Nostalgia / humour question

Hi, I'm pretty sure, many years ago, an official Apple User Guide had an illustration of an iPod being used by a server administrator as a disk to install software on an Xserve or something. Anyone remember what document this was, or have a link to it online? James -- The WA Macintosh User Gr

Re: Tool to measure data use on home network to individual connections

Hi Tom, There are some practical reasons why there's no "obvious" solution to this problem for everyone. The saving grace is that you might be able to short-circuit the problem by focussing only on the "excessive use" aspect. Let me step through the possibilities so you can see the pros and cons.

Re: Trackpad stuck in marque/select mode

Hi Mark, On 7 October 2010 14:46, Mark Secker wrote: > Recently my trackpad (the magic thingy trackpad not the one on my laptop) > has taken to getting itself regularly stuck in marque/”drag select” mode Sometimes, but rarely, I experience the same thing on my laptop. I believe it's a software

Re: OSX/iPhone - Surprising Errors?

Hi Neil, 1) Time discrepancy on iPhone Your iPhone clock accuracy may depend on your mobile phone provider. If the phone tower is out of sync, your phone will be too. I don't think the phone syncs with iTunes or time.apple.asia.com because my iPhone is consistently 20 seconds slow, which I attri

Re: Mac OS X background apps stealing foreground focus

On 13 September 2010 20:07, Eugene wrote: > If another application wants my attention it usually bounces politely on the > dock > to get my attention and never rudely jumps into the foreground taking over my > screen and hijacking my keystrokes. Good point Eugene. Handbrake is an example that i

Mac OS X background apps stealing foreground focus

Hi all, If I have any complaint about Mac OS X, it is there severe user interface floor whereby you can be happily typing or clicking in an application (which is called the "foreground"), and then a 2nd application from the background will pop up in front of everything with some kind of question

Re: Non-forwarding PDFs

Hi Pat, > On 12/09/2010, at 17:39 , Pat wrote: > Someone told me recently that she had come across a PDF attached > to an e-mail that she was not able to forward to someone else I think Ray is probably right too. Some people don't know that they have to "save" the attachment to their computer be

Re: iPhone Barcode Scanning App

Hi Andrew, On 13 September 2010 14:42, Andrew McColl wrote: > Im looking for an iPhone barcode scanning app.  With the ability to access > Australian retail barcodes of the supermarket variety. I basically just want > something that will allow me to generate a shopping list from the barcodes > o

Re: iPhone4 and multitasking / memory

Hi Glenn, It shouldn't be necessary for you to manually quit iPhone applications. iPhone puts strict limits on multitasking, by limiting background applications to 10 mins of continuous activity, after which any unfinished processes are forcefully terminated. The reason for 10 mins is to give pro

Re: USB vs Firewire

Hi Rod, You don't mention if you're using FireWire 800 or 400. But either way...your speeds seem to be 20 Mb/sec for FireWire and 30 Mb/sec for USB. These seem slow to me, I would have expected at least 30 Mb/sec for FireWire, or more likely 50 Mb/sec. Maybe there is some other limiting factor in

Re: Corrupt file - options ?

Hi Steven, Your inadvertent attachment shows us something...the file is full of NULL bytes. I.e. it's a 760 kb file full of zeros. There is no data. This can happen if your original disk was corrupt...and you say that the machine died? If the disk was corrupt, and it was giving zeros instead of f

Re: Strange 24-second pauses

Hi David, > the screen more or less freezes and the coloured wheel appears. > After about 24 seconds the wheel disappears and normal service is resumed. Just a thought, can you start your computer using its Installation Disc (DVD) and Repair Disk and Repair Permissions? It is possible there is a

Re: Application privileges

Hi Adrian, Did you set up your new computer with different "Accounts" compared to your old one? That's that this problem sounds like -- the new computer does not have the same accounts as the old one, so migrated files have no equivalent permissions on the new computer. The general solution to y

