Re: File Compression
Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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: File Compression
Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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: File Compression
Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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 -- 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: EyeTV to DVD
Yay! Done!Thanks heaps Ronni, cheers, Kev On 26/06/12 3:56 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ken, Do you have the Video window open? If you do and there is no Media browser showing look under Window in the Menu bar Show Media Browser. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 11:48 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: Hi Ronni, thanks for your reply. My EyeTV version is 3.5.4. When I open Toast I cannot see any Media Browser. Where would I find that? Cheers, Kev On 26/06/12 3:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Kevin, What version of EyeTV are you using? Toast has a built in Media Browser. 1. Open toast 2. Select Media Video EyeTV, and drag items from the listing of EyeTV recordings to Toast Video window http://support.elgato.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase_a=viewarticlekbarticleid=4300nav=0 Is that how you are doing it, and it is not happening? Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 10:58 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I have been to the archives and read postings about this, but when I drag a 'manual recording' from EyeTV into DVD video in Toast 10, nothing is loaded. Any clues for me on this one? TIA Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 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 -- 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: File Compression
Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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 -- 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
Printers disposal
I have two ink jet printers, both not working probably because they haven't been used enough and the ink has gummed up the works. If anyone would like them (free) contact me at my email. 1. Epson TX600FW multi function A4 with spare ink. 2. Epson Stylus 1270 A3 John -- 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: File Compression
Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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: File Compression
Hi Ronnie We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it doubled the file size?? Regards Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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: File Compression
Hi Clive Just to add to the mix I have used a paid app PDFCompress for years and find it does a very good job. Pick the version for your operating system http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ Merv On 26/06/12 3:19 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Yes I find that Preview App will often increase the size of a PDF, particularly if you do some editing or highlighting. I avoid saving from Preview except as a last resort. Depending how important this problem is to you, here is one of the paid apps that I mentioned that will compress the PDF for you. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9206/pdf-shrink Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 15:08 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Ronnie We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it doubled the file size?? Regards Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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 -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de
Re: File Compression
Hi Guys I have just tested a 1mb PDF in preview and it reduced it by two thirds, so export, format PDF, then use the Quartz filter to reduce size. Of course it will depend on the PDF you are using and your mileage will no doubt be different. The best option is to go back to the original and work on it there. Roger On 26/06/2012, at 3:39 PM, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Clive Just to add to the mix I have used a paid app PDFCompress for years and find it does a very good job. Pick the version for your operating system http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ Merv On 26/06/12 3:19 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Yes I find that Preview App will often increase the size of a PDF, particularly if you do some editing or highlighting. I avoid saving from Preview except as a last resort. Depending how important this problem is to you, here is one of the paid apps that I mentioned that will compress the PDF for you. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9206/pdf-shrink Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 15:08 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Ronnie We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it doubled the file size?? Regards Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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 -
Re: Apple TV
