Re: ADS Tech Instant Music for Mac as sound output

[Dark1]

I know it's been quite a long time since this thread was active but I thought 
I'd give people a conclusion.  I recently purchased a M-Audio Firewire 
Audiophile on ebay and it's cleared my sound right up and my music sounds 
amazing.  Installed drivers from M-Audio site and it functions perfectly in 
both 10.6.7 and Windows 7.

Ruben

> Ok sorry for not posting all the details up.  I didn't do it because I 
> thought it would likely generate more questions and possibly unwanted debate 
> but I will post everything up now as people are a bit frustrated with my 
> vague reference to my hardware.
> 
> I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.5) on a gigabyte ex58-ud5 motherboard with an 
> intel i7 920 processor overclocked to 3.81GHz.  My sound out is through 2x 
> 3.5mm (headphone jack style) connector cable to RCA which are connected to 
> the computer through a 3.5mm double adapter and run to 2 separate amplifiers 
> (both of which are roughly 30 years old).  The first amplifier is a NAD 3020 
> and is connected to a pair of KEF Concerto SP1004 speakers.  The second 
> amplifier is a Technics SU-C 03 and is connected to a pair of Akai SW-A25 
> speakers.
> 
> I play my music through iTunes but I don't believe the problem is software 
> related since it occurs during many different things (fluctuates with web 
> page add animations, occurs at varying intervals in different games 
> (particularly in movie sequences) and occurs when encoding is using the CPU). 
>  It is possible that it could be interference in the cables but I think this 
> is unlikely due to the fluctuation during different activities unless the 
> interference is from the power cable.  I do have S/PDIF out but my amplifiers 
> are of course not compatible with it.
> 
> I think I've provided all the possible info now.  Glad at least that James 
> and Carlo led Reg onto the the MacBook optical output.
> Ruben
> 
>> 
>> Hi Ruben,
>> 
>> You have not given enough information for people to assist you, we are 
>> 'pushing in the dark' (pardon the pun).
>> Ray Forma asked you previously:
> Ruben,
> 
> difficult to give any advice because you don't give any information about 
> your
> Mac (PowerPC/Intel) or your OS or the programs that generate the music.
>> 
>> OK, we now know you are running OS X 10.6.5, but on what? What Ports are you 
>> using? And what software is running the music?
>> What Amplifier, Speakers, etc. Give all the information required so people 
>> can assist you.
>> 
>> Its like 'pulling teeth' sometimes on WAMUG. Emails back and forth, trying 
>> to drag information out of people.
>> People expect us to be 'Mind Readers' … we aren't!
>> We can't see what you have and what you are using, you have to give us all 
>> the information to be able to give you informed advice.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 
>> On 13/01/2011, at 2:50 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Ruben,
>>> 
>>> Perhaps you are picking up static with the cable from the computer to the 
>>> amplifier. Depending on the version of Mac you have, you may have an 
>>> optical digital audio out jack. In provisioned models this comes from the 
>>> same headphone jack as the standard headphone out. One just needs a optical 
>>> digital cable and, of course, the correct input on your home theatre or 
>>> amplifier. I can't tell from your inscrutable, unexpected hardware whether 
>>> you have optical digital audio out or not, :-)  but later model iMacs and 
>>> MacBooks have this.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 2011-01-13, at 13:53, Dark1 wrote:
>>> 
 
 Thanks for the advice guys.  The main thing I don't like about my current 
 setup is that I sometimes (depending on what the cpu is doing) get an 
 annoying scratching sound coming through the speakers.  It's not terribly 
 prominent and is usually covered up by music or sound in video except 
 where the soundtrack is at a quiet point and it can also be reduced by 
 turning the volume down on my amplifier and the computer volume right up 
 to compensate.  Basically I'm just after a device that won't give lower 
 quality sound to what I currently get and will also get rid of the 
 scratching sound, allowing me to control my volume completely through the 
 Apple Volume Control.
 
