RE: 27IiMac - screen wake-up problem
Ok, thanks for that Neil. I am comforted by your comments in still proceeding. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2011 8:22 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: 27IiMac - screen wake-up problem Hi Peter, First up, I do love my 27 iMac - I really appreciate the extra screen real estate, it's lovely to look at and it is quiet. Regarding Applecare - it's like any other insurance/warranty extension: An expensive waste of money if you never use it. An absolute bargain if you end up needing it. You will have to make up your own mind on that... Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't depending on my mood at the time ;o) The wireless keyboard is beautiful neat (I actually got one with my iMac) - but I tend to use the numeric keypad a lot with Excel - so I actually use the wired keyboard from my previous iMac - it's also nice to be able to rule out a bluetooth problem with a wired keyboard. I am very happy with my Magic mouse (unlike the previous Mighty mouse with the ever problematic scroll ball!!) - I didn't find the battery life that bad but I've now got the Apple rechargeable batteries and charger so battery cost is no longer an issue. I think Apple's price for a smart charger and 6 good quality rechargeables is pretty good. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/1/11 11:25 AM, Crisp, Peter at pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: Hi Neil, that is a very clear articulation of a problem you're experiencing and sorry to hear it. I'm also sorry I don't have any wisdom on this, but am imminently going to get myself into a 27 iMac and wonder if this Sleep issue will pervade my new machine (to be). Also do you have any other comments or wisdom about ordering such a machine and any recommended upgrades (Applecare, wireless or Bluetooth devices). I still have my old Magic Mouse that I got for SWMBO's Macbook (not very magical actually) as constant Bluetooth dropouts and ravenous battery consumption (1-2 weeks between replacements) led me to get a Logitech Nano VX which is brilliant - and still on the original batteries from 9 months ago! But I believe the iMac 27 comes with the Magic Mouse 'thrown in' and presumably now non-problematic as I observed from 12 months ago as I see no chatter about it on this forum. Thanks for any feedback. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2011 11:01 AM To: WAMUG Subject: 27IiMac - screen wake-up problem Hi all, A strange problem this.. A few days ago, my iMac wouldn't wake from sleep properly - in actual fact, the screen didn't wake-up (though I didn't realise that at the time) - I could hear the disc going and, since I have the Mac set to require password on wake from either sleep or screen saver, I should get a login window - but the screen remained black, with no mouse cursor. I tried a few random key strokes (to try and wake it) and got the beep that tells you that is not appropriate (ie I needed to login first). At the time, I was worried my screen had died (and me just a month out of warranty!) and decided a forced shut-down and re-boot should be tried. However, as I was pressing the power button, the log-in window appeared (together with a message about incorrect password - obviously referring to my random keystrokes when the screen was black). I then logged in without problem and everything was OK - I have since surmised that when I went to force the shut-down I actually pressed the power button twice - which put the computer to sleep and then re-awakened it (together with the screen, this time). At the time, I just put it down to some random gremlin - was relieved my screen was not dead - and forgot about it! Until this morning... Go to wake up the computer, can hear activity but the screen stays blank - this time I try just blindly entering my password and hitting return - the login obviously works and I can hear entourage (left running when the mac goes to sleep) retrieving emails from various accounts - but the screen stays black. I fired up the laptop and the iMac can be seen on the network. I try Google (from the laptop) and find a 5 page MacRumours forum on 27iMac won't wake from sleep stretching from to November 2009 (the vintage of my iMac) through to December 2010 (ie, basically, now): http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=825871 This showed LOTS of people having sleep problems - though the problems and circumstances are far from identical - several of the posts seemed similar to my problem and the consensus seemed to be that the screen was not waking up and that perhaps the computer had failed to go
RE: 27IiMac - screen wake-up problem
Hi Neil, that is a very clear articulation of a problem you're experiencing and sorry to hear it. I'm also sorry I don't have any wisdom on this, but am imminently going to get myself into a 27 iMac and wonder if this Sleep issue will pervade my new machine (to be). Also do you have any other comments or wisdom about ordering such a machine and any recommended upgrades (Applecare, wireless or Bluetooth devices). I still have my old Magic Mouse that I got for SWMBO's Macbook (not very magical actually) as constant Bluetooth dropouts and ravenous battery consumption (1-2 weeks between replacements) led me to get a Logitech Nano VX which is brilliant - and still on the original batteries from 9 months ago! But I believe the iMac 27 comes with the Magic Mouse 'thrown in' and presumably now non-problematic as I observed from 12 months ago as I see no chatter about it on this forum. Thanks for any feedback. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2011 11:01 AM To: WAMUG Subject: 27IiMac - screen wake-up problem Hi all, A strange problem this.. A few days ago, my iMac wouldn't wake from sleep properly - in actual fact, the screen didn't wake-up (though I didn't realise that at the time) - I could hear the disc going and, since I have the Mac set to require password on wake from either sleep or screen saver, I should get a login window - but the screen remained black, with no mouse cursor. I tried a few random key strokes (to try and wake it) and got the beep that tells you that is not appropriate (ie I needed to login first). At the time, I was worried my screen had died (and me just a month out of warranty!) and decided a forced shut-down and re-boot should be tried. However, as I was pressing the power button, the log-in window appeared (together with a message about incorrect password - obviously referring to my random keystrokes when the screen was black). I then logged in without problem and everything was OK - I have since surmised that when I went to force the shut-down I actually pressed the power button twice - which put the computer to sleep and then re-awakened it (together with the screen, this time). At the time, I just put it down to some random gremlin - was relieved my screen was not dead - and forgot about it! Until this morning... Go to wake up the computer, can hear activity but the screen stays blank - this time I try just blindly entering my password and hitting return - the login obviously works and I can hear entourage (left running when the mac goes to sleep) retrieving emails from various accounts - but the screen stays black. I fired up the laptop and the iMac can be seen on the network. I try Google (from the laptop) and find a 5 page MacRumours forum on 27iMac won't wake from sleep stretching from to November 2009 (the vintage of my iMac) through to December 2010 (ie, basically, now): http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=825871 This showed LOTS of people having sleep problems - though the problems and circumstances are far from identical - several of the posts seemed similar to my problem and the consensus seemed to be that the screen was not waking up and that perhaps the computer had failed to go completely to sleep. This reminded my of my power button pressing previously - so (more observantly this time) I pressed the power button once and did, in fact, hear the computer go to sleep - I then pressed the button again and the computer awoke correctly and presented me with the login window. Unfortunately, though there are MANY theories on the forum - there appears to be no clear cause/solution: Some people have blamed USB hubs and wireless keyboards - not applicable in my case. Some people point to hardware and have had Apple replacing power supplies, logic boards (sometimes multiple replacements) and even new computers - this may fix it for some people - but others have the problem re-occur - even over new computers. Others point to this as indicating a software problem and advocate complete re-installations of the operating system - again this has worked for some (or appeared to work for a while) but not for others - and the problem seems to span several versions of Snow Leopard. For myself - I had the computer for over a year before the problem appeared - but it then re-appeared within days. I haven't recently changed any hardware ( don't have a usb hub connected). I haven't had any major software changes (haven't yet gone to 10.6.6) - though I may have installed a few small programs/utilities? I tend to feel that the problem MAY be down to the sleep process hanging (after the screen has been put to sleep but before the computer has been fully put to sleep) as one strange thing I have noticed is some entourage error messages reporting failure to connect to server - at times when the computer should have been asleep - but these
RE: Attachments/Displayed
Thanks for this Ronni. I understand the process if it is for one jpg but if it is for numerous jpg files when selecting randomly (using the Control button), to then go off to the finder and replicate the selections is very difficult without knowing the image numbers - maybe there is a thumbnail view in Finder which would emulate this process and allow a bulk zipping of numerous jpg files - but I am sat at my Windows machine right now and not sure till this evening to check fully. Windows for all it foibles, does this very elegantly and painlessly in Picasa (a freebie download) giving the option of compression amount (small/medium/large jpg) and attachment of the jpg (or numerous randomly selected jpg's) in a conventional way too (as opposed to embedded images). Not that this helps the Mac users at all. Regards Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 9:55 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Attachments/Displayed On 11/01/2011, at 8:13 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 10/01/2011, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: When sending emails with images as attachments from Mail to Windows users, there is a complaint that the images display but are not seen as saveable as attachments should be. There is no problem with Mail to Mail emails and I can see nothing relevant in Mail settings. Has anyone any words of wisdom on this, please. Severin Crisp One thing that seems to work is to make sure that, before you send the attachment, right click on it (if it displayed as an image in your composed message) and choose View as Icon from the popup menu, then make sure that you place the attachment at the very bottom of the message. I'm still not sure why this should make a difference, but it seems to. Hi Severin Peter, When you right-click on an image choose View as Icon from the contextual menu, this affects only your view, not the way it appears to the recipient. Even though a file appears as an icon on your screen, it may appear inline on the recipient's screen. To be certain that a graphic does not appear inline, you must compress the file before attaching it-Mail, sadly, lacks a built-in compression option. The easiest way to compress a file (in Windows-friendly Zip format) using Leopard or Snow Leopard is to select the file in the Finder and choose File Compress filename. In Tiger, select the file in the Finder and choose File Create Archive of filename. Always use Windows-friendly attachments: Sending attachments in Windows friendly format (omits resource forks, if they exist). To tell Mail to use Windows-friendly encoding for all new messages, choose Edit Attachments Send Windows-Friendly Attachments. Use rich text format for graphics: Although it's no guarantee of what will show up on the other end, you'll improve your odds of having graphics show up correctly if you use rich text rather than plain text. Always include file extensions: Extensions at the end of a file's name. Place Attachments at the bottom of an email (below your Signature) To force them to go to the bottom of the message: For a single message, with that message window open: choose Edit Attachments Insert Attachments at End of Message. For all messages, with no message window open: Choose Edit Attachments Always Insert Attachments at End of Message. This does not affect whether an attachment appears as an icon. I send a lot of images as attachments to Windows Users and have not had any of the recipients experiencing any problems. I always use the above recommendations which are found in Take Control Of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our
RE: iPhone battery
Hi Kev, its possible that the phone is busy doing some things polling to and from the network it's connected too which consumes energy even though you are in fact doing nothing with the phone. I have an HTC (shame on me!!!) and it is not without it's faults and foibles so it isn't too clear which the best compromise is with these units. I keep my HTC docked all weekdays so constantly being charged but over the weekends it will run down to around 50% with no specific activity on it. For a laugh, have a look at You Tube and search for iphone 4 vs HTC EVO. Its pretty funny and not for kiddies ears - the odd expletive. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Kevin Lock Sent: Monday, 20 December 2010 12:30 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: iPhone battery I have a feeling this has been discussed before but I cannot find it in the archives. My new 16Gb iPhone 4 loses almost all the battery charge over two days with no use. Is there some setting that I am unaware of? If not this is pretty poor compared to the cheapo mobile I have just dumped? BTW my new son-in-law of two days, went to Telstra to buy an iPhone and the sales people tried to talk him out of it telling of a number of faults. They suggested the HTC phone. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
prank calls
Just had one now and thanks to warnings from you guys, my wife was on alert and sussed him before the end of the first sentence. Anyway conversation went like this. Q Good evening, I believe you're having computer problems, what Windows operating system are you running? A Windows 3.11 He says just wait, let me check that one..ah that isn't a Windows operating system Ha ha, yes it is, from 1980, still works fine.. Q it must be Vista, XP, or Windows 7, there is no others on my list A Goodbye Thanks for the warning you guys. Regards Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: weatherzone widget disappeared
Hi all, in case anyone else was curious, I resolved my issue here from below. As expected a trivial fix. One of my kids I suspect had inadvertently dragged the widget to sit 'behind' the Dock so it was hidden. It made a temporary appearance when Weatherzone had a gale wind warning which results in a pop up window sitting above the widget - this is what I saw to locate it. if I tried to drag it up, from behind the dock, I would end up launching the app is was sitting behind. The solution, shift the dock to the left side of screen momentarily, drag the widget back up on screen, reposition the dock back to the bottom position. Problem solvered. Thanks for everyones suggestions. Regards Peter... From: Crisp, Peter Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 9:27 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: weatherzone widget disappeared Hi again, my issue is specifically about how to get the widget back to the desktop after whizzing it away with the 4 finger swipe on the mouse pad. The widget is visible in compressed imagery when swiped away, but I can't retrieve it to the desktop in its fullness of yore. The loss of it I don't believe is associated with the OS upgrade. Perhaps I could uninstall and reinstall as a sledgehammer approach - but I don't know how to do that either - sorry. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Tony Cockbain Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 9:03 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: weatherzone widget disappeared The Weatherzone Weather tracker that sits on the desktop disappeared when I upgraded the OS. No sign of an upgrade yet! Tony On 14/12/2010, at 8:23 AM, Lloyd White wrote: I lost my Weather Vane (free) when the OS recently was upgraded. After a couple of days a new version became available. Now works well. Lloyd Hi folks, I installed the weatherzone widget 6 months ago (the Mac version) onto my macbook with SL and find it very useful. I have also recently learned the four finger swipe command on the mousepad to go to desktop. So now when I swipe down (towards oneself) I see the widget as one of the panels, and when I select it with the mouse, it darts off to the dock. I can't seem to get the widget back onto the main desktop. I've tried quitting Weatherzone Tracker, rebooting the Macbook all to no avail. I also bet there is a trivial fix for this too. Can anyone provide me a fix for this please? Thanks. Peter.. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Tony Sheila Cockbain 104 Hensman Street South Perth WA 6151 Tel 08 9367 7037 Mobile 0439 690 947 geoe...@arach.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
weatherzone widget disappeared
Hi folks, I installed the weatherzone widget 6 months ago (the Mac version) onto my macbook with SL and find it very useful. I have also recently learned the four finger swipe command on the mousepad to go to desktop. So now when I swipe down (towards oneself) I see the widget as one of the panels, and when I select it with the mouse, it darts off to the dock. I can't seem to get the widget back onto the main desktop. I've tried quitting Weatherzone Tracker, rebooting the Macbook all to no avail. I also bet there is a trivial fix for this too. Can anyone provide me a fix for this please? Thanks. Peter.. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: weatherzone widget disappeared
Hi again, my issue is specifically about how to get the widget back to the desktop after whizzing it away with the 4 finger swipe on the mouse pad. The widget is visible in compressed imagery when swiped away, but I can't retrieve it to the desktop in its fullness of yore. The loss of it I don't believe is associated with the OS upgrade. Perhaps I could uninstall and reinstall as a sledgehammer approach - but I don't know how to do that either - sorry. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Tony Cockbain Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 9:03 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: weatherzone widget disappeared The Weatherzone Weather tracker that sits on the desktop disappeared when I upgraded the OS. No sign of an upgrade yet! Tony On 14/12/2010, at 8:23 AM, Lloyd White wrote: I lost my Weather Vane (free) when the OS recently was upgraded. After a couple of days a new version became available. Now works well. Lloyd Hi folks, I installed the weatherzone widget 6 months ago (the Mac version) onto my macbook with SL and find it very useful. I have also recently learned the four finger swipe command on the mousepad to go to desktop. So now when I swipe down (towards oneself) I see the widget as one of the panels, and when I select it with the mouse, it darts off to the dock. I can't seem to get the widget back onto the main desktop. I've tried quitting Weatherzone Tracker, rebooting the Macbook all to no avail. I also bet there is a trivial fix for this too. Can anyone provide me a fix for this please? Thanks. Peter.. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Tony Sheila Cockbain 104 Hensman Street South Perth WA 6151 Tel 08 9367 7037 Mobile 0439 690 947 geoe...@arach.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: weatherzone widget disappeared
Ok, thanks for that Carlo. I have been using the Weatherzone widget for around 6 months so no problems with it running on Snow Leopard, even with the recent upgrade too, it works fine. My problem is the 4 finger swipe caused disappearance of it. Yes, it is the expose style is the place I can see it in compressed view but clicking on it doesn't retrieve it where ti does for the other apps like Safari/Mail, etc. I will try the swipe left/right option tonight to see if that allows me to click and retrieve it. Thanks. Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 9:32 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: weatherzone widget disappeared Hi Peter, To try to reproduce the problem I downloaded Weatherzone and I had the same experience as Tony -- it does not appear to run on Snow Leopard. A minor point that may not be relevant, and that is that one uses a four finger swipe up (not down) to revel the desktop. A four finger swipe down shows all open windows in exposé style. For completeness a four finger swipe left or right shows all open application icons and allows one to select an icon to switch between running applications. Cheers, Carlo On 2010-12-14, at 09:02, Tony Cockbain wrote: The Weatherzone Weather tracker that sits on the desktop disappeared when I upgraded the OS. No sign of an upgrade yet! Tony On 14/12/2010, at 8:23 AM, Lloyd White wrote: I lost my Weather Vane (free) when the OS recently was upgraded. After a couple of days a new version became available. Now works well. Lloyd Hi folks, I installed the weatherzone widget 6 months ago (the Mac version) onto my macbook with SL and find it very useful. I have also recently learned the four finger swipe command on the mousepad to go to desktop. So now when I swipe down (towards oneself) I see the widget as one of the panels, and when I select it with the mouse, it darts off to the dock. I can't seem to get the widget back onto the main desktop. I've tried quitting Weatherzone Tracker, rebooting the Macbook all to no avail. I also bet there is a trivial fix for this too. Can anyone provide me a fix for this please? Thanks. Peter.. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: new scam - failed goods delivery - and Re: strange phone call
I believe the site here will allow you to get on the stop unsolicited phone calls register. https://www.donotcall.gov.au/ Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Kyle Kreusch Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2010 1:37 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: new scam - failed goods delivery - and Re: strange phone call Hi, Mark As your parents are getting hit by the same scam phone calls once or twice a week I recommend they contact the relevant department And they make a complaint Unfortunately I forget which is the relevant department here in WA. Does someone else on this list know the answer? -- Regards Kyle - Kyle Kreusch: - This E-Mail Was Dictated Using MacSpeech Dictate, [i] - Check Out My New Website For Articles And Other Great information. Website: http://kylekreusch.co.cc/ - * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Older gear
