Re: Turntable vinyl to CD
David Noel wrote: -- I'm tempted to buy a turntable + preamp which Tandy's have at the moment for just under $100. The notice on it says you can plug it into your PC with a sound card (with a $6 adapter) and use it, with suitable software, to convert your 33s or 45s to CDs. -- I have a 450 MHz iMac (with UBS firewire ports). Can anyone tell me what I would need apart from the turntable to convert my old 33s to CDs? I'm running 9.1. TIA. David Noel 2005 Apr 4 Hi David If iTunes recognises your disk writer it can burn the CDs for you. If only iTunes had a record button too. Otherwise, maybe Disc Burner can create an Audio CD from a recorded aif. Toast certainly can. Pro Tools Free will record it fairly easily, it might seem a complicated application but you only want to record, so if you pretty much ignore the rest it shouldn't be too hard. I've never tried the help myself but I'm sure it'll have some recording instructions. Pro Tools is mainly for recording anyway, it has buttons similar to a tape deck including the record button. You can try versiontracker.com or hitsquad.com for other freeware. Good luck Paul
Re: Turntable vinyl to CD
BTW, will this work for Sony Minidisk players as well? I have a friend who needs to convert his collection to run on his soon to be purchased iPod Micro random wrigleys chewing-gum thingo. Brett Carboni Tsunami There is no spoon (for miso soup) On 4/4/05 11:01 PM, Paul Kitchener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this: David Noel wrote: -- I'm tempted to buy a turntable + preamp which Tandy's have at the moment for just under $100. The notice on it says you can plug it into your PC with a sound card (with a $6 adapter) and use it, with suitable software, to convert your 33s or 45s to CDs. -- I have a 450 MHz iMac (with UBS firewire ports). Can anyone tell me what I would need apart from the turntable to convert my old 33s to CDs? I'm running 9.1. TIA. David Noel 2005 Apr 4 Hi David If iTunes recognises your disk writer it can burn the CDs for you. If only iTunes had a record button too. Otherwise, maybe Disc Burner can create an Audio CD from a recorded aif. Toast certainly can. Pro Tools Free will record it fairly easily, it might seem a complicated application but you only want to record, so if you pretty much ignore the rest it shouldn't be too hard. I've never tried the help myself but I'm sure it'll have some recording instructions. Pro Tools is mainly for recording anyway, it has buttons similar to a tape deck including the record button. You can try versiontracker.com or hitsquad.com for other freeware. Good luck Paul -- 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: Turntable vinyl to CD
If I remember correctly, MiniDisks were a little different. It was possible to do, but one of my clients that had a Sony MD and an iMacG4 had to get an iMic to do it. And then there was a little bit of software tweaking to get it to work. So in answer, yes it is possible. Oh, and the player,.I'm sure you're referring to an iPod shuffle. :o) If you want more info on it, let me know as I think I still have it stored away somewhere what you had to do. :o) Hope that helps. Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 4/04/2005 11:07 PM, Brett Carboni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, will this work for Sony Minidisk players as well? I have a friend who needs to convert his collection to run on his soon to be purchased iPod Micro random wrigleys chewing-gum thingo. Brett Carboni Tsunami There is no spoon (for miso soup) On 4/4/05 11:01 PM, Paul Kitchener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this: David Noel wrote: -- I'm tempted to buy a turntable + preamp which Tandy's have at the moment for just under $100. The notice on it says you can plug it into your PC with a sound card (with a $6 adapter) and use it, with suitable software, to convert your 33s or 45s to CDs. -- I have a 450 MHz iMac (with UBS firewire ports). Can anyone tell me what I would need apart from the turntable to convert my old 33s to CDs? I'm running 9.1. TIA. David Noel 2005 Apr 4
[MEETING] April Reminder - Tuesday 5th April
Hi All Just to let you know what is coming up for this month's meetingwhich is tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd April, 7.30pm. As an aside note,...last month it was quite hard to get to the meeting venue due to the road works going on. I assume it will be the same this meeting. I found it easy to get to it from the South entrance off Manning Road. http://www.properties.curtin.edu.au/your_campus/maps/ So it might be worthwhile to print the map out, just incase. Hope that helps some people. - Daniel Welcome to Members Normal QA Session I'll be demo'ing some more Mac OS X hints. Main Demonstrations for this meeting Real Basic being demo-ed by Andrew Schox. FireFox web browser being demo-ed by Matt. Finish the night with either a game demo or a movie trailer. Tea and Coffee and general Chit chat So make sure you mark it in your iCal, er your Calender. See you then! Enjoy!! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr
Re: Web Site Wont Load,..any ideas?
Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All I've been asked to look at a website for a client. It will load fine in Safari, but doesn't in Internet Explorer OSX. I've tried it on 4 different machines and all they all do the same thing. Safari is fine, the address loads in the type of IE, but nothing else. The website is: http://www.jdco.com.au I'm not 100% sure why it would do this, so would any web guru be able to advise what it could be. Email me off list. I don't regularly make a habit of emailing people off-list with a question sent to WAMUG and I'm not about to start now, since it completely defeats the purpose of an email list. Over to your web-site issue: Works for me in a standards compliant browser (Firefox/Galeon). Perhaps turn on the JavaScript console and see what gives because I've never seen so much JavaScript to render a simple page. htmltidy gives back more errors than I've ever seen in a page, most of them missing attributes for table properties. You should also know that the page does some seriously funky stuff to actually render, writing divs on the fly, generating menus inline - which you don't actually see if you do view-source, but in Galeon if you save the page, it comes back in great detail. I'd be instructing the client to contact their web-developer. Failing that, have a poke around in scripts/Menu.js for some fun. Let me know if you need more. -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S25°34'41 - E152°35'34 (Graham's Creek, QLD) -- ()/)/)()..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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Turntable vinyl to CD
On 04 Apr 2005, at 10:29 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: you just need a stereo audio editor capable of recording from the selected input on your mac (which would be line in from the turntable). You record each track (or one long track of however many songs are on each side of the vinyl and seperate them later) and then save the files as AIFF and then add them to iTunes and burn to CD. Toast 6 has a bonus app called CD Spin Doctor included which will do fine and you can burn the audio directly without using iTunes. If you don't have Toast use a free audio editor like Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and iTunes. Try to avoid going from recorded file from audacity to iTunes it will kill your file in sound quality. Also output as WAV not AIFF for some unknown reason in Audacity it sounds a whole lot better, even if you import into iTunes. Mostly you need lots of time and patience but you can have fun listening to all your old vinyl while you do it! HTH Rob On 04/04/2005, at 6:42 PM, David Noel wrote: -- I'm tempted to buy a turntable + preamp which Tandy's have at the moment for just under $100. The notice on it says you can plug it into your PC with a sound card (with a $6 adapter) and use it, with suitable software, to convert your 33s or 45s to CDs. -- I have a 450 MHz iMac (with UBS firewire ports). Can anyone tell me what I would need apart from the turntable to convert my old 33s to CDs? I'm running 9.1. TIA. David Noel 2005 Apr 4 = From David Noel, Ben Franklin Centre [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Mail: PO Box 27, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Fax: +61-8-9388 1852. Websites: http://www.aoi.com.au. -- 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 -- 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
Laptop bags
Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525
Re: Laptop bags
Digilife has a store in Carrillion Arcade. I believe it is near the Murray St Mall end. The STM Bag range would probably meet your needs. Daniel F. On 05/04/2005, at 06:33, Neil Blake wrote: Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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: Laptop bags
Artref, Hay St Jolimont. On 05 Apr 2005, at 6:33 AM, Neil Blake wrote: Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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: Web Site Wont Load,..any ideas?
On 04/04/2005, at 10:20 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All I've been asked to look at a website for a client. It will load fine in Safari, but doesn't in Internet Explorer OSX. I've tried it on 4 different machines and all they all do the same thing. Safari is fine, the address loads in the type of IE, but nothing else. The website is: http://www.jdco.com.au I'm not 100% sure why it would do this, so would any web guru be able to advise what it could be. Email me off list. Thanks! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr Looks like some javascript is loaded at the start. May be IE is too old now to use that javascript, so it falls over. The web gurus on the list may have a better reason why! Seeya Rod!
Re: Web Site Wont Load,..any ideas?
