New G5 Logic Board
Hi there! Our old faithful Dual 2.0 GHz PPC G5 is doing the "3 flash" boot. Even though this is supposed to indicate bad RAM (tested with other RAM with same result) I know this is likely to be a logic board. I'm sure I'll dig up a service manual somewhere and explore further. Anyone know what a board / replacement is worth from a local service agent? I'm no stranger to replacing logic boards so am considering the eBay option. Sure - I'd love to pour the money in to a new machine but that's going to be the best part of $5k we don't jhave right now ;) Cheers, Antony. --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Hyperlinks
Yes all modern email clients automatically highlight/enable http:// links. David On 12/01/2010, at 1:35 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: It is also the same in Entourage - so it may be standard for email clients? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 12/1/10 1:02 PM, Merv Bond at m...@iinet.net.au wrote: The same happens in Thunderbird. Disconcerting until you find out it does work. Merv Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 11:05 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer Yes, this is a bug (or is it a feature?) in Mail. Fully formed URLs are not live in the original composed message, but they work fine in the received version. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Entourage
HI peter, As an ex-PDA consultant/retailer I've had all sorts of combinations of sync between Palm, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone and entourage. I must say that I found the windows mobile (the OS your HTC Touch Pro 2 runs) the most cranky, with quite a few episodes of failure to connect and wipes. This is with different windows mobile devices and pcs as well as macs. There is alot of documentation out there about how finicky ActiveSync can be (just google it!), so I'm glad your combination at work is working for you. Apple have a built in syncing facility called sync services which enables syncing between different macs and mobile devices, so syncing entourage is definitely possible. This is probably easiest with an iPhone, but can also be done on your touch, a blackberry or even a palm device. There is also a commercially available program called the missing sync which enables syncing for many different brands of smartphone (including the HTC touch pro) Basic instructions on how to sync contacts and calendars in entourage with an iphone are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1670 Email sync depends on what kind of email account you have - the best way is via the use of an IMAP email account like gmail. There are plenty of ways to get email on your smartphone, for this you need to elaborate more on what sort of email accounts you want to sync (?your work account? if so is this a Microsoft Exchange email account - you may need to talk to your IT guy at work to check this. ?a personal email account - if so is it a gmail account? Hotmail? your ISP email account, which one?) As for SMS - the built in Address book program on your mac will allow you to SMS by typing on your macbook keyboard so long as your phone is connected to your macbook via bluetooth. However, if you need to do this maybe you need a new phone with a touchscreen/keyboard and your contacts synced with your phone because I generally find it faster to do it on the phone! Dave On 12/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: At my work I have MS Outlook and am using “Microsoft Activesync” to synchronise email/Calendar events to an HTC Touch Pro2 docked on to the PC. This works reliably and quite well though it has no built in SMS capability from the PC keyboard. I have a Macbook at home running Entourage as my email client and wonder if there is an Apple equivalent software to enable local synchronisation with an iPhone or PDA equivalent and perhaps even include SMS capability from the Macbook keyboard? Anyone out there have this setup themselves? Regards Peter… N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error- free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Google Earth Snow Leopard
Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get is a murky screen splattered with camera icons. I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website down load page. The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2. OS is 10.6.2 17 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill? Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look at an address in Perth! Regards, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard
Michael, if you are looking in Perth take a look at Nearmap.com.au - the imagery is amazing Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies On 12 Jan 2010, at 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get is a murky screen splattered with camera icons. I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website down load page. The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2. OS is 10.6.2 17 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill? Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look at an address in Perth! Regards, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard
On 12/01/2010, at 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get is a murky screen splattered with camera icons. I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website down load page. The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2. OS is 10.6.2 17 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill? Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look at an address in Perth! Hi Michael, I'm using that version of Google Earth in Snow Leopard and it works perfectly, very clear images. You have not gone into Enter Flight Simulator under Tools have you? Have you checked your Google Earth Preferences? 3D View True Colour (32 bit) Cheers, 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 - so I am on g level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to n speeds. I presume it's easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it frees- up. Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N - how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13 and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a 'simple' mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode - if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen - neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a hard crash by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried Force Quit of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with
Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Hi Peter, Without knowing how you setup your Time Capsule Wireless Network originally. I'm assuming you followed the Instructions that came with Time Capsule to setup a Dual Band Network with WPA2 encryption. To change the Wireless Mode: 1. Open Airport Utility 2. Double click your Time Capsule Network (in Left Column) 3. Then click the Wireless button 4. Have Allow this network to be extended ticked 5. Radio Mode: what do you have selected? ... is it Automatic? Radio Mode: You can change it to 802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g/n ... you might have to hold Option click to display this. 6. Radio Channel Selection: Automatic Click Update, and wait until your Time Capsule restarts and appears in Airport Utility. Then check if your MacBook is connecting to the 802.11n ... Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. It should now be PHY Mode: 802.11n Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it “frees- up”. “Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N” – how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
Re: changing airport to 802.11n only
Hello Dave, We are not allowed to send attachments to WAMUG Mailing List. I know it is easier to do screenshots to show people, it is harder to try to explain in text, but that is the way of most Mailing Lists. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 9:24 PM, choy wrote: Peter, I have created a picture guide for you. You need to use the airport utility found in your applications folder. See the pics here: Picture 1.pngPicture 2.pngPicture 3.png Basically go to top right of your screen and click the magnifying glass. type in airport - it should find an item called airport utility Click this and it should show you a screen like picture 2. Then select your time capsule and click manual setup. Then click the wireless tab and you should be able to select (n only) - be warned if you have any devices that work on 802.11G only they won't work in n only mode Dave On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it “frees- up”. “Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N” – how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Re: changing airport to 802.11n only
Hi Ronni, I tried to host it on mobileme but for some reason it wasn't working. I attached the pics and actually sent it direct to peter and the list as in the old days the wamug list would automatically reject pictures. I guess that doesn't happen anymore. My bad. I will send separate emails to the list next time.]]Sorry Dave On 12/01/2010, at 9:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Dave, We are not allowed to send attachments to WAMUG Mailing List. I know it is easier to do screenshots to show people, it is harder to try to explain in text, but that is the way of most Mailing Lists. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 9:24 PM, choy wrote: Peter, I have created a picture guide for you. You need to use the airport utility found in your applications folder. See the pics here: Picture 1.pngPicture 2.pngPicture 3.png Basically go to top right of your screen and click the magnifying glass. type in airport - it should find an item called airport utility Click this and it should show you a screen like picture 2. Then select your time capsule and click manual setup. Then click the wireless tab and you should be able to select (n only) - be warned if you have any devices that work on 802.11G only they won't work in n only mode Dave On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/ 2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it “frees- up”. “Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N” – how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster).
RE: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Cheers Ronnie. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 9:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, Without knowing how you setup your Time Capsule Wireless Network originally. I'm assuming you followed the Instructions that came with Time Capsule to setup a Dual Band Network with WPA2 encryption. To change the Wireless Mode: 1. Open Airport Utility 2. Double click your Time Capsule Network (in Left Column) 3. Then click the Wireless button 4. Have Allow this network to be extended ticked 5. Radio Mode: what do you have selected? ... is it Automatic? Radio Mode: You can change it to 802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g/n ... you might have to hold Option click to display this. 6. Radio Channel Selection: Automatic Click Update, and wait until your Time Capsule restarts and appears in Airport Utility. Then check if your MacBook is connecting to the 802.11n ... Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. It should now be PHY Mode: 802.11n Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 - so I am on g level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to n speeds. I presume it's easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it frees- up. Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N - how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13 and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a 'simple' mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode - if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen - neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a hard crash by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried Force Quit of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot
RE: Entourage
