Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Counterintuitive! --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 21/11/2010, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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: Emptying trash of emails attachments
Stephen, I'm using v3.6 and not happening with me. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 20/11/2010, at 10:08 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi there folks, I notice that for the past few weeks if I drag an attachment from an email onto the desktop, then move it to Trash, then try to empty trash, it will not empty until I have closed Mail. Using latest Apple Mail. Is this something new in Mail and can I change it ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. 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
help with iWeb please
Powerbook G4, 10.4.11 iWed 2.0.4 Hi Guys, I have at last got a new web site ready to go and thought it would be a smart move to upload it to a general area before actually replacing the old one. I came accross a few little problems after publishing from iWeb to a folder, silly things like it changing droppedimage to droppedImage resulting in the page html not displaying the image. A quick fix using html editor and all looked good until i uploaded. Everything works fine except the photo galleries and then only the galleries page itself. galleries.html on my hard drive shows background page with 6 gallery links galleries.html online shows background page but no gallery links Any suggestions appreciated Yvonne -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Peter, I'm using a closed network in conjunction with WPA Personal security. No issues with any other Mac connecting, just the iPhone. And from the limited testing I've done, it doesn't seem to be isolated to the fact that I have a closed network anyway. The only other issue I've had in the past is with Windows machines being able to connect to the closed network with WPA security combination, with the workaround being to temporary lift the security and broadcast the SSID (which one of those fixes the problem I don't know). I don't have the background to understand the technological differences between broadcasting and not broadcasting an SSID, but it seems to me that it has some privacy upside, and conceptually shouldn't create any technical issues if a device knows the network name and security access details. I haven't tried your latest suggestion yet Ronni, but I'll give it a go when time and let you know the result. Cheers, Steven On 22/11/2010, at 10:37 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hidden SSID does not work with iPhone 3G. Utilise WPA2 with a strong password, from memory I think 192 characters can be used, but I would go with minimum of 32 possibly adding some symbols also with of course upper lower case using zero not O easier when adding to phone/appliance. Hiding your WiFi SSID is a waste of time and resources for your AP: 1: It takes no time to find hidden networks, just check your appliance when probing for networks. 2: It adds extra resources to your WiFi network actually slowing it down. 3: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea, see follow up post. Cheers! RobD On 21Nov2010, at 7:25 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- 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 -
Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea
Morning, Courtesy of various blogs, and contributors Since your computer cannot passively listen for the SSID broadcast and automatically connect when it sees the SSID (which will not show in the beacon broadcast, since that is how hiding the SSID works), it has to actively send probe packets with the network's SSID, even if it is nowhere near the access point, and wait for a response. This means that, instead of the access point broadcasting its name all the time, you have all computers configured to automatically connect to it broadcasting its name all the time, no matter where they are. Not to mention that, to be able to roam between several access points with the same SSID, the computer has to know their BSSID (essentially, the AP's MAC address). Usually they do this by listening to the beacons broadcast by the access points. Since the beacons do not have the SSID (hey, it's hidden!), the computer has to periodically send probe requests even if it is already connected to the access point. Making it laughably easy for an intruder to find out the SSID if even one computer is connected to the network. Not to mention the desassociation attacks. So, it gains almost zero security (it is still way too easy to find the SSID) and loses a bit more security (the client computers constantly announcing to the world hey, I am a computer belonging to someone who works at company XYZ! even when nowhere near company XYZ). The net result is negative. The only way to reduce or even avoid the security loss is to have it connect manually instead of automatically. Which seems to be what Apple is doing. (Windows Vista and 7, from what I recall, warns you of the security issues when you try to set it to automatically connect. The NetworkManager used by most Linux distributions also seems to make you chose the saved connection from a dropdown manually.) In theory, it would be possible to save the known BSSIDs for each ESSID and only send the probe request when a beacon for one of them is received (that is, when you are near an access point which has in the past been used for that SSID). I do not know why nobody seems to have tried that yet. Cheers! `RobD... -- 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
WPA2
