Re: Merge files in Preview

[Jane Griffiths]

Hi Severin

Open both pdf files in Preview.
You need to have the sidebar open showing the thumbnail views of each pdf.
Then drag one pdf on top of the other to merge the two.

It's better explained in this Apple support document.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4075

Cheers
Jane




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> How do I merge .pdf files in Preview?   I can do it in Acrobat but not in 
> Preview!
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How do I merge .pdf files in Preview?   I can do it in Acrobat but not in 
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Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

[Steven Knowles]

Hi Carlo

It might be comforting to some to hear that post-Lion sluggishness isn't 
expected to be the norm, but it's definitely the case with my MBP, and a quick 
web search of something like 'lion sluggish' indicates it's not an issue 
isolated to me. Agree that initial TM backups and indexing will slow machine, 
but I'm talking some days post Lion update, indexing well and truly over (even 
though I did again in an attempt to try solve the Mail problem) and post-Lion 
TM backups being no different to pre-Lion TM backups, ie. past the initial 
post-Lion backup.

Delays caused by (presumably) autosave were noticeable to start with, ie. 
spinning beach balls for several seconds now and again, particular when using 
Mail, but that seems to have disappeared. Though if I had to pick a use when 
sluggishness was most noticeable, I'd pick Mail. No stopclock measurements mind 
you, just feel.

The changes I'm referring to are more the cosmetic changes, which are obviously 
subjective. Again Mail springs to mind as an example of cosmetic aspects being 
same or worse, even a little bland, but definitely no wow factor improvement 
aesthetically. At least not over and above what was, and maybe that's part of 
it  how do you improve that which is already excellent?

Not all negative ... Launchpad looks nice (not quite sure what it's got over 
accessing apps via having the Applications folder in the Dock, but nice to have 
options), and Mission Control is terrific. On the whole I remain ho hum about 
Lion, though that's when compared to Snow Leopard - OSX still walks all over 
its competitors.

Cheers, Steven


On 29/07/2011, at 12:24 PM, cm wrote:

> Hi Steven,
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very 
> little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some 
> extra processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, 
> spotlight will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down 
> until the the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible 
> cause for a temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new 
> operating system files and this will result in an unusually large first 
> incremental backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of 
> the features of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The 
> automatic versioning does do saves as you type new data into a Pages 
> document, for instance, but the saves are separated by tens of seconds and 
> this is an age as far as the CPU is concerned. The new graphics effects in 
> Mission Control only occur when the user instigates them and they use the 
> graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus will not impact significantly on 
> processing time. If anything, the guarantee of system wide 64 bit drivers and 
> software may result in a speed up. I have some minor problems with Lion, but 
> slow operation if definitely not one of them.
> 
> I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to 
> correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many 
> years ago and  became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating 
> system to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce 
> reliance on local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model 
> of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of 
> fuss and each application is responsible for its own data.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see 
>> if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems 
>> with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the 
>> most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, 
>> has not resolved the issue.
>> 
>> Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now 
>> to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? 
>> I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, 
>> I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely 
>> matching hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the 
>> experience of others.
>> 
>> I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a 
>> known issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 
>> 2008 and is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. 
>> Apparently updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a 
>> hanging problem though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft 
>> come up with a fix.
>> 
>> I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my 
>> perceptions ... "Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake" or 
>> words to that effect. An example cited was Preview and the appear

Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Steven,

I do agree with Carlo’s comments below, Lion should be faster than your 
previous OS, not slower.

I presume you did not do a ‘Clean Install’ of Lion but did an ‘In-place 
Upgrade’ on the same partition as Snow Leopard. 
I also presume you did all the necessary preparations before upgrading, (such 
as updating all your applications to Lion compatible versions, repair 
permissions on SL, did a backup), and the ‘Post-Installation’ tasks (such as 
allowing Spotlight to completely finish its re-indexing of the HD, running 
Software Update, repairing permissions, letting Time Machine do its initial 
complete backup).

You Mail search issues, especially “getting false results”, (Lion’s Mail search 
is smarter than previous Mail Search), does indicate to me that Spotlight has 
not re-indexed your drive completely.

I’ve already suggested you allow Spotlight to Re-Index your HD, and you mention 
you have done so.
Lion reindexes all of your drives on the first couple boot-ups, which may 
explain why some people thought it was sluggish at first.
The more files you have on your system, and the more of those that you leave in 
scope for Spotlight searches, the longer this will take.

