Re: I Movie audio
Right, I'm playing with that Ronni, thanks again, best, Ken On 01/05/2009, at 7:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Ken, All the clips of the original project are merged into a single clip in the new project. You can no longer edit titles, for example. You can, however, split the single clip to edit parts of it. You can add transitions, for example, or new titles. Cheers, Ronni On 01/05/2009, at 5:21 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Funny one this Ronni, I started a new I Movie imported the Full Quality file into it hello! It plays back fine,, problem is I couldn't finish the edit because of the staggering video audio. It won't allow you to drag the whole file into the edit space (as clips) but it plays fine. Thanks, you're right though it could be a unassociated problem so will have to have that looked in to, I'm not cluey enough for that yet. Thanks again, will let you know if I get the problem solved, have a peaceful weekend, regards Ken On 30/04/2009, at 4:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 30/04/2009, at 1:22 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Ronni, thanks, good to talk again. Hi Ken, A bit more information is really required to be able to offer constructive help. 1. How long is the video? about 29 minutes, I've done longer without this problem tho'. 2. Have you converted it to a DVD? No this is just in I MOvie HD. 3. Was the Audio shot from a camcorder set to 12 bit Audio? No it's 16 bit. 12-bit Audio will always go out of sync on long recordings, 16- bit will not. 4. Did the Audio play correctly in iMovieHD? No that's where the problem is 5. Does the Video track play correctly, or is it both Audio and Video breaking up? The video is breaking up a s well. 6. What Camera did you shoot the footage on? A panasonic NV GS-70 Without knowing what you have done or how Being Out of Sync, you could be dropping frames or your sample rate could be off. Not so much 'out of sync' but more like a buffering effect the music breaks up completely while the video staggers a bit. If it's just the Audio out of sync, you could extract the audio and check the sample rate. With Quicktime Pro you can export as Sound to AIFF and resample, under Options if need be. Audacity is a free stand-alone sound editor that might be handy. http://audacity.sourceforge.net If the Audio drifts it's usually because the sample rate is off. The sample rate should be 48kHz, 16-bit It's strange that it occurs on the G4 the G5, never has before? Hope that helps narrow it a bit? Hi Ken, Unfortunately no, it doesn't really narrow it down ;-) There was a problem with 'stuttering / stalling' playback in iMovie HD happening back after Quicktime 7.5 update, but that was corrected in Quicktime 7.5.5 7.6 update. A couple of things I could suggest at this time to try, (but with no guarantees either will work), would be to Export the entire iMovie Project to a 'Quicktime Full Quality movie'. This will join all the clips into a single clip. You could then Import THAT movie into a NEW iMovie project. The new project will (should) play smoothly for it contains no audio clips. (The Audio clips have all been absorbed into the one video clip in the new project). Export to Quicktime is not a time-sensitive operation, unlike if you exported back to the camera. You can then finish editing the new project, add chapter markers, and send to iDVD. To try this, follow these instructions: 1.Open the stuttering project in iMovie. 2. From the iMovie menubar, choose File Share. 3. Click the QuickTime icon at the top of the window. 4. Choose Full Quality from the popUp menu Compress movie for:. 5. Click Share. When the export window opens name the movie and note the folder where you save it. 6. Close the stuttering project. 7. Create a new project, using a different name. 8. Import the Full Quality movie. (If you are low on disk space, you can avoid duplicating the Full Quality movie by importing the Full Quality movie through the back door. Quit iMovie. In the Finder, Control-Click on the new package icon, and choose Show Project Contents from the popUp menu. Drop the Full Quality movie in the Media folder. Close the Finder project window. Open the project in iMovie. The Full Quality movie will be in the Trash. Move it to the Timeline. Finish your editing of the project. It needed, split the single clip as needed. Add your chapter markers for iDVD, if needed, and share the project to iDVD. OR Try sending the iMovie project to iDVD and burn a DVD, (I suggest you Save as a Disc Image rather than burn the DVD to see if that plays without problems). The iDVD encoding acts a lot like exporting to Quicktime, apparently iDVD takes whatever time it needs to
Managing tasks on Mac
Hi All I have recently upgraded my iinet account and now have 20GB off peak download limit. The change also means my off-peak time is now 2am - 12pm (previously 12am - 8am). Does anyone know how I can get a program like Vuze (my preferred download method) to start up automatically at the off-peak time so that I don't get shaped? It would be good if it also wakes the computer at this time. Am I asking too much? I had a look at iCal alarm for this function, but when I went to choose the script to run, Vuze was not available. Any ideas? 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Managing tasks on Mac
Hi Andrew I am also a user of Vuze but I've now got fed-up with it. I would look at uTorrent which is apparently much better and supports scheduling. I'd be interested to see how you go. My housemate and I try and download in the off-peak period but it gets counted in our peak period?? Cheers - Original Message - From: Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 5:26:39 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Managing tasks on Mac Hi All I have recently upgraded my iinet account and now have 20GB off peak download limit. The change also means my off-peak time is now 2am - 12pm (previously 12am - 8am). Does anyone know how I can get a program like Vuze (my preferred download method) to start up automatically at the off-peak time so that I don't get shaped? It would be good if it also wakes the computer at this time. Am I asking too much? I had a look at iCal alarm for this function, but when I went to choose the script to run, Vuze was not available. Any ideas? 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Managing tasks on Mac
I have set my Mac to wake at 2am and sleep at 12pm. If I leave Vuze open when I go to bed it should restart when the computer wakes up at 2am. I'll see how it goes. I just can't stay up until 2am. I'm not as young as I used to be. Andrew On 02/05/2009, at 6:00 PM, David Moyle wrote: Hi Andrew I am also a user of Vuze but I've now got fed-up with it. I would look at uTorrent which is apparently much better and supports scheduling. I'd be interested to see how you go. My housemate and I try and download in the off-peak period but it gets counted in our peak period?? Cheers - Original Message - From: Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 5:26:39 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Managing tasks on Mac Hi All I have recently upgraded my iinet account and now have 20GB off peak download limit. The change also means my off-peak time is now 2am - 12pm (previously 12am - 8am). Does anyone know how I can get a program like Vuze (my preferred download method) to start up automatically at the off-peak time so that I don't get shaped? It would be good if it also wakes the computer at this time. Am I asking too much? I had a look at iCal alarm for this function, but when I went to choose the script to run, Vuze was not available. Any ideas? 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Managing tasks on Mac
On 02/05/2009, at 8:01 PM, Andrew wrote: I have set my Mac to wake at 2am and sleep at 12pm. If I leave Vuze open when I go to bed Alternately : Go to it's icon in the dock Then click and hold to selectOpen at Login Bob it should restart when the computer wakes up at 2am. I'll see how it goes. I just can't stay up until 2am. I'm not as young as I used to be. Andrew On 02/05/2009, at 6:00 PM, David Moyle wrote: Hi Andrew I am also a user of Vuze but I've now got fed-up with it. I would look at uTorrent which is apparently much better and supports scheduling. I'd be interested to see how you go. My housemate and I try and download in the off-peak period but it gets counted in our peak period?? Cheers - Original Message - From: Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 5:26:39 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Managing tasks on Mac Hi All I have recently upgraded my iinet account and now have 20GB off peak download limit. The change also means my off-peak time is now 2am - 12pm (previously 12am - 8am). Does anyone know how I can get a program like Vuze (my preferred download method) to start up automatically at the off-peak time so that I don't get shaped? It would be good if it also wakes the computer at this time. Am I asking too much? I had a look at iCal alarm for this function, but when I went to choose the script to run, Vuze was not available. Any ideas? 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Telstra.
I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: digilife goes in to receivership?
