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I admit it. Sometimes I write posts just because it is a handy place to put information I may need later. This is one of those posts.

If you’re using Mac OSX 10.4, it is very easy to convert a word file to an Adobe PDF. In fact, there is a nice tutorial about it here.

To create a PDF file under application:

1. Choose File -> Print.
2. Click on the PDF button in the bottom left of the ìPrintî Screen.
3. Select the option to best save your PDF file

After upgrading my Mac OS X version 10.3 Panther to 10.4 Tiger, I experienced an issue with my ViaVoice dictation software. I got the error “The microphone is been used exclusively by another application”. After hunting around, I found a fix to the problem. It is very simple: simply turn off the ViaVoice software, unplug your microphone and then plug it back in.

If that doesn’t work for you, try this workaround in this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2083120

Or, try hitting yoru f8 key and waiting. Sometimes that will “kick” the application to make it work as stated in this message:

“I almost thought that 10.4.6 was going to be the end of ViaVoice X (IBM), but I have a workaround. I use it with the ViaVoice medical dictionary for transcription. Since the update, it claims that the microphone is in use by another application, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out what application. However, by using the F8 key to turn the mic on and off, after a few toggles the mic will work and I can ‘dictate’ once again. Also, the VoiceCenter interface remains greyed out no matter if selected or not, so the only way I can quit ViaVoice is to either log out or quit via the Activity monitor. However, I can still use this product that hasn’t been updated in years.”

Being an old Eudora user, I very much enjoyed the Eudora ‘Personalities’ feature. Since I moved over to Mac Mail, I was frustrated that this feature appeared not to be part of the software. And, being a geek with multiple domains, I have many email addresses dumping into one main email account.

Well, after digging around and *not* finding this in the Mac help files, I googled around and found you can indeed have multiple from: addresses using Mac Mail. Here’s how:

To set up multiple addresses for one account in Mac OS X Mail:

• Select Mail | Preferences… from the menu in Mac OS X Mail.
• Go to the Accounts category.
• Highlight the desired account.
• Enter all email addresses you want to use with this account in the Email Address: field. Be sure to separate the addresses by commas: me@yadda.com, nick@website.com.

After you have closed the configuration dialog and saved the new settings you can send mail from all these email addresses. You’ll notice a drop down box at the top of each new mail message which will allow you to choose which From: address you’d like to use for that message.

First, let me say, it is the small things in life. I finally, after two years of not using one of my email accounts, fixed it so I could use it. Since I was using Eudora on my trusty Green and White Mac, I thought it’d work great on my Mac Mini as well. Not so.

My Eudora mail was moved over to my Mini without much incidence. (more…)

So in the process of getting the business set up, I upgraded my Eudora e-mail from my trusty old G3 blue and white Mac that is still running OS 9 to my spiffy new Mac Mini running OS X. Through doing this process, I learned there aren’t very many tutorials out there to help you out when you do this.

So, I’ll tell you what worked for me after fighting it for 5 hours.

First, I upgraded my old G3’s Eudora to the newest version which is Eudora 6.1.1. Next, close out of Eudora — this is very important otherwise you will crash — and grab your data files stored in my “Eudora Folder” which is found in your Documents Folder or sometimes your System folder.

(NOTE: There are two folders, the “Eudora Folder” and the “Eudora Application Folder”. You want to move the “Eudora Folder” only. It is either found in your “Documents” folder or your “System” folder. The Eudora Folder keeps your data files - while the Eudora Application Folder stores the program itself.)

Now, this is the key important point: use Stuffit to compress your files before you move them or back them up. Otherwise you will get broken resource forks and you’ll keep getting the “Not a properly formatted mailbox” error.

Download and install Eudora on your new Mac.

Put your stuffed data file on your new Mac’s Desktop and allow it to decompress. Then, place it in your user specific Documents folder and away you go. (You may need to rename the Eudora folder that Eudora *just* installed in your User specific Documents folder and replace with your data filled one you just unstuffed on your desktop.

The key point here is that you *have* to use Stuffit to compress your data if you move your data folder from a Mac to a non Mac. Because I ftp’ed my data folder to a server as a ‘middleman’ to move data from one point to another, the resource forks got all messed up in the transfer to a “non Mac” environment. Hopefully this will save someone else the trouble I had.