4 day sale 40% off - Roxio store
Just got the following in an email from Roxio: Save 40% on any Roxio product bought from www.roxio.com until Monday 13th of December. Visit our website and choose your product. Once happy with your purchase go to the cart and enter the voucher code below in the Promo Code box. Happy Shopping! I've already updated my Toast but, if anyone is interested, the Promo code is: ROXIO40OFF The email also says: * Not valid with any other offers or upgrade pricing. Sale ends 13/12/2010. So if you were thinking of buying - now might be a good time ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- 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: Dragon dictate for iPhone n iPad
I declined their invitation too, there was no such request for the Mac version OSX, I selected the Bluetooth headset version as the cabled version became tiresome. Brian Sent from my iPhone On 10/12/2010, at 15:48, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote: Thanks also Brian. Took advantage and downloaded both. However, I've not accepted the conditions as of yet as when reading them (for Australia), I see that Nuance will collect all names from my address book as default, although I can opt out of that, and also everything I dictate which I can't opt out of. I'm always wary when I don't have options about the collection of my data. They say that it is so that they can continually improve the product. Whilst I believe them and their privacy conditions, I also noticed that they can pass the info on to any of their affiliates or anyone who buys the company. I don't really expect any issues but I'll have to think about it and 'psych' myself up to accept their conditions. I was also thinking of buying their product for the iMac but if they're going to do the same with that, I'll go without. Thanks again anyway. At least I have them now and the option to use for free! Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2 On 10/12/2010, at 14:33 PM, cm wrote: Thanks Brian! I didn't even know Dragon Dictate was available in Australia, let alone free. I have happily grabbed a copy. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 13:42, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: http://www.dragonmobileaustralia.com.au/ still should be free for a while, Brian -- 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 -- 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: 1Password
The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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: 1Password
Hi Folks I have been in email contact again with Agile and here is their 2nd reply which explains the process a little more. They certainly respond quickly to emails to the support address:- The 1PasswordAgent is a background process that kicks off another process called 1PasswordThumbs. It's 1PasswordThumbs' job to create a miniature thumbnail picture of the screen as you yourself would see it of any web page that you have saved as a Login in 1Password, including any backgrounds, images, etc. This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). The web page that you have saved a Login for also may refer to other in-line images. So for instance, when you go to http://agile.ws/products/1Password the header image is pulled from http://aws.cachefly.net/aws/images/1password/home-header-v3-3.png and the thumbnail process will attempt to load that image also while building the thumbnail for the agile.ws page. Cheers John On 10/12/2010, at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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: iPhoto 11 - making calenders
Hullo again Marlene I worked away with calenders using iPhoto and finally succeeded. I thought I would have it printed out - but did not really want to pay $29.95 - so I have printed it out ordinarily from my home printer. Now I need to think of someone who has a binding machine for me so the pages will open and close successfully. I have just gone on-line to the Harvey Norman site which you mentioned. You also mentioned you had ordered your calenders on special at $23.97 each. I think I will keep my eyes open for this! Thanks for your help Marlene, Peta On 09/12/2010, at 2:44 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hi Peta I too tried to make calendars through Apple using iPhoto 09 but gave up after many obstacles. By chance, I looked at the Harvey Norman on-line site for making calendars and I have now received my 12 x 12 calendar, classic white design and the quality is just superb. I put all the photos I wanted to use in a separate album in iPhoto 09 and was easily able to upload them to place in my calendar - both in the top page and in birthday and wedding anniversary dates. The program is pretty easy to use and the results are outstanding. Ordered on line (on special $23.97 ea) and no postage if picked up from near-by store. If you go this route, chose Imagine uploader (in the prompts) for Macs. Have just posted off 5 as really great Christmas gifts! They have a good help line - Mon - Fri (9 - 5 EST) or give me a ring if you have any questions. Regards Marlene Oostryck Ph: 9430 8006 oostr...@optusnet.com.au On 09/12/2010, at 11:32 AM, peta wrote: Good morning, Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11. Thank you Daniel. Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting. I will leave my comments about card making for another time. However - Help! Aaarrggh. I have been trying to make a calender. I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click Create. Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop right off screen. I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck. For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own choice. There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says Design the other Photos. Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos should open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac has chosen and put in a photo which is relevant to me? Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again. On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu. I do not have any menu dropping down. I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, but can do nothing with the photos. Sometimes a row of photos appears briefly across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance to what I try to do. Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some advice, Regards Peta -- 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: strange phone call
Just got my second one. Claimed to be in a Computer Centre, which was monitoring the Junk my computer was downloading, but I could hear the kids playing in the background! Diana -- 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: 1Password
Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of yesteryear) Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a logical explanation of why the process is doing it. As they say: *This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). * Nothing to panic about there. Regards Shayne Beach On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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
iSoftPhone ?
