RE: Time Capsule backups

[Crisp, Peter]

Ok, understood now.

 

Cheers

Peter...



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:34 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

NO, Time Capsule does not have any Firewire Ports. It has 3 Ethernet
Ports, 1 Internet WAN Port, 1 USB Port.

 

What I meant by backing up your Movie folder (or iMovie Folders) using
another backup procedure (not Time Machine to your Time Capsule) ...  I
suggest backing them up to an External Firewire Hard Drive that you
would connect to the MacBook's Firewire Port.

 

Cheers,

Ronni

 

 

 

On 11/03/2010, at 12:02 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:





Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder
about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted
back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire
port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from
the Macbook Firewire port? 

 



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or
the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these
files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire
External Drive, NOT USB).

 

It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine
has already backed up, this will also save some space.

 

You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all
the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 

or 

B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location,
regardless of how many times that file was backed up.

 

Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly
backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single
File".

 

Delete an Entire Snapshot


To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular
hourly run, follow these steps:


1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 

Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that
hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining
backup for a particular day or week. 

You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large
bar at the bottom of the window.


3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter
whether you have any file or folder selected.)

Delete All Instances of a Single File


To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine
backup, follow these steps:


1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once
contained) any version of the file you want to delete.


2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the
file you want to delete. Click once to select it.


4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups
of "File Name". (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or
right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of "File Name"
from the contextual menu.)


Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that
location, that it ever backed up.
 (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password
first.)

Cheers,

Ronni

 

On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:







Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 

Regards

Peter..
-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alan Smith
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter

James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
Make a
manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
is a
new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
small clips.

Alan 

-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf
Of James Devenish
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter,

Can I suggest that you go into your System Prefer

Mail attachments from external drive

[Crisp, Peter]

I wanted to know if anyone has had the issue I experienced last night. I
had prepared an email in Mail and then wanted to attach a few documents
that were residing on my USB external drive attached to my Time Capsule.
I selected "Attach" the one with the paper clip, and then I got the
"colourful beach ball". The Finder look-alike browse panel had presented
itself and was set to my external drive initially I think because that
was the last location that I had browsed to.  I walked to the Time
Capsule (with External drive attached) and noted that the external drive
was not spinning up ready for business due to the enquiry to find the
files to attach.

 

I had to finally crash the Macbook - a very undesirable and uncouth
action. Maybe there was an alternative but I didn't know what action. In
any case, following a reboot of the Macbook, I was able to use the
Finder directly to browse to the files and successfully located them,
copied them to the desktop, then drag/dropped them into the email. But I
should be able to just Attach these docs directly I feel using the
Attach function.

 

Is the "Attach" command (for a file located on a Time Capsule external
drive) normally a problem like this for others? What could be going on
that prevents the external drive from waking up and responding to the
request? The time capsule is wirelessly connected to the Macbook (Snow
Leopard), and the external drive attached to the USB port of the TC.

 

I cant recall if I had the same issue as this when I used Entourage
initially.

 

Cheers

 

Peter...


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Re: Time Capsule backups

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

NO, Time Capsule does not have any Firewire Ports. It has 3 Ethernet Ports, 1 
Internet WAN Port, 1 USB Port.

What I meant by backing up your Movie folder (or iMovie Folders) using another 
backup procedure (not Time Machine to your Time Capsule) ...  I suggest backing 
them up to an External Firewire Hard Drive that you would connect to the 
MacBook's Firewire Port.

Cheers,
Ronni


 
On 11/03/2010, at 12:02 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:

> Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder about 
> how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted back-ups. This 
> answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire port? Or are you 
> suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from the Macbook Firewire 
> port?
>  
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> Ronda Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups
>  
> Hi Peter,
>  
> As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the 
> whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files 
> using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External 
> Drive, NOT USB).
>  
> It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has 
> already backed up, this will also save some space.
>  
> You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the 
> files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 
> or 
> B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless 
> of how many times that file was backed up.
>  
> Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, 
> I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single File".
>  
> Delete an Entire Snapshot
> 
> To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly 
> run, follow these steps:
> 
> 1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the 
> Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.
> 
> 2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, 
> navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 
> Note that if it occurred within the last day, you’ll delete just that hourly 
> run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a 
> particular day or week. 
> You can verify which backup you’ll be deleting by looking at the large bar at 
> the bottom of the window.
> 
> 3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn’t matter 
> whether you have any file or folder selected.)
> 
> Delete All Instances of a Single File
> 
> To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, 
> follow these steps:
> 
> 1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) 
> any version of the file you want to delete.
> 
> 2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the 
> Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.
> 
> 3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, 
> navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you 
> want to delete. Click once to select it.
> 
> 4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups of 
> “File Name”. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on 
> the item and choose Delete All Backups of “File Name” from the contextual 
> menu.)
> 
> Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that 
> location, that it ever backed up.
>  (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password 
> first.)
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>  
> On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
> sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
> quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter..
> -Original Message-
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Alan Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
> To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups
> 
> 
> Hi Peter
> 
> James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
> recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
> Make a
> manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
> time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
> is a
> new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
> small clips.
> 
> Alan 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
> Behalf
> Of James Devenish
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups
> 
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time
> Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select you

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RE: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer

[Crisp, Peter]

I like the "specificity" in this response.

KR!

Kind Regards,

Peter Crisp, 
Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth
Associate, BE Mech
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2Fax + 61 8 9428 
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Peter Bull
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser 
printer


Very good reply!! You're not Kevin Rudd in disguise are you?
On 08/03/2010, at 8:58 PM, Tim Law wrote:

>
> Folks,
>
> The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual  
> core intel Xeon.
>
> Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data  
> processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so  
> far.  She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle  
> emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption  
> becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process.
>
> More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following  
> routine maintenance under sleep cycle.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account.
>>
>> I think I would:
>> 1.  UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool
>> 2. Then empty the trash
>> 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-)
>> 4. Install Rosetta
>> 5. Install office
>> 6. Update Office
>> 7. Restart her Mac
>>
>> The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted.
>> The restart helps clear any other cache data.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>>
>> On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tim
>>>
>>> You could also get her to try running Word under a new "test" user  
>>> to see if
>>> it does the same thing.
>>> As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing  
>>> some problems
>>> (or preferences).
>>> If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her  
>>> User
>>> account that is causing the issue.
>>> If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word  
>>> and all
>>> it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates.
>>>
>>> Worth a try.
>>>
>>> And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if  
>>> she's
>>> running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx  
>>> series
>>> were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help  
>>> the thread
>>> along,...lol :o)
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, "Tim Law"  wrote:
>>>

 Really sorry to create the initial confusion.  I thought Sally  
 had a
 dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different.

 There is mention of this problem at
 http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0
 but no apparent fix so far.

 I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix
 herself.

 Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the
 confusion by posting she had a G5.

 Tim




 On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

>
> Hi Severin (and Ronni)
>
> You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5
> and a PPC
> PowerMac G5.
> Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5.
> (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o)
> And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that  
> would
> work on
> a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support).
>
> Hope that helps clarify a little.
>
> Kind Regards
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, "Ronda Brown"  wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when
>> people say they
>> have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any
>> Apple G5
>> computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to
>> give support
>> ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>>
>> On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was
>>> not used on
>>> the Intel MacPros
>>> Severin
>>>
>>> On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>>

 Hi Severin,

 The Mac Pro G5 is Intel:  
 * 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
 5500 series
 processors
 * Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel
 Xeon 3500
 series processor

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

>
> I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard  
> required
>>>

RE: Time Capsule backups

[Crisp, Peter]

Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder
about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted
back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire
port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from
the Macbook Firewire port? 

 

 

Kind Regards,

Peter Crisp, 

Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth

Associate, BE Mech
HATCH
*Phone + 61 8 9428 5437
*Fax + 61 8 9428 
*Mob 0402 001 019
?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au
Website 



From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups

 

Hi Peter,

 

As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or
the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these
files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire
External Drive, NOT USB).

 

It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine
has already backed up, this will also save some space.

 

You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all
the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) 

or 

B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location,
regardless of how many times that file was backed up.