Morning, Apologies, but hey lets have a trilogy. A point on WPA2 and security, there is a supposed security hole with WPA2+TKIP. Therefore Security Mode is set at WPA2 Personal, WPA Algorithms set to AES on all your WIFI appliances. Hence, WPA2+AES Enterprise is for Radius Server connections if available utilise, but very different way of connecting. I personally have not found hole or been able to breakdown WPA2, except for one company whom had very simple WPA Shared Key so utilise the myriad of programs or online services whom can produce random keys A little bit more security but as w -- 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
WPA2 II
Morning, Apology first post not certain what happened there... Apologies, but hey lets have a trilogy. A point on WPA2 and security, there is a supposed security hole with WPA2+TKIP. Therefore Security Mode is set at WPA2 Personal, WPA Algorithms set to AES on all your WIFI appliances. Hence, WPA2+AES Enterprise is for Radius Server connections if available utilise, but very different way of connecting. I personally have not found hole or been able to breakdown WPA2, except for one company whom had very simple WPA Shared Key so utilise the myriad of programs or online services whom can produce random keys. MAC Filtering as with SSID can be broken, so not a real security measure. Cheers! `RobD -- 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: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Peter, I've just arrived back in and went to answer your question, and what I was typing is exactly the same as Rob has done. We both must do our research similarly. Thanks Rob, you have saved me some time :-) Cheers, Ronni On 22/11/2010, at 8:37 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. 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: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea
Thanks Rob, This was exactly how I was starting to reply to Peter's question. Our research methods must be similar ;-) Just to add to this thread of hiding SSID. The idea behind disabling SSID is to make your wireless router “invisible” to hackers and other malicious users. Unfortunately, merely disabling SSID is not effective as a security measure, and any active wi-fi router can be revealed quite easily. Free tools like Netstumbler (www.netstumbler.com) will display all active Wi-f i routers, regardless of whether their SSID is hidden. Worse, disabling SSID can actually degrade network performance. The “hide SSID” myth was actually been debunked for years. No less than Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director at ICSA Labs warned against it as far back as Dec 2003, in a paper titled “Debunking the Myth of SSID Hiding” “Efforts to hide the SSID are at best half-measures which lead to a false sense of security and to a degradation of wireless network performance.” Moskowitz wrote. Hiding your wireless SSID is actually less secure than broadcasting it: Why is this so? When you hide your SSID, your computer has no idea whether or not your wireless router is around, and therefore it has to continuously look for it, even when it is not in range. This means that when you hide your SSID at home and take your laptop out to Starbucks, your laptop is actually telling everyone at Starbucks what your SSID is at home. That, and every other hidden SSID you have registered in your computer. This completely defeats the purpose of hiding your SSID in the first place, right? The right way to configure your wireless router is actually to not hide the SSID, with your network encrypted with WPA2 and a strong password. You will get other benefits as well like a more robust network connection that will drop out less often, easy configuration on your computers and most important of all, nearly unbreakable security. http://tehloft.com/2010/09/14/hiding-your-wireless-ssid-is-actually-less-secure-than-broadcasting-it/ Cheers, Ronni On 22/11/2010, at 10:58 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Courtesy of various blogs, and contributors Since your computer cannot passively listen for the SSID broadcast and automatically connect when it sees the SSID (which will not show in the beacon broadcast, since that is how hiding the SSID works), it has to actively send probe packets with the network's SSID, even if it is nowhere near the access point, and wait for a response. This means that, instead of the access point broadcasting its name all the time, you have all computers configured to automatically connect to it broadcasting its name all the time, no matter where they are. Not to mention that, to be able to roam between several access points with the same SSID, the computer has to know their BSSID (essentially, the AP's MAC address). Usually they do this by listening to the beacons broadcast by the access points. Since the beacons do not have the SSID (hey, it's hidden!), the computer has to periodically send probe requests even if it is already connected to the access point. Making it laughably easy for an intruder to find out the SSID if even one computer is connected to the network. Not to mention the desassociation attacks. So, it gains almost zero security (it is still way too easy to find the SSID) and loses a bit more security (the client computers constantly announcing to the world hey, I am a computer belonging to someone who works at company XYZ! even when nowhere near company XYZ). The net result is negative. The only way to reduce or even avoid the security loss is to have it connect manually instead of automatically. Which seems to be what Apple is doing. (Windows Vista and 7, from what I recall, warns you of the security issues when you try to set it to automatically connect. The NetworkManager used by most Linux distributions also seems to make you chose the saved connection from a dropdown manually.) In theory, it would be possible to save the known BSSIDs for each ESSID and only send the probe request when a beacon for one of them is received (that is, when you are near an access point which has in the past been used for that SSID). I do not know why nobody seems to have tried that yet. Cheers! `RobD... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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 -
