Re: Mail App. Nuisance.
Hello List Just to let anyone know who may have been following this thread, The column behavior in Mail is normal (but still a bit of a nuisance). Anyway we got to the bottom of it. Thanks again to Ronni. Kind regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au You're welcome Greg, We should let the list know. Perhaps you could post my last reply to you. It explains what your problem was and an explanation. If you prefer I do it, that is fine. Whatever you prefer to do is ok with me. Kind regards, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 3:00 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Thank you very much Ronni I've lived with this for years and can continue to do so. It's only a mild nuisance really. At least now I know it's not just me. Do we need to let the list know. Or should we just let the thread die. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 21/09/2009, at 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Greg, I'm back from fixing the Wireless Network. The clients are happy to have their Wireless Network up running, working as it should again. Of course as always they wanted a While you're here Ronni would you mind checking this for us ;-) Ok, on to your Mail App. Nuisance. First thanks for sending your screenshots, I can now see what you mean. Unfortunately you are probably not going to like what I am going to tell you. The width of columns in the Address Book pane in Mail can only be changed on a per-session basis; after you quit Mail, they will revert to their original values. There is no way to set the default width of columns for Address Book. The same applies to the Signature Prefs columns. You can't set the default column widths in the Address Book pane used by Mail or the Signature Prefs; any changes you make are for that session only. You could possibly experiment with a different font size. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. This little tip might help you: An easy way to add recipients to the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is to click in the desired field (in a new email) and click Address Book in the toolbar. That opens the Address (Book) panel, from which you can 'double click' a person to have his or her e-mail address inserted. I'm using Mail v4.1 in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 I notice my AddressBook opens with a wider 'Group' column than your AddressBook 'Group' column. I've attached screenshots of my AddressBook from Mail Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail for you to see the slight difference (which is probably due to updated version of Mail). If I find a plugin or something that might be able to change the default I will let you know. Kind Regards, Ronni Ron's AddressBook from Mail at opening of Mail app.png Ron's Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail.png On 21/09/2009, at 10:03 AM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello Ronni Sorry for the tardy reply. I have been at a training course all weekend. Also, thank you for your interest. Your input is so valuable to everyone. Here are the screen shots from my G4 using the Grab app. My MacBook Pro has a similar look but not identical. Maybe this is normal. After all the phenomenon has survived years of upgrades and OS changes, plus many attempts at preference resetting etc. Maybe everyone's Mac does this. I am not aware of any other Apple application that does it though. Or if it does, it is not one that I use often enough to notice. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. Thanks again. I look forward to your response. Screen Grabs Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name:
New Road Rules Threaten Phone GPS | iPhone Apps | TomTom | Navigon | Sat Nav
Ouch Could someone please tell me the difference between using the iPhone and a dedicated GPS unit in the car ! http://www.watoday.com.au/digital-life/cartech/sat-nav-apps-could-be-heading-for-a-dead-end-20090918-fv1v.html MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB 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: New Road Rules Threaten Phone GPS | iPhone Apps | TomTom | Navigon | Sat Nav
If you read the discussion document, it indicates that you would be ok as long as you have the GPS or iPhone with GPS software in a hands- free style cradle on the dashboard. They want to stop people holding a phone in the hand or on the knees etc while using hands-free or GPS software etc which I think is a pretty worthy goal. :-) Hopefully the actual State legislation reflects this. -Mart http://www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Reports/ARR8thAmendPackageDiscusPapMay08.pdf 3.10 Rule 299 – Television receivers and visual display units in motor vehicles During discussions on rule 300 (mobile phones) the maintenance group identified that some new model mobile phones have global positioning system (GPS) technology. It was also recognised that there were several GPS devices on the commercial market which are portable and could be held in a driver’s hand. The maintenance group considered the requirement for mobile phones to be in a fixed mounted cradle and felt a similar requirement should be made for portable GPS devices. It is proposed to amend rule 299 to require that a GPS device must be an integrated part of the vehicle or secured in a fixed mounting. 