Re: Data widget?

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi Paul I can Recommend

iStat menus (Applications)
iStat Pro (Widgets)

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> Please all.  Is there some sort of simple, free widget which can tell
> me when data is moving from my computer to somewhere else?
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Data widget?

[Paul Weaver]

Please all.  Is there some sort of simple, free widget which can tell
me when data is moving from my computer to somewhere else?

Cheers, Paul.
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Re: send jpg from mac to phone

[Malcolm McCallum]

Thanks for advice will try and see how I go.
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On 25/09/2008, at 8:16 PM, Eugene wrote:


Yep - in most cases.

Most common way is by BlueTooth, possibly by USB if you can dock the  
phone. A lot depends on the phone of course.


 Regards,
 Eugene


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Is it possible to send jpg to a phone from a mac ?

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Re: MYOB

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi All on this subject

I never recommend that users move files between computers on a regular  
basis - if you can avoid it.  Most people are not as organised as you  
are Susan, and invariably the time arises when a user gets distracted  
or rushed, forgets to take a backup for work on the other computer,  
gets there, thinks that they have, continues to work on the file.   
This may happen a couple or more times before you become aware of  
"missing" data.  That is where the mess arises.  I just don't think  
that it is worth it unless you really have to, especially if you are a  
person who is not regular and up to date with reconciling bank  
accounts, as this process helps find errors/messes.


Stuart's idea of using an external drive is good although it may have  
limitations where more than one person is involved in the data entry,  
if one person wants to keep working on the file in one location after  
the other person has gone (who wants to continue at home for example).


Kyle's suggestion of using Dropbox:  I have no experience with it but  
I would be EXTREMELY careful using this method as it may not work with  
a MYOB data file. I would test it very vigorously before trusting it -  
do one or two transactions, note them down exactly, do your Dropbox  
thing and then check if the transactions have come across. That is one  
scenario.  Another would be to do two transactions in one file, two in  
another, then try the Dropbox thing and see if they are all together  
in the "merged" file.


Myob some time ago revoked the multiuser status of AccountEdge but but  
it can still be used in multiuser mode.  Martin: multiuser means ONE  
data file, more than one computer (although you can have more than one  
business file).


Stuart: I have seen variable results in WIndows Premier performance -  
it is not all bad, some are good and some are slow despite all efforts.


The next year will probably see some big changes in the MYOB programme  
- I think it is being rewritten - and should result in a leaner,  
meaner MYOB!


Cheers,  Alex

Alex Novakovic - Best Computer Accounting
MYOB Certified Consultant
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Phone: 9305 6310

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'I don't want to.'"   Lao-Tzu


On 25/09/2008, at 9:31 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi Martin,

MYOB is not a great network product. Windows or Mac. We have  
customers using different MYOB products and there are various  
issues. Even the networking products (AccountEdge for Mac and  
Premier for Windows) are terrible. There is a lot of information out  
there about improving performance of MYOB across a network and the  
results are not great. We had a customer spend heaps on gigabit  
network equipment for minimal improvement. The only way to get good  
network performance is to run on a Terminal Server setup (Windows)  
or similar for Mac.


AccountEdge will let you work on the data file from 3 computers at  
the same time across a network. I have a few customers with this  
configuration. With FirstEdge it is a single computer product. Even  
with FirstEdge you can have the data file on one computer, and open  
that from another computer on the same network- obviously only one  
computer can have it open at a time. Again I have customers doing  
this. It is important to note that MYOB will not support this  
scenario, but they don't need to know. We recommend you keep regular  
backups and also regularly optimise the company file (once a month).


In a nutshell, you can keep the data file on an external drive (even  
a thumb drive if it is not too big) and open it on different  
computers, or you can copy it between computers. You MUST keep track  
of it though, because if you do work on the data file on one  
computer, and then do work on it on another computer, but forget to  
copy it first, then you CANNOT merge the changes. If that happens  
you CAN export the data that has changed and import it to the other  
data file, but you must know what it is that has changed. In MYOB  
you can export pretty much export/import everything (sales, orders,  
card files, inventory etc). I've had to do it several times. Because  
of this I prefer the single data file on a computer or the single  
data file on a removable drive of some type.


Cheers,
Stuart


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Re: mobile suggestions

[Paul Doyle]

Hi Rosemary,

I'm lucky enough to have recently been given an iPhone to play with  
and I think you could do worse than getting one of them. It all works  
so easily. It combines my ipod, pda and phone into one slender package.


It replaces a Palm Treo which runs some version of windows. Not bad  
but not great for syncing with my mac.


Prior to that I used a series of Palm PDAs for calendar & contact  
info and only used the various basic mobile phones I had for making  
and receiving calls.


It's always a good thing to have your contacts and calendar synced  
with a computer somewhere. That way when someone nicks your phone or  
you drop it, you can sync the replacement and get all the info back  
in your pocket. My contacts and calendar info has been leapfrogging  
from one device to another for years now. When my 20year high school  
reunion came round last month i was able to retrieve all the contact  
information I collected for the 10year reunion and hand it over to  
those foolish enough to join the organizing committee this time round:-)


Good luck with your search for the right device for your needs.

Cheers
Paul Doyle


On 25/09/2008, at 10:44 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

Can anyone tell mw which mobile phone is best for contacts &  
calendar & syncing reliably with mac?

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Re: mobile suggestions

[Peter Fowler]

iPhone of course. Where have you been ?

Another iPhone production.

On 25/09/2008, at 20:59, Susan Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


The iphone!

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Re: mobile suggestions

[Susan Hastings]

The iphone!

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Can anyone tell mw which mobile phone is best for contacts &  
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mobile suggestions

[Rosemary Horton]

Can anyone tell mw which mobile phone is best for contacts & calendar  
& syncing reliably with mac?

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Re: send jpg from mac to phone

[Eugene]

Yep - in most cases.

Most common way is by BlueTooth, possibly by USB if you can dock the  
phone. A lot depends on the phone of course.


  Regards,
  Eugene


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Is it possible to send jpg to a phone from a mac ?

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send jpg from mac to phone

[Malcolm McCallum]

Is it possible to send jpg to a phone from a mac ?

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Re: little fan is dead

[malcolm Tate]

You can also set a free standing fan to run onto it from beside it,  
we use this when using the laptop for long periods and find it works  
rather well, even if it does get a little cold using the mouse on  
cold days.


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On 25/09/2008, at 6:55 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


may be just as a temporary solution
put you macbook onto a larger aluminium plate or heat sink (from a  
broken down amplifier), the 'heatsink is taking more heat away then  
just the air going underneath through...
i'm doing that for ages with my powerbook to reduce the time the  
fan is running

James



On 25/09/2008, at 13:41, David de la Hunty wrote:


hi folks,

Macbook Pro 2.33 gHz Core 2 keeps dying. dead as a doornail, after  
a few hours, like the plug kicked out.


I have decided it is overheating, cause every time this happens  
the fan isn't on but the chassis is almost uncomfortably warm.  
Have propped it up off the desk but still happens.


downloaded a widget to check temp, but the readout doesn't make  
sense... eg "5.19" whatever that means...


if the fan is not kicking in is that a bit of software  
malfunctioning? Will the usual things eg permission repair and  
pram zapping do anything?


Thanks for any tips. DD

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Accessing a Mail mailbox from another Mac ?

[Steven Knowles]

Is there a way of allowing access (ie. view, compose, send, receive  
etc) to a particular Mailbox within Apple Mail on one's own Mac, to a  
3rd party operating from another Mac ? In other words, so that the 3rd  
party has full access to that Mailbox, but no other mailboxes that  
have been set up?


Incidentally, so glad I made the move from Entourage to Mail after  
many years using Entourage. Mail is heaps better!


Cheers, Steven

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Re: little fan is dead

[James / Hans Kunz]

may be just as a temporary solution
put you macbook onto a larger aluminium plate or heat sink (from a  
broken down amplifier), the 'heatsink is taking more heat away then  
just the air going underneath through...
i'm doing that for ages with my powerbook to reduce the time the fan  
is running

James



On 25/09/2008, at 13:41, David de la Hunty wrote:


hi folks,

Macbook Pro 2.33 gHz Core 2 keeps dying. dead as a doornail, after  
a few hours, like the plug kicked out.


I have decided it is overheating, cause every time this happens the  
fan isn't on but the chassis is almost uncomfortably warm. Have  
propped it up off the desk but still happens.


downloaded a widget to check temp, but the readout doesn't make  
sense... eg "5.19" whatever that means...


if the fan is not kicking in is that a bit of software  
malfunctioning? Will the usual things eg permission repair and pram  
zapping do anything?


Thanks for any tips. DD

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