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AppendNote is a minimalist Mac OS X system service which saves selected text (in any OS X service-supporting application) and saves it to a plain text file on your hard drive. Just select the text you want to save and choose 'Add to Notes File' from the Services menu (in the Application menu.) The keyboard shortcut is Command-Shift-J. The text will be saved to a plain-text file named 'Notes.txt' in your home directory. If you don't see any menu when you click on the Services menu, the application you're in doesn't support services. 
The developer says he wrote AppendNote because:
• The existing notepad programs all had too many features or were too complex for my needs.
Installing AppendNote is easy. The AppendNote.service file needs to be in one of the Services folders in one of your Library directories. If the Services folder doesn't exist, just create it. (Paths should be /Library/Services/ or ~/Library/Services/) You have to logout/login to activate the Service. There is an AppleScript included in the package which will walk you through changing the settings, or, if you prefer to use Terminal.app, the appropriate commands are supplied:
To change the separator line between note entries To change the date's format
AppendNote is a very simple application with no bells and whistles. It just does its basic task very well. I'm keeping this ine installed.
AppendNote is freeware
Upgrade Downgrade in X USB hub and X.2.5 OSX Odyssey OS X font management Twin sons of different mothers? From Chris Long Hey Charles: Re -- OSX odyssey 314 -- if I had your writing skills it'd be the column I'd write MYSELF -- we are in nearly 100% agreement on everything here. Safari beta 2 -- hate the metal look, saving TX is a pain, and the DL mgr is good, but 2nd to iCab's Browsers -- the biggest reason to use OSX! OSX annoyances: lack of speed, flaky behavior(s), 'misfires' I too am running older versions -- 10.2.3 at home on the iBook and 10.2.4 here at the office. And I too just had to boot into OS9 recently. i still love OS9 -- but it doesn't support all the cool apps available in OS X! but it sure is FASTER!!! In summary: in spite of my dismay at OS X's overall sluggishness (much slower than OS 9) I'M not going back either! Whoda thought? Welcome to the future! uhhh ... I mean, the present! Chris
Hi Chris;
As it happens, I had to boot into OS 9 on Thursday to retrieve some artwork from Word 5.1 files for a Yachting magazine article.
The speed is a rush after two weeks in OS X, but it really feels sort of, well, primitive, and the old browsers just don't cut it compared with Safari and Camino. The OS X version of iCab is faster and slicker too.
Great minds think alike.
Charles From dxtr Hi Charles, The upgrade downgrade suggestion I gave you the other day is apparently wrong. I can archive the old system only from the DVD that came with my LittleAL. So much for an easy way to test an incremental upgrade. I could not direct it to another drive either, only the drive being updated. In answer to your USB Hub question, Yes I have a DLink 4 port Hub attached to the LittleAL and my old Lombard has an Entrega 7 port Hub. Zero problems with either one.
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Hi dxtr;
Guess that's why I hadn't heard of that wrinkle. Apparently some USB hubs are more affected than others. Wish there was a list being compiled somewhere of the ones that are affected.
I have three different KeySpan 4-port hub models.
Charles From Ross Cottrell Charles, I've been using a Silver 4 port Keyspan USB hub with my new 800 MHz iMac running OS X.2.5 without any errors or problems for about 1 month. In fact, I have had no problems at all with 10.2.5. Another nice X utility is Macaroni. It is shareware that is installed in the System control panel. It can run all of the scheduled Unix disk cleanup scripts as well as the Repair Privileges utility. http://www.atomicbird.com/. I also like Mac Janitor.
Regards,
Hi Ross;
Glad to hear it, since that is one of the hubs I have.
Also see New & Notable today,
Cocktail also will run the Repair Privileges utility.
Charles From Bruce Miller Charles, Glad you are finally accepting and actually liking OSX. The real turn-around for you started when you listened to myself and others to pay attention to the only real OSX problem youv'e had all along: RAM being consumed and the resulting constant paging-in and outs dragging your system performance to a crawl. Whether MemoryStick or other indicators made you take appropriate action by then regularly running MacJanitor or Cocktail, the net result is crystal clear: Free RAM is more important than Quartz Extreme or any other added features. Bruce
Hi Bruce;
Partial agreement. Actually, I haven't started Memory Stick up for more than a month. It was educational, but frustrating to watch the memory getting maxed out.
MacJanitor and Cocktial have helped, and I "think" Safari has less of a memory hog/leak problem than Camino or Mozilla.
However, Quartz Extreme does make a difference. The iBook has significantly livelier Finder performance and responsiveness than the Pismo, even when the latter is freshly booted with tons of free RAM.
Charles From Noel McRae I once saw something about which fonts I could take out and which I had to leave in OS X. I seem to have tons of fonts and would like a source for correct information. I understand certain fonts have to be left alone. Do you know of a good source for such insight?
Hi Noel;
There is an application called FontReserve that offers many OS X font management features, including font deletion. It's probably overkill for what you want to do, but you can check it out at:
As for which fonts can be safely dispensed with, I don't know. I could certainly do with a lot fewer, as I rarely print anything out in hard copy, and mostly ignore the Fonts menu.
If anyone can shed some light on this, please let us know.
Charles
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