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Re: 26 sleeps rumour

[Brett Carboni]

If it's the same size as my MP2000 Newton (or better still the MP130)  
then I'm buying one. Small enough to toke around, big enough to see  
without the eye strain of an iPhone.


My Newton was one of the handiest devices I owned.

Brett
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On 31/12/2009, at 2:35 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:



The latest rumour is that there's only 26 sleeps to the first big  
Apple announcement for 2010? Furthermore, there'll be not one, but  
two screen-size versions for the 'iSlate'. If true, it looks like  
being a happy new year for us Mac monks. :)



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Thanks for that Ronni. Mail.app in Leopard is what we are using.

I was hoping to somehow access the database that Mail.app uses. I  
thought there might be an app that does this (since virus programs  
seem to do it all the time :-)


But thanks anyway,

Regards,

Brett
Tsunami

On 30/12/2009, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Brett,

Are you using Apple Mail & Address Book in Leopard or Snow Leopard?
If so:

You do need to put the individual addresses in Address Book. However  
you don't have to go through all the fields.


I presume you have emails from these people in Mail. If so, you can  
select an email from each recipient, right-click/control-click (on  
the person's name/email address) to add the email address & name to  
AB. When you have done this for each create a group in AB and drag  
each name to it. You can then send the email to the group.

---
If you are using Mail & Address Book in OSX10.4, 10.5, 10.6 you can  
send Group Mail.


1. Basically you first make a "Group" in Address Book.
2. Place who you wish to notify into the Group.
3. Then drag the group name from the Address Panel to an address  
field, or type the first few letters of the group's name and let  
automatic address completion do the rest.


To ensure that recipients see neither each other's addresses nor a  
bogus "To" address, enter the group name in the Bcc field instead of  
To or Cc.
The "To" field in the message each recipient gets will say  
"undisclosed-recipients":


If you want all the recipients to see each other's addresses, click  
the group name in the address field and choose Expand Group from the  
pop-up menu.
(To turn on automatic group expansion for all new messages, on the  
Composing preference pane, select the checkbox labelled When Sending  
to a Group, Show All Member Addresses.)


Netiquette: When sending email to a group of people, use Bcc (or  
turn off automatic group expansion) to keep addresses private and  
minimise scrolling for the recipients.



Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

On 30/12/2009, at 10:56 AM, Brett Carboni wrote:



Hi all, I'm thinking of changing from Bigpond to TPG but my  
"bigpond.net.au" email address is over 10 years old and I don't  
want to lose contacts.


I am trying to get a nominal account which will let me keep this  
active.


Does anyone know of an emailing program which will let you address  
an email to everyone in your Mail.app database so you can do a bulk  
mail out saying you have changed your email address?


T.I.A.

Brett
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Change of email address bulk mail out

[Brett Carboni]

Hi all, I'm thinking of changing from Bigpond to TPG but my  
"bigpond.net.au" email address is over 10 years old and I don't want  
to lose contacts.


I am trying to get a nominal account which will let me keep this active.

Does anyone know of an emailing program which will let you address an  
email to everyone in your Mail.app database so you can do a bulk mail  
out saying you have changed your email address?


T.I.A.

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I've been on Telstra Cable for around 10 years. I don't have any tech  
problems any more. Downloads can be pretty fast but uploads are slow  
which is bad if you Skype videoconference.


The major problem is the cap. 12 Gb doesn't allow much and I see deals  
advertised everywhere even on the backs of buses with ISP's with more.


I would change for those two reasons. But an advantage is that it  
doesn't require a phone line which I don't need.


Brett
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On 10/11/2009, at 9:36 AM, Tim Law wrote:



Hello,

I've signed up to move to Telstra Cable internet as their deal came  
out a
bit cheaper than iinet, and I was seduced by 'indications' of  
70mBs.  It's
using the same cable that was laid in my street a few years ago by  
Foxtel.
We used foxtel for a short while, so their box is on the wall and I  
expect
the hard wiring install shouldn't be too hard. They will install a  
wireless

router with four ethernet connections.

I have been very happy with iinet's speed and service and there is  
more than

a touch of anxiety about moving to Bigpond and their administration.

I've got 2 PowerPC Macs on airport running 10.5.8 and one iMac  
PowerPC on
10.5.8 that will need an ethernet cable to the new router, or they  
will
provide a wireless USB dongle to suit.   I've also go a PC laptop  
running

XP.

Has anyone had experiences with Telstra Cable internet and Mac  
households

that are worth me knowing about?

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You're never a nuisance mate :-)

Brett
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Thanks Ronni. Feel more emboldened now :-)

Regards,

Brett
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On 18/09/2009, at 9:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 17/09/2009, at 6:31 PM, Brett Carboni wrote:



Anyone using Quark 6.5 on Snow Leopard? Just want to know if it  
still works. Don't want to upgrade.


Hi Brett,

I don't use QuarkXPress so don't know first hand.
QuarkXPress 8.1 is compatible with Snow Leopard.
<http://forums.quark.com/t/21811.aspx>

QuarkXPress 6.52  - Snow Leopard Compatibility wikidot shows: "Seems  
to work just fine; but newly activated fonts don't show up until  
restart"

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Snow Leopard - Quark 6.5

[Brett Carboni]

Anyone using Quark 6.5 on Snow Leopard? Just want to know if it still  
works. Don't want to upgrade.


T.I.A.

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Re: Mail Address book

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Speaking of Address Book, is there any way to create a smart group of  
'recents' like in iTunes (recently played).


I have about 900 addresses and most of them are old but I don't want  
to delete them. Would love to create a group of people that I've  
called or modified within the last year.


It's hard scrolling that many on an iPhone and voice recognition  
doesn't work well enough.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Scrolling Sushi Selectively"

On 06/08/2009, at 5:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:



Apple Mail doesn't have an Address Book as such. When you click  
Addresses,

you're only getting a "glimpse" from the actual Address Book.
Anything you want to delete/change/modify, you have to do from the  
"Actual"

Address Book.

Open Address Book. (From Applications folder, not from within Mail)
From All, highlight the name you don't want and then hit the delete  
button.

Similarly to add Groups, it's all done from the "real" Address Book.
That's it.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 6/8/09 5:12 PM, "Ken Jackson"   
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Thanks Bob but no, it doesn't work that way, in 10.4.11 anyway.
You can only 'remove' from the list' in the Previous Recipients &
when u select from Address book u can't delete.


Any other ideas ?

thanks,

Ken



On 06/08/2009, at 2:31 PM, Robert Howells wrote:




On 06/08/2009, at 2:19 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:



Hi folks,
how does one remove obsolete addresses from the Mail Address book
please?
I've just done a archive instal, my address book should be the
same as it was I thought but my Groups are missing?

Thanks,

Ken


Addresses can come from either of 2 places

Under the Window drop down menu find   Previous Recipients

and I think once you find one to delet , click once on it and hit
the Delete key

In Address Book  Click once on the name adn " Delete


Bob




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latest Pods and contacts and notes

[Brett Carboni]

Has anyone had any trouble not being able to see the notes fields of  
contacts when they are sync'd onto one of the latest iPods.


Just bought a 160Gb and cannot see them which is inconvenient since  
I'm traveling and it's so handy to have your notes to read instead of  
breaking out the laptop.


It used to before on an iPod photo. (All system software etc latest  
up to date, laptop is 17" MBP, searched google etc).


T.I.A.

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Re: New Mac User

[Brett Carboni]

Or you could try Skype. I tried iChat but gave up due to too many  
problems (plus not totally secure regarding a 'user id' like with  
Skype).


Skype just works. And believe me, I would rather use Apple products  
but it was too much in the end.


I *would* be interested to know from someone who has extensively used  
both which has the better video quality though.


Brett Carboni
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"Ordering takeout by videoconferencing coming soon"

On 24/09/2007, at 8:30 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

My step-son (who lives in Dubai) has just switched from the dark  
side to a new iMac 24 inch.

He bought it while he was in Seattle USA last week.
A couple of hours ago he signed up for a .Mac account.
We just tried to communicate using iChat but for some reason his  
iChat will not connect.

It tries to connect for a while but then times out.


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Re: ewire as a ISP

[Brett Carboni]

Can't comment on ewire but re line rental etc, I can.

I have Bigpond cable and thought didn't need home phone as I have a  
$500 Vodaphone cap but ...
you use it up quicker than expected but ... got Skype Pro and use it  
to make local calls. Works well. 10 Euro line rental for 5 months.  
Calls are about euro 'cents' to make and very very easy. I just  
'speak to the MacBook Pro".


So it is a real solution if you are going down that path.

Rgs,

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Succulent Sushi from Salusa Secondus by Skype"

On 09/09/2007, at 11:12 PM, Bart wrote:


Hi all

Is anyone out there using ewire cable broadband on there macs ,I'm  
thinking

of changing my ISP to them, and get get rid of house phone to go onto
Telstra prepaid home.

