Mac Forum / General / General / October 2005

Hello, I am using an older Apple MultiScan 20 with my G4 Dual 533. I
recently got a Mini DV camera so I'd like to start using some of the
movie editing software I have access to.
The problem is that when I try to open the "Displays" pane in System

I've got a desktop machine and a laptop which could use an upgrade to
Tiger. Neither has a DVD drive. An internal DVD drive for the desktop
machine would definitely be the cheapest option.
1--Would I be able to start the desktop machine in target disk mode so I

Correct, with the exception of the Imagesetter which is printed to via a RIP where I have to print to a file (That's another problem).  The printers show up in the print utility menu.

I have an 800MHz G3 640 Mb iBook running Mac OS X 10.4.
When connected to the internet (via a dial-up connection) my mac
freezes randomly after being connected for anytime between 1 minute or
2 hours. It is not restricted to any particular application. The mouse

I've googled as much as I could think of and got no useful info so it's
time to ask the assembled masses; given that I have a large textfile of
siglines (about  a thousand of them) that I have been using for a long
time how can I import them for mailapp to use? Preferably without ...

Not quite an OS question, but:   Looking for a software recommendation.
We run an almost-all Mac (1 PC) consulting firm.  In our business we
have at least a couple dozen clients at any given time.  When we send
copies to our 3 printers from our 9 networked Macs, we "lose" count of ...

How can i read an ogg file on the iPod ? Probably by trnalsating it into
MP3, but how ?
Thanks,
  -jpr

I'd like to change the default printer setting "Print Quality" from Normal
to Fast Draft.  How is this done?  Option-Select'ing the menu choice doesn't
seem to work.  Or is it different for every printer driver?  In other words,
should I be calling HP?

John

I need soft for MAC SE 1/20:
- some app for open sit / zip files
- MacWrite or Claris
-some Game

I am sick of yahoo mail's virus scanning. So I decided to try
Thunderbird. I need help with the following thunderbird mail set up
options.
It asks me to put something into the incoming server & outgoing server

All of a sudden when I boot up my Mac my login window resolution is
800x600. Where it use to be 1280x1024. When I login my desktop
resolution is 1280x1024. Is there a way to set it? How would it all of
a sudden change? Any Ideas?

anyone happen to know whether the postfix installed on tiger CLIENT
(not server) has been compiled with SASL/TSL or whatever it is that is
needed to do SMTP AUTH?  my ISP is forcing me to start authenticating
(tomorrow!) and i'm hoping i don't have to change the default system so

Hey all, I found a performa 200 on the curb and booted it up, well it didnt
actually boot- just vertical bars on the screen. Any ideas? Its been a while
since I've mac'd- are there any keystrokes I could do to zap some Pram or
something?

New to Macs. Should I bother with an antivirus software, and if so,
which one?
Also, since os x is unix based, does that mean we can somehow program
it? I'm not into programming but a die hard pc friend of mine who uses