Re: Domain Name problem follow up

[Adrian Skehan]

Well, after a lot of e-mail exchanges with Apple and the domain name  
provider help desks and getting nowhere I eventually tried the domain  
Name sales people who solved the problem in 10 seconds flat,, Cloaking  
had not been checked.  You have just got to wonder sometimes!


Having resolved that problem I have discovered yet another.  My domain  
Name is invisible to web search engines which defeats the purpose of  
having one.  My enquiries at apple got the following response:


Most Web search engines use programs called "spiders" to scan the Web  
for new pages to add to their search results. To protect Apple's  
customers--and in accordance with Apple's privacy policy--we do not  
allow spiders to access MobileMe and gather data from MobileMe  
webpages. As a result, MobileMe webpages by default do not appear as  
search results in Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, and other search engines.


Google require that you add a HTML coded to your home page so that  
they can verify ownership of the site, this sounds like a good idea  
except that there doesn't appear to be any way of adding any thing in  
HTML to an iWeb (v4.0.2) page and if one could it seems likely that  
they wouldn't be able to find it due to Apples block.


Has anyone out there had any experience with this problem?  any  
suggestions will be appreciated.



Regards,

Adrian

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On 24/10/2008, at 3:50 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote:

Its got me beat at this stage, I will have to wait until I get back  
to Perth some time next month to follow it up with the domain namr  
people and others.  In the meantime thanks to all for the input.



Regards,

Adrian

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On 24/10/2008, at 12:57 PM, James Devenish wrote:


Hi Neil,

Old and new DNS information -- yes, this is due to the
behind-the-scenes mechanics. When you type in a name, it is  
translated

by the database of *your* DNS server, which got the data from *its*
DNS server, which got the data from *its* DNS server, and this chain
continues all the way back to the "authoritative" server. You do not
directly query the authoritative server, because then the whole world
of computers would be hitting large servers (like ".com") a squillion
times per second (which would be slow, costly, and less reliable for
your ISP). Instead, you query your own DNS server, which gives you  
the

latest copy of the info it has. But this isn't always the absolute
latest information. Occasionally this is bad (because you're out of
date compared to the authoritative servers) and occasionally it's  
good

(because corrupt records in the authoritative servers get corrected
before they reach you).

James.

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Re: Canon MPC200 - Waste Ink Message

[Robert Howells]

On 23/11/2008, at 1:41 PM, Warwick Smith wrote:


Hi  all

Our Canon MPC200 printer/scanner/fax/copier has started giving a  
"Waste Ink Near Full" message on the display screen.  I can't find a  
waste ink tank, or any reference in the manuals.  Restarting the  
printer doesn't change it.


Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

Warwick



I can guess you have used a lot of prints  near 10,000 perhaps !

Most of the Inkjet printers actually count the number of prints and on  
the assumption that
the printer needs a service after that many prints , they spit out a  
messageor

stop printing .

If you can find a technical manual by using google to search the net
it is most likely to have an instruction on how to reset the counter .

While it says Waste Ink near full , it might well refer to something  
other than a tank.
It could be some sort of blotter .  This would preferably need washing  
out or replacing.


Have fun

Bob


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Canon MPC200 - Waste Ink Message

[Warwick Smith]

Hi  all

Our Canon MPC200 printer/scanner/fax/copier has started giving a  
"Waste Ink Near Full" message on the display screen.  I can't find a  
waste ink tank, or any reference in the manuals.  Restarting the  
printer doesn't change it.


Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks

Warwick


Warwick L Smith
B Com (Hons) MBA (UWA)
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Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

[Ronda Brown]

On 22/11/2008, at 6:15 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Downloading a new .csv file gives me a file set to open  
automatically with
Excel (which is what I want) but with a file "kind" of "Microsoft  
Excel
Document" rather than "text" - which gives me the problem of no  
preview in
either quicklook or the get info preview - which is, obviously, not  
what I

want!

Any ideas on what I need to change/reset here?


Hi Neil,

Quicklook needs extra plugins to view certain files.
I have been looking for a .csv Quicklook Plugin for my Commsec  
download files for months, have not been able to find on yet!

We might have to program our own .





Apple's Developer Documents: Introduction to Quick Look Programming  
Guide



Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Two partitions

[John Winters]

Stuart,

Would setting up two user accounts do the trick for you. You could log in as
Stuart-Home, or Stuart-Work. This would separate your files for security and
backup purposes without having to partition your drive. No speed penalty,
and no need to decide ahead of time how big each partition needs to be. You
can also set up fast user switching if you like, and use the public account
for files you want to see from either account.

