Re: Bluetooth
I have a new Telstra Mobile Phone ZTE F850, I have been trying to connect it via bluetooth to my iMac OS X 10.4.8 with little success. The phone recognises the computer and the the computer says it is Paired, Configured and in Favorites but not connected, iSync recognises it is there but it can't connect to this device. Any help will be appreciated. Regards Adrian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's not on the list: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices.html More meandering discussion here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/642528.html Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer The love of liberty is the love Opinions for hire [POQ] of others; the love of power is http://newtonslore.com/fnord the love of ourselves - Hazlitt
Re: Flexirent a Mac
Hi there, I am new to this user group and would like to know if anyone has experienced getting a Mac through Flexirent? I have previously bought my computers outright, but they become obsolete so quickly these days. Regards Nichole
Mighty mouse - a problem, a fix, another problem, a feature?
1 The problem - My mighty mouse started scrolling erratically - would scroll up and left/right but not down. 2 The fix - google showed this to be a VERY common problem the same as the old dirty ball on old mechanical mice except much harder to clean. Lots of suggestions but first off I decided to follow the official Apple suggestion: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302417 In particular: The same procedure can be used to clean the scroll ball on your Mighty Mouse if it has become discolored or dirty. Use a clean lint-free cloth lightly moistened with water. Wipe the ball and the surrounding area, making sure to rotate the ball itself to ensure complete coverage. If the scrolling feels rough or if the scroll ball isn't scrolling up, down, or side-to-side, hold the mouse upside-down and roll the ball vigorously while cleaning it to help dislodge any particles that may have collected on the internal hardware. 3 The new problem - After my vigorous upside down (the mouse, not me!) rolling my mouse now scrolls perfectly again. Unfortunately, the clicking is now buggered up - any attempt to left or right click effects a scroll ball click - ie it invokes dashboard (or any other option such as application switcher or spotlight that I select for the ball in the mouse preference pane). If I just switch the button off in the mouse preference pane, I get back my left click but trying to right click seems to just give a left click. It definitely seems to be a problem with the mouse because (besides the obvious fact that it occurred right after I tried to fix the scroll problem) if I plug in another (Swann) 2 button+scroll mouse both left and right clicks work fine. I tried googling for this problem but couldn't find a similar report or fix. Anybody come across (or heard of) this before or have any suggestions. 4 The feature? While in firefox trying to get my clicks (on or off Route 66) I was trying different key combos and noticed that an option-click would drop a strange icon on the page - a circle containing up/down left/right arrow triangles (+ a central dot) which seems to act a a variable speed scrolling gizmo - with the mouse pointer over the central dot the cursor turns into a hand - move it and the page scrolls - the further you move the cursor, the faster the page scrolls - its quite cool actually. It seems to be a firefox feature cos it doesn't happen in Safari. To give it a try go to a page that is scrollable (ie more than one screen long) and option/ button 3 click ( it's not limited to my faulty mighty mouse it also works with the pressable scroll button on the Swann mouse. Anyway, the Swann mous belongs with my partners powerbook so any suggestions to fix my mighty mouse would be most welcome! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mighty mouse - a problem, a fix, another problem, a feature?
On 1/2/07 3:10 PM, Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Anyway, the Swann mous belongs with my partners powerbook so any suggestions to fix my mighty mouse would be most welcome! Cheers Neil To be honest Neil, every Mac I have bought that has a Mighty Mouse, I put the mouse back in the box and buy a Logitech or Microsoft mouse instead. Good idea, not so good implementation. I use a Microsoft Laser 6000 mouse. A little pricey, but should last me as long we need mice to interact with Macs :-) Seeya Rod!
Re: Mac versus Vista
Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31 Jan 2007, at 10:12am, Paul Weaver wrote: It's actually quite difficult for most people to become a Mac user compared to a PC. [snip] Fundamentally, the Mac doesn't work like Windows, so it's too hard. Fortunately, those who do make the paradigm shift tend to come out of it richer for it and begin to see the light, but these tend to be the lateral thinkers. It seems to me that you've made an pretty compelling argument to never, as an employer, hire someone who can't make the switch readily; and for far more wide-ranging reasons than purely reduced training time. Lara
Re: Flexirent a Mac
We bought out 2 laptops with Flexirent this time, after doing so before with our imac. This was recommended by our accountant, and has worked well. The changeover when we came to end of our first contract as painless (although they did lose the reocrds and kept asking for the computer when they already had it.) My only recommendation. Keep a copy of the exact specifications of what you're leasing..they won't Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 01/02/2007, at 5:01 PM, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi there, I am new to this user group and would like to know if anyone has experienced getting a Mac through Flexirent? I have previously bought my computers outright, but they become obsolete so quickly these days. Regards Nichole -- 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]
Re: Flexirent a Mac
We are now on our second iMac with Flexirent. Changed over painlessly and without paying an extra cent/month 3 months before contract ended. Balance was added to the amount we were Flexirenting and we had the 1st one to keep (sell). I also scored a 30Gb iPod video (they usually have an offer like this on) Andrew - Original Message - From: Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 6:11 PM Subject: Re: Flexirent a Mac We bought out 2 laptops with Flexirent this time, after doing so before with our imac. This was recommended by our accountant, and has worked well. The changeover when we came to end of our first contract as painless (although they did lose the reocrds and kept asking for the computer when they already had it.) My only recommendation. Keep a copy of the exact specifications of what you're leasing..they won't Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 01/02/2007, at 5:01 PM, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi there, I am new to this user group and would like to know if anyone has experienced getting a Mac through Flexirent? I have previously bought my computers outright, but they become obsolete so quickly these days. .
Re: Flexirent a Mac
That sounds Ok Reg On 1 Feb 2007, at 5:35pm, Andrew wrote: We are now on our second iMac with Flexirent. Changed over painlessly and without paying an extra cent/month 3 months before contract ended. Balance was added to the amount we were Flexirenting and we had the 1st one to keep (sell). I also scored a 30Gb iPod video (they usually have an offer like this on) Andrew