Hi All Has anyone used iSoftPhone with iinet at all? I am just trying it out at the moment, although it connects I can not make calls I get a 400 bad request. So I would guess I have a few setting incorrect! I am using a 27 i7 iMac and 10.6.5, version 2.8 of iSoftPhone Many thanks in anticipation :) Roger -- 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: 1Password
Well then, good luck to you. PW. - Original Message - From: S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: 1Password Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of yesteryear) Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a logical explanation of why the process is doing it. As they say: This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). Nothing to panic about there. Regards Shayne Beach On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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: 1Password
Hi Paul I appreciate and respect your caution, particularly in relation to matters of personal security. My response was not intended to be critical; if anything a little lighthearted. I simply wanted to make the point that the response from Agile support was a fair and reasonable explanation and response to his concerns. I thought that your very disturbing comment was a bit unfair however I now notice that your email was actually before John's second email so you were commenting without the benefit of seeing the explanation given by the support person. I apologise if my response seemed harsh or offensive. Regards Shayne On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.auwrote: Well then, good luck to you. PW. - Original Message - From: S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: 1Password Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of yesteryear) Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a logical explanation of why the process is doing it. As they say: *This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). * Nothing to panic about there. Regards Shayne Beach On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.auwrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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: 1Password
Hello Paul, I was shocked and disappointed with your 'knee-jerk' reaction to Shayne's accurate and factual reply. Shayne did not have to take the time to reply to WAMUG list and possibly diffuse a panic that your reply might have given people who don't understand security issues. A little research on your part before replying, to find out just how secure 1Password is and also what Little Snitch does doesn't do ( how to understand, use control Little Snitch), would have been more appropriate. 1Password uses 128-bit keys for encryption, which means that it would take millions of years for a criminal to decrypt your data using a brute force attack. Your data is encrypted using AES, the same state-of-the-art encryption algorithm used as the national standard in the United States. http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/agile_keychain_design.html The Agile Web Solutions developers are working on a new release of 1Password (1Password 4). Their arm is to make 1Password as easy as possible to securely and reliably sync 1Password data. Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 11:06 PM, S Beach wrote: Hi Paul I appreciate and respect your caution, particularly in relation to matters of personal security. My response was not intended to be critical; if anything a little lighthearted. I simply wanted to make the point that the response from Agile support was a fair and reasonable explanation and response to his concerns. I thought that your very disturbing comment was a bit unfair however I now notice that your email was actually before John's second email so you were commenting without the benefit of seeing the explanation given by the support person. I apologise if my response seemed harsh or offensive. Regards Shayne On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: Well then, good luck to you. PW. - Original Message - From: S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: 1Password Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of yesteryear) Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a logical explanation of why the process is doing it. As they say: This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). Nothing to panic about there. Regards Shayne Beach On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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
On the bludge again
I have a few G3 iMacs I am a setting up for my ongoing giveaway project. They do not have sufficient RAM and all the suitable RAM I have, is at best 128. I am hoping that listers may have some PC100/ PC133 sticks in a drawer no longer being used.256 or better would help immensely. Also, my OS 10.4 system disk has finally died. Perchance is there a 10.4 disk out there in WAMUG land which is no longer needed. Any assistance gratefully accepted. My project donates machines to needy people and none are sold. Thanks Kevin -- 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: Dragon dictate for iPhone n iPad