To add to that, I have one too I am trying to find the guts to dump it. Not that many years old but way old technology. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Kevin Lock Sent: Friday, 10 December 2010 9:23 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Older gear Before I dump it, does anyone want/need an external Zip100 drive with spare disks. It would be good for...a museum? regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: strange phone call
I've not heard this one, but I take great delight in winding these people up and then get the final satisfaction of hanging up on them! Thanks for the warning though Yvonne. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Hinchliffe Sent: Wednesday, 8 December 2010 8:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: strange phone call On 07/12/2010, at 6:14 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: hi guys i have just had a strange call with caller ID showing as Overseas. The woman asked for me by name and said she was from some company, I couldn't quite hear it all but it ended with PC. She stated that they have been getting error messages from my computer and wanted to know if they could check something, asking me if i was able to sit at my computer now. Impossible. For this to be happening you would have to have caught a virus. You're using a Mac, so you haven't. Goodbye. Hang up. I told her i didn't believe what she was saying her reply was to ask me why i did not believe her to which i asked her to describe the messages at which point she hung up on me. anyone know wnything about this or experienced the same? Yvonne Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Show Desktop
Does anyone know the shortcut to show Desktop? Its part of the standard Windows XP build but puzzled it's not so intuitive with Snow Leopard. I Googled it and saw the need to download various non-Apple add-ins but surely its' not this complicated. I will do that if that's what's needed but I think I am missing something simple here. I even checked http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html and couldn't see it. Regards Peter.. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Show Desktop
Brilliant!!! I love it - option 1 works for me nicely. Option 2 does as well too but requires two hands - so a bit labour intensive :-) Thanks Carlo and others. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 2010 6:41 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Show Desktop Hi Peter, In Snow Leopard, show desktop is a feature of Exposé. There are a number of ways to activate it that I know of, and other members may know of more. 1) My favourite, if you have a multitouch mouse pad as found on later MacBooks or a magic track pad, is a four-finger swipe upwards. To return all the windows one does a four-finger swipe down. 2) There is a function key in Exposé to trigger this feature. By default on my MBP it is F11. That means that to use it one presses Function-F11 so as not the get the volume setting. To return the windows press Function-F11 again. This is set to a different key on iMacs and is configurable in Exposé settings. 3) If you go to system preference and go to the Exposé settings, one can configure a hot corner of the screen to show the desktop. Returning the mouse to the same hot corner of the desktop replaces the window. There are likely other methods as well that I am not familiar with. Cheers, Carlo On 2010-11-30, at 18:17, Crisp, Peter wrote: Does anyone know the shortcut to show Desktop? Its part of the standard Windows XP build but puzzled it's not so intuitive with Snow Leopard. I Googled it and saw the need to download various non-Apple add-ins but surely its' not this complicated. I will do that if that's what's needed but I think I am missing something simple here. I even checked http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html and couldn't see it. Regards Peter.. N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues
Hi all, a colleague of mine had an iPad and he has just upgraded his iPad to the new OS4.2. He really likes the new folder function and multitasking feature! However he has noticed a couple of things: 1. His 3G signal strength indicator no longer displays as full strength it Won't show the last bar. This is strange as he still uses the iPad in the exact same position prior the upgrade and always had full strength! 2. The other thing he has noticed is the power consumption seems to deplete more rapidly as before the upgrade. Not too sure if this is linked to the multitasking aspect, he has tried looking at which apps are open and ensuring that they are closed down just in case that maybe the issue. Anyone with any similar experiences or explanations since upgrading their iPad OS? Regards Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues
Thanks for the detailed responses Ronni, as usual very comprehensive. Kind Regards Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 26 November 2010 2:10 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues Hi Peter, I haven't experienced or noticed any difference since I upgraded my iPad to iOS 4.2.1 On 26/11/2010, at 1:16 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi all, a colleague of mine had an iPad and he has just upgraded his iPad to the new OS4.2. He really likes the new folder function and multitasking feature! However he has noticed a couple of things: 1. His 3G signal strength indicator no longer displays as full strength it Won't show the last bar. This is strange as he still uses the iPad in the exact same position prior the upgrade and always had full strength! 1. You could suggest he try this: Bring up the Settings app Set Airplane Mode on for a short period, then turn it back off. Under General, choose Reset then select Reset Network Confirm that you want to reset all network settings Power the iPad completely off then turn it back on 2. The other thing he has noticed is the power consumption seems to deplete more rapidly as before the upgrade. Not too sure if this is linked to the multitasking aspect, he has tried looking at which apps are open and ensuring that they are closed down just in case that maybe the issue. 2. To see what is running in the background, press the home key twice. You will see up to four background apps in the bottom of the display, scroll right to see what else is running. He could be surprised, I know I was when I checked ;-) Having multiple applications running at the same time will obviously drain the battery to a greater extent when the device is in use, but when the device is in sleep mode, the applications should be suspended; however, people have found that quitting them all before putting the device to sleep seems to solve the low-battery-life problem. It is possible that even though the applications are suspended, their being active when the device is put to sleep may prevent some hardware components such as the Wi-Fi adapter from being put to sleep at the same time. This may result in items like the Wi-Fi adapter staying active during sleep, and may also be a reason why when people specifically turn off Wi-Fi before sleep, that the battery level no longer drains rapidly. Most people run applications and then press the home button to quit them and run alternative applications, but this does not fully quit the application. Instead, if you want to fully quit an application, press and hold it until the icon jiggles, and then press the X and the full application process will shut down. Anyone with any similar experiences or explanations since upgrading their iPad OS? Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Capsule and BoB
Ok, thanks for that Ronni, I had reached that same conclusion myself though not with quite such technical understanding as your answer conveys. BoB is not for me. Thanks again. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 26 November 2010 2:46 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule and BoB Hi Peter, I was clearing our my Drafts Mailbox, and found I had started a reply to your query back in October :-( You have probably found all the answer by now, but I'll post what I was going to reply anyway. I don't think I would not recommend using BoB with a Time Capsule, I'll explain my reasons below. On 14/10/2010, at 9:28 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: My ISP has a promotion on for their thing called BoB. I'm not quite sure what it is (VOIP I think) but I wondered if I ever went to one of these BoB things (and hence no longer a land line), whether the Time Capsule I have will port into this and all Mac wireless access will still be in through the Time Capsule. I'll first answer your query What is BoB? BoB's an 802.11n router with an in-built ADSL2+ modem. To be specific, it's a Belkin modem/router, with shared branding between iiNet and Belkin. Wireless support is in the 2.4GHz range only, and it's a dual-radio router. Not a dual-band router. Instead of getting a 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio, you instead get two 2.4GHz radios, one of which is disabled by default. BoB's also VoIP capable with PSTN passthrough, and up to two accounts can be configured, although only via one provider. Not surprisingly, iiNet would prefer that you choose it as the provider. BoB is only a 10/100 (100Mbps) LAN Ethernet NOT 1Gbps that Time Capsule has. BoB only uses 2.4GHz NOT 5GHz 1TB Time Capsule has a One Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL or cable modem Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting computers or network devices USB port for connecting a USB printer or USB external hard drive 802.11n wireless Does anyone have this configuration and experiences please? I don't know of anyone using BoB with a Time Capsule. The only way I can see to get this working. Is to disable WiFi on BoB, and use the WiFi on the Time Capsule. Connect BoB to the Time Capsule's Ethernet WAN port (set the TC to Bridge Mode so as not to get double NAT). And Use the Time Capsule Dual Band for all your wireless needs (turn the BoB wireless off). VOIP will / should still work when BoB wifi is turned off, VOIP does not run over wifi per se. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues
Ok, understood thanks Ronni. I'll pass this on to Gerry. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 26 November 2010 2:52 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues Actually Peter, Don't suggest my No.2 ... well, not this anyway Most people run applications and then press the home button to quit them and run alternative applications, but this does not fully quit the application. Instead, if you want to fully quit an application, press and hold it until the icon jiggles, and then press the X and the full application process will shut down. I just checked this and with the iPad iOS4 if you press the X it will delete the app! Sorry... Ronni On 26/11/2010, at 2:34 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for the detailed responses Ronni, as usual very comprehensive. Kind Regards Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 26 November 2010 2:10 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iPad OS4.2 upgrade issues Hi Peter, I haven't experienced or noticed any difference since I upgraded my iPad to iOS 4.2.1 On 26/11/2010, at 1:16 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi all, a colleague of mine had an iPad and he has just upgraded his iPad to the new OS4.2. He really likes the new folder function and multitasking feature! However he has noticed a couple of things: 1. His 3G signal strength indicator no longer displays as full strength it Won't show the last bar. This is strange as he still uses the iPad in the exact same position prior the upgrade and always had full strength! 1. You could suggest he try this: Bring up the Settings app Set Airplane Mode on for a short period, then turn it back off. Under General, choose Reset then select Reset Network Confirm that you want to reset all network settings Power the iPad completely off then turn it back on 2. The other thing he has noticed is the power consumption seems to deplete more rapidly as before the upgrade. Not too sure if this is linked to the multitasking aspect, he has tried looking at which apps are open and ensuring that they are closed down just in case that maybe the issue. 2. To see what is running in the background, press the home key twice. You will see up to four background apps in the bottom of the display, scroll right to see what else is running. He could be surprised, I know I was when I checked ;-) Having multiple applications running at the same time will obviously drain the battery to a greater extent when the device is in use, but when the device is in sleep mode, the applications should be suspended; however, people have found that quitting them all before putting the device to sleep seems to solve the low-battery-life problem. It is possible that even though the applications are suspended, their being active when the device is put to sleep may prevent some hardware components such as the Wi-Fi adapter from being put to sleep at the same time. This may result in items like the Wi-Fi adapter staying active during sleep, and may also be a reason why when people specifically turn off Wi-Fi before sleep, that the battery level no longer drains rapidly. Most people run applications and then press the home button to quit them and run alternative applications, but this does not fully quit the application. Instead, if you want to fully quit an application, press and hold it until the icon jiggles, and then press the X and the full application process will shut down. Anyone with any similar experiences or explanations since upgrading their iPad OS? Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms
RE: remote location of iMovie folder
Thanks for this Ronni, I understand. I will do an experiment and test the stream rate capability of the USB before deciding to export. Regards. Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2010 5:14 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: remote location of iMovie folder Hi Peter, On 16/11/2010, at 3:46 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Wamuggers, I have a couple of questions regarding my 2009 Macbook (SL). I find that my iMovie library is used only VERY infrequently and so I felt that it would be better placed in an external Hard Disc and connect it in only when I wish to view it or edit or update, etc. The agenda behind this is to free up space on the Macbook, currently I only have 33GB of free space. It has the 250GB HD on board and it is made up of 135GB of iMovie library, 50GB of Photos and the rest is collection of smaller stuff and the system files of course. I'd like to move the iMovie off the HD and onto an externally mounted HD. Is this iMovie'09? Question 1: is a USB mounted external drive good enough for video playback or do I need Firewire - which the Macbook doesn't have. I would recommend using Firewire, but the MacBook unfortunately doesn't have firewire. A USB Drive might not be fast enough for video ?? Question 2: If the answer to question 1 is yes, then how do I do it and keep the mapping in iMovie to the external drive? iMovie ’09 stores your projects and events (which include the raw imported footage) on your Mac’s internal drive by default, but at some point you probably want to relocate old videos to a secondary hard drive. To make them available to iMovie later, however, you can’t just copy them in the Finder. Instead, do it all within iMovie. Here’s how: 1. In iMovie, make sure you can see volumes belonging to any attached hard drives. Choose View - Group Events by Disk, or click the hard disk icon at the top right of the Event Library to display the volumes. With the Group Events by Disk option enabled, you see your Mac’s Internal Drive and an External FireWire hard drive in both the Project Library and the Event Library. 2. Drag the project to the external volume. If you want to move a project and its associated media files, click the Copy Project button in the dialog that appears; in that case, only the small project file is moved, leaving the larger video files on the internal drive. Or, choose Copy project and events to transfer everything. Choose which files to move to the volume. Note that dragging a project in this manner copies the files, so you’ll end up with one version on the internal drive and a duplicate set on the external drive. If you'd rather move the files, which deletes the originals after copying, hold the Command key as you drag. The options in the dialog read Move instead of Copy. Also note that the entire event is copied or moved, even footage that doesn’t currently appear in the movie. You can also copy or move individual events without affecting the projects that use their footage by dragging the event to another volume in the Event Library. The projects don’t forget where the video files are located. However, if that volume goes offline, then you won’t be able to edit the footage. With the external drive disconnected, this project can’t be displayed and you can't edit the footage. - You can also have a read of the Apple Docs. instructions here (which does mention USB2 external drive): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/8.0/en/19548.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless
remote location of iMovie folder
Hi Wamuggers, I have a couple of questions regarding my 2009 Macbook (SL). I find that my iMovie library is used only VERY infrequently and so I felt that it would be better placed in an external Hard Disc and connect it in only when I wish to view it or edit or update, etc. The agenda behind this is to free up space on the Macbook, currently I only have 33GB of free space. It has the 250GB HD on board and it is made up of 135GB of iMovie library, 50GB of Photos and the rest is collection of smaller stuff and the system files of course. I'd like to move the iMovie off the HD and onto an externally mounted HD. Question 1: is a USB mounted external drive good enough for video playback or do I need Firewire - which the Macbook doesn't have. Question 2: If the answer to question 1 is yes, then how do I do it and keep the mapping in iMovie to the external drive? Regards Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: 10.6.5
Ok Hugh, you get the gold star on the forehead. Thanks, I'll do the update tonight. Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Hugh Griffiths Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: RE: 10.6.5 its out now http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324 Hugh From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown [ro...@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2010 11:01 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: 10.6.5 Sorry Roger, I apologise for my error. The OS X v10.6.5 Combo Update is not posted as yet. The v10.6.5 code is so far available only through Software Update. Filesizes can vary from computer to computer, but one upgrade from v10.6.4 is noted to weigh in at 517.3MB. Combo updates are substantially larger. As soon as I see the Combo is available I'll post the Correct Link. I have to stop trying to do too many things at once ... as I stuffed up here ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2010, at 9:35 AM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Ronnie Just tried your link and it goes to the 10.6.4 update and so far am unable to find the 10.6.5!! Must have had a late night and still asleep :) Roger On 11/11/2010, at 7:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: I always download and install the Combo Update. This is the link for the Combo Update which is a 887.37 MB download. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 11/11/2010, at 7:03 AM, Eugene wrote: As expected 10.6.5 update became available overnight. 517 Mb download. Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4 in mid-Junehttp://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/15/apple-releases-mac-os-x-10- 6-4/. The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that: - improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers - address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture - address stability and performance of graphics applications and games - resolve a delay between print jobs - address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme - resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal - address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide - resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary - improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems - resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts - improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays - resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5 For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http %3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fkb%2FHT4250t=1289430002. For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http %3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fkb%2FHT1222t=1289430002. The public release is the same Build 10H574http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/08/mac-os-x-10-6-5-build-10h574- seeded-to-developers/ that was seeded to developers on Monday, and multiple users are reporting that AirPrint to printers shared via their computers using the iOS 4.2 golden master is in fact NOT working, as had been rumoredhttp://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/10/apple-delays-or-cancels-supp ort-for-airprint-via-shared-printers-on-macs-and-pcs. I was expecting an updated iTunes as well since they anticipate an iPhone iOS update any day now. Regards, Eugene (null) 4.tiff -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Mail to Outlook formats
Hi all, I work exclusively on a Windows (XP) laptop which uses Outlook by my employer so I am necessarily saddled with it's burdens. I often receive email from Mac users who use Mail and I've noticed some things about the format of the incoming emails from this users. If the Mac user has their compose attribute set to Rich Text and they send an email with SIMPLE text (ie no bold, colouring, italicising, etc) then the email I receive is seen as Plain Text. However, if that same user with the same compose attributes send an email with some form of Bold, Italics, Underlining or colouring etc, then it will be seen as Rich Text and it properly presents as formatted by the sender. This is ok, but Plain Text wraps the line after about 100 characters and if the line wrap happens to be part way through a web link (sometimes URL's quite long) then the link gets chopped at the line break and subsequent attempts to launch the link fail as you'd expect. Is this experience unique to me or have others seen this phenomenon? Also, I received an email from another trusted Mac user, and the first 10 or so words are included on the fist line, then all text stops - midway through a word usually. The received email contained a PDF (relating to the subject of the email) and also an htm attachment. The htm attachment contains the remainder of the wording for the email content that should have come after the 10 or so words that were represented. This is very strange. Does anyone know why Mail/Outlook does this? Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: MacBook Pro semi-frozen?
