Re: Apple Mail archival

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks for that reminder, I had completely forgotten about doing an  
update. I see it is a big file!


Best regards

Chris

On 08/01/2010, at 1:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Chris,

Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 & not upgraded to OS X  
10.5.8?
If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 & install  
it.



After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/01/2010, at 10:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am "thinking" my 17"  
MacBook Pro "might" be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I  
could be wrong :-)


Sent from Ronni's iPhone

On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton  wrote:


Hi Ronni

Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My  
apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel  
2.2 OS 10.5.6).


Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as  
I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume  
they all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be  
upgrade announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to  
coincide with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit?


The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow  
those instructions and see what happens!


Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this

best regards

chris

On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:



Good evening all

My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am  
hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early  
years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a  
backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number  
of emails in my inbox.


Thanks for any advice

kind regards

chris


Hi Chris,

If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can  
"Archive a Mailbox".


To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and  
choose Mailbox > Archive Mailbox.
Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be  
stored and click Choose.


If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into  
Mail, choose File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and  
click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox  
file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose.

If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import.
Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the  
imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My  
Mac section).


Hi again Chris,

I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow  
Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox,  
"All Messages Before a certain date" (exporting the mailbox to  
another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I  
checked first if he had an update and yes he does.
YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the  
"Archive Messages" script does work perfectly, I haven't had time  
to check the other scripts.



Archive Messages (Mail) 


Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox  
or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for  
backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select  
to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain  
period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged  
status.




Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom  
of the page to download the latest version of the scripts.


After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a  
folder called "Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications  
folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other  
location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous  
versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts  
either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or  
using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from  
within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script  
menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is  
located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is  
located on the far right of the menu bar).


General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem  
to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing  
something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you  
take all your accounts offline first (Choose "Mailbox→Online  
Status→Go Offline" from Mail's menu).


Archive Messages:

After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of  
your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages  
from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain  
any messages will not be displ

Re: Apple Mail archival

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Chris,

Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 & not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8?
If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 & install it.


After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/01/2010, at 10:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am "thinking" my 17" MacBook Pro 
> "might" be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-)
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPhone
> 
> On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not 
>> including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6).
>> 
>> Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very 
>> much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL 
>> installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, 
>> given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and 
>> should I wait a bit?
>> 
>> The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those 
>> instructions and see what happens!
>> 
>> Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this
>> 
>> best regards
>> 
>> chris
>> 
>> On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
 On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
> 
> Good evening all
> 
> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone 
> may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I 
> regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would 
> like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox.
> 
> Thanks for any advice
> 
> kind regards
> 
> chris
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a 
 Mailbox".
 
 To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose 
 Mailbox > Archive Mailbox. 
 Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and 
 click Choose.
 
 If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, 
 choose File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. 
 Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, 
 select it, and click Choose. 
 If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. 
 Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported 
 mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section).
>>> 
>>> Hi again Chris,
>>> 
>>> I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for 
>>> among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, "All Messages Before a 
>>> certain date" (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if 
>>> they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes 
>>> he does.
>>> YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the "Archive 
>>> Messages" script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other 
>>> scripts.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Archive Messages (Mail) 
>>> 
>>> Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export 
>>> them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or 
>>> import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only 
>>> messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on 
>>> their read and flagged status.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the 
>>> page to download the latest version of the scripts.
>>> 
>>> After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called 
>>> "Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications folder (even though you can 
>>> move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will 
>>> not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the 
>>> scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or 
>>> using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the 
>>> script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with 
>>> the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help 
>>> menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar).
>>> 
>>> General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able 
>>> to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of 
>>> the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first 
>>> (Choose "Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline" from Mail's menu).
>>> 
>>> Archive Messages:
>>> 
>>> After starting the script, you will be pre

Re: iPhone/Old SIM card

[James / Hans Kunz]

locked means the phone works only with the service provider it is  
locked in, unlocked means you can use any provider & if you are  
travelling you can by el cheapo prepay packs (just the sim card) & be  
online with a local number (cheaper then roaming fees)

James

On 08/01/2010, at 10:19, Stuart Breden wrote:



Happy New Year

I'm just back from Fitzgerald River National Park and the Stirling  
Ranges NP.