Hello Carlo, Thank you very much for taking pity and for your information. I am hoping you don't regret inviting me to post back for clarification as I have a number of questions! I should clarify that our main interest is to rent films from itunes. 1. does the apple TV connect to the computer via the router unlike Iview through the lap top where there is a TV computer cable connection? 2. Does the film stream to the Apple TV and store to there to be played in its entirety. (I note in some videos etc there is stuttering and breaks.) 3. Do I need to check download speeds and if so what speed do I need? 4. Is there anything other than download total I need to check with our server? This probably shows the depth of my ignorance. Many thanks, Jennifer On 26 June 2012 13:54, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jennifer, I saw your email looking a bit neglected so I though I would start off the reply chain even though I am probably not the best person to respond to this given that I do not own a TV; I will consider buying the Apple branded television rumoured to be coming out later this year or next year. My sole viewing is either iTunes content or on ABC television's iView. I do, however, own an Apple TV which I operate for family members. Apple TV (the ice hockey puck sized device) is a small appliance that allows one to stream the contents of iTunes to your television or to rent iTunes content directly on the TV. It should not be confused with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) such as TiVo. That is to say the AppleTV does record television shows that are televised over the air for later viewing. In the US Apple TV also gives one access to various digital video services such as Hulu or indeed the football and baseball services. These are subscription based services where for a monthly fee you can download and watch current movies or sporting events. The download is streamed directly to the Apple TV from the internet and is not stored on the Apple TV. You can also rent or buy movies or TV shows in iTunes on your Mac and stream them to you Apple TV, or alternatively you can rent the movies directly from the television. If you are interested in time-shifting broadcast television shows, then you must resort to say iView, or look into the Elgato EyeTV which is currently being discussed on another thread and has many entries in the archive. Please post back if you want clarification on any of this. Regards, Carlo On 25/06/2012, at 21:21 , Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello wamug helpers, Since the sad demise of the Glyde St video store, we have missed many films we wanted to see. I am wondering if our solution is Apple TV. We have a Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 4 GB memory running Snow Leopard and a NetGear wireless router 54mpbs per sec ADSL2 Modem Router DG834G. We have an HD television and a DVD player/recorder which allow us to link to a lap top for iview etc. I am hoping someone can tell me what other information might help to determine if Apple TV could be our solution and just how the downloading works e.g. does one wait for the whole film to download and then watch or...? Kind regards, Jennifer -- 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: Apple TV
Hi Jennifer Just to jump in,... 1. Yes the AppleTV connects to your modem/router wirelessly. To get the most out of streaming anything though, you may want to upgrade the router at some stage so it's the faster n version. (the DG834G is only g version. Or add on the new Apple Express for $119 which is dualband g and n. This makes a big difference if you do want to stream photos from your computer at any stage). 2. Any movies you get, which only rent from the AppleTV (If you want to keep it you buy it from iTunes on a computer, then stream it from the computer to the AppleTV). Otherwise ones you rent on the AppleTV will download it first (storing it temporarily) then play, so you don't really get the stuttering and breaks. (Again, some of this can be caused by the modem as mentioned above, as well as slow internet). 3. For good speeds you want internet at least 1.5MB or better. Obviously the faster the internet the less time it takes for it to download the movie. The slower the internet, the longer you wait for it to download (or buffer) as much as it can before playing. 4. Download limits just affect how many movies you can download before going over quota. Hope that info helps Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 26/06/2012, at 5:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Carlo, Thank you very much for taking pity and for your information. I am hoping you don't regret inviting me to post back for clarification as I have a number of questions! I should clarify that our main interest is to rent films from itunes. 1. does the apple TV connect to the computer via the router unlike Iview through the lap top where there is a TV computer cable connection? 2. Does the film stream to the Apple TV and store to there to be played in its entirety. (I note in some videos etc there is stuttering and breaks.) 3. Do I need to check download speeds and if so what speed do I need? 4. Is there anything other than download total I need to check with our server? This probably shows the depth of my ignorance. Many thanks, Jennifer On 26 June 2012 13:54, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jennifer, I saw your email looking a bit neglected so I though I would start off the reply chain even though I am probably not the best person to respond to this given that I do not own a TV; I will consider buying the Apple branded television rumoured to be coming out later this year or next year. My sole viewing is either iTunes content or on ABC television's iView. I do, however, own an Apple TV which I operate for family members. Apple TV (the ice hockey puck sized device) is a small appliance that allows one to stream the contents of iTunes to your television or to rent iTunes content directly on the TV. It should not be confused with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) such as TiVo. That is to say the AppleTV does record television shows that are televised over the air for later viewing. In the US Apple TV also gives one access to various digital video services such as Hulu or indeed the football and baseball services. These are subscription based services where for a monthly fee you can download and watch current movies or sporting events. The download is streamed directly to the Apple TV from the internet and is not stored on the Apple TV. You can also rent or buy movies or TV shows in iTunes on your Mac and stream them to you Apple TV, or alternatively you can rent the movies directly from the