Maybe pull the battery pack out, or take it off mains and let it run flat? Pete. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of David Noel Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 3:15 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: MacBook Pro semi-frozen? -- Hi Ronni, thanks for the suggestion, but no luck. Any other things to try? Cheers, David On 2 November 2010 15:08, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 02/11/2010, at 3:02 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi, my MacBook Pro seems semi-frozen, how to I force a restart? Apple menu does not offer drop menu, holding power button at top right for 30 seconds has no effect. With my iMac, I'd have disconnected the power at this stage, but can't do this with a laptop. What to do, please? David Noel Nov 2 Hi David, Try: Press the control key, the command key, and the power button simultaneously and hold for three-seconds to try to restart the MBP. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Western Digital External Hard Drive
Matt, have a look at this link, it looks like it might help you. It's a forum thread with some further links to direct you to a solution. http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-Smartware/How-do-I-remove-this-smartware- software-from-my-drive/td-p/17 Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Matt Falvey Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:27 AM To: wamug List Subject: Western Digital External Hard Drive Hi, I have a Western Digital 1.5TB External Hard Drive that I am using for storing video footage on. I have noticed an annoying icon that keeps appearing on my desktop each time I mount the HD, apart from the HD icon that is, and it is a WD SmartWare icon in the shape of a disk, that I can't dismount/eject while I am using the HD. I can eject the HD and the WD SmartWare icon remains. What makes it even more strange is that if I click on the HD to show what is on the HD in find the WD SmartWare does not appear. I don't want to click it in case I launch what ever it is, just want to find out what it is and get rid of it. Any ideas? Thanks Matt Falvey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Western Digital External Hard Drive
Sorry Matt, the email cropper broke the link up, try this tiny url. http://tinyurl.com/24adxau Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Crisp, Peter Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:52 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: RE: Western Digital External Hard Drive Matt, have a look at this link, it looks like it might help you. It's a forum thread with some further links to direct you to a solution. http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-Smartware/How-do-I-remove-this-smartware- software-from-my-drive/td-p/17 Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Matt Falvey Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 10:27 AM To: wamug List Subject: Western Digital External Hard Drive Hi, I have a Western Digital 1.5TB External Hard Drive that I am using for storing video footage on. I have noticed an annoying icon that keeps appearing on my desktop each time I mount the HD, apart from the HD icon that is, and it is a WD SmartWare icon in the shape of a disk, that I can't dismount/eject while I am using the HD. I can eject the HD and the WD SmartWare icon remains. What makes it even more strange is that if I click on the HD to show what is on the HD in find the WD SmartWare does not appear. I don't want to click it in case I launch what ever it is, just want to find out what it is and get rid of it. Any ideas? Thanks Matt Falvey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Safari freezes
Thanks Warren, I have tried the first option and so far it has behaved as expected. I will need a week of trouble free operation before I am convinced though that it has been fully successful. Thanks for the tips. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Warren Jones Sent: Wednesday, 20 October 2010 11:42 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Safari freezes Hi Peter I had a very similar problem at home too. It has to do with Safari 5.0.1 later prefetching DNS lookups and your router or your ISP's DNS server not handling the number of requests Two options - use another DNS server e.g. 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 (google's open servers) instead of your ISP's. - use Terminal to disable Safari's prefetching... defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled -boolean false Apple Support article... http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408 Changing the defaults seemed to work for me. cheers woz On 20/10/2010, at 11:01 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi all, last night was the last straw to motivate me to write this. The Macbook (Snow Leopard) is connected wirelessly in the house, my wife was using Safari to check news.com.au site last night and it just froze, as it has done many times before over the almost 1 year we've had it. My old reliable Windows laptop alongside (2 metres away) I used as a control experiment and was instantly able to get the news.com.au site up on screen. She Quit Safari and started Safari again with no success. Wireless signal was showing Excellent on the Windows machine alongside and minutes before, the Macbook was able to web browse without issue. Ultimately a restart of the Macbook got it going again, but what really was the problem? Any tips on when it recurs how I might diagnose the root cause? I'd like to download Firefox as a way of removing Safari from the 'risk register', but that strategy is a bit archaic to say the least. Thanks. Peter. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Safari freezes
Hi all, last night was the last straw to motivate me to write this. The Macbook (Snow Leopard) is connected wirelessly in the house, my wife was using Safari to check news.com.au site last night and it just froze, as it has done many times before over the almost 1 year we've had it. My old reliable Windows laptop alongside (2 metres away) I used as a control experiment and was instantly able to get the news.com.au site up on screen. She Quit Safari and started Safari again with no success. Wireless signal was showing Excellent on the Windows machine alongside and minutes before, the Macbook was able to web browse without issue. Ultimately a restart of the Macbook got it going again, but what really was the problem? Any tips on when it recurs how I might diagnose the root cause? I'd like to download Firefox as a way of removing Safari from the 'risk register', but that strategy is a bit archaic to say the least. Thanks. Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Time Capsule and BoB
My ISP has a promotion on for their thing called BoB. I'm not quite sure what it is (VOIP I think) but I wondered if I ever went to one of these BoB things (and hence no longer a land line), whether the Time Capsule I have will port into this and all Mac wireless access will still be in through the Time Capsule. Does anyone have this configuration and experiences please? Thanks. Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Ringtones from music - Favourites?
Yes, they are great your easy step by step instructions to make ringtones Ronni. It also works flawlessly even for the Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC I have – just did it now in my ‘Windows’ iTunes. Just drag and drop – not quite the sophisticated Apple synching process. More user control. I had been wondering how to do this for YEARS but not sufficiently motivated to google it. Now it’s all sorted. Regards Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Friday, 8 October 2010 2:53 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Ringtones from music - Favourites? Hi Ronni, Thanks for that – and so easy!! I just made a quick ringtone to try it and all worked like a dream. Just one thing I noticed – when reviewing the ringtones (at the ringtone selection point on the iPhone) I noticed that the volume on my ringtone was quite subdued compared to the default installed ringtones. I realise I can increase the volume setting on the ringtone volume slider – but I guess if I later want to set different ringtones for people, it would be better if the volumes are comparable between ringtones – is there an easy way to set the volume of the ringtone during the creation process? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/10/10 1:35 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: On 08/10/2010, at 12:40 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi All, I'm thinking of creating some custom ringtones from my music library - assume self-imported, non-DRM protected tracks - preferably suitable for both mp3 AAC, though I have lots of both and can convert (so not a deal breaker). I know there are numerous ways out there to do this but, before embarking on the Google/trial error route, I thought I would ask what methods/software WAMUG list members use/prefer - pros/cons reasons would be a bonus ;o) Hi Neil, How I did my Good Old Collingwood Forever Theme Song as a Ringtone for my iPhone 3G S … if you want a copy of the ringtone I can send to you ;-)) To create custom ringtones using only iTunes: 1. Right click on the song you are going to make into a ringer and select “Get Info.” 2. Go to the options tab and go down to the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” check boxes. Check both boxes and input the time you want your ringer to start/stop. The ringer has to be 30 seconds or less. Click OK when you’re done. 3. Right click on your newly “clipped” song and select “Convert Selection to AAC.” The song will be re-encoded using the start and stop times determined (If your menu item does not read “Convert Selection to AAC” and reads “Convert Selection to MP3Ƞ(or some other format); go to iTunes Preferences Advanced Importing and change the “Import Using” drop down menu to “AAC Encoder”). 4.After the song is done encoding navigate to your iTunes Music folder, locate your song, and drag it to your desktop. After the song is on your desktop go back to iTunes and delete the clipped version from you iTunes library (It won’t delete it from your desktop, it will only remove it from iTunes). 5. Go back the song on your desktop and right click on your song and chose “Get info.” Go to the name and extension section and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (or you can just change the extension right from your desktop) 6. After the extension is changed simply double click on the file to add it to your iTunes library under the ringtones section. Sync your phone with iTunes and you’re done! Remember to go back into iTunes and uncheck your custom start and stop times for the original version of your song. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do
RE: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume'
Ok, I am interested in this thread and watching with interest. Is the Widget noted below something I could use to monitor my TM backups? There isn't any indication of the exact part of the process that's going on unless opening TM preferences and watching the progress bar - but still not much info about what is really going on. How do I get this Widget? Is it something users recommend I DON'T use? Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:08 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Question re Time Capsule 'path to volume' Hi Steven, Thanks for getting back with more information. From what I can gather from the widget error messages, they indicate that what's on your internal HD may not match the hidden File System Event Database that OSX keeps on each disk, and TM normally uses to see what's been changed since the last backup and needs to be copied. Since it is untrustable, TM must examine every directory (folder) on your system, and compare it to your backups, instead. This is, of course, a lengthy procedure. This is usually caused by an improper shutdown, but can be the result of other things, too. And once it occurs, the whole process must be repeated for each unsuccessful backup attempt until one completes normally. If you have had a force power-off, you'll get the UUID problem and TM will do a deep traversal. There's no way around that: it's the only way TM can be sure that all the changes made since your last backup will be saved this time. So, if at all possible, let it run. But Firstly: 1. Exclude the Time Machine Partition from spotlight, via System Preferences Spotlight Privacy. 2. In System Preferences Energy Saver make sure you don't have selected Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible. Probably best to also put Computer Sleep to Never as well. Then try a Time Machine Backup and if possible try not to use the computer too much while this backup is occurring. Don't interrupt the backup, it will take quite a long time to finish. If that doesn't help, note the time one of these backups starts, then use the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder) to see if there are other messages indicating a conflict with your backups. When it starts, click Show Log List in the toolbar, then navigate in the sidebar that opens up to your system.log and select it. Navigate to the Starting standard backup message, then see what follows that might indicate some sort of error, failure, termination, exit, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 30/09/2010, at 10:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks all for the suggestions. A litte more detail... Backups of my Macbook Pro (running 10.6.4) have begun failing part way through the back up process. I have a little Time Capsule backup widget which I have on Dashboard (can't recall name of the widget, but it gives a little extra narrative on what's happening during the back up process). A few days ago, when I noticed the back up process not completing, the widget gave the error as something to do with Spotlight. I no longer have the exact error message, but looking the error message up on the web led me to this page ... http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555 ... which seemed to be about the problem I was having. The back up error message seemed to tie in with the fact that not long before that there was a Spotlight indexing process underway at a time I had to shutdown my machine, so interrupting the indexing process may not have been helpful. The suggestion of deleting the spotlight directory seems to make sense, and a better option than erasing the Time Capsule (which may end up being necessary if I can't get Time Capsule to index Spotlight again). Regards your questions Ronni ... Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? Yes. Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder? Yes. Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences Time Machine? Yes. Do Attempts to back up get backup disk is not available message? More detail in a second. Or is your problem Time Capsule gets stuck at Preparing Backup... ? No. Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1? Yes. As I type, a back up is 20GB through a 104GB back up. I have a 250GB hard disk with 100GB available. I don't know why the back up is so large. The widget I spoke of gave recent error details as ... --- Starting standard backup Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data Mounted network destination using URL: afp://steven%20know...@time-capsule.local/Data QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN Disk image /Volumes/Data-1/MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups Backing up to: /Volumes/Time
RE: Parental Controls
Hi Ronni and all others, thanks heaps for feedback here, this should see me under control. I need to digest all your feedback and will implement as per this below. Thanks again particularly Ronni. Regards Peter. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2010 11:27 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Parental Controls On 21/09/2010, at 10:07 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: All, I bought two Macbooks (the black one previous to the current white one) running Leopard for my two kids (9 7) a little while back. I want to set them up so they can't wreck the build so I presume I set up an Admin account for me and a User account for each of them respectively on the two machines. They are also using the internet for kid's games but I want to make sure the sites they visit, deliberately or inadvertently, are suitable for the age. I believe Parental Control might give me sufficient control over this but I am interested if others out there have experience in this and have any tips from your experiences to date. Are there any good third party programs (Net Nanny, et al) out there? Thanks for any tips. Regards Peter Hi Peter, Firstly I must emphasise ... Nothing, and I mean nothing beats supervising your kids while they are using The Net. Setup each computer with Administrator Account for yourself and setup a 'Managed with Parental Controls' Account for each of your kids. Parental controls let you manage your kids use of the computer, the applications on it, and the Internet. The Parental Controls preferences are on five sections, each of which is labeled by a button at the top of the pane. System: Determines if the account is managed or if it uses 'Simple Finder', and lets you choose which applications the account's user can run. Simplified Account: Uses 'Simple Finder', this gives a simplified view of the finder, with limited menu options, for younger users, or for those who you want to prevent from accessing all the functions of a normal account. Once you have made this choice, you can still apply the rest of the Parental Control settings. Limit Application Access: Whether you check use Simple Finder or not, you can limit a user's access to applications on the Mac. Content Controls: Set controls for two types of content, that which is accessible from Dictionary, and that which users can access via Safari or other Web browsers. Dictionary controls: To prevent a user from accessing inappropriate content. (This I feel is rather useless, as nothing prevents a kid from looking up inappropriate words in a dictionary book, or searching on the Web). Web site restrictions: The Parental Controls preferences offer you limited restrictions for Web site access. These controls affect any program that accesses the Web, whether it is Apple's Safari Web browser; other browsers such as Firefox; or even other applications that can access the Web, such as RSS readers. You have three options: 1. Allow unrestricted access to websites: This places no controls over Web access. 2. Try to limit access to adult websites automatically: This uses a built-in set of filters to attempt to block access to sites with adult content. When a site is blocked, the Web browser displays a page, explaining why it was blocked, and offering to add the site to the list of allowed sites. 3. Allow access to only these websites: If you select this radio button, you will drastically limit the sites that your children can access. By default, Apple includes a handful of kid-friendly sites (but I would not recommend 'YouTube' to be a place to let young children roam unchecked), but you can add your own as well: Mail iChat Controls: All you can do here is limit which correspondents your user can email or chat with via Apple's Mail and iChat applications (it does not apply to other software). Time Limits: you can also set time limits so your user can access the Mac only for a limited amount of time on weekdays and on weekends. In addition, you can prevent access between certain times-between bedtime and morning, for instance-on school nights and on weekends. To access time limits, click the Time Limits button in the Parental Controls preference pane. Logs: When you activate parental controls for a user, no matter what type of controls you apply, your Mac keeps a log of the Web sites that user visits. If you have content limitations set, it will also keep a list of sites that have been blocked. If you have limited your user's access to applications, it will list applications that the user has launched, as well as those that have been blocked, and if you've limited iChat access, it will show all chat attempts made with people
RE: Parental Controls
Thanks for that one Peter; I presume this one you've suggested below sits over the top of OSX's built in parental controls with no conflicts? Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Cutrona Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 12:01 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Parental Controls K9 is an excellent filter that may be what you are looking for and best of all it is free! http://www1.k9webprotection.com/ Peter Sent from my iPhone On 21/09/2010,r at 10:07 AM, Crisp, Peter pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: All, I bought two Macbooks (the black one previous to the current white one) running Leopard for my two kids (9 7) a little while back. I want to set them up so they can't wreck the build so I presume I set up an Admin account for me and a User account for each of them respectively on the two machines. They are also using the internet for kid's games but I want to make sure the sites they visit, deliberately or inadvertently, are suitable for the age. I believe Parental Control might give me sufficient control over this but I am interested if others out there have experience in this and have any tips from your experiences to date. Are there any good third party programs (Net Nanny, et al) out there? Thanks for any tips. Regards Peter... N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Parental Controls
All, I bought two Macbooks (the black one previous to the current white one) running Leopard for my two kids (9 7) a little while back. I want to set them up so they can't wreck the build so I presume I set up an Admin account for me and a User account for each of them respectively on the two machines. They are also using the internet for kid's games but I want to make sure the sites they visit, deliberately or inadvertently, are suitable for the age. I believe Parental Control might give me sufficient control over this but I am interested if others out there have experience in this and have any tips from your experiences to date. Are there any good third party programs (Net Nanny, et al) out there? Thanks for any tips. Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Iwork 10?
