Re: Non Reply To Posts
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 13:22, Robert Howells wrote: On 04/01/2005, at 4:35 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: Often I see a request for help appear on the list for which I think I would also like to see the answer. Not that I am having the same problem at that time but because the topic interests me or I think it may be one to store away for future use. After several days when no answer appears on the list I just assume that the request was answered directly to the OP or that noone knew the answer. Sometimes the OP will send an email to the list thanking those members who helped him/her off list but often such acknowledgement does not contain the solution to the problem. [..] It does not work to its bestwhen /if the person asking for answers does not reply to the list showing the successful result with the remedy that achieved that. [..] Let's just get the remedies fed back to the list .. please ! Hence these two lines in the posting guidelines: When you reply to a posting made by another person: 1. Did you only respond to the list - unless specifically asked otherwise? 6. It is good to be mindful of a future user who searches the archive. The intent of #1 is to encourage all postings to go via the list, to assist those users who may need a solution at a later stage. This is then amplified by #6, to actually state that there are future users who may need this same solution. For those who missed it, v1.1 of the FAQ has been published for some time and can be seen at: http://itmaze.com.au/articles/mailing.list.guidelines/ Perhaps the WAMUG web-master has some time to upload the new version... Hmmm, time for another cup of coffee... Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S34°33'15 - E150°21'57 (Moss Vale, NSW) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
Re: Norton and the rest
I was hoping to get some expert opinion on the relative merits or not of System Works 3.0 for OX 10.3 and later vs Diskwarrior. This in view of some of the fairly strong negative views against System Works in the recent past. But no responses to my last post except from one sympathetic individual off air, but he was no wiser than me. Is this because people are not prepared to be public with such views? Because I am not a financial WAMUG members ( somebody give me the BSB and account number and beneficiary name and its done by reply).or what? Bottom line: I have stopped using System Works because I suspect it is causing problems. Bill
Re: Norton and the rest
On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 09:42, bill parker wrote: Is this because people are not prepared to be public with such views? Because I am not a financial WAMUG members ( somebody give me the BSB and account number and beneficiary name and its done by reply).or what? It has nothing to do with your financial status, though I'm sure the committee will gladly take your money off you. It has nothing to do with people not being able or willing to part with a public opinion. Likely people haven't made up their mind one way or the other. Disclaimer: Symantec software on Windows is not the same as on Macintosh. Likely they come from different teams and code-base. My personal experience with Symantec software of late has been less than stellar. I've been to many organisations, over 50, who had some form of Symantec software installed. (I hate to call it rubbish, because for some (10%) it works, but rubbish is what it should be called.) The software - *UNDER WINDOWS* - tries to take control of all aspects of the operation of the machine. This means that checking email takes over 10 minutes, rather than 30 seconds. The machine invariably runs at 486 speed, no matter how much RAM/Disk/CPU is provided. My solution has been to remove the software - which doesn't always work - then it takes eight programs from all manner of locations to remove it -, then install AVG, AdAware and SpyBot. Of course this has nothing to do with a Macintosh in any way, but perhaps it serves as an example of good software gone bad. Finally, you should know that every computer is different and that not everyone experiences all the bad aspects of an application. It's just that the software I've seen has so many bad aspects. So, if I had a choice for my Macintosh, I would stay away from Symantec. Cheers, Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S34°33'15 - E150°21'57 (Moss Vale, NSW) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
Re: OSX 10.3.7
On 04/01/2005, at 7:54 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Happy New Year to All ! Can anyone confirm that the OSX 10.3.7 Update is safe to download and install yet ? I noticed there seemed to be a lot of initial teething problems. I have yet to see an OS X Update which was not accompanied by a slew of teething problems reported by a host of users on sites like MacFixit and MacInTouch. Personally, I have always downloaded and installed every update as soon as it has appeared in Software Update, and never had a single problem, up to and including 10.3.7. Trying to assess the seriousness of the problems reported by others is very difficult, without the knowledge of how the rest of their systems are configured, what 3rd party utilities are loaded at startup, what various daemons are running in the background, etc. There are certain problems which do seem to crop more universally than others, most often related to FireWire issues. Apple's own advice is to turn of or disconnect any FireWire devices while installing 10.3.7. Again, I can't speak from experience here since I've never had any problems. If you're worried, read MacFixit's guidelines about precautions to take before applying a MacOS X upgrade, and you can't go far wrong. -- 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.
