Re: office 2004 2008 problem
Roger Here is another possible solution by installing Office 2008 12.0.1 update. You may of course already have installed the update. http://www.macfixit.com/ Scroll down to: Microsoft Office 2008 12.0.1: fixes launch, user permission issues Have a Good Day! Dave Watkins -- The 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: office 2004 2008 problem
Roger This can be caused by having a single licence for Office 2008 and installing the programs on more than one computer. If your computers are networked together Office will detect hat the program is installed on more than one computer and you will normally get a message similar to Your installation is exceeds the number of installations permitted etc etc It does appear however that you can still run Word on the computer which the error message appeared as long as you close down the program on the other computers. The above of course may not be the reason why you are having problems as it may be something entirely different in your case but I am mentioning it so people are aware of what can happen. Have a Good Day! Dave Watkins -- The 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 128k Mac software
Buy the way isn't there a Mac OS1.0? Regards Chris G Take a look at the following page: The Macintosh a.k.a. Macintosh 128K http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/128k.shtml Works with any system from 1.0 through 3.3 Go down the page to the link called: Mac System 1.0 Headquarters - where you can download the original System 1.0 (Broadband connection not required smile) Dave Watkins
Re: Eudora help
Kev On the top menu bar go to: Special - Settings - Styled Text and then choose Send plain text mail only. Dave Watkins --- On 21/02/2006, at 12:06 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Using Eudora 6.2 sponsored mode. I have just posted to the list regarding Old Mac Computers and my message bounced with the message ' Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: multipart/alternative, and this list accepts plain text only I haven't changed anything and and cannot see where to revert to plain text. Any ideas for me? Ta Kev
Apple ID passwords
Just received the following email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], it is as received, except for the actual key in the link. I have not requested a reset of the password or even been in my Apple account section for some time so I assume someone has entered my user name by mistake. Probably no harm can be done but with the scams that are about I though I would just ask if anybody is familiar with the way Apple deals with there password resets. Thanks Dave Watkins - Dear David Watkins, To reset your Apple password, please click on the link below or copy and paste the address onto your web browser's address window. Once you're on the web page, you will be instructed to enter and confirm your new password. https://iforgot.apple.com/cgi-bin/resetPassword.cgi? key=x Please note that this link will expire 3 hours from the time it was sent. If you require further assistance in resetting your password, please visit: http://survey.info.apple.com/feedback/appleid.html Thank you for contacting Apple.
Re: Pop up error message
I experienced a similar thing yesterday not long after installing Mac OS X 10.4.4 update and Safari Version 2.0.3 (417.8). In my case it was when viewing a page of search results from Google and then when I linked on to the next page of results up came a similar message like you mentioned. It was not a pop up window but a Google page with the message that it had detected a virus and listied links to virus checkers and spyware programs. I did not investigate the web page at the time but it appeared to be a genuine Google page with their logo on it. I have a feeling it may have something to do with the shareware program Pithlmet which informed me after the loading of the new version of Safari that the Pithelmet has not loaded as it is incompatible with this version of Safari. I have since removed Pithelmet and all associated files that were installed with the program. Will be interesting to see if the message appears again. Dave Watkins - On 14/01/2006, at 8:23 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Over the last 5 days or so, regardless of which browser I use, I have been getting a pop up menu saying I have a computer error and can have a free scan to correct the error. In trying to close the window it takes over my browser window and says to click OK to start the free download. There is a cancel option but after cancelling the offer reappears. I force quit out of the browser to clear the deck. Has anyone else experienced this irritation? What action to stop it? Merv
Repairing permissions via disk utility doesn't seem to work
ISP iiNet --- While replying to the ISP question I thought I would share this bit of information I found today after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.3 and then running Disk Utility to repair permissions. It reported a nuuber of permissions were repaired but upon running it again it came up with the same list had been repaired, this I repeated again and the same list came up. Went to http://www.macfixit.com to find if anybody else was having the same problem and found the reason why this is happening. Posting the answer here in case others had the same problem. Basically, if the files are listed in HintFile.plist, everything is alright, you will just have to put up with looking at them everytime you do a repair permissions. Quote: Look in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/ Resources/HintFile.plist You'll see all those files listed. These are override settings, which tells Disk Utility to ignore the permissions in /Library/Receipts and use these instead. Dave Watkins
Re: Mandurah City Online Payment Page