Re: Do not hide

Hi Severin, > I have a list of startup items with all but Mail and the Finder Window set to > hide. > Word, Excel and iTunes are rogues and stay open. The "Hide" option should do what you want, and I am surprised that iTunes is not compliant. Unfortunately, most programmes "unhide" themselves e

Re: Permissions Problem

Hi Joe, > Preferences error can not load PTHPasteboard This sounds like a PTH problem. It's likely that other customers are affected. I suggest you contact PTH directly about their product, or see if it is covered by their online help. While you are usually welcome to move your PTH preferences

Re: Time Capsule backups

Hi Peter, Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now". Check that

Re: Cleaning question

Hi Reg, On 07/03/2010, Reg Whitely wrote: > Is this what's in my Dick Smith spray can of Contact Cleaner? It > carries no contents list other than the propellant - hydrocarbon The Contact Cleaner is just an inert gas -- like tetrafluoroethane (the hydrocarbon acts as both the propellant and the

Re: Cleaning question

Hi Aurora, I'm very curious about the Enjo idea -- sounds like a great idea if it works. For quick cleaning, I use isopropyl alcohol (99.7% pure isopropanol/propan-2-ol, not the 70% "rubbing alcohol"). You can buy a spray pack for $10 at electronics stores. You don't have to turn off the compute

Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite

Hi Peter, Perhaps if your System Preferences are to "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer", then the mouse might not go into its lowest power mode then the computer is asleep. If you are able to turn this option off, then see if the batteries last any longer. You'll need to wake your com

Re: Printing envelopes

Hi Graeme, > I have now mastered the technique for printing an envelope after a few > experiments > and would now like to incorporate a return address on the envelope as well You didn't explain to us what software you are using to make the envelopes! You also didn't tell us if you want the se

Re: Acrobat Pro 9 print problem

Hi Mike, When you say that your printers aren't listed in Acrobat Pro's Page Setup, do you also mean that Custom Page Size is not available? If I choose "Any Printer", I can still create a custom page size with small margins. Are you able to create a custom page size? James -- The WA Macintos

Re: Shared tab missing

Hi Pedro, For a Mac to show 'Shared' in the Finder's sidebar, there must be at least two computers correctly operating on the same network. This is because Shared is hidden for solo computers. Your computers seem to think they are solo, and a failure in merely one of the pair would cause this to

Re: Google quirks

Hi Severin, I just looked at your site. Ideas for distinctive domain names could include newartsinc or newartsalbany. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines -

Re: Importing CD'd/Track internal

Hi Stuart, On 10/01/2010, Stuart Breden wrote: > I've looked at iTunes preferences to see how to vary the length of the > interval between tracks when you are importing a CD but can't see what > to do. The gap is created as part of the CD when it's exported, not when it's imported. So if you wa

Re: Google quirks

Hi Severin, Nothing is guaranteed with Google. That's part of its design. Making assumptions about Google is a trap that has caused grief for many people. I believe Google avoids being predictable, because predictability can be used by bad people as well as good people. Google is by-and-large a

Re: firewire vs usb

Speaking of which, Wishfully thinking, does any know of any economical, portable, bus-powered external FireWire 800 enclosures for 2.5" hard drives? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines -

Re: Retention of records

Hi Ray, On 08/01/2010, Ray Forma wrote: > My current big concern is in what format to store my photo files. I > currently store them as uncompressed TIFF files, a format that has > been with us for a long time. Can anyone suggest a better format? TIFF is a good format because it is publicly doc

Re: Retention of records

Hi Graeme, I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from archival med

Re: MOUSE WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN

Hi Julie, On 03/01/2010, Julie Bedford wrote: > It may not occur for an hour, but then the mouse takes off on its own > accord and it can take me a minute or two to gain control of it again > and that is with the use of two mice. It's ridiculous. It's like the mouse > is possessed !! I agree

Re: S L O W Leopard

Hi Lloyd, Your computer is unwell. It should never be that slow, regardless of OS. You have the option of starting up in Safe Mode which is quite limited but turns of any optional plug-ins. At the end of this e-mail, can I

