Re: Virus software?!?
hi Severin I think sometimes this goes for lots of information on the web. It's much easier to complain and say it's all not working, whereas not many people will actually post to say,...hey yes it works. If it works, we don't tend to go searching for problems. Only when we have a query or something is playing up do we tend to then look into. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure yes sometimes things are realised too soon with hey we think we tested it well, but lets see how it goes. But generally I think it's not too bad. But yes. sometimes I think you have take things with a grain of salt. I had a similar thing today. A new client had seen two other consultants and spent about $900 between them and no problems were really fixed. (One Mac specialist hadn't even heard of a Time Capsule!). She got referred to me from another regular client and was asking about Time Capsule/Time Machine and had been told by both the consultants that it was rubbish and didn't work (mostly because they couldn't get it working properly). She'd also had a quick look on the net and found bad reviews about it. Long story short, I explained to her the benefits of it, how it works and why. And why I felt it was good (with other backups in place as well). And how it had saved quite a few people I know's data (including a couple of my files I mistakenly modified and thought I'd lost). Needless to say 20-30 minutes later I'd reconfigured her network correctly. set up Time Capsule to two machines (and got it all backing up), connected her wireless printer (which they couldn't do) and done other work as well. So yeh. Sometimes it's not always the software itself, it's what it's working with or on. Or even it's set up. Not every instance of machine is identical. We all have different things on them and all run them a different way. I suppose just like not one person is the same to the next, the same could be said with computers :o) (Well unless it's like a SOE type network,..lol). I sometimes think if we went by what we read we'd never upgrade anything. eg when an OS upgrade comes out there's always a problem or two somewhere. If we go by oh no, look at all the issues. It must be really bad. We'd never upgrade!! LOL. But yes, sometimes it does pay to read and wait. I know I didn't get round to Lion until at least 10.7.1/10.7.2 was released. (More so for another Application I had to change and needed time to do it). But major updates I'm still a bit wary of and read first before doing it. And making sure it's all backed up etc before I start,.lol Nothing like being prepared. Just my 2cents worth,lol. (Sorry for the long post). Oh and another good Virus one that isn't too bad (and free) is iAntiVirus. http://iantivirus.com/ (Just to stay on topic,lol) Merry Christmas and a Happy Festive Season to all. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 22/12/2011, at 3:22 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I do not query that some users experience traumatic slowdowns but my own feeling is that it is a bad interaction with another third party application rather than an intrinsic flaw in the Intego software that is the cause. I had a similar situation some years ago where a relic of removed application caused many upsets until located and trashed. I continue to use Virus Barrier and also to download at full speed! I recall issues when Time Machine first appeared but long since ironed out. Severin Crisp On 22/12/2011, at 5:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Virus Barrier X6 slows Mac to a crawl http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Virus+Barrier+X6+slows+Mac+to+a+crawlie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enclient=safari TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/c7hwk2e Sent from Ronni's iPad On 21/12/2011, at 11:09 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: My experience too. I have used Virus Barrier for years and never a suspicion of problems as mentioned. And that goes for the older Net Barrier too when it was separate. Severin Crisp On 21/12/2011, at 10:07 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Thank you Brian ... I was unaware of all these negative reviews. I have been using Virus Barrier for about 5 years, have always updated and have never had any issues. I could not actually believe what I was reading in these reviews, but I feel that so many people cannot be that wrong. Now I am wondering if my Mac would perform better without it, but I perhaps don't realise this because I have used VB for so long !! On 20/12/2011, at 10:28 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi all had a quick Google search because I was interested too on Virus barrier x6 and ouch may wish to read reviews: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9260/virusbarrier-x6 Brian On 20/12/2011, at 10:15 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Virus Barrier X6 .. also warns of other evil events !! On
Re: Virus software?!?
