Re: Windows
Hello Adrian, Don't know about WIndows 98 I think you might be out of luck there, you can with Windows XP ... NOT easy, but CAN be done ... apparently. A search on Google brings up lots of interesting suggestions for you to read through ;-) Unlike Mac OS X, Windows XP is not designed to boot from external hard drives. Thus, getting XP to boot from an external drive to be used with your Intel Mac requires some work. http://guides.macrumors.com/index.php?title=Booting_Windows_XP_From_An_External_Driveprintable=yes Booting Windows XP From An External Drive: http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f45/booting-windows-xp-external-drive-184940/ And a Moderately Challenging instructions here: You need a Windows machine to format the drive NTSF http://www.ehow.com/how_4814278_install-windows-external-hard-drive.html Install Windows to a Macintosh USB drive (without Bootcamp): http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard On 03/09/2009, at 1:20 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Thanks to all for the responses. The only reason I mentioned Windows 98 is that I cant seem find the XP installer disk for the old machine but that's not an issue at this time, my main concern is installing it onto an external HD. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 03/09/2009, at 11:04 AM, Johann Kienbrandt wrote: hi Adrian, you could use VirtualBox from sun, it does the same as parallels and it is free regards johann On 03/09/2009, at 10:07 , Clyde McLennan wrote: Hi Adrian, Windows 98 should work fine with Parallels, although Parallels v4 is not that cheap. see: http://www.parallels.com/products/ desktop/ The documentation doesn't say anything about Win 98, but the software has on loading virtual machines allows you to specify Win 98. The beauty of Parallels over Bootcamp is that you can run your windows applications just as if they were another Mac application (in Coherence mode). Also its a great way to run other operating systems - eg, I have just been trying out Windows 7, and I often try various versions of Linux. I'm not too sure what applications you want to run on Win 98, but using these virtual machines like Parallels consumes some load on the system. For example, sometimes when playing music on Windows (using some windows applications for editing music), you get little hiccups, especially if the Mac machine is busy doing disc and internet processing. Clyde McLennan On 03/09/2009, at 9:43 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, I have an old (very old) windows machine that I occasionally use to look at some Family History Resource CDs' and I would like to get rid of it if possible. Is it possible to install windows (98 works ok.) onto a 100 GB Firewire external HD attached to an Intel machine in order to look at these CDs'? I don't want to install it on the computer due to disk space considerations. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.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: [For Sale] Powermac G4 500DP + 17 Display
This is still up for sale folks :-) Willing to take $150 for the Powermac on its own (with keyb and mouse) Seeya Rod! On Tuesday, 01 September, 2009, at 02:23PM, Rod Lavington l...@mac.com wrote: Hi All! I had grand plans for this powermac, but its just taking up precious space in my house! PowerMac G4 500Mhz Dual Processor (1Gig Ethernet Model) 896Meg Ram 40+80 Gb Hard drive DVD-ROM (will also include the DVD-Ram drive it had) 32meg NVidia Graphics card (good for Core Image, replaced standard ATI 16Meg card) Keyboard and Mouse 17 Samsung LCD Display Looking for $220 or best offer! Seeya Rod! -- 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
Thanks Ronni, and all that is what I needed to know. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 03/09/2009, at 2:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Adrian, Don't know about WIndows 98 I think you might be out of luck there, you can with Windows XP ... NOT easy, but CAN be done ... apparently. A search on Google brings up lots of interesting suggestions for you to read through ;-) Unlike Mac OS X, Windows XP is not designed to boot from external hard drives. Thus, getting XP to boot from an external drive to be used with your Intel Mac requires some work. http://guides.macrumors.com/index.php?title=Booting_Windows_XP_From_An_External_Driveprintable=yes Booting Windows XP From An External Drive: http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f45/booting-windows-xp-external-drive-184940/ And a Moderately Challenging instructions here: You need a Windows machine to format the drive NTSF http://www.ehow.com/how_4814278_install-windows-external-hard-drive.html Install Windows to a Macintosh USB drive (without Bootcamp): http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard On 03/09/2009, at 1:20 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Thanks to all for the responses. The only reason I mentioned Windows 98 is that I cant seem find the XP installer disk for the old machine but that's not an issue at this time, my main concern is installing it onto an external HD. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 03/09/2009, at 11:04 AM, Johann Kienbrandt wrote: hi Adrian, you could use VirtualBox from sun, it does the same as parallels and it is free regards johann On 03/09/2009, at 10:07 , Clyde McLennan wrote: Hi Adrian, Windows 98 should work fine with Parallels, although Parallels v4 is not that cheap. see: http://www.parallels.com/products/ desktop/ The documentation doesn't say anything about Win 98, but the software has on loading virtual machines allows you to specify Win 98. The beauty of Parallels over Bootcamp is that you can run your windows applications just as if they were another Mac application (in Coherence mode). Also its a great way to run other operating systems - eg, I have just been trying out Windows 7, and I often try various versions of Linux. I'm not too sure what applications you want to run on Win 98, but using these virtual machines like Parallels consumes some load on the system. For example, sometimes when playing music on Windows (using some windows applications for editing music), you get little hiccups, especially if the Mac machine is busy doing disc and internet processing. Clyde McLennan On 03/09/2009, at 9:43 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, I have an old (very old) windows machine that I occasionally use to look at some Family History Resource CDs' and I would like to get rid of it if possible. Is it possible to install windows (98 works ok.) onto a 100 GB Firewire external HD attached to an Intel machine in order to look at these CDs'? I don't want to install it on the computer due to disk space considerations. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.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 -- 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
Big Black ! in iPhoto
Can someone tell me what a big black exclamation mark means in iPhoto please 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: Big Black ! in iPhoto
On 03/09/2009, at 5:19 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Can someone tell me what a big black exclamation mark means in iPhoto please Hi Mac, What version of iPhoto are you using? The ! Or ? Turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. If iPhoto '08: Try rebuilding the database. 1. Quit iPhoto 2. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. --- If iPhoto '09: 1. Quit iPhoto 2. Hold down the Option Command Keys and click the iPhoto icon to open iPhoto. A dialog appears, showing options for rebuilding your photo thumbnails. 3. Select one of the following checkboxes: Rebuild the photos’ small thumbnails: This option rebuilds only the small versions of the thumbnails, such as those that appear in the photo browser when you are creating a book or slideshow. Rebuild all the photos’ thumbnails: This option rebuilds all the thumbnails associated with a photo, including the small ones and the thumbnails that appear in a photo album or Event. 4. Click Rebuild. Rebuilding the thumbnail cache may take several minutes. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard -- 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
Smart albums in iPhoto by day of the week?
I can work out how to make a smart album in iPhoto (v7.1.5) to select pictures from a specific date or a date range. What I would like to do however is select all the pictures taken on (for example) a Thursday. I¹ve checked the help files and Googled, but come up a blank. Conceptually it should be easy, but I can¹t see an option for this in iPhoto. Does anyone know if this can be done with any version of iPhoto, or with any add on to iPhoto, maybe an apple script? Regards, John -- 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
Snow leopard Slow leopard
Upgraded 24 iMac very nice and quick Upgraded MacBook Hmmm! Slow and half the information on the menubar including sound airport and and intermittent spotlight that fades when you move the curser. Can not see timemachine or user In fact everything on the right of Help is not there ANy ideas would be fantastic Now is the Time for me to listen very carefully to Ronnie and Co- no disrespect to others Reinstalled three times now flushed PRAM Ditched preferences Run Disk utility and rebuilt Permissions Tom samson -- 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
macbookpro?
Good morning I was just wondering if any one has a new MacbookPro and if they did would they be willing to run a DVD ripping test for me? I am still not very happy with mine at the moment, I did a clean install of Snow Leopard last night and ran my test again and its still taking nearly twice as long to do as my 2 year old 2.2ghz MacbookPro!! Many thanks in advance Roger Roger P Kortas 罗杰 Haiyan Kortas PH: 61 8 08 9381 4046 Mob: 0413 307995 rkor...@iinet.net.au roger.kor...@wanews.com.au ro...@rkortas.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: Snow leopard Slow leopard
On 04/09/2009, at 6:21 AM, thefrogs wrote: Upgraded 24 iMac very nice and quick Upgraded MacBook Hmmm! Slow and half the information on the menubar including sound airport and and intermittent spotlight that fades when you move the curser. Can not see timemachine or user In fact everything on the right of Help is not there ANy ideas would be fantastic Now is the Time for me to listen very carefully to Ronnie and Co- no disrespect to others Reinstalled three times now flushed PRAM Ditched preferences Run Disk utility and rebuilt Permissions Tom samson Hi Tom, If you did the preparation for Snow Leopard and don't have any add-ons or plugins that are not compatible with Snow Leopard. Try deleting this preference file:com.apple.systemuiserver.plist From the /username/Library/Preferences/ folder. Then restart your MacBook. Let us know if this solves your Menu Bar problem please. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard -- 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: Snow leopard Slow leopard
Somewhat similar. Took about 1 hour 45 minutes to install on Macbook. Almost everything appears to be working but no noticeable improvement over 10.5.8. One exception - the intermittent Bluetooth problem I have been having for some time is now resolved; Bluetooth is gone completely. Not a sign of it in System Preferences. John Thompson On 04/09/2009, at 6:21 AM, thefrogs wrote: Upgraded 24 iMac very nice and quick Upgraded MacBook Hmmm! Slow and half the information on the menubar including sound airport and and intermittent spotlight that fades when you move the curser. Can not see timemachine or user In fact everything on the right of Help is not there ANy ideas would be fantastic Now is the Time for me to listen very carefully to Ronnie and Co- no disrespect to others Reinstalled three times now flushed PRAM Ditched preferences Run Disk utility and rebuilt Permissions Tom samson -- 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: Snow leopard Slow leopard
Hello John, Do a SMC reset to get the bluetooth back. 1.) Shut down the computer 2.) Disconnect all cables, printers, etc. including the power cord. 3.) Remove the battery. 4.) Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds (you won't hear a tone or anything). 5.) Put battery back in and reconnect power cord. 6.) Turn computer back on. 7.) Open System Preferences- Bluetooth should show up under internet and wireless. Cheers, Ronni On 04/09/2009, at 8:38 AM, John Thompson wrote: Somewhat similar. Took about 1 hour 45 minutes to install on Macbook. Almost everything appears to be working but no noticeable improvement over 10.5.8. One exception - the intermittent Bluetooth problem I have been having for some time is now resolved; Bluetooth is gone completely. Not a sign of it in System Preferences. John Thompson On 04/09/2009, at 6:21 AM, thefrogs wrote: Upgraded 24 iMac very nice and quick Upgraded MacBook Hmmm! Slow and half the information on the menubar including sound airport and and intermittent spotlight that fades when you move the curser. Can not see timemachine or user In fact everything on the right of Help is not there ANy ideas would be fantastic Now is the Time for me to listen very carefully to Ronnie and Co- no disrespect to others Reinstalled three times now flushed PRAM Ditched preferences Run Disk utility and rebuilt Permissions Tom samson -- 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: Snow leopard Slow leopard
Thanks again Ronni, Bluetooth and Mighty Mouse worked for about 30 seconds and gone again. This original Macbook is more than likely the culprit. Regards John On 04/09/2009, at 9:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello John, Do a SMC reset to get the bluetooth back. 1.) Shut down the computer 2.) Disconnect all cables, printers, etc. including the power cord. 3.) Remove the battery. 4.) Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds (you won't hear a tone or anything). 5.) Put battery back in and reconnect power cord. 6.) Turn computer back on. 7.) Open System Preferences- Bluetooth should show up under internet and wireless. Cheers, Ronni On 04/09/2009, at 8:38 AM, John Thompson wrote: Somewhat similar. Took about 1 hour 45 minutes to install on Macbook. Almost everything appears to be working but no noticeable improvement over 10.5.8. One exception - the intermittent Bluetooth problem I have been having for some time is now resolved; Bluetooth is gone completely. Not a sign of it in System Preferences. John Thompson On 04/09/2009, at 6:21 AM, thefrogs wrote: Upgraded 24 iMac very nice and quick Upgraded MacBook Hmmm! Slow and half the information on the menubar including sound airport and and intermittent spotlight that fades when you move the curser. Can not see timemachine or user In fact everything on the right of Help is not there ANy ideas would be fantastic Now is the Time for me to listen very carefully to Ronnie and Co- no disrespect to others Reinstalled three times now flushed PRAM Ditched preferences Run Disk utility and rebuilt Permissions Tom samson -- 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
Microsoft Office 2004
I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- 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: Microsoft Office 2004
Hi Tony, I can't help you with Office 2004 - I still use mine on a daily basis ;o) However, if you can hang on for a while MS say they will be re-introducing VBA in the next major release of Office for Mac: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/mac-bu-talks-office-2008-sp1-vbas -triumphant-comeback.ars Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/9/09 11:31 AM, Evers at ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- 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: Microsoft Office 2004
Hi Neil, Thanks for that - good know, so if I don't find a 2004 right now at least there is future promise :-) Cheers, Tony On 04/09/2009, at 1:23 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Tony, I can't help you with Office 2004 - I still use mine on a daily basis ;o) However, if you can hang on for a while MS say they will be re- introducing VBA in the next major release of Office for Mac: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/mac-bu-talks-office-2008-sp1-vbas -triumphant-comeback.ars Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/9/09 11:31 AM, Evers at ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- 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