Re: MOUSE WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN

Hi Julie, On 02/01/2010, at 10:11 PM, Julie Bedford wrote: > I have a problem with my mouse for the past year or so. > The problem is that my wired mouse sometimes takes off to the > bottom of the screen...I then bought a Microsoft one (has a plug > in USB so one can use without wires)...It is ge

Re: Pages Template - Can't see Invisibles

Hi Alan, On 01/01/2010, Alan Smith wrote: > I cannot create a Pages template with visible paragraph markers > (Invisibles). Any suggestions? This appears to be a bug or simply an oversight in Pages. To resolve it, save your template as an ordinary Page document, then pages the filename from '

Re: Safari query

Hi Graeme, On 27/12/2009, Graeme Winters wrote: > during the course of using Safari I used to have a line beneath the web > address that allowed me to navigate between earlier web pages. Try using the "View" menu to show/hide things until you find the one you want. If this does not produce the

Re: Machinarium

Hi John, Machinarium is downloadable as a .dmg (disk image). When you open the disk image, there is a folder called Machinarium. You can copy this folder to your Applications folder, or use it directly our of the disk image. Either way, open the Machinarium folder and double-click on the app. Yes

Re: Time Capsule setup

Hi Severin and Peter, On 26/12/2009, Severin Crisp wrote: > For the Macbook it is intended that it connect wirelessly to the Time > Capsule for Time Machine backup and internet traffic. > 4. BUT the Time Capsule will not connect to the internet via the D- > Link. 1/ Do you mean that the MacBook

Re: Apple Magic Mouse

Hi Jon, The Magic Mouse requirements are as follows: Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 or Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: ip over firewire

Hi Alastair, On 25/12/2009, mince and pud wrote: > I have followed all the tips I can find about networks and sharing > but although the laptop is now connected to the internet via ethernet > through belkin router, and the iMac is connected to the laptop via > firewire, I can connect and filesha

Re: Images in MS Word

Hi Severin, Don't bother with embedded profiles if you are importing into Word...it does its own thing. One possible strategy is to Export for Web in Photoshop. This tends to push things to lowest common denominator (e.g., sRGB), and also allows Mac vs Windows preview. When I do this, I don't not

Re: NDF files ??

Hi, I believe this would be Neller Document Format, and the employer should have provided information about viewing the file. Not only is it a proprietary format, I also don't know of a Mac viewer. Very non-enlightened. http://www.neller.com.au/Page.asp?PID=64 James On 13/12/2009, Roger Kortas

Re: What's happening here - IMAP account versus Mail>Messages folder

Hi Steven, Don't be too concerned about the underlying mechanism of the Mailboxes folder. There are many explanations for all of this. In the case of the Mailboxes folders, multi-part MIME messages are stored across multiple files (one file for each part). Multi-part MIME messages are probably t

Re: What's happening here - IMAP account versus Mail>Messages folder

Hi Steven, On 30/11/2009, Steven Knowles wrote: > I have an IMAP account set up, in which were quite a few messages. > However, if I check the folder at Library > Mail > > imap-acco...@domain.com@mail.domain.com > INBOX.imapmbox > Messages, it's > full of emlx messages. Intuitively I would have

Re: Mail Rules Query

Hi, On 30/11/2009, Ronda Brown wrote: > This has always bugged me about Mail Rules. Like you I have had to select > the sent message > Apply Rules for it to move into the correct Mailbox. > If I find any "Script" or Utility that will do the job for us, I'll let you > know. There is MailTags

Re: Mail Rules Query

Hi Andrew, On 30/11/2009, Andrew Schox wrote: > I have just made the jump from Entourage to Apple mail. > Does anyone know how to create a rule which applies to outgoing mail? I'm not sure about outgoing rules, you might need to download a Plugin. What version of Apple Mail are you using R

Re: Strange Design Based Problem with CS3 and images changing colour when creating PDFs.