To save on line rental.



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Skype / iChat upload speed

[Brett Carboni]

Can anyone in the group who videochats tell me if in their opinion I  
should get an internet plan with 512k upload, or will 256k suffice?


I have to get ISP's for 2 people who will videochat quite a bit with  
each other, both latest iMacs.


Also if anyone has recommendations for ISP's let us know as their  
plans change a lot.


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
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Re: Boycott Blu-ray & HD-DVD?

[Brett Carboni]

On Sunday I saw a Blue Ray DVD of the latest Bond Movie on a Sony  
1080P 40" screen. It *is* very nice - and I'm fussy with image  
quality. And of course the demo channel looks superb. So I think  
there will be a market for people who want to see fantastic quality  
and who the loss of $1500 in format wars won't bother them.


As for me I don't have a TV any more (my 9 y.o.  Mitsubishi CRT TV  
just blew up :-) so it's torrents on a Dell 24" for now. My PVR is  
lonely though.


Brett Carboni
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"High Def Sushi"

On 21/08/2007, at 11:36 PM, Paul Kitchener wrote:

Presently I feel as though I can easily spoil myself with
entertainment on the TV and keep in mind that I have never been a
light user of the tube. I've never had it so good! ;-)
I'm still getting over SDTV!
Home entertainment doesn't need to get much better surely ;-)



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Mac VERY basic training

[Brett Carboni]

Does anyone know of a *very* basic training course / service /  
seminar / tutor that I can get for my mom and sister? Topics like  
email, web surfing, iTunes, iPhoto etc. Have only heard of Digilife  
when you buy a Mac from them but their price quoted for Macs was more  
than expected.


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Re: Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

[Brett Carboni]

I had AIM myself but it was a bit troublesome. But  would be  
interested to know which is better performance-wise, Skype or iChat.  
Any takers?

Brett / Tsunami

On 08/08/2007, at 8:01 PM, Stephen Atherton wrote:

Or register a free AIM account which will do the trick with iChat  
too


On 08/08/2007, at 6:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 08/08/2007, at 4:10 PM, Brett Carboni wrote:

Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a dotmac  
email or user ID so that I can videoconference with another Mac?


I want to set up my Mom and sister (who have been waiting to buy  
new iMacs) to videoconference. But it has to be very simple. No  
Jabber or AOL.


I understand you can get free trial dotmac subscriptions but I  
wonder if they let you keep the email.


If not we'll use Skype but it'd be a pity not to use Apple SW  
just because of a confusing user ID experience.



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Dot Mac account for Videoconferencing

[Brett Carboni]

Does anyone know if I can open a dotmac account to get a dotmac email  
or user ID so that I can videoconference with another Mac?


I want to set up my Mom and sister (who have been waiting to buy new  
iMacs) to videoconference. But it has to be very simple. No Jabber or  
AOL.


I understand you can get free trial dotmac subscriptions but I wonder  
if they let you keep the email.


If not we'll use Skype but it'd be a pity not to use Apple SW just  
because of a confusing user ID experience.


Thanks in advance,

Brett Carboni
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paper clip

[Brett Carboni]

What would Apple ever do without the humble paper clip?

<http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/iphoneinterface/source/ 
iphone05.html>


Ahhh, reminds me of my first Mac (512k Fat Mac), Computer Choice and  
John Currie.


Brett Carboni
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Bloomberg Video

[Brett Carboni]

Can anyone in the group watch video at the Bloomberg site? I can't :-(

<http://www.bloomberg.com/index.html?Intro=intro3>

Have tried with Safari and Firefox (both latest - not Safari 3  
though) and I have latest Flip4Mac installed.


BTW there's an interesting 'exclusive' on the iPhone. Seems the buzz  
has topped the Mustang and Windows 95 (and probably the Edsel too :-)

I just wish they'd release the latest Imac instead.

Brett Carboni
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iCal events disappearing as if by magic

[Brett Carboni]

Here's a weird one.

I put in an event into iCal. Name it and even put an alarm on it.  
Within 10 seconds the event disappears. You can even see it  
happening. Only that event. (I haven't deselected the calendar).


17"MBP, 10.4.9, iCal 2.0.5. Tried help files and Apple support web site.

I was *wondering* where my events were going. Now I know it's the  
sushi twilight zone.


Any ideas anyone? Hopefully something obvious requiring me to exclaim  
"doh".


TIA,

Brett Carboni
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Re: illegible webpages

[Brett Carboni]

On 23/03/2007, at 11:34 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:


Red/orange type on a black background is my pet hate.
Merv


Mine would be flashing text followed by flash animations that you  
can't turn off. (Unless you use Firefox which I would use but I can't  
live without Safari's control-click on a word and then select 'look  
up in dictionary' -that feature rocks!)


Of course if we didn't have flashing text we might miss those 'you  
have won in the xxx lottery - click to claim prize' :-)


Brett Carboni
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OT google ads

[Brett Carboni]

Warning : Off Topic

Has anyone tried Google Ads for their business? How does one initiate  
such a thing? It wasn't overly clear from the site.


Also do you think they work?

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
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"Spam Sushi Served Serendipidously"

Steve vs Bill

[Brett Carboni]

Something to lighten up everyone's weekend. Quite funny.

<http://www.metacafe.com/watch/438327/bill_gates_vs_steve_jobs/>

Of course Macs are better than PC's ... :-)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now with Windows under Bootcamp"

Steve Jobs' reply regarding Norway's legislation and the DRM issue

[Brett Carboni]

This was interesting for those who follow the e-music phenomena and  
the DRM debate. I thought it a well thought out and logical response.


I was especially surprised regarding who owns a lot of the large  
music companies and which country they're from.


Enjoy.

<http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/>

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"DRM free sushi"

Re: SMS for Mac

[Brett Carboni]

I use a Vodaphone web page that let's me type in the message and it  
sends it. I use addressbook to get the number and copy & paste into  
recipient field. Works for me. Can even send to many in one hit.


See ...

<http://www.vodafone.com.au//> go down to 'hotlinks' popup menu, and  
choose web2txt.


With mine though, I have logged in etc so mine is a different link  
which I go to and the Mac automatically types in my username and  
password so I OK it and it goes straight to the sms screen. It might  
even come in your cap - some say yes and some no :-)


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Takeout order by sms"


Someone suggested Skype Beta 2.5 which has SMS. But it wanted to  
charge me 71c Euro to send a test SMS to my own phone!


Doesn't seem a goer in Aus?

Dudley Gager

On 29/01/2007, at 8:53 PM, Lloyd White wrote:

Anti Mac people, was iPod & MP3

[Brett Carboni]

Whilst we're talking about anti-Apple people ...

Seems that when Apple gets successful (capitalised same as Dell now)  
the proverbial chestnut comes out, "Microsoft own most / a lot /10%  
of Apple anyway".


Is this true, or is it a geek urban myth? I know they once bought in  
but heard they got rid of it.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now a subsidiary of Microsoft"

Mac migration yields funny email results in Mail.app

[Brett Carboni]

Hi all,

I've upgraded my mom from an indigo iMac to my old 17" Powerbook  
using migration assistant with iMac on 10.3 and 17" on 10.4.


In Mail.app on the 17" most of her email reads in the body text  (for  
example)


"The message from Fred Smith "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" has not been  
downloaded from the server. You need to take this account on-line in  
order to download it".


We are on-line no problems.

Also any message filtered into it's own mailbox, e.g. "Brett" retains  
the message and even attachments.


New emails come through fine. She is using one of my email accounts  
with Optusnet, but, hey, all of the emails are fine on the iMac still  
sitting next to the 17".


Any ideas anyone? (Why do these things have to happen when you do  
your Mom's Mac? ;-)


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Your sushi has not been downloaded from the server
but all your base are belong to us"

Re: Griffin RoadTrip for sale

[Brett Carboni]

DLO Transpod works for me. It has a normal adaptor and an extra long  
adaptor which works well.


Scored very high in all the comparos that I looked at, although must  
admit quality seemed to drop after use, but that's been the case with  
all such units that I've bought. (Wonder why?)


Daniel sells them.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Wireless sushi broadcast daily"

On 19/01/2007, at 8:35 PM, Lloyd White wrote:

December 2005 I bought a Griffin RoadTrip for my iPod for use in my  
car.

About $130. Worked well. Fits any size iPod.

I recently bought a new car and it no longer fits into the  
cigarette lighter

due to the confined configuration even with the various adaptors.

I am now looking for a new but similar product.

Re: BitTorrent client

[Brett Carboni]

XTorrent for sure. Public Beta is free for now but still worth buying  
when beta finishes IMHO. If only buying stuff on the net was easier  
and I felt safer about it.