television. If you are interested in time-shifting broadcast television shows, then you must resort to say iView, or look into the Elgato EyeTV which is currently being discussed on another thread and has many entries in the archive. Please post back if you want clarification on any of this. Regards, Carlo On 25/06/2012, at 21:21 , Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello wamug helpers, Since the sad demise of the Glyde St video store, we have missed many films we wanted to see. I am wondering if our solution is Apple TV. We have a Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 4 GB memory running Snow Leopard and a NetGear wireless router 54mpbs per sec ADSL2 Modem Router DG834G. We have an HD television and a DVD player/recorder which allow us to link to a lap top for iview etc. I am hoping someone can tell me what other information might help to determine if Apple TV could be our solution and just how the downloading works e.g. does one wait for the whole film to download and then watch or...? Kind regards, Jennifer -- 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 -
Re: Apple TV
Hi Jennifer, No problem about posting back, that's what the list if for. I would just add that if you have a slow or an intermittently slow internet connection you can always download the purchased or rented movies to iTunes on your Mac first. That way they will download in their own time regardless of your connection speed. You can then watch the movie on the Mac in iTunes or you can stream the movie from your Mac to the AppleTV for viewing on your television. If on the other hand your download the movie directly to the Apple TV, you can only watch it on the TV. You would need to download it again to watch it on the Mac. As Daniel mentioned the Apple TV has an internal buffer so that films downloaded directly to the Apple TV will play with fewer breaks. A final note is that if you plan to stream from your computer to the Apple TV, you should check that both the computer and the Apple TV have a good strong signal from your router. Interference can originate from fridges and microwaves, or from your neighbour's WiFi devices. Also large metal objects or just distance can attenuate the signal. The free software iStumbler will show your signal strength or you can also use Airport Utility for this. If there is a problem, repositioning your router, sometimes even by a small amount can often fix it. So at the risk of you actually accepting the invitation, post back if you want further information. :-) Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 17:53 , Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Jennifer Just to jump in,... 1. Yes the AppleTV connects to your modem/router wirelessly. To get the most out of streaming anything though, you may want to upgrade the router at some stage so it's the faster n version. (the DG834G is only g version. Or add on the new Apple Express for $119 which is dualband g and n. This makes a big difference if you do want to stream photos from your computer at any stage). 2. Any movies you get, which only rent from the AppleTV (If you want to keep it you buy it from iTunes on a computer, then stream it from the computer to the AppleTV). Otherwise ones you rent on the AppleTV will download it first (storing it temporarily) then play, so you don't really get the stuttering and breaks. (Again, some of this can be caused by the modem as mentioned above, as well as slow internet). 3. For good speeds you want internet at least 1.5MB or better. Obviously the faster the internet the less time it takes for it to download the movie. The slower the internet, the longer you wait for it to download (or buffer) as much as it can before playing. 4. Download limits just affect how many movies you can download before going over quota. Hope that info helps Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 26/06/2012, at 5:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Carlo, Thank you very much for taking pity and for your information. I am hoping you don't regret inviting me to post back for clarification as I have a number of questions! I should clarify that our main interest is to rent films from itunes. 1. does the apple TV connect to the computer via the router unlike Iview through the lap top where there is a TV computer cable connection? 2. Does the film stream to the Apple TV and store to there to be played in its entirety. (I note in some videos etc there is stuttering and breaks.) 3. Do I need to check download speeds and if so what speed do I need? 4. Is there anything other than download total I need to check with our server? This probably shows the depth of my ignorance. Many thanks, Jennifer On 26 June 2012 13:54, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jennifer, I saw your email looking a bit neglected so I though I would start off the reply chain even though I am probably not the best person to respond to this given that I do not own a TV; I will consider buying the Apple branded television rumoured to be coming out later this year or next year. My sole viewing is either iTunes content or on ABC television's iView. I do, however, own an Apple TV which I operate for family members. Apple TV (the ice hockey puck sized device) is a small appliance that allows one to stream the contents of iTunes to your television or to rent iTunes content directly on the TV. It should not be confused with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) such as TiVo. That is to say the AppleTV does record television shows that are televised over the air for later viewing. In the US Apple TV also gives one access to various digital video services such as Hulu or indeed the football and baseball services. These are subscription based services where for a monthly fee you can download and watch current movies or sporting events. The download is streamed directly to the Apple TV from the internet and is not stored on the Apple TV.
Re: Apple TV
Hi Jennifer, Daniel and Carlo have given you excellent information as always. Just to add a bit more information for you to absorb ;-) Buying vs. Renting Movies: Buying: Obviously purchased content does not expire, and once downloaded will remain in your iTunes library indefinitely—even if that content has been removed from the iTunes Store itself. Music content can be purchased from an iPhone or iPod touch and will automatically transfer back to your main iTunes library the next time you sync, and with the Apple TV 2.0, content can also be purchased on the Apple TV and transferred back to your main iTunes library. Renting: Rentals on the other hand, are much more restricted, since they are transitory by their very nature. In much the same way as a DVD rented from Blockbuster must eventually be returned, so too must the digital rentals from the iTunes Store. Of course, since a digital download has no physical media that must be returned, the solution is to just automatically expire the digital download after the rental period has expired. You have 30 days from the time of rental to watch your movie, and 24 hours (in the US) or 48 hours (elsewhere) after you've started viewing to finish it. Once the rental period expires, the movie will disappear from your iTunes library. Once you start watching your movie, you can view the rented movie as many times as you wish within the 24-hour (or 48-hour) window. If you don't watch your rented movie, it will expire in 30 days and disappear from your iTunes library. You will need to rent it again in order to watch it. You can delete the movie prior to the expiration date if you want to make more space on your hard drive, iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. However, the movie will automatically disappear from your iTunes library 24 (or 48) hours after you've begun viewing it. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 6:14 PM, cm wrote: Hi Jennifer, No problem about posting back, that's what the list if for. I would just add that if you have a slow or an intermittently slow internet connection you can always download the purchased or rented movies to iTunes on your Mac first. That way they will download in their own time regardless of your connection speed. You can then watch the movie on the Mac in iTunes or you can stream the movie from your Mac to the AppleTV for viewing on your television. If on the other hand your download the movie directly to the Apple TV, you can only watch it on the TV. You would need to download it again to watch it on the Mac. As Daniel mentioned the Apple TV has an internal buffer so that films downloaded directly to the Apple TV will play with fewer breaks. A final note is that if you plan to stream from your computer to the Apple TV, you should check that both the computer and the Apple TV have a good strong signal from your router. Interference can originate from fridges and microwaves, or from your neighbour's WiFi devices. Also large metal objects or just distance can attenuate the signal. The free software iStumbler will show your signal strength or you can also use Airport Utility for this. If there is a problem, repositioning your router, sometimes even by a small amount can often fix it. So at the risk of you actually accepting the invitation, post back if you want further information. :-) Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 17:53 , Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Jennifer Just to jump in,... 1. Yes the AppleTV connects to your modem/router wirelessly. To get the most out of streaming anything though, you may want to upgrade the router at some stage so it's the faster n version. (the DG834G is only g version. Or add on the new Apple Express for $119 which is dualband g and n. This makes a big difference if you do want to stream photos from your computer at any stage). 2. Any movies you get, which only rent from the AppleTV (If you want to keep it you buy it from iTunes on a computer, then stream it from the computer to the AppleTV). Otherwise ones you rent on the AppleTV will download it first (storing it temporarily) then play, so you don't really get the stuttering and breaks. (Again, some of this can be caused by the modem as mentioned above, as well as slow internet). 3. For good speeds you want internet at least 1.5MB or better. Obviously the faster the internet the less time it takes for it to download the movie. The slower the internet, the longer you wait for it to download (or buffer) as much as it can before playing. 4. Download limits just affect how many movies you can download before going over quota. Hope that info helps Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 26/06/2012, at 5:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Carlo, Thank you very much for taking pity and for your
Re: Apple TV
Hello Carlo, Daniel and Ronni, Thank you. I need time to absorb all that information, about the equipment, the methods of obtaining films, the contract with our server etc. Brace yourselves then for more questions! :-}You are very generous and I am very grateful to you all. Regards, Jennifer On 26 June 2012 19:09, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Jennifer, Daniel and Carlo have given you excellent information as always. Just to add a bit more information for you to absorb ;-) Buying vs. Renting Movies: Buying: Obviously purchased content does not expire, and once downloaded will remain in your iTunes library indefinitely—even if that content has been removed from the iTunes Store itself. Music content can be purchased from an iPhone or iPod touch and will automatically transfer back to your main iTunes library the next time you sync, and with the Apple TV 2.0, content can also be purchased on the Apple TV and transferred back to your main iTunes library. Renting: Rentals on the other hand, are much more restricted, since they are transitory by their very nature. In much the same way as a DVD rented