 I'm running intel 10.6.5 at the moment but my hardware is probably not 
 what you'd expect.  I do have USB2. firewire 400 and pci slots available.
 
 Thanks
 Ruben
 
> 
> Hi Ruben,
> 
> If your current set-up (output jack to amp to speakers) is working OK - 
> then
> perhaps telling us what you DON'T like about this setup (ie what you are
> hoping to improve) may help people make suitable suggestions/comments.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 

Re: watch BBC etc from outside UK

[Dark1]

Hi Merv

I think there is a program called Hotspot Shield that works for US TV but I'm 
not sure about BBC.  You might be able to adapt that program somehow or you 
could just use a generic program to run a VPN/Proxy through the UK since that 
is essentially what these programs do.  I haven't really tried it myself so, 
unfortunately, I can't be of much help.

Good Luck
Ruben

> 
> So far my search on this topic has come up with only one application, Expat 
> Shield. However, it is not for Mac. Has anyone achieved success at watching 
> the BBC or itv online from Australia? BBC's iPlayer and itv Player can only 
> be used if you are in the UK.
> Hope you are all home safe and sound following the long weekend.
> Merv
> -- 
> "Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education."
> 
> 
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Re: Local data recovery recommendation?

[Mark Secker]

Thanks for that..  I did a _quick_ scan through a few mailing lists I'm on
 but only found stuff that was quite old.
So that at least gives me a ball park price to ponder on, given the first
time I ever had first hand experience of clean room recovery was about 1/2
million dollars to recover a 200mb HRM database in the mid 80's and the
last time was $5,000'ish to recover just under 1/2 TB about 5 years ago I
was expecting it to almost affordable/justifiable for important personal
data like this. Of course not just doing your backups but verifying your
backup is probably cheaper and easier
  





On 27/04/11 12:25 PM, "cm"  wrote:

>
>Hi Mark,
>
>Others may want to add to what was already said, but here is a thread
>from earlier this year that mentions three places:
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg62439.html
>
>Cheers,
>Carlo
>
>On 2011-04-27, at 11:52, Mark Secker wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone had any experience with a perth or Australian based clean
>>room (hardware) data recovery business?
>> And if so know what (ball park) cost of inspection and recovery is?
>> 
>> 
>> We have a system disk fail  that, for unknown reasons, hasn't had its
>>normal backup run in over 6 months.
>> 
>> The disk is clicking when powered on and is not visible when mounted in
>>a MacPro's  IDE  bay (neither on the desktop or in "system
>>profile:Serial ATA")
>> Nor does DataRescue X (II or III) either booted or run from the host OS.
>> 
>> The disk is a 1TB drive with about 600GB of user data.
>> 
>> 
>> mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au
>> Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU)
>> Teaching Facilities Administrator
>> Business School IT Services
>> 
>> The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G
>> M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009
>> Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055,
>> 
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OT: playstation network hacked

[David de la Hunty]

For anyone with a playstation especially if you have ever ordered any 
downloads, the Playstation Network was hacked about a week and a half ago and 
they appear to have downloaded all the users' data. The PSN has been taken off 
line over nearly the past week and is now having some security beefed up.

Sony are cagey about whether the all important credit card details also got 
downloaded but they "aren't sure" at this point. So anybody who uses PSN just 
be warned and check your credit card statements online for the next little 
while I would suggest.

DD


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CDs and players

[Severin Crisp]

I have had ongoing problems with audio CDs that I burn either from  
iTunes or Toast.  That will play perfectly in any of our three  
computer drives, perfectly in one Sony disc player but are very  
reluctant in a second (older) player.  In that machine after several  
rejections a disc will finally play - usually!  Once going, no  
problem  Commercial CDs all play perfectly.  Internet reading does not  
give me a definitive answer though brand of blank disc seems to be a  
factor.   I am currently using TDK with mixed fortunes.  I am always  
burning at a low speed and have no apparent difference between three  
choices of burner.
I suspect that there is no definitive solution but would appreciate  
WAMUG comment, experience.