<http://www.xtorrentp2p.com/download.php>

Was using the original bitTorrent before but this is light year's  
ahead. Try it out.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Eat sushi frequently"


On 14/01/2007, at 1:20 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:


HI wamuggers, can someone tell me what BitTorrent client I need?
TIA
Mac
Malcolm McCallum
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: External hard drive Backup

[Brett Carboni]

Super Duper.

Running it now. Shareware version backs up everything and paid  
version does incremental 'new files' backup. It's good, easy/simple,  
doesn't crash (10.4 on 17" G4 and now MBP).


Couple of hours to initially back up my internal 200Gb drive, after  
that about 11 minutes per 2nd day to do incremental backups.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Iberian Incremental Sushi Initiated Internally"
<http://www.tsunamisushi.com.au";>

On 16/12/2006, at 12:18 PM, Steve Creek wrote:

Hi everyone, Would appreciate some advice re: external HD Backup.  
Have a 250Gb Portable External HD which i use monthly to backup on  
manually, could someone recommend some software which they use,  
that only updates new files etc since the last Backup easily, now  
use SilverKeeper but find this gets complex & can delete across  
Hard Drives, Thanks Steve Creek.  PowerMac G4  OSX 10.4.7

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Re: Daylight Saving OT

[Brett Carboni]

I'm telling my mate from Osaka to set his time to Osaka time. Even  
though I hate non daylight saving time (missed another Eastern States  
phone call today as I get up late in this game) I don't agree that  
they did what they did.


Democracy means people get to vote even if they're wrong (IMHO). What  
they did was wrong.


Anyone know if the new MacBook will drive a Dell 24"?

Brett
Tsunami

On 29/11/2006, at 8:27 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:


Hey, Roger, wait a minute.

We've voted twice by referendum. The vote was "No". Now our  
politicians take control and say our vote was unworthy. That is,  
they don't care about popular choice (Vox populii?).


They have negated popular consensus.


PS This discussion probably should go off-list as it has little to  
do with Macs, other than to set your Mac date and time Server to  
Osaka for the next few months. Hey, Osaka sushi is great Brett!

MacBook & Dell 24" Monitor

[Brett Carboni]

Helping out a friend who's sister is getting a system for  
photography. Someone suggested she get a MacBook for client  
presentations and iMac for the grunt work.


I'm suggesting a MacBook and Dell 24" with an external to eliminate  
the slow speed internal hard drive.


Anyone know if the Dell 24" will work? I know she needs an adaptor  
and the Intel internal video is slower but her budget's limited. (My  
old 17" Powerbook drives the Dell fine).


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami

Re: Daylight Saving OT

[Brett Carboni]

I'll be happy for an extra hour of darkness (I get to bed at 4am  
sometimes and it's getting light so harder to sleep).


BTW has anybody received their new 17" MBP yet?

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now with more time to eat your sushi"

On 28/11/2006, at 5:04 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote:


Bob, do you really think that the temperature of the day will change?
Surely not???



Best Regards
Hugh Griffiths
About this  .DAYLIGHT STEALING ..

Yeah !STEALING  my beautiful cool morning  they can keep
their hot afternoon's !

Seems to me there's one thing everyone has overlooked !

DOWNUNDER   in Sydney and Melbourne
they have been STEALING  the MORNINGS for a few years now 1

What do they do   ???

Bob


and just for the record my clock will be staying put !
They are not going to stuff up my day !

Re: New Macbook Pros :-)

[Brett Carboni]

On 24/10/2006, at 10:51 PM, Martin Hill wrote:



It's also a pity the 200GB disk is only 4200rpm.  Oh well, we're  
slowly

getting there.   :-)


Actually there's a good question here (as I'll be ordering tomorrow).

The question : Is the performance hit with the 4500rpm 200Gb drive  
worth bearing with as opposed to getting 160Gb at a faster rate?


I've got a 160Gb in my old 17" but half my ram died at the same time  
so I was unable to see how much faster it was. (And it was a  
motherboard problem so I just had to limp along with 512Mb ram). I'm  
tired of painfully slow performance in a laptop (unless you're doing  
video work with an external hard drive using FW800).


Of course the 160Gb is almost full :-)

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Dual sushi chefs - sushi service up to 39% faster"

Book keeper wanted - Mac MYOB

[Brett Carboni]

Not sure if it's exactly on topic but ...

We want a book keeper to do the books once a fortnight at Tsunami  
using MYOB. Mac skills ESSENTIAL.


If anyone knows a (reasonably priced) person who does this please let  
me know or forward this email onto them.


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami

Powerbook 17" 1.33GHz running 10.4.7 refuses to wake

[Brett Carboni]

Hi all,

when I arrive at Tsunami often my Powerbook just shows a black screen  
and won't wake up or do anything.


Eventually I have to do a hard reset (control-option-on button) to  
restart it.


This can't be good for it. Any suggestions?

Yes, Matt, I should have let you look at it when you were in and I  
told you about it, but people come to us hopefully to escape work :-)  
Of course I usually can'r stop talking about Macs but it could be  
worse (you could be a Windows person berating a Mac).


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Come to escape work"

bigpond cable wireless

[Brett Carboni]

Still having problems with home setup using Bigpond Cable and LinkSys  
G wireless broadband router. It's currently not working.


Am using ethernet cable plugging into Mac (17" 1.33Mhz Powerbook) to  
connect. Getting complaints from my Mom as her iMac downstairs can't  
connect wirelessly any more :-( Funny thing is it used to work for  
years. Of course Bigpond is no help (we don't support that  
configuration ... etc). Would change suppliers but may not be here  
much longer.


Anyone have any ideas? Pls drop me a quick email if you have this  
system working.


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Swift Sushi Support"

iPod dock

[Brett Carboni]

These iPods docks are so cool that I'd like to sell them at Tsunami.

<http://www.brand-incubator.com/>

If my iPod wasn't broken (*again*, 5th time now, hard disk problem as  
usual), I would buy one, just for looks.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now with new nigiri sushi iPod docking station"

Re: Farwell John Currie

[Brett Carboni]

So sad to hear that. We at Tsunami loved to have him in. He did a bit  
of work for us.


I have known him from the days of "Computer Choice" in Nedlands  
(where the Bicycle Entrepreneur now is) where he worked where I  
bought my first Mac, a 512k Fat Mac.


John was always so affable, polite and yet real world. And he really  
loved that Panorama :-)


He will be missed.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"No tag line today in honour of John Currie"

On 30/07/2006, at 1:35 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I thought those in the  
WAMUG world
and surrounds may want to know that John Currie unfortunately  
passed away on

Saturday.

John was a lifetime member of WAMUG and a wonderful person.
I am sure most of WAMUG will remember him and he will be missed.

newsgroups. macs & outlook express

[Brett Carboni]

1) Is anyone able to use Bigpond's newsgroups, preferably using MT  
Newswatcher or similar? I am unable to.


Bigpond support unable to help since I don't use Outlook Express :-)  
and they don't support any other programs. Actually it's funny  
because the first guy I spoke to didn't know what a newsgroup was. He  
had to ask his supervisor. Guess they're not in demand much but alt- 
food-sushi is a great source of ideas.


2) Is there any other place in the Mac system where you enter  
newsgroup details apart from the Newsgroup reader preferences?


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"All the news fit to eat and read for sushi"

Re: Old Drivers for New Printers / ramifications of bootcamp

[Brett Carboni]

I'm afraid the writing has been well and truly on the wall  
regarding Classic apps for several years, and this current trend  
with Canon to drop their Mac OS 9 drivers is just another sign that  
the time to move on is becoming pressing.


As an example, an Australian software company, Jamsoft, have just  
binned two years' worth of Mac OS X code for their medical billing  
software, and now recommend that to get the beat out of their  
latest versions you should use an Intel Mac running Bootcamp or  
Parallels Desktop witn Windows XP, or to wait until they finish  
their Java version, which will run under Mac OS X natively, of  
course. While they still do provide a Mac OS 9 version, it is  
becoming a shadow of the Windows version in terms of features.


Is this a good or a bad thing? I think it's a bit of both, but I do  
think it's a strategy that a lot of smaller companies will adopt in  
future.


I would venture that not only will Classic disappear but 'marginal'  
Mac apps like MYOB etc will probably only come out in Windows  
versions with the Vendors saying "Just run it with boot camp". Where  
it will stop, I don't know.


I'm thinking that way myself because I've struggled for years with my  
part-time 'Mrs Doubtfire' book-keeper saying 'it doesn't work like  
that in Windows' and asking me to do most rudimentary Finder  
operations. It would be easy to swap to MYOB Windows and leave her a  
Windows booted machine for when she comes in.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"No Known taglines today"

Re: Mail rejecting password

[Brett Carboni]

Thanks for all the replies.

