Re: Batteries (was: Re: Mighty Mouse)

[Paul K]

Iv'e been using Eneloop batteries for a while now.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=eneloop

They are excellent, first got them for our camera. They knocked our
top-of-the-line energisers for a six!

Cheers
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Batteries (was: Re: Mighty Mouse)

[Martin Hill]

Yes, I agree with Ruben, I wouldn't let battery life be the reason to  
stop using the Mighty Mouse.


Our Mighty Mouse with the right batteries in it lasts for far longer  
between charges than our previous wireless mouse which had a built-in  
rechargeable battery.


I use Energizer 2500mAh Recahargeable batteries in lots of our  
electronic gear including our high-drain Digital SLR camera and they  
actually last far longer before needing recharging than any non- 
rechargeable batteries I had used in the past and I notice some  
companies are now advertising 2700mAh rechargeable batteries now.


http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha_2700_rechargeable_batteries.php

Apparently Energizer themselves now do a 2650mAh rechargeable AA  
battery (though I couldn't find it on Energizer's website which is a  
bit odd):


http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_5681.html

It's pretty nasty that it is so hard to find the mAh rating on many  
non-rechargeable batteries - Nowhere on the Energizer website could I  
find the ratings for their non-rechargeables, but 3rd party sites  
indicate the non-rechargeable Energizer Lithium AA battery holds  
2900mAh but of course, one use and it's dead, whereas the rechargeable  
batteries can be recharged hundreds of times.  Likewise, the non- 
rechargeable Energizer Titanium AA battery is 2850mAh and then it's  
dead.


Comparing costs, the Energizer e2 Lithium is around $5-$7 per battery  
while the Energizer Rechargeable 2500mAh looks to be around $7 (but  
can be re-used hundreds of times).  No contest really and the latter  
is thus far better for the environment as well.  No wonder Energizer  
hides the mAh ratings on their cash-cow non-rechargeable batteries -  
the public would see how badly they've been ripped off.


On the topic of the Mighty Mouse itself, I really like the scroll ball  
and find horizontal scrolling to be such a pain on my other mice.
Being able to scroll diagonally at any angle with the Mighty Mouse  
rather than just up/down or side-to-side is very handy.  (the first  
things i turn off are the Expose on squeeze, and dashboard on ball- 
press settings though)  So far we haven't had any problems with the  
scroll ball gumming up on our loungeroom iMac (touch wood).


-Mart

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On 01/05/2008, at 12:46 AM, Dark1 wrote:

If battery life is your main issue then perhaps you should consider  
getting some batteries from Jaycar in northbridge.


I've always found the batteries there to be far more powerful (at a  
good price too) than the ones you get from anywhere else.


You can get NiMH AA batteries that hold 2000mAH of power (general  
batteries hold 400-900mAH and heavy duty 1000-1500) for a bit over  
$4 each and they're also rechargeable.



Hi fellow WAMUG members

The renewed comments on the positives and negatives of the Mighty  
Mouse, have drawn me to add my two bob's worth.


Just before Christmas I bought my current iMac, and had the  
wireless keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse bundled with it. Having  
never used wireless components before I found the change to be  
almost life-changing, as did the cats (no more cords to kill). I  
have to say I absolutely still love the keyboard, however I have  
recently retired the Mighty Mouse, after about 4 months of use.  
While I have really enjoyed using the Mighty Mouse, I found that  
I'm lucky if I get 3 - 4 weeks between battery changes. This makes  
for a very expensive little toy, so it has graciously been retired.


On a positive note, however, I would like to say a very big thank  
you to Matt, whose post "Bad, bad, mouse" (WAMUG list 4/4/08),  
suggested an excellent alternative mouse. Matt recommended the  
Logitech VX Revolution notebook mouse as an alternative.  This  
mouse only takes one battery, and I have now been using it for  
about 3 weeks (with no evidence that it is about to need  
replacement).  On the law of averages, this mouse is already  
lasting longer than the MM. It is also very light and easy to use  
(particularly with a 24" screen).


I do hope that Apple addresses the short life-spam issue sometime  
in the future, however for anyone looking to buying a new wireles  
mouse, do give this one a go.


I'll now get off my soapbox.

Thanks again Matt, and to other invaluable advice and information  
provided by such wonderful people on this list.


Regards
Rosie

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Re: Diskwarrior

[Robert Howells]

On 01/05/2008, at 9:06 AM, bill parker wrote:


Wamugers,


After an experince with Diskwarrior I though I should tell the story.