Does that help?
John
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> From: Stuart Breden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:24:15 +0900
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Two partitions
> 
> Hi
> 
> I currently have an iMac at home and work and am planning to get an
> iPhone.
> 
> Is it possible for me to get say a 250GB MacBook Pro and create two
> partitions.  One partition for the home iMac and the other for the
> work.  When I am at home I would work on the home and at work the work.
> 
> if it is possible what are the implications for speed etc?
> 
> Stuart Breden
> PO Box 132
> Kalamunda WA 6926
> Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577
> Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
> Mbl: 0417 053 266
> 
> 
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Re: default flag?

[John Winters]

I've had this problem too. Tracked it down to some clumsy keyboarding on my
part. The keystroke command-spacebar changes the keyboard by rotating
through the checked options. I was accidentally hitting both command and
spacebar with my thumb. Ronni's solution fixes the problem. This information
may explain why it happened.

HTH
John
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> From: Reg Whitely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:50:07 +0900
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: default flag?
> 
> and while you're in the Input Menu prefs, activate Character Pallette
> and Keyboard Viewer. The're great resources to have in the menu bar.
> 
> Reg
> 
> On 22/11/2008, at 11:27 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Non-Americans using the Input Menu are often irritated by the US
>> flag in the menu bar.
>> Unfortunately, if you use the default keyboard that came with your
>> Mac (which is US keyboard layout).
>> 
>> Go into System Preferences > International - Input Menu
>> Scroll down and make sure your have a tick in Australian - Keyboard
>> - Roman
>> Continue scrolling and  UNCHECK ...  US - Keyboard - Roman
>> 
>> Now you won't have two flags in the Menu Bar off your desktop.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
> 
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Re: Alarm clock/iPhone

[Eugene]

Yep,

the built in clock application comes with an alarm, stopwatch, timer  
and world clock.


Works well and is easy to setup.

  Regards,
  Eugene


On 23/11/2008, at 10:04 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:


Hi guys

May seem a simple question but does the iPhone have an alarm clock  
like other phones?  Can't find any thing on iPhone Central or Apple.


Stuart Breden
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Alarm clock/iPhone

[Stuart Breden]

Hi guys

May seem a simple question but does the iPhone have an alarm clock  
like other phones?  Can't find any thing on iPhone Central or Apple.


Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
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Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
Mbl: 0417 053 266



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Two partitions

[Stuart Breden]

Hi

I currently have an iMac at home and work and am planning to get an  
iPhone.


Is it possible for me to get say a 250GB MacBook Pro and create two  
partitions.  One partition for the home iMac and the other for the  
work.  When I am at home I would work on the home and at work the work.


if it is possible what are the implications for speed etc?

Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577
Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
Mbl: 0417 053 266



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Fold up keyboard

[Stuart Breden]

Hi guys

Has a third party yet released a fold up keyboard peripheral that you  
can attach your iPhone like Palm's peripherals.


http://www.palm.com/au/products/accessories/e2/#peripherals
http://www.palm.com/au/products/accessories/tx/#peripherals

Stuart Breden
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Re: Multiple docks

[Peter Fowler]

On 22/11/2008, at 6:24 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:


Hi guys

I use a lot of application in my digital general practice.  A number  
of these are only for clinical use.


Can I put these into a separate dock say on the riigh side and leave  
the defaults OS 10.5 dock at the bottom?


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Hi Stuart

Have a look at this link , it be what you are looking for

cheers

Peter F

http://www.silvermac.com/2008/running-multiple-docks-on-leopard/

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Re: IDVD question

[Andrew Schox]

Thanks guys for all this information. I will experiment and see how things
can be improved.

