Re: Enabling PHP and Apache in Leopard

[Greg Sharp]

Shay is right about considering your needs for PHP & MySQL.

If this is just for personal testing on a local machine then using MAMP
(free) or MAMP Pro (small shareware cost) which provides even more features
is worth checking out. It provides a much better version of PHP than Apples.
You can test sites under PHP4 or PHP 5. It provides all the admin interfaces
you need to easily host a site. It even lets you activate Apples UNIX based
mail server to allow testing of mail scripts in real time. For a newbie to
servers you can't get any easier + it doesn't interferes in any way with
Apple's version of PHP/Apache + works perfect in Leopard

If you need this for a production server then you'll have to take the long
road as mentioned in your earlier post or else check out the Entropy version
of PHP. Can be installed like any other application , easy to set up but
unfortunately a Leopard compatible version is only in beta not release yet.
Just the same may be worth checking out.

Whichever way you go you'll end up with a much better version of PHP than
the dumbed down version Apple supplies. Trust me.


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Re: Summary of :- Spreadsheet for OSX to replace Excell ??

[Greg Sharp]

On 25/9/06 1:40 AM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Also, Google now has spreadsheets in development:
> 
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/
> 
> Have fun,

A couple of great features of Google Spreadsheets is that it can import and
export Excel files as well as allowing you to set a spreadsheet as shared to
allow people you work with to edit and add information. I've been using it
for months and it's very cool.


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Re: Apple Discriminates against Australians Article

[Greg Sharp]

Hi I'm just passing on a correction to my earlier email after talking to
Fiona for a second time an hour or so ago.

Country customers will be able to use a return paid post pack for returns
however people in the city will have to go directly through a Authorised
Apple Service Provider (AASP).

Also the 10 days return time for faulty batteries is not from when the
customer receives the replacement battery but from the time the Authorised
Apple Service Provider (AASP) receives the faulty one from the customer.

She asked I refer people to Apple's web site FAQ on the problem at
http://www.apple.com/au/support/batteryexchange/2006/faq/
Mind you this wasn't 100% clear to me but maybe others won't have the same
problems interpreting what it says in relation to this problem.

I've also discovered I had an old 12 inch G3 iBook which had a replacement
battery installed about a year ago which is in the range of affected
batteries so I guess I'll have a chance to see first hand if there are
problems with the exchange process.


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On 11/9/06 1:11 PM, "Greg Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I have been busy following up the problems with the latest battery exchange
> program with Apple HQ here in Sydney. I initially spoke to John Marx who
> promised to pass on my concerns to those in charge of Apple Australia and
> promised to get back to me. Well about half an hour ago Fiona Martin the
> Public Relations Manager rang me up. This is where it gets strange!
> 
> Fiona Martin insists that it is not Apple Australia's policy to force
> customers affected to have to send in their old faulty batteries first
> before being able to receive a new replacement. She also insists that Apple
> Australia has not threatened resellers to be charged for these batteries if
> the faulty ones aren't returned within 10 days and also claims all country
> customers will be sent the new battery along with a return postage paid
> package to return the old battery. She claims they do not have to drop off
> their faulty units to a reseller in person first. She claims Apple Australia
> has gone out of its way to inform every reseller of this.
> 
> The only trouble is that 95% of posts I have read on various forums &
> mailing lists claim the exact opposite is indeed the case.
> 
> Fiona has asked me to contact the various groups I deal with and to ask that
> anyone who has been told by resellers that they must provide their old
> battery first before being eligible for a new replacement battery contact
> her providing details of those resellers making these claims along with any
> relevant details/problems with the process. Her contact details are below.
> 
> Fiona Martin
> Public Relations Manager
> Tel: (02) 9641 8230/Mobile: 0421 052 769
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 

Re: Apple Discriminates against Australians Article

[Greg Sharp]

I have been busy following up the problems with the latest battery exchange
program with Apple HQ here in Sydney. I initially spoke to John Marx who
promised to pass on my concerns to those in charge of Apple Australia and
promised to get back to me. Well about half an hour ago Fiona Martin the
Public Relations Manager rang me up. This is where it gets strange!

Fiona Martin insists that it is not Apple Australia's policy to force
customers affected to have to send in their old faulty batteries first
before being able to receive a new replacement. She also insists that Apple
Australia has not threatened resellers to be charged for these batteries if
the faulty ones aren't returned within 10 days and also claims all country
customers will be sent the new battery along with a return postage paid
package to return the old battery. She claims they do not have to drop off
their faulty units to a reseller in person first. She claims Apple Australia
has gone out of its way to inform every reseller of this.

The only trouble is that 95% of posts I have read on various forums &
mailing lists claim the exact opposite is indeed the case.

Fiona has asked me to contact the various groups I deal with and to ask that
anyone who has been told by resellers that they must provide their old
battery first before being eligible for a new replacement battery contact
her providing details of those resellers making these claims along with any
relevant details/problems with the process. Her contact details are below.

Fiona Martin
Public Relations Manager
Tel: (02) 9641 8230/Mobile: 0421 052 769
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



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On 6/9/06 5:31 PM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have to say that is pretty disgraceful from Apple Australia.  The only
> reason I think they are doing it this way is to stall for time.  I'd say
> there are not enough batteries to go round for the whole world, so we
> get dealt a rough deal so everyone else can get their batteries ASAP.  I
> wouldn't mind betting that the batteries that are being sent back are
> sent to Sony, refitted with new cells, then sent back to Australia.
> That would explain the 4-6 week turnaround :-)
> 
> I could really imagine an executive going 6 weeks without a battery in
> his or her laptop.
> 
> I can't imagine there will be a turn around on the policy.  There would
> be a number of very ticked off people that have given up their battery
> and are waiting for a new one, only to find Apple have had a change of
> heart and now will send out a new one Next Day for all new replacement
> orders.

Cheap Xserves + Spare Parts Kits

[Greg Sharp]

Hi everyone,

I have access to a number of cheap second hand Dual 2GHz G5 Xserves as well
as a number of Spare Parts Kits (spare logic board, fans etc) suitable for
these machines.

I plan on selling some of these on eBay but before I list them all on eBay
I'm sending this message to the various MUGs first to see if either the
groups or any of their members may be interested in getting any at a reduced
price to what I will be charging on eBay. To give you an idea of the savings
I will list below the approximate original Retail Prices based on my memory,
the price I will charge on eBay and the price for MUGs.

Original retail prices:
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 1 GB Memory nearly $5000
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 2 GB Memory nearly $6000
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 4 GB Memory nearly $8000
G5 Xserve Spare Parts Kit nearly $1700

The prices I'll be charging on eBay:
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 1 GB Memory $3200
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 2 GB Memory $3600
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 4 GB Memory $4000
G5 Xserve Spare Parts Kit $1000

The price for MUGs & their members:
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 1 GB Memory $2800
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 2 GB Memory $3200
Dual G5 2 GHz Xserve's with 4 GB Memory $3600
G5 Xserve Spare Parts Kit $800

This is a one off special offer. If interested please contact me ASAP and
I'll put whatever anyone's interested in aside, otherwise they will all be
sold on eBay. You can contact me directly using the mail address in my sig
but you only have a few days to decide before I list them on eBay.


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Re: web animations, die die die

[Greg Sharp]

It may be worth trying Firefox instead of Safari. There is an extension
available which blocks Flash animations. Some readers on the Whirlpool
forums also mentioned the added benefit that by blocking these animations,
pages like the Telstra homepage load heaps quicker. On occasion up to 500%
faster according to some.


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Re: telstra bigpond cable

[Greg Sharp]

On 21/2/06 8:06 PM, "Hugh Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 1/. How hard is it to "self install" bigpond cable wireless modems? (
> the website says that self install is not supported for macs?)
> 2/. Does anyone know what the modem is that bigpond uses? ( there is no
> clues on the website and I wonder if it is just cable in wireless out,
> or whether there are also some actual output plugs?)
Telstra Wireless is a pain in the butt. Nobody I've heard of with a Mac has
had any success getting it set up. If you must use Telstra Cable just get
the standard Cable Modem Telstra supplies. They sent me a new Motorola
SB5101l-AU Surfboard Cable Modem a few weeks ago in preparation for their
speed boosts as of March to 17MB/sec down 256K/sec up speeds. Use a 3rd
party Wireless/Router such as a Netgear WG614 or similar that can handle
wired or wireless clients. It will work out cheaper and be far superior.

If you can get other options other than Telstra consider that also
especially if you can get ADSL2+. Telstra is extremely Mac unfriendly and
just about every ISP provides more value for your money.


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Re: Airport for imacDV

[Greg Sharp]

On 19/2/06 11:25 AM, "Daniel Kam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> while i understand you are after an airport card, another option is
> to go with the airport express.
> it plugs into the ethernet port to provide wireless access.
> 
> the price may end up very similar, judging by ebay listings of the
> original airport cards
> ... plus it saves you the hassle and has a warranty.
What a brilliantly simple solution. I can't believe I've never considered
this as an option. Another added benefit is that instead of getting 11MB/sec
like with the original Airport cards you would have 54MB/sec.


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Re: Airport for imacDV

[Greg Sharp]

With an iMacDV I'm pretty sure that apart from the Airport Card you will
also need the Airport Adaptor Card required for this model that the Airport
card fits into. Hopefully someone local can help (I'm in Sydney) but if not
I saw both these items for sale on eBay today (can't remember when the
auction ends) that may be worth checking out.


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On 19/2/06 12:20 AM, "Peter Martinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> My (90) year old mother has an iMacDV in her retirement residence which
> is now offering broadband via a wireless network.
> 
> I can connect to their network with my 17" Powerbook ( security is suspect).
> 
> It's a setup where they wireless to an aerial on your roof then who
> knows what.
> 
> I an seeking a retailer who sells wireless card and adapters to suit the
> iMacDV.
> 
> Google searches give so many wireless extreme that they (old cards ) are
> hard to find.
> 
> Does anyone know of any suppliers locally?

Re: Problem in verifying/repairing Disk Permission

[Greg Sharp]

On 22/1/06 1:18 AM, "J Philippe Chaperon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I will try Ronni's suggestion first and will
> report further, hopefully with good news
The following article on MacFixIt might help and TrimTheFat the program
mentioned is available at
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28882


Stripping Universal Binaries of Intel code -- a potential troubleshooting
procedure for PowerPC Macs

It seems that the presence of Intel code in Universal binaries can cause
some troubleshooting issues. For instance, a problem we've been covering
where the presence of iTunes 6.0.2 causes Disk Utility to be unable to run
can be solved by stripping the application of its Intel-based code.