3.11 Rule 300 – Use of mobile phones State and territory road agencies have raised concern about the wording of rule 300 of the Rules in that it does not prohibit the use of a mobile phone, by a driver while driving, that is: • held by the shoulder and neck; • seated in a cradle and used to send short message service (SMS); • located on a driver’s knee, hand or the front passenger seat and used to send SMS or loud speaker conversation (not near the ear). Although the rule was modified by the 5th Amendment Package (2005), it is not considered that those changes prohibited these additional behaviours. The original intent of the Rules was that a driver should not to use a mobile phone while driving, except by using a hands-free device. At the time it was not anticipated that some drivers, while driving, would circumvent the rule by: • holding the phone with the neck and shoulder or propped between the knees; • holding the phone in the hand, not near the ear, and conducting a conversation on the loud speaker facility; • sending or reading text messages, video messages or e-mails. The proposed changes are aimed at clarifying the original intent and explaining when a mobile phone is permitted to be used by a driver while driving. Television receivers and visual display units in motor vehicles: it is envisaged there will be no adverse impact on drivers should the proposal be approved. It is considered most GPS devices are supplied with car kits, such as mountings, and there would be no additional cost. If, however, a driver needed to purchase such a device they are commercially available at a very minimal cost. The benefit would be increased safety for all road users resulting from lessening driver distractions. • Use of mobile phones by a driver: it is envisaged there will be no adverse impact on drivers should the proposal be approved. It is considered most mobile phones are supplied with car kits, such as mountings, and there would be no additional cost. If, however, a driver needed to purchase such a device they are commercially available at a very minimal cost. The benefit would be increased safety for all road users resulting from lessening driver distractions. The proposal also provides clarity regarding when a driver can/cannot use a mobile phone. On 21/09/2009, at 3:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Ouch Could someone please tell me the difference between using the iPhone and a dedicated GPS unit in the car ! http://www.watoday.com.au/digital-life/cartech/sat-nav-apps-could-be-heading-for-a-dead-end-20090918-fv1v.html MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB 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 -- 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: New Road Rules Threaten Phone GPS | iPhone Apps | TomTom | Navigon | Sat Nav
On 21/09/2009, at 4:08 PM, Martin Hill wrote: The benefit would be increased safety for all road users resulting from lessening driver distractions. So does that mean they are going to ban road-side billboard advertising, and talk radio in cars? Both of which are a large distraction to drivers... - Matt -- 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: Mail App. Nuisance.
Evening all, I didn't see this discussion previously but thought I would make you all aware of two pieces of software that can make the Mail experience a little nicer. WideMail Letterbox Both of these bits of software allow the layout of Mail to be modified which is of great benefit when using a widescreen computer. Neither pieces of software have been fully updated for Snow Leopard as I write this but I can tell you I am waiting for this to occur! :) Thanks, On 21/09/2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello List Just to let anyone know who may have been following this thread, The column behavior in Mail is normal (but still a bit of a nuisance). Anyway we got to the bottom of it. Thanks again to Ronni. Kind regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au You're welcome Greg, We should let the list know. Perhaps you could post my last reply to you. It explains what your problem was and an explanation. If you prefer I do it, that is fine. Whatever you prefer to do is ok with me. Kind regards, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 3:00 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Thank you very much Ronni I've lived with this for years and can continue to do so. It's only a mild nuisance really. At least now I know it's not just me. Do we need to let the list know. Or should we just let the thread die. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 21/09/2009, at 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Greg, I'm back from fixing the Wireless Network. The clients are happy to have their Wireless Network up running, working as it should again. Of course as always they wanted a While you're here Ronni would you mind checking this for us ;-) Ok, on to your Mail App. Nuisance. First thanks for sending your screenshots, I can now see what you mean. Unfortunately you are probably not going to like what I am going to tell you. The width of columns in the Address Book pane in Mail can only be changed on a per-session basis; after you quit Mail, they will revert to their original values. There is no way to set the default width of columns for Address Book. The same applies to the Signature Prefs columns. You can't set the default column widths in the Address Book pane used by Mail or the Signature Prefs; any changes you make are for that session only. You could possibly experiment with a different font size. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. This little tip might help you: An easy way to add recipients to the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is to click in the desired field (in a new email) and click Address Book in the toolbar. That opens the Address (Book) panel, from which you can 'double click' a person to have his or her e-mail address inserted. I'm using Mail v4.1 in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 I notice my AddressBook opens with a wider 'Group' column than your AddressBook 'Group' column. I've attached screenshots of my AddressBook from Mail Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail for you to see the slight difference (which is probably due to updated version of Mail). If I find a plugin or something that might be able to change the default I will let you know. Kind Regards, Ronni Ron's AddressBook from Mail at opening of Mail app.png Ron's Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail.png On 21/09/2009, at 10:03 AM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello Ronni Sorry for the tardy reply. I have been at a training course all weekend. Also, thank you for your interest. Your input is so valuable to everyone. Here are the screen shots from my G4 using the Grab app. My MacBook Pro has a similar look but not identical. Maybe this is normal. After all the phenomenon has survived years of upgrades and OS changes, plus many attempts at preference resetting etc. Maybe everyone's Mac does this. I am not aware of any other Apple application that does it though. Or if it does, it is not one that I use often enough to notice. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. Thanks again. I look forward to your response. Screen Grabs Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type:
Re: New Road Rules Threaten Phone GPS | iPhone Apps | TomTom | Navigon | Sat Nav
On 21/09/2009 4:39 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 4:08 PM, Martin Hill wrote: The benefit would be increased safety for all road users resulting from lessening driver distractions. So does that mean they are going to ban road-side billboard advertising, and talk radio in cars? Both of which are a large distraction to drivers... - Matt Talking and answering questions seems to significantly impact the brain centres used for driving http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/phone-driving--drink-driving-20090618-clp5.html (Talking to another adult in the car is not as bad as usually they shut up or scream something useful if conditions are difficult or they're about to die) Not sure if anyone's done fMRI's on billboard adverts yet. Really they should be banning all mobile phone conversations by the driver whilst driving. Anyone know what happens if you're using the Tom-Tom iPhone software and the phone rings? I'm guessing you get lost :) Have fun, Shay (Who pulls over or lets it ring out). -- 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: New Road Rules Threaten Phone GPS | iPhone Apps | TomTom | Navigon | Sat Nav
On 21/09/2009, at 4:39 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: So does that mean they are going to ban road-side billboard advertising, and talk radio in cars? Both of which are a large distraction to drivers... Heh - and attractive female pedestrians wearing short skirts too no doubt.;-) I do hate the Nanny State that puts in concrete paths with handrails in Geikie Gorge, drops the speed limit of Leach Hwy in Shelly to 70km/ hr and has red arrows that don't go off at every second traffic light intersection etc. However, I have noticed myself much more easily drift all over the road if I use a handheld mobile phone in the car and one friend drove his Mazda 929 into the back of a truck when trying to SMS and drive on the freeway, so there seems to be something that much worse about hand- held phones. I can talk on a hands-free mobile phone in the car and be a lot less distracted than when holding it in my hand - why? I'm not sure, maybe the neurons required to keep my arm in the air tip the balance(!) but it is definitely the case for me. As a result I am less critical of this particular bit of legislation for a change! :-) (mind you the VicRoads guy in the article who said A phone will only be allowed to be used for its primary purpose, If it's a phone, it's a phone is an idiot and I hope his statement doesn't reflect what is in the actual legislation!) -Mart -- 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
Advice about external hard disk to record live music
Dear wamuggers Can anyone suggest the specs of an external hard disk to record about 24 hours of live music direct from a sound desk. Will USB2 suffice? What storage will I need? What disk RPM? What else? Cheers Rob -- Rob Phillips, Director, Nanga Music Festival 9-11 October, 2009 http://nangamusic.org.au r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Mobile: 0416 065 054 -- 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: Crossword maker apps for Mac
Hi, does anyone have any experience with Crossword making apps for Mac OS? there seem to be lots out there, mainly shareware, but just wondering if anyone has any advice, thoughts etc on this subject. We need to generate our own for a new project. Cheers for now Jon 'R' Celebrating the Robinson Helicopter A new coffee-table book from Eye in the Sky Productions. Photographed by leading aviation photographer Jon Davison. Due for release late 2008 Based in Western Australia M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/robinson.html -- 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
Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
On 21/09/2009, at 5:58 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Hello Stephen, From iMovie '09 can you Share to Media Browser? Then once it is done with that command, open iDVD, go to Media, find your movie and drag it into the iDVD window. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
I did try that Ronni, But the largest available export is Mobile It was going to take 3 hours, so I will set it going when I go to bed tonight. Thanks for the support with that though. I was a little dubious about that working and waiting 3 hours to find out !! On 21/09/2009, at 6:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 5:58 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Hello Stephen, From iMovie '09 can you Share to Media Browser? Then once it is done with that command, open iDVD, go to Media, find your movie and drag it into the iDVD window. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today
Well I've been using Parallels and Fusion on and off from the beginning initially as my main work PC running Office 2003/2007, corporate apps, Adobe design apps and for the testing of apps like SketchUp and SolidWorks. Each version of each app gets better and in some cases overtakes the other one. So earlier this year Parallels was slightly faster at most tasks than Fusion see this review: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.04/VMBenchmarks/index.html That was with VMware Fusion 2.0.1. Fusion is now up to 2.0.5 so it's probably slightly faster than Parallels. In terms of features they are so similar. In the early versions Parallels interface was a bit nicer - kinda Tonka Toyified. Fusion has certainly caught up now though. Similarly VirtualBox is improving all the time, there was an update just the other week. Speaking of VirtualBox it is straightforward to use if nothing goes wrong. If it does you may have to do a bit of searching on the net or playing around to sort it out. I suppose this is where its downfall is. Parallels and VMware's support is pretty good - I've had to contact both and both have responded quickly. With VirtualBox being a free product you're on your own a little bit - but hey did I say it's free, and really impressive for a freebie. My colleagues set up VirtualBox on a complete novice to VMs iMac and he's really happy with it. Currently I'm running Parallels 4.0.3846 with Windows 7RC on Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and it's running really well. The only reason I'm using Parallels over Fusion is that it came as part of a MacUpdate Promo. Otherwise I would have gone for the Fusion offer this morning. I wouldn't consider gaming with these VMs however using Bootcamp on a MacPro is awesome... Hope this is helpful in some way - sorry for the lack of specifics I'm not in IT anymore. Regards, Chris. From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:47:44 +0800 To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi Peter, Out of interest, did you use all three just to compare the different applications - or do you use different VMs for different tasks. What, if any, would you rate as the particular pros/cons or points of difference of the three approaches - other than the obvious cost advantage of Sun's VirtualBox. I've only ever run Parallels 3.0 - just because it seemed to be the one everyone recommended at the time that I purchased it - I had a lot of trouble at the time upgrading my XP Pro VM (imported from Virtual PC) to SP2 but once I got that sorted (thank you Peter Hinchcliffe!) it seems to do OK so I didn't look any further. However, I suppose that at some point (SL upgrade?) I will need to look at upgrading from Parallels 3.0 - so I suppose that will be a good time to also look at the alternatives. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/9/09 10:12 AM, Christopher S at c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter I've used the current versions of Parallels and Fusion and Sun's VirtualBox (which is free) and they are all pretty good virtual machines. Unless you are talking the latest Windows games I would think any of the above would be fine for most apps. Games may run best in Fusion but BootCamp is probably the better option - that is of course debatable. There is a big caveat with all three and that is that you need to own a copy of Windows to install in the virtual machine. If it's only a couple of apps that you need like the ATO Tax App then I'd probably suggest Sun's VirtualBox. Regards, Chris. From: Peter Curtis pcur...@aapt.net.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:57:06 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi I need to run windoze for a couple of applications that can't be run on a Mac and currently use a small windows laptop. Now that I've bought a intel Mac I intend to run windoze on it but haven't got around to choosing which program to use. This email suggests now might be the time to make up my mind. The question is: Is VMWare Fusion a reasonable program to use for someone who wants to run a couple of windoze programs on their Mac? or should I be more careful in choosing what program I use? Thanks in anticipation. Regards Peter On 21/09/2009, at 9:38 AM, Christopher S wrote: Hi Guys, Just a heads up Vmware Fusion 2.0.5 is US$34.95 till 11.30AM Monday 21 September at this site: http://www.mupromo.com/deal/960/4438/vmware-fusion this is quite a saving if you¹re in the market for Fusion/Parallels. -- 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
Re: Advice about external hard disk to record live music
Hi Rob I would try and steer away from USB if possible? firewire or eSATA would be much better. As for how much storage it would depend on the quality you are recording at and I am sure there will be others on the list that might be able to give you some pointers? Depending on your budget there are some raids boxes that might suit your needs. When you say direct from the sound desk is that via a mac? Best regards Roger On 21/09/2009, at 5:37 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Dear wamuggers Can anyone suggest the specs of an external hard disk to record about 24 hours of live music direct from a sound desk. Will USB2 suffice? What storage will I need? What disk RPM? What else? Cheers Rob -- Rob Phillips, Director, Nanga Music Festival 9-11 October, 2009 http://nangamusic.org.au r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Mobile: 0416 065 054 -- 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 Roger P Kortas 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: Crossword maker apps for Mac
Hi Jon I currently use Crossword Forge 5.5.5 Shareware Seems to be OK cheers Neil - Original Message - From: Jon Davison photo...@iinet.net.au To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Monday, 21 September, 2009 5:53:38 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Crossword maker apps for Mac Hi, does anyone have any experience with Crossword making apps for Mac OS? there seem to be lots out there, mainly shareware, but just wondering if anyone has any advice, thoughts etc on this subject. We need to generate our own for a new project. Cheers for now Jon 'R' Celebrating the Robinson Helicopter A new coffee-table book from Eye in the Sky Productions. Photographed by leading aviation photographer Jon Davison. Due for release late 2008 Based in Western Australia M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/robinson.html -- 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: Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
Stephen, You don't want Mobile, that setting is only for iPhone, computer, MobileMe or YouTube You need LARGE for a DVD/TV. Cheers, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 6:40 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: I did try that Ronni, But the largest available export is Mobile It was going to take 3 hours, so I will set it going when I go to bed tonight. Thanks for the support with that though. I was a little dubious about that working and waiting 3 hours to find out !! On 21/09/2009, at 6:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 5:58 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Hello Stephen, From iMovie '09 can you Share to Media Browser? Then once it is done with that command, open iDVD, go to Media, find your movie and drag it into the iDVD window. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today
