Free: x3 iMacs
I've got three CRT iMacs - free to anyone who will pick them up. They have 4 or 6Gig hard disks, range from 266mhz to 350mhz, one had 576megs of ram (I think). E-mail off list if you're interested. Cheers, Tobes. -- 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]
[OT] Few hours work for a PC-friendly person
Hi WAMUG folks. An off-topic request... A Mac friend of mine here in Perth uses Windows PCs at work, and is wondering if someone would like to get paid for a few hours work, with some simple document setting up tasks... 1. Helping to sort clients names alphabetically 2. Some simple Word mail merge help 3. Wanting to share client bookings between 2x PCs. The tasks just need someone who can help out in person, with someone who doesn't use computers all day like many of us do! Feel free to give Mikki a call on ph: 9478 3869 (business hours) or on her mobile: 0437 419 636. Just let her know that you're responding to Derek's message, and let her know how much you charge for a few hours helping out. Thanks folks... End of off-topic message. Derek -- 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: Replacement DVD RW? suggestions
thanks for the info I'll try hunt down one of these types of drives sometime this week. Hi Mark, Have installed the Lite-On LH18-A1. LH-20-A1 and the Pioneer DVR-112 and all seem to work fine. The Lite-On drives require 10.4.2 or later to be recognised by Apple's Built in Disc Burning software (and iTunes, iMovie etc) but if you use the free utility PatchBurn 4, all of the drives will work with the OS in 10.3 as well. If you use Toast then you have no problems as they are all recognised by Toast straight away. The only issue I have come across with these drives so far is that they are not supported by Retrospect as backup devices (They won't configure...however many times you try!) - so if you are using Retrospect to backup or archive to DVD then you might want to hunt around for a Pioneer DVR-111 (if you can find one!). Otherwise both drives seem to be fine. Hope that helps a bit, Regards, Dustin. On 18/05/2007, at 11:10 AM, Mark Secker wrote: the DVD RW drive in my G5 tower has died... not under warranty so not willing to pay apple tech repair prices. reads and writes CD's fine, will burn DVD-R's and DVD-RW's fine but will not read data backup disks I made on DVD-R disks nor will it read commercially available video DVD's any one had any joy using a non OEM, 3rd party internally on a late model mac without needing to use Toast (so using OSX's onw burning tools) yep I know xlr8 your mac's database search shows a large number of drives such as the LITE-ON LH-20A1H, Pioneer DVR-112DBK, LG GSA-H12L etc etc http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso with DVD+R/RW +DVD -R/RW, G5 tower, 10.4 just wanting some local experience --~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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] -- 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] -- ~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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]
FW: isync and nokia 5300
Has anyone had any joy connecting a nokia 5300 to a mac, without using VPC and nokia Pcsuite? Is the sonyericsson w810i supported any better? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugh Griffiths Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:31 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: isync and nokia 5300 Has anyone had any joy hacking the isync plist to use a nokia 5300 with isync? Hugh -- 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] -- 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]
Wanted: G3 Powerbook adapter
Hi everyone, Has anyone got a G3 Powerbook adapter - the circular ones - available surplus to requirements or for sale? My adapter has a short and needs to be replaced. Thanks! greg -- 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: isync and nokia 5300
Hi Hugh, I change my phones frequently and have found the Nova Media plug-in to work the best with all my handsets and i-sync. They update their plug-in's on a regular basis. Yes this works with a Nokia 5300 http://www.novamedia.de/e_pages/e_produkte_mac_is_plugin.html Regards Leon. On 21/05/2007, at 4:37 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Has anyone had any joy connecting a nokia 5300 to a mac, without using VPC and nokia Pcsuite? Is the sonyericsson w810i supported any better? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugh Griffiths Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:31 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: isync and nokia 5300 Has anyone had any joy hacking the isync plist to use a nokia 5300 with isync? Hugh -- 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] -- 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] -- 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]
free ink
cartridges still sealed in cardboard box. 5x hp 51645a inkjet black print cartridge 45 1x 5colour cartridge for epson stylus photo 700 1x 3 colour cartridge for epson stylus color 400 600 800 1520 -geoff 0438 448 057 -- 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]
iPhoto crashing
Hi all, For some reason my iPhoto app is crashing, within about 10 seconds of opening EVERY time. I've never had significant problems with apple programs in OS X, so I'm unsure what to do. I've tried the following on a MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 1GB, heaps of spare space, OS 10.4.9, using iPhoto 6.0.6 and 6.0.1 I have 1. Repaired permissions and ran maintenance scripts from terminal 2. Repaired HD using disk utility from start up disk(fixed a few things) 3. Reinstalled iPhoto 6.0.1 from OS X 10.4 DVD None of these have worked, and I am now realising how important iPhoto had become! What caused it? - No idea, just started happening - I've installed a few shareware apps recently, but none are running at same time. If anyone can offer any advice with what to try next, I would really appreciate it. Cheers, James -- 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]
Mac backups to PCs?
I'm about to build an XP based full tower with about 8 removable drives in it to act as the main storage unit for all the data around the house / that I bring home (because the hardware is cheap and space a plenty!) Are there any downsides to backing up to / storing Mac data on the windows platform? I've never had issues in the past when sharing data on a mixed network. Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = == -- 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: Mac backups to PCs?
we use retrospect server on a Windows box to back up our macs to external hard drives, we've never had any problems recovering data back to macs. Storring files in their native mac format can be an issue - if you wish to use any mac file naming conventions that break Windows file name rules you need to ( I belive) have apple file sharing service running on the server and have a separate disk for mac data I'm about to build an XP based full tower with about 8 removable drives in it to act as the main storage unit for all the data around the house / that I bring home (because the hardware is cheap and space a plenty!) Are there any downsides to backing up to / storing Mac data on the windows platform? I've never had issues in the past when sharing data on a mixed network. Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = == -- 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] -- ~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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: Mac backups to PCs?
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 08:29 +0800, Antony N. Lord wrote: I'm about to build an XP based full tower with about 8 removable drives in it to act as the main storage unit for all the data around the house / that I bring home (because the hardware is cheap and space a plenty!) Are there any downsides to backing up to / storing Mac data on the windows platform? I've never had issues in the past when sharing data on a mixed network. Cheers, Antony. Hi Antony, Given that the Mac is a BSD/unix derivitive I would like to think that you are much better off installing Linux on this fileserver. Not only will you have greater stability and security, but you have a much greater number of options as far as mounting the remote filesystem such as NFS, samba or even appletalk. I understand that Linux is a little daunting for the first time user, however with newer distributions out there they are becoming easier and eaier to use (I would recommend using one with a GUI interface such as Ubuntu). Adam. -- 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]
iTunes and podcasts
iTunes refuses to put downloaded MP3 podcasts into the Podcasts library, they remain fixed in the Music library. This is iTunes 7.1.1 and I am sure this was not the case with earlier versions. Any comments? 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]
Re: iPhoto crashing
On 22/05/2007, at 12:10 AM, James Anderson wrote: Hi all, For some reason my iPhoto app is crashing, within about 10 seconds of opening EVERY time. I've never had significant problems with apple programs in OS X, so I'm unsure what to do. I've tried the following on a MacBook Pro 2.16Ghz, 1GB, heaps of spare space, OS 10.4.9, using iPhoto 6.0.6 and 6.0.1 I have 1. Repaired permissions and ran maintenance scripts from terminal 2. Repaired HD using disk utility from start up disk(fixed a few things) 3. Reinstalled iPhoto 6.0.1 from OS X 10.4 DVD None of these have worked, and I am now realising how important iPhoto had become! What caused it? - No idea, just started happening - I've installed a few shareware apps recently, but none are running at same time. Hi James, First try deleting the 'com.apple.iPhoto.plist' in your Home / Library / Preferences - com.apple.iPhoto.plist If that doesn't fix iPhoto crashing. Try Rebuilding the iPhoto Library. Hold down the Option and Command (apple) keys and launch iPhoto. Select the top three options in the dialogue box that appears. Cheers, Ronni -- 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: Mac backups to PCs?
Adam Hewitt wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 08:29 +0800, Antony N. Lord wrote: I'm about to build an XP based full tower with about 8 removable drives in it to act as the main storage unit for all the data around the house / that I bring home (because the hardware is cheap and space a plenty!) Are there any downsides to backing up to / storing Mac data on the windows platform? I've never had issues in the past when sharing data on a mixed network. Cheers, Antony. Hi Antony, Given that the Mac is a BSD/unix derivitive I would like to think that you are much better off installing Linux on this fileserver. Not only will you have greater stability and security, but you have a much greater number of options as far as mounting the remote filesystem such as NFS, samba or even appletalk. I understand that Linux is a little daunting for the first time user, however with newer distributions out there they are becoming easier and eaier to use (I would recommend using one with a GUI interface such as Ubuntu. We share and store many files in cross platform setup here without too many issues. None major. One that comes to mind is illegal characters in your file names. As you used some in your email I thought I should pipe-up ;-) \ / : * ?| None of the above can be used, the most common offender being the slash / Users are often inclined to use a slash in file names and indeed Mac OS will not complain, but characters like this will cause issues and the symptoms aren't always obvious. One word of advice would be 'Gigabit Ethernet'. Thats two I know, so shoot me ;-) 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]
Re: iTunes and podcasts
Hi Sev, It seems to me that if you download the mp3 file - ie the download audio link (for Radio National) then iTunes handles it like a music file (with a genre of podcast) - however if you subscribe to the podcast then iTunes puts them in the Podcasts library. I'm also finding this frustrating - I have some By Design podcasts which I downloaded using my old iMac (OSX 10.2 iTunes3) but have since subscribed to the By Design podcast using my new iMac (OSX 10.4.9 iTunes 7.1.1) - the new podcasts are in the Podcasts library but the old podcasts, which I have added to my library (and which are no longer available as a podcast download) are in the Music library. I want all the By Design podcasts in the same spot on the browser - I don't even care that much if it is under podcasts or music (though podcasts WOULD be more logical) - however after trying several approaches eg moving the actual files (using finder) both into and out of the podcasts folder, adding podcast files using the add to library command for files physically located in both in and out of the podcasts folder, still iTunes stubbornly displays them as either podcasts or music in the browser. So... If anyone knows a workaround, I also would be very happy! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/5/07 9:18 AM, Severin Crisp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iTunes refuses to put downloaded MP3 podcasts into the Podcasts library, they remain fixed in the Music library. This is iTunes 7.1.1 and I am sure this was not the case with earlier versions. Any comments? 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] -- 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: iTunes and podcasts
Hi Neil and Severin, iTunes places only podcasts you've subscribed to into Podcasts playlist as Neil has said. Typecast might do what you want Neil. Typecast lets you copy regular audio files from your Mac or the internet into the iTunes Podcast playlist. Using a simple drag-and-drop interface, you specify the source tracks (episodes), and give your pseudo-podcast a name and description. When you click Send to iTunes, your customized Podcast shows up instantaneously. If you've ever wished you could get iTunes to treat a normal mp3 file just like all the other Podcasts in your subscription list, Typecast might be just what you're looking for. http://www.red-sweater.com/typecast/index.html Cheers, Ronni On 22/05/2007, at 10:13 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Sev, It seems to me that if you download the mp3 file - ie the download audio link (for Radio National) then iTunes handles it like a music file (with a genre of podcast) - however if you subscribe to the podcast then iTunes puts them in the Podcasts library. I'm also finding this frustrating - I have some By Design podcasts which I downloaded using my old iMac (OSX 10.2 iTunes3) but have since subscribed to the By Design podcast using my new iMac (OSX 10.4.9 iTunes 7.1.1) - the new podcasts are in the Podcasts library but the old podcasts, which I have added to my library (and which are no longer available as a podcast download) are in the Music library. I want all the By Design podcasts in the same spot on the browser - I don't even care that much if it is under podcasts or music (though podcasts WOULD be more logical) - however after trying several approaches eg moving the actual files (using finder) both into and out of the podcasts folder, adding podcast files using the add to library command for files physically located in both in and out of the podcasts folder, still iTunes stubbornly displays them as either podcasts or music in the browser. So... If anyone knows a workaround, I also would be very happy! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/5/07 9:18 AM, Severin Crisp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iTunes refuses to put downloaded MP3 podcasts into the Podcasts library, they remain fixed in the Music library. This is iTunes 7.1.1 and I am sure this was not the case with earlier versions. Any comments? 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] -- 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] -- 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]