This workaround may be especially applicable for Mac OS X 10.3.9 systems.

A new application called TrimTheFat is is a simple, silent drop-launch
utility to strip the code for the architecture(s) you're not using from a
Universal application

Meanwhile, MacFixIt reader Frank Kittie offers a terminal based series of
commands, with iTunes as the example application:

* sudo ditto --rsrc /Applications/iTunes.app /tmp/iTunes.app
* sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app
* sudo ditto --arch ppc --rsrc /tmp/iTunes.app /Applications/iTunes.app
* sudo rm -rf /tmp/iTunes.app

Frank writes:

"This should replace the iTunes application with a copy of itself, the copy
containing only PowerPC code. The "--arch ppc" strips all code for other
architectures.

"For me the resulting application ran fine (in a quick cursory test) and a
repair permissions no longer gave me the 'Disk Utility lost connection with
Disk Management Tool and cannot continue.'



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Re: Router doubling?

[Greg Sharp]

A switch is much better than a hub. Switches are now dead cheap and result
in a faster more efficient network.


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On 16/11/05 4:38 PM, "Paul Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK.  Hub or switch?  Vich vun is der best?  I don't know the difference.
> Are either passive, like not needing external power?  Only two computers
> would be involved at the end of the run, which is at a guess about 15 metres
> from the router/modem.

Re: Filemaker

[Greg Sharp]

All you have to do is drop the Excel speadsheet onto the Filemaker
Application Icon. It will open a wizard to match fields and away you go.


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On 11/11/05 6:21 PM, "thefrogs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Another for File maker
> 
> Is there an easy way to transfer Excel spread sheet to Filemaker 7
> other than fully creating the page and going box by box

Re: FileMaker Pro help please

[Greg Sharp]

I'm pretty sure you only need to add a container field to your layout in
which you can embed your graphic. The choice is whether to have it reference
a graphic stored elsewhere or else to import the graphic into the database.
If the database is only going to be viewed locally you can get away with a
reference (however if you move the graphics location the reference breaks).
If you're distributing the database to others you must embed the graphics. I
prefer to just embed to avoid possible problems if I later decide to
distribute the solution to others. If this was a server version of Filemaker
the answer would be different (references are faster on web enabled
databases) but in your case you don't have to worry.

FM5 databases are compatible with FM6 thus the same extension. Likewise FM7
& FM8 are incompatible with earlier versions but are compatible with each
other.


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On 10/11/05 3:15 PM, "wyvern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am currently running FileMaker 6 on 10.3.9 and have a database of
> info for a group of people and would like to add a small photo of each
> person to their record. is this possible and if so HELP!!!
> 
> 
> Also. if i export records or create new dbases etc the file shows
> as .fp5.. why not fp6?

Re: Muxing and demuxing: Particular pedantics

[Greg Sharp]

I went to Newington College which was a Methodist based school and my Latin
teacher was also a Jesuit priest. They must have the monopoly on Latin and
yes he was pedantic as well:-)


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On 4/11/05 11:04 PM, "Reg Whitely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> That is an 'oxymoron', a word I had trouble with as a young boy being
> taught by particularly pedantic well-educated Jesuit priests, fluent
> in Latin and Greek.

Re: Safari - secure connections fail

[Greg Sharp]

I'm in Sydney on Bigpond Cable and have had exactly the same problem with
AppleTalk. I also can't access Apple User Group mailing lists and get some
SMTP errors from my ISP when I send mail through my own servers. Somethings
up big time.

I read somewhere today about some big problems sending to MSN & Hotmail
using broadband in the US in the last 30 or so hours. Reports were that
these broadband ISP's went crazy with all these mails in their relay cues
and they have blocked both sites till it is sorted out. Perhaps there's some
connection.


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On 1/11/05 1:14 AM, "Rod Lavington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Are those that are having problems with iiNet or other ISPs?

Re: ADMIN important

[Greg Sharp]

I read a while ago about Mathew leaving his job and saying this may affect
the club as far as some of the facilities the club may have access to in the
future.

I've read other posts by Mathew requesting assistance keeping the web site
up to date a while ago (hasn't been updated since June).

Now there is the problem of finding a new ISP for WAMUG (I assume this
problem will also apply to GMUG as well if they are sharing your server).

The thing is Mathew is the Western Australian rep for the MUG Mentor Team
(comprised of MUG leaders around Australia) and is subscribed to its mailing
list Team Talk. As such perhaps Mathew could put together a list of all the
problems WAMUG is having at the moment plus facilities it will need to find
and post it to the Team Talk list. I know Mathew probably would prefer to
look after things himself and he may be in full control of the situation but
I just wanted to let him know if he needs any help we would be happy to do
whatever we could to take some of the load off if possible.


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Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?

[Greg Sharp]

Ignore my previous post, I eventually found it.


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Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?

[Greg Sharp]

What free track/tracks are available I couldn't find any free tracks?


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On 25/10/05 12:14 PM, "James Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Being a tightass, my first "purchase" was the free download...
> Then it was
> 
> Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
> 
> Only cos Russ recommended it!!

Re: Filling an iPod with random albums (not songs)

[Greg Sharp]

I think the easiest way is to use a Sound Editing Application to join the
separate MP3 tracks into one track. You may even be able to do this in
Quicktime (if you have Pro version). Depending on the App you use you may be
able to do it natively to the MP3's however many Apps may require you to
convert your MP3's to AIFF's before joining tracks and then reimport into
iTunes.

I do it in reverse where I rip an old Album (Vinyl) as a single AIFF to my
hard disk. Occasionally I import this single AIFF into iTunes & it appears
as a single MP3 track around 40 minutes in length. Normally though I split
the AIFF into individual tracks and then import as individual MP3 tracks.
The reverse of this as mentioned in the first paragraph should work for what
you want to do however.


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On 18/10/05 7:19 PM, "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 18/10/2005, at 3:21 PM, Adam Yap wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I've been puzzling this for a while, trying to look for a solution and
> I thought I'd ask the group. I have a pretty large music collection,
> too large to fit onto my 4gb iPod.
> 
> What I like to do is create smart playlists which put random tracks
> onto the iPod. However, I find that this puts random tracks, not full
> albums, which is my preferred way of listening. Does anyone know of a
> way to put random albums in a playlist as opposed to tracks?

Re: A PC application I can't open

[Greg Sharp]

On 13/8/05 2:44 PM, "Laurie McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I didn't mention that I'm on 10.3.9 and tried it using QT 7.0.1
I did a Google Search and found the following

.mpe

File Type:MPEG Movie File
Description:Video encoded in MPEG format
Open With:Mac / Windows: Apple QuickTime Player; Microsoft Windows Media
Player

I don't know why Quicktime can't play it but since it is an MPEG Movie
format have you tried playing it in VLC.

Another thing you could try is using something like ffmpegX and see if you
can convert it to a viewable format.

Finally Flip4Mac allows you to view WMV. It might work, but unlikely.


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Re: DVD regional codes

[Greg Sharp]

I would also go this way. You can even change your System Preferences to
open disks in VLC Media Player by default. Although not strictly legal, if
he did need to burn a copy he could also use something  like MacTheRipper to
create a region free disk image for burning.


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On 8/8/05 2:02 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Lloyd,
> 
> If he only wants to play the DVD's.
> VLC Media Player allows you to play any region DVD WITHOUT firmware.
> So what you need to do is  disable opening of DVD player when a DVD
> is inserted.
> Then open VLC and press play. A menu will come up asking you to
> select a file or disk to open. Select a disc and open the DVD and
> start playing.
> 
> There is an 'interesting' read here:
> Set Your DVD Drive to Region Free
> http://www.powerbook-fr.com/dossiers/dezonage/indexGB.html

Info on GMUG

[Greg Sharp]

Hi

I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about the GMUG site? The last
couple of times I've tried visiting the site it was down. Judging by their
domain name they are a sub domain being run on the WAMUG server yet the
WAMUG site loads fine.


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Re: New Mug

[Greg Sharp]

On 20/7/05 6:05 PM, "thefrogs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We, at school, Mount Lawley Senior High, have just started up our own
> MUG- so many more macs than there have been for ages.
> Can we do anything to link into WAMUG or other groups. Putting links
> into the school web page would be good. Anything to promote who we
> are and what we are doing.
> tom samson
> Advice always received warmly.
Whatever WAMUG could do would be good, however if you would like some other
type of publicity/information send me a short note about your group and I'll
write a story about it on our site. If you are serious about becoming a MUG
(there are Education based MUG's) feel free to ask me any questions you may
have and I'll direct you to the appropriate people & resources.


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Re: Apple Support Saga

[Greg Sharp]

I've heard that the ISDN - 10.4.2 update issue is related to a Telstra
supplied ISDN Modem. Other brands weren't affected. Both Apple and Telstra
are aware and have been busy blaming each other. Word is that since only
Telstra supplied ISDN Modems are affected it will end up being Telstra's
responsibility to fix. It doesn't matter who your ISP is, it's the modem
type that is the cause. Obviously something non standard. Maybe some kind of
Firmware update will appear soon.


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Re: tv capture cards for G5

[Greg Sharp]

On 16/7/05 5:09 PM, "thefrogs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> has anyone out there looked into this I have an Eye TV USB that I
> would like to not use to free upo a USB port.
> tom
I saw a G5 desktop specked up as an Entertainment Server that had a PCI HD
solution. You can check out Wicked Digitals (Sydney based) website to look
at the set up and maybe contact them with any questions on the hardware
used.

http://www.wickeddigital.com.au/*ws4d-db-query-QuickShow.ws4d?G5ESERVE


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Re: sharing computer

[Greg Sharp]

On 9/7/05 9:21 PM, "Rosemary Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> These are probably silly questions, but I'm still learning.
> 
> 1) When using wireless connection how do you connect from one
> computer to another?
> 2) I can't get the airport express to be "seen" at all if I plug the
> printer into it.
> 3) So, if one laptop (my powerbook) is plugged in to the usb printer,
> how can my husband, using his ibook share the printer?
> 
> Please help.
> 
> Powerbook is 1.67 GHz Power PC G4; 512 MB DDR SDRAM
> Using tiger
> Printer is MP780
Have you gone into System Preferences, selected Sharing then ticked Share
Printer on the Powerbook. The iBook should then see it.