Ronni http://validator.w3.org/ If you go to the WC3 Validation page and paste the URL of the web page, you will find that there are errors in the page and it is not valid XHTML and probably the reason why you cannot access it. Maybe you could email Mandurah City and point it out to them. Dave Watkins -- On 27/10/2005, at 3:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi People, I've tried accessing this page in safari 2..1 IE 5.2.3 and only get a Blank Page. http://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/documents/payments.html Could someone please try it for me. I need to pay Cloe's registration :-) Cheers, Ronni
Some easy to use Website Tools
In response to a couple of recent enquiries about website programs, here is a couple of simple and easy ones I use. Photo Gallery, take a look at: Galerie runs on Mac OS X (10.2 to 10.4). http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/galerie.htm It is free, easy and friendly to use use and generates a gallery direct from photos you select in iPhoto. Lots of different templates available so you can choose one that suits your taste. Content Management, take a look at: CMSimple http://www.cmsimple.dk/ This one is Open Source, you can use on your own web space from your ISP as it does not require SQL to be installed and is ideal for small commercial or private sites. One of the websites I look after has over 300 pages and it handles it well. Also has the added advantage that if you have a little website knowledge you can have it up and running in 15 minutes without having to go through a 3 months learning curve. Again, plenty of different templates available. You can see both these programs in action at: http://members.iinet.net.au/~davwat/royalfor/ Enjoy Dave Watkins
Re: Ethernet Linking
On 29/08/2005, at 5:41 PM, Warwick L Smith wrote: A call to Apple Support pointed me to Macintosh: How to Create a Small Ethernet Network http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n106658 but the link is obsolete. -- Warwick Give the link another try as it worked for me and directed me automatically to; http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106658 Dave Watkins
Re: Mail-Checking Hypertext Links
Ronda Try this, do a control + click (right click with a 2 button mouse) in the body of the new message then choose 'Edit Link' in the contextual menu. Now type or paste the URL in the box and and click ok, it will insert the it as an active link which you can try out before sending the message. Dave Watkins At 9:39 AM +0800 1/8/05, Ronda Brown said: Hello WAMUGgers, You used to be able to check hypertext links in an email before sending it. You could save the email as a 'Draft' then click on the web link to check it was correct. In Mail v2.0.2 Tiger OSX10.4.2 I am unable to do this. Is there anyway to do this please? Thanks.
Mailing List Etiquette
Hi I really enjoy picking up tips and leraning from the many people who contribute to the list. However, in recent times that it is extremely difficult sometimes to find a couple of lines of text some one has replied with amongst maybe a hundred lines of quoted text. Below are a few tips which I've taken from the Usenet Mailing List Etiquette FAQ which you may consider adopting. Dave Watkins = Taken from the Usenet Mailing List Etiquette FAQ http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html When replying, should I quote the previous message? Most certainly. You should always provide some context to your replies so that people who may not have been following the thread closely, or who have other things on their minds will easily be able to determine what you're talking about. However, when quoting, be very careful to edit the quoted sections down to the bare minimum of text needed to maintain the context for your reply. There is very little on a mailing list that is more annoying than paging through a few pages of quoted text only to read a few lines at the end. Also be careful that you clearly indicate what text you're quoting (as opposed to what you're writing), and if possible, cite the author of the original text. If your mail program wants to attach the whole message you're replying to on the end of your replies, please do not let it do this if you can possibly avoid it. It is a good thing to include excerpts from previous messages with your replies to maintain a logical flow of discussion, but it is almost always a bad thing to include the entire text of a message being replied to, be it at the start or end of your reply.
Apache Web Serving
If you want to get going on serving web pages directly from your Mac, you will find many articles on the O'Reilly Network webpages very informative and easy to follow. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/04/apache_jaguar_pt1.html Dave Watkins
Re: Windows to OSX networking
Paul Just a couple of things that you have not mentioned but you probably have done. First make sure you have Windows Sharing active in the Sharing preferences and the other one is to reboot the PC after you have done any configurational changes on that machine. Dave Watkins At 9:52 AM +0800 17/2/05, Paul Kitchener wrote: Hi wamug I'm stumped! I know I have done this before but I cant seem to do it now :(
Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill
Apple's music player apparently is wildly popular on Microsoft's campus. Thousands of Microsofties own the devices, to the great irritation of management. By Leander Kahney. http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66460,00.html Enjoy Dave Watkins
Re: How to view .ht files?
John I use Interarchy as my FTP client and it has an option to switch to viewing .files in the preferences, I can also view the contents and edit the files using the BBEdit tools without downloading the file. As I have the Fetch program I thought I would see if I was able to see any .files, but no I couldn't and I could not find any options in the program to do this. One thing to remember if you do get access to the .files and you want to download them to edit or whatever, you will have to temporary rename the file by getting rid of the . if you are using OS X as the .files will otherwise also be invisible on your computer. Dave Watkins At 4:52 PM +0800 1/2/05, John Reed said: Hi wamuggers I have a password protected site on a linux server which uses .htaccess and .htpasswd files - only problem is when I log into the site with fetch I can't see them - any clues how I can make them accessible?
Re: Hiding email address
Here is an excellent program which I have used for years and it is free. SpamStopper http://www.railheaddesign.com/ How does it work? SpamStopper encodes the text of your email address so that it no longer looks like an email address in your HTML, which makes all the current harvesting spambots ignore it when they scan internet pages. Basically, indexing spiders look for certain email address-identifying characters, and SpamStopper makes it so that those characters aren't displayed - it's pretty much that simple. All you have to do with the SpamStopper application is enter your email address and optionally specify the email subject and link text you would like to be displayed. Then you just click the Convert button and you get the encoded output - ready to copy and paste into your site creation tool of choice. Dave Watkins At 1:55 PM +0800 11/12/04, P.Bull wrote: While we are on the subject I remember a posting years ago that had a clever way to hide an email address displayed on a web site. Since leaving iinet the amount of spam on my personal account has dropped but I get heaps from my web site address. Does anyone know or remember how to disguise an address from the robots? Peter Bull -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Genealogy Software for Windows XP
The latest Windows Personal Ancestral File 5.2 program has just been updated and can be downloaded from the LDS site for free. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://familysearch.com/ Follow the link which says Download Products then on to Software Downloads - Free. Do not be put off by the name of the organization. The program is very good and will fill the needs of most people. Dave Watkins At 8:41 AM +0800 2/12/04, Ronda Brown said: Hello Guys, Please forgive me for posting such a subject yuk Windows XP, I hate anything Windows with a passion! But, I have a friend who is from 'The dark Side' (yeah, I know I should get rid of her), who wishes to research her family history. She has seen my 'Reunion 8' which is the best Genealogy software program for Macs. I understand that 'Family Tree Maker' is the best for Windows. Does anyone know if this is correct please?
Re: Question for those on iiNet Broadband...
You will find that you can access the DSL-300 configuration by any browser on your Mac using the address of 192.168.0.1 providing you have un checked 'Connect by PPPoE in Network preferences. Also, you will find that you can connect to iiNet Broadband by again having the above un checked and then moving to the TCP/IP section and changing Configure 'Using PPP' to 'Using DHCP' as it will then make the connection automatically. If you find any of the above does not work then try it again after disconnecting the power to the modem for about 20 seconds in order to reset it and then giving it time to establish the connection again. Dave Watkins At 6:17 PM +0800 27/11/04, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Shay Telfer wrote: Open the Terminal (in your Utilities folder). Type telnet 192.168.0.1 and hit the return key. Assuming that's the IP address of your router on the local LAN (it should be the number next to 'Router' in the TCPIP pane of your Network Preferences panel). Although I suspect the DSL300 doesn't work like that as it's a modem, not a router. If that doesn't work you may need an appropriate serial cable and USB-serial adapter such as a keyspan. Thanks Shay. If we have another disconnect I shall attach the modem directly to the PC and give it a go. If that doesn't work I can use the Toshiba laptop but I shall have to find a serial cable. We are also considering buying a new combined modem-router, less junk on the desk and I am told if we ever get ADSL2 the present setup won't work. Diana
Re: Help for Help
Adam Had the same problem as yourself, I am running OS X 10.3.5. Repairing permissions did not solve it so I ran Cocktail 3.4.9 and went to the Pilot tab and ticked all the tasks that are listed, once it was completed and the system restarted all was well again. Dave Watkins At 6:01 AM +0800 1/10/04, Adam Lippiatt said: Hi Every time I open the help viewer, it starts up but then immediately crashes (OS10.3). I have repaired the disk and also rebuilt the directories using Disk Warrior, but that has not helped. Just wondering if anyone knows what the next step should be (system reinstall - or can you somehow replace individual programs)? Thanks Adam
Re: Any idea how to open a .wps file
Matt It is as Daniel said a MS Works file. If you are still having problems opening it you can send it to me, I should be able to open it in MS Office I have installed on my PC and convert it into a Mac readable document for you. Dave Watkins At 9:01 PM +0800 16/8/04, Matt Falvey said: Hi, I have been sent a family tree document with an ending .wps, does anyone know if any of the standard applications on an iMac are capable of opening it? I have tried to get the person to resend it as either an RTF or PDF but they are not computer savvy and I know very little about window to try and direct them. If the iMac apps are not likely to open it could SKS who has the ability to open and return it, do it for me if I forward it to them? Thanks Matt Falvey
Re: Scrabble
John Take a look at Wordsmith which is a similar game to Scrabble http://www.dracosoft.net/wordsmith/ Dave Watkins
Re: Panther and classic
Agnus The following may be of interest to you, these ebooks will answer all the questions and are a good reference guide to keep. Upgrading to Panther has a section about installing OS 9 before or after installing OS X. Will cost you US$5, well worth the investment. Dave Watkins - Take Control 50% Off Sale for TidBITS 14th Anniversary -- While we were in Hawaii last week for my sister's wedding, TidBITS celebrated 14 years of continuous publication. Who knew a teenage electronic publication could throw such a big party while its parents were away? Anyway, we're marking the occasion officially this week with a half-off sale on our Take Control ebooks about Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. If you've been hesitant to upgrade from Jaguar, if you'd like to customize Panther to make it work exactly the way you want, if users and accounts in Mac OS X befuddle you, or if you want to make sure you're using the best and most secure methods of sharing files, our ebooks not only contain the information you need now, but also include free minor updates. Through Friday, 30-Apr-04, use coupon code CPN40426TB14 to take 50 percent off your entire order, whether you order a single ebook or all four. [ACE] http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/
A consideration regarding first post moderation
The moderating of the the first post by a subscriber appears to be creating more problems than it is trying to solve and maybe it would be worth turning that feature off. If a week or more can go by where the first postings can go by before it is looked at, this only causes frustration and the result of test messages being posted by people. In my case I recently subscribed with a new address and it was frustrating that two messages did not appear for some time. Please Consider my suggestion. Dave Watkins
Re: Pagemaker 6.52 Cannot open file
Mike Have you installed something new on your computer recently. The reason why I ask you that is that I was having similar problems with Apple Works. While looking ay the web pages of MacCentral the other day, there was the mention of the Trojan Horse and a few lines down for a try out for Virex anti virus software, so I thought why not give it a go. Next day, after hours of frustration trying to find the Apple Works problem I got rid of the Virex software and all was working fine again. Dave Watkins At 5:05 PM +0800 12/4/04, Mike Murray said: Hi muggers Any Pagemaker experts out there? I've been working on a document for just about a day when I suddenly had a series of error messages (including something about hyperxxx parameters), then I can't save because disk full (which it wasn't). Then the program quit. I now find that the file (which I'd been saving regularly) won't open. It looks normal, right icon etc. When I try to open it, I get the message Cannot open file Error 8009:16404 And did I back it up before all this happened? Did I hell. Mac Ti Powerbook system 10.2.8 (but I'd rebooted and was working in system 9.2.2), Adobe Pagemaker 6.52 Any advice? Or do I have to start again???
