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repeating to-do items in iCal?

repeating to-do items in iCal?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Reminders (or 'don't like post-its')

Reminders (or 'don't like post-its')

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Adapting for home use?

Hi all! I'm currently reading through GTD and trying to figure out my setup. I'm a part-time SAHM with a son i 1st grade, a daughter in preschool, and a son who will be 2 this summer. Needless to say, I have my hands full! On top of that, my husband works long hours and I handle all mail and billpaying.

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Ultimate addressbook = Pmwiki maybe

Ultimate addressbook = Pmwiki maybe

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Uninstalling Keyword Assistant fixes iPhoto hang

iPhoto hung in Tiger until I removed “Keyword Assistant” from the installer.

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Merlin on TWiT 88: Batteries Included

TWiT 88: Batteries Included

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Tom Merritt, Wil Harris, and John C. Dvorak

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Quantum computing, teraflop chips, and iPod bans...

In which I definitively address the origin of my oft-discussed username for Skype, AIM, Twitter, etc...

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Backup to DVD/CD - options?

Backup to DVD/CD - options?

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Walk me through a day in the life of your gtd system

Walk me through a day in the life of your gtd system

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getting started with remind

hi!

I've been curious about Remind for a long time after reading Mike Harris' introduction, but only just got around to trying to install/use it.

I've never done anything in Terminal (like several other people who left comments to the original post), but after a lot of fiddling around I managed to install the program and set up a .reminders file. Problem is, I can't seem to actually figure out how to call up any of the reminders. "rem" or "remind" (and variants of) are "command[s] not found."

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