On 04/04/2005, at 10:20 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All I've been asked to look at a website for a client. It will load fine in Safari, but doesn't in Internet Explorer OSX. I've tried it on 4 different machines and all they all do the same thing. Safari is fine, the address loads in the type of IE, but nothing else. The website is: http://www.jdco.com.au I'm not 100% sure why it would do this, so would any web guru be able to advise what it could be. It's definitely tied up with the Javascript code and IE5 for the Mac. The same page loads fine in IE5 in Windows 2000 in VPC. I must say that the web designer has taken the approach of using a sledgehammer to crack walnuts with this, though. Get your user onto Safari, of he doesn't like that, Firefox, which also loads the page perfectly, BTW. Use IE for only those pages which absolutely will not work with anything else. -- 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.
Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X
Hi All! Thought I would start off another thread today (maybe this would be a good idea each Tuesday). What programs do you use (freeware/shareware/commercial) that makes your OS X experience better? Like making 10.3 like 10.4 for example. I have been giving the following a go: Quicksilver - a Spotlight-like program the provides a quick search function for apps, files, docs, and urls. Also has plugins to further advance. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22549 Konfabulator - a Dashboard equivalent that has been around for quite a while. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18302 RSS Menu - gives RSS news feed updates, but via the menu bar rather than in Safari http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25900 As with anything new to your system, use with discretion! Backup and don't install on a mission critical machine :-) Seeya Rod!
Re: Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 09:16 +0800, Rod wrote: What programs do you use (freeware/shareware/commercial) that makes your OS X experience better? Fink and OSX VNC, plus a bunch of misc UNIX tools OS/X doesn't ship with (though OS/X ships with the crucial ones like vim and ssh - hooray!). -- Craig Ringer
Printing from Classic
Howdy, OK ! I am on the useless loop going around one big circle. Wish to print from a Classic Application like QuarkXpress to an Epson Stylus Photo 700 connected via Parallel / USB adaptor cord on USB card. The 700 is seen ok and can be configured for succesful OSX printing by using Gimp print . However for classic all the Mac help seems to say it needs to be setup in the Classic System chooser. I have the driver installed ok , but when I click on the driver I do not see a USB port to connect to. Anybody done something like this with suggestions please ? OH ! Cannot update the software. The newer versions are too complicated for our basic needs TIA Bob
Re: Printing from Classic
On 05/04/2005, at 11:10 AM, Robert Howells wrote: Howdy, OK ! I am on the useless loop going around one big circle. Wish to print from a Classic Application like QuarkXpress to an Epson Stylus Photo 700 connected via Parallel / USB adaptor cord on USB card. The 700 is seen ok and can be configured for succesful OSX printing by using Gimp print . However for classic all the Mac help seems to say it needs to be setup in the Classic System chooser. I have the driver installed ok , but when I click on the driver I do not see a USB port to connect to. Anybody done something like this with suggestions please ? Have you tried rebooting into OS 9 (assuming you can do that)? Is the printer seen in the chooser when booted into OS 9? Seeya Rod!
Re: Laptop bags
I've used my Targus bag - bought from David Jones - for over 12 months with my Powerbook and am very happy with it. It's a back-pack style bag so ideal for travelling. At that time, it cost about $100. From: Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 07:48:46 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Laptop bags Artref, Hay St Jolimont. On 05 Apr 2005, at 6:33 AM, Neil Blake wrote: Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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 -- 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: Advice on noise-cancelling headphones
Thanks for the advicenice idea! However, from experience I'm not thrilled with the in ear buds. I opted for a pair of Plane Quiet phones - available from Adelaide - and will report back on their performance. From: Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:00:20 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Advice on noise-cancelling headphones All the reviews that I've read seem to suggest price is a key indicator of quality of noise canceling ability. if they do not have to be headphones then the in ear units like the Shure and Koss units cut even quite loud back ground external noise to very negligible amounts ... how ever I am a cheap-skate and instead did this. for a way to save on the $300+ for the Shure and $100 for the Koss buy the Apple in ear' ones for around $60 then ditch (or at least don't fit) the useless supplied silicon rubber ear pads. Next go to a hardware shop (the DIY type not the computer type) and buy a few pairs of tapered in ear foam hearing protection plugs (the ones that look a bit like the teat on a small baby's dummy or feeding bottle) - cut 2 in half ( front to back not length ways) and spike the