After upgrading if the fans are spinning,  a) Spotlight is re-indexing, or b) a 
runaway daemon (needs to be removed, turned off, or app upgrade).
The first and most common is that Spotlight is temporarily re-indexing your 
hard drive. You can verify that by bringing up Activity Monitor, sort by "% 
CPU" and if "mdworker" or "mds" is chewing up all the CPU then its Spotlight 
and it should stop after some time.

What to suggest you now try ;-) I would do this:
Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility - "Verify Disk”. Even if you receive a 
message “that all appears ok”

1. Shut down your computer
2. Boot the computer while holding down the OPTION key, then select “Recovery 
HD” and press Return
3. Once booted in Recovery mode, select Disk Utility. Select your Mac HD.
4. Verify Disk (& again if it reports that your HD is OK)
5. Repair Disk 
6. Then ‘Repair Permissions'
It will most likely quite a number of problems during this process and repair 
them.
7. After it is finished, restart your computer.
Spotlight will most likely re-index your drive again … if it does … let it 
complete the process without running any other programs.

Hopefully this might help.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 29/07/2011, at 10:24 AM, cm wrote:

> Hi Steven,
> 
> I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very 
> little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some 
> extra processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, 
> spotlight will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down 
> until the the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible 
> cause for a temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new 
> operating system files and this will result in an unusually large first 
> incremental backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of 
> the features of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The 
> automatic versioning does do saves as you type new data into a Pages 
> document, for instance, but the saves are separated by tens of seconds and 
> this is an age as far as the CPU is concerned. The new graphics effects in 
> Mission Control only occur when the user instigates them and they use the 
> graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus will not impact significantly on 
> processing time. If anything, the guarantee of system wide 64 bit drivers and 
> software may result in a speed up. I have some minor problems with Lion, but 
> slow operation if definitely not one of them.
> 
> I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to 
> correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many 
> years ago and  became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating 
> system to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce 
> reliance on local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model 
> of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of 
> fuss and each application is responsible for its own data.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see 
>> if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems 
>> with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the 
>> most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, 
>> has not resolved the issue.
>> 
>> Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now 
>> to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? 
>> I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, 
>> I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when t

Re: Front Row

[Nicholas Pyers]

On 29/07/2011, at 2:41 PM, Glenn Walker wrote:
> hi all  the osx Lion take out  Front row i want it back on the mac .

Glenn,
Take a serious look at Plex for managing your video collection
http://www.plexapp.com/
I've been running it for a couple of months now and am very impressed with it


If you really want to keep Front Row, be aware that apparently iTunes 10.4 
breaks the way Lion sees your iTunes Library and thus won't be seen under Lion 
:( 

That said, here are instructions, and an installer, on how to install Front Row 
under Lion
http://www.mac-hatter.com/blog/frontrowenablerforlion

--
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Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org

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Front Row

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hi all  the osx Lion take out  Front row i want it back on the mac .



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Re: Info

[Joseph Mastrella]

Greetings! Has your brother put a value on the mac book for sale? I am a
member and am looking to upgrade.

Cheers, Joe Mastrella

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Nichole Shervington <
nichole.sherving...@bigpond.com> wrote:

>  Hi Folks,
>
> My brother wants to sell his 2009 Macbook intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz black.
> Is there a website were he can go to get an idea of what it is worth?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kind regards
>
> Nichole
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Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

[cm]

Hi Steven,

I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very 
little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some extra 
processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, spotlight 
will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down until the 
the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible cause for a 
temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new operating 
system files and this will result in an unusually large first incremental 
backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of the features 
of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The automatic versioning 
does do saves as you type new data into a Pages document, for instance, but the 
saves are separated by tens of seconds and this is an age as far as the CPU is 
concerned. The new graphics effects in Mission Control only occur when the user 
instigates them and they use the graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus 
will not impact significantly on processing time. If anything, the guarantee of 
system wide 64 bit drivers and software may result in a speed up. I have some 
minor problems with Lion, but slow operation if definitely not one of them.