 

Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly
backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single
File".

 

Delete an Entire Snapshot


To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular
hourly run, follow these steps:


1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu to show the "time warp" display.


2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. 

Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that
hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining
backup for a particular day or week. 

You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large
bar at the bottom of the window.


3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter
whether you have any file or folder selected.)

Delete All Instances of a Single File


To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine
backup, follow these steps:


1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once
contained) any version of the file you want to delete.


2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from
the Time Machine menu  to show the "time warp" display.


3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the
screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the
file you want to delete. Click once to select it.


4. From the pop-up Action menu , choose Delete All Backups of "File
Name". (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on
the item and choose Delete All Backups of "File Name" from the
contextual menu.)


Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that
location, that it ever backed up.
 (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password
first.)

Cheers,

Ronni

 

On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:






Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems
sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would
quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. 

Regards

Peter..
-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alan Smith
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM
To: 'WAMUG Mailing List'
Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter

James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But I
recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.
Make a
manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each
time.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip
is a
new file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few
small clips.

Alan 

-Original Message-
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf
Of James Devenish
Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups


Hi Peter,

Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time
Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies
folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the
movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now".
Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it
doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at
least ensure that your normal files are safe.

Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for an
uninterrupted backup, go back in

Re: Time Capsule backups

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External Drive, NOT USB).It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has already backed up, this will also save some space.You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) or B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless of how many times that file was backed up.Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, I would suggest you do the "Delete All Instances of a Single File".Delete an Entire SnapshotTo delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly run, follow these steps:1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. Note that if it occurred within the last day, you’ll delete just that hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a particular day or week. You can verify which backup you’ll be deleting by looking at the large bar at the bottom of the window.3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn’t matter whether you have any file or folder selected.)Delete All Instances of a Single FileTo delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, follow these steps:1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) any version of the file you want to delete.2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the “time warp” display.3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you want to delete. Click once to select it.4. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete All Backups of “File Name”. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of “File Name” from the contextual menu.)Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that location, that it ever backed up. (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password first.)Cheers,RonniOn 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seemssensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files wouldquickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. RegardsPeter..-Original Message-From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] OnBehalf Of Alan SmithSent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AMTo: 'WAMUG Mailing List'Subject: RE: Time Capsule backupsHi PeterJames's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good.  But Irecommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup.Make amanual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files eachtime.  If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clipis anew file.  By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a fewsmall clips.Alan -Original Message-From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] OnBehalfOf James DevenishSent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AMTo: WAMUG Mailing ListSubject: Re: Time Capsule backupsHi Peter,Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then TimeMachine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your moviesfolder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of themovies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to "Back Up Now".Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if itdoesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will atleast ensure that your normal files are safe.Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for anuninterrupted backup, go back into your Time Machine preferences andremove your movies from the exclusion list and "Back Up Now".James-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscribe - No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2729 - Release Date: 03/09/1003:33:00-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscribe - *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

Re: Couldnt help!

[Peter Bull]

Ain't that the truth!!
And don't get me started on Office 07. As far as I can tell there is  
nothing new in terms of functionality - but everything has been moved  
around requiring millions of people world wide to waste time looking  
for a particular command or button.


And they reckon viruses are harmful!!


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I thought this might give most of you a snigger!

This customer comes into the computer store. "I'm looking for a  
mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something  
really challenging."


"Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Microsoft Windows?"

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Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer

[Peter Bull]

Very good reply!! You're not Kevin Rudd in disguise are you?
On 08/03/2010, at 8:58 PM, Tim Law wrote:



Folks,

The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual  
core intel Xeon.


Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data  
processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so  
far.  She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle  
emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption  
becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process.


More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following  
routine maintenance under sleep cycle.


Tim




On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Tim,

I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account.

I think I would:
1.  UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool
2. Then empty the trash
3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-)
4. Install Rosetta
5. Install office
6. Update Office
7. Restart her Mac

The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted.
The restart helps clear any other cache data.

