Re: Printer/CD DVD labels
If you don't want to print directly onto printable DVD's the dymo labelwriter has an easily applicable disc label. See labelcity.com.au Cheers. Sent from my iPhone On 21/02/2009, at 18:46, KEVIN Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: We have a HP Photosmart D5360 and I bought a printing programme named Discus. The printer is good but Discus is brilliant. The disk printing software that came with the printer was useless. Kevin On 21/02/2009, at 6:33 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: I'm a general practitioner. We store no hard copy. All electronic. For medico-legal reason we need to have a dated and signed read only weekly DVD back up. What is the best small laser printer the could print these DVD's and/or prints labels for them? Stuart Breden I doubt there is a laser printer, of any size, that will print on a DVD directly. They will print paper labels, if set properly, but I would be looking at an inkjet solution. I have one of the smaller Epson (R230) which does a good job directly on DVD's and I'm sure Canon and HP have similar printers. Cheers Mike Fuller -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh 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: Radio for ipod touch
For AM radio, you are probably just better off getting a small separate transistor radio. If it was an iPhone, there are a number of radio tuner applications that would play the abc stream, but a touch would need constant wi-fi. Cheers James On 27/01/2009, at 11:04 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Is there a 'no brainer' buy for a radio that will play through an ipod touch?. My wife wants to listen to Eoin Cameron as she walks in the early morning! TIA Mac -- The WA Macintosh 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: Iphone Blog?
www.tumblr.com is great too. There are a few apps to post, or you can just email to the address you are given when you sign up. Cheers James On 25/01/2009, at 3:16 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: WordPress has good iPhone support: http://iphone.wordpress.org/ You can get a free blog from WordPress.com. Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress) frequently posts photos from his travels to http://ma.tt Glenn. 2009/1/25 Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au: Hi WAMUGers Please does anyone have any advice re an iPhone ap that can be used to post pics and short descriptions of a travel holiday? The Facebook ap? Is there something else/better? Ta Blitto -- Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au 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: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: Importing movie files into itunes
I also like iSquint for this: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19769/isquint . Very simple to use, and never had a problem with it. James On 23/12/2008, at 11:19 AM, Dark1 wrote: Yes. Handbrake is an excellent freeware program that can be used to convert video. The best option in terms of video quality/small file size is x264 but optimal configuration for it isn't straightforward without a little reading and it will require a lot of CPU time. There are other H264 codecs available on handbrake though. One thing to keep in mind is your always going to lose some quality when you convert a compressed file (avi) into another compressed file (mp4). Ruben Hi all, I recently downloaded some movie files from Vuze (a new Azureus), but they won't drag into my itunes. I can play them easily with Quicktime, but want to play them with itunes so they can be put on an ipod. They are in the .avi format, maybe this is the reason why they won't import into itunes?! Do I have to convert the file type to something else? TIA Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- The WA Macintosh 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: Weather App
Another vote for Pocket Weather here http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290610939mt=8 Not free, but very good! On 27/10/2008, at 9:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ian, Click on the 'i' (top right of Widget) and change the State to Western Australia and set what City / town etc you want. Then click 'Done' Cheers, Ronni On 27/10/2008, at 9:24 PM, Ian Reid wrote: On 27 Oct 2008, at 8:36 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi there Has anyone found a weather app for iPhone like TheBom widget? http://www.radocaj.com/TheBom/ Hi all My problem with TheBom widget, which I downloaded from Apple's list of recommended widgets on two separate occasions, is that it won't give me anything other than Melbourne, although it is advertised as now providing for hundreds of sites. I am awaiting a reply to my emailed enquiry to radocaj.com. What might I not be doing, clicking or entering that I should be doing? Regards Ian Reid Perth WA -- The WA Macintosh 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: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off