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Re: Shock and horror

[Greg Sharp]

On 5/7/05 2:51 PM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> And what happened to the jobs of those at the Australian call
> centre?  Apple did the same thing to TAC (who service techs call for
> help).  There were some great guys in there who were very
> knowledgeable and helpful :-(
> 
> Its great that some Indians have work, but hopefully those who lost
> their jobs when all these call centres closed here have found work
> again.  From what I have read, this is also happening in the US.  And
> not only call centre work - programming and general tech jobs too.
> All to make that bottom line look better for the next day's trading
> on the NASDAQ ;-)
> 
> Let's hope those who did lose their jobs found work again.
Unfortunately most don't. The other big looser is the customer. I'm running
a poll on our site on this very issue and although only about a half dozen
votes have been submitted so far, everyone who has voted felt the quality of
service from India is nowhere near as good as the Australian based support.

I personally tried calling about upgrading a dual G4 to an Xserve. The guy
on the other end kept thinking I had a Dell instead of a Dual G4 and kept
asking if it was a laptop or a desktop. After 10 minutes without getting
past this point I hung up in disgust. I ended up buying the Xserve on eBay
because I couldn't get any service from Apple.

Big companies and government are selling Australia's future down the river.
In Sydney when you walk past any government office eg Centrelink, RTA, Tax
Office etc you see that between 50-80% look like they're Indians. Companies
like Apple, Telstra etc sack local support staff and move everything to
India all to save money with no concern for quality of service to customers.
I receive around 50-200 phone calls a week from marketing companies based in
India (the telephone equivalent to junk mail & SPAM) representing Australian
companies, a nasty result of VOIP making it so cheap for these international
call centres.

I saw a report on the ABC around 18 months ago about a company in Australia
with the contracts for outsourcing many of these jobs whose directors
comprise ex politicians (both sides), lawyers, retired union leaders, public
servants and ex company directors. They're scrambling for every dollar they
can rake in and have no concern for Australian jobs. I'd like to see a royal
commission into this scandal, but it won't happen.


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Re: Australian Dashboard Widgets

[Greg Sharp]

You can download free Australian Phonebook Widget from
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/australianphonebook.html


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Re: Part II streaming video now up

[Greg Sharp]

As someone from the other side of the country (Sydney) it was great to see
the WAMUG meeting this way. I personally would love to see all Mac User
Groups do something similar. Is there some way to find out more about the
iLecture System and the steps taken to get the meeting online?

It would be great if Macquarie Uni (which also has an iLecture system) could
be convinced to host local Mac User Group meetings also. I currently run a
number of online Mac User Groups but would love to hold live meetings and
post them online as WAMUG has done. A number of other MUG's already hold
meetings at Universities, colleges etc and once more people get onto
broadband, technologies like this are sure to take off.

I've recently brought my first Xserve along with some drive modules to take
it to just over a Terabyte of storage. I've also purchased a Xserve Raid
with around 1.2 Terabytes, a number of empty hard disk modules (which I'll
be adding disks to), PCI Fibre Card and a 25RU Rack. Unfortunately
everything is still packed up, until I can finish pouring a slab (it is
formed up) to set it up on under the house. Currently I just use a couple of
G4 Desktops as servers out of my bedroom.

I realise I could never compete with the resources of a university but at
least the new system should be a great start. Perhaps I may be able to do
something similar to the iLecture system using QuickTime Streaming Server. I
even run Lasso so perhaps I could create a front end system like iLecture as
well. Any thoughts on considerations involved with such a project would be
appreciated. Somehow though I think it may require at least another Xserve
if I want to also serve sites, databases and possibly set up Netbooting (for
a dozen or so local machines) for my home network.

Anyway I digress, all I really need to say is, congratulations to all
involved you've done a great job, been a huge inspiration to me and if you
don't mind I'd like to write a story about what you've done on the
Australian Mac Users Group site as an example of what a Mac User Group is
capable of when they truly embrace technology.


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Re: Tiger non-delivery

[Greg Sharp]

On 4/5/05 6:55 PM, "Michael Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> No, no sign of it here either. I did receive an aplogy and a new date of 4th
> May for delivery though.
I don't know what Apple Australia's position is on this, but in the US those
promised Tiger by the 29th who didn't receive it also received an email like
yours & were initially offered no compensation. However a large number who
actually rang up and complained about it were offered as a bonus a choice of
either iLife 5, iWorks or something similarly priced for free to make up for
the inconvenience. I've heard a lot of country Australia including many
parts of WA missed out so it may be worth seeing what Apple's reaction is to
offering similar compensation.


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Re: Applestores down.... any speculation?

[Greg Sharp]

New iMacs and eMacs.

Imac's

17 inch 1.8GHz
A$ 1,999.00
17-inch widescreen LCD
1.8GHz PowerPC G5
600MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load Combo Drive
ATI Radeon 9600
128MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

17 inch 2GHz
A$ 2,299.00
17-inch widescreen LCD
2GHz PowerPC G5
667MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x SuperDrive double-layer
ATI Radeon 9600
128MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

20 inch 2GHz
A$ 2,795.00
20-inch widescreen LCD
2GHz PowerPC G5
667MHz frontside bus
512K L2 cache
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load 8x SuperDrive double-layer
ATI Radeon 9600
128MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

All models include AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate,
integrated stereo speakers, Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse, Gigabit Ethernet,
and 56K internal modem.

Emac's

Combo Drive
A$ 1,299.00
17-inch flat CRT display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
256MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo drive
ATI Radeon 9600
64MB video memory
56K internal modem

Super Drive
A$ 1,499.00
17-inch flat CRT display
1.42GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
160GB Ultra ATA drive
8x SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9600
64MB video memory
56K internal modem


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On 3/5/05 10:57 PM, "Warren Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> New iMacs!
> 
> 
> On 3 May 2005, at 20:06, Mark Secker wrote:
> 
>> could it be a makeover or  ..{insert rumor here}
> 
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Re: Warcraft 2 & Classic

[Greg Sharp]

The scuffs may indeed seem minor but they may be at a point on the disk that
is critical. Remember the DVD drive is more sensitive to this than CD drive.
You can buy disk cleaning kits but I personally have never tried them.

As I mentioned before, have you tried running the game from the hard disk
with the CD inserted in your old Mac and then try running another copy of
the game copied to the hard disk on your eMac and connecting via LAN to your
old Mac for network play (by the way if you don't have a switch you'll
probably need a crossover cable). You said it works when played from the old
Mac and by doing this you'll find out

1/ if it works then your eMac can play Warcraft 2 and the problem is related
to read problems on the eMac with the disk.
2/ if it still crashes Classic then it's not the CD but instead some other
problem.

By the way my son can play it under Classic on his iBook (combo drive). We
don't have any eMac's so maybe the difference is there somewhere. Another
thing that makes my son's disk unique is he bought it off some guy overseas
who had it for sale in an overseas games forum. When it arrived it wasn't
even an original but instead a burnt copy. So without meaning to my son had
bought a piece of Warez (illegal copy) but at least it did work. But somehow
I don't think this is related to your problem.


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On 2/5/05 2:21 AM, "Rosie Cable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The disc has a couple of barely obvious scuffs on it, but I wouldn't
> say that it is badly scratched. It's really clean.
> 
> Other Classic applications work okay on this computer.
> 
> I also have 768 Mb of Ram on this computer, and like Tim, Classic quits
> when I try to open the game. I guess it must be a disc error.
> 
> Greg, sounds like you must have the only copy of Warcraft II, that I am
> aware of,  that actually works on an EMac.

Re: Warcraft 2 & Classic

[Greg Sharp]

Can you run other Classic apps okay? How much memory do you have? Remember
running under Classic requires more resources since it runs on top of OS X
simultaneously. Classic shouldn't close down the way you describe.

If Classic closes down there is no way the game is going to work under OS X.
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On 1/5/05 11:43 PM, "Rosie Cable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I know the game is close to wanting to play, but just can't get there.
> 
> Is there a way that I can keep the system running in Classic.
> 
> Whenever I open classic, and try to do anything with the game, OSX
> over-rides Classic and closes it down. Could this be part of the
> problem?

Re: An old question about Warcraft 2

[Greg Sharp]

I went direct to the source, I asked my 17 year old son.

He said 1st copy the program from CD to your computer + any other networked
machines you want to allow LAN gaming on.

Next start the game & when requested insert the CD. Whether playing single
player or via LAN one machine must have the original disk inserted. Players
on other machines log in to this machine for LAN play but aren't required to
have a disk inserted.

He has played it on an old 9500 running OS 9.1, a slot load iMac running OS
9.2.2 and more importantly for your info on a G3 800MHz iBook running OS
9.2.2 under Classic. So it does work under Classic.

I mentioned to him you couldn't get it to run because it kept requesting you
to insert CD even though you already had. He said that happened to him
sometimes but all he did was give the CD a real good clean/wipe and then it
was recognized again. This may be your problem.

Before you say "well it worked on my old machine", I have a theory on that.
Your old machines have plain CD drives in them where as you mentioned your
eMac has a DVD drive. The CD drive may not be as sensitive to
marks/scratches etc than the DVD drive is because of the different
mechanisms/lasers etc. Cleaning it properly should help.

What you could do as an experiment for your own satisfaction is load the
program onto both machines but put the CD in the old one. Then connect for a
LAN game from the eMac to the old one. If the application runs fine under
Classic from the eMac then it will pretty much prove the problem is in the
way the DVD drive on the eMac reads the disk which would help substantiate
my suspicion.