Updating to SL
Hello All, This is the first time I have done an upgrade so I would appreciate some advice on actions to take so I have a problem free installation. I want to update from Leopard to Snow Leopard and also install Office for Mac 2011 (Home Student - 1 user). iMac 10.5.8 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB memory Canon MP 560 printer. Many thanks in advance Marlene Oostryck -- 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: Updating to SL
On 22/11/2010, at 12:09 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hello All, This is the first time I have done an upgrade so I would appreciate some advice on actions to take so I have a problem free installation. I want to update from Leopard to Snow Leopard and also install Office for Mac 2011 (Home Student - 1 user). iMac 10.5.8 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB memory Canon MP 560 printer. Many thanks in advance Hi Marlene, Prepare for, and Installation of Snow Leopard 1. Check your Computer can install run Snow Leopard: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html 2. a) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. b) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don’t have the uninstaller for the application, download use AppZapper: http://www.appzapper.com/, delete any files you no longer need. c) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Snow Leopard-compatible versions before you upgrade. (A software compatibility check is included in the installation that has a list of known “bad” apps, and disables them. Those programs are moved to an “Incompatible Software” folder.) Note: Installation initially triggers a large chunk of data to be copied from the installation DVD to the user’s primary hard drive. The bulk of the installation is then managed from the hard drive, speeding up the installation process considerably. After a successful installation, that large chunk of data is automatically removed. 3. Check that your Printer will work in Snow Leopard. Mac OS X v10.6 Printer Scanner software included on the Snow Leopard Install DVD: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669 4. Repair Permissions on your computer. 5. BACKUP your Computer check your backup before you commence the Installation 6. Decide whether you are going to install Snow Leopard as A) Automatic Upgrade or B) Erase and Install. A) AUTOMATIC UPGRADE: This is the default install. “The Snow Leopard installer’s single upgrade method attempts to make the transition as simple as possible by leaving almost all your files, applications, and settings in place. The installer simply replaces all the components of your old Mac OS X installation with their Snow Leopard equivalents, and it deletes those that are obsolete.” B) ERASE INSTALL: This will give a fresh install, erasing your entire disk and installing a clean copy of OS X 10.6. 7. OK, if you are ready … YOU HAVE BACKED UP … right! 8. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. A window appears with two buttons: Utilities and Continue. Click Continue: The Software License Agreement appears next; click Agree to proceed with the installation. 9. If you only have one volume on your computer it will be already be selected. 10. If you don’t wish to customise what software is installed, click the Install button, when asked are you sure you want to install Mac OS X, click Install again; then enter an administrator username and password, click OK. Make your self a cup of tea (or pour a glass of wine )… only don’t spill any on or near your computer. DON’T INTERRUPT THE INSTALLATION. The Default Installation should only take around 30mins. (I did a Customise install and it only took approx. 45mins.). 11. When the installation is finished, a Restart button appears—but if you don’t happen to be paying attention at the time, your Mac restarts by itself after 30 seconds—this time under Snow Leopard. The first time you use Snow Leopard, a program called Mac OS X Setup Assistant runs. You’ll know that’s what’s happening when you see the animated “Welcome” message and hear the music playing. (I just love installing Snow Leopard just to see this little video, it's so cool) Because you performed an automated upgrade, you needn’t manually enter information in Setup Assistant (which you had to do with older Mac OS X installers, and which you still must do in an Erase and Install upgrade). On the Thank You screen, click Continue to quit Setup Assistant and begin using Snow Leopard. That’s it … that is the Installation done! BUT … one more thing to do … 11. Repair Permissions Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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: Updating to SL
Hi Ronni Many thanks for taking the time to give me such detailed instructions. I now have much more confidence in going ahead with the task. Your knowledge appears to be unlimited!!! Aren't we lucky that you give so freely of this knowledge. Regards Marlene On 22/11/2010, at 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/11/2010, at 12:09 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hello All, This is the first time I have done an upgrade so I would appreciate some advice on actions to take so I have a problem free installation. I want to update from Leopard to Snow Leopard and also install Office for Mac 2011 (Home Student - 1 user). iMac 10.5.8 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB memory Canon MP 560 printer. Many thanks in advance Hi Marlene, Prepare for, and Installation of Snow Leopard 1. Check your Computer can install run Snow Leopard: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html 2. a) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. b) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don’t have the uninstaller for the application, download use AppZapper: http://www.appzapper.com/, delete any files you no longer need. c) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Snow Leopard-compatible versions before you upgrade. (A software compatibility check is included in the installation that has a list of known “bad” apps, and disables them. Those programs are moved to an “Incompatible Software” folder.) Note: Installation initially triggers a large chunk of data to be copied from the installation DVD to the user’s primary hard drive. The bulk of the installation is then managed from the hard drive, speeding up the installation process considerably. After a successful installation, that large chunk of data is automatically removed. 