Re: updating ipod software
Sorry Chris, I sent the direct link for the iPad iOS 4.3 update download. I’ve added a link now that will take you to a site to download the correct version for your iPod Touch Ronni -- Hi Chris, You could try updating iOS 4.3 manually. How To Update to iOS 4.3 Manually Step 1: Download the iOS 4.3 IPSW file for your device using the iOS 4.3 IPSW direct download links. Direct download link from Apple is here Step 2: Connect your device to the computer using the USB cable and wait for iTunes to detect it. Step 3: Once your device has been detected – follow the steps below: Hold the Option key and then click on the Check for Update/Update button. Step 4: In the next dialog browse to the file that you downloaded from Step 1 and select the IPSW file. Step 5: iTunes will now use the IPSW file and update your device to iOS 4.3. The process should take around 10-20 minutes. Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 10:28 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Carlo and Nicholas Thankyou both for your info on this. I will be patient with the download. It hadnt occurred to me that the zillion people with new and previous ipads, iphones and everything else 'i' might also be using itunes!! It is a pity I cant just download it to my MBPro then do the update into the ipod touch? On top of this I have a very unstable/variable and certainly not consistent Bigpond wireless connection down south here which is really really frustrating!! Kind regards Chris On 25/03/2011, at 5:38 PM, cm wrote: Hi Chris and Nicholas, I don't think the problem is with the iOS 4.3 update in particular. I updated some weeks back and it is usually a matter of minutes for the download. I think the problem may be a general slowdown of the Apple servers related to the international release of iPad 2. I downloaded a three hour video from iTunes University last night and had to leave it to run overnight. It took about 5 hours to download whereas normally it would have taken the order of 15 minutes. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-25, at 17:18, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 7:57 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Each time I link it to itunes on my MBPro, it asks me if I would like to update its software to 4.3. I would like to and have tried many times, only to find it was going to take more than 6 hrs (and up to a day or 2)!!! Im not sure if this usual for this model. Can someone please advise if it is and I wont be impatient any more!! It's not based on the model of iPod (nor iPhone or iPad)... this update seems to be generally slow in downloading... it is around 600MB, if you can believe that!!! I updated an iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd Gen last night... one took nearly 3 hours and the other mere 2 hours... when I did my own iPhone 4 the day the update was released, it took three attempts... and ultimately eight hours to download. These were all on an iiNet connection, with lots of other uploads and downloads happening at the same time. Also, the time indicator will change over time as network traffic changes... he 3 hour one last night originally said it'd take 18 hours, quickly changed to 10 hours and then wavered about between 1 and 10 hours as it downloaded -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 ipod software
Disregard this post Chris … the link is for the iPad version of iOS 4.3 This link that I sent in another email to WAMUG is correct. http://tipsneeded.com/download-ios-43-ipsw/ Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 11:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Chris, I sent the direct link for the iPad iOS 4.3 update download. I’ve added a link now that will take you to a site to download the correct version for your iPod Touch Ronni -- Hi Chris, You could try updating iOS 4.3 manually. How To Update to iOS 4.3 Manually Step 1: Download the iOS 4.3 IPSW file for your device using the iOS 4.3 IPSW direct download links. Direct download link from Apple is here Step 2: Connect your device to the computer using the USB cable and wait for iTunes to detect it. Step 3: Once your device has been detected – follow the steps below: Hold the Option key and then click on the Check for Update/Update button. Step 4: In the next dialog browse to the file that you downloaded from Step 1 and select the IPSW file. Step 5: iTunes will now use the IPSW file and update your device to iOS 4.3. The process should take around 10-20 minutes. Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 10:28 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Carlo and Nicholas Thankyou both for your info on this. I will be patient with the download. It hadnt occurred to me that the zillion people with new and previous ipads, iphones and everything else 'i' might also be using itunes!! It is a pity I cant just download it to my MBPro then do the update into the ipod touch? On top of this I have a very unstable/variable and certainly not consistent Bigpond wireless connection down south here which is really really frustrating!! Kind regards Chris On 25/03/2011, at 5:38 PM, cm wrote: Hi Chris and Nicholas, I don't think the problem is with the iOS 4.3 update in particular. I updated some weeks back and it is usually a matter of minutes for the download. I think the problem may be a general slowdown of the Apple servers related to the international release of iPad 2. I downloaded a three hour video from iTunes University last night and had to leave it to run overnight. It took about 5 hours to download whereas normally it would have taken the order of 15 minutes. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-25, at 17:18, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 7:57 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Each time I link it to itunes on my MBPro, it asks me if I would like to update its software to 4.3. I would like to and have tried many times, only to find it was going to take more than 6 hrs (and up to a day or 2)!!! Im not sure if this usual for this model. Can someone please advise if it is and I wont be impatient any more!! It's not based on the model of iPod (nor iPhone or iPad)... this update seems to be generally slow in downloading... it is around 600MB, if you can believe that!!! I updated an iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd Gen last night... one took nearly 3 hours and the other mere 2 hours... when I did my own iPhone 4 the day the update was released, it took three attempts... and ultimately eight hours to download. These were all on an iiNet connection, with lots of other uploads and downloads happening at the same time. Also, the time indicator will change over time as network traffic changes... he 3 hour one last night originally said it'd take 18 hours, quickly changed to 10 hours and then wavered about between 1 and 10 hours as it downloaded -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 ipod software