Re: Personal Web Sharing
Callum This can happen if you have edited your httpd.conf file and in doing so you have made a mistake somewhere. The Sharing preferences assumes a valid configuration file. To check your configuration for correctness, enter httpd -t in a terminal, if there is an error you will be told the line number where the problem is. Dave Watkins At 10:52 AM +0800 10/4/04, Callum Prior said: Hi all, I'm having trouble reactivating Web Sharing. After selecting it and clicking start a Web Sharing starting up message appears, Personal Web Sharing greys out, and nothing happens. Anyone have any ideas? 10.3.3 Dual 1Ghz G4, 768 Mb DDR SDRAM, 40Gb free space. Cheers! Callum
Re: Eudora failure to highlight
Generally the problem when Eudora misbehaves is that it has a corrupted Eudora Settings file. You will find your 'Eudora Settings' file inside your Eudora folder. Try by closing down the Eudora program and moving the 'Eudora Settings' file out of the Eudora folder, then when you re-start the Eudora program again it will create a new Settings file. If all is working working ok after doing that you can trash the old Settings file. As you will have to put all your personal details back into the Settings file I would suggest that you first make a note of your SMTP and Mail servers and also have your password available. Dave Watkins At 12:16 PM +1100 2/2/04, Tom Lewis wrote: Yes, same problem with mine. Maybe there is a virus on the loose which affects Eudora??? I had a look at the forum emails as suggested by Bob - many thanks - but no fixes available as yet.
Re: More than coincidence???
Brad It sounds very much like the latest virus outbreak and not spam. Here is a little information for you below. If you only only use a Mac and not Windows you have nothing to fear from it, but they are a nuisance. Dave Watkins W32/[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a High-Outbreak mass-mailing worm flooding email servers worldwide. When run, the worm steals email addresses from the infected machine and also automatically generates random email addresses for propagation. This email generation engine is similar to technologies spammers use to generate addresses for spam email campaigns. Learn More about W32/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: == http://us.mcafee.com/root/campaign.asp?cid=9539
Re: PM7200 USB or not to USB
Brad Try Charles Taylor at http://www.macs-4-u.com/default.html He is a authorised Apple reseller, selling new and second hand Macs from a shop in Midland. You will find him very good at offering advice on what will or will not work with older Macs, he also generally has in stock memory and cards to suit most Macs, if not he would be able to source it for you. Dave Watkins At 11:35 AM +0800 22/1/04, Brad Helden wrote: Can anyone tell me if it is possible (and to what cost outlay) to put some sort of USB card or connector to a PM7200 so I can use a scanner and digital camera? Also does anyone have any RAM for sale for the aforementioned machine (size and cost)? Thanks, Brad
Re: Is iiNet Broadband OK?
Rod I would recommending that you go with iinet for your broadband connection. The connection has been 100% reliable for me with no glitches at all. Like you, I have been with them since they started up in Hillarys No matter what you buy in the world you will always hear someone advise against it. Ask your self why iinet have been so successful in the market place. Dave Watkins At 12:44 PM +0800 14/1/04, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi WAMUGers I have been away for the last 6 months and have just re-subscribed. I am considering upgrading my dial-up connection to Broadband. I am looking at iiNet's Blink 512 lite. I have searched your archives and found a warning from Matthew H against iiNet. Any advice regarding Braodband/Mac/iiNet etc would be gratefully appreciated please. I have been with iiNet since they were in a garage in Hillarys and would like to stay with them if possible. Ta Rod Blitvich
Re: Is iiNet Broadband OK?
Luke Since I own a Mac and use a good ISP, I have no need to ring the support line. Nearly did not send the above statement, was thinking the dog may come back and bite me, I will take the chance. smile Dave Might pay to make a quick call to one of the isp's support lines then to iiNets to compare before your sign up :) -- luke
Re: Limitations on Converting to PDF in OS X?
