Re: Adieu

[Duncan Hardman]

So I have been reading these messages trying to form an opinion and
thought I should post while I am still able. I must admit though,
comments like this (Stephens) are unhelpful - just my opinion though.

Can I ask, as I can't find them on the WAMUG website, does WAMUG
publish its accounts. This would help with your argument about the
cost of running WAMUG and where the money goes etc.

Anyway just a thought.

Duncan



On 30 June 2012 17:18, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> Hello Daniel ... I am with you completely.
> I am absolutely staggered at the response to having to pay annual membership.
> I find the assistance from the group and obviously the time and cost involved 
> with running the list invaluable.
>
> As far as I am concerned anyone who objects to paying a $30.00 annual fee we 
> can do without !
>
> Some of the responses have been nothing short of disgraceful !
>
>
> On 28/06/2012, at 11:08 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>
>> Without adding to the fuel on the flamewar fire,...
>>
>> But yes, if people don't want to become a financial member, there is nothing 
>> stopping them from reading the list still and deciding if/when they require 
>> help, they can then sign up.
>>
>> There is a lot of cost involved in running the list, hosting, and other 
>> costs. Let alone the time and resources that the Committee put in behind the 
>> scenes. (of which they receive no monetary reward, it's all their time and 
>> resources put in for free). There is no "real" advertising on this list. 
>> (Have you been to some of the other lists that have advertising everywhere?).
>>
>> Plus you only have to look around at other support costs.
>> Apple charge $99 per incident outside of Applecare warranty. (or the free 90 
>> day phone support).
>> Go to a Genius bar? You'd probably spend $30 on petrol/travelling costs/your 
>> time/parking costs! lol
>> Other places charge $20-$75 for phone/email support. (myself included I have 
>> a fee for email support/consulting. As does Ronni for her offlist support). 
>> Which is fair enough if places want to charge. As someone else said it's a 
>> user-paid world we live in today. Lawyers, Accountants etc all charge. 
>> People have to make a living.
>> So compared to the single support cost, this yearly membership is well worth 
>> it.
>>
>> And lastly, from the survey that was done, most people were happy to pay a 
>> fee and comments were that the list should/could be paid. That was a survey 
>> completed by the members, and the committee spent a long period of time 
>> discussing it. (let alone getting it all place).
>>
>> I could go on, but I think they are the main points I wanted to make.
>> Again, I'm not trying to add to it, I'm just adding a few of my own 
>> views,
>>
>> Enjoy! :o)
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>>
>> ---
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>> MacWizardry
>>
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web:   
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>>
>> **For everything Apple**
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>> On 28/06/2012, at 8:12 AM, hugh griffiths wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I too have considered leaving as I do not attend the meetings, but Carlo's 
>>> suggestion makes sense, I will continue to read the list ( as i enjoy it!) 
>>> and if in future I need help I will weight the cost of the 30$ for a large 
>>> group of expert opinion against advice from the other free lists out there 
>>> and a warrantied paid service technician.
>>> Thanks for the valuable help I have received in the past.
>>> Hugh
>>>
 Subject: Re: Adieu
 From: cm200...@gmail.com
 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:06:13 +0800
 To: wamug@wamug.org.au

 Hi Peter and Eugene and other list members,

 We list followers are really grateful for your contributions over the 
 years and we contributors are honoured to have been able to help you out 
 on other occasions. I just wanted to let you know that there is no need at 
 all to end your connection with WAMUG. You will still be able to read any 
 and all posts to the list, and you will still continue to receive WAMUG 
 emails to your inbox unless you choose to stop them. Also if you ever 
 happen to be passing through Perth, meetings are open to all and we would 
 love to see you there.

 The decision to allow posting to only members was not made lightly. 
 Running the list has a very real cost, both financial and in the time of 
 contributors, fairness dictates that those who pay the membership fee are 
 entitled to use the service above other persons who join, post a random 
 question or put up for sale a piece of equipment, and then disappear. 
 Sadly neither of you, Peter and Eugene, are anywhere near to this category 
 of user so I have two solutions to suggest. Firstly remember that the 
 WAMUG membership fee is less than a reasonable call-out charge for most 
 Mac consultants. So if at some future time you need a consultant, consider 
 joining our list and with luck we w

Re: Using iPhone maps

[Duncan Hardman]

TomTom is great but if you hardly ever use it you could try one of the
following (both turn by turn like TomTom)

Navfree GPS
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/navfree-gps-live-australia/id422816006?mt=8

This is free and is pretty good.

Sygic Australia & New Zealand
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sygic-australia-new-zealand/id319361043?mt=8

This one is $34.99 and is great. Use it on a regular basis. I use it
in a windscreen cradle but my wife just listens to the instructions
from the iPhone speaker.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Duncan


On 4 February 2012 09:51, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> Hi Chris
>
> Another thing to consider (though a bit dearer), if you were going to pay 
> $15/day for a GPS for the car, would be to look at the TomTom Australia App 
> for iPhone/iPad.
> It's $75, so may work out dearer,...but then you own it for other trips.
> 
> (If you're hiring the car for 5 days then it works out the same cost - except 
> that you own it).
> And it will talk to you and do turn by turn just like a "normal GPS".
>
> Just another thought,
>
> Kind regards
> Daniel
>
> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>
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> Email: 
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> On 04/02/2012, at 9:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Ah my home City Melbourne ;-)
>>
>> As Paul has mentioned, the GPS is extremely fast and accurate on the iPhone 
>> 4S.
>> Just type Melbourne Airport or Tullamarine Airport Melbourne into search in 
>> Maps and it will quickly pinpoint where it is, then you click directions, 
>> then route … then Start ...
>> And off you go!
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>> On 04/02/2012, at 9:19 AM, Paul Doyle wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> I use mine for this sort of thing all the time.
>>>
>>> You'll need some sort of hands free device so the phone is not in the 
>>> drivers hand.
>>>
>>> The hired GPS will probably talk to you and give turn by turn directions. 
>>> Go for that if it's what you prefer. They work well and aren't hard to use.
>>>
>>> I find it just as easy to position the phone so I can see at a glance when 
>>> the next turn is coming up by following the blue line on the map.
>>>
>>> Telstra coverage is rather good in VIC so you should be fine all the way.
>>>
>>> Hope you have a great trip.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/02/2012, at 11:55 AM, c...@it.net.au wrote:
>>>
 Good morning WA Muggers

