wanted: G4 iMac

[Edward Arrowsmith]

Anybody got a G4 iMac for sale please?

Re: Moving iTune library to PC?

[Dark1]

Use an ethernet cable to network them and copy everything over from 
your iTunes music library folder.


Ruben


Greetings,

I would like to move my iTunes library over to a PC laptop which I can 
then

leave next to the stereo. Is it possible to just do a straight copy?

Thanks,

Andrew



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Re: Moving iTune library to PC?

[Paul]

Andrew Schox wrote:


Greetings,

I would like to move my iTunes library over to a PC laptop which I can then
leave next to the stereo. Is it possible to just do a straight copy?
 


Yep.

Method A:
Just locate the folder containing the music, iTunes' advanced 
preferences will reveal this location.
Make sure you have a network connection from the Mac to the PC, I don't 
recommend going from the PC to the Mac, could be much slower with a risk 
of timeouts.
Then a straight copy of the required files or folders to the PC's music 
folder.
This is usually located somewhere like "~\My Documents\My 
Music\iTunes\iTunes Music".


Method B:
For copying specific songs over you can first make up a playlist with 
your Mac iTunes, then select all and drag and drop them into the PC, or 
any other open window for that matter including your desktop.
This method can fail sometimes if copying to a PC and there are 
"illegal" characters in the filenames, I think. Not as surefire as Method A.


After:
Once copied over you simply drag and drop all those new files or folders 
into the PC's iTunes window to add them to it's library.
If confused at this point with duplicate entries etc, I remove everthing 
from within iTunes (while saying no to having them go to the trash of 
course) then re-add everything with a drag and drop.


Have fun
Paul


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Re: new Mac time lag

[Edward Arrowsmith]

Tara finally received her new computer. She is so pleased with it she 
has forgotten about switching back to Windows. She is thrilled with the 
ease of things and how much fun it is to use, and how good things look.


Another day and it would have been all over I think. All's well that 
ends well ...


Best wishes
edward

Re: IiNet Broadband 2?

[Rod Blitvich]

A big thanks to everyone who offered advice.
Bottom line  is:

A minimum bandwidth increase from 512 to 1500.
A few changes with iPhone - must have all included ie local calls ( 18 c v
20c) as well as line rental (about $3 per month more), quota reduced from 12
mb to 10 mb )won't affect me).

Existing router/modem is ok.

Make sure you ask:
1. Is my exchange DSLAM enabled?
2. Are there are ports available at that exchange?
3. Is there is no physical barrier to me using those ports at that exchange?
4. Will there be any delay (Telstra or otherwise) in getting me switched
Over?

Ta
Rod


> =
> 
> Date:  Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:49:21 +0800
> From:  Rod Blitvich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:  WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject:  IiNet Broadband 2?
> Hi
> Please does anyone know if there is any reason why I should not convert my
> iiNet Broadband account to their Broadband 2 service?
> For the same price ($49.95 with iphone):
> EXISTING BROADBAND 512lite
> 512 download, 128 upload
> 6 +6  GB quota
> 
> NEW BROADBAND 2 Light
> 1500 - 8000 download, 256- 1000 upload
> 10 + 10 GB quota
> 
> I realise that existing phone lines may mean I don't get the maximum speeds,
> but surely it will still be faster than what I have got?
> 
> Ta
> Rod
> 
> 
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I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
   

RE: cpu activity on a web page

[Nancy McIntyre]

Following is copy of correspondence with support desk at westnet.  
Westnet used to support macs.  They no longer even have a mac running 
in their operations centre.


Copy in full follows

Howdy Ryan,

On 25/04/2005, at 5:24 AM, WestNet Support wrote:


Hi Nancy,
I take it this only happens when loading the "MyPlace" section
of our website.
Yes - in fact I can't find another page anywhere in my history where 
this happens.

 Do you have the correct plug-ins for macromedia flash?

Yes - 7.0 r24

As "MyPlace" requires these to be viewed properly.  You can also try
making your cache size larger so the page is loaded from the computer
first and then from the internet.
Are you aware that cache size is not a user setting in Safari? 
Interestingly, once Firefox's cache gets near its limit, the processor 
load drops right off.
It is well known that Flash processing is processor intensive for OS X 
although the latest release is much improved.   Even so, this kind of 
load is very unusual.

 This should lower the CPU usage as
well. If the problem continues please don't hesitate to let us know.


So I am letting you know that the problem continues.  I go to quite a 
few media sites which have flash ads around the same size as yours and 
not even near the cpu load.

I've reset my homepage for the meantime.

thanks for your prompt response,

Nancy M

Copy ends

Thanks to all wamuggers who responded.  It made my footing much firmer 
in my correspondence with westnet.They needed telling.  Their 
member photo site is basically inaccessible in Safari and even in 
Firefox it ain't much chop.

Re: Moving iTune library to PC?

[Andrew]

On 25 Apr 2005, at 11:04, Andrew Schox wrote:

Greetings,

I would like to move my iTunes library over to a PC laptop which I can 
then

leave next to the stereo. Is it possible to just do a straight copy?



Hi Andrew
My laptop and Mac don't talk to each other, yet, and I had an iPod 
before the Mac. I used CD's and burn't the whole library to transfer 
the AAC files. 12 in all. Now I could use a couple of DVD's to transfer 
the other way. iTunes will manage it for you, just keep feeding them 
in. I'm sure there's probably a better way, but you also get a back up 
of the Library at the same time.
I just checked it for my current library (30gig) but had to create a 
playlist to get the Burn icon instead of Browse. Don't do this all at 
once or you might cause the beechball to spin forever. You could do it 
by artist or something like that.

Good luck.
Andrew

AddressBook.app query

[Robin Belford]

Sometimes when I open the application Address Book.app Little Snitch 
gives me this message "Address Book wants to connect to 
homepage.mac.com on TCP port 80 (http)".


As I don't have an active .Mac account or a home page there why does 
Address Book want to do this and what is it telling Apple?


regards,
robin

Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Craig Ringer]

On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 23:51 +0800, Steven Tan wrote:
> Probably the Flash loading in the page. Flash player 7 for Mac OS X is 
> still very processor intensive even though it has improved a lot in the 
> latest version. Flash player 8 should be out soon and hopefully they 
> will address the issue and make it more efficient.

Yep... I've heard of problems with that site from users on old PCs and
Linux systems too. Too much flash, updating too fast. WestNet's old site
was great, this new one is awful to navigate and brings older systems to
their knees.

I have no problems with it here (2.2GHz Athlon running Linux) but on the
eMac at work and my old-ish laptop it just stops the browser cold.

-- 
Craig Ringer

Re:CPU usage on webpage

[Nancy McIntyre]

Howdy Christof,

Your experience is a lot different to the others.
If you have time, could you say which Flash version you have as a 
plug-in?


thanks so much for taking the time so far,

Nancy M

On 25/04/2005, at 11:54 AM, Christof S. wrote:


Hi Nancy,
I tried the web page in Safari and its viewing (with iTunes and MS 
Entourage
also open) only required ~40% of my CPU's power. I'm running a PB 
1.25Gz

with 512MB.

Hope to have helped,


Christof S.


Howdy,

Can any reader confirm the near 100 percent cpu activity when viewing
this page:

http://myplace.westnet.com.au/default.aspx

in any or all of Safari, Firefox and Camino?   I note that turning off
the big flash phone ad  reduces the cpu activity by around 40 percent.

thanks in advance for any replies

CPU usage on webpage

[Christof S.]

Hi Nancy,
I tried the web page in Safari and its viewing (with iTunes and MS Entourage
also open) only required ~40% of my CPU's power. I'm running a PB 1.25Gz
with 512MB.

Hope to have helped,


Christof S. 

>Howdy,
>
>Can any reader confirm the near 100 percent cpu activity when viewing
>this page:
>
>http://myplace.westnet.com.au/default.aspx
>
>in any or all of Safari, Firefox and Camino?   I note that turning off
>the big flash phone ad  reduces the cpu activity by around 40 percent.
>
>thanks in advance for any replies

Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Steven Tan]

If the deal goes through, it will carry the Adobe brand. (EEKS)

Steven

On 25/04/2005, at 10:47 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 24/04/2005, at 11:51 PM, Steven Tan wrote:

Probably the Flash loading in the page. Flash player 7 for Mac OS X 
is still very processor intensive even though it has improved a lot 
in the latest version. Flash player 8 should be out soon and 
hopefully they will address the issue and make it more efficient.


Hmm... will it carry the Macromedia or the Adobe moniker, I wonder.


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Moving iTune library to PC?

[Andrew Schox]

Greetings,

I would like to move my iTunes library over to a PC laptop which I can then
leave next to the stereo. Is it possible to just do a straight copy?

Thanks,

Andrew

Re: cpu activity on a web page

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 24/04/2005, at 11:51 PM, Steven Tan wrote:

Probably the Flash loading in the page. Flash player 7 for Mac OS X is 
still very processor intensive even though it has improved a lot in 
the latest version. Flash player 8 should be out soon and hopefully 
they will address the issue and make it more efficient.


Hmm... will it carry the Macromedia or the Adobe moniker, I wonder.


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FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.