Cheers,
Ronni


On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Hi Tim

You could also get her to try running Word under a new "test" user  
to see if

it does the same thing.
As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing  
some problems

(or preferences).
If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her  
User

account that is causing the issue.
If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word  
and all

it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates.

Worth a try.

And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if  
she's
running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx  
series
were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help  
the thread

along,...lol :o)


Kind Regards
Daniel


On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, "Tim Law"  wrote:



Really sorry to create the initial confusion.  I thought Sally  
had a

dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different.

There is mention of this problem at
http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0
but no apparent fix so far.

I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix
herself.

Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the
confusion by posting she had a G5.

Tim




On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Hi Severin (and Ronni)

You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5
and a PPC
PowerMac G5.
Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5.
(Sorry to correct Ronni) :o)
And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that  
would

work on
a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support).

Hope that helps clarify a little.

Kind Regards
Daniel



On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, "Ronda Brown"  wrote:



Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when
people say they
have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any
Apple G5
computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to
give support
...

Cheers,
Ronni


On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was
not used on
the Intel MacPros
Severin

On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Severin,

The Mac Pro G5 is Intel:  

• 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
5500 series
processors
• Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel
Xeon 3500
series processor

Cheers,
Ronni

On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard  
required

an Intel
Mac?
Severin Crisp

On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote:



All,

Thanks for the tips so far.

Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word
file showing a
nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document
showing a yukky
text  box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have
created a
PDF accessible for viewing at  http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a
this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is
replicated
on her two printers - HP 5550 colour & an HP 8000

I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac
running Word
2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same  
printing

problem
with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating
system and
machine is not the issue.   To my surprise, I found the Word
document
printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow
box and no
shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110  
colour

laser.

So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved
correctly as a
PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation  
as

the
problem.

But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same  
Word

2004
version.  I can understand the actual printers not  
functioning

correctly
as they could have inadequate drivers, b

Re: wireless house network/Now Discount!

[Nicholas Pyers]

On 10/03/2010, at 5:01 PM, Peter Curtis wrote:


Hi Nicholas
I was interested in your comment about the discount for the Take  
Control titles, seeing I was just about to purchase a couple.
Is there anyone in particular to ask about the discount code? plus  
your offer for "other" discount codes?

Regards
Peter


There are a ton of special discounts available exclusively for members  
of Apple User Groups around the world.
Since going 'public' with the AppleUsers Spotlight distribution, we  
now publish the basic details of the discounts, but NOT the Discount  
Codes themselves in the AppleUsers Spotlight -- http://www.appleusers.org/category/magazine/ 
 We now point readers back to their local User Group for the actual  
codes.



The Committees of Apple User Groups can subscribe to a special mailing  
list from Apple that contains details of these specials... it is a low  
volume list... normally only one or two emails a month.


I don't know who the appropriate person is in WAMUG... if there isn't  
someone already looking after this task, it would be a great task for  
someone to take on board... only 1/2 hours work a month :)  Read an  
email... Extract relevant details and post to the list here (and  
perhaps have portions posted to the website as well)



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Re: Couldnt help!

[Ronda Brown]

Hey Peter,

I sniggered ... But then. I snigger about  anything Windows! Windows  
"really challenging"? Not really, just uninstall Windows ... Now that  
really makes me "smile again"!



Sent from Ronni's iPhone

On 10/03/2010, at 5:37 PM, Severin Crisp   
wrote:



I make no apologies for my son's twisted sense of humour!
Severin Crisp

On 10/03/2010, at 5:26 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:


I thought this might give most of you a snigger!

This customer comes into the computer store. "I'm looking for a  
mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something  
really challenging."


"Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Microsoft Windows?"

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Re: Couldnt help!

[Severin Crisp]

I make no apologies for my son's twisted sense of humour!
Severin Crisp

On 10/03/2010, at 5:26 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:


I thought this might give most of you a snigger!

This customer comes into the computer store. "I'm looking for a  
mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something  
really challenging."


"Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Microsoft Windows?"

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Couldnt help!

[Crisp, Peter]

I thought this might give most of you a snigger!

 

This customer comes into the computer store. "I'm looking for a mystery
Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something really
challenging."

"Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Microsoft Windows?"