 It has been awhile since I last asked the list, on account I am presently 
 rolling around in the southern ocean, and after nearly 5 weeks am really 
 really looking forward to Terra Firma under my feet!!

 I am disembarking the ship in Geelong and plan to hire a car to see a 
 collegue who lives down near Portland, in Victoria.

 My new 4S has been good on board for the time and early morning alarm.

 However, I would like to know if I will be able to use the iphone in my 
 hire car to get me down the Portland, and after 2 days, direct me back to 
 Melbourne airport (which I have never driven to before in my life)!??? I 
 cant use it on board as we are way out of telstra phone range!!

 If so that would be great as I need not book a GPS for the car at about 
 $15/day extra!!

 Kind regards to all and thanks for any advice

 Chris
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Re: Mac OSX 10.6.7 Update available.

[Duncan Hardman]

That would be the delta updated not the combo updated. 

Regards
Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 22/03/2011, at 8:11 AM, Ashley Mulder  
wrote:

> Whereas my Software Update is telling me its only 337Mbgo figure
> 
> 
> On 22/03/2011, at 4:46 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi All
>> 
>> Just released is the 10.6.7 Update.
>> The combo update can be gained from here:-
>> 
>> 
>> Weighs in at 1.12GB!!
>> 
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Re: accessing iview

[Duncan Hardman]

System Preferences --> Displays --> Tick "Mirror Displays"

Should do the trick

Cheers

Duncan

On 10/09/2010, at 9:15 PM, Jennifer Lefroy  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have been trying to access abc iview to our television monitor.  On 
> connecting up the through the Macbook Pro, I can see the iview program on the 
> macbook screen but on the tv monitor I have the desktop minus all its icons - 
> just the pretty picture.  I am sure there is something simple I am missing. 
> Can anyone help, please?
> Regards, 
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Re: iPhone 4 - due here 30th July (apparently)

[Duncan Hardman]

If you have 3G and have not upgraded to iOS4 and you think your phone is slow 
then don't. My 3G is noticeably slower after upgrade. 

As for iPhone 4 that's a yes (as soon as I get the boss to approve it)

Duncan

On 17/07/2010, at 11:01 AM, Jane Griffiths  wrote:

> 
> Yes I'll definitely be buying a 4G. 
> My 3G is feeling slow now (haven't had the courage to try the latest iOS4 
> update) and I'm looking forward to the video capabilities and improved camera.
> 
> My Optus 2yr contract has just expired, but this time i will be buying direct 
> from Apple.
> 
> I'm wondering if Optus will supply a new micro-sim in addition to the current 
> sim, or will they require the old sim to be handed over in exchange for the 
> new micro-sim? 
> 
> Now we just need the date for when pre-ordering commences!
> 
> cheers
> Jane
> 
> 
> On 17/07/2010, at 10:19 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/07/2010, at 8:17 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Daniel
>>> 
>>> In summary (see below)
>>> So WAMUGers - would you buy an iPhone 4?
>>> 
>>> cheers
>>> Blitto
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yes! I would if i was out of contact with my iPhone 3GS with Telstra or if I 
>> can arrange with Telstra to pass my contract over to an iPhone 4.
>> 
>> 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)
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Re: Using iPhone Overseas

[Duncan Hardman]

To give you an idea of cost... less than 3 mins in the UK whilst
roaming cost $25 (run as a test for work). Best bet is either, as
others have suggested, get a local SIM in the country you are
traveling to or talk to your mobile provider before you go to see what
other options there might be.

Cheers

Duncan

On 23 June 2010 22:02, Shay Telfer  wrote:
>
> I highly recommend turning Data Roaming off to avoid the annoying $400
> data bill.
>
> I just turned it on when I found myself needing to use Maps or look up
> timetables etc. then turned it straight off again.
>
> If you're going to be over there for a while it may be worth sourcing a
> local data provider's SIM.
>
> Have fun,
> Shay
>
> On 23/06/2010 5:24 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
>> Dear WAMUGers
>> Please can you help?
>> I have applied to Telstra  have International Roaming switched on.
>> I can see that the call rates are maybe 3 or 4 times higher.
>> What about data?
>> Is data just data - doesn't matter where you are? I have a $10 data pack
>> which i NEVER get close to using up.
>> Will it be the same in Malaysia? Or will that be 4 times as expensive?
>> Or will data not work at all?
>> ta
>> Blitto
>>
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Re: iPhone ‘flight mode’

[Duncan Hardman]

Yeah and when I went on Singapore Airlines last year (Oct - Perth to
Singapore) I could watch and listen through the plane entertainment
system... and before anyone says something it was cattle class!!

