Re: I Cal

[Ronda Brown]

Hello Ken,

iCal quitting can be caused by damaged preferences files. You could  
try this:
These instructions are for iCal in Tiger NOT Leopard (Leopard iCal has  
a file different structure).


Make a backup of your iCal calendars  (iCal File menu > Back up iCal)
1. Quit iCal and all open programs
a) Move these files in Home/Library/Preferences to the Trash:
com.apple.iCal.alarmsCache.plist
com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist
com.apple.iCal.helper.plist
com.apple.iCal.plist

2. Launch iCal

If that doesn't help, then the Apple Sync Services database may be
damaged. Try replacing it:

a) Make sure that nothing is syncing (Spanning Sync,.Mac, iSync)
b) Move this folder to the trash: Home/Library/Application Support/  
SyncServices

c) Restart your computer

3. Open iCal and give it a few minutes to write out the new database.

Let us know if this solves your problem.

Cheers,

Ronni

On 18/09/2008, at 9:32 AM, Ken Jackson wrote:


Morning all,

It says the application I Cal quit unexpectedly Peter.
Won't get beyond that, running 10.4.11 on a G5.

Ken



From: Peter Hinchliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:53:05 +0800
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Subject: Re: I Cal


On 17/09/2008, at 1:09 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:


Hi folks,
My I Cal has packed it in?
Tried a search for an update but most everything refers to 10.5, I
asked for
10.4.11 but nothing comes up that helps?
Any hints please,

Best to all,

Ken




First things first: what do you mean by "packed it in"?
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Re: Locking an iTunes playlist

[Paul Weaver]

Thanks Ronda. Spot on. Another 'victory' for humans.

Cheers, Paul.


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Re: Mail problems - lost "local mailboxes"

[David Nicholas]

Thanks Bob.  Yes I have resolved the problem.  It was very simple once  
I stumbled on it.


David


On 17/09/2008, at 5:27 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 17/09/2008, at 10:01 AM, David Nicholas wrote:



When I booted up this morning and clicked on Mail, I got a message  
about an update.  Foolishly, I chose the update.  The result was  
that the update clobbered my mail choice of iinet and substituted a  
mobileme connection which didn't allow me to access my previous mail.


I don't know if this is connected with my update last week from  
Tiger to Leopard.


After initial panic, I rang the iinet help line and got excellent  
help.  I've reconnected to iinet and deleted mobileme.  However, I  
haven't been able to display my local mailboxes.  They are on the  
machine all right - I can find them and their messages via mail/ 
library/mailboxes but they don't display as before in my left hand  
menu.  Even worse is that when I go through the mail/library/ 
mailboxes route, the message names are numerics, and don't display  
the headers.


There is probably a simple box to tick somewhere in Mail  
Preferences, but I can't find it.


Can anybody suggest where to look.

David Nicholas



Did you resolve this problem


Bob


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Re: Mouse not pairing - now working

[Andrew Alison]

Hi Bob
Yes, I run Software Update. I usually keep an eye on WAMUG before  
installing updates - esp OS and iTunes etc to make sure there are no  
serious issues cropping up. I always do a permissions repair before  
and after installing - ?overkill. So far, I have only ever had minor  
issues which have been rectified without resorting to uninstalling or  
reverting to previous versions.
I also run Software Update on my Toshiba notebook to update iTunes,  
Quicktime & Safari - otherwise it would mean a manual download and  
install. Again, no issues to date.

Andrew


On 18/09/2008, at 9:54 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 18/09/2008, at 9:47 AM, Andrew Alison wrote:


After many frustrating attempts, I ran Software Update again.
2 updates came up that I didn't need, but I installed them and  
restarted.

Mouse paired automatically.
I definately restarted after installing 10.5.5.
I'm just glad to be cable free again.
Andrew




So you ran software update !

There are many professionals and amateurs who will tell you that  
downloading and running
the Combo update will likely clear problems found after an auto  
software update .