3. Check that your Printer will work in Snow Leopard. Mac OS X v10.6 Printer Scanner software included on the Snow Leopard Install DVD: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669 4. Repair Permissions on your computer. 5. BACKUP your Computer check your backup before you commence the Installation 6. Decide whether you are going to install Snow Leopard as A) Automatic Upgrade or B) Erase and Install. A) AUTOMATIC UPGRADE: This is the default install. “The Snow Leopard installer’s single upgrade method attempts to make the transition as simple as possible by leaving almost all your files, applications, and settings in place. The installer simply replaces all the components of your old Mac OS X installation with their Snow Leopard equivalents, and it deletes those that are obsolete.” B) ERASE INSTALL: This will give a fresh install, erasing your entire disk and installing a clean copy of OS X 10.6. 7. OK, if you are ready … YOU HAVE BACKED UP … right! 8. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. A window appears with two buttons: Utilities and Continue. Click Continue: The Software License Agreement appears next; click Agree to proceed with the installation. 9. If you only have one volume on your computer it will be already be selected. 10. If you don’t wish to customise what software is installed, click the Install button, when asked are you sure you want to install Mac OS X, click Install again; then enter an administrator username and password, click OK. Make your self a cup of tea (or pour a glass of wine )… only don’t spill any on or near your computer. DON’T INTERRUPT THE INSTALLATION. The Default Installation should only take around 30mins. (I did a Customise install and it only took approx. 45mins.). 11. When the installation is finished, a Restart button appears—but if you don’t happen to be paying attention at the time, your Mac restarts by itself after 30 seconds—this time under Snow Leopard. The first time you use Snow Leopard, a program called Mac OS X Setup Assistant runs. You’ll know that’s what’s happening when you see the animated “Welcome” message and hear the music playing. (I just love installing Snow Leopard just to see this little video, it's so cool) Because you performed an automated upgrade, you needn’t manually enter information in Setup Assistant (which you had to do with older Mac OS X installers, and which you still must do in an Erase and Install upgrade). On the Thank You screen, click Continue to quit Setup Assistant and begin using Snow Leopard. That’s it … that is the Installation done! BUT … one more thing to do … 11. Repair Permissions Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
Re: Updating to SL
G¹Day Marlene, After following Ronni¹s splendid instructions,as Ronni has advised on many occasions, download and apply the 10.6.5 combo update from Apple and check permissions. Mike Armson On Monday/24/August/09 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 22/11/2010, at 12:09 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hello All, This is the first time I have done an upgrade so I would appreciate some advice on actions to take so I have a problem free installation. I want to update from Leopard to Snow Leopard and also install Office for Mac 2011 (Home Student - 1 user). iMac 10.5.8 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB memory Canon MP 560 printer. Many thanks in advance Hi Marlene, Prepare for, and Installation of Snow Leopard 1. Check your Computer can install run Snow Leopard: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html 2. a) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. b) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don¹t have the uninstaller for the application, download use AppZapper: http://www.appzapper.com/, delete any files you no longer need. c) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Snow Leopard-compatible versions before you upgrade. (A software compatibility check is included in the installation that has a list of known ³bad² apps, and disables them. Those programs are moved to an ³Incompatible Software² folder.) Note: Installation initially triggers a large chunk of data to be copied from the installation DVD to the user¹s primary hard drive. The bulk of the installation is then managed from the hard drive, speeding up the installation process considerably. After a successful installation, that large chunk of data is automatically removed. 3. Check that your Printer will work in Snow Leopard. Mac OS X v10.6 Printer Scanner software included on the Snow Leopard Install DVD: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669 4. Repair Permissions on your computer. 5. BACKUP your Computer check your backup before you commence the Installation 6. Decide whether you are going to install Snow Leopard as A) Automatic Upgrade or B) Erase and Install. A) AUTOMATIC UPGRADE: This is the default install. ³The Snow Leopard installer¹s single upgrade method attempts to make the transition as simple as possible by leaving almost all your files, applications, and settings in place. The installer simply replaces all the components of your old Mac OS X installation with their Snow Leopard equivalents, and it deletes those that are obsolete.