Best Mac Software

[dilli-theclaw]

Cheers - much appreciated

[Halcyon]

Onyx - Like CCleaner on the PC and it is Free.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...ties/onyx.html


Filezilla - Free FTP client. Easy to use.

http://filezilla-project.org/

[haydnwalker]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Onyx - Like CCleaner on the PC and it is Free.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...ties/onyx.html

I Second that, and it allows adding of recently used"docs/servers/apps etc to be displayed in the dock.

I'm v.impressed with it.

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

Filezilla - Free FTP client. Easy to use.

http://filezilla-project.org/

I currently use CyberDuck as my FTP client

[MadGamer]

Skype Great app for Video calling

aMSN Open Source MSN IM Client

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Chris

With some difficulty, I believe ... better to simply get them from someone who already has them. Seeing as you and I both still own BBC micros, I think it's safe to say we have a licence to use the ROMs.

PM sent. Enjoy.

Ok, so I mount the dmg image for horizon (just double click on it?) - then I can see the horizon program in a folder. I try to put the roms into the rom folder but it keeps telling me I don't have permission to do so. and when I do a 'get info' on the rom folder indeed read / write access is greyed out.

I realise I am most likely missing something really simple, but any ideas on how to sort this?

Thanks for the help

When you have mounted and opened the DMG, you have to drag its contents to your Applications folder. Then dismount the disk image (drag the disk image icon to trash) and delete the DMG file, just to keep your desktop tidy.

Open your applications folder, open the Horizon folder, drag the ROMs into the ROMs folder you see there, and then double click the Horizon app icon ... should all work now.

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Ok, so I mount the dmg image for horizon (just double click on it?) - then I can see the horizon program in a folder. I try to put the roms into the rom folder but it keeps telling me I don't have permission to do so. and when I do a 'get info' on the rom folder indeed read / write access is greyed out.

I realise I am most likely missing something really simple, but any ideas on how to sort this?

Thanks for the help

Sounds like a permissions issue on the folder, make sure it has read/write permissions set. Right click on the folder, click Get Info and then under permissions, you should have your username listed and next to it Read/Write with two arrows to the far right hand side, change as needed.

Not true, Wayne ... you can't modify a disk image in that way. That's why he can't drop stuff onto it.

[dilli-theclaw]

Cheers for that,

I created a new folder and dropped all the files in that.

All seems to work ok now

edit - I didn't realise I was trying to change a locked file.

I'll get there in the end

The emulator is running now, but only in 'tape' mode ie no disc access so I can load things of the 'floppy'.

[MadGamer]

Ah apologies, thought it was a folder that contained the image that had the problem, didnt realise the problem was with the .dmg image itself

[dilli-theclaw]

No, it's me. I am looking at a mac dummies thing on my iPad now. Back to basics and all that