Yes Lloyd, Apple is waiting on you to pull out your credit card. Unfortunately I have not heard of such a thing as a reliable rumour. In seriousness, I looked on the Macrumours site and it didn't give me any tips on this coming soon. Maybe some others have some other sources. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of S Beach Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 1:18 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Iwork 10? Hey Lloyd Hurry up and buy iWork 2009 so Apple can release a new version the day after for the rest of us :-) Regards Shayne On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I know I asked this question months ago but I have been waiting for Apple to do something. Is there going to be a new version of iWork for 2010? My version is 2008 and I am reluctant to buy the 2009 version because, according to Murphy's Rule, the day after I do, the new version will be released. :-)) Are there any reliable rumours about this? Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Wireless connection issue - Wii to Time Capsule
Hi Steven, you have got me thinking now, I have my Wii wirelessly connected to my Time Capsule (at least it was before I packed up and in the process of moving house) and used it only for the purpose of downloading the skins for some games the kids use. I am curious to know for why you want the wireless connection into the Wii and what possibilities exist for me that I don't even know that I have. Does this give internet onto tv screen? Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 6:36 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Wireless connection issue - Wii to Time Capsule I'm scouring the web for clues, mostly which involve wireless security suggestions, but has anyone resolved problems connecting Wii wirelessly to Time Capsule? Up until recently my wireless home network has been pumped out by a Linksys WAG160N modem. However the wireless ability of the Linksys seems to have died, so to get round that I've plugged in a Time Capsule (latest firmware 7.4.2) to the Linksys to get my wireless result. Apart from a decrease in performance generally, Wii keeps disconnecting from other players when using the WFC facility within Wii game Mario Kart. A connection is established with WFC, but then at some point during the game, disconnection. I then realised that these problems started about the same time that I started using Time Capsule for wireless. With all the internet chat about wireless security being an issue, I've removed all wireless security, maintaining only a closed network which I presume will make no difference. Doesn't seem to have made a difference, despite having cleared existing wireless settings from the Wii and resetting. Suggestions appreciated. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Disconnection problems
There also range extenders available which might boost the signal in the proximity of the iMac - if signal strength is the issue. I'm sure others can advise how one verifies signal strength of their wireless signal (other than the 4 bars showing in the little icon on top bar). Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of rkor...@iinet.net.au Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 7:54 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: Re: Disconnection problems Hi laura We will need more info! Does the router loose connection to Telstra or is it just the iMac loosing connection? Regards Roger On Fri Sep 3 7:34 , Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au sent: Good morning all This is a query on behalf of a friend who is a fairly new Mac user. She loves her iMac but the enjoyment is being taken away by her frustration at constantly losing internet connection. Her ISP is Telstra. When she phones Telstra to complain about the disconnections they ask what kind of modem she has and when she says a Belkin Wireless router they say they can't help her!! She lives in a 2 storey townhouse, the router is downstairs, the iMac is upstairs. If necessary she will happily have another phone point installed to bring the router closer to the computer but needs to know if that might solve the problem. Any advice would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.a u ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Wireless connection issue - Wii to Time Capsule
Thanks Steven. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 9:59 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Wireless connection issue - Wii to Time Capsule Hi Peter With Wii's basic offering, there is news and weather which requires a connection to the internet. Gaming options are presumably game specific, but Mario Kart comes with the option of playing other gamers around the globe. Wii doesn't provide general internet on your TV so far as I know, but I haven't looked into the full suite of Wii applications. Cheers, Steven On 03/09/2010, at 4:00 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Steven, you have got me thinking now, I have my Wii wirelessly connected to my Time Capsule (at least it was before I packed up and in the process of moving house) and used it only for the purpose of downloading the skins for some games the kids use. I am curious to know for why you want the wireless connection into the Wii and what possibilities exist for me that I don't even know that I have. Does this give internet onto tv screen? Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 6:36 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Wireless connection issue - Wii to Time Capsule I'm scouring the web for clues, mostly which involve wireless security suggestions, but has anyone resolved problems connecting Wii wirelessly to Time Capsule? Up until recently my wireless home network has been pumped out by a Linksys WAG160N modem. However the wireless ability of the Linksys seems to have died, so to get round that I've plugged in a Time Capsule (latest firmware 7.4.2) to the Linksys to get my wireless result. Apart from a decrease in performance generally, Wii keeps disconnecting from other players when using the WFC facility within Wii game Mario Kart. A connection is established with WFC, but then at some point during the game, disconnection. I then realised that these problems started about the same time that I started using Time Capsule for wireless. With all the internet chat about wireless security being an issue, I've removed all wireless security, maintaining only a closed network which I presume will make no difference. Doesn't seem to have made a difference, despite having cleared existing wireless settings from the Wii and resetting. Suggestions appreciated. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Wav files
An alternative suggestion is if you can access a Windows machine, slip it in and it should play as WAV is a Windows based file type - notwithstanding iTunes' capability with wav files. Regards Peter Macbook 13.3 (Snow Leopard) + 2 Macbooks 13.3 (Leopard) -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 30 August 2010 3:12 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Wav files On 30/08/2010, at 2:57 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have been sent a disc, some contents of which are rtf format and some wav format. I can read the rtf items but cannot play the wav items. I have tried latest versions of iTunes, QuickTime, QuickTime 7, VLC, Rip It and Handbrake, without any success. The disc also contains content in html format. Whenever I click on what looks like a link, an opaque black blind covers the screen and I get a message telling me to turn the computer off by pressing the power button. Any suggestions, before I send the disc back? MacBook Pro 17 OS 10.6.4 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Thank you, Michael Hawkins. Hi Michael, Sounds a bit iffy. iTunes can play wav files. What you are experiencing when you receive the message to turn your computer off by pressing the power button is a Kernel Panic. Kernel panics are usually caused by a hardware problem - frequently RAM, a USB device or a Firewire device. I'm not sure here, but I think I would be asking for another disc? Or at least some more information about the items on the disc. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Widgets
Hi Peter, I have Google Desktop (on my Windows m/c) installed and with it Add Gadgets with a quick search I was able to locate a Precious metal spot prices widget. It's a freebie in Google desktop but not sure if Google Desktop is OSX friendly. See how you go. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Curtis Peter Sent: Monday, 30 August 2010 3:19 PM To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Widgets Hi everyone Is it possible to search for a particular type of widget? For example, I'd like a widget to give me the current Australian Gold Price. Is this possible? I've been to the Apple Dashboard and Widget site but can't seem to be able to search it. Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mac mini vers iMac
There is but one solution to this. Get one of each - that's what I intend to do. Using the Mac Mini as the media device (with further attached external drives 2TB+ if you run out of capacity) attached to a Full HD Plasma and the 27 imac for more mundane computer specific tasks (email, office doc work, browsing, photo managment etc) - and extend the warranty on the imac!. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ray Forma Sent: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:07 AM To: WAMUG List Mailing Cc: John Hatch Subject: Re: Mac mini vers iMac John, 1 Mini slightly less powerful than is the iMac 2 Both difficult to put in bigger drives and memory. If you want to use your mac as your TV, and think you will want to record several programs to hard disk and keep them for some time then you should install a bigger hard disk. I have surprised myself with how many TV programs I have on my Mini's hard disk to either view at a more convenient time, or to assemble in a suite for burning to DVD for permanent storage. 3 If screen dies with iMac then you throw away the whole machine unless you have extended warranty because new screen fitting costs more than a new iMac. 4 You can connect any size and make of screen to a Mini, including HDMI equipped TVs. Mini maximum resolution is 2560 by 1600 pixels. iMac maximum resolution is also 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external monitor, but no HDMI to connect to a TV screen. You can only connect computer monitors to an iMac, unless you buy a TV convertor connector. However, most monitors give much better consistent colour compared with most TV screens. 5 iMac has stereo speakers. Mini has simpler speaker, so you will probably want to connect Mini optically to an audio amp and speakers, especially if you want the 5-channel sound available with HD TV program streams. If you connect via copper audio cable the you will only get 2-channel audio from your Mini. iMac also has optical audio out, if you want 5-channel audio from HD program streams. 6 The Mini is more portable. 7 Can colour calibrate all built-in and attached monitors with both Mini and iMac. On Mini can also colour calibrate attached TV screens. Hardware calibration much better than using the Monitor panel in System Prefs, but you have to buy the calibrator device. On 28/08/2010, at 10:38 , John Hatch wrote: I notice a lot of mail about the Mac mini. I am about to upgrade from my Mac book pro (prismo) and was considering either the mini or the iMac with fusion(have to work between win and Mac) and elagato eye TV additions. Would be interested in any pros and cons by others John Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: MacBook bits
I saw this too. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BLACK-55WH-BATTERY-Apple-Macbook-13-13-A1181-A118 5-/280547390310?pt=AU_Computers_Apple_Parts_Accessories But Andrews one gives 24 months warranty. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Andrew McColl Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 1:47 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: MacBook bits These guys also sell cheap MacBook batteries. http://www.laptopadapter.com.au/laptop_battery_desc.php?id=84606 I have never dealt with them though. I went with a somewhat more expensive Australian based MacBook Battery reseller. Andrew Quoting James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au: macfixit.com.auparts ifixit.com manuals parts James On 19/08/2010, at 12:00, KEVIN Lock wrote: I have been given a MacBook for my ongoing giveaway project. It has had a very hard life and one of the main problems is that the screen hinges are cracked and the bushes are missing. The screen works well but doesn't allow it to close properly or remain upright when in use. Also doesn't have a battery or powerpack. Any ideas on a fix for a sad but working MacBook? regards Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Andrew McColl ski...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: MacBook bits
Sorry, the URL got mangled. Try this one. http://tinyurl.com/36nearj Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Crisp, Peter Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 2:26 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: RE: MacBook bits I saw this too. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BLACK-55WH-BATTERY-Apple-Macbook-13-13-A1181-A118 5-/280547390310?pt=AU_Computers_Apple_Parts_Accessories But Andrews one gives 24 months warranty. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Andrew McColl Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 1:47 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: MacBook bits These guys also sell cheap MacBook batteries. http://www.laptopadapter.com.au/laptop_battery_desc.php?id=84606 I have never dealt with them though. I went with a somewhat more expensive Australian based MacBook Battery reseller. Andrew Quoting James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au: macfixit.com.auparts ifixit.com manuals parts James On 19/08/2010, at 12:00, KEVIN Lock wrote: I have been given a MacBook for my ongoing giveaway project. It has had a very hard life and one of the main problems is that the screen hinges are cracked and the bushes are missing. The screen works well but doesn't allow it to close properly or remain upright when in use. Also doesn't have a battery or powerpack. Any ideas on a fix for a sad but working MacBook? regards Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Andrew McColl ski...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Modem - Router
Thanks for those tips Ronni, I'll check all those items and verify before any hasty decisions about replacing are made. Regards Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 20 August 2010 12:25 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Modem - Router On 19/08/2010, at 3:03 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I have a Macbook currently wirelessly connecting to my Time Capsule and it's a pretty steady and reliable relationship they have. The connection between the Time Capsule and the D-Link DSL-G604T Modem/Router it is plugged into is somewhat flaky of late though. I have to sometimes 3-4 times per day, reset the power on the D-Link to re-establish the internet connection at the Time Capsule. Colleagues of mine complain with the very same issue with their D-Link DSL G604T. Up till now I thought it was my ISP (Westnet) but never convinced, but now with history from others mirroring the same behaviour from their DSL G604T units, I am suspicious that is the cause of my frequent internet drop-outs. I haven't been so bold as to do firmware/software updates, but a colleague of mine did all that to his and still no joy. There is plenty of slanging chatter on forums about the poor signal reliability of the D-Link (and others too) so I'm a bit sceptical about which unit to go for or if indeed I need to change the unit. Is this a pattern that others out there are familiar with, and what would I replace it with if there is enough evidence to support the suspect unit being at fault? Thanks Peter... Hi Peter, The D-Link DSL G604T does seem to have a history of Internet Drop-Outs. A Firmware Update 'might' help .. But a wrong configuration of your Wireless Network or Interference can also cause 'Internet Drop-Outs'. Do you have your TC Wireless Network setup correctly as a Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi Base Station? Have you disabled 'Wireless' on the D-Link Modem/Router? Is TC setup as a 'Wireless Network' in 'Bridge Mode'? Is the Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port on Time Capsule, and not connected to one of the LAN ports? Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Macbook opportunity
I have an opportunity to purchase two (or just one) Macbook's from the company I work for. The spec is below. They are approx 2 years old and in good nick physically to look at. Is $500 reasonable? Any comments gratefully received. OS X Leopard, 2.4 core2duo, 2gb ram, 250gb hd, mac office 2008. Cost $500. Regards, Peter. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Macbook opportunity
Thanks James. These are 13 screen Macbooks and two USB2.0 ports and Firewire as well. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech ' border=0 NOSEND=1 *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James / Hans Kunz Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 8:19 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Macbook opportunity take it...would'nt mind to buy one too...especially if it has a 17 screen firewire port James On 18/08/2010, at 7:57, Crisp, Peter wrote: I have an opportunity to purchase two (or just one) Macbook's from the company I work for. The spec is below. They are approx 2 years old and in good nick physically to look at. Is $500 reasonable? Any comments gratefully received. OS X Leopard, 2.4 core2duo, 2gb ram, 250gb hd, mac office 2008. Cost $500. Regards, Peter. SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au image001.gif
RE: ITUNES
Hi Ross, I am interested to hear others' responses to this one. In the mean time, what is your external drive connected to and how is it accessed by both the mac and the PC? I think I tunes will only allow one OR the other to be accessing it as the music library at any one time, but not sure. The above questions will need to be understood to know how to advise the solution to your problem. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of R Somers Sent: Sunday, 15 August 2010 6:39 PM To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: ITUNES How do i set up my apples / and a pc/ so I can put all my .mp3 files on the external 1tb drive and have the full list of tunes on each computer -- so I can make up playlists -- but keep all the files on the external? I have started by copying my Itunes music folder from one of the macs onto the HD (buffalo 1tb external) and it has saved them in a format playable by both pc and mac --- but how do I get the list of songs onto the other computers? thanks, ross somers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Login process
All, I have a question about logging in to the Macbook (using SL), when I turn the Macbook on, it boots up and it is ready for business soon after. If I walk away, it eventually goes to sleep and then when I waken it up again, it is ready for business again. This is good, but it means that anyone can do this to my Macbook. How do I set it up so that when booting from an OFF state, it requires a password to complete the boot up, and then when in sleep mode, to waken it up again, also requires a password. This is standard fare for the PC I use and I'm sure is an accessible feature in OSX but I'm not sure how to make it do this. Can anyone enlighten me please? Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Login process
Cheers all for the feedback. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 16 August 2010 10:58 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Login process Of course I meant 'Disable Automatic Login' ... I can't type ;-( On 16/08/2010, at 10:45 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: All, I have a question about logging in to the Macbook (using SL), when I turn the Macbook on, it boots up and it is ready for business soon after. If I walk away, it eventually goes to sleep and then when I waken it up again, it is ready for business again. This is good, but it means that anyone can do this to my Macbook. How do I set it up so that when booting from an OFF state, it requires a password to complete the boot up, and then when in sleep mode, to waken it up again, also requires a password. This is standard fare for the PC I use and I'm sure is an accessible feature in OSX but I'm not sure how to make it do this. Can anyone enlighten me please? Regards Peter... Hi Peter, System Preferences Security - General select Require Password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins Also select 'Disable Automatic login' Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: TV DVD Recording
Hi Daniel, this use of the Macmini sounds fantastic and very versatile. I am some time in the near future to set up my home entertainment units and have a simple Panasonic HD recorder currently (with twin digital tuners on board) so it is fine for my current 'couch potato' needs. But to incorporate itunes, iphoto, internet capability, avi file (and other file types) DVD playback and perhaps others by piggybacking a macmini into the mix, sounds like something that will give me access to some of my media which is slightly inaccessible currently and some further functionality that I have never experienced on the home TV platform. Below you note about burning off to DVD using Toast. Does the macmini have a burner on board or is it an external attachment? How many USB ports does the macmini have? Can it accommodate the eyetv dongle as well as an external drive/burner attached if that is what's required? Can it function with a hub if I need multiple USB ports? I had anticipated up till now an Apple TV would give me what I want (with the atv hack of course and maybe an attached external drive for mega capacity) but maybe the Macmini approach will give me all this and more than the Apple TV will give for around the same or even a little more $$'s. Your comments appreciated. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Kerr Sent: Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:16 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: TV DVD Recording On 10/8/10 10:05 PM, thefrogs thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: This may be off our usual topic but? At home I have my mac set up with elgato eyeTV and it is brilliant. But our DVD player in the lounge is getting old. We use it to play DVD and recordTV, however it does not record HDTV and it sometimes fails on other region DVDs. Has anyone brought or have an idea about playing and recording in a normal lounge situation? tom samson Hi Tom Not sure if you're referring to a similar Mac set up, or something else. But this was a post I sent through to a query Rod asked back about 15/06/2010 covering using a Macmini for a TV/DVD/recording setup. I just set one up for a client last Friday also and they work very well. (And the new Macmini's are fantastic! Especially when set with a wireless keyboard and new Magic Trackpad.) Here is a copy of the post, so hope it's sort of what you mean,... Kind Regards Daniel -- Forwarded Message From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:05:52 +0800 To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Conversation: apple store is down internationally as well as here in Australia Subject: Re: apple store is down internationally as well as here in Australia Hi Rod Not that I pertain to be an expert on it all, but I did set up Ronni's MacMini and TV, and have done the same for many clients. Basically, the MacMini becomes the sort of do everything system. With the eyeTV range which runs off USB you can then bring in your TV signal. Depending on the eyeTV you choose you can get Analog and Digital signals, and some even allow analogue from other devices (eg VCR or older style movie cameras). With eyeTV you can watch live TV, do Time Shifting which pauses live TV until you come back and carry on from where you left of, or you can set it up to record TV (and even have it repeat recording). These recordings are saved to Hard Drive, where you can then watch them later and very easily edit (with the eyeTV software) and burn it to disk (DVD) with Toast. Or delete it once you don't need it. They are very small and excellent units (and many on the list can contest to). The great thing with the MacMini is it's small, low power and very convenient. Once you consider it also has wireless, then you've got full access to the internet (For a tv guide or some quick browsing). With iTunes streaming/sharing you've got access to File Sharing out of iTunes, so you can access all your music as well and listen to it via TV/Stereo (depending on how you have it all setup). Also with other programs like VLC, Real Player, iView (ABC etc) and other streaming internet sites you then get access to a lot more content (which you may have or own already), as well all so much other info that is out there. (YouTube etc). Run out of room or want to store more?? No problem. Plug in a Firewire Hard Drive and you've got access to a whole lot more storage at fairly reasonable pricing. Of course the MacMini also has DVD, so you can also watch your DVD's as well. (And VLC will handle DVD's that aren't Region Code4) So all in one you've then got your TV, DVD player, Internet Access, Music Access/storage. Oh, and I forgot iPhoto has picture sharing as wellso you can then access all your computers is the house and share photos as well. All displayed on your nice big LCD or Plasma TV. (Or 3D TV??) :o) I can't say I've ever tried to play games on them,..but hey, if