Mail has just decided t work again this instant. Unfortunately I  
don't know why. No idea. Just started again with same password etc. I  
can only think it may have been a problem with Bigpond rejecting the  
password.


I have had this problem at Tsunami on minor accounts for some time  
but never that serious.


I think in future I may go back to Entourage as I never had  
(comparatively) as many problems and I believe now Spotlight will  
index their emails. I hope it's true for older versions as well.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami

On 12/07/2006, at 9:00 AM, Vladimir James wrote:


Brett,

This has happened to me on several occasions when I clicked on the  
'Get Mail' icon. I then cancelled the dialog box and instead went  
to the menubar (Mailbox) clicking on 'Get New Mail' and selecting  
the appropriate account. I was able to get my mail this way. Seemed  
to be a workaround for an irregular anomaly in Mail.



Using Mail I have suddenly been presented with a dialog box asking me
to re enter my password for the account "Brett's email". It states
"The POP server "mail.bigpond.com" rejected the password for user
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" .

Trouble is I'm using the right password.

Mail rejecting password

[Brett Carboni]

Hi All,

Using Mail I have suddenly been presented with a dialog box asking me  
to re enter my password for the account "Brett's email". It states  
"The POP server "mail.bigpond.com" rejected the password for user  
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" .


Trouble is I'm using the right password.

Been through Bigpond Tech support (the Mac guy who I had to wait for  
30 minutes but was quite polite but couldn't help apart from backing  
up my email and creating a new account and putting it into the new  
one - oy vey!) and checked the preferences that everything was filled  
in correctly. Even double checked that the password is the right one  
but to no avail. And don't remember anything on Wamug about this.


Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing or any advice?

Thanks in advance.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Best sushi provided - no password required"

Re: G4 + Apple 17 + Dell 24 TFT ?

[Brett Carboni]

Gary go for the Dell 24" IMHO.

I have a 17" Powerbook 1.33MHz  hooked up the Dell 24". I works for  
me like a charm.


When I go home I hook up the monitor and put the Powerbook to the  
side (you could use it as a second screen but I don't) and I use that  
with Apple's bluetooth keyboard in front of it. The mouse comes in  
from the side being connected to the PB.


When you close the lid of the Powerbook the screen goes off. When you  
remove the Powerbook you have to turn the screen off.


Setting it up was a breeze. I'll probably get the Dell 30" when the  
price comes down a bit. Wanna buy a secondhand 24"? :-)


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Dual screen single taste sushi"

On 20/06/2006, at 5:49 PM, gary dorn wrote:


Howdy,

My 1.25 Ghz G4  currently has a Apple 17"  LCD  (1280 x 1024)  and  
a 15" VGA CRT  ( 800 x 600) displays connected for an extended desktop

video card is a ATI Radeon 9000 pro  64MB AGP

I've been thinking of upgrading the VGA to a bigger display.

evidently the Apple and Dell displays are reasonably similar,

Dell currently have their 24" wide screen model  ( 1920 x 1200 @  
60Hz) on offer at $1450 ( til June 22nd)

 analogue, S-video, composite,  DVI-D
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/ 
2407wfp_au?c=au&l=en&s=dhs


Apples 23" is $2100
DVI

My 1.25 Ghz G4  currently has a Apple 17"  LCD and a 15" VGA CRT  
displays connected for extended desktop

video card is a ATI Radeon 9000 pro  64MB AGP

Can I connected either of the new screens to my G4 for a really  
expanded desktop, or do I need a different or additional graphics  
card.


and when I upgrade to either G5 or Intel dual core next year will  
any of these still be able to be connected.


(I am unsure what all this DVI, ADC, all means)

any advice is appreciated
chow

--
gary dorn
north perth

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Re: GIGs on HDD

[Brett Carboni]

If they get any bigger they'll be empty when you put them in
(says he who just received his 160Gb internal hard drive for 17"  
Powerbook half an hour ago and is not looking forward to getting  
'about this Mac' info regarding the real hard disk space).


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Have a gigabyte of our sushi"

On 08/05/2006, at 6:10 PM, thefrogs wrote:


Could someone please explain to me, again, the mathematics of bites.
I have an 80 gig HDD that falls to 74.53 on my G5 -in Drive A a  
loss of 5.5 ^ gig
I have a 120 gig HDD that falls to 111.79 on my G5 -in Drive B a  
loss of 8.1 gig

In times gone by I remember a gig was a gig

Re: DVD-ROM: PC Version to Mac Version

[Brett Carboni]

On 4 May 2006, at 2:17 PM, Paul Chong wrote:


Hi Bob,
I am what you'll call a "computer illiterate". I hope this is the  
picture you require.

Thanks
Paul



YES !  That is perfect .
It confirms that your device is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-104

Meaning that it should definitely read a DVD
( Stranger things have happened , like trying to read a DVD on a CD  
drive )


I gather other DVD's do mount .

Conclusion :  Your DVD reader does not like the DVD disk .

I am out of suggestions at the moment , although if you had Roxio  
Toast ,
it's possible it  might see & open the DVD disc so you could get at  
the information.


Bob

The DVD-ROM with the specifications mentioned here below in my  
previous
email just won't open in my iMac (Mac OS X Version 10.3.9  
Processor 800 MHz Power PC G4  Memory 256 MB SDRAM).


So let's just know what does happen :

Does the DVD mount on the Desktop ?


   No.





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Re: DVD-ROM: PC Version to Mac Version

[Brett Carboni]

Re: VoIP for Mac

[Brett Carboni]

Highway1 is good as well and has VOIP. Am thinking of getting it  
myself. Can't ever remember it going down.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"SOIP sushi served swiftly"

On 29/04/2006, at 10:45 AM, Colin Gordon wrote:


Does anyone know of a VoIP service provider that caters to Mac?
Any help appreciated

Colin Gordon


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Re: WMV File

[Brett Carboni]

After you've installed Flip4Mac you may have to launch Quicktime  
player and then open the file you want to see from within Quicktime  
Player.


Don't know why, but it works. (You can't drag the file onto QTPlayer  
in the dock either).


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Opening new doors to sushi from within the Tsunami App"

On 18/04/2006, at 8:38 AM, Rod wrote:


Claire Forsdyke wrote:

Hi Paul

You can use Microsofts Windows Media Player. That is the native  
application for .wmv files.
My preference is the WMV Player plug-in for Quicktime. You can  
find it at www.Flip4Mac.com


hth
Daniel F.


On 18/04/2006, at 06:08, Paul Chong wrote:

Can anyone please help why my computer just won't recognize any  
wmv format?
I'm using an iMac - Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 Processor 800 MHz  
Power PC G4  Memory 256 MB SDRAM


Thanks
Paul

Re: Using SuperDuper to Backup to Firewire Drive

[Brett Carboni]

I use Super Duper with an external FW drive.

I have bought FW800/400 combo drives but I don't think the speed  
difference is worth it unless you are working with video in which  
case there are better options nowadays.


I bought Super Duper (well worth the price) and it enables me to use  
smart backup which only changes the changed files and lets me backup  
an 80Gb external via FW400 in about 12-19 minutes. In that way it's  
easy to do daily backups. Buy a 250Gb drive and partition it into an  
80Gb backup partition and use the rest to store stuff.


The drives can fail (don't buy 'hard box') but you'd have to be very  
unlucky to have both h/disks fail from normal means at the same time.  
That said, I have 4 externals. For the extra price for a FW800/400  
combo drive put it towards getting an extra cheaper drive. 7200rpm is  
good.


Brett carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi backed up daily to tummy drive"

On 06/04/2006, at 3:07 PM, Dudley Gager wrote:


G'day listers

Am I still in the dark ages backing  up to CD?

I have just found SuperDuper and it seems to me that using it with  
a firewire drive would be a lot easier (read I would backup more  
often) + I like the idea of bootable backups.


SuperDuper recommend firewire drives from Other World Computing,  
WiebeTech, LaCie or Maxtor  OneTouch


I have about 40GB to back up from a 160GB internal drive.

I thought of 2 automated rotating backups - weekly and monthly - so  
I would need 80GB minimum.


Do I go for Firewire 800 (my present Mac says it only does 400) and  
do I go for 7200 drive speed and any recommendations as to brand.

Re: Apple supports booting XP

[Brett Carboni]

On 05/04/2006, at 10:32 PM, Rod wrote:


Christian Kotz wrote:

I just can't wait to see Apple's next switch ads:

" I use to use Windows then I found Mac OS X... Now I find myself  
back in Windows... but with a prettier case"


Is it considered backsliding??


I think it is half way towards Steve's end-game. Running the OSX on  
any PC. A true competitor to Windows.


Bill Gates must be worried.

My 5¢ worth :-)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Today Mosman Park, tomorrow the world. Bwhahaha!"

web animations, die die die

[Brett Carboni]

Is there any hack/program/incantation that will stop those ultra  
annoying web page animations, similar to something that kills popups?