Excellent comments, Daniel! Seasons Greetings to you Severin On 22/12/2011, at 7:02 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: hi Severin I think sometimes this goes for lots of information on the web. It's much easier to complain and say it's all not working, whereas not many people will actually post to say,...hey yes it works. If it works, we don't tend to go searching for problems. Only when we have a query or something is playing up do we tend to then look into. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure yes sometimes things are realised too soon with hey we think we tested it well, but lets see how it goes. But generally I think it's not too bad. But yes. sometimes I think you have take things with a grain of salt. I had a similar thing today. A new client had seen two other consultants and spent about $900 between them and no problems were really fixed. (One Mac specialist hadn't even heard of a Time Capsule!). She got referred to me from another regular client and was asking about Time Capsule/Time Machine and had been told by both the consultants that it was rubbish and didn't work (mostly because they couldn't get it working properly). She'd also had a quick look on the net and found bad reviews about it. Long story short, I explained to her the benefits of it, how it works and why. And why I felt it was good (with other backups in place as well). And how it had saved quite a few people I know's data (including a couple of my files I mistakenly modified and thought I'd lost). Needless to say 20-30 minutes later I'd reconfigured her network correctly. set up Time Capsule to two machines (and got it all backing up), connected her wireless printer (which they couldn't do) and done other work as well. So yeh. Sometimes it's not always the software itself, it's what it's working with or on. Or even it's set up. Not every instance of machine is identical. We all have different things on them and all run them a different way. I suppose just like not one person is the same to the next, the same could be said with computers :o) (Well unless it's like a SOE type network,..lol). I sometimes think if we went by what we read we'd never upgrade anything. eg when an OS upgrade comes out there's always a problem or two somewhere. If we go by oh no, look at all the issues. It must be really bad. We'd never upgrade!! LOL. But yes, sometimes it does pay to read and wait. I know I didn't get round to Lion until at least 10.7.1/10.7.2 was released. (More so for another Application I had to change and needed time to do it). But major updates I'm still a bit wary of and read first before doing it. And making sure it's all backed up etc before I start,.lol Nothing like being prepared. Just my 2cents worth,lol. (Sorry for the long post). Oh and another good Virus one that isn't too bad (and free) is iAntiVirus. http://iantivirus.com/ (Just to stay on topic,lol) Merry Christmas and a Happy Festive Season to all. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 22/12/2011, at 3:22 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I do not query that some users experience traumatic slowdowns but my own feeling is that it is a bad interaction with another third party application rather than an intrinsic flaw in the Intego software that is the cause. I had a similar situation some years ago where a relic of removed application caused many upsets until located and trashed. I continue to use Virus Barrier and also to download at full speed! I recall issues when Time Machine first appeared but long since ironed out. Severin Crisp On 22/12/2011, at 5:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Virus Barrier X6 slows Mac to a crawl http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Virus+Barrier+X6+slows+Mac+to+a+crawlie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enclient=safari TinyURL http://tinyurl.com/c7hwk2e Sent from Ronni's iPad On 21/12/2011, at 11:09 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: My experience too. I have used Virus Barrier for years and never a suspicion of problems as mentioned. And that goes for the older Net Barrier too when it was separate. Severin Crisp On 21/12/2011, at 10:07 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Thank you Brian ... I was unaware of all these negative reviews. I have been using Virus Barrier for about 5 years, have always updated and have never had any issues. I could not actually believe what I was reading in these reviews, but I feel that so many people cannot be that wrong. Now I am wondering if my Mac would perform better without it, but I perhaps don't realise this because I have used VB for so long !! On 20/12/2011, at 10:28 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi all had a quick Google search because I was interested too on Virus barrier x6 and ouch may wish to read reviews:
Airport card
I am still distributing Macs to needy folks. A youth Services worker at MercyCare has asked me to supply a Mac and a printer to a young lady. She already has WiFi in her apartment, but I don't have a working airport card for any of the dozen or so Macs here. Should anyone have a card no longer needed, I am happy to pay a reasonable amount for one. Thanks, Kevin 94183869 -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport card
Hi Kevin, If you can get one from Daniel Kerr, tell Daniel I'll pay for it... I haven't been able to help you for awhile. Cheers Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/12/2011, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I am still distributing Macs to needy folks. A youth Services worker at MercyCare has asked me to supply a Mac and a printer to a young lady. She already has WiFi in her apartment, but I don't have a working airport card for any of the dozen or so Macs here. Should anyone have a card no longer needed, I am happy to pay a reasonable amount for one. Thanks, Kevin 94183869 -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
iPod not Recognised
Seasons Greetings all ...
