Internet dropouts with Intel iMac

[lautrey]

Dear WAMUG'rs,

A relative of mine is having problems with her 2.66 Intel iMac running 
OS X 10.5.7. When downloading large update files the speed would drop 
to very slow and after about 1 hours will dropout completely. Her 
Macbook which connects to the same modem wirelessly via airport does 
not suffer these dropouts. 

I have tried the iMac both via ethernet cable to the modem or via 
Airport, but still the same problem. 

I seem to remember something about this previously, but I could not 
find the thread on WAMUG's site. 

Can someone please help with suggestions as to where to look for the solution? 

Many thanks & kind regards, 

Philippe Chaperon


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Sun's VirtualBox

[lautrey]

Dear WAMUG'ers,

Wonder if there are some of us who have installed Sun's Virtualbox on
their Intel Macs and what has been the result.

For the fun of it I have installed it on a FW400 external drive using
XP Home Edition, and although it took me 3 or 4 tries to understand
the install process, everything ended seemingly correct. I am
currently installing all the Win updates, the machine connected
directly to the internet via my wireless modem.

Once the updates installed I intend trying the 'other' OS on a small
application called Nimègue, used for listing genealogy archival data.
Unfortunately there is no equivalent, that I know of, on the Mac
platform hence the need for Windows.

I would be interested in other's experience with Virtualbox. I
understand that Linux or other variant can also be installed within
the Virtualbox window.

Many thanks for any possible information, recommendation or even
'thumb downs' if that's the case.

Kind regards and have a nice and safe week-end.

J Philippe Chaperon

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GMail & effective mail filtering

[lautrey]

Dear WAMUG'ers,
 
 Well, after over 7 days of using GMail to filter all the rubbish which
 was appearing in my mail, I am glad to say that I do not now have any
 problem! One big bonus, I do not feel inadequate in any field!!
 
 To those who suggested GMail, many thanks. Not only do I receive my
 filtered mail from my Westnet account, but I can also send mail from
 GMail having my Westnet address. Very convenient in some cases. And to
 my surprise retrieving my mail is very fast indeed.

One small but unimportant problem, I do not know whether I can send my messages 
via GMail in 'text' format. I have tried looking into this, but I can only see 
HTML formatting for outgoing mail.  Which means that I have to go to my normal 
email application to send to the lists accepting only 'text' messages. But I 
can live with that.
 
 Have a nice and safe week-end to all.
 
 Regards,
 

 Philippe Chaperon
 

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Re: Undesirable mails

[lautrey]

Hi Dudley,

Well, you are the second person to suggest using GMail to filter my rubbish for 
free!! Many thanks for this good tip. I'll now go to GMail and set up an 
account and hopefully I'll be able to use Mail to retrieve my 'clean' mail. 
There's hope over the horizon after all!

Regards to all,

Philippe Chaperon

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From: Dudley Gager 
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Sent: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:44:13 +0900 (WST)
Subject: Re: Undesirable mails


On 15/02/2009, at 11:29 PM, laut...@westnet.com.au wrote:

> And that would be a cheaper alternative to special mail filtering  
> applications :)


IMHO Westnet's spam filtering is hopeless.

This is the best advice I ever received, its free, and its not just  
for keeping spam off your iPhone:

http://www.macworld.com/article/58826/2007/07/iphonegmail.html

Dudley Gager

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Re: Undesirable mails

[lautrey]

Hi Marty & all on the forum,

Many thanks for your reply and advice. Yes, I do tend to panick as you probably 
would have guessed. I do have 3 Macs at home but all used for private purposes 
only now. I guess I do not have too much to worry about and hope I am not 
pestered by the Russian women... maybe I should publish my age, that would keep 
them away And that would be a cheaper alternative to special mail filtering 
applications :)  

Kind regards and have a nice week,

Philippe C

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From: Peter Martinson 
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Sent: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:25:52 +0900 (WST)
Subject: Re: Undesirable mails