back half it on a small (jewellers) screw driver then gently force it on to the projecting in ear part of the bud. don't worry that the foam projects a little past the driver on the ear bud as when you insert them in to your ear that will be pushed back exposing the driver To insert squish the foam for a few seconds then push in to ear and hold for a a few seconds while the foam expands - great bass response and almost zero background noise - once you get used to them - you may want to take them out every hour or so until you do - you can find your self sleeping 8 hours with them in - great for that red eye flight On 04/04/2005, at 2:12 PM, Greg Colgan wrote: Can anyone recommend where I can buy some noise-cancelling headphones in Perth that: A) do a good job B) don't cost the earth (eg Boss and Sennheiser!) C) can pick up before cob Friday Pick any two... Unfortunately if you want them to do a good job, they do cost the earth. - Matt -- 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 -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works) -- 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: Laptop bags
not for the conservative wall flower types but I like the crumpler bags - Mountain Design sell them as do a few PC mac shops and they are quite funky and well thought out.though their web sight is e interesting best to turn the sound off http://www.crumpler.com.au/home.php if you can't make heads or tails of their web site this is a direct link to their laptop bags http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?catId=5 Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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 -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works)
Re: Laptop bags
Oh yeah, I love the Crumpler Bags. I've had a Crumpler 'Very Busy Man' (holds 15.1 Laptop) for 4-5 years, (as well as crumpler Camera bags etc) It's been everywhere. I paid around $210 ish. http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php? prodId=104prodType=BagoptId=1catId=5 They are very solid and support your Computer very securely. I love their Web Site . 'Think Different' ??? Cheers, Ronni On 05/04/2005, at 12:43 PM, Mark Secker wrote: not for the conservative wall flower types but I like the crumpler bags - Mountain Design sell them as do a few PC mac shops and they are quite funky and well thought out.though their web sight is e interesting best to turn the sound off http://www.crumpler.com.au/home.php if you can't make heads or tails of their web site this is a direct link to their laptop bags http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?catId=5 Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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 -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works) -- 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
crumpler lovers Re: Laptop bags
I have the McBain's Lovechild 15 laptop bag which is the ultra basic laptop sachet bag. http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?prodId=172prodType=BagcatId=5 also have a couple of Sporty Guy's for photographic gear http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?catId=11 People always ask me about them and putting them out on the table at a backpackers you get people who want to poke and prod all the little corners and hidden pockets as they go o and ah and were can I get one of these? and want to get a Budgie Smuggler not just for the name :) it's pretty damn good camera bag http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?prodId=84prodType=BagcatId=22 though they have one Camera/Laptop backpack bag that is really cool in that the zip is in the inside back frame so that the bag can not be opened when you are wearing it making it difficult for tea leafs to pick your goods when your crammed in a bus/train/ferry etc... or as they say Weasel proof Oh yeah, I love the Crumpler Bags. I've had a Crumpler 'Very Busy Man' (holds 15.1 Laptop) for 4-5 years, (as well as crumpler Camera bags etc) It's been everywhere. I paid around $210 ish. http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?prodId=104prodType=BagoptId=1catId=5 They are very solid and support your Computer very securely. I love their Web Site . 'Think Different' ??? Cheers, Ronni On 05/04/2005, at 12:43 PM, Mark Secker wrote: not for the conservative wall flower types but I like the crumpler bags - Mountain Design sell them as do a few PC mac shops and they are quite funky and well thought out.though their web sight is e interesting best to turn the sound off http://www.crumpler.com.au/home.php if you can't make heads or tails of their web site this is a direct link to their laptop bags http://www.crumpler.com.au/cartIndex.php?catId=5 Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Thanks Neil -- Neil Blake Regional Natural Resource Management Facilitator South Coast NRM Region C/- South Coast Regional Initiative Planning Team 444 Albany Highway ALBANY WA 6330 Ph: (08) 9892 8525 Fax: (08) 9841 2707 Mob: 0427 928 525 -- 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 --~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works) -- 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 -- 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 -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works)
Re: Laptop bags
On 5 Apr 2005, at 6:33am, Neil Blake wrote: Hi all Am about to hit the smoke and need some advice as to the best place to purchase a good laptop bag to fit a 12 Powerbook. I want a good sturdy bag, preferably with a sleeve, good protection and plenty of space for files and bits and pieces. Am prepared to spend up to $200 - any suggestions as to brands and purchase locations - ideally around the CBD? Go through to Joondalup. Lorelei sold me a nice STM Brink and an STM Glove for my new Powerbook. You can get them for 12 too. The glove is like a wetsuit and protects the PowerBook beautifully. The Loft is nice too. http://www.standardtm.com.au/babybrink http://www.standardtm.com.au/smallloft http://www.standardtm.com.au/glove Reg
redhat support for PowerPC
Has anyone had any luck with running apps specifically supported under RedHat on a Mac, I have heard of YellowDog but wonder if there is a way to get RedHat actually working on a Mac. I have a need to run some high end geophysical apps ( currently an ageing IBM laptop) but I am entirely Mac in the rest of my life and would love to be able to get rid of my intel for good, and justify the cost of a G5. Hugh
Re: Laptop bags
I too am a Crumpler fan. I have two superb camera bags and a messenger bag. They are tough and extremely well made. There is however the real risk that some person of discernment may steal the laptop for the bag. Michael -- Michael Kane Taylor Ph: 61 (0)8 9498 0952 Skype: Mikanta
Re: Printing from Classic
On 05/04/2005, at 1:21 PM, Rod wrote: Thanks Rod ! Have just double checked I have normal boot OS9.1 and also normal for classic OS9.2 Have booted into each of them .. Both show for the 700 a Serial and modem port icon with the serial xtns disabled. Neither shows a USB port option with all USB support on ! But do you have the USB Epson 700 drivers installed? From memory that printer had Serial and Parallel ports. Might want to check Epson's driver site and see if they updated their Epson 700 drivers for USB to Parallel cables. GrrH ! Thank you Rod . Upon your prompting I went looking not just for USB updates but ANY 700 update ... From the USA site I found one for . wait for it .. SerialDMA and it was not until I got inside it did the USB bit show in the Readme , and even then there were no packages indicating a USB driver, it was all wrapped up hiding inside a package. Ran the Installer and did a restart .. and USB port shows in the Chooser when booted from OS9.1 or OS9.2 AND shows in the Chooser in classicAND the damn thing prints like it should . Once again, THANKS for the prompt. Bob Howells
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Hi Guys, I want to talk to my sister using Skype. I've downloaded the latest software and bought a headphone / mic from officeworks. I called her and I could hear her but she could not hear me. I plugged it in to the analog mic jack at the back. Is there something I have done wrong. Oh, I also went to the system prefs and turned up the mic; still nothing?! Help please! Regards Chris Griffiths
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Hi Guys, I want to talk to my sister using Skype. I've downloaded the latest software and bought a headphone / mic from officeworks. I called her and I could hear her but she could not hear me. I plugged it in to the analog mic jack at the back. Is there something I have done wrong. Oh, I also went to the system prefs and turned up the mic; still nothing?! Help please! Regards Chris Griffiths Are you sure you plugged the microphone into a microphone input jack? What sort of G5 have you got? Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Its a dual 2 Gig Power Mac G5. Regards Chris Griffiths On 05/04/2005, at 3:27 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Guys, I want to talk to my sister using Skype. I've downloaded the latest software and bought a headphone / mic from officeworks. I called her and I could hear her but she could not hear me. I plugged it in to the analog mic jack at the back. Is there something I have done wrong. Oh, I also went to the system prefs and turned up the mic; still nothing?! Help please! Regards Chris Griffiths Are you sure you plugged the microphone into a microphone input jack? What sort of G5 have you got? Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- 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 ---Safe Stamp--- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider.
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Do Power Mac G5's have an inbuilt mic? Regards Chris Griffiths On 05/04/2005, at 3:31 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Its a dual 2 Gig Power Mac G5. Regards Chris Griffiths On 05/04/2005, at 3:27 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Guys, I want to talk to my sister using Skype. I've downloaded the latest software and bought a headphone / mic from officeworks. I called her and I could hear her but she could not hear me. I plugged it in to the analog mic jack at the back. Is there something I have done wrong. Oh, I also went to the system prefs and turned up the mic; still nothing?! Help please! Regards Chris Griffiths Are you sure you plugged the microphone into a microphone input jack? What sort of G5 have you got? Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- 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 ---Safe Stamp--- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider. -- 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 ---Safe Stamp--- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider.
Re: Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you ... For a couple of years I have had to record in real time the movies made with my Sony digital still camera to get an audio track. As a result of reading your post I just downloaded bbDEMUX and it separates audio and video instantly. How wonderful!!! Best wishes edward On 05/04/2005, at 1:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi WAMUGgers On 5 Apr 2005, at 9:16am, Rod wrote: What programs do you use (freeware/shareware/commercial) that makes your OS X experience better? Like making 10.3 like 10.4 for example. I have been giving the following a go: Tinkertool to give me scroll up and down arrows at top and bottom of windows Yasu, MacJanitor and Panther Cache Cleaner to keep it running smoothly (Yasu perhaps best) Carbon Copy Cloner which did a fantastic job last year setting up 6 iBooks and various eMacs at Augusta PS iiUsage which Daniel put me on to, showing my iiNet broadband usage in the menu bar Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection, to show some disbelievers that my mac will do Windows! Photorescue - haven't paid for it so can't really use it but the demo showed me that my daughter could retrieve almost all of her Christmas hol pics that esteemed partner had accidentally deleted from their Kodak digital camera BatChmod which I used last year to set up correct privileges for kids folders in Kidpix,'cos Kidpix wants to store ALL files in the KidPix Folder with admin privileges only so the kids can't actually save their masterpieces! (Found that out after an hour with the yr2/3s and boy were they a little bit annoyed!) bbDemux which let me separate the sound track from video on a short movie taken on a Sony digital still camera, which muxed the movie. THen I could edit it in iMovie a Chronological Calculator which I copied from a website as an html file and runs nicely as a little mini app, usefull when you're doing WALNA data analysis and need to calculate the age of children, or if little Johnny can be enrolled as a kindy kid cos he turns 4 before the end of June (eg if Rod was born on 4/10/1965 then Rod is 39 years, 11 months, and 25 days old today.) Just need to remember it is in US date format mm/dd/year. MorphX which you can use to morph a picture of Rod into a chimpanzee, weevil or similar ;-) or your newborn daughter to your mother-in-law to show her what she's going to look like in the future! Enough for now. Reg
Re: Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X
BTW those files are MPG On 05/04/2005, at 3:59 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: For a couple of years I have had to record in real time the movies made with my Sony digital still camera to get an audio track.
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Do Power Mac G5's have an inbuilt mic? Regards Chris Griffiths The audio input probably requires a pre-amp, so you'll need to pass the microphone through some sort of amplifier to bring the voltage up to something the Mac can actually detect. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Yes, I just found a chatroom that told me this too - Thanks Shay. Any ideas on pre-amping. I was hoping to find a $20 solution such as Officeworks Headphone and mic sets but I guess I will have to spend more being a mac user. :( I love my macs but this kind of thing does get to me sometimes! Regards Chris Griffiths On 05/04/2005, at 4:05 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Do Power Mac G5's have an inbuilt mic? Regards Chris Griffiths The audio input probably requires a pre-amp, so you'll need to pass the microphone through some sort of amplifier to bring the voltage up to something the Mac can actually detect. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- 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 ---Safe Stamp--- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider. Regards Chris Griffiths __ V I S U A L M A N A G E M E N T Suite 4, 316 Onslow Road, Shenton Park WA 6008 Phone: (08) 9381 2299 Fax: (08) 9381 3366 www.visualm.com.au
[MEETING] Reminder - Tuesday 5th April - tonight
Hi All Just to let you know what is coming up for this month's meetingwhich is tonight, Tuesday 5th April, 7.30pm. As an aside note,...last month it was quite hard to get to the meeting venue due to the road works going on. I assume it will be the same this meeting. I found it easy to get to it from the South entrance off Manning Road. http://www.properties.curtin.edu.au/your_campus/maps/ So it might be worthwhile to print the map out, just incase. Hope that helps some people. - Daniel Welcome to Members Normal QA Session I'll be demo'ing some more Mac OS X hints. Main Demonstrations for this meeting Real Basic being demo-ed by Andrew Schox. FireFox web browser being demo-ed by Matt. Finish the night with either a game demo or a movie trailer. Tea and Coffee and general Chit chat So make sure you mark it in your iCal, er your Calender. See you then! Enjoy!! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr
Re: Laptop bags
I'm a Samsonite fan. If you have a 17 p/book it fits *perfectly* in the document holder tray in a normal black Samsonite briefcase, like it was made for it. It's more protected and depending on your client may be more 'appropriate'. Brett Carboni Tsunami 25% discount for people with a Samsonite briefcase with 17 Powerbook this Thursday On 5/4/05 2:20 PM, Michael Kane Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this: I too am a Crumpler fan. I have two superb camera bags and a messenger bag. They are tough and extremely well made. There is however the real risk that some person of discernment may steal the laptop for the bag. Michael
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
'went through the same problem with Skype and my Dual 1.8 G5. My solution was to buy the Griffin iMic - plug the iMic into the mac via usb and the mic into the iMic :) http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/index.php Not a $20 solution though, more like a $60 one. At the time I was tempted to get an iSight since it comes with a built in microphone ... the iMic works just fine though. Cheers, Tobes. On 05/04/2005, at 4:19 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Yes, I just found a chatroom that told me this too - Thanks Shay. Any ideas on pre-amping. I was hoping to find a $20 solution such as Officeworks Headphone and mic sets but I guess I will have to spend more being a mac user. :( I love my macs but this kind of thing does get to me sometimes! Regards Chris Griffiths On 05/04/2005, at 4:05 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Do Power Mac G5's have an inbuilt mic? Regards Chris Griffiths The audio input probably requires a pre-amp, so you'll need to pass the microphone through some sort of amplifier to bring the voltage up to something the Mac can actually detect. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- 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 ---Safe Stamp--- Your Anti-virus Service scanned this email. It is safe from known viruses. For more information regarding this service, please contact your service provider. Regards Chris Griffiths __ V I S U A L M A N A G E M E N T Suite 4, 316 Onslow Road, Shenton Park WA 6008 Phone: (08) 9381 2299 Fax: (08) 9381 3366 www.visualm.com.au -- 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: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Anyone tried a Plaintalk mic that used to come with every Powermac? Seeya Rod! On 05/04/2005, at 4:51 PM, Toby Oldham wrote: 'went through the same problem with Skype and my Dual 1.8 G5. My solution was to buy the Griffin iMic - plug the iMic into the mac via usb and the mic into the iMic :) http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/index.php
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
Doesn't work with the G5 (I've tried) - see previous guff about pre-amp requirements. :( Cheers, Tobes. On 05/04/2005, at 4:57 PM, Rod wrote: Anyone tried a Plaintalk mic that used to come with every Powermac? Seeya Rod! On 05/04/2005, at 4:51 PM, Toby Oldham wrote: 'went through the same problem with Skype and my Dual 1.8 G5. My solution was to buy the Griffin iMic - plug the iMic into the mac via usb and the mic into the iMic :) http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/index.php -- 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: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
I think I might just get an iMic. So thanks to everyone that helped me with that problem. Regards Chris Griffiths
Not an Easter egg
When you really have nothing to do open your Terminal and key in [you have to be connected to the net], telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl and press Return. Wait a few seconds and then you'll be transported to a galaxy far, far away. . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
Re: redhat support for PowerPC
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 14:17 +0800, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Has anyone had any luck with running apps specifically supported under RedHat on a Mac, I have heard of YellowDog but wonder if there is a way to get RedHat actually working on a Mac. There are actually two issues you face: distro compatibilty, and rather more importantly processor architecture. If your app is provided only as an x86 binary tarball or x86 binary RPM, it wouldn't run on Red Hat/PowerPC any more than it would on YDL/PowerPC. Distro compatibility is usually a much less important issue. Often apps just install and work, especially on a different but still RPM-based distro of similar age. If they don't, you can usually kludge it by copying over a few extra libraries. Regarding distro compatibilty, Fedora Core 4 will support PowerPC I think. Fedora Core is produced by Red Hat and is derived from the Red Hat line of OSes. I think Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be based on Fedora Core 3, so maybe RHEL 4 will support PowerPC. I don't think any current versions of RH run on PowerPC ... but mostly it won't matter. If all you have is an x86 binary RPM / tarball, you might be able to run it using something like VMWare / Virtual PC / QEMU. To do so you'd need to have a minimal x86 Red Hat install in the emulator, not just the application. You'd also suffer a *major* speed hit. To give you any better answer than guesswork I'd need to know more about the app - in particular, if your need for Red Hat is because of support issues, x86-only binaries, or some distro compatibility issue. Knowing if the app is closed- or open- source would help too, as with open source apps you can often just recompile them for a new architecture and find they just work. -- Craig Ringer
Re: Connecting mic to G5 to use Skype
On 05/04/2005, at 8:59 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Doesn't work with the G5 (I've tried) - see previous guff about pre-amp requirements. :( Cheers, Tobes. On 05/04/2005, at 4:57 PM, Rod wrote: Anyone tried a Plaintalk mic that used to come with every Powermac? The Plaintalk mic includes a pre-amp, but it requires a special mic socket that provides power for the pre-amp. This hasn't been built into Macs for some time... Which is probably why Apple haven't included them in a long time :-) My guess they were dropped when the Digital Audio Powermacs came out. Seeya Rod!
[Meeting] Notes from April Meeting
Hi All! Notes from tonight's meeting. Apologies for poor grammar and spelling mistakes. I type faster then my brain can keep up. :o) QA's FileMaker Pro:- How do you transfer a file from Mac to Windows. You can email or transfer it across and it should work. As long as it has .fp5 filename on the end then it should work fine with no problems. Andrew Schox then went through REALBasic and his crossword program he wrote in the same. REALBAsic is easy to get started with. Very good for prototyping and scaleable enough for professional use. It is also cross platform, and creates native applications on each platform. It is also royalty-free. It has a built in database, using SQL. You can also connect to other databases as well. So you can create a graphical interface to a behind the scenes database. You can prototype software very quickly and easy. Drag and Drop Interface. It has native support for User Interface controls. (Buttons, controls etc). When writing the source code, it has auto complete, so makes it a lot easier and faster to write it. It has integrated help built in as well. Also gives you little helpful tips as well. It has support for Vector graphics, real-time 3D engine, sprite animation engine. Modern and Object orientated language. Advanced language as well. It has good memory management, sockets for Internet Protocols.and regular expressions. (Used for searching for patterns). It has QuickTime support with all panning features, sound control and more. It has some good Windows features as well, such as no DLL's, Active-X. You can call through to the underlying routines as well for the advanced stuff. It has native look and feel for Apple, uses System services, scripts etc. Royalty free so you can write your award winning application and no have to pay anything for it. It has international language support so you can write things in your own language. Also supports unicode. It has support for Microsoft Office. It's extensible. It has a very strong user community, via mailing lists, as well as the developers etc. You can also get REALBasic developer magazine as well. It is very scriptable, scalable and can use console applications. You can download REALBasic and have a play with it yourself. You can download it from http://www.realsoftware.com. Andrew then demo'ed the Crossword helper application that he wrote. It took about 15 minutes for him to write. It's basically a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to the terminal commends. It goes through and does all the work behind the scenes, but makes it easy for people to use. We then had a look at REALBasic itself. It uses project windows, code windows, properties, buttons/boxes/list window. By using it, it allows you start small and work on it from there making it very scaleable. Once you knowledge grows, so does your application! :o) All very interesting and fun! And not too expensive to get started with, even for the professional version. (In comparison to other products on the market very well priced as well.) Matt then demo'ed Firefox. Another browser alternative. By the old Netscape crowd. Firefox for web browsing and Thunderbird for email. They wrote the web browser, made it Mac like, and works very well. Sometimes even better then Internet Explorer or Safari. It has all the usual features, tab browsing, google bar, normal preferences, bookmarks etc. That's where it stops being like Safari. You can change the look of it and even use the get more themes and change the look of it. You can add little more plugins (Extensions). It downloads features so you can do more from the browser itself. You name it, you can add it. For example, control your favourite media player from within the browser without leaving it! Plus lots more. It has all the normal preferences and more. You have a bit more privacy control then what you can do with Safari. It works well with cookies, more then Safari does. You can also specify exceptions to cookies as well. It has a better pop up blocker then Safari does. You can also stop it from loading images as well, so it will only load text and leave the rest. Good for a slower connection. It has a fairly large advanced preference setting as well. Overall a very good web browser, fast, works well with a lot of web sites (even ones that won't open on other browsers or pages that don't open properly on other browsers). Well worth a look! You can download it from:- http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19029 Daniel then showed off a few Mac OSX hints for this month:- Application Switcher. To access this hold down the Apple and hit Tab key. Each time you use tab it will move through the open applications. From here you can then use Apple-H to hide an application, Apple-Q to quit and open application and Apple-~ (tilde key) to go backwards through applications. Quite handy when you want to jump from one app to another without using the mouse. If you've got a folder window open, but not sure where it is on the hard
