot Camp to run Windows, you'll need to learn how to connect
to the internet with Windows. This is a Mac OS applications news group.

If you instead use a virtualization application such as Parallels
Desktop or vmWare Fusion to run the Windows operating system and Windows
applications in Mac OS X, then the virtualization application will
automatically connect Windows to the internet using your Mac OS X
connection.

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Jolly Roger - 19 Apr 2008 08:49 GMT

> > The listed queries below are related to Safari.
> >
> > 1. Increase the font size in menu bar and bookmark bar.
>
> Increase display resolution in System Preferences > Displays.

Correction: *decrease* display resolution

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Stan Robinson - 19 Apr 2008 13:53 GMT

> > The listed queries below are related to Safari.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> automatically connect Windows to the internet using your Mac OS X
> connection.

Unfortunatly, Fusion will not run the only Windows programme I need,
which is "BookPort" an audio book reader for the blind and vision
impaired. This programme uses the format known as "DAISY" and is a
Windows only programme. This format allows books of approximately 3 or
400 pages to be stored on a 700 mb cd.

Another question I forgot to ask:

Is there a utillity programme which will arrange the Safari bookmarks to
be sorted?

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Lewis - 19 Apr 2008 16:43 GMT

> Unfortunatly, Fusion will not run the only Windows programme I need,
> which is "BookPort" an audio book reader for the blind and vision
> impaired. This programme uses the format known as "DAISY" and is a
> Windows only programme. This format allows books of approximately 3 or
> 400 pages to be stored on a 700 mb cd.

That's odd, MP3 allows books of 3 or 400 pages to be stored several times
over on a 700MB CD.

Even "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" which is nearly 21 hours long in
Audiobook format and over 700 pages in deadtree is less than 300MB.

> Is there a utillity programme which will arrange the Safari bookmarks to
> be sorted?

Safari has a very good bookmark manager.

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nospam - 19 Apr 2008 18:30 GMT

> > Unfortunatly, Fusion will not run the only Windows programme I need,
> > which is "BookPort" an audio book reader for the blind and vision
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> That's odd, MP3 allows books of 3 or 400 pages to be stored several times
> over on a 700MB CD.

bookport is a hardware device that connects via usb. it *should* work
in vmware or parallels, but perhaps there's an incompatiblity.

<http://www.aph.org/tech/bp_info.htm>

> > Is there a utillity programme which will arrange the Safari bookmarks to
> > be sorted?
>
> Safari has a very good bookmark manager.

except it won't sort.

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Stan Robinson - 20 Apr 2008 03:30 GMT

> > Unfortunatly, Fusion will not run the only Windows programme I need,
> > which is "BookPort" an audio book reader for the blind and vision
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Safari has a very good bookmark manager.

Where is the sorting facility????

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AES - 20 Apr 2008 07:00 GMT

> > Safari has a very good bookmark manager.
>
> Where is the sorting facility????

There is a way to make Safari sort bookmarks alphabetically -- although
it only functions when you Close, then re-Open, the Safari app.

I know it happens because I just did a test: disordered some bookmarks;
closed and re-Opened Safari; and the disordered bookmarks were back in
alphabetical order.

I also recall vaguely that there was a point some time back when I
learned how to activate this capability, and did so -- but I have no
memory, or record, of how it was actually done.

I also just carried out what I think was a reasonable search on
"bookmark" and "sort" in the Safari Help file -- but of course I found
nothing. This is, after all, a major and important Apple application.
You expect it to have useful documentation? Don't be stupid.

But, there _is_ a way to sort folders and bookmarks, in proper
hierarchical fashion, in the Safari bookmarks manager. Sorry I can't
tell how to activate it.

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Sharon F - 24 Apr 2008 16:05 GMT

> Another question I forgot to ask:
>
> Is there a utillity programme which will arrange the Safari bookmarks to
> be sorted?

Not sure if Safari's tools for managing bookmarks will meet your
expectations or not. They're simple and straightforward. Personally, I
haven't found the need to use anything else.

With Safari open, try clicking Bookmarks> Show All in the menu bar at
the top of the screen. Safari's window will change appearance and list
all bookmarks.

To add a folder use Bookmarks> Add Folder also in the top menu bar

To delete a folder, select it and use your favorite delete method:
-keyboard: Command+Delete
-mouse: option-click or right click and click Delete from the floating
menu that appears

Once you have folders created, you can drag and drop bookmarks to and
from any folder until they are organized/sorted to your liking.

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AES - 24 Apr 2008 19:10 GMT

> > Another question I forgot to ask:
> >
> > Is there a utillity programme which will arrange the Safari bookmarks to
> > be sorted?

It's a third-party app called Bookdog. You install it, it just silently
re-sorts Safari's bookmarks in the background each time you close
Safari. I installed it some months ago; seems to work fine; haven't
seen any problems resulting from it. (MacBook with Tiger)

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Stan Robinson - 20 Apr 2008 03:25 GMT

> > The listed queries below are related to Safari.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> If you use Boot Camp to run Windows, you'll need to learn how to connect
> to the internet with Windows. This is a Mac OS applications news group.

I agree with you, however, I was hoping someone would have a quick
solution to my connection woes. I have used only Apple computers since
1978 and at the age at 85 and sight impaired I have no intention of
learning Windows.

> If you instead use a virtualization application such as Parallels
> Desktop or vmWare Fusion to run the Windows operating system and Windows
> applications in Mac OS X, then the virtualization application will
> automatically connect Windows to the internet using your Mac OS X
> connection.

I have both of these programmes and the BP performance is erratic, if
these programmes are used instead of "Bootcamp". I have also noticed in
my case, the computer has slowed down when performing the usual tasks

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Jolly Roger - 20 Apr 2008 03:52 GMT

> > > The listed queries below are related to Safari.
> > >
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> I agree with you, however, I was hoping someone would have a quick
> solution to my connection woes.

With Windows, you'll find more often than not, solutions are not quick
or easy.

> > If you instead use a virtualization application such as Parallels
> > Desktop or vmWare Fusion to run the Windows operating system and Windows
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> I have both of these programmes and the BP performance is erratic, if
> these programmes are used instead of "Bootcamp".

What is "BP performance"?

> I have also noticed in
> my case, the computer has slowed down when performing the usual tasks

I run Windows XP every day in Parallels and vmWare, on a Mac mini and a
MacBook Pro, and have not experienced this.

How much total RAM does your Mac have? How much of that RAM has been
allocated to Parallels / Fusion? How much free hard disk space does the
Mac have? How much free hard disk space does Windows have in Parallels
/ Fusion? All of these things have a bearing on performance.

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Mike Rosenberg - 20 Apr 2008 16:37 GMT

> I agree with you, however, I was hoping someone would have a quick
> solution to my connection woes. I have used only Apple computers since
> 1978 and at the age at 85 and sight impaired I have no intention of
> learning Windows.

How can anyone give you a quick solution about your connection woes when
you haven't given us the slightest indication of exactly what those woes
are? How are you normally connected to the internet on the Mac side? Is
it cable, DSL, or dialup? Connected directly to a modem or through a
router? Wired or wireless?

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Mike Rosenberg - 19 Apr 2008 16:06 GMT

> 2. Connect "Bootcamp to the Internet??

Once you've used Bootcamp and installed Windows, when you've booted
Windows you're running a PC and you'd connect to the internet however
you'd connect any other PC. If I'm missing something, please provide
more details.

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