Philippe Chaperon wrote:
> Dear WAMUG'ers,
>
> I have received today a mail from someone who I do not know and is not 
> on my address book. The mail was asking me to join a forum and 
> provided a Website. Needless to say I have not visited the website and 
> promptly deleted the mail.
>
> My concern is that the addresses to which the mail was sent was 
> visible, and in there I found my old address from another provider, 
> which address was cancelled years ago but unfortunately is still in my 
> address book. I also found some of my friends' addresses in that list, 
> which seem to indicate that my address book was somehow 'mined'.
>
> Is this possible? and if so what kind of 'virus' or malware have I 
> picked up? (PS I do not frequent dingy websites or subscribe to 
> strange forums.  I am now trying a couple of antivirus applications, 
> ProtectMac on OX 10.5.6, ClamXAV on 10.3.9 which have so far found no 
> problems!!)
>
> To add to my problems, I am receiving at least 10 emails every day 
> showing my current email address as the one from which the emails were 
> being sent!!! Is Mail Washer my next move?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Philippe Chaperon
>
> Mac OX 10.3.9 & also 10.5.6 (from which I boot every now and then)
> G5 PPC 1.8Ghz dual
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Hi Philippe,

Don't worry too much.

Usually it's someone else's mailbox that has been hacked/harvested etc.
Your email addresses old and new have been picked up from them.
Spammers run programs that put the harvested address in the sent from field.

I've noticed recently that they send a message to the actual address 
too, probably to confirm that it is an active address suitable to 
receive more spam emails.

I get heaps.I'm actually amazed at how many attractive Russian women 
send me emails professing their undying love and admiration for me even 
though we haven't actually met!

I'm running 2 Macbooks amd a Macbook Pro and I still don't bother with 
any sort of virus software.

The only problem I've ever had is when I deliberately infected my 
machine to see what would happen.
Took me about 2 hours to fix.

Of course if you are using your machines for business work then 
protection is an investment.

Regards
pmarty


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Re: petition for Firewire

[lautrey]

Hi Martin & WAMUG'ers,

Many thanks for that link which I have promptly signed. I cannot help
but think though that Apple is quitting FireWire completely, and
therefore ist strategy is to slowly crush our yearning for this
reliable interface. 

Hope I'm wrong and that the petition will make them listen to those
who supported them through thick & thin. 

Regards all & have a safe week-end.

Philippe Chaperon

PS I did not know that Steve Wozniak was in Perth!!

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Subject: petition for Firewire
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:29:59 +0800

>Petition to get Firewire back on the MacBooks.  Who knows, it might  
>make "The Steve" think twice for the next revision:
>
>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/MB1394/petition.html
>
>:-)
>
>
>
>-Mart
>
>Martin Hill



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Re: scroll button on mouse

[lautrey]

Hi Everyone,

I had the same problem with my mighty mouse, and after having cracked
the mouse open and cleaned it twice within a couple of month I
replaced it with a Logitech. Its been working very well and do not
need driversI ended by buying 2 more Logitech for my laptop, and
never regretted it. 

The mighty mouse is excellent and in my view Apple should have made
it serviceable by the user. That is its great weakness in my opinion.

Kind regards,

Philippe Chaperon


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: scroll button on mouse
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:30:35 +0800

>>The scroll button on the top middle of the mighty mouse is no longer
>
>>operating. Any ideas as to what I can do? Thanks
>>
>
>Its a pain this - have to pull it apart and clean the rollers, then 
>it works again for a short time!
>
>see http://www.mightymouserepair.com/
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jet7488UoSE&feature=related
>
>good luck
>
>
>-- 
>gary dorn
>north perth



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Re: Increasing RAM

[lautrey]

Hi Michael & WAMUG'ers,

It is always a good idea to max your RAM if you can afford it, and
specially if you intend to keep your MacBook Pro for a few more OS
updates. Each update seems to demand more and more memory to function
at its best. Of course, if you are like me with many applications
open at one time, it is a must to have the most RAM possible. 

For price, can't help you but there will be others on the group who
can give you an idea. 

Kind regards,

Philippe C

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Subject: Increasing RAM
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:05:04 +0800

>I have a 17" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2
>SDRAM.
>With my first couple of Macs I upgraded RAM to the maximum available
>for the
>particular computer. Is that strategy still desirable with the
>MacBook Pro?
>
>If so, what's it likely to cost?
>
>OS 10.5.4
>
>Thank you,
>
>Michael Hawkins.
>
>
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Re: Boot up sequence: firewire

[lautrey]

Hi Bob & WAMUG'ers,

Many thanks for this link detailing the possible problems with
Firewire devices. This article is well written and does not require
much technical know-how to understand. 

One thing I have learnt from the WiebeTech article, 'Never buy the
el-cheapo Firewire cables' and this is very good advice indeed!