Sorry, I've just seen this. I ask why items are in service centres for months.. Anyhow... Maybe I should goto bed Hope everyone is having a good week. Cheers, David - Original Message - From: Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 9 April, 2009 4:27:23 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: digilife goes in to receivership? A friend of mine rang them in a bit of a panic to see where his iMac that they have had in the repair shop for months. The story is that the repair shop is still working, all stock has been sold off (I gather in bulk) and they , obviously, arnt selling anything. Regards, Adrian On 09/04/2009, at 4:22 PM, Rod wrote: They had moved from Mt Hawthorn to Osborne Park not long ago. I believe they are still open though, just being run by the receivers. Rod. Sent from my iPhone On 09/04/2009, at 4:12 PM, Toby Oldham toby.old...@screenwest.wa.gov.au wrote: City store has closed. Empty. Been that way for a couple of weeks? Didn't know the Mt Hawthorn store had closed also... T. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:wa...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Mark Secker Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:44 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: digilife goes in to receivership? Just checking the Digilife webside I see that the city store is closing and the banner of the site says Receivers and Managers Appointed bugger mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Managing tasks on Mac
I'll give it a try Andrew On 02/05/2009, at 8:05 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 8:01 PM, Andrew wrote: I have set my Mac to wake at 2am and sleep at 12pm. If I leave Vuze open when I go to bed Alternately : Go to it's icon in the dock Then click and hold to selectOpen at Login Bob it should restart when the computer wakes up at 2am. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver tongue ! Bob I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
Suppose it would not hurt . Mac On 02/05/2009, at 10:35 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver tongue ! Bob I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
As an Apple Macintosh user, there is nothing to recommend the bigpond internet product from Telstra, relative to iinet thus westnet, unless Telstra is the only service provider in your area. As a mac user, essentially all your internet traffic (both uploads downloads) are counted towards your monthly Gigabyte limit, ie Apple software updates (a bevy of Apple software updates can exceed the monthly limit of Telstra's cheapest plan - this being only 600 MB - in one run of Software Update). Any iTunes product (movie trailers, music purchases or movie rentals) are counted, as are ABC iView streaming of recent ABC TV shows. The cited examples are all part of the iinet freezone. Bigpond's own movie rentals pay TV offerings, although not counted as part of the bigpond traffic limit, are not usable on Apple computers running an Apple OS, because the products rely on Windows only DRM. If you have an intel mac, you could purchase Windows and a product like Parallels and run windows on the intel mac to get access to the bigpond free content, so you may not be so technically constrained as Apple PPC users. Therefore, as a fulltime mac user, the 12 GB/25GB per month products from bigpond, depending upon your internet tastes, may only be equivalent to a 3/6 GB product from iinet. On the phone side of things, I am noting that iinet's VOIP product, with its much cheaper calls, has improved remarkably in quality - however there can be good reasons to maintain a more expensive standard POTS service (iinet market this as Phone1) , than switch to something like iinet's Naked service which offers only VOIP calls. Richard On Sat May 2 22:59 , Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au sent: Suppose it would not hurt . Mac On 02/05/2009, at 10:35 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver tongue ! Bob I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra. More
On 02/05/2009, at 11:27 PM, ponti...@iinet.net.au wrote: As an Apple Macintosh user, there is nothing to recommend the bigpond internet product from Telstra, relative to iinet thus westnet, unless Telstra is the only service provider in your area. As a mac user, essentially all your internet traffic (both uploads downloads) are counted towards your monthly Gigabyte limit, ie Apple software updates (a bevy of Apple software updates can exceed the monthly limit of Telstra's cheapest plan - this being only 600 MB - in one run of Software Update). Any iTunes product (movie trailers, music purchases or movie rentals) are counted, as are ABC iView streaming of recent ABC TV shows. The cited examples are all part of the iinet freezone. Bigpond's own movie rentals pay TV offerings, although not counted as part of the bigpond traffic limit, are not usable on Apple computers running an Apple OS, because the products rely on Windows only DRM. If you have an intel mac, you could purchase Windows and a product like Parallels and run windows on the intel mac to get access to the bigpond free content, so you may not be so technically constrained as Apple PPC users. Therefore, as a fulltime mac user, the 12 GB/25GB per month products from bigpond, depending upon your internet tastes, may only be equivalent to a 3/6 GB product from iinet. On the phone side of things, I am noting that iinet's VOIP product, with its much cheaper calls, has improved remarkably in quality - however there can be good reasons to maintain a more expensive standard POTS service (iinet market this as Phone1) , than switch to something like iinet's Naked service which offers only VOIP calls. Richard You may also like to check out Internode Naked adsl2 with a node phone and a node phone number which as I interpret it can make and receive the same usual phone calls as your Telstra landline ! Of course I could be wrong ! Bob Start here : http://www.internode.on.net/residential/internet/home_adsl/extreme/ On Sat May 2 22:59 , Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au sent: Suppose it would not hurt . Mac On 02/05/2009, at 10:35 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver tongue ! Bob I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