I'm a supporter of the web advertising sponsor driven model, but the  
dancing man in a kilt animation on bigpond has driven me over the  
edge. And it's something that I've recently seen more and more, even  
on good sites like NYT, to the point where it's hard to read what's  
there. Even a floating window that I could drag over it, or better  
still something that kills flash.


<http://www.bigpondmovies.com/user/movieList.php?display=recent>

(View at your own risk/annoyance).

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Our sushi is always sitting still"

Microsoft Newton (slightly O/T)

[Brett Carboni]

<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/umpc/default.mspx>

Looks like everything the MP2100 Newton could/would have been in  
2006. I'll likely buy one if it fits in my mini bag that I carry  
around everywhere with me.


It's been hard living without my Newton :-( What do you think the  
odds are of getting this puppy to sync with addressbook when it comes  
out?


Re this product, what say all of you?

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Alas poor Newton I knew thee well"

Re: Apple plans a special event to introduce new products on Tuesday,February 28

[Brett Carboni]

Apple branded 'boom box' to output sound from iPod.

On my wish list would be a touch screen iPod with handwriting  
recognition so I can replace my Newton (&P910) but I think the  
chances of that are pretty slim. One can always hope :-)


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"I hope you get your sushi here"

On 28/02/2006, at 2:45 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

Apple plans a special invitation-only event to introduce new  
products next
week. The event happens on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 10:00 AM  
Pacific

Time.

The invitation gives away precious little about what Apple has up  
its sleeve

for the event.


<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/02/21/event/index.php/? 
lsrc=mwweek-0227>


So, what do we think might be coming?

Re: iPod car transmitter

[Brett Carboni]

Regarding all these iPod car products — where can you buy them in  
Perth, apart from the Apple stores? I'd like to try a DLO which got  
the top rating from C/Net but need to be able to take back easily if  
it doesn't work (as some here have said). Buying on-line is too much  
trouble to return. Is there an audio store that does these items?


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Mobile auto station receiving sushi to go"

On 28/02/2006, at 8:06 AM, Brian Risbey wrote:


Hi

I tried itrip, too hard and certain songs make it change its  
transmitting  station - painful process to retune it.
I initially tried that cumbersome transpod thing too - not good  
returned it next day.
I am using xtreme airplay off from the online apple shop -  small  
blue display and retune with its two small buttons on the actual  
unit - too easy

Re: telstra bigpond cable

[Brett Carboni]

They *do* have good download speeds & reasonable prices but last time  
I heard their Mac support was not good. (I used to be with them for  
years and I found it was not the best, but then, who's is? Methinks  
we are oft considered pariahs in the PC world, "Oh - you have an  
*Apple*" :-)


Nice people though (when they come into the restaurant).

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Have your end of VOIP project here"

On 22/02/2006, at 7:23 AM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Iiinet also has a good reputation. Everything has worked seamlessly  
for me. Their download speeds are the fastest available as far as I  
know. Prices comparable or better.

On 22/02/2006, at 1:41 AM, Brett Carboni wrote:


On 21/02/2006, at 10:39 PM, Greg Sharp wrote:


On 21/2/06 8:06 PM, "Hugh Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

1/. How hard is it to "self install" bigpond cable wireless  
modems? (

the website says that self install is not supported for macs?)

Re: telstra bigpond cable

[Brett Carboni]

On 21/02/2006, at 10:39 PM, Greg Sharp wrote:


On 21/2/06 8:06 PM, "Hugh Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


1/. How hard is it to "self install" bigpond cable wireless modems? (
the website says that self install is not supported for macs?)


Telstra Wireless is a pain in the butt. Nobody I've heard of with a  
Mac has
had any success getting it set up. If you must use Telstra Cable  
just get

the standard Cable Modem Telstra supplies. They sent me a new Motorola
SB5101l-AU Surfboard Cable Modem a few weeks ago in preparation for  
their
speed boosts as of March to 17MB/sec down 256K/sec up speeds. Use a  
3rd
party Wireless/Router such as a Netgear WG614 or similar that can  
handle
wired or wireless clients. It will work out cheaper and be far  
superior.


If you can get other options other than Telstra consider that also
especially if you can get ADSL2+. Telstra is extremely Mac  
unfriendly and

just about every ISP provides more value for your money.


I haven't had success with the self install yet. I got the SB5101l-AU  
Surfboard Cable Modem yesterday but it won't work with the Linksys  
Wireless G router that I was using before.


Re support, when I got through I was passed to someone who then  
passed me to someone who was a Mac 'specialist' but they won't help  
you if you have a '3rd party' wireless router.


So darned if you do and darned if you don't.

BTW, she *did* get me running after a while with a direct ethernet  
connection but, hey, everything was working fine until they sent me  
the new cable modem. And I'm kinda used to wireless now. And she was  
polite :-)


They're not cheap. For the same money ($60/mth) my restaurant manager  
is getting 12Mbit speeds and a 20Gb download limit (Telstra - 10Gb)  
with Amnet.


Looks like it could be time to switch, although maybe my wireless  
router needs to be magically reconfigured to talk to this new modem.  
Who knows? I'm considering Highway1 and Westnet who have good  
reputations.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami Sushi Bar
"Sushi uploads thru mouth faster than downloads"
<http://www.tsunamisushi.com.au>

Re: bluetooth/ Sony Ericsson

[Brett Carboni]

Sometimes that happens with my SE P910, but if I send it again it  
will go through.


I don't know why, it just does.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Even monkeys fall from trees"

On 09/02/2006, at 8:21 AM, Renato Schibeci wrote:


Hi

When I try to transfer a text only file from my
Macintosh  PowerBook (OS 10.4) to my  Sony Ericsson T630 with
Bluetooth (latest version), I get the message:


the file transfer failed: internal error


Anyone know what the problem might be, or who might know? I
regularly synchronise my calendar with the phone, and have sent photos
from phone to PowerBook successfully.

Re: Dell 20" & 24" LCD Screens Going Cheap

[Brett Carboni]

On 19/12/2005, at 1:57 PM, Phillip McGree wrote:

Having read very positive reviews about Dell screens lately I  
figured I'd check their current pricing today.  One good review is  
at http://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html (written by a Mac guy,  
comparing it to the Apple 23").


Turns out that this week Dell are selling 20" LCDs for $899 and 24"  
LCDs for $1399 ("only" $700 cheaper than Apple's 23").


The web site is a bit misleading - under the 24" it says "from  
$899", but that actually applies to the 20".  The sales guy on the  
phone ended up giving me a price for a 24" of $1359.


The Dell screens also have a three year warranty (compared to  
Apple's one year).


Regards,
Phil
(probably about to raid his bank account)


I have one of the 24" ones and they are fantastic. I use it with my  
17" powerbook.


Very easy to set up. Just plug in and go. Had it for about 5 months &  
no problems. Paid ~ 1375. Can almost have 2 A4 pages side by side at  
100% in Quark.


Rumour has it they are bringing out a 30" next, probably with the  
same screen as the Apple (which is the case for the 24").


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"1760x920 sushi grains/inch resolution for improved taste"

Re: New EyeTV update that allows two windows to be open

[Brett Carboni]

Does anyone on the list have an EyeTV working with Cable/Satelite?  
The Foxtel product is good but doesn't let you archive easily.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Record your TV on your PVR & eat Sushi while you wait" (weak I know)

On 03/12/2005, at 10:00 AM, Rod wrote:



On 02/12/2005, at 9:01 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:


On 02/12/2005, at 2:20 PM, Martin Hill wrote:


From: Rod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The new update incorporates Video iPod exporting, plus the  
ability to
view and record 2 channels at the same time.  Which is just the  
thing

you need with the quality tv shows on this summer :-)




Umm... It's not the laws per se, it's how much content the  
stations can afford to provide on their frequencies. If they can  
barely fill one channel with re-runs they're not going to be able  
to fill 5.  You can't put all the TV stations into one frequency  
as then there wouldn't be enough bandwidth for all the interactive  
stuff (multiview etc.)


Have fun,
Shay
--
=== Shay  Telfer  





I thought it was the law, as Packer and Murdoch had a dummy spit  
with their interests in PayTV.  Otherwise you would think we would  
have special events shown on one channel (eg Rugby tests) while  
normal programming is on the other.  If this happened, I'm sure  
digital tv sales would take off.

\

Blog Page site for Macs

[Brett Carboni]

Tsunami's blog page isn't working for some reason (http:// 
tsunamisushi.blogspot.com/) so I'm looking to change to another  
service like Blogger.


Blogger never supported the Mac & Safari very well IMHO. Photos were  
hard to post (for the novice at least like to me) unless you were  
running IE on Windows.