Curiosity got the better of me as well. Created a 166 page pdf document from a BBEdit text document. The newly created pdf document opened and displayed all pages just fine in Acrobat Reader 6 and Preview 2.1 Using OS X 10.3.2 David Watkins http://members.iinet.net.au/~davwat/
We've come a long way
This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. Western Union, internal memo, 1876 Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. Popular Mechanics, 1949 I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year. The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977 640k ought to be enough for anybody. Bill Gates, Co-Founder and CEO of Microsoft, 1981
Re: Password problem and iiNet
Mark I go along with everything you say about iiNet and overall have not missed a beat with them. I was one of their first customers they ever had, joining them in 1994. Gone through all the changes of Mac OS systems, started with them using would you believe syestem 6 and a 14400 modem. (Wowwhat a difference using OS X and Broadband) Back to iiNet, well they are not perfect like the rest of us but I do honestly believe they do a good overall job and with them being one of the bigger ISP's you are going to hear more complaints about them than any one else. There are hundreds of different reasons why one can have a bad connection to an ISP and of course the easy way out is to say it is their fault. I find if I have a problem with anything to do with a Mac be it regarding the internet or using software, you will generally find that some one has had the same problem before you and by doing a search through google their is a good chance you find an answer. Dave Watkins At 1:47 PM +0800 11/9/03, Mark Scholmann said: From a PC user point of view... Is there something different in the PPP specs on new Macs or something to do with the way data is transmitted/received (character set?, etc) ? I only ask, as I notice the bagging of iiNet on this list, but have to say that after 7-8 years with them (on both Mac and PC) I can not say I have ever encountered more than a reasonable period of down time due to some specific reason. In the past 4 years I have had only a handful of engaged signals (20 at most), with connection times ranging from 8 hrs - 70+ hrs. I have an old dinosaur Mac 8100/110 , which I occassionally fire up to do some things, and the connection still works on a Motorola 28K modem using the old (original) PPP scripts. I have friends with iMac's and a Mac laptop (ibook?), and I have helped them connect to iiNet, with no problems of what I read on this list ? I understand that the Support call centre may not always appreciate the Mac customers. Surely, there must be a simple reason for the connection issues ?... well, certainly not ones that result in you having to purchase a Net Friendly Fridge to get on line ? Regards, Mark Scholmann ANTI FLAME SHIELDS = ON :-}
Re: Word Problem
Alex EMF is an Enhanched Media File (Windows) and your MS Word 2001 obviously has not got the capabilities of converting it. You will find in general that Mac Word will do a reasonable job converting normal Windows Word documents but as soon as some form of graphic is included into it more often than not you might as well forget even trying. Dave Watkins At 12:17 AM +0800 10/9/03, Alex Novakovic said: Hi Peoples I am having trouble opening printing a Word doc that I have received as an attachment (Using MS Word 2001, Mac OS8.6) The document opens but within a few seconds it shows in the bottom bar a process called Converting EMF and then hangs the computer forcing me to reboot. Can anyone please enlighten me on what is happening and any way of getting around it? I have tried to pre-empt the converting emf process by doing a Comm P before it appears in the bottom bar but all that did was to now give me a type 3 error. Many thanks in advance, Alex
Re: Explorer settings
Severin I had the same thing happening with me. I found by quitting the program as soon as I made any changes and then restarting it again it was then holding them. Make sure you browser is not used in any way prior to quitting it after you have made the changes. Could be that I was just lucky and it was something else but it is worth a try. Dave At 2:16 PM +0800 5/9/03, Severin Crisp said: I find that IE constantly reverts settings to default, cache drops back to 10MB, Auto Fill profile is lost and so on. This happens in the absence of anything else untoward, apparently. Any comments welcomed! Severin Crisp
Re: One nail to go...