I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to 
correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many 
years ago and  became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating system 
to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce reliance on 
local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model of the iPad 
where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of fuss and each 
application is responsible for its own data.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see 
> if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems 
> with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the 
> most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, 
> has not resolved the issue.
> 
> Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to 
> effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm 
> guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm 
> getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely 
> matching hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the 
> experience of others.
> 
> I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a 
> known issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 
> 2008 and is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. 
> Apparently updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a 
> hanging problem though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft 
> come up with a fix.
> 
> I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my 
> perceptions ... "Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake" or 
> words to that effect. An example cited was Preview and the appearance of the 
> navigation pane on the left instead of the right. Perhaps it's all part of 
> the grand marketing plan ... "over 250 features!". 
> 
> It seems silly to update a new system and then revert back to classic 
> features, why update in the first place, but I have checked the "Use classic 
> layout" box in Mail > Preferences > Viewing. I find the layout in Lion's Mail 
> worse. And I was pleased to discover the "scroll direction" could be changed 
> back from the confusing Lion way.
> 
> I like to keep up with the latest OS, even if a little buggy, but I'm glad I 
> haven't been billed more than AUD 31.99 for all of my Macs!
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> On 27/07/2011, at 12:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 26/07/2011, at 12:55 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm finding the search facility for the Lion version of Mail very 
>>> unreliable, as in not returning matching messages when it should be. I do 
>>> have a fairly large accumulation of messages these days, but wasn't a 
>>> problem with Snow Leopard.
>>> 
>>> I'm wondering if others have found this, or is it a function of me running 
>>> 10.7 on a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (must be 4 to 5 years old by 
>>> now), which is now considerably more sluggish after moving from Snow 
>>> Leopard to Lion.
>> 
>> Hi Steven,
>> 
>> Have you tried ‘rebuilding' each Mailbox? 
>> Click on each Mailbox, Go to Mailbox > Rebuild. Wait until each Mailbox has 
>> rebuilt.
>> Quit Mail
>> Open Mail and try searching. 
>> 
>> If you are still not happy with your search results try:
>> 
>>  1. Enable Indexing
>> 
>> Open Terminal, and type the following:  sudo mdutil -i on /
>> If it asks for your password, type it in and hit return.
>>  
>> Re-open mail. If this didn't

Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

[Steven Knowles]

Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see if 
any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems with 
Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the most 
popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, has not 
resolved the issue.

Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to 
effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm 
guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm 
getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely matching 
hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the experience of 
others.

I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a known 
issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 2008 and 
is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. Apparently 
updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a hanging problem 
though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft come up with a fix.

I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my perceptions 
... "Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake" or words to that 
effect. An example cited was Preview and the appearance of the navigation pane 
on the left instead of the right. Perhaps it's all part of the grand marketing 
plan ... "over 250 features!". 

It seems silly to update a new system and then revert back to classic features, 
why update in the first place, but I have checked the "Use classic layout" box 
in Mail > Preferences > Viewing. I find the layout in Lion's Mail worse. And I 
was pleased to discover the "scroll direction" could be changed back from the 
confusing Lion way.

I like to keep up with the latest OS, even if a little buggy, but I'm glad I 
haven't been billed more than AUD 31.99 for all of my Macs!

Cheers, Steven

On 27/07/2011, at 12:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 26/07/2011, at 12:55 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I'm finding the search facility for the Lion version of Mail very 
>> unreliable, as in not returning matching messages when it should be. I do 
>> have a fairly large accumulation of messages these days, but wasn't a 
>> problem with Snow Leopard.
>> 
>> I'm wondering if others have found this, or is it a function of me running 
>> 10.7 on a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (must be 4 to 5 years old by 
>> now), which is now considerably more sluggish after moving from Snow Leopard 
>> to Lion.
> 
> Hi Steven,
> 
> Have you tried ‘rebuilding' each Mailbox? 
> Click on each Mailbox, Go to Mailbox > Rebuild. Wait until each Mailbox has 
> rebuilt.
> Quit Mail
> Open Mail and try searching. 
> 
> If you are still not happy with your search results try:
> 
>  1. Enable Indexing
> 
> Open Terminal, and type the following:  sudo mdutil -i on /
> If it asks for your password, type it in and hit return.
>  
> Re-open mail. If this didn't fix anything, then you will need to re-index:
>  
> 2. Re-indexing HD
>  
> Go to System Preferences, Spotlight, click on the Privacy tab, click on the + 
> to add the entire Macintosh HD to the list of "Prevent spotlight from 
> searching these locations" and then remove the Macintosh HD by clicking the - 
> button.
>  
> Once you've done this is will automatically start re-indexing in spotlight. 
> This can take a long time. When it has completed, Open mail and it should be 
> working properly again.
> 
> Please let us know how you get on.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni




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Re: Toolbar disappearing

[Ronda Brown]

On 28/07/2011, at 9:49 PM, Peter Crisp wrote:

> 
> Hi there, I have for no apparent reason had the toolbars for MS Word (Macbook 
> with "Office for Mac 2008" installed - Snow Leopard) and Safari disappearing. 
> as the problem is across more than one application, I figured it relates to 
> some global setting. But I haven't actually changed anything knowingly. Mail 
> is fine, Excel is fine, Powerpoint is fine. Very odd.
> 
> I can bring the toolbars back by untagging the relevant toolbar in Word then 
> reactivating, and also by selecting >View>Toolbar in Safari it comes back ok.
> 
> Has anyone had this and any tips on a cure?

Hi Peter,

No, I’ve never had this happen myself, but can give some tips ;-)

Trash the file com.apple.systemuiserver.plist
found in ~/Library/Preferences.

Then restart your Mac.


I’ve also heard that if you are using an older version of iStatMenus this can 
happen, as iStat Menus modifies the menu bar
If you do have iStatMenus installed, uninstall it and then download the latest 
version and re-install.

How to uninstall iStatMenus:
- Download iStat menus from islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/.
- Double click the ZIP file to open it.
- Control-click or right-click iStat menus Installer and choose Show Package 
Contents.
- Navigate to Contents/Resources/.
- Double click iStat menus Uninstaller to run the uninstaller.

Repair the Permissions might be an idea as well if you have not done it since 
updating or installing any security updates.

Let us know if you still have the problem.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

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Re: dead G5

[Stuart Evans]

Hi Ken,

We’ve seen this before after a firmware update didn’t complete or sometimes
even a security update.

First try booting and holding the power button until the light flashes. If
that doesn’t fix it you may have hard drive errors (what I suspect since
you’ve reinstaled Tiger).
Try Diskwarrior if you have it. Otherwise it is going to be a techie job.

Cheers,
Stuart 


On 28/07/11 10:27 PM, "Ken Jackson"  wrote:

>  
>  Thanks Ronni & Robin, I'll give those a try tomorrow.
> I reinstalled Tiger but it still crashes,
> 
> regards,
> 
> Ken
> 
>  
> Ken Jackson
> 
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> 
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> 
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> M 0409 770 747
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> 
>   
> 
> On Thursday, 28 July 2011 at 7:51 PM, Robin Belford wrote:
>  
>>  
>> Ken,
>> I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections.
>> Try taking one stick out and restarting.
>> 
>> r
>> 
>> On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:
>>> 
  
  Hi Folks,
 
 this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it asks
 to be shut down. (Grey Screen)
 The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
 Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
 Is there anyone who can help?
 
 Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram
>>> 
>>> Hi Ken,
>>> 
>>> Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”.
>>> 
>>> A few things you could try:
>>> Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to
>>> the gear itself.
>>> 
>>> Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V
>>> at power-up). 
>>> I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't
>>> get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose
>>> console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try.
>>> 
>>> Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try.
>>> 
>>> Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU?
>>> This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and
>>> letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the
>>> PMU/SMU reset button once only.
>>> 
>>> But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-(
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>> 
>>> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Setting up WiFi at MacDonalds

[Daniel Kerr]

LOL gotta love!

It's things like that that remind me why I love using a Mac.
I remember when burners first came out and I was working in retail and it
was sort of the same.
The Mac was install burner, install software. Done.
The Windows instructions was, install burner. Install software. Restart.
Install Driver. Restart. Modify something else. Restart.

Still the same many  years on,

Priceless! :o)


On 29/7/11 1:05 AM, "Peter Hinchliffe"  wrote:

> 
> 
> The photo in this article tells it all. Not that I'm likely ever to be using
> my MacBook Pro in a McDonalds store, but I do love the instruction sheet
> telling you how to connect to their free WiFi service - 3 steps for Mac OS X,
> TWO PAGES for Windows. Gotta love it.
> 
> More hubris...
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Setting up WiFi at MacDonalds

[Peter Hinchliffe]

The photo in this article tells it all. Not that I'm likely ever to be using my 
MacBook Pro in a McDonalds store, but I do love the instruction sheet telling 
you how to connect to their free WiFi service - 3 steps for Mac OS X, TWO PAGES 
for Windows. Gotta love it. 

