iWorks upgrade

[Stuart Breden]

For those of us using iWork 2008, is there an upgrade deal or do we  
buy iWork 2009 outright?


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: Database template for Cub Scouts?

[Paul Weaver]

We've spent some time with the Bento demo and are wondering if boxed single 
user packs are to be had 'cheaply' over the counter in Perth environs, or do we 
need to buy online?

:) Paul.

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Phantom e-mail

[Norman Leslie]

Hi,

I notice there have been several postings of late about Mac Mail  
problems.


I too am experiencing a problem with Mac Mail [v3.5] running on 10.5.6  
- I get phantom messages without a sender or subject, only a date. I  
have done some checking - it does seem to be an issue on Apple  
Discussions but no cure.


http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9082321

This is not an issue with BigPond mail.

I have run Disk Utility and Yasu, but that didn't help.

Anyone else experiencing this phenomenon? Any suggested causes? Better  
still any possible cures!!



Norman Leslie
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Re: Phantom e-mail

[Ronda Brown]

On 10/03/2009, at 4:39 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi,

I notice there have been several postings of late about Mac Mail  
problems.


I too am experiencing a problem with Mac Mail [v3.5] running on  
10.5.6 - I get phantom messages without a sender or subject, only a  
date. I have done some checking - it does seem to be an issue on  
Apple Discussions but no cure.


http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9082321

This is not an issue with BigPond mail.

I have run Disk Utility and Yasu, but that didn't help.

Anyone else experiencing this phenomenon? Any suggested causes?  
Better still any possible cures!!


Hello Norman,

I have not received any of these Phantom "SPAM" emails. But, they have  
been around for years though.


Select one of the blank messages and View>Message>Long Headers.

If you look through the detailed headers you will see where the  
content of the message starts.
It's likely that the message was created by a 'zombie' system that  
someone has taken over for the purposes of sending spam, and that the  
program creating the spam message is messing up the format of the  
email it's sending - which means that your email reader can't find the  
sender, recipient, subject etc. where it expects them in the message.


Just delete the messages - you're definitely not missing anything!

Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: Phantom e-mail

[Norman Leslie]

Hi Ronni,

Thanks for the speedy reply.

I guess I should consider myself lucky that I have only started  
getting them in the last 3 weeks!


I didn't open them, I marked them as Junk and went to Delete Junk Mail  
- I didn't dare looking at any aspect of it!


It is nice to have you back, Ronni.

Norman Leslie
Bunbury
nwles...@mac.com



On 10/03/2009, at 5:02 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 10/03/2009, at 4:39 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi,

I notice there have been several postings of late about Mac Mail  
problems.


I too am experiencing a problem with Mac Mail [v3.5] running on  
10.5.6 - I get phantom messages without a sender or subject, only a  
date. I have done some checking - it does seem to be an issue on  
Apple Discussions but no cure.


http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9082321

This is not an issue with BigPond mail.

I have run Disk Utility and Yasu, but that didn't help.

Anyone else experiencing this phenomenon? Any suggested causes?  
Better still any possible cures!!


Hello Norman,

I have not received any of these Phantom "SPAM" emails. But, they  
have been around for years though.


Select one of the blank messages and View>Message>Long Headers.

If you look through the detailed headers you will see where the  
content of the message starts.
It's likely that the message was created by a 'zombie' system that  
someone has taken over for the purposes of sending spam, and that  
the program creating the spam message is messing up the format of  
the email it's sending - which means that your email reader can't  
find the sender, recipient, subject etc. where it expects them in  
the message.


Just delete the messages - you're definitely not missing anything!

Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: Database template for Cub Scouts?

[Mike Murray]

Hi Paul
Bento single pack is $79 at Next Byte on Stirling Highway, saw them  
today when I bought Ilife09 and iwork09 (no, there's no upgrade deals)  
and they were $129 each, ouch!

Mike

On 10/03/2009, at 4:21 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:

We've spent some time with the Bento demo and are wondering if boxed  
single user packs are to be had 'cheaply' over the counter in Perth  
environs, or do we need to buy online?