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On 1/5/05 7:36 PM, "Rosie Cable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Earlier this week I posted a question about Warcraft 2.
> 
> Thanx to all of the people who offered suggestions about what I could
> try, to get the game working on my EMac.
> 
> I tried all of the suggestions offered, unfortunately to no avail.
> 
> It appears that it is not possible to play this game on current Mac
> computers.
> 
> Sadly, I have found a reason not to get rid of my old (boat anchor)
> Performa.
> 
> Thanx again for all of your suggestions.
> 
> Regards
> Rosie :-)

Re: Upgrade rant

[Greg Sharp]

On 19/4/05 6:50 PM, "Vladimir James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A few years ago I switched from Macromedia to Adobe products, figuring
> Adobe had more of what I needed. Went flat out last August, investing
> in the Adobe CreativeSuite Premium for about $1500. I thought I was all
> set. Less than 7 months later Adobe signals the latest CS upgrade.
> About $1300. Just to upgrade. Now, Adobe has swallowed Macromedia. I
> dread thinking about what the next upgrade will cost.
> 
> Makes the Panther>Tiger upgrade look like excellent value. Peanuts.
Look on the bright side I have to spend $1000 + on the CS2 upgrade like you
but also I'll have to spend $6500+ for Tiger Server Unlimited & a new
Xserve, $1000 upgrading to Final Cut Studio, Tiger Client upgrades for 10+
client machines around $800 and around $4000 on a new G5 for my new main day
to day machine.

In the last few months I also spent $1500 upgrading to Filemaker 7 Server
Advanced, $400+ upgrading WebStar V server/mailserver software, $500+
upgrading Lasso Server , $600+ on new Gigabit PCI cards, $1500+ on Gigabit
Switches, $2500 on a second hand Xserve with 10.3 Unlimited Server, $3000 on
a replacement 17" Powerbook for my son for school, $500+ on a Rack for my
servers, $100's on cables, patch panels etc + many thousands on other
required/desired software, external hard drives etc.

I currently have around 13 machines and should get to 15-16 by June and I
run everything from home. I also runs 3 not for profits MUG's which limits
the number of hours I can actually earn an income (I also run 4 online
businesses as a sole trader) so costs like these have a huge impact on my
standard of living. Add to this, I'm a sole parent of a 17 year old son
(with special needs) & fighting for access to my 14 year old daughter who
was kidnapped by her mum 5 years ago (despite court orders giving me access)
after throwing my son out on the street. She ran off with an aboriginal (who
goes by an alias) to the country with my daughter and wont let me have any
contact or even let me know what town they live in.  It's been years since
I've been to a pub, seen a band, had a holiday or eaten out and I basically
work around 16-18 hours a day 365 days of the year just to keep my head
above water and earn enough to keep fighting (legal fees) to get my daughter
back.

As they say, "Life wasn't meant to be easy".

Re: Mac OS 10.3.9

[Greg Sharp]

On 17/4/05 10:42 AM, "Tony Cockbain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have downloaded the 10.3.9 update and Safari no longer works. On
> investigation I seem to have Safari 1.3. When I restored version 1.2.4
> from my backup everything seems to work as before. Curious.
There are other reports of the same problem on the MacFixit site
(http://www.macfixit.com). They have traced some of this to a couple of
Safari plug ins for most people. If you don't run these plug ins then I'd
suggest you run repair permissions. 

Re: DVD backup

[Greg Sharp]

If all you want to do is backup a non encrypted DVD you can use Apple's
inbuilt Disk Utility to make a disk image of the original DVD then you can
easily burn single or multiple copies of the image. Solution Free!

If you have Toast Titanium (commercial) you can do the same plus a lot more.

If the original disk is double layer and your burner isn't you can reduce
the size and burn using Popcorn or DVD2One both are commercial.

Not that I'm condoning it but DVDBackup (freeware) can be run first on DVD
to create unencrypted version, minus copy protection as well as being able
to set region eg 0 so it plays on any system no matter what country your in.

There are also multiple programs capable of converting media from one format
to another if you want to back up different quality versions eg VCD, SVCD,
AVI, DivX, MPEG2 etc.

Between these tools you should be able to do anything you could on your old
PC.

All the best
Greg

On 7/4/05 7:31 PM, "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend an easy to use DVD backup program for OSX 10.3 I
> use DVD Shrink on WinXP but have no DVD burner only copying to hard
> drive. I would like to use something similar on the Mac - preferably
> freeware. I have done Google search, but don;t know good from bad and
> would appreciate advice.
> Andrew
> 20" iMac G4 1.25Ghz
> 
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Re: Mambo CMS

[Greg Sharp]

I would be happy to offer any assistance I can. I use Mambo on a number of
sites including the Australian Mac User Group site. Feel free to ask
questions anytime you like. Once you get used to its interface I'm sure
you'll find life much easier. It is extremely easy to maintain.


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On 24/3/05 3:02 PM, "Matthew Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does anyone on this list use Mambo at all... or any other CMS for
> that matter.
> 
> I am in the process of trying to re-do the wamug site so that I don't
> have to manage everything.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> - Matt
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Re: Tricking a PPC 580 into running OS8 CDROMS

[Greg Sharp]

My mum still runs an old LC 575. She was running out of space (only had
500MB Drive) so I added a SCSI Zip drive I had lying around and moved her
3rd party apps to zip disks. By clearing this space similarly you should
have plenty of room for upgrading to OS 8 on your built in hard disk. A SCSI
Zip Disk with a few 100MB disks thrown in on eBay should be no more than
$20.

Greg Sharp 

On 14/3/05 4:32 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Actually it's IDE hard drive required ... and existing 500Mb is too
> full to handle OS 8.1
> and he needs  at least1Gb  IDE hard drive !
> 
> I have already offered 500Mb if they could be used but it doesn't work
> out for
> an all in one like the Performa 580
> 
> Anybody with 1 Gb IDE drives ?

Re: Running out of disk space

[Greg Sharp]

On 25/2/05 12:06 PM, "Michael Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I simply drag the photos (not iPhoto) folder to the new drive I
> either get a message "Some files could not be copied. Do you want to
> skip these and continue?" When I click Yes, files are transferred but
> about half of them (approx. 800MB worth) haven't been copied across and
> I can't work out which are on the new drive and which are still on the
> original drive because the original folder on my existing hard drive
> contains all of them. I've gone through the image files as best I can
> and removed and / or & in the names of the files. Mind you, I would have
> thought that if I can have names of files on my HD with such characters,
> why wouldn't I be able to on the new firewire drive?
Because of permissions in OS X you can't just drag files from one disk to
another. You will need to use Carbon Copy Cloner or some other similar
backup utility to maintain correct permissions. Wipe your firewire drive and
try again using one of these utilities.

All the best
Greg Sharp

Re: iPhoto corrupted was no subject

[Greg Sharp]

On 8/2/05 1:42 PM, "Inkavannell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've got an e-Mac, system 10.3.4, 256mb RAM and it's got a curious
> problem with iPhoto.
> In the past I have deleted photos and just recently all the files have
> disappeared but the pictures were still in the frame although I
> couldn't open them or Slideshow them.  Now the pictures have gone as
> well and when I open iPhoto I get rows of blocks without photos in
> them.  I must have upset something somewhere.  Please tell me I don't
> have to lug my heavy eMac back to the shop.?
Hold down command-option-shift and then launch iPhoto. It will ask if you
want to rebuild your library. Say yes.and then wait. This should rebuild
your iPhoto Library and return things to normal.


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Re: Domain name registration question

[Greg Sharp]

I was with Melbourne IT when I registered my first domain years ago. Now I
have registered many and am much smarter. I use NetRegistry they provide a
far superior product financially with no loss in quality. Melbourne IT are
just way too dear.


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On 2/2/05 3:32 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 2
> years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry for
> $55.00?
> 
> I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Re: Downloading music from Destra

[Greg Sharp]

On 30/1/05 10:07 AM, "John Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is the apparent illegality of copying  music to an iPod really a new
> problem? We've been doing it for years copying vinyl and CDs to tapes
> to protect the original or play them in the car. What about the rampant
> use of the VCR?
When I was younger everybody copied records to cassette so they could play
them in the car etc but the record companies never cared because the quality
was always inferior to the original. By the time beta videos came out the
quality had improved markedly and eventually when VHS took over as the most
popular format these big companies got together with the manufacturers to
put in chips that prevented commercial videos from being recorded. Beta
machines never had this chip and you could copy a commercial VHS tape to
beta no problems. To kill off beta the big companies insisted that local
video shops stop selling blank beta tapes and beta movies. Even today the
professionals at tv stations still use beta but for the general public it's
a dead technology. They killed off beta to ensure they had total control.

Over the last few years the same thing has happened to records. Today
audiophiles who appreciate the greater dynamic range of records than cd's
are the only people still playing them. Record players are inherently dumb
machines with no way to circumvent copying. So once again the big companies
got together and phased out record production, ran campaigns denigrating
record quality and converted the masses to using cd's instead (remember
being told they would last forever and couldn't be scratched with adds
showing people hitting them with hammers and then playing them flawlessly in
their cd players). The side effect being only those with computers and cd
rewriters were able to copy them. Once they realized this loophole they
invented the concept of adding copy protection.

By the time music downloading from the net became viable and the mp3 format
was introduced these companies decided to get involved again. MP3's can't
contain copy protection due to limitations in its format, therefore no
commercial companies released music in that format instead settling for
proprietary formats like AAC, WMA etc. This means for Apple users with iPods
in Australia with no ITMS available any copyright material they place on
their iPods makes them criminals.

DVD's have gone through a similar process. Before consumer DVD Rewriters
became available the big companies didn't care, but by the time dvd
rewriters were available on computers they introduced copy protection. To
date it is easy to circumvent this protection using software however for
home users with stand alone recorders this is impossible without getting
illegal hacks made to your machine. With the upcoming introduction of
blue-ray and similar technologies the big companies will be adding a whole
new type of copy protection that they think will be unbreakable.
Unfortunately this means we the consumer will be forced to buy brand new DVD
recorders since current machines will be incompatible with this new format.

With the advent of digital tv this process continues. If you sign up for
Foxtel digital and thought you'd be able to copy the Pay Per View channels
you'll find you can't because they have implemented copy protection via
encryption of the signal. What is also scary is the fact that from July 1
2005 all manufacturers in the US will be adding this new digital tv copy
protection mechanisms to all new dvd rewriters, PVR's (like Tivo's), EyeTV's
etc. Their plan is to enforce copy protection on digital tv programs as
well. Perhaps only movies at first but eventually the tv stations will have
total control over what you can record.

These huge multinationals pump millions into political parties campaign
funds on the understanding the governments will enforce their new regime of
copy protection on everything. Personal freedom is a thing of the past.
Welcome to a brave new world of total government control sponsored by big
business.


