Fonts that are in your Mac OS 9 System Folder may not be available to Mac OS X Panther and Tiger applications until you select the System Folder in Classic preferences or start Classic.
Symptom: - Fonts are unexpectedly substituted in a Mac OS X application. - Fonts you expect to be available to a Mac OS X application are not.
This can happen when your Mac OS 9 System Folder is on a different volume than Mac OS X, if there are multiple Mac OS 9 System Folders present, or if the font is a bitmap font or font suitcase that contains only bitmap fonts (please note that bitmap fonts are not available in Mac OS X).
Category: Kbase of the Week
Kbase Article of the Week: Lisa: Converting Documents to Macintosh⇢
Is there a product that converts Lisa documents to Macintosh format?
You need the Lisa to Macintosh Migration Kit, available from Sun Remarketing. It converts LisaDraw, LisaWrite, LisaProject, and LisaCalc files to their Macintosh counterparts.
Kbase Article of the Week: How to install OS X Server Using a Software RAID Volume on a Mac mini⇢
This week, an article about some weird Mac minis:
If your Mac mini with OS X Server has two built-in drives, you can follow these steps to create a software RAID volume (stripe or mirror). You can also install OS X Server on this RAID.
Kbase Article of the Week: Change your DVD Drive Region in DVD Player on Mac⇢
To play a DVD, the region code of the DVD must match the region code of your DVD drive. Your DVD drive is automatically set to a region code the first time you play a coded DVD. If the region code for a DVD doesn’t match the current region code of your DVD drive, a dialog asks if you want to change the code for the drive.
WARNING: You can set the region code for your DVD drive only five times (including the original setting). The fifth time you change the code, it is permanently set to the last code you set. Any DVDs you play must match the last code you set.
Kbase Article of the Week: iTunes Store: Can‘t Publish a Podcast⇢
Sometimes the iTunes Store can’t publish certain podcasts. If you’ve submitted a podcast using the “Publish a Podcast” page but haven’t seen it published yet, sit tight. The iTunes team reviews each podcast submission. Depending on demand, it may take a week or two before the podcast gets published.
Additionally, here are some other reasons why a podcast might not get published:
- The podcast’s RSS feed was not available.
- The podcast’s RSS feed timed out.
- The podcast’s RSS feed could not be validated.
Kbase Article of the Week: LED Cinema Display (27-inch), LED Cinema Display (24-inch, Late 2008): About Headphone Sound Redirection⇢
In certain situations, when you plug headphones into a Mac connected to an LED Cinema Display (24-inch, Late 2008) or LED Cinema Display (27-inch) then select the display’s speakers in the Output tab of the Sound pane of System Preferences, your selection may revert back immediately to the headphone choice. When you plug iPhone headphones into a Mac connected to an LED Cinema Display (24-inch, Late 2008) or LED Cinema Display (27-inch) then select the display’s microphone in the Input tab of the Sound preferences, your selection may immediately revert back to the iPhone headphones choice.
Kbase Article of the Week: Apple Studio Display 21/Apple Studio Display 17: Tripod Stand Safety Tips⇢
This article provides specific safety tips relating to the new tripod stand used on the Apple Studio Display 21-inch and Apple Studio Display 17-inch displays.
- Lift the display by the indentations on the under-sides near the front of the display. Never lift the display by the tripod stand.
- Likewise, do not adjust the position of the monitor by pulling the stand legs. The tripod stand is subject to damage if mishandled.
- When placing the monitor on a table surface, ensure that all three legs on the tripod stand contact a solid surface. If one of the legs is too close to the table edge, the weight of the monitor could cause the display to fall off the edge.
We had a bunch of these displays at my college newspaper. The stands were … not great.
Kbase Article of the Week: Apple Displays: Changes In Colors Requires Degaussing⇢
This week, we’ve got another Q&A-style support document:
What can cause the below symptoms?
When the computer and monitor are powered on, a green an area on bottom left of the monitor changes colors depending on what is displayed on screen. Another less intense area is directly in the center of the screen. Both distortions are approximately one inch high and 3.5 to 4 inches wide.
The display has been moved in the house and checked for any environmental factors but this didn’t change anything. The monitor was left off for over 24 hours but the discolored areas didn’t change.
Kbase Article of the Week: Apple Studio Displays: Video Pinout Information⇢
This article contains video pinout information for the following Apple Studio Displays:
- Apple Studio Display 15 (revision A)
- Apple Studio Display 17
- Apple Studio Display 21
- Apple Studio Display 15 (flat panel monitor)
Kbase Article of the Week: iPod (Click Wheel) Isn’t Recognized by Power Mac G3 (Blue and White) or Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics) Computers⇢
This old article discusses a very specific problem:
When you connect an iPod (Click Wheel) to a Power Mac G3 (Blue and White) or a Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics) via the FireWire port, it doesn’t appear in the iTunes Source list, on the desktop, or in Apple System Profiler.
Start by downloading the latest iPod updater…
Kbase Article of the Week: Xserve (Early 2009): Applying EFI Firmware Update to a "Headless" Xserve⇢
Kbase Article of the Week: How to Reinstall AppleWorks on an iMac G5, Mac mini, or iBook G4⇢
If you reinstall a localized version of Mac OS X on an iMac G5, Mac mini, or iBook G4, you may need to reinstall AppleWorks separately.
For more information on installing the additional applications that came with your computer, see the document called “Read Before You Install,” located on the Mac OS X Install Disc 1.