:) Paul.

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Re: iPhone car kit

[Stephen Chape]

Why do you need bluetooth when the iPhone already has hands free ?

On 10/03/2009, at 1:30 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

My issue is that the coverage is increased via the car's high gain  
aerial which is part of the kit I had installed and the kit also  
keeps the phone charged, I talk on it via bluetooth which is  
integrated with the car audio system.  Installing the kit cost a  
small fortune so I would like to keep using it especially when we  
take the 10,000 KM. drive over east every year.



Regards,

Adrian

adrianske...@me.com
http://www.skehan.id.au/










On 10/03/2009, at 12:57 PM, Eugene wrote:

Lots of them listed on eBay. Mine cost $30 from HK and I am very  
happy with it. It has FM transmission, charging, and hands free  
speakerphone


Type "iPhone hands free" on eBay

Regards,
Eugene


On 10/03/2009, at 12:50 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

Does anyone know if there is there a car kit available for the  
iPhone?  If not is there a way of connecting one to an existing  
car kit aerial?




Regards,

Adrian

adrianske...@me.com
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Re: Multi page scan

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 10/03/2009, at 8:47 AM, Robert Howells wrote:




At least I am still laughing  !



Sounds like you need a bit of cheering up! My wife had two knee  
replacements last year - on the same knee! - so I have some idea of  
how hectic life has been for you. I hope she's back on her feet soon.


Cheers,

Peter


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Winmail.dat

[Edwards Cranston]

Hi all, I often get e-mails attachments with winmail .dat as an  
attachment.
I cannot open these files  and any suggestions on how to open these  
would be appreciated.


Regards Cranston.

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Re: Winmail.dat

[Robert Howells]

On 11/03/2009, at 7:20 AM, Edwards Cranston wrote:

Hi all, I often get e-mails attachments with winmail .dat as an  
attachment.
I cannot open these files  and any suggestions on how to open these  
would be appreciated.


Regards Cranston.



From the WAMUG archives :

***
Fri Oct 20 19:05:07 2000

The problem you are having with winmail.dat is that your friends are
sending from M$ Outlook (not express) using the M$ rich text option.
POP mail clients can't interpret this RTF and so it gets transformed  
into winmail.dat or application/tnef or something like that.
It makes attachments unreadable. The remedy - a utility called TNEF's  
Enough.
I can't remember where I got it but it works a treat. Try download.com  
or kagi.com or versiontracker.com.
You save the winmail.dat file and open it in TNEFs Enough and it  
extracts the attachments.

Cheers Greg
***

Have fun

Bob



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Re: iWorks upgrade

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 10/03/2009, at 4:07 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:

For those of us using iWork 2008, is there an upgrade deal or do we  
buy iWork 2009 outright?




There is no upgrade price. You just have to buy a new version.  
Fortunately, the price even for a new version is less than the upgrade  
price of certain competing products.


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Fwd: iPhone car kit

[Adrian Skehan]

Good question.  As yet I don't have one, so maybe I should at least  
have a look at them before I get too excited.


Regards,

Adrian

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On 10/03/2009, at 9:43 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:


Why do you need bluetooth when the iPhone already has hands free ?

On 10/03/2009, at 1:30 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

My issue is that the coverage is increased via the car's high gain  
aerial which is part of the kit I had installed and the kit also  
keeps the phone charged, I talk on it via bluetooth which is  
integrated with the car audio system.  Installing the kit cost a  
small fortune so I would like to keep using it especially when we  
take the 10,000 KM. drive over east every year.



Regards,

Adrian

adrianske...@me.com
http://www.skehan.id.au/










On 10/03/2009, at 12:57 PM, Eugene wrote:

Lots of them listed on eBay. Mine cost $30 from HK and I am very  
happy with it. It has FM transmission, charging, and hands free  
speakerphone


Type "iPhone hands free" on eBay

  Regards,
  Eugene


On 10/03/2009, at 12:50 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

Does anyone know if there is there a car kit available for the  
iPhone?  If not is there a way of connecting one to an existing  
car kit aerial?




