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One of the third-party OS X hacks I've been using constantly for over a year is PPP Monitor. I originally downloaded it because I couldn't get OS X's Internet Connect function to work reliably, and PPP monitor fixed that. However, even when the Internet Connect bug was squashed in later X version upgrades, I continued using PPP Monitor because of its enhanced visual feedback of my connection status. 
Setting up my new iBook, I decided to install PPP Monitor on it too, but couldn't find the installer file in my archives. A Google search revealed that PPP Monitor is no longer available separately, but has been integrated into the more advanced Net Monitor. Happily, the old PPP Monitor functions are still there in Net Monitor and work just the same as they ever did, but with more options. This is one third-party add-on that I wouldn't want to be without, as I find the built-in OS X Internet Connect function clunky and less than informative. Net Monitor graphs a histogram of network interface throughput in the Dock, the Menu Bar or in a floating window, whichever you prefer. I keep mine in the menu bar. 
Net Monitor is highly customizable, almost every aspect of the display is user configurable. As noted, Net Monitor now also includes the PPP interface features from PPP Monitor, like connect/disconnect & auto reconnect. 
Net Monitor features:
PPP features:
New in version 2.9b8 - 22nd January 2003
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From David A. Miller, Ph.D. Dear Mr. Moore: You're quite right when you note the sparse discussion of the cool icon view options in Jaguar. In fact, although I've been a Mac fanatic since 1985, exploring every bell and whistle of new OS's as they're released, I hadn't even noticed the expanded view options under Jaguar. In further fact, I can't find them in my version of OS X 10.2.3! That's right: when I select View -> Show View Options in Jaguar, I don't have the extra bells and whistles you displayed in the article you posted today. From the Desktop, my "Show View Options" reveals no "Background" settings option at the bottom--nor is there a "This window only" vs. "All windows" radio button at the top. All the other choices are there, though. And when I navigate to a particular folder in a Finder window, the only choices I'm given are "Text size," "Show icons," and "Show preview column." Am I overlooking something, or doing something wrong? I have Build 6G30.
Many thanks,
Hi Dr. Miller;
Very strange. However, it may be something very simple. You have to have icon view active in order to have the expanded selections in the View Options dialog appear. If you are in List View or Column View, you get a different selection of options in the dialog.
If that isn't it, I'm stumped. I'm using 10.2.1 right now, but I'm 99 and 44/100ths percent sure that they didn't remove those features in 10.2.3.
Let me know if my hunch is correct.
Charles Re: Enhanced icon view options in Jaguar From David A. Miller "You have to have icon view active in order to have the expanded selections in the View Options dialog appear. If you are in List View or Column View, you get a different selection of options in the dialog." Of course! How silly of me! Only great mystery here is between my ears. Charles, thanks for your quick reply. I've always been a fan of yours.
Best,
From George Carrington Just how do you get to Jaguar's Icon View? I'm running 10.2.3, but can't find anything resembling your presentation - or is it something that only comes with the North American version?, Maybe, however, I'm simply looking in the wrong place? You couldn't be bothered to tell us less skilled types!
Cheers
Hi George;
Please see my reply to Dave Miller above.
Charles From Mike Charles, Regarding the question by EBW. If the Macs both have Firewire, Firewire target disk mode works great. Also, it's fast. You basically turn the laptop into an external firewire harddrive. Turn off the laptop. Connect the computers with a Firewire cable. Boot the laptop while holding down the T. The laptop should appear as a volume. Drag and drop as needed, and disconnect the drive like any other volume. Much like SCSI disk mode of old, but much more plug and play. Thanks for the interesting articles. Mike
Hi Mike;
Yes indeed. FireWire is a LOT faster than Ethernet. Lately I'm using my Que M2 FireWire hard drive for file transfers, but if you rtwo computers are in the same spot, FireWire Disk Mode can eliminate the middleman, so to speak.