Not really bad news in my opinion! These days you can pick up good second hand PC for a few hundred dollars and you will get far better performance than using emulation on a Mac. Networking a PC to a Mac is is easy to do with Mac OS X, you can even share your Mac internet connection with the PC without too much trouble and access those sites which I hear Mac people are having problems with. Also has an additional benefit, you can use the PC as a backup destination for for your Mac. In this changing world of computers I do believe you will see the end of Windows emulation before too long but it is not really a concern anymore for Mac users. Dave Watkins At 8:21 AM +0800 28/8/03, Peter Hinchliffe said: Bad news from MacCentral this morning. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/27/realpc/ A few months ago, FWB announced a MacOS X version of RealPC would be forthcoming. This now appears to have been vaporware. Check out the above link for the full story. Even worse, Micro$oft have announced that the current version of VPC will not run on the G5 at all. The code in the G4 upon which certain routines rely is not there in the G5, so those areas of VPC need to be re-written. I'm waiting for the day when they announce that it's no longer in their interests to do so... Anyone tried Bochs? -- Peter Hinchliffe
Re: iMac wanted
You could try Charles Taylor at: http://www.macs-4-u.com/ He always has a good selection of second hand Macs for sale at a reasonable price. Charles recently opened a small shop on The Crescent, Midland opposite the cinemas. Dave Watkins At 9:37 AM +0800 7/8/03, Lloyd White said: I have a relative who wants an iMac, preferably slot loading. Just wants to use it for word-processing and email. Would need a suitable printer as well if possible. She is looking for cheap and reliable. Probably OS 9 would be suitable. Anything out there? I would sell her mine but I am not ready to upgrade just yet. Lloyd -- Lloyd White
Re: Eudora Problem,...very confusing
Daniel If you have not already tried it, I would suggest you 'Check Mail Specially' which gives you the option to delete all messages on the server (be sure). If you hold down the option key as you go to the to File Check Mail you will find that' Check Mail' has now changed to 'Check Mail Specially. Dave Watkins At 12:25 AM +0800 1/8/03, Daniel Kerr said: Hi All. I am stumped. Everything has been working fine up to about 3 days ago, when Eudora seems to have packed a sad. It went to check the email and then it said Checking mail... Peeking at message 1... It sits there for about 5 minutes or so, before it gives some other message, ie server isn't responding, there is something wrong with your network protocols, I need a holiday,...things like that. I have logged onto webmail for my site and there isn't anything there. I can check email in Entourage and Apple Mail and it collects and sends correctly for my domain. I have emailed my domain host and they checked the settings, gone through it all, reset my mailbox but still no joy. I have erased every spec of Eudora then reinstalled a fresh copy downloaded off the net. Even with no email put back and setup with the basic of settings I still get exactly the same error! Yes I know I could use another email client,...but I really really like this one! So I'm stumped. Searching the Eudora support website turned up nothing. A quick google search also turned up no results. I know there are a few Eudora users on WAMUG, so am hoping someone might know what I am overlooking! Any help appreciated. Machine specs - G4 DP1.25, Mac OS 10.2.6, Eudora 6.0b24 Thanks in advance! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr
Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice
Onno It is getting close to a gig with the supporting applications needed, unless my mathematics are not what they used to be. The following is taken from the Open Office Read Me file. OpenOffice.org 1.0.3 Mac OS X (X11) requires the following to run: Mac OS X 10.2 or higher or Darwin 6.0 or higher. 256 MB of memory to get decent performance. 512 MB recommended. 300 MB free hard drive space for OpenOffice.org 600 MB additional hard drive space for installation of auxiliary applications required to run OpenOffice.org. 1 GB additional free space on your System drive for use as swap space during installation and execution. XFree86/XDarwin or Apple X11, dlcompat, ESP-Ghostscript 7.05, fondu, and libfreetype 6.2+. The installer will attempt to detect whether you are missing any of these required components and install them for you. G4/400 or higher recommended Dave Watkins At 1:17 PM +0800 31/7/03, Onno Benschop wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 18:29, David Watkins wrote: Thanks to all for your comments about OpenOffice. Certainly got a cross section of views which is what it is all about. Considering the it is going to take up nearly a gig of my hard drive OpenOffice.org a gig? I don't think so. Onno Benschop
Re: Running a script on startup
Trevor I would imagine you would be able to start a script at startup by dragging it into your Login items within the System Preference. Dave Watkins At 8:57 AM + 30/7/03, Trevor Lee said: Hi, I would like to know where in OSX (10.2.6) one would place a script to run on startup. I tried to look for something along the lines of /etc/rc2.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d etc as found in most flavours of UNIX. Some pointers would be greatly appreciated. Regards Trevor Lee
Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice
Thanks to all for your comments about OpenOffice. Certainly got a cross section of views which is what it is all about. Considering the it is going to take up nearly a gig of my hard drive and that I have MS Office on my PC, I will continue dragging files through the little network I have. If I did not have the PC with Office there is no doubt I would have given it a try. Well, I know where to come for an opinion next time I'm thinking of getting a new program. Thanks againDave
Mac OS X OpenOffice
I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there. As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the opinion of those who have tried it out to give me some feedback as to if it is worth getting. Thanks Dave Watkins
Re: pdf files etc
There is also a similar product which I use to do the same job and have found to be excellent. PDFshrink http://apago.com/products.html Dave Watkins
Monitor Problems