RE: TV DVD Recording
Ok, thanks for that Ray. In the mean time I had a look at the Apple site and noted on the current Macmini it has 4 USB ports - which is plenty I think, and also an onboard Superdrive - so burning of discs is taken care of there. It is probably obvious to most out there, but can someone give me in simple terms - the differences between the Apple TV and a Macmini - and more importantly - what more will the Macmini enable that the Apple TV can't do? Thanks Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ray Forma Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 9:27 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: TV DVD Recording Peter, My 4yo Macmini, running EyeTV and Toast, has an internal burner that burns up to double-layer DVDs. Can't do Blueray, but the current Macminis can't either. My old Macmini has 4 USB ports. I use one for the keyboard/mouse, and one for the EyeTV stick. A slightly expensive, but very useful extra to an EyeTV, Mac, Toast setup is a screen colour calibrator. Makes colours much more vibrant on my system, which uses a 24 Samsung monitor as the screen. Should give even better results on a HDMI-driven TV screen because TVs screen makers tend not to worry too much about rendering colours very accurately. Just compare the pictures on the various screens running the same p[program in your local TV retailer. Has anyone mentioned that you can use your TV-Mac for other computing work while watching TV (with screen clutter) or when not watching TV. Would never dream of using AppleTV instead. On 11/08/2010, at 7:17 , Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Daniel, this use of the Macmini sounds fantastic and very versatile. I am some time in the near future to set up my home entertainment units and have a simple Panasonic HD recorder currently (with twin digital tuners on board) so it is fine for my current 'couch potato' needs. But to incorporate itunes, iphoto, internet capability, avi file (and other file types) DVD playback and perhaps others by piggybacking a macmini into the mix, sounds like something that will give me access to some of my media which is slightly inaccessible currently and some further functionality that I have never experienced on the home TV platform. Below you note about burning off to DVD using Toast. Does the macmini have a burner on board or is it an external attachment? How many USB ports does the macmini have? Can it accommodate the eyetv dongle as well as an external drive/burner attached if that is what's required? Can it function with a hub if I need multiple USB ports? I had anticipated up till now an Apple TV would give me what I want (with the atv hack of course and maybe an attached external drive for mega capacity) but maybe the Macmini approach will give me all this and more than the Apple TV will give for around the same or even a little more $$'s. Your comments appreciated. Regards Peter. Regards, Ray Forma Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: TV DVD Recording
Ok, thanks Susan, I can now see the differences. Now just have to convince myself that $999 is worth it over the $399 for the Apple TV. Not a huge sum difference and I think it will be more future proof as well going the Macmini route. Many thanks Susan and others for input on this topic. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Susan Hastings Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:29 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: TV DVD Recording Hi Peter, you have access to online TV channels, such as ABCs iView, so don't need to do as much recording of TV programs. I think other channels have this sort of thing as well. If you want to record to DVDs, having the MacMini attached makes it pretty seamless as EyeTV and Toast play well together. You have access to other computer functions on your TV. You can link to all of the media which is on your other computers in the house through filesharing and iTunes sharing. Using a mouse and keyboard with the MacMini makes some tasks easier in accessing media. I have both an AppleTV and the MacMini, but now that I have the new MacMini, would not bother to buy the AppleTV as the functions overlap. cheers, Susan. On 11/08/2010, at 9:45 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ok, thanks for that Ray. In the mean time I had a look at the Apple site and noted on the current Macmini it has 4 USB ports - which is plenty I think, and also an onboard Superdrive - so burning of discs is taken care of there. It is probably obvious to most out there, but can someone give me in simple terms - the differences between the Apple TV and a Macmini - and more importantly - what more will the Macmini enable that the Apple TV can't do? Thanks Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ray Forma Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 9:27 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: TV DVD Recording Peter, My 4yo Macmini, running EyeTV and Toast, has an internal burner that burns up to double-layer DVDs. Can't do Blueray, but the current Macminis can't either. My old Macmini has 4 USB ports. I use one for the keyboard/mouse, and one for the EyeTV stick. A slightly expensive, but very useful extra to an EyeTV, Mac, Toast setup is a screen colour calibrator. Makes colours much more vibrant on my system, which uses a 24 Samsung monitor as the screen. Should give even better results on a HDMI-driven TV screen because TVs screen makers tend not to worry too much about rendering colours very accurately. Just compare the pictures on the various screens running the same p[program in your local TV retailer. Has anyone mentioned that you can use your TV-Mac for other computing work while watching TV (with screen clutter) or when not watching TV. Would never dream of using AppleTV instead. On 11/08/2010, at 7:17 , Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Daniel, this use of the Macmini sounds fantastic and very versatile. I am some time in the near future to set up my home entertainment units and have a simple Panasonic HD recorder currently (with twin digital tuners on board) so it is fine for my current 'couch potato' needs. But to incorporate itunes, iphoto, internet capability, avi file (and other file types) DVD playback and perhaps others by piggybacking a macmini into the mix, sounds like something that will give me access to some of my media which is slightly inaccessible currently and some further functionality that I have never experienced on the home TV platform. Below you note about burning off to DVD using Toast. Does the macmini have a burner on board or is it an external attachment? How many USB ports does the macmini have? Can it accommodate the eyetv dongle as well as an external drive/burner attached if that is what's required? Can it function with a hub if I need multiple USB ports? I had anticipated up till now an Apple TV would give me what I want (with the atv hack of course and maybe an attached external drive for mega capacity) but maybe the Macmini approach will give me all this and more than the Apple TV will give for around the same or even a little more $$'s. Your comments appreciated. Regards Peter. Regards, Ray Forma Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could
RE: EyeTV vs set-top box (was Re: Used Macbook)
Mart that was 'music' to read. Now I can contemplate an immeasurable number of simultaneous programs to record. Thanks for opening up my mind to the simplicity of it. My better half can't understand why I might ever want to record more than two (let alone one) program at any one time. With kids/Top Gear/Attenborough/Dr Who et al, there is the inevitable overlap which this solution fixes dead - for ever! Thanks again. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Martin Hill Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 11:03 AM To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: EyeTV vs set-top box (was Re: Used Macbook) I've had several HDD digital TV set-top boxes in past years but I've found an EyeTV-equipped Mac connected to a big screen to be far superior even for simple recording schedules, let alone all the other features (Note that AppleTV won't do any off-air TV recording so none of this is possible with that box). Here's just a few reasons: - SmartGuides in EyeTV for example are far superior to time and date scheduling as you just type in a keyword like David Attenborough or science fiction or sbs news and it will automatically record every documentary or movie that has that name in either the title or the paragraph description or type that accompanies every show in the Electronic Program Guide. Priceless, particularly when broadcasters move shows around or cancel or start them back up with little notice. I must have 30 or more smart guides for all sorts of shows and categories on my TV iMac. Smart Guides also allow you to enter complex criteria to weed out duplicates on HD channels etc if you want to get fancy. Smartguides can also be set to only keep a set number of a particular show, so we always have the last two days worth of the Ten, ABC, SBS and Nine evening news sitting on our Mac ready to watch if we so wish. - Exporting to iPod format means I have been able to build up a large library of movies, docos, Playschool (yes we have a toddler) and other recordings on a separate hard drive array that take up far less room than the huge MPEG-2 files that come down straight from the broadcaster and which fill the HDDs of set top boxes far too quickly. Of course, these can also easily be synched with your iPhone etc since they are already on the Mac - no disc burning or complex file transfers needed. - MUCH friendlier user interface - Using the built-in scheduling interfaces of most set-top boxes in my experience can be a very frustrating, cramped, limiting experience trying to enter data from a stupidly complex remote control. Instead being able to use a wireless mouse and Apple's excellent Bluetooth keyboard is SO much easier, there is no comparison. - If you need to record more than just one or two channels simultaneously, adding extra EyeTV receivers is an exercise in simplicity - plug it in a spare USB port, connect the antenna and voila! an extra TV channel. I've had 4 or more EyeTV units running on our lounge room iMac in the past allowing me to view and/or record up to that many channels simultaneously, all appearing in separate windows on the 50 Plasma. Picture-in-Picture eat your heart out. :-) - Cost. If you already have a useable Mac, an EyTV DTT USB receiver can be as cheap as $120. Maybe add a nice big external hard disk for your Mac and it is still cheaper than a decent set-top box. If you do need to buy a Mac Mini, the extra expense is usually worth it considering all of the computer-based things you can then also do on the big Plasma screen. Having such a large library of up-to-the minute pre-recorded shows means we never watch live TV so we don't sit there wasting our time with ads or shows we aren't really interested in. As a result we actually watch less TV than we ever did before because we only watch exactly what is interesting, we are not slaves to the TV schedule, we skip all the ads and when a recording finishes, we have to make the conscious decision to double-click another recording rather than sitting there in a vegetative state watching one bit of TV flotsam flow into another. IMHO of course. :-) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 11/08/2010, at 8:16 AM, John Thompson wrote: Hi Pat, If all you want to do is record and replay tv programs, then why not consider a single or double hard drive DV recorder. These units vary in cost from around $600 to less than $200 but work exceptionally well. It would replace your existing set top box which could be utilised in some other location. I have gone this way and think it is a far better solution than using a computer Elgato device (Both of which I possess but only use for tv when caravanning. Regards John Thompson On 10/08/2010, at 11:33 AM, Pat wrote: Hi, Daniel, I'm trying to work out a solution to the failing health of
RE: TV DVD Recording
Thanks Daniel, heaps of good feedback today on this topic. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Kerr Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 12:17 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: TV DVD Recording Just to combine a few answers,... Peter - Yes, as others have mentioned and you saw on the site, it does have the burner installed. The Toast software is additional that you have to buy, but some versions of the Elgato untis come with a lite version of Toast. Makes burning content a lot easier. And generally Toast is a great piece of software. Ports - plenty of usb and Firewire ports, And all the others. You generally want a wireless keyboard and mouse to access it, rather then having to access it from sitting right in front of it with a wired keyboard and mouse. Or if you don't want to do it that way, you can use the Screen Sharing feature that the Mac has, so you can access it from another computer. Good and bad points to both. Cost - Obviously is a bit more expensive then an AppleTV, but as others have mentioned you can do a whole lot more. And it double as a whole other computer if you need another one. It's sort of one of those things, that once it's there you can see (and appreciate) how much more you can do with it. Sure, it's a bit of a learning curve, and it may not do everything but what it does do, it does well. (And add in an Apple remote and some of the features you can control from the little piece of technology.). David - As Neil mentioned you'd set the Macmini into the Amp and use it as another device there - eg CD, Radio, Turntable, AUX (MacMini) or something similar. So the amp would handle the content on the Macmini, but others would be the same as before. IF you wanted the Macmini to control all your content (music, tv shows, watch DVD's etc) then yes it may be an option. But if it was mostly just to control music, then it may not be the best method. I'm sure others more in an audio field may have ideas also. (Plus brain has decided to slow down again,..lol). Hope that all helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equivalent in Windows?
There are numerous Windows based applications for reducing file sizes. Google image resizer for no less than 1.5 million hits. There are free downloads which incorporate directly into the OS for image resizing. Alternatively, photo managing using Picasa (also a free download, if you Google it you'll find it) has the sliding scale for image resizing, allowing you to keep original untouched and various other settings. Both of these I use and they're trouble free in my experience over many years use. To suggest buying a Mac to solve this issue is a bit extreme, not to say that the Mac doesn't do it well, but Mr Gates has somehow figured it out as well. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Monday, 2 August 2010 10:57 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equivalent in Windows? Preview has a nice easy mechanism for reducing the size of image files, eg. simply slide the scale to less quality for a jpeg. A Windows user wants to do the same thing. Can someone please tell me whether Windows has something close to Preview to achieve the same thing? I've already suggested the user buys a Mac to solve. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: trnasferring files Windows to Mac
Hi Adrian, I have a process where I continuously synchronise photos between an XP laptop and a Macbook in that direction almost weekly - this is so that I can have the collection available in two places. I presume you want the photos and music on the imac hard drive and not on a connected external drive. I use a FAT32 formatted external drive connected to my Time Capsule. When in iPhoto - I go to File menu and select Import and then browsing to the root folder in the first instance (or specific folder for subsequent updates) iPhoto will nicely bring them in and order them for you. It can take some time depending on the size of your collection. I presume this is a once off operation for you. It's a similar process with iTunes to import from Windows machines to OSX based machines. Once you've done the import, if you have a remote drive for Time Machine, the next update will in turn recognise the import of the Photos/Music and take quite a bit of time to synch with the imac but its automatic and pretty seamless. I'm sure Ronni will have a more elegant way of doing and articulating this. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Adrian Skehan Sent: Monday, 19 July 2010 11:42 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: trnasferring files Windows to Mac Good morning all, My daughter has a Windows XP machine and is getting a 21.5 iMac, what is the best method of transferring her photos and music etc. to the iMac? Adrian http://www.skehan.id.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Changing 'hourly scale' in Entourage
Hi Rob, I am an ex-Entourage user and am now a Mail and iCal convert, but I am forced to use Outlook in my work environment due to the work platform chosen - this is the view upon which Entourage has been cloned from. However, in MS Outlook there is ToolsOptionsPreferencesCalendar Options which may direct you to some way of presenting the screen to meet your needs. Not 100% sure this will work for you, but the best I can suggest given my history with Entourage. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Rob Phillips Sent: Thursday, 15 July 2010 11:50 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Changing 'hourly scale' in Entourage Hi everyone Perhaps this is just a Microsoft 'feature', but I live in hope... I'm using Microsoft Entourage 2008 V12.2.5 (100505) with OS 10.6.4 for calendaring. I use the weekly view, so I can see all days of the week. In this view, I can only see 12 hours of the day. I can scroll up and down, but I can't overview more than 12 hours. This is a hassle because I have some early morning entries and some evening entries, and I can't see them all. I'd like to change the scaling of the hourly scale so I can see more hours in a day. I can't find a way to do this. I can resize the Entourage Window, but this does scale the hours, so I still see only 12 hours. If anyone can understand what my problem is (:-|) I'd appreciate ideas about how to solve it. Regards Rob -- Associate Professor Rob Phillips Educational Development Unit Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Test, please ignore
Ok, ignored! Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Curtis Peter Sent: Monday, 12 July 2010 9:43 PM To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Test, please ignore test -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Mac compatibility with Nokia 6600
I have had a look at the Apple site and have noted that the Nokia 6600 flip is compatible with OSX 10.6. I am considering this phone for my wife and wonder what level of integration there is. Can someone give a brief intro to what integration this would give - Calendar, Contacts and SMS management would be the extent of her requirements. Perhaps email if it does but wouldn't be a show stopper if it doesn't. Some might say go iPhone but unfortunately these don't fit comfortably in the bra strap I am told! Thanks for any feedback. Regards Peter * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Machine Backups
Thanks for the very clear comprehensive set of procedures for me to try out Ronni. Yes, we're certainly using the wireless network to do these backups, I was trying to explore if there were differences between if the Time Capsule has an active internet connection (as opposed to the wireless connection between Macbook and TC) or not and if it makes any difference to the ability for a backup to happen. Translating that confusing sentence - does it matter to the TC for backups if the Internet connection is active or not? I hope to run the checks you've noted by the weekend. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Monday, 17 May 2010 5:40 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Machine Backups On 17/05/2010, at 3:14 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: HI All, I have been having issues with my internet connection dropping out on my ADSL connection D-link Modem, which I don't believe is connected with any Apple gear I have (Macbook with SL and Time Capsule), but I am curious that the backups seem to be dependant upon the Time Capsule having an active Internet connection to allow the Time Machine backup to run successfully. Am I imagining this or is this true that I should expect this behaviour? I would have thought that the backup is independent of there being an active Internet connection or not. Hi Peter, You are backing up to Time Capsule / Time Machine wirelessly aren't you, so yes you do need to be connected to the Wireless Network. Open AirPort Utility, choose yours from the left pane, Manual Setup and then Time Capsule from the right and see if anything stands out. You can also choose advanced from the top and find and browse the logs for any other info. http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TimeCapsule_SetupGuide.pdf You have not indicated whether you have tried any troubleshooting steps, so we don't know if you may have already tried these basic steps: 1. Power cycle your network by powering everything off, order is not important. Wait a few minutes then start the modem first and let it run by itself for a few minutes, then start the Time Capsule the same way, and then your computers the same way. 2. Try a different wireless channel setting on your Time Capsule for your wireless network in case you may be picking up some interference from another wireless network, cordless phones or nearby electronics. Applications Utilities AirPort Utility Manual Setup Wireless tab Click on the Channel setting to change your channel(s). 3. Open System Preferences and open Network Click on the AirPort icon and then click Advanced at the lower right Locate the name of your wireless network in the list and click the - (minus) button to delete it. Click OK, click Apply 4. Open Applications Utilities KeyChain Access Locate the name of your network and delete this entry as well 5. Restart your computer and log on to your wireless network again. - I suggest you download iStumbler http://www.istumbler.net/ and use the application to display your signal strength and noise on your network. What values do you see for each of these? Also look at any other networks to see if they might be using the same channel or an adjacent channel as your wireless network. If so, change the channel on your wireless network so that it is as far away as possible from other networks. If you have cordless phones, turn them all off for at least an hour when you can to see if your network performance improves. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor
Time Machine Backups
HI All, I have been having issues with my internet connection dropping out on my ADSL connection D-link Modem, which I don't believe is connected with any Apple gear I have (Macbook with SL and Time Capsule), but I am curious that the backups seem to be dependant upon the Time Capsule having an active Internet connection to allow the Time Machine backup to run successfully. Am I imagining this or is this true that I should expect this behaviour? I would have thought that the backup is independent of there being an active Internet connection or not. Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
Thanks for all this. I think I would sooner have wireless keyboard than a numeric pad with a USB wired keyboard. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 9:38 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter, Yes, I mentioned to Peter (Crisp) that changing the keyboard makes it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) - I wanted the i7 processor so it was a special order anyway for me - so changing the keyboard didn't add to the delivery time - which was longer when I placed the order (Apple's Friday Nov 27 one-day-sale) as the new iMacs were just released. I guess I ordered mine direct from the Apple store, so I didn't have a problem remembering to order what I wanted ;o) If a special order adds 2 weeks or more to your delivery time, it sounds like Apple doesn't make it easy for you as a reseller - on the Apple store website, changing the configuration currently changes the delivery from Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs to Estimated Ship: 2-4 business days As I say, delivery was longer for me back then - but Apple shipped it to me direct from China and I still got it much quicker than a friend who placed his order with a local reseller - he was happy with that though, because he wanted the personal service, advice and setup that the reseller provided. I do remember thinking that it was strange that Apple kept their reseller waiting longer than their direct customers - you guys must have a real love/hate relationship with Apple ;o) Me too - I love the look and feel of the wireless keyboard and hate that Apple don't do a wireless numeric keyboard! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/4/10 8:26 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 20/04/2010, at 11:30 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Peter, It's no problem to get a full numeric keyboard (instead of the cut-down wireless one) - you just specify that when you place your order - of course this does make it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) so you may not be able to just walk into a retailer and walk out with the computer (assuming they have it in stock, anyway). There is no extra charge for this option - since the full wired keyboard actually has a cheaper RRP than the wirelesss one (they don't rebate you the difference though!). It's not quite that easy. My problem as an Apple Solutions Reseller is that (a) I have to remember to order the extended keyboard option specifically, which I don't always manage to do, and (b) such an order is treated by Apple as built to order in the same way as asking for an odd RAM configuration or larger hard drive would do. This means a delay of two weeks or more before I can deliver, even if there are plenty of iMacs in stock at the supplier. I'm not working from a shop, so it's neither practical nor profitable for me to keep a large amount of numeric keyboards around, and then I've got the extra problem of what to do with the exchanged wireless keyboards. There's no easy way out of this. What really annoys me is that Apple doesn't offer a wireless version of the full numeric keyboard - I'm sure that the extra keys can't have that devastating an effect on the battery life! The pity is that they used to, before the introduction of the aluminium version. It was the old white plastic version, but it worked fine. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or
RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
Ok, that sounds good Reg. do you turn the mouse off when not in use for those twice a week events? I think if it were to remain on, and in range of the paired Macbook Pro, then it would continue to hunt and remain connected which seems to in turn drain the batteries. Having never been in the mindset to turn off a mouse when I step away from the computer, I find it a poor workaround to continually having to turn it on/off as the need to use it arises. Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Reg Whitely Sent: Monday, 19 April 2010 5:16 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various items and highlight text for editing. A bluetooth keyboard would also be useful in this way. Today I had to smile as we had a lady doing a presentation at school to staff, using her little Acer or asus or whatever mini comp connected to her own data projector. She needed a DVD shown so I hooked up my MacBook to our school data projector and took my Magic Mouse to the table I was sitting at to control the movie. She didn't know I had the mouse and thought I'd forgotten to start the DVD so went to the Mac and used the trackpad. She couldn't understand what was happening ;-) I have 2 rechargeable batteries in it and they are yet to need recharging, but I admit I use it only once or twice a week in class. Regards Reg On 19/04/2010, at 8:51 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 18/04/2010, at 9:00 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Since retiring the MM, I got myself a Logitech Nano VX mouse and it is still on the FIRST set of batteries from then! It is a great wireless mouse despite not having the features of the MM - but it was getting a bit tiring replacing batteries less than every week. The MM despite its great features, if they don't work reliably and consistently, it's a dud. I agree. I have to say that as much as I like the design and philosophy of the Magic Mouse, I'm still not sure that I'm the market for an off-the-shelf purchase of one. I'm still waiting to be convinced of the need for wireless mice and keyboards on desktop computers in general use (if I'm that far away from the computer that wireless devices become necessary, I can't see the screen anyway!), the Logitech Bluetooth mouse I bought over three years ago for use with my Macbook Pro is still on its second change of batteries. It just never stops. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
Yes, noted Peter. I agree with your comments regarding the cut-down wireless keyboard without number pad. I hope to be getting an iMac soon and will have to see hwo I can get a keyboard with number pad included. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Hinchliffe Sent: Tuesday, 20 April 2010 8:36 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% On 19/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various items and highlight text for editing. A bluetooth keyboard would also be useful in this way. Today I had to smile as we had a lady doing a presentation at school to staff, using her little Acer or asus or whatever mini comp connected to her own data projector. She needed a DVD shown so I hooked up my MacBook to our school data projector and took my Magic Mouse to the table I was sitting at to control the movie. She didn't know I had the mouse and thought I'd forgotten to start the DVD so went to the Mac and used the trackpad. She couldn't understand what was happening ;-) I have 2 rechargeable batteries in it and they are yet to need recharging, but I admit I use it only once or twice a week in class. Regards Reg I acknowledge that wireless mice and keyboards certainly have their place in presentation environments, and in fact are often essential, such as in your example. My original comment was that they are probably unnecessary for desktop computers under general use. Laptops are a different matter as well. For long periods of use, a wireless mouse is much easier to use than a trackpad. In particular, I find it rather galling that Apple have seen fit to supply, by default and without real warning, a wireless, cut-down aluminium keyboard out of the box with new iMacs. The user, who is generally expecting a numeric keyboard, then has to go off and buy an extra one just to work in the way they are used to. The logic of this decision by Apple escapes me completely. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
Hi Steven, the battery issue with the Magic Mouse is a well documented one - ie excessive consumption of batteries. I have retired my Magic Mouse for the moment, hoping there will be a patch to sort out why the horrendous consumption - at best one week between battery replacement. I am unsure why the indicator in System Preferences should say 61% when in fact flat. Perhaps the Magic Mouse has a high voltage threshold and when the state reaches 61%, they have dropped off the curve far enough to dip below the required threshold. I am interested to know what battery life you get between recharges. Would it measure in days, weeks, months? Since retiring the MM, I got myself a Logitech Nano VX mouse and it is still on the FIRST set of batteries from then! It is a great wireless mouse despite not having the features of the MM - but it was getting a bit tiring replacing batteries less than every week. The MM despite its great features, if they don't work reliably and consistently, it's a dud. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2010 4:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal when using the Mouse with a Macbook Pro and an iMac, so it seems to be a battery or mouse issue rather than a computer issue. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Apple shop
Good stuff, right next to my lunch haunt! I will check it when it opens. Thanks for that Chris! Cheers Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Christopher S Sent: Sunday, 4 April 2010 6:22 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Apple shop Hi Barry, Yep, there is definitely going to be an Apple Store in Perth. It's currently under construction in Hay Street, beside the Holiday Inn, where the Saigon Pastry House/Joint Venture used to be. Apple have gutted over the building and it looks like it will be your standard Apple Store with the old building facade. I was speaking to a construction worker a few weeks ago and he said it was a closely guarded secret who was moving in and that the fit out would be starting at the end of the week. Ifoapplestore posted the construction requests with Apple's name on them quite a while ago. Apple were also recruiting last year. So I'd say it will be open in time for the next iPhone launch. Not that I'm following any of this... Happy Easter/Chocolate Egg Day to everyone too. Chris. From: Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 18:00:15 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Apple shop Not very long ago there were stories about an Apple Shop opening in Perth. Is there any more news on this? Where/when true/false ? I hope everyone had a good Easter break. Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Attached device visibility in Finder
Ok, those tips are good. I tested a scan to Computer and the Pictures window pops up with direction to the image. No problems there. But right now I see epsonf64e68 in the sidebar. When I scan an image to the memory card inserted into the printer CF slot, I go to the epsonf64e68 in the sidebar and then browse to the memory card within the Epson printer. I then pick it up that way. I see that Scan to Printer is more sensible if I am trying to get it to the Macbook anyway. However, the printer is still noted in the sidebar - but not always. I took Neil Houghton's advice about Finder preferences and have implicitly followed those, but there was nothing to change, as they were all set per his recommendations. Hmmm, interesting.. Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 2 April 2010 5:11 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Attached device visibility in Finder Hi Peter, On 01/04/2010, at 2:54 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I have a Macbook (with Snow Leopard) wirelessly connected to a Time capsule which in turn has a Epson TX710W Wireless printer connected to it (wirelessly). Many times when I open the Finder window I DON'T see the Epson printer as an available shared device - yet I am able to send print jobs which successfully print to it. I did a scan to a memory card inserted in the CF slot of the Epson and am unable to browse to it to pick up the resultant PDF from the scan. You scanned to the Memory Card, the file is saved to the Memory Card. If you scan to your computer, the file is saved to the computer. There are times when I do see the printer there as a Shared Device and no problem browsing in those instances - but I cant figure why it is there sometimes and not other times. Is there a setting I have missed or is a reboot required somewhere? Thanks for any experiences anyone here has. As far as I know the Epson TX710W shouldn't show in the Sidebar under Shared of a Finder Window. The sidebar is where you can access commonly used items, including volumes, folders, applications, and documents. The TX710W is not a mountable volume. It is shared for Printing Scanning, not for accessing from the Finder like a shared volume. My TX700W never shows in the sidebar under Shared. 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Attached device visibility in Finder
Hi Daniel, I have had the Compact Flash card installed for 4 months straight in the Epson printer, I never take it out. I use it as on board memory for the purpose of storing scanned images for subsequent pick ups from either the Macbook or the wirelessly connected HP laptop on the same network. Still puzzled why sometimes the printer appears on the Macbook sidebar and sometimes not. Regards Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Kerr Sent: Friday, 2 April 2010 6:43 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Attached device visibility in Finder The Epson printer will show up when you have a memory card installed and one of the settings within epson says something like memory card sharing enabled (don't have full Internet access at moment so bit hard to find on iPhone). But it's one setting you will havecenabled. That's why it only shows up sometimes, ie the times there is a memory card in the printer. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: mailto:dan...@macwizardry.com.au dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For Everything Macintosh** On 02/04/2010, at 6:29 PM, Crisp, Peter pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: Ok, those tips are good. I tested a scan to Computer and the Pictures window pops up with direction to the image. No problems there. But right now I see epsonf64e68 in the sidebar. When I scan an image to the memory card inserted into the printer CF slot, I go to the epsonf64e68 in the sidebar and then browse to the memory card within the Epson printer. I then pick it up that way. I see that Scan to Printer is more sensible if I am trying to get it to the Macbook anyway. However, the printer is still noted in the sidebar - but not always. I took Neil Houghton's advice about Finder preferences and have implicitly followed those, but there was nothing to change, as they were all set per his recommendations. Hmmm, interesting.. Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 2 April 2010 5:11 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Attached device visibility in Finder Hi Peter, On 01/04/2010, at 2:54 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I have a Macbook (with Snow Leopard) wirelessly connected to a Time capsule which in turn has a Epson TX710W Wireless printer connected to it (wirelessly). Many times when I open the Finder window I DON'T see the Epson printer as an available shared device - yet I am able to send print jobs which successfully print to it. I did a scan to a memory card inserted in the CF slot of the Epson and am unable to browse to it to pick up the resultant PDF from the scan. You scanned to the Memory Card, the file is saved to the Memory Card. If you scan to your computer, the file is saved to the computer. There are times when I do see the printer there as a Shared Device and no problem browsing in those instances - but I cant figure why it is there sometimes and not other times. Is there a setting I have missed or is a reboot required somewhere? Thanks for any experiences anyone here has. As far as I know the Epson TX710W shouldn't show in the Sidebar under Shared of a Finder Window. The sidebar is where you can access commonly used items, including volumes, folders, applications, and documents. The TX710W is not a mountable volume. It is shared for Printing Scanning, not for accessing from the Finder like a shared volume. My TX700W never shows in the sidebar under Shared. 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could
Attached device visibility in Finder
I have a Macbook (with Snow Leopard) wirelessly connected to a Time capsule which in turn has a Epson TX710W Wireless printer connected to it (wirelessly). Many times when I open the Finder window I DON'T see the Epson printer as an available shared device - yet I am able to send print jobs which successfully print to it. I did a scan to a memory card inserted in the CF slot of the Epson and am unable to browse to it to pick up the resultant PDF from the scan. There are times when I do see the printer there as a Shared Device and no problem browsing in those instances - but I cant figure why it is there sometimes and not other times. Is there a setting I have missed or is a reboot required somewhere? Thanks for any experiences anyone here has. Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: testing
Jennifer, whatever you're testing, it seems to have been successful. Regards. Test recipient From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Jennifer Lefroy Sent: Thursday, 1 April 2010 11:55 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: testing testing * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: OS X 10.6.3 Update
Thanks for the update Ronni. Is there any mention of the resolution of the Magic Mouse battery consumption issue which I noted as reported quite widely in a recent issue of Mac Format. Maybe it is embedded in an associated release article for 10.6.3. Regards Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2010 10:29 AM To: WAMUG Subject: OS X 10.6.3 Update Hi WAMUG people, OS X 10.6.3 is released and ready for download either through Software Update or http://support.apple.com/downloads/#macosx106 The Combo Version (which I always prefer to install), is 784MB download. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1017 improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X * address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications * address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail * resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications * resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers * improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode * improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand * address a color issue in iMovie with HD content * improve printing reliability * resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server * improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices * fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mov to Avi converter
At the risk of undermining Alan's advice, Handbrake is a good freebie file convertor with multiple file type management - it works a treat on my PC - if you get forced down that road of file conversion. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:23 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Mov to Avi converter Chris Griffiths said Thursday, 18 March 2010 10:45 AM I have just completed a Powerpoint presentation for a client with a lovely video at the front and back of the presentation. The client uses PCs and can't see the video because they are Quicktime movies. I have to convert them to AVI apparently. Is there a decent converter out there that anyone would suggest? Ta! in advance. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- I hesitate in this response as there may be a deeper question involved. My simple answer is to install Quicktime for Windows on the PC and don't worry about converting file formats. Cheers, Alan -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Six tips for using the Dock efficiently
I have noted an on line tool for creating shortened URL's for the lengthy ones we often see (a la the example below). I know it works from my Windows machine and presume no issues from Mac. Have a go, it's dead easy and it's helped me on many occasions. http://tinyurl.com/ Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Friday, 12 March 2010 2:50 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Six tips for using the Dock efficiently He he... Isn't it amazing at this stage of development that email clients still mangle URLs?! No, Paul, there wasn't a space in the original URL - well not as copied and pasted directly from the browser address bar to the email message (and even inserted into brackets to try hold it all together!) However, I have no doubt that when you opened the message you DID find a space capriciously inserted into the URL - it often happens! Interestingly: - When I received my original post back from WAMUG the link was fine, but - In the WAMUG archive, the link is broken - When you got my original post from WAMUG, you obviously found the link broken - When you replied to my post, your reply came back with my link (in my quoted message) back to being a working link (both as I received it AND in the WAMUG archive) I would lay bets that amongst list members many received the original post with the link working whilst many others found it broken! At least with the visual indication of the link in the email it is pretty obvious if clicking on the link is going to work or not (ie is the whole URL showing as the link or only part of it) One feature I like with modern versions of Safari Firefox is that if you copy and paste (all of) an obviously broken link from the email they seem to detect the offending space and connect you anyway! All part of the joys of computers! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 12/3/10 1:34 PM, Paul Weaver at pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: Try http://www.macworld.com.au/help/view/six-tips-for-using-the-dock-efficie ntly-4 639 There was a space between l and y in the original URL. - Original Message - From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Friday, 12 March, 2010 10:25:40 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Six tips for using the Dock efficiently An interesting little article in Australian Macworld - I got a few new pointers out of it! http://www.macworld.com.au/help/view/six-tips-for-using-the-dock-effici ently- 4639 Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Mac laptops and firewire
Merv, I think you need to step up to a Macbook Pro to get Firewire. My Macbook 13 does not have Firewire - I go it in Dec '09. The Apple site will confirm full details of them all for you. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Merv Bond Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 7:31 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mac laptops and firewire My daughter-in-law wishes to purchase a laptop. Looking at the MacBook specifications I can't see a firewire port. Am I not reading too well? Merv -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: IMovie 09 to iDVD 09 - terrible results
Thanks for the comprehensive instructions again Ronni. I will soon be
experimenting with iMovie '09 which I have on the Macbook. Your tips
acknowledged. My video was shot with a Sony HD camcorder which I believe
is 1080 (i or p not sure). It seems from your notes below, the resultant
video when burnt to a disc will be something at a lower resolution that
the original source file. Have I interpreted correctly? Is there a way
of retaining the original resolution or am I dreaming?
Regards
Peter.
From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Ronda Brown
Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 7:06 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: IMovie 09 to iDVD 09 - terrible results
Hi Marlene,
First I'll mention a little about iMovie'09 iMovieHD ('06), just for
your reference.
Be aware that iMovie '09 uses 'single field processing' (Interlaced)
meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which
reduces the sharpness of the footage.
iMovie 06 (iMovie HD) uses ALL of the image (Progressive) to form the
video.
If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, iMovie 06
(iMovie HD) is better suited.
Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for
making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original
quality.
iMovie 06 (iMovie HD) and iDVD 09 is a lossless combination.
iMovie '09 is a wonderful program assuming that you're using it for what
it was designed to do, assemble simple videos to share on the Internet.
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After saying the above, it is not going to help you any as you don't
have iMovieHD and Apple have ceased allowing it for download.
So we work with what you have, that is, your project in iMovie'09, best
quality export to get it into iDVD create a DVD of very good quality.
As I mentioned in my previous email today ... DON'T Share to iDVD! It
is destructive especially to photos.
I suggest you have three choices to get your iMovie project into iDVD
create your DVD.
1. Share Media Browser - Large 720 x 540
2. Share Export Movie - creates a MPEG-4 (.m4v) 720 x 540 Audio
44,100 kHz
3. Share Export Using Quicktime - gives you control over Quicktime
Settings.
(Share always to your Movies folder, then when in iDVD you can click on
Media - then Movies and locate your files).
You could experiment with all the above settings, making sure that in
iDVD you save your iDVD projects Save As Disc Image, so you can check
before your waste any DVDs.
I would suggest, in your case, that No.3 - Share Export Using
Quicktime with these settings would give you the best quality DVD.
Share Export using Quicktime
In the export window that appears,
Export: Movie to DV Stream, click Options
DV Format: DV
Video Format: PAL (leave it at interlaced, as DVD-PAL is interlaced)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 or 16:9 (depending on how your photos/project was
imported)
Audio Format: 48,000 kHz
This will give you a Quicktime .dv file with Format DV, 720 x 576,
Stereo, 48,000 kHz.
Then you can Open iDVD, bring in your Movie file, and create your DVD.
iDVD Preferences:
Projects: PAL, Encoding: Professional Quality
Once you know your project plays through correctly in iDVD.
Go to File Save As Disc Image
You then see a window Creating your DVD
1. Prepare
2. Process Menus
3. Process Slideshows
4. Process Movies
5. Burn
After all the Rendering, encoding, processing movie, asset encoding,
finally
multiplexing burning is completed, a Disc Image is created.
All this takes a long time, depending on the length of your movie.
6. Open the Disk Image and play it all the way through in DVD
Player.app to check for any errors BEFORE you burn the Disc Image to a
DVD-R Disc.
7. Burn at a slow speed - 2x or 4x for Single Layer DVD-R, 2x for Double
Layer DVD+R DL. (I recommend using Verbatim DVD-R (for single layer)
DVD+R DL Discs (for Double Layer).
NOTE: I did a quick iMovie'09 project this afternoon, and Share to iDVD
using No.2(Share Export Movie - creates a MPEG-4 (.m4v) 720 x 540
Audio 44,100 kHz) No.3 (Share Export Using Quicktime, with the
settings I explained above).
Saved the iDVD project as a Disk Image, (with both projects on the disk
image. t
Then burn't a DVD-R from the Disk Image using Toast Titanium 10, but you
can use either the Finder or Disk Utility to burn a Disk Image to DVD.