We might be highly urbanised, but you still have to look at the numbers, 20 million people vs. 125 million people in Japan. The cost per head of population of installing infrastructure is a lot higher. And you then need every one of those people to pay to use the infrastructure, or have it heavily subsidised, or both. On 30/09/2008, at 9:35 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Which just goes to show that the Australian people should have retained ownership of the exchanges. That way any company could put in whatever last-mile gear they wanted. Some times it really grinds my gears that Australia keeps selling off it's assets for short-term financial gain. On 30/09/2008, at 9:05 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Hi All, Answer.. TELSTRA, and Communication Act. As Reasoning , research NAKED DSL when technology available, and the actual take up date by ISP's in Australia? Has this reduced the cost ? But, whom still controls communication from exchange to socket? It does not take a rocket scientist to contemplate timeframe of next stage; be it optical fibre or other technology within the alliances of Canberra. Policy and political eradication before one considers the actual cost and stately infrastructure modernisation needed for uptake by consumer. Cheers! `Rob On 29Sep2008, at 10:43 pm, Matthew Healey wrote: On 29/09/2008, at 7:48 PM, James Devenish wrote: Well, Maybe every ISP in Australia is ripping us off, but I'm not sure that a tit-for-tat comparison with other countries is particularly fair on ISPs. I am led to believe that our small market size and population sparcity make the situation challenging for Australian ISPs when you factor in the cost of our infrastructure, equipment and staff Yes, but every (most) house(s) out there already have power lines, water, and telephone lines running out to them. So we have proven that we have the technology and resources to run a unique service to each residence from a central location. - 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: Dropbox feedback?
Hi Neil, There is a review of the service here: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/20/51780-dropbox-detailed-review.html Haven't used it myself though.. Cheers James On 17/09/2008, at 12:02 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all Anybody used/using dropbox http://www.getdropbox.com/ Any comments? TIA 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]
Re: OT seek advice on TVs
Yes, please don't get ripped off on a HDMI cable when you buy your TV. I've heard of people paying up to $250 for a cable. It is ridiculous. You can get a good quality HDMI cable for under 50 bucks. And you can get them as cheap as $15 at some place in Wangara that I can't remember the name of. They work just fine. On 25/03/2008, at 8:31 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 25/03/2008, at 11:46 AM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi Peter I found these videos very helpful and interesting HDTV Shoppers' Survival Guide David Pogue cuts through some of the confusion over HDTV. http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=9ce076381d2191074c688102b3fd70b1960e8e04 Packing The Deal Is an expensive HDTV cable really better than a cheap one? http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/packing_the_deal/ There is a leading statement in the CBC link that says you need a good HDMI cable to get the best picture NOT true for everyone / To get a better picture ( pardon the pun ) on what cable selection might or might not do read this article which explores HDMI versus DVI versus Component video http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/122868.html Basically it says selection of cable for best results depends on a number of factors 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] -- The WA Macintosh 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: iTunes
Hi Guys, I guess you could in theory buy a US gift card from ebay, and then sign up an account under your name but with a different email acct and a made up US postal address. The theoretical problem with this is that the only way to top up your acct is buy buying more gift cards as you would need a credit card with a US billing address to use that. But you could in theory then get all the free songs every week.. as crappy as some of them are... Cheers James On 29/01/2007, at 10:14 PM, Paul Doyle wrote: Hi David, Unfortunately Apple deliberately blocks us from purchasing from another countries store. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/sales.html U.S. SALES ONLY Purchases from the iTunes Store are available only in the United States and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use the service from outside of the available territory. Apple may use technologies to verify such compliance. I'm not suggesting that there is no way around this, just that they will attempt to prevent it. Cheers Paul On 29 Jan 2007, at 21:17, David Wood wrote: G'day All, I am wondering if or how can I order from the US iTunes site? I am registered here in OZ with iTunes and when I try to order on the US site it says I can only order in Australia with my current email address. Is it as simple as opening a new email address? Any help/direction will be much appreciated. Just for clarification, the products I want to order on the US iTunes site are not currently available in Australia. Thanks, David -- The WA Macintosh 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: Amazing mac collection!
His IKEA collection is nearly as impressive as his mac collection. Very nice. On 27/01/2007, at 10:45 AM, Rod Lavington wrote: Hi All! Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend :-) Check out this guy's Mac collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soyburger Unbelievable! Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh 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: Freezing eMac
Hi Jon, There is currently a warranty extension program for this particular model of emac here : http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/ emac.html I guess if your serial number falls in the range specified, that is most likely your problem. This happened to my 1.25 ghz emac too, hard freezes, that only a power down will fix. If it is the same problem. you should be able to look inyour ram slot and see a couple of capacitors there bulging or even leaking. Cheers James On 18/01/2007, at 4:09 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Our OS 10.3.9/512/1.25GHz home eMac is freezing on a regular basis. I have used Tech Tools Pro, plus fsck (4 times, and states the system is normal) but to no avail. It tends to freeze when a window is moved, or sometimes when Mail is opened. Often dragging an image to a folder will to it as well. The machine is about 3 years old. When it freezes the cursor can still move but everything else is locked. I have looked in Prefs an Library for anything out of the ordinary, but it all looks okay. Any thoughts at all on why this may be happening? Thanks Jon Jon Davison Creative Training courses The Futuresphere Queenslea Drive Claremont, WA 6010 t: 9442 1659 m: 0403 235938 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.futuresphere.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How cool is Zune
I'm impressed, not only is the zune super cool, but it also confirms that ebony ivory can live together in perfect harmony. On 03/11/2006, at 7:30 AM, Holipac wrote: Have a look at: www.zune.net:80/en-US/# in particular the Up Close experience Gives an insight into what Microsoft sees as 'cool' marketing. Glenn. -- The WA Macintosh 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: DVD format
I know these guys repaired a video for me once - www.minshull.com.au, it was one of theirs, but they may help you out! Cheers James On 16/10/2006, at 4:34 PM, Jo Brookes wrote: I have been transferring old VHS video tapes to DVD using a Samsung DVD Recorder. They play on the computer (2.1 GHz Power PC G5 - OSX.4.8) but wont import into imovie or idvd. I havnt played with videos on OSx so I'm a bit lost. I tried Mpeg Streamclip but apparently have to download an Mpeg2 playback component from apple. Since I got that message from streamclip I 'm assuming the files are Mpeg2. Should I just buy quicktime pro? Also, are there companies out there that repair broken VHS tapes, a couple of them appear to have come of the spools. jo -- The WA Macintosh 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: A mystery
Do you have a house alarm? These may dial back to base if they are monitored. Cheers James On 12/09/2006, at 10:37 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have a really strange one which I am sure has a simple explanation. My recent phone bill has come up with a rash of 1300 calls, more than the rest of my calls in total number (but not cost). Investigation shows that they are all short calls to the same number and daily at 2.36am. The number is 1300 303 494 and dialling it brings up a modem. All the evidence screams computer to me. At that time my G5 is on but fully asleep, from Sleep in the Apple menu. I am on broadband so Intego, Software update and anything else should not initiate a phone call. My G5 does not have a modem though I share the modem in my wife's G3 iMac via ethernet router for sending faxes. At the this time of night her iMac is always shut down. Any suggestions? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp -- The WA Macintosh 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: iTunes/iPod Volume
Hi Ruben, I have had this problem for a long time. It is something to do with the firmware on the ipod apparently : http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/itunes/topic2457.html You can try a program like iVolume or mp3Gain to level them out to a supposedly equal perceived volume, but these programs will not work on DRM'd AAC files. Cheers James On 14/08/2006, at 6:01 PM, Dark1 wrote: I'm trying to use the volume adjustment in iTunes to make my music library more or less equal in volume level. Here's the problem. Changing the volume under get info for songs seems to have a minimal effect in iTunes but a very large effect when the music is transfered onto my iPod. If anyone has a solution or work around then thanks in advance. Ruben A. Franke -- The WA Macintosh 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]
OS9 Games
Hi all, I have the following games to give away - Myst Masterpiece Edition MDK - first person shooter Headrush - quiz game They only work on OS9 or classic. Let me know if you want them. Cheers James
OS9 games - taken
HI All, These have been taken, thanks for the interest. Cheers James
Re: Ipod Album Cover art
Hi Howard, I think I fixed this by unchecking 'add album art to ipod' in the ipod prefs and then updating, and then rechecking the box and updating the ipod again. Cheers James On 28/06/2006, at 12:56 AM, Howard Holmes wrote: Anyone experienced problems when updating the latest 30G Ipods from Itunes with regards to album cover art? The cover art is correct on Itunes but on the Ipod it gets mixed up. Right song, wrong cover art - but not every song. Seems to default to one particular album cover when it gets it wrong. Weird. Any ideas how to remedy this? Thanks Howard -- The WA Macintosh 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]
Power adapter for clamshell ibook.
Hi all, Just wondering if any has, or knows where I can get (fairly cheaply) a 45W power adapter for a clamshell ibook. I think mine has bitten the dust... Cheers James
Re: iTunes 6.0.2
Are you on a shared network with other iTunes users? They could have their libraries set to share, but some with password access. On 23/01/2006, at 12|12, bill parker wrote: Hi folks, Just downloaded iTunes 6.02 from software update. With it came access to a mass of files in a folder called Shared Music with folder names like RAT, SCHIFTY FIVE, UBER TEK etc Some of them require passwords which I do not have.. what is this? Bill -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Recommendations
Hi Paul, I am running the same setup as you, and I have a Canon Pixma MP750 multi-function. It works great, and I think it has a slide scanner - it has a strip next to the scanner flatbed that must be for something! It also prints to CD's. I actually bought it because at the time it was one of the only reasonably priced all in one's that actually printed to CD's. It does not fax though, but the next model up does. If you have a bluetooth mobile, and a bluetooth dongle on your emac, you can use a program called Romeo (free) to control your mac with your phone. Cheers, and Happy New Year to all. James P.S. If someone could confirm that that strip is a slide scanner that would be great! On 27/12/2005, at 19|39, Paul Doyle wrote: Hi All, I am seeking to benefit from the group experience by calling for recommendations on the following items. Wireless mouse. Two issues here. I have big hands and I find the standard apple mouse too small. I would also like to be able to use the mouse in the lounge room to control the eMac in the office. Range of about 6 meters. I have audio and video output run through to the TV and sound system in the lounge. Been watching far too many video podcasts in there without remote control. I would like to get a multifunction Print/Scan/Fax/Copy device. Slide scanning and CD printing would be desirable. Using: 10.3.9 on an eMac 1.25Ghz, 1GB, 80GB with an airport card installed I look forward to hearing from any of you who wish to make recommendations. Cheers and all the best for a safe, prosperous and enjoyable new-year to all the WAMUGers! Paul PS: Are there any other rocketboom addicts in the group? -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Unable to establish a secure connection to the server.
Hoping someone can help, Everytime I try to go to a webpage in Safari that requires a secure connection, I get a message like the above. I tried in firefox, and that will allow me to go to the page, but the little secure padlock is crossed out, so the actual connection is not secure. Would this be a problem with my network settings - I have the osx firewall running, or something wrong on my isp's end (tpg)? Running 10.3.9 with an adsl connection. Hope that's enough info - any ideas? Cheers James
Unable to connect to secure server - solved.
Well this was fixed by deleting the System.Keychain file. It has worked but who knows what horrible repercussions this will have!! Thanks also for your suggestion Robert. Cheers James
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
Being a tightass, my first purchase was the free download... Then it was Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Only cos Russ recommended it!! On 25/10/2005, at 10|09, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
FOR SALE : ipod 4g 30Gb and old skool ipod 1g 5Gb
Hello everyone. I have a couple of ipods here that I need to sell, so I can get my grubby mitts on a new vpod! 1st one: A fourth generation black white 20 Gb ipod. About 18 months old, works a treat, slightly scuffed through normal use. Comes with : original apple earbuds and spare foamy things. life! padded case usb2 to dock connecter cable. original box and software install cd. asking $270 2nd one: A first generation black white 5Gb Mac only ipod. Approx 3 years old, shortened battery life, also scuffed through normal use. Comes with : Crappy leather case Panasonic earbuds with volume control Power adapter 6pin to 6pin firewire cable itrip original box and software install cd. asking $120 Both ipods are working fine, apart from the shorter battery life on the 1g, but it has a power adapter, so it is great for the lounge room or parties! As far as I know the 1g will not work on a pc with itunes, but there is other sotware available to get it to work. Any questions at all just drop me an email, can send you photos if required. Cheers James
Re: DVDs
If you use Toast, it will create a menu, and you can alter the titles to suit. This will create a very basic menu. Or you can use iDVD, but I'm not sure if the movie files have to be in .DV format. Maybe someone else on the list could clarify. But whatever the format, you just drop the movie file onto the iDVD screen and it will create a button for it. iDVD has lots of different menu choices and these look a lot nicer than Toast's default menu. Cheers James On 04/08/2005, at 04|35, thefrogs wrote: I am on my way to putting DVDs together I have some favorite shows I want to put on to a DVD Now I want to build a menu. Has anyone done this? I have DVD Pro now to use But there must be easier ways I presume it must be like Flash or something. Some help would have me bowing tom samson [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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Updated iMacs
http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/05/03/updated.imac.g5.desktops/
Re: playing .wmv files
VLC media player - www.versiontracker.com On 4 Mar 2005, at 22:00, Alex Novakovic wrote: Hi WAMUGers Can anyone please let me know if I can open a .wmv document on my Mac - OSX. (I know it is usually a Win doc)? Thanks in advance, Alex -- Best Computer Accounting Alex Novakovic 10 Mulloway Court, Burns Beach, Western Australia 6028, Australia Ph/Fax 61 08 9305 6310 Mobile 041 990 2440 MYOB Certified Consultant If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. Chinese Proverb If you don't know where you are going, any way will take you there. Sufi saying -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Label printers...
Hi Shay, I use a dymo labelwriter 320 under osx and I have not had any problems with it in the 6 months I have had it. I don't use it to do barcodes, but according to the manual it is able to. Not sure about prices at the moment, but when I got mine www.labelcity.com.au had the best price. Later James On 24 Dec 2004, at 10:43, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi... Does anyone have any experiences (good or otherwise) with label printers/making machines (for the computer or otherwise)? A big plus if it can also do barcodes... Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Star Wars Episode III Plot Summary (BIG WARNING: Multiple Spoilers So Hit DELETE If You Don't Want To Know)
Ummm... I think you you accidently posted this to the wrong list please tell me you accidently posted this to the wrong list!!!??? On 6 Nov 2004, at 17:36, Richard Kay wrote: At 45 ... I'm still just the same kid who saw the original Star Wars (Episode IV) movie at the Odeon Theatre in Brisbane in a galaxy, far, far away ... only in a decaying body ... I recall that I walked out and bought another ticket and then just walked back in to watch an amazing film (in those days) all over again. Bugger lectures at Queensland Uni!!! ;-) Anyway ... the force is strong in my family ... here is what I predict will happen in Episode III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Plot Summary Script Synopsis Story by George Lucas For three years the GREAT CLONE WAR has ravaged the galaxy. Starvation and misery stalk countless worlds. Although near defeat, COUNT DOOKU and his Confederacy of Independent Systems have masterminded the capture of SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE. With the mighty Armada of the Republic behind them, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker pursue Dooku and his sinister agents across the galaxy… EXT. ATMOSPHERE OF CORUSCANT - DAY PAN DOWN: We see a massive space battle unfolding over the city planet of Coruscant. Republic venator class star destroyers exchange fire with Separatist war ships, in the distance we see the Invisible hand flag ship of the Trade federation and current location of droid commander GENERAL GRIEVOUS and COUNT DOOKU the former Jedi master turned Sith apprentice, as well as their prisoner SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE who's alter ego is the elusive mastermind DARTH SIDIOUS. As the space battle rages on two Jedi star fighters are deployed from one of the republic cruisers. They are piloted by our stalwart heroes Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi. We see a long tracking shot where both fighters weave between enemy and friendly ships alike evading laser fire and engaging the many droid fighters which attack them. Clone ARC star fighters join the fray and the pilots exchange battle chatter with the two jedi as they engage the tri-fighter's of the federation. INT. BRIDGE OF THE INVISIBLE HAND - DAY Dooku commands a bridge full of Nemoidians pilots as they watch the battle on a large view screen. EXT. SPACE - DAY One of the Republic ships is damaged and hundreds of storm troopers are sucked out a breach in the hull and scattered into space. Obi-Wan’s star fighter is attacked by enemy droids which attach themselves to his hull and use lasers to cutaway at it. Sadly R4 his trusted astromech droid is destroyed. Anakin, proving why he is known as the best pilot in the galaxy executes an impressive maneuver, in which he uses the wing of his star fighter to scrape the enemy droids off of Obi-Wan’s ship. Obi-Wan's ship careens into the open hanger of the Invisible hand with Anakin not far behind. INT. INVISIBLE HAND HANGER - DAY As Obi-Wan's ship crashes, he springs from his cockpit in one fluent movement, his hood flying over his head and lands amidst some battle droids which he cuts down with swift Jedi aplomb. A moment later Anakin lands with R2 and the trio begin to make their way through the massive battleship. INT. BRIDGE OF THE INVISIBLE HAND- DAY Meanwhile, Dooku consults his separatist colleagues via hologram With him we see General Grievous for the first time, a menacing skeletal cyborg, who has killed many Jedi. INT. MUSTAFAR CONFERENCE ROOM - NIGHT The separatist leaders are gathered in a control room in their facility on the fire planet of Mustafar. Dooku informs them that he has come under attack and may not be able to deliver Palpatine to them. INT. BRIDGE OF THE INVISIBLE HAND – DAY Dooku concludes the discussion with his co-conspirators as one of the Nemoidian Bridge officers makes him aware of the Jedi's presence on the ship he tells General Grievous to take care of them as the wily Count ascends to the 'general's quarters' to check on the captured Chancellor whom he may or may not be aware is also Darth Sidious. INT. INVISIBLE HAND CORRIDOR - DAY Working their way through the dark corridors the Jedi and the little droid are attacked by battle droids, as a swashbuckling series of narrow escapes begin. As the other Jedi hold of the battle droids, R2 creates a distraction. Obi-Wan and Anakin begin to fight Grievous’ cadre of bodyguard droids, who wield electrified pikes which are impervious to light sabers. Overwhelmed by the Jedi killing droids, Anakin and Obi-Wan cut a hole in the floor, and escape into the bowels of the ship. INT. BOWELS OF THE SHIP - DAY The lower decks are flooding with liquid fuel. Anakin and Obi-Wan enter and are attacked by more battle droids as the fight in the murky liquid without the use of their light sabers. The Jedi must hurry to get out of the room before the level of the fuel reaches
Re: iTunes Music Store Australia petition
Austrlaians want an iTunes Music Store and we want it now! Yeah, and we Australians want one too. I can see this being taken really seriously. On 27 Oct 2004, at 10:27, Martin Hill wrote: G'day everyone, If you'd like to be able to purchase songs from the iTunes Music store from here in Australia, some users on whirlpool.com.au have put up a petition to make the store available here. Even if you don't want to buy much music online, getting access to the store's free music Tuesdays is something we also miss out on. If you'd like to sign it, here's the address: http://www.petitiononline.com/itmsaus/petition.html I'm sure Apple is as keen as anyone to introduce an Australian iTunes music Store, but hey, having some hard data as to the demand from users can't hurt! Perhaps it will give them some more ammunition to use in their license negotiations with ARIA etc. ciao -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Onno and the Trojan Horse
A slide rule?! Luxury On Saturday, Apr 10, 2004, at 10:32 Australia/Perth, John Taylor wrote: IBM 1620? You're lucky! I used to live in a shoe-box in't middle of the road and work it all out on a slide rule! Best wishes, John On 9 Apr 2004, at 6:37 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 12:45, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: It may be a little too early to panic over this. Apparently, it's doubtful if the virus exists as anything more than a proof of concept that such a thing is possible. Uhm, from what I've read so-far, this is not a virus or a trojan horse at all. It's a concept of social engineering. The idea is that you can make an attachment look like one thing and be another. A virus spreads without your intervention - AFAIK this doesn't. A trojan horse