What is the difference between a locked and unlocked iPhone and  
what are the advantages and disadvantages?


Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
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Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577
Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
Mbl: 0417 053 266






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Re: Retention of records

[James / Hans Kunz]

yes i agree with Peter
papyrus can be read w/o electric power, the power of a candle will  
do...
with cds i had some dead within 9 month & others still ok since 1997,  
slow speed burn seems to be more reliable (eg cd 16x or lower)
harddisks are not to bad, mine are still readable after 9 years (only  
powered get files then disconnected again)

James

On 08/01/2010, at 8:33, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:




On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:


Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span

Graeme Winters
New 27 Imac user




We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will  
work fine in one device but not in another. especially those that  
have been "home-grown" rather than purchased. Then there's the  
whole issue of regionalisation in DVD recorders and players (but  
I'm not going to get started on THAT).


In a nutshell, the CD format is proving to be almost as problematic  
in some ways as the floppy disk in terms of longevity. Solid state  
is probably the way of the future, but only time will tell. Take my  
advice: transfer it all to papyrus, the most long-lasting recording  
media ever invented...   :-)



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Re: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

[Bill Parker]

Hi Ronni,


Thinking all sorts of tricky things had been let loose   I re- 
started (twice actually)   and Word is now behaving itself as is Mail.


So thanks.

Bill
On 08/01/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Bill,

What version of Diskwarrior?
What version of OS ... Leopard or Snow Leopard?
What did you ask Diskwarrior to do?

Have you restarted your computer?

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

On 08/01/2010, at 6:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:



Dear All,

Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine.   Today I  
switched on Mail and Microsoft Word.


The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes.

Word.   Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as  
I go.Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged.. 
I am expecting other editing tools to be sim. affected.


In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right  
click fixes.


Can anyone help?

Bill


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Re: firewire vs usb

[John Thompson]

Hi Neil,
Thanks for the reply, also thanks to Paul, Joe and Mark for their ideas.

My WD did come with one cable, FW400 to FW800, this worked for a short while 
from my MacBook 400 port but then either the cable or the port stopped 
functioning.  I have been using USB vrom both the Macbook and the Macmini since 
then but would like to go back to Firewire.

Will check out the options sent.

Regards

John Thompson
On 08/01/2010, at 10:26 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> I’m surprised the WD drive didn’t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD drives, 
> so far, came with both FW & USB cables).
> 
> However, I’ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally 
> carry a good range of cables – though their site at present only seems to 
> show FW400 and FW800 to FW400:
> 
> 
> 
> I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source 
> FW800 cables – as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop) 
> offer, for example:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> plus longer cables – but they get quite expensive.
> 
> Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park & other locations) who also 
> seem slightly cheaper:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
> -- 
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> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote:
> 
>> Interesting article James.
>> As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) 
>> which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external 
>> drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where can I 
>> purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried Dick 
>> Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got 
>> the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been 
>> immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> John E. Thompson
>> 14 McGlew Street
>> Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
>> Ph. 08-92793524
>> Mob. 0412 775 197
>> Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au
>> 
>> On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:
>> 
>>> why apple is using fw800 interface
>>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html
>>> quite interesting read
>>> James
>>> 
>>>  
>>> SAD Technic
>>> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
>>> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
>>> Bayswater WA 6053
>>> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
>>> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
>>> skype: barleeway
>>> over 40 years in electronics
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
> 
> 
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Re: Apple Mail archival

[Ronda Brown]

As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am "thinking" my 17" MacBook  
Pro "might" be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be  
wrong :-)


Sent from Ronni's iPhone

On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton  wrote:


Hi Ronni

Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies  
for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6).


Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I  
am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they  
all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade  
announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide  
with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit?


The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow  
those instructions and see what happens!


Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this

best regards

chris

On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:



Good evening all

My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping  
someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this  
inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard  
drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in  
my inbox.


Thanks for any advice

kind regards

chris


Hi Chris,

If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can  
"Archive a Mailbox".


To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and  
choose Mailbox > Archive Mailbox.
Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be  
stored and click Choose.


If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into  
Mail, choose File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click  
Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you  
want to import, select it, and click Choose.

If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import.
Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the impo 
rted mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac s 
ection).


Hi again Chris,

I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow  
Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox,  
"All Messages Before a certain date" (exporting the mailbox to  
another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I  
checked first if he had an update and yes he does.
YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the  
"Archive Messages" script does work perfectly, I haven't had time  
to check the other scripts.



Archive Messages (Mail) 


Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox  
or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for  
backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select  
to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period  
as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status.




Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of  
the page to download the latest version of the scripts.


After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a  
folder called "Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications  
folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location  
of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions  
located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from  
double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the  
launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the  
script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the  
menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the  
left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the  
far right of the menu bar).


General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to  
be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something  
else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your  
accounts offline first (Choose "Mailbox→Online Status→Go  
Offline" from Mail's menu).


Archive Messages:

After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of  
your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from  
using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any  
messages will not be displayed in the list).


You now have the option to either perform an "Archive" or an  
"Export" of messages in the selected mailboxes. "Archive" moves the  
messages into a newly created Archive mailbox with the current  
date, "Export" leaves the messages in the mailboxes and generates  
text files in a location you can select.


After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a  
dialog which will allow you to specify options for your archive/ 
export operation (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged  
status, outpu

Re: Apple Mail archival

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies  
for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6).


Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am  
very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all  
have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade  
announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide with  
the Apple conference and should I wait a bit?


The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those  
instructions and see what happens!


Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this

best regards

chris

On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:



Good evening all

My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping  
someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this  
inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive  
but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox.


Thanks for any advice

kind regards

chris


Hi Chris,

If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can  
"Archive a Mailbox".


To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and  
choose Mailbox > Archive Mailbox.
Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be  
stored and click Choose.


If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into  
Mail, choose File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click  
Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you  
want to import, select it, and click Choose.

If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import.
Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the  
imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac  
section).


Hi again Chris,

I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow  
Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, "All  
Messages Before a certain date" (exporting the mailbox to another  
location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked  
first if he had an update and yes he does.
YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the "Archive  
Messages" script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check  
the other scripts.



Archive Messages (Mail) 


Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or  
export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup  
purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move  
all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well  
filter messages based on their read and flagged status.




Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of  
the page to download the latest version of the scripts.


After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder  
called "Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications folder (even  
though you can move the scripts to any other location of your  
liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a  
different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking  
their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or  
assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail  
and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll  
icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in  
10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar).


General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to  
be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something  
else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your  
accounts offline first (Choose "Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline"  
from Mail's menu).


Archive Messages:

After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your  
mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using  
the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages  
will not be displayed in the list).


You now have the option to either perform an "Archive" or an  
"Export" of messages in the selected mailboxes. "Archive" moves the  
messages into a newly created Archive mailbox with the current date,  
"Export" leaves the messages in the mailboxes and generates text  
files in a location you can select.


After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a  
dialog which will allow you to specify options for your archive/ 
export operation (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged  
status, output file format and location for export). Your selection  
(other than the dates which default to today for "before" and one  
year ago from today for "after") will be remembered when you run the  
script again.


Note on export file 

Re: firewire vs usb

[Neil Houghton]

Hi John,

I¹m surprised the WD drive didn¹t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD
drives, so far, came with both FW & USB cables).