Yes. Same here Pete. I was given the option of allowing Dragon Dictate to access my address book and declined. That means I don't have the convenience of sending an email just by dictating the name of the person but I value privacy highly and decided to accept that shortcoming. I also chose not to let the software use my GPS location -- I could not see what value my location would add to dictation. It is valuable knowledge that this is a server based product, the same as Google Voice, and as such one should be mindful that whatever is said can potentially be intercepted or stored indefinitely! Cheers, Carlo On 2010-12-10, at 16:47, Brian Risbey wrote: I declined their invitation too, there was no such request for the Mac version OSX, I selected the Bluetooth headset version as the cabled version became tiresome. Brian Sent from my iPhone On 10/12/2010, at 15:48, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote: Thanks also Brian. Took advantage and downloaded both. However, I've not accepted the conditions as of yet as when reading them (for Australia), I see that Nuance will collect all names from my address book as default, although I can opt out of that, and also everything I dictate which I can't opt out of. I'm always wary when I don't have options about the collection of my data. They say that it is so that they can continually improve the product. Whilst I believe them and their privacy conditions, I also noticed that they can pass the info on to any of their affiliates or anyone who buys the company. I don't really expect any issues but I'll have to think about it and 'psych' myself up to accept their conditions. I was also thinking of buying their product for the iMac but if they're going to do the same with that, I'll go without. Thanks again anyway. At least I have them now and the option to use for free! Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2 On 10/12/2010, at 14:33 PM, cm wrote: Thanks Brian! I didn't even know Dragon Dictate was available in Australia, let alone free. I have happily grabbed a copy. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 13:42, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: http://www.dragonmobileaustralia.com.au/ still should be free for a while, Brian -- 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 -- 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: 1Password
Thankyou Ronni Shayne and Paul I think many of us would now have a greater understanding of some issues surrounding 1Password etc. See you tomorrow. Cheers John On 11/12/2010, at 8:26 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Paul, I was shocked and disappointed with your 'knee-jerk' reaction to Shayne's accurate and factual reply. Shayne did not have to take the time to reply to WAMUG list and possibly diffuse a panic that your reply might have given people who don't understand security issues. A little research on your part before replying, to find out just how secure 1Password is and also what Little Snitch does doesn't do ( how to understand, use control Little Snitch), would have been more appropriate. 1Password uses 128-bit keys for encryption, which means that it would take millions of years for a criminal to decrypt your data using a brute force attack. Your data is encrypted using AES, the same state-of-the-art encryption algorithm used as the national standard in the United States. http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/agile_keychain_design.html The Agile Web Solutions developers are working on a new release of 1Password (1Password 4). Their arm is to make 1Password as easy as possible to securely and reliably sync 1Password data. Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 11:06 PM, S Beach wrote: Hi Paul I appreciate and respect your caution, particularly in relation to matters of personal security. My response was not intended to be critical; if anything a little lighthearted. I simply wanted to make the point that the response from Agile support was a fair and reasonable explanation and response to his concerns. I thought that your very disturbing comment was a bit unfair however I now notice that your email was actually before John's second email so you were commenting without the benefit of seeing the explanation given by the support person. I apologise if my response seemed harsh or offensive. Regards Shayne On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: Well then, good luck to you. PW. - Original Message - From: S Beach sbscr...@gmail.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: 1Password Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old Dad's Army series of yesteryear) Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a logical explanation of why the process is doing it. As they say: This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will get the attention of Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little Snitch to always Allow any connections, otherwise you'll be prompted for each one (your choice of course!). Nothing to panic about there. Regards Shayne Beach On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join the rush. Paul. -- 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 -- 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
MS Word 2011. Colour and Copy Paste