² B) ERASE INSTALL: This will give a fresh install, erasing your entire disk and installing a clean copy of OS X 10.6. 7. OK, if you are ready YOU HAVE BACKED UP right! 8. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. A window appears with two buttons: Utilities and Continue. Click Continue: The Software License Agreement appears next; click Agree to proceed with the installation. 9. If you only have one volume on your computer it will be already be selected. 10. If you don¹t wish to customise what software is installed, click the Install button, when asked are you sure you want to install Mac OS X, click Install again; then enter an administrator username and password, click OK. Make your self a cup of tea (or pour a glass of wine ) only don¹t spill any on or near your computer. DON¹T INTERRUPT THE INSTALLATION. The Default Installation should only take around 30mins. (I did a Customise install and it only took approx. 45mins.). 11. When the installation is finished, a Restart button appearsbut if you don¹t happen to be paying attention at the time, your Mac restarts by itself after 30 secondsthis time under Snow Leopard. The first time you use Snow Leopard, a program called Mac OS X Setup Assistant runs. You¹ll know that¹s what¹s happening when you see the animated ³Welcome² message and hear the music playing. (I just love installing Snow Leopard just to see this little video, it's so cool) Because you performed an automated upgrade, you needn¹t manually enter information in Setup Assistant (which you had to do with older Mac OS X installers, and which you still must do in an Erase and Install upgrade). On the Thank You screen, click Continue to quit Setup Assistant and begin using Snow Leopard. That¹s it that is the Installation done! BUT one more thing to do 11. Repair Permissions Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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: help with iWeb please
Yvonne On 22/11/2010, at 9:02 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have at last got a new web site ready to go and thought it would be a smart move to upload it to a general area before actually replacing the old one. I came accross a few little problems after publishing from iWeb to a folder, silly things like it changing droppedimage to droppedImage resulting in the page html not displaying the image. A quick fix using html editor and all looked good until i uploaded. Everything works fine except the photo galleries and then only the galleries page itself. galleries.html on my hard drive shows background page with 6 gallery links galleries.html online shows background page but no gallery links Any suggestions appreciated Check with your HTML editor that the link is correct - ie. of the form http://something. Sometimes web page generators make local links (ie. of the form c:/something) which work when you look at the web page on your computer but obviously are incorrect if the page is accessed remotely. Regards Geoff -- Geoff and Kaye k...@kgweb.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: help with iWeb please
On 22/11/2010, at 3:04 PM, Geoff and Kaye wrote: Yvonne On 22/11/2010, at 9:02 AM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have at last got a new web site ready to go and thought it would be a smart move to upload it to a general area before actually replacing the old one. I came accross a few little problems after publishing from iWeb to a folder, silly things like it changing droppedimage to droppedImage resulting in the page html not displaying the image. A quick fix using html editor and all looked good until i uploaded. Everything works fine except the photo galleries and then only the galleries page itself. galleries.html on my hard drive shows background page with 6 gallery links galleries.html online shows background page but no gallery links Any suggestions appreciated Check with your HTML editor that the link is correct - ie. of the form http://something. Sometimes web page generators make local links (ie. of the form c:/something) which work when you look at the web page on your computer but obviously are incorrect if the page is accessed remotely. Regards Geoff -- Geoff and Kaye k...@kgweb.org.au Hi Yvonne, I'm not sure of your problem exactly. Check that you haven't placed the links in the top section of the page that iWeb reserves for the title. (If you view layout, you'll see the horizontal line).Your links must be below that line. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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
iPhone 3G repair
Hi, Is anyone know iPhone repair shop? I know springboard error come up and my iPhone stop. I have done restore to couple version but did not fix the problem. apple icon and circle keep coming up on the screen. Kind regards, Mark -- 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: Updating to SL
Hi Marlene, Reading my previous reply to you I realise I left out one step …No.6 ... I've added it to this 'revised' edition. Trying to do too many things at once here today, but then that is a fairly normal day ;-) From memory, I think Software Update runs after the installation and setup, but I still prefer to download and install the combo updates repair permissions again after installing the update (as Mike has already mentioned). Also underneath 'Prepare for and Installation of Snow Leopard', I've also included a email I sent to WAMUG a few weeks ago 'Install OS X Updates Correctly' FYI. Prepare for and Installation of Snow Leopard 1. Check your Computer can install run Snow Leopard: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html 2. a) Check all your Applications you might be running and see if they have updates. b) Clean Up your computer. Uninstall old software you no longer use or require (if you don’t have the uninstaller for the application, download use AppZapper: http://www.appzapper.com/, delete any files you no longer need. c) If you use any add-on software such as plug-ins for mail or programs that rely on input managers such as 1Password Google Desktop, make sure you have upgraded to Snow Leopard-compatible versions before you upgrade. (A software compatibility check is included in the installation that has a list of known “bad” apps, and disables them. Those programs are moved to an “Incompatible Software” folder.) Note: Installation initially triggers a large chunk of data to be copied from the installation DVD to the user’s primary hard drive. The bulk of the installation is then managed from the hard drive, speeding up the installation process considerably. After a successful installation, that large chunk of data is automatically removed. 