However, I¹ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally
carry a good range of cables ­ though their site at present only seems to
show FW400 and FW800 to FW400:



I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source
FW800 cables ­ as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop)
offer, for example:




plus longer cables ­ but they get quite expensive.

Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park & other locations) who
also seem slightly cheaper:






HTH


Cheers



Neil
-- 
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com




on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote:

> Interesting article James.
> As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo)
> which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external
> drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where can I
> purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried Dick
> Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the
> normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed
> far too long in the PC/Windows world.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> John E. Thompson
> 14 McGlew Street
> Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
> Ph. 08-92793524
> Mob. 0412 775 197
> Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au
> 
> On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:
> 
>> why apple is using fw800 interface
>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is
>> _faster.html
>> quite interesting read
>> James
>> 
>>  
>> SAD Technic
>> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
>> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
>> Bayswater WA 6053
>> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
>> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
>> skype: barleeway
>> over 40 years in electronics
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Happy New Year

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Re: firewire vs usb

[Mark Secker]

Dick Smiths should have them I¹ve certainly seen them at the city store a
earlier last year.
Failing that NextByte will stock them


On 8/01/10 9:49 AM, "John Thompson"  wrote:

> Interesting article James.
> As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo)
> which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external
> drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where can I
> purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried Dick
> Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the
> normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed
> far too long in the PC/Windows world.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> John E. Thompson
> 14 McGlew Street
> Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
> Ph. 08-92793524
> Mob. 0412 775 197
> Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au
> 
> On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:
> 
>> why apple is using fw800 interface
>> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is
>> _faster.html
>> quite interesting read
>> James
>> 
>>  
>> SAD Technic
>> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
>> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
>> Bayswater WA 6053
>> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
>> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
>> skype: barleeway
>> over 40 years in electronics
>> 
>> 
>>  
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[Joe Mastrella]

Greetings! give Danial Kerr a calll at Mac Wizardry @ 04 1479-5960 and Craig
or Rob @ Max Style 80 9367-4691

Cheers, Joe

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM, John Thompson  wrote:

> Interesting article James.
> As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2
> Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig
> external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where
> can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried
> Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just
> got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been
> immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>  John E. Thompson
> 14 McGlew Street
> Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
> Ph. 08-92793524
> Mob. 0412 775 197
> Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au
>
> On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:
>
> why apple is using fw800 interface
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html
> quite interesting read
> James
>
>  SAD Technic
> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
> Bayswater WA 6053
> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas 
> skype: barleeway
> over 40 years in electronics
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[Paul Burke]

Hi John,

 

Cablechick.com.au are always very competitive price wise. 

 

http://www.cablechick.com.au/cables?search_text=firewire+800&go.x=0&go.y
=0

 

Cheers

Paul

 

 



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Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Friday, 8 January 2010 9:49 AM
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Subject: Re: firewire vs usb

 

Interesting article James.

As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2
Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig
external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question;
where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the
two?  Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets
in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from
people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world.

 

Thanks

 

 

John E. Thompson

14 McGlew Street

Eden Hill  W.A.  6054

Ph. 08-92793524

Mob. 0412 775 197

Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au

 

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why apple is using fw800 interface

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_whi
ch_is_faster.html

quite interesting read

James

SAD Technic

Video Productions, Electronic repairs

U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl

Bayswater WA 6053

+618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132

http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas

skype: barleeway

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Re: what happened to wamug digests?

[Paul Weaver]

Hi Dave,

This question has been raised a few times, but it's still a mystery.

Cheers, Paul.


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To: "WAMUG List" 
Sent: Thursday, 7 January, 2010 3:53:07 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / 
Hong Kong / Urumqi
Subject: what happened to wamug digests?


I was away from this list for the last 6 months because the wamug  
digest broke (for those who weren't on this list before then, it's a  
daily summary of mails sent to this list rather than getting every  
single email). I remember that it was supposed to be a temporary  
problem.

