Re: USB Music Keyboard
Thanks Bob - let me know if it is available. Cheers, Tony. On 11/09/2009, at 1:09 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Hi Tony! Might have one for sale-bought it for mywife some years ago but she's never used it! I'll check withher this evening and let you know! Bob Miller -Eves On 11/09/2009, at 11:45 AM, Evers wrote: My daughter uses GarageBand every day to create and edit her music, and I am looking at getting her a USB music keyboard/controller. I have looked at the M-Audio KeyStudio 49 at $150 http://store.apple.com/au/product/TN529ZM/A on the Apple site, and I'm checking to see if anyone has experience with this unit, and/or if there are others in this price range that I should consider? Full compatibility with GarageBand is important. Also, if someone has one of these or other suitable keyboard surplus to requirements I am happy to consider a second hand purchase - I like recycling. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Tony -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
USB Music Keyboard
My daughter uses GarageBand every day to create and edit her music, and I am looking at getting her a USB music keyboard/controller. I have looked at the M-Audio KeyStudio 49 at $150 http://store.apple.com/au/product/TN529ZM/A on the Apple site, and I'm checking to see if anyone has experience with this unit, and/or if there are others in this price range that I should consider? Full compatibility with GarageBand is important. Also, if someone has one of these or other suitable keyboard surplus to requirements I am happy to consider a second hand purchase - I like recycling. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Tony -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Microsoft Office 2004
I'm just west of Albany :-) Cheers, Tony On 04/09/2009, at 5:08 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I always thought that NZ was to the south east of Yallingup. On 4/9/09 4:43 PM, Darrel McGuiness dmcguin...@tawarri.id.au wrote: I have a 2004 version of Office, that you can have should you not be able to get a copy nearer home. I live south of Yallingup in Gods country. Let me know off list, and I will contact you. Regards Darrel On 04/09/2009, at 11:31 AM, Evers wrote: I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Microsoft Office 2004
He Shay - yes I do have use NoeOffice, but I ned to use the dreaded microsoft to keep better compatibility, especially formatting, between home and work as I create documents for community health programmes. Cheers, Tony. On 04/09/2009, at 5:09 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Have you tried the free NeoOffice? http://www.neooffice.org/ Thanks, Shay On 4/09/2009 11:31 AM, Evers wrote: I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Microsoft Office 2004
I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Microsoft Office 2004
Hi Neil, Thanks for that - good know, so if I don't find a 2004 right now at least there is future promise :-) Cheers, Tony On 04/09/2009, at 1:23 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Tony, I can't help you with Office 2004 - I still use mine on a daily basis ;o) However, if you can hang on for a while MS say they will be re- introducing VBA in the next major release of Office for Mac: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/mac-bu-talks-office-2008-sp1-vbas -triumphant-comeback.ars Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/9/09 11:31 AM, Evers at ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I'm hoping to find/buy/scavenge Office 2004 if anyone has a spare or outdated copy? I have been using the original Office for Mac X at home and finally decided to upgrade, only to discover that Office 2008 does not run VB macros so I couldn't use EndNote for making citations as I go, and my wife would miss some Excel functionality - we have been used to using these features at work and would like them at home. I'm not sure which version I will need - if home student edition has these features then that will be fine. Also, a family licence edition would be great as there are 5 macs in our house. Thanks in anticipation... Cheers Tony Evers -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drives
Thanks Daniel - very helpful. I will get firewire for the video storage, and I would buy from you except I'm in Albany (although if you have recommendations and a not too expensive way of shipping to me I would be interested in hearing from you). Cheers, Tony. On 20/05/2009, at 1:43 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tony Yes, if you're going to use it for storing and editing, and have Firewire, go that way. Firewire works on straight transfer, whereas USB works on burst information, so it goes up and down in waves. (kinda). So it's generally slower for large data. I've always found Firewire walks all over USB. And Firewire800 is faster again. So yes, my recommendation would be Firewire for any editing type application. Also making sure it's not formatted DOS. Had a person have trouble trying to edit to a drive and it was due to the format. Reformat the drive to Mac and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 20/5/09 1:39 PM, Evers ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I have a WD Elements 1TB USB 2.0 on a 2 GHz 1.5 GB Intel iMac 10.5.6 and it has worked seamlessly for a year - no tricky reformatting, just plug, disk utility (2 partitions), use. Always mounts, always available, always responsive. However I am about to get another 1TB drive specifically for storing iMovie files for later editing/compilation - I'm gathering from the comments that a Firewire drive might be more stable for all the video traffic? Cheers, Tony On 20/05/2009, at 1:30 PM, mince and pud wrote: Hi Ken Was the WD you bought a firewire? I hear that's best for the mac. My maxtor 500gb is firewire and just plugged in and worked best Alastair On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? regards, Ken On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has worked flawlessly since I formatted it using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to use any software from WD. Just formatted it with Disk Utility. Cheers Brian Scott On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi everyone, any recommendations for a 1TB hard drive that is readily compatible with Mac no need for extra instal procedures? Officeworks have a 1TB Western Digital but they really don't work with Mac. it was $179 @ the time but now $219. I bought one a few months back (My Book or something similar) it just did not work without downloading a heap of stuff from their site. Also an internal 500 gig is needed. Is it PLE computers in Wangarra? Roger mentioned them as a possible source. thanks folks, Ken -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/ guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drives
Thanks Daniel - look forward to hearing from you. BTW I too would dearly like an excuse to go to Mauritius - Hi Wendy - indeed my eldest daughter just signalled that she might go there as a well deserved reward for working so hard at uni - h. Although I seem to recall something about Wendy moving back to Oz? Cheers, Tony. On 20/05/2009, at 3:15 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tony Happy to ship to Albany, I send things there quite a bit. I send things all over Oz and have even been known to send things to Mauritius. :o) (Though I do offer for Wendy to fly me over and set them up,...) :o) (Hi Wendy). I'll email you off list and I'm sure we can work something out. Kind Regards Daniel On 20/5/09 3:05 PM, Evers ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: Thanks Daniel - very helpful. I will get firewire for the video storage, and I would buy from you except I'm in Albany (although if you have recommendations and a not too expensive way of shipping to me I would be interested in hearing from you). Cheers, Tony. On 20/05/2009, at 1:43 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tony Yes, if you're going to use it for storing and editing, and have Firewire, go that way. Firewire works on straight transfer, whereas USB works on burst information, so it goes up and down in waves. (kinda). So it's generally slower for large data. I've always found Firewire walks all over USB. And Firewire800 is faster again. So yes, my recommendation would be Firewire for any editing type application. Also making sure it's not formatted DOS. Had a person have trouble trying to edit to a drive and it was due to the format. Reformat the drive to Mac and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 20/5/09 1:39 PM, Evers ev...