Vol. 2                      Issue 19             Feb. 2006

My favorite sites..   

HIDACC  Hi-Desert Apple Computer Club
 This site gives you so much information .. I'd like to suggest you put it in your bookmarks..

http://www.hidacc.av.org/ 

 OWC
 Other World Computing

 Chris      1-800-275-4576 Ext. 116   Hours: 11:00 A.M. -8:00 P.M.
 Eastern time.   If you need anything for your computer or a new one, talk to Chris.

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Bobbie's Comments:

I want to thank everyone for there understanding, kind notes and patience with the newsletter being late. Sometime things just happen we have no control over.

OS 9 folks --- I have several links I found for you this month. It is getting harder and harder to find something out there for you anymore.  One day soon you are going to have to bite the bullet and upgrade to OS X. I know it is hard when it isn't broken, so why fix it... but Apple is forcing us to move on.


Those of you using PayPal ---  there is some interesting information you may want in your records should you ever need to call them with a problem. I have had to use them and they are wonderful to work with.
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"Happy Valentines Day"


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Here is an awesome site .. Mac 101

   Here are some great pages online that work great for folks that are new to Macintosh computers or for those that simply need a refresher course about Apple's Macintosh computers and the programs they are now running, the pages are actually Apple Support pages that are called called MAC 101...

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
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This is what a Fraudulent PayPal looks like:
  Please be aware that if you ever get a message as the one below .... know that it is not from PayPal .   
PayPal  will only send you a email with your name in it, never Dear PayPal Member. You may get an email as the
             one below and it may look real, but it is not.  Never answer any personal question without contacting PayPal first. 
Here is their phone number  402- 935-7733 should you have any questions.

I felt this was a very import subject to let you know about. I have heard a few of you talking about
                   getting emails you thought you needed to answer. But you need to be aware any time you answer an
                   email that ask for your personal information be aware.

This is what a fraudulent PayPal email looks like and says:


Information Regarding Your account:
Dear PayPal Member!

Attention! Your PayPal account has been violated!

 Someone with ip address 140.201.76.1 tried to access your personal account!

Please click the link below and enter your account information to confirm that you are not currently away.
You have 3 days to confirm account information or your account will be locked.
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Tiger

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Free Mac OS X Tiger 10.4
Get the World's Most Advanced Operating System for Free
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Getting a Google Map when using the new Phone Book Widget

 Tiger brings desk accessories back to the Mac, only now they're called "widgets." One of them the Phone Book can show you maps by simply clicking on a search result, but www.MacOSXHints.com went one better with this tip: how to replace the phone book widget's mapping service! They believe MapQuest is aging badly, and Google maps fit in better with the coolness of Tiger. To find out how to make the switch, click on http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050424065456133; you'll find a couple of blocks of text there that you can easily copy and paste using a text editor to get the job done.

 MacValley Voice, Northridge, CA
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 Silence the Volume Keys

Q: When I adjust the volume of my Mac using the volume keys on my keyboard, my Mac makes a beep every time I press a key. How do I shut it up?

A: Hold down the shift key while pressing the volume keys on your keyboard to silence the beeps. Alternatively, you can squelch volume-key feedback for good: Open System Preferences, click the "Sound Effects" tab, and uncheck the box labeled "Play Feedback When Volume Keys Are Pressed."

 MacAddict Magazine
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Mac OS X

 Switching Applications

 Have a number of applications open and need to switch to one of them? Hold down the Command key and press the Tab key.

 Apple Pickers MUG, Indianapolis, IN
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 Customizing the Finder Toolbar

 As I was playing around with "Get Info," I decided to check out the tools to customize my Finder windows. There are basically two locations that allow you to set up the Finder to best suit how you work.

 Finder Preferences

 If you are in the Finder you can go under the Finder menu item and choose Preferences. The Finder Preference has four tabs. The General tab allows you to specify which items are shown on the Desktop. You can select (or deselect) hard disks, CDs, DVDS, iPods, and connected servers. You can also select which window you would like to open when you open a new Finder window. The choices are the Home directory, a specific drive, or any folder on your Mac.

 Other General preferences include whether you want to open a new window every time you open a folder and whether you want to open all new windows in column view ( I have that one checked because I find the column view the most useful). You can also set the delay rate for spring-loaded folders and windows.

 The Labels tab allows you to set colors and names for labels. The Sidebar tab lets you set the items to be shown in the Sidebar. In the column view, the sidebar contains the icons for drives, servers, Desktop, Home directory, and Applications folder. Documents, Music, Movies, and Pictures are in the sidebar by default. You can also manage your sidebar by dragging items into or out of it, much like the dock.

 The Advanced Tab allows you to select whether you want a warning before emptying the trash or whether you want to show all file extensions. I opt for the Trash warning and skip the file extensions (that's a Windows thing!).

 What about the Toolbar? Where is the Finder toolbar and how do you modify it? The toolbar is the set of icons that appears on the top of every Finder window. The default set includes:


 You can add others or eliminate some of the default selections by going to the View menu item and choosing "Customize Toolbar." There you can drag other choices to the toolbar and arrange them the way you like. Don't want something in the toolbar? Drag it out and it disappears in a puff of virtual smoke.

 You can add the following tools:

 My current set has: Back and Advance Arrows, View Choices, Action Path, Eject, Get Info, New Folder, and Burn.

 You can choose to display icons, text, or both. You can also shrink it all down by choosing "Use Small Size. ~
 Don Mayer

 Small Dog Electronics
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OS-9

Here is are a few other sites you may be interested in reading about..

http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/MacOS/macOS9tips.html

http://os9archive.rtsi.com/os9faq.html

Shockwave Flash

Quicktime 603 for mac
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Joke of the Month

Memory was something you lost with age
 An application was for employment
 A program was a TV show

A cursor used profanity

A keyboard was a piano
 A web was a spider's home
 A virus was the flu

A CD was a bank account

A hard drive was a long trip on the road

A mouse pad was where a mouse lived

And if you had a 3 inch floppy .

. . . you just hoped nobody ever found  out!
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Joke of the month was sent in by Shirley
Thank you Shirley