Regards,

Adrian

adrianske...@me.com
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Re: Database template for Cub Scouts?

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 10/03/2009, at 4:21 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:

We've spent some time with the Bento demo and are wondering if boxed  
single user packs are to be had 'cheaply' over the counter in Perth  
environs, or do we need to buy online?


:) Paul.



Yes, it certainly is. Most Apple stores should stock it. RRP $79.

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Re: iPhone car kit

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi

I use a bluetooth earpiece when driving, because although the iPhone  
has a "hands free" speakerphone mode, it's not really loud enough for  
the car.


Adrian, I don't think it's possible to attach an external aerial to  
the iPhone, so you're out of luck on that front.  However, you should  
still be able to use bluetooth with you iPhone without any problems.   
For charging, you need something like the Griffin car accessories for  
the iPhone - it comes with a car charger adaptor.


Regards,
Paul.

On 11/03/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:


Why do you need bluetooth when the iPhone already has hands free ?

On 10/03/2009, at 1:30 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:


My issue is that the coverage is increased via the car's high gain
aerial which is part of the kit I had installed and the kit also
keeps the phone charged, I talk on it via bluetooth which is
integrated with the car audio system.  Installing the kit cost a
small fortune so I would like to keep using it especially when we
take the 10,000 KM. drive over east every year.





A little boy in church for the first time watched as the ushers  
passed around the offering bag.  When they came near his pew, the boy  
said loudly "Don't pay for me, Daddy.  I'm under five."

--
Paul W. Mulroney 
Logical Developments

pmulro...@logicaldevelopments.com.au 86 Coolgardie Street
www.logicaldevelopments.com.au  BENTLEY  WA  6102
Ph: +61 8 9458 3889  Fax:  
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Re: iPhone car kit

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On 10/03/2009, at 12:50 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

Does anyone know if there is there a car kit available for the  
iPhone?  If not is there a way of connecting one to an existing car  
kit aerial?


I'm using a Belkin Roadtrip very successfully with my iPhone. Even  
though it is an older model and intended for iPods (the iPhone reminds  
me of this every time I use it) it works perfectly.


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MacPro Fans in Overdrive

[chesnutt]

Hi List,

I recently bought a refurbished 8 core MacPro from the Apple Online Shop.  2 
gig of RAM, and running Sys 10.5.1. It is the model which has just been 
superceded.

It was delivered about a week ago, but due to work commitments I only got to 
unpack it yesterday.  It seemed to boot fine, and I loaded and set about 
running a memory test programme.  All seemed well yesterday, with the whisper 
quiet operation of the fans which I had previously seen in the retail shops I 
had visited.

It is temporarily set up in the middle of the floor in my office, with 
unrestricted airflow.

This morning I woke it from sleep, and shortly afterwards the fans came to life 
both loud and strong.  The air coming out seems barely warm, and the case is 
not in the least warm.  Upon being made to go to sleep, the fans die, and on 
wakeup they kick in again.  I have tried shutting down, leaving it for 15 
minutes and rebooting, with only the Finder running.  Same deal, really loud 
fans if the machine is awake, instant quiet if I put it to sleep.

The machine is presently switched off.

Does anybody have any ideas??


Thanks,

Bill Chesnutt

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[Robert Howells]

On 11/03/2009, at 11:22 AM, chesn...@it.net.au wrote:


Hi List,

I recently bought a refurbished 8 core MacPro from the Apple Online  
Shop.  2 gig of RAM, and running Sys 10.5.1. It is the model which  
has just been superceded.


It was delivered about a week ago, but due to work commitments I  
only got to unpack it yesterday.  It seemed to boot fine, and I  
loaded and set about running a memory test programme.  All seemed  
well yesterday, with the whisper quiet operation of the fans which I  
had previously seen in the retail shops I had visited.


It is temporarily set up in the middle of the floor in my office,  
with unrestricted airflow.