Duncan

2010/1/18 Susan Hastings :
>
> 'cos you may still want to use it to play games or watch movies or take 
> photos...
>
> On 18/01/2010, at 10:10 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
>
>>
>> Gosh  why not just turn it off ???
>>
>> On 18/01/2010, at 6:07 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 17/01/2010, at 10:55 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
>>>

 What does it do ?
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>
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iPhone 3G Glass Screen Broken

[Duncan Hardman]

Does anyone know, where in Perth I can get the iPhone 3G glass  
repaired. My boss managed to drop it right on the corner and has  
broken the glass. The iPhone still works and picks up user input but I  
can see the glass falling out over time.


Regards

Duncan


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Re: Apple Store finally coming to Perth!

[Duncan Hardman]

Interesting to see if this happened in other cities in Australia.

Finally you can apply to be an official "genius" ;)

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 16/07/2009, at 12:02 PM, Stuart Evans  wrote:



Whilst I love the look of the Apple retail store and everything it  
offers (from a customer viewpoint), I hope that it doesn't spell the  
end for the loyal Apple resellers who have put in the hard yards for  
many years. At least those that look after their customers (such as  
Daniel.)!


Regards,

Stuart



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Shop 6, 69 Lockyer ave
Albany, WA, 6330

(08) 9842 9660

On 16/07/2009, at 11:21 AM, Martin Hill  wrote:



That's fantastic - I notice some people putting dibs on the massive  
area vacated by Crush in Garden City which would be nice for those  
of us South of the River.  Makes sense considering that shopping  
centre has one of the highest levels of foot-traffic and dollars  
per square metre in the state.


-Mart


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On 16/07/2009, at 10:34 AM, Rod Lavington wrote:



Hi Folks!

WA is now listed in the retail locations for Australia when  
looking under Job Opportunities at Apple :-)





(I hope that works!)

Let the speculation begin where the store will be located :-)

Seeya

Rod!




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Re: Apple Remote

[Duncan Hardman]

Dead easy.

There is a small indentation in the bottom... push this in and the  
battery compartment pops out.


Duncan

On 23/06/2009, at 8:21 PM, Robin Belford wrote:


http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B
Who has opened one of these to change the battery?

r


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Re: Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

[Duncan Hardman]

Works for me. I have a primary and the  Optus one as a backup. Can  
take a while to send but does go.


Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/06/2009, at 11:06 AM, Peter Meyer  wrote:

I probably asked my question the wrong way around when I first  
posted it.
So can someone please confirm that the configuration of SMTP servers  
on the iPhone does, in fact behave as Apple says it should viz: if a  
'primary' server is unavailable the phone will try the additional  
outgoing servers in turn (hopefully, until it has success)?




Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the 3G  
network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a Primary  
Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try the  
other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled   
'ON', using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and,  
after some delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one of  
the recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed in the  
Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this  
configuration the message is sent but not as quickly as with a WiFi  
connection where the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It appears as  
if contact with the Primary Server is still attempted before the  
Secondary SMTP server is used. (so does OFF not really mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the same  
situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is toggled  
OFF an email is sent after a delay but not at all if bigpond is  
toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state  
whenever the network connection is changed is seemingly  
contradictory to what the Settings note about 'Other SMTP Servers'  
implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the  
problem but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new  
phone' (ie without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple and,  
in fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out the  
above solution and was able to send emails using 3G connections  
although I'm sure there wasn't this difficulty when I first set up  
the phone's email. I want (need?) to send very few emails using a  
3G connection but this is, nevertheless, pretty frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
connecting to the net on either 3G or WiFi connections







peter meyer
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pmo...@people.net.au


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Re: Iphone 3.0 firmware is out

[Duncan Hardman]

It's under settings - general - network

Sent from my iPhone

On 18/06/2009, at 9:29 AM, Rod Kevill  wrote:

Duncan - Does the option to switch on Internet Tethering appear on  
your

iphone?

It's missing from mine - Telstra NextG...


On 18/06/09 8:06 AM, "Duncan Hardman" 
wrote:


Apparently I need to contact Optus. Fingers crossed...

Sent from my iPhone

On 18/06/2009, at 8:03 AM, Rob Phillips 
wrote:


Does the 'tethering' work - to use it as a modem for a laptop?

Rob

Duncan Hardman wrote:

Worked for me :)

On 18/06/2009, at 5:55 AM, Jack/Bauer wrote:


Downloading 3.0 now here I go.



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Re: Iphone 3.0 firmware is out

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Apparently I need to contact Optus. Fingers crossed...

Sent from my iPhone

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Does the 'tethering' work - to use it as a modem for a laptop?

Rob

Duncan Hardman wrote:

Worked for me :)

On 18/06/2009, at 5:55 AM, Jack/Bauer wrote:


Downloading 3.0 now here I go.



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Re: Iphone 3.0 firmware is out

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Worked for me :)

On 18/06/2009, at 5:55 AM, Jack/Bauer wrote:


Downloading 3.0 now here I go.



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Re: iPhone update 3.0

[Duncan Hardman]

1am Perth time is the general consensus.

Duncan

On 17/06/2009, at 11:18 PM, Jack/Bauer wrote:


Hi all
I was wondering how many of us are waiting up for the update?
Go to bed or not .




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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot

[Duncan Hardman]

No problem with updating the firmware but the firmware out of the box  
gave us issues with all red warning lights coming on all the drives  
and therefore no data or protection. Once we had updated the firmware  
for both the drobo and the drobo share we have had no problems at all  
and love it too :)


Hope this clears it up

Cheers

Duncan


On 21/12/2008, at 12:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


That's interesting Duncan.
I know I updated the Firmware without any problems at all. I think  
if I remember Drobo Dashboard asked me to, not sure though?


What issues did you experience?
Was it to do with your Firewall blocking the web-based firmware  
update?

Or did it fail to install?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 21/12/2008, at 11:50 AM, Duncan Hardman Lists wrote:

I agree this is a great product BUT make sure you update the  
firmware before you format the drives as we had a few minor issues.


Cheers

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/12/2008, at 11:10 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to  
send some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using  
the 2nd Generation "DROBO-Storage Robot" for over a month now and  
I'm thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting  
on my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always  
available and it's also inherently "backed-up" on the Drobo and  
protected against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big  
Pool of Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5" SATA1 &  
SATA11 Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB  
SATA Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being  
used for Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the "RED ALERT  that I  
must insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the  
red light".

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs <http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobolator.html 
>


You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace  
a smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or  
reconfiguration is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup  
software and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the  
backup I use).


You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:
<http://www.thedigitalstory.com/blog/2008/04/drobo_hard_drive_bac.html 
>


"Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business.  
Once you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping  
multiple external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated  
as that 28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet."


This latest release "Second Generation" has 2 Firewire 800 ports &  
1 USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

"Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and  
ease you need, with the speed and interface you want."


<http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobodemo.html?ID=Macworld1>

<http://www.drobo.com/Products/FAQs.html>

Mini-Review from Engadget:
<http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/08/drobo-second-gen-mini-review/>

In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly  
showing Windows side, it's quite informative):
<http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Reviews/Drobo-DroboShare-In-Depth-Review.html 
>


The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot  
unit. Then you use your SATA Drives or & purchase more or larger  
drives when you need them.

<http://www.conexus.com.au/detail.php?item=DDH001>

Cheers,
Ronni



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Re: DROBO - Storage Robot

[Duncan Hardman Lists]

I agree this is a great product BUT make sure you update the firmware  
before you format the drives as we had a few minor issues.


Cheers

Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/12/2008, at 11:10 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:


Hello People,

When Peta asked for advice about Backup Drives, it prompted me to  
send some information on my new Backup Storage setup.
I purchased (through Daniel of MacWizardry), and have been using the  
2nd Generation "DROBO-Storage Robot" for over a month now and I'm  
thoroughly impressed, he is brilliant!
He is also FUN! He has lots of lights and looks very cool sitting on  
my desk. DROBO Dashboard is one neat application.


Drobo is designed to actively monitor and protect your data at all  
times. It is also programmed to optimise data storage so you don't  
have to.
Drobo acts as a large, single pool of storage that is always  
available and it's also inherently "backed-up" on the Drobo and  
protected against drive failure or disk corruption. He is One Big  
Pool of Protected Storage.


Drobo has Four (4) Data Bays. He will only take 3.5" SATA1 & SATA11  
Drives NOT IDE drives.

You must have at least two drives in Drobo.
I now have in DROBO three drives.  1TB SATA + 1TB SATA + 250GB SATA  
Drives, giving me 2.25TB (2.04TB Actual). 934.96GB is being used for  
Protection.
When I only had 1TB + 250GB, DROBO gave me the "RED ALERT  that I  
must insert a new drive into the empty Data Bay indicated by the red  
light".

Drobo needed extra space for protection of my data.

You can use Drobolator Capacity Calculator to help you select the  
number and size of drives to fit your needs 


You can just add new disks when you need more capacity, or replace a  
smaller drive with a larger one, no data migration or  
reconfiguration is required.

Your data has multiple layers of automatic protection.

Drobo works with Time Machine, SuperDuper, and other backup software  
and utilities. It works perfectly with Déjà Vu (the backup I use).


You can Network Drobo. This explains Networking Drobo:



"Drobo utilises a revolutionary storage technology that makes it  
simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once  
you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple  
external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated as that  
28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet."


This latest release "Second Generation" has 2 Firewire 800 ports & 1  
USB 2.0 port.

The First generation was only USB 2.0.

"Now, it's also fast. Drobo is available with FireWire 800 and  
enhanced USB 2.0 performance giving you the data protection and ease  
you need, with the speed and interface you want."






Mini-Review from Engadget:


In-Depth Review from Automated Home (even though it's mainly showing  
Windows side, it's quite informative):



The retail on them is now $1029.95 for the Drobo Storage Robot unit.  
Then you use your SATA Drives or & purchase more or larger drives  
when you need them.



Cheers,
Ronni



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Re: play movies on mac

[Duncan Hardman]

You could run on Windows in bootcamp or even better run VLC on the MAc  
side (Windows version available too).


Cheers

Duncan

On 26/07/2008, at 3:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi all

i am presently offshore on a seismic ship and have been given some
digital movies that have a suffix of .divx and a couple of .avi and
.mpg.

These came from PC machines that are used by the crew to watch on
large screen TV's during time off using a media player of some kind
(in lieu of dvds). They look really good on the TV too.

I have a macbook pro 15" with 10.5.2 and quicktime on (not pro). Are
there other software programs that I can download to use to watch on
my machine that anyone knows of? I imagine quicktime pro would open
the mpg (it is xVid Mpeg 4 codec) but I dont have it here.

Could I run the .divx movies in Windows on bootcamp perhaps?

Any help is much appreciated

kind regards to all

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Re: Odd startup behaviour

[Duncan Hardman Lists]

Try this

Control click on the icon in the dock and un tick the "Open at Login"

Cheers

Duncan

On 25/11/2007, at 1:51 PM, Jon Davison wrote:


Hi everyone

On startup, a friend of mines MacBook automatically opens Safari,  
Address Book, iChat, Quicktime? any idea what may be causing this.  
It looks and sounds like a proper restart, even Zapped the P Ram  
and it still does it. The fan comes on though it is not hot. I  
changed iChats prefs to stop starting on startup but cannot stop  
the other apps. It also does it on startup from shutdown.