Can anyone recommend a good service, preferably one that shows a code  
in a distorted picture like box that you have to type in so we won't  
get spammed.


Free is best but a limited charge service that lets you distribute  
podcasts would be cool as we are going to do a video podcast early  
next year.


T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Soon with video podcasts - we hope"

Re: Harvey Norman dummy spit about iPod stocks

[Brett Carboni]

I had a customer come in (for takeaway) and complain that the battery  
dies after a month or two and she took it back to Harvey Norman who  
wouldn't replace it because she didn't have her proof of purchase.


I told her to take it to an Apple Place and they would get it from  
the serial number. She's fine now.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi warranty forever - no proof of purchase needed"



On 21/11/2005, at 11:10 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

I had the same thing happen at Dick Smith in Fremantle. I went in  
to buy an iPod for a friend and the sales person tried to talk me  
out of it saying they were no good, the software was rubbish,  
Creative were far better. I left and got the iPod at Myer instead.

Re: DV camera

[Brett Carboni]

Make sure you don't get the JVC Everio(?) It's a nightmare to import  
anything into iMovie (it just doesn't). Also it doesn't have firewire  
(which would explain the import problem). Had to use some programme  
that sounded like FFDeMux to convert the files after we (very slowly)  
imported them in.


Even Pogue gave them a bad write up in the New York Times.

My Sony works fine. Firewire rocks.

Brett
Tsunami
"Can't think of a tag line today"

On 16/11/2005, at 1:50 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:


Hi,

I have a Panasonic 3ccd video  - clear video, not wide screen or HD.
2.3 mega pixal photo/stills only average quality.
Has dv out and usb out. unit works well.

the NEC hard drive model may be easier to import and there are NO  
tapes required - ever as the advert says.


I think there are some widescreen & HD videos out there.

Re: firewire hubs?

[Brett Carboni]

Is it as good as this one?

Does it come with FW800?

How much does it cost?

Can you get Gamera? (friend to all children)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"The monster hub of sushi in Perth"

On 02/11/2005, at 6:38 PM, Mark Secker wrote:



well Daniel e-mailed me back and said he has one (but the more  
conservative Belkin model ) - I'll be picking it up in a few minutes.



Hi Mark, ronni et al

Did you mean something like this Godzilla Hub?
http://www.charismac.com/Products/firedino/
Daniel should be able to source one for you. It's a ripper!

Re: The Newton reborn?

[Brett Carboni]

If only!

We need some way to input characters. Ever tried to search for one  
song when you have 12,000 on an iPod? Even a phone keypad would be  
better. One advantage with some Phone MP3 players is the search  
function for songs.


Also the screen is way too small, even the latest. But the MP2000  
screen would have been perfect.


Anyway I doubt if the Newton in any form will come back although I  
would buy one in an instant.


The beauty of the iPod is to do a few things very well and you can't  
argue with that.


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Bring back the Newton"

On 13/10/2005, at 8:36 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote:



Dear Wamug'ers,

Am I dreaming or is the Newton being reincarnated as the new iPod?

If Apple continues with its iPod development, it will end up by  
reinventing

the Newton ... Methink!

Re: default pdf opening

[Brett Carboni]

Whilst we're on the subject, does anyone know how to get Safari to  
*not* open pdf's within the browser.


I have followed the instructions in Safari help which says to go to  
system preferences and from view menu choose quicktime and alter the  
mime settings and deselect pdf from the file types, but Safari still  
wants to open those pdf's (which is a royal pain).


Any ideas?

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"There ought to be a law against tag lines"

On 30/09/2005, at 7:23 AM, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi Muggers

I have updated to 10.4.2 successfully. I have had a few odd things  
happen and Im not sure how to rectify these. Occassionally mail  
will just quit. It has never done this before while I have been  
using 10.3.8


Also any pdfs that I download automatically are opened in Preview.  
I dont know how to change the default opening to Acrobat. Can  
someone please advise on this?

Laser Printer wireless recommendation

[Brett Carboni]

Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer that will connect to  
a wireless router (by ethernet cables) and print jobs sent to it from  
a Powerbook or iBook.


Must be able to do a job run of 100 and be reasonably priced.

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami

Re: Calculator app. v 3.1

[Brett Carboni]

On 25/08/2005, at 7:14 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 25/08/2005, at 12:40 AM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:



Thanks to both Jude the Obscure and Bob Howells.
Surely this list must be good enough to order pizza with ;-)

Nancy M



Definitely sushi the amount of time I spend on it :-)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now with on-line restaurant reservations through Wamug"
(note: above is only a spurious semi humourous tagline.
 Do not book online through Wamug please)

iCal snooze problems with Tiger

[Brett Carboni]

Anyone else having problems with iCal after Tiger upgrade,
specifically the 'snooze' button taking forever to work. Sometimes I  
have to leave it for 5 minutes and go back & try again. Tried  
deleting app & reinstalling.


Sometimes you have to click the close box to get it to go away (but  
you 'lose the snooze' :-)


17" Powerbook 1Gb Ram.

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Snoozeless Sushi Scintilates"

P910 1 Gb memory stick duo pro

[Brett Carboni]

I know it's a long shot but ...

Has anyone been able to get a USB card reader to read a 1Gb memory  
stick Pro Duo (using adaptor) on a Mac?


Mac is 17" Powerbook running Tiger latest system updated etc. Phone  
is SE P910.


I don't fancy bluetoothing 1 Gb of files one by one :-(

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Ask and we'll bluetooth you our takeout menu"

iCal flakey

[Brett Carboni]

Anyone else having trouble with iCal after going to Tiger?

I have to press down forever on the snooze button to get it to work  
and most of the time I have to leave it for 5 minutes before  
attempting again (I'm a snoozaholic). Does it look like I have to  
reinstall?


Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Snooze-proof wasabi"

Re: More ppc-intel queries

[Brett Carboni]

 - It sounds like we're up for a(nother) software transition for
   sociological reasons:


I think it may be more like economic reasons.

Steve's vision for Apple in the future may be to be an opposition to  
WIndows.


That way his share of OS sales will go from 3% to perhaps 48%, a  
1600% increase. Imagine being on-line buying a Dell and clicking a  
Mac OSX Cheetah check box :-) It's logical to suppose that Windows  
does need an opposition.


I'm not au fait with Carbon, Blue/Red/Yellow box, Fat/Thin/On-a-diet  
binaries etc but I'm sure it eventually could be done. The only  
question I would have is "can it be pirated?" And I'm sure there  
would be other problems, but not insurmountable.


What is Microsoft's traditional revenues compared to Apple's? Maybe  
Apple doesn't need to make computers. Only iThings.


Of course I would always want to buy only a Mac but maybe I'm strange  
since I also wish they didn't stop making LaserWriters. At least they  
always worked.


Obviously everybody's thought of this, but what do you all think?

Brett
Tsunami
"Suppliers of restaurant only - no food production in house"

BTW it's good to see some healthy non-destructive debate on this group.

Re: What shall we make / Intel for Mac OSX

[Brett Carboni]

On 06/06/2005, at 10:10 PM, tom samson wrote:

I have it on good authority that Apple has secretly bought out  
Microsloth and is using Windows as a game engine. You navigate your  
way around and see if you can escape the Darkside.
On a serious side I remember reading that the Sony Playstation was  
to have something like a G5 quad chip Now that would be good in my  
G5 which ends up being a G20. It is not the speed of the chip but  
how it works - that has been our cry. Imagine a quad G5 2.5 with a  
front-side bus of 2.5ghz. and whatever happened to the caterpillar  
drives the size of a postage stamp?


Out of interest, will they make more new XBoxes than Macs? Also are  
they using the new PowerpC chips in cars etc? (I guess heat isn't as  
important in a gaming machine as a Powerbook). In other words what is  
the volume of Intel PC processors vs others combined?


Brett
Tsunami
"Home to the world championship X-Box tournament 2006"
"Yeah, right"

What shall we make / Intel for Mac OSX

[Brett Carboni]

>ComputerWorld says the new PentiumD chips are shipping with DRM  
(copy protection hardware) embedded

>http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=580672002

>is it true ... well maybe Apple have traveled that platform path in  
the lab to test it as feasible and the hardware savings and massive  
increase R&D would be >there though this would only, once again, lead  
to the speculation of Apple getting out of the desktop/laptop  
hardware market to concentrate on software and >media delivery.


Mac OSX running on Intel processors?

Bring it on I say. I think there is a greater chance this time of it  
happening.


We now have USB, standard hard drives, and can use standard monitors  
and printers. Why not a standard processor? The Intel processors  
always seem to be as fast (they have much more money to spend on R&D  
because of the volume they sell) and maybe we could get something  
fast in the next 17" Powerbook - they G5 looks like never making it.