I found both the .m4v .dv with above settings produced a very good
quality DVD when played in my DVD Player connected to TV.
Possibly the DV format was slightly better, but that could just be my
preference, there was not much difference that I could see with my eyes
;-)
Hope this is helpful to you, as I would very much like you to be able to
create a very good quality DVD of your project.
Post back to WAMUG if you require any more assistance.
Kind Regards,
Ronni
On 14/03/2010, at 11:22 AM, Marlene Oostryck wrote:
Hi All
I have just
RE: Mail attachments from external drive
Hi Ronnie, I have read your note and now see what you're saying. I can't fathom why I would have an external drive attached to the TC if all I was able to use it for was for backing up of backup files on the TC. I have the external drive formatted as FAT32 (albeit with the 4GB file size limitation) deliberately for the purpose of having Windows compatibility of my other (shhh) Windows laptop attached to the network. I share files between the two computers in this way. That sharing part works very reliably. I have got a printer configuration just like yours not coincidentally (an Epson wireless ready printer) set up wirelessly between TC and printer (no cables between the two) and this too works really well. File sharing for the external drive is set to Enabled and the Summary tab under Airport Utility quotes version 7.5 as was installed from the disc supplied with the TC new in December 2009. I am set to 802.11n 5GHz only as well. I just did a trial experiment too by initially forcing the external drive awake from the Finder and opening a random file on the external drive to prove it had a pulse PRIOR to attempting to do an Attach to a new email within Mail. When it was 'wide awake', the Attach command worked fine for Mail. I would sooner have the issue of making sure it was awake prior to attaching than to loose the Windows compatibility and file sharing ability so I suppose I will have to leave it this way. Another thought, if I had a powered Hub attached to the USB of the TC with two external drives in the hub, and one of the drives was FAT32 and the other was MacOS Extended with some synching process between the two externals, would that facilitate my obscure requirements? I look forward to any further to any other tips you may have to my situation. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 4:32 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mail attachments from external drive Hi Peter, Where do I start ? Perhaps first I should explain that the Primary Purpose of the USB port on the Time Capsule is to allow users to connect an External Backup drive to the Time Capsule in order to Archive its contents, using the Airport Utility App. This will activate a process in the Time Capsule controller that will transfer data from its internal drive to the external drive over the USB connection, at its maximum speed. In other words, a backup of the backups on the Time Capsule. Or for connecting a USB shared Printer. Also USB drives attached to the TC tend to spin down after about 1 minute of inactivity, hence you noticing the USB drive was not spinning. How is the USB Drive formatted? It should be Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Do you have File Sharing enabled on the USB Drive? Airport Utility - Disks - File Sharing - Enable File Sharing Also are you using Airport Utility v5.5 (which is only available on the Disc that came with TC). I think I remember you have a Dual-Band 802.11n only (5GHz)-802.11b/g/n) Network. When you go to attach the files into an email, I would imagine you are copying the files from the Networked USB Drive, wirelessly through Time Capsule back to your MacBook. If this is what happens ... it is going to be twice as long as if you copied the files directly to the MacBook (Desktop), or if you directly connected the USB drive to your MacBook. I'll give it some more thought, if I come up with a better solution, I'll let you know. Cheers, Ronni On 11/03/2010, at 12:49 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I wanted to know if anyone has had the issue I experienced last night. I had prepared an email in Mail and then wanted to attach a few documents that were residing on my USB external drive attached to my Time Capsule. I selected Attach the one with the paper clip, and then I got the colourful beach ball. The Finder look-alike browse panel had presented itself and was set to my external drive initially I think because that was the last location that I had browsed to. I walked to the Time Capsule (with External drive attached) and noted that the external drive was not spinning up ready for business due to the enquiry to find the files to attach. I had to finally crash the Macbook - a very undesirable and uncouth action. Maybe there was an alternative but I didn't know what action. In any case, following a reboot of the Macbook, I was able to use the Finder directly to browse to the files and successfully located them, copied them to the desktop, then drag/dropped them into the email. But I should be able to just Attach these docs directly I feel using the Attach
RE: Mail attachments from external drive
Ok, thanks Ronni for the significant time you have put into this for me. I don't want to 'milk' you and I do really appreciate your comprehensive and very meaningful articulation of issues and best resolution approach. I will check the Airport utility version per instructions here. Once again invaluable knowledge from you. Now that I am aware of the limitations of the USB connected drive, I can manage the accessing of the content on it more reservedly. My very sincere thanks. Regards Peter From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 12 March 2010 9:18 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mail attachments from external drive Hi Peter, I said the Primary Purpose of the USB port on the Time Capsule is to allow users to connect an External Backup drive to the Time Capsule in order to Archive its contents, using the Airport Utility App. You can use it for other purposes, but be aware of its limitations with it being connected by USB to Time Capsule. I strongly recommend, if your Data is important to you, and you are serious about backing up and protecting your Data on your computers, that you don't rely solely on Time Machine backups. I wrote an article in September 2009 titled MY BACKUP STRATEGY. In it I explain that a good Backup Strategy consists of three parts, and what my Backup Strategy is. If you think it would be helpful to you, email me off-list and I will give you my website Username password, so you can download it. File sharing for the external drive is set to Enabled and the Summary tab under Airport Utility quotes version 7.5 as was installed from the disc supplied with the TC new in December 2009. The Version 7.5 refers to your Time Capsule, not Airport Utility.app. Open Airport Utility, under Airport Utility in the Menu bar 'About Airport Utility' will give you the version, it should be v5.5 (550.29). The Time Machine Schedule Problem: Time Machine saves hourly backups for 24 hours, daily backups for a month, and weekly backups until your disk is full. On the surface, that seems reasonable, but if you look at the details, there's a catch. Time Machine makes a new backup every hour that your computer is on and awake. With each run, Time Machine also deletes the hourly backup from 25 hours ago, unless it was the first backup of that particular day. Thus you always have hourly backups for the last 24 hours, as well as a single hourly backup (i.e., from just the last hour of the day) for each of the past 30 days. After a month, Time Machine deletes the oldest of the daily backups, but it preserves the first daily backup from each week as long as there's disk space available. Now picture this: at 8:30 PM on Monday you create an important file. When Time Machine runs next (at, say, 9:00 PM) it backs up that file-so far so good. Now, at 9:30 PM, you delete the file, either intentionally or otherwise. No problem: it's still in your backup. Of course, none of the hourly backups for the next 24 hours includes your file, because it had already been deleted, so the only copy Time Machine has is in that first hourly backup. At 10:00 PM on Tuesday, Time Machine erases that backup from 25 hours ago-the only one, from 9:00 on Monday, that contained your important file. Because that file wasn't in the last hourly backup of that day, it won't be there tomorrow if you suddenly realise you need it, even though Time Machine backed it up yesterday! So there are ways that files can fall through the cracks. Time Machine backs them up, sure, but then, because of the way it deletes old backups, it may remove your essential file from the backup before you need it. (And that's true, by the way, when deleting old daily and weekly backups too.) Plus, if a file exists for less than an hour, and therefore isn't around for a single backup, Time Machine won't help at all. The lesson? First, supplementing your Time Machine backups is a good idea. And second, get in the habit of hanging on to files for at least 24 hours before you delete them! Cheers, Ronni On 11/03/2010, at 9:23 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I have read your note and now see what you're saying. I can't fathom why I would have an external drive attached to the TC if all I was able to use it for was for backing up of backup files on the TC. I have the external drive formatted as FAT32 (albeit with the 4GB file size limitation) deliberately for the purpose of having Windows compatibility of my other (shhh) Windows laptop attached to the network. I share files between the two computers in this way. That sharing part works very reliably. I have got a printer configuration just like yours not coincidentally (an Epson wireless ready printer) set up wirelessly between TC and printer (no cables between the two) and this too works really well. File sharing for the external
RE: Safari problem?
Ok, thanks Ronni for your once again comprehensive instructions. Cheers Peter… Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 3:49 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Safari problem? Hi Peter, You can check your Mac's processor type by launching System Profiler (located in Applications/Utilities, clicking the Hardware tab, then looking at the Processor Name: entry. If you see Intel Core 2 Duo or Xeon, your system is 64-bit. If you see Intel Core Duo, your system is 32-bit. NOTE The Intel Core Duo processor is a 32-bit processor. If your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit processor then Snow Leopard will run as a 32-bit system. The Intel Core 2 Duo processors are 64-bit processors. If your Intel-based Mac has a 64-bit processor then Snow Leopard will run as a 64-bit system. --- If your Mac is running in 64-bit mode, you can use the Get Info window on Safari to enable/disable running in 64-bit mode. Cheers, Ronni On 10/03/2010, at 3:38 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for this Ronni, how does one know if they have Safari in 64-bit or 32-bit mode? This may explain some of the 'freezing' I have with Safari on occasion. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ȍob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 3:27 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Safari problem? On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from Doubleday whose catalog I receive regularly. Last evening and several times this morning, with Safari, I was able to login and select items but unable to transfer to Shopping Cart, endless loading loop it seemed. Clearing cache, restart etc had no effect. With Firefox it went straight through. Has anyone else seen this on that site? Hi Severin, Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2. Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64-bit mode not 32-bit mode? 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
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I thought this might give most of you a snigger! This customer comes into the computer store. I'm looking for a mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something really challenging. Well, replied the clerk, Have you tried Microsoft Windows? Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Capsule backups
Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from the Macbook Firewire port? Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External Drive, NOT USB). It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has already backed up, this will also save some space. You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) or B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless of how many times that file was backed up. Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, I would suggest you do the Delete All Instances of a Single File. Delete an Entire Snapshot To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly run, follow these steps: 1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the time warp display. 2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a particular day or week. You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large bar at the bottom of the window. 3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter whether you have any file or folder selected.) Delete All Instances of a Single File To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, follow these steps: 1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) any version of the file you want to delete. 2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the time warp display. 3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you want to delete. Click once to select it. 4. From the pop-up Action menu , choose Delete All Backups of File Name. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of File Name from the contextual menu.) Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that location, that it ever backed up. (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password first.) Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good. But I recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup. Make a manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each time. If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip is a new file. By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few small clips. Alan -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James Devenish Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to Back Up Now. Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at least ensure that your normal files are safe. Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for an uninterrupted backup, go back into your Time
RE: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
I like the specificity in this response. KR! Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Bull Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:06 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer Very good reply!! You're not Kevin Rudd in disguise are you? On 08/03/2010, at 8:58 PM, Tim Law wrote: Folks, The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual core intel Xeon. Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so far. She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process. More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following routine maintenance under sleep cycle. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account. I think I would: 1. UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool 2. Then empty the trash 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-) 4. Install Rosetta 5. Install office 6. Update Office 7. Restart her Mac The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted. The restart helps clear any other cache data. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html * 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors * Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had
Mail attachments from external drive
I wanted to know if anyone has had the issue I experienced last night. I had prepared an email in Mail and then wanted to attach a few documents that were residing on my USB external drive attached to my Time Capsule. I selected Attach the one with the paper clip, and then I got the colourful beach ball. The Finder look-alike browse panel had presented itself and was set to my external drive initially I think because that was the last location that I had browsed to. I walked to the Time Capsule (with External drive attached) and noted that the external drive was not spinning up ready for business due to the enquiry to find the files to attach. I had to finally crash the Macbook - a very undesirable and uncouth action. Maybe there was an alternative but I didn't know what action. In any case, following a reboot of the Macbook, I was able to use the Finder directly to browse to the files and successfully located them, copied them to the desktop, then drag/dropped them into the email. But I should be able to just Attach these docs directly I feel using the Attach function. Is the Attach command (for a file located on a Time Capsule external drive) normally a problem like this for others? What could be going on that prevents the external drive from waking up and responding to the request? The time capsule is wirelessly connected to the Macbook (Snow Leopard), and the external drive attached to the USB port of the TC. I cant recall if I had the same issue as this when I used Entourage initially. Cheers Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Capsule backups
Ok, understood now. Cheers Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:34 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, NO, Time Capsule does not have any Firewire Ports. It has 3 Ethernet Ports, 1 Internet WAN Port, 1 USB Port. What I meant by backing up your Movie folder (or iMovie Folders) using another backup procedure (not Time Machine to your Time Capsule) ... I suggest backing them up to an External Firewire Hard Drive that you would connect to the MacBook's Firewire Port. Cheers, Ronni On 11/03/2010, at 12:02 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Cheers Ronni, thanks for the comprehensive details here. I did wonder about how to free up the space that got gobbled up by the aborted back-ups. This answers it for me. Does the Time Capsule have a firewire port? Or are you suggesting a backup of the Movies folder direct from the Macbook Firewire port? From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:12 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, As you have now decided to exclude iMovie Events and iMovie Projects (or the whole Movie folder), from the Time Machine Backup, and backup these files using another backup procedure. (I would suggest to a Firewire External Drive, NOT USB). It is probably a good idea to delete the iMovie files that Time Machine has already backed up, this will also save some space. You have two choices: A) Delete a single entire snapshot (that is, all the files from a particular hourly run of Time Machine) or B) Delete all instances of a single file from a certain location, regardless of how many times that file was backed up. Since you tried to backup the iMovie files more times than one hourly backup, I would suggest you do the Delete All Instances of a Single File. Delete an Entire Snapshot To delete all the files Time Machine backed up during a particular hourly run, follow these steps: 1. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu to show the time warp display. 2. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to the snapshot you want to delete. Note that if it occurred within the last day, you'll delete just that hourly run; if it occurred earlier, you will delete the only remaining backup for a particular day or week. You can verify which backup you'll be deleting by looking at the large bar at the bottom of the window. 3. From the pop-up Action menu, choose Delete Backup. (It doesn't matter whether you have any file or folder selected.) Delete All Instances of a Single File To delete every backed up copy of a given file from your Time Machine backup, follow these steps: 1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder that contains (or once contained) any version of the file you want to delete. 2. Click the Time Machine Dock icon or choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu image001.jpgto show the time warp display. 3. Using the arrow buttons or the timeline control on the side of the screen, navigate to any previous version of the folder that contains the file you want to delete. Click once to select it. 4. From the pop-up Action menuimage002.jpg, choose Delete All Backups of File Name. (In Snow Leopard, you can also Control-click or right-click on the item and choose Delete All Backups of File Name from the contextual menu.) Time Machine removes from its backup every copy of that file, in that location, that it ever backed up. (For some files, you may be prompted to enter an administrator password first.) Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2010, at 12:32 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good. But I recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup. Make a manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each time. If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip is a new file. By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few small clips. Alan -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James Devenish Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, Can I suggest that you go
RE: Time Capsule backups
Thanks all for your tips on my issue with excessively sized back ups and Time Machine. I did as James suggested and not surprisingly the Movies folder was 116GB. I will arrange an alternate Back up process for my Movies folder and see how that goes. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James Devenish Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to Back Up Now. Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at least ensure that your normal files are safe. Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for an uninterrupted backup, go back into your Time Machine preferences and remove your movies from the exclusion list and Back Up Now. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Safari problem?
Thanks for this Ronni, how does one know if they have Safari in 64-bit or 32-bit mode? This may explain some of the 'freezing' I have with Safari on occasion. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 10 March 2010 3:27 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Safari problem? On 10/03/2010, at 3:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: For years I have bought books on the internet, using Safari, from Doubleday whose catalog I receive regularly. Last evening and several times this morning, with Safari, I was able to login and select items but unable to transfer to Shopping Cart, endless loading loop it seemed. Clearing cache, restart etc had no effect. With Firefox it went straight through. Has anyone else seen this on that site? Hi Severin, Works fine in Safari 4.0.4 OS X 10.6.2. Are you using Safari in Snow Leopard? If so are you using it in 64-bit mode not 32-bit mode? 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Time Capsule backups
Hi folks, last week I raised about importing AVCHD video files from a Camcorder to my Macbook (10.6) and with some expert in person tuition from my father and reading some macrumours threads on the topic specific to my camcorder model, I was able to get it to recognise the camcorder and in turn import the whole 276 individual clips starting from back in 2008 when I first got the camcorder. Approx 5 hours of 'film' time. It ran overnight to import it all and successfully finished. The memory size of all this was around 36GB. Now that I am successfully over this hurdle, the resultant 'need' for the Time Capsule to back it all up results in a huge back-up job which I had expected. What I couldn't understand was why the importing of 'only' 36GB into iMovie resulted in the need for the Macbook to decide the backup needed was 116GB! It had repeatedly failed through the day yesterday to complete the backup successfully. I thought it new best so off it went again around 5:30 yesterday evening - this time with me looking over it with the Time Machine window open showing the progress bar. By 9PM it had reached around 50GB through the backup and shortly after this I noticed it had appeared to have finished - but in fact it hadn't. Shortly after all this, the backup started all over again - right from zero having debited the space remaining on the Time Capsule by the 50GB from what it was 4 hours earlier! The only other program running was Mail. This morning again - it had just commenced yet another 116GB backup from about the 8MB point when I noted it. I have no doubt it will fail again. I fear that it will take many attempts before it will successfully complete the 116GB backup that it dearly wants to do for me. Questions I have are this. 1. Why would importing 36GB of iMovie files result in 116GB with no other significant traffic having occurred? 2. How long should a 116GB back up really take? 3. Maybe I should inhibit any further backups till an overnight operation when there is no other potential interruption to it - even though Time Machine should seamlessly work in the background 24/7? 4. Is it possible that the cycle for a monthly backup coincidentally occurred at the same time as my 36GB import resulting in such an extra large Backup needed? 5. What can I do here - it seems to be in a loop very difficult to break out of? Macbook 13 - 3 months old (Snow Leopard) Time Capsule - 1TB Thanks for any useful tips you may have. Regards Peter.. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Capsule backups
Ok, thanks for the tip on excluding movies from backup. It seems sensible to exclude and I can see how editing numerous files would quickly expand the backup to be a huge thing. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:08 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter James's suggestion to localise the potential trouble is good. But I recommend that you totally exclude movies from Time Machine backup. Make a manual backup of movies some other way. TM will backup entire files each time. If you are editing a movie clip, then each resultant edited clip is a new file. By the end of a days work you can have 100 Gigs of just a few small clips. Alan -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James Devenish Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 10:43 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule backups Hi Peter, Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to Back Up Now. Check that the required size goes back to a reasonable level (if it doesn't, there must be something else going on). This backup will at least ensure that your normal files are safe. Once a reasonable backup has occurred and you have some time for an uninterrupted backup, go back into your Time Machine preferences and remove your movies from the exclusion list and Back Up Now. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2729 - Release Date: 03/09/10 03:33:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Apple TV
Thanks Daniel I will investigate the options you have noted here. It certainly helps. Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Forsdyke Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Apple TV Hi Peter As I understand it you would have two options. 1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to iTunes compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of syncing with the AppleTV. 2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I have not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how to do a software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats. Just google 'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking involves forcing an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty issues. Hope that helps! Daniel -- Daniel Forsdyke On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, Crisp, Peter pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the resulting file type? Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an Apple TV. Cheers Peter.. N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Apple TV oops
Thanks Jack, that link seems to answer all my questions and reservations about the Apple tv's multi format file compatibility. It seems it will do everything I want with this software update. Cheers. Peter.. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Jack Bauer Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 6:39 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: FW: Apple TV oops From: Jack Bauer [mailto:bart...@e-wire.net.au] Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 6:38 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Apple TV Sorry i forgot the Link http://www.atvflash.com/ Hi Peter i don't know if this would help it may be useful if you want to enhance your Apple tv ,i'm thinking getting a Apple tv this year some time. Bart. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Daniel Forsdyke Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:43 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Apple TV Hi Peter As I understand it you would have two options. 1. Convert your video files to a format that iTunes recognises. I use applications such as iSquint and Visual Hub to convert video files to iTunes compatible formats. Once in iTunes it is simply a matter of syncing with the AppleTV. 2. Hack the AppleTV to play other formats/sources. This is one that I have not tried, but there is quite a bit of information available on how to do a software hack of the AppleTV to use other sources and formats. Just google 'Apple TV hacks' and have read at the options. But hacking involves forcing an update of the firmware, so can cause warranty issues. Hope that helps! Daniel -- Daniel Forsdyke On Friday, February 26, 2010, at 01:19PM, Crisp, Peter pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the resulting file type? Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an Apple TV. Cheers Peter.. N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2710 - Release Date: 02/26/10 03:57:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Apple TV
I wish to understand the functionality of the Apple TV unit and if it is able to host the playing of pre-recorded free to air TV (from say an Elgato TV tuner unit into an iMac) to my LCD/Home Stereo unit. Does a pre-recorded TV show need conversion for iTunes/Apple TV to be able to handle the resulting file type? Maybe there are more elegant ways of handling this as there are most likely a series of operations to actually get it visible/audible. If I can understand how this works, it might help me prior to purchase of an Apple TV. Cheers Peter.. * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Camcorders and compatability with Macs
Ok, I spotted this thread earlier and wondered if my Sony HDR-SR10E will be auto-recognised by the Macbook (Snow Leopard) when I plug it into the USB port - for the very first time tonight. I haven't even run imovie yet on the Macbook. I suppose I have imovie - is it part of the standard OSX 10.6.X suite? I think the Sony model I have is AVCHD format and I was disappointed with using it on my PC prior to getting the Macbook in December '09. Will I need to load the specific Sony software or is imovie all things to this camera? Cheers Peter.. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Susan Hastings Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 1:31 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Camcorders and compatability with Macs Hi Darrell, its really a matter of compatibility with software, and iMovie can handle all formats, including high definition AVCHD. imovie opens an import window when it detects that you have plugged your video camera into a USB port and its turned on. There are lots of other things to know, but all video cameras (except JVC) use video formats that are compatible with the Mac and Windows. cheers, Susan. On 26/02/2010, at 12:55 PM, Joe Mastrella wrote: Greetings! When you get ready to download your video just plug your camcorder into your mac. It will be ready to go. Cheers, Joe On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Darrel McGuiness dmcguin...@tawarri.id.au wrote: I am considering purchasing a camcorder and thought that a Panasonic SDR-H85 appeared a good choice. However I would appreciate any advice on how compatible it, or any other, would be with OS10. My setup is Imac 2.93 and OS10.6.2 Thanks Darrel -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Time Capsule - slow response
My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn't think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too - I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. When opening a Finder window and selecting Time Capsule, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives' existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn't even establish a connection - and then the spinning wheel of death - for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? I am set to n and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit... Regards Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Blocking Flash
Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks Peter... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Time Capsule - slow response
Ok thanks Ronni, responses below. Thanks I'll investigate further the pointers you've noted. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:21 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule - slow response Hi Peter, On 24/02/2010, at 8:02 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn't think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. As Severin has mentioned Save first in Word. Is the USB HD a Single self-powered USB hard disk (with support for Time Machine backups) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421 You do understand that, if the drive is connected via USB to the Time Capsule it will NOT be backed up by Time Machine. If the drive is connected via USB to your Mac it will be backed up by Time Machine. Yes, I am aware that being USB connected to the Time Capsule it is NOT backed up. As the Macbook is used and moved around quite a bit, it is not preferable to have the External drive connected to the Macbook with its transformer to lug around as well. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too - I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. NO, this should NOT happen, I can be doing anything on my MacBook Pro and Time Machine just goes about its job backing up every hour in the background. I don't notice any 'slowdown', in fact I would not know that Time Machine is backing up to Time Capsule unless I glance notice the 'Time Machine Backups' icon on my desktop. When opening a Finder window and selecting Time Capsule, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives' existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn't even establish a connection - and then the spinning wheel of death - for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Again this should NOT happen. Do you have File Sharing set on the USB Drive attached to Time Capsule on Time Capsule? I will check this, thanks for the prompt. Mount the USB drive on your Time Capsule, then launch AirPort Utility and enter manual setup mode with your Time Capsule. You should see a Disks panel. Select that. You should now see the USB drive. Select the File Sharing tab and Enable file sharing. Select the security you want, then update the Time Capsule. You should now be able to connect to the disk via the sidebar of a Finder window, assuming you have the Finder configured to show networked drives there. To Enter Time Machine, you go to the icon at the top of your Menu Bar - Enter Time Machine. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? It's NOT normal behaviour, and I have not encountered it. I am set to n and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps My Time Machine hourly backups to 1TB Time Capsule are fairly fast o wireless backup. I haven't checked the speed for awhile so I'm unable to tell you exactly at this time. Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit... Regards Peter... 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail
RE: Magic Mouse hiccup
I happened to be browsing for a Logitech wireless mouse last night and the item here (link below - VX Nano) came up at the Apple store. Listed for around $110 in the Apple store and a quick look at eBay I spotted Buy it now for $49. Seems very good value. S cheap I will just grab one of these as an interim until the OSX upgrade to 'resolve' the glitches I am having with the Magic Mouse. It also states up to six months battery life - I'd be happy with 6 days battery life at the moment! It doesn't have all the 'smarts' of the MM, but if it doesn't work reliably, it doesn't matter how smart it is, it is not going to be used. http://store.apple.com/au/product/TQ871X/A Cheers Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of James / Hans Kunz Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 2010 7:53 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Magic Mouse hiccup i'm using a non-apple trackball for 12 year on apple computers no trouble so far yes it's logitech stuff on top of it no need to install special programs/drivers James On 16/02/2010, at 19:40, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Mike, As much as I like Apple products my experience with their mice has been so negative that I just can't be bothered any more. I was given a magic mouse for Christmas, and although it is a beautiful device, I quickly returned to my much cheaper Logitech mouse. It does the same job but is so much more reliable and so much more user friendly. The previous Apple mouse I had lasted me just 4 months, could not be dismantled unless all the glued parts were forcibly prised apart ... a real nightmare. My opinion is that Apple should outsourced their mice to other companies and Logitech would be a good choice. Sorry I do not have a solution for your particular problem. But WAMUG does have some very knowledgeable members who I'm sure will be able to help. Good luck regards, Philippe C 2010/2/16 Mike Fuller blis...@tpg.com.au: I'm using an Apple magic mouse on my new iMac i5, Mac OS 10.6.2 and when it is functioning well it is wonderful. Unfortunately it has this awkward habit of invoking the Exposé Show Desktop with left mouse clicks. This is intermittent and appears to be increasing in frequency, sometimes two or three in a row and often every 3rd or 4th click. If I don't physically hold the mouse and just click with one finger press it seems to work normally but I'd have RSI in 5 minutes if I had to do that. Considering Apple doesn't even include the Exposé function natively with the mighty mouse I'm not sure what's happening. I did install MagicPrefs to see f that could help - it does help me get back from the Exposé status (not always so easy otherwise) but has no effect on the initial problem. I have turned off all Exposé settings and trashed the mouse preference plists, to no avail. Can anyone help with this one? Thanks Mike Fuller -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please
Magic Mouse battery appetite
Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I got it a month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule - my first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier and he agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The replacement one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one was probably ok and that something else is going on. It seems that it is very battery hungry and perhaps there is supposed to be a routine which puts the mouse to sleep when not in use hence preserving battery life. I have done all Software updates and even downloaded a specific update for eth Magic Mouse form the Apple site. I have MagicPrefs installed too and maybe that is responsible but I suspect not. Ronni indicated a while back there is a Mac OSX 10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have to just wait till then, but I need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days currently - SuperDuty ones too! This seems to be the only way to wake up the sleepy mouse. In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any experiences like this or can you point me to some other updates for this? Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Magic Mouse battery appetite
I don't ever turn off the switch underneath the mouse and maybe I could as a control experiment but I don't think that is a long term solution. Roger, do you ever turn off your mouse? How can I ascertain if the 'sleep' function is working for the mouse? The Macbook screen certainly goes into Sleep mode and is it therefore implied that the mouse goes to sleep at the same time? My old Logitech wireless mouse which I use with the old faithful PC, just works every time and so I am lulled into not having to turn off a mouse when its not in use. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2010 9:11 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite On 11/02/2010, at 8:43 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I got it a month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule - my first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier and he agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The replacement one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one was probably ok and that something else is going on. It seems that it is very battery hungry and perhaps there is supposed to be a routine which puts the mouse to sleep when not in use hence preserving battery life. I have done all Software updates and even downloaded a specific update for eth Magic Mouse form the Apple site. I have MagicPrefs installed too and maybe that is responsible but I suspect not. Ronni indicated a while back there is a Mac OSX 10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have to just wait till then, but I need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days currently - SuperDuty ones too! This seems to be the only way to wake up the sleepy mouse. In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any experiences like this or can you point me to some other updates for this? Hi Peter, The mouse should go to sleep fairly quickly I believe and is certainly sleeping when the computer is sleeping given the few minutes it might take independently to fall asleep. Of course if this isn't functioning properly that might cause the battery to drain as it looks for activity when there's no need. Do you turn off MagicMouse from the little switch at the bottom, or do you turn it off with the computer at night or when you are not going to be using it for awhile? 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) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Magic Mouse battery appetite
Yes I have a voltmeter and will test directly but I had concluded that the batteries were at fault as putting in the new ones immediately made it work again. Curiously as I was checking the Battery state indicator it was just previous to 'failure' noted as being in excess of 80%! So it's odd to say the least. Interesting that you still have yours running fine with only 20% showing. Thanks for the feedback. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2010 9:30 AM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: Magic Mouse battery appetite Hi Peter Can you test the actual battery voltage? I think a starting point is to determine if the batteries are flat or the problem is in the computer system. With a variety of systems I've noted I get low battery warnings on screen, but it is usually due to interference or low signal between mouse and computer. If you don't have a voltmeter, try the old mouse batteries in an mp3 player or other device. My Magic Mouse is running on original batteries after 3 months light use (now shows around 20% capacity but still works OK). I also use Magicprefs. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Nov 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz / 4 MB OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Maxtor Basic 500GB USB HDD partitioned for Time Machine and Music From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Crisp, Peter Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2010 8:44 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Magic Mouse battery appetite Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I got it a month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule - my first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier and he agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The replacement one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one was probably ok and that something else is going on. It seems that it is very battery hungry and perhaps there is supposed to be a routine which puts the mouse to sleep when not in use hence preserving battery life. I have done all Software updates and even downloaded a specific update for eth Magic Mouse form the Apple site. I have MagicPrefs installed too and maybe that is responsible but I suspect not. Ronni indicated a while back there is a Mac OSX 10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have to just wait till then, but I need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days currently - SuperDuty ones too! This seems to be the only way to wake up the sleepy mouse. In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any experiences like this or can you point me to some other updates for this? Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ N O T I C E - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2678 - Release Date: 02/10/10 03:35:00 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Magic Mouse battery appetite
Yes, I had thought of that too Warwick, perhaps I will do that on the
short term until a 'proper' solution can be found. Some of the responses
today have lead me to believe that the batteries can last plenty longer
than the 4 days I am experiencing so I hope to get to the bottom of it
somehow.
Cheers.
Peter...
Kind Regards,
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From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Warwick Smith
Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2010 2:29 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite
Peter
I had the same problem with battery consumption on both my Apple mice.
The Apple/Bluetooth mouse seemed to use batteries much more quickly (a
few weeks admittedly) than the old Microsoft/Infrared one (that lasted
months).
After exploring all the possibilities, as a simple solution I bought a
couple of extra Varta rechargeable batteries that I can recharge in a
few hours, usually overnight, or swap when urgent.
Warwick
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PO Box 411 Melville WA 6156
On 11/02/2010, at 8:43 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I got it a
month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule - my
first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier and he
agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The replacement
one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one was probably ok
and that something else is going on. It seems that it is very battery
hungry and perhaps there is supposed to be a routine which puts the
mouse to sleep when not in use hence preserving battery life. I have
done all Software updates and even downloaded a specific update for eth
Magic Mouse form the Apple site. I have MagicPrefs installed too and
maybe that is responsible but I suspect not. Ronni indicated a while
back there is a Mac OSX 10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have to just wait
till then, but I need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days currently -
SuperDuty ones too! This seems to be the only way to wake up the sleepy
mouse.
In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any experiences
like this or can you point me to some other updates for this?
Kind Regards,
Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech
HATCH
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RE: Entourage bug
Hi all, I downloaded the O2M program and successfully exported my Outlook Mail and Contact information. So far I have successfully Imported one trial MBOX file to Mail to test the process and it works fine, except the folder hierarchy needs to be manually reset. A minor issue but very easy to drag/drop and rename Mail subfolders. One minor issue I noted when Importing Contacts to Address Book. When in IMPORT mode, you are directed to browse to the folder containing the .vcf files, this is fine, but I was unable to do a bulk selection in the same way I could in Finder. I could import one contact at a time, but for 440 contacts, I was not going to do that. I slept on it. I then opened a Finder window alongside Address Book and selected them in Finder and dragged them into Address book. Presto - it worked fine. I am pretty happy with the Mail/iCal/Address Book suite having now fully superseded Entourage. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Hinchliffe Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 8:00 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Entourage bug On 04/02/2010, at 12:44 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks Neil, I have so few emails to manage from my Entourage account having only used it for the last month from new, I will manage those in a 'sledgehammer' way I suspect. I will probably download the O2M program as recommended by Ronni which handles Outlook to Mail and Entourage to Mail as well I think. If O2M can't do the Entourage to Mail conversion, I will pull out my hammer to bash them over there. There might be 30 emails at most falling into this category. Regards Peter... I can vouch for O2M. Not only does it just transfer the messages, it preserves your folder structure as well. I have not had to use this program very often, but I have had nothing but excellent results each time (as recently as a week into 2010!). Just one point: taker careful note of the information you provide when you pay for the software: if you ever have to download or pay for it again, you will be asked to repeat that information exactly. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Entourage bug
Hi folks, I have undertaken a few tests with my father Severin and am now happy that Mail/iCal/Calendar will give me all I want and at the same time solve the back-up issues that Entourage was causing. It seems all the info that you have all relayed to me have answered all my queries and it is the better technical solution and has no downsides. It will of course take a little time to get used to the different 'look' of the apps, but this will be minor in the whole scheme of things. The main influencing factor for me is how Mail treats each separate incoming email in isolation (and hence the backup ramification is far simpler) as opposed to a revision to a monolithic database. So there! Thanks to you all for help in putting me at ease. I intend to do the migration over this weekend time permitting and then shortly after move all my historical emails/Contacts out of Outlook to Mail/Contacts respectively. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Hinchliffe Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2010 8:33 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Entourage bug On 02/02/2010, at 11:18 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I wondered how long it would take for someone to suggest this solution - thanks John for raising this one. Having come from a Windows background, I find it hard to move to a program (Mail) that doesn't have Contacts and Calendar functions integrated into the one app. Mail is just one part of daily activity and within Entourage (like MS Outlook) it is a nice integrated look and feel, not to mention logical, to have Mail/Calendar/Contacts integrated into one app. Can Mail/iCal/Contacts be managed in the same way? I am not 100% settled on Entourage and prepared to consider Mail/iCal/Contacts but it seems retrograde to use 3 apps for what one app can manage albeit with this bug. Maybe Microsoft will arrange a fix for this or maybe I'll use the noted work-around (a la Time Machine Scheduler) for the temporary solution to my problem. It really makes no difference to the user experience whether Mail, Calendar and Contacts are all in the one entity or three separate applications. The Mail experience certainly proves this with its use the Data Detector. Mail interacts with Address Book directly, and Data Detectors allow you to add dates and events directly to your iCal calendars, and even interact with Google Maps. It all happens seamlessly. What does matter is that Address Book and iCal data are system-wide, and therefore available to other software if the author chooses (Bento being one obvious example). This is difficult if not impossible with closed systems like Entourage. You'll have to duplicate your contacts in Address Book anyway to get access to this system-wide functionality. Microsoft software still retains it's own little ecosystem within Mac OS X (even down to the clipboard), and does not really sit well with modern Mac software. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
