Re: More Lion Woes
On 28/07/2011, at 1:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Yay, 1Password have updated Safari Extension in 1Password version 3.7.0 Beta-2(Build#31079) AND, auto-unlock is back! Mac users: The return of auto-unlock. Copy to clipboard in extension. WAY better auto submit. Available when? Right now. http://blog.agilebits.com/2011/07/1password-for-mac-betas-bring-universal-unlock-copy-to-clipboard-more/ Today we’re back with a pair of huge updates—1Password 3.7 beta and version 3.6 beta 35 of our extension—sporting some great features you’ve been asking for: • Universal Unlock: Now when you unlock the 1Password app, the new Safari extension will follow suit • Copy to Clipboard from the extension: Opening the 1Password app just to copy a password for a Flash site? Old ‘n busted. In the new extension you can now find a Login, click the right arrow (or hit your right arrow key) to view its details, and click the new “Copy” button next to your password for easier pasting • Go Fill/All Logins typing focus works again: After using Command-Option-\ to invoke Go Fill, keyboard focus will be placed in the search field to keep you going and filling as quickly as possible • Much-improved AutoSubmit: Go to System Preferences Universal Access Enable Access for Assistive Devices, and 1Password will perform much better at automatically logging you in • Auto-Lock settings now respected: Our new extension will once again obey your preferences under 1Password Preferences Security for automatically locking your data file • Lock 1Password from the command line: For the power users in the audience, you can now lock 1Password from the command line with: “open x-onepassword-agent://lock” If you need help upgrading either 1Password or the new extension, see this document. If you’ve never participated in our beta, please check out this document for how to do so an explanation of what it’s all about. If you try both the 1Password and extension betas, please follow a couple of short steps once the update processes finish: • Go to System Preferences Universal Access, and click Enable Access For Assistive Devices at the bottom of the window • Go to 1Password Troubleshooting Restart Agent • Restart safari with CMD-Option-Q Cheers, Ronni On 28/07/2011, at 12:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, Tom, and others using the new 1Password 3 Safari 5.1 extension. Apple made some really big changes in Lion and Safari 5.1, so to celebrate these releases and make sure you could keep using 1Password, we introduced a completely redesigned Safari extension. Our goals were simple, as we wanted to make it easier for you to: access and view more of your 1Password information than ever before right in the browser, fill and browse all your items more quickly with a mouse or keyboard, and feel right at home using the extension in all the browsers we support. 1Password 3 for Mac Safari 5.1 extension intro: How to use the new extension: http://help.agilebits.com/1Password3/safari_5.1_intro.html http://blog.agilebits.com/2011/07/os-x-lion-and-the-state-of-the-new-1password-extension/ Cheers, Ronni On 28/07/2011, at 12:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Bill, I have made it more difficult than need be. As Peter has already explained …. DON’T click on the little arrow to the right, Click on the “Commbank” or whatever you have named your login in 1Password. 1. Go to your Bank’s login page 2. Click on 1P icon in Safari Toolbar 3. Enter your Master Password 4. Then a 1Password window that appears showing your bank “Commbank” (example) click on “Commbank” (it is a live Link) And you will be automatically logged into your Bank Account Cheers, Ronni On 28/07/2011, at 12:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 12:09 PM, Bill Cole wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 1:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 27/07/2011, at 9:12 PM, tom samson wrote: Using 1Password I used to be able to go straight to my bank ANZ and click login in and 1 Password would automatically fill. Now I am reduced to doing this only by opening 1Password and manually inserting. Another backward step. Tom Samson Agile software have radically changed the design of the 1Password plugin, and it apparently now more closely resembles the version they have had on Google Chrome for some time. When you use it, make sure that you click on the link itself, not the little arrow to the right of the link. Works for me, though I did find the new interface quite confusing at first. 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. Hi Tom Peter,
dead G5
Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Thanks regards to all, Ken k...@littleriverstudios.com.au (mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au) kenjackson7...@gmail.com (mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com) T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au (http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- 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: dead G5