Charles From: Andreas Weik Hi Charles, I was just reading your OS X Odyssey 249 and stumbled over Joseph R. Marceny wishing to get rid of his Classic preference pane. Since you carefully avoided this like a minefield, let me help you out here. ;-) There's two ways to do this. The simple way, but then you need an extra piece of software, or the hard way, which doesn't need anything else. For the simple way, you need to download a copy of "Diablotin". Which is something like an extension manager for OS X. It doesn't really manage extensions, but preference panes, fonts, sounds, screen savers and the like. With that, you just can disable the classic preference pane, and when you restart system preferences it won't show up. The hard way works like this. Log on as root. Go to YourBootdisk:System:Library:PreferencePanes and move Classic.prefPane to a safe spot somewhere on your hard disk. Log off and back on with your regular login and you should be good to go. Hope that helped. As usual I enjoy you column very much. Like Mr. Marceny puts it: I don't always agree with you, but you're fun to read! ;-) Greetings, Andreas Weik PS: Oh, btw, there is even another way to do this, but then you have to delve into the terminal. Works like this:
Open Terminal.app. At the prompt type:
Hit Return, the system will ask you for your logon password. password: After you typed it (you won't see your password, when you type it), hit Return again, and presto! Here you go. ;-) (Now you can quit Terminal.app)
Hi Andreas;
I wasn't being evasive; I just didn't know. ;-)
I figured somebody would come through with the solution.
Thanks.
Charles From Sean Windrim Charles, I rarely miss your Odyssey, and have copied countless editions of it, with a view to eventually upgrading to OS X, but not having the money or the time. First off, I need to back-up my old stuff on a B&W 350 MHz G3, and possibly then put in a Sonnet (or other) G4 upgrade card, as well as a video card supportive of Quartz Extreme. However, Dantz, whom I had picked for this,- as well as back-up of my wife's Pentium 4 - do not support either the Samsung CDRW in the Windows machine, or my LaCie 24/10/40 U & I (external combined USB & Firewire) CD writer, and have noted these models for driver consideration by their technical people. The girl I spoke to wondered about backing up to an external hard drive instead. There is also the question of Firewire Target Disc mode for the Mac, as well as OS 9 bootability. When I searched this (Google) first, I came to an older article by Derrick Storey, and suggested to him (letter cc-ed below) that he use my listed specs and examples as the starting point for an article. Unfortunately, his only suggestion was to work a new Mac in to my workflow. There must be many people in my position, lacking the tech-savvy, but increasingly needing/wanting features of OS X. Possibly you could use/edit this - in any way,shape or form - for an article or ongoing discussion vehicle.If you're ever in Peterborough, Ont., drop in; I'm in the phonebook. Keep up the good work! Sean W.
Dear Derrick,
I have always enjoyed your articles,- because of your good humour, and I think, some things we have in common. These last items being - I think - a love of music and photography, not to mention lacking the wherewithal to get there.
Just now, I did a Google search, looking for an idiot's guide to upgrading to OS X, and I came upon your OS (10.0.3) article. My point is that even 'tho' the essentials MAY still be the same,they also may not be, and there are also be interesting elements relating to present peripherals, choice of future peripherals, recently changed software ( 10.2.3, Safari, and 10.2.4, etc.), and their cost.
For example, I do not own an iBook nor a Powerbook, and a long time ago decided that my next machine would be a Mac laptop but haven't yet either made the choice, or got the cash.Though music production, DVI connectivity, or monitor mirroring likely dictates the expense of a Powerbook, I also, like the rest of the world, appreciate the sturdiness and lightweight portability of the iBook, and have been watching and waiting also. Eventually it may be a used (?) Powerbook. In the meantime, I've been pondering a Sonnet 500 MHz G4 upgrade card along with their offer of a Radeon graphics card that would allow the Quartz Extreme CPU offload. I don't know if they still have that offer in effect or not, or even if all this upgrading would be economically sensible. Still, i do feel this machine has life left in it, and should be used.
I appreciate that I need to back up, but don't know how/ have put off buying back-up software. Since my wife and kids use a Windows box which also needs back-up, I am thinking about a crossplatform version of Dantz Retrospect Express, or 2 separate (platform) copies.
My equipment includes a Samsung cable modem, and an SMC Barricade router firewall. This duplexly feeds a home hard-wired ethernet network of a B&W 350 Mhz G3 Mac, an old Power PC 6100, and a Pentium 4, 1.8 GHz.
The B&W, with a stock 6.4 Gb hard drive, and 768megs of RAM has an Adaptec SCSI card to connect my Agfa Studiostar scanner, a Keyspan serial adapter for my (serial) Apple Personal Laser writer, and a LaCie 24/10/40 USB / Firewire CD burner, as well as an Epson Stylus Photo 750 USB printer.