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I have a WD Elements 1TB USB 2.0 on a 2 GHz 1.5 GB Intel iMac 10.5.6 and it has worked seamlessly for a year - no tricky reformatting, just plug, disk utility (2 partitions), use. Always mounts, always available, always responsive. However I am about to get another 1TB drive specifically for storing iMovie files for later editing/compilation - I'm gathering from the comments that a Firewire drive might be more stable for all the video traffic? Cheers, Tony On 20/05/2009, at 1:30 PM, mince and pud wrote: Hi Ken Was the WD you bought a firewire? I hear that's best for the mac. My maxtor 500gb is firewire and just plugged in and worked best Alastair On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? regards, Ken On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has worked flawlessly since I formatted it using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to use any software from WD. Just formatted it with Disk Utility. Cheers Brian Scott On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi everyone, any recommendations for a 1TB hard drive that is readily compatible with Mac no need for extra instal procedures? Officeworks have a 1TB Western Digital but they really don't work with Mac. it was $179 @ the time but now $219. I bought one a few months back (My Book or something similar) it just did not work without downloading a heap of stuff from their site. Also an internal 500 gig is needed. Is it PLE computers in Wangarra? Roger mentioned them as a possible source. thanks folks, Ken --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drives
I have a WD Elements 1TB USB 2.0 on a 2 GHz 1.5 GB Intel iMac 10.5.6 and it has worked seamlessly for a year - no tricky reformatting, just plug, disk utility (2 partitions), use. Always mounts, always available, always responsive. However I am about to get another 1TB drive specifically for storing iMovie files for later editing/compilation - I'm gathering from the comments that a Firewire drive might be more stable for all the video traffic? Cheers, Tony On 20/05/2009, at 1:30 PM, mince and pud wrote: Hi Ken Was the WD you bought a firewire? I hear that's best for the mac. My maxtor 500gb is firewire and just plugged in and worked best Alastair On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? regards, Ken On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has worked flawlessly since I formatted it using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to use any software from WD. Just formatted it with Disk Utility. Cheers Brian Scott On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi everyone, any recommendations for a 1TB hard drive that is readily compatible with Mac no need for extra instal procedures? Officeworks have a 1TB Western Digital but they really don't work with Mac. it was $179 @ the time but now $219. I bought one a few months back (My Book or something similar) it just did not work without downloading a heap of stuff from their site. Also an internal 500 gig is needed. Is it PLE computers in Wangarra? Roger mentioned them as a possible source. thanks folks, Ken -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Wanted - Intel MacBook, iMac or Mac Mini
Just checking if anyone is thinking of replacing their Intel MacBook, iMac, or Mac Mini? This is on behalf of Woodbury Boston Primary School in Torbay, near Albany - see here for more info: www.woodburyboston.wa.edu.au Some WAMUG members generously supported the school some time ago when I was seeking older iMovie OSX 10.3 software. This time we are hoping to source some affordable working upgrades to our ageing network of eMacs. Our budget is modest but any Intel Macs will be considered - I'm hoping to take the school on a giant leap forward into the Intel/OSX 10.4 world, on a shoestring :-) Cheers, Tony -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Firewire hub
Hi Reg, I'm in Albany so don't need your kind offer - thanks anyway - and congratulations on new grand daughter. Cheers, Tony. On 29/03/2009, at 10:34 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: My wife Elaine is in Albany now with son, daughter in law and newborn grand daughter Annice Joy Whitely. She could pick it up for someone but you'd have to wait until school hols to get it as I'll be driving down at Easter. Reg On 29/03/2009, at 9:17 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin Tony, I actually have a Belkin firewire hub - the old style, looks like this: http://www.welovemacs.com/f5u526slv.html I haven't used it that much (even less now that my external HD is fw800). It tends to get used now just as a firewire cable extender if I'm too lazy to move things around. If either of you wants to give me $40 for it, I can probably live without it (just move things within single cable reach when I need to!) and you can pick it up here in Albany! It was working fine last time I used it (few weeks ago) and we would check it is still working before you took it - but it is a few years old - so if you want a warranty you would be better paying the price to get a new one! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 27/3/09 10:43 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Yes, but I do not use all of them all the time and everything upstream of the one you are interested must be powered on. Short term, I am doing just that. Severin On 27/03/2009, at 6:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin, I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my firewire devices have a couple of firewire sockets... and you are supposed to be able to daisy-chain firewire devices - so why don't you just do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 27/3/09 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The computer firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts. The power supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub is on. I am unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact firewire hubs seem to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a helping suggestion, I really need this with 5 external devices connected. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/ guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Firewire hub
Hi Neil, Good offer - thank you - I'm a big supporter of re-using/recycling. Severin, you put out the call first so you have first option - if you take up this one I will get a new one from Stewart at T4, otherwise I am interested. Just let me know. Cheers, Tony. On 29/03/2009, at 9:17 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin Tony, I actually have a Belkin firewire hub - the old style, looks like this: http://www.welovemacs.com/f5u526slv.html I haven't used it that much (even less now that my external HD is fw800). It tends to get used now just as a firewire cable extender if I'm too lazy to move things around. If either of you wants to give me $40 for it, I can probably live without it (just move things within single cable reach when I need to!) and you can pick it up here in Albany! It was working fine last time I used it (few weeks ago) and we would check it is still working before you took it - but it is a few years old - so if you want a warranty you would be better paying the price to get a new one! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 27/3/09 10:43 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Yes, but I do not use all of them all the time and everything upstream of the one you are interested must be powered on. Short term, I am doing just that. Severin On 27/03/2009, at 6:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin, I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my firewire devices have a couple of firewire sockets... and you are supposed to be able to daisy-chain firewire devices - so why don't you just do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 27/3/09 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The computer firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts. The power supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub is on. I am unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact firewire hubs seem to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a helping suggestion, I really need this with 5 external devices connected. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Firewire hub
There must be something in the air - my firewire hub (also a Swann) died a few days age but I haven't pursued a replacement yet. As Severin says, any suggestions? Cheers, Tony Evers On 27/03/2009, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The computer firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts. The power supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub is on. I am unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact firewire hubs seem to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a helping suggestion, I really need this with 5 external devices connected. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Firewire hub