Sorry Chris, I sent the direct link for the iPad iOS 4.3 update download. I’ve added a link now that will take you to a site to download the correct version for your iPod Touch http://tipsneeded.com/download-ios-43-ipsw/ Ronni -- Hi Chris, You could try updating iOS 4.3 manually. How To Update to iOS 4.3 Manually Step 1: Download the iOS 4.3 IPSW file for your device using the iOS 4.3 IPSW direct download links. Direct download link from Apple is here Step 2: Connect your device to the computer using the USB cable and wait for iTunes to detect it. Step 3: Once your device has been detected – follow the steps below: Hold the Option key and then click on the Check for Update/Update button. Step 4: In the next dialog browse to the file that you downloaded from Step 1 and select the IPSW file. Step 5: iTunes will now use the IPSW file and update your device to iOS 4.3. The process should take around 10-20 minutes. Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 10:28 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Carlo and Nicholas Thankyou both for your info on this. I will be patient with the download. It hadnt occurred to me that the zillion people with new and previous ipads, iphones and everything else 'i' might also be using itunes!! It is a pity I cant just download it to my MBPro then do the update into the ipod touch? On top of this I have a very unstable/variable and certainly not consistent Bigpond wireless connection down south here which is really really frustrating!! Kind regards Chris On 25/03/2011, at 5:38 PM, cm wrote: Hi Chris and Nicholas, I don't think the problem is with the iOS 4.3 update in particular. I updated some weeks back and it is usually a matter of minutes for the download. I think the problem may be a general slowdown of the Apple servers related to the international release of iPad 2. I downloaded a three hour video from iTunes University last night and had to leave it to run overnight. It took about 5 hours to download whereas normally it would have taken the order of 15 minutes. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-25, at 17:18, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 7:57 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Each time I link it to itunes on my MBPro, it asks me if I would like to update its software to 4.3. I would like to and have tried many times, only to find it was going to take more than 6 hrs (and up to a day or 2)!!! Im not sure if this usual for this model. Can someone please advise if it is and I wont be impatient any more!! It's not based on the model of iPod (nor iPhone or iPad)... this update seems to be generally slow in downloading... it is around 600MB, if you can believe that!!! I updated an iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd Gen last night... one took nearly 3 hours and the other mere 2 hours... when I did my own iPhone 4 the day the update was released, it took three attempts... and ultimately eight hours to download. These were all on an iiNet connection, with lots of other uploads and downloads happening at the same time. Also, the time indicator will change over time as network traffic changes... he 3 hour one last night originally said it'd take 18 hours, quickly changed to 10 hours and then wavered about between 1 and 10 hours as it downloaded -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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
Internet security
Some of you might find this of interest - a 6-page pdf called A practical guide to protecting your identity and security online and when using mobile phones. For citizens in the middle east, north Africa and beyond. https://docs.google.com/gview?url=https://www.accessnow.org/page/-/docs/Protecting%20Your%20Security%20Online%20-%20A%20Practical%20Guide%20%28design%29.pdf Pat -- 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: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?
Thanks Ronni. I gave that a test. Sending the Mail Event went okay. When it came to accepting the incoming .ics file (I sent it to myself using a different mail address), iCal threw up: The server responded with an error. Access to “New Event” in “Name of Calendar” in account “u...@me.com” is not permitted. The server responded: “HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation. The options to select from are Go Offline or Revert to Server (the latter being the default). If Go Offline is selected, the entry is inserted into iCal. If Revert to Server is selected, the entry is not placed in iCal. I guess the recipient wouldn't ordinarily be me, so not something I'd need to worry about. Anyway, could be a 2nd best option in the interim as you say Ronni, the downside being no auto notifications and audit trail of who's declined/accepted etc. Cheers, Steven On 26/03/2011, at 11:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: MobileMe asked me recently to upgrade to the new calendar version, which I reluctantly did. Now if I set up a Calendar entry via iCal and invite others, the invitation is sent from my me.com email address, rather than the one I usually use. I can't see anything obvious, how do I override this setting and have iCal send invitations from an email address other than me.com ? I only have my me.com address in order to have a MobileMe account, so I don't want to use it publicly. Hi Steven, Perhaps a work around for you until something is resolved in MobileMe. I just tried this and it works fine, you can use any email address you choose. 1. Create an Event in iCal 2. Control-Click (Right-Click) and select “Mail Event” It’s easy and it sends a standard calendar event to the recipient. With a message informing them of the event you have invited them to, and “To add it to your calendar, click the link below. Which is a standard iCal.ics I know its not what you want, but might do in the interim. 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: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.