Hi everyone. I have just upgraded to MS Office 2011 from 2008 version. Some of the improvements annoy me - like the inability to tear off the colour palette in Word. I can't find a way to do this. I used this feature a lot for editing and making sections in colour. Pages is even worse with this. Another gripe is that it will not open any of my files with a / in the name. :-(( But my main problem is copying -or cutting - and pasting in Word. When I copy text and paste it - using the Apple keyboard shortcuts- C and V - into a different part of the document or into another document it comes out in underlined blue as a hyperlink to the original text. Which has to be removed. If I use the Copy and Paste symbols in the Word tool bar, or if I do this with a right click on my Logitech mouse to copy and paste the links do not appear. Is there a preference that enable this to happen on the keyboard? The problem does not occur with Pages which suggests that it is a problem of incompatibility with Word and the Apple Keyboard? But it does not happen when copying in Outlook. Lloyd -- 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: strange phone call
Hi John, Are you receiving any messages when you try to delete the emails? Such as unable to move message to mail trash? OK, It's a POP email Account, but you didn't answer the rest of my email … what settings do you have for deleting emails? On your iPad go to Settings Mail, Contacts, Calendars Under Accounts - click your account name (j...@iinet.net.au) then click Advanced Deleted Mailbox … do you have selected 'Trash' under 'On The Server' or do you have it set to “On My iPad 'Trash''? Also in Advanced Deleted Messages - Remove (after one day, after one week, etc) what is it set to? 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 10/12/2010, at 3:49 PM, John Hatch wrote: Roni, Set to pop Ignore prev post Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 1:25 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi John, Is your email account IMAP or POP? What settings do you have selected in settings mail, contacts, calendars touch your account name advanced deleted mailbox … do you have 'trash' under 'on the server' or do you have it set to “on my iPad 'trash''? Cheers, Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 12:41 PM, John Hatch wrote: Roni, Seems it's happening with some of my new emails. Was able to remove kens by rotating the iPad but its not working now John Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 11:28 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Sorry John, I only arrived back in my office and quickly replied to you email. I just re-read it and realise you can't delete the WAMUG email reply from Ken Jackson ;-) Post back if my reply below doesn't delete the email. Cheers, Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 11:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, This subject was about the phone call scam, your email is a different issue. Are you able to delete other emails, but having trouble deleting one particular email? Try this: Looking at the list of messages, swipe your finger across the message horizontally. When you do that, there is a 'Delete' button showing up to the right of the message. Will it delete then? 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 10/12/2010, at 10:51 AM, John Hatch wrote: Hi, Having trouble deleting this email from iPad. Any suggestions Sent from my iPad On 08/12/2010, at 10:33 AM, Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au wrote: Yes, it's a scam for information. Had one recently , as soon as I asked her to tell me the name of my ISP she hung up. There's a bit of it going around. ALWAYS ask for the name of your ISP a contact person tell them you'll call back... better still, just hang upi. regards, Ken On 07/12/2010, at 6:28 PM, John Daniels wrote: Scam Cheers John On 07/12/2010, at 6:14 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: hi guys i have just had a strange call with caller ID showing as Overseas. The woman asked for me by name and said she was from some company, I couldn't quite hear it all but it ended with PC. She stated that they have been getting error messages from my computer and wanted to know if they could check something, asking me if i was able to sit at my computer now. I told her i didn't believe what she was saying her reply was to ask me why i did not believe her to which i asked her to describe the messages at which point she hung up on me. anyone know wnything about this or experienced the same? 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
Opening ASPX files that have been downloaded
Hello, In various websites I download a document and it goes into my Downloads folder wearing an .aspx extension. The only way I can open it is to manually change the extension to .pdf when Preview will open it without fuss. The other solution I have just discovered is that by right clicking on the link in Mail and selecting 'download linked file', the file appears in my Downloads folder with a .pdf extension such as ShowPage.aspx.pdf, whereas if I simply click on the link it comes through as ShowPage.aspx I am looking for a solution that doesn't require me to do this as it will help others in the family, and me! Apple Support forums doesn't seem to have come up with any better solution, and even if I set the 'Open with' in File Info, to Preview, it won't work as Preview doesn't like the .ASPX extension I understand this is a windows file extension and the web site developers could just as easily create the download in .pdf format which would make it complaint cross platform. Ta Tim -- 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: Dragon dictate for iPhone n iPad