Any help would be welcomed.

Mac OS X 10.4.8/512Mb RAM/1.83GHz/Intel Core 2 Duo/7 months old.

Thanks
Jon


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Re: Leopard delayed

[Duncan Hardman]

No currently I have a single image for all PowerPC Macs (G5/G4/G3)
both desktop and laptops. I also have to have an image for my Intel
Macs as well.

10.5 is a "universal" operating system (or so I believe) and therefore
I would only need the one image for all, well that's the theory.

I am thinking about having separate images for laptops and desktop if
I find the needs are different.

Cheers

Duncan



On 4/14/07, David Moyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

So your combining or have your portable and desktop images or they are still
separate?

Thanks, David Moyle
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Well in fact there is no "need" to have separate images as such. With
our new intel machines we are having a desktop and a laptop image. Our
issue is we have PowerPC's and Intels in our fleet.

Duncan


On 4/13/07, David Moyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Thanks, David Moyle
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> Now that is a shame and in my humble opinion I don't agree there
> tradeoff of resources was justified as we won't even see the iPhone in
> Australia until next year (maybe) and I was really looking forward to
> the next release especially at work as it meant a "universal" image
> rather than having to maintain a PowerPC image and a Intel image.
> oh well.
>
> Duncan
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> On 4/13/07, Peter Sealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Re: Leopard delayed

[Duncan Hardman]

Well in fact there is no "need" to have separate images as such. With
our new intel machines we are having a desktop and a laptop image. Our
issue is we have PowerPC's and Intels in our fleet.

Duncan


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Do you have an image to suit desktop vs portables?

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Subject: Re: Leopard delayed

Now that is a shame and in my humble opinion I don't agree there
tradeoff of resources was justified as we won't even see the iPhone in
Australia until next year (maybe) and I was really looking forward to
the next release especially at work as it meant a "universal" image
rather than having to maintain a PowerPC image and a Intel image.
oh well.

Duncan

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> Just a FYI to stop the rumours [providing this announcement is
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> <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/>
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Re: Leopard delayed

[Duncan Hardman]

Now that is a shame and in my humble opinion I don't agree there
tradeoff of resources was justified as we won't even see the iPhone in
Australia until next year (maybe) and I was really looking forward to
the next release especially at work as it meant a "universal" image
rather than having to maintain a PowerPC image and a Intel image.
oh well.

Duncan

On 4/13/07, Peter Sealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Just a FYI to stop the rumours [providing this announcement is
genuine] it seems Apple has delayed Leopard release till October.


.

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RE: Student Discounts

[Duncan Hardman]

Actually for Windows, MS Office 2003 is still the latest (non beta)
version available.

Duncan

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Careful !

The front page lists Microsoft Office 2003  ... that's about 3 years old
and new versions available !
Of course it would be cheap !

Also , when looking at those offers, remember they are probably PC
versions  you are on a Mac mail list , so I assume you are using Mac
.

Of course   IF   you have the very latest Mac and you want to run PC 
software
that would be possible to arrange , at a cost .


Bob


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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if this site is legitimate?
>
> http://www.studentdiscounts.com.au/
>
> If so, are these the same prices that students/teachers can get in 
> software stores?
>
> Cheers
> Travis
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I have outgoing also set to no password but I do have "use ssl" ticked.

Hope this helps

Duncan Hardman
(A remote Westnet User)

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On 17/07/2006, at 8:11 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


>> At present I am using westnet as ISP
>> and using the settings they recommend which is mailr.westnet.com.au 
>> both for incoming and outgoing

Dear Mac

I hope that 'mailr.westnet.com.au' is a typo as it should read
mail.westnet.com.au

You do not say whether you have been in contact with Westnet about this?

You also say 'authentification 'password' ', if this is refering to the
'Outgoing Mail Server Settings - Authentication', I believe this should
be set to 'None' as mine always is. No password is used for outgoing
emails.
In mine, for the *Incoming* settings (under Prefs - Accounts - Advanced
in Mail.app) the SSL port is 995 and this is turned (ticked) on and the
'Authentication' is of course set to 'Password', for to recieve email
you must authenticate.

I hoop this helps, hayte to think you have to mess aboot like this on ya
hols AYE?
Good luck feller ;-)

Paul

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RE: m :Hotmail

[Duncan Hardman]

Using safari I have problems. I have no problems using Firefox.

Duncan 

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anyone having problems logging into hotmail ??

I get past the log in screen then thats it  it seems to jump in the
address bar between a couple of url's then it puts me back to log in
screen

any thoughts it driving me nuts  I have to crank classic up to access my
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Paul is quite right about the location but just want those people who
don't know a podcast is

Podcasting is the distribution of audio or video files, such as radio
programs or music videos, over the internet using either RSS or Atom
syndication for listening on mobile devices and personal computers. A
podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for
anyone to subscribe to, and also the content of that feed. Podcasters'
websites also may offer direct download of their files, but the
subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what
distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time streaming
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast)

So basically it is a feed you subscribe to rather than manually download
one file at a time.

Cheers

Duncan

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Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:

> Does a podcast actually download to one's computer?  I've done a 
> variety of searches but can't locate a file.
> Merv

Yes, Podcast is just a fancy way of saying "recorded radio program
converted to mp3".
Podcasts gotten from ITMS live in your iTunes Library.
Ones you get via a browser etc should be in your download
folder/location.

Have fun
Paul

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RE: Disk Utility internal error

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Not sure why that is but if you want to try and run repair permissions
on the terminal do the following..

You have to be logged in as an admin user.

Open Terminal and enter the following.

sudo diskutil repairPermissions / 

It will then ask for the admin password.

Hey presto hope it helps

Duncan 


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Hi Folks
I am trying to do Permission Repair before downloading latest iTunes
update, but I keep getting this error - "Disk Utility has lost its
connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please
quit and relaunch Disk Utility."
I have done as it asks and also tried a restart to no avail. Does anyone
know why this is happening and what I can do to rectify it?
Andrew

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Re: DVD won't eject

[Duncan Hardman]

Try rebooting with the mouse key pressed down.

Duncan


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> Hi everyone. I have just installed Tiger 10.4.3 on my G5 (1.6MHz/
> 768DDR), and the 10.4.3 DVD will not eject.
> Have tried rebooting and holding down eject key, nothing. The eject
> menu title is greyed out. Installation was
> fine, no problems. In Startup disk prefs the DVD does not appear,
> only HDD and Network, although the DVD
> is in there.
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> Cheers
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RE: Software Update, finding the package?

[Duncan Hardman]

The Combo software updater will update any machine. Much bigger download
usually but if you are updating multiple machine much easier. We have at
least 6 different types of Mac here and that works for us.

Security updates are the same. 

Cheers

Duncan Hardman
ICT Sys Admin

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Subject: Software Update, finding the package?

Perhaps someone has an idea for this.  My dad has a shiny new iMac (PPC
of course), but unfortunately he ignored my advise and went with Telstra
as a ADSL provider, and so he has a measly 200MG/month limit. 
Software Updates probably exceed that each month all by themselves!

I can download and keep packages on my Mac, burn a CD and sneaker-net it
to his house to install, but since it isn't an identical Mac, who knows
if they are the same packages.  What I want is a way to find out from
Software Update on his Mac, what it wants to download, so I could
download it here and than install it there.

Any ideas if this is possible?

Thanks,
Peter.

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Re: start up from disc?

[Duncan Hardman]

You can also try booting holding down the "option" key. This will list all
available bootable sources. May not work on older Macs.

Cheers

Duncan


On 2/1/06 7:55 PM, "wyvern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks for the help, I got it done using the external and setting it as
> the startup disc. It didn't have a way of resetting the startup though
> so i had to trick it but all is well now... thanks again for the help
> 
> Yvonne
> 
> On 02/01/2006, at 4:53 PM, Paul wrote:
> 
>> wyvern wrote:
>> 
>>> Happy New Year everyone.
>>> 
>>> I need to start up from disc but my internal cd drive is playing up,
>>> is there a way i can start up from either an external or another
>>> mac. i think i have forgotten all the basics
>>> 
>>> Yvonne
>> 
>> For external, put the disk in and then select it in 'Startup Disk'.
>> For another Mac you can use Target Disk Mode over a Firewire cable.
>> 
>> 
>> Good Luck
>> 
>> Paul
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RE: USB thumb drive free space?

[Duncan Hardman]

Have you emptied the trash with the thumb drive plugged in. When you
delete from the thumb drive it goes into the trash on the thumb drive
itself.

Cheers

Duncan 

-Original Message-
From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gary
dorn
Sent: Friday, 16 December 2005 10:49 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: USB thumb drive free space?

I have a SUB thumb Drive Rambo 128MB
Finder shows up 5 files with about 20 MB  of data, but info show 109MB
used, 14MB free

so a difference of about 89 MB - where might this be?

ought I erase the drive with disk utility or is the some thing else that
can show or recover this missing space?

chow
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Re: ITMS connection

[Duncan Hardman]

Do you use a proxy, I had a user (not TPG) that had manual proxy set. Once
we turned that off no problems

Duncan

On 2/11/05 12:46 PM, "Mike Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've tried several times to connect to the iTunes music store, both
> from iTunes and the Oz Apple site, without success. I keep getting
> the alert requester "iTunes could not connect to the Music Store. The
> host is down."
> 
> I'm using iTunes 6.0.1 and Safari 2.0.2 on an iMac G5 with OS 10.4.3.
> I'm on ADSL through TPG. A friend, also on TPG, has no problem
> connecting with ITMS. I have no problem connecting with anything else
> on the net.
> 
> Any suggestions please?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mike
> 
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RE: Is Brian Seaton on wamug?

[Duncan Hardman]

Apparently there was a big mix up this month with that. I got 2 copies
and my surname was wrong too.

All better next month they tell me

Duncan

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scott
Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 4:11 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Is Brian Seaton on wamug?

Hi,

his Aus. MacWorld has turned up at my address.

cheers
Brian


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See Mac fans are crazy ;)

[Duncan Hardman]

http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/07/20/1121539006273.html

Thought others might find this interesting

Duncan

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RE: trouble accessing gmail account with safari

[Duncan Hardman]

I just tried it and it all seems fine, sorry

Duncan 

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Michael Woods
Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2005 3:24 PM
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Subject: trouble accessing gmail account with safari

Hello all,

Does anyone else have difficulty accessing their gmail account using
safari Version 2.0 for example crashing after login then being forced to
use firefox to access email


TIA
Mick

os X.3.4

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Re: iMac G5

[Duncan Hardman]

To add to this we bought 19 and all fine since December 04

Duncan


On 12/05/2005, at 9:01 PM, Martin Hill wrote:


I am not sure about the number of problems some users appear to be having - 
Apple has not issued any recalls or Logic board fixes to my knowledge. 

However, from my very limited experience of purchasing a single iMac G5 17" 
the machine has performed flawlessly - I'd recommend it anytime. 