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Re: Downloading music from Destra

[Greg Sharp]

On 29/1/05 3:55 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Personally if they make it that difficult I'd rather not give them my money.
I agree totally. I have no interest in supporting companies that use DRM. I
only buy real CD's that give me the ability to copy/backup. I would never
sell a copy illegally but if I pay for music I want to be able to use it the
way I want not the way Sony or some other greedy multinational company tells
me.

Legally as far as Australia is concerned just about every person who owns an
iPod is a criminal if you copy music to it. Any law that is so unjust as to
make you or your kids a criminal just for copying music to an iPod should be
fought to the bitter end. All I can say is boycott DRM and let everyone know
exactly why you are. These multinationals only care about profits so hit
them where it hurts, their bottom line.


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President/Webmaster
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: Downloading music from Destra

[Greg Sharp]

On 29/1/05 3:39 PM, "Roger and Rosemary Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I downloaded a track from Destra music
> http://MusicandGames.destramusic.com (still waiting for Apple to get
> their act together!)
> 
> It was in wma format..wouldn't play on Windows Media player on my Imac
> (Panther) (says it only plays on Windows WMA player!)
> 
> Message reads
> "The content you are trying to play is restricted to Windows Media
> Version 7.1 and above running on Windows Operating systems"
> 
> Downloaded Easywma http://www.carrafix.com/EasyWMA/ which is supposed
> to convert wma to mp3.
> 
> This programme says it converts the file but it converts the title and
> nothing in it.
> 
> Reading further it says  "Notice that EasyWMA will not convert wma
> audio files including DRM. For these files, EasyWMA will problably just
> create an empty file."
> 
> Don't have a clue what DRM is.
> 
> Anybody had better success with playing files from Destra?
I'm pretty sure that means it has digital protection to stop copying.

This won't work on the Mac and thus the need for Windows Media Version 7.1
and above running on Windows Operating systems. Don't waste your money on
that site.

All the best
Greg Sharp

Re: Re : Reverse lookup?

[Greg Sharp]

On 25/1/05 1:05 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From your description I wonder though whether it is a person or some
> sort of automatic dialing machine .
A recent trick being used by spammers/marketing people is to use an
automated system that will ring up a number at all sorts of times on
different days. They analyze the results to create profiles on when you are
most likely to be home and then on sell this information to other marketing
companies.


-- 

All the best

Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: Good comparison article

[Greg Sharp]

On 19/1/05 7:21 PM, "Kathy Quinlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Now I am not slamming the Mac, far from it, but I think each has its
> place, if I wanted to do DTP, I would not use anything other than a mac
> as it has ALL the software I need, and it works well, but for serious
> engineering work, the mac is lacking, I can not find any Xilinx tools
> for FPGA work, Eagle is still in beta for EDA work and they still want
> au$1200.
I couldn't agree more with what you said. I had someone ask me recently to
find an OS X solution for controlling a Step Down Motor for an engineer and
couldn't find anything under thousands of dollars yet there were plenty of
cheap PC based solutions. Another point you didn't mention was the lousy
game support for Mac's. I know there's a few good ones but not many. Most
Mac games stink. Probably due to most Macs having under powered graphic
cards.

As soon as I get more time I'm going to build a Linux box as you described
(it's one of the few platforms I haven't used yet). I started on computers
around 20 years ago on a DEC VAX Mainframe using punch cards and tape
backups. Over the years I've run Amiga's/Commodores, Windows PC's, etc till
I got my first Mac in 1994. Now I run around 16 Mac's and will probably add
a few more this year. The funny thing is most of these old computers still
hold a place in my heart for the fact they could do some things my Mac's
couldn't.

To me computers are like any other tool. Sometimes to get a job done
properly you just have to swap the tools your using to get things done the
way you want it to.


-- 

All the best

Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: Non Reply To Posts

[Greg Sharp]

I don't run Communigate Pro on my servers but I sure wish I did. I
personally consider it to be the Roll's Royce of E-Mail Servers. As a
webmaster I frequent many lists dedicated to running server software and
Communigate Pro is held in the highest regard by every webmaster I know.
Perhaps any problems may be just the result of some configuration setting
but let me assure everyone you wont find better software than Communigate
Pro at any cost.

You just couldn't imagine how jealous I am.

All the best

Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group
http://australian.macusersgroup.org


On 5/1/05 6:29 PM, "James Devenish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm not sure why the list is run the way it is, but for some reason I
> get the impression that CommuniGate Pro has a number of quirks in its
> default configuration.

Re: Wireless Network Products

[Greg Sharp]

On 2/1/05 9:00 PM, "Andrew Schox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My potential problem is that we have a largish, two storey house, and it
> would be nice to have access from anywhere in the house (and preferably out
> near the pool, too!). I've heard of problems with Airports in this regard.
> 
> Can anyone provide some personal experience with this issue? I am keen to
> hear of particular products which people have found useful.

My son uses an old iBook at 11MB/s wirelessly at school. Even though the
school is Windows only I installed ADMITMac and he can log in & mount and
use the schools Windows 2000 Server & network printers. The school has a
pile of Belkin Wireless Access Points but their range is 50 metres at best
and the signal drops away quickly.

At home we have a 3 level house with a pool out back, we used a 111MB/sec
Netgear Access Point connected to a wired router at first and my son had no
problems accessing our network wirelessly. We have a primary school behind
our house and he could access our network from their playing fields. This is
at least a 100 metres. We have since added a Netgear 54MB/s Wireless Router
to replace our old fixed router and attached a Airport Express to the Stereo
and he wanders anywhere in the house  always at full signal strength. He
tells me it all seems so much better at home compared to school.

As far as I know while the "a" standard is 11MB/s compared to the "g"
standard at 54MB/s, the "a" standard has a better range. I guess it comes
down to what type of card the PC Laptop uses and what you'll put into your
other laptops but the faster speed option is the way I'd go. If you find you
don't get enough range you can always add another Access Point which are
much cheaper than full wireless routers.

All the best
Greg Sharp

Re: Non Reply To Posts

[Greg Sharp]

Hi Mattew

I realize I'm on the other side of the country but if there is anything I
can do to help I'd be happy to. I can't remember if it is AUSOM or iMUG but
one of them has their web site managed by a guy in London. With the internet
distance doesn't matter so much.

I've been a web developer since the internet began. I've previously been the
webmaster for ClubMac in Sydney and currently look after 3 MUG's I founded
last year. I already offer support to all the Australian MUG's to some
extent so the small amount of extra work needed to help you shouldn't be too
much more of an effort.

>From what I've observed it's more a matter of updating/changing some links
and keeping the content up to date. If you want to discuss the issues
involved feel free to contact me.

All the best

Greg  Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org


On 1/1/05 5:39 AM, "Matthew Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If there is someone who knows what they are doing and wants to help out
> with the web site, then I would be ecstatic.
> 
> - Matt

AppleMac-Q/Lions Club MUG asks for help.

[Greg Sharp]

Hi all


I'm passing on a request from the AppleMac-Q/Lions Club MUG for help with
the Sunami victims in South East Asia. It would be great if all the
Australian MUG's could band together to help them. I've written an article
concerning their plight on the front page of our site and have offered to co
ordinate efforts to help them between the various Australian MUG's. I will
be setting up a special forum on our site where I hope the various MUG reps
can discuss how they can help. I'll pass on more info later.

On a similar note could those members of your group who are currently
organising the Computers for Bali program contact me about what their doing
and what kind of help they may require and I'll set up a similar article &
discussion area for you as well. It would be great to get Australian MUG's
behind both causes.

All the best
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: Anyone in Sydney around the 12th.....

[Greg Sharp]

I've already booked in to go so I'll let you know all about it. I'll also
probably be writing an article and publishing some pictures over at the
Australian Mac Users Group site as soon as I get home from the event.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 30/12/04 5:31 PM, "Rod Lavington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> <http://support.apple.com.au/seminars/mwsf2005/>
> 
> Fingers crossed, eh!
> 
> Hoep everyone had a great Christmas and a safe New Year!

Suspicious email

[Greg Sharp]

I just received an email claiming to be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
a Subject called "Hi" (which is commonly used as a title for viruses) and
the body just said

 "Try this, or nothing!

+++ Attachment: No Virus found
+++ Bitdefender AntiVirus - www.bitdefender.com"
 

Being suspicious I didn't open the attachment called "game_xxo.zip" which
was just 39k in size.

Sure enough when I checked the headers they appear to be forged claiming to
have been Received: from australian.macusersgroup.org
(dialup-153.127.221.203.acc04-stge-pth.comindico.com.au [203.221.127.153])
BY mail.e4me.net.au ([192.168.0.20])
 WITH ESMTP (4D WebSTAR V Mail (5.3.4)); Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:56:56 +1100

The trouble is australian.macusersgroup.org's mail server is not on a dialip
account from comindico but hosted by me with a Cable account. This had been
faked. Obviously an attempt to try and get around my servers IP Allow/Deny
set up.

What can be learned from this. Even if an email at first appears to be from
trusted parties if you see something that just doesn't seem right then stop
what your doing and make some investigations on the headers of your email
before opening any attachments. I'm glad I did. My first impulse was to open
it assuming someone had sent me some info from the WAMUG list but luckily my
brain kicked in before I did something silly.

All the best
Greg Sharp

Problem sending emails to list

[Greg Sharp]

Hi all

One of your members Paul Chong contacted me off list. He is receiving emails
from the WAMUG list but his postings are being returned with the message
that the list only accepts plain text and his messages are multipart. He is
trying to post an add. He is using Eudora 5.1 on Power Mac 7600/120. I don't
use Eudora so could someone who does post instructions for him on how to set
his outgoing mail to plaintext here. Since he is receiving WAMUG emails
he'll get the answer he needs straight away.

Thanks
Greg Sharp

Re: Editing AAC audio files

[Greg Sharp]

In my opinion you'd be better of saving original recordings as AIFF. Once in
this format practically any decent audio editor should let you edit it how
you like. You could then archive the AIFF originals if you wanted and if not
you can import them into iTunes and have it do the AAC encoding (set in
import preferences) and then delete the originals to save space.

I liken attempting to edit a AAC file to trying to edit a word document that
had been compressed to a Stuffit file. You shouldn't do it.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 27/12/04 2:09 PM, "Jim Cummins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi:  My kids gave me a great present - radioSHARK, a USB AM/FM radio that lets
> you record radio in AIFF or AAC format. Now I have the challenge of hacking in
> to recorded programs to edit out bits and pieces I want to keep and save them
> to iTunes. For example, that wonderful music show the Daily Planet, which for
> practical purposes will now only be available online as the all-wise ABC has
> cut the afternoon show so that it's only going to air at midnight. Until now
> I've been using Audio Hijack Pro, but this does not not read AAC format and I
> don't particularly want to fill up my hard disc with uncompressed AIFF files.
> I've had a look at Media Rage but although it deals with a variety of formats
> it doesn't seem to offer the facility of hacking in to cut out segments.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
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> of myself." Eubie Blake (jazz pianist), age 100.
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10% OFF PICA SOFTWARE FOR MUGS

[Greg Sharp]

I've just organised a deal with PICA Software where bye all Australian Mac
User Group members are now entitled to a 10% discount on their entire range
of software. They are the largest distributor of Macintosh Software in
Australia. Such as -

*  Suitcase Server X1
* StuffIt Deluxe 9
* Diskwarrior 3.0.2
* Shrek 2: The Game
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Plus hundreds of other titles.

This deal is specifically for Mac User Group members and when you order you
specify that you've seen the offer on the Australian Mac User Group site and
inform them what group your from and that your claiming the 10% discount.

Below is PICA's contact info

PICA Software Pty LtdACN 053 857 275
22 Aintree StreetPhone: +61 3 9388 9588
Brunswick East VIC 3057 AustraliaFax: +61 3 9388 9788
Email Addresses:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
World Wide Web:http://www.pica.com.au

>From now on the Australian Mac Users Group will be acting as a go between
PICA & the various Australian groups (PICA will be adding a link to the
Australian Mac Users Group site in relation to this offer in the next few
weeks on their index page). We have their pricelists available for downloads
and if you sign up for a free membership you will be able to log on to the
Members Forum and view our Special Deals for MUG's area (in the future we
hope to add many other deals). I will get back to you all soon with more
info. By the way if any companies on your list who currently offer special
deals for WAMUG members would also like to make these offers to other MUG's
please let me know and I'll have you listed also.

All the best
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Merry Xmas from the Australian Mac Users Group

[Greg Sharp]

Hi Everyone,

I just want to wish everyone at WAMUG a wonderful Xmas and a Happy New Year
from the Australian Mac Users Group and wish you all much success in the
coming year. Keep up the great work.

All the best
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: Computer Name

[Greg Sharp]

All you have to do is open "System Preferences" and select "Sharing". You
can change the computers name from that panel.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 20/12/04 11:57 AM, "Diana & Graham Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is there a way to change the computer name?
> 
> I reinstalled OSX from the Panther CD, I skipped the registration
> page as I had already registered. The only information I had to
> provide was my name, short name and password. No place for the
> computer name, the default is DIANA-STEVENS-C, which I hate.
> 
> If I had registered Panther again would it have let me name the computer?
> 
> I would reinstall Panther (and update to 10.3.7 again) in order to
> change the name. But I don't want to go back to OS 10.1, which came
> with the G4 Quicksilver, as it installs OS 9 at the same time and I
> want it on a separate partition.
> 
> Diana
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Re: Dreamweaver Permissions - OSX

[Greg Sharp]

Firstly what type of server is it not all handle permissions of uploaded
files the same. Possibly using a program such as Rbrowser which allows
setting permissions on the server of FTP'd files through a GUI may work.
Another possibility would be to try and set up WebDAV on the server.
Dreamweaver MX & MX2004 supports this and this way permissions aren't
changed on upload. Another method is to use a Folder Action Script if the
servers running OS X and have it set so any files uploaded to a particular
folder or recursive folders are set to the right permissions. All of these
suggestions apart from the first require you to either have Admin access to
the server or a very co operative ISP.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 16/12/04 7:24 AM, "Onno Benschop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [Aside: Third attempt to send this message - someone decided to
> black-list the Optus firewall...]
> 
> Have a situation where a web-site has been moved around between several
> computers during its development and when it has been approved, it gets
> uploaded to an ftp site.
> 
> The upload succeeds, but the file permissions are completely stuffed.
> 
> This means that some files will have appropriate permissions, and some
> will not allow any access to anyone at all. Directories are similarly
> affected.
> 
> Can anyone point to why this is and how it gets to be fixed? (Yes I'm
> familiar with the chmod command, I was hoping for a more automated
> solution.)

Re: Editing non-standard size movies

[Greg Sharp]

I agree with Martin that QuickTime Pro is the best solution though I'd
suggest reading QuickTime's online help to get a better understanding. Most
professional authoring programs or compression programs should also be
capable but cost much more.

Greg Sharp

On 16/12/04 1:11 PM, "Martin Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My favourite is:
> 
> - Quicktime Pro ($US29)
> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/buy/

Re: Hiding email address

[Greg Sharp]

The easiest way is to make a graphic with your email address and post the
graphic  on the site instead of a text based email address. Problem with
this though is that people have to manually enter address into their email
client.

There is software available that puts your email address in a non spider
friendly format. Though I'm not sure if there are freeware programs or not.

You can also if you know a bit of javascript design solutions that put the
different sections of your email address into vars that can be called by
functions to reconstruct the right email address. I would have to do a
search through some of my webservers mailing lists to get the code though.

Now days programs like Dreamweaver MX 2004 have extensions available to do
this type of thing as well. I'm sure there are other methods as well
depending on the software you have available.

What program/method do you use for making web pages as this may determine
the best method for you.

All the best
Greg Sharp


On 11/12/04 4:55 PM, "P.Bull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> While we are on the subject I remember a posting years ago that had a clever
> way to hide an email address displayed on a web site. Since leaving iinet
> the amount of spam on my personal account has dropped but I get heaps from
> my web site address. Does anyone know or remember how to disguise an address
> from the robots?
> Peter Bull
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleWorks Startup & Program

[Greg Sharp]

It took a lot longer to organise than I thought it would, but at last it
appears everything has been sorted out as far as sourcing the required
disks.

I'd like to thank everybody who offered help both on list and privately.

This episode demonstrated one of the great reasons for belonging to a Mac
User Group. In the beginning this invalid pensioner had her AppleWorks
Startup disk destroyed by her grandkids. As a housebound pensioner one of
her only means of entertainment (her old Apple Iic) couldn't be used. She
lives in Sydney and when she called Apple they gave her the phone numbers to
all 3 of the Sydney Mac User Groups.

The first 2 she rang laughed and said no way they would be able to help so
by the time she called the Sydney Mac Users Group which I also run and I
heard her story I wanted to help.

I also run the Australian Mac Users Group (whose aim is to help ALL
Australian Mac User Groups and Mac users) and try to monitor/get involved
with all the various Mac Groups in Australia. This is where WAMUG comes in.
Of all the Australian groups I feel WAMUG has the best email list and a
great membership based on my observations. It may seem strange with me being
in Sydney but WAMUG was my first choice in seeking help.

Despite a number of hick ups I got numerous offers of help. I'd like to
publicly thank James/Hans Kurt, John Weekes, Andrew Nielson for their offers
Kathy Quinlan, Rod, Robert Howells, Peter Hinchcliffe, Reg Whitely, Tom
Lewis, Rod Finlay, Jon Davison for their suggestions (hope I didn't miss
anyone) and James Fraser for eventually copying the disks and contacting the
lady about the disks. The interesting thing is that James Fraser lives in
Tasmania. It's funny that a Sydney Group went to a Western Australian Group
to be helped by a Tasmanian. This whole process shows what can be achieved
when Mac Users get together. It might seem minor to most people but to the
lady involved it was a small miracle.

All the best
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: quicktime or firefox bad?

[Greg Sharp]

Have you tried going into Firefox's Preferences. Under the downloads section
you can set actions for downloaded files. If something is confused causing
Quicktime to be the default then explicitly selecting your Real Player app
here may help.

Greg Sharp

Re: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse

[Greg Sharp]

I had the same result when I tried accessing iTunes Store with latest
version of iTunes. I kept choosing US and kept getting the error message. I
then hit the browse button (looks a bit like an eye) in the top right corner
of the window and I was then able to browse the store.

All the best
Greg Sharp

Re: Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now AppleworksStartup & Program

[Greg Sharp]

I'll have to get back to the lady again to confirm but I have had a number
of offers so I'm sure I should be able to sort this out.

>From my reading Appleworks first came out in 1983 and went through many
incarnations eg v1.2, v1.3, v2 . From version 3 Claris was formed to look
after it up until recently when Appleworks went back to Apple's direct
control. I imagine this lady is after one of the version 1 or 2 versions
since I think by v3 it went to 3 1/2 inch disks (though 5.25 inch disks
could be specially ordered) but I could end up being proved wrong.

Unfortunately my first Mac was an LC575. Prior to this I had been using
punch cards on a DEC VAX System. After getting the LC575 I could never face
the thought of going back to anything more primitive. Now days I even find
my G4's struggling to keep up with my needs and will soon have to upgrade a
number of them to G5's. I guess whatever you use comes down to what you want
to do. I run about 13 Macs on my home network and I'm always complaining
about needing more.

Thanks
Greg Sharp


On 18/11/04 11:54 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> As the Americans like to say, 'Back in the day' before the Mac, the Apple II
> series used AppleWorks.  I think once the Mac came on the scene, AppleWorks
> may have been spun off into its own division and became Clarisworks.  By the
> time version 5 came around, the software had reverted back to Appleworks.
> From memory there was a text version for the II c/e series, and a graphic
> version for the IIGS.
> 
> If I am wrong, can the Apple historians on the list please correct me!
> 
> Seeya
> 
> Rod!

Re: iPod/iTalk voice recording

[Greg Sharp]

I don't know if this applies but some info from the iPodLounge site forums
(though I don't know how accurate this is)/

It seems the italk requires a Dynamic  microphone, not a condenser mic.

Many others reported problems with external mics and there were claims
Griffin had acknowledged the problem. I went to Griffins site but could find
no mention. It may be worth contacting their support.