Hi Chris, Thanks very much for that feedback. It sounds like you have swapped back and forth between Parallels Fusion a bit - do you move VMs around when you do this (ie import pre-existing VMs created in another program) or do you set up a new VM from scratch each time? Do all three actually allow you to import VMs from the other two or are there restrictions on this? (that's how I went from VPC on a PPC Mac to Parallels on an Intel mac and it was relatively painless in that case). If you have imported VMs from other programs I woud be interested in your thoughts as to how well this works between Parallels/Fusion/VirtualBox Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/9/09 6:40 PM, Christopher S at c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Well I've been using Parallels and Fusion on and off from the beginning initially as my main work PC running Office 2003/2007, corporate apps, Adobe design apps and for the testing of apps like SketchUp and SolidWorks. Each version of each app gets better and in some cases overtakes the other one. So earlier this year Parallels was slightly faster at most tasks than Fusion see this review: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.04/VMBenchmarks/index.html That was with VMware Fusion 2.0.1. Fusion is now up to 2.0.5 so it's probably slightly faster than Parallels. In terms of features they are so similar. In the early versions Parallels interface was a bit nicer - kinda Tonka Toyified. Fusion has certainly caught up now though. Similarly VirtualBox is improving all the time, there was an update just the other week. Speaking of VirtualBox it is straightforward to use if nothing goes wrong. If it does you may have to do a bit of searching on the net or playing around to sort it out. I suppose this is where its downfall is. Parallels and VMware's support is pretty good - I've had to contact both and both have responded quickly. With VirtualBox being a free product you're on your own a little bit - but hey did I say it's free, and really impressive for a freebie. My colleagues set up VirtualBox on a complete novice to VMs iMac and he's really happy with it. Currently I'm running Parallels 4.0.3846 with Windows 7RC on Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and it's running really well. The only reason I'm using Parallels over Fusion is that it came as part of a MacUpdate Promo. Otherwise I would have gone for the Fusion offer this morning. I wouldn't consider gaming with these VMs however using Bootcamp on a MacPro is awesome... Hope this is helpful in some way - sorry for the lack of specifics I'm not in IT anymore. Regards, Chris. From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:47:44 +0800 To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi Peter, Out of interest, did you use all three just to compare the different applications - or do you use different VMs for different tasks. What, if any, would you rate as the particular pros/cons or points of difference of the three approaches - other than the obvious cost advantage of Sun's VirtualBox. I've only ever run Parallels 3.0 - just because it seemed to be the one everyone recommended at the time that I purchased it - I had a lot of trouble at the time upgrading my XP Pro VM (imported from Virtual PC) to SP2 but once I got that sorted (thank you Peter Hinchcliffe!) it seems to do OK so I didn't look any further. However, I suppose that at some point (SL upgrade?) I will need to look at upgrading from Parallels 3.0 - so I suppose that will be a good time to also look at the alternatives. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/9/09 10:12 AM, Christopher S at c...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter I've used the current versions of Parallels and Fusion and Sun's VirtualBox (which is free) and they are all pretty good virtual machines. Unless you are talking the latest Windows games I would think any of the above would be fine for most apps. Games may run best in Fusion but BootCamp is probably the better option - that is of course debatable. There is a big caveat with all three and that is that you need to own a copy of Windows to install in the virtual machine. If it's only a couple of apps that you need like the ATO Tax App then I'd probably suggest Sun's VirtualBox. Regards, Chris. From: Peter Curtis pcur...@aapt.net.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:57:06 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi I need to run windoze for a couple of applications that can't be run on a Mac and currently use a small windows laptop. Now that I've bought a intel Mac I
Re: Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
Hi Stephen, In iMovie Preferences - Video, did you have Video Standard PAL - 25 fps? If you are unable to Share to Media Browser - Large 720x540 or Export Movie - Large 720x540 Can you Share Export using Quicktime specifying in settings Export: Movie to DV stream Use: DV PAL 48 kHz? I'm logging off for the night. I need a break, a glass of wine, and some food. Cheers, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 7:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Stephen, You don't want Mobile, that setting is only for iPhone, computer, MobileMe or YouTube You need LARGE for a DVD to watch on a 48 kHzTV. Cheers, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 6:40 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: I did try that Ronni, But the largest available export is Mobile It was going to take 3 hours, so I will set it going when I go to bed tonight. Thanks for the support with that though. I was a little dubious about that working and waiting 3 hours to find out !! On 21/09/2009, at 6:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 5:58 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Hello Stephen, From iMovie '09 can you Share to Media Browser? Then once it is done with that command, open iDVD, go to Media, find your movie and drag it into the iDVD window. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: message from Discus.