Fast forward to now, and as far as I can see a wamug digest is still  
not available? If so is there any ETA on when this will be fixed, if  
ever? Anecdotally alot of my friends dropped this list because the  
digest function broke, it would be sad not to get these people back.

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[John Thompson]

Interesting article James.
As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) 
which has one Firewire 800 port.  I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive 
which has two Firewire 800 input ports.  My question; where can I purchase an 
appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two?  Tried Dick Smith, 
Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal 
blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too 
long in the PC/Windows world.

Thanks


John E. Thompson
14 McGlew Street
Eden Hill  W.A.  6054
Ph. 08-92793524
Mob. 0412 775 197
Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au

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> why apple is using fw800 interface
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html
> quite interesting read
> James
> 
> SAD Technic
> Video Productions, Electronic repairs
> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl
> Bayswater WA 6053
> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132
> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas
> skype: barleeway
> over 40 years in electronics
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

What version of Diskwarrior?
What version of OS ... Leopard or Snow Leopard?
What did you ask Diskwarrior to do?

Have you restarted your computer?

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

On 08/01/2010, at 6:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine.   Today I switched on 
> Mail and Microsoft Word.
> 
> The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes.
> 
> Word.   Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I go.
> Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged..I am expecting 
> other editing tools to be sim. affected.
> 
> In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right click 
> fixes.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> Dr Bill Parker
> Renew Editors and Writers
> Box 111 Wooroloo 6558
> re...@westnet.com.au
> 
> GMT +8 hours
> 
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[Ronda Brown]

On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Good evening all
>> 
>> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may 
>> know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly 
>> just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce 
>> the overall number of emails in my inbox.
>> 
>> Thanks for any advice
>> 
>> kind regards
>> 
>> chris
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a 
> Mailbox".
> 
> To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose 
> Mailbox > Archive Mailbox. 
> Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and 
> click Choose.
> 
> If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose 
> File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to 
> the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and 
> click Choose. 
> If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. 
> Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported 
> mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section).

Hi again Chris,

I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among 
other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, "All Messages Before a certain 
date" (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work 
in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does.
YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the "Archive Messages" 
script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts.


Archive Messages (Mail) 

Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export 
them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import 
into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages 
sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and 
flagged status.



Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to 
download the latest version of the scripts.

After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called 
"Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications folder (even though you can 
move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not 
remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts 
either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the 
launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu 
inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll 
icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and 
higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar).

General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to 
handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the 
scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose 
"Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline" from Mail's menu).

Archive Messages:

After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes 
- choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: 
mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in the list).

You now have the option to either perform an "Archive" or an "Export" of 
messages in the selected mailboxes. "Archive" moves the messages into a newly 
created Archive mailbox with the current date, "Export" leaves the messages in 
the mailboxes and generates text files in a location you can select.

After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a dialog 
which will allow you to specify options for your archive/export operation 
(filter messages based on dates, read and flagged status, output file format 
and location for export). Your selection (other than the dates which default to 
today for "before" and one year ago from today for "after") will be remembered 
when you run the script again.

Note on export file formats: if you want to import your mail messages into 
another mail client, choose "mbox", a standard mailbox format which can be read 
by most programs. If you only care about the message text and want to minimize 
the overhead for your archive, select "text" and your files will be much 
smaller and easier to read. For a nicer looking text version, choose "rich 
text" files - this also gives you the option to include attachments.

When selecting "One File per Message" for exporting messages to text files, the 
naming of the resulting files can be defined by the user. Certain placeholders 
can be used to access message-specific information:
%f: "From" header (the sender of the message)
%t:  

Re: Retention of records

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:

> Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span
> 
> Graeme Winters
> New 27 Imac user
> 


We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will work fine in 
one device but not in another. especially those that have been "home-grown" 
rather than purchased. Then there's the whole issue of regionalisation in DVD 
recorders and players (but I'm not going to get started on THAT). 