Severin Crisp

   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
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Re: Local data recovery recommendation?

[cm]

Hi Mark,

Others may want to add to what was already said, but here is a thread from 
earlier this year that mentions three places:

http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg62439.html

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-04-27, at 11:52, Mark Secker wrote:

> 
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with a perth or Australian based clean room 
> (hardware) data recovery business?
> And if so know what (ball park) cost of inspection and recovery is?
> 
> 
> We have a system disk fail  that, for unknown reasons, hasn't had its normal 
> backup run in over 6 months.
> 
> The disk is clicking when powered on and is not visible when mounted in a 
> MacPro's  IDE  bay (neither on the desktop or in "system profile:Serial ATA")
> Nor does DataRescue X (II or III) either booted or run from the host OS.
> 
> The disk is a 1TB drive with about 600GB of user data.
> 
> 
> mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au
> Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU)
> Teaching Facilities Administrator
> Business School IT Services
> 
> The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G
> M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009
> Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055,
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Local data recovery recommendation?

[Mark Secker]

Has anyone had any experience with a perth or Australian based clean room 
(hardware) data recovery business?
And if so know what (ball park) cost of inspection and recovery is?


We have a system disk fail  that, for unknown reasons, hasn't had its normal 
backup run in over 6 months.

The disk is clicking when powered on and is not visible when mounted in a 
MacPro's  IDE  bay (neither on the desktop or in "system profile:Serial ATA")
Nor does DataRescue X (II or III) either booted or run from the host OS.

The disk is a 1TB drive with about 600GB of user data.


mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au
Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU)
Teaching Facilities Administrator
Business School IT Services

The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G
M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009
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Re: How do I display an image inline in Mail messages?

[David Nicholas]

Thanks Peter.  I will have a go and experiment with some internal messages 
before using long suffering friends.

David


On 27/04/2011, at 8:43 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> 
> On 27/04/2011, at 7:57 AM, David Nicholas wrote:
> 
>> I don't want to often, but sometimes I would like to display an image in an 
>> email, rather than attaching it to be opened.  I know it can be done because 
>> I have received such mails - from iTunes and others - and my electronic 
>> signature can display images.
>> 
>> I know about "Show Stationery", but the options there and the templates 
>> don't fit the plain simple message style I want.
>> 
>> Is it possible to get my desired result in Mail or do I have to abandon Mail 
>> and go to gmail, with a different email address,  and try out their options?
>> 
>> David Nicholas
>> 
>> Mac OS X 10.6.7
>> 2.66 Ghz Intel Core 15
>> Mail 4.5
> 
> Simply drag your image onto your email message, and it will be displayed 
> inline. The trouble is that you have absolutely no control over how the 
> receiver's email client is going to display or handle your content. In fact, 
> many Windows users complain that when they receive images "inline" in this 
> fashion from Mac users that while they can see the image, they cannot extract 
> it from the email. This is entirely dependent upon their email client.
> 
> Bear in mind that email, at the most basic level, is only able to handle raw 
> text. All images, movies, sounds, PDFs, etc, must be "attached" to the 
> message. Various tricks have been tried by a myriad email clients out there 
> over the years to hide this fact, but nonetheless, attachments they remain.
> 
> One of the most common tricks, started by Microsoft in Outlook Express many 
> years ago, is to send your message in the form of an HTML page. In this way, 
> the message is sent as pure test (because that is what HTML is) and all the 
> images, sounds, etc are referenced by the HTML code.
> 
> Apple Mail does not use compose its messages using HTML, instead it uses Rich 
> Text Format (RTF). The exception to this is if you create a message using 
> Mail's Stationery feature, which does use HTML.
> 
> If you want to send a message using HTML, you'll have to use a different mail 
> client such as Mozilla's Thunderbird which does have a full HTML editing 
> environment. Your final message is still displayed at the whim of the 
> recipient's email client, however, and is therefore always unpredictable.
> 
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> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
> 
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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

[peta]

Thank you for this tip Peter - I will pass this on to my daughter.