Hi Carlo, Well at least they do allow you to opt out of the address book and location. As to what value the gps location might add... Why is Location Services turned on with Dragon Dictation? Localization data is used to improve recognition abilities over time by learning to recognize regional accents based on location. However, you have the option to turn off Location Services for Dragon Dictation by going to the device Setting→General→Locations Services→setting Dragon Dictation to off. So, yes, at this point in time I doubt there is much regional accent data built up for Australia! Remembering how woeful voice translation was in its infancy compared to how good it is now gives some idea of the value of all that data analysis, learning algorithms, correction incorporation. However, hehe, coming from the UK where the truckdrivers (when I was hitchhiking) used to be able to place you within about 20 miles by your accent - I think they may be being very ambitious here - I remember, as a Yorkshireman being in a bar in Oklahoma with a well-lubricated Geordie (native of Newcastle) and having to explain to the bemused Yanks that: Yes, we do come from the same country No, not too far apart - less than 100 miles No, I can't understand half of what he says either! I think they would do a lot better on that front if they asked you for your formative location (where you learned to speak/ got your accent) in the settings - otherwise what about the Cockney who first switches it on in holiday in Glasgow !! I must admit, I am just in awe that the speech recognition is as good as it is (but then I'm not a Geordie or Glaswegian!!). Cheers Neil. -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/12/10 10:19 AM, cm at cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Same here Pete. I was given the option of allowing Dragon Dictate to access my address book and declined. That means I don't have the convenience of sending an email just by dictating the name of the person but I value privacy highly and decided to accept that shortcoming. I also chose not to let the software use my GPS location -- I could not see what value my location would add to dictation. It is valuable knowledge that this is a server based product, the same as Google Voice, and as such one should be mindful that whatever is said can potentially be intercepted or stored indefinitely! Cheers, Carlo On 2010-12-10, at 16:47, Brian Risbey wrote: I declined their invitation too, there was no such request for the Mac version OSX, I selected the Bluetooth headset version as the cabled version became tiresome. Brian Sent from my iPhone On 10/12/2010, at 15:48, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote: Thanks also Brian. Took advantage and downloaded both. However, I've not accepted the conditions as of yet as when reading them (for Australia), I see that Nuance will collect all names from my address book as default, although I can opt out of that, and also everything I dictate which I can't opt out of. I'm always wary when I don't have options about the collection of my data. They say that it is so that they can continually improve the product. Whilst I believe them and their privacy conditions, I also noticed that they can pass the info on to any of their affiliates or anyone who buys the company. I don't really expect any issues but I'll have to think about it and 'psych' myself up to accept their conditions. I was also thinking of buying their product for the iMac but if they're going to do the same with that, I'll go without. Thanks again anyway. At least I have them now and the option to use for free! Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2 On 10/12/2010, at 14:33 PM, cm wrote: Thanks Brian! I didn't even know Dragon Dictate was available in Australia, let alone free. I have happily grabbed a copy. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 13:42, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: http://www.dragonmobileaustralia.com.au/ still should be free for a while, Brian -- 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: Opening ASPX files that have been downloaded