Here I have two queries, any advice would be appreciated. I have an Apple 17-inch Studio Display CRT with my G3 using OS X 10.26 Going back to the computer after leaving it running but idle for a few hours. The screen was black and the power button light flashes contentiously from green to red. Did the usual things like restart and check all the connections but still no picture and the power button light continues to flash. Is this the the mark of a dead monitor? As I also have a 17-inch ADI monitor I connected this to the machine and all is working alright as far as the picture on the screen. As the resolution of 640 X 480 automatically came in to use I decided to change it with everything being far too big for me to view. I went to the Display preferences to change the resolution but found the only one available is 640 x 480. I have used this same monitor on this machine previously using OS 9 and I had no problems changing the resolution. Can anybody give me some advice if I can change the resolution using the ADI monitor and OS X? Thanks Dave Watkins
Re: Network OSX10.2 - Window Me
Networking to a PC can be a little difficult if you have not done it before and it is almost impossible to explain everything by an e-mail as it is a big subject, below are some guide lines that may help you. You can also go to the website MacWindows http://macwindows.com/ and have a read over a few things there, if all this fails I think you may have to call someone in to help you. Dave - The following steps will help you configure the Windows 2000 and Macintosh machines with the minimum configuration necessary for it to work properly. Windows - Right click on My Network Places and select Properties - Right click on the Local Area Connection and select Properties - Get the properties for TCP/IP - Enter the IP address 192.168.0.1 and the subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - Leave the Default Gateway blank - Select the Advanced button - On the DNS tab, verify that the DNS server address is blank - On the WINS tab, verify that the WINS server address is blank and that Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is selected - Click OK - Install File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks - Close all windows - Right Click on My Computer - Select Properties - Click on the Network Identification tab - The name of the computer will be Windows and the workgroup will be Workgroup - Close everything and restart - After restarting, right-click in the middle of the desktop and choose New - Folder - Right-click on New Folder and select Sharing - Select Share this folder and then click OK Macintosh OS 8.6 - 9.x - Open the TCP/IP control panel - Connect Via - Ethernet, Configure - Manually - IP address 192.168.0.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - Make sure there is no router or name server address and no search domains - Close TCP/IP and save the changes - Open the NetBIOS control panel - The name will be Macintosh and the workgroup will be Workgroup Macintosh OS X - Open the Network preference in the System preferences - Show - Built in Ethernet, Configure - Manually - IP address 192.168.0.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - Make sure there is no router or name server address and no search domains - Click 'Apply Now' and close the Network preference - Select the Finder and on the menu bar select Go - Connect to server to browse the network
Re: Network OSX10.2 - Window Me
Merv I have Mac with 10.2 connecting ok with Windows 98 via ethernet so you should be able to do it with out any problems. Not knowing what your configurations are on each Machine it is hard to answer why you can't get it to work. Are you familiar with what basic configurations are required for your Windows machine, if not I could dig up some details and send them to you. From memory the Help section on your Mac gives some details of how to go about it. Dave Watkins. At 10:59 PM +0800 5/7/03, Mervyn Giuliana Bond said: I have be trying to link my iMac running OSX10.2 to a laptop running Windows Me using a crossover ethernet cable and have come to the conclusion that the highly promoted simple connectivity of OSX 10.2 only works if one is connecting to a PC that is running on XP. Is this conclusion accurate? If so, can I use the cross-over ethernet cable configuration to link to the Window Me laptop in some way that doesn't involve using the internet or a significant outlay on new software? Suggestions please. Merv
Re: Is this a spam scan?
I was getting a lot of spam with multiple iinet address and it got me thinking how they were getting them. Had a look around their web pages and they had a page in the members section where you could search all the people who were members and obtain their e-mail address. The results came out at 20 at a time, for instance if I put dav in the search box, I was given 20 iinets e-mail addresses beginning with dav. I notified iinet of this and at they eventually took the search facility away. That was only about a month ago so there are plenty of people who retrieved thousands of iinets e-mail addresses this way. I would advise anybody who has a web address with iinet and is listed in the Zoo database, is to cancel your listing in the Zoo. All iinets e-mail addresses are tied with your web address unless you have your own domain name. For instance if your web address is members/iinet.net.au/~george/ I know your e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave At 7:34 PM +0800 21/6/03, KEVIN Lock wrote: Just received this and it looks to me like a programme designed to hit an ISP with possible email addresses. Is that so Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Emile Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Edited
Re: Family tree program
Steven If it is an actual Reunion file you have the only way to read it would be through the Reunion program. If it is a gedcom file exported from the Program you will be fine. All Family Tree Genealogy programs have the ability to export and import what they call a gedcom file (.ged) which are interchangeable on both the Mac and Windows platforms. A gedcom file is a database file but specific for use with genealogy programs. In other words if some one sends you a gedcom file you will be able to read it on any Genealogy program regardless if it Mac or PC variety. Without going to the expense of buying a latest commercial product like Reunion with all the great features. You can purchase a copy of Mac 'Personal Ancestral File 2.3.1' for US$10. It runs on Mac OS 7 onwards and does the job very well, I've used it for years. http://www.familysearch.org/ I do have the Reunion program, so if you can't get the file in the gedcom format I would be able convert it for you. Dave Watkins -- David Watkins WebSite http://members.iinet.net.au/~davwat/ At 1:00 PM +0800 16/6/03, Steven Tan wrote: hi all, I am looking for an old mac family tree program to read the files created by it. I think it might be called Reunion or something. Please contact me off list if you know of anything. Thanks!! Steven
Re: Publisher files on a Mac?
