March 06
09/03/06 07:43
Q. I use Entourage from time to time, I find
I lose emails. How I re-use the database?
A. Make a back up of the database first, then, hold down alt (option) and launch the application. This launches the Database Utility. Consider backing up you Microsoft User Data folder first.
Q. Neo Office works OK as a replacement for MS Office. iWork, Text Edit, Open Office, ThinkFree Office can all write to Word/Excel etc format.
Q. Can PC users see Neo Office documents.
A. Yes if saved in a Microsoft format.
Q. I used to use BT for my ISP. BT has 3 prices but they didn’t support the Mac on their cheapest option, so I moved to Virgin. But now, although BT forwards everything to the Virgin account I get 2 emails of everything all the time. The only clue is that sometimes I get a single email, but that is from ‘mailer-daemon’ - with my name, but not from me...
A. Have you got both email addresses configured in your email program? Perhaps you are receiving twice because you are getting the same mail in both accounts! Also if you have two identical mails, you can check the header information to find out the origin of the email.
Q. Gmail question - can’t get it to download mails to Mail.
A. You have to log-in to Gmail and configure it to forward mail to a pop server. Google mail may have a SMTP server that is free to use world-wide.
Q. I got 207 emails in 1 go, and I usually get 15 a week. Some how the setting for the ‘remove copy from server’ had been turned off.
A. Turn it on!
Q. Have a daily cron task, the output is emailed to my account. But I can’t see them, but they do exist in the Terminal somewhere (var/etc/something).
A. May be filtered out. Try ‘Little Snitch’ to check outbound connections.
Q. I always turn my computer off at night, is that OK.
A. There are some maintenance routines that run at night, you are probably OK not to be running these. If you did want them to run, you can force them to run with a program like Onyx, MacJanitor, and Cocktail or there is are tools to change the time these tools are run. There are some benefits to leaving you Mac idle at times, it can run some tasks like defragging at this time. Some programs like EyeTV will wake up your Mac during the night to record programs.
Q. Safari is crashy on Intel Macs. Am I alone?
A. No, tends to crash when it is used too much. Try alternative browsers e.g. Firefox.
Q. Toast 8 has just come out. Problems with FireWire, seen on MacFixit? Any problems people are getting?
A. No... maybe wait for the next patch (8.1)
Q. Steve Jobs is having problems with share dealings.
A. We wish him the best. Eric Schmit (the one no-one recognised at the Xmas quiz) might take over!
A. Make a back up of the database first, then, hold down alt (option) and launch the application. This launches the Database Utility. Consider backing up you Microsoft User Data folder first.
Q. Neo Office works OK as a replacement for MS Office. iWork, Text Edit, Open Office, ThinkFree Office can all write to Word/Excel etc format.
Q. Can PC users see Neo Office documents.
A. Yes if saved in a Microsoft format.
Q. I used to use BT for my ISP. BT has 3 prices but they didn’t support the Mac on their cheapest option, so I moved to Virgin. But now, although BT forwards everything to the Virgin account I get 2 emails of everything all the time. The only clue is that sometimes I get a single email, but that is from ‘mailer-daemon’ - with my name, but not from me...
A. Have you got both email addresses configured in your email program? Perhaps you are receiving twice because you are getting the same mail in both accounts! Also if you have two identical mails, you can check the header information to find out the origin of the email.
Q. Gmail question - can’t get it to download mails to Mail.
A. You have to log-in to Gmail and configure it to forward mail to a pop server. Google mail may have a SMTP server that is free to use world-wide.
Q. I got 207 emails in 1 go, and I usually get 15 a week. Some how the setting for the ‘remove copy from server’ had been turned off.
A. Turn it on!
Q. Have a daily cron task, the output is emailed to my account. But I can’t see them, but they do exist in the Terminal somewhere (var/etc/something).
A. May be filtered out. Try ‘Little Snitch’ to check outbound connections.
Q. I always turn my computer off at night, is that OK.
A. There are some maintenance routines that run at night, you are probably OK not to be running these. If you did want them to run, you can force them to run with a program like Onyx, MacJanitor, and Cocktail or there is are tools to change the time these tools are run. There are some benefits to leaving you Mac idle at times, it can run some tasks like defragging at this time. Some programs like EyeTV will wake up your Mac during the night to record programs.
Q. Safari is crashy on Intel Macs. Am I alone?
A. No, tends to crash when it is used too much. Try alternative browsers e.g. Firefox.
Q. Toast 8 has just come out. Problems with FireWire, seen on MacFixit? Any problems people are getting?
A. No... maybe wait for the next patch (8.1)
Q. Steve Jobs is having problems with share dealings.
A. We wish him the best. Eric Schmit (the one no-one recognised at the Xmas quiz) might take over!