Hi Kelly, On 30/11/2009, Kelly Duffy wrote: > I don't know if anyone can help, but I'm using Indesign CS3 on an iMac > running OS 10.5 and having some weird issues with creating a PDF from > a file. If anyone has seen it before I'd love to know what causes it, > especially since it shows differe

Re: MacBook Pro Unibody - Laptop Edge

Hi David, I wear long-sleeved shirts, so I don't have a problem with the keyboard. However, I agree with you that it's quite vicious. Putting ticket tape across the edge makes it less sharp, but it'll still put pressure on your wrist. I'd suggest you raise the back edge of your laptop (try restin

Re: Apple Mail and the Flag feature - any Windows em ail clients recognise it?

Hi Steven, 2009/11/23 Steven Knowles : > Ahh, that's interesting. Thanks James. > What do you mean by the flag button though? The flag itself? In Apple Mail, I always flag and unflag by clicking the toolbar button. (Perhaps I have customised my toolbar.) It's easier than using the Message menu.

Re: Apple Mail and the Flag feature - any Windows em ail clients recognise it?

Hi Steven, 2009/11/23 Steven Knowles : > Apple Mail provides the ability to 'flag' an email...One of the others > who can access the IMAP account uses Opera on a Windows > machine. It seems that he doesn't see these flags, unless of > course there is some setting or view which he needs to activat

Re: Unicode

Hi Bill, On 21/11/2009, Bill Parker wrote: > Can anyone give me a heads up on how to activate unicode? > OS 10.5.8 using Word (Microsoft Office 2008) mainly. You might need to explain your requirements a bit further. Unicode is supported natively in Mac OS X and doesn't need to be activated

Re: Creating high resolution PDF

Hi, Mac OS X's built-in Save as PDF produces high-res, lossless PDF files. It uses the document's images with no loss of quality -- can't get any higher res than that! It is also the reason that Mac PDFs are often larger than Adobe PDFs (Acrobat compresses images to lower quality for smaller file

Re: Freeze!

Hi Lloyd, 2009/11/10 Lloyd White : > Hi everyone. I have a problem that has just started and is driving me crazy. > iMac OS 10.5.8 After waking from sleep it freezes. Can¹t shut down, can¹t > force quit, can't do anything but cut the power and then re-start. I have this exact problem on a MacBoo

Re: Animated gifs

Hi Neil/Severin, A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs (kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or 170 KB

Re: Animated gifs

Hi Severin, In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow. However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame, but if the sli

Re: Safari/Firefox internet problem

Hi Peter, In Safari's Window menu, there is an Activity option. If you open the Activity option, you will see that it shows you the title of each web page in Safari, and expands to show all the subsidiary elements that comprise each page. The file size and loading status are shown. This can help

Re: Animated GIF

Hi Severin, 2009/11/2 Severin Crisp : > I use animated GIFs of a series of images, generated from within Photoshop, > as a very convenient way of placing them on a webpage. However there is a > considerable delay in them playing, GIF allows a deliberate delay, useful if the frames contains text

Re: .zip archives

Hi Severin, 2009/9/29 Severin Crisp : > I would have thought Windows would know all about .zip > files. Maybe I am too naive ? Windows has generally relied upon third-party ZIP software (e.g., WinZIP, the old PKZIP, etc.). This in turns depends on what retailer sells the PC (or what company th

Re: Cookie log?

Hi Paul, 2009/9/26 Paul Weaver : > I'm wondering if there is some sort of utility which can > maintain a chronological list of cookies when they are > added or modified? Need to know what web browser(s) you use, and what OS version... Safari, for instance, stores cookies in ~/Library/Cookies/Co

Re: Links in Safari

Hi Severin, 2009/9/25 Severin Crisp : > In Explorer Preferences the colours for Read and Unread links can be > changed. I can find no such item in Safari or Firefox. Are they hidden > somewhere? Safari supports this through Style Sheet (in Advanced Preferences). If you create your own CSS file

