Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #151 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 29 Nov 01 Volume 18 : Issue 151 Today's Topics: (A) dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive [*] iGetter Download Manager for MacOS [*] iGetter Download Manager for MacOS X (version 1.5) [*] IGS Twisted 1.0 [*] SmartWrap 2.1J - Japanese Version [*] Textation 1.0.1 - QuickTime Text Track Editor - Feelorium [*] Watson 1.0 [A] dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive help in finding driver help in finding driver help in finding driver Mirror hard disk A good backup strategy 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. 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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #151" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:06:34 -0800 (PST) From: Tony Nony To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (A) dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive susan wrote: >which is better an external hard drive or a cd-rw for backup? The CD-RW has infinite and reliable but SLOOOW backup. For the same money, you can get a B-I-I-I-G HD and an ultrawide card ... and it's FAST. So, unless you are going to burn CD's for some reason other than backup, I'd go with the HD. I *really* hate backing up to CD. 630MB ain't that much any more. Tony ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: office@presenta.net To: Subject: [*] iGetter Download Manager for MacOS iGetter Download Manager for MacOS Version: 1.5 Release Date: 11/14/2001 iGetter is download and accelerator utility for MacOS and MacOS X. It has many useful functions like resuming broken downloads, segmented (accelerated) downloading, Internet browsers integration, queue filtering by various criteria, file mirrors support for additional acceleration, cookies support, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, reconnecting modems, hang up and shut down when the downloads are done. New In Version 1.5 iGetter 1.5 contains a number of enhancements and improvements over version PR1.4. Most notably are: - Included cookies support. Now you can download from servers that require cookies from your computer like MP3.com or other services. - New improved way of integration with Internet browsers using plug-in technology. - Included new function for searching of server mirrors for additional acceleration of downloads. System Requirements - Apple computer with PowerPC processor - MacOS 7.5.3 - 9.x - OpenTransport 1.1 or later Web Site: http://www.iGetter.net/ Pricing: iGetter 1.5 is shareware. iGetter can be evaluated for as long as needed to decide if it suits the users needs. All registered users will get free support by email and also free upgrades in the major 1.x versions. The registration fee for iGetter is $25 US. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/igetter-15.hqx; 1757 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: office@presenta.net To: Subject: [*] iGetter Download Manager for MacOS X (version 1.5) iGetter Download Manager for MacOS X Version: 1.5 Release Date: 11/14/2001 iGetter is download and accelerator utility for MacOS and MacOS X. It has many useful functions like resuming broken downloads, segmented (accelerated) downloading, Internet browsers integration, queue filtering by various criteria, file mirrors support for additional acceleration, cookies support, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, reconnecting modems, hang up and shut down when the downloads are done. New In Version 1.5 iGetter 1.5 contains a number of enhancements and improvements over version PR1.4. Most notably are: - Included cookies support. Now you can download from servers that require cookies from your computer like MP3.com or other services. - New improved way of integration with Internet browsers using plug-in technology. - Included new function for searching of server mirrors for additional acceleration of downloads. System Requirements - Apple computer with PowerPC processor - MacOS 7.5.3 - 9.x - OpenTransport 1.1 or later Web Site: http://www.iGetter.net/ Pricing: iGetter 1.5 is shareware. iGetter can be evaluated for as long as needed to decide if it suits the users needs. All registered users will get free support by email and also free upgrades in the major 1.x versions. The registration fee for iGetter is $25 US. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/igetter-15-x.hqx; 1869 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: MaxMac@aol.com To: Subject: [*] IGS Twisted 1.0 IGS Twisted is a MacOS X screen saver which goes in the screen saver folder. IGS Twisted is just a bunch of squares in 3D space (using OpenGL). The interesting part is the movement algorithm (independently developed). There are more than 12 different controls adapted to the "psychic vibes" surrounding your computer. Some say it synchronizes to any music playing but it may just be myth. Download and see for yourself. For permission to redistribute please contact me at javalizard@mac.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/igs-twisted-10.hqx; 47 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] SmartWrap 2.