Thanks Yvonne - this looks good. To those who suggested daisy chaining, in the interests of energy conservation I only switch on what I intend to use in a session, and I have several plug play items that get moved around the house (movie cameras, hard drives, with 6 users including me in 4 different locations in the house) so a hub on the main computer helps meet both these needs. Re possible power surges, as Severin says the failures were at different times, and in my case I got the hub second hand 3 or 4 years ago so have no idea of age and usage so I'm not complaining. Thanks to all. Cheers, Tony. On 27/03/2009, at 6:56 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Severin and Tony my firewire hub is an Aten 6 port and I just googled and found them available from a few places. I have had mine for ages and although it has its own power supply I have always used it unpowered with no problems at all. http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-aten-fh-600-price-37725.html Yvonne On 27/03/2009, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The computer firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts. The power supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub is on. I am unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact firewire hubs seem to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a helping suggestion, I really need this with 5 external devices connected. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Affordable good HD video cameras on a budget
Hello fellow WAMUGers, Advice and recommendations please My daughter is studying media, has MacBook Pro less than 1 y/o, and wants to buy a video camera $1400 maximum to mess about with projects. Must haves are: full good quality export compatiblity to iMovie HD, good lens quiet mechanism good sound recording and external microphone input Preferences are: big hard drive capacity long battery life Her choices thus far are JVC GZHD10 Sony HDRSR10 Any user experience, comments, recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Tony Evers. On 12/12/2008, at 6:22 PM, Aurora74 wrote: Hi, I have two of the brand new MacBook Airs on our internal network. They are running 10.5.5 and are bounnd via AD to the 2003 network. What I am having issues with is the machines seemingly not retaining a default list of network connections and their preferred orders. They are configured to join both the Ethernet and the Corp Wireless network - wireless preferred (A). The issue occurs if I flip across to another wireless network (B). Unless I disconnect from this network and move to a preferred one before shutting down, it is trying to connect to the B connection on startup and ignoring the Corp Wireless and ethernet on restart/relogging in. It is then forcing (popups without the saved info) reauthentication to the corp wireless even though all the settings appear to have been saved and have been triple checked by our Networking guru There is a separate issue where Aiport is constantly scanning and turning itself off/on - I have applied the latest EFI firmware for the Airport but this continues. Can anyone help me please? Smiles Aurora -- What's meant to be will find a way. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Research
fine by me - sounds interesting. good luck with it. Cheers, Tony Evers On 02/08/2008, at 6:09 PM, Nathalie Collins wrote: Hello everyone: I am a long time WAMUG member and am currently working on a PhD in Customer Evangelism at UWA with Associate Professor Jamie Murphy. Of course, Apple and MUGs can be a great focus for my research. I would like to do some data gathering around WAMUG, specifically relating to analysing the mailing list threads and contributions. When writing up my research I would not include anyone's name or any data which would lead to revealing the participant's identity. The papers I write can be made available to anyone who wishes to see them. I can email the list when they are ready if you would like. Please let me know if you have any concerns. Nathalie - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mrs Nathalie Collins Bunbury, Western Autralia Telephone: (08) 9780 7709 I Mobile: 043 994 1825 I Web: southwest.ecu.edu.au/business/staff/collins.html Skype: mrscollins Alternative email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Smail Mail: Box A176, Australind WA 6233 Australia -- 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] -- 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]
Digital camera advice
Greetings all WAMUGers, Some advice/user experience please. Our small primary school (Woodbury Boston Primary School - www.woodburyboston.wa.edu.au - some of you have been generous with advice and support in the past) is about to purchase a digital still camera. Requirements include good optical zoom - 8-10x - and resolution 6+ megapixels minimum (lots of outdoor and action shots - sailing etc, so good zoom essential). Largish screen would help students ease of use. Easy interface to eMac OS 10.3.9 network essential (although I've yet to see a USB camera that won't talk to this system). Budget is $600 or less. There is some bias toward Canon. The school has had disappointing/frustrating recent experience with a Fuji FinePix 90 (devours AA batteries, indifferent performance, intermittent crashes - I think they got a lemon) although this is helping to guide current purchase parameters. Past experience suggests that cameras with dedicated lithium ion rechargeable batteries (same as video cameras) perform better/last longer/are more reliable between battery changes than those using AA cells - any comments? Any recommendations greatly appreciated. Cheers Tony Evers -- 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: Messages Thread on WAMUG
I agree with Ronnie - let's keep it in the list, so that private responses off list need to be a conscious choice made as required. Cheers Tony On 18/05/2008, at 1:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/05/2008, at 5:47 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 16/05/2008, at 6:10 PM, Adam Hewitt wrote: Or hit reply to all and then delete the private address. (yes this has annoyed me for a long time as I am an advocate for reply to list, but the powers to be have decreed otherwise) Adam. Well actually I am happy to change this behavior. Although I must say we did get a bit of an uproar the last time as a few sensitive emails ended up going to the list. By forcing people to change the email address to send to the list you are essentially making them consent to making the email public. I am happy to re-open the topic if you like. - Matt Hello Matt WAMUG Mailing list members, I would certainly like 'Reply to WAMUG List' implemented. WAMUG Mailing list is a public mailing list, not a private mailing list, anyone can subscribe and post messages. For that reason alone, 'Reply to the Private email address' should not be the default, the default should be back to WAMUG mailing list. Keep the messages on list, so anyone else who has the same problem, or in the future has a similar problem can follow the thread. Cheers, Ronni -- 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] -- 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: OT: Solar Cells for house roof
The Sun Fair was excellent. Highlights for me were the electric vehicle display and a test ride of a real electric motorcycle (not a scooter or moped). Re grid connected photovoltaic panels - the situation is different depending on where you live in WA. In Perth the government rebate is capped at $8,000 no matter how large the system you install. In the south west (where the grid is, shall we say, a bit variable), one can qualify for a rebate of 50% of ex-GST cost of supply and installation up to 5 kilowatt/hour (residential) or 30 Kilowatt/hour (commercial/ industrial) grid connected capacity. This is via the state government Sustainable Energy Development Office (SEDO), with I think federal funding details here http://www.