Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #69 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 26 Aug 02 Volume 19 : Issue 69 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#643/19-Aug-02 [*] AppRandom1.3.sit.hqx [*] AudioIn10.hqx [*] Babylonian Numerals 1.0 [*] Digital Diary 3.0.3 [*] DropDMG-1.7.3.dmg [*] Econ Calculator Deluxe 1.5.1 Carbon [*] Econ Calculator Deluxe 1.5.1 Classic [*] FileBuddy 7.2.2J - Japanese Version [*] MacPipes X 1.0.1 [*] Page Sender 2.0 - now with fax modem receive, Jaguar support & more [*] Page Sender 2.0J - Japanese Version [*] Patience 1.2 [*] Shiidiideetabeesu 1.0 [*] Synk 4.0.1 [*] UNO 2.1.1 [*] VideoPoker 5000 1.1 [A] Recommendations for Software firewall? Date in menu bar on Mac OSX Email spam Microsoftdialoglin Net Connection OS X + USB Recommendations for Software firewall? Recommendations for Software firewall? Sound question The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . Downloading and Submitting Files from the Info-Mac Archive: * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at: * Search the archive via the MIT HyperArchive at: . * To submit files for the archive, email the binhexed file with a description to . Submissions must be made by the author or with permission of the author. 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Join us in an experiment into the direct valuation of information. Adam also offers techniques for circumventing areas in which iPhoto's simplicity makes it clumsy. Then we look at the new Power Mac G4s and minor eMac changes, plus an update to Retrospect Client. Finally, we have an update on last week's article on the fate of the digital hub concept in the wake of Hollywood protectionism. Topics: MailBITS/19-Aug-02 Apple Releases Beefy Dual-Proc Power Macs Updates on the Digital Hub vs. Hollywood PayBITS: Acknowledging the Value of Information iPhoto Power Techniques [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-643.etx; 34K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 2002 From: Ben Blake To: Subject: [*] AppRandom1.3.sit.hqx Appearance Randomiser is a freeware Applescript utility that randomly sets a theme, desktop picture (on up to 3 monitors), startup screen and sound set. It requires Power Macintosh running MacOS 8.5 or greater and Applescript installed. It will not work on Mac OS X. This file can be included in your archive CD-ROM. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/appearance-randomizer-13.hqx; 101 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Aug 2002 From: Pandaa To: Subject: [*] AudioIn10.hqx Audio In 1.0 - Freeware Audio In is a simple audio recording application with an oscilloscope view. With Audio In you can: ß Record audio to disk from any sound input device connected to your Macintosh. ß Schedule when recording is to take place . ß Use Volume Operated Recording (ØVOXØ) to skip periods of silence. System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.0 or higher. Freeware by Pandaa / Mashiro na Zenshi e-mail: pandaa@swipnet.se www: http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-34826/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/audio-in-10.hqx; 460 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Aug 2002 From: pandaa@swipnet.se To: Subject: [*] Babylonian Numerals 1.0 Babylonian Numerals 1.0 - Freeware Babylonian Numerals is a Macintosh program that displays numbers in the Sumerian / Babylonian number system. System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.0 or higher. Freeware by Pandaa / Mashiro na Zenshi e-mail: pandaa@swipnet.se www: http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-34826/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/babylonian-numerals-10.hqx; 350 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 2002 From: Eric Rojo To: Subject: [*] Digital Diary 3.0.3 Digital Diary Works the Way You Do to Easily Keep Track of all the Important Decisions and Activities on all your Projects Digital Diary allows fingertip access to the activity history and current status of any project, with the added ability to view all activities on all projects on any particular day. On a complex project, there could be a dozen or more separate issues being dealt with simultaneously, each with its own distinct status and decision stream. Digital Diary helps keep track of all this by providing a convenient way of recording and automatically organizing this information. While most personal information managers focus on scheduling and contacts management, Digital Diary focuses on keeping an organized record of your activities and decisions, allowing you quick and easy retrieval of a project's history. Versatile report generation can organize your data in any manner you choose. Here are a Few of the Many Uses of Digital Diary: Business, Sales, and Consulting: Ñ Project activities and decisions Ñ Upcoming deadlines, meetings, and appointments Ñ Telephone and meeting records Ñ Discussions with suppliers, consultants, clients and co-workers Ñ Decisions made and communicated to clients, co-workers, and subordinates Ñ Directions received from clients, authorities, and management Ñ Decision / activity 'streams' relating to issues within a project Academic and Scientific: Ñ Experiment progress notes Ñ On-going research projects