Make a new Sticky note from an application

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Make a new Sticky note from an application

All applications have a means of making a new sticky note from the application menu/Services/make a new sticky note, but it does not work on my G5 imac. The application menu blinks but a note is nowhere to be found. I have searched the forums and have tried trashing the stickies preferences but nothing was found or has worked. I am able to create a note from the Stickies application however.

iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 13, 2006 12:44 PM

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Ron JACKLE

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Sep 13, 2006 1:07 PM in response to Alkov

Alkov...

"All applications have a means of making a new sticky note from the application menu/Services/make a new sticky note, but it does not work on my G5 imac."

Is that from the Stickies.app or the Stickies Widget?

I do not have the Services option available for the Stickies.app and 10.3.x only runs Yahoo Widget Engine. So I am clueless if you would be running the Dashboard version of Stickies.

Perhaps those in the 10.4 forum knows things better?

...Ron

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Alkov Author

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Sep 14, 2006 9:56 AM in response to Ron JACKLE

Ron

Thanks for the answer. I am using neither the application stickies nor a dashboard widget. I am in an application (safari for example) with text selected and attempt to create a sticky from the services/make a new sticky note. The Sticky help menu states that a note will be created using that command. I also would like to add that I have an ibook G4 which also does not repond to that command.

Al

imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Alkov Author

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Sep 14, 2006 12:23 PM in response to Ron JACKLE

Ron

Thanks for the answer. I am using neither the application stickies nor a dashboard widget. I am in an application (safari for example) with text selected and attempt to create a sticky from the services/make a new sticky note. The Sticky help menu states that a note will be created using that command. I also would like to add that I have an ibook G4 which also does not repond to that command.

Al

imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Ron JACKLE

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Sep 14, 2006 8:02 PM in response to Alkov

Alkov...

I just tested it out and it works on my machine but it does launch the Stickies.app and inserts my selection in a new sheet.

I wonder if it could be a highlighted text/image issue such as too much being selected or the selection didn't take?

Is the application failing to launch? (Got Deleted?)

...Ron

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Alkov Author

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Sep 15, 2006 1:30 PM in response to Ron JACKLE

Ron

The stickey application does not launch when I try to make a new note. Also, I only select a few words to test the making of a sticky note. I'm at a loss as to what to do next since this ability would be quite helpful.

Al

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Ron JACKLE

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Sep 15, 2006 5:44 PM in response to Alkov

All I did was launch Stickies.app, close the default junk while not saving, make a new note from the Edit menu, and quit the application.

I next tried it from Finder and it made a small desktop picture. I quit the app then. (That retains the sticky itself)

Next I launched Safari, highlighting a 3 line sentence out of its first hit, then to Finder ->> Services ->> Make New Sticky Note. Stickies launches with highlighted text in place. I quit to retain sticky.

Because Stickies.app retains (keeps its own data) OR saves (Externally as a file) oddly, I seldom use it. A such a simple .app but awkard to use.

...Ron

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