Kind regards,

Philippe Chaperon

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: Boot up sequence: firewire
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:14:37 +0800

>
>On 14/08/2008, at 8:50 AM, Jude wrote:
>
>> No - it's fine to start them up after the computer. You should  
>> really 'eject' them before removing the cable though. Right click
>on  
>> the disk icon and select 'eject' or just drag the icon over the  
>> trash, which should turn into an eject symbol, then drop.
>>
>> Once the HD's icon is gone from the desktop, it's OK to remove the 
>
>> cable.
>
>
>Over the years many people have had firewire port failures .
>
>
>Some have been software related ,
>others have been power related causing a total failure of the port .
>
>
>This white paper has a good summary of the subject :-
>
>
>
>
>Personally for my own protection   i   AVOID   connecting and  
>disconnecting
>the firewire cable  to a powered up external firewire enclosure .
>
>
>AND
>
>as Jude said ,   do not turn off the power to the external enclosure 
>OR
>unplug a firewire cable while the external drive is mounted on the  
>desktop .
>
>You risk corrupting the hard drive driver by doing that ...  usually 
>
>requires
>disk warrior and or disk utility action to recover .
>
>
>Have fun
>
>Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>> In the olden days one would turn on external HDs and printers  
>>> before booting up the computer.  With USB that seems to have gone 
>
>>> by the wayside.  However, in a recent topic on WAMUG dealing with 
>
>>> external HDs and firewire a remark/question was made or put  
>>> regarding having connected and started up the external firewire HD
> 
>>> before booting the computer.  Is this the recommended approach?
>>> I use a portable firewire connected HD for my backups (powered by 
>
>>> the computer). I just plug in and update.  Could I be courting  
>>> disaster?
>>> Merv
>>> --
>>> "Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must
> 
>>> also believe in order to see."
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Re: Screen Contrast

[lautrey]

Hi Andrew,

Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping
the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows
maybe cure that problem. 

Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I
have used this to make a couple of my external hard drives bootable
complete with all my applications and data. I've used it for copying
2 laptops and my G5 on to a partitioned external drive, each
partition allocated to an individual machine. Which means that I can
boot the laptops or the G5 using that external drive. This allows me
to access all my files too. 

Hope this can be of help to you. 

Kind regards,

Philippe Chaperon

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To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Screen Contrast
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:29 +0800

>Hi Wamuggers
>My wifes 24" Intel iMac on 10.4.9 seems to have a display glitch
>which  
>developed today while she was printing from iPhoto
>It is like a white haze across the screen (like max contrast on a
>tv).  
>You can still use it but big strain to see mouse pointer etc.
>It has been shut down and re-started with no effect on fault. There  
>does not appear to be a setting for contrast only brightness, which
>is  
>the same setting as always.
>Two questions
>1. Any idea of an easy fix, or should I take it to the Apple shop.
>2. What's the best way to back up all her files to external HD.
>
>Thanks
>
>Andrew
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Re: G5 Problem

[lautrey]

Hi Michael,

Wonder if your G5 is keeping time correctly. I'm thinking maybe the
PRam battery is either flat or going flat. When was it the last time
you changed it. 

I'm no expert, so that may not be the problem. Or try reseating your
RAM cards, just in case. 

Failing this possibly a visit to your friendly Mac clinic will be
needed. 

Best of luck,

Philippe Chaperon

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: G5 Problem
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:25:11 +0800

>My dual 2 GHz G5 has developed problems and is currently hors de  
>combat.  A problem which started about a week ago and was, at that  
>time, intermittent, has now become constant.The machine starts  
>normally and will  function for a brief period of time before  
>freezing, at which time the drive is screaming and the machine  
>displays a greyed-out exhortation to re-start. Etc.
>
>Before the problem became acute I was able to run  TechTool Pro, Disk
> 
>Warrior and Disk Utility. No drive problems were noted and a few
>files  
>were repaired.   I also replaced the directory.   As I  am more than 
>
>stuffed without CS3 or a machine that will drive a 30" monitor I
>would  
>welcome any suggestions.
>
>Both drives are backed up and the main drive is cloned with
>SuperDuper  
>so I would lose only some recent installations if a new drive is  
>indicated.  I can't keep the machine running long  enough to see if a
> 
>reinstall from SuperDuper would be of any help.
>
>I would welcome suggestions or observations regarding probable/ 
>possible cause of the malfunction.
>Michael
>
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Re: Do DVDs self-destruct?

