Ordered Panther

Posted by richard Thu, Oct 30 2003 21:39

We ordered Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) this past weekend. It looks pretty impressive and has some nice features. I ordered it from the Apple Store and it should be here sometime earlier next week.

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Fixed Powerbook

Posted by richard Wed, Oct 22 2003 22:20

We got our Powerbook back. We were a little worried when Suzanne called the Apple Store and they said it had just made it to Apple yesterday (when we sent it last Thursday). I guess they tried to fix it at the Apple Store in Durham.

Anyway, it is fixed and Suzanne is happy.

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Sent Powerbook Away

Posted by richard Fri, Oct 17 2003 08:09

Well, we had to send the powerbook away. We have had a problem with the latch not working properly when closing the lid. Last night we took it out to the Apple Store to have them look at it and the latch defect is one of the few things they don't do at the store, so it had to be shipped back to Apple to be fixed. Evidently, this latch defect happens fairly frequently in the 15" model.

It normally takes them 3-5 business days to get it fixed and returned. They send it next day air to Apple and then next day air it back to whereever you want (to our house in our case).

I think Suzanne was more upset than I was. She can't believe I just let them take it back. They are going to start doing the latch repair at the store here, but they didn't say when. Suzanne thought I should have checked to see when they would start doing it here and see if we could wait. I just wanted it fixed. Anyway, my point being that Suzanne really likes the Mac and uses it quite often.

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SideTrack - Touchpad Scroll

Posted by richard Thu, Oct 09 2003 07:50

I found SideTrack on Mac OS X Hints yesterday. I decided to install it and give it a try on my Powerbook. It seemed to work most of the time although sometimes it wouldn't scroll right away. It might just take some time for me to get used to. This is a very nice feature and I don't understand why it isn't included as part of the standard Apple driver.

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Talking Mac

Posted by richard Thu, Oct 02 2003 09:56

I made the Powerbook talk to Suzanne this morning. I found an interesting article on how to use AppleScript to make Powerbook say something. You can find the article here:
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/19/remote_control.html
It looks like MacDevCenter has some good info.

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Couple of Solutions for OS X

Posted by richard Wed, Oct 01 2003 09:01

I found a desktop manager that allows me to do multiple desktops(which my brother sent me as well). I haven't used it much yet, but it looked promising.

I also got a couple of other solutions from my brother for setting up Safari. Here they are:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030110063041629

http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17952
I haven't tried them yet, but I will.

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