P, thanks for that post, very interesting and informative, cheers.

IMHO, due to the Unix underpinnings, Apple is no longer chained to creating EVERYTHING for OS X. I know that Steve Jobs isn't going to make the same mistake twice with Apple's OS. …

Apple may decide on a new paradigm for the interface, but not a new operating system from scratch. It may do something like the "Public Square" concept for organizing and rely on h…

Quote: Originally Posted by P Right now OS X is not missing any big, vital features. OS 9 was missing several - preemptive multitasking and a modern memory model with protected …

I recently installed Acrobat 7 Pro and have yet to get Distiller to create a PDF from a PS file. Every time it attempts to do so it crashes when it hits 100%. Details: • Trying t…

Does your PS file contain a corrupt font? Does it happen just with this PS file or all PS files from Quark?

Macola: Thx for the reply. I fiddled with the settings in Quark and Distiller then built a new document with a system font and no images. I then created a PS file from that docum…

In the print window you have the option to create a pdf file - have you tried that?

Quote: Originally Posted by lland In the print window you have the option to create a pdf file - have you tried that? lland: Thx for the suggestion. Yes, I used that me…

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Quote: Originally Posted by art_director I recently installed Acrobat 7 Pro and have yet to get Distiller to create a PDF from a PS file. Every time it attempts to do so it cras…

Westbo: Thx, yes, I tried that route as well. For some reason it went wonky on me. I go the ps route because I prefer the way Distiller creates PDFs to the Quark export. I've a…

Quote: Originally Posted by art_director Westbo: Thx, yes, I tried that route as well. For some reason it went wonky on me. I go the ps route because I prefer the way Distill…

Quote: Originally Posted by Westbo Understood. Did you have this problem with a previous version of Acrobat and assuming, QX 6.5? W2 Nope, it all happened when I upgrade…

Quote: Originally Posted by Westbo Understood. Did you have this problem with a previous version of Acrobat and assuming, QX 6.5? W2 Nope, it all happened when I upgrade…

Hmmm... one of life's anamolies- whatever. Now I'm curious. When I get a chance, I'll check over at the Quark Forums and perhaps the Acrobat Forum as well, to see if anyone there h…

you'll need to dig but i'm not alone. found others w similar issues on both forums – adobe and quark. on one of them i also found mention of quark killing off ps file creation if i…

Now before you throw me out, this isn't about software because I have the same problem on 3 different browsers, so I believe it must be something in OS X. I am running OS 10.4.5 o…

You may want to switch to a different DNS server(s). Post your ISP and geographic location and maybe someone can recommend you some. By the way, I believe this goes under Networki…

>You may want to switch to a different DNS server(s). Post your ISP and geographic location >and maybe someone can recommend you some. Oh, dear. Now we're getting into terri…

Check out this FAQ: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/11703 ghporter usually stalks the Networking forum, so reposting your thread over there could be fruitful.

I'm seeing a similar problem on one of my clients' machine. The DNS is working fine, though, since I can ping the offending URLs via Terminal, and it will resolve to IPs. Howev…

Several things come to mind -- * Original poster said he "monkeyed with some settings." That makes it hard to tell what was done. Assuming those were one user's settings, do all o…

try creating a new user account on your machine. log in as that user and try surfing, see if it makes a difference. When you say you "monkeyed with some of my system settings" do …

Maybe this thread will help some unfortunate soul down the road... I just spent hours troubleshooting a problem creating postscript files with Quark 6.5. Every time I attempted to…