Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #47 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 19 Mar 01 Volume 18 : Issue 47 Today's Topics: (A) iTunes (free from Apple) catalogs filename, bitrate etc... [*] Peace Bell (snd) [*] Peek-a-Boo 1.6J - Japanese Version [*] SweetMail 2.08f11 [Q] CD-R error: "Please insert a recordable CD" Firewire bootable under Mac OS X Info-Mac Digest V18 #44 Info-Mac Digest V18 #45 OS 9.1 and Apple DVD Player 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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Here is the sample output: No. 28 A major Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonatas (28, 29), Kempff Classical 8463016 352 2 8 3/18/2001 5:58 PM 3/18/2001 5:50 PM 192 44100 0 MPEG audio file Macintosh HD:Documents:iTunes:iTunes Music:Ludwig van Beethoven:Piano Sonatas (28, 29), Kempff:No. 28 A major#2.mp3 By the way, it converts songs to MP3, looks up songs in the CDDB, does variable bitrate encoding, does joint stereo and so much more. The Export song list is in the Advanced menu. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit an internet index of 14 topics and over 1000 links at: http://www.index-site.com/ All links verified monthly. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Mar 2001 From: Unjay To: Subject: [*] Peace Bell (snd) Peace Bell, a calm little alert sound in stereo for the mac. It is freeware and may be included on CD ROM distributions if kept with its original Read Me file. [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/peace-bell.hqx; 174 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Mar 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Peek-a-Boo 1.6J - Japanese Version Peek-a-Boo is a utility to monitor and manipulate all running processes. You can watch how much CPU time each process uses, adjust the CPU time requested by each process, and look at any piece of information available through the Process Manager. The Process Manager (available in MacOS System 7 and later) maintains a dozen or so pieces of information about each running process (normally an application); many fine utilities show a subset of this information. My personal motivation for writing Peek-a-Boo was that no existing utility showed precisely the subset of Process Manager information I needed to know at a given time. So I made sure that Peek-a-Boo can show any piece of information available via the Process Manager; preferences can be edited to view only those pieces of information you need. And, with the Special Technology of Peek-a-Boo ST, you can now adjust the priorities of processes to customize which processes get more processor time. Peek-a-Boo 1.6 offers a new Apple Event interface for programmers. CSM Pack and ramBunctious both use different aspects of this interface. Peek-a-Boo 1.6 allows you to start typing a process name and it selects that process. This feature has been frequently requested, and we're glad to announce its availability. Peek-a-Boo 1.6 also allows left- and right-arrow keypresses to cycle through processes in the order that they're located in memory. This can make it easier to select specific processes when you're trying to make a contiguous range of memory available. Several minor bugs have been fixed. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/peek-a-boo-16-jp.hqx; 315 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Mar 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f11 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.1 or later. (PPC/68K, including MacOSX public beta) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-208f11.hqx; 1984 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:42:09 -0800 From: Richard Glover To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] CD-R error: "Please insert a recordable CD" I have a baffling CD-R problem. Each time I try to write a CD, the recorder refuses to recognize the disk I insert. I have tried multiple brands and colors, but no luck. What is most baffling is that it just decided to do this after functioning fine for some months (but only about a dozen disks burned) and have changed nothing. I have tried compressed gas (in the can) to see if dust had accumulated, but no such luck. Any suggestions appreciated. Think it is DoA? Config: 603e machine, int. SCSI Philips CDD2000, Toast 4 (and have tried toast 5.0b6). Many thanks in advance! -RAG -- +-------------------- R i c h a r d G l o v e r --------------------+ mailto:rglover@lunarpoodle.com http://www.lunarpoodle.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:13:10 +0100 From: Dirk Schoofs To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Firewire bootable under Mac OS X Hello Does anybody know if a firewire disk is bootable under MacOS X. I want to install it on a firewire disk and then connect it to my G3. Thanks in advance Dirk Dirk Schoofs ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:06:22 -0500 From: "Roger S. Cohen" To: , "ngpappas" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #44 The Info-Mac Network said on 3/17/01 6:32 PM >Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:26:20 -0500 >From: ngpappas >Subject: File Synchronzation for Powerbooks > > >I used to have a Powerbook 160. I used a utility program to keep its files >synchronized with my Desktop Mac. Can't remember the name of the product. > >I am getting a new G3 Powerbook. What product or method do people use these >days to synchronize files between a desktop Mac and a powerbook? > >Does Retrospect have a feature that allow you to do this sort of thing? Is >there a feature built into the Mac OS that supports it? > >Nick Pappas I use Synchronize! from Qdea. http://www.qdea.com/sync.html Allocate enough memory to it, and you can use it to backup your entire hard drive to an external drive. It's very reliable. And the author, Hugh Sontag, updates Synchronize! from time to time whenever the Mac operating system necessitates a tweak. Best/Roger+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, Cohen International roger@rogercohen.com http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1(908) 709-0250 Fax: +1(908) 709-0579 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:41:03 +1100 From: Craig McFarlane To: Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #45 TWIMC, >I know someone who is looking for a good utility to scan their computer for >MP3 files and make a catalog, including filename, bit rate, channels, >ID3 tag info, etc that could be exported as a text file for use with a >database. It does not matter whether the utility includes other functions >such as playback or not, and it is preferred to be freeware/shareware over >commercial, but if you know of a commercial one, please suggest it anyway. Soundjam MP can do this. At least on the major ID3 tags (but not channels). cya Craig -- Craig McFarlane craig@delaneymorgan.com.au Delaney & Morgan Computing Fax: +61 3 9878-3910 ACN 058 140 702 PO Box 84 Forest Hill Vic 3131 AUSTRALIA ABN 89 058 140 702 "My opinions had better be those of the management, or they're FIRED!" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1904 01:02:25 +0100 From: jan van schoot To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: OS 9.1 and Apple DVD Player After upgrading to OS 9.1 on my iMac DV SE I found that my Apple DVD Player does not function anymore. Sometimes it says that it does not support my monitor, sometimes it freezes after starting the DVD. The CD-Rom player works fine. I checked several upgrades from apple: Apple DVD Player 2.2, DVD-ROM firmware and iMac DVD-ROM Update but all installers do not work. I get two types of error messages: - Requires OS 9.0.1 or higher (I have 9.1!) - Requires an iMac with a DVD player (which is exactly what I have) I'm affraid I'm in serious trouble here. Who can help me out thanks in advance, Jan -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************