On 11/12/2010, at 1:47 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, In various websites I download a document and it goes into my Downloads folder wearing an .aspx extension. The only way I can open it is to manually change the extension to .pdf when Preview will open it without fuss. The other solution I have just discovered is that by right clicking on the link in Mail and selecting 'download linked file', the file appears in my Downloads folder with a .pdf extension such as ShowPage.aspx.pdf, whereas if I simply click on the link it comes through as ShowPage.aspx I am looking for a solution that doesn't require me to do this as it will help others in the family, and me! Apple Support forums doesn't seem to have come up with any better solution, and even if I set the 'Open with' in File Info, to Preview, it won't work as Preview doesn't like the .ASPX extension I understand this is a windows file extension and the web site developers could just as easily create the download in .pdf format which would make it complaint cross platform. Hi Tim, First …To answer how this is happening. /Quote: That’s a site issue, normally you’d serve aspx files as HTML as that’s the normal output from the server when processing an aspx file, so this would be the default behaviour on the web server. If the aspx file is going to be actually serving something else, it should use the ContentType property of the Response object to set the correct MIME type (application/pdf in this case) to override the default. These websites are not adhering to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC2616 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.1), Section 7.2.1 Type, which states: “Any HTTP/1.1 message containing an entity-body SHOULD include a Content-Type header field defining the media type of that body. If and only if the media type is not given by a Content-Type field, the recipient MAY attempt to guess the media type via inspection of its content and/or the name extension(s) of the URI used to identify the resource.” In other words, how a file is processed by a browser should be determined by the Content-Type field in the http Response Header; the file suffix should be ignored when there is a Content-Type field.The Content-Type should be application/pdf not text/html This is often an issue when the folks responsible for the web server often are not aware of all the “rules” and often only check things using IE on Windows. /End Quote: So Tim, to view these files on a Mac you have to change the extension at some stage from .aspx to .pdf (which you have already worked out). When you click on the file in Safari, doesn't a box appear showing the file you wish to save as an .ASPX file … if it does, change the extension then to .PDF and download it. 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: strange phone call
Roni, Sorry about that. When I get to the advanced options. THere is nothing about trash. I have incoming settings, the 'delete from server' set to never John Sent from my iPad On 11/12/2010, at 1:38 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi John, Are you receiving any messages when you try to delete the emails? Such as unable to move message to mail trash? OK, It's a POP email Account, but you didn't answer the rest of my email … what settings do you have for deleting emails? On your iPad go to Settings Mail, Contacts, Calendars Under Accounts - click your account name (j...@iinet.net.au) then click Advanced Deleted Mailbox … do you have selected 'Trash' under 'On The Server' or do you have it set to “On My iPad 'Trash''? Also in Advanced Deleted Messages - Remove (after one day, after one week, etc) what is it set to? 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 10/12/2010, at 3:49 PM, John Hatch wrote: Roni, Set to pop Ignore prev post Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 1:25 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi John, Is your email account IMAP or POP? What settings do you have selected in settings mail, contacts, calendars touch your account name advanced deleted mailbox … do you have 'trash' under 'on the server' or do you have it set to “on my iPad 'trash''? Cheers, Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 12:41 PM, John Hatch wrote: Roni, Seems it's happening with some of my new emails. Was able to remove kens by rotating the iPad but its not working now John Sent from my iPad On 10/12/2010, at 11:28 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Sorry John, I only arrived back in my office and quickly replied to you email. I just re-read it and realise you can't delete the WAMUG email reply from Ken Jackson ;-) Post back if my reply below doesn't delete the email. Cheers, Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 11:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, This subject was about the phone call scam, your email is a different issue. Are you able to delete other emails, but having trouble deleting one particular email? Try this: Looking at the list of messages, swipe your finger across the message horizontally. When you do that, there is a 'Delete' button showing up to the right of the message. Will it delete then? 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 10/12/2010, at 10:51 AM, John Hatch wrote: Hi, Having trouble deleting this email from iPad. Any suggestions Sent from my iPad On 08/12/2010, at 10:33 AM, Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au wrote: Yes, it's a scam for information. Had one recently , as soon as I asked her to tell me the name of my ISP she hung up. There's a bit of it going around. ALWAYS ask for the name of your ISP a contact person tell them you'll call back... better still, just hang upi. regards, Ken On 07/12/2010, at 6:28 PM, John Daniels wrote: Scam Cheers John On 07/12/2010, at 6:14 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: hi guys i have just had a strange call with caller ID showing as Overseas. The woman asked for me by name and said she was from some company, I couldn't quite hear it all but it ended with PC. She stated that they have been getting error messages from my computer and wanted to know if they could check something, asking me if i was able to sit at my computer now. I told her i didn't believe what she was saying her reply was to ask me why i did not believe her to which i asked her to describe the messages at which point she hung up on me. anyone know wnything about this or experienced the same? 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 -- 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: Dragon dictate for iPhone n iPad