On 02/05/2009, at 11:27 PM, ponti...@iinet.net.au wrote: As an Apple Macintosh user, there is nothing to recommend the bigpond internet product from Telstra, relative to iinet thus westnet, unless Telstra is the only service provider in your area. I agree completely Richard. I would never recommend Bigpond to a Mac user! To leave Westnet and go with Bigpond ... you have to be joking ... I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. Telstra / Bigpond are always extremely pleasant ... that is until they get you signed up. Then if you want any service or support ... forget it. Think very seriously Mac before you pull the pin on Westnet and go to Bigpond. 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
It looks like bigpond have finally upgraded to ADSL+ - but Westnet have had it for years now, along with other providers. Mac, I would look very seriously at what Westnet can offer in the way of speeds and prices before switching. Freezone access to iTunes and ABC TV programs is worth it alone to us. We also use the Naked DSL, with free calls, etc. As someone has already said, the Voip service as a phone line has improved so that we never actually notice that we don't have a land line. Once you bundle services you can get very good pricing with Westnet/iinet. Maybe you've been on and older plan and not upgraded. I'm not sure what happens when you add Foxtel to the bundle - whether this is offered by Westnet. But, as others have said, do check it out before it goes final. On 02/05/2009, at 9:39 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
I very strongly recommend you do not switch from Westnet to Bigpond. My sister did and now has to sit out the 24 months. kind regards Maureen Our minds are like parachutes: They work best when open! -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Managing tasks on Mac
Hi Andrew, There are potentially several solution to your issue, the first of which you have already tried (i.e., using System Preferences Energy Saver to set a wake-up time for your computer). Secondly, even if you your computer was on all the time (forgetting the sleep/wake energy issue for the time being), your torrent software might have a bandwidth preference with a specified start time and stop time. For instance, in Transmission, you can set your download bandwidth to be unlimited during your off-peak quota period and zero during your on-peak quota period. Thirdly, if you would like to have your software automatically launch you can still use a repeating event in iCal, either by opening files (to start a new download) or opening the application (to continue existing uploads and downloads). Unfortunately, as you already found out, iCal can only launch an application via opening a document or running an AppleScript. To make an AppleScript, go into Applications AppleScript Script Editor, then save a really simple AppleScript like the following (and save it somewhere you can find it, like Documents). Then iCal will recognise it. tell application Vuse activate end tell James. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra. More
I have internode VOIP and can vouch for the quality of the calls - I couldn't pick it from the landline. Down here in Albany we don't have the full internode range available yet - if I run the coverage check on: https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/internode-dsl-finder only the bottom 2 of the six package types are available - so I have kept the Telstra line on their $20.95 Homeline budget minimum package. One thing to beware of if you go VOIP only is that if your internet connection goes down you lose the phone - I find that the broadband internet now is VERY reliable, BUT it still occasionally has glitches - recently went down for a short while blamed (I seem to remember) on Telstra hardware. My ADSL/VOIP router has ADSL in AND phone in sockets so if the VOIP DOES go down it failsafes over to the landline (just remember not to make that expensive phone call till the VOIP is back up!!) I see that internode now has the ULTRA package: http://www.internode.on.net/residential/ultra/ which combines ADSL2, VOIP and landline (but not in Albany yet!). One other advantage?? of having VOIP and landline is that even if someone has tied up the VOIP with a long outgoing call you can still receive incoming calls on your normal landline number (assuming you plug in the requisite phones of course). Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 3/5/09 12:34 AM, Robert Howells at rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 11:27 PM, ponti...