My nephew bought an 8Gb iPod Touch from Harvey Norman last week but we have not
been able to transfer any music to it from CDs. The Mac recognises the iPod as
it asks if we want to transfer photos from the camera, but comes up with the
following error message: iTunes could not connect to this iPod because an
unknown error occurred (0xE803). Nothing in the Help or in a Google
search seems to help as the error code apparently relates to a PC.
The iPod has no apps (unlicensed or otherwise).
Any ideas would be most welcome, as he'd like to set it up before Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Warwick
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Re: iPod not Recognised
I'm certain all new Apple devices are covered by full phone support for the
first 3 months. Give them a ring, they are usually very friendly and will
understand that error code.
Regards,
Eugene
On 23/12/2011, at 12:21 PM, Warwick L Smith wrote:
Seasons Greetings all ...
My nephew bought an 8Gb iPod Touch from Harvey Norman last week but we have
not been able to transfer any music to it from CDs. The Mac recognises the
iPod as it asks if we want to transfer photos from the camera, but comes up
with the following error message: iTunes could not connect to this iPod
because an unknown error occurred (0xE803). Nothing in the Help or in a
Google search seems to help as the error code apparently relates to a PC.
The iPod has no apps (unlicensed or otherwise).
Any ideas would be most welcome, as he'd like to set it up before Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Warwick
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Re: iPod not Recognised
Hi Warwick, I suggest you do a sync, backup then restore. It'll take a bit of
time but worth it.
As it is a new unit, did you do the set up process in configuring with the Mac?
I suppose in my first paragraph that it is all set up on the Mac as a
recognised iPod.
In the process of restoring, it may request to do an iOS update, if it isn't
already the most current (5.0.2 I think). The iOS update took me 3 hours to
download the other day on one of my (kids') 3 iPod Touch's. It's around 750MB.
Regards
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On 23/12/2011, at 12:21 PM, Warwick L Smith siro...@highway1.com.au wrote:
Seasons Greetings all ...
My nephew bought an 8Gb iPod Touch from Harvey Norman last week but we have
not been able to transfer any music to it from CDs. The Mac recognises the
iPod as it asks if we want to transfer photos from the camera, but comes up
with the following error message: iTunes could not connect to this iPod
because an unknown error occurred (0xE803). Nothing in the Help or in a
Google search seems to help as the error code apparently relates to a PC.
The iPod has no apps (unlicensed or otherwise).
Any ideas would be most welcome, as he'd like to set it up before Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Warwick
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Re: iPod not Recognised
Hi Warwick,
I am presuming he is using a Mac, I don’t know what operating system Snow
Leopard, Lion…
Does he have the latest iTunes installed?
Has he restarted both the iPad Touch and his computer iTunes?
1. Update to the latest version of iTunes.
2. Plug the device directly into a high-power USB 2.0 port on the computer. If
possible, use a USB port on the back of the computer.
Avoid plugging the device into a keyboard, display, or standalone hub. The
USB ports on these accessories may be low-power or only offer USB 1.x
connections.
3. If you are using an accessory, remove the device from the dock and connect
it to the computer using only the Apple USB to Dock Connector cable.
If you have access to additional Apple USB to Dock Connector cables, try
testing with another if the first one doesn't work.
4. Restart your computer and device. To restart your device:
Hold the power button until slide to power off appears. Slide to power off
your device.
When it is off, press the Sleep/Wake button to turn it back on.
5. Disconnect all USB devices from your computer, except for your keyboard and
mouse. Then reconnect the iOS device. If the issue is resolved, reconnect other
USB devices, testing after each connection.
Cheers,
Ronni
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2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
On 23/12/2011, at 12:21 PM, Warwick L Smith wrote:
Seasons Greetings all ...
My nephew bought an 8Gb iPod Touch from Harvey Norman last week but we have
not been able to transfer any music to it from CDs. The Mac recognises the
iPod as it asks if we want to transfer photos from the camera, but comes up
with the following error message: iTunes could not connect to this iPod
because an unknown error occurred (0xE803). Nothing in the Help or in a
Google search seems to help as the error code apparently relates to a PC.
The iPod has no apps (unlicensed or otherwise).