The Pentium downstairs also has a Canon S 600 USB printer, and both the main machines have DVD Rom , but not DVD RAM drives.For some reason, the Pentium plays better with my Sony DCR PC9 digital camcorder than the B&W Mac, to which I've failed to download digital stills from it's (?) 1 Megapixel still pictures component.
What I want to do is to continue to play around with the Photoshop (full version 4 came with the scanner), - to use Snapz 10 Pro, the iLife suite, and edit old family video footage and burn it to DVD.In addition to all of this,I would like to learn the guitar and/or keyboards and use Logic Audio (or the light version) to maybe get into making music with my brothers, some of whom are musicians. In the meantime, I would like to fully enjoy USB audio on the Mac with Sonica from M Audio, and connect it to some powered speakers, as well as manipulate my large collection of music on Minidisc.
The problem is, I don't know where to start. However, since both Dan Knight of LowendMac, and Charles Moore of Applelinks are both switching/switched, I feel that now is the time to move.
There must be very many in the same boat as I am, who would appreciate a revision of your previous guide to switching, with web references for any low level basic stuff e.g.selection, purchase, partition (or not), of hard drives, etc., OR a dedicated, ongoing forum, moderated by yourself/others, providing the same resources.
The only things i didn't mention, are my dream camera, the Canon 1 Ds, - not to be confused with the Canon D1 ; - see DPreview.com for a review,- and looking to OS X to provide an ongoing full screen 6 second slideshow of my photos as well as possibly an OpenOffice replacement for my Office 98 suite on the Mac.
I appreciate that this letter has been long and wordy, but it's what i had to say, and it's very pertinent right now.Feel free to use it in any way you see fit, incl. publishing it all or in part.
Yours sincerely,
Hi Sean;
Thanks for your kind words about the Odyssey. Glad you have found it helpful and entertaining.
My ignorance of the practical vicissitudes of making the switch from a PC to OS x is fairly encyclopedic, having never done that.
I do have a couple of suggestions. First, have you checked out Move2Mac?
Move2Mac transfers files from your PC to your new Macintosh and claims to put everything just where you need it. Tracks from “My Music” on your PC go to the Music folder on your Mac; clips in “My Videos” move to the Movies folder; images in “My Pictures” show up in your Pictures folder; items in “My Documents” relocate to the Documents folder on your Mac. Move2Mac places data from other locations in a folder you can browse at your leisure. Move2Mac will transfer your Internet Explorer home page and bookmark files, as well as desktop backgrounds and even your dial-up Internet connection settings.
Move2Mac includes software for both your PC and Mac, as well as a special USB cable that aids in speeding the data transfer to the correct locations. Move2Mac can transport 500MB of data from your PC to Mac in 15 minutes. The software even comes with a guide that tells you how to prepare special files, such as Quicken data and email, for use on your Mac. Move2Mac will move and convert the address book and POP3 account settings for Outlook Express on the PC to Mac OS X Mail. You can use most other files, such as Office documents, without translation.
Move2 Mac costs US$59.95, but it might be money well spent. http://www.apple.com/switch/howto/move2mac/
Another possible help would be to pick up a copy of David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing manual, Second Edition, whichtakes a more inclusive approach than the first edition did, the latter having been exclusively for the benefit of erstwhile OS 9 users and fans. The new book, with a nod to Apple's "Switch" ad campaign, also addresses those who are making the forward migration to OS X from Microsoft Windows.
You can read my review of the book here:
And of course the floor is open to comments from Odyssey readers.
Charles From Dobbie Six different RAW processing applications, crunching files from 8 different digital SLR cameras, have been put through their paces on 4 different computers: two Macs running OS X 10.2.3, and two PC's running Windows XP Professional.
http://www.robgalbraith.com/diginews/2003-01/2003_01_07_macpc.html
The OS X Odyssey archives may be accessed here: Note: Letters to Moore's Mailbag may or may not be published at the editor's discretion. Correspondents' email addresses will NOT be published unless the correspondent specifically requests publication. Letters may be edited for length and/or context. Opinions expressed in postings to Moore's MailBag are those of the respective correspondents and not necessarily shared or endorsed by the Editor and/or Applelinks management. If you would prefer that your message not appear in Moore's Mailbag, we would still like to hear from you. Just clearly mark your message "NOT FOR PUBLICATION," and it will not be published. CM
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