Re: A few problems after upgrade 10.8.5 to 10.10 Yosemite

[Ronni Brown]

Ok Matt,

I’ve sent you offlist a Link to download iPhoto.app v9.6.1 and instructions how 
to download it and install.
"Link & instructions how to download iPhoto.app from COPY.pdf"
A] First Step:

Delete (Move to Trash,but don’t empty) all versions of the iPhoto.app that is 
on your hard drive. 

Induce any alias files for them as well. 

Then:

B] Follow the steps in the instructions

Cheers,
Ronni

> On 20 Dec 2015, at 9:19 PM, Matt Falvey  wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronni, I tried the Update option and it came up with the message, "An 
> error occurred during purchase" and would not go any further. I tried it on 
> all the apps listed, so this option is not a viable one.
> 
> If you would so good as to upload the iPhoto 9.6.1 to your Dropbox or Copy 
> folder and let me know how to access it I would be more than grateful.
> 
> Would I then just need to delete the old application and put the new one in 
> place and open it?
> 
> Once again thanks very much.
> 
> Matt. 
> 
> On 20 Dec 2015, at 8:11 pm, Ronni Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Matt,
>> 
>> My comments in Situ
>> 
>>> On 20 Dec 2015, at 2:40 PM, Matt Falvey  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Ronni, thanks for that. Quite a predicament.
>>> 
>>> Okay I had bought iPhoto and Aperture the old fashioned way and installed 
>>> them using DVD?s, so there was nothing to see in the Purchased tab in the 
>>> App Store relating to either of those apps.
>> 
>> iPhoto from an Life DVD will only show up in Purchases, if you previously 
>> updated to at least iPhoto 9.4.5. 
>> That will have associated your Apple ID  with iPhoto at the AppStore and add 
>> it to your Purchases history. 
>> If you never updated to a newer version, that is only available from the App 
>> Store, beyond iPhoto 9.4.3, you cannot reinstall iPhoto from the App Store.
>>> 
>>> I had a hunt around on the web for ways of trying to find how to get iPhoto 
>>> 9.6.1 if you don?t have it in the Purchased tab.  Someone suggested 
>>> creating a new user account with full admin privileges, restarting the mac, 
>>> getting a new apple id in the new name, logging into the App Store and then 
>>> have a look.
>>> 
>>> I did this and in updates I have 6, including iPhoto 9.6.1 and Aperture 
>>> 3.6.  the others are Keynote, Numbers, Pages and iMovie, they all have 
>>> ?Update? next to them.
>>> 
>>> The million dollar question is as these say Update, not Install is it just 
>>> a question of clicking Update and letting it go ahead?
>> 
>> You can try, it is worth a try - but I don?t ?think? this will work with 
>> iPhoto 9.6.1. 
>> I feel that when you click on Update (beside iPhoto) it will require you to 
>> Sign-In with your Apple ID.
>> If you type in your regular Apple ID you probably will receive a message 
>> ?Unavailable? if you type in the New User Apple ID you might receive ?Not To 
>> Be Found?.
>> But give it a go and see what happens.
>> 
>> A Finder copy of iPhoto.app v 9.6.1 will work. In other words if you have 
>> the needed version (9.6.1) on another computer, or can obtain iPhoto.app 
>> v9.6.1 copy - you can delete the old version and copy over the 9.6.1 version 
>> into Applications.
>> I have a copy of iPhoto.app v9.6.1 file size is 1.7GB, so I?d need to upload 
>> it to my Dropbox or Copy folder which will take all night to upload before 
>> you could download it.
>> 
>>> Am correct in thinking that even though I have created another ?user" that 
>>> we will both be using the same apps, so it will update my existing versions 
>>> and as I have no intention of ever doing anything under the new users name 
>>> apart from these updates, it should have no bearing on the existing apps?
>> 
>> By default, all Applications are installed in /Applications. Those are 
>> available to all users. 
>> If you choose to install in your home Applications folder, they are only 
>> available to that user.
>>> 
>>> I may if you give me the go ahead start with one of the apps I seldom use 
>>> like Numbers and see if it works on that first. I have left the iMac open 
>>> on the new users page, with the App Store page open in case I mess anything 
>>> up, until I hear from you.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Matt.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
 
 From: Ronni Brown 
 To: WAMUG 
 Subject: Re: A few problems after upgrade 10.8.5 to 10.10 Yosemite
 Message-ID: 
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
 
 Hi Matt,
 
 As you were aware you require iPhoto v 9.6.1 & Aperture 3.6 in Yosemite.
 Apple previously stated that Aperture and iPhoto will remain functional if 
 they were already installed.
 But both installed iPhoto & Aperture had to be the latest updates. 
 iPhoto v 9.6.1 & Aperture 3.6
 You mentioned that you have iPhoto v 9.4.3 & Aperture 3.4.5 so they need 
 to be updated.
 I assume that when you went to "the App Store and 

Re: Read/Convert MS Publisher files on your Mac

[Peter Hinchliffe]

> On 18 Dec 2015, at 12:08 PM, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Interesting timing Peter.
> 
> Yesterday I needed to open a .pub file
> 
> I actually used > an online 
> converter which is free -
> I was actually surprised at how well it did the job and produced a perfect
> pdf from the .pub file.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com 
A good one to know about Neil. I will admit that would probably have looked 
straight past this if I was looking for a solution because of the somewhat 
misleading name, but it’s good to know there are actually other solutions out 
there.


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

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

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Re: A few problems after upgrade 10.8.5 to 10.10 Yosemite

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Matt,

My comments in Situ

> On 20 Dec 2015, at 2:40 PM, Matt Falvey  wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronni, thanks for that. Quite a predicament.
> 
> Okay I had bought iPhoto and Aperture the old fashioned way and installed 
> them using DVD’s, so there was nothing to see in the Purchased tab in the App 
> Store relating to either of those apps.

iPhoto from an Life DVD will only show up in Purchases, if you previously 
updated to at least iPhoto 9.4.5. 
That will have associated your Apple ID  with iPhoto at the AppStore and add it 
to your Purchases history. 
If you never updated to a newer version, that is only available from the App 
Store, beyond iPhoto 9.4.3, you cannot reinstall iPhoto from the App Store.
> 
> I had a hunt around on the web for ways of trying to find how to get iPhoto 
> 9.6.1 if you don’t have it in the Purchased tab.  Someone suggested creating 
> a new user account with full admin privileges, restarting the mac, getting a 
> new apple id in the new name, logging into the App Store and then have a look.
> 
> I did this and in updates I have 6, including iPhoto 9.6.1 and Aperture 3.6.  
> the others are Keynote, Numbers, Pages and iMovie, they all have “Update” 
> next to them.
> 
> The million dollar question is as these say Update, not Install is it just a 
> question of clicking Update and letting it go ahead?

You can try, it is worth a try - but I don’t ‘think’ this will work with iPhoto 
9.6.1. 
I feel that when you click on Update (beside iPhoto) it will require you to 
Sign-In with your Apple ID.
If you type in your regular Apple ID you probably will receive a message 
“Unavailable” if you type in the New User Apple ID you might receive “Not To Be 
Found”.
But give it a go and see what happens.

A Finder copy of iPhoto.app v 9.6.1 will work. In other words if you have the 
needed version (9.6.1) on another computer, or can obtain iPhoto.app v9.6.1 
copy - you can delete the old version and copy over the 9.6.1 version into 
Applications.
I have a copy of iPhoto.app v9.6.1 file size is 1.7GB, so I’d need to upload it 
to my Dropbox or Copy folder which will take all night to upload before you 
could download it.

> Am correct in thinking that even though I have created another “user" that we 
> will both be using the same apps, so it will update my existing versions and 
> as I have no intention of ever doing anything under the new users name apart 
> from these updates, it should have no bearing on the existing apps?

By default, all Applications are installed in /Applications. Those are 
available to all users. 
If you choose to install in your home Applications folder, they are only 
available to that user.
> 
> I may if you give me the go ahead start with one of the apps I seldom use 
> like Numbers and see if it works on that first. I have left the iMac open on 
> the new users page, with the App Store page open in case I mess anything up, 
> until I hear from you.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Matt.

Cheers,
Ronni
>> 
>> From: Ronni Brown 
>> To: WAMUG 
>> Subject: Re: A few problems after upgrade 10.8.5 to 10.10 Yosemite
>> Message-ID: 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> 
>> Hi Matt,
>> 
>> As you were aware you require iPhoto v 9.6.1 & Aperture 3.6 in Yosemite.
>> Apple previously stated that Aperture and iPhoto will remain functional if 
>> they were already installed.
>> But both installed iPhoto & Aperture had to be the latest updates. 
>> iPhoto v 9.6.1 & Aperture 3.6
>> You mentioned that you have iPhoto v 9.4.3 & Aperture 3.4.5 so they need to 
>> be updated.
>> I assume that when you went to "the App Store and downloaded 3 or 4 software 
>> updates" that iPhoto & Aperture were not showing?
>> Aperture and iPhoto were removed from the Mac App Store and are no longer 
>> available for download.
>> With their disappearance from the Mac App Store, however, users are unlikely 
>> to get future updates.
>> 
>> After you update to 10.10.5 you will migrate your iPhoto & Aperture 
>> Libraries to Photos which came in the 10.10.3 update.
>> Your old library won't be converted, just imported, so you can still open it 
>> in Aperture or iPhoto if you like (though once you import, if you do 
>> anything new with that library in Aperture, it won't carry over to the 
>> Photos version). The same with iPhoto.
>> 
>> The new Photos library references the same master images as your old 
>> library, so you don't need the space to store images twice. It also makes 
>> for an incredibly efficient migration process.
>> 
>> So how can you update iPhoto & Aperture?
>> If you purchased from the App Store.
>> First try this:
>> Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. 
>> If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1 - If Aperture is there it should 
>> be v3.6
>> 
>> If iPhoto is under Purchases - Quit the App Store.
>> Then:
>> 1. Delete (Move to Trash,but don?t empty) all 

Re: iPhone charging

[Michael Hawkins]

Sent from my iPhone

> On 23 Nov 2015, at 9:56 AM,  
>  wrote:
> 
>  Hi, thanks for that Ronni. Yes I figured that it operated somewhat like 
> that. I will get it calibrated as well to ensure the battery condition is 
> consistent with indicated percentage
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
> Pete.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From:
> wamug@wamug.org.au
> 
> To:
> 
> Cc:
> 
> Sent:
> Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:33:18 +0800
> Subject:
> Re: iPhone charging
> 
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> You could try calibrating the battery, but what I think is happening.
> 
> The battery display icon shows a "bolt" when charging and changes to a "plug" 
> when connected to power but not charging.
> 
> When the iPhone is first plugged into power the icon will show the 'bolt' 
> meaning the iPhone is charging.
> The active charge cycle stops once the battery has reached full charge.  
> The phone recognises that is it still plugged in, and you would notice the 
> "plug" icon in the battery (no 'bolt')... indicating the phone is no longer 
> charging. 
> 
> Because it is no longer actively charging, or drawing any power from the 
> charger at all, the phone's operations begin to wear down the battery again.  
> The difference between waking up to a battery that is 100% charged (if 
> charging overnight) and waking up to a battery with only a 95% charge, is 
> based on when the battery reached full charge (perhaps several hours before 
> checking it for the first time) and how much juice the phone needed to 
> continue operation.  
> If the phone is set to check email, has location based services running, 
> sending usage data to Apple, etc., the battery will run down some extent, 
> just like it was *not* plugged in.
> 
> If you remove the cable from the phone, and plug it back in it will charge to 
> 100% again in a short time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> On 23 Nov 2015, at 7:56 AM, petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
> 
> My son's iPhone 4S which was a hand-me-down of unknown vintage though 
> obviously many years old was having very short battery life notwithstanding 
> his usage pattern. I arranged and fitted a replacement battery and the 
> replacement battery has a longer life and probably adequate but has a 
> particular behaviour. It can be placed on charge and the battery level 
> indicator will go green with icon reflecting on charge, but overnight, the 
> charge level will actually go down.
> 
>  
> 
> Is this something others have experienced?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
> Pete.
> 
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Re: A few problems after upgrade 10.8.5 to 10.10 Yosemite

[Matt Falvey]

amp; Aperture were not showing?
>>> Aperture and iPhoto were removed from the Mac App Store and are no longer 
>>> available for download.
>>> With their disappearance from the Mac App Store, however, users are 
>>> unlikely to get future updates.
>>> 
>>> After you update to 10.10.5 you will migrate your iPhoto & Aperture 
>>> Libraries to Photos which came in the 10.10.3 update.
>>> Your old library won't be converted, just imported, so you can still open 
>>> it in Aperture or iPhoto if you like (though once you import, if you do 
>>> anything new with that library in Aperture, it won't carry over to the 
>>> Photos version). The same with iPhoto.
>>> 
>>> The new Photos library references the same master images as your old 
>>> library, so you don't need the space to store images twice. It also makes 
>>> for an incredibly efficient migration process.
>>> 
>>> So how can you update iPhoto & Aperture?
>>> If you purchased from the App Store.
>>> First try this:
>>> Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. 
>>> If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1 - If Aperture is there it should 
>>> be v3.6
>>> 
>>> If iPhoto is under Purchases - Quit the App Store.
>>> Then:
>>> 1. Delete (Move to Trash,but don?t empty) all versions of the iPhoto.app 
>>> that's on your hard drive.  
>>>  Induce any alias files for them as well.  
>>> 2. Go back to the Purchases section at the App Store and download iPhoto 
>>> 9.6.1.
>>>  You might find you need to Sign Out and then Sign back In to your Account 
>>> to change the ?Open? to ?Install? or 'Download? beside iPhoto
>>> 3. Click Download
>>> 4. Install iPhoto
>>> 
>>> If Aperture was in Purchases - you might need to do things a little 
>>> differently:
>>> Then:
>>> 1. Uninstall Aperture. 
>>> Go to finder; applications, find Aperture. 
>>> Click on Aperture, and look above to Action, click on that and click on 
>>> ?Move to Trash?.
>>> 2. Open the App Store
>>> 3. Go to the Featured tab in the app store
>>> 4. Click on Account which is on the right side of the page.
>>> A box comes up for you to put in your password! Don't put it in. 
>>> 5. Sign out.
>>> 6. Go back to Account, and Sign In. 
>>> 7. Go to purchases. You will now should see Install to the right of the 
>>> Aperture Icon
>>> 8. Install it again 
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately these are the problems you experience when you stay too far 
>>> behind in OS X upgrades.
>>> Post back with your results please.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>> On 19 Dec 2015, at 2:11 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> HI Ronni, I have done all of those and have managed to get the App Store 
>>>> online and downloaded 3 or 4 software updates. As we discussed I did not 
>>>> install the 10.10.5, even though it was there, that was the only thing 
>>>> left in the Upgrades.
>>>> 
>>>> I repaired permissions and let Mail and iTunes update.
>>>> 
>>>> Aperture and iPhoto still have the grey no entry sign across the front of 
>>>> their icon and I thought I would wait to get some type on instruction from 
>>>> you as to how to proceed with this problem for these two, or one as they 
>>>> share the same database, before I try to open either of them?  
>>>> 
>>>> So far the rest of the installation has gone really well.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Matt.
>>>> 
>>>> On 19 Dec 2015, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>> 
>>>> Power cycle everything, Modem - Router - Mac
>>>> Check Network settings
>>>> Check you have correct location Date & Time in System Preferences.
>>>> Time Zone 'Set time zone automatically using current location'.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18 Dec 2015, at 8:10 PM, Matt Falvey <mmfal...@bigpond.net.au 
>>>>> <mailto:mmfal...@bigpond.net.au>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, I have just ran the install for Yosemite to upgrade from 10.8.5. 
>>>>> (Thanks Ronni.) M