[Hidden-tech] OS X 10.4 questions

[Bill Carr]

On May 13, 2007, at 7:08 AM, Shel Horowitz wrote:

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> I recently upgraded my desktop Mac from 10.2.8 to 10.4.6. In  
> general, I'm happy with Tiger, but there are a couple of things  
> that drive me nuts:
>
> 1. Printing
> I had a few presets that I set up under previous versions of OS X,  
> including a toner saving module and then full strength printing at  
> 300, 600, and 1200 dpi. For some reason, this printer driver  
> defaults to printing back to front in its automatic setting. In  
> other words, if I'm printing a 20-page document, page 20 comes  
> first and page 1 comes last. I can set it manually to print front  
> to back, but it's three extra clicks--which adds up given how many  
> times a day I hit print. Also, and even more problematic, setting  
> the page order has to be done after selecting the preset, or else  
> the paper handling defaults to reverse printing again. And it's  
> totally arbitrary whether I get the preset I select.
>
> I printed out a 100+-page e-book that I wanted to archive, and  
> carefully selected one of the full-strength presets--but I got it  
> in toner-saver mode. And many times, I'm printing a digest of one  
> of my discussion lists, which I read once and throw away, and  
> request the toner-saver setting, but get a nice dark archival- 
> quality print.
>
> I cannot figure out how to access the presets and change their  
> settings to incorporate my paper choice, or to change the paper  
> handling default, or to assure that the setting I choose is the one  
> I receive.
>
> 2. Sherlock
> 95 percent of the time, I can search for what I want by filename-- 
> but the default of searching for internal content is brutally  
> slow.I did figure out how to search by filename, but not how to set  
> it as the default--and therefore I get bogged down in the slow  
> search while I'm setting the criteria, since it starts searching  
> immediately. Surely there must be a way to change the default!
>
> 3. This is a problem that existed in 10.2 as well: programs  
> quitting themselves for no reason. The culprits are Word (2001  
> version) and Eudora 6.2.3, paid version. I try to have Eudora be  
> the front application when the mail comes in, and I try to load  
> Word first (they compete with Spamfire, which loads itself  
> automatically even though I keep deselecting that option). These  
> things help, but I still probably find Eudora quitting a couple of  
> times a day and Word a few times a week. On my laptop, running I  
> think 10.4.2, Word will quit the first time I hit Save As but then  
> after I reload, it's fine. If the mail comes in when something else  
> is the front app, Eudora will usually but not always quit--but it  
> will also quit for no apparent reason at other times, whether it's  
> the active app or not.

Don't know about your particular issues but I have had good luck  
solving other OS X issues here:

http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

and here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/



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