Maraith

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Maraith posted to the All things Sci-Fi board. 9:20 PM

Honor Harrington fans

I'm a big fan of the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. He just published House of Steel but in the book is something called "the Honorverse Companion." It's an encyclopedia of all things in that series.

It's very cool. Just [more]

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Maraith posted to the Akamai Technologies, Inc. board. 4:09 PM

Akamai Apple story

Interesting story about Steve Jobs' offer to Paul Sagan in 1999:

http://tinyurl.com/ck7ug82

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Maraith replied to the Political Asylum board. 11:42 PM

Re: In custody

As a resident of Watertown, ma, I am delighted the seige is over.

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 12:30 AM

Re: Excel list into Contacts?

What is CSV?

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Maraith posted to the Apple User's Group board. 5:54 PM

Excel list into Contacts?

As earlier posts attest, I lost my Address Book. I got the list of names and emails from someone else in Excel and am trying to make a group in Contacts. But Excel does not seem to translate. The Apple site talks about vCards (I've seen those but do [more]

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 9:24 AM

Re: Minimizing windows

Thank you, thank you! I never thought to check the dock.

Part of the bad - and good,perhaps - aspects of having to recreate one's computer after major repair is discovering how many things you arranged very long ago and have taken for [more]

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Maraith posted to the Apple User's Group board. 11:55 AM

Minimizing windows

How do I get the "minimize windows" function by double-clicking on the header? (Rather than having to click on the yellow button.) I've used this always and somehow I seem to have turned it off.

I have checked various preferences [more]

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 12:19 PM

Re: My old Address Book

Tech Tools along with its evil partner Checkmate. My DH, misguided, insisted on installing it two years ago.

I have learned my lesson. No need for further lectures. (I made DH come with me when I picked up the computer so he could take the [more]

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 2:45 PM

Re: My old Address Book

Thanks, Steven. I did open Contacts > View> Groups and there is nothing. When I called the Repair person, he said the data is in Library in a hidden folder of what he backed up.

I don't know what else to tell you except that [more]

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Maraith replied to the Akamai Technologies, Inc. board. 12:48 AM

Re: good read akam in wsj

I'm confused. I thought the hackers attacked the spammers but then the second post says that the attack was on a "spam-fighting organization".

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 12:41 AM

Re: My old Address Book

Thanks for the ideas. Just to be clear, everything was backed up. The problem was the applications did not work together and froze. The repair people had to dump my applications and reformat the hard drive. Then loaded it up with my content. [more]

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 1:53 PM

Re: My old Address Book

Thanks for the replies. I don't use iCloud.

Yes, I apparently have the old data from Address Book and what I want back is my GROUPS that were in the Address Book.People in my groups are not in my Contacts. For example, I kept a list of [more]

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Maraith posted to the Apple User's Group board. 4:49 PM

My old Address Book

Recently, I had some work done on my computer because of meltdown due to pilot error. New OS (now 10.8.3) installed.

My address book has disappeared. The items in there are now "contacts" but I had groups and such which I really [more]

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Maraith posted to the Apple User's Group board. 6:09 PM

Accounting software?

Due to a download of the new OS Mountain Lion, my desktop crashed (problem with other app compatibility they tell me). It's in the shop and will be returned without applications other than OS and iLife. I'm grateful to get my content although it was [more]

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Maraith posted to the Apple User's Group board. 1:38 AM

What's the story with Flash?

So I play an online game (free) and lately it's been doing some odd things. The game tech people suggested I update my Flash. (I use Firefox for browser.)

I recall that Flash and Macs don't work well together and have ignored any suggestions [more]

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Maraith replied to the Apple User's Group board. 5:44 PM

Re: Accounting Software

I have a small business and find MYOB (for Macs only I think) to be ideal. I can enter everything from receipts and checking account interactions plus income and it creates my income statement, balance sheet, as well as all the backup I need for my [more]