Re: Keyboard shortcuts
On 15/06/2009, at 1:16 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Bob. I am aware of that but what I want is how to actually type both the symbols on the Apple (Command) key. So far I've only managed the Apple! Hi Laura, Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Of Interest ?
On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Hi Philip, Sorry mate, I agree with Rod here ;-). Snow Leopard improves on Leopard. Snow Leopard is a sturdier, faster version of Leopard. It taps Into the Mac's Core Power. Snow Leopard promises to give you back 6GB of storage—cutting out all the code for PowerPC-based Macs. Snow Leopard is more intelligent than its predecessors in taking advantage of hardware resources available to drive system performance. Etc etc http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/ I am having trouble waiting for it to be released. 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Geeks maybe? Not sure about down south, but the term you used has a very different meaning where I live! Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun Nice, but I think its a product that very few people want (other than yourself of course!). You still have to plug it in to a computer to upload videos. The new iPhone does that through wifi, and Nokias running S60 can do that over wifi or 3g using services such as Qik (which is now bundled with all new N97s). And anyone serious about video will buy a proper camera. Which leaves this product in a kind of no mans land. A few online journos I have seen are using Qik for live streaming, or some just use the video function of a still camera (bloggers fave these days!). It would have cleaned up 5 years ago, but the convergence of products into phones these days and the high quality/low cost of better video cameras makes me think the Flip won't be a big seller. It's probably not too bad for capturing “quick and dirty” video, that you want to rush onto YouTube. Also Flip creates an AVI file that must be converted to work with iTunes and your iPod. Apple could improve on Flip Video. They could put a camera and microphone in the iPod touch. Now that would be something! Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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
Free Image Writer
Does anyone want an old Apple dot matrix Image Writer. It was working last time it was used. Be quick 'cos its gonna be chucked. Cheers, Paul. -- 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: Photo albums et al
Hi Laura, I like to have both Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer turned on in System Preferences International - Input Menu. I find Keyboard Viewer is useful to see how the different modifier keys work for character selection and to check key combinations for just typing things (like your Shift+Option+K = ) For tracking down obscure symbols though you can't beat Character Palette You also find that there are a lot of different options which limit or expand the characters shown. I don't really remember if Tiger was that different to Leopard but my setup to find the ⌘ was: View: Set to All Characters - (View menu in top left of window) Display set to by Category (options just below view menu) Then in left pane open Symbols category which displays various Symbols sub-categories - select Technical Symbols and (for me) ⌘ is at the start of the third line of displayed symbols. If you had the view menu set to,say, Roman rather than All Characters you would find that you had much less options to choose from and Technical Symbols would not be available. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 1:32 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- 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: Keyboard shortcuts
On 15/06/2009, at 2:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/06/2009, at 1:16 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Bob. I am aware of that but what I want is how to actually type both the symbols on the Apple (Command) key. So far I've only managed the Apple! Hi Laura, Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 Cheers, Ronni And you could try out Keycue http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/ Trial version available Bob Press and hold command/apple key and all shortcuts for that function are shown on screen Bob 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Odd Time Machine error message
Hi Dennis, For each backup that TM performs, it adds about 20% for workspace. I don't understand this. 20% of what? TM adds about 20% for padding for workspace it needs on the TM disk. So if you are backing up 200GB + 20% workspace = $240GB Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 11:52 AM, Dennis Barnden wrote: Ronda Brown Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:02:31 -0700 On 11/06/2009, at 9:57 PM, Dennis Barnden wrote: Time Machine has reported an error with the message This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 1.0 GB but only 4.8 GB are available. Get Info on the destination drive reports 8.91 GB available. OSX 10.5.2 Intel iMac I am happy to format the destination and start again (I keep a SuperDuper backup off site). But... what is the problem? Dennis. Hello Dennis, You don't mention what size your internal harddrive is what size the external drive you are backing up to is? The internal drive is 300GB and the destination is 500GB but that is really not an issue. TimeMachine has been working since January without problems and is working still. I got that one error message that had the required size of 1GB but an available size four times that size. And the Finder reported twice as much again. For each backup that TM performs, it adds about 20% for workspace. I don't understand this. 20% of what? The recommended size of a TM drive is at least 2x to 3x the size of the internal drive. Cheers, Ronni I just had a thought (dosen't happen often) If the destination is full and TimeMachine delets the oldest backup then there is a potential increase in available space on the destination so that might explain the larger Finder report but the initial TimeMachine error still seemed to want less than what it said was there. Why would that be a problem? This is for interest only as all seems to be working fine now. Dennis. -- 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: Photo albums et al
Hi Neil Aha that was the problem. Try as I might following Ronni's technical symbols suggestion I just could not find what I felt should be obvious. I had View menu set to Roman, not realising I should adjust that in any way. Bingo now I have it. Thank you. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 3:06 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, I like to have both Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer turned on in System Preferences International - Input Menu. I find Keyboard Viewer is useful to see how the different modifier keys work for character selection and to check key combinations for just typing things (like your Shift+Option+K = ) For tracking down obscure symbols though you can't beat Character Palette You also find that there are a lot of different options which limit or expand the characters shown. I don't really remember if Tiger was that different to Leopard but my setup to find the ⌘ was: View: Set to All Characters - (View menu in top left of window) Display set to by Category (options just below view menu) Then in left pane open Symbols category which displays various Symbols sub-categories - select Technical Symbols and (for me) ⌘ is at the start of the third line of displayed symbols. If you had the view menu set to,say, Roman rather than All Characters you would find that you had much less options to choose from and Technical Symbols would not be available. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 1:32 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference. Thanks anyway. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well. To type the Apple Command symbol: Open the Character Palette, then select Technical Symbols you will find it there ⌘ If you haven't got the Input Menu showing in your Menu bar on the desktop. Go to System Preferences International - Input Menu and check Character Palette check Show input Menu in Menu Bar. International Cheers, Ronni On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer things in life :) Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger. Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the dock. I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list). My latest: Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your open applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled through the open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time! (in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows) Have fun! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of photos that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one but that's part of the learning process. On a totally different subject, while searching for some information on French train journeys and using a French language site, even though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked on it and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it seemed like a small miracle!! Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -
Phil Goodall-Smith the tv star!
Hi All, Just saw wamug member Phil on the news! Another casualty of the swine fly hysteria. :-( Seeya Rod! Sent from my iPhone -- 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
External DVD burner for my iMac?
Hi all, My external DVD burner is about to get the sack so I thought I'd check with the group to see if there a preferred model to hook up to my 24 iMac 3 Ghz, OS 10.5.7 Perhaps one that lasts a bit longer than the couple of years I got out of this one a Pioneer DVR-111D. Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Brian -- 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
ATV Flash
I have an AppleTV and a gadget called ATV Flash is said to greatly increase the capabilities of this device,including allowing you to connect a USB drive. This is not recommended by Apple and I am a little anxious about using it. I wonder if any member of wamug has any experience or relevant information. TIA Mac -- 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: External DVD burner for my iMac?
Hi Brian, I have been using a Lacie d2 DVDRW DL Drive (Firewire) for some years now and have not had any problems. Not sure if this particular model is still available, but it has a very sturdy all metal casing, and the mechanism is working as it should. Must add that I have burnt hundreds of CDs and DVDs on this machine, mostly data and photos. Good luck and kind regards, Philippe Chaperon 2009/6/15 Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au: Hi all, My external DVD burner is about to get the sack so I thought I'd check with the group to see if there a preferred model to hook up to my 24 iMac 3 Ghz, OS 10.5.7 Perhaps one that lasts a bit longer than the couple of years I got out of this one a Pioneer DVR-111D. Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Brian -- 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 -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- 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: Of Interest ?
Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth at the end of this month. I am a member of a MUG in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I would be happy to purchase and carry one over for you. Send an email with the exact make and model. Thanks. Joe On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun -- 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: Of Interest ?
I think this msg was meant for Philip-- have sent it on to him anyway. Mac On 15/06/2009, at 9:18 PM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth at the end of this month. I am a member of a MUG in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I would be happy to purchase and carry one over for you. Send an email with the exact make and model. Thanks. Joe On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun -- 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: Of Interest ?
Joe, how much do you know about Apple TV and Apple flash gadget? Mac On 15/06/2009, at 9:18 PM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth at the end of this month. I am a member of a MUG in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I would be happy to purchase and carry one over for you. Send an email with the exact make and model. Thanks. Joe On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun -- 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: External DVD burner for my iMac?
On 15/06/2009, at 7:56 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi all, My external DVD burner is about to get the sack so I thought I'd check with the group to see if there a preferred model to hook up to my 24 iMac 3 Ghz, OS 10.5.7 Perhaps one that lasts a bit longer than the couple of years I got out of this one a Pioneer DVR-111D. Suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks Brian So Brian , Is it just the burner that is in trouble ? Is it possible to open the case remove the burner and instal another ? Yeasr old , so it will most likely be an IDE or Eide connection and protocol , so you would need the same to replace it ... not a Sata ... which are all the latest version burners . Some of the IDE are still available but you need to shop around Pioneer are hard to find , but it would not have to be that brand. I might know where to try .. mail off list if you are interested . Typical price would be around $35 in Perth Bob -- 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: Of Interest ?
Greetings! Not to much. I have Tech resources that can help. What do you need? Let me know and will do as best we can. Thanks, Joe On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Malcolm McCallumdoc...@westnet.com.au wrote: Joe, how much do you know about Apple TV and Apple flash gadget? Mac On 15/06/2009, at 9:18 PM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth at the end of this month. I am a member of a MUG in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I would be happy to purchase and carry one over for you. Send an email with the exact make and model. Thanks. Joe On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun -- 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: Of Interest ?
Greetings! Not to much. I have Tech resources that can help. What do you need? Let me know and will do as best we can. Thanks, Joe On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Malcolm McCallumdoc...@westnet.com.au wrote: Joe, how much do you know about Apple TV and Apple flash gadget? Mac On 15/06/2009, at 9:18 PM, joe mastrella wrote: Greetings! I will be traveling to Perth at the end of this month. I am a member of a MUG in the Bay Area (San Francisco). I would be happy to purchase and carry one over for you. Send an email with the exact make and model. Thanks. Joe On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades 2. A friend has just aquired demonstrated to me a future must have toy which does for Video cameras what iPods did to Walkmans. A bunch of Apple Gooks who developed the iPod for Apple have left started new Start up Company Flip Video Check out ( http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra_specs.II.shtml ) Basic large chunk initial development finance from Cisco now being manufactured in China by same companies which make Apple products. Solid state memory, Digital etc. Small as an ipod, 1 button On/Off self focusing comparitevly cheap but at present only available in USA Canada. Any body travelling that way please let me know I'll provide the money to buy cos I want one. Direct plug in to your computer instant download for teen generation Face book fans. Also being grabbed by NGO's journellists for quick easy recording. Excellent battery life etc. Ciao Phi Have fun -- 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: Windows on Mac security