Educational: Ñ Individual student progress diary Home and Personal: Ñ Personal projects and hobbies Ñ Special events (weddings, holidays, family reunions, etc.) Some Unsolicited Comments from Users: "I've downloaded and am using your Digital Diary and I like it a lot." M. Sher, U.S.A. "I have just used Digital Diary. It's so wonderful. I have been searching for such a program as Digital Diary because I want to manage concurrent projects." T. Takashina, Japan "I discovered your product Digital Diary on the MacUser Internet site and since using the product, I have been ecstatic. Finally, I've found a piece of commercial software that enables me to organize my life the way I desire. Digital Diary is absoluteley wonderful." J. Russell, Ph. D., San Francisco, CA ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/app/digital-diary-303.hqx; 1190 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 2002 From: Michael Tsai To: Subject: [*] DropDMG-1.7.3.dmg DropDMG is the easiest way to create ".dmg" and ".img" disk images on Mac OS X. It can encrypt images and post-process them with GZip or MacBinary. It also supports segmented images and images that auto-open when you mount them. All the options are available from AppleScript. DropDMG is robust and has no trouble handling folders with spaces, quotation marks, dollar signs, or other "special" characters. It even works without Mac OS X's optional "BSD Subsystem" installation. Full documentation is included in PDF and Apple Help formats. New in this Version: - Fixed several bugs in 1.7. See the release notes for details. More Information: [Archived as /info-mac/disk/drop-dmg-173.hqx; 716 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Aug 2002 From: Mike B To: Subject: [*] Econ Calculator Deluxe 1.5.1 Carbon Econ Calculator 1.5.1 Carbon - English version 22/08/2002 -The program This is the Deluxe version of Econ Calculator which is a simple to use calculator having three calculation modes, normal calculator, calculator with tape (simulated paper roll) or calculator with tape running in Adding machine mode. This version allows the user to round from an integer "0" decimal places through to 6 and offers a "Fixed" decimal setting that auto rounds to 2 decimal places. The calculator can be "Iconized" to a global button and has many more options of user customization. This is a shareware program with a price of US$15. -Changes 1# Total interface redesign. 2# File saving with the option to enable or disable. 3# Saved files can be opened in Econ Calculator Deluxe and added to or printed out at a later date. 4# Sub total button added for normal and Adding machine mode Tape calculations. 5# Option to select separate font and font sizes. 6# Multiple calculations can now be made in what was single calculation mode. 7# Option to add date. Comments or line breaks to the tape. 8# Versions now available for both OS Classic and OSX. 9# Many other useful changes that make Econ Calculator a much better calculator. -Requirements: Power Mac OSX (10.1x) and/or can be run on Classic OS9x with CarbonLib installed. -Compressed BinHex size: -2.9MB -This program can be used on CD distribution. -Web: http://www.econsoftware.com/ -Enquires and questions should be directed to: mailto:econ@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/econ-calculator-dlx-151-x.hqx; 2977 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Aug 2002 From: Mike B To: Subject: [*] Econ Calculator Deluxe 1.5.1 Classic Econ Calculator 1.5.1 Classic - English version 22/08/2002 -The program This is the Deluxe version of Econ Calculator which is a simple to use calculator having three calculation modes, normal calculator, calculator with tape (simulated paper roll) or calculator with tape running in Adding machine mode. This version allows the user to round from an integer "0" decimal places through to 6 and offers a "Fixed" decimal setting that auto rounds to 2 decimal places. The calculator can be "Iconized" to a global button and has many more options of user customization. This is a shareware program with a price of US$15. -Changes 1# Total interface redesign. 2# File saving with the option to enable or disable. 3# Saved files can be opened in Econ Calculator Deluxe and added to or printed out at a later date. 4# Sub total button added for normal and Adding machine mode Tape calculations. 5# Option to select separate font and font sizes. 6# Multiple calculations can now be made in what was single calculation mode. 7# Option to add date. Comments or line breaks to the tape. 8# Versions now available for both OS Classic and OSX. 9# Many other useful changes that make Econ Calculator a much better calculator. -Requirements: Power Mac running OS8 or above, not OSX compatible. -Compressed BinHex size: -2.7MB -This program can be used on CD distribution. -Web: http://www.econsoftware.com/ -Enquires and questions should be directed to: mailto:econ@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/econ-calculator-dlx-151-ppc.hqx; 2799 K] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Aug 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] FileBuddy 7.2.2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the FileBuddy package. File Buddy is quite simply the best utility available for working with files and folders on your Macintosh. First released more than nine years ago, it has been continually enhanced, improved, and supported since that time. File Buddy 7 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with Mac OS X or Mac OS 9 and CarbonLib 1.5 or later. File Buddy 6 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with System 7.6 or later. File Buddy 5 is available for 68K Macintoshes. * View and edit a wide range of file and folder information in the info window. * Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders. * Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel. * Use the Rename window to modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files. Replace characters in multiple names. * Use contextual menus to accomplish many tasks in a single step. * Create custom icons: from PICTs on the clipboard; from the contents of graphics files and, with Mac OS X, PDF files; from other icons; for folders using a variety of templates; with blank icons; using only small icons. View complete icon families with the icon family viewer. * Create aliases. * Find empty files and folders, orphaned files, duplicate files, broken aliases, and unused preference files. * Automatically repair broken aliases * Move, delete, and copy files. Even copy invisible files and use the Replace Different option to skip copying files that already exist. * Delete data and resource forks from files. * Erase files, entire folders, and unused disk space to avoid unauthorized recovery of deleted files. * Create snapshots that can be used to track the changes on a disk, such as files installed by an installer. Use snapshots to uninstall applications. * Much, much more... [Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-722-jp.hqx; 1471 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Aug 2002 From: Federico Filipponi To: Subject: [*] MacPipes X 1.0.1 MacPipes is a classic arcade puzzle in which you have to build a pipeline of required length connecting pipe parts within a time limit. The new version of MacPipes requires a PowerPC processor and runs on Mac OS 8.6/9.x with CarbonLib and natively on Mac OS X. Since it is a complete rewriting of the original game, I decided to add a 'X' to the name and restart version numbering from 1.0.0 System requirements: PowerPC processor, Mac OS 8.6 or later. For Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x only: 3 MBytes free memory, CarbonLib 1.1 or later, Sound Manager 3.0 or later. Recommended configuration: Mac OS X 10.1 or later. What's new in MacPipes 1.0.1 * Fixed a bug that caused some items in the Apple and Application menu to appear in Italian on Mac OS X. This happened bacause the default country code for the application was erroneously set to Italy (4). Now it is set to USA (0). * The registered user name was not shown immediately in the title screen after entering the registration code. Fixed. * On Classic Mac OS only all animations are stopped when tracking the menubar to avoid drawing over the menu (this bug does not affect Mac OS X). * The game now pauses when the main window is collapsed (or 'docked' on Mac OS X). * The main window position is now saved when quitting and restored when starting the game application. * A few small bug fixes and code improvements. * Added a question about "one-way" pipe segments to the FAQ file. [Archived as /info-mac/game/macpipes-x-101.hqx; 906 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Aug 2002 From: Greg Scown To: Subject: [*] Page Sender 2.0 - now with fax modem receive, Jaguar support & more Page Sender 2.0 updates Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-Email (PDF) utility with fax modem receive, custom cover pages, AppleScript automation, and Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) support. Fax or E-mail anything you can print on Mac OS X with Page Sender, which makes sending documents and receiving faxes as easy as making a paper airplane. Page Sender presents a fully-functional fax or E-mail envelope when you print - just fill in the envelope, click "Print", and your document is on its way. Page Sender can send & receive documents using your fax modem or send via eFax, jConnect or EasyLink. Page Sender E-mails printouts as Portable Document Files (PDF), viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Requirements: - Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later, including Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) - Send from any Mac OS X application (Classic & Mac OS 9 not supported) - Send via these E-mail applications: Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail - Drag & drop support for these address books: Address Book, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, PowerMail (and vCard files) - Fax support for these services: Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink You can find the latest version of Page Sender and technical support at: http://www.smilesoftware.com/pagesender.html Page Sender costs US $29.95 and may be purchased from itself or from: http://store.eSellerate.net/s.asp?s=STR420897976 Page Sender is produced by: Smile Software 21265 Stevens Creek Blvd #205-356 Cupertino, CA 95014 We welcome your inquiries and feedback at: pagesender@smilesoftware.com (attention: Greg Scown) [Archived as /info-mac/prn/page-sender-20.hqx; 2290 