from Blockbuster must eventually be returned, so too must the digital rentals from the iTunes Store. Of course, since a digital download has no physical media that must be returned, the solution is to just automatically expire the digital download after the rental period has expired. You have 30 days from the time of rental to watch your movie, and 24 hours (in the US) or 48 hours (elsewhere) after you've started viewing to finish it. Once the rental period expires, the movie will disappear from your iTunes library. Once you start watching your movie, you can view the rented movie as many times as you wish within the 24-hour (or 48-hour) window. If you don't watch your rented movie, it will expire in 30 days and disappear from your iTunes library. You will need to rent it again in order to watch it. You can delete the movie prior to the expiration date if you want to make more space on your hard drive, iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. However, the movie will automatically disappear from your iTunes library 24 (or 48) hours after you've begun viewing it. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 6:14 PM, cm wrote: Hi Jennifer, No problem about posting back, that's what the list if for. I would just add that if you have a slow or an intermittently slow internet connection you can always download the purchased or rented movies to iTunes on your Mac first. That way they will download in their own time regardless of your connection speed. You can then watch the movie on the Mac in iTunes or you can stream the movie from your Mac to the AppleTV for viewing on your television. If on the other hand your download the movie directly to the Apple TV, you can only watch it on the TV. You would need to download it again to watch it on the Mac. As Daniel mentioned the Apple TV has an internal buffer so that films downloaded directly to the Apple TV will play with fewer breaks. A final note is that if you plan to stream from your computer to the Apple TV, you should check that both the computer and the Apple TV have a good strong signal from your router. Interference can originate from fridges and microwaves, or from your neighbour's WiFi devices. Also large metal objects or just distance can attenuate the signal. The free software iStumbler will show your signal strength or you can also use Airport Utility for this. If there is a problem, repositioning your router, sometimes even by a small amount can often fix it. So at the risk of you actually accepting the invitation, post back if you want further information. :-) Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 17:53 , Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Jennifer Just to jump in,... 1. Yes the AppleTV connects to your modem/router wirelessly. To get the most out of streaming anything though, you may want to upgrade the router at some stage so it's the faster n version. (the DG834G is only g version. Or add on the new Apple Express for $119 which is dualband g and n. This makes a big difference if you do want to stream photos from your computer at any stage). 2. Any movies you get, which only rent from the AppleTV (If you want to keep it you buy it from iTunes on a computer, then stream it from the computer to the AppleTV). Otherwise ones you rent on the AppleTV will download it first (storing it temporarily) then play, so you don't really get the stuttering and breaks. (Again, some of this can be caused by the modem as mentioned above, as well as slow internet). 3. For good speeds you want internet at least 1.5MB or better. Obviously the faster the internet the less time it takes for it to download the movie. The slower the internet, the longer you wait for it to download (or buffer) as much as it can before playing. 4. Download limits just affect how many movies you can
Re: [Announcement] List change-over date this Saturday (June 30)
Does that mean half the annual membership fee is $15? I can't find a link for the half fee. Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On 26/06/2012, at 12:26 am, WAMUG Announcements wrote: Hi Wamuggers, Just a reminder that as of the end of June (this coming Saturday) non members will no longer be able to post to this newsgroup. You will still be able to read posts, but sending a question or responding to one will require that you be a paid-up WAMUG member or a life member. If you are not currently a WAMUG member please pay your subscription before Saturday to continue posting to our list. Those who join at this point will be able to do so for half the annual subscription fee. Please follow the directions at the following link. http://www.wamug.org.au/join/ Thank you for your continued support! WAMUG Committee -- 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: [Announcement] List change-over date this Saturday (June 30)
Hi Reg, Yes, the subscription fee for the remaining half-year is $15. The web page will soon be updated to reflect this but for now just transfer the $15 to the listed account or mail a cheque and you will be signed up as a WAMUG member for the rest of the year. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 22:23 , Reg Whitely wrote: Does that mean half the annual membership fee is $15? I can't find a link for the half fee. Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On 26/06/2012, at 12:26 am, WAMUG Announcements wrote: Hi Wamuggers, Just a reminder that as of the end of June (this coming Saturday) non members will no longer be able to post to this newsgroup. You will still be able to read posts, but sending a question or responding to one will require that you be a paid-up WAMUG member or a life member. If you are not currently a WAMUG member please pay your subscription before Saturday to continue posting to our list. Those who join at this point will be able to do so for half the annual subscription fee. Please follow the directions at the following link. http://www.wamug.org.au/join/ Thank you for your continued support! WAMUG Committee -- 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