This morning I woke it from sleep, and shortly afterwards the fans  
came to life both loud and strong.  The air coming out seems barely  
warm, and the case is not in the least warm.  Upon being made to go  
to sleep, the fans die, and on wakeup they kick in again.  I have  
tried shutting down, leaving it for 15 minutes and rebooting, with  
only the Finder running.  Same deal, really loud fans if the machine  
is awake, instant quiet if I put it to sleep.


The machine is presently switched off.

Does anybody have any ideas??


Thanks,

Bill Chesnutt



No !  But it reinforces my reservations about " refurbished "   
recently made gear !


Obviously the refurbished gear went back to the factory ( ? ) for some  
reason .


The question always to be answered is :

Was the problem fixed   OR
as in lot's of situations , did the refurbishment consist only of new  
packaging ?


Good Luck

Bob


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Re: MacPro Fans in Overdrive

[Ronda Brown]

On 11/03/2009, at 11:38 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 11/03/2009, at 11:22 AM, chesn...@it.net.au wrote:


Hi List,

I recently bought a refurbished 8 core MacPro from the Apple Online  
Shop.  2 gig of RAM, and running Sys 10.5.1. It is the model which  
has just been superceded.


It was delivered about a week ago, but due to work commitments I  
only got to unpack it yesterday.  It seemed to boot fine, and I  
loaded and set about running a memory test programme.  All seemed  
well yesterday, with the whisper quiet operation of the fans which  
I had previously seen in the retail shops I had visited.


It is temporarily set up in the middle of the floor in my office,  
with unrestricted airflow.


This morning I woke it from sleep, and shortly afterwards the fans  
came to life both loud and strong.  The air coming out seems barely  
warm, and the case is not in the least warm.  Upon being made to go  
to sleep, the fans die, and on wakeup they kick in again.  I have  
tried shutting down, leaving it for 15 minutes and rebooting, with  
only the Finder running.  Same deal, really loud fans if the  
machine is awake, instant quiet if I put it to sleep.


The machine is presently switched off.

Does anybody have any ideas??


Thanks,

Bill Chesnutt



No !  But it reinforces my reservations about " refurbished "   
recently made gear !


Obviously the refurbished gear went back to the factory ( ? ) for  
some reason .


The question always to be answered is :

Was the problem fixed   OR
as in lot's of situations , did the refurbishment consist only of  
new packaging ?



Hello Bill,

Normally loud fan noise and fans running fast is caused by build up of  
dust. Being a refurbished unit from Apple it should be clean, you  
would hope?


Check that there is no dust clogging the vent on your video card. Wipe  
it with a Q-Tip and see if it fixes your problem.


Otherwise check here:


I read this on the Apple Mac Pro Discussions some time ago & kept the  
text but not the link, sorry.

Quote:
"I SOLVED my fan Problem. I decided to clean my computer on the  
inside. While doing so, I decided to look up how to take out the front  
cooling fan on the internet, and I stumbled upon this http://macsaregreat.com/?p=63 
>


My fan problem was caused by a solid layer of dust built up on the  
heat sink of my ATI Radeon X1900 Graphics Card. If you go to the  
article linked above, you can see a picture of how it looks.


If you aren't looking for it, you will easily miss it because it will  
be a solid layer of dust covering the heat sink (plus its not the best  
viewing angle to see).


I cleaned the heat sink to my card, booted my computer, fans ran loud  
for 5 seconds and then slowed down and started running quietly!


I can't vouch for other video cards, but this totally fixed my  
problem, even the booting up twice problem!"

End of Quote:

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: iPhone car kit

[ponti...@iinet.net.au]

On 10/03/2009, at 12:50 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is there a car kit available for the  
> iPhone?  If not is there a way of connecting one to an existing car  
> kit aerial?

If you are talking just about making phone calls, with an extended mobile phone 
range, then TH Bury (www.bury.com) have 
either a dedicated cradle (Uni Take&Talk) for the 3G iphone, or a Bluetooth 
cradle, with inductive aerial (Take & Talk BT).  With 
the latter, a separate charging cable is needed & is available for the 3G 
iphone.  I have used the Take & Talk BT (without a 
charging cable for the iphone) connected to an external aerial and it certainly 
extends the mobile phone range in rural areas, 
although if hills are between you and the tower, the range extension will be 
minimal.  However, of itself, the Take & Talk BT 
does not support the iPod function of the iPhone, at least in the car that I 
have used it in.