Re: Norton and the rest
On 05/01/2005, at 6:42 AM, bill parker wrote: I was hoping to get some expert opinion on the relative merits or not of System Works 3.0 for OX 10.3 and later vs Diskwarrior. This in view of some of the fairly strong negative views against System Works in the recent past. But no responses to my last post except from one sympathetic individual off air, but he was no wiser than me. I was still think of my reply but I ran out of time and had to leave - and forgot all about it. This happens a lot, and is just another reason why some questions get left unanswered. I'm not sure about the current versions of Symantec's disk utilities, since I have not used them since changing to Mac OS 8. There were so many horror stories resulting from the use of Nortons Disk Doctor with HFS+ that I simply never took the risk. When I did run into a total Hard Drive disaster at one stage it was DiskWarrior that saved me. The fundamental difference between Disk Doctor and Disk Warrior at that time (and still is, AFAK) was that Disk Warrior creates a brand new Master Directory Block (MDB) in RAM for a damaged disk, and then lets you compare the new one against the old one. It's only when you, the user, are satisfied that it has got it right that DW then writes the new MDB to disk, replacing the old one. Disk Doctor (ie. System Works) on the other hand simply patches the existing MDB, potentially making a bad situation worse. For this reason alone, DW is regarded as a much more reliable, and certainly safer, choice for repairing problem disks. The other difference between SystemWorks and DiskWarrior is that SystemWorks is a collection of disk utilities, including things like Speed Disk to optimise your disk. DiskWarrior, on the other hand, does only one thing, but it does it very well. These days, with us all using hard drives storing tens if not hundreds of gigabytes of information, optimisation is nowhere near as useful as it once was. In fact, many people now say that it produces no benefits at all. Not only that, by MacOS X 10.3 has it's own form of file optimisation built in. I am happy to rely on that rather than run the risk of something going wrong with w 3rd party utility. As I say, I have not used any form of Nortons Utilities for several years, so I can't really comment on how effective they are with MacOS X. I do have very grim memories of horrors like LifeSaver, which seemed to have no other purpose than preventing my Mac from shutting down. I hope some of this has helped. Perhaps others have their own perspective. -- 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.
Re: Norton and the rest
Nortons is also a known problem with Final Cut Pro. Lots of problems with it are resolved by uninstalling or disabling Nortons.
Re: Non Reply To Posts
Onno Benschop wrote: Often I see a request for help appear on the list for which I think I would also like to see the answer. Not that I am having the same problem at that time but because the topic interests me or I think it may be one to store away for future use. After several days when no answer appears on the list I just assume that the request was answered directly to the OP or that noone knew the answer. Sometimes the OP will send an email to the list thanking those members who helped him/her off list but often such acknowledgement does not contain the solution to the problem. [..] It does not work to its bestwhen /if the person asking for answers does not reply to the list showing the successful result with the remedy that achieved that. [..] Let's just get the remedies fed back to the list .. please ! Hence these two lines in the posting guidelines: When you reply to a posting made by another person: 1. Did you only respond to the list - unless specifically asked otherwise? 6. It is good to be mindful of a future user who searches the archive. The intent of #1 is to encourage all postings to go via the list, to assist those users who may need a solution at a later stage. This is then amplified by #6, to actually state that there are future users who may need this same solution. A couple of earlier posts on this issue were a little surprising to me. Specifically the issue of off-list replies. On a few past occasions folk have replied to me off-list with their help. I then took it upon myself to re-direct my subsequent replies back to the list. It has been suggested that this is or could be a no-no. I hope that anyone in the past who has sent me a reply off-list, was not offended when my response to it went back on-list. I did use discretion and I believed there was nothing sensitive in the information being forwarded back to the list, in fact I wasn't even sure why some of these replies went off-list to me anyway. I don't always do it, just when it seems appropriate. Again, sorry if this has upset anyone. I did feel that it was best for the list. This is a GREAT list. If it aint broke, don't fix it. Cheers Paul
Re: Norton and the rest
bill parker wrote: I was hoping to get some expert opinion on the relative merits or not of System Works 3.0 for OX 10.3 and later vs Diskwarrior. This in view of some of the fairly strong negative views against System Works in the recent past. Hi Bill Well, I think that I am a fairly hard user. I do not want to be too precious with my computer(s) so as to get full value from them. This would lead most to think that I should be running regular maintenance, they may be right, but I don't bother. Especially since OSX. Windows taught me that a repaired OS would often be walking-wounded OS anyway. I know I do intensive and potentially risky activities with my Mac, so I wonder sometimes why the doctor? If I am getting disk issues, I remain unaffected (touch silicone;). I regularly back up manually (DVDR), I find this easiest. I have not NEEDED to reinstall since OSX began. Repair permissions has been the only maintenance I've needed to do. It was minor anyway. Maybe I'm softer on the OS than I thought ;) Cheers Paul
Re: Non Reply To Posts
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 09:24:05AM +0800, Paul Kitchener wrote: A couple of earlier posts on this issue were a little surprising to me. [Speaking personally...] If the off-list replies are related to the solution of your problem or are of specific interest to the WAMUG community, then of course it is best to forward them to the list appropriately. In fact, it would probably be great if everyone were in the habit of sending a summary of the suggestions received, plus their level of success. But when broadcasting off-list messages via the list, best practice is to anonymise them (especially if they contain remarks of a 'personal' nature, which is what triggered the recent discussion of this issue). While I will gloss over copyright considerations, as a general guide you should remove: names (of both companies and people), e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and personal IP addresses. A simple way to achieve this for most messages is to trim off 'signatures' and 'attribution lines'.
