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These tips and treats have been put together to help other Macintosh users. In most cases I have tested them out on my Performa 575 equivalent machine running system 8.1 and or my G3 running system 9.1
I can not guarantee they will all work on all machines and systems. If you have any tips you would like added to this list please send them to me.
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Have fun and don't forget to send in that tip.
Email Mike


'Easy Open'
When you receive a document that was created with an application you don't have on your computer, Mac OS Easy Open if you have it and switched on will give you a choice of Applications that may open the document. Once you have chosen an Application to use, the document will either open, or if you chose the wrong one, not open. If you chose one that did not open the document this is a real pain as the next time you try to open using a different application you are not given a choice of Applications to use. This is easily fixed. Go to your control panel and open Mac OS Easy Open and check, Always show Dialogue box with a x. Now once you have the ducument open, save. If you don't save, the dialogue box will always appear when you have the Always show dialogue box checked.


'Ejecting a CD'
If the CD will not eject. The last resort is to insert a paper clip into the hole under the CD drive and apply pressure to release the CD.


'Ejecting a Floppy'
Holding down Command+Shift+1 or 2 will force a floppy to eject. Command+Shift+1 works on single floppy Macs while Command+Shift+2 ejects the second floppy drive contents on twin floppy Macs.


'Ejecting a Floppy'
If the floppy will not eject. The last resort is to insert a paper clip into the hole under the floppy drive and apply pressure to release the floppy.


'Email Address book'
Transferring your address book from Netscape to Outlook Express.
Open up your address book in Netscape and select all. This will highlight all your addresses. Now hold your mouse down on your addresses and drag to your desktop. All your addresses will be stacked on top of each other on your desktop.
Now open your address book in Outlook Express.
The stack of addresses on your desktop by holding your mouse down and dragging over the stack, will select the complete stack of addresses.
Now hold your mouse down on the stack and drag to your Outlook Express address book. You now have a duplicate of all your Netscape addresses in Outlook Express.
To transfer to Eudora, transfer to Outlook as above first. Once you have your addresses into Outlook, you open Eudora and from the file menu open Import Mail. You then click on to import Outlook. Eudora will only recognize Outlook version 5.
This will not work with Netscape version 7


'Emailer Default'
How to choose which emailer you use with your browser.
Go to your Apple menu and then Control Panels and then Internet. In the panel that opens click on the Email button. You will see all your account and notification details here. Down the bottom you will see your default email application. To change it just select which emailer you wish to use, or select the Select button to find which one to use. Once selected this will be your default emailer.
Default Browser.
This can also be chosen by clicking on the Web button.


'Email File Name Extensions'
When sending an attachment to a Windows computer, it is necessary to add a dot then a 3 letter extension to the end of the file name. Without this, Windows will not be able to recognise the programme that the file was created with. Knowing some of the common file extensions will also help you identify attachments you've received.
Here is a list of the most common file extensions:
.aiff .av .mid .mpeg .wav These are all sound files.

.cwk Clarisworks file.

.doc Microsoft Word.

.exe If you ever receive one of these, trash it. It is a program that will only work on a Windows computer. It could be a game, or maybe a virus, but either way it won't work on your Mac.

.fp3 .fp5 FileMaker Pro files.

.htm .html Web pages - these will open in your web browser.

.pdf Acrobat reader.

.bmp .gif .jpg .pict .png .tif .wmf These are all graphic files - use PictureViewer or Graphic Converter or another graphics program.

.avi .mov These are movie files.

.ram Real Player files.

.bin .hqx .sea .sit .zip These are all compressed or encoded files. Stuffit Expander can be used to extract the original file.

.xls Microsoft Excel.


'Email Fonts too Small'
If you are like me and find the emails you receive are too small to read comfortably, do what I do. In Netscape go to the Edit menu, then Preferences then Fonts. Where on the right you see the font size, scroll the bottom one to read 14 and then click on OK. While you are there make sure at the bottom you have where it says Use page specified fonts including dynamic fonts, you have this ticked. After you have clicked on OK open one of your emails to see the change you have made. This will only affect plain text emails. Change the size to suit. I have mine set to: The top size set to 14 and the bottom one set to 14. Most of you will probably be happy for them both to be set this way.
See also 'Browser Preferences'


'Email Pictures From Web'
This has the benefit of not actually sending images via the web but sending a reference to where the image actually is. If you want to email a picture from a web site do this in Netscape or Icab.
Find the image you want to pass on the address for. Control-click on the image and hold down your mouse, or just hold down your mouse. Now choose from the contextual menu- "Copy this image location". You can now paste this into your email. In explorer (or anything without the copy image location option) control-click on the image and choose "open image in new window". Now select and copy the address from the location bar at the top of the screen. The person when receiving the email can download the image by clicking on the reference address.


'Emails Saving'
Outlook Express
If you want to save all the emails you have into a folder on your desktop. Create a new folder on your desktop.
Open up the folder you have the emails in. Select all. Then hold your mouse down on the emails and drag to your new folder on the desktop. Now you can put this folder containing all your emails into your personal folder.
Eudora
The same applies to Eudora except there is no need to create a folder on your desktop as Eudora automatically does it for you.