Re: VirtualBox

Hi Clyde, 2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan : > Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM > programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. > No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows > XP. Came unstuck during the installation when

Re: i-tunes to external harddrive

Hi Martin, Backup up your iTunes library is as simple as copying your 'iTunes' folder. For instance, you can open your 'Music' folder and drag-and-drop the 'iTunes' folder icon onto your external hard disk icon. Of course, this will take a very long time because you have 400 GB of music, and mai

Re: Other strange mail behaviour

HI Adrian, 2009/9/15 Adrian Skehan : > No, the messages are sent OK. but of some reason it is also put into the > Draft box. This is occurring quiet randomly with the messages and with the > addressees. I know the messages sent okay. What I'm trying to say is that the DRAFTS (i.e., incl automat

Re: Other strange mail behaviour

Hi Adrian, 2009/9/15 Adrian Skehan : > Since going over to Snow Leopard mail has been sending mail out OK but > randomly puts copies in the Draft box as well as the Sent box,  some of > these messages have the original recipients address and some have no address > at all.  Has anyone any suggesti

Re: Mail receipts

Hi Jennifer, 2009/9/12 Jennifer Lefroy : > Is there any way in Mail of asking for an acknowledgement of receipt of an > email?  At present I know of two emails which took days to reach the > addressees (and of course there may be others that I do not know about - I can understand your frustratio

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

Hi all, On the topic of default programmes, downloads, etc., one utility I have always consulted is the RCDefaultApp preference pane: http://www.rubicode.com/Downloads/RCDefaultApp-2.0.1.X.dmg While it doesn't work miracles, it does offer a range of information and programme settings about file t

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

Hi Neil, Sorry I missed your original posting. I use CSV files extensively. The issue is that 10.5's QuickLook doesn't have a setting for CSV files -- it treats them as unknown. You can download a nifty CSV plugin for QuickLook here: http://code.google.com/p/quicklook-csv/ (I have used this one..

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

Hi Michael, 2009/9/9 Michael Hawkins : > Since Snow Leopard was installed the icons for each page of the attachment > show up in the sidebar in Preview, but I cannot open the pages. > The attachments print from Preview without any difficulty . > If I change the suffix from .tif to .tiff , howev

Re: One for the Techos

Hi Kevin, Perhaps it's a bit confusing that lithium batteries come in both rechargeable and non-rechargeable varieties. Definitely do not use non-rechargeables for laptop PRAM. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Repairing difficult permissions

Hi Pat, > Ever since, when I use Disk Utility to repair permissions, dozens of entries > needing repair come up. If the permissions appear as "should be ..., they are lrwxrwxrwx", these permissions do NOT need to be repaired despite what Disk Utility tells you. The critical thing to note is that

Snow Leopard compatibility

Hi, There are some unofficial lists of software that is not yet compatible with Snow Leopard: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/snow_leopard_incompatibilities/ http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ I know I use some of those applications! James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: Keychain?

Hi Hugh, You may find that you can go into Safari preferences > Security and then turn off the auto-fill of passwords. This may then mean Keychain is not longer used in Safari. However, a common explanation of this problem is if the password for the user has changed, in which case the fix is to

Re: Snow Leopard

Hi Peter, 2009/8/26 Peter Tomlinson : > Regarding the formatting of drives does that include all external drives? Snow Leopard will continue to read and write external disks (and thumb drives, etc.). The GUID partition issue is only relevant for disks onto which you are installing Snow Leopard.

Re: Apple Mail - questions about 'Rules'

Hi Steven, 2009/8/26 Steven Knowles : > With the rules on two Macs accessing the same IMAP email account, I suspect > that the rules will be applied twice, with the result being two copies of > the email being sent to other email addresses. If you're flagging messages on the server when the rule

Re: 4 corners program 'Life in the Fast Lane'

Hi, As a starting point, "bots" fall within the virus/spyware/adware/malware/break-in vulnerability spectrum. Detection, prevention, and susceptibility fall along those lines. If you've previously made a decision not to worry about anti-virus for Mac OS X due to the relatively low risk, you need

Re: posting etiquette

Hi, 2009/8/17 Roger Kortas : > I don't really understand why some people are getting upset for something > that is managed for us by a very few people is their spare time!!! I think what confuses/upsets participants (who are also volunteers) is when there's no explanation, followed by vague answ

Re: Airport Extreme - g vs n?