pretends to be one thing while doing another - AFAIK this isn't. (PS. I've you've got something to rebuke the above, I'm all ears And I thought it was nose... :-) - I don't profess to know everything about everything, but I'll confess I know a lot about a great many things to do with computing I see you're still working on your modesty! - hint: I've been doing this for a few years :-) (Second hint: My first computer was a Commodore Vic-20) and my first computer was an IBM 1620(?) in 1973. It was the first computer at UWA, and took up about a lounge room. UWA decommissioned it for a new machine and turned it over to students to play with. I used to sneak into the Physics building to play with it on weekends. Andrew Marriott who teaches in Comp Sci at Curtin was another, with a guy called Mike Palm. All input and output from the computer was thru punched cards, even loading the operating system. I would guess the operating system took up 800 cards - 800 lines of code. How things have changed... Anyway, Sev Crisp from Albany, who was teaching me Physics at the time, probably used this machine before I got to it. I used to do fun(?) things like solving integrals numerically using the Newton-Rhapson method. It took 20 minutes for something a $200 calculator would now do in a flash. Back to my wheelchair... Rob PS. I first used email and chat in 1982. -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, AUS Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Chair, 2004 ASCILITE Conference, http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/ --- -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards, John Taylor -- The WA Macintosh 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Alternatives to entourage and mail
On Saturday, Jun 21, 2003, at 14:54 Australia/Perth, Onno Benschop wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 14:27, Angus Russell wrote: However since you have provided the only response to my dilemma I can only assume that no-one else takes me seriously :-( That is absolute rubbish and I take offence. You have now on three different occasions asked us about automatically adding addresses to Entourage. The fact that no-one responded indicates to me that the problem has likely nothing to do with Entourage, and much more likely something in your personal setup. Alternatively everybody hates you :-) In-fact, a suggestion was made in the message you just responded to. So, perhaps you should learn to read before you start abusing people. In-fact, you've not even suggested what you've done to investigate the problem yourself, nor have you provided any evidence of using a simple google search. If you feel that my response is too strong, then I unreservedly apologise. I feel that too many viewers are *expecting* to be helped, even though that expectation is entirely unreasonable. You may be helped or you may not be helped. The result is entirely random and by the grace of other readers. Perhaps you've not gotten to this paragraph because now you're upset, but that's just tough. If you were to look in the rules section of Entourage you might find a filter that is adding entries to the Address book. I know this is possible, because a simple google search has as the first result a discussion about using Entourage to manage a mailing list. http://www.google.com/ search?q=entourage+adding+addresses+to+addressbook So, go away and do your home-work, or if you already did, then show us, so we don't all duplicate your efforts to that point. I'm upset, grumpy and it's not because I didn't have any coffee. Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 from S33:37'33 - E115:07'30 (Dunsborough, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Dear Onno, Maybe you should not reply to emails when you are upset and grumpy which unfortunately appears to be the case most of the time. All the smily faces in the world don't change the fact that most of your replies, whether they are helpful or not, come off sounding sarcastic and arrogant. I don't deny that you are very knowledgeable, but methinks you are also a wanker, and perhaps every so often you should remove your head from your ass, and actually think about what you are typing when replying. Regards James Green
Re: Streaming audio? and Music Store
Darrel, If you go to your itunes preferences and select store you have the option to Load complete preview before playing It takes a bit longer but you won't get those annoying rebuffering stream messages. James On Friday, Jun 6, 2003, at 13:03 Australia/Perth, Darrel McGuiness wrote: Dear members, This is my first cry for help, so please be kind. I have just tried to use itunes and Music Shop; with the following result:- after nominating a tune and waiting for the 30seconds of play; what I get is play for 1to 3 seconds then this message in an Network Stalled box rebuffering stream. then play for another 7 seconds, then same message again, then repeated again. Is my problem, computer speed, modem speed, or Act of God. I have: G4 400, 768MB mem, OS 10.2.6, Quiicktime V6.2, and Itunes V4. My ISP is Optus and they suggest this is an normal occurence with a 56K modem. If this is true does this mean most country residents are unable to utilise this function. Hoping for help, Darrel -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