Re: Norton and the rest
On 05/01/2005, at 6:42 AM, bill parker wrote: I was hoping to get some expert opinion on the relative merits or not of System Works 3.0 for OX 10.3 and later vs Diskwarrior. This in view of some of the fairly strong negative views against System Works in the recent past. But no responses to my last post except from one sympathetic individual off air, but he was no wiser than me. Norton is just crap now. I have not used Norton for anything for a year or so now. Mind you I have not used Disk Warrior either (although I still respect it as it was my favourite all time thing ever for so long). I find since Mac OS X that Macs are no longer subject to frequent crash restarting and hence the directory structure doesn't get fragged like it used to and doesn't require repair. Norton for mine just installs a whole bunch of useless routines that do nothing but utilise CPU cycles to remind you that they are there all the time so it's worse than useless. Disk Warrior I keep in the bag in case I do come across a disk with cross-linked files or some other seriously fragged directory problem (something that hasn't happened since about 10.2). My favourite thing these days is Applejack http://applejack.sourceforge.net which runs a series of maintenance scripts from single user mode and has so far proved all I've needed to keep a Mac in good shape. Free! If you turn your mac off at night you need to run a maintenance program to manually run all the system scripts that clean, and rotate and throw things away. Leave it on. I haven't turned mine off for months and nothing ever goes wrong (touch wood) even running ProTools all the time. My eMac rules. It is by a street the best computer I have ever had. Cheers Rob
Re: Attaching download address to Printouts
On 05/01/2005, at 12:41 AM, Matt Falvey wrote: Hi, can any one tell me how to include on documents for printing the site (http; etc) address on the printout?So I can see at a future date where the file came from. I am using 10.3 and Appleworks and PDF files. Also I have a brother HL4050 laser printer and can't for the life of me work out how to set it up so that when it prints multiple pages, they print in order. So that when I pick it up off the printer page 1 is followed by page 2 etc. At the moment it only prints in reverse order and I have to resort all the pages, not a big problem just a pain and there should be an easy answer out there somewhere. I have never seen it happen with the laser printer at work. Thanks Matt Falvey Hi Matt, To get your printer to print in order page 1 to page 2 etc., Creating a custom preset. In 10.3, the second pull-down list in the Print dialog box is Presets: If you select it and then select Paper Handling from the third pull-down, you should see that the Reverse page order box is checked (if the Standard preset is selected). Uncheck it and then go back to the Presets pull-down and select Save as. Save is with some other name (mine is No Reverse). It looks like the last preset used is kept as the current one so you don't have to select it each time. This also comes in handy when you want a set up for a specific purpose (for example, to print photos to glossy paper). You can create a preset for it and then just select it when you are printing photos. Just remember to set it back the next time you print a regular document . See Saving a group of print options as a preset in Mac help. Once you've created a Print Preset that suits your needs, save it with a unique name. You'll be able to select it from the Presets popup menu in the Print dialog. But what if you want that to be the default setting? Reaching back into our collective Macintosh memory, hold down the Option key when selecting the Print button and the current Preset will become the default for all apps. Cheers, Ronni From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. - Arthur Ashe
Hookup question
Wondering what version of X is being supplied with EMacs at the moment? OfficeWorks have a pile of Brother laser printers for $199 and the label says up to Sys 10.2. Thinking about getting an EMac. Should I or shouldn't I? Cheers, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/2004/
Daniel?