Hi, All It is good to see there's a version available now here in Australia I may finally be able to get an iPhone. Also they have been promoting its free for a limited time. But I haven't seen them make anyone else pay for it in another country and it's been available elsewhere for quite awhile now Regarding Nuances Collection Of Your Voice: it's actually quite a long story and it all hast to do with Google and how they went about designing their speech recognition algorithm. 1-800-GOOG-411 (Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOG-411) is where it all started. Taken from Google's shutdown page http://www.google.com/goog411/index.htmlof the GOOG-411 Service GOOG-411 was the first speech recognition service from Google and helped provide a foundation for more ambitious services Before they shut down the GOOG-411 Service: They applied their millions of voice samples to products such as - Google Voice http://www.google.com/voice Originally Provides you with a Text version of your voicemail. Now is also used for other features - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/ Originally if you opt in they would automatically try to provide you with closed captioning for your videos. I believe this happens now automatically Which then allow them to build more of a database of voice samples, Which then enabled Google to show off a great new feature built-in to Android a voice keyboard. To cut a long story short nuances now collecting voice samples in their mobile apps (currently not on the desktop yet) so they can keep their number one slot in the voice recognition software sector and not get taken over by Google which is currently in slot number two. I would also like to point out if you use the Google Mobile App your voice is also being sent to Google to be analysed -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] - -- 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: Opening ASPX files that have been downloaded
Hi Tim, I think the problem is not that the developers have created a pdf file with a .aspx extension (Windows is even more touchy about extensions being right). The problem is that the .aspx link is not actually a straight link to the file - it is a link to the process on the web server that generates/retrieves the file. I just usually let the browser open the pdf in a new tab, carry on with what I'm doing and then check the pdf quickly - if it is worth saving I just right-click on it and save as. Alternatively if I just want to download it and it ends up with the .aspx extension then I just change the extension. I agree though, it is a bit of a pain sometimes ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/12/10 1:47 PM, Tim Law at t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, In various websites I download a document and it goes into my Downloads folder wearing an .aspx extension. The only way I can open it is to manually change the extension to .pdf when Preview will open it without fuss. The other solution I have just discovered is that by right clicking on the link in Mail and selecting 'download linked file', the file appears in my Downloads folder with a .pdf extension such as ShowPage.aspx.pdf, whereas if I simply click on the link it comes through as ShowPage.aspx I am looking for a solution that doesn't require me to do this as it will help others in the family, and me! Apple Support forums doesn't seem to have come up with any better solution, and even if I set the 'Open with' in File Info, to Preview, it won't work as Preview doesn't like the .ASPX extension I understand this is a windows file extension and the web site developers could just as easily create the download in .pdf format which would make it complaint cross platform. Ta Tim -- 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: On the bludge again
Hi, Kevin I've been told that I have to clean up some of the computer parts that I have lying around in my room unfortunately I don't have any full machines to give away But if you can contact me off list with a list of parts that you commonly require I can see if I have any lying around -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] -- 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: iSoftPhone ?
Hi, Roger I've never heard of this, I use the free and open source Telephonehttp://code.google.com/p/telephone/ for all my VoIP Softphone needs and can highly recommend it -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] - -- 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