Time Machine/Time Capsule problem
We have a Time Capsule for our Time Machine backups. When my husband went to his computer a few days ago there was a message that the time machine couldn't find the disk. This happened all of a sudden when it's been backing up fine for years. When I try to connect and say Use Backup Disc, it takes forever, and then says Connecting ...and doesn't. says there's an error with IP address or server. I tried using Airport Utility but the new one won't even let you see a menu, It sees the Time Machine/Time Capsule, asks for a password and just sits there with a red 1 alongside, getting configuration forever. It's not the password, because when I put in an incorrect one on purpose, it sits there, when I put in the correct one it disappears and keeps getting configuration. I downloaded the earlier version of the software, 5.6 but it says it's looking for firmware, which it also can't find. If I miss that step, it also gets stuck at getting configuration forever. I went to look at my computer and found it hasn't backed up for months! My computer can't even see the base station in Airport Utility. I can enter the Time Capsule files, and it does appear in Shared in Finder. I've now tried on mine It has an additional An unexpected error occurred error code -6584, when I tied a Backup Now which just seems to mean there's no connection.. I've tried looking for solutions on discussions etc but there are lots of questions, but not many answers. We both have a Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
To members Horst Jaeck and W. D. Scott
Dear Members Horst Jaeck and W. D. Scott, Due to our soon to be retired method of signing up WAMUG members, we have found that unfortunately we do not have email addresses for you. So if you are one of the two members listed below Horst Jaeck W. D. Scott please email our membership address to let us know how to contact you members...@wamug.or.au It is important that we have your email address so that we can continue your list posting privileges. Many thanks, WAMUG Committee. -- 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: Time Machine/Time Capsule problem
Hi Rosemary, You had a problem with Time Machine that I sorted for you back in Nov 2011 Read through all the emails at the link below. I have to go to a client now for a couple of hours, but should be able to assist if required later this morning. time capsule problem can't backup Rosemary Spark Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:56:16 -0800 http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg66937.html Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/06/2012, at 11:37 PM, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: We have a Time Capsule for our Time Machine backups. When my husband went to his computer a few days ago there was a message that the time machine couldn't find the disk. This happened all of a sudden when it's been backing up fine for years. When I try to connect and say Use Backup Disc, it takes forever, and then says Connecting ...and doesn't. says there's an error with IP address or server. I tried using Airport Utility but the new one won't even let you see a menu, It sees the Time Machine/Time Capsule, asks for a password and just sits there with a red 1 alongside, getting configuration forever. It's not the password, because when I put in an incorrect one on purpose, it sits there, when I put in the correct one it disappears and keeps getting configuration. I downloaded the earlier version of the software, 5.6 but it says it's looking for firmware, which it also can't find. If I miss that step, it also gets stuck at getting configuration forever. I went to look at my computer and found it hasn't backed up for months! My computer can't even see the base station in Airport Utility. I can enter the Time Capsule files, and it does appear in Shared in Finder. I've now tried on mine It has an additional An unexpected error occurred error code -6584, when I tied a Backup Now which just seems to mean there's no connection.. I've tried looking for solutions on discussions etc but there are lots of questions, but not many answers. We both have a Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2009 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 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: File Compression
On 26/06/2012, at 3:39 PM, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Clive Just to add to the mix I have used a paid app PDFCompress for years and find it does a very good job. Pick the version for your operating system http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ Merv You got in before me with this one Merv. PDFCompress is worth every penny. It performs better compression than Quartz, with a higher quality result. I would typically expect a 13Mb PDF to compress to around 3Mb, with little or no perceivable difference from the original using this utility. Highly recommended. 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Writing to PDF
Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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: Writing to PDF
I daresay there will be others who suggest cheaper options, but Acrobat 10.1 does everything for me, even the creation of easily workable Word docs ( even with pictures now and then) Bill On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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: Writing to PDF
I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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
Re: Writing to PDF
And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/ Just thought I would give you the option. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote: I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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
Re: moving files to trash
Hey Ronni Thankyou very much. I had completely overlooked Disk Utility. It worked a treat. Before using diskutility, I delved deeper into the many files and some showed they were locked in Get Info and I imagine they might have been part of the problem!? Kind regards and many thanks for your help. 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 26/06/2012, at 1:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, Are you only deleting some files on the thumb drive or all the files? If deleting all the files use Dick Utility to erase the thumb drive. If only trying to delete some files on the thumb drive and they are not password protected. Have you tried Relaunching Finder? Option click hold on Finder icon in the dock Relaunch Try to delete the files again. Or restart your Mac, then try again. Remember you have to empty the trash on the Mac before you eject the thumb drive. Otherwise every time you connect the thumb drive to a computer the files will show in the trash. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 1:17 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers I am doing some winter cleaning, going through a number of USB thumb drives, copying files to the HD then deleting them from the USB to free them up for work. However I have one that refuses to have its files moved to the Trash, and shows an error message: The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -1407). I have spent quite a bit of time on google but cant seem to find anything on this one. Can someone please help with some advice on what I need to do? Many thanks Chris MBPro i7 OS10.6.8 -- 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: File Compression
Thanks for the feed back WAMUGERS we ended putting the separate .pds into Indesign Doc and compressed it to a .pdf from there. Clive On 26/06/2012, at 4:04 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I have just tested a 1mb PDF in preview and it reduced it by two thirds, so export, format PDF, then use the Quartz filter to reduce size. Of course it will depend on the PDF you are using and your mileage will no doubt be different. The best option is to go back to the original and work on it there. Roger On 26/06/2012, at 3:39 PM, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Clive Just to add to the mix I have used a paid app PDFCompress for years and find it does a very good job. Pick the version for your operating system http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ Merv On 26/06/12 3:19 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Yes I find that Preview App will often increase the size of a PDF, particularly if you do some editing or highlighting. I avoid saving from Preview except as a last resort. Depending how important this problem is to you, here is one of the paid apps that I mentioned that will compress the PDF for you. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9206/pdf-shrink Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 15:08 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Ronnie We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it doubled the file size?? Regards Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What am I missing. Regards Clive -- 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
Re: File Compression
Hi Clive, I was going to suggest that first off but I wasn't sure if you had InDesign and some of the replies were quite informative. I can't understand why Adobe Acrobat can't keep reducing the original pdf, it just seems to do it once and then thats it. Rick. On 27/06/2012, at 11:17 AM, Clive Slater wrote: Thanks for the feed back WAMUGERS we ended putting the separate .pds into Indesign Doc and compressed it to a .pdf from there. Clive On 26/06/2012, at 4:04 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I have just tested a 1mb PDF in preview and it reduced it by two thirds, so export, format PDF, then use the Quartz filter to reduce size. Of course it will depend on the PDF you are using and your mileage will no doubt be different. The best option is to go back to the original and work on it there. Roger On 26/06/2012, at 3:39 PM, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Clive Just to add to the mix I have used a paid app PDFCompress for years and find it does a very good job. Pick the version for your operating system http://www.metaobject.com/Products/ Merv On 26/06/12 3:19 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Yes I find that Preview App will often increase the size of a PDF, particularly if you do some editing or highlighting. I avoid saving from Preview except as a last resort. Depending how important this problem is to you, here is one of the paid apps that I mentioned that will compress the PDF for you. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9206/pdf-shrink Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 15:08 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Ronnie We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it doubled the file size?? Regards Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi again Clive, I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility. I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce the size of a PDF file. ColorSync Utility.app From finder select the Go menu, and select Utilities. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application. 1. Open ColorSync.app 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down menu with Filter by the side of it. 4. Use the drop down menu to select Reduce File Size, and then click Apply. 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a smaller size. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Clive, Just adding to Carlo's comments. Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the original with no difference in quality. Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a Reduce File Size option. However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality of images and text in the resulting PDF. If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression occurs. How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images? The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview images, metadata, and the like. This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large because of program-specific components and other non-vital data these applications save inside each PDF. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source document. Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi Carl A .pdf Clive On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote: Hi Clive, Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression. What was the file you were trying to compress? Regards, Carlo On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote: Hi OSX 10.4.11 g4, Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the file , turns it into a .zip
Re: Writing to PDF
Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by to write to/on a PDF. You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than this? Cheers, David Noel 2012 Jun 27 === On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/ Just thought I would give you the option. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote: I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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 - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Writing to PDF
Hi Peter, The annotation tools in Preview are tantalisingly close to being useful, but for some reason Apple has resisted adding the ability to do free hand sketching on a PDF. For me it was lack of that feature that sent me in search of another tool. In Apple's defence, they have added a remarkably well implemented signature capture mechanism. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 , David Noel wrote: Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by to write to/on a PDF. You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than this? Cheers, David Noel 2012 Jun 27 === On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/ Just thought I would give you the option. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote: I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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 - 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: Writing to PDF
-- Hi Carlo, how does the signature capture mechanism work? Could you do a sketch and pretend it's a signature to add it to a PDF? david = On 27 June 2012 12:34, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, The annotation tools in Preview are tantalisingly close to being useful, but for some reason Apple has resisted adding the ability to do free hand sketching on a PDF. For me it was lack of that feature that sent me in search of another tool. In Apple's defence, they have added a remarkably well implemented signature capture mechanism. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 , David Noel wrote: Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by to write to/on a PDF. You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than this? Cheers, David Noel 2012 Jun 27 === On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/ Just thought I would give you the option. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote: I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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 - 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: Writing to PDF
Hi David, In a pinch you could use the signature tool for freehand sketching but it would be incredibly cumbersome. The signature tool is designed to add a previously recorded line drawing (signature or otherwise) to a PDF. You record the line drawing by writing on a sheet of paper and photographing the writing using your iSight camera. Here is a youtube video that does an excellent job of explaining the Preview signature tool (with thanks to Reg Whitely who first published the link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMlUcXfa8jg A freehand sketch tool on the other hand allows one to annotate a PDF using a mouse or digitizing tablet. You can actually draw cursive lines on the PDF in the colour and width of your choosing and save the annotation with the PDF for others to read. You could use this feature to sign a PDF if you choose but you could also do other things like write mathematical formulae or just scribble. :-) Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 12:41 , David Noel wrote: -- Hi Carlo, how does the signature capture mechanism work? Could you do a sketch and pretend it's a signature to add it to a PDF? david = On 27 June 2012 12:34, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, The annotation tools in Preview are tantalisingly close to being useful, but for some reason Apple has resisted adding the ability to do free hand sketching on a PDF. For me it was lack of that feature that sent me in search of another tool. In Apple's defence, they have added a remarkably well implemented signature capture mechanism. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 , David Noel wrote: Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by to write to/on a PDF. You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than this? Cheers, David Noel 2012 Jun 27 === On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use: http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/ Just thought I would give you the option. Regards, Carlo On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote: I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- 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 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) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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 - 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 -- 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 -
