... Apple does recommend rebuilding the Desktop file once a month. At least it did for OS 9: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10182 The need to...
3064
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 3, 2006 3:57 am
... I think that I just found a big benefit of rebuilding one's Desktop. I just did it, because we were talking about it and I haven't done it in ages. I...
3065
RBRoufberg@...
rbroufberg
Jul 3, 2006 5:35 pm
... Why would it one use such a program as Claris Emailer? Doesn't the Mac have a built-in rebuilder? Ruth R. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
3066
Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
pjonescet
Jul 3, 2006 6:05 pm
To do the more thorough Desktop rebuild in find file turn on invisible. Then type "desktop". should be two desktop Desktop Desktop db was one and I belive...
3067
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 3, 2006 6:15 pm
... I think there are a lot of people who have a new machine and know their way around OSX, but who still use, and want to continue to use, a classic program...
3068
Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
pjonescet
Jul 3, 2006 6:46 pm
Is there a Benign equivelent for OSX. OSX on my G4-500 act like OS9 did when desktop ws in need of rebuilding desktop. I do The cron activities and Run Disk...
3069
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 3, 2006 8:38 pm
... When you use WordPerfect, the application draws a document on screen, with data represented in a way that makes sense to us. The Finder does this too, its...
3070
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 4, 2006 3:03 am
... These are good support pages - better than what I posted (before reading them, naturally). ... Do you mean just files to be opened by Classic programs, or...
3071
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 4, 2006 7:12 am
... That's an excellent question. It would seem to me that it is "all files and all applications." OS 9's Desktop database doesn't just keep track of classic...
3072
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 4, 2006 7:16 am
... There is no equivalent to rebuilding the Desktop for OS X, as OS X is supposed to take care of such things automatically. Unfortunately, in earlier...
3073
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 7, 2006 3:11 am
CrossOver Office from CodeWeavers http://www.codeweavers.com is an amazing piece of software for Intel-based Macintoshes that allows you to run Windows...
3074
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 7, 2006 5:02 am
... Now, IMHO, we're very respectable here. But I couldn't sleep last night, wondering what we're doing wrong. John R....
3075
John Sandel
grendelicious
Jul 7, 2006 5:12 am
Well, just speaking for myself AND THE REST OF THE SANE WORLD, I'd say your principal fault lies in not buying into this lonely person's psychodrama, for which...
3076
Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Jul 7, 2006 3:41 pm
Hi, Randy, Have you had a chance to actually use the Mac version? I have been waiting for the release to give it a shot. Didn't see anything on their website...
3077
Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
pjonescet
Jul 7, 2006 3:52 pm
If he is a new adopter of a Mac. He expects a Mac Version of WP just like on the other Computer OS's out their on other platforms. So he comes to a group so...
3078
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 7, 2006 3:54 pm
... It was late . . . my sarcasm was subtle . . . John R....
3079
Ford Davis
listguest
Jul 7, 2006 4:01 pm
You are doing NOTHING wrong! I joined getting Wordperfect restored for an educator, the license numbers lost for her CDs. I did that and have been silent and...
3080
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 7, 2006 6:08 pm
... No, I haven't. Actually I was passing the information on from an attorney who brought it to my attention. He really wants CrossOver Office to run WP/Win...
3081
Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Jul 7, 2006 6:18 pm
Oh, I was hoping you might have gotten an advanced copy or preview, given your prominence in the Mac world. I hope it works well, but in my somewhat limited...
3082
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 7, 2006 6:40 pm
... This is a good resource. I just added the link to the Links section here. Randy, do you have a page like it for OS 7-9? I can't find one on your site's...
3083
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 7, 2006 7:12 pm
... Thanks! I've spent the last few weeks drastically updating that site, and I just put it online yesterday. I still intend to update it more this weekend. ...
3084
linda4unity
Jul 8, 2006 11:36 pm
Ha - got your attention! Okay, here's the situation. I use a Mac (and have for many years) and I'm trying to help a friend who uses Windows and WordPerfect 12....
3085
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 8, 2006 11:41 pm
... Searching Yahoo groups for "wordperfect" returned two Windows-based groups, wordperfectusers and ilovewordperfect. A larger site with ten forums is...
3086
Randy B. Singer
randy@...
Jul 9, 2006 9:15 am
... The free Windows program Anything2PDF is very popular. It can convert just about any file into a PDF. http://www.egynile.org/products.php (Free...
3087
Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Jul 9, 2006 4:37 pm
WP12Win will write to pdf all by itself. I don't have my Windows notebook handy, but I think the command is "File/Publish to PDF" or something like that....
3088
Edward Mendelson
em315
Jul 10, 2006 8:25 pm
I've been updating my set of John's terrific conversions filters, and have a question about the WP 2-3>Word converter. The Read Me says it goes in Word's...
3089
Douglas Bouley
djbouley
Jul 10, 2006 9:04 pm
As far as I know, the only actively supported platform for WP is now Windows. Not sure what "other platforms" you/he would mean. While I agree that is rather...
3090
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 10, 2006 10:45 pm
... Therein lie some tales . . . I understand that WP took a long time making it to Windows because WP programmers couldn't figure out how to keep the...
3091
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 10, 2006 10:55 pm
... Let me try to track down where I got that from. John R....
3092
John Rethorst
jrethorst
Jul 10, 2006 11:09 pm
... I think that WP 3.0, released a few months after Word 6, briefly led the market. Mac users were very unhappy with Word 6; Macworld recommended WP 3 as the...