'Emails Sending to a Group'
Tested using Netscape 7.02
If you want to send to a group of people on a regular basis then create a list of these people.
To Create a List
Open up your address book and from the top click on New List. At the top of the frame that opens make sure the address book you want to create the list in is showing. Fill in all the necessary information and click on OK. To add an address to this list just drag from your address book to the list icon to the left.
To Send to a Group.
Open a new message and type in the nickname of the group and at the left click on Bcc instead of To. In the Subject line type in the name of the group. Type your email and send.
I do it this way so no email addresses are shown. If you send one using the To, to yourself and the list to Bcc then everyone will get an email addressed to yourself. If you send the list using the To then everyone will see all email addresses. If you send the list using the Cc then once again all will see everyone's email address.
All List emails send using Bcc.


'Email Templates'
In your email programme you will have an In folder, Out folder, Sent folder, Trash folder, Draft folder and any other folders you may have created.
If you have a Template folder you may find in here a number of already created email templates. You can create as many email templates as you wish and place in this folder.
Any emails you send using emails from the template folder will leave the email in the template folder for further use. When using a template email you can add to it or delete from it anything you wish and still leave the original in tact.
If you send similar emails on a regular basis to friends or clients this may be a useful feature.


'Erasing a Floppy'
To erase a floppy as it is loaded into your computer Hold down Command+Option+Tab as you load it. This will bring up a menu which gives you the choice of erasing the floppy.


'Error Codes Macintosh/Power Macintosh'
Application Unexpectedly Quit. Applications quit without warning when they either run out of memory or encounter a conflict with an incompatible (usually out-of-date) system extension.

TYPE 1 Errors often mean your program ran out of memory. The application tried to access a chunk of memory that didn't exist or needed more RAM than was available. You can remedy the problem by allocating more memory to the program, adding more RAM to the system, or simply restarting your Mac so the RAM available is in one continuous chunk.

TYPE 2 Errors are also related to memory use. The Mac tried to store a chunk of data in an address that couldn't hold it.

TYPE 3 Errors are called an illegal instruction errors. It means the Mac tried to execute an instruction that isn't part of its standard vocabulary. The cause may be an out-of-date system extension or hard disk driver.

Errors 17-24. These errors indicate that the Mac tried to access one of the standard routines in the System file and couldn't find it. In all probability, that means you have a corrupted System file. Try installing a new System file to replace the damaged one.

Error 25. Once again, you've run out of RAM.

Errors 26, 27, 30, 31. Apple says these errors tend to appear when your System file has got mangled. Replace it.

Error 28. This error is accompanied by the message "Stack ran into heap," but that's just another way of saying you ran out of memory.

Type 11 Error. Don't look for specifics here. On a Power Mac, a Type 11 error can mean almost anything. It simply refers to an error that occurred in reading native PowerPC code. Usually it means a bus error, an address error, or an illegal instruction.

Error -39. A -39 error is usually accompanied by the message "end of file" or "no additional data in the format." This error points in the general direction of a corrupted file. It means that the Mac started to process a file but couldn't finish reading it. If you encounter this message at start-up, it could mean that the Launcher has become corrupted. All you have to do is drag the Launcher control panel into the Trash and reinstall it.

Error type 119 after Installing ATM in Mac OS 9
When you start the Macintosh after installing Adobe Type Manager (ATM) 4.5.1 or earlier, Mac OS 9 returns the error, "Sorry, a system error occurred. '~ATM' error type 119.
Temporarily turn off extensions, restart and hold down the Shift key."

You installed ATM by itself or with another Adobe application.

Solutions Do one of the following:
Solution 1
Disable the ATM control panel and then install ATM 4.6:
1. Restart the Macintosh while holding down the space bar.
2. When Extensions Manager appears, deselect ~ATM in the Control Panels section and then click Continue.
3. Install ATM 4.6, which you can obtain as follows: - If you use ATM Light, you can download ATM Light 4.6 from Adobe's Web site at
http://www.adobe.com/products/atmlight/main.html
If you use ATM Deluxe 4.0.x or earlier, you can upgrade to ATM 4.6. For more information, see Adobe's Web site at
http://www.adobe.com/products/atm/main.html.
If you use ATM Deluxe 4.5.x, you can download the ATM Deluxe 4.6 Update from Adobe's Web site at
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/8522.htm.

Note: The ATM Deluxe 4.6 Update requires that the ATM Deluxe 4.5.x control panel be in the Control Panels or Control Panels (Disabled) folder.
4. Restart the Macintosh and hold down the space bar.
5. When the Extensions Manager appears, select ~ATM in the Control Panels section and then click Continue.

Solution 2
Disable the ATM control panel.
1. Restart the Macintosh while holding down the space bar.
2. When the Extensions Manager appears, deselect ~ATM in the Control Panels section and then click Continue.

Note: When ATM is disabled, fonts lacking raster equivalents may appear jagged on-screen or when printed to non-PostScript printers. These fonts remain smooth, however, when used in applications that rasterize fonts internally (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe InDesign) or when printed to a PostScript printer.

Solution 3
Install Mac OS 8.6 or earlier.

Note: ATM 4.5.2 is not compatible with Mac OS 8.6 and earlier.

Additional Information

Adobe offers two versions of ATM: ATM Light and ATM Deluxe. Both versions smooth Type 1 PostScript fonts on-screen, but only ATM Deluxe provides advanced font management features. Mac OS 9 is incompatible with ATM 4.5.1 and earlier. To avoid conflict with these versions of ATM, the Mac OS 9 installer moves the ATM control panel to the Control Panels (Disabled) folder. Or, if you install ATM 4.5.1 or earlier after installing Mac OS 9, the system reports a Type 119 error when you restart the Macintosh. The installers for many Adobe applications install ATM Light during an easy or full install. With most of these applications, you can avoid installing ATM Light by choosing the Custom Install option and deselecting ATM in the Custom Install dialog box. The Adobe PageMaker installer, however, always installs ATM Light. To remove ATM Light after installing PageMaker, restart the computer with extensions off and drag the ATM control panel to the trash.
See also Memory


'Eudora Saving emails'
See Emails saving


'Favorites'
See Bookmarks and Apple Menu


 'Filemaker Data Base Buttons'
To make a Button that will perform a script. Go to the Layout mode. Now type in the name you want the button to be called. With the button highlighted go to the Format menu and click on Button. A box will appear and select Perform script. Now select the script you want the button to perform. Before a button can perform a scrip a script must be edited.
See also 'Data Base Scripts'


'Filemaker 'Data Base Saving'
FileMaker automatically saves as you work with it. You don't have to save when closing the document. Therefore it is a very good idea to keep a copy of the document before making any changes to it. Once you change a document you can not revert back to it's original. There is a however program called flashback that can recall all changes you ever make.


'Filemaker 'Data Base Scripts'
Before a script can be edited you must first manually perform the script that you intend to edit. Now go to the Script Menu and select ScriptMaker. At the bottom type in a name for the script and click on create. Now select what you want the script to perform. This will be the same as you manually took the script through.


'File Sharing'
To send a message to a person connected to your Mac
through File Sharing, first open the File Sharing control panel. Click on the Activity Monitor Tab. Hold down Option and double click on the person's name. A window will pop-up allowing you to type in a message to the selected person.


'Find'
Holding down Command+F will bring up the find menu.


'Folders Closing'
If you are using something deep down in your folders, it is sometimes a pain that every folder you have been into stays open. They don't have to. Hold your Option key down as you dive deeper and as you open another folder the previous one will close. If you dive too deep, hold down the command key + the up arrow to open the folder that has just closed.


'Folders New'
Holding down Command+N will create a new folder.


'Force Quitting a Programme'
Holding down Command+Option+Escape forces the current application to quit, bringing Up a dialogue box explaining that any unsaved work will be lost. This is useful when the application freezes and you need to save work in another application. You should restart as soon as possible as your Mac can be left in a rather unstable state.


'Fragmentation of Ram'
Your Ram has the invisible problem of memory fragmentation.
Each application you open requires a block or Ram memory. When you close down an application it leaves behind a marker. Other applications you open have to work around these markers. After opening and closing various applications your Ram becomes filled with markers. Although you have say 10mb of free Ram memory, when you try to open an application that requires 4mb of Ram you may get a notice saying you have not got enough memory to open the application, or the application will crash, or freeze. This is because every application has to have a continuous block of Ram, it can't jump around these markers to fit into spaces.
When this happens to you. Restart your computer. This will clear out all those markers.
A good idea is to open the largest and most used application for the day first and leave it open. If you close it and then open a smaller application, the smaller application will use the Ram that the larger one was using. You could now be stuck with not being able to open the larger one again without restarting.
The least amount of Ram memory you have the more you will encounter this problem.

See also Memory


'Freezes'
Holding down Command+Control+Power key on keyboard is handy to use when all else fails. This will shutdown and then restart the computer.


'Function Keys'
ALL the Function Keys on G3s and iMacs with OS 9 can be programmed for use in opening programmes, folders, files etc. The procedure is as follows:

Go to Control Panels then Keyboard to open the "Keyboard" dialogue box. Click on Function Keys to open the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue box. Click on one of the F-key buttons to open the "Assign" dialogue box and then go to the desired programme, folder or file and assign it to that key.

ALTERNATIVELY

Open the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue box, and then open the Hard Drive and go to the desired programme, folder or file. Drag the icon (NOT an Alias) into a slot in the "Hot Function Keys" dialogue box.

You may also get to your Function keys by clicking on your flag in the menu bar and then click on customize menu and then click on Function Keys.


'Get Info'
Holding down Command+I after clicking on a file you want the Info on will bring up the Get Info Box.


 

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