In a nutshell, the CD format is proving to be almost as problematic in some 
ways as the floppy disk in terms of longevity. Solid state is probably the way 
of the future, but only time will tell. Take my advice: transfer it all to 
papyrus, the most long-lasting recording media ever invented...   :-)


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Re: Strange error message

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 07/01/2010, at 5:54 PM, Ian Reid wrote:

> 
> Good afternoon all
> 
> Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine 
> in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:-
> 
> "Required dll called convert_stub.dll" could not be loaded. Please re-
> install your product."
> 
> Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am 
> assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless.
> 
> Ian Reid
> 


Does Quicken still function despite the message? DLL files are Dynamic Link 
Library files and are required by Windows software to perform vital functions, 
although it's surprising how many times the failure of various ones to load has 
no apparent effect whatsoever.   

The fact that the message says that the .dll file is "required" would indicate 
that it is in fact an important file, that that a re-installation or an update 
of Quicken itself is required.

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Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

[Bill Parker]

 Dear All,

Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine.   Today I switched  
on Mail and Microsoft Word.


The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes.

Word.   Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I  
go.Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged..I am  
expecting other editing tools to be sim. affected.


In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right  
click fixes.


Can anyone help?

Bill


Dr Bill Parker
Renew Editors and Writers
Box 111 Wooroloo 6558
re...@westnet.com.au

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[Kim Maher]

To Archivers

I know when one is in Mail, if you hit “Time Machine” it only shows backed-up 
e-mail, I am not sure if this is what you are seeking?

 Your Apple Bore

Kim 

iMac 24”
Intel Core 2 Duo
MacBook Pro
Intel Core 2 Duo
iPhone 3GS 32GB
iPhone 3G 16GB
iTouch 16GB
OS X Snow Leopard

On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Good evening all
>> 
>> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may 
>> know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly 
>> just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce 
>> the overall number of emails in my inbox.
>> 
>> Thanks for any advice
>> 
>> kind regards
>> 
>> chris
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a 
> Mailbox".
> 
> To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose 
> Mailbox > Archive Mailbox. 
> Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and 
> click Choose.
> 
> If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose 
> File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to 
> the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and 
> click Choose. 
> If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. 
> Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported 
> mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section).
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
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On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

> 
> Good evening all
> 
> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may 
> know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just 
> copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the 
> overall number of emails in my inbox.
> 
> Thanks for any advice
> 
> kind regards
> 
> chris

Hi Chris,

If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a 
Mailbox".

To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox 
> Archive Mailbox. 
Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click 
Choose.

If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose 
File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the 
folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click 
Choose. 
If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. 
Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported 
mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section).

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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[Chris Burton]

Good evening all

My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping  
someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this  
inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but  
I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox.


Thanks for any advice

kind regards

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Re: Retention of records

[James Devenish]

Hi Graeme,

I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not
last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people
have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is
ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from
archival media (CDs, DVDs, hard disks, and USB flash storage) onto
newer storage every few years. Don't forget, it is even difficult to
read many hard disks from just a decade ago! Archival materials should
always be kept on at least two different media in two different
locations. Don't throw out the old one media (your new media could
meet with an accident!), just don't rely on them as the sole copies.

James


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Retention of records

[Graeme Winters]

I have been working on family history on and off now for about 40 years and 
more recently have been looking at the question of the preservation of 
historical records and yet have the ability to have access to these same 
records in the future.

I was referred to an article on this subject of the preservation of digital 
documents athttp://www.clir.org/pubs/archives/ensuring.pdf 

Paper is called Ensuring the longevity of digital information by Jeff Rothenberg

This paper looks into the future and considers how we may be looking at records 
in say 50 years time.
that is would there be an operating system available ( other than in a museum ) 
that could accept a CD of the year 2010

I believe that the present CD is currently being phased out by manufacturers 
and being replaced by other media.  

