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marieks - Feb 17, 2006 - 9:20 pm
Both my co-worker and I have mac os 10.3 - we need access to each other hard drives not just the "Public" folder "Drop Box" - Thank you in advance for yoru help.
I do not like the way the finder displays fonts - it wants to display the font book icon - I would like it to be the way mac os 9 displays - so I know which one's are suitcases, printer fonts, screen fonts, etc. Font Book has given me nothing but grief. Any suggestions would be helpful.
When I updated to mac os 10.3 my microsoft office 2001 started opening documents in (Read-Only) format and some do not export as html (not in the original format) - It worked fine in mac os 9 - ohhhhhhhh mac os 10.3 woes.
I do not like the way the finder displays fonts - it wants to display the font book icon - I would like it to be the way mac os 9 displays - so I know which one's are suitcases, printer fonts, screen fonts, etc. Font Book has given me nothing but grief. Any suggestions would be helpful.
When I updated to mac os 10.3 my microsoft office 2001 started opening documents in (Read-Only) format and some do not export as html (not in the original format) - It worked fine in mac os 9 - ohhhhhhhh mac os 10.3 woes.
Jabberwocky - Feb 19, 2006 - 1:16 pm
1. "Shared access"
There is a folder called SHARED under USERS which is a common area with access to all accounts on that machine. You can either use this folder or grant permissions to the remote user to a specific folder e.g. your DOCUMENTS folder.
You will need to enable sharing (i.e. FILE or FTP) and also create a user account for each of you on each machine. Then grant the appropriate permissions to the shared folder as necessary.
The easiest way of doing this would be to simply grant permissions to the standard group STAFF (the default user group that all user accounts are a member of, previously called WHEEL) as granted permissions are inherited by all users belonging to that group.
For my expamle, I will call your Mac, Mac A and your colleague's Mac B and say you want to share the folder DOCUMENTS
On Mac A, create a user account for User B (it is automatically added as a member of group STAFF)
Select GET INFO for the DOCUMENTS and you will see the the owner is User A, and group STAFF has no access. Change the permissions as you require for STAFF.
Now go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES and select SHARING
Enable either FILE SHARING or FTP and make sure that this is also permitted in the FIREWALL tab.
If you wish to connect using Appletalk, you will also need to make that protocol available in the NETWORK preferences, but only on the network that the Macs are talking on i.e. Ethernet or Airport etc.
Repeat the process on Mac B, creating a user account for user A and so on.
Now you should be able to connect to the other machine (Apple K), and in the connection window on Mac A, depending on the method of sharing enabled on Mac B, either enter AFP:// for AppleTalk or FTP:// for FTP
Again, the same process for Mac B to connect to Mac A
2. Fonts
I don't have access to my Mac at the moment so I can't check the font issue. I'll check this tomorrow morning (UK time).
3. same as 2.
There is a folder called SHARED under USERS which is a common area with access to all accounts on that machine. You can either use this folder or grant permissions to the remote user to a specific folder e.g. your DOCUMENTS folder.
You will need to enable sharing (i.e. FILE or FTP) and also create a user account for each of you on each machine. Then grant the appropriate permissions to the shared folder as necessary.
The easiest way of doing this would be to simply grant permissions to the standard group STAFF (the default user group that all user accounts are a member of, previously called WHEEL) as granted permissions are inherited by all users belonging to that group.
For my expamle, I will call your Mac, Mac A and your colleague's Mac B and say you want to share the folder DOCUMENTS
On Mac A, create a user account for User B (it is automatically added as a member of group STAFF)
Select GET INFO for the DOCUMENTS and you will see the the owner is User A, and group STAFF has no access. Change the permissions as you require for STAFF.
Now go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES and select SHARING
Enable either FILE SHARING or FTP and make sure that this is also permitted in the FIREWALL tab.
If you wish to connect using Appletalk, you will also need to make that protocol available in the NETWORK preferences, but only on the network that the Macs are talking on i.e. Ethernet or Airport etc.
Repeat the process on Mac B, creating a user account for user A and so on.
Now you should be able to connect to the other machine (Apple K), and in the connection window on Mac A, depending on the method of sharing enabled on Mac B, either enter AFP://
Again, the same process for Mac B to connect to Mac A
2. Fonts
I don't have access to my Mac at the moment so I can't check the font issue. I'll check this tomorrow morning (UK time).
3. same as 2.
Jabberwocky - Feb 20, 2006 - 5:56 am
2. FONTS
I agree that the icons are not as clear as they were in OS 9, but in reality, the icons are slightly different:
• If you VIEW AS ICONS, the text of the icon changes from FFIL for a suitcase to LWFN for a printer font.
• If you VIEW AS LIST look at the far right column titled KIND and you will see that the items are marked as FONT SUITCASE or POSTSCRIPT TYPE 1 OUTLINE FONT
Click on the KIND heading and you can sort the list quickly pulling all the suitcases together etc.
If the icon really is a problem for you then the only thing I can think of is to change the icons INSIDE FontBook. You need to be careful here but it is not as daunting as it might seem - I have just tried it and it worked ok.
So, either find or create replacement icons, then:
• RIGHT-Click on the FontBook application and select SHOW PACKAGE CONTENTS
• a new window opens with a folder CONTENTS - open this.
• open RESOURCES and you will see a lot of icons
• replace FFIL.ICNS with your new suitcase icon
• replace LWFN.ICNS with your new printer font icon
NOTE : YOU MUST KEEP THE ICON FILE NAMES THE SAME
Close the folders and restart your machine.