[lautrey]

Hi Pat,

Unfortunately I've had the same things happen to me with either DVDs
or CDs, but admitedly on very rare occasions. When I purchase either
CDs or DVDs in spindle I inspect carefully specially those on the
very bottom. I suspect that the weight of the discs above may cause
this to happen, but not sure. It could also be a deterioration of the
media itself, which has been documented and commented upon in the
press some years back, although a crack from the centre would
indicate mostly a physical defect or damage rather than degradation
of the disc media.

That's probably why I now make copies of important CDs or DVDs I
purchase before I even use them!

Regards,

Philippe Chaperon

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Subject: Do DVDs self-destruct?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:46:48 +0800

>I bought a new game - it was brand new, perfect and shiny clean in
>its  
>proper shrink-wrapped box.
>
>A few days later I noticed a very small, 2 or 3 mm crack from the  
>centre.  Today, I played the game for a while, took a break, and when
> 
>I tried to start again, it wouldn't go past the initialisation stage.
>  
>When I looked at the disk, there were 2 big cracks from the centre,  
>one right into the data area.
>
>This disk has only been handled by responsible adults, no kids  
>around.   It has not been abused in any way.
>
>Does this sort of thing happen often?
>
>Pat
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Re: Erasing a HD

[lautrey]

Hi David,

I doubt whether you can erase the Hard Disk on which your operating
system is installed. Usually this is done by booting the computer
from the OS DVD (Leopard) and then reinstall. I believe that you can
then have the ability to reformat the Hard Disk before the install.
However with the MacBook Air, I'm not sure how to do this as it does
not have an internal DVD/CD reader/writer. 

I you have another Mac, can you connect the two machines and start
your MacBook Air in Target Mode and thus be able to reformat and
instal Leopard? 

I'm sure one of our tech-savy contributors will help and correct what
I have said if it is incorrect. 

Good luck & kind regards,

Philippe C


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Subject: Erasing a HD
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:53:35 +0400

>I recently purchased a Macbook Air and foolishly attempted to install
> 
>Parallels and XP! Whilst the former appears to have installed  
>successfully I have had nothing but problems with windoze and would  
>now like to remove both of them. I have attempted to uninstall each  
>item on various occasions using various methods and have not been  
>sucessful - problems with administrator rights and not being  
>authorised! As there is no other data on the hard drive that I  
>require, I felt the simplest way to start with a clean slate was to  
>use the 'Erase' feature in 'Disk Utility' but found the 'Erase...'  
>button greyed out and therefore not an option.
>
>Is there any other way I can format my hard drive and start from  
>scratch again? (I have the original Leopard OS disk)
>
>Kind regards,
>
>David Ring.
>
>
>
>
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Re: Useful list explaining Mac shortcuts

[lautrey]

Wow! That was excellent Peter. Many thanks.

Regards to all,

Philippe C

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Subject: Re: Useful list explaining Mac shortcuts
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:27:36 +0800

>
>On 02/06/2008, at 5:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Here is a pretty useful list explaining the many shortcuts I never
>> knew about on Mac keyboards: 
>http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html
>>
>> Cheers, Paul.
>>
>
>Here's a tip for all: Double-click on the the word "Mac" in the  
>heading "Mac Keyboard Shortcuts" to select it. Holding down the Shift
> 
>key, scroll down to the bottom and click just after the closing  
>bracket following the word "Photoshop". This selects the whole text. 
>
>With the selection in place, go to "Safari" in the Menu Bar and
>choose  
>Services > TextEdit > New Window Containing Selection. If you're  
>running Tiger or earlier you may have to click on TextEdit in the
>dock  
>to see the results: Leopard should come to the front immediately.  
>Either way, you will have a nicely formatted TextEdit document that  
>you can file away for future reference. You can even save it as a
>Word  
>file if you really want...
>
>Be amazed.
>
>--
>Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
>FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>Perth, Western Australia
>Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913
>
>Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
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Re: Mighty Mouse

[lautrey]

Hi Rosie,

After using rechargeable batteries of all sizes for well over 25
years now, I have experienced only 1, yes! 1 single battery with a
slight corrosion of the casing and no serious leaking. 