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/pages/funding_rrep.asp We have such a 5KW/hour system on our house that since August 2007 has averaged 25 KW/hours per day - 2-3 times our family's requirements (5-6 people), with spare capacity going back into the grid to power other people's Mac computers etc along with our own, Cost was $52,000, reducing to $29,000 after rebate. At current energy pricing, buy back of our electricity will cover our investment and embodied energy in manufacturing, transport and installation in approximately 15 years (expected operating life 20+ years). When electricity prices inevitably rise, pay back becomes much shorter, but given the time and opportunity costs involved (what else you might do with the money - like earn interest) this isn't primarily a money-making exercise as much as an ideology/sustainability one. We will have a better picture when we have a couple of years of real data to project from. Having said that, the spare capacity from our system could be used to charge an all-electric vehicle for the 40 kilometre commuter round trips that are 90% of our travel (we live just outside Albany), significantly reducing fossil fuel usage and carbon emissions - thus my interest in electric vehicles at the Sun Fair. This would then offset some of the opportunity costs and the savings in fuel (and vehicle maintenance) would result in an earlier pay back, thus improving the financial aspects. The advantages of grid connected photovoltaics for me include: - proven maturing technology - it works - easy expansion/modification/upgrade as innovation occurs - decentralised and reliable - it is do-able, accessible, and empowering for the individual. We can't quickly force government and business to embrace renewable energy, but we can use their subsidies, products, and resources to make it happen anyway - financial independence - energy prices WILL increase both substantially and soon - flexibility control - how and when do I want to use the energy produced - grid connection matches supply with demand In short, in my view go grid connected solar wherever and whenever you can. Hope this was of interest. Cheers Tony Evers On 11/04/2008, at 8:17 PM, Martin Hill wrote: On 11/04/2008, at 7:36 PM, Brian Scott wrote: or maybe this will do it better, if they ever get it to market.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efCelx7qe_M Hmm, an electric generator that outputs 5 times the amount of energy that is input into it? From what little info is in the video, it ounds like a perpetual motion machine scam to me. I think I'll stick with roof-mounted photo-voltaic cells. :-) Renewablelogic were at the Perth Sunfair at UWA last weekend, it's a shame I wasn't able to make it. http://www.perthsunfair.com.au -Mart -- 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] -- 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: New MacBook (Pro) Released
So...this is Apple USA... when will we see these in Australia - and at what price? Cheers Tony Evers On 26/02/2008, at 11:02 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, Apple seems to have released new MacBooks and MacBookPro's. Bigger, better, faster :-) http://www.apple.com - Matt -- 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] -- 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: New MacBook (Pro) Released
Aahhh - so they are! Ooops. Thanks Cheers Tony Evers On 27/02/2008, at 9:35 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: They're on the Australia website too. On 27/02/08 9:28 AM, Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So...this is Apple USA... when will we see these in Australia - and at what price? Cheers Tony Evers On 26/02/2008, at 11:02 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, Apple seems to have released new MacBooks and MacBookPro's. Bigger, better, faster :-) http://www.apple.com - Matt -- 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] -- 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] -- 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] -- 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: Best Mac Source/Support
My thanks to all who responded with their advice and experiences - I'm confident my daughter will get good support when needed (that's another OK item on the very long list a Dad deals with when a child - first of four - moves away from home). And thanks that WAMUG exists. Cheers Tony Evers On 26/01/2008, at 10:09 PM, Mark Secker wrote: Tony, Unfortunately we at Digilife can not provide student pricing from Apple any more. that's a bummer :( Is that only for students? or can you no longer give academic discount for staff or for departmental and salary sacrifice computers? back to the original question though, so long as you purchase through an Australian retailer and so get a valid warranty (and strongly strongly STRONGLY recommend the extended 3 year warranty on a laptop - every warranty job I've had on my personal laptops has been in the 2nd and 3rd year of ownership) any registered Apple service center can do repair work. DIgi Lifes sales staff are good but never had nay experince with their service department - but I haven't heard anything bad about them. I've delt with Next Byte and again no complaints I can, however, vouch for both Peder at Curtin and Stewart at Team Digital as great people to deal with having worked with them both in previous jobs. -- ~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer School of Business IT Services. ph# 61-8-6488 1855 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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] -- 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]
Best Mac Source/Support
Hello WAMUGGERS, My daughter is about to move from Albany to the big smoke to begin university. She will be living in Glendalough and attending Curtin (Bentley). We're looking MacBook Pro. She can buy education price, so I'm looking for an outlet with helpful, timely and accessible support for when things go wrong or when upgrades/accessories are needed that can offer education pricing. Suggestions/experiences greatly appreciated. Cheers Tony -- 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: Replacement for G3 Powerbook adapter
Hi Greg, That adaptor looks OK - should work although like you I am unsure re the plug. However, I do have a working Apple adaptor from a PowerBook Duo that I also used with a G3 clamshell iBook that used the yo-yo adapter, so it should suit your PowerBook. (DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS WILL FIT?). All the electrical specs are correct. If it is suitable it can be yours for $15 + postage (should be cheaper from Albany than Hong Kong. Cheers Tony On 31/12/2007, at 9:28 AM, Greg Colgan wrote: Hiya Muggers...Happy New Year! Does anyone know if this unit being sold on EBAY will replace my faulty power adapter? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=180172712819ssPageNam e=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Storesrefitem=180198946068itemcount=4 refwid getloc=closed_view_itemrefwidgettype=osi_widget All of the specs for this adapter seem to match: AC input is OK Output is OK (24V, 1.875A) It's 45W. My only query relates to the mini plug. The ad states: OUTPUT CONNECTOR: 7.7 mm X 2.5 mm (Mini Head) Will that plug into my Powerbook? I have a G3 Wallstreet (233MHz), with yoyo adapter ( Model M7332 ). Thanks for any advice! Greg From: Rod Blitvich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:48:15 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: IDVD Themes missing Yes Ronnie iMovie HD now has themes working. I did a reinstall of that too. Cheers Rod on 31/12/07 8:02 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for posting this solution to the list Rod. Have you got iMovie installed and working correctly now also? Cheers, Ronni On 30/12/2007, at 8:12 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Thanks Ronni It took a while but this support doc helped, plus running software update. Cheers Rod Close iDVD and update to iDVD '08 (7.0.1). If the issue persists, follow the steps below and keep your iLife '08 installation disc nearby. Erase the following folders from your hard drive: /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 1 /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 2 /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 3 /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 4 Erase the following folder from your home directory: ~/Library/Application Support/iDVD/Installed Themes ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.idvd Note: The tilde (~) represents your home directory. Reopen iDVD '08, create a new project and wait for the Updating themes progress bar to complete before quitting the application again. You only need to do this once. To Reinstall Themes 1-4: Insert the iLife '08 installation disc. Open the iLife '08 installer package. In the Installation Type window, select Customize. Expand the iDVD checkbox and make sure iDVD Extra Content is selected. Deselect all other checkboxes and proceed with the installation. or Open iDVD '08 and open a project. Click Themes. From the Themes drop-down menu, choose Old Themes. Select any of the faded-out theme thumbnails. Follow the onscreen instructions to install all of the themes originally erased by using Software Update or the iLife '08 installation disc. on 29/12/07 9:11 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/12/2007, at 6:32 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: I had a horror Leopard install a few weeks ago and it took several hours for a tech to fix. Everything was ok, but today when I tried to run iDVD I got the following message: no themes installed Quit iDVD and install again or click ³Look for themes² and locate the themes folder. I tried to reinstall but it didn¹t fix the problem. Please can anyone suggest where I can search to find the themes? Ps I think iMovie has the same problem Hi Rod, iLife doesn't automatically install with Leopard. iDVD 6.0.4 and iDVD 7.0.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Upgrading to iDVD 6.0.4 or iDVD 7.0.1 should enable you to run iDVD on Leopard. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306062 iDVD 6.0.4 was released just after Leopard: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/idvd604.html Cheers, Ronni -- 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] -- Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/blitto The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- 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] -- 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] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Re: problems with iTunes purchased songs on reformatted mac