Now when you look at your fonts, you will see the new icons.
3. MS OFFICE
You must bear in mind that OS 9 and OS X are completely different operating systems and not like upgrading from OS 8.5 to OS 9.2. While you CAN run an old application in CLASSIC mode, many features of that old application do not work as intended because they do not have the connections into the active operating system as they did before.
The way around that is to maintain your Mac as a dual booting machine, and boot into OS 9 when you need to use features that do not work in Classic mode.
I have to say though, that your best and easiest option is to upgrade your copy of Office to an OS X native version in order to reclaim your "missing" features.
The OS X versions started with Office X and is now on Office 2004. And at a guess, you shouldn't have to shell out $400 for a new copy of Office 2004 either as the upgrade cost is about $200, or if that is still too frightening, I have seen second hand Office X on eBay for $50 - 80
I agree that the icons are not as clear as they were in OS 9, but in reality, the icons are slightly different:
• If you VIEW AS ICONS, the text of the icon changes from FFIL for a suitcase to LWFN for a printer font.
• If you VIEW AS LIST look at the far right column titled KIND and you will see that the items are marked as FONT SUITCASE or POSTSCRIPT TYPE 1 OUTLINE FONT
Click on the KIND heading and you can sort the list quickly pulling all the suitcases together etc.
If the icon really is a problem for you then the only thing I can think of is to change the icons INSIDE FontBook. You need to be careful here but it is not as daunting as it might seem - I have just tried it and it worked ok.
So, either find or create replacement icons, then:
• RIGHT-Click on the FontBook application and select SHOW PACKAGE CONTENTS
• a new window opens with a folder CONTENTS - open this.
• open RESOURCES and you will see a lot of icons
• replace FFIL.ICNS with your new suitcase icon
• replace LWFN.ICNS with your new printer font icon
NOTE : YOU MUST KEEP THE ICON FILE NAMES THE SAME
Close the folders and restart your machine.
Now when you look at your fonts, you will see the new icons.
3. MS OFFICE
You must bear in mind that OS 9 and OS X are completely different operating systems and not like upgrading from OS 8.5 to OS 9.2. While you CAN run an old application in CLASSIC mode, many features of that old application do not work as intended because they do not have the connections into the active operating system as they did before.
The way around that is to maintain your Mac as a dual booting machine, and boot into OS 9 when you need to use features that do not work in Classic mode.
I have to say though, that your best and easiest option is to upgrade your copy of Office to an OS X native version in order to reclaim your "missing" features.
The OS X versions started with Office X and is now on Office 2004. And at a guess, you shouldn't have to shell out $400 for a new copy of Office 2004 either as the upgrade cost is about $200, or if that is still too frightening, I have seen second hand Office X on eBay for $50 - 80
marieks - Feb 27, 2006 - 6:46 pm
Where can i find my suitcase icon and printer font icons? font book as changed them all to the FFIL and LWFN icons(& exactly what do these stand for?) - I know this is a stupid question - I'm just major brain fading on mac os x.
Jabberwocky - Feb 28, 2006 - 5:40 am
ICONS
Either make your own icons or download some from one of the many freebie sites.
http://www.xicons.com is a good one.
FILE TYPES
FFIL and LWFN are the file types for use in the type & creator database - I don't think they are an acronym for anything.
file type FFIL is a Font Suitcase
file type LWFN is a printer font.
In the Windows world, file types are determined by the extension e.g. a word document ends in .doc and if you were to change that extension to .mov, Windows would now think that your document was a QuickTime movie. Obviously when you double-click it, QuickTime player would launch but fail to open the file as it would not recognise the contents.
In the pre-OS X world of Macs i.e. OS 9 and earlier, each file had two unique four character codes that dictated what it was (type) and what program made it (creator). Using this information, the Finder read the desktop database and identified what icon to assign to a given document and also what application to activate when you tried to open it. As I said earlier, I don't think they are an acronym, but if you imagine for a second how many file types and applications there are, it is a bit like trying to keep licence plates on cars unique.
File types and creators are supported in OS X, but X works more like Windows in that it relies on the file extension for identification of a document. Also, when you GET INFO, X lets you set your preferred application for that file without changing the type and creator codes if they exist.
Either make your own icons or download some from one of the many freebie sites.
http://www.xicons.com is a good one.
FILE TYPES
FFIL and LWFN are the file types for use in the type & creator database - I don't think they are an acronym for anything.
file type FFIL is a Font Suitcase
file type LWFN is a printer font.
In the Windows world, file types are determined by the extension e.g. a word document ends in .doc and if you were to change that extension to .mov, Windows would now think that your document was a QuickTime movie. Obviously when you double-click it, QuickTime player would launch but fail to open the file as it would not recognise the contents.
In the pre-OS X world of Macs i.e. OS 9 and earlier, each file had two unique four character codes that dictated what it was (type) and what program made it (creator). Using this information, the Finder read the desktop database and identified what icon to assign to a given document and also what application to activate when you tried to open it. As I said earlier, I don't think they are an acronym, but if you imagine for a second how many file types and applications there are, it is a bit like trying to keep licence plates on cars unique.
File types and creators are supported in OS X, but X works more like Windows in that it relies on the file extension for identification of a document. Also, when you GET INFO, X lets you set your preferred application for that file without changing the type and creator codes if they exist.
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