All the best
Greg Sharp


On 17/11/04 10:38 PM, "Edward Arrowsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi Paul
> 
> I have the plug to go into iTalk.
> 
> The amp is for an audience. There is an output on the amp which works
> when plugged into a Windows laptop but not when plugged into
> iTalk/iPod.
> 
> I have recorded successfully so far by recording from the PA speaker
> but there is a lot of background noise. I need to get a 'clean' sound
> by recording from the amp.
> 
> I am going to try using another line from the amp to the iPod.
> 
> Thanks for your help Paul, much appreciated.
> 
> Best wishes
> edward
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 17/11/2004, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
>> Hi Edward
>> 
>> By the way Griffin has made this I suppose they expect a mic plugged
>> directly into the iTalk.
>> This would probably only require a small adapter for the end of your
>> microphone lead so it can plug into the iTalk's external mic input -
>> 3.5mm mini-jack.
>> 
>> Is there a reason why you need to use the amp? Apart from playing it
>> *at* the iTalk that is;)
>> Is the amp for an audience?
>> If you do need to use it, there needs to be an output on the amp.
>> All you would need then is a cable with suitable ends to go between the
>> amp and the iTalk.
>> 
>> If you have tried the above to no avail then the problem may be in the
>> vicinity of the iPod/iTalk itself.
>> I take it you have recorded successfully with the built-in mic in the
>> iTalk.
>> Is there control software for the iTalk?
>> Maybe you need to select the external mic port or some such. Out of my
>> league there, I try not to think about iPods, I dont know much about
>> G5s
>> either;)
>> 
>> Also, try plugging in a known good source before you go too much
>> further.
>> Someones computer mic or similar that is working in another device.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Good luck
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> PS searching formums (fora?) can sometimes help fill gaps too
> 
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Was: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e now Appleworks Startup & Program

[Greg Sharp]

I'm sorry for all the hassle everyone but can you please IGNORE my previous
posts.

I got back to the lady and queried her over a point raised by someone on the
lists where it was suggested doesn't she mean AppleWorks Startup  with
Appleworks program on other side not System Startup since she claims it's a
double sided disk because the System Disk is only single sided.

Sure enough she had given me the wrong info.

So what I'm looking for is actually a 5.25 inch Appleworks Program Disk on
one side and Appleworks Startup on the other. Reading back to me from her
damaged original disk it stated for 2e or 2c ProDOS etc691-007-B

I'm sorry for the inconvenience especially to those who responded on and off
list but still hope somebody can help.

Thanks
Greg Sharp

Re: Wanted Startup Disk for Apple Iic or e

[Greg Sharp]

I feel a right goose. I've cleaned up the subject line. Teach me to make
posts while watching Futurama.

All the best
Greg Sharp

On 15/11/04 10:01 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I think you kinda missed the point on Andrew's post Greg.  Have another look
> at your subject line..

Re: Wanted Startup Dick for Apple Iic or e

[Greg Sharp]

If you know the name of one of these places or contact details that would be
great. Another WAMugger is also checking if they have a copy but if not your
info could be essential.

Thanks
Greg Sharp

On 15/11/04 12:55 AM, "Andrew Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm led to believe that such an item might be procured in a brown
> paper package from a variety of stores in Fyshwick in the ACT ;-)
> -- 
> 
> Andrew Nielsen  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Reading CD from PC burn

[Greg Sharp]

Hi

I downloaded Ragtime Solo (free version) to see if I could find a way. On
page 334 of RagTime 5 Reference.pdf it states,

 "This paper format dialog box panel is only available under Mac OS and only
for RagTime 5layout and master layout components." There's a few more lines
of text and a diagram.

A little further on it shows an icon that looks like 2 horizontal arrows on
top of each other facing opposite directions with a selection box beside it
that sets landscape view.

If you have troubles finding this setting you can read about it in more
detail in the manual I mentioned above. If you can't find the manual it can
be downloaded free from Ragtimes site or else contact me off list at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll organize sending you a copy
as an attachment or I can load it on one of my ftp servers for you.

If you still have trouble one of my customers is the Marketing guy for the
Australian distributor down in Leeton near Griffith, so he may be able to
help find out the best way to do this. It appears from my brief reading you
can also set these settings indepenently for pdf output  and another option
to make it match your printers settings. It actually appears to be a pretty
cool program with lots of features but the settings are confusing.

Hope this helps
Greg Sharp


On 14/11/04 9:53 PM, "Mervyn & Giuliana Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Greg, I took on your suggestion and a simple text document was sent
> by email in landscape format and it appeared in portrait.  I can
> diminish the image size so that the whole page is eventually visible
> but it is too small to work with.
> I checked the application default settings and there appears to no
> way that I can set the layout in landscape.
> Any other thoughts?
> Merv

Wanted Startup Dick for Apple Iic or e

[Greg Sharp]

Hi all

Sorry to be a pain but I've been asked if I could try and find a Startup
Disk for an Apple Iic (Apple Iie would also work). This is an old double
sided 5.25 inch floppy (Disk Utilities on other side). Either an original or
a copy doesn't matter. The files are free on Apple's site but I have no
machine old enough to come with a 5.25 inch drive so I can't make up a disk
for this lady. She is a physically handicapped pensioner and her old Apple
IIc is her main entertainment. Please contact me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] if you can help. She will pay postage
and any costs.

Thanks
Greg Sharp

Anyone know anything about Newtons?

[Greg Sharp]

Below is a copy of an email I got from a guy in Canberra. He has been unable
to find any repairers in the ACT willing to work on his Newton. I realize
your group is the other side of the country but I was hoping someone may be
able to help. If anyone can help or knows someone who can please email me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks
Greg Sharp

G'day Greg!

My thanks for your quick reply.

I have two Mesagepad 120s. One with sys 1.3 in mint condition and a
2.0 with a scratched screen. I would like the motherboard from the
2.0 and put into the case of the 1.3.

I have the disassemble instructions but am not game enough to attempt
it myself.

Any assistance you can give me to find a skilled person would be
gratefully appreciated. Obviously I am willing to pay for the work
and necessary postage.

Thank you again for your time and assistance.

Regards,

Peter

Re: Reading CD from PC burn

[Greg Sharp]

What you could do is try sending a Ragtime file from the PC to Mac as an
email attachment and see if you have the same problem. This should at least
isolate whether it's a Ragtime problem or related to the burn process.

Greg Sharp


On 13/11/04 1:05 AM, "Mervyn & Giuliana Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am using Ragtime 5.6.4 on my iMac 10.2 at home.  I can burn files
> to a CD using Toast and Hybrid format and these can be read with
> Ragtime 5.6 on a PC at the office whether in portrait or landscape
> layout.
> 
> However, when a Ragtime document in landscape is burned to a CD by
> the PC running XP I can only see the left hand half of the landscape
> page on my iMac at home.  The PC software for burning on the PC is
> the standard software built in as part of the XP operating system.
> 
> One of my son's who also drives a PC running XP can see the total
> file.  He saved the document in ISO format using NERO and the same
> problem occurred on the iMac.
> 
> I have only tried this for Ragtime so I do not know whether other
> applications using landscape produce the same result.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this problem?  If so, is there a solution?
> 
> Merv

Re: strange Safari behaviour

[Greg Sharp]

Most people use their ISP's DNS as this provides shorter ping times and
frequent requests are cached for quicker responses.

However this doesn't mean you can't use another DNS server and I think you
can use any you can get an IP for whatever the ISP. DNS servers are set to
relay requests to and from anywhere so they should always be available to
the public as long as they're not behind a router for use on a private
network (some people set up their own DNS servers on their network to speed
up serving and allow for greater control).

You can even in your network settings allocate one of your ISP's DNS servers
as well as a second DNS server that can be somewhere else. This might not
fix the problem but at least would provide a fallback in case the problem is
in any way related to your ISP.

All the best
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group

On 9/11/04 7:08 PM, "Craig Ringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Not really ... generally you'll want to pick up your ISPs settings
> rather than specify them explicitly. That way, if your ISP changes DNS
> servers your computer just picks up the change rather than stops
> working.
> 
> For troubleshooting a specific problem, however, it may be worth
> explicitly configuring them.

Re: (Forcing?) Permissions on Web Server

[Greg Sharp]

It may also be worthwhile looking up info on Apple's site about "Folder
Action Scripts" . This should allow for an action where all files uploaded
to that folder automatically have their permissions changed to whatever you
need. I haven't used this method but others on my servers mail list have and
say it works fine. I imagine there's a few ways you could approach this.

Greg

On 8/11/04 10:54 PM, "James Devenish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> on Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 07:45:52PM +0800, Antony N. Lord wrote:
>> A PC here in the office uploads (FTPs) a webcam image to an OS X
>> machine (webserver) with -rw-r- permissions. This image can't be
>> seen when used in a HTML document.
> 
> (a) Fix the webcam software (which you have ruled out).
> 
> (b) Change the group ownership of the file to whatever group the
> webserver runs as. You may also need to change the group ownership of
> the enclosing directory to make it stick (and set `chmod g+s .`, if
> necessary for the filesystem/file functions used with your FTP).
> 
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Re: strange Safari behaviour

[Greg Sharp]

My Netgear WGR614 router is set to automatically use my ISP's DNS and all
my LAN machines have my ISP's DNS set manually on each machine.

Greg

On 7/11/04 5:41 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> So, AS a matter of interest do the people who are still having trouble
> have the DNS numbers of their ISP inserted in their Network TCP/ IP
> panel
> 
> Bob

Re: strange Safari behaviour

[Greg Sharp]

I also have found the problem still exits when I visited Version Tracker
using Safari. I think Apple may have fixed one particular problem but there
appears to be a bigger problem that can effect anyone based on similar
reports from Linux & Windows users. It might not be widespread but something
is happening behind the scenes

All the best
Greg

On 7/11/04 4:45 PM, "Adam Lippiatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I updated the MacOS to 10.3.6 and am still getting the double entry
> problem with Safari.
> 
> Adam

Re: iPod/iTalk voice recording

[Greg Sharp]

I'd try just recording through the iTalk's built in microphone to see if
it's working properly first. If that works then try plugging the external
mike into the iTalk and see if it still works. This won't fix the problem
but it will isolate where the problem may be. Is it essential that the mike
goes through an external amp first?

Greg Sharp
Webmaster/President
Australian Mac Users Group

On 2/11/04 6:32 PM, "Edward Arrowsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> I am trying to record a voice using an external mic into an amp and
> then line out to iPod via iTalk.
> 
> There is only silence when I record.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and Best wishes
> edward 
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Re: DVDs

[Greg Sharp]

That's the way I'd do it too but be aware iDVD unlike DVD Studio Pro doesn't
work with external DVD burners. However there is a hack available to allow
this. The program is called Hpfurz and you can either get it from Version
Tracker or if you like on our site at http://australian.macusersgroup.org &
I have an article on how to use it (you'll find it in our Most Read section
of our homepage plus the program itself in our downloads area under Mods &
Hacks). I haven't used this as I have a built in Superdrive so there's no
guarantees but at least it's worth knowing about.

Greg Sharp
Australian Mac Users Group



On 28/10/04 9:35 PM, "James / Hans Kunz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> best is use imovie or compressor to export/compress the file into m2v =
> mpeg2 format, then idvd will accept it and
> reformat the file into piece & also creates special folders: audio_ts &
> video_ts
> these 2 folders contain quite a number of .bub, .ifo. .vob files which
> are in fact content list & your mpeg2 file in bits & pieces
> depending on movie produced the audio_ts folder may remain empty
> 
> good luck   James

Request for Reseller Details

[Greg Sharp]

Hi all

I realize Apple has their official Reseller Locator on their site but they
don't cover resellers who don't meet their criteria. From reading previous
posts to this list I'm sure you know people who do a great job both for Mac
users and groups but can't get listed.

I've set up a reseller locator on my Australian Mac Users Group site and
would like to get these people included. I don't want to replicate Apples
list but I do want good resellers listed.

If anyone knows of people who they think should be listed could they please
email me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in
the emails the Resellers name or shop name whichever is appropriate along
with their full address (including postcode) ,phone number and website
address. If you don't know all the details any info would be a help.

Thanks in advance 
Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group

Re: Recording ichat video conf, and bluetooth phone qu

[Greg Sharp]

I don't own an iSight so this is all guesswork but it may work. The iSight
uses a streaming protocol so one possibility may be to try and use something
like QuickTime Broadcaster to connect to the iSight. It has an audio and a
separate video selection panel where you can select the source.

It may be possible to record streamed video from local as well as remote
sources if the appropriate ports (you'd have to find this info) were opened
if both parties are behind routers. This way you connect using tcp protocol
over the internet rather than Rendevouz locally.

Rather than then sending the processed stream onto a Quicktime Server on
another machine, Broadcaster could instead save the file locally to disk.
Make certain to choose correct format.

This file could then be edited in iMovie, Final Cut etc. If you are
reasonably command line proficient the latest version of VLC also has a
streaming server component that may be able to handle the task since it
handles a large range of sources including webcams, mp3's, DVD's etc. There
is also a GUI for VLC but the only documentation is for the command line
interface.

If you had only wanted to record what's picked up by your iSight you could
have just used iVeZEEN 2.0 to record.

My idea may not work but it could be worth trying.

All the best
Greg Sharp
Webmaster/President
Australian Mac Users Group

On 12/10/04 5:16 PM, "John Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 1. Is there any way of recording an ichat video conference?

Re: Recording DVD Sound

[Greg Sharp]

Hi

A program such as "Audio Hijack Pro" would do what you want

All the best
Greg

On 29/8/04 1:45 AM, "Brock Woolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I want to try and record some DVD sound samples off a DVD movie,
> so I can make a remix with samples from a movie. I can record by
> playing the DVD in the drive, then recording through the microphone but
> this make some really bad quality recordings with static.
> I was wondering if there is a program out there that can capture audio
> from a DVD as it plays INTERNALLY. Or if I can extract the audio by
> some other means..
> 
> P.S. If this helps I have a G4 iBook, 1.2GHz, 256MB, 60GB HD, Combo
> Drive, 1x FireWire, 2x USB 2.0 ports.
> Thanks in advance
> - Brock
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Re: Good dealer - bad dealer

[Greg Sharp]

Hi Tim

Before any surveys are run we would really need to open up discussions on
the topic.

I agree that there are all types of resellers like Daniel who would be shut
out of competition if we weren't careful about doing this just right. One
solution I see is having various categories eg Best Personal Service, Best
Supporter of MUG's, Best Range of Products, etc

This would ensure all the people who deserve recognition get it. Apple
Resellers have their own awards for most sales and other corporate type
criteria. The awards should be kept separate from corporate dollars and
truly display the choices of actual MUG members. As Mathew pointed out
"If nothing else, it would make the resellers more receptive to the goals of
MUGs."

I also see it as a chance for all the Australian Mac User Groups to work
together and that has to be good for everyone.

Thanks
Greg Sharp
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


On 6/8/04 12:45 AM, "Tim Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm one of the obviously large band of Macwizardry supporters, but I'd like
> to add a note of caution about the polling to ensure, pardon the pun, apples
> are compared with apples.
> 
> One of Daniel's strengths as I have experienced, is his personalised service
> coming to home or office when needed. It's great. No question.
> 
> But as far as I know he doesn't have a showroom or staff. Now this isn't a
> weakness if people know 'kind of' what they want. But what about people who
> need to 'see' what is on offer from Apple and need to go into a shop, or are
> new to Apple customers? Whilst it is entirely fair to expect a high level of
> personalised service and quality advice from a shop, it's a bit tough on
> them to be compared with someone who doesn't have the shop part of the
> business to contend with.
> 
> I might be digging myself a hole here, but all I am trying to point out is
> that whatever survey is done needs to be fair to the various styles of
> businesses around.
> 
> We need the shops, and we need the Daniels. Let the survey reflect that -
> especially if it's going to be a nationwide exercise.
> 
> Thanks
> Tim
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Re: Good dealer - bad dealer

[Greg Sharp]

On 5/8/04 11:08 PM, "Reg Whitely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> A MUG reseller award would be nice, so long as the voting is carried
> out in a fair and equitable way.

Hi Reg

This would definitely have to be organized very carefully to ensure this
happens.

I propose that perhaps I do a few things to try and get the ball rolling.

1/ Contact all the various Australian MUG's and see what kind of interest
there is in such a proposition.
2/ If positive set up a forum on my site for reps from the various groups to
discuss ways of achieving a fair system and discuss the technical details
involved to achieve this.
3/ Each MUG rep could then go back to their groups and discuss any
propositions with their members.
4/ The MUG reps could then ratify any adjustments if necessary and agree to
a final format for the awards.

I'm sure there are other ways to ensure this is done fairly and all
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Greg Sharp
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Good dealer - bad dealer

[Greg Sharp]

Hi Shay

I've been silently following this thread and agree wholeheartedly that it
would be a great idea to instigate such an award. It is obvious from the
posts that Daniel Kerr has well and truly shown himself to be a best of
breed amongst Apple Reseller's and people like him deserve to be recognised.

In my opinion however this idea could even be taken a step further. What
about a national award scheme where each Australian MUG can vote for their
favourite reseller. This way even smaller MUG's could show their
appreciation and present individual group awards to the reseller who has
done most to help their members. These winners could then go on to be
recognised in a further round of voting with state and national "Preferred
MUG Reseller of the Year" awards.

With the right structure perhaps we may even be able to get Apple to come on
board and turn this into an annual event and gain valuable media exposure
both for these valued resellers and for MUG's as a whole.

If anyone has any thoughts one way or the other feel free to contact me off
list. It would be great if we could actually get something like this
happening.

Thanks
Greg Sharp
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On 5/8/04 12:35 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> He gets my tick for service and attitude.
> 
> Hmm... Perhaps the WAMUG committee should look at something like
> organising a people's choice dealer of the year award? Might be a
> good way to encourage the dealers to interact with WAMUG.
> 
> Have fun,
> Shay

Re: wireless networking possible for these three?

[Greg Sharp]

On 7/7/04 5:50 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> A thought from anyone knowledgeable...
>> 
>> Is it possible to wirelessly network a g3, and two early model 233mhz
>> imacs, all running 9.2?
> 
> Well, it would have been easier until Lucent EOL'd the original
> Airport cards... You might still be able to purchase them somewhere...
> 
> You don't say which G3. Some had built in Airport antennas, but would
> also need a card.
> 
> As to sharing the printer, can you currently share the printer under
> 9.2? If not then don't expect it to work wirelessly.
> 
> Have fun,
> Shay


Apart from the problem with original Airport Cards reaching end of line
status (though still available on eBay) I don't think old iMac 233's even
have anywhere to put them. I think this capability was added to later models
only (iMac 266's onwards). The G3 doesn't either but I think there are 3rd
party solutions available using a spare PCI slot. All up though probably
impossible to do what you want with that combination of Mac's.

Sorry to bear the bad news.

Greg Sharp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Note: Sorry Shay I sent this reply originally to you instead of list by
mistake.

Re: Request for contact details

[Greg Sharp]

Thanks for the responses. Matt has provided latest info to me off list.

Thanks
Greg Sharp

Re: Request for contact details

[Greg Sharp]

Hi

Steven Tan from GMUG contacted me with updated details so now I'll try one
last time before I get back to Apple & the Oceania Regional Liaison.

Could someone confirm that your groups details below are still correct.

Western Australia Mac UG
Contact; Matthew Healy
Phone: 0414 827 915
fax: (08) 9332 8447
Fee: $30 annual (student and family discounts)
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of each month (except January)
Curtin University, Bentley Campus
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web site: http://www.wamug.org.au/

Also does your group have a public email address rather than just a list
address so prospective members, Apple  etc can reach you without having to
join the lists first.

Thanks
Greg Sharp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Request for contact details

[Greg Sharp]

Hi

I'm confirming the details of all the Australian Mac User Groups so Apple
can correct incorrect details on their site and I am also publishing these
new details on a site I have set up to promote local groups at
http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Could someone confirm that your groups details below are still correct.

Western Australia Mac UG
Contact; Matthew Healy
Phone: 0414 827 915
fax: (08) 9332 8447
Fee: $30 annual (student and family discounts)
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of each month (except January)
Curtin University, Bentley Campus
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web site: http://www.wamug.org.au/

Also does your group have an email address that the public can reach to
contact your group rather than making them join your list to get messages to
your group. If so that address would be a much more suitable email contact
address. I had to join your list to be able to get a message to this group
to try and find out the required information.

By the way does anyone know if the group below is still in existence. It
appears dead but there is a link on their site to your groups list. Nothing
has been posted on their site for nearly 12 months.

Geraldton Macintosh User Group
Contact; Reg Whitely
Phone: (08) 9965 3449
fax: (08) 9965 3449
Fee: Gold coin donation
Meetings: Monthly/bi-monthly (Saturday)
Geraldton 6530
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gmug/

Thanks
Greg Sharp
Webmaster
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]