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<p><p>In Snow Leopard, Option-clicking the Volume icon in the menu bar displays a list of sound input and output devices. Choose one to switch to it; it's much easier than using the Sound preference pane. Also, hold Shift and click the icon to set the system volume, which is separate from the general output volume.</p></p>
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<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3259" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3259">Ever been in a restaurant and heard pagers going off all evening? It may start happening even more often now that the Mac can make the call that sets off the beep</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3241" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3241"> by Eric Apgar - apgar@apple.com Robert Hess - ENDPOINT@applelink.apple.com Adam C. Engst - ace@tidbits.halcyon.com and help from many others as well....System 7 is without a doubt Apple's most ambitious system upgrade ever, giving us additional power and complexity</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3251" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3251">Apple is well known for including little messages in strange places and System 7 is no exception.(73) In the Color Control Panel, option-click on the Sample Text a few times.(74) In the Monitors Control Panel, click on the 7.0 in the upper right corner.(75) Type MID into the new city box in the System 7 Map Control Panel, and select Find.(76) In the Map Control Panel, click on the 7.0.(77) Hold down command-option and choose About the Finder</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3250"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3250', 'show')">System 7 Bugs & Problems</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3250" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3250">As much as System 7 is perhaps the most stable of all recent system versions, there are some problems. Some of these that relate to low memory management and copying in the Finder have been fixed with System 7 Tune-Up, but others still lurk in the murky shadows</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3249"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3249', 'show')">Zapping the PRAM</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3249" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3249">With the exception of date and time, all system-wide preferences are reset to default values by zapping the Parameter RAM (PRAM). If you wish to zap the PRAM, hold down shift-command-option and choose the Control Panel in System 6</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3248"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3248', 'show')">Troubleshooting with System 7</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3248" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3248">(40) If you use the normal method of copying a disk in Finder 7 with the Install 1 disk it will not be bootable. Instead, copy the disk under System 6 or use Apple's DiskCopy application.(41) If you hold down the shift key at startup, System 7 will not run any extensions or startup items</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3247" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3247">(37) In System 6 you could save a PostScript text file by pressing option-f or option-k right after printing. This is built into the 7.0 LaserWriter driver as a radio button option</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3246" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3246">(31) Dragging a document onto an application icon launches the application and opens the document. You can use this technique with ResEdit to open the resource fork of any file.(32) If you need to find out exactly how much memory an application is using, turn on Balloon Help and point at the thermometer in "About This Macintosh."(33) If you hold down the option key while switching to another application (via the application menu or by clicking in its window) the Finder hides the application that you switched out of.(34) The functionality of the old Drive button in the System 6 Standard File Dialog box can be achieved in System 7 by pressing Command-LeftArrow or Command-RightArrow.(35) Font/DA Mover version 4.1 (which is System 7 compatible) does not ship with 7.0</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3245" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3245">The following are Finder-specific preferences stored in the Finder Preferences file. Note that some preferences affecting portions of the user interface extend to other applications, such as window title shading.(25) Font used for Finder views (Views Control Panel) default: Geneva 9(26) Icon Alignment Settings for Finder (Views Control Panel) default: straight grid, "Always snap to grid" not selected(27) Icon List View Settings for Finder (Views Control Panel) default: smallest icon; display sizes, kinds, labels, and dates; "Calculate Folder Sizes not selected;" and "Show Disk Info in Header"(28) Trash warning dialog (setting in Get Info for the Trash) default: "Warn before emptying"(</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3244" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3244">(15) You can move the Trash anywhere you want, and it will stay there. You can make aliases of the Trash. If you're tired of the Trash warnings, select the Trash icon, Get Info, and turn "Warn before emptying" off.(16) You can move the copy dialog box (the one with the thermometer that goes across) to any place on the desktop (it will stay there!)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3243" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3243">(12) If you have an existing Scrapbook file in your System Folder when you install System 7, the Installer will not replace it with the new file. The new Scrapbook file has some neat stuff, so you will want to combine the two using a utility such as SmartScrap if you need to keep the contents of the old one</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3242" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3242">Although System 7 operates a little faster than System 6 in some cases, many find that it feels slower, especially in the Finder. Here are a few ways to increase your Mac's reaction time (playing video games on your Mac can help its eye/hand coordination too).Shape up your hard disk(1) Check your hard disk's interleave and reformat if necessary using appropriate formatting software</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Eric%20Apgar">Eric Apgar</a>, <a href="/author/Robert%20Hess">Robert Hess</a> and <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 27 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3261" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3261">What a show! Going to a Macworld Expo always takes a great deal of effort because I want to see everything and talk to lots of people, and I usually spend the entire day on the floor</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3262" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3262">Hot PowerBooks -- Mark H. Anbinder, obviously hoping to add a Junior Woodchuck Crime Prevention Badge to his TidBITS Contributing Editor Badge, sent this note:Late in December, three Macintosh PowerBook 140's (4/40 part #M1227LL/A) were stolen from the ComputerLand Mid-Atlantic warehouse in Clinton, MD</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3263" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3263">140 Floppy Solution -- While you're peering around for your PowerBook 140's serial number to see if it's hot, check to see if your machine has the shield that solves the intermittent disk recognition problems that have plagued 140 owners</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3264" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3264">Word 5.0 Addendum -- Dwight K. Lemke writes, "An addendum to your report on Word 5.0: I was informed by Niles & Associates that the latest version of EndNote Plus includes a Word 5.0 command application so that it can be accessed from the Insert menu</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3265" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3265">Finally! After 101 issues and almost two years, we're setting up a mailing list so that you can receive TidBITS in your electronic mailbox. Thanks to some great folks at Simon Fraser University in Canada, you can now receive TidBITS directly rather than waiting for it to come through in comp.sys.mac.digest or snagging it from an FTP site a few days later</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3266"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3266', 'show')">Macworld SF Impressions</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3266" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3266">A friend who went to San Francisco Macworld several years ago claimed that it was so crowded that you could only walk in the direction the crowd was flowing</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3267"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3267', 'show')">Software at Macworld</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3267" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3267">This is by no means a definitive list of all the interesting software at Macworld, or even everything that I saw, but here are some of the products that caught my eye.ThoughtPattern 2.0 -- Bananafish Software showed a beta of the next version of ThoughtPattern, a personal information manager (PIM)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
<a href="/article/3268"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('3268', 'show')">Hardware at Macworld</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_3268" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_3268">The most interesting hardware was harder to find, squirreled off in the corners of Moscone and even in local hotels. I saw some products and regretfully missed others.Same BAT channel -- I tried the full BAT keyboard at Infogrip's booth and came away wanting to really put it through its paces</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 20 Jan 1992</div></div>
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