Cheers,

Andrew

On 22/11/08 3:48 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Most TV's are set by the Manufacturer to use Overscan.
> ³Overscan, The portion of a video image that lies outside a TV's
> visible screen area.
> The amount of overscan varies from model to model, but typically
> ranges between 5% and 10% or the total image.
> Some recent TVs with "pixel-by-pixel" or "dot-by-dot" display modes
> are capable of showing the full image, with no overscan.²
> 
> Some TV¹s allow you to adjust the Overscan or Turn Off Overscan.
> 
> If Andrew (the original poster) is using iDVD 8 he can get around it
> by adding the video files to a iDVD slideshow.
> iDVD 8 now allows movie files to be added to iDVD slideshows.
> The benefit from that is you can set the slideshow to be scaled to the
> TV Safe area in iDVD's Slideshow preferences.
> That will prevent the movies from experiencing the TV Overscan.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> On 21/11/2008, at 10:04 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> 
>> I reckon it must have something to do with the TV.
>> I had this problem with my Widescreen CRT using an SD Set Top Box.
>> I was never able to resolve it.
>> Once I replaced it with a Panasonic LCD with built in HD tuner, the
>> problem vanished.
>> I never found out what caused it.
>> 
>> Sorry this is probably no help except to say it does not seem to be
>> universal with all TV's.
>> 
>> On 20/11/2008, at 9:02 PM, Andrew Schox wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Wamuggers,
>>> 
>>> I've done a few little things in iMovie, and all seems well
>>> (although I'm no
>>> Spielberg). However, when I burn them with iDVD, there seems to be
>>> some
>>> cropping going on when I play it on a DVD player (whether I do the
>>> wide
>>> screen or standard). If I save these movies to movies files they
>>> are not
>>> cropped. Also if I play them on DVD player on my Mac they are OK.
>>> 
>>> Am I doing something stupid, or is this a bug?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Andrew
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Multiple docks

[Stuart Breden]

Hi guys

I use a lot of application in my digital general practice.  A number  
of these are only for clinical use.


Can I put these into a separate dock say on the riigh side and leave  
the defaults OS 10.5 dock at the bottom?


Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577
Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
Mbl: 0417 053 266



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.csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

[Neil Houghton]

Hi all,

I regularly download my share portfolio details from commsec - which
downloads as a .csv file - which I can then open in excel.

I generally copy this info into my excel workbooks but leave a copy of the
original .csv file in my archive folder - to be sure, to be sure ;)

One thing I have been enjoying with Leopard is that quicklook lets me
inspect .csv files as well as .xls files.

However, I have just noticed a couple of problems/inconsistencies:

I downloaded a .csv as usual but noticed it had a different icon - seemed to
be for a pc application I use in parallels - I had a look around and saw I
had a few .csv files like this.

Get info confirmed that they were set to open with the pc application - so I
changed it to open with excel and did the "open all files like this with
this application" thing.

So now they all (well all I've tried so far) open with excel when double
clicked (as they should) - but the don't have the excel file icon and
quicklook just shows a blank document.

After further looking around, my .csv files seem to fall into 3 categories:

1) 
- Get info shows "kind" as "text" and "open with" as "Microsoft Excel"
- Get info icon is an Excel icon

This is the majority of the files and this works as it should in that they
doubleclick open in excel and quicklook (and get info preview) shows a
preview with the text displayed and a large "CSV" watermark at the bottom of
the preview.

2) 
- Get info shows "kind" as "Microsoft Excel Document" and "open with" as
"Microsoft Excel"
- Get info icon is a  blank page icon

With these files they doubleclick open in excel but quicklook (and get info
preview) just shows a blank page icon.

3) 
- Get info shows "kind" as "Microsoft Excel Document" and "open with" as
"Microsoft Excel"
- Get info icon is the pc application icon

As with the type 2) files they doubleclick open in excel but quicklook (and
get info preview) just shows a blank page icon.

>From the above, it seems to me that though quicklook (and get info preview)
correctly preview excel .xls files and .csv file with "kind" = "text" they
get confused by .csv files with "kind" = "Microsoft Excel Document"

I have been trying to work out why I have they different "flavours" of .csv
files - I'm not sure but all the problem files seem to have been generated
since I got my iMac back from repair and re-installed everything - so I'm
assuming I have something set differently?

Update: after a reboot all the pc application icons have disappeared - ie
the type 3) files are all now type 2)

Update 2: it has just occurred to me that another anomaly I have noticed
recently may be related - somebody sent me some emails with a word documents
attached and when I double-clicked them - they opened in text-edit.

Now previously .doc files always opened in Word so, again, something has
been changed in my settings.

Update 3: I'm not sure that the word thing is related - I think it may be
that I just hadn't had Word open (perhaps since re-installing?) After
opening the word files in word and closing again (without re-saving or
otherwise changing the file) the "Open With" application is now "Microsoft
Word" rather than "Textedit" and the other files which were opening with
textedit are also opening with word (without me manually changing the "open
with" application).

I hope the above makes some sense!

So my current status/problem is:

No problem with the emailed word files.

Downloading a new .csv file gives me a file set to open automatically with
Excel (which is what I want) but with a file "kind" of "Microsoft Excel
Document" rather than "text" - which gives me the problem of no preview in
either quicklook or the get info preview - which is, obviously, not what I
want!

Any ideas on what I need to change/reset here?

TIA


Cheers


Neil
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