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the SmartWrap package. SmartWrap (tm) analyzes your text, detects paragraphs and lists within your text, and rewraps your text so it wraps naturally within your document or message. SmartWrap (tm) comes in many varieties so it's always available where you need it most. The following SmartWrap (tm) programs and plug-ins are available: Features: *SmartWrap (tm) Text Services Plug-in for MacOS X apps like TextEdit and Mail. (MacOS X) *SmartWrap (tm) Plug-in For Eudora (tm) and Eudora (tm) Light. (MacOS 8, 9 and X) *SmartWrap (tm) the Clipboard Application. (MacOS 8, 9 and X) *SmartWrap (tm) Plug-in For BBEdit (tm) , MailSmith (tm) , and CodeWarrior. (MacOS 8, 9 and X) *SmartWrap (tm) AppleScript Scripting Addition. (MacOS 8, 9 and X) *SmartWrap (tm) Extension for the Preditor Editor. (MacOS 8 and 9) *AppleScripts for use with Outlook Express, Claris E-Mailer, and PowerMail. (MacOS 8, 9 and X) New to 2.1: *Added an all new plug-in for RealBasic. *Incredible new icons for SmartWrap the Clipboard and the MacOS X Text Service (for MacOS X Only.) *Fixed problems with wrapping of some text art. *Where applicable, all resources made MacOS X compatible. *Added AppleScript support to the SmartWrap Preferences application. *Added advanced Smiley Detection and Protection Technology. :-) *Completely rewrote SmartWrap Text Service for MacOS X 10.1. *Cleaned up SmartWrap the Clipboard's interface. *SmartWrap the Clipboard can now handle more than 32,000 characters of text. *Maintaining trailing line break if there is one. *Removed all old 68K Macintosh support. [Archived as /info-mac/text/smart-wrap-21-jp.hqx; 2469 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: Feelorium To: Subject: [*] Textation 1.0.1 - QuickTime Text Track Editor - Feelorium Textation 1.0.1 (c) Copyright 2001 Feelorium Limited, All Rights Reserved. info@feelorium.com http://www.feelorium.com Textation is an easy to use QuickTime text track editor. Users simply point, click and type the text needed to display, without the need to manipulate text descriptors manually and type time codes one by one. Textation even checks the validity of time codes while users input data. Textation also supports creations of Chapter Tracks and HREF Tracks. It is easy to create these types of tracks in seconds using Textation. Users can also preview the resulting movie on the same editing window by just clicking a switch. System Requirements - Mac OS X 10.1 What's New - Textation now handles double-byte text samples correctly. - Textation now displays multiple languages font menu correctly. - Name of new text track is numbered. - Textation will not disable preview automatically after user changes settings. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/textation-101.hqx; 320 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Nov 2001 From: Dan Wood To: Subject: [*] Watson 1.0 Watson is an extendable application for Mac OS X that gives an "Aqua" user interface to a number of Internet-based services such as stock quotes, telephone lookup, and movie schedules. Watson functions much like Apple's Sherlock in that it bypasses the Web Browser for specific functionality. But instead of being a search engine, Watson connects to a handful of other useful services available on the Internet. Intended to complement the Web browser, Watson constructs a facade over certain services, collecting them in a single Mac OS X application. Watson speeds up navigation, since HTML does not need to be rendered on-screen and no superfluous graphics are transmitted over the Internet. Tools integrate with other Mac OS X applications such as TextEdit, Preview, and the Web browser. Most noticeable in Watson is the Aqua interface that one cannot find on a Web page. A user of the Yahoo! tool, for instance, browses categories using a "columns" view rather than a series of separate Web pages. Watson works on any version of Mac OS X, and a full-time Internet connection is recommended. A single-user license costs $29 and can be purchased via Kagi. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/watson-10.hqx; 732 K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:44:24 -0500 From: Ken Laskey To: digest@info-mac.org, susan mann Subject: [A] dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive I expect this could turn into a religious discussion with strong adherents to either side. My answer would be that the best solution is the one that has you backing up the most regularly. I have been backing up to a hard drive for years because (1) I can schedule it and it will run without my intervention and (2) the entire backup can run without me running around to see whether I have blank media somewhere (i.e., nothing like not backing up for a month because you haven't driven by the local Best Buy). Now my two points aren't entirely true because you do eventually fill the hard drive. I have my hard drive in two partitions, so when I fill one, I can start a new backup set on the other, giving me an active backup and an archive. With a cd/rw, you can easily transport the past backups offsite. Nice touch but would you do it? Also, the cd/rw approach gives you a much longer history. Would you organize that history or be frustrated by the ever growing pile of burned CDs? You'd have to check current costs to find at what point one solution is more cost effective than the other. There are also other factors. Do you have other needs for a cd/rw or is the total motivation backup? With a hard drive, you could create another partition to use for say archiving. Do you want to do this or is the total cost of the hard drive for backup? So the bottom line is: what do you want to do and which solution fits that? Hope this helps, -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:40:27 -0500 From: "Edward W. Ver Hoef" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: dilemma -cd-rw or hard drive On 25/11/01, Susan Mann wrote: > i was all set to buy a cd-rw for backup and then someone suggested to buy > another hard drive and hook it up externally to back up > i have a g3 wallstreet that has