If you are just after a hands free unit, without an external aerial, there are 
a lot cheaper options than the TH Bury products.

Richard





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Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

[Ronda Brown]

Hello WAMUGer's,

I gave a person permission to download a 373.4 MB disk image (.dmg)  
from my iDisk Public Folder.
As he started the download he saw it was going to take over two hours,  
so he tried to stop the download, (how I have no idea).

Eventually he ended up with a 15MB size file on his Desktop.
This incomplete file shows as a white page, which he cannot open or  
move to the Trash, he receives this message when attempting to move it:


" Some of the items you are moving are in use by another application.  
Moving item can cause problems with the application using them "


He says he definitely ejected my Public iDisk when he had finished  
copying to his desktop by my instructions

File -> Eject 'ronni-public'

I know there are Terminal commands that could be typed to trash this  
file  but.
There is absolutely NO WAY I want this guy going anywhere near  
Terminal ...  Heaven Forbid!
He is a very basic Mac user, doesn't follow instructions well (even  
with screenshots I include with my instructions), and can stuff up  
anything and I mean really "Stuff Up" anything!


I remember using this in Jaguar days I think it was. Do you think it  
is worth a try in Leopard 10.5.6?


1. Rename the file to "remove.rtf" (without the quotation marks)
2. Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit)
3. From the File menu, choose Save As
4. Select the location where the file is located
5. Type: "remove" in the Save As field (it should be showing this)
6. Click Save, then Replace
7. Quit TextEdit
8. Drag remove.rtf to the Trash
9. Empty the Trash

Or do you have other suggestions that I could get him to do please?

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

[Robert Howells]

On 11/03/2009, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello WAMUGer's,

I gave a person permission to download a 373.4 MB disk image (.dmg)  
from my iDisk Public Folder.
As he started the download he saw it was going to take over two  
hours, so he tried to stop the download, (how I have no idea).

Eventually he ended up with a 15MB size file on his Desktop.
This incomplete file shows as a white page, which he cannot open or  
move to the Trash, he receives this message when attempting to move  
it:


" Some of the items you are moving are in use by another  
application. Moving item can cause problems with the application  
using them "


He says he definitely ejected my Public iDisk when he had finished  
copying to his desktop by my instructions

File -> Eject 'ronni-public'

I know there are Terminal commands that could be typed to trash this  
file  but.
There is absolutely NO WAY I want this guy going anywhere near  
Terminal ...  Heaven Forbid!
He is a very basic Mac user, doesn't follow instructions well (even  
with screenshots I include with my instructions), and can stuff up  
anything and I mean really "Stuff Up" anything!


I remember using this in Jaguar days I think it was. Do you think it  
is worth a try in Leopard 10.5.6?


1. Rename the file to "remove.rtf" (without the quotation marks)
2. Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit)
3. From the File menu, choose Save As
4. Select the location where the file is located
5. Type: "remove" in the Save As field (it should be showing this)
6. Click Save, then Replace
7. Quit TextEdit
8. Drag remove.rtf to the Trash
9. Empty the Trash

Or do you have other suggestions that I could get him to do please?

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ronni


He needs to clear( stop )   the other application  this  
sometimes can be done

simply by restarting finder

failing that ,   a restart may do it

HTH's

Bob

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Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

[Roger Kortas]

Hi Ronda

I had that happen to a file last week and its seems the file had got  
corrupted and the only way I could delete it was by restarting the Mac  
and running repair permissions!!



roger

On 11/03/2009, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello WAMUGer's,

I gave a person permission to download a 373.4 MB disk image (.dmg)  
from my iDisk Public Folder.
As he started the download he saw it was going to take over two  
hours, so he tried to stop the download, (how I have no idea).