Ok, that sounds promising that I can get devices (iphone, et al) set up to synch with Entourage. At home we have an email account (for my wife) with our ISP (Westnet) and I am looking to arrange a local sync with the Macbook Entourage account to her mobile (not my HTC Touch Pro 2) - not directly to the ISP account. I will have a prowl around sync services and Entourage to see what I can intuitively find and revert what I find. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of choy Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 5:51 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Entourage HI peter, As an ex-PDA consultant/retailer I've had all sorts of combinations of sync between Palm, Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone and entourage. I must say that I found the windows mobile (the OS your HTC Touch Pro 2 runs) the most cranky, with quite a few episodes of failure to connect and wipes. This is with different windows mobile devices and pcs as well as macs. There is alot of documentation out there about how finicky ActiveSync can be (just google it!), so I'm glad your combination at work is working for you. Apple have a built in syncing facility called sync services which enables syncing between different macs and mobile devices, so syncing entourage is definitely possible. This is probably easiest with an iPhone, but can also be done on your touch, a blackberry or even a palm device. There is also a commercially available program called the missing sync which enables syncing for many different brands of smartphone (including the HTC touch pro) Basic instructions on how to sync contacts and calendars in entourage with an iphone are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1670 Email sync depends on what kind of email account you have - the best way is via the use of an IMAP email account like gmail. There are plenty of ways to get email on your smartphone, for this you need to elaborate more on what sort of email accounts you want to sync (?your work account? if so is this a Microsoft Exchange email account - you may need to talk to your IT guy at work to check this. ?a personal email account - if so is it a gmail account? Hotmail? your ISP email account, which one?) As for SMS - the built in Address book program on your mac will allow you to SMS by typing on your macbook keyboard so long as your phone is connected to your macbook via bluetooth. However, if you need to do this maybe you need a new phone with a touchscreen/keyboard and your contacts synced with your phone because I generally find it faster to do it on the phone! Dave On 12/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: At my work I have MS Outlook and am using Microsoft Activesync to synchronise email/Calendar events to an HTC Touch Pro2 docked on to the PC. This works reliably and quite well though it has no built in SMS capability from the PC keyboard. I have a Macbook at home running Entourage as my email client and wonder if there is an Apple equivalent software to enable local synchronisation with an iPhone or PDA equivalent and perhaps even include SMS capability from the Macbook keyboard? Anyone out there have this setup themselves? Regards Peter... N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group
Re: changing airport to 802.11n only
if you need to send attachements copy the from: x...@xxx adress into the to: field of your reply letter the attachement is going directly to the receiver w/o clogging up wamugs system or provide a link from where the attechement can be downloaded i used both ways to send support James On 12/01/2010, at 21:40, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Dave, We are not allowed to send attachments to WAMUG Mailing List. I know it is easier to do screenshots to show people, it is harder to try to explain in text, but that is the way of most Mailing Lists. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 9:24 PM, choy wrote: Peter, I have created a picture guide for you. You need to use the airport utility found in your applications folder. See the pics here: Picture 1.pngPicture 2.pngPicture 3.png Basically go to top right of your screen and click the magnifying glass. type in airport - it should find an item called airport utility Click this and it should show you a screen like picture 2. Then select your time capsule and click manual setup. Then click the wireless tab and you should be able to select (n only) - be warned if you have any devices that work on 802.11G only they won't work in n only mode Dave On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/ 2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it “frees- up”. “Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N” – how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/ Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2
Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard
On 12/01/2010, at 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get is a murky screen splattered with camera icons. This is generally the case when you have zoomed in to a point where the images can no longer resolve. Try zooming out a bit and see if the problem is corrected. Of course, if you're not even getting an image of Australia, then it's something else... -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard
On 12/01/2010, at 6:40 PM, Justin Davies wrote: Michael, if you are looking in Perth take a look at Nearmap.com.au - the imagery is amazing Thanks very much for this. I had no idea it was available. Could have used it yesterday when a client paid good money to Landgate for an image of the same quality and currency. Ah well, timing is everything... Excellent site and great free service! -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard
Thanks Ronni and Justin, The answer to my problem was to disable the application NetBarrier X5. Thank you for your suggestions, Michael. On 12/1/10 6:54 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 12/01/2010, at 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get is a murky screen splattered with camera icons. I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website down load page. The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2. OS is 10.6.2 17 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill? Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look at an address in Perth! Hi Michael, I'm using that version of Google Earth in Snow Leopard and it works perfectly, very clear images. You have not gone into Enter Flight Simulator under Tools have you? Have you checked your Google Earth Preferences? 3D View True Colour (32 bit) Cheers, 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Greetings Peter Not sure if your problems are the same as mine - I am having problems with Magic Mouse whereby it stopped doing all the extra things like scrolling and became just an 'ordinary mouse'. Also looking at the System Preferences Mouse, I no longer got the video showing how to use the Magic Mouse, instead it just showed ordinary mouse setups.After three lengthy phone calls with Apple Support, the third person I spoke with suggested deleting the bluetooth plist in MacIntosh HD LibraryPreferences and restarting computer. The Magic Mouse then works properly however, this annoying fix needs to be done every time I shut down and restart the computer. I am about to speak with Apple again to see if there is a proper, permanent fix for it. Wendy Hobart On 12/01/2010, at 14:56 , Crisp, Peter wrote: Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