Peter...


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Re: Safari problem?

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Thanks, Ronni

On 10/03/2010, at 4:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



You must upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6 to run in 64-bit.

If you are using Leopard, Safari is operating natively at 32 bit.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 10/03/2010, at 4:17 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



Safari 4.0.4 in plain old Leopard 10.5.8 on a G5 1.8SP.   Is there  
control over which mode Safari runs in?

Severin

On 10/03/2010, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from  
Doubleday whose catalog I receive regularly.  Last evening and  
several times this morning, with Safari, I was able to login and  
select items but unable to transfer to Shopping Cart, endless  
loading loop it seemed.  Clearing cache, restart etc had no  
effect.  With Firefox it went straight through.

Has anyone else seen this on that site?



Hi Severin,

Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2.
Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64- 
bit mode not 32-bit mode?


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
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OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
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Re: Safari problem?

[Ronda Brown]

You must upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6 to run in 64-bit. 

If you are using Leopard, Safari is operating natively at 32 bit. 

Cheers,
Ronni

On 10/03/2010, at 4:17 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

> 
> Safari 4.0.4 in plain old Leopard 10.5.8 on a G5 1.8SP.   Is there control 
> over which mode Safari runs in?
> Severin
> 
> On 10/03/2010, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from Doubleday 
>>> whose catalog I receive regularly.  Last evening and several times this 
>>> morning, with Safari, I was able to login and select items but unable to 
>>> transfer to Shopping Cart, endless loading loop it seemed.  Clearing cache, 
>>> restart etc had no effect.  With Firefox it went straight through.
>>> Has anyone else seen this on that site?
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Severin,
>> 
>> Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2.
>> Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64-bit mode 
>> not 32-bit mode?
>> 
>> 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: Safari problem?

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Safari 4.0.4 in plain old Leopard 10.5.8 on a G5 1.8SP.   Is there  
control over which mode Safari runs in?

Severin

On 10/03/2010, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from  
Doubleday whose catalog I receive regularly.  Last evening and  
several times this morning, with Safari, I was able to login and  
select items but unable to transfer to Shopping Cart, endless  
loading loop it seemed.  Clearing cache, restart etc had no  
effect.  With Firefox it went straight through.

Has anyone else seen this on that site?



Hi Severin,

Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2.
Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64- 
bit mode not 32-bit mode?


Cheers,
Ronni

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[Crisp, Peter]

Ok, thanks Ronni for your once again comprehensive instructions.

 

Cheers

 

Peter…

 

 

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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of 
Ronda Brown
Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 3:49 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Safari problem?

 

Hi Peter,

 

You can check your Mac's processor type by launching System Profiler (located 
in Applications/Utilities, clicking the "Hardware" tab, then looking at the 
"Processor Name:" entry. 

If you see "Intel Core 2 Duo" or "Xeon," your system is 64-bit. If you see 
"Intel Core Duo," your system is 32-bit.

NOTE

The Intel Core Duo processor is a 32-bit processor. 

If your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit processor
then Snow Leopard will run as a 32-bit system.

The Intel Core 2 Duo processors are 64-bit processors.

If your Intel-based Mac has a 64-bit processor
then Snow Leopard will run as a 64-bit system.
---
If your Mac is running in 64-bit mode, you can use the Get Info window on 
Safari to enable/disable running in 64-bit mode.

 

Cheers,

Ronni

 

On 10/03/2010, at 3:38 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote:






Thanks for this Ronni, how does one know if they have Safari in 64-bit or 
32-bit mode? This may explain some of the 'freezing' I have with Safari on 
occasion.

Regards

Peter...

Kind Regards,

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Ronda Brown
Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 3:27 PM
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Subject: Re: Safari problem?



On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:




 

For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from 
Doubleday whose catalog I receive regularly.  Last evening and several times 
this morning, with Safari, I was able to login and select items but unable to 
transfer to Shopping Cart, endless loading loop it seemed.  Clearing cache, 
restart etc had no effect.  With Firefox it went straight through.

Has anyone else seen this on that site?



Hi Severin,

Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2.
Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64-bit mode not 
32-bit mode?

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
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