More hubris...





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Re: More Lion Woes

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 28/07/2011, at 12:09 PM, Bill Cole wrote:

> Peter, I'm not quite sure where the " little arrow to the right of the link 
> is"  could you help me there. I have "cba" in the Bookmarks Bar of Safari, 
> when I click on that it used to open, fill in the details req'd, and open it, 
> now when I click on "cba" 
> or any other ones, it opens the page, but does not fill in the details, I 
> have to tap the " 1P " button which in turn brings up the small 1Password 
> vault, I put my password in, it then displays " login for this site" I then 
> double click on the site , it fills in the details and opens it up.  somewhat 
> tedious, I think,  
> Thanks for any help
> Bill
> 


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I can't improve on it.

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WAMUG Meeting reminder: This Tuesday 2 August 2011 (Please Do Not Reply)

[Pete Smith]

G'day all WAMUGGERs

Yep, that's right. July is nearly over which means that the August WAMUG 
Monthly Meeting is just around the corner. Or just over the hill, depending on 
which university you went to.

Anyway, don't forget to set your iCals up for next Tuesday, 2 August 2011.

What's on and where do we go I hear you ask?

See the website for full details.
.

7 pm start - 9 pm finish.
See you there.

Regards

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Re: dead G5

[Ken Jackson]

Thanks Ronni & Robin, I'll give those a try tomorrow.
I reinstalled Tiger but it still crashes,

regards,

Ken


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On Thursday, 28 July 2011 at 7:51 PM, Robin Belford wrote:

> Ken,
> I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections.
> Try taking one stick out and restarting.
> 
> r
> 
> On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> > 
> > On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > > 
> > > this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it 
> > > asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen)
> > > The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
> > > Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
> > > Is there anyone who can help?
> > > 
> > > Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram
> > Hi Ken,
> > 
> > Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”.
> > 
> > A few things you could try:
> > Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get 
> > to the gear itself. 
> > 
> > Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V 
> > at power-up). 
> > I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't 
> > get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose 
> > console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try.
> > 
> > Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. 
> > 
> > Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? 
> > This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery 
> > and letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing 
> > the PMU/SMU reset button once only. 
> > 
> > But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-(
> > Cheers,
> > Ronni
> > 
> > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> > 
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> > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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Re: iPhoto Prints

[cm]

Hi Nichole,

I have used iPhoto for the photo book printing service but not for individual 
photo prints. The book was delivered in a timely fashion and the paper quality 
and binding are of a very high standard. I am also pleased with the colour 
reproduction and quality of the photo prints. If you want to see the book as an 
example of the service, let me know and I will bring it along to the WAMUG 
meeting on next Tuesday night.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-28, at 21:57, Nichole Shervington wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Has anyone used the Apple iPhoto printing service?
> 
> I would like to get some photos printed, but have not been happy with 
> snapfish or the kmart kiosks.
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Kind regards
> 
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[Nichole Shervington]

Hi Folks,

Has anyone used the Apple iPhoto printing service?

I would like to get some photos printed, but have not been happy with
snapfish or the kmart kiosks.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thank you

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Toolbar disappearing

[Peter Crisp]

Hi there, I have for no apparent reason had the toolbars for MS Word (Macbook 
with "Office for Mac 2008" installed - Snow Leopard) and Safari disappearing. 
as the problem is across more than one application, I figured it relates to 
some global setting. But I haven't actually changed anything knowingly. Mail is 
fine, Excel is fine, Powerpoint is fine. Very odd.

I can bring the toolbars back by untagging the relevant toolbar in Word then 
reactivating, and also by selecting >View>Toolbar in Safari it comes back ok.

Has anyone had this and any tips on a cure?

Kind Regards

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eMac for parts

[Clinton Ducas]

Hello all,


I have an 800 MHz eMac which has recently decided to power up no longer. It is 
a complete system, save for the hard disk, and includes a combo drive and 384 
MB SDRAM as well as a keyboard and mouse.

As to why it no longer starts, I suspect the problem could be something 
straightforward, such as a blown fuse or similar, since it worked perfectly 
well until about a week ago. I simply don't have the time or inclination to 
attempt diagnosis or repair.