Hi Everyone, Bravo Ronni! That has been my experience during the many years of using Apple's operating software. I can only say that Apple's OS is not 100% perfect, but is very close to it. I too have not had any major problems with any of the updates or major upgrades of the OS, and I am not a 'geek' or 'connaisseur' in any sense of the words. I agree that there must be a good planning before adopting a major upgrade. With the price of hard drives being very reasonable these days, I have always copied my working 'old' OS using SuperDuper on to a firewire drive so that I can keep working 'just in case'. However I have never encountered the 'just in case' situation yet, and still have my very first OS X sitting on a drive but not used for years now! Regards to all, Philippe C. 2009/9/21 Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Hi Kevin, Yes, I received this negative email from Discus. I don't agree with their assessment of Snow Leopard. The majority of problems people are having are caused by not doing the preparation before upgrading their System, and other Vendor's software, add-ons, plugins , etc. It is not up to Apple to make sure non-apple software is compatible with Snow Leopard it is up to the Vendor. Most major software companies were very quick to release Snow Leopard compatible version of their software. This comment: The trusting people who recently purchased Apple's Snow Leopard and immediately installed it were greeted with hundreds of terrible bugs. It was reckless of Apple not to test their system more thoroughly before releasing it to millions of paying customers. Apple not to test their system more thoroughly before releasing it to millions of paying customers what a load of rubbish that is! Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is designed to protect your Mac from certain incompatible software that can quit unexpectedly or cause other issues in Mac OS X v10.6. When you install Snow Leopard or migrate to Snow Leopard, known-incompatible software is moved to a folder named Incompatible Software on your hard drive. Snow Leopard also prevents known-incompatible software from opening. If you see an Incompatible software message, contact the software's vendor or visit their website for a later, compatible version. Apple certainly with Snow Leopard, have protected people from using incompatible software. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Share with iDVD greyed out in iMovie 09 ?
Problem is everything above Mobile is greyed out. I might try exporting to Quicktime and then take it from there perhaps. On 21/09/2009, at 7:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Stephen, You don't want Mobile, that setting is only for iPhone, computer, MobileMe or YouTube You need LARGE for a DVD/TV. Cheers, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 6:40 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: I did try that Ronni, But the largest available export is Mobile It was going to take 3 hours, so I will set it going when I go to bed tonight. Thanks for the support with that though. I was a little dubious about that working and waiting 3 hours to find out !! On 21/09/2009, at 6:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 5:58 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I spent quite a lot of time editing a movie file for a friend who would like it on DVD. Now a find that share with iDVD is greyed out. It was a file from their camcorder that I had to convert to a .MOV file before I could edit in iMovie 09. It seems willing to share with Mobile but nothing larger ??? Any ideas how I can get this from iMovie to iDVD ? Hello Stephen, From iMovie '09 can you Share to Media Browser? Then once it is done with that command, open iDVD, go to Media, find your movie and drag it into the iDVD window. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: message from Discus.
On 21/09/2009, at 7:55 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: As a registered user of Discus, I received a mailout which addressed problems with Discus and operating systems. Interesting? The following is the message received Wow! Funny that so much other software seems to run just fine... Switch to Disc Label instead -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 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
VirtualBox
Hi, Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows XP. Came unstuck during the installation when it asked me to press F8 to accept the Windows terms and conditions. Other keys would work on that page (like page down to read the conditions), and ESC to cancel (disagree) with the conditions, but I couldn't get F8 to work. Didn't find anything in the manual that came with VirtualBox. Any suggestions ... With thanks ... Clyde -- 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: VirtualBox
Hi Clyde, 2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan cmcle...@westnet.com.au: Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows XP. Came unstuck during the installation when it asked me to press F8 to accept the Windows terms and conditions. With some keyboards (especially laptops), you might find that you have to hold down the Fn (function) key while pressing the F8 key. This is because F8 might be assigned to some other function in Mac OS X, like 'Play/Pause'. I use VirtualBox for running several versions of Windows and Linux, and have to say I don't recall encountering this issue at all. I think this is a rare issue, so it would be helpful to know what Mac OS X and hardware you are using. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: VirtualBox
I installed VB on an iMac recently and had the same issues with Windows XP. Eventually I was frustrated by the same issues, however, I closed down VB and on returning next day found everything was functional and I am able to use Windows - not tried anything beyond Firefox - just needed it to get into a NON mac government wesbite. Bill On 22/09/2009, at 9:22 AM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Clyde, 2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan cmcle...@westnet.com.au: Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows XP. Came unstuck during the installation when it asked me to press F8 to accept the Windows terms and conditions. With some keyboards (especially laptops), you might find that you have to hold down the Fn (function) key while pressing the F8 key. This is because F8 might be assigned to some other function in Mac OS X, like 'Play/Pause'. I use VirtualBox for running several versions of Windows and Linux, and have to say I don't recall encountering this issue at all. I think this is a rare issue, so it would be helpful to know what Mac OS X and hardware you are using. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Dr Bill Parker EDITOR Solar Progress Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 Australia 0403 583 676 edi...@anzses.org www.anzses.org -- 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: message from Discus.
On 22/09/2009, at 7:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/09/2009, at 7:55 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: As a registered user of Discus, I received a mailout which addressed problems with Discus and operating systems. Interesting? The following is the message received Wow! Funny that so much other software seems to run just fine... Switch to Disc Label instead I don't know why Discus felt they had to write such a negative email post it to all Discus users, as Discus v4.24 is working just the same on my Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 as it did in Leopard OS X 10.5.8? Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: VirtualBox
On 22/09/2009, at 9:22 AM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Clyde, 2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan cmcle...@westnet.com.au: Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows XP. Came unstuck during the installation when it asked me to press F8 to accept the Windows terms and conditions. With some keyboards (especially laptops), you might find that you have to hold down the Fn (function) key while pressing the F8 key. This is because F8 might be assigned to some other function in Mac OS X, like 'Play/Pause'. I use VirtualBox for running several versions of Windows and Linux, and have to say I don't recall encountering this issue at all. I think this is a rare issue, so it would be helpful to know what Mac OS X and hardware you are using. James Hi Clyde, Check in System Preferences Keyboard - Keyboard Shortcuts to see what keyboard shortcuts you have set on your Mac. Normally F8 Activates Spaces (if you have Spaces 'Enabled'). You could take the 'tick' out of the Activate Spaces F8 in Keyboard shortcuts just until you install XP (if it requires F8). Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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
iphoto gone spoggly
Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated thanks alastair -- 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: iphoto gone spoggly
On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote: Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. Hello Alastair, The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re- launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated Were any of the photos Greyscale images? Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: VirtualBox
Hi Ronda, Bill James, Did as you suggested (ie, changed the preference) but still no joy. I'm running on iMac with leopard 10.5.6. There is no function key (like on many PC's) so couldn't try that suggestion. Thanks for the help - at this stage I will stick with Parallels, but I was keen to try the VirtualBox, but can do without it. Cheers ... Clyde On 22/09/2009, at 10:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/09/2009, at 9:22 AM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Clyde, 2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan cmcle...@westnet.com.au: Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox. No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows XP. Came unstuck during the installation when it asked me to press F8 to accept the Windows terms and conditions. With some keyboards (especially laptops), you might find that you have to hold down the Fn (function) key while pressing the F8 key. This is because F8 might be assigned to some other function in Mac OS X, like 'Play/Pause'. I use VirtualBox for running several versions of Windows and Linux, and have to say I don't recall encountering this issue at all. I think this is a rare issue, so it would be helpful to know what Mac OS X and hardware you are using. James Hi Clyde, Check in System Preferences Keyboard - Keyboard Shortcuts to see what keyboard shortcuts you have set on your Mac. Normally F8 Activates Spaces (if you have Spaces 'Enabled'). You could take the 'tick' out of the Activate Spaces F8 in Keyboard shortcuts just until you install XP (if it requires F8). Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 -- 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: iphoto gone spoggly
Thanks Ronni and sorry I forgot to mention that I tried a rebuild - it spent an hour on the job but to no avail. As I said, searching for the files by name brings up nothing so I suspect they are gone. None were greyscale many thanks On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote: Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. Hello Alastair, The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated Were any of the photos Greyscale images? Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 -- 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: iphoto gone spoggly
Have you checked your iPhoto Preferences Advanced - Importing: Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library, and Add ColorSync profile. Are they both ticked? On 22/09/2009, at 11:39 AM, mince and pud wrote: Thanks Ronni and sorry I forgot to mention that I tried a rebuild - it spent an hour on the job but to no avail. As I said, searching for the files by name brings up nothing so I suspect they are gone. None were greyscale many thanks On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote: Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. Hello Alastair, The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated Were any of the photos Greyscale images? Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 -- 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 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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: iphoto gone spoggly
yes, both of those are ticked On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:47, Ronda Brown wrote: Have you checked your iPhoto Preferences Advanced - Importing: Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library, and Add ColorSync profile. Are they both ticked? On 22/09/2009, at 11:39 AM, mince and pud wrote: Thanks Ronni and sorry I forgot to mention that I tried a rebuild - it spent an hour on the job but to no avail. As I said, searching for the files by name brings up nothing so I suspect they are gone. None were greyscale many thanks On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote: Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. Hello Alastair, The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated Were any of the photos Greyscale images? Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 -- 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 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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 -- 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: Advice about external hard disk to record live music
Thanks for your advice. Capture will probably be via a PC. Talking to some other people, I might have had a simplistic view of the process. If the PC software captures multiple tracks to disk, we will still need some software to extract/mix these tracks, and this software or its file format might be proprietary. Rob Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Rob I would try and steer away from USB if possible? firewire or eSATA would be much better. As for how much storage it would depend on the quality you are recording at and I am sure there will be others on the list that might be able to give you some pointers? Depending on your budget there are some raids boxes that might suit your needs. When you say direct from the sound desk is that via a mac? Best regards Roger On 21/09/2009, at 5:37 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Dear wamuggers Can anyone suggest the specs of an external hard disk to record about 24 hours of live music direct from a sound desk. Will USB2 suffice? What storage will I need? What disk RPM? What else? Cheers Rob -- Rob Phillips, Director, Nanga Music Festival 9-11 October, 2009 http://nangamusic.org.au r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Mobile: 0416 065 054 -- 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: iphoto gone spoggly
When you rebuilt the iPhoto Library did you 'tick' Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto Library folder. In fact did you tick all 5 options? Searching for the files by name within iPhoto won't find these photos as they are disconnected photos. IPhoto has lost the connection to them ... why ...we don't know yet. Do you have a backup of your iPhoto Library? If not I would do one before you do anymore messing around ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 22/09/2009, at 12:29 PM, mince and pud wrote: yes, both of those are ticked On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:47, Ronda Brown wrote: Have you checked your iPhoto Preferences Advanced - Importing: Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library, and Add ColorSync profile. Are they both ticked? On 22/09/2009, at 11:39 AM, mince and pud wrote: Thanks Ronni and sorry I forgot to mention that I tried a rebuild - it spent an hour on the job but to no avail. As I said, searching for the files by name brings up nothing so I suspect they are gone. None were greyscale many thanks On 22 Sep 2009, at 04:18, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/09/2009, at 10:54 AM, mince and pud wrote: Hi all I'd really appreciate advice on this iphoto 6 problem - it's a bit tricky to explain which is why I'm having no luck with mr Google... The last few rolls I imported have disappeared - ie, blank thumbnails and the grey ! when I try to open one. Searching for them by file number (the thumbnails still have their numbers) fails to find them anywhere. Hello Alastair, The ! or ? turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents. Try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys and launch iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. If I import another roll from the camera it seems to go in fine, but it hasn't been stored properly in the library, just in the Imports folder (in a sub-folder called 2001). If I quit iphoto and re-launch, it says there are photos in the library that haven't been imported, would I like to import them? If I say yes, it then asks what to do with all the duplicates, as if they are in there already! If I say import them again, I get a set of working thumbnails, but if I click them I just get !s (update - after further attempts I now have 2 identical sets of thumbnails for my latest roll which DO launch the files when clicked. But they are still in the 2001 imports folder) any insights appreciated Were any of the photos Greyscale images? Try rebuilding the library first Alastair and see how you get on. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 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