Hi Mike, 2009/8/4 Mike Fuller : > I'm getting a Mac laptop (MacBook Core2duo 2.16) and want to use it's > wireless capabilities, so I'm after a wifi base station. The 1 thing not mentioned...what will you be doing with your wireless? Web browsing? Printing? File sharing? Backups? Multi-player ga

Re: Snow Leopard

2009/8/1 Severin Crisp : > I just got a message from Amazon offering a pre-order on Snow Leopard for > $29! I am sure someone is still making something, even at that price! Well that's pleasant. Microsoft's price to upgrade from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium (due in Octob

Re: Bluetooth problem

Hi John, I have a MacBook Pro 15" with Leopard, probably the most disappointing and flawed Mac I've had in a long time. One of the many day-to-day frustrations is that Bluetooth drops out when used with my Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard. There is no such problem with any

Re: DVD regions

Hi Adrian, 2009/7/11 Adrian Skehan : > Can anyone please tell me if the DVD burner puts encodes a DVD with a > Regional Code? You won't have region codes on DVDs that you created (and hypothetically even if you did, you'd probably have all your equipment set to the same region code anyway). Also

Re: Vertical Bar in email address

Hi, 2009/7/7 Steven Knowles : > Has anyone ever used or seen the vertical bar, or pipe, on a keyboard used > as part of an email address? Yes, the "username" part of e-mail addresses can contain a variety of allowed punctuation (including apostrophes). As an example that Clyde mentioned, the plu

Re: Transparent Stripe down RHS of desktop

Hi Matt On 03/07/2009, at 11:49 PM, Matt Falvey wrote: > Hi, my daughter has managed to put a stripe permanently on her desktop on > the the RHS, top to bottom occupies about 10-15% of the desktop top screen > width, is transparent with about 20% opacity. Having trouble interpreting this descrip

Re: new macbookpro ?

Hi Roger, A difference of 4h versus 1.5h is so dramatic is sounds like one of the cores is turned off (i.e., CPU set to use 1 core only). But that should've been reflected in Xbench too. Is Handbrake the only slow thing on your new computer? Apart from your overall Xbench score, you can also explo

Re: 64-bit architecture with older 32-bit applications

Hi, There are three issues here. First is the actual transition to a 64-bit headers and libraries, which has been underway for many years and is "not a big issue". Second is Snow Leopard's support for older 32-bit apps and drivers. Thirdly is Snow Leopard's support for PowerPC apps and drivers. W

Re: new macbookpro ?

Hi Roger, Not sure why you are having your performance problem. I run HandBrake fine on the slow graphics card. You can try http://www.xbench.com to compare your two laptops (it makes sense to compare your two laptops rather than compare with the highly variable community benchmarks). James -- T

Re: new macbookpro ?

Hi Roger, 2009/6/28 Roger Kortas : > I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15" model, its very nice but > seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz! Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Audio output gain adjustment

Hi, I want to be able to reduce the output volume of an external USB sound device below the lowest volume available in the system Sound preference. I imagine the way to do this is to filter all output signal to reduce the amplitude. Does anyone know of a free, simple, gain-adjustment output filter

Re: You Tube video

Hi Adrian, 2009/6/24 Adrian Skehan : > Is there a way of capturing video from You Tube and is it OK to do so? You can download YouTube videos using keepvid.com and savetube.com, for example. Copyright and licensing is specific to each video, so you would have to check each one yourself. I don't k