Can anyone please tell me when Daniel Kerr will be back online again? Currently no response to email and message service for [phone. How can WAMUG members be expected to carry on without him?! Severin Crisp 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp
Anyone interested in a 15 1ghz Powerbook?
Hey guys, The call of the upgrade is with me again. If anyone is interested in a great condition 15 Powerbook, 1ghz, combo drive, 512MB RAM then do drop me a message. It was bought with 3 year applecare (though it's educational, I would help out if you needed to make a warranty claim) and tha'ts about it. Works well, battery is still good, it's a year old, I'm just upgrading. Not sure about the price. If someone could justify a fair price I'll probably play along. Adam
Re: Non Reply To Posts
I'm a bit confused about this. Can anyone please explain the reply system? Surely many off-list replies are sent purely because this odd system of not being able to reply to the list solely by just hitting reply. If you reply to all, then you are sending two messages, which I find unnecessary, and if you want to just reply to the list, which IMO is mostly what people want/should be doing, you have to replay to all, then delete the individual's address and then move the WAMUG address to the the correct box. This doesn't happen in any other list/forum I subscribe to and I find it a pain, what's the reason? Thanks, Matt. On 5 Jan 2005, at 9:24, Paul Kitchener wrote: Specifically the issue of off-list replies. On a few past occasions folk have replied to me off-list with their help. I then took it upon myself to re-direct my subsequent replies back to the list. It has been suggested that this is or could be a no-no. I hope that anyone in the past who has sent me a reply off-list, was not offended when my response to it went back on-list.
Various price drops on new Apple stuff
Around the world, Apple dropped pricing on various retail items last night. Below is a list of price changes for Australia. Some of the drops are quite significant! There were no changes to PowerBook and eMac pricing... which could be perceived as a hint that there will instead be new PowerBook and eMac models announced next week. Here's the list of price changes: iMac 17 Combo Drive Was: $2199 Now: $1999 iMac 17 SuperDrive Was: $2499 Now: $2399 iMac 20 SuperDrive Was: $3199 Now: $2999 Power Mac G5/1.8GHz - Single Processor Was: $2699 Now: $2399 Power Mac G5/1.8GHz - Double Processor Was: $3599 Now: $3199 Power Mac G5/2.0GHz - Double Processor Was: $4499 Now: $3999 Power Mac G5/2.5GHz - Double Processor Was: $5299 Now: $4899 20 Cinema Display Was: $2299 Now: $1599 23 Cinema Display Was: $3499 Now: $2899 iBook 12 Combo Was: $1695 Now: $1599 Upgraded: Xserves Still the same pricing: PowerBooks eMacs -- -- Sent from the Apple PowerBook G4 of: Phillip McGree Perth, Western Australia Mobile Phone: 0418 922 500 Macs for sale - new and secondhand: http://www.themacshack.com.au PerthComedy Site: http://www.perthcomedy.com
Re: Various price drops on new Apple stuff
20 Cinema Display Was: $2299 Now: $1599 23 Cinema Display Was: $3499 Now: $2899 iBook 12 Combo Was: $1695 Now: $1599 I'm interested in buying a new monitor. How does the new monitor pricing compare to street prices for equivalent sizes? Anyone? T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami Back this Friday
Re: Non Reply To Posts
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 03:10:23PM +0800, Matt Morgan wrote: Surely many off-list replies are sent purely because this odd system of not being able to reply to the list solely by just hitting reply. Probably true. (But, in the case of the original message that seems to have sparked this current debate, the message was sent off-list intentionally.) This doesn't happen in any other list/forum I subscribe to and I find it a pain, what's the reason? I'm not sure why the list is run the way it is, but for some reason I get the impression that CommuniGate Pro has a number of quirks in its default configuration. Unfortunately, regardless of WAMUG's decisions, the e-mail reply process suffers from a remarkable lack of Internet standardisation. As far as I know, the only ratified method of altering the reply is to use a 'Reply-To' designation. But to use this to direct replies back to a group list is officially incorrect. One alternative is the 'Mail-Followup-To' designation, but because it is an unratified convention it is not universally supported. The best option is probably for mail clients to provide a 'Reply to List' button. However, this itself requires standardisation (otherwise, how can any mail client automatically know the address of the list?). This is probably covered in a document known as RFC 2369, but I am not sure if Apple Mail supports this RFC. Also, the WAMUG list software does not currently insert a full set of RFC 2369 designations.
Re: Daniel?
