Effective Living > Technology Product Summary. The Western Digital Passport portable hard drive is a self-powered external USB shirt-pocket size hard drive available in 120, 160, 250, and 320 GB storage capacities. These drives are available from the Resources for Life.com online Amazon store. Problem Summary. When used on some older computers, such as the… Continue reading Western Digital Passport Portable Hard Drive Insufficient Power on Apple PowerBook G4 Notebook Computer
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Apple Mail or Safari RSS Feed Error from WordPress
Effective Living > Technology Problem Summary. When attempting to view an RSS Feed from Apple Safari or Apple Mail, an error is produced stating: “The feed could not be loaded because the content is not in a known feed format.” Problem Solution. Follow these steps to resolve the problem. Apple Mail seems to rely upon Safari. When Apple… Continue reading Apple Mail or Safari RSS Feed Error from WordPress
Microsoft Word – Creating an Index Automatically Using a Concordance
[ Technology ] Summary Regarding the creation of indexes, the built-in help and support provided with Microsoft Word is limited. This document provides information about creating an index for a document using a concordance. Manual or Automatic Index Creation There are two methods of creating an index, either manually or automatically. If desired, both of these… Continue reading Microsoft Word – Creating an Index Automatically Using a Concordance
Recommended Windows Notebook – Dell Vostro 1500
Effective Living > Technology Summary. For most people desiring a Windows notebook, for about $700 (after $328 instant rebate) the 15″ Dell Vostro 1500 should work just fine. The $700 configuration is what Dell refers to as “Enhanced Graphics & Services.” High Performance Configuration – $1,970. For greater performance and a longer warranty, consider the following… Continue reading Recommended Windows Notebook – Dell Vostro 1500
Recommended Windows Desktop Computer – Dell Vostro 420 Mini Tower
Effective Living > Technology Summary. The current recommended desktop computer is the Dell Vostro 420 Mini Tower. The configuration package called “Extreme Performance Package” is about $1300 once configured. The price includes includes a 20″ display. Although the “Extreme Performance Package” configuration is probably fine for most users, some users may need additional power. Below is a… Continue reading Recommended Windows Desktop Computer – Dell Vostro 420 Mini Tower
How to Add Items to the “Send To” Menu in Windows XP
Effective Living > Technology Summary. Customizing the Send To menu option in Windows XP can make it easier to save files to an alternate location. Solution. Microsoft has a well written online document with instructions about how to customize the Send To menu in Windows XP.
Apple Address Book Search Does not Find All Contacts Records
Effective Living > Technology > Apple Problem Summary. When searching the Apple Address book for an entry (record), some entries do not show up in the search results. Problem Cause. The problem may be caused by using iSync through .Mac with multiple computers that are on different versions of OSX such as one using Leopard and the… Continue reading Apple Address Book Search Does not Find All Contacts Records
Iowa City Video Production Services for Recording Events Weddings and Transfer Conversion of 8mm Movies VHS Tape DVD PAL NTST Foreign Standards
Effective Living > Technology > Video Summary. The Technology Services Resource Group provides a variety of video production services. Please contact us for a quote, or feel free to use the list below of national video conversion and production service providers. Service Providers. This document contains a list of video conversion service providers to transfer home… Continue reading Iowa City Video Production Services for Recording Events Weddings and Transfer Conversion of 8mm Movies VHS Tape DVD PAL NTST Foreign Standards
Screen Saver Hot Corners Not Working for Apple Leopard
Effective Living > Technology > Apple Problem Summary. Hot Corners previously worked to start the screen saver. At some point, they just stopped working. Problem Cause. If the computer has been in and out of sleep mode, and also has been in and out of screen saver mode, this could be causing the problem. There could also be some… Continue reading Screen Saver Hot Corners Not Working for Apple Leopard
ResourcesForLife.com Privacy Statement
Update: 16 Oct 2020 Please see our most up-to-date privacy statement here: ResourcesForLife.com/about/privacy-statement Our privacy statement as of 24 Mar 2010 is below. Introduction. Most people don’t realize it, but every website we visit collects data about us. That data is usually analyzed in great detail. The website owner knows what kind of computer we… Continue reading ResourcesForLife.com Privacy Statement
Website Upgrade From WordPress 2.3.3 to 2.5 version
Summary. The Resources for Life.com website was upgraded today from WordPress 2.3.3 to the latest 2.5 version to address formatting problems while using the Visual editor with the Apple Safari browser. Website Downtime. The website was down today for maintenance from about 12:10 PM to 12:40 PM. The downtime for upgrading could have been reduced… Continue reading Website Upgrade From WordPress 2.3.3 to 2.5 version
Apple Mail Save Attachment to Alternate Location
Technology > Apple Problem Summary. When using the Apple Mail client for e-mail, attachments are saved to the local computer by clicking on the save button. By default, they are saved to a downloads folder. At first glance, there appears to be no intuitive way to have additional options for saving. Problem Solution. Press and… Continue reading Apple Mail Save Attachment to Alternate Location