Eventually he ended up with a 15MB size file on his Desktop.
This incomplete file shows as a white page, which he cannot open or  
move to the Trash, he receives this message when attempting to move  
it:


" Some of the items you are moving are in use by another  
application. Moving item can cause problems with the application  
using them "


He says he definitely ejected my Public iDisk when he had finished  
copying to his desktop by my instructions

File -> Eject 'ronni-public'

I know there are Terminal commands that could be typed to trash this  
file  but.
There is absolutely NO WAY I want this guy going anywhere near  
Terminal ...  Heaven Forbid!
He is a very basic Mac user, doesn't follow instructions well (even  
with screenshots I include with my instructions), and can stuff up  
anything and I mean really "Stuff Up" anything!


I remember using this in Jaguar days I think it was. Do you think it  
is worth a try in Leopard 10.5.6?


1. Rename the file to "remove.rtf" (without the quotation marks)
2. Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit)
3. From the File menu, choose Save As
4. Select the location where the file is located
5. Type: "remove" in the Save As field (it should be showing this)
6. Click Save, then Replace
7. Quit TextEdit
8. Drag remove.rtf to the Trash
9. Empty the Trash

Or do you have other suggestions that I could get him to do please?

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

[Ronda Brown]

On 11/03/2009, at 2:00 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 11/03/2009, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello WAMUGer's,

I gave a person permission to download a 373.4 MB disk image (.dmg)  
from my iDisk Public Folder.
As he started the download he saw it was going to take over two  
hours, so he tried to stop the download, (how I have no idea).

Eventually he ended up with a 15MB size file on his Desktop.
This incomplete file shows as a white page, which he cannot open or  
move to the Trash, he receives this message when attempting to move  
it:


" Some of the items you are moving are in use by another  
application. Moving item can cause problems with the application  
using them "


He says he definitely ejected my Public iDisk when he had finished  
copying to his desktop by my instructions

File -> Eject 'ronni-public'

I know there are Terminal commands that could be typed to trash  
this file  but.
There is absolutely NO WAY I want this guy going anywhere near  
Terminal ...  Heaven Forbid!
He is a very basic Mac user, doesn't follow instructions well (even  
with screenshots I include with my instructions), and can stuff up  
anything and I mean really "Stuff Up" anything!


I remember using this in Jaguar days I think it was. Do you think  
it is worth a try in Leopard 10.5.6?


1. Rename the file to "remove.rtf" (without the quotation marks)
2. Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit)
3. From the File menu, choose Save As
4. Select the location where the file is located
5. Type: "remove" in the Save As field (it should be showing this)
6. Click Save, then Replace
7. Quit TextEdit
8. Drag remove.rtf to the Trash
9. Empty the Trash

Or do you have other suggestions that I could get him to do please?

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ronni


He needs to clear( stop )   the other application  this  
sometimes can be done

simply by restarting finder

failing that ,   a restart may do it


Sorry Bob, I should have mentioned I've had him Quit all Applications  
and restart his computer numerous times.

All to no avail, the file refuses to be moved.

Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

[Ronda Brown]

Thanks Roger,

I'm sure I asked him to Repair Permissions, but that doesn't mean he  
did "Repair Permissions".
I'll email him to make sure he has ... but when he checks his email is  
anyone's guess ;-)


Cheers,
Ronni

On 11/03/2009, at 2:01 PM, Roger Kortas wrote:


Hi Ronda

I had that happen to a file last week and its seems the file had got  
corrupted and the only way I could delete it was by restarting the  
Mac and running repair permissions!!



roger

On 11/03/2009, at 1:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello WAMUGer's,

I gave a person permission to download a 373.4 MB disk image (.dmg)  
from my iDisk Public Folder.
As he started the download he saw it was going to take over two  
hours, so he tried to stop the download, (how I have no idea).