Phil If the person who sent you the Publisher file is a PC user and has the Publisher program he can save it in RTF format which of course you can then save as a Word document. If you still have problems and the file is not personal then send me the file and I will do the conversion for you on my PC. Regards..Dave At 6:49 PM +0800 10/6/03, Phillip McGree wrote: Hiya, Anyone know of any ways of opening up a Microsoft Publisher file on a Mac? I've been forwarded such a file with the request of converting it to a word file. Regards, Phil
Re: Word and invisible garbage
Bill Sounds very much like a problem I had with an earlier version of MS Word. It turned out after investigation that it was a security problem in the earlier versions of Word but was fixed in versions after Word 98. Has the file some how gone through a Word 98 or earlier program? If so go and have a look at the following web page which explains it all. http://www.macintouch.com/o98security.html Dave Watkins At 6:20 PM +0800 6/6/03, Bill Parker wrote: Here's a challenging question - I think. I am using MS Word 2001 for the Macintosh. I receive all manner of Word docs from all over Australia and NZ, normally without problem. Recently I have been writing a couple of largish business plans/agreements with two colleagues. In one case - the agreement, I was setting up a TOC and tidying it up. Saved it and noticed that it was 1500K - way too big for a 28 pp document. Opened it up in BBEditLite and found an absolute mass of garbage, two repetitions of the text complete with all the track changes that had been made over some months. No matter what I did (except to save as a Text file and then do all the style re-setting over), no re-saves would reduce the size nor get rid of the garbage. Sent it to one colleague who uses a late version of Word on a PC. Got it back, still contains some remnants of garbage but now down to 132K. Is there something the are missing? Failing to do? Is one of my colleagues' machine doing a corruption? Is this symptomatic of conflicts between older versions of Word and crossing PC-MAC platforms? Bill -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: PDFs from OSX to PCs
Merv I can't fully grasp what you mean by the difference of sending the file as an attachment to an e-mail and sending it as an attachment through your mail facility. Receiving a file attachments on a PC is pretty much the same as a Mac and you should be able to save the file without opening it. There is however a security option on Windows PC Outlook Express which if checked prevents attached files being opened and saved that could be a potential virus. A couple of things you also need to do when sending a file to a PC user is to make sure it has a suffix on the end which in this case is .pdf, the other thing is to make sure that you have the method of encoding is set at Apple Double (MIME). If you still have problems send me more exact information and I will help you out the best I can. Dave Watkins -- At 10:08 PM +0800 6/5/03, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Using the Print Centre facility in OSX with Appleworks I have saved a document as a pdf file and sent it as an attachment to an email from Eudora to a person running Office 2000 on a PC. He has to open it first before he can save it. To me this seems appropriate BUT if I send it as an attachment through the mail facility at my ISP he can save the document and open it later. I thought my version of Eudora might be the problem so I upgraded, and the same occurs. Could someone who is across both platforms offer an explanation, please. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see.
Date Time Problem
Hi I remember in the past reading references to the date and time problem with OS X. A friend of mine has e-mailed me to see if a solution has been found. He has updated to 10.2.4 but the date is still reverting back to 1969. I am still using OS 9 myself so I am unable to advise him Can anybody offer any known solutions please. Dave Watkins
Re: Browser Problems
Rod Had the same problem myself a little while ago and tried numerous things to try and stop it happening. It all seemed to come right once once I deleted all the cookies from the preferences section which I had picked up on my web travels. Not sure if that was the real reason or it was due to something else I did but I think it may be worth a try. Dave Watkins -- At 7:06 PM +0800 29/1/03, Rod Blitvich wrote: Dear WAMUGers I am having problems with my browser. I frequently get the message The Specified server could not be found If I re-enter the URL 3 or 4 times, it eventually connects. Sometimes Sleeping the mac then reawakening it also works. Usually I am using the Airport. Although these problems are happening with my browser, my email works fine all the time. PowerBook G4 OS 10.2.3 Internet Explorer 5.2.2 IiNet Any ideas would be gratefully appreciated please. Ta Rod
Re: WWW Site Weirdness
Noticed that is has a lot of Java script on the web page. May be worth checking that you have the latest version of Mac OS Runtime For Java for OS 9, which should be 2.2.5 and is available from the Apple website. Dave Watkins -- Antony N. Lord wrote: A friends site http://www.ravephotography.com/ fails to load on several machines here all running IE and OS 9.x Can some people check to see if this works from their machine - and if not suggest why? My machines simply try downloading a file called www.ravephotography.com and fail to open it. Is this something (else) evil to IE (5.1.6) - I notice Netscape works but iCab also barfs... Cheers, Antony. -- David Watkins WebSite http://members.iinet.net.au/~davwat/
Re: Virus flood
The worse thing you can do is send these PC virus attachments back, you are only making matters worse. Unfortunately you are receiving these attachments from people who are not aware that they are sending them. They receive a virus themselves and it corrupts and infests their system and then uses the e-mail addresses they have in their address book to resend it else where. They will not harm your Mac as it is unable to read them, what ever you do don't transfer them to a PC to view them if you have one of them as well. Dave Watkins -- At 11:18 PM +0800 25/4/02, Daniel Forsdyke wrote: Phillip That is quite nasty! Keep up the good work. Regards Daniel Phillip McGree wrote: Nah, don't trash PC viruses keep 'em! Wait a few months, and then send them back. With a note saying, hi, you sent me this a while ago but I could never open it on my Macintosh. Perhaps you could try it on your PC? Rgds, Phil