Just bought a new MacBookPro.   Did all the migration stuff,  all  
successful, tidiued up, deleted all the unwanted etc.


Got my trusy Diskwarrior Cd   (version 41)   and no go. Tried  
the version that says "ok for Intel".   No go.


Rang Apple,   not much help. Emailed Alsoft and got an apology -  
it will not work as the boot CD.



YES !

That is to be expected .

Disk Warrior 4.1 uses tiger to boot !

Macbook Pro needs Leopard .

Disk Warrior 4.1  will handle Leopard installed on Macs that can boot  
from Tiger or earlier .



Bob




Wait for version 4.2.   meantime, I got a result by using another  
laptop as the DW source connected up by firewire.


Bill


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Re: Diskwarrior

[Robert Howells]

On 01/05/2008, at 9:06 AM, bill parker wrote:


Wamugers,


After an experince with Diskwarrior I though I should tell the story.


Just bought a new MacBookPro.   Did all the migration stuff,  all  
successful, tidiued up, deleted all the unwanted etc.


Got my trusy Diskwarrior Cd   (version 41)   and no go. Tried  
the version that says "ok for Intel".   No go.


Rang Apple,   not much help. Emailed Alsoft and got an apology -  
it will not work as the boot CD.



YES !

That is to be expected .

Disk Warrior 4.1 uses tiger to boot !

Macbook Pro needs Leopard .

Disk Warrior 4.1  will handle Leopard installed on Macs that can boot  
from Tiger or earlier .



Bob




Wait for version 4.2.   meantime, I got a result by using another  
laptop as the DW source connected up by firewire.


Bill


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Re: Diskwarrior

[Robert Howells]

On 01/05/2008, at 9:06 AM, bill parker wrote:


Wamugers,


After an experince with Diskwarrior I though I should tell the story.


Just bought a new MacBookPro.   Did all the migration stuff,  all  
successful, tidiued up, deleted all the unwanted etc.


Got my trusy Diskwarrior Cd   (version 41)   and no go. Tried  
the version that says "ok for Intel".   No go.


Rang Apple,   not much help. Emailed Alsoft and got an apology -  
it will not work as the boot CD.



YES !

That is to be expected .

Disk Warrior 4.1 uses tiger to boot !

Macbook Pro needs Leopard .

Disk Warrior 4.1  will handle Leopard installed on Macs that can boot  
from Tiger or earlier .



Bob




Wait for version 4.2.   meantime, I got a result by using another  
laptop as the DW source connected up by firewire.


Bill


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Diskwarrior

[bill parker]

Wamugers,


After an experince with Diskwarrior I though I should tell the story.


Just bought a new MacBookPro.   Did all the migration stuff,  all 
successful, tidiued up, deleted all the unwanted etc.


Got my trusy Diskwarrior Cd   (version 41)   and no go. Tried the 
version that says "ok for Intel".   No go.


Rang Apple,   not much help. Emailed Alsoft and got an apology - 
it will not work as the boot CD.Wait for version 4.2.   meantime, 
I got a result by using another laptop as the DW source connected up 
by firewire.


Bill


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Re: New iMacs

[Peter Hinchliffe]

I was pretty ambivalent on the Mighty Mouse until I bought my Intel  
iMac, which came with one. Until then, I had only really used them  
sporadically on clients' machines, and formed the impression that they  
worked far better in the right hand than the left.


Since I've been using a Mighty Mouse pretty much full time since the  
iMac, I've discovered it's small idiosyncrasies and learnt how to  
defeat them. I like my little Bluetooth Logitech mouse I use with my  
Macbook Pro, but I now find its up-and-down scrolling a little  
limiting (I know, I can use the Control key for sideways scrolling,  
but it's not as convenient); but I think the clincher is the  
completely smooth action and pin-point accuracy of the scrolling  
wheel, which is not matched by any other mouse I've used. I'm now a  
big fan.



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Re: Mighty Mouse

[Dark1]

If battery life is your main issue then perhaps you should consider  
getting some batteries from Jaycar in northbridge.


I've always found the batteries there to be far more powerful (at a  
good price too) than the ones you get from anywhere else.


You can get NiMH AA batteries that hold 2000mAH of power (general  
batteries hold 400-900mAH and heavy duty 1000-1500) for a bit over $4  
each and they're also rechargeable.



Hi fellow WAMUG members

The renewed comments on the positives and negatives of the Mighty  
Mouse, have drawn me to add my two bob's worth.


Just before Christmas I bought my current iMac, and had the wireless  
keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse bundled with it. Having never  
used wireless components before I found the change to be almost life- 
changing, as did the cats (no more cords to kill). I have to say I  
absolutely still love the keyboard, however I have recently retired  
the Mighty Mouse, after about 4 months of use. While I have really  
enjoyed using the Mighty Mouse, I found that I'm lucky if I get 3 -  
4 weeks between battery changes. This makes for a very expensive  
little toy, so it has graciously been retired.


On a positive note, however, I would like to say a very big thank  
you to Matt, whose post "Bad, bad, mouse" (WAMUG list 4/4/08),  
suggested an excellent alternative mouse. Matt recommended the  
Logitech VX Revolution notebook mouse as an alternative.  This mouse  
only takes one battery, and I have now been using it for about 3  
weeks (with no evidence that it is about to need replacement).  On  
the law of averages, this mouse is already lasting longer than the  
MM. It is also very light and easy to use (particularly with a 24"  
screen).


I do hope that Apple addresses the short life-spam issue sometime in  
the future, however for anyone looking to buying a new wireles  
mouse, do give this one a go.


I'll now get off my soapbox.

Thanks again Matt, and to other invaluable advice and information  
provided by such wonderful people on this list.


Regards
Rosie

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Mighty Mouse

[Rosie Cable]

Hi fellow WAMUG members

The renewed comments on the positives and negatives of the Mighty  
Mouse, have drawn me to add my two bob's worth.


Just before Christmas I bought my current iMac, and had the wireless  
keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse bundled with it. Having never used  
wireless components before I found the change to be almost life- 
changing, as did the cats (no more cords to kill). I have to say I  
absolutely still love the keyboard, however I have recently retired  
the Mighty Mouse, after about 4 months of use. While I have really  
enjoyed using the Mighty Mouse, I found that I'm lucky if I get 3 - 4  
weeks between battery changes. This makes for a very expensive little  
toy, so it has graciously been retired.


On a positive note, however, I would like to say a very big thank you  
to Matt, whose post "Bad, bad, mouse" (WAMUG list 4/4/08), suggested  
an excellent alternative mouse. Matt recommended the Logitech VX  
Revolution notebook mouse as an alternative.  This mouse only takes  
one battery, and I have now been using it for about 3 weeks (with no  
evidence that it is about to need replacement).  On the law of  
averages, this mouse is already lasting longer than the MM. It is  
also very light and easy to use (particularly with a 24" screen).


I do hope that Apple addresses the short life-spam issue sometime in  
the future, however for anyone looking to buying a new wireles mouse,  
do give this one a go.


I'll now get off my soapbox.

Thanks again Matt, and to other invaluable advice and information  
provided by such wonderful people on this list.


Regards
Rosie

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Re: iMovieHD and iMovie

[Stephen Chape]

YES ... that pretty much says it all eh !!

On 30/04/2008, at 9:12 PM, Phillip Arena wrote:


Yes Stephen,

Apple's move was not well received at all and I've stuck with 06 for  
both quality and functionality.

Here's an interesting post FYI;

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/apple-takes-a-step-back-with-imovie-08/

Regards

Phil


I have used iMovie06 for quite some time.
When iMovie 08 arrived I was horrified !!!
Recently I decided to give it another go  thinking I should  
move forward like I always have.
After a few days of trying very hard to cope with it and doing my  
best to be optimistic I have come to realise that it is probably  
the biggest backward move Apple has ever made.


Back to iMovie06 for me !!

On 30/04/2008, at 10:56 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I am a long time iMovieHD user which I find easy to use and fills  
all my wants.  I also watch the progress with iMovie7 and really  
like many of its features.  One vital feature for one aspect of my  
work is the ability to save individual frames with the simple File/ 
Save Frame command which yields a JPEG or PICT frame grab.

I seem unable to achieve this in iMovie7.
Can anyone help in this, please?
Severin

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Re: iMovieHD and iMovie

[Phillip Arena]

Yes Stephen,

Apple's move was not well received at all and I've stuck with 06 for 
both quality and functionality.

Here's an interesting post FYI;

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/apple-takes-a-step-back-with-imovie-08/

Regards

Phil


I have used iMovie06 for quite some time.
When iMovie 08 arrived I was horrified !!!
Recently I decided to give it another go  thinking I should move 
forward like I always have.
After a few days of trying very hard to cope with it and doing my 
best to be optimistic I have come to realise that it is probably the 
biggest backward move Apple has ever made.