Eventually he ended up with a 15MB size file on his Desktop.
This incomplete file shows as a white page, which he cannot open or  
move to the Trash, he receives this message when attempting to move  
it:


" Some of the items you are moving are in use by another  
application. Moving item can cause problems with the application  
using them "


He says he definitely ejected my Public iDisk when he had finished  
copying to his desktop by my instructions

File -> Eject 'ronni-public'

I know there are Terminal commands that could be typed to trash  
this file  but.
There is absolutely NO WAY I want this guy going anywhere near  
Terminal ...  Heaven Forbid!
He is a very basic Mac user, doesn't follow instructions well (even  
with screenshots I include with my instructions), and can stuff up  
anything and I mean really "Stuff Up" anything!


I remember using this in Jaguar days I think it was. Do you think  
it is worth a try in Leopard 10.5.6?


1. Rename the file to "remove.rtf" (without the quotation marks)
2. Open TextEdit (/Applications/TextEdit)
3. From the File menu, choose Save As
4. Select the location where the file is located
5. Type: "remove" in the Save As field (it should be showing this)
6. Click Save, then Replace
7. Quit TextEdit
8. Drag remove.rtf to the Trash
9. Empty the Trash

Or do you have other suggestions that I could get him to do please?

I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ronni



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Search Window

[Travis Hansen]

Hi all,
There's something that's been bugging me since upgrading to Leopard.
When I open a normal Finder window and type something in the search
field in the top right corner, it searches the contents of the files
on my mac because (of course) the "Contents" button is selected by
default. Is there a way to have the "File Name" button selected by
default when doing a search in this way?  99% of the time I only want
to search the file names.

Cheers
Travis

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Re: Search Window

[Ronda Brown]

Hello Travis,

1. Bring up a search window using Command-F
2. Click on "File Name" instead of "Contents"

Below was written by Francine Schwieder:
"While there isn't a thing you can do about the toolbar default, you  
CAN render it irrelevant. If you bring up the Find window using the  
shortcut of Command-Shift-F, then you will get "Name:Contains" with  
the cursor blinking in the blank entry field. Type the file name you  
want to find, and the results will be files whose actual file name  
contains whatever you typed. Furthermore, if you don't want to be  
bothered by using the shift key, you can go to System Prefs- 
>Keyboard&Mouse->Shortcuts and reverse the two shortcuts, so that  
"Find..." with the "Kind" nonsense becomes Command-Shift-F, and "Find  
by Name..." is a simple Command-F. Restart the Finder after you make  
your changes, and then whenever you do Command-F you will get a search  
box with "Name:Contains" and the cursor blinking in the field for you  
to just type your search word-- the results will be files containing  
your word in their NAME, not the content.


There still ain't a dang thing you can do about the default of  
searching "This Mac" rather than the folder you were in when you  
invoked the search."


You can take a look  at the article she wrote on Spotlight at the link  
below:




Cheers,
Ronni


On 11/03/2009, at 2:55 PM, Travis Hansen wrote:


Hi all,
There's something that's been bugging me since upgrading to Leopard.
When I open a normal Finder window and type something in the search
field in the top right corner, it searches the contents of the files
on my mac because (of course) the "Contents" button is selected by
default. Is there a way to have the "File Name" button selected by
default when doing a search in this way?  99% of the time I only want
to search the file names.

Cheers
Travis


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Re: Search Window

[Mervyn & Giuliana Bond]

Travis
If I enter a word in Spotlight it initially produces a list with the 
first item, Show All.
When I click on Show All a dialogue box appears and in the headings 
are Contents and File Name.  As you say, Contents is the default, but 
a click on File Name produces what you want.


If in the Finder you go to File and Find you get the same window as 
clicking on Show All in Spotlight.  Click on File Name.

Seconds are precious but that is about all it takes.

You can also use key board shortcuts to open these windows.  See 
Spotlight preferences.

Merv


Hi all,
There's something that's been bugging me since upgrading to Leopard.
When I open a normal Finder window and type something in the search
field in the top right corner, it searches the contents of the files
on my mac because (of course) the "Contents" button is selected by
default. Is there a way to have the "File Name" button selected by
default when doing a search in this way?  99% of the time I only want
to search the file names.

Cheers
Travis

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