@iinet.net.au wrote: As an Apple Macintosh user, there is nothing to recommend the bigpond internet product from Telstra, relative to iinet thus westnet, unless Telstra is the only service provider in your area. As a mac user, essentially all your internet traffic (both uploads downloads) are counted towards your monthly Gigabyte limit, ie Apple software updates (a bevy of Apple software updates can exceed the monthly limit of Telstra's cheapest plan - this being only 600 MB - in one run of Software Update). Any iTunes product (movie trailers, music purchases or movie rentals) are counted, as are ABC iView streaming of recent ABC TV shows. The cited examples are all part of the iinet freezone. Bigpond's own movie rentals pay TV offerings, although not counted as part of the bigpond traffic limit, are not usable on Apple computers running an Apple OS, because the products rely on Windows only DRM. If you have an intel mac, you could purchase Windows and a product like Parallels and run windows on the intel mac to get access to the bigpond free content, so you may not be so technically constrained as Apple PPC users. Therefore, as a fulltime mac user, the 12 GB/25GB per month products from bigpond, depending upon your internet tastes, may only be equivalent to a 3/6 GB product from iinet. On the phone side of things, I am noting that iinet's VOIP product, with its much cheaper calls, has improved remarkably in quality - however there can be good reasons to maintain a more expensive standard POTS service (iinet market this as Phone1) , than switch to something like iinet's Naked service which offers only VOIP calls. Richard You may also like to check out Internode Naked adsl2 with a node phone and a node phone number which as I interpret it can make and receive the same usual phone calls as your Telstra landline ! Of course I could be wrong ! Bob Start here : http://www.internode.on.net/residential/internet/home_adsl/extreme/ On Sat May 2 22:59 , Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au sent: Suppose it would not hurt . Mac On 02/05/2009, at 10:35 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/05/2009, at 9:42 PM, David Moyle wrote: Promised you an approximate speed.. :) - Original Message - From: Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 9:39:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Telstra. I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. So did you ask westnet to quote on the same package ? They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/ Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , A damn good rule ! I suspect you have been sold by the silver tongue ! Bob I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
Virtual PC 7
I wanted to try doing a tax return on-line. The ATO say Virtual PC 7 on OS 10.4 has been tried and works. So I download PC 7 ( ver 03) and it does not work on my machine OS 10.5.6 and ideas anyone? Bill -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Virtual PC 7
Hi Bill! I've got VPC 6.1 on CD . Running Windoze XP Professional. It works fine on 10.5.6.Be happy to loan it to you.Version 7 is reputed to be very slow and Clunky On 03/05/2009, at 9:58 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I wanted to try doing a tax return on-line. The ATO say Virtual PC 7 on OS 10.4 has been tried and works. So I download PC 7 ( ver 03) and it does not work on my machine OS 10.5.6 and ideas anyone? Bill -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Virtual PC 7
In my experience ALL versions of VPC are slow and clunky. I can recommend VMWare Fusion, which I use for eTax among other things, but you need an Intel Mac. Severin Crisp On 03/05/2009, at 10:05 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Hi Bill! I've got VPC 6.1 on CD . Running Windoze XP Professional. It works fine on 10.5.6.Be happy to loan it to you.Version 7 is reputed to be very slow and Clunky On 03/05/2009, at 9:58 AM, Bill Parker wrote: I wanted to try doing a tax return on-line. The ATO say Virtual PC 7 on OS 10.4 has been tried and works. So I download PC 7 ( ver 03) and it does not work on my machine OS 10.5.6 and ideas anyone? Bill -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
Stay as far away from Telstra as you possibly can... Go with any of these guys... Westnet/iiNet Internode Amnet But stay far far far away from Bigpond. On 02/05/2009, at 9:39 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Telstra.
Second the motion -- away from Telstra. - Original Message - From: Matthew Healey mat...@mac.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Sunday, 3 May, 2009 11:54:51 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Telstra. Stay as far away from Telstra as you possibly can... Go with any of these guys... Westnet/iiNet Internode Amnet But stay far far far away from Bigpond. On 02/05/2009, at 9:39 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: I have just had a very plausible-- and pleasant Indian salesperson at my door and he talked me into changing from Westnet who have given me exceptional service for some years. They (Telstra) have promised me speeds of !7 megs approx and $70 dollars less on my combined telephone/Foxtel/internet cost as well as reliable well supported services. I told the salesperson I would personally remove his reproductive organs if he did not stick to his side of the bargain. :-) I have a rule not to buy anything at the front door , I hope I do not regret breaking my rule :-( Mac PS I have a 10 day cooling off period. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Virtual PC 7
Hi Bill, Is your machine intel or PPC If intel you need something like Parallels or VM Fusion or VirtualBox (free). Virtual PC is what you use with a PPC mac - but it is a dog, very slow. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 3/5/09 9:58 AM, Bill Parker at re...@westnet.com.au wrote: I wanted to try doing a tax return on-line. The ATO say Virtual PC 7 on OS 10.4 has been tried and works. So I download PC 7 ( ver 03) and it does not work on my machine OS 10.5.6 and ideas anyone? Bill -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