Back to iMovie06 for me !!

On 30/04/2008, at 10:56 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I am a long time iMovieHD user which I find easy to use and fills 
all my wants.  I also watch the progress with iMovie7 and really 
like many of its features.  One vital feature for one aspect of my 
work is the ability to save individual frames with the simple 
File/Save Frame command which yields a JPEG or PICT frame grab.

I seem unable to achieve this in iMovie7.
Can anyone help in this, please?
Severin

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Re: New iMac Advice

[Reg Whitely]

Thank you to all WAMUGgers who have answered my query re the new iMac  
specs. I appreciate your comments.

Now to sit down and do the "heart and head" sums.
Reg


On 30 Apr 2008, at 7:45pm, Paul K wrote:


Hi Reg,

With the extra 4GB of RAM that is still cheaper than I paid for the
previous 2.8GHz model with 2GB of RAM. No Ed discount of course.
If you can afford the 750GB drive then grab it but believe me the
500GB is huge! The FW800 port gives excellent opportunity for adding
secondary storage later, very fast but not compared to an internal
drive.
If you are used to a G3 iMac then you better strap yourselves to the
chair with one of these little numbers ;-)


Have fun
Paul

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Re: New iMac Advice

[Paul K]

Hi Reg,

With the extra 4GB of RAM that is still cheaper than I paid for the
previous 2.8GHz model with 2GB of RAM. No Ed discount of course.
If you can afford the 750GB drive then grab it but believe me the
500GB is huge! The FW800 port gives excellent opportunity for adding
secondary storage later, very fast but not compared to an internal
drive.
If you are used to a G3 iMac then you better strap yourselves to the
chair with one of these little numbers ;-)


Have fun
Paul

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Re: GMUG - MacBook Pro + Multi-Touch Trackpad.

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Should always make sure Your RSS reader shows the most recent topics at the top

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Re: iMovieHD and iMovie

[Stephen Chape]

I have used iMovie06 for quite some time.
When iMovie 08 arrived I was horrified !!!
Recently I decided to give it another go  thinking I should move  
forward like I always have.
After a few days of trying very hard to cope with it and doing my best  
to be optimistic I have come to realise that it is probably the  
biggest backward move Apple has ever made.


Back to iMovie06 for me !!

On 30/04/2008, at 10:56 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I am a long time iMovieHD user which I find easy to use and fills  
all my wants.  I also watch the progress with iMovie7 and really  
like many of its features.  One vital feature for one aspect of my  
work is the ability to save individual frames with the simple File/ 
Save Frame command which yields a JPEG or PICT frame grab.

I seem unable to achieve this in iMovie7.
Can anyone help in this, please?
Severin

  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
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MacBook Pro + Multi-Touch Trackpad.

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi All Looks like Apple released new MacBook Pro

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

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Re: New iMacs

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Love/hate for me.
They track beautifully, the small size of the ball gives superb range
and control of speed.
However, they do cost and they die young.
I happily use them at work, nice clean environment, but they cant cut
it here with hairy dogs around and grubby gardener types clutching at
them, fragile little things they are, delicate. ;-)

Cheers
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Re: Hard disk question

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On 30/04/2008, at 3:59 PM, Pat wrote:

I have an Intel Mac Pro with 3 hard drives.  One is for the OS, one  
is for storage of files and the third is only used as a 'scratch'  
disk for Photoshop, etc.


When I double click this 3rd disk, it shows 0 contents, but when I  
look at this 3rd disk with Disk Utility or Get Info, it says, "Used:  
142.5 MB, 62 files."


What is going on?


You may find that you do not have permission to look at it's contents
because you are not the owner    like system may be the owner .

When you do an Apple I on that drive
down the bottom  of that window check the box " ignore ownership "
then see what it tells you


Bob



Are they invisible icons?  If so, if I erase them, will that damage  
some images elsewhere?


I am wanting to partition this drive for other uses.

Cheers,
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[Pat]

I have an Intel Mac Pro with 3 hard drives.  One is for the OS, one is  
for storage of files and the third is only used as a 'scratch' disk  
for Photoshop, etc.


When I double click this 3rd disk, it shows 0 contents, but when I  
look at this 3rd disk with Disk Utility or Get Info, it says, "Used:  
142.5 MB, 62 files."


What is going on?  Are they invisible icons?  If so, if I erase them,  
will that damage some images elsewhere?


I am wanting to partition this drive for other uses.

Cheers,
Pat

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