The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12960   Message #2194065
Posted By: Janie
14-Nov-07 - 10:32 PM
Thread Name: tech: How Many Mudcatters using MACs?
Subject: RE: tech: How Many Mudcatters using MACs?
Help! I have just repeatedly tried to make a link in another thread. Went to the website, highlighted the URL, rightclicked, chose copy. Went to thread and linkmaker. Right clicked. The paste option is inactive. did it repeatedly. No joy. Would occasionally run into this with the PC. (probably something I was doing wrong, but neverfigured it out there either.) When that would happen, i would minimize the browser window with Mudcat, click IE on the desktop and open it in another window, go to the website, copy, maximize the browser with Mudcat open, and paste to the linkmaker. But I can't seem to get Safari to open a second browser window to try this. When I minimize Mudcat to return to the desktop and click Safari, nothing happens. Maybe I don't know what to quiery, but Safari help didn't turn up any answers or clues either.

One option when I right clicked to copy the URL was make a link. I clicked that. But had no idea what, if anything, to do from that point.

2nd, perhaps related, issue. I was trying to link to a podcast. At some point, I inadvertently opened the podcast and it started playing again, thru iTunes. I couldn't get it turned off. I closed the link and closed itunes, but the podcast continued. I finally reopened iTunes, moved the slider to the end of the podcast, and then closed iTunes again. (Did that in the middle of typing this post - it was driving me nuts.)

I am not stupid, but in spite of trying, I seem to be in a permanent state of cluelessness when it comes to anything computer. It ain't the Mac. It is me. But I am stumped. (And this is, I am sure, some simple idiocy I am doing.)

*sob*

Janie