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Aug 2002 From: Greg Scown To: Subject: [*] Page Sender 2.0J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Page Sender package. Page Sender 2.0 updates Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-Email (PDF) utility with fax modem receive, custom cover pages, AppleScript automation, and Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) support. Fax or E-mail anything you can print on Mac OS X with Page Sender, which makes sending documents and receiving faxes as easy as making a paper airplane. Page Sender presents a fully-functional fax or E-mail envelope when you print - just fill in the envelope, click "Print", and your document is on its way. Page Sender can send & receive documents using your fax modem or send via eFax, jConnect or EasyLink. Page Sender E-mails printouts as Portable Document Files (PDF), viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Requirements: - Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later, including Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) - Send from any Mac OS X application (Classic & Mac OS 9 not supported) - Send via these E-mail applications: Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail - Drag & drop support for these address books: Address Book, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, PowerMail (and vCard files) - Fax support for these services: Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink You can find the latest version of Page Sender Japanese and technical support at: http://www.bridge1.com [Archived as /info-mac/prn/page-sender-20-jp.hqx; 2141 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 2002 From: Iain Bethune To: Subject: [*] Patience 1.2 Patience 1.2 is the card game Patience (also known as Klondike and Solitaire) for Mac OS X. As well as allowing the user to play the game, it also supports custom backgrounds and card sets. 10 alternative backgrounds and 2 card sets are provided for download with the game. The game is distributed as freeware, and includes a manual in PDF format. Patience 1.2 may be copied, as long as the original documentation is kept with the copy. More information can be obtained from http://www.pyramid-productions.net or by emailing the author: iain@pyramid-productions.net Patience 1.2 is the card game Patience (also known as Klondike and Solitaire) for Mac OS X. As well as allowing the user to play the game, it also supports custom backgrounds and card sets. 10 alternative backgrounds and 2 card sets are provided for download with the game. The game is distributed as freeware, and includes a manual in PDF format. Patience 1.2 may be copied, as long as the original documentation is kept with the copy. More information can be obtained from http://www.pyramid-productions.net or by emailing the author: iain@pyramid-productions.net [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/patience-12.hqx; 2315 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 2002 From: Pandaa To: Subject: [*] Shiidiideetabeesu 1.0 Shiidiideetabeesu is a record register Macintosh application. With it, you can keep a searchable database of all your CDs and LPs complete with cover images. Personally, I find it most useful to keep track of how many CDs I have! ^^ Shiidiideetabeesu is not meant as a tool to organize your mp3 collection. System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.0 or higher. Freeware by Pandaa / Mashiro na Zenshi e-mail: pandaa@swipnet.se www: http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-34826/ [Archived as /info-mac/data/shiidiideetabeesu-10.hqx; 530 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 2002 From: Randall Voth To: Subject: [*] Synk 4.0.1 Synk is a backup and synchronization program. It was written using Project Builder and requires Mac OS X 10.1 or greater. As of version 4.0.1, Synk and its source code have been placed into the public domain. Please make use of this code and release improvements in any way you see fit. Derivative software will be owned by you. No credit is required or even desired by the original author of Synk. The author hopes that this source code will be useful to the Macintosh community and will be employed in the spirit with which it is given. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/synk-401.hqx; 742 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Aug 2002 From: Dawn MacLaughlin To: Subject: [*] UNO 2.1.1 UNO is a game for two or more players in which the object is to get rid of all your cards before your opponent does. If you are the first player to go out, you are awarded the point values of all the cards still held by other players. The first player to reach a certain number of points (usually 500) wins. UNO uses a special deck of 108 cards that features number cards (0 through 9) and word cards. Word cards cause special actions when played (such as reversing the direction of play or causing an opponent to pick up cards and lose a turn). Each card in the deck belongs to one of four colors: Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow (colors are analogous to suits in a standard deck of cards) - except for wild cards, which have no specific color. A legal play essentially involves matching the color, number, or word of the previously played card. UNO features: * 2-4 player action * a variety of options to tailor game play and appearance * save/load game capability * on-line help, including detailed description of the rules of play * tracking of your win percentage Changes in version 2.1.1: On the Mac OS X platform, Options are now accessed via the Preferences menu item in the Application menu. Fixed a bug where, under certain conditions, the first player in a new game would incorrectly lose a turn. Changes in version 2.1: Control over the message font. Control over the mouse click between turns. New game option: OK to play Wild Draw Four card anytime? Normally, a Wild Draw Four card can only be played if you don't have any cards that match the color of the discard (see Rules). By turning this option on, you eliminate that restriction so that you can play a Wild Draw Four card anytime. New game option: Players must keep picking up until they have a card to play? This option affects the rules for picking up cards from the deck. Normally, if you have a card that you can play, you must play it - you can't pick up from the deck. If you don't have a playable card, you pick up ONE card from the deck - if you can't play this card, your turn ends. When this option is turned on, you can pick up cards from the deck even if you have a card that you can play. You can keep picking up cards until you have a card that you want to play. You must play a card to end your turn. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/uno-211.hqx; 592 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Aug 2002 From: Slovis Software To: Subject: [*] VideoPoker 5000 1.1 Video Poker 5000 is made to be just like Video Poker in the casinos. This is the best way to gamble, spend no money (other than the minimal registration fee) and beat the odds by not losing any real money! You'd best be a good gambler to keep yourself in the earnings. Choose to have up to 4 different characters and have it save all your earnings or loses for another time. This game is easy to use and has quick play to keep things a' rollin. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/video-poker-5000-11.hqx; 1650 K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:14:49 -0700 From: Kee Nethery To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Recommendations for Software firewall? >Hi Everyone, > >I have recently joined the cable modem generation, and feel a little >nervous being online most of the day. I thought that I should probably >set up a software firewall, and have tried the "NetBarrier" >(http://www.intego.com/) free 30 day demo. It seems OK- but hard to >prove that it "works", and at US$60, maybe a bit expensive. > >And Zonealarm does not make a Mac product. I'm running a beige G3 Mac >under 8.6. Does anyone have any other products to recommend? I think >Norton makes something, but they don't have a free demo. > >TIA, >Carolyn I know this is not what you asked but if you are going to get a firewall I suggest you get a hardware firewall, something like the Sonic Systems SoHo firewall. With a software firewall you never know if your machine has been compromised and your firewall disabled. With a hardware firewall, odds are slim that some kind of virus or hacker is going to gain control of it and turn it off. Since you say you are running 8.6 and not Mac OS X, I'd say don't bother with a firewall. Just turn off all incoming connections, Guest access in file sharing, that kind of thing. The Classic Mac OS is pretty secure. Mac OS X is unix and in my opinion it is way more secure than Windows but not as secure as the Classic Mac OS. Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:57:16 -0400 From: Gordon Orriell To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Date in menu bar on Mac OSX I must be missing something as I cannot change the date format in the Menu Bar in Mac OSX. Can one of your subscribers he4lp me to change the firmat from US to British. I have followed Apple's instructions but to no avail. Gordon Orriell Thornhill Ontario CANADA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:07:02 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Info-Mac Digest Subject: Email spam On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:14:36 -0400, k44h wrote: >After reading Adam's article in a recent MacWorld and in an effort to start >eliminating spam I googled my email address (not the one I'm now using) and >discovered 6 hits - all info-mac archive items. Is there a way to clear out >email addresses from those files? It's a good idea not to use the main mail address in newsgroups and archived lists like the info-mac. Either get some "disposable" addresses (like from yahoo, hotmail, and other free services). If you are in the lucky situation to have access to an own mail server - such as I am - you can also create an "alias" to the real address and change this from time to time. If you look at my address here, I use . christian is the real mailbox name, and rumantsch.ch is the real domain. The numerals 020626 indicate that this alias has been created on the 26th of June 2002, and after two or three months, this gets changed to another sequence. The frequency of these changes depends on how much spams comes in. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Hilfe f’r Strassenkinder in Ghana: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:47:44 -0700 From: Denny Davis To: Info-Mac Subject: Microsoftdialoglin At 2:39 PM -0400 on 07/26/02, Catherine Good wittily wrote: >I am trying to open some microsoft word files that were burned to a CD. >Each time I attempt to open the file, I get the message "can't find >MicrosoftDialogLib." Microsoft Word works just fine for all my other >files, but I can't open the word files on the CD. Can you help me? Have you tried copying the file to your hard drive and then attempting to open the file? <<<>>> Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ("`-''-/").___ ..- -''"`.. _ ( 6_ 6 ) `-. ( ``-._.-`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `.'``-..-' ` `_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' ((((,-'' ((((,' (((.-' fl Blessings cat ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:29:36 +0300 From: marlaw To: Subject: Net Connection OS X + USB I am having a devil of a time trying to solve an Internet Connect problem in Mac OS X.1.5: I am able to connect to my ISP and get through authentication using my NetMod ISDN terminal device via the USB with all the latest relevant scripts and software, however whenever I try to do anything like retrieve mail or connect to a website, I get the error message that the specified server cannot be found. And Internet Connect soon after logs me off saying that there is no response from the other computer. If I switch over to OS 9.2.2, I have no problem connecting using the identical connections and hardware, so obviously the problem is OS X-related. Is this a firewall issue that I need to fix or what? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:46:29 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Recommendations for Software firewall? The Info-Mac Network wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have recently joined the cable modem generation, and feel a little > nervous being online most of the day. Are you running OS9.2 or lower? Turn off guest file sharing, or file sharing altogether if you don't use it, and be done with it. At that point your mac is invulnerable. A firewall for a Mac is simply a waste of money on snake oil products. There are no services to be hacked on a Mac running a classic OS. If you're running OSX and aren't allowing FTP, telnet or ssh logins to your computer (which is how it comes configured, you would have had to deliberately enable this) keep up with the security patches, and the firewall built into OSX will do just fine. You can download Brickhouse, for a GUI interface to run it. http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/brickhouse.html -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:05:56 -0400 From: Dwight Early To: gcbarry , digest@info-mac.org Subject: Recommendations for Software firewall? Two suggestions. First, if you have more than one computer, then get a router. Recommend Asante 3400 series. I have one and it works great. Second, if you only have one computer, then recommend Sustainable Softworks IPNetSentry . I put it on my daughters' computers when they were in college. Highly recommend it. However, it's only OS 7.6.1 thru 9.x. For OS X, there is IPNetSentryX, which is in beta, that acts as a GUI front end to the UNIX firewall build into X. Good luck. --Dwight At 10:21 PM -0400 8/14/02, gcbarry wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I have recently joined the cable modem generation, and feel a little >nervous being online most of the day. I thought that I should probably >set up a software firewall, and have tried the "NetBarrier" >(http://www.intego.com/) free 30 day demo. It seems OK- but hard to >prove that it "works", and at US$60, maybe a bit expensive. > >And Zonealarm does not make a Mac product. I'm running a beige G3 Mac >under 8.6. Does anyone have any other products to recommend? I think >Norton makes something, but they don't have a free demo. > >TIA, >Carolyn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:45:06 -0700 From: Denny Davis To: Info-Mac Subject: Sound question At 1:41 PM -0700 on 07/25/02, Cheryl Peters wittily wrote: >I used to have a little app that would locate sound files on CD-Roms >and "suck" them out into a folder. I can't even remember what it was >called. Does anyone know where I might locate such a beast? > >TIA, >-- >Cher >"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." Ambrose Bierce I would suggest SoundExtractor 1.3.1 by Alberto Ricci >From his read me: SoundExtractor is shareware and copyright by Alberto Ricci. If you use it or keep it, please send me $5 (checks or cash). If you think that's too much, send me whatever you think it's worth, or a postcard, but please do send me something. My address is: Alberto Ricci Corso De Gasperi, 45 10129 Torino, Italy I'd also be very glad to receive suggestions, bug reports, etc.. You can reach me on the Internet at: aricci@kagi.com Check out my home page for other cool software: http://www.silene.it/aricci/ <<<+=+=+=>>> Not sure if his site still exists or not, try looking for it on thje info-mac mirror sites, check the web site, etc. if you can not find it, let me know and I will send it to you if you ask nicely. :-} <<<>>> Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. 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