We had rain, lots over night and showers again this morning!

Peta


On 27/04/2011, at 8:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> On 26/04/2011, at 3:37 PM, peta wrote:
> 
>> Many thanks to all who replied to my query.
>> 
>> This is the first time I have had problems although I have been using the 
>> USB sticks for years and years - and have never formatted them.   
>> 
>> My daughter who has recently acquired her first Mac told me recently that 
>> she had had similar problems trying to transfer her photos in bulk from her 
>> old Windows PC to her Mac, and cannot now transfer any info from her USB 
>> stick onto her Mac, nor open it on her old Windows.
>> 
>> So the photos seem to be locked onto her USB stick : permanently?  Any 
>> suggestions how to retrieve the photos from this USB stick?
>> 
>> So, from now on I will need to format my USB stick AND empty my trash and 
>> then eject my stick from the Mac.
>> 
>> Ho hum, one step forward ...
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Peta
>> 
>> 
> 
> You might like to have a look at Photo Rescue, an application designed 
> precisely for the situation you describe. I have used is successfully in the 
> past to recover photos from an unresponsive USB Drive.
> 
> http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/v3/index.htm
> 
> The way Mac OS X works, a special invisible folder called ".trashes" is 
> created on each separate volume you access, and is specific to files on that 
> volume. For this reason, it often happens that when you think your trash is 
> empty, then plug in a USB Drive, you might find that your trash is no longer 
> empty. This is because Mac OS X is accessing the .trashes folder on that 
> drive. Formatting the USB Drive should remove this invisible folder, so there 
> shouldn't be any need to format the USB stick AND empty the trash.
> 
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> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
> 
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> 
> 
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Re: How do I display an image inline in Mail messages?

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 27/04/2011, at 7:57 AM, David Nicholas wrote:

> I don't want to often, but sometimes I would like to display an image in an 
> email, rather than attaching it to be opened.  I know it can be done because 
> I have received such mails - from iTunes and others - and my electronic 
> signature can display images.
> 
> I know about "Show Stationery", but the options there and the templates don't 
> fit the plain simple message style I want.
> 
> Is it possible to get my desired result in Mail or do I have to abandon Mail 
> and go to gmail, with a different email address,  and try out their options?
> 
> David Nicholas
> 
> Mac OS X 10.6.7
> 2.66 Ghz Intel Core 15
> Mail 4.5

Simply drag your image onto your email message, and it will be displayed 
inline. The trouble is that you have absolutely no control over how the 
receiver's email client is going to display or handle your content. In fact, 
many Windows users complain that when they receive images "inline" in this 
fashion from Mac users that while they can see the image, they cannot extract 
it from the email. This is entirely dependent upon their email client.

Bear in mind that email, at the most basic level, is only able to handle raw 
text. All images, movies, sounds, PDFs, etc, must be "attached" to the message. 
Various tricks have been tried by a myriad email clients out there over the 
years to hide this fact, but nonetheless, attachments they remain.

One of the most common tricks, started by Microsoft in Outlook Express many 
years ago, is to send your message in the form of an HTML page. In this way, 
the message is sent as pure test (because that is what HTML is) and all the 
images, sounds, etc are referenced by the HTML code.

Apple Mail does not use compose its messages using HTML, instead it uses Rich 
Text Format (RTF). The exception to this is if you create a message using 
Mail's Stationery feature, which does use HTML.

If you want to send a message using HTML, you'll have to use a different mail 
client such as Mozilla's Thunderbird which does have a full HTML editing 
environment. Your final message is still displayed at the whim of the 
recipient's email client, however, and is therefore always unpredictable.

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.




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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 26/04/2011, at 3:37 PM, peta wrote:

> Many thanks to all who replied to my query.
> 
> This is the first time I have had problems although I have been using the USB 
> sticks for years and years - and have never formatted them.   
> 
> My daughter who has recently acquired her first Mac told me recently that she 
> had had similar problems trying to transfer her photos in bulk from her old 
> Windows PC to her Mac, and cannot now transfer any info from her USB stick 
> onto her Mac, nor open it on her old Windows.
> 
> So the photos seem to be locked onto her USB stick : permanently?  Any 
> suggestions how to retrieve the photos from this USB stick?
> 
> So, from now on I will need to format my USB stick AND empty my trash and 
> then eject my stick from the Mac.
> 
> Ho hum, one step forward ...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peta
> 
> 

You might like to have a look at Photo Rescue, an application designed 
precisely for the situation you describe. I have used is successfully in the 
past to recover photos from an unresponsive USB Drive.

http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/v3/index.htm

The way Mac OS X works, a special invisible folder called ".trashes" is created 
on each separate volume you access, and is specific to files on that volume. 
For this reason, it often happens that when you think your trash is empty, then 
plug in a USB Drive, you might find that your trash is no longer empty. This is 
because Mac OS X is accessing the .trashes folder on that drive. Formatting the 
USB Drive should remove this invisible folder, so there shouldn't be any need 
to format the USB stick AND empty the trash.

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.




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How do I display an image inline in Mail messages?

[David Nicholas]

I don't want to often, but sometimes I would like to display an image in an 
email, rather than attaching it to be opened.  I know it can be done because I 
have received such mails - from iTunes and others - and my electronic signature 
can display images.

I know about "Show Stationery", but the options there and the templates don't 
fit the plain simple message style I want.

Is it possible to get my desired result in Mail or do I have to abandon Mail 
and go to gmail, with a different email address,  and try out their options?

David Nicholas

Mac OS X 10.6.7
2.66 Ghz Intel Core 15
Mail 4.5




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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

[peta]

Yes Derek

Until my recent disaster, I too worked that way, for years and years!  Only 
takes once though.

Peta



On 26/04/2011, at 11:45 AM, Derek Perry wrote:

> Hi Peta,
> I move photo's between Windows XP & Mac, (eMac & i Mac) both ways, using  
> flash drives of many different sizes & don't have any problems, & I have 
> never formatted any of them, just used them straight out of the packet.
> Derek
> - Original Message -
> From: peta
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:25 AM
> Subject: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??
> 
> Good morning all
> 
> I came in to write my query, which is a little odd, and saw the 
> correspondence on the Seagate external drive.   This query is very similar to 
> mine I think, but maybe slightly different, so I have given mine a different 
> heading.
> 
> I have carried my USB sticks with me for many years, everywhere I have gone 
> basically, and quite often copied photos from my (then) Windows onto mainly 
> friends/families Windows, and back to my PC or to (eg) Officeworks, Harvey 
> Norman to copy and print photos.  (Obviously, about 5 years ago this became 
> to and from my Mac, to their Windows or Macs).
> 
> Very recently (because I had a feeling that my USB stick was not "quite 
> right")  I took my small external hard drive to Officeworks with a batch of 
> photos for printing, to learn that apparently because the formatting was done 
> on a Mac, I could not copy the photos onto one of their machines.
> 
> So I bought a new USB stick from Officeworks, came home, copied the photos I 
> wanted onto this, and had the batch of photos successfully printed.
> 
> A few days later, I copied a batch of photos from my husband's Mac and 
> transferred them onto my Mac.  **This set of photo had been downloaded onto 
> his Mac by a DVD and had - I assume -come from a Windows PC).
> 
> Next I deleted that batch of photos from my USB stick.  When it showed up 
> empty in Finder I copied 121 photos onto it, including about 30 from the 
> batch as in the above paragraph.
> 
> About a week later I went back to Officeworks to have my 121 photos printed.
> 
> When I inserted my USB stick all appeared well and they downloaded right up 
> to the point where I had put my name, address and so on.  Very strange 
> though, it said there were 500 odd photos.  Being distracted at the time 
> because I was due to meet someone, I assumed I had downloaded more photos 
> than I had realised, and just proceeded.
> 
> Then the machine threw a big hissy fit and declared "there has been a fatal 
> error" and shut down.  The girl behind the counter did not know why and 
> suggested I use another machine, which I did, and all went through (still 
> showing over 500 photos though).
> 
> Came the time to pick the photos and off I went home and laid them out - yes 
> there were over 500 photos, nearly all of them from the large batch 
> downloaded from the DVD set, which had been deleted from the USB stick and 
> which did not show up in Finder.  There were duplicates and triplicates of 
> some of these.
> 
> So I believed my USB stick was corrupt, and deleted everything from it.  It 
> is on my desk now and I believe it should just hit the bin.  Before I deleted 
> everything showing I checked and yes, it definitely only showed 121 items.
> 
> In the future then is it necessary to format USB sticks if I am only copying 
> from my Mac onto other Macs?  I do not think I have formatted my USB sticks 
> ever, certainly not for many years.
> 
> Is it going to be possible to copy photos from my Mac to a PC and/or vice 
> versa?   I have done this in the past with no problems, though not recently.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions, enjoy the rest of our little holiday break.
> 
> Peta
> 
> 
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Re: Font mystery

