laptop salvage

[David de la Hunty]

Hi folks,

Any bright ideas on this one would be most welcome!

G4 Powerbook - appears to be a bit of a lemon though gave good years  
of service - has finally lost any usable screen image having staggered  
on for around 6 months being jolted and wiggled back into life...


However my problem is that I simply have to have a machine which will  
run Classic in order to access old files at the office, so can't ditch  
it yet. So this one plugs into a monitor and works nicely.


Or would do except that the second screen is set up so that it is not  
mirroring. I can get the Dock to show up but no menu bar, and EVERY  
window which opens up opens on the laptop screen (and is therefore  
invisible) so I can't actually drag any windows over into a visible  
area! catch-22. Have tried to blindly hook the menu bars of open  
windows but have been completely frustrated.


Does anyone have any clever suggestions? Remembering that the Unix  
terminal window would also appear in the wrong place - is there a way  
of intercepting the OS to go straight into the terminal mode and then  
change monitor position that way? Thanks for any ideas.


dd

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Re: laptop salvage

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi David

Function Key F7 should flick it into "Mirror Mode". Once in mirror mode you
could use System Preferences to play around with all the settings to get it
how you want it.

That should work.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 22/7/08 4:05 PM, "David de la Hunty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> Any bright ideas on this one would be most welcome!
> 
> G4 Powerbook - appears to be a bit of a lemon though gave good years
> of service - has finally lost any usable screen image having staggered
> on for around 6 months being jolted and wiggled back into life...
> 
> However my problem is that I simply have to have a machine which will
> run Classic in order to access old files at the office, so can't ditch
> it yet. So this one plugs into a monitor and works nicely.
> 
> Or would do except that the second screen is set up so that it is not
> mirroring. I can get the Dock to show up but no menu bar, and EVERY
> window which opens up opens on the laptop screen (and is therefore
> invisible) so I can't actually drag any windows over into a visible
> area! catch-22. Have tried to blindly hook the menu bars of open
> windows but have been completely frustrated.
> 
> Does anyone have any clever suggestions? Remembering that the Unix
> terminal window would also appear in the wrong place - is there a way
> of intercepting the OS to go straight into the terminal mode and then
> change monitor position that way? Thanks for any ideas.
> 
> dd
> 
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Re: Time Machine & SuperDupa

[John Daniels]

Thanks Bob and Ronni
I will digest all that info. now that I understand the concepts.
I have 2 external drives Bob, one on each machine.
Thanks again
Cheers
John



On 21/7/08 4:17 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> 
> On 21/07/2008, at 4:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hello John,
>> 
>> On 21/07/2008, at 12:07 PM, John Daniels wrote:
>> 
>>> I am currently using Time Machine with 2 external drives permanently
>>> attached to my table lamp iMac and an Intel iMac both with OS 10.5.4.
> 
> John ,
> 
> There is more than one way of reading the information above !
> 
> Do you mean that you have a single dedicated external hard drive for
> each of the two macs ,
> or were you saying the 2 external hard drives are shared between the
> two Macs! ???
> 
> 
> I took it to mean the 2 external drives were being shared between the
> 2 macs !
> 
> Just the way I read it !
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1.  Is there any advantage in using Super Dupa or similar in
>>> addition to or
>>> instead of Time Machine?
>> 
>> Understand the crucial differences between a duplicate (a complete
>> and usually bootable copy of your hard disk)
>> and an archive (containing multiple copies of files as they existed
>> at various points in time).
>> 
>> Time Machine and SuperDuper! Both have their strengths and weaknesses.
>> 
>> TimeMachine will restore your system (any system that has been
>> captured at points in the past) via the DVD Installer's Utilities-
>>> Restore from Time Machine backup. It will obviously take some time
>> to restore but when it does the Volume you restored to will be
>> bootable.
>> 
>> SuperDuper on the other hand is readily available as a bootable
>> Volume but represents a single point in time when it was created.
>> 
>> Superduper doesn't give you a 'history' of your files that you can
>> scroll back through.
>> Time Machine is file recovery (Archive), SuperDuper & Carbon Copy
>> Cloner are bootable backups (Duplicates).
>> 
>> If there is no need to QUICKLY get back to work after a boot device
>> failure then TimeMachine should be sufficient.
>> 
>> Using both TimeMachine & SuperDuper probably is a wise decision.
>> 
>>> 2. Can I re-boot and restore from the external drive or do I need the
>>> start-up disc as well?
>> 
>> If you only need to restore certain files or folders from your
>> TimeMachine drive, you don't use the DVD.
>> 
>> If you¹ve experienced a major disk crash or other catastrophe that
>> requires you to restore an entire disk, rather than merely
>> individual files or folders, you use the Leopard Install DVD (as I
>> mentioned above).
>> 
>>> 3.If the HDD crashes does it crash or affect the external drive
>>> attached to
>>> the Mac?
>> 
>> I would not think so, but if TimeMachine was doing one of it's
>> backups at the time your internal drive crashes you would not have
>> the most current backup of all your files, but then you wouldn't if
>> you were using SuperDuper either.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
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iPhone question or clarification

[Robin Belford]

My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite  
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my  
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.


I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me

thanks

robin


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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Eugene]

Can't help with that one but I'm led to believe that if you are with  
Telstra all the McDonald stores offer free wireless hotspots which  
you connect by entering your phone number. Haven't tried it. can  
anyone verify if this is true?


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 22/07/2008, at 8:46 PM, Robin Belford wrote:

My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite  
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my  
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.


I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me

thanks

robin


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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[malcolm Tate]

I'm not sure as I have never personally do it, but I know my sister  
does it when she comes to Perth and she is with Telstra.


Sam

On 22/07/2008, at 9:11 PM, Eugene wrote:

Can't help with that one but I'm led to believe that if you are  
with Telstra all the McDonald stores offer free wireless hotspots  
which you connect by entering your phone number. Haven't tried  
it. can anyone verify if this is true?


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 22/07/2008, at 8:46 PM, Robin Belford wrote:

My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite  
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my  
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.


I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me

thanks

robin


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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Peter Fowler]

While we are on the subject, Optus also has wireless hotspots, which  
are also available for free... does anyone know where they are ?


Peter


On 22/07/2008, at 9:36 PM, malcolm Tate wrote:

I'm not sure as I have never personally do it, but I know my sister  
does it when she comes to Perth and she is with Telstra.


Sam

On 22/07/2008, at 9:11 PM, Eugene wrote:

Can't help with that one but I'm led to believe that if you are  
with Telstra all the McDonald stores offer free wireless hotspots  
which you connect by entering your phone number. Haven't tried  
it. can anyone verify if this is true?


 Regards,
 Eugene


On 22/07/2008, at 8:46 PM, Robin Belford wrote:

My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite  
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my  
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.


I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me

thanks

robin


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Can't read software DVDs

[john carlson]

Hi All
Plugged in a new software disc into my black MacBook the other day, 
there were some whirring noises
before the disc was spat back out. Other attempts lead to the same 
result until I plugged a DVD movie in which
promptly played. Then tried a different software disc that didn't read. 
:-( Any one familiar with this please?

Black MacBook- 2.0ghz/ 2gig ram
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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi there

On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.

I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me



I haven't seen the article in the paper, but the Telstra salesperson  
said to me that all traffic was chargeable, even wifi traffic.  I  
rang a networking guru who said that he believed this was highly  
unlikely.


I have my iPhone connected to my wifi connection, and have downloaded  
heaps of stuff, which doesn't count toward the NextG data as far as I  
can see.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Susan]

Although it might be best to turn off your NextG  whilst using  
wireless - otherwise it switches between if necessary, and you end up  
with charges you weren't expecting.


But, certainly, if you can use a wireless connection with your laptop  
for free, you can use it with an iphone. That person at Telstra did  
not get the point of your question.

On 23/07/2008, at 10:15 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote:


Hi there

On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.

I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me



I haven't seen the article in the paper, but the Telstra salesperson  
said to me that all traffic was chargeable, even wifi traffic.  I  
rang a networking guru who said that he believed this was highly  
unlikely.


I have my iPhone connected to my wifi connection, and have  
downloaded heaps of stuff, which doesn't count toward the NextG data  
as far as I can see.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Eugene]

Hi Paul,

this was one of the things Telstra first suggested when it joined the  
party. AT&T does the same through Starbucks in the US.


Here is the article I read from the Apple site  and at the end of the relevant  
section it reads:


iPhone 3G will be available from Telstra on 11 July with a range of  
specially designed Next G iPhone 3G plans that meet the needs of any  
customer. The Next G iPhone 3G plans start at $30 per month with an  
upfront cost of $279 for the 8GB model and $399 for the 16GB model.  
Customers will receive the 8GB iPhone 3G model at no cost with the  
$80 plan and either the 8GB or the 16GB model at no cost with plans  
starting at $100 per month. All plans include free Wi-Fi access at  
Telstra hotspots and require a 24-month contract.


When you do a google you'll see a lot more. I think it is typical  
that Telstra sales people don't know their products.


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 23/07/2008, at 10:15 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote:


Hi there

On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.

I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me



I haven't seen the article in the paper, but the Telstra  
salesperson said to me that all traffic was chargeable, even wifi  
traffic.  I rang a networking guru who said that he believed this  
was highly unlikely.


I have my iPhone connected to my wifi connection, and have  
downloaded heaps of stuff, which doesn't count toward the NextG  
data as far as I can see.


Regards,
Paul.

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Re: iPhone question or clarification

[Eugene]

Hi Paul,

Better still from the horses mouth.



Pricing

The Telstra Wireless Hotspot service, with its availability,  
selection of partners and ease of access, is affordable and great value.


* Casual Usage Options
* Subscription Options

Casual Usage Options
Telstra Mobile Post-Paid Customers: One log-in session at a time

Telstra Post-Paid Mobile customers will be charged the following:
Connection fee per session  Charge per minute (or part of minute)
25 cents (inc GST)  20 cents (inc GST)

If you are a BigPond customer, please visit www.bigpond.com for  
pricing options.


If you are a Telstra iPhone™ 3G customer on an iPhone Plan, you will  
not be charged for using the Telstra Wireless Hotspot service via  
this payment method.


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 23/07/2008, at 10:15 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote:


Hi there

On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite
cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my
laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free.

I am reading in today's Australian that this is not the case.
Can anyone clarify this for me



I haven't seen the article in the paper, but the Telstra  
salesperson said to me that all traffic was chargeable, even wifi  
traffic.  I rang a networking guru who said that he believed this  
was highly unlikely.


I have my iPhone connected to my wifi connection, and have  
downloaded heaps of stuff, which doesn't count toward the NextG  
data as far as I can see.


Regards,
Paul.

What was the best thing before sliced bread?
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Paul W. Mulroney 
Logical Developments

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 86 Coolgardie Street
www.logicaldevelopments.com.au  BENTLEY  WA  6102
Ph: +61 8 9458 3889   
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