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Re: Mouse not pairing - now working

[Robert Howells]

On 18/09/2008, at 9:47 AM, Andrew Alison wrote:


After many frustrating attempts, I ran Software Update again.
2 updates came up that I didn't need, but I installed them and  
restarted.

Mouse paired automatically.
I definately restarted after installing 10.5.5.
I'm just glad to be cable free again.
Andrew




So you ran software update !

There are many professionals and amateurs who will tell you that  
downloading and running
the Combo update will likely clear problems found after an auto  
software update .





Personally I always use the combo updates and have none of the  
problems others seem to get


Of course that may just be my hardware set up , but I think not .

Bob


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Mouse not pairing - now working

[Andrew Alison]

After many frustrating attempts, I ran Software Update again.
2 updates came up that I didn't need, but I installed them and  
restarted.

Mouse paired automatically.
I definately restarted after installing 10.5.5.
I'm just glad to be cable free again.
Andrew

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Mouse not pairing

[Andrew Alison]

Hi all
I am having difficulty getting my Mighty Mouse to pair with my iMac  
(10.5.5). It stopped responding last night. Bluetooth assistant  
recognizes it but pairing fails. It will also not pair with the Mighty  
Mouse from our other iMac (10.4.9). Both still work with the older  
iMac. New batteries installed.

I have installed OS 10.5.5, but I'm sure it has worked since I did that.
I'm back to normal mouse in the meantime.
Any ideas?
Andrew

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Re: I Cal

[Ken Jackson]

Morning all,

It says the application I Cal quit unexpectedly Peter.
Won't get beyond that, running 10.4.11 on a G5.

Ken


> From: Peter Hinchliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:53:05 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: I Cal
> 
> 
> On 17/09/2008, at 1:09 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> My I Cal has packed it in?
>> Tried a search for an update but most everything refers to 10.5, I
>> asked for
>> 10.4.11 but nothing comes up that helps?
>> Any hints please,
>> 
>> Best to all,
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
> 
> 
> First things first: what do you mean by "packed it in"?
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> 
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> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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Re: DiskWarrior

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 17/09/2008, at 7:12 PM, Lloyd White wrote:

I have DiskWarrior 4 updated. But last time I tried I could not boot  
from

the disk.

I can't connect to the Alsoft website to check.

Has there been a new release that lets OS 10.5.5 boot from the disk?

Lloyd




Alsoft have been down because of Hurricane Ike, but apparently they're  
back now


http://www.macworld.com/article/135603/2008/09/alsoft.html?lsrc=rss_news

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Re: October 14th Rumours

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 18/09/2008, at 6:36 AM, Aurora74 wrote:

I have heard that there is going to be a strong possibility that  
Apple will

announce hardware upgrades on the 14th October.

Can anyone confirm or deny these reports as I need to by a few  
machines and
don't want to get caught short particularly with the MacBook Air  
with its

old processor.




Steve Jobs might be able to help... can't think of anyone else   :-)

When it comes to Apple's announcements, anything you read or hear  
before the event is pure conjecture.


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Re: Help! MacBook Pro won't boot!

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 18/09/2008, at 6:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:


Running latest OS.

MacBook Pro lid was closed. Sleep light solid (not blinking), then I  
open lid, no action.


I can power down using power button, and Mac shuts off I think as  
sleep light goes out. Hit power button, and you can hear a little  
noise from the hard disk as it clicks into gear, but then no start  
up strum, no action on screen, no nothing.


Any tips that I can try? Have removed and put battery back on - no  
joy.


Have a ton of work to get done so must mac booted urgently. Grateful  
for any tips.


Cheers! Steven

Sent from my iPhone



Are you truly powering down, ie, holding the power button down for at  
least 10 seconds?


Have you tried adjusting the brightness with the F2 key (this little  
trick has caught me out before)?


I presume you are trying all of this with the charger attached. You  
should also be sure that no other devices are connected to the  
computer, including such things as Bluetooth mice.


How about the Three-Finger Salute (hold down the Control and the  
Command keys, then press the power button - the computer should reboot).


