Screen Contrast
Hi Wamuggers My wifes 24 Intel iMac on 10.4.9 seems to have a display glitch which developed today while she was printing from iPhoto It is like a white haze across the screen (like max contrast on a tv). You can still use it but big strain to see mouse pointer etc. It has been shut down and re-started with no effect on fault. There does not appear to be a setting for contrast only brightness, which is the same setting as always. Two questions 1. Any idea of an easy fix, or should I take it to the Apple shop. 2. What's the best way to back up all her files to external HD. Thanks Andrew -- 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: Screen Contrast
Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows maybe cure that problem. Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I have used this to make a couple of my external hard drives bootable complete with all my applications and data. I've used it for copying 2 laptops and my G5 on to a partitioned external drive, each partition allocated to an individual machine. Which means that I can boot the laptops or the G5 using that external drive. This allows me to access all my files too. Hope this can be of help to you. Kind regards, Philippe Chaperon Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Screen Contrast Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:29 +0800 Hi Wamuggers My wifes 24 Intel iMac on 10.4.9 seems to have a display glitch which developed today while she was printing from iPhoto It is like a white haze across the screen (like max contrast on a tv). You can still use it but big strain to see mouse pointer etc. It has been shut down and re-started with no effect on fault. There does not appear to be a setting for contrast only brightness, which is the same setting as always. Two questions 1. Any idea of an easy fix, or should I take it to the Apple shop. 2. What's the best way to back up all her files to external HD. Thanks Andrew -- 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: Screen Contrast
Thanks for the advice re backing up. I'll give it a try. What is zapping the PRAM? Andrew On 16/08/2008, at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows maybe cure that problem. Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I have used this to make a couple of my external hard drives bootable complete with all my applications and data. I've used it for copying 2 laptops and my G5 on to a partitioned external drive, each partition allocated to an individual machine. Which means that I can boot the laptops or the G5 using that external drive. This allows me to access all my files too. Hope this can be of help to you. Kind regards, Philippe Chaperon Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Screen Contrast Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:29 +0800 -- 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: Screen Contrast
Hi Andrew, I would try System Preferences -- Displays -- Color -- Display Profile: Kyle On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows maybe cure that problem. Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I have used this to make a couple of my external hard drives bootable complete with all my applications and data. I've used it for copying 2 laptops and my G5 on to a partitioned external drive, each partition allocated to an individual machine. Which means that I can boot the laptops or the G5 using that external drive. This allows me to access all my files too. Hope this can be of help to you. Kind regards, Philippe Chaperon Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Screen Contrast Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:29 +0800 Hi Wamuggers My wifes 24 Intel iMac on 10.4.9 seems to have a display glitch which developed today while she was printing from iPhoto It is like a white haze across the screen (like max contrast on a tv). You can still use it but big strain to see mouse pointer etc. It has been shut down and re-started with no effect on fault. There does not appear to be a setting for contrast only brightness, which is the same setting as always. Two questions 1. Any idea of an easy fix, or should I take it to the Apple shop. 2. What's the best way to back up all her files to external HD. Thanks Andrew -- 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]
Re: Screen Contrast
Hi Andrew, Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 Kyle On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Andrew Alison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the advice re backing up. I'll give it a try. What is zapping the PRAM? Andrew On 16/08/2008, at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows maybe cure that problem. Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I have used this to make a couple of my external hard drives bootable complete with all my applications and data. I've used it for copying 2 laptops and my G5 on to a partitioned external drive, each partition allocated to an individual machine. Which means that I can boot the laptops or the G5 using that external drive. This allows me to access all my files too. Hope this can be of help to you. Kind regards, Philippe Chaperon Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Screen Contrast Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:29 +0800 -- 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: POP, IMAP or Exchange ?
IMAP still needs a matching SMTP server. On 16/08/2008, at 9:00 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: And from the perspective of my wife's situation (SMTP etc. last week) how does IMAP impact. Does the IMAP server also send mail without needing an smtp server? Rob Neil Houghton wrote: Hmmm, I'm getting interested in this topic - I've always used POP never had any experience of IMAP. I got around the issue of what emails went where by making my main desktop computer the primary client/email store - so set it up to remove the mail from the server as it downloaded it. For any other computers (laptop, mother-in-law in Perth etc) I set up the accounts to leave the email on the server - that way I could check the mail conveniently wherever I was but then, when I returned home it would all get downloaded to the main computer for filing. This was OK for short term moving around, but I soon found snags on a recent 6-week holiday - my mailboxes soon filled up and I had to start clearing stuff out so that emails to me didn't get bounced. Not really the sort of thing I wanted to worry about on holiday :( Once I realised the problem I got into the habit of marking any email that I was deleting remove from server which didn't totally solve the problem but at least made the fill-up time acceptable. I'm trying to work out if IMAP would be a better solution - but if all your mail is left on the server don't you still just soon run into the mailbox full issue? Bigpond only gives you 20MB and I think my (free) hosted domain has the same - whereas my Entourage Identity folder currently sits at around 1.4 GB! If you go the IMAP route do you have to pay to increase your online mailbox size to accommodate your (constantly increasing) email archive - or is there another way round this? Cheers Neil -- Rob Phillips, BSc, PhD, Grad Dip Comp Sci, FHERDSA Teaching and Learning Centre Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia -- 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]
Attachments to sent email - Apple Mail - where are they stored ?