I have had a couple of these calls, the first I managed to convince these people that I couldn't possibly have a problem as all my e-mails came through the Mac server, which would mean that had the Mac server had a problem they would have resolved their problem and mine in the process, I then hung up. The second time I received a call I told them that I didn't have a computer, You don't have a computer? No I said, I'm 64 years old and have retired, now tell me what the hell would I want with a bloody computer, there was an apology and then they hung up, no more calls. Cheers Tony BODDINGTON Yes, I have personally tried this approach I use Windows 3.11 which results in the same confusion and you can't use that, it's not on my list!! Much enjoyment for me during this windup. Regards Peter. On 26/03/2011, at 5:43 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I have not had any of these calls. I read somewhere of an amusing response to take if you so wish. Allow the caller to rabbit on till they reach the point of asking you which Windows version you have. Then answer 'WIN 95'. This apparently is not included in the caller's written script and results in confusion and abrupt end of the call. . Peter Sealy Thurgoona Australia -- 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: silverlight?
Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: silverlight?
Microsoft Silverlight powers engaging, interactive user experiences wherever the web works. Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating rich media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop, and mobile devices. Silverlight is a free plug-in powered by the .NET framework that is compatible across multiple browsers, devices and operating systems to bring a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. With support for advanced data integration, multithreading, HD video using IIS Smooth Streaming, and built in content protection, Silverlight enables online and offline applications for a broad range of business and consumer scenarios. - Original Message - From: Pedro To: WAMUG Mailing List Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 3:58 PM Subject: silverlight? Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- -- 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 Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg
Re: silverlight?
Hi Pedro, In addition to what Daniel said, Silverlight is Microsofts attempt to replicate Adobe Flash. It copies most of the functionality of Flash and works in a similar fashion. As usual it is Microsofts attempt to enter an existing market by plagiarising the market leader. Microsoft itself has indicated that they are moving to HTML 5, so the years of Silverlight may be numbered. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-26, at 16:06, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: silverlight?
Microsoft plagiarise content and what others do? Surely you jest sir??? :o) Sorry, couldn't resist...lol I'll go back to hiding under my rock now,.. :o) Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 4:13 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Pedro, In addition to what Daniel said, Silverlight is Microsofts attempt to replicate Adobe Flash. It copies most of the functionality of Flash and works in a similar fashion. As usual it is Microsofts attempt to enter an existing market by plagiarising the market leader. Microsoft itself has indicated that they are moving to HTML 5, so the years of Silverlight may be numbered. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-26, at 16:06, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?
Works for me Steven. When the email with the Subject: You’ve been invited to “ Event arrives in Apple Mail Application. I click on Accept button Then Safari Opens click ‘download .ics’ And Add Event is then added to into iCal —— To invite people to an event: • Make sure you’ve created a card for yourself in Address Book (in your Applications folder). To create your own card, open Address Book and click the Add (+) button below the Name column. Then enter your information (be sure to include all of your email addresses) and choose Card Make This My Card. (For more information, open Address Book and choose Help Address Book Help.) • Double-click the event you want to invite people to. If necessary, click Edit to open the event editor. • To add the first person, click Add Invitees and type the email address for the person you want to invite. If someone has already been invited to the event, click to the right of the name, and then type the email address for the person you want to invite. If you’re inviting someone whose contact information is stored in your Mac OS X Address Book, start typing their name, iCal completes the email address for you. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to choose the name and address you want, and then press Return to select it. • To invite more than one person, press the Return key (or type a comma) after each address, and then type the next one. If your contacts are stored in Address Book, you can also use the Address panel in iCal to quickly add invitees to your event. • To remove an address from the invitees list, click the arrow next to the name, and choose Remove Invitee (this doesn’t remove the person from your Address Book). • When you’re ready to invite these guests to your event, click the Send button at the bottom of the event editor. By default, guests receive the event invitation in an email message and in their iCal Notifications box if they use iCal (invitees can change this setting in iCal preferences). If you make any changes to the event, be sure to click the Send button again. As guests respond to your invitation through iCal, messages from them appear in your iCal Notifications box. To view their responses, click the Notifications button in the lower-left corner of the iCal window (looks like an envelope). Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 11:38 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I gave that a test. Sending the Mail Event went okay. When it came to accepting the incoming .ics file (I sent it to myself using a different mail address), iCal threw up: The server responded with an error. Access to “New Event” in “Name of Calendar” in account “u...@me.com” is not permitted. The server responded: “HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation. The options to select from are Go Offline or Revert to Server (the latter being the default). If Go Offline is selected, the entry is inserted into iCal. If Revert to Server is selected, the entry is not placed in iCal. I guess the recipient wouldn't ordinarily be me, so not something I'd need to worry about. Anyway, could be a 2nd best option in the interim as you say Ronni, the downside being no auto notifications and audit trail of who's declined/accepted etc. Cheers, Steven On 26/03/2011, at 11:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: MobileMe asked me recently to upgrade to the new calendar version, which I reluctantly did. Now if I set up a Calendar entry via iCal and invite others, the invitation is sent from my me.com email address, rather than the one I usually use. I can't see anything obvious, how do I override this setting and have iCal send invitations from an email address other than me.com ? I only have my me.com address in order to have a MobileMe account, so I don't want to use it publicly. Hi Steven, Perhaps a work around for you until something is resolved in MobileMe. I just tried this and it works fine, you can use any email address you choose. 1. Create an Event in iCal 2. Control-Click (Right-Click) and select “Mail Event” It’s easy and it sends a standard calendar event to the recipient. With a message informing them of the event you have invited them to, and “To add it to your calendar, click the link below. Which is a standard iCal.ics I know its not what you want, but might do in the interim. 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: silverlight?
Thank you everyone for your prompt answers... When Daniel set up the iMac for Ali I remember he installed VLC for just such an occasion , however the site is telling me we need a more up to date version of silverlight to view the programme. Is there any problem with updating to the newer version of silverlight( which I don't I have installed in the first place) or is there a work around cheers Pedro On 26/03/2011, at 4:13 PM, cm wrote: Hi Pedro, In addition to what Daniel said, Silverlight is Microsofts attempt to replicate Adobe Flash. It copies most of the functionality of Flash and works in a similar fashion. As usual it is Microsofts attempt to enter an existing market by plagiarising the market leader. Microsoft itself has indicated that they are moving to HTML 5, so the years of Silverlight may be numbered. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-26, at 16:06, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 ipod software
Hi Chris, You could try updating iOS 4.3 manually. How To Update to iOS 4.3 Manually Step 1: Download the iOS 4.3 IPSW file for your device using the iOS 4.3 IPSW direct download links. Direct download link from Apple is here Step 2: Connect your device to the computer using the USB cable and wait for iTunes to detect it. Step 3: Once your device has been detected – follow the steps below: Hold the Option key and then click on the Check for Update/Update button. Step 4: In the next dialog browse to the file that you downloaded from Step 1 and select the IPSW file. Step 5: iTunes will now use the IPSW file and update your device to iOS 4.3. The process should take around 10-20 minutes. Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 10:28 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Carlo and Nicholas Thankyou both for your info on this. I will be patient with the download. It hadnt occurred to me that the zillion people with new and previous ipads, iphones and everything else 'i' might also be using itunes!! It is a pity I cant just download it to my MBPro then do the update into the ipod touch? On top of this I have a very unstable/variable and certainly not consistent Bigpond wireless connection down south here which is really really frustrating!! Kind regards Chris On 25/03/2011, at 5:38 PM, cm wrote: Hi Chris and Nicholas, I don't think the problem is with the iOS 4.3 update in particular. I updated some weeks back and it is usually a matter of minutes for the download. I think the problem may be a general slowdown of the Apple servers related to the international release of iPad 2. I downloaded a three hour video from iTunes University last night and had to leave it to run overnight. It took about 5 hours to download whereas normally it would have taken the order of 15 minutes. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-25, at 17:18, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 7:57 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Each time I link it to itunes on my MBPro, it asks me if I would like to update its software to 4.3. I would like to and have tried many times, only to find it was going to take more than 6 hrs (and up to a day or 2)!!! Im not sure if this usual for this model. Can someone please advise if it is and I wont be impatient any more!! It's not based on the model of iPod (nor iPhone or iPad)... this update seems to be generally slow in downloading... it is around 600MB, if you can believe that!!! I updated an iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd Gen last night... one took nearly 3 hours and the other mere 2 hours... when I did my own iPhone 4 the day the update was released, it took three attempts... and ultimately eight hours to download. These were all on an iiNet connection, with lots of other uploads and downloads happening at the same time. Also, the time indicator will change over time as network traffic changes... he 3 hour one last night originally said it'd take 18 hours, quickly changed to 10 hours and then wavered about between 1 and 10 hours as it downloaded -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 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 ipod software
Sorry people, I’m not sure what has been happening here ;-) I had a problem with my Network earlier today and when corrected email did strange things. I’m sure after this one, there will not be anymore emails arriving in WAMUG from me on this subject ;-) Terribly sorry for the intrusion … Ronni On 26/03/2011, at 11:26 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, You could try updating iOS 4.3 manually. How To Update to iOS 4.3 Manually -- 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: silverlight?