That's not something I can say about the non-rechargeable ones. But
battery technology has progressed enormously these days and I cannot
see you having major problems with the new breed of rechargeable
anyway. 

Good luck with your mighty mouse,

Philippe C


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Subject: Re: Mighty Mouse
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 20:37:49 +0800

>Hi all
>
>Thanks to Ruben, Mart & Paul for your suggestions on alternative  
>batteries for the Mighty Mouse. I'm relatively unfamiliar with  
>rechargeable batteries, and didn't consider using them, as I was told
> 
>by someone sometime ago that there is a risk of leakages, with them, 
>
>so I've purposely avoided using them.  However, on the basis that I  
>do have faith in the expertise of members of this list I'll check out



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Re: External Drives

[lautrey]

Hi Adrian,

I guess that if you are to use your external drive solely for your
Mac OS, then format it for that OS. Because I do very occasionally
use my external drives on  Windows machine, I create a small
partition which I format for Windows, and the rest is formatted for
the Mac OS. This allows me to place some data for Windows only
machines, for whenever I visit my relatives/friends with Windows PCs. 

I have partitioned & formatted many external drives NTFS (Win) & Mac
OS Extended as mentioned above using the trusty Disk Utility without
any problem. 

Hope this somehow makes sense. 

Regards,

Philippe C



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Subject: External Drives
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:19:05 +0900

>I am looking at the 1 Tb drive (Western Digital) on offer at  
>OfficeWorks.  They come formatted for windows with an option to  
>convert to Mac using provided software, is it advisable or necessary 
>
>for any reason to this?
>
>
>Adrian
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Re: Skype

[lautrey]

Hi Ronni & Everyone,

I have been using Skype 2.7.0.195 (Beta) for some time now on a
MacBook Intel without any problem. I have just updated to 10.5.2 but
none of my correspondents are available to test to night. But the
application launches OK, so I guess it should work. 

Regards,

Philippe C

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Subject: Re: Skype
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:10:33 +0900

>
>On 12/02/2008, at 3:48 PM, John Daniels wrote:
>
>> Hi Wamuggers
>> I was about to download Skype but saw a very critical post on the  
>> Version
>> Tracker site. Does anyone know which version would be the one for  
>> 10.5 Intel
>> and PPC?
>> Cheers
>> John
>
>Hi John,
>
>Conflicting results with people using the latest Skype 2.7 Beta for  
>Mac OS X.
>Skype say it is compatible with Leopard,
> >
>but some people have found it will only work with the Mac Firewall  
>turned off.
>
>
>
>I have not tried it, so cannot comment.
>
>Cheers,
>Ronni
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Update 10.5.2

[lautrey]

Hi Everyone,

For those interested, I have updated my Macbook 2.2Ghz Intel Core 2
Duo to 10.5.2 and also some graphics update also from Apple, cannot
remember what it was. Everything is working without any problems so
far. 

Looks like Apple did a good job of this update. 

Good night all,

Philippe C

PS It is so hot in my room that my trusty G5 was sounding like an
A380 taking off, so much so that I had to turn it off and use the
laptop. At least the little beastie does not seem to protest too much
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Re: Mighty Mouse heavy on batteries

[lautrey]

Hi Paul,

I do not have experience with the Wireless Logitec mice, but I have
given up on Apple's mice and have replaced them with Logitec's USB
ones. I will soon be buying a wireless mouse for my MacBook and it
will be a Logitec. The Logitec devices made for the Mac work very
well, in my opinion anyway. 

Regards,

Philippe C
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Subject: Mighty Mouse heavy on batteries
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:15:15 +0900

>The two Energizer AA lithium cells which were supplied with my
>Bluetooth Mighty Mouse have given up less than two months after going
>into service.  This compares very unfavorably with my Logitec
>wireless/USB  mouse with a single AA cell being used on an older
>computer.  In that setup a single alkaline cell lasts for maybe eight
>months.   The Logitec device works reliably on the new iMac too. Way
>to go???
>
>Paul. 
>
>
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Problem connecting to Internet

[lautrey]

Dear WAMUG'ers,

I am having a baffling problem trying to connect an intel iMac to the
internet using Airport. The iMac does connect using the ethernet
connection, but using Airport I get the following:

'Airport is connected to the network wireless. Airport has a self
assigned IP address & may not be able to connect to the internet.'

Using OS X 10.4.7, 2GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks,

Philippe C