It's all about the software & UI anyway and Apple could IMHO make  
more money just selling OS and App software like Microsoft does,  
although it would be a real trick to stop people pirating it and  
putting it on their Tang or Wang :-)


In essence, I like my make because of the way it works and looks on  
the screen - not because it looks cool on the desk (although it *is*  
nice, but I could drop the niceness - I didn't like paying $4500 for  
the powerbook).


Maybe I've simplified it a bit but it seems to make sense.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Risc free soo-shi"

(I was wondering when this thread would come up - let's not have any  
flames boys and girls)

Re: Australian Phonebook widget / resizing widgets

[Brett Carboni]

I have yet to see a Widget which allows resizing of its display by  
the user. In Stickies, when you enter enough data which would  
cause scrolling, the font size starts to shrink within the window.  
There is never any scrolling.


The Wikipaedia widget resizes. Latest version here,



It's a nice widget. I'm looking forward to the one that finds the  
lyrics to the song that's playing in iTunes.


Brett
Tsunami
"Sushi widgets for the discerning diner"

Re: Mobile phone for 10.4?

[Brett Carboni]

I'm having a good run with my SE P910. It's the second one I've had. The
first only lasted a day or two. Just wouldn't pair ­ a fault with the phone,
but I received a replacement quick smart.

I can say that it scores 3 out of 3 regarding your requirements. But it
fails most people's 4th, that being price. A bit too pricey (I managed to do
a special deal). Other than that, it's a great phone. The reception is way
better than the P800. Opens pdf's and spreadsheets quite well. The camera
is, well, OK. Good for taking rough pics of equipment at auctions to show
the chef before you start bidding on it the next day, or how the new
cheeseboard looks as a guide to staff, but not much good for anything else.

It doesn't look very cool unless you're the type that's impressed by the
sunglasses they sell in Memphis.

The flip down keyboard is a joke but the HW recognition is OK although not
as good as Newton ‹ nothing is yet (had to put that in :-).

But the main thing is that it works perfectly in 10.4 (downloads a little
program to the phone initially), and you'll be able to easily sync
Addressbook & iCal by bluetooth.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami

On 30/5/05 1:42 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Hi all I'm hunting for a new phone. Had a look at the Apple website,
> which gave me a list to look at, and a cool little table at the
> bottom which describes which brands offer the best compatibility -
> they are:
> 
> - Nokia '60' series
> - Panasonic '60' series
> - Sony Ericsson P800, P900 and P910 series phones
> 
> I've been using a Sony Ericsson T68i up until this point (interface
> bugs me sometimes) ... anyone have any recommendations and/or
> observations on the phones grouped above?
> 
> My criteria are that the phone be compatible with OS 10.4, not be too
> big, have a functional interface (both the operating system and
> physical form) e.g. buttons made for medium sized fingers, have
> bluetooth, and have a decent standby time.
> 
> Before you say anything Shay, I accept that I'll only get the
> proverbial 'two out of three' criteria met in a single product. :)

Re: Innocent abroad :-(

[Brett Carboni]

> There's a cafe called Tiamo just down the road (Hampden Rd, Nedlands,
> near UWA) with a similar set-up.

Not to mention Tsunami as well (but I did anyway).

We don't even charge for the use as long as you are dining with us of
course, and you don't have a Windows machine (we don't serve droids around
here :)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Now with Wifi (Mac only)"
"Sponsored by Highway1"

External Hard Disk Power supply / black box dongle

[Brett Carboni]

Somehow bent & broke the pins that plus into the black box that powers my
external 80Gb firewire drive. Anybody know if/where I can get another one?

Is this a thing that you get at a local electronics store? How many
different permutations of these black dongles can exist in the real
universe? Will Lucas make a TV series?

Specs
"Asian Power Devices Model DA-30C03-M5"
Input 100-240V 0.85A 50-60Hz
Output 5Vdc - 2.5A
 12Vdc - 1.5A

Thanks,

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Use the wasabi, Luke"

Re: owwww 20" Apple Cinema Display - desktop BLING BLING

[Brett Carboni]

On 16/5/05 8:19 PM, "Dark1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> I'm a little curious as to why people would buy an Apple LCD when
> other LCD screens seem cheaper.  I'm sure there'd be reasons and
> perhaps it may be helpful for other users to know them.

I'd like to know also, since I was told by a guy at James computer that the
latest 19" screen was now just $500 (Benq I think - anyway not a no-name
brand).

Of course the Apple 20" cinema is much nicer, and a bit bigger, but it's
1,249.00 which is more than double :-(

Anyone know how much the bigger non apple screens are?

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Use the wasabi Luke"

PS Anyone going to the Star Wars premiere on Thursday midnight at Innaloo?

Tiger on wimpy mac

[Brett Carboni]

What's the 'wimpiest' Mac that anyone has Tiger running on? (Out of
interest).

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"No wimpy sushi 'round here thanks"

Bluetooth Pairing / Sony Ericsson P910

[Brett Carboni]

Has anyone been able to pair and sync latest Sony Ericsson phone P910 with
Mac (running Tiger on 17" Powerbook with built in bluetooth)?

Tried 'set up Bluetooth device' - it 'sees it' but when I enter in the pass
key it always fails with message "pairing attempt unsuccessful. Make sure
you are entering proper pass key".

Is anyone using this and syncing with Tiger? My P800 works. Searched web but
couldn't find anything.

Sad thing was when I rang SE Tech support the immediate answer was "we don't
support Macs - you should ring Apple" - end of story.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"We'll bond with you better then Sony Ericsson"

Spotlight & Quark

[Brett Carboni]

Did a search on a word that I know is in a Quark doc using spotlight and it
didn't find anything.

Does anyone know if Spotlight works for Quark (specifically 6, but any would
do) docs, or do you have to get a plug-in for it (and any other specific
types of docs). I know it doesn't work for Entourage.

It does show up some words in the Quark user dictionary.

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Download the latest Spotlight plug-in for Sushi"

Re: Firewire 800 HDD

[Brett Carboni]

> FireWire seems to be going the way of the wonderful Newton. Wonder how those
> who bought these pricey, although brilliant, PDAs feel about the abondonment
> of this platform by Apple?

Pretty mad I can tell you :-) But that was Steve vs Skully politics. But I
still wish my 60Gb iPod had HW recognition or some type of keyboard because
it's too hard to find a particular song when there are 12,000 on it. Just
the first 3 letters would be a great help, like in iTunes. 

> I think that Apple should think more than twice before trumpeting some new
> technologies which they are not sure to back all the way. Boy, did they ever
> flaunt the superiority of Firewire! Maybe they are right, but commercially a
> real black hole
> 
> I guess that with the new iPods coming with only the USB cable, the writing
> was already on the walls for FW? Yes?
> 
> I'd feel sorry to see FW go though ..

I wouldn't worry about that. Firewire/ iLink will be here for another 4
years by which time your drive will be outdated. You *need* it for vidcams.
A friend bought the latest JVC tapeless vidcam (mini h/disk) which only has
USB2 and it's a royal pain to transfer footage to computer. Even then you
can't control it from video editing software (no FF or RW or play).

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Our sushi will never be obsolete (it will go off however)"

Re: Streaming Video recording of tonight's meeting

[Brett Carboni]

On 3/5/05 11:03 PM, "Martin Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> You'll find the streaming video recordings of part 1 of the WAMUG meeting
> tonight should appear here later this evening (Tuesday) once the Curtin
> iLectures system has finished processing it:

Well done everyone. I finally get to see what a Wamug meeting looks like.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Streaming video of sushi making coming soon"

Tiger - any essential apps broken?

[Brett Carboni]

Any major apps broken in Tiger?

Interested especially in ...

Microsoft Office (version 10)
Quark 5
Appleworks
Photoshop

It would be a help to know if these work before upgrading. Quark 5 was a bit
dicky with it's redraws post 10.2 releases.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi evolving with your taste upgrades"

Re: Something to note with Tiger

[Brett Carboni]

On 30/4/05 1:51 PM, "Daniel Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> For all those installing Tiger, one thing to note is that once you've
> installed it, and restarted it will start indexing for spotlight. This is
> done in the background and no real sign that it's actually doing it.
> 
> So don't be surprised if for a little while after the install the computer
> "doesn't seem to running as fast as it should". This could be the reason
> why. Once it's done that first major scan then it'll be good.
> The scan time is dependant on how many files you have,, and how big your
> hard drive is. So will vary. :o)
> This is because Spotlight has to build an index of everything on your
> computer!

Also worth noting is that at this time it would be good to choose your
'private' folder, ie a folder that you do *not* want indexed as it might be
hard to 'un-index' at a later date, ie personal details, diary etc.

(I don't have Tiger but I read it in the review)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"No Tiger sushi, but we do have tiger prawns"

Re: Tiger.

