Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

[Ronda Brown]

On 10/11/2009, at 2:46 PM, Brian Scott wrote:

> 
> 
> On 10/11/2009, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Brian Scott wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but it 
>>> don't work in his player (or mine).
>>> 
>>> I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Brian
>> 
>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> What brand are the CD Players, some  CD players will not play ReWritable CDs.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
> 
> Thanks for the reply Ronni.
> 
> Mine is an old Denon DCD-755AR, I don't know what his is.
> 
> I thought it might be that the ReWritable CDs need to be finalized or 
> whatever.
> 
> Otherwise we will have to assume we have the players that don't play these.
> 
> And I guess these ReWritables will just have to gather dust like few other 
> things around here :)
> 
> Than you
> 
> Brian Scott
> 
> iMac 24" 3.06 2 Duo
> 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB
> OS X 10.5.8
> Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console

Hi Brian,

Does it play mp3s? If not, there is a good chance that it won't read 
rewritables... check the manual to see if CD-RW is mentioned somewhere...
Or if it is written on the CD Player anywhere.

Can you play the CD-RW's in your Computer?
CD-RW discs can be used for other purposes other then Audio Discs. Use them to 
put Data on.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard



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Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

[Brian Scott]

On 10/11/2009, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Brian Scott wrote:



Hi,

A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one  
but it don't work in his player (or mine).


I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs.

Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players?

Thanks

Brian


Hi Brian,

What brand are the CD Players, some  CD players will not play  
ReWritable CDs.


Cheers,
Ronni


Thanks for the reply Ronni.

Mine is an old Denon DCD-755AR, I don't know what his is.

I thought it might be that the ReWritable CDs need to be finalized or  
whatever.


Otherwise we will have to assume we have the players that don't play  
these.


And I guess these ReWritables will just have to gather dust like few  
other things around here :)


Than you

Brian Scott

iMac 24" 3.06 2 Duo
3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB
OS X 10.5.8
Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console






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Eye TV burning

[alnova]

  BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Hi
Wamuggians
 I have been burning shows recorded with EyeTV by hitting the Toast
button (using Toast Titanium 7.1.3).  This only works for shows under
1.5 hrs in duration.  I believe I have to export to another format to
be able to fit the longer shows onto a DVD.
 Can someone please inform as to the best format to use so that it
can play on a standard DVD player?  Also, do I export and save to
hard drive and then burn in a second step?  Does this take an
extraordinarily long time?
 Many thanks for your assistance,
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Re: Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.2 released

[Ronda Brown]

Oh yes Gordon,

There is every chance that an Apple Tablet will be released in 2010,  
in fact I'm pretty sure there will be ;-)



Just do a search in Google - Apple Tablet to be released?
And you will gets heaps of rumours & information.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 10/11/2009, at 1:34 PM, Gordon Campbell wrote:



Pfft. That's depressing. Hopefully it's a sign that they're about to
release something in the netbook space (Apple Tablet anyone?) but I
doubt it.




2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :


No Gordon it does not support Intel Atom in this release.

"Intel Atom support is confirmed to be missing in the final release  
of

10.6.2, citing multiple prominent Hackintosh sources.

Apple's latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for  
Intel's Atom
processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released Monday afternoon, and  
was

Apple's second major update for Snow Leopard."




Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard


On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Gordon Campbell wrote:



Any word on if this final release has Atom support or not?
I don't need it myself, but I know a few people who use Hackintosh
netbooks that would be sad to see it go and I had been thinking  
about

going down the netbook route myself.


2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :


Hi WAMUGers,
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a sizable update to Snow  
Leopard
 that touches on many areas of the operating system. The changes  
are

 too numerous to chronicle: read Apple's About the Mac OS X 10.6.2
 Update page for a list of changes. Also note the page detailing  
the

 security improvements in this update.




 A few important items do jump out:

* The update fixes the Guest account deletion bug that would delete
 one's own user directory when you logged back in after a Guest  
login

 session was complete (see "Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data
 Loss Bug, 13 October 2009).

 Mac OS X 10.6.2 is available via Software Update or as two
 standalone downloads: the Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update is 473 MB and the
 Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update (Combo) is 479 MB. Typically, the Combo
 update would update Mac OS X 10.6.0 and higher, while the regular
 update would cover only Mac OS X 10.6.1. Presumably, the small  
size

 difference is related to the fact that Mac OS X 10.6.1 was an
 extremely small update.




 Also, the size of the update via Software Update can vary widely,
 depending on your computer. My 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, released in
 2006, required a 499.9 MB download, while my Mac mini from earlier
 this year needed a 157.7 MB download as was a colleague's Mac Pro
 from early 2008.

 Apple also released Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB) and
 Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB) for Mac OS X 10.5.8,  
which

 include the numerous security enhancements in Mac OS X 10.6.2,
 linked above. As ever, the issues addressed patch vulnerabilities
 exploited by maliciously crafted files or Web sites.



Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard






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Re: Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.2 released

[Gordon Campbell]

Pfft. That's depressing. Hopefully it's a sign that they're about to
release something in the netbook space (Apple Tablet anyone?) but I
doubt it.




2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :
>
> No Gordon it does not support Intel Atom in this release.
>
> "Intel Atom support is confirmed to be missing in the final release of
> 10.6.2, citing multiple prominent Hackintosh sources.
>
> Apple's latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel's Atom
> processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released Monday afternoon, and was
> Apple's second major update for Snow Leopard."
>
> 
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
>
>
> On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Gordon Campbell wrote:
>
>>
>> Any word on if this final release has Atom support or not?
>> I don't need it myself, but I know a few people who use Hackintosh
>> netbooks that would be sad to see it go and I had been thinking about
>> going down the netbook route myself.
>>
>>
>> 2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :
>>>
>>> Hi WAMUGers,
>>> Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a sizable update to Snow Leopard
>>>  that touches on many areas of the operating system. The changes are
>>>  too numerous to chronicle: read Apple's About the Mac OS X 10.6.2
>>>  Update page for a list of changes. Also note the page detailing the
>>>  security improvements in this update.
>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>>  A few important items do jump out:
>>>
>>> * The update fixes the Guest account deletion bug that would delete
>>>  one's own user directory when you logged back in after a Guest login
>>>  session was complete (see "Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data
>>>  Loss Bug, 13 October 2009).
>>>
>>>  Mac OS X 10.6.2 is available via Software Update or as two
>>>  standalone downloads: the Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update is 473 MB and the
>>>  Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update (Combo) is 479 MB. Typically, the Combo
>>>  update would update Mac OS X 10.6.0 and higher, while the regular
>>>  update would cover only Mac OS X 10.6.1. Presumably, the small size
>>>  difference is related to the fact that Mac OS X 10.6.1 was an
>>>  extremely small update.
>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
>>>  Also, the size of the update via Software Update can vary widely,
>>>  depending on your computer. My 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, released in
>>>  2006, required a 499.9 MB download, while my Mac mini from earlier
>>>  this year needed a 157.7 MB download as was a colleague's Mac Pro
>>>  from early 2008.
>>>
>>>  Apple also released Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB) and
>>>  Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB) for Mac OS X 10.5.8, which
>>>  include the numerous security enhancements in Mac OS X 10.6.2,
>>>  linked above. As ever, the issues addressed patch vulnerabilities
>>>  exploited by maliciously crafted files or Web sites.
>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>>> OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
>
>
>
>
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Re: Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.2 released

[Ronda Brown]

No Gordon it does not support Intel Atom in this release.

"Intel Atom support is confirmed to be missing in the final release of  
10.6.2, citing multiple prominent Hackintosh sources.


Apple's latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel's  
Atom processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released Monday afternoon,  
and was Apple's second major update for Snow Leopard."





Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard


On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Gordon Campbell wrote:



Any word on if this final release has Atom support or not?
I don't need it myself, but I know a few people who use Hackintosh
netbooks that would be sad to see it go and I had been thinking about
going down the netbook route myself.


2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :

Hi WAMUGers,
Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a sizable update to Snow Leopard
 that touches on many areas of the operating system. The changes are
 too numerous to chronicle: read Apple's About the Mac OS X 10.6.2
 Update page for a list of changes. Also note the page detailing the
 security improvements in this update.




 A few important items do jump out:

* The update fixes the Guest account deletion bug that would delete
 one's own user directory when you logged back in after a Guest login
 session was complete (see "Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data
 Loss Bug, 13 October 2009).

 Mac OS X 10.6.2 is available via Software Update or as two
 standalone downloads: the Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update is 473 MB and the
 Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update (Combo) is 479 MB. Typically, the Combo
 update would update Mac OS X 10.6.0 and higher, while the regular
 update would cover only Mac OS X 10.6.1. Presumably, the small size
 difference is related to the fact that Mac OS X 10.6.1 was an
 extremely small update.




 Also, the size of the update via Software Update can vary widely,
 depending on your computer. My 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, released in
 2006, required a 499.9 MB download, while my Mac mini from earlier
 this year needed a 157.7 MB download as was a colleague's Mac Pro
 from early 2008.

 Apple also released Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB) and
 Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB) for Mac OS X 10.5.8, which
 include the numerous security enhancements in Mac OS X 10.6.2,
 linked above. As ever, the issues addressed patch vulnerabilities
 exploited by maliciously crafted files or Web sites.



Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard






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Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

[Ronda Brown]

On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Brian Scott wrote:



Hi,

A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one  
but it don't work in his player (or mine).


I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs.

Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players?

Thanks

Brian


Hi Brian,

What brand are the CD Players, some  CD players will not play  
ReWritable CDs.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard



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Re: Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.2 released

[Gordon Campbell]

Any word on if this final release has Atom support or not?
I don't need it myself, but I know a few people who use Hackintosh
netbooks that would be sad to see it go and I had been thinking about
going down the netbook route myself.


2009/11/10 Ronda Brown :
> Hi WAMUGers,
> Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a sizable update to Snow Leopard
>  that touches on many areas of the operating system. The changes are
>  too numerous to chronicle: read Apple's About the Mac OS X 10.6.2
>  Update page for a list of changes. Also note the page detailing the
>  security improvements in this update.
>
> 
> 
>
>  A few important items do jump out:
>
> * The update fixes the Guest account deletion bug that would delete
>  one's own user directory when you logged back in after a Guest login
>  session was complete (see "Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data
>  Loss Bug, 13 October 2009).
>
>  Mac OS X 10.6.2 is available via Software Update or as two
>  standalone downloads: the Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update is 473 MB and the
>  Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update (Combo) is 479 MB. Typically, the Combo
>  update would update Mac OS X 10.6.0 and higher, while the regular
>  update would cover only Mac OS X 10.6.1. Presumably, the small size
>  difference is related to the fact that Mac OS X 10.6.1 was an
>  extremely small update.
>
> 
> 
>
>  Also, the size of the update via Software Update can vary widely,
>  depending on your computer. My 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, released in
>  2006, required a 499.9 MB download, while my Mac mini from earlier
>  this year needed a 157.7 MB download as was a colleague's Mac Pro
>  from early 2008.
>
>  Apple also released Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB) and
>  Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB) for Mac OS X 10.5.8, which
>  include the numerous security enhancements in Mac OS X 10.6.2,
>  linked above. As ever, the issues addressed patch vulnerabilities
>  exploited by maliciously crafted files or Web sites.
>
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
>
>
> 
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How to get rewritable CDs to play

[Brian Scott]

Hi,

A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but  
it don't work in his player (or mine).


I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs.

Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players?

Thanks

Brian



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Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.2 released

[Ronda Brown]

Hi WAMUGers,

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a sizable update to Snow Leopard
 that touches on many areas of the operating system. The changes are
 too numerous to chronicle: read Apple's About the Mac OS X 10.6.2
 Update page for a list of changes. Also note the page detailing the
 security improvements in this update.




 A few important items do jump out:

* The update fixes the Guest account deletion bug that would delete
 one's own user directory when you logged back in after a Guest login
 session was complete (see "Apple Acknowledges Guest Account Data
 Loss Bug, 13 October 2009).

 Mac OS X 10.6.2 is available via Software Update or as two
 standalone downloads: the Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update is 473 MB and the
 Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update (Combo) is 479 MB. Typically, the Combo
 update would update Mac OS X 10.6.0 and higher, while the regular
 update would cover only Mac OS X 10.6.1. Presumably, the small size
 difference is related to the fact that Mac OS X 10.6.1 was an
 extremely small update.




 Also, the size of the update via Software Update can vary widely,
 depending on your computer. My 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro, released in
 2006, required a 499.9 MB download, while my Mac mini from earlier
 this year needed a 157.7 MB download as was a colleague's Mac Pro
 from early 2008.

 Apple also released Security Update 2009-006 Client (143 MB) and
 Security Update 2009-006 Server (231 MB) for Mac OS X 10.5.8, which
 include the numerous security enhancements in Mac OS X 10.6.2,
 linked above. As ever, the issues addressed patch vulnerabilities
 exploited by maliciously crafted files or Web sites.




Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard



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WTS Nokia 5800 Xpress Music

[Hugh Griffiths]

Based on the recent conversations about phones I thought I might try this as a 
first port of call, otherwise its going in the quokka and on ebay. My son is 
selling his nokia 5800 xpress music, $300. Its still under warranty and in good 
condition, with all the accessories.  More info on the phone at 
http://www.nokia.com.au/find-products/all-phones/nokia-5800-xpressmusic1

its compatible through isync

http://www.nokia.com.au/get-support-and-software/download-software/isync

if you are interested please contact me offlist.

 
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Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2009 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: Snow Leopard compatible phones


I don't know if it's my eyesight or glasses or what, but using Motorola and
HTC phones I found it very hard to se anything on a screen unless I'm
indoors or in deep shade.

Is there any problem with the iPhone?


On 5/11/09 2:05 PM, "Nicholas Pyers"  wrote:

> 
> On 05/11/2009, at 3:19 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>> Don't like that everything has to be input via a screen.
> 
> Have you used an iPhone or iPod touch to enter data via the touch
> screen keyboard?
> After an hour's use, you'll find it hard to go back to a tiny physical
> qwerty keyboard and you'll never want to go back to the interfaces
> that use the number keys to represent 4 or more letters and numbers.
> 
> I use the iPhone to write short emails via the touch keyboard and I
> spend far too much time :) typing in a couple of social networking
> apps on the iPhone and it is second nature now... I'm very used to the
> touch screen keyboard and love the auto correct function (most of the
> time, but is self learning)
> 
>> Don't like the cost - all I want is a reliable phone with contact
>> details
>> and text, with sufficient quality that no-one standing near me can
>> hear what
>> the person I'm speaking to is saying.
> 
> 99% of my contact info is entered in to Address Book on my Mac at home
> and sync'ed into the iPhone. But when I'm out and about and need to
> add someone new or update an existing record, it is very easy to do
> and those changes get synced back to the main computer when I get home.
> 
> As to text, I have sent more SMSs in the last 12 months using my
> iPhone than in the last 15 years combined... all because the iPhone
> has a simple to use interface to select recipients and most
> importantly a standard qwerty keyboard [rather than 9 number keys been
> used to represent over 80 keys]... and since iPhone OS 3.0 introduced
> the landscape keyboard in Messaging, it's even better for my rather
> large digits.
> 
> You do get what you you pay for and some of the "$0 up front" phones
> are crap... that said you can get the 8GB iPhone 3G (not 3GS) from
> most carriers on a "$0 up front" plan and for many people this is a
> great option
> 
>> Michael.
> 
> 
> 
> --
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> 
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Re: Telstra Cable

[Brett Carboni]

I've been on Telstra Cable for around 10 years. I don't have any tech  
problems any more. Downloads can be pretty fast but uploads are slow  
which is bad if you Skype videoconference.


The major problem is the cap. 12 Gb doesn't allow much and I see deals  
advertised everywhere even on the backs of buses with ISP's with more.


I would change for those two reasons. But an advantage is that it  
doesn't require a phone line which I don't need.


Brett
Tsunami
"No cap on our sushi"

On 10/11/2009, at 9:36 AM, Tim Law wrote:



Hello,

I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came  
out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of  
70mBs.  It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by  
Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I  
expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a  
wireless

router with four ethernet connections.

I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is  
more than

a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.

I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac  
PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they  
will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop  
running

XP.

Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac  
households

that are worth me knowing about?

Thanks
Tim




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Re: Telstra Cable

[Tim Law]

Thanks Stephen,

> Fixing something that wasn't broken, huh?
Yup   :-\

http://www.ozspeedtest.com/ shows
Your line speed is 8.24 Mbps (8242 kbps).
Your download speed is 1.01 MB/s (1030 KB/s).
Via my current iinet account.

Tim





On 10/11/09 9:54 AM, "Stephen Atherton"  wrote:

> Fixing something that wasn't broken, huh?
> 
> Your anxiety may be well founded Tim. I've been with Bigpond cable (now "Cable
> Extreme") for 7 + years (2 houses) and look forward to moving to iinet.
> 
> The 70 megs a second is theoretical. Unlike ADSL, one shares bandwidth with
> those in your area who use cable. If they all watch Foxtel, you won't get
> theoretical speeds. I get 19 Mbps at best. Normally 9.83 Mbps (depending on
> which mirror you test with).
> 
> Macs are no issue, what is an issue is upload if you want to host a server or
> do a lot of video conferencing. Upload is crippled for some reason (there is
> no need for it to be) compared to ADSL 2+. Their silly "heartbeat" system went
> away recently. It was a pain.
> 
> Telstra support will be a challenge. Be prepared to be on hold and cope with
> the brain-dead voice recognition system. And it seems cable support (should
> you get a human) are all in Manila, so a few words of Tagalog can't hurt :-)
> 
> Of course, all of above only my experience. perhaps others having glowing
> reviews?
> 
> Best of luck.
> 
> On 10/11/2009, at 11:36 AM, Tim Law wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came out a
>> bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of 70mBs.  It's
>> using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by Foxtel.
>> We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I expect
>> the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a wireless
>> router with four ethernet connections.
>> 
>> I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is more than
>> a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.
>> 
>> I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac PowerPC on
>> 10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they will
>> provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop running
>> XP.
>> 
>> Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac households
>> that are worth me knowing about?
>> 
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Tim,

I have just had an experience not worth dying for with Telstra.   I'll  
not go into details, but I found that Telstra and Bigpond are ( or  
seem to be) managed separately.   After days on the phone it was fixed  
and the key help point was  "Multiple Services"   these people could  
see both phone and internet accounts simultaneously. They were  
excellent.



And the speed claims are no more than that.I was promised 20MB/ 
s.Its rarely above 10, if its school homework time, less.   But  
that also depends on street hardware and distances.


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Hello,

I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came  
out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of  
70mBs.  It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by  
Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I  
expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a  
wireless

router with four ethernet connections.

I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is  
more than

a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.

I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac  
PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they  
will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop  
running

XP.

Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac  
households

that are worth me knowing about?

Thanks
Tim




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Fixing something that wasn't broken, huh?

Your anxiety may be well founded Tim. I've been with Bigpond cable  
(now "Cable Extreme") for 7 + years (2 houses) and look forward to  
moving to iinet.


The 70 megs a second is theoretical. Unlike ADSL, one shares bandwidth  
with those in your area who use cable. If they all watch Foxtel, you  
won't get theoretical speeds. I get 19 Mbps at best. Normally 9.83  
Mbps (depending on which mirror you test with).


Macs are no issue, what is an issue is upload if you want to host a  
server or do a lot of video conferencing. Upload is crippled for some  
reason (there is no need for it to be) compared to ADSL 2+. Their  
silly "heartbeat" system went away recently. It was a pain.


Telstra support will be a challenge. Be prepared to be on hold and  
cope with the brain-dead voice recognition system. And it seems cable  
support (should you get a human) are all in Manila, so a few words of  
Tagalog can't hurt :-)


Of course, all of above only my experience. perhaps others having  
glowing reviews?


Best of luck.

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Hello,

I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came  
out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of  
70mBs.  It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by  
Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I  
expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a  
wireless

router with four ethernet connections.

I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is  
more than

a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.

I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac  
PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they  
will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop  
running

XP.

Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac  
households

that are worth me knowing about?

Thanks
Tim




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[Neil Houghton]

Hi James,

Thanks for the clarification & calcs re bandwidth & download speed.

If the problem was just the bandwidth/download time however, surely it would
affect both Firefox and Safari.

The 1.3 MB gif I was looking at:
 actually has 29
cycling images - so each image would correspond to <50kb.

Firefox starts cycling in less than 10 secs - so presumably it can start
cycling the images before the gif is fully downloaded.

Safari, on the other hand, starts cycling after around 55 to 60 secs - more
than 5 times the download time of the whole 1.3MB gif.

Interestingly though, Alastair says:

> the gifs play straight away for me
> safari 4.0.3
> G4 1.25
> 10.4.11

So he has the same Safari version as me but doesn't see the problem on a G4
machine running Tiger - whereas I do see it on an intel Core2 Duo machine
running Leopard.

Ronni's explanation makes sense to me:

> CoreGraphics bug,which is fixed in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 from what I
> can find out.

Based on Alastair's feedback, I am assuming that this bug was introduced
with Leopard?


Cheers



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> 
> Hi Neil/Severin,
> 
> A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes
> per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance
> by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs
> (kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or  170
> KBps (kibibytes per second). This means a 1.3 MB GIF would take 10
> seconds to download at 1400 kbps. ABC iViews shows my connection at
> 5000 kpbs, but that's only 610 KBps and in fact the GIF loads at 400
> KBps (3.5 seconds).
> 
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[Tim Law]

Hello,

I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of 70mBs.  It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a wireless
router with four ethernet connections.

I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is more than
a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.

I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop running
XP.

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that are worth me knowing about?

Thanks
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[Ronda Brown]

Sorry James,

Please accept my apologies, I knew I was not feeling well enough today  
to post.

My calculations are the same as yours, I just can't divide correctly ;-)

Example:1400 Kbps divided by 8 equals 176 KBps (kilobytes per  
second) transfer rate.


1400 divided by 8 = 175!

Sorry,
Ronni

On 10/11/2009, at 8:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 10/11/2009, at 12:34 AM, James Devenish wrote:



Hi Neil/Severin,

A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes
per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance
by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs
(kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or  170
KBps (kibibytes per second). This means a 1.3 MB GIF would take 10
seconds to download at 1400 kbps. ABC iViews shows my connection at
5000 kpbs, but that's only 610 KBps and in fact the GIF loads at 400
KBps (3.5 seconds).

James


Hi James,

Good post as always.

My calculation differs very slightly to yours ... by 1KBps  
(kilobytes per second)


I've always understood that most browsers and a lot of FTP programs  
show transfer rates in KBps (kilobytes per second).
So in order to get the approximate number of Kbps (kilobits per  
second) you need to know that there are 8 Kb (kilobits) in every KB  
(kilobyte).
Thus if your browser is showing that you are downloading a file at  
176 KBps you would then multiply 176 times 8 which would translate  
to 1,408 Kbps.
The reverse can be used if your transfer rate is in Kbps then you  
divide that number by 8 to get your rate in KBps.


Example:1400 Kbps divided by 8 equals 176 KBps (kilobytes per  
second) transfer rate.


So are you saying that the 'actual' is 8.2 Kb (kilobits) in 1 KB  
(kilobyte) NOT 8 Kb (kilobits) as I have always understood?


This is the table I have always gone by:
Kilobyte (KB or K) = 1024 bytes (2 ^ 10) "binary kilobyte"
kilobyte (kB) = 1000 bytes (10 ^ 3) "decimal kilobyte"

Kilobit (Kb) = 1024 bits (2 ^ 10) "binary kilobit"
kilobit (kb) = 1000 bits (10 ^ 3) "decimal kilobit"

KBps = Kilobytes (1024 bytes) per second (binary)
kBps = kilobytes (1000 bytes) per second (decimal)

Kbps = Kilobits (1024 bits) per second (binary)
kbps = kilobits (1000 bits) per second (decimal)

bps = bits per second

Thanks.

Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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On 10/11/2009, at 12:34 AM, James Devenish wrote:



Hi Neil/Severin,

A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes
per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance
by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs
(kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or  170
KBps (kibibytes per second). This means a 1.3 MB GIF would take 10
seconds to download at 1400 kbps. ABC iViews shows my connection at
5000 kpbs, but that's only 610 KBps and in fact the GIF loads at 400
KBps (3.5 seconds).

James


Hi James,

Good post as always.

My calculation differs very slightly to yours ... by 1KBps (kilobytes  
per second)


I've always understood that most browsers and a lot of FTP programs  
show transfer rates in KBps (kilobytes per second).
So in order to get the approximate number of Kbps (kilobits per  
second) you need to know that there are 8 Kb (kilobits) in every KB  
(kilobyte).
Thus if your browser is showing that you are downloading a file at 176  
KBps you would then multiply 176 times 8 which would translate to  
1,408 Kbps.
The reverse can be used if your transfer rate is in Kbps then you  
divide that number by 8 to get your rate in KBps.


Example:1400 Kbps divided by 8 equals 176 KBps (kilobytes per second)  
transfer rate.


So are you saying that the 'actual' is 8.2 Kb (kilobits) in 1 KB  
(kilobyte) NOT 8 Kb (kilobits) as I have always understood?


This is the table I have always gone by:
Kilobyte (KB or K) = 1024 bytes (2 ^ 10) "binary kilobyte"
kilobyte (kB) = 1000 bytes (10 ^ 3) "decimal kilobyte"

Kilobit (Kb) = 1024 bits (2 ^ 10) "binary kilobit"
kilobit (kb) = 1000 bits (10 ^ 3) "decimal kilobit"

KBps = Kilobytes (1024 bytes) per second (binary)
kBps = kilobytes (1000 bytes) per second (decimal)

Kbps = Kilobits (1024 bits) per second (binary)
kbps = kilobits (1000 bits) per second (decimal)

bps = bits per second

Thanks.

Cheers,
Ronni

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[James Devenish]

Hi Neil/Severin,

A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes
per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance
by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs
(kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or  170
KBps (kibibytes per second). This means a 1.3 MB GIF would take 10
seconds to download at 1400 kbps. ABC iViews shows my connection at
5000 kpbs, but that's only 610 KBps and in fact the GIF loads at 400
KBps (3.5 seconds).

James


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Yes, Neil, that's my interpretation too.
Severin

On 09/11/2009, at 6:30 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:



Hi Severin,

I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be a  
Safari

problem - I tried just loading the gif directly:



In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the animation starts almost immediately

In Safari (ver 4.0.3) the first image loads instantly but it then  
takes

around 55 to 60 secs for the animation (image 2) to start - then the
remaining images cycle without any delay (well just with the  
consistent

cycle of around 2 secs/image).

So, from what Ronni says, it sounds like anyone who has NOT upgraded  
to SL

will see this delay.

(FWIW I am on internode 1500 ADSL and the iView bandwidth tester
consistently shows my connection being able to stream at around 1400  
kbps -

so I don't think that is an issue for a 1.3MB gif)


Cheers




Neil
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on 9/11/09 3:57 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:



Many thanks, James, that is a ray of light in the darkness and makes
good sense and seems to be the case for my G5 Leopard.  However, on  
my

wife's G3 iMac Tiger there is no such delay and it is the same ADSL
ethernet  connection(not ADSL2+ here in Albany!).
From what Ronni says this may have been fixed in SL.
Severin

On 09/11/2009, at 3:41 PM, James Devenish wrote:



Hi Severin,

In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
but if the slideshow download is incomplete when the 2.5 second  
timer

is reached, then Safari waits 30 seconds before trying to play the
slideshow.

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Hi John,

If your battery is only holding a charge for less than an hour & you  
are receiving the 'Service Battery' it Looks like you need a new  
battery.
I guess your MacBook is over a year old so it won't be covered by  
warranty.


What does System Profiler say about your battery?
Under the Apple logo in Menu Bar > About this Mac - click on 'More  
Info' - It will be under the heading "Power".


You need to contact an Apple Authorised Service Provider to have it  
checked.


Cheers,
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Checking this message results in following instruction 	


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may or may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of  
charge it holds. Have your computer checked by an Apple Authorized  
Service Provider (AASP). You can continue to use your battery before  
it’s checked without harming your computer.'


Does anyone have an idea what this entails and at what cost?

The battery in it's current state will power the machine for less  
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[mince and pud]

if it's any help

the gifs play straight away for me
safari 4.0.3
G4 1.25
10.4.11

maybe your systems just aren't old enough

best
alastair



On 9 Nov 2009, at 10:36, Neil Houghton wrote:



Should also have said - 24" iMac, 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo running Leopard  
10.5.8



Hi Severin,

I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be  
a Safari

problem - I tried just loading the gif directly:



In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the animation starts almost immediately

In Safari (ver 4.0.3) the first image loads instantly but it then  
takes

around 55 to 60 secs for the animation (image 2) to start - then the
remaining images cycle without any delay (well just with the  
consistent

cycle of around 2 secs/image).

So, from what Ronni says, it sounds like anyone who has NOT  
upgraded to SL

will see this delay.

(FWIW I am on internode 1500 ADSL and the iView bandwidth tester
consistently shows my connection being able to stream at around  
1400 kbps -

so I don't think that is an issue for a 1.3MB gif)


Cheers




Neil
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on 9/11/09 3:57 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:



Many thanks, James, that is a ray of light in the darkness and makes
good sense and seems to be the case for my G5 Leopard.  However,  
on my

wife's G3 iMac Tiger there is no such delay and it is the same ADSL
ethernet  connection(not ADSL2+ here in Albany!).
 From what Ronni says this may have been fixed in SL.
Severin

On 09/11/2009, at 3:41 PM, James Devenish wrote:



Hi Severin,

In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
but if the slideshow download is incomplete when the 2.5 second  
timer

is reached, then Safari waits 30 seconds before trying to play the
slideshow.

James.


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[Neil Houghton]

Should also have said - 24" iMac, 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo running Leopard 10.5.8


Hi Severin,

I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be a Safari
problem - I tried just loading the gif directly:



In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the animation starts almost immediately

In Safari (ver 4.0.3) the first image loads instantly but it then takes
around 55 to 60 secs for the animation (image 2) to start - then the
remaining images cycle without any delay (well just with the consistent
cycle of around 2 secs/image).

So, from what Ronni says, it sounds like anyone who has NOT upgraded to SL
will see this delay.

(FWIW I am on internode 1500 ADSL and the iView bandwidth tester
consistently shows my connection being able to stream at around 1400 kbps -
so I don't think that is an issue for a 1.3MB gif)


Cheers




Neil
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Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
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on 9/11/09 3:57 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:

> 
> Many thanks, James, that is a ray of light in the darkness and makes
> good sense and seems to be the case for my G5 Leopard.  However, on my
> wife's G3 iMac Tiger there is no such delay and it is the same ADSL
> ethernet  connection(not ADSL2+ here in Albany!).
>  From what Ronni says this may have been fixed in SL.
> Severin
> 
> On 09/11/2009, at 3:41 PM, James Devenish wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Severin,
>> 
>> In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
>> the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
>> However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
>> happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
>> but if the slideshow download is incomplete when the 2.5 second timer
>> is reached, then Safari waits 30 seconds before trying to play the
>> slideshow.
>> 
>> James.
>> 
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Hi Severin,

I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be a Safari
problem - I tried just loading the gif directly:



In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the animation starts almost immediately

In Safari (ver 4.0.3) the first image loads instantly but it then takes
around 55 to 60 secs for the animation (image 2) to start - then the
remaining images cycle without any delay (well just with the consistent
cycle of around 2 secs/image).

So, from what Ronni says, it sounds like anyone who has NOT upgraded to SL
will see this delay.

(FWIW I am on internode 1500 ADSL and the iView bandwidth tester
consistently shows my connection being able to stream at around 1400 kbps -
so I don't think that is an issue for a 1.3MB gif)


Cheers




Neil
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on 9/11/09 3:57 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:

> 
> Many thanks, James, that is a ray of light in the darkness and makes
> good sense and seems to be the case for my G5 Leopard.  However, on my
> wife's G3 iMac Tiger there is no such delay and it is the same ADSL
> ethernet  connection(not ADSL2+ here in Albany!).
>  From what Ronni says this may have been fixed in SL.
> Severin
> 
> On 09/11/2009, at 3:41 PM, James Devenish wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Severin,
>> 
>> In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
>> the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
>> However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
>> happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
>> but if the slideshow download is incomplete when the 2.5 second timer
>> is reached, then Safari waits 30 seconds before trying to play the
>> slideshow.
>> 
>> James.
>> 
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The Battery icon in the header bar shows message 'Service Battery'.   
Checking this message results in following instruction 	


'Service Battery: The battery isn’t functioning normally, and you may  
or may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of charge it  
holds. Have your computer checked by an Apple Authorized Service  
Provider (AASP). You can continue to use your battery before it’s  
checked without harming your computer.'


Does anyone have an idea what this entails and at what cost?

The battery in it's current state will power the machine for less than  
one hour before closing down.


Macbook, 2 GHz Intel Core Duo
1.25 GB SDRAM
OS X 10.6.1

Thanks

John Thompson

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[COM} MacWizardry Clearance Items (Part 2)

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi All

Following on from the first list,..here goes some more items (plus some that
didn't sell, or sales fell through).
Still more to follow through,...
If you're interested in anything here or want more info, please feel free to
contact me. Am open to offers on items if you're interested:-

Ex Demo
MacPro 2x3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon (have two of these with differing specs
and monitors)
 eMac G4 700Mhz 
Spare PowerPack for MacMini
Brother MFC-7220 Multifunction Laser Printer
Epson Stylus Photo800 Inkjet Printer

New (sealed)
 iWork '06 - $35
250GB IDE xServe Drive and carrier
750GB SATA xServe Drive and carrier
Apple Remote - $15
Netgear PowerPlug Ethernet - $100
PCI FireWire800 Card - $25
Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless Router (if you have broadband and want to make it
wireless, this is a cheap way to do it) - $50
HP Deskjet 460cb Portable inkjet printer - RRP$499, asking $200
Airport Express Stereo Connection kit with monster cables (M9573X/A)
Dock Connector to USB2 Cable - RRP$29, Asking $15
Altec Lansing 5.1 Stereo Speaker Kit
Netgear USB2 Wireless Adapter (Windows only)


Various 2.5" SATA Hard Drives
Various 3.5" SATA Hard Drives


As mentioned, am open to offers. (*May* even take "silly offers", you might
be surprised!). Some of this I just want to move.
So if you're interested or want more info, please feel free to contact me!

Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards
Daniel
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Re: Animated gifs

[Severin Crisp]

Many thanks, James, that is a ray of light in the darkness and makes  
good sense and seems to be the case for my G5 Leopard.  However, on my  
wife's G3 iMac Tiger there is no such delay and it is the same ADSL  
ethernet  connection(not ADSL2+ here in Albany!).

From what Ronni says this may have been fixed in SL.
Severin

On 09/11/2009, at 3:41 PM, James Devenish wrote:



Hi Severin,

In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
but if the slideshow download is incomplete when the 2.5 second timer
is reached, then Safari waits 30 seconds before trying to play the
slideshow.

James.


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