Thanks Chris - thanks for your help and have a great Christmas Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a moment to consider - am I confusing wants with needs? On 17/12/2007, at 9:16 PM, Christopher S wrote: Hi Guys, Apple have a support article on how to authorise/deauthorise and deauthorise all machines here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93014 In a nutshell if you can still access the machine that has the authorised music you should be able to deauthorise via the Store menu in iTunes - choose deauthorise. If you can't access the machine you could wait till all 5 authorisations are used open iTunes go the Store option choose Account under the Quick Links section login and you will have a deauthorise all button - you can only use this once a year though. I have and it's worked as advertised. Regards, Chris. From: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:28:43 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: problems with iTunes purchased songs on reformatted mac Hi Mark, everyone, We also have a problem with purchased iTunes files - the motherboard in my G5 iMac PPC was replaced under warranty so now has a different serial #. My daughter's purchased iTunes files had to be authorised to the new serial #, thus using another of the permitted number of devices (5 in total I believe), meaning that she has to de-authorise another machine. As it turns out, the replacement motherboard has a fault, so when we get another new one (under warranty) that will use yet another iTunes life. So, like Mark, does anyone know how to work around this to get back the lost authorities? Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a moment to consider - am I confusing wants with needs? On 17/12/2007, at 5:04 PM, Mark Secker wrote: I've got a user that I support who had his machine reformatted and now is unable to play most of his iTunes store purchased music. he's re authorised his computer and some protected purchased tracks play and others don't. Looks like newer but still pre formatting purchases play- but older ones don't seem to want to play. Possibly one lot were purchased with one credit card and the others with another or possibly one lot with prepaid cards and another lot with credit cards? failing that anybody had any success cough cracking* cough iTunes songs - remember that we can't play them at all so the old burn them to a CD then re rip them as MP3's trick isn't going to work here. *feel free to contact me off list if you know a work around here but don't want to blurt it out on list... thanks -- ~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer School of Business IT Services. ph# 61-8-6488 1855 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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] -- 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] -- 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] -- 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: problems with iTunes purchased songs on reformatted mac
Hi Mark, everyone, We also have a problem with purchased iTunes files - the motherboard in my G5 iMac PPC was replaced under warranty so now has a different serial #. My daughter's purchased iTunes files had to be authorised to the new serial #, thus using another of the permitted number of devices (5 in total I believe), meaning that she has to de-authorise another machine. As it turns out, the replacement motherboard has a fault, so when we get another new one (under warranty) that will use yet another iTunes life. So, like Mark, does anyone know how to work around this to get back the lost authorities? Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a moment to consider - am I confusing wants with needs? On 17/12/2007, at 5:04 PM, Mark Secker wrote: I've got a user that I support who had his machine reformatted and now is unable to play most of his iTunes store purchased music. he's re authorised his computer and some protected purchased tracks play and others don't. Looks like newer but still pre formatting purchases play- but older ones don't seem to want to play. Possibly one lot were purchased with one credit card and the others with another or possibly one lot with prepaid cards and another lot with credit cards? failing that anybody had any success cough cracking* cough iTunes songs - remember that we can't play them at all so the old burn them to a CD then re rip them as MP3's trick isn't going to work here. *feel free to contact me off list if you know a work around here but don't want to blurt it out on list... thanks -- ~ Mark Secker IT Labs Manager Computer Support Officer School of Business IT Services. ph# 61-8-6488 1855 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://www.pbase.com/marxz -- 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] -- 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: Blu-ray loses backers
Unfortunately this was always looking like a Beta v VHS scenario (and Luddite that I am I only mothballed my last Beta Hi Fi machine less than 2 years ago) - and we consumers really just have to accept whatever economics and industry politics decree, which as we have seen is not always the superior technology (I don't know enough to make that call with Blu-ray v HD DVD). Cheers Tony Evers On 21/08/2007, at 1:28 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Let's hope this isn't the start of a trend :( Japan's Toshiba and its partners gained a much-needed boost in the next-generation DVD format war after Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation said they would exclusively support HD DVD. The decision to drop the rival Blu-ray format is a blow to Sony Corp. and its partners, who have scored some valuable points recently in the tussle in high-definition DVDs. Movies distributed by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films will be released exclusively in HD DVD, the companies said in a statement late Monday. Source:http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/paramount-pictures- sides-wi th-hd-dvd-in-format-war/2007/08/21/1187462235144.html Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] -- 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]
MS Snapshot file format
I have received an email with an attachment in MS Snapshot format (.snp) that I need to access. I followed the following advice but of course Snapshot Viewer download is a .exe application so won't run. The attached document is in Microsoft Report Snapshot format. If you have Microsoft Office 2000 installed, the Snapshot Viewer will be installed when you try to open this file. If you do not have Microsoft Office 2000 installed you can download a copy of the Snapshot Viewer from http://www.miesoftware.com/downloads3rdparty.htm . I have requested the sender to use MS Word or PDF formats and resend, but this requires a timely response from a bureaucracy. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. G5 iMac 2Ghz, 1GB, OS 10.4.9 Cheers Tony -- 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]
Airport Express user feedback
I am considering an Airport Express with AirTunes so I can stream my iTunes library out through my home stereo system (10 metres away in the next room) - not concerned at this stage with sharing printer or wireless internet. HOWEVER, looking at the reviews on the Apple Australia site, I am alarmed by the very mixed reports, especially re total failure of the unit anywhere from a few weeks onward and high mortality reported around 18 months-2 years. Any user experience/suggestions/recommendations re Airport Express or similar suitable unit will be very appreciated. 17 iMac PPC 2GHz G5 1GB RAM OS 10.4.9 Cheers Tony -- 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: Not authorized to view this page?
Doesn't work for me either - Safari Firefox Tony ? On 06/07/2007, at 3:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUG people, Is anyone able to access this web address please? http://www.patersondowding.com.au/ I've never been on the site before but my IP Address is being blocked . why? This is the message I'm receiving: You are not authorized to view this page The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing computer is on this list. I've tried in Safari 3.0.2 and Firefox 2.0.0.4 Thanks for any comments. Cheers, Ronni -- 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] -- 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: The Future of WAMUG
Jude, you have captured my sentiments re WAMUG quite accurately. As a network neophyte I have received much valuable assistance and guidance for the benefit of our tiny independent school network (and with a couple of home computer conundrums as well). A significant difference for me is that much of the advice/solutions are real world, from actual experience. This is quite different from help pages, technical sites etc, and from retailer/wholesaler advice, which quite reasonably usually carries some commercial agenda. Living near Albany and choosing to avoid Perth whenever possible (25 years in Sydney quenched my need for metropolises), I will never get to a WAMUG meeting, but if continuation of the group and list depends on modest annual financial support from we remoters then I suggest we make it so - and I will be jostling with Jude to be first in the virtual queue to pay up. What do others think? Cheers Tony Evers On 12/06/2007, at 12:55 PM, Jude wrote: I'm with these guys. I've never managed to get to a meeting, but the mailing list can be a life saver. Especially since this is a local source. That can mean actual physical people come over to your home and help you, we can buy and sell equipment locally, and we can advertise about or contribute to local causes that need help. Not to mention that the list is stuffed full of total gurus who really know what they are talking about and freely offer thier help to the the lost and bewildered (of which I have been guilty). I've never paid membership because I've never been able to find out how to if you don't go to meetings, even though I've asked several times on the list how to do it. If there was a way to pay remotely I would be first in line. If WAMUG went missing it would leave a hole .. or maybe take away a safety net .. in lots of people's lives, I'm sure. Jude -- 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] -- 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]
Sophos virus protection
Request from my wife on behalf of a not-for-profit natural resource management organisation that has mixed Mac/Windows network 30 machines, OSX 10.4 Windows XP, some Intel Macs running XP. Could you put a question to WAMUG to see if anyone is using Sophos virus protection? It works with Macs and Windows. I’d like to know of anyone’s experiences related to significant use with Windows networks. Any user feedback much appreciated. Any recommendations of other suitable virus protection? Yet another example of the value of this list! Cheers Tony Evers -- 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]
OSX 10.3 licences
I'm confused! I can't make sense of the Apple website in trying to find out how to purchase OSX 10.3 licences. Everything refers to 10.4 and sneak previews of 10.5. I volunteer to look after the IT network at a small (currently 50 students) not for profit non-aligned independent primary school on rural Torbay Hill, west of Albany (more info see revitalised website at www.woodburyboston.wa.edu.au). Some of you will remember your generosity during 2005/2006 in providing iLife 04/05 discs so that we could get some meaningful iMovie work happening on our OS9 network (I certainly remember it - thank you). We have recently moved to eMac based OSX 10.2 network (favourable second hand purchase from a larger educational institution) and everything is working well. We have the opportunity to move to OSX 10.3, but need to obtain 30 x 10.3 licences to legitimise this. I can't find reference to 10.3 in Apple Store etc. Cost is an issue (low socio-economic demographic). Can anyone advise as to how I can obtain licences? Does anyone have no longer needed OSX 10.3 at an affordable price? Any other suggestions? Thanks in anticipation, Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a moment to consider - am I confusing wants with needs? -- 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: Voice to text programs
I would appreciate some user experience info on this as well - would you please cc me if anything is forthcoming? Cheers Tony Evers On 05/06/2007, at 2:26 PM, Mike MOORE wrote: I'm looking for a program that will allow me to dictate to the computer and have it type the text. Advice from people who successfully use such programs would be greatly appreciated. Regards mike moore -- 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] -- 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: Renewable Energy Questions
Sorry to go off-topic here, although there is a computer-related issue at the end of all this. I'm hoping WAMUG members may have some information and/or experience with installing and using individual residence renewable grid- connected power systems. I'm looking at putting the largest solar array I can afford on our roof (4 or 5 kW) to both supply our own electricity needs and sell back excess to the SW grid when the sun is shining, and purchase energy as needed when the sun is not out/at night. We live in Albany (where despite myth the sun shines quite a lot) on a due north-facing hillside with over 100 square metres of roof area angled at 20 degrees, so the physical circumstances are positive. We already practice such energy reduction strategies as a 6-person household with a keen interest in electrical gadgetry comfortably support, but more work can be done on this. High energy demand activities such as cooking and hot water are supplied by gas (solar hot water is next on the upgrade list). As some of you will know, a government rebate of 50% of the ex-GST cost of qualifying systems makes this worth considering (although don't do it just on economic grounds since because we don't pay the real impact cost of electricity you will grow very old and grey waiting to recoup all your outlay - we are doing this as a walking the talk greenhouse gas reduction initiative.) - there is a lot of information at http://www1.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/pages/funding_rrep.asp and info on Synergy's buyback scheme at http://www.synergyenergy.com.au/pdf_documents/Support_Documents/ RENEWABLE_ENERGY_BUYBACK_SCHEME_%28REBS%29_INFORMATION_PACK.pdf What I want to know is if anyone is prepared to share their experience - any unanticipated problems, unexpected costs, and what user experience is like of installation, commissioning, and using such a system? A particular question is the relative inertness/ safety of the materials used in the manufacture and mounting of the array with respect to water, as we collect all the water that falls on our roof for domestic consumption, including drinking and cooking. No worries with supply (it rains a lot down here, even with climate change trends) but we do want to ensure that the water is safe. And the computer connections? The smart inverters used to convert and control the electricity generated have an output to a data logger and computer so you can track performance, output, trends, efficiency etc in all kinds of classy graphs, charts etc. As well I am thinking of smart programming to control shut down of non-essential electricity outlets in the event of grid blackouts, thus prolonging the battery bank life for essentials such as lighting and refrigeration. Thanks in anticipation. Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a moment to consider - am I confusing wants with needs? -- 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: Donotcall register
Just registered fine via Safari - just hope the filtering meets my expectations.. Tony On 03/05/2007, at 2:35 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Thanks everyone, will be interesting to see if it works. My wife will be pleased because I had taken to being short and very much to the point in my replies to the calls. :-) Mac On 03/05/2007, at 1:48 PM, Eugene wrote: Had heaps of problems this morning. Whether it is being overloaded / inundated or poorly written PC / Explorer specific code I don't know but eventually got it going with Firefox on my Mac. Word of warning to all - make certain that the graphics/text validity check downloads at the bottom of the form before you fill in the data at the top. Regards, Eugene On 03/05/2007, at 12:58 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi everyone. I have been onto this website and duly filled in the form. When I attempt to send form I get a request for bug report for Safari to go to Apple. I have a feeling the website is just totally overloaded but would welcome any comments. Mac urlhttps://www.donotcall.gov.au/ Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype docmactor -- 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] -- 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] Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype docmactor -- 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] -- 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]
Undo Empty Trash Command
Help! Is there any way of undoing the empty trash command? I just deleted everything on my desktop in error (yes I know I shouldn't keep stuff there but I was moving lots of things between disks and flashdrives and I moved to trash and emptied before checking what was selected - purely human error. I have not done any other commands following this blunder in the hope that something can be done. G5 2 GHz PowerPC iMac running 10.4.8 Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Tony Evers -- 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: Mac longevity?
I have an LC430 (very early '90's - will check the actual date) running 24/7 since January 2000 as internet server on a dial-up connection network at a small (50 student, 25 computers) independent primary school near Albany. It was in everyday use as a desktop word processor before that and has been completely robust and reliable in both roles. As a footnote, using Macs as internet server and e-mail server has been an effective, and the only, protection from virus attack to the school IT network over the past 6 years - such a different story from Windows-based internet interfaces. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 8:55 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Having seen one of our family iMacs self destruct with a puff of smoke the other day when it was turned on got me wondering how long can a Mac last? Please don't use the cliche, How long is a piece of string. In particular I am curious as to whom on this list can honestly claim have the oldest Mac in regular working use? Working meaning doing actual useful work on a consistent basis. Furthermore is there some easy way one can tell when a machine was built? Kind regards, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver Fremantle - Home of the Dockers http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar -- 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: Mac longevity?
I should also mention that at the same primary school I am just now retiring 21 x G3 350MHz iMacs that have been in full student use since Feb 2000 - 16 are still fully functional and reliable, 5 have developed a range of faults with: CRT colour and stability, CD drives, power supply. The 400MHz G4 server that has run faultlessly 24/7 since January 2000 was turned off and replaced last week - not a bad run. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 10:35 AM, Evers wrote: I have an LC430 (very early '90's - will check the actual date) running 24/7 since January 2000 as internet server on a dial-up connection network at a small (50 student, 25 computers) independent primary school near Albany. It was in everyday use as a desktop word processor before that and has been completely robust and reliable in both roles. As a footnote, using Macs as internet server and e-mail server has been an effective, and the only, protection from virus attack to the school IT network over the past 6 years - such a different story from Windows-based internet interfaces. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 8:55 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Having seen one of our family iMacs self destruct with a puff of smoke the other day when it was turned on got me wondering how long can a Mac last? Please don't use the cliche, How long is a piece of string. In particular I am curious as to whom on this list can honestly claim have the oldest Mac in regular working use? Working meaning doing actual useful work on a consistent basis. Furthermore is there some easy way one can tell when a machine was built? Kind regards, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver Fremantle - Home of the Dockers http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar -- 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] -- 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: Subscribe/Unsubscribe
Hi Matt, Thank you. The address to be removed is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 27/01/2007, at 11:59 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 27/01/2007, at 9:05 PM, Evers wrote: I have the same problem - having changed ISP and thus e-mail address, I get duplicate WAMUG postings, and have no way to access the old e-mail address to unsubscribe. Any way to discontinue the old subscription? Just let me know what addresses you want removed and i will do it for you. - matt -- 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: Subscribe/Unsubscribe
I have the same problem - having changed ISP and thus e-mail address, I get duplicate WAMUG postings, and have no way to access the old e- mail address to unsubscribe. Any way to discontinue the old subscription? By way of clarification, the redirect from old to new e-mail address is an agreement between Westnet (same address since 1995) and BroadBandnet (new address) as Westnet is unable to provide high speed access (ADSL, ISDN) to my home, whereas BBNet's radio high speed service works really well. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 27/01/2007, at 12:52 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Thanks Paul, I sorta guessed that. But my real problem is that I still get my email passed through from the old email address, and the way it works is that I end up with two copies of every email (and three copies if I re subscribe) and that's just tooo much. The emails from the old address are passed on but I don't have access to the old address to send! therefor unable to unsubscribe. I hope that makes sense Peter On 27/01/2007, at 11:21 AM, Paul wrote: Peter Curtis wrote: I presume I can just Subscribe with my new email address to continue service? Hi Peter Thats what I did recently. Cheers Paul -- 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] -- 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: Bogus Purchase
I received the same hoax - I don't think there is anything in it in terms of credit card details etc but I will be keeping a close(r) eye on my bank accounts just in case. Cheers Tony Evers On 27/11/2006, at 8:39 AM, Wilson Tony wrote: Like many WAMUGGERS I receive hoax mail but the one today worries me a little. It suggests I have purchased a $2450 item by credit card from [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a pdf attached (which I will not open). It claims that I will receive another email shortly with tracking details. My concern is that someone may have my credit card details, but it seems dopey that the order would come to me rather the culprit using the card Should I do anything with this advice? TIA Tony Wilson -- 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: In Confidence,
Westnet's filter captures almost all of this type of spam - best $10/ annum I've spent in a very long while. Cheers Tony Evers On 03/08/2006, at 9:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Most of my Spam mail comes through my Dot Mac email address. Not near as much through my Westnet mail address. Junk filter picks up most of it. Ronni On 03/08/2006, at 9:37 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Maybe need a new email address. Iinet provide very good spam protection, but I did also need a new email address to avoid getting some spam. If I check the old address, there is still some junk mail getting through on it, so sometimes it appears that an address is just too available to spammers to be used any more, at least for your day to day emails. On 3/8/06 9:27 AM, KEVIN Lock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get at least four of these of different types a day. Also recently, loads of stock market advice, Sears bargains, bank notifications etc etc. My mailbox would get around 35-40 a week. For some time there were people also concerned about my physical attributes. Anyone else getting so much rubbish? Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] -- 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: Wireless Mighty Mouse
I too had to return my first Mighty Mouse - same problem with scrolling. Local Apple outlet T4 Technology (Albany), happily swapped it for a new one, and this time all has been well thus far - fingers crossed. I've adapted to the right-click so well that for a moment wondered what you meant Paul. Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 27/07/2006, at 9:30 AM, Paul wrote: On 25/07/2006, at 10:42 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Well, the Mighty Mouse is now wireless and laser enabled. It uses Bluetooth and runs off two AA batteries. A minor word of warning... We are on our second (tailed) mighty mouse. We had to return the first one as the track ball was driving us nuts! It (the track ball) became very unreliable within a couple of weeks. A quick search revealed we were not alone with this problem. In particular ours had major issues scrolling down. The other 3 directions were unaffected. Some quarters suggested it just needed a clean, we followed recommended instructions but the effect was short lived, we were soon cleaning it every day or so. This soon became unacceptable as you can imagine. We took it back to nextbyte where we actualy had to work on them to be given a replacement, in fact we wanted credit to buy a M$ mouse but they ruled this out. The replacement *Mickey Mouse* has fared better but we have already seen a sign of it beginning to have the scrolling issue again. Couple this with the unique way one must perform right-clicks and this mouse looses a little lustre in my books. Almost $80 was a lot of money for a less-than-perfect mouse. The trouble is; you know the bastards have you as soon as you have scrolled sideways in the Finder while in coulumn-view, damn you Apple! ;) In short, when it's good, it's very very good but when it's bad it's horrid. Have fun Paul -- 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: iLife iMovie - old version - THANK YOU
I have received a number of offers of the iLife '04 software for our school - and am even able to pass on a copy to another small school that needs it. Thank you to everyone who responded so generously - WAMUG people are great human beings - your generosity will allow us to get a bit more life out of our ageing school network (hopefully being upgraded in 2007) and let the students get on with some video editing via iMovie. Thanks again. Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
iLife iMovie - old version
I am looking for an old version of iLife to run under OS 10.2-10.3 on iMac G3 500MHz at a small independent primary school (ie very limited budget) - I believe iLife 04 is the best contender. Does anyone have a copy on disk that we could get cheaply for Woodbury Boston Primary School, near Albany? I will cover postage as part of purchase. Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Reflections on Intel macs
Re HP 8150 - for more modest printer needs (not as fast but smaller than a microwave oven) the HP 2100TN is bullet-proof - I have had one networked for 50 users/20 terminals in a Primary School for 6+ years, serviced once (staple jammed inside), and have purchased 2 more at auction, $30 each with almost full toner, for use in home business desktop publishing. I have also had much success with other HP models from auction ($10-$20 each) for conventional home use, and of course the toner refills are cheap and last a very long time - beats inkjet for black white every time! Cheers Tony Evers On 21/06/2006, at 11:39 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Bob, I'll let you in on our little secret, we buy them at auction for about $200 - $400, most have hardly been run in, we check the duty cycle before purchase. No one wants to purchase them because they are the size of a washing machine. I have had the previous model for 5 years and it never skipped a beat nor did I ever service it. It gets absolutely hammered at work. The toners are huge and last 6 months but cost less than $100 to recharge. Cheapest, fastest and most reliable printers on the market. Regards, Eugene On 21/06/2006, at 11:03 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 21 Jun 2006, at 10:43 AM, Eugene wrote: I haven't experienced printing delays but we have just installed a new HP 8150 which is so fast the paper flies out the tray before you hit the print button! At 32 pages per minute and $4000 I would hope so ! Beats an old Stylewriter 2 or Epson Photo 700 ... ! Oh I wish . ! But then one can't have the dollars and the Printer. Bob -- 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: Edit PDF
PDFLab is excellent! Thanks for the recommendation Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 13/06/2006, at 11:13 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: PDFLab is pretty cool, does most of what you want. And it's FREE! http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24482 On 13/6/06 10:06 AM, Tony Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend an affordable or shareware/freeware PDF editor or converter that they have used on OSX 10.4? Adobe Acrobat 7.0 is much more than I need - both in features and price. I develop localised versions of health promotion programmes, and have one on disc in PDF with written authorisation to modify for regional use. I can extract the text (copy out of Preview or Adobe Reader, paste into MS Word), but would much prefer to capture and retain images, clip art, layout, of the original PDF. Requirements are: 1) PDF editor: Rearrange pages in a PDF document Add pages to a PDF document that come from another document Remove pages from a PDF document Extract a selection of pages from a PDF document and export them as a new document Split a PDF document in chunks for easier handling Merge content from two or more PDF documents Insert blank pages into a PDF document Rotate pages in a PDF document OR 2) PDF converter: Convert PDF to Word .doc of .rtf (I have MS Office 2004 for Mac) Retain page layout and formatting Allows editing of word document (ie, does not save as image, but as true Word document) Any advice will be appreciated. Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 13/06/2006, at 9:37 AM, Duncan Hardman wrote: Using safari I have problems. I have no problems using Firefox. Duncan -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Murdoch Allen Sent: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 9:39 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Possible Spam :Hotmail 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 hotmail -- 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] -- 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] -- 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]
Edit PDF
Hi, Can anyone recommend an affordable or shareware/freeware PDF editor or converter that they have used on OSX 10.4? Adobe Acrobat 7.0 is much more than I need - both in features and price. I develop localised versions of health promotion programmes, and have one on disc in PDF with written authorisation to modify for regional use. I can extract the text (copy out of Preview or Adobe Reader, paste into MS Word), but would much prefer to capture and retain images, clip art, layout, of the original PDF. Requirements are: 1) PDF editor: Rearrange pages in a PDF document Add pages to a PDF document that come from another document Remove pages from a PDF document Extract a selection of pages from a PDF document and export them as a new document Split a PDF document in chunks for easier handling Merge content from two or more PDF documents Insert blank pages into a PDF document Rotate pages in a PDF document OR 2) PDF converter: Convert PDF to Word .doc of .rtf (I have MS Office 2004 for Mac) Retain page layout and formatting Allows editing of word document (ie, does not save as image, but as true Word document) Any advice will be appreciated. Cheers Tony Evers PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 13/06/2006, at 9:37 AM, Duncan Hardman wrote: Using safari I have problems. I have no problems using Firefox. Duncan -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Murdoch Allen Sent: Tuesday, 13 June 2006 9:39 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Possible Spam :Hotmail 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 hotmail -- 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] -- 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]