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Bill,

You can’t remove any font from /System/Library/Fonts through Font Book. If you 
try to remove an absolutely necessary font such as Helvetica, you’ll get a 
dialog telling you it won’t be removed. 

But when you try to remove an unnecessary font from that folder—Apple Braille, 
say—you won’t get the “You can’t remove dialog.” You’ll get the usual “Are you 
sure?” confirmation dialog, but even if you confirm the operation, the font 
won’t be moved out of the folder. 
Unnecessary fonts can be removed from the System Fonts folder only by working 
directly with the folder.

If you “Option Drag” the AquaKana.ttc font from System > Library to your 
Desktop 
Then Open Font Book.app
And drag the AquaKana.ttc font into User Collection … the AquaKana.ttc will 
copy into User > Library > Fonts (the font does not show in Font Book.app as 
explained below.

Font Destinations
Where fonts go when you drag them into Font Book

Target  
Font Copied To
All Fonts   
Default install folder
English 
[nothing happens, operation ignored]
User
~/Library/Fonts
Computer
/Library/Fonts
User-defined library
Not copied, accessed at original location
Any collection  
Default install folder
Font list   
Currently selected item in Collection list
Collection list, above the line, as new item  Not copied, 
accessed at original location; creates user-defined library 
Collection list, below the line, as new item  Default install 
folder; creates collection 

Cheers,
Ronni 

On 26/04/2011, at 4:04 PM, Bill Parker wrote:

> 
> Tried that, re-located the font  ( the braille one for interest) to the 
> folder in Library.   Read some stuff Bob Howells sent over(thanks!) Doesn't 
> want to play ball!
> 
> 
> Bill
> On 26/04/2011, at 3:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 26/04/2011, at 11:51 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just now I wanted to use a font called  AQUA KANA.
>>> 
>>> FontBook.app does not list it, so its not switched off  FontDoc.app 
>>> sees it, but nothing else does.  Where is it? Find doesn't find it!
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> HD > System > Library > Fonts - scroll to “AquaKana.ttc”
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)




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Re: Seagate external drive

[James / Hans Kunz]

just my 2c
i bought a hp drive (seagate) 2t bytes in officeworks advertized as extension 
drive
yes it was preformatted as ntfs for win xp/7
in the webpage there i found info that says:
to use it with macintosh you partition the drive but select "1 partition" that 
may do the trick, works for me
James

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On 25/04/2011, at 9:46 PM, Alex wrote:

> 
> Hello WAMUG friends,
> 
> my daughter, who recently bought a MacBook Pro after having a Windows laptop 
> for some years, has been given a  USB 2.0 Seagate external drive (model name 
> starts with an "E" - Expansion?).  Now the box does say that it requires a 
> Windows OS & no mention of Mac compatibility.  However,  my understanding was 
> that Macs can see & access Windows-formatted disks, eg thumb drives, floppies 
> in the old days,  etc.  When she connected the drive, it mounted & we could 
> see it & the contents of the drive (some system files, info files & .exe 
> programme), but when she tried to copy files from the Mac to the drive, 
> nothing happened.  When dragging the files across to the drive, all that 
> happened was that you could see the file "ghosting" back to where it came 
> from with no message or anything.
> 
> Can someone please explain whether it can be made accessible & how, or is 
> this a lost cause?  Also, what has changed, considering the previously stated 
> accessibility at least from the Mac perspective?
> 
> Cheers, & many thanks in advance for your assistance,
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
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Re: Font mystery

[Bill Parker]

Tried that, re-located the font  ( the braille one for interest) to  
the folder in Library.   Read some stuff Bob Howells sent  
over(thanks!) Doesn't want to play ball!



Bill
On 26/04/2011, at 3:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 26/04/2011, at 11:51 AM, Bill Parker wrote:




Just now I wanted to use a font called  AQUA KANA.

FontBook.app does not list it, so its not switched off 	FontDoc.app  
sees it, but nothing else does.  Where is it? Find doesn't find it!


Hi Bill,

HD > System > Library > Fonts - scroll to “AquaKana.ttc”


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
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Re: Font mystery

[Ronda Brown]

On 26/04/2011, at 11:51 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

> 
> 
> Just now I wanted to use a font called  AQUA KANA.
> 
> FontBook.app does not list it, so its not switched offFontDoc.app 
> sees it, but nothing else does.  Where is it? Find doesn't find it!

Hi Bill,

HD > System > Library > Fonts - scroll to “AquaKana.ttc”


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)













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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

[peta]

Many thanks to all who replied to my query.

This is the first time I have had problems although I have been using the USB 
sticks for years and years - and have never formatted them.   

My daughter who has recently acquired her first Mac told me recently that she 
had had similar problems trying to transfer her photos in bulk from her old 
Windows PC to her Mac, and cannot now transfer any info from her USB stick onto 
her Mac, nor open it on her old Windows.

So the photos seem to be locked onto her USB stick : permanently?  Any 
suggestions how to retrieve the photos from this USB stick?

So, from now on I will need to format my USB stick AND empty my trash and then 
eject my stick from the Mac.

Ho hum, one step forward ...

Regards

Peta



On 26/04/2011, at 12:35 PM, Ashley Mulder wrote:

> To add something else to the matter
> 
> I never delete anything from a usb stick
> When it is full i merely drag and drop all the data into a folder on my mac 
> (to do with what i wish at a later date)
> And then reformat
> 
> Yes, a SSD can only sustain a limited number of reformats before giving up 
> the ghost (specially more so the cheaper ones)
> but with USB sticks so cheap nowadays (>$10 for => 2Gb) its no biggy
> If it does, it goes in the bin
> 
> (quick hunting around reveals i have about 6 sticks varying in size from 
> 128mb to 4gb, and to date NONE have done any dodgy yet)
> 
> 
> 
> Ashley Mulder
> BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.)
> PhD Student (Chemistry)
> Department of Chemistry
> Curtin University
> ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au
> a.mul...@curtin.edu.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Possible scam -- Fwd: MAIL ABUSE 157387292

[Severin Crisp]

This one has been around in various guises for some time
Severin Crisp

On 26/04/2011, at 10:39 AM, David Noel wrote:

Hi All, the attached (one of several) looks like a scam, though I  
haven't opened it. Any advice?


Cheers --

David Noel
2011 Apr 26

==

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Date: 26 April 2011 10:19
Subject: MAIL ABUSE 157387292
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