Hi Pedro No problems at all with installing Silverlight. I've done it quite a bit with newer installs I've done for clients. All works well. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 4:32 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thank you everyone for your prompt answers... When Daniel set up the iMac for Ali I remember he installed VLC for just such an occasion , however the site is telling me we need a more up to date version of silverlight to view the programme. Is there any problem with updating to the newer version of silverlight( which I don't I have installed in the first place) or is there a work around cheers Pedro On 26/03/2011, at 4:13 PM, cm wrote: Hi Pedro, In addition to what Daniel said, Silverlight is Microsofts attempt to replicate Adobe Flash. It copies most of the functionality of Flash and works in a similar fashion. As usual it is Microsofts attempt to enter an existing market by plagiarising the market leader. Microsoft itself has indicated that they are moving to HTML 5, so the years of Silverlight may be numbered. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-26, at 16:06, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: silverlight?
Cheers Daniel I will give it a go Pedro Another iPhone production On 26/03/2011, at 17:22, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Pedro No problems at all with installing Silverlight. I've done it quite a bit with newer installs I've done for clients. All works well. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 4:32 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thank you everyone for your prompt answers... When Daniel set up the iMac for Ali I remember he installed VLC for just such an occasion , however the site is telling me we need a more up to date version of silverlight to view the programme. Is there any problem with updating to the newer version of silverlight( which I don't I have installed in the first place) or is there a work around cheers Pedro On 26/03/2011, at 4:13 PM, cm wrote: Hi Pedro, In addition to what Daniel said, Silverlight is Microsofts attempt to replicate Adobe Flash. It copies most of the functionality of Flash and works in a similar fashion. As usual it is Microsofts attempt to enter an existing market by plagiarising the market leader. Microsoft itself has indicated that they are moving to HTML 5, so the years of Silverlight may be numbered. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-26, at 16:06, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Pedro http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Basically it's another form of video content/player. Much like QuickTime, Real Player, VLC, Flip4Mac/Windows Media Player, Perian, Flash, etc etc etc. I could keep going but that sort gives the point,..lol. The reason you need it is that the Channel 9 site probably uses their content to display the video. One of the fun things with video and web content. So many different versions around, and players to match. The main ones I always recommend to clients are the above listed ones I mentioned. To me these ones give the Swiss Army Knife approach. If you have all those players, you've got your bases covered for whatever content you come across. (hopefully) On new setups I do for clients I recommend (and install if the want) the above as it makes their life easier then trying to hunt around and find all the players ;) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 26/3/11 3:58 PM, Pedro pfow...@iinet.net.au wrote: Afternoon all Can anyone tell what is Microsoft silverlight and why am I required to install it just to watch one of my favourite shows from Ch 9 cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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
Australian iPad 2 is second cheapest!
Hi Wamuggers, I thought you may be interested (delighted perhaps) to hear that when converted to a common currency (the euro or US dollar for instance) the price for the Australian iPad 2 is the second lowest in the world after the US price. It is currently about $12 more that some US states that have 13.7% sales tax. With a slight variation in the exchange rate, it will be cheaper! Here is a link to a Reuters' article referenced in an AppleInsider article which, while it does not contain this information explicitly the comparative Australian price can be got from reading between the lines. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-apple-ipad-prices-idUSTRE72O4D520110325?feedType=RSSfeedName=PersonalFinancerpc=43 Or if you prefer, here is a link to an almost illegible table from an Italian web site that has the information explicitly http://igadgetsreport.com/2011/03/24/international-ipad-2-price-comparison-chart/ Interestingly, New Zealand at Euro 413, is not much more expensive than Australia at Euro 409. For comparison the US price before tax is Euro 390. Cheers, Carlo -- 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