Can you boot into Target Mode (hold down the "T" key at startup, and  
you should be rewarded with a Firewire logo on your screen, at which  
point you can connect to another computer via a Firewire cable and at  
least see your hard drive).


If none of these measures or tests produce results, it's starting to  
sound like a hardware problem, most likely a hard drive issue.


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Re: I Cal

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 17/09/2008, at 1:09 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:


Hi folks,
My I Cal has packed it in?
Tried a search for an update but most everything refers to 10.5, I  
asked for

10.4.11 but nothing comes up that helps?
Any hints please,

Best to all,

Ken




First things first: what do you mean by "packed it in"?
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Re: October 14th Rumours

[Rod Blitvich]

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/17/rumor-german-retailer-might-have-new-macbook-
pro/

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/16/rumor-new-macbooks-have-shipped/


on 18/09/08 6:36 AM, Aurora74 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have heard that there is going to be a strong possibility that Apple will
> announce hardware upgrades on the 14th October.
> 
> Can anyone confirm or deny these reports as I need to by a few machines and
> don't want to get caught short particularly with the MacBook Air with its
> old processor.
> 
> Please contact me off list if you feel more comfortable.
> 
> Smiles
> Aurora
> 
> PS Thankyou to all that replied with my "Help with Courses" request - I will
> be replying I promise.

 


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October 14th Rumours

[Aurora74]

Hi,

I have heard that there is going to be a strong possibility that Apple will
announce hardware upgrades on the 14th October.

Can anyone confirm or deny these reports as I need to by a few machines and
don't want to get caught short particularly with the MacBook Air with its
old processor.

Please contact me off list if you feel more comfortable.

Smiles
Aurora

PS Thankyou to all that replied with my "Help with Courses" request - I will
be replying I promise.
-- 
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.'
Martin Luther King

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Help! MacBook Pro won't boot!

[Steven Knowles]

Running latest OS.

MacBook Pro lid was closed. Sleep light solid (not blinking), then I  
open lid, no action.


I can power down using power button, and Mac shuts off I think as  
sleep light goes out. Hit power button, and you can hear a little  
noise from the hard disk as it clicks into gear, but then no start up  
strum, no action on screen, no nothing.


Any tips that I can try? Have removed and put battery back on - no joy.

Have a ton of work to get done so must mac booted urgently. Grateful  
for any tips.


Cheers! Steven

Sent from my iPhone

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DiskWarrior

[Lloyd White]

I have DiskWarrior 4 updated. But last time I tried I could not boot from
the disk. 

I can't connect to the Alsoft website to check.

Has there been a new release that lets OS 10.5.5 boot from the disk?

Lloyd 

 





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Re: Mail problems - lost "local mailboxes"

[Robert Howells]

On 17/09/2008, at 10:01 AM, David Nicholas wrote:



When I booted up this morning and clicked on Mail, I got a message  
about an update.  Foolishly, I chose the update.  The result was  
that the update clobbered my mail choice of iinet and substituted a  
mobileme connection which didn't allow me to access my previous mail.


I don't know if this is connected with my update last week from  
Tiger to Leopard.


After initial panic, I rang the iinet help line and got excellent  
help.  I've reconnected to iinet and deleted mobileme.  However, I  
haven't been able to display my local mailboxes.  They are on the  
machine all right - I can find them and their messages via mail/ 
library/mailboxes but they don't display as before in my left hand  
menu.  Even worse is that when I go through the mail/library/ 
mailboxes route, the message names are numerics, and don't display  
the headers.


There is probably a simple box to tick somewhere in Mail  
Preferences, but I can't find it.


Can anybody suggest where to look.

David Nicholas



Did you resolve this problem


Bob


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Emptying trash

[Lloyd White]

I updated to 1.5.5 with no problems except the trash will not empty. Even
after a restart it has frozen. I tried a ³secure delete² and it has found
825,635 items to delete. I has deleted a few of them but again has frozen.
The time machine sees to be working frantically. Is this part of the
problem? It is trying to delete the trash from every backup?

Any ideas?  Lloyd


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