I raise this issue relating to CDs as a  circular came to me recently from a 
professional photographer who reported that images he placed on a KODAK Gold cd 
in 2002 have now disappeared.
The photographer recommended that users try a product called PRODISC that is 
regarded as good for between 50 and 300 years.

Not sure how that has been tested but I found it a issue of concern that images 
committed to CD could be lost in such a short time

As to the family history this means we cannot ignore the need to place written 
copies in strategic places so that future generations have ready access
That is based on the assumption that in a couple of 100 years we will still be 
speaking English in Australia. I hope so

Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span

Graeme Winters
New 27 Imac user

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Re: Strange error message

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Ian,

Googling your error message gives this post on the Intuit community forum:



The error message seems to be related to your Quicken product, but I don't
know if the solution posted will help you. (I don't use Quicken myself).

Good luck


Cheers


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> 
> Good afternoon all
> 
> Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual
> machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:-
> 
> "Required dll called convert_stub.dll" could not be loaded. Please re-
> install your product."
> 
> Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am
> assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless.
> 
> Ian Reid
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[Ian Reid]

Good afternoon all

Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual  
machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:-


"Required dll called convert_stub.dll" could not be loaded. Please re-
install your product."

Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am  
assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless.


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Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

[Severin Crisp]

Yes, I am well aware for the need for powered hubs.
Severin

On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Severin,

I would suggest only using a "Powered USB Hub" connected to the Time  
Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the  
Hub, a printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power.


Cheers,
Ronni


On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data
Severin

On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a  
hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device  
from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information.

Severin Crisp


Hi Severin,

From Apple's Time Capsule page:

"And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard  
drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever  
the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers."


So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard  
drives/printers to the hub.


Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

[Ronda Brown]

Forgot to add  the link for "Uses for the USB port of Time Capsule, AirPort 
Extreme, AirPort Express"


Ronni

On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> Severin,
> 
> I would suggest only using a "Powered USB Hub" connected to the Time 
> Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a 
> printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data
>> Severin
>> 
>> On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
>>> 
 
 Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?
 I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport 
 Utility asks for the setup information.
 Severin Crisp
>>> 
>>> Hi Severin,
>>> 
>>> From Apple's Time Capsule page:
>>> 
>>> "And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you 
>>> can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time 
>>> Capsule divides and conquers."
>>> 
>>> So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard 
>>> drives/printers to the hub.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 



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Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

[Ronda Brown]

Severin,

I would suggest only using a "Powered USB Hub" connected to the Time Capsule's 
USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would 
be ok as it doesn't require much power.

Cheers,
Ronni


On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

> 
> Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data
> Severin
> 
> On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I 
>>> can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport 
>>> Utility asks for the setup information.
>>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> Hi Severin,
>> 
>> From Apple's Time Capsule page:
>> 
>> "And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you 
>> can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time 
>> Capsule divides and conquers."
>> 
>> So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers 
>> to the hub.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 





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Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

[Severin Crisp]

Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data
Severin

On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a  
hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from  
the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information.

Severin Crisp


Hi Severin,

From Apple's Time Capsule page:

"And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard  
drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the  
combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers."


So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/ 
printers to the hub.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)



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Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

[Ronda Brown]

On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

> 
> Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I 
> can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport 
> Utility asks for the setup information.
> Severin Crisp

Hi Severin,

>From Apple's Time Capsule page:

"And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. 
Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule 
divides and conquers."

So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers to 
the hub.

Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
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what happened to wamug digests?

[choy]

I was away from this list for the last 6 months because the wamug  
digest broke (for those who weren't on this list before then, it's a  
daily summary of mails sent to this list rather than getting every  
single email). I remember that it was supposed to be a temporary  
problem.


Fast forward to now, and as far as I can see a wamug digest is still  
not available? If so is there any ETA on when this will be fixed, if  
ever? Anecdotally alot of my friends dropped this list because the  
digest function broke, it would be sad not to get these people back.


Dave Choy




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