Hi Ken You should try resetting the cuda/pmu See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1939 for instructions. Remember this happening on a few of our G5s a long time ago when we had powerfailures. They would start up with fans roaring and no screen. Hope it helps Frank On 28/07/11 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Thanks regards to all, Ken k...@littleriverstudios.com.au mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/ http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/12989396703 5394 __ Frank SalleoFaculty OSH and Facilities Coordinator Faculty of Science and Engineering Murdoch University Perth, Western Australia Phone 9360 2623 University Registered 'Provider Code. 00125J' __ -- 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: dead G5
On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Hi Ken, Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”. A few things you could try: Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to the gear itself. Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V at power-up). I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try. Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the PMU/SMU reset button once only. But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-( Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 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: Office for Mac
Hi Daniel What would be the quickest way to get this from you? Andrew On 20/07/2011, at 7:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Andrew I've got a left over never opened brand new Office 2008 Home and Student edition (3 serial numbers) that you can have for, say $100 if you wanted. The specs on the bottom of the box list that it requires 10.4.9 or later so would work fine on your machine. This version has Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage (email) with 3 serial numbers and works with the new .x file formats (eg .docx, .xlsx and pptx) Drop me an email off list if you were interested and we can work something out. Kind regards Daniel On 20/7/11 7:15 PM, Andrew sprint9...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Yvonne I had the 2004 free trial previously. My partner needs the full version to be compatable with software at her work. It may be an option. Andrew On 20/07/2011, at 6:58 PM, Yvonne Harrison yptra...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Andrew - I am running a 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo iMac - OS 10.4.11 - currently have Office 2004 running fine on it. May not be as new as you'd like but it is enough for my needs :) HTH regards Yvonne On 20/07/11 6:05 PM, Andrew wrote: Hi All I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Free Trial to use on my 24 iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.11). When running the installer it states I require OS 10.5.8 or higher. Does anyone know if I can run an earlier version of Office without an upgrade of the operating system? Alternatively, how much does upgrading to 10.5 cost and is it worth it (and any potential complications)? I have had a look at Apple support for 10.5 but can only find updates for it. Andrew --- 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: dead G5
Ken, I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections. Try taking one stick out and restarting. r On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Hi Ken, Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”. A few things you could try: Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to the gear itself. Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V at power-up). I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try. Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the PMU/SMU reset button once only. But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-( Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Free 57 inch Sony TV
Hi folks, I know it's a bit off topic but I'm not selling anything. FREE to whoever can pick it up before the weekend is a Free 57 inch Sony TV, rear projection, in great condition. Have bought a new TV. Call me on the numbers below. Thanks regards, Ken Jackson 089 376 1680 0409 770 747 kenjackson7...@gmail.com Sent from my iPad -- 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
eMac for parts
Hello all, I have an 800 MHz eMac which has recently decided to power up no longer. It is a complete system, save for the hard disk, and includes a combo drive and 384 MB SDRAM as well as a keyboard and mouse. As to why it no longer starts, I suspect the problem could be something straightforward, such as a blown fuse or similar, since it worked perfectly well until about a week ago. I simply don't have the time or inclination to attempt diagnosis or repair. If someone wishes to take it and attempt a resurrection or cannibalise it for parts, please contact me off-list to arrange collection. Regards, Clinton. -- 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
Toolbar disappearing
Hi there, I have for no apparent reason had the toolbars for MS Word (Macbook with Office for Mac 2008 installed - Snow Leopard) and Safari disappearing. as the problem is across more than one application, I figured it relates to some global setting. But I haven't actually changed anything knowingly. Mail is fine, Excel is fine, Powerpoint is fine. Very odd. I can bring the toolbars back by untagging the relevant toolbar in Word then reactivating, and also by selecting ViewToolbar in Safari it comes back ok. Has anyone had this and any tips on a cure? Kind Regards Peter Crisp -- 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
