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    how would I zip files?

    yes- I should have been a bit more expansive in my reply but was rushed for time. What I do is drag the application icons to the tool bar. Presto - compression and expansion is all at your finger tips in the finder window for grag and drop. Just another tip- I always turn off in preferences of...
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    how would I zip files?

    download stuffit lite
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    Changing owner of folders contents

    excellent- thanks
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    Changing owner of folders contents

    Thanks testuser on a slightly different tack what do the other flags represent?
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    Changing owner of folders contents

    I Have followed advice in these forums regarding changing ownership of files and folders using chown. This doesn't appear to change ownership of the contents and subfolders. What else do i need other than "sudo chown user:group filename" I am logged as admin thanks Also chown of a...
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    OS X DVD Player bad quality

    just a thought - do you have colours set to thousands or millions ps i have noticed the blotchy artifacts in dark solid colours too but have never bothered to try resetting the colours setting so dont know if it fixes the prob
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    well the carbonlib version for classic and OS9.2 breaks the PDF writer ( cant set the page setup)
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    i dont think so hence original problems ppl having without drivers for their printers
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    Now there is the problem as I dont know of a PPD that will let me select a large paper size (A1) in OSX. In OS9 was easy as the PDF writer allowed custom page sizes
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    sorry for the confusion- I have edited my original post. I need to create a pdf not print one.
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    printing to PDF - large page size

    I want to create a pdf file where the page is larger than my printer will support. Is there any way can do this - say with a virtual printer? Thanks
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    ADSL - non connection (revisited)

    Well finally got it to work by fully clearing all my network settings and reconfiguring
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    ADSL - non connection (revisited)

    bump
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    ADSL - non connection (revisited)

    Hi, a while back couldnt access any sites via ADSL but solved prob via some good help using termial and "sudo ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1492" I upgraded to using a router and the problem went away. My router was stolen i have had to go back to a direct connection and the above command doesnt seem...
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    creating a package- how?

    well not trying to make an app just want the folder to disappear and the app bundle only to be visible. If it is possible
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    laserwriter printing in B&W

    laserwriter print options dont show colour options ( print in B&W in lieu of greyscale/colour.) Any way of doing it? - printing in B&W that is
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    creating a package- how?

    is there a way to turn an applications folder into a package so I see only a single file to open in application folder. Some installers create and application folder and others a package? thanks
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    Do I really need Office X ???? Apple Works okay???

    so will Appleworks (latest) open both word and excel files? also will it write to word format?
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    Faster Broadband access

    I noticed railhead design posted a link to a utility which is supposed to improve broadband DLs significantly. http://www.railheaddesign.com/ Thought I would try it supposed to drag folder to startupitems folder but when i do says the folder cant be modified I have root user enabled...
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    gloreous picture icons

    Thanks for the tips but... still cant get a drop shadow on the preview icon and even with dog ear turned on in graphic converter still no turned over edge. Must be missing something. The generic icons for files all have these items (shadow and turn corner) so how do I go the next step?
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