Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / January 2004

is there any  (cheap/free student-aimed) OSX software out there that
does the same job as MS Visio for Windows? I've tried googlein it but
can't see to find much.
Marc

Has anyone figured out a solution to the problem with MS Word file
names - the 32-character limit, that is? I have to exchange files with
PC-using colleagues frequently and it can be a real pain. The main
problem is that when Word reads in a document with a long filename it

A client has a DesignJet that, when you try to print to it from a Mac,
appears to be accepting data, but then drops back into a Ready state.
The Mac meanwhile thinks it has done all it needs to do.
If you try to communicate with the printer the Mac sits there waiting

With a bit of luck, my new PowerBook should arrive by TNT tomorrow.
Horray! I'm currently scoping out what bits of software I'm going to
need to get.
From my experience with Macs in the past, I've always used Toast for

I have recently acquired an Airport Extreme base station. I haven't
actually tested the WiFi bit of it yet, because I haven't yet got an
Airport card for my TiBook (it's in the post). However, I do have my
iMac plugged into the LAN port, and my cable modem into the WAN port,

This is probably Apples best Powerbook offering all the right ports (2x
USB, 2xFirewire, VGA, S-Video) and decent expansion (drive bay expansion
modules, Cardbus, removable CPU card) in a lovely black body.
This ones has 1GB of RAM, a 20GB Fujitsu HDD with Panther installed and

I've just got to post this because I have to let off steam about
Apple. I'm based in the UK by the way.
My iBook developed a fault - and so I contacted AppleCare - that was a
mistake as the rest of this post will show.

Yesterday afternoon I went to change my father's LC475 (OS7.6) to a new
ISP dialup connection which I had already set up for him.
I put the new username, password, dialup number, pop3 and SMTP settings
etc into the PPP and TCP/IP control panels.  Changed the settings in

Ok. So you use Quark a lot. Its the first program you open when you start
up. You import PDF, TIFFS, .docs, and JPGs, you auto-activate your fonts.
Document are normally more than 20 pages. You're 'kin hard.
How often a day will Quark crash on you? Like to know what OS , what v.

My partner has an iMAC using OS9.0 We tried to upgrade to 9.2 but it caused
so many problems we reloaded OS9.0.  We have a Ethernet broadband connection
but MSN messenger 2.5 says the internet connection isn't connected  even
though the internet connection is open for IE. I tried ...

My other half has a basic iBook 300 running Mac OS 8.6 with 1.8Gb disc
space available. I don't know if it has 32Mb or 64Mb RAM.
New software which she needs to install is asking for a later OS. Also
much of the web software on it is very old and doesn't work quite right

OK, I don't see the point of the iPod mini, unless you have a real space
shortage.
The colours are too plasticy and its only $50 cheaper than the 15Gb full
ipod.

I want to install Panther on my Powerbook. I don't want to join the
many people on the Apple forum complaining about the screen going black
and turning the PB into a rather expensive tea tray.
So, it seems that most of the problems are ATI video based. How do I

How the hell do I fix the width of a page?
Ta

I've used AppleScript to turn Dubbya into an art movie.
http://www.tristimulus.co.uk/images/mo/bush2.mov
(It's a 750k QT movie)
I find it strangely soothing to watch...