iPhoto Prints
Hi Folks, Has anyone used the Apple iPhoto printing service? I would like to get some photos printed, but have not been happy with snapfish or the kmart kiosks. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you Kind regards Nichole -- 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 Prints
Hi Nichole, I have used iPhoto for the photo book printing service but not for individual photo prints. The book was delivered in a timely fashion and the paper quality and binding are of a very high standard. I am also pleased with the colour reproduction and quality of the photo prints. If you want to see the book as an example of the service, let me know and I will bring it along to the WAMUG meeting on next Tuesday night. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-28, at 21:57, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi Folks, Has anyone used the Apple iPhoto printing service? I would like to get some photos printed, but have not been happy with snapfish or the kmart kiosks. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you Kind regards Nichole -- 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: dead G5
Thanks Ronni Robin, I'll give those a try tomorrow. I reinstalled Tiger but it still crashes, regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au (mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au) kenjackson7...@gmail.com (mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com) T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au (http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 On Thursday, 28 July 2011 at 7:51 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Ken, I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections. Try taking one stick out and restarting. r On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Hi Ken, Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”. A few things you could try: Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to the gear itself. Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V at power-up). I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try. Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the PMU/SMU reset button once only. But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-( Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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
WAMUG Meeting reminder: This Tuesday 2 August 2011 (Please Do Not Reply)
G'day all WAMUGGERs Yep, that's right. July is nearly over which means that the August WAMUG Monthly Meeting is just around the corner. Or just over the hill, depending on which university you went to. Anyway, don't forget to set your iCals up for next Tuesday, 2 August 2011. What's on and where do we go I hear you ask? See the website for full details. http://www.wamug.org.au/meetings/. 7 pm start - 9 pm finish. See you there. Regards Pete Smith (Please Do Not Reply) -- 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: More Lion Woes
On 28/07/2011, at 12:09 PM, Bill Cole wrote: Peter, I'm not quite sure where the little arrow to the right of the link is could you help me there. I have cba in the Bookmarks Bar of Safari, when I click on that it used to open, fill in the details req'd, and open it, now when I click on cba or any other ones, it opens the page, but does not fill in the details, I have to tap the 1P button which in turn brings up the small 1Password vault, I put my password in, it then displays login for this site I then double click on the site , it fills in the details and opens it up. somewhat tedious, I think, Thanks for any help Bill What Ronni said... (!) I can't improve on it. 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. -- 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
Setting up WiFi at MacDonalds
The photo in this article tells it all. Not that I'm likely ever to be using my MacBook Pro in a McDonalds store, but I do love the instruction sheet telling you how to connect to their free WiFi service - 3 steps for Mac OS X, TWO PAGES for Windows. Gotta love it. More hubris... http://macdailynews.com/2011/07/27/mcdonalds-wifi-setup-guide-reads-like-an-ad-for-apples-mac/ http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/mcdonalds-wifi-guide-pits-mac-against-pc-mac-wins-20110726/ 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. -- 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: Setting up WiFi at MacDonalds
LOL gotta love! It's things like that that remind me why I love using a Mac. I remember when burners first came out and I was working in retail and it was sort of the same. The Mac was install burner, install software. Done. The Windows instructions was, install burner. Install software. Restart. Install Driver. Restart. Modify something else. Restart. Still the same many years on, Priceless! :o) On 29/7/11 1:05 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: The photo in this article tells it all. Not that I'm likely ever to be using my MacBook Pro in a McDonalds store, but I do love the instruction sheet telling you how to connect to their free WiFi service - 3 steps for Mac OS X, TWO PAGES for Windows. Gotta love it. More hubris... http://macdailynews.com/2011/07/27/mcdonalds-wifi-setup-guide-reads-like-an-a d-for-apples-mac/ http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/mcdonalds-wifi-guide-pits-mac-against-pc-m ac-wins-20110726/ 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. -- 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: dead G5
Hi Ken, We’ve seen this before after a firmware update didn’t complete or sometimes even a security update. First try booting and holding the power button until the light flashes. If that doesn’t fix it you may have hard drive errors (what I suspect since you’ve reinstaled Tiger). Try Diskwarrior if you have it. Otherwise it is going to be a techie job. Cheers, Stuart On 28/07/11 10:27 PM, Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au wrote: Thanks Ronni Robin, I'll give those a try tomorrow. I reinstalled Tiger but it still crashes, regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/ http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/12989396703 5394 On Thursday, 28 July 2011 at 7:51 PM, Robin Belford wrote: Ken, I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections. Try taking one stick out and restarting. r On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks to be shut down. (Grey Screen) The fans go berserk I can do nothing? Sounds like a hardware problem?? Tried zapping the pram, nothing. Is there anyone who can help? Dual 2 gigaherz Power PC G5 with 1.5 gig of DDR SD Ram Hi Ken, Doesn’t sound good at all “The Grey Screen of Death”. A few things you could try: Try safe boot, though I am doubtful you will get far, since you don't get to the gear itself. Another thing to try, which may or may not help, is the Verbose boot (cmd-V at power-up). I am not optimistic that it would help you there, either, since you don't get to the gear, which is the point that you would start seeing the verbose console output on the screen. Nonetheless, it's worth a try. Have you reset the NVRAM? That's always worth a try. Also, have you tried completely restarting the PMU/SMU? This is done by disconnecting mains power, taking out the backup battery and letting sit for 10-20 minutes, then replacing the battery and pressing the PMU/SMU reset button once only. But, I really think a trip to MacWizardry might be required :-( Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Stuart Evans T4 Technology ALBANY Shop 6, 69 Lockyer Avenue, Albany, WA, 6330 T 08 9842 9660 F 08 9842 9664 E stuart.ev...@t4.com.au BUNBURY Unit 2/14 Rose Street, Bunbury, WA, 6230 T 08 9721 9660 F 08 9842 9664 P PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE YOU PRINT THIS E-MAIL _ IMPORTANT INFORMATION: DISCLAIMER This correspondence is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mis-transmission. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Any opinions expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the opinions of T4 Technology. Neither the sender nor T4 Technology warrants that any communication via the Internet is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. T4 Technology disclaims all liability and responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from this electronic mail and any attachments. Information is distributed without warranties of any kind. _ -- 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: Toolbar disappearing
On 28/07/2011, at 9:49 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi there, I have for no apparent reason had the toolbars for MS Word (Macbook with Office for Mac 2008 installed - Snow Leopard) and Safari disappearing. as the problem is across more than one application, I figured it relates to some global setting. But I haven't actually changed anything knowingly. Mail is fine, Excel is fine, Powerpoint is fine. Very odd. I can bring the toolbars back by untagging the relevant toolbar in Word then reactivating, and also by selecting ViewToolbar in Safari it comes back ok. Has anyone had this and any tips on a cure? Hi Peter, No, I’ve never had this happen myself, but can give some tips ;-) Trash the file com.apple.systemuiserver.plist found in ~/Library/Preferences. Then restart your Mac. I’ve also heard that if you are using an older version of iStatMenus this can happen, as iStat Menus modifies the menu bar If you do have iStatMenus installed, uninstall it and then download the latest version and re-install. How to uninstall iStatMenus: - Download iStat menus from islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/. - Double click the ZIP file to open it. - Control-click or right-click iStat menus Installer and choose Show Package Contents. - Navigate to Contents/Resources/. - Double click iStat menus Uninstaller to run the uninstaller. Repair the Permissions might be an idea as well if you have not done it since updating or installing any security updates. Let us know if you still have the problem. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 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: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?
Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, has not resolved the issue. Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely matching hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the experience of others. I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a known issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 2008 and is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. Apparently updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a hanging problem though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft come up with a fix. I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my perceptions ... Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake or words to that effect. An example cited was Preview and the appearance of the navigation pane on the left instead of the right. Perhaps it's all part of the grand marketing plan ... over 250 features!. It seems silly to update a new system and then revert back to classic features, why update in the first place, but I have checked the Use classic layout box in Mail Preferences Viewing. I find the layout in Lion's Mail worse. And I was pleased to discover the scroll direction could be changed back from the confusing Lion way. I like to keep up with the latest OS, even if a little buggy, but I'm glad I haven't been billed more than AUD 31.99 for all of my Macs! Cheers, Steven On 27/07/2011, at 12:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 26/07/2011, at 12:55 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm finding the search facility for the Lion version of Mail very unreliable, as in not returning matching messages when it should be. I do have a fairly large accumulation of messages these days, but wasn't a problem with Snow Leopard. I'm wondering if others have found this, or is it a function of me running 10.7 on a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (must be 4 to 5 years old by now), which is now considerably more sluggish after moving from Snow Leopard to Lion. Hi Steven, Have you tried ‘rebuilding' each Mailbox? Click on each Mailbox, Go to Mailbox Rebuild. Wait until each Mailbox has rebuilt. Quit Mail Open Mail and try searching. If you are still not happy with your search results try: 1. Enable Indexing Open Terminal, and type the following: sudo mdutil -i on / If it asks for your password, type it in and hit return. Re-open mail. If this didn't fix anything, then you will need to re-index: 2. Re-indexing HD Go to System Preferences, Spotlight, click on the Privacy tab, click on the + to add the entire Macintosh HD to the list of Prevent spotlight from searching these locations and then remove the Macintosh HD by clicking the - button. Once you've done this is will automatically start re-indexing in spotlight. This can take a long time. When it has completed, Open mail and it should be working properly again. Please let us know how you get on. 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: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?
Hi Steven, I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some extra processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, spotlight will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down until the the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible cause for a temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new operating system files and this will result in an unusually large first incremental backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of the features of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The automatic versioning does do saves as you type new data into a Pages document, for instance, but the saves are separated by tens of seconds and this is an age as far as the CPU is concerned. The new graphics effects in Mission Control only occur when the user instigates them and they use the graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus will not impact significantly on processing time. If anything, the guarantee of system wide 64 bit drivers and software may result in a speed up. I have some minor problems with Lion, but slow operation if definitely not one of them. I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many years ago and became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating system to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce reliance on local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of fuss and each application is responsible for its own data. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, has not resolved the issue. Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely matching hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the experience of others. I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a known issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 2008 and is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. Apparently updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a hanging problem though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft come up with a fix. I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my perceptions ... Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake or words to that effect. An example cited was Preview and the appearance of the navigation pane on the left instead of the right. Perhaps it's all part of the grand marketing plan ... over 250 features!. It seems silly to update a new system and then revert back to classic features, why update in the first place, but I have checked the Use classic layout box in Mail Preferences Viewing. I find the layout in Lion's Mail worse. And I was pleased to discover the scroll direction could be changed back from the confusing Lion way. I like to keep up with the latest OS, even if a little buggy, but I'm glad I haven't been billed more than AUD 31.99 for all of my Macs! Cheers, Steven On 27/07/2011, at 12:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 26/07/2011, at 12:55 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm finding the search facility for the Lion version of Mail very unreliable, as in not returning matching messages when it should be. I do have a fairly large accumulation of messages these days, but wasn't a problem with Snow Leopard. I'm wondering if others have found this, or is it a function of me running 10.7 on a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (must be 4 to 5 years old by now), which is now considerably more sluggish after moving from Snow Leopard to Lion. Hi Steven, Have you tried ‘rebuilding' each Mailbox? Click on each Mailbox, Go to Mailbox Rebuild. Wait until each Mailbox has rebuilt. Quit Mail Open Mail and try searching. If you are still not happy with your search results try: 1. Enable Indexing Open Terminal, and type the following: sudo mdutil -i on / If it asks for your password, type it in and hit return. Re-open mail. If this didn't fix anything, then you will need to re-index: 2. Re-indexing HD Go to System Preferences, Spotlight, click on
Re: Info
Greetings! Has your brother put a value on the mac book for sale? I am a member and am looking to upgrade. Cheers, Joe Mastrella On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Nichole Shervington nichole.sherving...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Folks, My brother wants to sell his 2009 Macbook intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz black. Is there a website were he can go to get an idea of what it is worth? Thanks Kind regards Nichole -- -- 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
Front Row
hi all the osx Lion take out Front row i want it back on the mac . -- 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: Front Row
On 29/07/2011, at 2:41 PM, Glenn Walker wrote: hi all the osx Lion take out Front row i want it back on the mac . Glenn, Take a serious look at Plex for managing your video collection http://www.plexapp.com/ I've been running it for a couple of months now and am very impressed with it If you really want to keep Front Row, be aware that apparently iTunes 10.4 breaks the way Lion sees your iTunes Library and thus won't be seen under Lion :( That said, here are instructions, and an installer, on how to install Front Row under Lion http://www.mac-hatter.com/blog/frontrowenablerforlion -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?
Hi Steven, I do agree with Carlo’s comments below, Lion should be faster than your previous OS, not slower. I presume you did not do a ‘Clean Install’ of Lion but did an ‘In-place Upgrade’ on the same partition as Snow Leopard. I also presume you did all the necessary preparations before upgrading, (such as updating all your applications to Lion compatible versions, repair permissions on SL, did a backup), and the ‘Post-Installation’ tasks (such as allowing Spotlight to completely finish its re-indexing of the HD, running Software Update, repairing permissions, letting Time Machine do its initial complete backup). You Mail search issues, especially “getting false results”, (Lion’s Mail search is smarter than previous Mail Search), does indicate to me that Spotlight has not re-indexed your drive completely. I’ve already suggested you allow Spotlight to Re-Index your HD, and you mention you have done so. Lion reindexes all of your drives on the first couple boot-ups, which may explain why some people thought it was sluggish at first. The more files you have on your system, and the more of those that you leave in scope for Spotlight searches, the longer this will take. After upgrading if the fans are spinning, a) Spotlight is re-indexing, or b) a runaway daemon (needs to be removed, turned off, or app upgrade). The first and most common is that Spotlight is temporarily re-indexing your hard drive. You can verify that by bringing up Activity Monitor, sort by % CPU and if mdworker or mds is chewing up all the CPU then its Spotlight and it should stop after some time. What to suggest you now try ;-) I would do this: Applications Utilities Disk Utility - Verify Disk”. Even if you receive a message “that all appears ok” 1. Shut down your computer 2. Boot the computer while holding down the OPTION key, then select “Recovery HD” and press Return 3. Once booted in Recovery mode, select Disk Utility. Select your Mac HD. 4. Verify Disk ( again if it reports that your HD is OK) 5. Repair Disk 6. Then ‘Repair Permissions' It will most likely quite a number of problems during this process and repair them. 7. After it is finished, restart your computer. Spotlight will most likely re-index your drive again … if it does … let it complete the process without running any other programs. Hopefully this might help. Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2011, at 10:24 AM, cm wrote: Hi Steven, I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some extra processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, spotlight will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down until the the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible cause for a temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new operating system files and this will result in an unusually large first incremental backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of the features of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The automatic versioning does do saves as you type new data into a Pages document, for instance, but the saves are separated by tens of seconds and this is an age as far as the CPU is concerned. The new graphics effects in Mission Control only occur when the user instigates them and they use the graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus will not impact significantly on processing time. If anything, the guarantee of system wide 64 bit drivers and software may result in a speed up. I have some minor problems with Lion, but slow operation if definitely not one of them. I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many years ago and became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating system to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce reliance on local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of fuss and each application is responsible for its own data. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, has not resolved the issue. Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely matching hits. It's not every search
Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?
Hi Carlo It might be comforting to some to hear that post-Lion sluggishness isn't expected to be the norm, but it's definitely the case with my MBP, and a quick web search of something like 'lion sluggish' indicates it's not an issue isolated to me. Agree that initial TM backups and indexing will slow machine, but I'm talking some days post Lion update, indexing well and truly over (even though I did again in an attempt to try solve the Mail problem) and post-Lion TM backups being no different to pre-Lion TM backups, ie. past the initial post-Lion backup. Delays caused by (presumably) autosave were noticeable to start with, ie. spinning beach balls for several seconds now and again, particular when using Mail, but that seems to have disappeared. Though if I had to pick a use when sluggishness was most noticeable, I'd pick Mail. No stopclock measurements mind you, just feel. The changes I'm referring to are more the cosmetic changes, which are obviously subjective. Again Mail springs to mind as an example of cosmetic aspects being same or worse, even a little bland, but definitely no wow factor improvement aesthetically. At least not over and above what was, and maybe that's part of it how do you improve that which is already excellent? Not all negative ... Launchpad looks nice (not quite sure what it's got over accessing apps via having the Applications folder in the Dock, but nice to have options), and Mission Control is terrific. On the whole I remain ho hum about Lion, though that's when compared to Snow Leopard - OSX still walks all over its competitors. Cheers, Steven On 29/07/2011, at 12:24 PM, cm wrote: Hi Steven, I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of OS X 10.7 Lion. There is very little reason for your MBP to run slower under Lion unless you have some extra processes are running in the background. When you first install Lion, spotlight will reindex your hard drive. This may cause a temporary slow down until the the indexing is complete in a matter of hours. Another possible cause for a temporary slow down is that Time Machine will back up all the new operating system files and this will result in an unusually large first incremental backup after the install. Apart from that I can't see that any of the features of Lion would require more CPU time than Snow Leopard. The automatic versioning does do saves as you type new data into a Pages document, for instance, but the saves are separated by tens of seconds and this is an age as far as the CPU is concerned. The new graphics effects in Mission Control only occur when the user instigates them and they use the graphics processing unit (the GPU) and thus will not impact significantly on processing time. If anything, the guarantee of system wide 64 bit drivers and software may result in a speed up. I have some minor problems with Lion, but slow operation if definitely not one of them. I also understand the rationale for many of the changes. Some are just to correct historical design flaws that were the result of poor judgement many years ago and became part of OS X. Others are to prepare the operating system to work more closely with iCloud and the Apple Store and to reduce reliance on local storage. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of fuss and each application is responsible for its own data. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I began having a look about online to see if any others were having similar issues. Yes, not only me having problems with Mail's search facility. Rebuilding mailboxes and re-indexing are the most popular suggestions, both of which I've now done, and like some others, has not resolved the issue. Lion has definitely slowed my MBP down, so maybe it's too underpowered now to effectively handle the full capabilities of Mail's search capability?? I'm guessing not though, because it's not that I'm getting slower results, I'm getting false results, ie. no returned hits when there are definitely matching hits. It's not every search though, which is consistent with the experience of others. I've now come across MS Word 2008 hanging when used with Lion. This is a known issue and Microsoft plans a fix. If anybody out there relies on Office 2008 and is planning on updating to Lion, might be worth thinking twice. Apparently updating to 2011 is an option, a little extreme to bypass a hanging problem though. For now I've downloaded OpenOffice until Microsoft come up with a fix. I thought one comment I came across on the web reflected one of my perceptions ... Apple seems to have made some changes for change sake or words to that effect. An example cited was Preview and the appearance of the navigation pane on the left instead of the right. Perhaps it's all
