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dens - Dec 25, 2005 - 4:52 am

I still have the ongoing problem of not being able to get OS 9 to 'take' when trying to download from the supplied No 2 disc. Also, when trying to get support from Apple I cannot get them to accept my ID. When I try to change to new ID I get a 'red' message which says, in effect they cannot accept what I type in! Apple are unaccessible to me . . . . Thanks for any help offered. Dennis (dens)

skapp - Dec 25, 2005 - 2:50 pm

Do these help?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86775
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.h.../en/mh763.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106294

dens - Dec 26, 2005 - 7:06 am

Steven,
Thanks. I'll try them & let you know. Dennis

dens - Dec 30, 2005 - 10:38 am

Steven,
Thanks. One of your suggestions seems to have done the trick. All I need now is to persuade my ex LCll material on floppies to open in Classic. Keeps wanting to do so in Acrobat which doesn't work! Dennis

skapp - Dec 30, 2005 - 11:04 am

I think you can fix that with Get Info and change the default application. Or rebuild the Desktop - that always seems to fix things. There's an option to rebuild the Desktop in the Classic preference pane.

dens - Jan 1, 2006 - 5:38 am

Steven,
Thanks again. Rebuilding desktop does not help. Apart from Acrobat (which does not open) the only items I can open in are Text Edit or Script Editor (gobbledegook to me). Classic items are greyed out in the options lists. Stymied I'm afraid. Have a happy & healthy New year anyway! Dennis.

skapp - Jan 3, 2006 - 2:14 pm

In that case try first launching the application, then open the file from the app's File-Open menu. Then use Save As to resave it. That should fix things.

dens - Jan 4, 2006 - 6:52 am

That doesn't work because when I try to open the app it tries to do so in Acrobat & the menu items are greyed out . . . Sorry, this seems to be an unsolvable problem. I cannot get any info from Apple either.

skapp - Jan 4, 2006 - 5:17 pm

Now I'm confused. Are you saying that when you try to run the application by double-clicking on its icon that instead Acrobat is launching? Is this happening in OS 9 or in OS X?

dens - Jan 6, 2006 - 5:11 am

Apologies for confusion. I have some work which was produced via System 7 & a program called Aldus Personal Press. It is these which I am trying to open & which keep trying to open in Acrobat. I'm afraid I get muddled over whether something is an application, program, or whatever. Does this help clarify?

skapp - Jan 6, 2006 - 6:07 pm

Yes, indeed, you've clarified it quite well. I remember Aldus Personal Press, it was the "lite" version of Aldus Pagemaker.

I doubt very much that Aldus Personal Press will even run in OS 9, so I don't know how you might gain access to these documents. However, if you have APP installed in OS 9 and it does launch, then use the File Open dialog to select and open each of the files, then re-save them using Save As. This will get the file association back.

If you have Pagemaker it may be able to open the files. Otherwise I don't know what you will be able to do with them. I have no idea if the current incarnation of Pagemaker - which is called Adove InDesign CS2, will be able to read those old file formats.

dens - Jan 7, 2006 - 9:58 am

Thanks. I guess I shall just have to write off all my old material. Dennis

dens - Jun 8, 2006 - 6:38 am

At last I have figured a method which may be of interest to others in the same situation. I could not get Personal Press derived material onto my new iMac. By chance I realised that I could save the PP material as RTF which is readable on the new Mac. The transfer from old hard disc to floppy, & then via external floppy reader onto new Mac is tedious, but has enabled me to save a lot of stuff I thought I would have to give up. Best wishes to all. Dennis