scsi ports/os9.1 > and a ibook that is usb 9.0 that i use occassionally > right now i am backing up on zip disks > if i bought a cd-rw i was going to get a buscard to make the g3 firewall and > buy a cd-rw that is both usb and firewall > which is better an external hard drive or a cd-rw for backup? I have been using CD-R with Retrospect and Retrospect Express for backup for about three or four years years. The media is quite inexpensive if you buy it in bulk (50 - 100 disk packs). Of course CD-RW drives can use CD-R disks. I like the idea that the data CANNOT possibly be over-written. There is always the risk that a disk can be scratched but I have never had that problem during the time I've been using this system. Whenever a given backup gets to be too big (typically over three disks, in my case), I start a new backup and archive the old one. I keep archived backups for a year or so and then pitch them. I originally bought the burner because I had a number of uses for it. I scan and/or generate a lot of material (photos, documents, etc.) that I want to keep available but which don't need such immediate access that they need to be on my hard drive. In addition, I wanted to and have now started to copy most of my audio recordings (LPs, cassettes, etc.) to CD both for permanence and to be able to take them with me to play in my car or motorhome while on the road. Thus the burner is used for more than one application, some of which cannot be done any other way. Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:46:54 -0800 From: drteknik@earthlink.net (D V) To: ezra@cableinet.co.uk Subject: help in finding driver Dear Ezra, In article <9u23qk$1524$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org, you wrote: > I've just bought through e-bay a LaserWriter II NT and am trying to locate a > driver for it but can't seem to find anything in the Apple site. The only > thing that I have downloaded is something called Laserprep, which is a 4K > item that I cannot open. Can anyone tell me from where I can download the > driver that I will put over the System folder which should then tell me it > needs to be placed in the Extensions folder, and once in there I will be > able to choose it in the Chooser... Or is my thinking all wrong? You should have the LaserWriter 8 driver with a bunch of printer descriptors in a folder for it to use, and which SHOULD contain the LW II NT printer description. These came with System 7.5.3, so I would imagine it's in the System Software Installer options. Try launching your System Software Installer and search for Printing, and look in there to see what's available. If that doesn't help, try checking out Apple's LaserWriter 8 software at: http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/LaserWriter/ Or, more specifically: http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/LaserWriter/LW_8.6.1.smi.bin (3.0 MB) Hope this helps... -- DV drteknik@earthlink.net DrTekNik@aol.com "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt, 1783 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:11:02 -0600 From: "L. David Umbaugh" To: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" Subject: help in finding driver At 9:46 AM -0600 11/28/01, Chaz Larson [mailing lists] wrote: >The most recent version is 8.6.1; you can find it on Apple's support >site if you search for "LaserWriter" in the download area. It'll be >fifth in the list or so. The OS 9.0 edition on my machine is identified as version 8.7. -- ___ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ ___ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ | \ |__| | | |___ | | |\/| |__] |__| | | | __ |__| |__/ | | \/ |___ |__| | | |__] | | |__| |__] | | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:27:07 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: "L. David Umbaugh" Subject: help in finding driver At 3:11 PM -0600 11/29/01, L. David Umbaugh wrote: >At 9:46 AM -0600 11/28/01, Chaz Larson [mailing lists] wrote: >>The most recent version is 8.6.1; you can find it on Apple's support site if you search for "LaserWriter" in the download area. It'll be fifth in the list or so. > >The OS 9.0 edition on my machine is identified as version 8.7. Yep; you're right. My machine under 9.1 has 8.7, as well. 8.6.1 was the most recent one I found when I searched at Apple, and I didn't think to look at what was installed on my machine. It would appear that 8.6.1 is the most recent version you can download by itself. chazl -- I'm gonna tell my son to grow up as pretty as the grass is green and as whip-smart as the English Channel is wide... - Liz Phair, Whip Smart Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:14:27 -0500 From: Louis Bergeron To: Subject: Mirror hard disk A good backup strategy I am doing backups on zips, CD and also on a mirror hard disk. I use Retrospect and all is setup automatic. The main advantage is being able to recover from a mistake very rapidly. For example, I work on a file, I save my work but I discover I made a mistake. I get the mirror file and start over. Likewise, I can make experiences on the mirror and backup over the new softwares I just installed on the mirror. I have been using a mirror hard disk for years and I like it a lot. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Bergeron C.P. 68 Granby Qc Canada J2G 8E2 Telephone (450) 776-1074 Telecopieur condidentiel Fax (450) 776-1113 E-mails tiwi@lino.com bergloui@sympatico.ca CSE de Granby 385 Principale Granby Qc J2G 2W5 Telephone (450) 375-3577 #228 Telecopieur multi-usagers (non confidentiel) Multi-users fax (450) 777-5842 -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************