As an ex-user of Entourage, I would periodically check my Sent emails and 'remove' attachments. Not delete the email itself, just remove the attachment. This was because when you attached a file to an email message in Entourage, it would basically duplicate the file and store it within the Entourage filing system somewhere. Your Entourage 'Database' file could become extraordinarily large and cumbersone if all attachments were left attached. Now an Apple Mail user, Mail doesn't seem to let you remove attachments from sent emails. I've done a couple of tests but I'm confused (not a difficult thing to do). If I send an attachment via Mail, and then delete the original file, the file remains attached to the sent email. There is a folder LibraryMail Downloads where attachments seem to be stored. I've deleted the attached file from this folder too, but the file still seems to be attached to the sent email. And when I open the file that is attached to the sent email, the attached file seems to be recreated in the Mail Downloads folder. Would someone be able to explain to me how the attachment filing system works with Mail ? Is there any need to remove attachments from sent emails to avoid unnecessary use of disk space? Cheers, Steven -- 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: Attachments to sent email - Apple Mail - where are they stored ?
On 17/08/2008, at 3:48 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: As an ex-user of Entourage, I would periodically check my Sent emails and 'remove' attachments. Not delete the email itself, just remove the attachment. This was because when you attached a file to an email message in Entourage, it would basically duplicate the file and store it within the Entourage filing system somewhere. Your Entourage 'Database' file could become extraordinarily large and cumbersone if all attachments were left attached. Now an Apple Mail user, Mail doesn't seem to let you remove attachments from sent emails. I've done a couple of tests but I'm confused (not a difficult thing to do). If I send an attachment via Mail, and then delete the original file, the file remains attached to the sent email. There is a folder LibraryMail Downloads where attachments seem to be stored. I've deleted the attached file from this folder too, but the file still seems to be attached to the sent email. And when I open the file that is attached to the sent email, the attached file seems to be recreated in the Mail Downloads folder. Would someone be able to explain to me how the attachment filing system works with Mail ? Is there any need to remove attachments from sent emails to avoid unnecessary use of disk space? Hello Steven, Choose Message Remove Attachments. Extract taken from 'Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard' Where Attachments Live and How to Delete Them When you receive a message with attachments, Mail stores the raw source of the attachments inside the message file itself. Thus, if you remove attachments from a selected message (by choosing Message Remove Attachments), Mail modifies the .emlx file on disk that contains the message. Meanwhile, Mail stores a second copy of a downloaded attachment—in its original format—in a separate folder if, and only if, you open the attachment from within Mail (for example, by clicking the attachment icon or using Quick Look). This folder is normally ~/Downloads, but you can select a different folder in Mail’s General preference pane by choosing Other from the Downloads Folder pop-up menu. Removing attachments from a message does not delete them from this folder! Deleting an entire message does—but only after you quit Mail. You can choose when Mail deletes attachment copies in the Mail Downloads folder with the Remove Unedited Downloads pop-up menu on the General preference pane. Choose Never to retain the files indefinitely, or When Mail Quits (my recommendation) to delete them when you quit Mail. 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: POP, IMAP or Exchange ?
Neil Houghton wrote: Bigpond only gives you 20MB I am constantly astounded at what Telstra calls 'deals'. 20MB, that could easily be just four messages! If I had no choice but to stay with Telstra I believe I would be asking them _at least_ once a month, just before billing day I imagine, WHY oh WHY they were not increasing the value in their plan. They would hate 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]
ripping dvds
What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer ?Thanks Martin -- 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: ripping dvds
On 17/08/2008, at 11:34 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer What sort of DVD ? What version Mac OSX ? Usually if your Mac is set up for it , the DVD should appear on the desktop just like a Hard drive ( except for an Installer DVD ) Bob Thanks Martin -- 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: ripping dvds
Hi Martin 'Mac the ripper' or 'Handbrake' are probably what you are looking for. Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone On 17/08/2008, at 12:34, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/08/2008, at 11:34 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer What sort of DVD ? What version Mac OSX ? Usually if your Mac is set up for it , the DVD should appear on the desktop just like a Hard drive ( except for an Installer DVD ) Bob Thanks Martin -- 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]