If someone wishes to take it and attempt a resurrection or cannibalise it for 
parts, please contact me off-list to arrange collection.


Regards, Clinton.


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Free 57 inch Sony TV

[Ken Jackson]

Hi folks,
I know it's a bit off topic but I'm not selling anything.
FREE to whoever can pick it up before the weekend is a Free 57 inch Sony TV, 
rear projection, in great condition. Have bought a new TV.
Call me on the numbers below.

Thanks & regards,

Ken Jackson
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Re: dead G5

[Robin Belford]

Ken,
I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections.
Try taking one stick out and restarting.

r

On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it asks 
>> to be shut down. (Grey Screen)
>> The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
>> Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
>> Is there anyone who can help?
>> 
>> Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram
> 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”.
> 
> A few things you could try:
> Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to 
> the gear itself. 
> 
> Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V 
> at power-up). 
> I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get 
> to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose 
> console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try.
> 
> Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. 
> 
> Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? 
> This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and 
> letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the 
> PMU/SMU reset button once only. 
> 
> But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-(
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Office for Mac

[Andrew]

Hi Daniel
What would be the quickest way to get this from you?
Andrew


On 20/07/2011, at 7:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Hi Andrew

I've got a left over never opened brand new Office 2008 Home and  
Student
edition (3 serial numbers) that you can have for, say $100 if you  
wanted.
The specs on the bottom of the box list that it requires 10.4.9 or  
later so

would work fine on your machine.
This version has Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage (email) with  
3 serial
numbers and works with the new .x file formats (eg .docx, .xlsx and  
pptx)


Drop me an email off list if you were interested and we can work  
something

out.

Kind regards
Daniel


On 20/7/11 7:15 PM, "Andrew"  wrote:



Thanks Yvonne
I had the 2004 free trial previously. My partner needs the full  
version to be

compatable with software at her work. It may be an option.
Andrew



On 20/07/2011, at 6:58 PM, Yvonne Harrison  
 wrote:





Hi Andrew - I am running a 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo iMac - OS  
10.4.11 -
currently have Office 2004 running fine on it. May not be as new  
as you'd

like but it is enough for my needs :)
HTH
regards
Yvonne


On 20/07/11 6:05 PM, Andrew wrote:


Hi All
I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Free Trial to use  
on my 24"

iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.11).
When running the installer it states I require OS 10.5.8 or higher.
Does anyone know if I can run an earlier version of Office  
without an

upgrade of the operating system?
Alternatively, how much does upgrading to 10.5 cost and is it  
worth it (and

any potential complications)?
I have had a look at Apple support for 10.5 but can only find  
updates for

it.

Andrew




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Re: dead G5

[Ronda Brown]

On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it asks 
> to be shut down. (Grey Screen)
> The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
> Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
> Is there anyone who can help?
> 
> Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram

Hi Ken,

Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”.

A few things you could try:
Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to 
the gear itself. 

Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V at 
power-up). 
I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get 
to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose console 
output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try.

Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. 

Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? 
This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and 
letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the 
PMU/SMU reset button once only. 

But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-(

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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Re: dead G5

[Frank Salleo]

Hi Ken
You should try resetting the cuda/pmu
See  for instructions.
Remember this happening on a few of our G5s a long time ago when we had
powerfailures. 
They would start up with fans roaring and no screen.
Hope it helps
Frank 


On 28/07/11 3:32 PM, "Ken Jackson"  wrote:

>  
>  Hi Folks,
> 
> this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it asks to
> be shut down. (Grey Screen)
> The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
> Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
> Is there anyone who can help?
> 
> Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram
> 
> 
> Thanks & regards to all,
> 
>   
> Ken 
> 
> k...@littleriverstudios.com.au
> 
>   kenjackson7...@gmail.com
> 
>   T 08 9376 1680
> M 0409 770 747
> Skype kennyj1098
> 
> www.littleriverstudios.com.au 
> 
>  
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/12989396703
> 5394 
> 
>  
>  
> 

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dead G5

[Ken Jackson]

Hi Folks,

this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up & it asks to 
be shut down. (Grey Screen)
The fans go berserk & I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem??
Tried zapping the pram, nothing.
Is there anyone who can help?

Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram


Thanks & regards to all,


Ken 

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kenjackson7...@gmail.com (mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com)

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