-Mart 


> From: Bob Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 19:26:55 +0800 
> To: WAMUG Mailing List mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au> > 
> Subject: iMac G5 
> 
> I am seriously considering buying a new super drive iMac G5 17". 
> However it is disconcerting to read so many reports of the original 
> iMacs G5 being effected by faulty midplanes and power supplies. Does 
> anybody know whether these defects have been rectified in the latest 
> machines? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> Bob 
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Interesting Article (Light Reading)

[Duncan Hardman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4464735.stm

Thought others might enjoy this article

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Old Computers - Anyone know any good Charities that might want th em

[Duncan Hardman]

We have a bug pile of old PowerMac 7200 and 7220 mainly. Does anyone know a
of registered charity that wants them. They would come "as is" we just need
to get rid of them and don't want to just put them in land fill.

Cheers

Duncan

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Tel 08 9266 3633
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"Curtin aspires to be a leading edge, world-class university of technology.
To fulfil this vision, we strive to be innovative and forward-looking in
everything we do. It's in our approach to teaching and learning. It's in our
research. It's in our staff. It's in our students. It's in our graduates.
It's in the way we think and act. It's what we call Curtinnovation."

"Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes
one strong."   Hindustani Proverb

Apple laptop is 'greatest gadget' - So they say

[Duncan Hardman]

Apple makes no 1 on the list


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4284501.stm

http://www.mobilepcmag.com/features/2005_03/top100gadgets-5.html

RE: connecting to curtin network

[Duncan Hardman]

Not at the moment but moves are afoot to change this is the near future as I
understand it. As a mac user at Curtin I am looking forward to this too.

I am sure someone on this list will advise when things change.

Duncan

 

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From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger and
Rosemary Horton
Sent: Wednesday, 16 February 2005 7:02 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: connecting to curtin network

My daughter has an ibook (my suggestion) and loves it. Runs quite happily on
LAN at her house with other (windows) laptops and pcs. She was told she can'
t connect to the wireless network in the library at Curtin because "they
don't support macs" Is this true? If so, I obviously gave her the wrong
advice about a notebook of choice!

  If not how does she connect to the network?  (step-by-step) She finds this
a very great disadvantage in doing her study.

Rosemary Horton


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10.3.8 Update and Customised Login Screen

[Duncan Hardman]

We have found that if you have customised the login screen and you update to
10.3.8 using either combo update or the delta update that you loose that
custom window and get the default one back. I am sure this does not affect
all of you but thought I would warn anyway.

Here at Curtin with out legal screen being that one it is a problem.

Cheers

Duncan

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RE: Telstra Rip Off

[Duncan Hardman]

Why would they spend money advertising a free service. It is listed in white
pages etc

Duncan 

-Original Message-
From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken
Jackson
Sent: Thursday, 13 January 2005 10:06 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Telstra Rip Off

1223 has been pretty much common knowledge for several years now...I've been
using it for at least three yearsbut yes...they don't publicize it a
great deal!


 
 
 
 
 
   Ken Jackson
 
  T 08 9271 0389
  T 08 9271 1874
  F 08 9271 0870
  M 0409 770 747


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-Original Message-
From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eugene
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:55 AM
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Subject: Fwd: Telstra Rip Off

An interesting comment that may provoke some thought.

   regards
   Eugene


>     For anyone contemplating using the Sensis directory
service number,
>     1234,
>
>     Sensis, as you may or may not know, is a subsidiary of
Telstra. The
>     1234 number is replacing the Telstra 12456 directory
assistance 
> number,
>     but this time with outrageous costs attached: 40c to
call the 
> number,
>     then 4c A SECOND! With this sort of pricing structure
in place, 
> it's no
>      wonder so many Australians hold Telstra in the same
regard as the 
> major
>     banks.
>
>      By law, Telstra have to provide a FREE directory
assistance 
> number,
>     because they are still majority owned by the
government. They 
> choose
>     however not  to pass this number on to the public.
>
>      What's the number? 1223.
>
>      Thumbs down to Telstra for finding a way to charge
for a service 
> that is
>     supposed to be provided for free.
>
>      Of course, feel free to forward this on.
>
>      Ben Hardwick
>     Lawyer
>     Commercial Litigation Department
>     Slater & Gordon
>     GPO Box 4864VV
>     Melbourne, Vic, 3001
>     Phone: 03 9602 8684
>
>      Facsimile: 03 9602 8640


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RE: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse

[Duncan Hardman]

On 22/11/04 6:58 AM, "Duncan Hardman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yes I get exactly the same problem on my Mac and my Windows machine
> 
> Duncan
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam 
> Lippiatt
> Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2004 2:28 PM
> To: WAMUG Mailing List
> Subject: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I know it is not available for us yet, but I have been able to browse 
> in the past.  Today I am trying to browse and I cannot get access - 
> just get the country warning over and over.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Adam
> 

Is that with the latest version of iTunes?  Seems I have the same problem
with 4.6.  I guess Apple have changed something over the weekend, to make
sure people in other countries go to the correct store.

I bet I get another iTunes email this week too, telling me what the latest
tracks are ;-)

Seeya

Rod!



Same problem in 4.6 and 4.7

Duncan


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RE: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse

[Duncan Hardman]

Yes I get exactly the same problem on my Mac and my Windows machine 

Duncan

-Original Message-
From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam
Lippiatt
Sent: Sunday, 21 November 2004 2:28 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse

Hi all

I know it is not available for us yet, but I have been able to browse in the
past.  Today I am trying to browse and I cannot get access - just get the
country warning over and over.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Thanks

Adam


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RE: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server

[Duncan Hardman]

One extra sneaky little thing to watch is making sure you do not have a
space at the end of the file name. Does not stop it copying but will not let
you open it (or rename it) on Windows. I know this is not strictly the
problem but thought I would add it to the knowledge base anyway.