Hey Severin (and other WAMUGGERS!) Dan has recently moved house, and has had to change over his ADSL and other bits and pieces. I'm sure he will be back in action very soon! If you urgently need to contact him, send an email through to me and I'll do my best to get hold of him. I know of ways and means of getting hold of him :-) start Dr Evil impersonation Moohhhhaaahhaaa finish Dr Evil impersionation Seeya Rod! On 5/1/05 1:34 PM, Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone please tell me when Daniel Kerr will be back online again? Currently no response to email and message service for [phone. How can WAMUG members be expected to carry on without him?! Severin Crisp 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Non Reply To Posts
I don't run Communigate Pro on my servers but I sure wish I did. I personally consider it to be the Roll's Royce of E-Mail Servers. As a webmaster I frequent many lists dedicated to running server software and Communigate Pro is held in the highest regard by every webmaster I know. Perhaps any problems may be just the result of some configuration setting but let me assure everyone you wont find better software than Communigate Pro at any cost. You just couldn't imagine how jealous I am. All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster Australian Mac Users Group http://australian.macusersgroup.org On 5/1/05 6:29 PM, James Devenish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure why the list is run the way it is, but for some reason I get the impression that CommuniGate Pro has a number of quirks in its default configuration.
Starcraft crashing and non-reply to posts
Hi Ruben, et al. After all the broohaha that post brought about, has there been an answer yet?? A google search for 'Starcraft Forum' revealed: http://www.blizzforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12 - Forum for Starcraft, as well as other Blizzard games http://www.battle.net/forums.shtml - The Official Battle.net forums, which may be your best bet for an answer, as your problem seems to be related to Battle.net (you didn't say if it occurred when you weren't connected to battle.net) Sometimes being given the tools to learn and seek an answer is better than being given the answer itself :-) Good luck with a solution to your problem Ruben! Seeya Rod
Re: Non Reply To Posts
On 05/01/2005, at 3:10 PM, Matt Morgan wrote: I'm a bit confused about this. Can anyone please explain the reply system? Surely many off-list replies are sent purely because this odd system of not being able to reply to the list solely by just hitting reply. If you reply to all, then you are sending two messages, which I find unnecessary, and if you want to just reply to the list, which IMO is mostly what people want/should be doing, you have to replay to all, then delete the individual's address and then move the WAMUG address to the the correct box. This doesn't happen in any other list/forum I subscribe to and I find it a pain, what's the reason? Thanks, Matt. You seem to be making Hard Work out of a very simple procedure ! The list was set this way some time ago because at that time a lot of Bumf was being sent back to the list which had basically nothing to do with Mac OS or hardware problems . Something a bit like this nonsense about how this list works or does not work ! It's simple to set the reply to WAMUG ... Using Mail , hit Reply go to the end of the To address and click to edit address, type W for the address you keep in your address book for Wamug ( autofills ) and away you go. It makes you think about what you are doing .. like am I adding to or perhaps correcting what is in this message ? If not perhaps the list does not need to see your message Bob Specifically the issue of off-list replies. On a few past occasions folk have replied to me off-list with their help. I then took it upon myself to re-direct my subsequent replies back to the list. It has been suggested that this is or could be a no-no. I hope that anyone in the past who has sent me a reply off-list, was not offended when my response to it went back on-list.
Re: Non Reply To Posts
On 5 Jan 2005, at 16:58, Robert Howells wrote: If not perhaps the list does not need to see your message What an incredibly 'helpful' attitude. Don't ya just love support forums.
Re: Various price drops on new Apple stuff
And as Steve says just one more thing... There were some other drops as well... Keyboards only $50 now... Accessories Airport Extreme Card - was $129 now $119 (EDU $104) Airport Express - was $219 now $199 (EDU $175) iSight - was $259 now $229 (EDU $205) Apple Keyboard - was $87 now $50 (EDU $44) Apple Mouse - was $87 now $50 (EDU $44) Apple Wireless Keyboard - was $119 now $99 (EDU $87) Apple Wireless Mouse - was $119 now $99 (EDU $87) On 05/01/2005, at 3:17 PM, Phillip McGree wrote: Around the world, Apple dropped pricing on various retail items last night. Below is a list of price changes for Australia. Some of the drops are quite significant! There were no changes to PowerBook and eMac pricing... which could be perceived as a hint that there will instead be new PowerBook and eMac models announced next week. Here's the list of price changes: iMac 17 Combo Drive Was: $2199 Now: $1999 iMac 17 SuperDrive Was: $2499 Now: $2399 iMac 20 SuperDrive Was: $3199 Now: $2999 Power Mac G5/1.8GHz - Single Processor Was: $2699 Now: $2399 Power Mac G5/1.8GHz - Double Processor Was: $3599 Now: $3199 Power Mac G5/2.0GHz - Double Processor Was: $4499 Now: $3999 Power Mac G5/2.5GHz - Double Processor Was: $5299 Now: $4899 20 Cinema Display Was: $2299 Now: $1599 23 Cinema Display Was: $3499 Now: $2899 iBook 12 Combo Was: $1695 Now: $1599 Upgraded: Xserves Still the same pricing: PowerBooks eMacs -- --- --- Sent from the Apple PowerBook G4 of: Phillip McGree Perth, Western Australia Mobile Phone: 0418 922 500 Macs for sale - new and secondhand: http://www.themacshack.com.au PerthComedy Site: http://www.perthcomedy.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Daniel?
