Changing energy saver the easy way

Is there an easy way to set schedules on workstations? If I knew which pref file contained this info I could copy out that file no?

don't know what "pmset" means, the provided unix commands don't quite cover what I want;
start up weekdays at 7:30 a.m., shutdown everyday at 4:00 p.m.
If I knew which prefs file held that data. I thought it was users/me/library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
but moving that file around doesn't seem to do it.
If I change the settings manually on a workstation, when logged in as admin, all users inherit this even though prefs file is in admin's own prefs folder.
coping out the file doesn't do anything though, so I'm either doing the wrong file or something is going on way above my head (no doubt)

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What is the easier way to turn voice controller off?

what is the easier way to turn voice controller off?

you can turn of the voice dial but as far as i know you can not turn off the voice controller
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Automatically change energy saver

Is there anyway that I can have energy saver automatically change the setting to "Highest" when I start up Halo? I noticed a huge performance leap when I changed to highest in the middle of playing halo and was wondering if there were an easier way to change the settings.

Sort of, yes. For 99% of the users and applications, it works pretty good. However for demanding applications and games (like Photoshop or in this case, Halo) Apple recommends that you use the "Highest" setting to get optimal performance:
From the developer docs :
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/DeveloperNotes/Macintosh_CPUs-G5/iMacG5May05/iMacG5.pdf
Note: For best performance when using professional applications with high demand on the system
(such as Final Cut Pro or Logic), you may want to set the processor/bus speed option to highest.
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The easy way?

I must admit that this has saved me hours of time and ultimately brought me out of Flash retirement.
My question is this.
When creating a portfolio with thumbnails as buttons that change a larger image to what the thumbnail displays. Am I doing this right by creating several pages just to make an image appear for each individual image? Seems like allot to me and wondering if there is an easier way to accomplish this.
Also wondering if I should optimize the jpegs in Catalyst?
To see it working its located it www.smakdigital.com
Thank you.
Osiris

Hi Osiris,
>> I must admit that this has saved me hours of time and ultimately brought me out of Flash retirement.
Glad to hear it!
>> Am I doing this right by creating several pages just to make an image appear for each individual image?
Pretty much, yes. Here are two ways to improve on your approach, however:
Place the thumbnails into a Data List. This makes it less work to edit things like item spacing/layout, or the selection highlight, since you don't have to do it once per thumbnail image. To display a different full-size image depending on which list item you clicked, create a series of "On Select" interactions using the "When a specific item is selected" option.
Put your image gallery into a custom component and have one state in the component for each image. This keeps your list of top-level application pages/states clean, so that if you later decide to add other screens such as contact info, info page, etc., they're not all mixed in alongside your image-specific states.
>> Seems like allot to me and wondering if there is an easier way to accomplish this.
We here on the Catalyst team agree, and are looking into ways of making this simpler in a future version!
>> Also wondering if I should optimize the jpegs in Catalyst?
You should definitely optimize your images for the web by adjusting the resolution and compression settings. You can do this within Catalyst, or within the original tool that you used to create the jpegs (e.g. Photoshop's "Save for Web" command contains all the same optimization controls, and then some).
Hope that helps!
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Remote File Sharing via SSH-How to Set This Up the Easy Way

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Clearing Duplicates the Easy Way

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What is the easier way to edit a captured slide?

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Hi Osiris,
>> I must admit that this has saved me hours of time and ultimately brought me out of Flash retirement.
Glad to hear it!
>> Am I doing this right by creating several pages just to make an image appear for each individual image?
Pretty much, yes. Here are two ways to improve on your approach, however:
Place the thumbnails into a Data List. This makes it less work to edit things like item spacing/layout, or the selection highlight, since you don't have to do it once per thumbnail image. To display a different full-size image depending on which list item you clicked, create a series of "On Select" interactions using the "When a specific item is selected" option.
Put your image gallery into a custom component and have one state in the component for each image. This keeps your list of top-level application pages/states clean, so that if you later decide to add other screens such as contact info, info page, etc., they're not all mixed in alongside your image-specific states.
>> Seems like allot to me and wondering if there is an easier way to accomplish this.
We here on the Catalyst team agree, and are looking into ways of making this simpler in a future version!
>> Also wondering if I should optimize the jpegs in Catalyst?
You should definitely optimize your images for the web by adjusting the resolution and compression settings. You can do this within Catalyst, or within the original tool that you used to create the jpegs (e.g. Photoshop's "Save for Web" command contains all the same optimization controls, and then some).
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I have created a form in InDesign, exported to a pdf, then created an editable form and saved. When I open the form and make changes and save, then reopen the changes are there. If try to email this form as an attachment after editing, the attachment is always minus the edits. ????

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My Oracle install right now can be discarded, so I wanted to ask: what is the easiest way for me to get 3.1.2 installed on Ubuntu?
Install the latest version of 11g? Run a magic script, that automates all that Oracle exhaustively describes?
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