3. Check that your Printer will work in Snow Leopard. Mac OS X v10.6 Printer Scanner software included on the Snow Leopard Install DVD: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669 4. Repair Permissions on your computer. 5. BACKUP your Computer check your backup before you commence the Installation 6. Disconnect any peripheral devices (external USB or Firewire devices, unplug them from your system before doing the upgrade) 7. Decide whether you are going to install Snow Leopard as A) Automatic Upgrade or B) Erase and Install. A) AUTOMATIC UPGRADE: This is the default install. “The Snow Leopard installer’s single upgrade method attempts to make the transition as simple as possible by leaving almost all your files, applications, and settings in place. The installer simply replaces all the components of your old Mac OS X installation with their Snow Leopard equivalents, and it deletes those that are obsolete.” B) ERASE INSTALL: This will give a fresh install, erasing your entire disk and installing a clean copy of OS X 10.6. 8. OK, if you are ready … YOU HAVE BACKED UP … right! 9. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. A window appears with two buttons: Utilities and Continue. Click Continue: The Software License Agreement appears next; click Agree to proceed with the installation. 10. If you only have one volume on your computer it will already be selected. 11. If you don’t wish to customise what software is installed, click the Install button, when asked are you sure you want to install Mac OS X, click Install again; then enter an administrator username and password, click OK. Make your self a cup of tea (or pour a glass of wine )… only don’t spill any on or near your computer. DON’T INTERRUPT THE INSTALLATION. The Default Installation should only take around 30mins. (I did a Customise install and it only took approx. 45mins.) 12. When the installation is finished, a Restart button appears—but if you don’t happen to be paying attention at the time, your Mac restarts by itself after 30 seconds—this time under Snow Leopard. The first time you use Snow Leopard, a program called Mac OS X Setup Assistant runs. You’ll know that’s what’s happening when you see the animated “Welcome” message and hear the music playing. Because you performed an automated upgrade, you needn’t manually enter information in Setup Assistant (which you had to do with older Mac OS X installers, and which you still must do in an Erase and Install upgrade). On the Thank You screen, click Continue to quit Setup Assistant and begin using Snow Leopard. That’s it … that is the Installation done! BUT … one more thing to do … 13. Repair Permissions On 22/11/2010, at 2:33 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hi Ronni Many thanks for taking the time to give me such detailed instructions. I now have much more confidence in going ahead with the task. Your knowledge appears to be unlimited!!! Aren't we lucky that you give so freely of this knowledge. Regards Marlene Install OS X Updates correctly: DON’T FORGET: 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing the Combo Update (or Update).
Re: iPhone 3G repair
Hi Mark, That should be 3's service centre or Apple Store. Cheers, Kazu On 22/11/2010, at 5:16 PM, Mark wrote: Hi, Is anyone know iPhone repair shop? I know springboard error come up and my iPhone stop. I have done restore to couple version but did not fix the problem. apple icon and circle keep coming up on the screen. Kind regards, Mark -- 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: iPhone 3G repair
On 22/11/2010, at 3:16 PM, Mark wrote: Hi, Is anyone know iPhone repair shop? I know springboard error come up and my iPhone stop. I have done restore to couple version but did not fix the problem. apple icon and circle keep coming up on the screen. Hi Mark, Is this an iPhone4? Is it a jailbroken iPhone? The Springboard crash is normally caused by an icon that has been installed that is incompatible. If you have installed something just before you started to have the springboard crash/ error … uninstall / delete it or them! Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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: iPhone 3G repair
What's best way to delete or check? Never install jailbreak before on this iPhone. Kind regards, Mark On 22/11/2010, at 3:35 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 22/11/2010, at 3:16 PM, Mark wrote: Hi, Is anyone know iPhone repair shop? I know springboard error come up and my iPhone stop. I have done restore to couple version but did not fix the problem. apple icon and circle keep coming up on the screen. Hi Mark, Is this an iPhone4? Is it a jailbroken iPhone? The Springboard crash is normally caused by an icon that has been installed that is incompatible. If you have installed something just before you started to have the springboard crash/ error … uninstall / delete it or them! Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 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