On 5/01/2005 1:34 PM, Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone please tell me when Daniel Kerr will be back online again? Currently no response to email and message service for [phone. How can WAMUG members be expected to carry on without him?! Severin Crisp Hi Severin (and others) Thanks for that. Didn't realise I was so missed.:o) As Rod mentioned it's been hectic at the moment. Between moving, my Dad coming over from NZ and my sisters wedding next week (meaning more rellies coming over) and also working (and Xmas, New Year in there as well), it's been s busy! And to top that off, waiting for ADSL! (I now realise why I so dislike dialup! Going from 1.5MB ADSL to 56k dialup shared over 3 computers (and 1 phone line) is horrible! Reminds me of that adcritic ad Rod!) :o) But yes I've got most of it up and working now,...so everything should be good! :o) But thanks again for the concern,...good to know I'd be missed. :o) Hope everyone is having a great New Year so far! I think this one's going to be a good one! Oh and our esteem leader (read Matt) is in the US...so hello to him too,..albeit a delayed read for him. :o) So yes,some things to work on for the website and perhaps the mailing list settings,...all noted for his return! :o) (Well I'll give him a week to get back into it) :o) Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
Speeding up Firefox
Apologies if everyone knows this already, but if not, this has just increased the speed of my Firefox greatly. (posted from another Mac list). Matt you can also tweak firefox the same way, i just discovered: http://forevergeek.com/open_source/make_firefox_faster.php Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries: network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading. 2. Alter the entries as follows: Set network.http.pipelining to true Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once. 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!
Re: Hookup question
on 5/1/05 12:44 PM, Paul Weaver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondering what version of X is being supplied with EMacs at the moment? OfficeWorks have a pile of Brother laser printers for $199 and the label says up to Sys 10.2. Thinking about getting an EMac. Should I or shouldn't I? Cheers, Paul. Hi Paul, I do not know what version of OS X are currently installed on new eMacs, but I would guess at least 10.3.?. However I am currently using a Brother HL-1430 which has been running happily under OS X 10.3 through to 10.3.7, without any need for an update of the driver. Hope this can help. Regards, Philippe
Re: Hookup question
On 5/01/2005 12:44 PM, Paul Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wondering what version of X is being supplied with EMacs at the moment? OfficeWorks have a pile of Brother laser printers for $199 and the label says up to Sys 10.2. Thinking about getting an EMac. Should I or shouldn't I? Cheers, Paul. Hi Paul The last few machines I set up for clients had 10.3.4 or 10.3.5 on them. (I did the rest of the upgrades for them, so they were all up to date.) In regards to the Brother printer you should find that it works perfectly under 10.3.7. I've got quite a few clients that have them already and they work great. So realistically you should find that it works with no problems. Drop me an email if you want more info. Hope that helps! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
CMYK in Ragtime
On the 9/12/04 Mervyn and Giuliana Bond wrote The default setting for the color space in Ragtime is RGB. For printing purposes I would like the space to be CMYK. I have looked at the Color Editor and although it has a toggle to choose CMYK I can not get it to occur. That is, when I return to my photo and choose Get Info the dialogue box shows RGB. What am I not doing? Is Ragtime Solo lacking this facility? Help appreciated. Merv Time heals wounds and sometimes produces solutions. Returning to the above problem I found I had overlooked ticking a box. The story goes: Extras - Settings - Colour Management - ICC Colour Management (box not ticked!!) - Default ICC Profiles - RGB Pictures - CMYK Pictures. The last two items have pull down menus to select a profile for each. Cheers Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see.