Re: Mail

Hi Ken, 2009/6/17 Ken Jackson > strange one... I put  emails in the trash but when I go to the trash they're > not there? > Where might they go to & why? Do you mean you are in Apple Mail when you do this? Do you click the "Delete" button or do you drag the messages? Have you had this problem f

Re: Can't download Pdf files from Safari

Hi Dick, > When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page. > I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have > also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2. If you need to see the PDFs on website, you can control-click on each links, which wil

Re: Device removal warning

Hi Barry, In that case, can I suggest Shutting Down your computer tonight and turning the Firewire drive off, leaving the computer powered off for at least 8 hours, then starting back up again and resuming normal procedures. Has the problem gone away? Some people might suggest resetting ("zapping"

Re: Device removal warning

Hi Barry, 2009/6/16 Barry Sexstone : > In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer > shows the standard device removal warning "The device you removed was not > properly put away etc." and the icons for the external disk are not on the I assume you are referring to a d

Re: PDF Writers - tricky request

Hi Aurora, 2009/6/10 Aurora74 : > The tricky part is that I need to pair pdf writers to folders. It is my > intent to then automate emailing the resultant pdf's to defined addresses > (one for each folder) As Peter says, you can probably do what you need with the Mac's built-in features, which I

Re: Re Links in email .. Apple Mail

Hi Bob, It's probably the business's fault. It is invalid to put ~ into a URL. If it appears, it denotes the end of the URL. A valid alternative is to use "%7e": Some mail clients and webmail may kindly (but wrongly) all

Re: A profile query

Hi Severin, Since I don't export from Quicktime, I don't know the exact answer to your question, but typical default profiles are (a) sRGB (which is like a "lowest common denominator") and (b) the source device profile. I'd assume that QT passes along the colour values provided by your recorder so

Re: Sun's VirtualBox

Hi, I use VirtualBox to run both Windows and Linux, no complaints, except (cosmetically) that the Windows desktop background sometimes shows through in seamless mode, and (reasonably) it is sometimes necessary to update VirtualBox after updating the hosted operating system. USB support is not alwa

Re: Managing tasks on Mac

Hi Andrew, There are potentially several solution to your issue, the first of which you have already tried (i.e., using System Preferences > Energy Saver to set a wake-up time for your computer). Secondly, even if you your computer was on all the time (forgetting the sleep/wake energy issue for t

Re: Restricting access by MAC address

Hi Steven, If MAC address filtering is the appropriate option, then you filter a Mac's MAC address the same way you would any other MAC address. Exact instructions may vary according to what OS version is running on the server, and depending on whether a whitelist or a blacklist is better. Maybe W

Re: Boot with FW800 possible ?

Hi, 2009/4/23 Robert Howells : > BUT what aboutFIREWIRE 800 . > Has anybody actually done it booted a PPC or an Intel Mac ? You're really not telling us what models this pertains to, so the answer is "officially yes, most of the time, but not on some older Macs, and in some cases you m

Re: Boot with FW800 possible ?

Hi Rob, In general you should be able to boot from FireWire by going into System Preferences and selecting the disk as the startup drive, or by holding down Option at startup. In a pinch, you might alternatively be able to use Command-Shift-Option-Delete to ignore your internal disk when booting.

Re: MacResolve Spam

Hi, I don't think it's the WAMUG list OR the DigiLife newsletter list per se. Following from Daniel and Malcolm B's contributions, I have been using this address (Gmail) for WAMUG since 2005 and I did NOT receive the SPAM here. The common denominator and most likely suspect seems to be Digilife,

Re: MacResolve Spam

Hi, Mine came through to an address that I have not used since 2004 or 2005. The address is not currently associated with any mailing lists or online stores, so Tony & Mike must have used a spam list that is several years old. It *does* seem to be specifically targeted to Mac users and not others

Re: An Office quirk

Hi Severin, > When going to either Word or Excel or Power Point, by default a new blank > document opens.  I find this most annoying Do you remember version 5 of Microsoft Word for Mac, which was brilliant for its day? And then how Microsoft had its Mac developers lobotomised between version 5 an

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