Odds & Ends: DragThing & Watson icon; Canon printers;
Odds & Ends: DragThing & Watson icon; Canon printers;
DragThing work-around for Watson icon conflict Steve Mattson writes: "The new icon for Watson 1.5 will not work with DragThing 4.2.1. The work-around provided by James Thomson, the author of DragThing, is: Drag the new Watson 1.5 icon to the DragThing dock. You will not be able to select, launch or remove the Watson icon at this point using the mouse. Select an adjacent icon on the dock, use the arrow keys to select the new Watson icon. Select 'Item options...' from the contextual menu. Paste the old Watson 1.1 icon from show info over the existing one. Close 'Item Options.' DragThing will now launch Watson 1.5 with the mouse. A better fix is in the works."
Mac OS X: Internet and Network Topics (Getting Connected, Troubleshooting, FAQ) Apple KB article 106796 provides an overview of Internet and Network troubleshooting, with links to other relevant KB articles.
Canon printers and OS X: a follow-up Dale Gillard confirms our previous report regarding availability of OS X drivers for recent canon printers. His prior report concerned possible support for less recent printers, such as the Canon's BJC-3000. Dale adds: "Alas, that does not seem to be the case. Canon has since updated their web site to say: "This printer is not compatible with Mac OS X. For this model, Canon advises compatibility with Mac OS 8.6 - 9.1."
Cache Control X not for most recent G4 processors Following up on our previous coverage of Cache Control X: Ed Wu advises to check this statement from the Read Me file: "This software is not compatible with G4-7450 processors at this time. Do not use this with 533 MHz and up PowerMac G4s. Please wait for later versions." This could explain why some users are reporting problems with the software.
Apple Discussions Boards: info on last week's down time Regarding the recent down time for the Apple Discussions Boards (apparently now fixed), this page has some additional information. [See also our previous coverage.]
RadioFreeVirgin streams music, but not to Macs. This page breaks the news.