Any ideas would be most welcome, as he'd like to set it up before Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Warwick
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M: 0419 967 628
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Re: Airport card
On 23/12/11 2:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Ronnie, most kind of you, but Phil McGree gave me a card which although a small Airport Extreme Card I should find one Mac here which will take that one. My best wishes for Xmas and 2012. This will be the first Xmas in 46 years without my wife and I am finding it a little difficult. regards Kevin Hi Kevin, If you can get one from Daniel Kerr, tell Daniel I'll pay for it... I haven't been able to help you for awhile. Cheers Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/12/2011, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Lockkal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I am still distributing Macs to needy folks. A youth Services worker at MercyCare has asked me to supply a Mac and a printer to a young lady. She already has WiFi in her apartment, but I don't have a working airport card for any of the dozen or so Macs here. Should anyone have a card no longer needed, I am happy to pay a reasonable amount for one. Thanks, Kevin 94183869 -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport card
Kev, I’m so very sorry, I know how hard the first Xmas is after you lose your ‘Soul Mate’. I found it extremely difficult the first Xmas after my Darling Bobby died as we were also married on Xmas Day and always celebrated our Wedding Anniversary as well as Xmas. Kindest Regards and all the best for 2012. Ronni On 23/12/2011, at 12:55 PM, Kevin Lock wrote: On 23/12/11 2:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Ronnie, most kind of you, but Phil McGree gave me a card which although a small Airport Extreme Card I should find one Mac here which will take that one. My best wishes for Xmas and 2012. This will be the first Xmas in 46 years without my wife and I am finding it a little difficult. regards Kevin Hi Kevin, If you can get one from Daniel Kerr, tell Daniel I'll pay for it... I haven't been able to help you for awhile. Cheers Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/12/2011, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Lockkal...@iinet.net.au wrote: I am still distributing Macs to needy folks. A youth Services worker at MercyCare has asked me to supply a Mac and a printer to a young lady. She already has WiFi in her apartment, but I don't have a working airport card for any of the dozen or so Macs here. Should anyone have a card no longer needed, I am happy to pay a reasonable amount for one. Thanks, Kevin 94183869 -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
itunes cleanup
Hi WAMUGGERS, What is the best software to cleanup itunes in particular regard to duplicates, but the most essential requirement is that of naming unnamed songs. Regards to all for a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Darrel -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: itunes cleanup
Hi Darrel, I assume you have already used the tools already built into iTunes: file/display duplicates and advanced/get track names and while you are at it, advanced/get album artwork These all do what you asked fairly well. Regards, Eugene On 23/12/2011, at 1:37 PM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: Hi WAMUGGERS, What is the best software to cleanup itunes in particular regard to duplicates, but the most essential requirement is that of naming unnamed songs. Regards to all for a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Darrel -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport card
Ronnie Kevin So sorry to hear of your losses, although I have only known you through WAMUG, as we reach our older years we lose those closest to us and it is very hard to cope, I have also felt a loss and will be thinking of you both on Christmas Day. Warmest wishes and kindest Regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: itunes cleanup
Hi Darrel, Eugene has given you good advice below. But be very careful with duplicates, especially if you have imported in different formats eg. I import all my music CDs into iTunes as AIFF ( exactly the format on the original music CDs). Then when I create Playlists for syncing to my iPhone / iPods I create MP3 versions of the tracks (to save on space). When you ask iTunes to Show Duplicates it will show all versions of the track, you will need to select with format you want to keep. Also if you have different versions of the same song by the same artist. I explain more below. As Eugene mentioned: File - Show Duplicates, and iTunes will create a list of all the songs it “believes are duplicates. The only problem with this feature is that it’s quite liberal in deciding what is, and is not, a duplicate. As a result, the list of potential duplicates can wind up being very large—especially if you have a number of different versions of the same song by the same artist. So here’s the trick…the Option key. Hold it down, then select File, and notice that Show Duplicates has changed to Show Exact Duplicates. The resulting list will be much shorter, as it will only select exact duplicates. This functionality is covered in the iTunes Help, where it states: Press the Option key and choose File Show Exact Duplicates to find multiple copies of the same song (if, for example, you inadvertently imported the song twice). However, based on feedback from those who’ve heard this hint before, it seems like this feature isn’t well known. If you need more help removing duplicates than this method provides—for instance, clearing out hundreds of duplicates isn’t necessarily an easy task, even if you’ve identified them—then you might want to check out Dupin http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php, which offers a number of features to help solve your duplicate woes, including automating the deletion of duplicates. Christopher Breen discussed Dupin in more detail in his article on dealing with iTunes dupes. http://www.macworld.com/article/131065/2007/12/dupin.html Cheers, Ronni On 23/12/2011, at 1:56 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Darrel, I assume you have already used the tools already built into iTunes: file/display duplicates and advanced/get track names and while you are at it, advanced/get album artwork These all do what you asked fairly well. Regards, Eugene On 23/12/2011, at 1:37 PM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: Hi WAMUGGERS, What is the best software to cleanup itunes in particular regard to duplicates, but the most essential requirement is that of naming unnamed songs. Regards to all for a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Darrel -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
iiNet buys Internode
We just moved to Internode to leave Westnet after our customer service satisfaction with them dropped following their acquisition by iiNet and merging of plans. Sigh. Another consolidation. Yes, there is good and bad, but eventually reduced competition limits our choices. Hopefully it doesn¹t affect our service. It¹s a bit like our favourite stores all coming under the big two Coles or Woolies. I¹m amazed by how many different stores have been acquired. It might sing like Dan Murphy and dance like Dan Murphy, but it aint Dan Murphy. ;-) Ciao, Stuart -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Airport card
Kevin, If you send me a stamped, addressed, padded postpack, or similar, I have one down here in Busselton you can have. Send to me at PO Box 571 Busselton 6280 Regards, Robin Belford Send your On 23/12/2011, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am still distributing Macs to needy folks. A youth Services worker at MercyCare has asked me to supply a Mac and a printer to a young lady. She already has WiFi in her apartment, but I don't have a working airport card for any of the dozen or so Macs here. Should anyone have a card no longer needed, I am happy to pay a reasonable amount for one. Thanks, Kevin 94183869 -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iiNet buys Internode
That's terrible news. I left iiNet some years ago because of their shabby treatment. Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On 23/12/2011, at 3:01 pm, Stuart Evans wrote: We just moved to Internode to leave Westnet after our customer service satisfaction with them dropped following their acquisition by iiNet and merging of plans. Sigh. Another consolidation. Yes, there is good and bad, but eventually reduced competition limits our choices. Hopefully it doesn’t affect our service. It’s a bit like our favourite stores all coming under the big two – Coles or Woolies. I’m amazed by how many different stores have been acquired. It might sing like Dan Murphy and dance like Dan Murphy, but it aint Dan Murphy. ;-) Ciao, Stuart -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: itunes cleanup
Hi guys What fantastic advice on the use of iTunes, thanks very much Ronni and Eugene. I too am tidying up my itunes selection for christmas, trying to redo many of the 'Genres'' that have been in place for different songs. Most I can change individually by clicking twice on the Genre and typing in a new genre. However with a few thousand songs it is going to take a long time. Is there a way to 'bulk change' genre so to speak? Other songs wont allow me to change genre (or even update song or artist name), and I dont know how to 'unlock' it so I can? Thankyou very much for any advice Best regards Chris Merry Christmas .au On 23/12/2011, at 2:37 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Darrel, Eugene has given you good advice below. But be very careful with duplicates, especially if you have imported in different formats eg. I import all my music CDs into iTunes as AIFF ( exactly the format on the original music CDs). Then when I create Playlists for syncing to my iPhone / iPods I create MP3 versions of the tracks (to save on space). When you ask iTunes to Show Duplicates it will show all versions of the track, you will need to select with format you want to keep. Also if you have different versions of the same song by the same artist. I explain more below. As Eugene mentioned: File - Show Duplicates, and iTunes will create a list of all the songs it “believes are duplicates. The only problem with this feature is that it’s quite liberal in deciding what is, and is not, a duplicate. As a result, the list of potential duplicates can wind up being very large—especially if you have a number of different versions of the same song by the same artist. So here’s the trick…the Option key. Hold it down, then select File, and notice that Show Duplicates has changed to Show Exact Duplicates. The resulting list will be much shorter, as it will only select exact duplicates. This functionality is covered in the iTunes Help, where it states: Press the Option key and choose File Show Exact Duplicates to find multiple copies of the same song (if, for example, you inadvertently imported the song twice). However, based on feedback from those who’ve heard this hint before, it seems like this feature isn’t well known. If you need more help removing duplicates than this method provides—for instance, clearing out hundreds of duplicates isn’t necessarily an easy task, even if you’ve identified them—then you might want to check out Dupin http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php, which offers a number of features to help solve your duplicate woes, including automating the deletion of duplicates. Christopher Breen discussed Dupin in more detail in his article on dealing with iTunes dupes. http://www.macworld.com/article/131065/2007/12/dupin.html Cheers, Ronni On 23/12/2011, at 1:56 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Darrel, I assume you have already used the tools already built into iTunes: file/display duplicates and advanced/get track names and while you are at it, advanced/get album artwork These all do what you asked fairly well. Regards, Eugene On 23/12/2011, at 1:37 PM, Darrel McGuiness wrote: Hi WAMUGGERS, What is the best software to cleanup itunes in particular regard to duplicates, but the most essential requirement is that of naming unnamed songs. Regards to all for a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year. Darrel -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Telstra plan with iPhone 4S
Hi all Well I have my brand new iPhone 4S on a $59/month plan (plus $10/month for the 32gb phone). What a huge change from my old style phone,and a breath of fresh air. Go Apple! I love it and Im just learning how to use it!! A great chrissy present from me to me!! Merry Christmas to all and thanks again for your advice. Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au On 21/12/2011, at 5:09 PM, cm wrote: Hi Chris, As Eugene pointed out Telstra now unlocks phones for free which actually puts it ahead of Vodafone in serving that particular customer need. The storage capacity of the iPhone equates to disk space on a computer. In my opinion 16 GB is ample for most things. With a bit of judicious selection iTune one can have on hand sufficient songs, apps and films for a stint on a desert island. I currently I have a 32 GB phone but if my current usage patterns continue I will likely buy a 16 GB one when next I upgrade because the plans seem to be disproportionately better value for the smaller capacity. Here's a quote from a forum regarding an 8 GB iPhone (note this is about 8 GB not 16). I keep a fair amount of music and photos on my iphone in addition to movies. right now, i have 480 songs, 289 photos, 6 videos (2 of which are full-length movies), 368 contacts, and 8 years worth of calendar events on my iphone, and i still have 1.1GB of space available (on an 8GB iPhone). Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 21/12/2011, at 13:32, Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au wrote: Most telcos now have to offer a 2 year warranty as the phone has to be covered for the full length of the plan. If you bought straight from Apple you pay extra for that. Go with the plan plus $5 as the plan is subsidising the phone anyway. The old rule applies for phones as well as computers - buy as much memory/storage as you can afford. Telstra will unlock it if you ask - just say you're going over seas and need to insert a foreign sim card. They won't charge you. Once you contact telstra they will do the business at their end. Meanwhile you need to have backed up your phone at your end and then you do a rebuild from the image you just backed up - during this process iTunes contacts Apple store and (if Telstra has done its job) the code for unlocking is automatically downloaded along with the rebuild. You'll love the iPhone it is better than they say!! Regards, Eugene On 21/12/2011, at 2:19 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good afternoon everyone I had a call from our friendly Telstra a few days ago reminding me that my Business Phone plan was about to expire tomorrow, and that I should sign up for another one!! Very nice of them I thought! After some calls to a Telstra phone business in Busselton and looking online it seems they have some reasonable Business Cap plans that come with phones. I need a 'Blue Tick' phone for rural use, and fortunately the iPhone 4S is Blue Tick accredited. I thought now is my time to get a real phone and finish my Apple Suite off with a 16gb 4S, and get rid of my old Telstra Tough unit. Some of the other 'Android' phones are Blue Tick, but I am keen on an iPhone. There is a catch: The 4S is NOT included in the plan, but requires payment of an extra $5/month over 24 months on a $59 Plan!! I have a few questions some you guys might be able to assist me with: Is it better value for me to purchase an iPhone first rather than have it included? The total 'payment price' on the plan = $120, which is way cheaper than buying outright. What is the catch here? The phone will be 'Locked', but I am assured it can be 'Unlocked' by phoning Telstra and then using iTunes (not sure how that works). Is a 16gb phone ok for most general use, rather than 32 or 64gb phone? Is there anything else that others can think of that I need to consider? Thankyou for any advice on this Kindest regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -
