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From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 12:39 Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I know I am going to be REAL sorry I entered this particular argument... Is this where one comes for an arguement? I thought it was getting hit in the head lessons. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Dave Balderstone on 22 Oct 2006 13:32 In article <1hnm0h2.195uo6q1tnp0jiN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I know I am going to be REAL sorry I entered this particular argument... > > Is this where one comes for an arguement? I thought it was getting hit > in the head lessons. Often the same thing on usenet.
From: Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu on 22 Oct 2006 14:01 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes: > In article <1hnmfex.xsbj4p15oa32lN%see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid>, > see_signature(a)mac.com.invalid (Jon) wrote: > > > But since we are nit-picking about spelling and such and are far OT > > in any case: Why the double spaces after a period, Michelle? Just > > curious as I was taught that those became obsolete with the advent of > > word processingg and the corresponding demise of the typewriter? > > It is still preferable when using monospaced fonts. It makes for much > easier readability, which is the reason it had been the standard for > typewriters. And since this is a monospaced font medium (at least on my > system), I double space after periods and colons. I find sentences much easier to read (and to edit in xemacs) if ended with two spaces. And, yes, I too read this medium with a monospaced font. Martin
From: Tony Winston on 22 Oct 2006 14:15 Mike Rosenberg wrote: > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Mike. Under the first ATA heading it says "Maxtor" with some > > letters and numbers, and under the second ATA heading it says "Sony DVD > > RW U14A". > > > > So it looks like I have a DVD burner... > > Yes, it does. That first item is your hard drive, the second is > definitely a DVD-RW drive. > > > but I don't know why it's not working with my DVD-Rs. > > What exactly do you try and what happens? With a supported burner under > OS X, you would put the disc in first, then, depending on your settings > in System Preferences, either a message would appear on screen telling > you that you've inserted a blank DVD and asking you to choose an action > from the pop-up menu, or a disc icon would simply appear on your > desktop. In the former case, you would leave the menu set on Open > Finder and click OK, and then the icon would appear on the desktop. > > I'll stop for now since there's no sense in continuing with the > procedure until I know what's happening on your G4, so let me know what, > if anything, differs from the above for you. If nothing differs, how do > you proceed from there and exactly what happens? > > One general thing I should ask is are you definitely using DVD-R discs? > You see, there are also DVD+R discs, which won't work many burners. > Thanks, Mike. Yes, they're five DVD-Rs (4x, 4.7 GB Apple) and never used before. Almost all of the options were grayed in Disk Utility for the DVDs, both before and after downloading and installing Patchburn 4.0.1. Using your advice, I finally got a DVD's icon to appear on the desktop, but in Disk Utility the disk doesn't show up in the left panel that shows the Sony DVD drive. (It should show up under the Sony DVD drive listed there). The icon does show up in the desktop window in the left panel. It's titled, "Untitled DVD". With the DVD's icon selected,I dragged a file into the desktop window and selected "Burn Disk" from the pull-down menu. The progress bar appeared and moved, but then a message said, "This disk does not appear to be reliable. Discard it and choose a new blank disk Error code OX80020063." This happened now with both DVDs that I've tried. I tried ITunes but I don't see burning options there. Tony
From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 14:38
Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Almost all of the options were grayed in Disk Utility for the DVDs, both > before and after downloading and installing Patchburn 4.0.1. Let's disregard Disk Utility for now. > Using your advice, I finally got a DVD's icon to appear on the desktop, > but in Disk Utility the disk doesn't show up in the left panel that > shows the Sony DVD drive. (It should show up under the Sony DVD drive > listed there). The icon does show up in the desktop window in the left > panel. It's titled, "Untitled DVD". Okay, disregarding Disk Utility, this is exactly what you should see. > With the DVD's icon selected,I dragged a file into the desktop window and > selected "Burn Disk" from the pull-down menu. The progress bar appeared > and moved, but then a message said, "This disk does not appear to be > reliable. Discard it and choose a new blank disk Error code OX80020063." > > This happened now with both DVDs that I've tried. Could that possibly be error code 0X8002006D instead? Even if it's not, this is likely relevant: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2818498� As described in that thread, it could be a dirty lens, or you may need to burn at a lower speed or using a different brand of disc. I know you're using Apple DVD blanks, but you don't have a burner originally installed by Apple. > I tried ITunes but I don't see burning options there. You need to create a playlist first and burn from there. Is that what you tried? -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift |