For Sale: MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) and older Software

2012-02-25 Thread Paul van der Mey
Hi all

I have for sale the following:

Computer 1:
Caroline has a new computer (MacBook Air) so we are selling her 13" MacBook 
Pro. Has been used daily from new (September 2009) as her work computer and it 
has been very reliable.
 - It is in good condition with some marks on the bottom (underneath) and a 
slightly bent corner on the screen casing (does not affect the screen or use of 
the computer).
 - It has had a keyboard cover from new so keyboard is in as new condition, 
cover is included.
 - It has a decorative (girlie!) sticker on the outside, is still fitted and 
can be removed, should leave no marks.
 - Comes with brand new (still in original packaging) original power adaptor.
 - Comes with packaging and disks as new (only opened the software disk package 
to reformat to as new software).
Offers up to $700 considered.

Computer 2:
Titanium PowerBook G4 550 with carry bag, OSX 10.0 disk, OS9 disk. Worked when 
last plugged in, haven't used it for a while. Probably have the original 
packaging as well.

iPhone 3G:
Black 16GB, locked to Telstra with original packaging

Also on offer are, in original packaging unless stated:

 - System disks from a white MacBook, OS 10.4.10
 - Mac OSX Tiger (Family Pack) 10.4
 - Mac OSX Leopard (Family Pack) 10.5
 - Mac OSX Snow Leopard (Family Pack) 10.6
 - iLife '06
 - iLife '08
 - iLife '09 (up to date pack)
 - iWork '08
 - Aperture 2
 - Office:Mac 2004 Student and Teacher edition
 - Office:Mac 2008 Home & Student edition
 - MYOB First Accounts V2.0.4 (on floppy disks, Accelerated for Power Macintosh 
no less!) and Update to Version 3 (on CD)
 - Macromedia Studio MX V1.1 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand)
 - MacWorld (Australian) magazines (assorted, have been subscribed for quite a 
few years now...)
 - AV + USB cable for iPod Classic, Nano (video) and iPhone (i.e. works with 
older iPods and original iPhone not 3G & newer models)
 - PalmOne Zire 72 PDA not used for quite a while, paint is peeling off
 - Belkin Tunecast Auto has a crack in the dock adaptor, still works, no 
packaging (This appears to be the closet on the Belkin site 
http://www.belkin.com/au/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=530116 actual 
model# is F8Z182)
 - Genius wireless optical three button mouse, no packaging

We are keen to clear everything listed as we are preparing to shift.

Thank you

Paul

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Re: iPad deleted mail messages keep re-loading

2011-09-13 Thread Paul van der Mey
Hi

I get this reasonably regularly using POP mail accounts and suspect it has to 
do with memory availability. I usually have 75 messages showing (in Mail 
Settings) but with many more messages available for downloading.

Stopping the Mail App (and others, I have 16 Apps running now) helps.

Thank you

Paul

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On 13/09/2011, at 1:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> On 13/09/2011, at 1:15 PM, Laura Webb wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Good morning all
>> 
>> Currently in France with my trusty iPad. Could anyone suggest why in Mail, 
>> emails once deleted, re-load again when I next go on line? I then have to go 
>> through and delete them all again. The problem is the same whether done by 
>> swiping individual messages or multiple, using edit mode. I also regularly 
>> get messages that say "no sender" in which there is no content. These cannot 
>> be deleted. I have to re start iPad to clear them.
>> 
>> The fact that the deleted messages re load all the time could, I suppose, 
>> have an effect on download amounts when not using free wireless at hotels. I 
>> have French SIM card in iPad for such times.
>> 
>> I have not altered any settings from those used at home. The "no 
>> sender"messages do sometimes appear when at home but seem to be much more 
>> regular now.
> 
> Hi Laura,
> 
> Is your Mail Account an IMAP?
> 
> Go to settings > mail, contacts, calendars > touch your account name > 
> advanced > deleted mailbox > chose Deleted Messages > then click the back 
> buttons until you get to the screen that says ‘done’ so your settings are 
> saved.
> 
> If “trash on iPad” is checked, trashed mail stays on the iPad which essential 
> means you keep seeing it in your emails.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
> OS X 10.7 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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Re: eCensus

2011-08-09 Thread Paul van der Mey
eCensus successfully completed using Safari on my iPad...

Thank you

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On 08/08/2011, at 10:38 PM, Tim Law  wrote:

> Seeing this is working fine, Bring on on line voting for elections!
> 
> It's great to see how this technology is being used, without apparent major 
> drama or a big concerns about privacy, and it means the data can collated 
> quicker and used for all our benefit. 
> 
> Imagine an election when you didn't have to line up, and the results be known 
> much quicker. It'd spoil the election night tally room BBQ party tho
> 
> Tim
> 
> On Monday, 8 August 2011, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> > Unless they stay the night & sleep at your place … there is no problem ;-)
> > On 08/08/2011, at 5:55 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> >
> > What happens if you have unexpected visitors on Tuesday night ?
> > I guess it's OK if you have a crystal ball !
> > On 07/08/2011, at 10:59 PM, cm wrote:
> >
> > Hi Severin,
> > There is no problem at all with Safari. I have submitted an eCensus and 
> > received confirmation for two households using Mac OS X and Safari.
> > Incidentally, if you know who will be in your house on Tuesday night, you 
> > can submit your eCensus form online now. You will get a confirmation number 
> > to write down on your eCensus pass code sheet.
> > Cheers,
> > Carlo
> >
> > On 2011-08-07, at 22:49, Severin Crisp wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone got any feedback on compatibility of eCensus with Safari?  A 
> > preliminary inspection makes no mention of Mac or Safari and i am wondering 
> > whether I will need to use Windows/Explorer'  
> > Severin Crisp
> > I have my ECN and CFN codes
> > 
> >Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
> >15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
> > Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
> > email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
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Re: Time Machine question

2011-07-22 Thread Paul van der Mey
Hi

I recently set-up new iMac. Did not use the Time Machine backup as I wanted to 
be Rosetta free (for some reason!) so used a new Account name.

I did have access to the previous Account's Time Machine files through the 
mounted drive, as if it was a normal external drive. This worked great. I 
copied in my images and so on, all good.

Then I did a Time Machine backup from the new Account to the same drive.
This set the permissions so that I'm now locked out of the drive. :(

That's a trap!

I created an an account with the same details as the 'old' Account and could 
then access the files again and copy them to the new Account.

Also the files are still available without requiring a different Account on my 
second backup, or should be until I do a backup onto that drive...

Thank you

Paul

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On 22/07/2011, at 5:40 PM, cm  wrote:

> Hi Allen,
> 
> Yes you can access all Time Machine backups either manually, (without using 
> the Time Machine animated interface) or from within the Time Machine 
> interface.
> 
> To access a Time Machine backup manually: 
> 
> Caution is required here: do not delete or modify any file manually. You may 
> corrupt the backup. Take a copy any file you wish to work on and work on the 
> copy.
> 
> 1) In Finder navigate to the disk containing the Time Machine backup and 
> connect if necessary so you can browse the disk.
> 2) Find a file named .sparsebundle. For instance if you 
> computer is called Fred, there will be a file named fred.sparsebundle.
> 3) Double click on this file so as to mount the sparse bundle. This process 
> may take some minutes and often involves the operating system scanning the 
> sparse bundle for layout errors.
> 4) You will now see a newly mounted file system named "Time Machine Backups". 
> This file system is a collection of many Time Machine backups stored by date 
> and time. Navigate down to the required file. For example:
>   Time Machine Backups > Backups.backupd > Fred > 2011-07-11-113337 > Fred > 
> Users > Fred > Documents > my file.pages
> 
> To access a Time Machine backup from the interface:
> 
> 1) Control-click on the Time Machine icon in the Dock, or Option-click on the 
> Time Machine icon in the Menu Bar, and select
>   Browse Other Backup Disks...
> Then just follow the prompts to mount any visible Time Machine Backup.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> 
> On 2011-07-22, at 17:06, Allen Gladwell wrote:
> 
>> 
>> My daughter's MacBook Pro has just failed and it will be a week or so before 
>> it can up and running again.  Meanwhile she needs to access some files and 
>> an email from her Time Machine backup
>> 
>> Could somebody tell me please how to access these files, if it's possible, 
>> using  my MBP? We are both using 10.6.7
>> 
>> Can I, for instance, stop my Time Machine running and disconnect my TM HD. 
>> If I then make an a/c for my daughter would she be able to access her Time 
>> Machine if it is connected to my computer?
>> 
>> Cheers  Allen
>> 
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Re: iPad 2 mirroring

2011-06-30 Thread Paul van der Mey

Hi

I've connected to a Dell 2408WFP screen (Has HDMI and Display Port inputs 
amongst others) using the DIGITAL AV ADAPTER and a HDMI cable, select the input 
and it just works...

The colours are different, Dell is brighter even with the brightness at minimum 
setting and on the Dell the blues are stronger, the reds more orange and the 
greens brighter.

As others have said the videos play on the remote screen.

Display is always at 4:3 ratio so wide screens have black bars on each side.

Rotating works as the iPad is rotated. In portrait the height is limited to 
screen height giving wider black bars on the sides. Movies playing on an 
external screen do not rotate. Even from portrait they play in landscape but 
the iPad still rotates.

Thank you

Paul

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On 27/06/2011, at 12:11 PM, David de la Hunty wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone hooking their ipad 2 to an external monitor?
> 
> I managed to find one post on macrumours from March from someone who used a 
> hdmi ipad2 adaptor then connected an HDMI to DVI adaptor to that. Anyone 
> doing that with their ipad 2? Does it work well? Are there any more recent 
> adaptors which will hook up directly between ipad 2 and DVI? Nothing on apple 
> site that I can find.
> 
> thx
> DD
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Re: WA Holidays and iCal

2011-05-19 Thread Paul van der Mey
H Warren

Much appreciated, have subscribed...
I just noticed that there are no public holidays in July, August or September! 
What gives? :) 

Thank you

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On 20/05/2011, at 11:03 AM, Warren Jones  wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> Fed up with the various "subscribe-able" Australian Holidays online which 
> never seem to get it right esp when it comes to WA holidays and not wanting 
> to see other state-specific holidays, I've created my own just for WA 
> holidays (using Google calendars) and published it.
> 
> You can subscribe if you wish in iCal or Google calendars using...
> http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/tsd4v38mk77i7l0l0f99np4n2k%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
> 
> or XML link for some apps...
> http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/tsd4v38mk77i7l0l0f99np4n2k%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic
> 
> (https:// will also work on the above URLs)
> 
> Dates are valid from 2011 until 2013 and are taken from the official DoC site 
> at 
> http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/LabourRelations/Content/Employers/Pay_rates_leave_and_conditions/Public_holidays_in_Western_Aus.html
> 
> I will endeavour to maintain it in future.
> 
> woz
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Re: Organising photo on ipad

2011-04-28 Thread Paul van der Mey
Also saw this on popphoto.com:
<http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/04/photosmith-lets-your-ipad-play-nicely-adobe-lightroom>

Uses a free plug-in for lightroom on the Mac or pc.
Transfer metadata by wi-fi both directions
Transfer photos iPad to computer only (not computer to iPad) by wi-fi or USB.


$21.99 on the Australian iTunes Store...
<http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/photosmith/id427757668?mt=8>

Not tried it.
Sounds interesting if you have Lightroom (I Don't).

Thank you

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On 24/04/2011, at 3:34 PM, John Hatch wrote:

> Roni,
> I have the habit of saving photos from emails(granddaughter etc.) and dont 
> use home computer as much now.
> 
> Saw the app you mentioned will have give it a try
> 
> Thanks for your help. Maybe my request will appear in future upgrades - would 
> be a nice feature
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 24/04/2011, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 24/04/2011, at 9:40 AM, John Hatch wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Is there away similiar to ibooks of organising photos into albums on the 
>>> ipad
>> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> Are you wanting to know if after importing photos to your iPad directly from 
>> your camera, can you sort them, organise them into albums etc? 
>> You can, but you require an App for this.
>> 
>> You really should import the photos regularly to your computer, then you can 
>> organise and sync them to the iPad.
>> Use Albums in iPhoto on your Mac to sort the photos into Albums first.
>> 
>> If you are wanting to sort the photos imported directly from a camera into 
>> the iPad, without using a computer.
>> One App for doing this on the iPad that I’ve read ‘good' and 'not so good' 
>> reviews about is Photo-Sort for iPad.
>> 
>> <http://photo-sort.webs.com/>
>> 
>> /Quote:
>> 
>> Photo-Sort for iPad - Organize your photos and videos into folders
>> 
>> Want to organize and name your photos and videos as you want, directly on 
>> your iPad, and without needing to go through a computer, use Photo-Sort.
>> On trip or on the road and no computer within reach, don’t wait to be 
>> drowned in a flood of photos or videos, or to forget where or when they have 
>> been taken, or what they represent, organize them and name them directly on 
>> your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad with Photo-Sort.
>> 
>> /End Quote:
>> 
>> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-sort-for-ipad/id369610590?mt=8>
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
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Re: Apple TV and movie hire ?

2011-04-20 Thread Paul van der Mey
Have not got an Apple TV but have listened to Podcasts on this topic.

I believe you will be able to stream photos to the TV using an adaptor like 
this but NOT be able to watch HD shows.

References:
http://www.macworld.com/article/157262/2011/01/hdcp_errors.html

and discussed in this podcast
http://www.thisweekinphoto.com/twip-193-japan/
The Apple TV is mentioned briefly earlier in the podcast and then more from 49 
min 50 sec with the HDMI -> Composite video converter mentioned from 53 min 10 
sec including the non-display of HD video content.

Thank you

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On 20/04/2011, at 2:59 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:

> i just found there is a hdmi to composite video & stereo sound converter 
> (yellow/white/red) available @ jaycar
> check for p423 as cat number, that may solve the problem to conn hdmi sound 
> to your old stereo
> James
> 
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> Australia
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> disappear and obstacles vanish.
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Peter Crisp 
>> Date: 19 April 2011 11:00:36 PM AWST
>> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
>> Subject: Re: Apple TV and movie hire ?
>> Reply-To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all, I have been through a couple of iterations since getting my Apple TV 
>> V2. I too had an amplifier that was built not long after the ark, but it did 
>> have an optical input. So when I had the 'old' amp, I had an HDMI  cable 
>> directly from the ATV to the Plasma set AND the optical connection from the 
>> ATV to the amp. This allowed me to listen in 5.1 audio and still have the 
>> video signal to the Plasma. you could of course also used the HDMI only and 
>> listened to the speakers in the Plasma set. HDMI carries audio and video 
>> together. So when I was listening to audio, I just turned the Plasma volume 
>> to zero, and it was all good. But my plan had always been to upgrade to an 
>> HDMI capable amp and I have just done that a few weeks back. A 3 zone Yamaha 
>> unit. So the HDMI cable from the ATV goes to the amp and thats it from the 
>> ATV and then another HDMI cable from AMP to Plasma to carry either ATV video 
>> signal or video signal from the Panasonic HD recorder - being the only other 
>> input to the amp I have.
>> 
>> So basically, you can get away with audio and video direct to your flat 
>> screen with the HDMI cable but you wont get the benefit of a good audio 
>> system that way. Unless your amp has an optical input for the audio signal, 
>> you'll need to upgrade to a current spec amp with HDMI inputs. There is no 
>> RCA output from the ATV for audio signal.
>> 
>> The ATV has been very good for me, cheap @ $129 and at that price really not 
>> a lot of vacillating in coming to the decision to get it.
>> 
>> Stephen, you will not regret it, and the music and photo sharing that it 
>> enables brings a huge benefit of easy accessibility to your libraries - let 
>> alone podcast downloads and movies etc which is the main intended market 
>> penetration of this unit.
>> 
>> Of course the set up of the ATV is just bulletproof basic. I was nervous as 
>> I am with most wireless devices and setting up with WPA codes, network 
>> details et al, usually having me trembling before the event!!! But it was 
>> all for nothing with this little beauty!!
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Peter...
>> On 19/04/2011, at 10:28 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>> 
>>> As Alan mentioned, the Apple TV only has one HDMI video out port (it also 
>>> has a digital audio out or TOSLINK for sound only, incase you have the 
>>> older version of HDMI that does not carry sound). The expected layout is 
>>> that the Apple TV connects to your TV and then your amplifier or home 
>>> theatre gets its sound from the TV audio out sockets -- be they RCA, HDMI 
>>> or TOSLINK. If you can connect your amplifier to your TV's audio out 
>>> connection then there will be no problem.
>>> 
>>> As for movie rentals, yes you can download your movies to your Mac and then 
>>> stream them to your Apple TV. A caveat though is that the reverse does not 
>>> apply. If you download a movie rental on your Apple TV, you cannot watch it 
>>> on your Mac.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>

Re: New iPhone and Ap Problems - Trailguru

2010-10-10 Thread Paul van der Mey
Have been using Trailguru on a 3G and a 3GS.

Both phones only post tracks when connected by WiFi. Always fails when 
connected by 3G.

Thank you

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On 10/10/2010, at 10:53 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:

> Hi WAMUGers
> Happy 10 10 10 10 10
>  Finally upgraded from 3G to iPhone 4.
> Synced/restored it in iTunes to switch everything across.
> All good except 2 problems:
> 
> I use Trailguru ap to record my walks and post the results to a website that 
> collates them.
> The ap still works fine on the new phone but when i "post" a walk i get an 
> error saying "the full track was not received by Trailguru, please try again"
> I have gone to Settings and "Test" it it says the account is connected ok, 
> but still wont post.
> Any ideas would be appreciated please.
> 
> Also having a problem with the Quota ap since switching phones.
> It still looks up my ISP internet usage details now worries, but 
> quits/crashes when I try to look up my mobile usage (Telstra) - it says 
> "provider update required"
> Again - any ideas would be appreciated please.
> 
> Regards
> Blitto
> 
> 
> 
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> Black holes suck.
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> 
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Re: iPhone sending email on telstra

2010-07-07 Thread Paul van der Mey

Hi Alex

I'm on 3G with Telstra.
My ISP and e-mail account are with TPG.

Initially had no joy sending e-mail via the iPhone when on 3G.

I used my e-mail account set-up in Mail to test the settings I needed based on 
what TPG said I would need, including alternate Ports.

Found that my user name required the full e-mail (@tpg.com.au) to work with 
SSL turned on.
When I got it working I then transferred the details to the iPhone and it 
worked.

Using authentication also allowed my wife to send e-mail from her MacBook when 
connected to the internet at her work. Without the SSL/Authentication she could 
not send e-mail when connected to the internet at her work.

The connection I make is that when connected at home via ADSL TPG knows that 
authentication is not required because of the physical link / direct connection 
to my ISP. When attempting to e-mail from another location on the internet 
(indirect connection to my ISP by IP address or 3G) the access is blocked by 
TPG in an attempt to stop unauthorised use of my e-mail account. So for me it 
was not a Telstra/3G issue in any way, shape or form. My ISP provided enough 
information by using my log-in details and information in their help pages to 
sort this out (server/host name, alternate port numbers).

Also have:
 - the TPG outgoing server set as the primary SMTP server
 - SSL turned on for incoming messages (Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars 
-> Accounts  -> Advanced -> Incoming Settings )

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On 07/07/2010, at 6:06 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for all your help and great information. I am also using SMTP 
> authentication on port 25 with TSL/SSL on, but I am not able to send any 
> messages neither from my iPad nor my iPhone. Both these are connected to 
> telstra. Happy to hear that VF has the same issue so I won't try them. Also 
> both these are on pay as you go. If I had to be "business packages" these 
> might work.
> 
> I wil also try to speak to my local telstra dealer just to hear what they 
> have to say. 
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 27 Jun 2010, at 19:39, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> I have a mixture of IMAP and POP.
>> I double tested Bigpond and "bouncing".  I loaded another account, which is
>> POP3 and sent it via Telstra 3G (sidenote: one day left on prepaid
>> credit,..arrgghh what to do,..lol) and bounced it via iinet with SMTP
>> Authentication to their servers. All worked fine.
>> I then set up another POP3 account and played around with the settings on 3G
>> for different servers and got them all to send too. :)
>> 
>> So not sure if that helps anything. :) lol
>> The outgoing settings I have set up and turned on are:-
>> • mail.iinet.net.au with Password authentication and SSL Off, Port 25
>> • mail.bigpond.com with no password authentication and SSL Off, Port 25
>> (but this is not active to use at all).
>> The above are for the iPad on Telstra
>> 
>> For Vodafone (which I also tested with a POP account) and bounced it via
>> iinet through vf are pretty much the same. I have a few more set as "backup
>> SMTP servers incase one fails" but 99% of the time, the first one works. ;)
>> 
>> Hope that helps a bit. /shrug. (or is more confusing perhaps).
>> 
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 27/6/10 9:23 AM, "Ronda Brown"  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Daniel & Alex,
>>> 
>>> Daniel, are all your email accounts IMAP? Or can you send using a POP 
>>> account
>>> on 3G Network?
>>> 
>>> Like Susan mentioned in her reply, when on the 3G Network I have to use my
>>> MobileMe IMAP Mail account to send (which is what I do).
>>> As I cannot send using my Westnet POP Mail Account, unless I change the
>>> Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) to mail.bigpond.com.
>>> 
>>> Both Westnet & MobileMe 'Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) use Default Ports
>>> 25,465,587.
>>> Westnet SMTP is: Authentication NONE & does NOT use SSL (Secure Sockets
>>> Layer))
>>> MobileMe SMTP is: Authentication Password, Username & Password & does NOT 
>>> use
>>> SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
>>> 
>>> I have my MobileMe ro...@mac.com set as my 'Default' Primary Account on my
>>> iPhone, so all mail is sent via ro...@mac.com.
>>> I have the same issue when travelling with my MacBook Pro and connecting
>>> through other Networks in Hotels.
>>> I can send using my MobileMe Mail account, but not my We

For Sale MacPro, Power Adaptor, System disks

2010-03-21 Thread Paul van der Mey
I have the following items for sale!

MacPro
(Early 2008) - Technical Specifications <http://support.apple.com/kb/SP11>
Standard configuration plus extra RAM (Now 4GB Total) and AirPort Extreme 
wireless
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors (Total 8 processors)
In very good condition with original box and system disks (OS X Leopard 10.5.1)
Mighty Mouse is unused, still in original packaging
Offers in the region of $2,800 considered.
Not many of these excellent computers around.
Looking to fund other Apple purchases!

Power Adaptor
85W MagSafe Power Adapter
Brand New, unused, still in plastic wrap ($109 at the Apple Store)
Offers in the region of $80

System disks
MacBook (White) 10.4.10
All offers considered


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Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer

2010-03-07 Thread Paul van der Mey

Just tried a simple Word 2004 document with one text box having a default 
shadow applied.

Printed to a HP Photosmart 3310 (injet) from a current model i7 iMac running 
10.6.2.

Printed as displayed on screen.

Then tried from my PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11 and Office 2004 (V11.5.3) tot 
he same printer.
Again printed as displayed on screen.



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On 06/03/2010, at 10:17 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote:

> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Not sure about the HP 8000 laser, but I have just tried creating a
> text box with shadow on Word 2008 (Mac) which printed OK on a Brother
> HL-1430. Whether it is the HP driver which is the problem I am not
> sure, and I assume she has the latest driver on her Mac. The best way
> would be for some one to try printing on her printer using Word 2008.
> 
> One word of caution, remember that Office 2008 does not support VBA or
> Macros. So, if she uses these extensively now she will loose them if
> she goes to the current version. Alternatively she could wait for the
> next version of Office for Mac which fortunately will support VBA and
> Macros again. It is meant to come out some time this year.
> 
> I'm sorry I do not have any solutions as such, but one of WAMUG's
> expert will sure come up with something.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Philippe
> 
> 2010/3/6 Tim Law 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 
>> with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow.
>> She prints to an HP 8000 laser.  The printer is an older A3 colour that 
>> duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk 
>> properly to the Mac - or so it seems.
>> 
>> She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow 
>> around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on 
>> the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the 
>> screen.
>> 
>> She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this 
>> feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a 
>> solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else 
>> who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes.  
>> Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the 
>> appearance of shaded boxes.
>> 
>> She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried 
>> running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully.
>> 
>> She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping 
>> someone has found a solution?
>> Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility

2010-01-11 Thread Paul van der Mey
Reg

Have you actually tried the iPhone?

I ask because of my experience travelling in Tasmania and South Australia in 
particular.

On a number of occasions I've had to lend my iPhone (3G) because the person I 
was travelling with had no/not enough service (both on Telstra). They bought 
their phone specifically for country service at the time. I think it's a 
Motorola. Definitely was supposed to have the better coverage but my iPhone 
made it look poor.

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On 11/01/2010, at 1:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

> Hi all WAMUGgers
> 
> We're thinking of updating the trusty LG mobile and need full Telstra Blue 
> Tick rural coverage (Yuck to Telstra I know). It seems to be narrowed down to 
> the Nokia 6720 Classic or Sony Ericsson W705. Nokia seem to be more reliable 
> but their Mac Multimedia Transfer software doesn't work with this particular 
> model. 
> http://www.nokia-asia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/nokia-multimedia-transfer/download
> 
> I've found Salling Media Synch on the web and it looks good, 
> http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/mac/ but we would need to pay for it for 
> fastest uploads. There is an iSynch plug-in for this model though so that 
> seems Ok. Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, 
> which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country 
> travelling?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Reg
> 
> 
> Reg Whitely
> 
> Home: 08 9921 7272
> Work: 08 9921 1793
> Mob: 04 8899 7313
> Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
> Web: http://web.me.com/whitelyr/Reg/
> 
> 
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Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-08 Thread Paul van der Mey
Talking Firewire 800 & 400

I recenty picked up two Vantec NexStar MX dual bay drives with 2 x FW800, 1 x 
FW400 and 1 x USB.

Having a 27" iMac with one FW800 port and wanting to connect by FW to an old 
PowerBook G4 with only FW400 I thought I may be needing a FW800->400 cable.

Apparently not.
Connected the iMac by FW800 to one of the drives, then the drive by FW400 
(6->6pin) to the PowerBook. Boot into Target Disk mode and it shows up on the 
iMac :)

The benefit of connections that support daisy chaining...

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On 08/01/2010, at 10:59 AM, John Thompson wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>   Thanks for the reply, also thanks to Paul, Joe and Mark for their ideas.
> 
> My WD did come with one cable, FW400 to FW800, this worked for a short while 
> from my MacBook 400 port but then either the cable or the port stopped 
> functioning.  I have been using USB vrom both the Macbook and the Macmini 
> since then but would like to go back to Firewire.
> 
> Will check out the options sent.
> 
> Regards
> 
> John Thompson
> On 08/01/2010, at 10:26 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> I’m surprised the WD drive didn’t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD 
>> drives, so far, came with both FW & USB cables).
>> 
>> However, I’ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally 
>> carry a good range of cables – though their site at present only seems to 
>> show FW400 and FW800 to FW400:
>> 
>> <http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/tabid/103/Default.aspx?Category=CABLE+AND+CONNECTORS&SubCategory=USB+%2f+Firewire+Cables>
>> 
>> I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source 
>> FW800 cables – as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop) 
>> offer, for example:
>> 
>> <http://www.streetwise.com.au/lacie-lacie-flat-cables-firewire-firewire-p-7224.html>
>> <http://www.streetwise.com.au/generic-firewire-cable-firewire-9pin-firewire-9pin-p-2342.html>
>> 
>> plus longer cables – but they get quite expensive.
>> 
>> Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park & other locations) who 
>> also seem slightly cheaper:
>> 
>> <http://www.ht.com.au/part/W5847-LaCie-Flat-Cables-Design-by-item-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-6-PIN-FireWire-M-1.2-m-IEEE-1394-orange/detail.hts>
>> <http://www.ht.com.au/part/X0430-Belkin-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-1.8-m-IEEE-1394b-white/detail.hts>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> -- 
>> Neil R. Houghton
>> Albany, Western Australia
>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>> Email: n...@possumology.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
>> 
>>> Interesting article James.
>>> As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 
>>> Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig 
>>> external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where 
>>> can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried 
>>> Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just 
>>> got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been 
>>> immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> 
>>> John E. Thompson
>>> 14 McGlew Street
>>> Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
>>> Ph. 08-92793524
>>> Mob. 0412 775 197
>>> Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au
>>> 
>>> On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:
>>> 
>>>> why apple is using fw800 interface
>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html
>>>> quite interesting read
>>>> James
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> SAD Technic
>>>> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
>>>> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
>>>> Bayswater WA 6053
>>>> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
>>>> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
>>>> skype: barleeway
>>>> over 40 years in electronics
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  
>> 
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Re: iphone

2009-12-30 Thread Paul van der Mey

Jewels

The iPhone does not show the contacts on the SIM card, they need to be imported.

Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> scroll down to "Import SIM Contacts".

Then manage your contacts through Address Book & iTunes.

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On 29/12/2009, at 9:49 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:

> 
> Happy New Year to you all.
> 
> I got an iphone last week.  I was assured all my contacts had been 
> transferred over to the new sim card ( had to upgrade to Next G card).  When 
> I turned the phone on when I got home, I was requested to put in the sim 
> code, which was accepted.  However. a few minutes later the phone said No Sim 
> Card.  That is the way it has acted since.  I have to keep entering the sim 
> code.  Also no contacts were transferred over to the iphone.  Wondering if 
> there is a fault with the phone, or is it something I haven't performed which 
> I should do?
> 
> Cheers
> jewels
> 
> 
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For Sale MacBook, MacPro, iPhone, Power Adaptor, System disks

2009-12-29 Thread Paul van der Mey
I have the following items for sale!

MacBook
(13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) - Technical Specifications 
<http://support.apple.com/kb/SP500>
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 2GB RAM / 160GB SATA; 5400 rpm HDD
Does not have original power adaptor (3rd party adaptor included)
Black slim case for 13" MacBook included (Brand new, never used, in store 
packaging)
In very good condition with original box and system disks (OS X Leopard 10.5.5)
Offers in the region of $900

MacPro
(Early 2008) - Technical Specifications <http://support.apple.com/kb/SP11>
Standard configuration plus extra RAM (Now 4GB Total) and AirPort Extreme 
wireless
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors (Total 8 processors)
In very good condition with original box and system disks (OS X Leopard 10.5.1)
Mighty Mouse is unused, still in original packaging
Offers in the region of $3,200

iPhone
3G White 16GB
Locked to Telstra
Offers in the region of $450

Power Adaptor
85W MagSafe Power Adapter
Brand New, unused, still in plastic wrap ($109 at the Apple Store)
Offers in the region of $90

System disks
MacBook (White) 10.4.10
Offers considered

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Re: iPhoto

2009-12-21 Thread Paul van der Mey

Graeme

My experience with iPhoto is that all the images appear in Photos AND Events.
The difference being that Events groups the photos by time (the default on 
import?, Go to iPhoto -> Preferences -> Events to see the other options)

Go to the events view and slowly drag across one of the images. You should see 
a slide show of the images in that Event. Double click to view the images in 
the Event.
You should find all Events are groups of images taken on the same day.

It is possible to turn the auto-splitting on import function off when importing 
from the finder (a check box in the Event Preferences) in which case you would 
see events as folder names that have been imported.

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On 21/12/2009, at 5:48 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:

> 
> Greetings to all
> 
> As a very recent Imac user I transferred all of My Photos from my PC to the 
> new Mac using a Belkin Switch to Cable system and everything appears to have 
> come across.
> I had many years of photos on my old PC and the transfer took some time
> I had over a 100 folders including many from a recent trip to Europe. These 
> most recent photos were taken on a Canon and a Fuji.
> 
> The Canon downloaded all pictures neatly into folders according to the date 
> the photo was taken whereas the Fuji did not and I then sorted each Fuji 
> download into folders according to the town or place we visited over 70 days. 
> There was nearly 9Gb of photos from this recent trip
> 
> 
> Curious thing now is that a great number of My Pictures have ended up in 
> Photos and the rest in Events
> It does appear as though the Mac may have decided that if the folder was the 
> name of a person  then those photos went into Photos and if the folder was 
> named say by a location then this lot went into Events. This was not the case 
> in 100% of cases but simply a guess on my part at the moment
> 
> Those photos now in Photos appear also to be sorted by the date the photo was 
> taken.
> 
> Result is of course that in trying to create a DVD the search is quite 
> difficult
> 
> Not sure where to go next
> If I could transfer all the Events group into Photos I may at least have 
> these then sorted by date which would be a help
> 
> Next time I think we will just use one camera rather than 2
> 
> Graeme
> IMac 27
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Re: New iMac wanted

2009-12-10 Thread Paul van der Mey
I ordered the i7 BTO with the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad on the TGI 
Friday as well.

Tracking says Delivers: 07/12/2009
Mine is still showing delayed in Pudong International Airport since 2 Dec 2009 
:(

02 Dec 2009 15:30:00Pudong International AirportConnection 
Delay. Recovery Actions Underway. 
02 Dec 2009 00:39:06Pudong International AirportShipment 
Received At Transit Point. 
01 Dec 2009 23:21:00ShanghaiShipment In Transit. 
01 Dec 2009 23:18:50ShanghaiShipment In Transit. 
01 Dec 2009 21:16:46ShanghaiShipment Collected From Sender.

Still waiting...

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On 09/12/2009, at 11:05 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:

> Hi Rod,
> 
> I note the Apple store is currently showing 27” iMac delivery as:
> 
> Estimated Ship: 5-7 business days for the 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 
> standard model, and
> Estimated Ship: 7-10 business days for the 2.66GHz Intel Core i5 standard 
> model
> 
> 
> For what its worth, I succumbed to the urge when Apple had their recent TGI 
> Friday annual special. I didn’t go for a 2TB drive but I did go for the i7 
> processor (so another build to order). My experience was:
> 
> • Order placed with Apple online store on 27/11/09 – at the time of 
> finalising the order it was showing:
> Ships:  7-10 business days
> Delivers:   within 2-5 business days (after shipment) by Standard Shipping
> ie they were suggesting a final delivery date of 9–15 business days after 
> order
> 
> • The Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email then advised:
> Ships:  11/12/2009
> Delivers:   17/12/2009
>  ie they were predicting shipping at 10 business days and delivery 4 business 
> days after shipping.
> 
> • The Apple Store Shipment Notification email then advised:
> Shipment Date:  01/12/2009
> Delivers By:08/12/2009
> Ie actual shipment date (Tuesday) was only 2 business days after order 
> (Friday) and they were predicting delivery 5 business days after shipping.
> 
> The iMac was actually delivered around 9am yesterday morning (Tuesday 
> 08/12/2009) as promised. The TNT tracking suggests that delivery could have 
> been earlier but there was some delay in Sydney:
> 
> 08 Dec 2009 10:30:00 Albany Shipment Delivered In Good Condition. 
> 08 Dec 2009 06:58:30 Perth Out For Delivery. 
> 07 Dec 2009 12:16:34 Perth Onforwarded For Delivery 
> 06 Dec 2009 10:00:11 Sydney Shipment In Transit. 
> 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 Sydney Delay. Recovery Action Underway 
> 02 Dec 2009 09:15:47 Pudong International Airport Shipment In 
> Transit. 
> 02 Dec 2009 01:55:36 Pudong International Airport Shipment 
> Received At Transit Point. 
> 01 Dec 2009 23:02:00 Shanghai Shipment In Transit. 
> 01 Dec 2009 22:39:49 Shanghai Shipment In Transit. 
> 
> Of course, just because this was my experience doesn’t guarantee similar for 
> you but, so far, my experience with Apples delivery has been terrific:
> 
> Previous 24” iMac ordered in the 2007 TGI Friday annual special:
> • Order placed with Apple online store on 29/11/07 (at 11pm Thursday - it was 
> Friday 30th in Sydney) – at the time of finalising the order it was showing:
> Ships By:29/11/2007 - 30/11/2007 
> Delivers By:30/11/2007 - 04/12/2007 
> Actual Delivery:morning of Tuesday 04/12/2007 – 2 business days after 
> ordering!! (Obviously this was in stock in Sydney rather than shipping from 
> China!)
> 
> 
> Other items ordered in this years TGI Friday annual special:
> 
> Photoshop elements, Bento, Mobile Me Family Pack – all three items separately 
> shipped but with same delivery/timescale:
> Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email advice:
>Ordered:27/11/2009
> Ships:   within 24 hours
> Delivers:   30/11/2009 - 02/12/2009
> Actual Delivery:
>Shipment Date:  30/11/2009
> Delivery Date: 02/12/2009
> 
> HP PHOTOSMART B109A 
> Apple Store Order Acknowledgment email advice:
>Ordered:  27/11/2009
>Ships:  18/12/2009
> Delivers:   22/12/2009
> Actual Delivery:
>Shipment Date:  04/12/2009
> Delivery Date: 08/12/2009
> 
> So, for me, Apple have made a habit of under-promising and over-delivering 
> when it comes to efficient shipping.
> 
> Of course, your mileage may vary.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
> -- 
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> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 9/12/09 8:28 AM, Stu

Re: NOTE BOOK PROBLEM

2009-10-12 Thread Paul van der Mey


Jewels

Had an issue with connecting via Airport Express at my parent's place.

Situations was a router with ethernet cable to the Airport.

Turned out that the airport 'requires' the internet connection to be  
present, but it starts up more quickly than the router.
Solution was to turn on the router first and after a delay turn on the  
airport. The actual delay will vary with the length of start up time  
for the router.


Thank you

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On 12/10/2009, at 5:26 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:



HI Ronni,

Note Book is a MacBook Pro 13" 2.26ghz/2gb/160gb/Superdrive
Using Airport Express with 802.11n WiFi and Airtunes
The Router is Belkin Voip 4 port wired Gateway F1P1241 Nau
Operating system is OS X 10.5.8

I do have Snow Leopard, but feel I should sort this problem about  
before loading SL on.


Would greatly appreciate any insight you can give

Cheers
Jewels



On 12/10/2009, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Julie,

More information required to give you any advice.

What model Note Book is it ... a Windows or a Mac?
What model Belkin Router is it?
Are you using Airport Extreme or Airport Express?
What Operating System are you using ... OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.8  or  
10.6.1?


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard

On 11/10/2009, at 4:33 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:



Hi,

I recently bought a note book and connected up to the internet,  
using my Intel Mac as the prime user and with airport attached to  
the router.  The intel is non-wireless.
I was initially successful for the first week, but now more often  
than not, when I try to connect to the internet with the notebook,  
it says that I am not connected.  I have tried resetting the  
airport on many occasions.  The airport always shows green, so  
this is possibly not the fault.  I thought perhaps my Belkin  
router is not the best to use.


By the way, Ronda I think you do a wonderful job on the WAMUG list  
and your knowledge on Macs is immense - but don't you ever rest!!


Cheers
Jewels


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard


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13" Mac Book packaging only available - free

2009-09-30 Thread Paul van der Mey


Hi all

Have found ourselves with the packaging for a 13" Mac Book (White)  
that will be disposed of.


Thought someone may be interested in it.

Consists of the outer transit box, spacers to the inner retail box and  
retail box with inner tray and booklets.

Possibly has a Leopard install disk (will have to confirm later)
No MacBook, no power adaptors etc.

Pick up only (East Vic Park, Forrestfield or CanningVale)

Call me to arrange it.
Will be binned at the weekend.

Thank you

Paul

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Re: iPhone 3G Glass Screen Broken

2009-07-29 Thread Paul van der Mey


Telstra have a repair shop in Perth.
We've just had one repaired - pick it up tomorrow but it has been  
waiting around for a week. The repair was a bit under $300.


Anyone want to buy it? We bought a 3GS as a replacement and so do not  
need it as a 'spare' in the draw.


Thank you

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On 29/07/2009, at 4:58 PM, Duncan Hardman wrote:



Does anyone know, where in Perth I can get the iPhone 3G glass  
repaired. My boss managed to drop it right on the corner and has  
broken the glass. The iPhone still works and picks up user input but  
I can see the glass falling out over time.


Regards

Duncan


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Re: Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

2009-06-21 Thread Paul van der Mey

Peter

I'm with Telstra and TPG (rather than People Telecom). Currently on  
iPhone 2.2.1 and about to go 3.0.


Initially I had trouble sending e-mail while on 3G.

What solved the problem for me was setting the primary outgoing mail  
server to the tpg server and changing 'Use SSL' to on, Authentication  
= password (and the appropriate user names & passwords).
I have mail.bigpond.com under 'Other SMTP Servers' without  
authentication.


Now can send without issue from my wireless at home and while on 3G.
Timing has not been an issue for me so have not noted any difference  
in delay when sending between one or the other.


Having a look and the 'if primary unsuccessful will try others'  
message is there, but no options to change that setting.


Thank you

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On 21/06/2009, at 12:29 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:


thanks Duncan
So, at least I know the device is capable of doing what you'd expect  
it to do


I have read of similar problems experienced but involving AOL and  
AT&T and only the upgrade to OS 3.0




mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
pmo...@people.net.au

On 21/06/2009, at 11:38 AM, Duncan Hardman wrote:

Works for me. I have a primary and the  Optus one as a backup. Can  
take a while to send but does go.


Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/06/2009, at 11:06 AM, Peter Meyer  wrote:

I probably asked my question the wrong way around when I first  
posted it.
So can someone please confirm that the configuration of SMTP  
servers on the iPhone does, in fact behave as Apple says it should  
viz: if a 'primary' server is unavailable the phone will try the  
additional outgoing servers in turn (hopefully, until it has  
success)?




Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the  
3G network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a  
Primary Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try  
the other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled   
'ON', using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and,  
after some delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one  
of the recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed  
in the Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this  
configuration the message is sent but not as quickly as with a  
WiFi connection where the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It  
appears as if contact with the Primary Server is still attempted  
before the Secondary SMTP server is used. (so does OFF not really  
mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the same  
situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is toggled  
OFF an email is sent after a delay but not at all if bigpond is  
toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state  
whenever the network connection is changed is seemingly  
contradictory to what the Settings note about 'Other SMTP  
Servers' implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the  
problem but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new  
phone' (ie without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple and,  
in fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out the  
above solution and was able to send emails using 3G connections  
although I'm sure there wasn't this difficulty when I first set  
up the phone's email. I want (need?) to send very few emails  
using a 3G connection but this is, nevertheless, pretty  
frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
connecting to the net on either 3G or WiFi connections







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Apple Store Australia and US at least "We are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly."

2009-03-03 Thread Paul van der Mey

Coming soon?

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Re: Customs

2008-07-27 Thread Paul van der Mey

So what they are talking about may be this:
<http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(CFD7369FCAE9B8F32F341DBE097801FF)~Copyright+Fact+Sheet+-+customs+seizure+of+imported+infringing+copies.pdf/$file/Copyright+Fact+Sheet+-+customs+seizure+of+imported+infringing+copies.pdf 
>


The 'easy' fact sheet looked to be double speak to me. Sounds like the  
copyright owner can pay to have Customs seize the goods, and if they  
don't pay then Customs don't seize the goods or require a 'security  
payment' to seize the goods (?)


Linked from this page provided earlier:
<http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright_IssuesandReviews_CopyrightAmendmentAct2006-Factsheets 
>


Regards

Paul

On 27/07/2008, at 6:16 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote:

All that being as it may, how do they think they can tell if you  
ripped any of it off?  and are they going to be able to establish  
for a fact that one track amongst a couple of thousand you may have  
on your machine is suspect, also, If you choose to not give them an  
access password to your computer what then?



Regards,

Adrian

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On 27/07/2008, at 5:52 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:


Mark Secker wrote:

very good point... particularly  when, I belive, our "fair use" laws
don't yet cover ripping to your laptop/iPod your own, legally  
purchased,

CD's and DVD's.

can see this is going to be a real mess to try enforce...


Actually format shifting is covered now thanks to the Copyright  
Amendment Act 2006


<http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright_IssuesandReviews_CopyrightAmendmentAct2006-Factsheets 
>


Check out the "Private copying of music" PDF

Have fun,
Shay
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love
Opinions for hire  [POQ] of others; the love of  
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http://newtonslore.com/fnord the love of ourselves -  
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Re: Dell 24 inch screen

2007-12-31 Thread Paul van der Mey

Lindsay

I've got a Dell 2405 FPW (1920 x 1200 resolution) which has DVI-D, D- 
SUB (VGA), S-Video, Composite & Component type inputs. No ADC though.


Also has a card reader and 4 USB ports.

I use a Pantone Huey to calibrate it and only found the limited  
brightness control to be a limitation. In the beginning I thought sun  
glasses would be necessary, or at least sunscreen! Calibrating (and  
time?) see me more than comfortable with the brightness now.


Paid double what you're suggesting a couple of years ago. Have used it  
on both DVD and D-SUB with a G5 and a G4 (500MHz).


Regards

Paul

On 01/01/2008, at 9:15 AM, Lindsay Adams wrote:


Hi All
Anyone have experience with these montiors?  They seem to be  
throwing them out ($599) delivered.  Want to run on G4 dual 1.25 hz  
2 g (Tiger).  Any special adapter needed ?

thanks
Lindsay

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Re: Appleworks?

2007-12-07 Thread Paul van der Mey

Peter

Dear Bento Previewer,

You are receiving this email because you, or someone using this email  
address, requested information on downloading the Bento Preview  
software from FileMaker.


We're writing to let you know that a new version of the Bento Preview  
is now available via free download.


IMPORTANT: If you have installed a previous version of the Bento  
Preview, please do not manually delete any of your current Bento  
files. Simply download and open this updated version and follow the  
installation instructions. The new version of Bento will overwrite the  
previous one, and will update other Bento-related files automatically.


Free Download
You can download the new Bento Preview by clicking here.

<http://bentotrial.com.au/preview/default.aspx>



Designed for Leopard
Bento runs exclusively on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard so please be sure  
you’re running Leopard.


Hope it suits you.



Paul



On 07/12/2007, at 10:37 PM, Peter Curtis wrote:


Hi everyone
I understand that Appleworks will no longer be supported and Apple  
is changing over to iWork. There doesn't appear to be a database in  
this program, so will one have to use an independent database like  
FileMaker Pro? Or perhaps some other suggestion?

Thanks in anticipation
Regards
Peter


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ExtremeMac Micro Memo speaker volume on iPod Nano 2nd Gen

2007-09-15 Thread Paul van der Mey
Does anyone have experience with these units, in particular the  
volume levels provided by the built in speaker?


My family gave one to Dad for father's day (along with a Nano) and  
the volume from the speaker is only good enough if you hold it like a  
telephone to your ear. Not quite what we expected, especially as Dad  
has significant hearing loss.


Have found a 'Crest' brand external speaker for ~$14 at BigW that  
does produce the volume required in a small package and not requiring  
extra power but the question about the volume remains...


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Re: groovy Japanese architects web site

2007-01-02 Thread Paul van der Mey

That is stunning!

And highly interactive...

On 02/01/2007, at 12:09 PM, gary dorn wrote:


FYI and interest
http://www.intentionallies.co.jp/content_normal.html
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Re: wireless network for dialup?

2006-08-23 Thread Paul van der Mey

Chris

Try this:

Dial-up -> G5 -> Turn on internet sharing on G5 -> Ethernet from G5 - 
> Airport base station -> Airport -> iMac


Turn on internet sharing in Tiger
System Preferences -> Sharing -> Internet
Share your connection from: Dial-up
To computers using: Ethernet

Hope this helps

Paul

On 21/08/2006, at 4:47 PM, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi everyone

Im in a bit of a bind with trying to network an imac (intel) with a  
G5 that is connected to dialup internet. I have just moved south to  
Busselton where I was told literally weeks prior to the move, that  
broadband adsl was definitely available to our house. We got here  
and I went to telstra to be connected and was told that the Busso  
exchange had run out of broadband ports, and that I had to wait for  
either someone to leave and relinguish their connection or wait for  
telstra to update the exchange! Which ever comes first! Now I  
understand what country people have to put up with.


I was offered a dialup connection ( not nice after high speed cable  
in Perth). I now have this and am wondering how I can set up a  
network from my G5 tower to an imac in the next room so both can  
access the internet? can someone offer any help in this regard?


I had previously bought a belkin wireless router to use for the  
adsl broadband connection I was promised by telstra. My G5 has a  
modem but not airport, the imac has airport and no modem. I also  
have an airport base station that I have used with my powerbook for  
playing music through my stereo. Im not sure how to proceed here  
with these options?



Thank you for any help

kind regards

chris

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Re: DVD HDD recorders

2006-06-17 Thread Paul van der Mey

Severin

I entered the market when these dropped below $1,000 (watched them  
for a year starting at $2,500!).


Picked up a Pioneer DVR-520H-s with 80GB drive (DVR-720H-s same and  
has 160GB).


Link to Pioneer's archive <http://www.pioneer.com.au/ 
home_entertainment/archive.html> (The DVR-510H-s on this page pre- 
dates the 520/720 and also has DV OUT).


Reason for picking the 520/720 (other than price) was the DV OUT  
facility, it can be connected to the Mac and imports to iMovie via  
firewire. It acts as if it is a video camera (not an external hard  
disk).


Important - it was the only model range readily available with DV OUT  
making importing into iMovie easy.


Unfortunately it has been replaced by a model with DV IN and no DV  
OUT (DVR-530H / DVR-630H <http://www.pioneer.com.au/ 
home_entertainment/dvdplayersandrecorders/index.html>). I've kept an  
eye on the market and have not yet seen another model / range with DV  
OUT. Could not find 510/520/720 models on eBay.


DVD HDD units typically record in MPEG2 format and create video  
format disks (either video or VR formats) for use in DVD players, not  
data format disks for importing into iMovie.


Therefore you'll need to:
- find another model with DV OUT
or
- rip the DVD's to your disk and convert to a format that iMovie can  
handle (DV, DV Widescreen, HDV1080i, HDV720p, MPEG-4, iSight)


On the Superdrive formats, check System Profiler.app, and firmware  
updates.


Hope this helps.

Paul

On 16/06/2006, at 5:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

Due to the karking of a VCR I am looking to buy a DVD HDD  
recorder.  One requirement is to record off air for subsequent  
importation into iMovie.  Currently I have been doing this by  
recording to VHS, playing back into my camera and then transferring  
into the computer.  I envisage transferring via DVD in future.
Format of DVDs is my query.  Am I correct in the supposition that  
DVD+R or DVD+RW is not compatible with my Superdrive?
Further, if anyone has words of wisdom on this area it would be  
most appreciated.  I should mention that I already have a combo DVD  
player/VHS recorder so I do not need VHS tape facility, which I  
will phase out of my operation now.

Severin Crisp


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Re: Movies and iPhoto

2006-02-15 Thread Paul van der Mey


On 06/02/2006, at 7:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Susan,

On 06/02/2006, at 6:31 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi Ronni, Lloyd was complaining about video clips from digital  
cameras being transferred directly to iphoto rather than imovie.


I understood from Lloyd's email, his friend was having trouble  
importing the video & photos into iPhoto5.


Start of Quote:

I have a friend who is using an iMac OSX 10.4.3 and has had terrible
problems with iPhoto.

He tells me in transferred a movie taken with his digital camera,  
not a

movie camera, into iPhoto along with his other photos on the card.

End of Quote:



...snip...
Imovie only imports video from video cameras, not digital cameras,  
which makes sense to me.


Correct, and it does make sense.

Cheers,

Ronni


Remember that once the movie clips are imported into iPhoto they  
become available in iMovie just like your photos.


Bring them to the time line and your away editing them in iMovie.

Quality varies depending on the source.

If the iMovie will only contain clips from the digital camera  
experiment with the various video formats available in iMovie 5/6.


Regards

Paul van der Mey