On 15/06/2009, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: It also seems to me that if you were creating Mac malware then looking at getting in via parallels or fusion would be well worth investigating - I am just hoping that the subset of Mac users running parallels/fusion is still not large enough to get the malware creators motivated! Any thoughts/comments? Cheers Neil Apart from certain windows-specific documents created by the system, I have no data actually stored in my Virtual Machine. I interact completely with my Mac data via shared folders, and I share the Mac's internet connection. Although this strictly violates the Wikipedia definition of sandboxing, the fundamental incompatibility between Windows and Mac OS X is also part of the sandbox, and also does not strictly fit the definition. The main reasons for doing this are, quite frankly, convenience. If, for some reason, my Virtual Machine dies, I can simply ditch it and create a new one without missing a single byte of data. It also means that I don't have to mess around trying to convince Windows to break through the sandbox to connect to the internet - Parallels handles it for me. I can also use my Mac's printer without having to install the Windows drivers. The list goes on. As far as malware goes, the vast bulk of this is coming in on email attachments and on the back of malicious websites. As I do not read email in Windows, and my use of the Internet in Windows is restricted to the occasional software download from well-known sites, the chance of contracting even Windows malware is minimal. Even then, I tend to use Safari instead of Internet Explorer just to avoid the diabolical Active X. Not only that, most, if not all malware currently in circulation is attacking things like Windows System files and Registry entries, so even if some of this stuff does leak though to the Mac side, it's not going to do anything. I do have AVG installed (because it's unintelligent to run Windows without SOME sort of virus protection running) but it's more of a distracting nuisance than anything. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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: Free Image Writer
On 15/06/2009, at 2:48 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: Does anyone want an old Apple dot matrix Image Writer. It was working last time it was used. Be quick 'cos its gonna be chucked. Cheers, Paul. I have an old ribbon cartridge here to go with it...:-) -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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: Photo albums et al
On 15/06/2009, at 11:36 AM, Eugene wrote: And just an addendum to Neil's hint, if you go Command+shift+tab it cycles through in reverse. Sometimes useful if you have too many applications open or you accidently skipped past the app you wanted. I tell my students that command+tab was one of the few things the Mac stole from the windows environment. Regards, Eugene You should enlarge on that by explaining that although they copied the idea, they also improved it. For example, with the cmd-Tab windows open, you can select any icon on it and use cmd-Q to tell that application tt quit without actually having to bring that app to the front. You can also use your mouse to select the icons instead of tabbing through them. This is handy when you have a lot of apps running. Microsoft's implementation is downright boring in comparison. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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: Of Interest ?
On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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: Free Image Writer
Gone now. I've been trying to remember how much it originally cost. I think about $800 bucks in 1990. I've written about Mac olden days in today's Fremantlebiz. Cheers, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- 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: Of Interest ?
Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227. Life with Apple -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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 -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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: Of Interest ?
Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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
Device removal warning
I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry -- 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: Device removal warning
On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: CAD progs at TAFE?
TAFE Central do use iMacs at some of there campus'. Perth Campus also use cad software for design classes on OS X. In the past TAFE has been very open about what they use and have always been very willing to offer support to students with other based OS'. I suggest when enrolling for the course to find and talk to one of the lecturers. They are on campus for questions relating to courses. Regards Warwick Gaff On 9/6/09 3:45 PM, Christopher S c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Paul, I don't have specific information re TAFE however at Curtin we use Archicad 12 which is free for students and runs on Mac OS X and Windows - go to www.graphisoft.com. We also use AutoCAD which is really not free, and Windows only, however one of my colleagues has tested it with Parallels and it works well under that - there is a Student discount available. The product design people also use SolidWorks - again a student discount is available. Good luck. Regards, Chris. From: Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:43:18 +0800 (WST) To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: CAD progs at TAFE? We have a daughter who may be doing an architectural drafting course at TAFE next year. Does anyone know what CAD progs they are using and can iMacs be in the picture? Cheers, Paul. -- 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: Of Interest ?
Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227. Life with Apple -- 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 -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
Now i'm worried!! Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227. Life with Apple -- 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 -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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: Device removal warning
Thank-you Ronni, I will try this next time this happens. It may solve the problem but why has it suddenly arisen? Barry On 16/06/2009, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Device removal warning
Why it has suddenly arisen, I have no idea. Did it arise after doing an update? A security update, or OS, or application update? There has to be a reason why it has just started to have this problem. Does the Firewire Drive go to sleep and perhaps it is not waking when the computer wakes in the morning? Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:26 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thank-you Ronni, I will try this next time this happens. It may solve the problem but why has it suddenly arisen? Barry On 16/06/2009, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Device removal warning
Ronni No updates but as you say the symptoms are definitely those of the firewire going to sleep not waking. Barry On 16/06/2009, at 10:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Why it has suddenly arisen, I have no idea. Did it arise after doing an update? A security update, or OS, or application update? There has to be a reason why it has just started to have this problem. Does the Firewire Drive go to sleep and perhaps it is not waking when the computer wakes in the morning? Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:26 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thank-you Ronni, I will try this next time this happens. It may solve the problem but why has it suddenly arisen? Barry On 16/06/2009, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Device removal warning
On 16/06/2009, at 10:52 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Ronni No updates but as you say the symptoms are definitely those of the firewire going to sleep not waking. Barry Under System prefernces - energy saver - sleep do you happen to have Put the Hard Drives to sleep when possible checked ? Bob On 16/06/2009, at 10:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Why it has suddenly arisen, I have no idea. Did it arise after doing an update? A security update, or OS, or application update? There has to be a reason why it has just started to have this problem. Does the Firewire Drive go to sleep and perhaps it is not waking when the computer wakes in the morning? Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:26 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thank-you Ronni, I will try this next time this happens. It may solve the problem but why has it suddenly arisen? Barry On 16/06/2009, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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: Of Interest ?
On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Ronni, Thanks, that's just what I needed. I'd forgotten all about the Applications bit of system profiler. It looks like, for me, the only PPC only apps that I use a lot are the Canoscan Toolbox scanner software and MS Office 2004. Canoscan would not be that big a problem - I'd probably use it as an excuse to buy a new scanner :) Unfortunately Office 2004 is a must-have for me at present, I have lots of Excel spreadsheets with macros so can't upgrade to Office 2008. Hopefully, Snow Leopard will keep it's Rosetta support. Cheers Neil Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/DesktopDB.service No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
Actually, on inspection, it seems to be part of the installed Apple system. on 16/6/09 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/DesktopDB.service No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Neil, When you upgraded from Tiger to Leopard did you remember to delete the 'Mac OS 9 /System Folder (not to be confused with /System, which is an essential part of Mac OS X)? Also delete the /Applications (Mac OS 9) folder— again, not to be confused with Mac OS X’s /Applications folder? You shouldn't have anything Classic left on your Intel computer. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/ DesktopDB.service No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Device removal warning
Yes Bob, and always have. Barry On 16/06/2009, at 11:05 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 10:52 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Ronni No updates but as you say the symptoms are definitely those of the firewire going to sleep not waking. Barry Under System prefernces - energy saver - sleep do you happen to have Put the Hard Drives to sleep when possible checked ? Bob On 16/06/2009, at 10:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Why it has suddenly arisen, I have no idea. Did it arise after doing an update? A security update, or OS, or application update? There has to be a reason why it has just started to have this problem. Does the Firewire Drive go to sleep and perhaps it is not waking when the computer wakes in the morning? Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:26 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thank-you Ronni, I will try this next time this happens. It may solve the problem but why has it suddenly arisen? Barry On 16/06/2009, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 9:15 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I have a WD external hard drive connected to firewire 400 port on my Intel Mac running 10.5.7 The external drive has two partitions - on running time machine and the other is a backup clone. In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the desktop. This is a recent phenomenon and does not seem to happen when the computer sleeps during the day. Any clues/advice. Regards Barry Hello Barry, When this happens, with the drive connected and powered open Disk Utility, does the drive show there? If the drive is listed in the left side list then select the volume even if it's greyed out, then click on the Mount icon in the DU toolbar. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- 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
printer presets - b w
Howdy I think previously to upgrading to Leopard, I could create various printer presets such as black and white, 1200 dpi A3 where has that creation capability gone, I don't seem to be able to find it. I have these setup on my MacPro ( now has 10.5.6) , and want the same setup on the Macbook ( came with 10.5.x) If I recall Previously under colour matching there was colour sync with the b w, greyscale etc options, they don't seem to be their now, any ideas? thanks in advance. -- Gary Dorn Permaculture architect gary.d...@eepo.com.au Perth, Western Australia, Australia integrating Permaculture , Organic Solar architecture, Straw bale construction Solar and wind power systems http://www.dornworks.com -- 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: Of Interest ?
Hi Ronni, No, I've never had classic/OS9 on this computer. It seems like it is part of the Leopard installation - I found that others have reported this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=379401 and http://forums.macworld.com/thread/93384 I don't know what it is/does but since it ain't bothering me, I'm not about to start poking it with a stick ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:39 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Neil, When you upgraded from Tiger to Leopard did you remember to delete the 'Mac OS 9 /System Folder (not to be confused with /System, which is an essential part of Mac OS X)? Also delete the /Applications (Mac OS 9) folder again, not to be confused with Mac OS X¹s /Applications folder? You shouldn't have anything Classic left on your Intel computer. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/ DesktopDB.service No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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: Of Interest ?
I wonder ... If the file DesktopDB.service ' is there so that when/if the hard drive is viewed by an earlier OS that it provides the link into the older OS ? Like : what happens during Target Disk mode ( yes its OSX ) and / or firewire connected from an external enclosure Just a thought Bob On 16/06/2009, at 1:00 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, No, I've never had classic/OS9 on this computer. It seems like it is part of the Leopard installation - I found that others have reported this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=379401 and http://forums.macworld.com/thread/93384 I don't know what it is/does but since it ain't bothering me, I'm not about to start poking it with a stick ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:39 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Neil, When you upgraded from Tiger to Leopard did you remember to delete the 'Mac OS 9 /System Folder (not to be confused with /System, which is an essential part of Mac OS X)? Also delete the /Applications (Mac OS 9) folder‹ again, not to be confused with Mac OS X¹s /Applications folder? You shouldn't have anything Classic left on your Intel computer. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/ DesktopDB.service No idea what it is or where it came from! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: No Classic on Intel Machines Bob. On 16/06/2009, at 11:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 16/06/2009, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Neil, I left out Intel ... Kind will show Intel, Universal, PowerPC. Very educational Ronni ! There are also Native and Classic ! On my list I have just 1 x intel heaps of Universal a lot of PPC and a few Native plus a few Classic . Looks like I am staying with PPC for a while yet . Bob On 16/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/6/09 10:02 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hi Merv, It's still included at the moment, so assuming that this option carries through to the production release, then, yes, Rosetta will still be available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 16/06/2009, at 9:52 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Thanks Ronni - that is reassuring. Merv Rosetta is still there in the latest build of 10.6, but it's not installed by default. You must add it in Customize Options. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 9:00 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Does this mean that PPC applications will not work under Snow Leopard? Merv On 15/06/2009, at 2:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On Monday, June 15, 2009, at 12:53PM, Philip Trouchet war...@bordernet.com.au wrote: Two points of interest ! 1. Note new Snow Leopard only for Intel Macs leaving most of us as usual behind on Apple upgrades Get used to it Philip. The last PPC-based Mac rolled off the production line years ago now, and I don't think Apple have any inclination of returning to PPC. The sooner they can force people to go Intel, the more likely we are going to see a much slimmer OS X without all the PPC baggage. Not only that, but some SL features will only be available if you have the very latest graphics processors http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090612121357227 . Life with Apple -- 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
Word 2008
Since installing the recent update to Office 2008 I have lost the bar across the bottom of documents with the dictionary icon, page count etc. This happened once before a long time ago and I can not for the life of me get it back! Help a forgetful old guy please! Severin Crisp 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