[Brett Carboni]

On 30/4/05 11:07 AM, "Malcolm J McCallum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
this:

> Hi all,
> I will not get 'Tiger' until I get home as I feel it would be silly to
> run the risk of something going wrong while I am 'on the road'. I would
> be grateful if someone could give their views on it on the list  to
> put me out of the agony of anticipation.  :-)
> Mac

There is a very detailed 'first look' account at

<http://www.macintouch.com/tigerreview/index.shtml>

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi & Mac Geeks at heart"
(who wishes he could have a Tiger/Whatever-neXt-Cat release party at Tsunami
next time but sadly realises it's not practical)

Re: Laptop bags

[Brett Carboni]

I'm a Samsonite fan.

If you have a 17" p/book it fits *perfectly* in the document holder tray in
a normal black Samsonite briefcase, like it was made for it.

It's more protected and depending on your client may be more 'appropriate'.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"25% discount for people with a Samsonite briefcase
 with 17" Powerbook this Thursday"

On 5/4/05 2:20 PM, "Michael Kane Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> I too am a Crumpler fan. I have two superb camera bags and a
> messenger bag. They are tough and extremely well made.
> 
> There is however the real risk that some person of discernment may
> steal the laptop for the bag.
> Michael

Re: Turntable vinyl to CD

[Brett Carboni]

BTW, will this work for Sony Minidisk players as well?

I have a friend who needs to convert his collection to run on his soon to be
purchased iPod Micro random wrigleys chewing-gum thingo.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"There is no spoon (for miso soup)"

On 4/4/05 11:01 PM, "Paul Kitchener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> David Noel wrote:
> 
>> -- I'm tempted to buy a turntable + preamp which Tandy's have at the moment
>> for just under $100. The notice on it says you can plug it into your PC with
>> a sound card (with a $6 adapter) and use it, with suitable software, to
>> convert your 33s or 45s to CDs.
>> 
>> -- I have a 450 MHz iMac (with UBS & firewire ports). Can anyone tell me what
>> I would need apart from the turntable to convert my old 33s to CDs? I'm
>> running 9.1.  TIA.
>> 
>> David Noel
>> 2005 Apr 4
>>  
>> 
> Hi David
> 
> If iTunes recognises your disk writer it can burn the CDs for you.
> If only iTunes had a record button too.
> 
> Otherwise, maybe Disc Burner can create an Audio CD from a recorded "aif".
> Toast certainly can.
> 
> Pro Tools Free will record it fairly easily, it might seem a complicated
> application but you only want to record, so if you pretty much ignore
> the rest it shouldn't be too hard.
> 
> I've never tried the help myself but I'm sure it'll have some recording
> instructions.
> Pro Tools is mainly for recording anyway, it has buttons similar to a
> tape deck including the record button.
> 
> You can try versiontracker.com or hitsquad.com for other freeware.
> 
> Good luck
> Paul
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Spam free free Email service/OT?

[Brett Carboni]

A while ago there was a discussion on free spam free email services, and
'MyRealbox.com' was mentioned (I think by Onno). It's a semi-testing site
run by Novell.

A few people would have liked to use it but it has been closed to new
members for some time (years?).

Just to let all know that it's open again. I've been using it for years.
It's handy, never let me down, and there's no spam.

(List's been quiet lately)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Spam-free soo-shee"

Re: Yet another iPod rip off

[Brett Carboni]

On 18/3/05 9:24 AM, "Warren Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> Close on the heals of the "Super Shuffle"
>  is the "IPOD Mini" - no not the
> "iPod Mini"
> 
> http://www.ebigchina.com/ebcps/4/pd/1324336.html

It's a pity Apple's doesn't dp voice recording or radio like the ripoff.
That would be handy.

Brett
Tsunami

Re: iPod Super Shuffle

[Brett Carboni]

>> Apple - wake up your lawyers!
>> 
>> It didn¹t take long <http://www.luxpro-corp.com/e_575d.htm>

They're too busy suing rumour sites :-)

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi rumours specifically sued"

Specific Web Page inability to access

[Brett Carboni]

I've been trying to access a specific web page ( http://www.philbaker.net/ )
and everyone seems to be able to get it but me. Even contacted the webmaster
but am assured it is working.

Is this a conspiracy or is my Mac sick or both?

Using 17" Powerbook connected with Telstra Bigpond Cable running 10.3.8.

Tried Safari, Explorer and Firefox. I can get everything else, and my
friends can get this site ( i.e. you don't need to check it).

Also does anyone have a TiBook 15" 667MHz for sale. Condition not important
except the screen. (Broke a friends screen last night - arghhh - just moved
it one inch backwoods).

Regards,

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi On-line all the time"

Re: iPod battery life?

[Brett Carboni]

On 16/2/05 9:41 AM, "Mark Secker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

>>> I am wondering if my iPod will play for the whole of a flight to
>>> Europe. Model M9282H. Using earphones with low volume.
>>> 
>>> If not, any hints about extending the battery to the max on a plane?
>> uses 4 x AA  - using 2500A  rechargeable AA's I purchased for my
> digital camera I got 16 hours being Perth - Singapore - Tokyo there
> was still  more than half the charge left in the pack and hadn't even
> touched the iPod's internal battery so should be more than alright
> for Perth to Europe. (coming back I used normal el-cheapo disposable
> alkaline batteries it got about 14 hours before needing to run off
> the internal battery)

Don't they have things you can plug into on planes today?

Actually that's a good question. Is there an airline that lets you plug in
your laptop to some type of power outlet so you can keep working on a very
long flight? I heard a while ago that one airline did, but it may have been
business class.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Powerpoints provided for laptop recharging
 while you recharge on sushi"

Bungie Marahon

[Brett Carboni]

For those who remember Marathon, they have released all 3 as freeware.

You can get them here

<http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/>

Now we don't have to buy the action sacks Shay ;-)

Now if we can only get Bungie to release Halo 2 for Macs. Wish they weren't
owned by Microsoft.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Sushi as recommended by Durandel"

Re: apple gets on BBC news

[Brett Carboni]

On 13/1/05 11:12 AM, "Mark Secker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote this:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4170111.stm
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4168111.stm

More amazingly, on page 6 of today's West Australian!

All someone needs to do is get a battery pack that sits under the unit and,
with a slate-like LCD display, it will make a nice powerbook alternative.

Or at least handy to use the LCD screen as a 'sheet music' viewer on the
piano at Tsunami.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"All the music you can eat Fri & Sat nights"

Re: Various price drops on new Apple stuff

[Brett Carboni]

> 20" Cinema Display
> Was: $2299
> Now: $1599
> 
> 23" Cinema Display
> Was: $3499
> Now: $2899
> 
> iBook 12" Combo
> Was: $1695
> Now: $1599

I'm interested in buying a new monitor. How does the new monitor pricing
compare to street prices for equivalent sizes? Anyone?

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Back this Friday"

Re: 60GB iPod????????????????

[Brett Carboni]

> A few weeks ago I posted about a problem with the new iPod. I sent it
> back to Apple. Just over three weeks later, I've got a brand new one
> back - and it has the exact same problem.
> 
> This either means there's a uniform problem with 60GB iPods handling
> large amounts of songs, or there's a problem within my set-up in iTunes
> etc.

I have one and yes, there seems to be a problem with iPods handling 12,000+
songs. 

I initially synced it to 'mirror' all my songs but it choked on all that so
now I set up (a lot of) smart playlists and get it to sync with them. That's
the best fix at present. The iPod still may splutter a bit with a big
playlist.

Also making a smart playlist of all songs with a 4 or 5 star rating will
hopefully get the majority of your songs on.

A bit sad though because I wanted it to carry all my songs but I think it
can't handle it. Perhaps a future software update will fix it but I have a
bad feeling it's the internal processor of the iPod being overwhelmed. Hope
I'm wrong.

Also when you have 12,000+ songs it really really needs an input device like
a pen or keyboard to find them. Like a Newton . Even with the best MP3
player interface it is too hard to find songs with a big library.

But I can't ever see Apple doing that :-(

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Over 12,000 types of sushi but no way to handle them"

TV on laptops

[Brett Carboni]

<http://www.theage.com.au/news/Hardware/Getting-connected/2004/12/14/1102787
083568.html>

Of interest to notebook junkies.

Only, at that price, maybe a TV is good too. Or maybe El Gato's product.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Eat at Tsunami & let your Mac tape the TV show"

Addressbook sms send by bluetooth

[Brett Carboni]

Looking to get a bluetooth phone that will send sms's by typing on the Mac
and sending using the phone. LOTS of people want us to phone them back with
bookings confirmations and we end up playing phone tag or they just don't
turn up. Turning into a lot of work and being able to use templates of
messages would be handy.

Apple's compat list not much good. My P800 is on there but it can't do it.

Don't want to use I/net service because they charge and I have space on my
cap to use up.

Anyone use this feature?

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami