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Re: “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson

Franklin — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:33:32 -0000

Great Book!

Re: Online Shopping Guide - Safety and Security Tips

Franklin — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:38:56 -0000

Very useful!

Re: Riley’s Summer 2008 Geek Movie Preview

Franklin — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:05:58 -0000

Iron Man was awesome!

Re: Modu Announces New Transforming Cell Phone

Franklin — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:46:26 -0000

That is cool concept but I think I'll stick with the iPhone

Re: Widescreen Wallpapers: Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) Meets Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)

Franklin — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:03:57 -0000

Very nice! I prefer the redish/orange one.

Re: Consumer Reports, you are dead to me

Franklin — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:22:16 -0000

I've been very disappointed with the long term integrity of the MacBooks, however the MacBook Pros are very durable. I no longer recommend the current generation MacBook to friends, they just aren't made well enough.

Re: http://readburner.com/item/217637/scanning-wallet-cards-into-the-iphone

Franklin — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:01:17 -0000

This is a great idea and will be even better once the SDK allows a dedicated app for it.

Re: http://www.readburner.com/item/211262/brand-new-google-reader-for-iphone

Franklin — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:03:59 -0000

Now I just need that 3G iPhone ...

Re: Consumer Reports, you are dead to me

Franklin — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:18:23 -0000

Agreed, too bad the MBPs are out of my price range right now.

Re: TiddlyWiki and LaTeX - Scientific Notebooks Made Easy

Franklin — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:26:57 -0000

I'm not sure which requirement you are referring to, could you elaborate? I don't think TiddlyWiki would be an acceptable format for court documentation if that is what you are referring to.

Re: Advanced Mac User 101 - Access Hidden OS X Features

Franklin — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:53:28 -0000

Very nice! I didn't know that one, thanks.

Re: TiddlyWiki and LaTeX - Scientific Notebooks Made Easy

Franklin — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:38:04 -0000

I think I'll have to confess to not knowing the answer to this one. Let me know if you find out the answer.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:57:32 -0000

Thanks for the tip, I added the limitation to the list. Any other troubles?

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:50:06 -0000

Sorry to hear you are having troubles. I can assure you that I didn't have use Syncrospector to get mine working, that certainly sounds like a lot of trouble. A couple of questions.
1) Do you have any devices setup in iSync?
2) Have you tried deleting your Gmail Contacts before the first sync? That was my method since you can always add them back via AtoG.app if the sync fails.

Keep me informed on your progress, I'm sure we can get it working without requiring a cron job.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:03:00 -0000

Everyone,
I've discovered that without a mobile phone or PDA setup in iSync you will need to enable both yahoo and google syncing in Address Book for the 'Sync Now' option to show up in the menubar. This should fix the troubles some readers were having.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

Franklin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:35:17 -0000

The iPhone is the only way I would ever own a GPS device. What? Me lost? Never. ;-)

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

Franklin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:40:08 -0000

It is my understanding that a third party application could make use of the GPS without needing AT&T 3G service in the area. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

Franklin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:42:34 -0000

I think a 3rd party application could handle the turn by turn stuff. If I was working for a dedicated GPS device company I'd be polishing up my resume or downloading the iPhone SDK.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

Franklin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:48:51 -0000

Well I'm not a lawyer but I believe the usage of the semicolon (above) indicates the list that follows the semicolon is a clarification of the preceding clause. The clarification examples don't seem to prevent turn by turn directions rather preclude the device from driving the car or vehicle itself. Any lawyers present to confirm?

Re: A List of Great Mac Freeware Applications

Franklin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:44:40 -0000

Thanks for the feedback. I hope you enjoyed the list. However, an individual paying $650 for Photoshop CS3 is crazy! Pixelmator does a great job for $60. Now, I will certainly agree that GIMP is no Photoshop but I think $650 for a single program is a rip off. Don't get me started about CS3 phoning home on users and how long CS3 apps take to startup on a Mac.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:56:48 -0000

Did you enable Yahoo syncing as well as Google? You will need to enable Yahoo syncing or alternatively have a device (such as a phone or PDA) configured in iSync for the Sync Now option to show up. Let me know if this doesn't fix your issue. Might try a restart after step 3 if you are having trouble. I promise you it will eventually show up.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:10:20 -0000

That is certainly an issue, I'm hoping Google will in the future allow users to disable this feature in the settings.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:16:55 -0000

You are correct about needing the Yahoo account for iSync's 'Sync Now' to show up in the menubar. Do you perhaps have a device you could add to iSync or a .Mac account? Here is the list of iSync compatible devices,

http://www.apple.com/macosx...

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

Franklin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:02:35 -0000

With the settings above Drafts will be stored locally as you mention. You can create a /IMAP/Drafts and assign the mailbox to Drafts. After doing so Drafts will be stored on the Gmail servers.

This tip will create /IMAP/Trash and /IMAP/Sent lables in the Gmail interface and will map the 'extra' Trash and Sent folders to the default ones in the Mail.app interface.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

Franklin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:48:42 -0000

That page is the google support page for the sync ability described above. To confirm bring up the 'Address Book Help' window. Then search for google and click Show the 'Synchronizing with Google Contacts ' topic. The link to the google page is at the bottom. Note, be sure to bring up the help window then search, searching from the menubar doesn't work for this topic. Too bad the directions from the help topic omit the required tips listed above. I'm thinking 10.5.4 might remove some of these troubles.