Duncan
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-Original Message-
From: Oldham, Toby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 1:04 PM

Heya people,

Anyone know how I can copy 12+ gig of data from a 10.3 mac to a Win2k server
over a network, without getting hampered by error messages stating certain
invisible files can't be copied because they have filenames Windows doesn't
like?

I thought I had the copying problem sorted (bought a copy of better finder
rename to quickly replace all the 'evil' mac forward and back slashes that
freaks out the Windows OS) ... but no - copy _denied_. I don't feel like
altering the invisible file names ... 

I checked Apple's support pages, MacWindows website and did a quick google,
nothing sprang out. I'm considering formatting an external HD as a Win2k
disk and copying the stuff across (assuming it's a network copying issue). I
considered copying the files to VPC then copying on to the Win2k server but
the G5 I'm on won't run VPC. Sheesh, tell me I don't need to buy a copy of
Dave or Timbuktu.

Any thoughts gratefully appreciated,

Tobes.

RE: mail and password

[Duncan Hardman]

This seems to be a Telstra issue as it is happening on my Mac and my work
PC. 

Cheers

Duncan 

-Original Message-
From: Keith Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 12:07 PM
To: WAMUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: mail and password

As far as I know this is a Telstra Bigpond issue.  There was a utility fix
for this eons ago but the later releases of Mail were supposed to have
addressed this problem.

However, it seems to have resurfaced and is so annoying I've diverted my
Telstra mail to our zytech mailserver so Mail doesn't check the Bigpond
server at all (which I know won't solve your problem).

Anyone else?

On 10/12/2003, at 12:01 PM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote:

> I remember someone else getting a similar problem to me on the list 
> but I cannot find it :-(
>
> I keep getting the message :-
>
> "Enter Password for Account
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The POP server "pop-server.bigpond net .au rejected the password for 
> user "mmccall2"
>
> Please re enter your password or cancel"
>
> Like a good boy I do it but 5 secs later it does it again-- and 
> again---and again.   The password is correct ,and my mail keeps coming 
> through.
>
> Can anyone help please?
>
> Mac OS X .3.1 Ibook 500
>
> Mac   The other one!

Keith Palmer
Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd
PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231
Phone: 08 9791 5556  Fax: 08 9791 5900
the online data storage & technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/


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RE: 7300 can't read CDRW disk

[Duncan Hardman]

I had this problem when it was one of these disk that was "left open" so the
PC user could add more data by just dragging onto the icon. I had to close
the disk but still had a few problems. I know this does not solve the
problem but thought it might be useful anyway.

Cheers

Duncan

Duncan Hardman

Information Technology Systems Administrator
School of Physiotherapy / Dept of Podiatry
Curtin University of Technology

Phone 08 9266 3633
Fax 08 9266 3699
Mobile 041 998 6049



-Original Message-
From: Shay Telfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 4 July 2002 7:56 AM
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: 7300 can't read CDRW disk


>Hi
>
>Just wondering if anyone knows why my 7300 won't read a CDRW disk
>(won't even mount) and if there is anything that can be done to fix
>this?

To ensure you can read a CDRW disk, you need a CDRW drive, although 
quite a few modern CD or DVD drives are probably able to read them.

Have fun,
Shay
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RE: RECURRENT DISK WRITING

[Duncan Hardman]

We have had a problem like this. We found if we turned off the preference
"Allow Fast Save" that the speed to "backup" file was sped up hugely. 

goto Tools : Preferences : Save Tab and uncheck the "allow fast saves" box

This may not be your problem but worth a go

Cheers

Duncan

IT Systems Admin
Shenton Park Campus
Curtin University


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> From: mike moore
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 0:12 AM
> To: wamug@wamug.org.au
> Subject: RECURRENT DISK WRITING
> 
> 
> Odd problem I am having on a G3 iMac running OS 9.2.1 (formerly 9.1)
> 
> 
> At very refular intervals the mouse freezes for several seconds
> whilst the computer writes to the hard drive.
> 
> I have tried everything from:
> 
> checking for viruses
> running Tech Tool Pro 2.5.5
> running DiskWarrior
> upgrading the software to OS 9.2.1
> 
> I am at a loss - has anyone else had this problem and if so how
> have they given it the flick?
> 
> 
> I also experience regular crashes of Word 98 whilst printing despite
> making sure I have all of the updaters
> - could this be a problem with the later versions of CarbonLib?
> 
> mike moore
> 
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RE: Another poll

[Duncan Hardman]

Or that not many PC users use Netscape :)


-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, 18 January 2002 8:35 AM
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Subject: Re: Another poll



On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 01:01 AM, Keith Palmer wrote:

>
>> There's a little-reported poll currently at
>> http://dailynews.netscape.com/
>> which asks "Which computer system do you prefer: Mac or PC". Currently
>> Macs
>> are trailing 46% to 54%.

Not bad considering the Mac's minuscule market share... Shows that not 
many Windows users are even responding. I guess the Mac are showing 
their usual enthusiasm for their platform.

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Time Article

[Duncan Hardman]

Steve obviously was not that pissed because did anyone notice they link to
the "Time" wesite off the Apple US Homepage!!

Duncan

Power Mac 8500 Power Supply

[Duncan Hardman]

Wondering if you can help. I am looking for a power supply for a PowerMac 
8500. Does anyone have one lying about that they would like to 
sell?

Ray.

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