from:"Michael Hawkins"

Re: Opening attachment suffix. VMBX

2012-03-22 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thanks Ronni  Neil,

I'll try to find the original sender - it's come to me 4th or 5th hand.

Regards,

Michael.


On 23/03/2012, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Even Windows clients using TRIM and accessing VMBX emails have problems.
 Can't you get the person to send the files in a universal format?
 I don't think there are many (if any) Lawyers who use this VMBX format.
 
 http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Client-Support/Accessing-VMBX-emails-in-TRIM-7-1/td-p/2397815
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 23/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronni,
 
 I'm having the same problem on a Windows clunker as I'm having on the Mac.
 
 Cheers and thank you,
 
 Michael.
 
 
 On 23/03/2012, at 11:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 As I me toned in my first reply they have used TRIM and to view the 
 attachments that are embedded in the VMBX I imagine you would require a 
 VMBX Viewer, but I don
 T know of any way to view these attachments on a Mac.
 
 Without knowing what they have embedded in the TRIM files ... You have no 
 way of knowing how to view the files they contain.
 http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-TRIM-Forum/emails-as-vmbx/td-p/4345203
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 23/03/2012, at 11:09 AM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 The attachment does not appear as an attachment but automatically opens as 
 a string of letters.
 
 In other words, I have received the email (including its attachment) as an 
 attachment to an email.
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael.
 
 
 On 23/03/2012, at 10:45 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 What suffix does the attachment have?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 23/03/2012, at 10:24 AM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronni,
 
 Yes, the file was an email sent using Outlook. 
 
 Thanks to your advice I was able to open the email using TextEdit, 
 however I have not been able to open the attachment.
 
 I'll see if I can track down the sender and get the email resent.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Michael.
 
 
 On 21/03/2012, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 The sender obviously is Windows, have they consolidated a whole lot of 
 emails using TRIM?
 The VMBX files could be just plain text emails by Outlook.
 Have you tried opening them in TextEdit?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 21/03/2012, at 10:33 AM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 I have received a document from a trusted source, with attachment 
 suffix .vmbx
 
 Can anyone suggest an application which will open the attachment?
 
 Thank you,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 17 MacBook Pro
 2.4 GHz Core i7
 8GB 1333MHz DDR3
 
 OS 10.7.3
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Opening attachment suffix. VMBX

2012-03-20 Thread Michael Hawkins

I have received a document from a trusted source, with attachment suffix .vmbx

Can anyone suggest an application which will open the attachment?

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro
 2.4 GHz Core i7
 8GB 1333MHz DDR3

OS 10.7.3
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Re: Last day to remove your Google search history

2012-02-23 Thread Michael Hawkins

I've used more than one browser to access Google, and found that I had to go 
through the remove history process on each browser.

Regards,

Michael.


On 23/02/2012, at 10:17 PM, cm wrote:

 Hi Muggers,
 
 If you have a gmail mail account, you may also have a search history with 
 Google. To quote a news aggregator site
 
 Google's new privacy policy will consolidate all your data at google.com — 
 unless you erase it first. And today is your last day to do it. The change 
 goes into effect tomorrow. Which is why the helpful folks at EFF have posted 
 some simple instructions showing how to delete your web history at Google.
 
 Click on the simple instructions link in the above excerpt and there is an 
 easy four step process to delete your web-search history and to pause it so 
 it will no longer be collected -- at least not where it is easily accessed.
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
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Re: Move Over Lion,..make way for Mountain Lion!

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Lion is a pain in the butt to use.

I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain.

Michael Hawkins.

On 17/02/2012, at 10:54 AM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

Hi Daniel,

Might want to take a look at this : www.addressbookserver.com

Alex

On 16/02/2012, at 22:29 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

One thing I'd like to see them fix in Lion/Mountain Lion/iCloud is Address
Book syncing.
When you synced via iTunes with Address Book, you had the ability to choose
Groups that would sync, and not just sync everything.

What this meant was that a couple could use 1 iMac computer, have the same
address book but with all the contacts in one. They could then have a Group
for person A and a group for Person B. Then when you synced via iTunes
Person A would get just their group, and Person Bwould get just their group.
eg, Wife gets her contacts, Husband gets his. And then if they wanted a
combined group eg Medical, Household etc.

Now it's all or nothing.

Mind you , I must admit I haven't looked into further if there is a
workaround,...

You can have this feature if you USB sync with iTunes, but not with iCloud
sync. So yeh,...strange. lol. :)

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On 16/02/2012, at 10:18 PM, cm wrote:

Things are ramping up at Apple! (sorry)

Mountain Lion has at least one feature I was hoping for, and that is
syncing with iCloud from OS X. Now changes in Numbers and Pages documents
will be pushed to iOS iCloud documents. I am also waiting keenly for a Mac
OS X version of iBooks but no sign of it yet.

The developer site is closed right now while they are, no doubt, setting
things up for the release, but I will grab a copy tomorrow.

By the way, I was wondering how the cat taxonomy could top Lion. It seems
they have done that nicely with Mountain Lion -- it is reminiscent of the
Leopard / Snow Leopard release pairing.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 16/02/2012, at 22:00 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

Just when you thought you were getting used to Lion,...Apple have released
the first Developer release of Mountain Lion!
And it's ready to gain more iOS features,...and more,

Re: Move Over Lion,..make way for Mountain Lion!

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Ronda,
I didn't install it. I had the misfortune of having to replace my MacBook Pro a 
couple of months after extended Apple care expired. Lion was on the be MacBook. 
My computer is used for business purposes, not entertainment. Mail is tiresome. 
Hopefully it will become as efficient as it is on the iPhone in terms of 
download speed and being able to whip through the emails to delete what I don't 
to read. And as far as I'm concerned grey is the new beige.

Cheers,

Michael.

On 17/02/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Lion is a pain in the butt to use. 
 
 I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain.
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Boy, I don’t know why you upgraded to Lion, you have done nothing but 
 complain about Lion ever since you installed it.
 Sure, we have all experienced things in Lion that are so very different to 
 any other operating system we have become used to, but this is not necessary 
 all bad. 
 Lion is a learning curve from Snow Leopard and we have had to learn “How to 
 use Lion” and how to customise it to suit the way we work.
 
 Mountain Lion is going to be more iOS than Lion is, Mountain Lion is building 
 on Lion and it is the way Apple is moving into the future.
 Mountain Lion from what I have read is going to be a very secure operating 
 system. Gatekeeper is a significant advance in the history of Mac security.
 Gatekeeper should ensure that we never see a Mac malware epidemic. It limits 
 the kind of downloaded applications that will run on a Mac. 
 
 I read these comments online and I agree with this person:
 /Extract taken from:
 Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Stalks iOS:
 
 This upgrade from 10.7 Snow Leopard to 10.8 Mountain Lion isn’t meant to be a 
 major overhaul like the one we saw moving from 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.7 
 Lion. The core user experience remains largely the same, with a series of 
 enhancements that build on the changes made in Lion. 
 
 If Apple pulls this off it will be one of the most ambitious leaps in the 
 history of consumer technology. 
 Just as the Mac changed desktop computing, the iPod changed the way we listen 
 to music, and the iPhone transformed the mobile phone into something from 
 science fiction, the overlap of iCloud, Lion, and iOS could change everything 
 we know about personal computing.
 
 Mountain Lion is the clearest indication yet that Apple shares this vision, 
 and if they succeed, how we use our computers, tablets, phones, and perhaps 
 even televisions will never be the same.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
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Re: Move Over Lion,..make way for Mountain Lion!

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni and thanks,

I use Classic mode and I use Rules for 90 odd mailboxes. I vet mail by using my 
iPhone. I find I make fewer mistakes that way. I can't work out how to get a 
decent font size in Mail. Even though I've selected Helvetica and 14 in the 
preferences for Mail Fonts  Colours, the emails I print out print in what 
looks to be smaller than 8 and the size is not much larger than that on the 
screen when I'm reading emails. Perhaps font size is dictated by whatever the 
sender of the emails is using. I'm having to peer at the screen when 
proof-reading this reply.

Catch you later,

Michael.






On 17/02/2012, at 12:47 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 My computer is not used for entertainment either, it is my work computer. 
 
 Have you tried using  Classic Mode in Mail, which is similar to Snow 
 Leopard Mail?
 Might make it easier for you to sort through your email boxes to delete 
 messages.
 I use classic Mode sometimes to quickly skim through the emails that come 
 in over night, so I can prioritise messages that require my attention.
 
 I use Rules to move messages out of Inbox to approx 50 mailboxes.
 
 I don't like grey, so have colour icons in my Finder Sidebar and in iTunes.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 12:22 PM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Ronda,
 I didn't install it. I had the misfortune of having to replace my MacBook 
 Pro a couple of months after extended Apple care expired. Lion was on the be 
 MacBook. My computer is used for business purposes, not entertainment. Mail 
 is tiresome. Hopefully it will become as efficient as it is on the iPhone in 
 terms of download speed and being able to whip through the emails to delete 
 what I don't to read. And as far as I'm concerned grey is the new beige.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Michael.
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Lion is a pain in the butt to use. 
 
 I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain.
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Boy, I don’t know why you upgraded to Lion, you have done nothing but 
 complain about Lion ever since you installed it.
 Sure, we have all experienced things in Lion that are so very different to 
 any other operating system we have become used to, but this is not 
 necessary all bad. 
 Lion is a learning curve from Snow Leopard and we have had to learn “How to 
 use Lion” and how to customise it to suit the way we work.
 
 Mountain Lion is going to be more iOS than Lion is, Mountain Lion is 
 building on Lion and it is the way Apple is moving into the future.
 Mountain Lion from what I have read is going to be a very secure operating 
 system. Gatekeeper is a significant advance in the history of Mac security.
 Gatekeeper should ensure that we never see a Mac malware epidemic. It 
 limits the kind of downloaded applications that will run on a Mac. 
 
 I read these comments online and I agree with this person:
 /Extract taken from:
 Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Stalks iOS:
 
 This upgrade from 10.7 Snow Leopard to 10.8 Mountain Lion isn’t meant to be 
 a major overhaul like the one we saw moving from 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.7 
 Lion. The core user experience remains largely the same, with a series of 
 enhancements that build on the changes made in Lion. 
 
 If Apple pulls this off it will be one of the most ambitious leaps in the 
 history of consumer technology. 
 Just as the Mac changed desktop computing, the iPod changed the way we 
 listen to music, and the iPhone transformed the mobile phone into something 
 from science fiction, the overlap of iCloud, Lion, and iOS could change 
 everything we know about personal computing.
 
 Mountain Lion is the clearest indication yet that Apple shares this vision, 
 and if they succeed, how we use our computers, tablets, phones, and perhaps 
 even televisions will never be the same.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
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Re: Move Over Lion,..make way for Mountain Lion!

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Carlo,

My occupation requires that I keep a lot of information confidential including
names and addresses. As a result programs such as iCloud are of no use to me.

What I would like is for Mail to be better suited to business use.

Spotlight is a boon, but that was also the case before Lion was released.

I like the idea of having a record of text messages.

Regards,

Michael.

On 17/02/2012, at 1:46 PM, cm wrote:

I can't say I agree with that assessment. I find Lion to be a pleasure to
use. Apple seems to have taken the approach that everything in the OS had to
justify its existence; things were not done in a particular way merely
because they had always been done that way. I find the interface features
useful and the numerous other improvements behind the scenes, such as memory
management and security enhancements, make things easier without any change
required by the user.

I am looking forward with anticipation to some of the improvements in
Mountain Lion. Some appear to have been left out of Lion merely because the
developers ran out of time before the release date. Take Air Play Mirroring.
A friend of mine has only an iPhone and a MacBook Air. I demoed my Apple TV
for him showing Air Play Mirroring with an iPad -- but unfortunately I could
not at the time recommend that he buy an Apple TV because mirroring was not
then available on OS X. It soon will be.

Also it will be possible to send text messages (SMS style) from your computer
to any iPhone user, or receive text messages from iPhone users on your
computer. That is a feature that I have actively sought, looking at third
party software for the purpose. More to have a record of the text messages
than for any other reason. Phone companies must be cursing the new unified
Messaging app in Mountain Lion.

Lion also introduced iCloud which is a revelation. I actually as I was typing
this received a call asking for a phone number that I had entered an hour ago
on my iPhone. I brought up Address Book and there it was!

I have many more Lion features I would like to mention but some programming
work beckons. :-)

Cheers,
Carlo

On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 , Michael Hawkins wrote:

Lion is a pain in the butt to use.

I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain.

Michael Hawkins.

On 17/02/2012, at 10:54 AM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

Hi Daniel,

Might want to take a look at this : www.addressbookserver.com

Alex

On 16/02/2012, at 22:29 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

One thing I'd like to see them fix in Lion/Mountain Lion/iCloud is
Address Book syncing.
When you synced via iTunes with Address Book, you had the ability to
choose Groups that would sync, and not just sync everything.

What this meant was that a couple could use 1 iMac computer, have the same
address book but with all the contacts in one. They could then have a
Group for person A and a group for Person B. Then when you synced via
iTunes Person A would get just their group, and Person Bwould get just
their group.
eg, Wife gets her contacts, Husband gets his. And then if they wanted a
combined group eg Medical, Household etc.

Now it's all or nothing.

Mind you , I must admit I haven't looked into further if there is a
workaround,...

You can have this feature if you USB sync with iTunes, but not with iCloud
sync. So yeh,...strange. lol. :)

Kind regards
Daniel
---
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MacWizardry

Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au

**For everything Macintosh**

On 16/02/2012, at 10:18 PM, cm wrote:

Things are ramping up at Apple! (sorry)

The developer site is closed right now while they are, no doubt, setting
things up for the release, but I will grab a copy tomorrow.

By the way, I was wondering how the cat taxonomy could top Lion. It seems
they have done that nicely with Mountain Lion -- it is reminiscent of the
Leopard / Snow Leopard release pairing.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 16/02/2012, at 22:00 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

Just when you thought you were getting used to Lion,...Apple have
released the first Developer release of Mountain Lion!
And it's ready to gain more iOS features,...and more,

Re: Move Over Lion,..make way for Mountain Lion!

2012-02-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thanks Ronni.

The environmentalists will not like it, but I've changed preferences in Print 
from Keep the same apparent font size to Rewrap message to fit. As a result 
the number of pages required to this email chain increases from 2 pages to 5 
but I can read it much more easily.

LCD font smoothing was already selected.

Thanks again,

Michael.

On 17/02/2012, at 2:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 My email Preferences for viewing are all 16. Printing is handled by your 
 printer print settings. 
 You do have A4 Paper Size selected  Scale 100%
 When you go File  Print  in the print settings select ‘Rewrap message to 
 fit’ which prints larger.
 
 If you are having difficulty reading text on the screen, go to System 
 Preferences  General select ‘Use LCD font smoothing when available.
 I also make my cursor a bit larger than default … System Preferences  
 Universal Access pane, switch to the Mouse  Trackpad view, and adjust the 
 Cursor Size slider.
 
 If text is too small,make it bigger… when you are writing, change the font 
 size temporarily; even if the final font size will be 14, set it at 18 while 
 you work.
 In Safari  Preferences - Appearance Standard font: Times 16 (or whatever 
 suits your eyes) Fixed-width font (select what suits)
 In Safari  Preferences  Advanced - Universal Access: never use font sizes 
 smaller than 14 (or whatever suits you)
 
 You can have your Mac read Text to you to save your eyes. Open the Speech 
 pane of System Preferences and switch to the Text to Speech view. 
 In the System Voice pop-up menu, choose Customise. You’ll see a dialogue 
 listing voices in many languages. Select one that corresponds to your system 
 language, and press Play to hear a sample. I like Daniel (not Daniel Kerr, I 
 mean I really like Daniel Kerr, but I don’t use his voice to read text to me 
 ;-) The Daniel on my MBP sounds like British radio announcer. Daniel is one 
 voice that isn’t already installed on your Mac you need to enable his 
 checkbox and click OK and Software Update will install it for you.
 
 That is a few suggestions to perhaps help you.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 1:30 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni and thanks,
 
 I use Classic mode and I use Rules for 90 odd mailboxes. I vet mail by using 
 my iPhone. I find I make fewer mistakes that way. I can't work out how to 
 get a decent font size in Mail. Even though I've selected Helvetica and 14 
 in the preferences for Mail Fonts  Colours, the emails I print out print in 
 what looks to be smaller than 8 and the size is not much larger than that on 
 the screen when I'm reading emails. Perhaps font size is dictated by 
 whatever the sender of the emails is using. I'm having to peer at the screen 
 when proof-reading this reply.
 
 Catch you later,
 
 Michael.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 12:47 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 My computer is not used for entertainment either, it is my work computer. 
 
 Have you tried using  Classic Mode in Mail, which is similar to Snow 
 Leopard Mail?
 Might make it easier for you to sort through your email boxes to delete 
 messages.
 I use classic Mode sometimes to quickly skim through the emails that come 
 in over night, so I can prioritise messages that require my attention.
 
 I use Rules to move messages out of Inbox to approx 50 mailboxes.
 
 I don't like grey, so have colour icons in my Finder Sidebar and in iTunes.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 12:22 PM, Michael Hawkins 
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Ronda,
 I didn't install it. I had the misfortune of having to replace my MacBook 
 Pro a couple of months after extended Apple care expired. Lion was on the 
 be MacBook. My computer is used for business purposes, not entertainment. 
 Mail is tiresome. Hopefully it will become as efficient as it is on the 
 iPhone in terms of download speed and being able to whip through the 
 emails to delete what I don't to read. And as far as I'm concerned grey is 
 the new beige.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Michael.
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 On 17/02/2012, at 11:19 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Lion is a pain in the butt to use. 
 
 I hope that Mountain Lion isn't a more powerful pain.
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Boy, I don’t know why you upgraded to Lion, you have done nothing but 
 complain about Lion ever since you installed it.
 Sure, we have all experienced things in Lion that are so very different 
 to any other operating system we have become used to, but this is not 
 necessary all bad. 
 Lion is a learning curve from Snow Leopard and we have had to learn “How 
 to use Lion” and how to customise it to suit the way we work.
 
 Mountain Lion is going to be more iOS than Lion is, Mountain Lion is 
 building on Lion and it is the way Apple is moving into the future.
 Mountain Lion from what I have read is going to be a very secure 
 operating system. Gatekeeper

Re: A feature in Preview

2012-02-13 Thread Michael Hawkins

I don't like it that documents I've previously looked at automatically open 
whenever I click on the icon for the document that I actually want to look at. 

There's a huge risk of breaching client confidentiality. And it smacks of the 
computer saying I know better than you, what you want to look at. a bit like 
automatic formatting being repeatedly foisted upon me when I want to format in 
the way that I want, or words being placed in documents because that's the word 
the computer thought I should be using.

Michael, who wonders just how many former Microsoft programmers worked on Lion.

On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:

 Hi All
 
 Just thought I'd share this
 
 After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really like 
 the way it's Recent Items worked.
 To help explain it a little more.
 
 Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at Open Recent.
 Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
 at. And it's got a Clear List in the menu. 
 Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
 you'll see a list of the recent items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
 then the Recent Items you looked at from the menu.
 
 This is where it gets interesting.
 Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File Menu, 
 Choose Open Recent and then choose Clear List. List gone! (or so you 
 think).
 If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
 right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
 it's still there.
 
 After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
 clear that list from the Dock recent items pop up list.
 
 So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
 that might not want it to remember these items.
 
 You need to find the Identifier for Preview first. This is 
 com.apple.Preview.
 
 Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
 Utilities.)
 In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
 (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
 brackets).
 
 defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
 (Hit Return)
 defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
 (Hit Return)
 defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
 MaxAmount 0
 (Hit Return)
 Restart the computer.
 
 What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
 Recent Items at all. Great!
 
 
 Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
 While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
 before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked at 
 for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
 previously gone into, also showing as well.
 I know my machine is locked down with a password for everything and 
 normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel better that when I'm 
 using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right click 
 on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info (names 
 in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
 I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
 I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
 
 I'd rather lose the slightly used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
 empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
 
 Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
 The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
 Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
 http://simon.heimlicher.com/articles/2011/07/26/disable-recent-items/
 
 Hope some find that useful.
 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
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Re: A feature in Preview

2012-02-13 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank you Ronda!

On 14/02/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Bill  Michael  Daniel,
 
 In Lion when you open programs like Preview and Safari, your previously 
 viewed docs or tabs automatically get reloaded.
 
 This feature is system wide and not app specific. 
 You can manage or disable this feature in System PreferencesGeneralNumber 
 of Recent Items by un-checking “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening 
 apps” and setting the number of recent documents to 0.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.7.3 Lion
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 14/02/2012, at 6:59 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
 
 It did that to me with Acrobat Pro 8 yesterday after a shut down. ( 
 S-Leopard)
 Not sure its Preview exclusive.
 
 After working with three windows machines (not because I want to)  I am 
 beginning to think we have made this world so unecessaraily complex that it 
 has stopped serving us and apart from the few who make a big effort to 
 understand, most people are at the mercy of the nerds who design this stuff 
 but never use it.
 
 Bill
 
 
 
 On 13/02/2012, at 10:29 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi All
 
 Just thought I'd share this
 
 After using Preview for a while (in Lion), I found that I didn't really 
 like the way it's Recent Items worked.
 To help explain it a little more.
 
 Open Preview, then go to the File Menu and look at Open Recent.
 Fair enough,..it will list all the last few (lots?) of items you've looked 
 at. And it's got a Clear List in the menu. 
 Now, if you right click (or Control Click) on the Preview icon in the Dock 
 you'll see a list of the recent items you've looked at. Possibly longer 
 then the Recent Items you looked at from the menu.
 
 This is where it gets interesting.
 Now, I want to clear the Recent Items. So, ok, easy,...I go to the File 
 Menu, Choose Open Recent and then choose Clear List. List gone! (or so 
 you think).
 If you look at the Recent Items from menu,..yes, it's gone. However, if you 
 right click (or Control click) on the Preview icon in the Dock, you'll see 
 it's still there.
 
 After a bit of looking around, I found it wasn't all that easy to actually 
 clear that list from the Dock recent items pop up list.
 
 So I thought I'd share it here in case anyone was interested, and for those 
 that might not want it to remember these items.
 
 You need to find the Identifier for Preview first. This is 
 com.apple.Preview.
 
 Next you need to open Terminal (which lives in Applications folder then 
 Utilities.)
 In Terminal you want to copy and the paste the following:-
 (Copy each line, then hit Return on the keyboard where I've put it in 
 brackets).
 
 defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0
 (Hit Return)
 defaults delete com.apple.Peview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments
 (Hit Return)
 defaults write com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList RecentDocuments -dict-add 
 MaxAmount 0
 (Hit Return)
 Restart the computer.
 
 What this will do is clear the list from Preview and then not remember any 
 Recent Items at all. Great!
 
 
 Why would I want this you may ask? Fair question :)
 While it may be useful sometimes to gain access to items I've looked at 
 before, I was more concerned with pdfs and items that I'd opened or looked 
 at for clients with a Confidential nature. Or quotes and price lists I'd 
 previously gone into, also showing as well.
 I know my machine is locked down with a password for everything and 
 normally I'm only the one using it. But I still feel better that when I'm 
 using my machine to show off something to a client that should I right 
 click on Preview in the Dock to show something off that other client's info 
 (names in quotes etc) would show up in the list.
 I'm a bit of a stickler for keeping info off my Desktop and out of sight if 
 I'm showing something off to clients or other people.
 
 I'd rather lose the slightly used Recent Items for the knowledge of an 
 empty Pop up list from Preview in the Dock. :)
 
 Apologies for the long post,..was aiming to get it all as clear as possible.
 The information was taken from this site and changed to work with Preview. 
 Obviously it can be used for other items as well.
 http://simon.heimlicher.com/articles/2011/07/26/disable-recent-items/
 
 Hope some find that useful.
 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
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 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
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Re: Groups in Mail

2012-02-12 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni and Greg,

Thank you Ronni, but for some reason the drag and drop method isn't working.

Greg, thank you for your suggestion but I want to be able to send emails to the 
group from time to time, without having to hunt through my emails to find one 
which has been sent to me along with all the people I want to send an email to.


Regards,

Michael.

On 12/02/2012, at 3:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 I'm away from my computer so can't check my documents for exactly the 
 procedure.
 So this is 'off my head' ... I'll check later tonight when I get back to my 
 computer.
 
 1) Create a new group in Address Book
 
 2) Go to an email that has all of the addresses you want in the To field 
 (or CC, BCC). It can either be an email you received, or an email you're 
 composing. If you don't have one email that has all the addresses, you can 
 repeat this method to add other ones later to the same group.
 
 3) Select all the addresses you want to go in the new group by clicking and 
 dragging to highlight them.
 
 4) Drag the list of email addresses onto the name of the group in Address 
 Book. It will ask you if you want to create new cards for all of the emails, 
 which you'll confirm.
 
 Then you can email all the recipients in the group just by typing the group's 
 name in Mail. 
 
 If you have some of the contacts already in your Address Book, it lets you 
 know and you can either review them, accept them, or cancel.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 12/02/2012, at 2:34 PM, Michael Hawkins michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au 
 wrote:
 
 I've received an email sent to 40 different people.
 
 From time to time I want to be able to send emails to all those people, as a 
 group.
 
 
 Other than laboriously copying all their email addresses to Address Book 
 (and how do I do that, easily in any event?) is there a simple way of 
 setting up a Group?
 
 OS 10.7.3
 Mail v5.2
 
 MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
 
 Thank you,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
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Groups in Mail

2012-02-11 Thread Michael Hawkins

I've received an email sent to 40 different people.

From time to time I want to be able to send emails to all those people, as a 
group.


Other than laboriously copying all their email addresses to Address Book (and 
how do I do that, easily in any event?) is there a simple way of setting up a 
Group?

OS 10.7.3
Mail v5.2

MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Thank you,

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Re: Subscription Reminder: WAMUG Members 2012

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Pete,

Subscription paid from my iPhone by using ANZgoMoney app

Works better than listening to TI on a Mac.

Now, get back to policing and prosecuting errant members of the non-Mac 
community!

Michael.


On 05/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, Pete Smith wrote:

 To all WAMUG financial members.
 
 Just a reminder that due to the change in the WAMUG Constitution last year, 
 all subscriptions now run from January to December, the calendar year. So 
 payments for this year are now due.
 
 See the website for cheque and electronic transfer details; 
 http://www.wamug.org.au/join/; or bring your payment ($30) to the February 
 monthly meeting and surprise our treasurer!!
 
 Regards,
 
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Re: Mail

2012-01-12 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni,

I get to see your photo and Adrian's photo, just like Tim does.

I've just checked the preferences in Address Book and each option in vCard was 
ticked, including Enable private me card, Export notes in vCards and 
Export photos in vCards.

Such a trap for the unwary, especially if any-one has made notes on vCards, 
notes intended as a private aide memoir.

Now to see if that blasted butterfly has taken umbrage at not being wanted, and 
has flown away.

Regards,

Michael.

PS: I've now checked my entry as it was in my Address Book and that butterfly 
was there. I selected my Card and in the drop down menu chose card  Clear 
Custom Image and the butterfly went away. It has been replaced by one of the 
grey-out images the TV stations used to display when playing a sound bite.


On 12/01/2012, at 6:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peder,
 
 Thanks for your reply.
 
 On 12/01/2012, at 6:37 PM, Peder Kristensen ped...@westnet.com.au wrote:
 
 Ronni,
 
 Just follow up. Yours and Adrian’s photo did not show up Mail in the Snow 
 Leopard system, however, after installing Lion they do.
 
 That's correct!
 As I mentioned previously:
 I understand that in Lion Mail that if the person sending the email has 
 chosen a personal Address Book card using the Menu - Card  Make This My Card 
 (MeCard)  then if there is a photo on that card it will show up on email for 
 the recipients.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 
 On 12/01/2012, at 18:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Thanks Tim for your reply,
 
 My answers below in situ
 
 On 12/01/2012, at 6:04 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote:
 
 
 On 12/01/2012, at 5:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Tim,
 
 No Tim we don’t see your photo in the WAMUG emails.
 
 That's good to know/clarify.
 
 Do you have your photo in your card in Address Book
 
 Yes, it is in there. 
 
 and in System Preferences  Users  Groups?
 
 Yes. The same photo is there. I assume that is where Address Book gets it 
 from, or vice versa.
 
 That is correct.
 
 
 
 And yes, we have noticed that my OLD “My Card” (personal vCard) in 
 Address Book shows up on ‘some’ WAMUG recipients messages. Mainly 
 MobileMe email accounts.
 
 If a recipient of the message has the sender's vCard (Card in Address 
 Book) and it includes a photo, then the photo will show in messages from 
 that person.
 Do you have my vCard or have setup a card in Address Book with my details?
 
 No I don't. I don't have any details for Adrian Skehan either in my 
 Address Book, but I see both your photos in emails either of you send to 
 WAMUG. 
 
 I would presume that Adrian has his Address Book Card set as his My Card as 
 do I.
 
 
 
 I understand that in Lion Mail that if the person sending the email has 
 chosen a personal Address Book card using the Menu - Card  Make This My 
 Card (MeCard)  then if there is a photo on that card it will show up on 
 email for the recipients. 
 
 This appears to be what is happening. I note that this occurs for only 
 yourself and Adrian, and a quick scan through shows me you are both 
 mac.com and me.com subscribers and send from that account. Not many other 
 WAMUG posters send from their mac.com or me.com  accounts, and it seems 
 that those who do - Adrian and yourself, appear as images in my Mail. Not 
 that I mind, just found it contrary to what we'd understood was happening. 
 
 I think there are more people than Adrian  I using their .me or .mac email 
 address on WAMUG.
 I also would be surprised if only Adrian  I have our Cards in Address Book 
 set as our 'My Card'.
 But that seems to be the common factor having your card set as My Card.
 
 
 
 
 If you have an Address Book card for the sender, then the photo on that 
 card will override the photo for their personal Address Book card.
 
 Tim you can remove old photos from appearing in Mail messages.
 Address Book stores pictures in the folder:
 ~/Library/Images/People/ or in Lion ‘iChat Recent Pictures'
 
 Click the Home icon in the Finder toolbar, then proceed to your Library 
 folder then images  people
 
 After you navigate to the People or iChat Recent Pictures folder, you see 
 files with names that correspond to the email addresses in your Address 
 book. 
 
 
 There is no folder ~/Library/Images/People, but there is 
 ~/Library/Images/iChat Recent Pictures. 
 In that folder there are no pictures of anyone, just two images I have 
 used in the past as my photo in Address Book. 
 
 I am using 10.7.2 and Mail 5.1
 
 I a not near  my computer to check but look in Home Library  Application 
 Support  Address Book, if I remember correctly there you will find images.
 
 Neither your, or Adrian's, details are stored in my redundant Entourage 
 Address Book either.
 
 No it has nothing to do with Entourage Address Book.
 
 
 As I've said, I don't particularly mind seeing pictures of people, but if 
 they are not expecting it to be displayed - which was the query of the 
 original poster - then it'd be good to

Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins

Apple's benevolence in foisting this onto Mail users smacks of Windows' 
behaviour!

Michael.

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Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins

In this occasion, Apple has treated all users as if they are pre-primary 
children who want cute pictures on everything they own. 

I'm way past Disney-land and not yet senile: I don't need a picture of a 
butterfly on my emails to remind me that I sent them!

Michael.


On 09/01/2012, at 11:07 AM, cm wrote:

 I would definitely class this ID photo business as an annoyance. The default 
 should be no photo unless one goes out of ones way to add a photo. Mind you I 
 reserve the withering insult of Windows' behaviour for Microsoft products 
 which seem to choose user inconvenience, unexpected behaviour, and loss of 
 data as the norm rather than the exception. :-)
 
 C
 
 On 09/01/2012, at 11:01 , Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Apple's benevolence in foisting this onto Mail users smacks of Windows' 
 behaviour!
 
 Michael.
 
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Re: Mail

2012-01-08 Thread Michael Hawkins

Bill,

Despite your interest in jazz and rowing, not to mention science, I wouldn't 
describe you as either a moron or a square.

Regards,

Michael.


On 09/01/2012, at 11:56 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

 All this chat had me wondering what my picture was.  Removed immediately 
 and replaced with a maroon square.
 Bill
 On 09/01/2012, at 11:07 AM, cm wrote:
 
 I would definitely class this ID photo business as an annoyance. The default 
 should be no photo unless one goes out of ones way to add a photo. Mind you 
 I reserve the withering insult of Windows' behaviour for Microsoft 
 products which seem to choose user inconvenience, unexpected behaviour, and 
 loss of data as the norm rather than the exception. :-)
 
 C
 
 On 09/01/2012, at 11:01 , Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Apple's benevolence in foisting this onto Mail users smacks of Windows' 
 behaviour!
 
 Michael.
 
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Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Hawkins

I use latest version of Mail for business purposes, OS Lion. A picture of a 
butterfly appears on emails I send to Mac using contacts in my Address Book. 
How can I stop that happening?

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Re: Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thanks Ronda. That's a relief. That picture must be a default picture in the 
vCard. As a barrister,I wouldn't want to portray myself as having a butterfly 
mentality!

Regards, 

Michael.

On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 Only you see that photo. Its your profile photo selected when you set up the 
 Mac. 
 It appears on your vCard in Address Book.
 The photo is not attached to the mail and the person receiving the mail does 
 not see it.
 
 It's purely a display thing within Mail for your benefit. 
 So unless you particularly dislike seeing the picture yourself there's no 
 real necessity to remove it.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 07/01/2012, at 8:35 PM, Michael Hawkins michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au 
 wrote:
 
 I use latest version of Mail for business purposes, OS Lion. A picture of a 
 butterfly appears on emails I send to Mac using contacts in my Address Book. 
 How can I stop that happening?
 
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Re: iCal

2011-11-29 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank goodness for Ronda. I haven't progressed to synchronising anything but 
some how or other hide calendars results in all entries disappearing and 
sometimes nothing disappears. Seems to be a number of permutations arise from 
pressing the various buttons in iCal.

On 29/11/2011, at 6:42 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 On 29/11/2011, at 6:02 PM, michael.hawkins wrote:
 
 All entries in Calender on my iPhone 4S have disappeared. Is this a bug or 
 is it a feature? Or has some malicious soul let loose software which attacks 
 the iPhone? 
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Certainly not a bug  why would entries disappearing be a feature… 
 How are you syncing Calendars?   With iTunes or iCloud?
 
 On the iPhone Settings  Mail, Contacts, Calendar  Fetch New Data, what 
 settings do you have ‘Push’ On or Off?
 If OFF, what do you have set under ‘Fetch’?
 
 Have you tried tap on Calendars button  Hide All Calendars, then ‘Show All 
 Calendars'
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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text colour iPhone emails

2011-11-14 Thread Michael Hawkins

I have an iPhone 4S, IOS 5.0.1, carrier is Vodafone.

For some reason text in emails forwarded from my iPhone is received as yellow 
font on a white background, making it very difficult to read.

I cannot work out how to change the font colour. Help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.
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IOS 5 Calendar Issues - gdgt

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Hawkins

Interesting article regarding issues with iCal, Outlook and admission by Apple 
that there is a software fault. Daniel, this may explain the 6000+ contacts 
on my MacBook after I tried to sync with various phones!.

http://gdgt.com/discuss/ios-5-calendar-issues-h1i

Also saw elsewhere a statement attributed to Apple that IOS 5 has a fault which 
shortens battery life in iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Regards,

Michael
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iPhone iCal iCloud and lack of confidentiality

2011-10-27 Thread Michael Hawkins

Today by way of a practice run I used Siri to make an appointment with someone 
next Tuesday (call her Blondie). The appointment was entered automatically in 
my calendar. I then asked Siri to cancel the appointment. Shortly after that I 
received an email from Blondie with subject heading RE: Meeting with Blondie 
has been cancelled,  in which she wrote Not sure what those 'cloudy' things 
were about''.

A calendar icon was at the foot of her email. When I clicked on it, every entry 
I had on my computer in iCal was visible, including listings of birthdays. An 
attachment to the email from Blondie showed the cancelled appointment and also 
showed a legitimate appointment in Blondie's computer.

Blondie and I work for different organisations, but Blondie is in my Contacts 
list in Outlook. My computer is not on any network, but I do have IOS 5 on the 
iPhone 4s, Lion 7.2 and an Apple identity. The email notifying Blondie of the 
cancellation was automatically sent, but does not show up on my computer as 
sent in Mail or in Outllook).  I have not been able to check yet if that 
information was displayed on Blondie's computer but if it was i am very 
concerned. 

Mail was ''OFF on my iPhone, but Contacts, Calendars and Reminders were all 
On. iCloud back up was selected as ON on the iPhone.

Contacts and Calendars were ticked in preferences on my computer.

The preference Ask before sending changes to events was ticked in the 
preferences for iCal in my computer.

To look at it light-heartedly, it looks as though Apple and iCloud may have 
made whistle blowers and hackers redundant.

Any suggestions about how I can use Siri without having her gossip with the 
whole world?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro
OS 10.7.2

iPhone 4S
IOS 5.0




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Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and MacBook Pro

2011-10-24 Thread Michael Hawkins

My added wrinkle is that I've been trying to move from Entourage to
Outlook (as in Office 2011) and now to Mail. I put my faith in MicroSoft
for the transition from Entourage to Outlook. I've found that Entourage
was much easier to use than Outlook for things such as setting up folders
so emails would be filed where they belong.

Call me old fashioned but I find it much easier to try and arrange
correspondence as if it is letters kept in a file for a client (new file
for each matter) with the files stored in a filing cabinet.

Regards,

Michael.

-Original Message-
From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:11:46 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and
MacBook Pro

Hey Daniel,

How many years have I been saying you should move from Entourage to Apple
Mail? ;-)
Did it take Apple Mail in Lion to finally convince you to?

Mail, Address Book  iCal all work beautifully together ... All generic
Apple Applications!

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad

On 24/10/2011, at 10:15 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:

 How to Sync iPhone Address Book and Microsoft Entourage For Mac
 
 Step 1. Export everything from Entourage.
 Step 2. Import Everything into Apple Mail, Address Book, iCal.
 Step 3. Live happy in the knowledge that it all just works better (and
syncs better), and is easier to keep updated across one set of Apps,
then the other. :)
 Step 4. Live happy in the knowledge that Time Machine backups for Apple
work sooo much better then Entourage with it's one file for everything
file system (especially when things fall over).
 
 Honestly,...I can say that Mail, Address Book and iCal all work better
the Entourage did.
 And this is coming from someone that used Entourage since Office 2004
and before that Eudora. It took me a bit to move from Eudora to
Entourage and it took me a bit to move from Entourage to Apple Mail. but
I wouldn't go back now!  (I was running both Entourage 2004 and Mail for
the last 6 months getting used to it. Twice the work to look after both,
but I could see the little things that needed adjusted and things that
worked better or how to work them  better. Plus I'm pedantic with
getting it right the first time :o)
 
 All my folders came across, everything stayed intact. I know only have
to look after Address Book and iCal (where as before I was doing both
Address Book, iCal and Entourage's Address Book because sometimes the
syncing fell over,...and when you have to go out to do a 9 hour job
for a client to fix their fallen over Entourage Database problems,..you
start to realise how bad a program it really is underneath.)
 Plus Mail, Address Book and iCal sync so much nicer with iDevices.
 
 Sorry,...I couldn't resist :))
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Macintosh**
 
 On 24/10/2011, at 10:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 How to Sync iPhone Address Book and Microsoft Entourage For Mac
 
 
http://connectedhq.com/blog/2011/05/24/how-to-sync-iphone-address-book-
and-microsoft-entourage-for-mac/
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 24/10/2011, at 8:51 PM, michael.hawkins
michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronni, 
 
 I think at this stage I'll simply make sure that calendar entries are
the same on the iPhone and on the computer, and, after a while, have a
go at mastering contacts on the phone and contacts on the computer. As
far as that goes, I haven't been able to resolve conflicts between
Address Book and Entourage and Address Book and Outlook so I suspect
it'll be a while before I attempt to do that between devices.
 
 It all started going wrong some years ago when I used Mark/Space and
lost silent numbers that were listed on my phone but weren't in
contacts in Entourage, or in Address Book.
 
 Although I have Pages for iOS, I'll continue to lug my laptop home
rather than attempt to use my iPhone ofr word processing.
 
 Thanks again, your help is invaluable.
 
 Michael.
 
 - Original Message -
 From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
 To: wamug@wamug.org.au
 Sent: Monday, 24 October, 2011 4:24:40 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing /
Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi
 Subject: Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S
and MacBook Pro
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 On 24/10/2011, at 10:48 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 My first concern with iCloud is whether or not I can control what is
sent
 to and stored on iCloud.
 
 I personally, don’t sync ‘Documents  Data’. I have iWork on my Mac,
but I don’t have iWork for iOS (Keynote for iOS, Pages for iOS,
Numbers for iOS), so I can’t see a reason why I would use this feature.
 At the moment I also don’t have ‘Photo Stream’ selected in System
Preferences  iCloud.
 
 Also on my iPad  iPhone I have iCloud Backup

Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and MacBook Pro

2011-10-23 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni,

I couldn't work out what the warning from Apple meant - the one that says all 
will be lost and I'll be doomed if in the future I stop using iCloud. I'm very, 
very reluctant to become a hostage to any service provider or storage host, and 
I'm even more reluctant to store client information on a cloud. For all I 
know the server (cloud) could be hosted by Colonel Gaddafi!

And so I was conservative and only attempted to sync Contacts, Calendars and 
Reminders and took care to stay away from Documents  Data: there was no way I 
was going lo have them removed from my computer and become inaccessible if I 
stopped using iCloud.

It also seemed to me that Apple set things up so that the device with the most 
recent information upon it over-rode the device with older information on it. 
Some of my data goes back to the mid-nineties, especially email addresses. I 
don't want to risk losing those.

Regards,

A happy but relieved All Black supporter but didn't the French play well,

Michael.

On 23/10/2011, at 2:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 
 How have you setup syncing?
 
 Have you setup iCloud on your Mac to Sync Mail, Contacts, Calendars, 
 Reminders, Bookmarks, Notes (Photo Stream if you want it), Documents  Data, 
 Back to My Mac  Find my Mac  in System Preferences ,and then after you 
 received the message “Now setup your Devices” (or similar) iCloud on your 
 iPhone 4S to sync the same?
 
 If you are syncing using iCloud, DON’T have syncing of these items in iTunes  
 (Turn them OFF in iTunes) otherwise you will end up with duplicates.
 You sync from the Cloud  … “iCloud”!  
 
 In iTunes you only sync what iCloud doesn’t … example: Music, Movies, TV 
 Shows, etc
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.7.2 Lion
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 On 23/10/2011, at 1:44 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 I want to merge the information I have on my iPhone 4S with the information
 on my MacBook Pro. How can I set things up so that that happens, rather than
 having one device overriding the other and deleting whatever is different in
 the process?
 
 MacBook Pro
 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
 6 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
 OS 10.7.2
 
 iPhone 4S
 iOS 5.0 (9A334)
 Modern Firmware 1.0.11
 
 iCloud has left me in a fog.
 
 Regards and thanks in advance,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
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Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and MacBook Pro

2011-10-23 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni,

My first concern with iCloud is whether or not I can control what is sent
to and stored on iCloud.

In other words, if when using Pages I save a document to a specified
folder on my MacBook, will that document be automatically sent to and
saved on iCloud?

I would not want that to happen. I want to choose what I send to iCloud,
as I prefer to have information about matters I'm working on kept on a
computer which is kept under lock and key in my office rather than on a
server located who-knows-where, and potentially accessible by any-one with
hacking skills.

My second concern is the loss of data and documents stored on iCloud if I
cease to subscribe to iCloud. Apple's warning about that is followed by
the assurance that the data and documents would be available on other
devices which are connected to iCloud (including any device I reconnect to
iCloud). That indicates to me that the documents and data are removed from
(or never saved) on any device used to connect to iCloud. Have I
misunderstood things?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


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From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:52:15 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and
MacBook Pro

Hi Michael,

No-one is forcing you to use iCloud, you don¹t have to use if it you
don¹t wish to, it¹s entirely your choice.

 I don¹t think you understand what iCloud is. I have used iTools, Dot
Mac, MobileMe and now the new version of Apple¹s Sync/share services
iCloud, to sync my Mail  Notes, Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, use Back
to My Mac  Find My Mac. So my MBP, iPad  iPhone 4S are all in sync in
real time¹. Any change I make on any device immediately shows on all my
other devices.

(SNIP)

How Does It Work?:
To use iCloud, users must have an iTunes account. When certain kinds of
data are added or updated on compatible devices, they will be
automatically uploaded to the user¹s iCloud account and then
automatically downloaded to the user¹s other devices.
In this way, iCloud is both a storage tool and a system to keep all your
data in sync across multiple devices.

(SNIP)
With Documents:

With an iCloud account, when you create or edit documents in compatible
apps, the document will automatically upload to iCloud and then sync to
all devices also running those apps. Apple¹s Pages, Keynote, and Numbers
apps include this feature already. Third-party developers will be able to
add it to their apps.
Apple is referring to this feature as 'Documents in the Cloud.¹

With Data
:
Compatible devices will automatically backup music, iBooks, apps,
settings, photos, and app data to iCloud over Wi-Fi every day.
ICloud also includes a calendar-sharing feature, automatic syncing of
contacts in the address books of all compatible devices, and automatic
syncing of email messages for devices using Apple¹s @me.com email
accounts.

(SNIP)

 For all I know the server (cloud) could be hosted by Colonel Gaddafi!

I don¹t think Gaddafi will be hosting anything where he has gone!

Cheers,
Ronni

17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 ³Thunderbolt
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.7.2 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
On 23/10/2011, at 7:24 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Hi Ronni,
 
 I couldn't work out what the warning from Apple meant - the one that
says all will be lost and I'll be doomed if in the future I stop using
iCloud. I'm very, very reluctant to become a hostage to any service
provider or storage host, and I'm even more reluctant to store client
information on a cloud. For all I know the server (cloud) could be
hosted by Colonel Gaddafi!
 
 And so I was conservative and only attempted to sync Contacts,
Calendars and Reminders and took care to stay away from Documents 
Data: there was no way I was going lo have them removed from my computer
and become inaccessible if I stopped using iCloud.
 
 It also seemed to me that Apple set things up so that the device with
the most recent information upon it over-rode the device with older
information on it. Some of my data goes back to the mid-nineties,
especially email addresses. I don't want to risk losing those.
 
 Regards,
 
 A happy but relieved All Black supporter but didn't the French play
well,
 
 Michael.
 
 On 23/10/2011, at 2:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 How have you setup syncing?
 
 Have you setup iCloud on your Mac to Sync Mail, Contacts, Calendars,
Reminders, Bookmarks, Notes (Photo Stream if you want it), Documents 
Data, Back to My Mac  Find my Mac  in System Preferences ,and then
after you received the message ³Now setup your Devices² (or similar)
iCloud on your iPhone 4S to sync the same?
 
 If you are syncing using iCloud, DON¹T have syncing of these items in
iTunes  (Turn them OFF in iTunes) otherwise you will end up with
duplicates.
 You sync from the Cloud   ³iCloud²!
 
 In iTunes you only sync what iCloud doesn¹t

Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and MacBook Pro

2011-10-22 Thread Michael Hawkins

I want to merge the information I have on my iPhone 4S with the information
on my MacBook Pro. How can I set things up so that that happens, rather than
having one device overriding the other and deleting whatever is different in
the process?

MacBook Pro
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
OS 10.7.2

iPhone 4S
iOS 5.0 (9A334)
Modern Firmware 1.0.11

iCloud has left me in a fog.

Regards and thanks in advance,

Michael Hawkins.
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Re: iOS5 and Lion 10.7.2 with iCloud Support now available.

2011-10-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Daniel,

You've probably moved along since Rosseta was needed, but I still had some
old software installed on my MacBook Pro when I installed Lion. The
ancient software didn't cause any problems, but when I got around to
removing the old software Lion sped up considerably.

Now to learn how to synchronise contacts between my Nokia E63 and MacBook
Pro ... or perhaps I'll wait until my iPhone 4S arrives this week and back
up the contents of my Nokia and back up my MacBook Pro before I try to
synchronise my iPhone with my Nokia and them y MacBook Pro. The last time
I tried to synchronise phone and computer was about 6 years ago and I
found that I lost every contact which was on the phone but not on my
computer.

Any tips would be very welcome.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro 
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
OS 10.7.1

-Original Message-
From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:32:06 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: iOS5 and Lion 10.7.2 with iCloud Support now available.

hi Rod

Just to follow on from this.
I (like Ronni) took the plunge this weekend and upgraded my laptop to
10.7. (Well, not really upgraded. I cloned it to another partition on my
laptop then did a clean install from scratch and reinstalled all my
updates and apps. Took a bit longer, but I like to do it that way) :o)
I then set up my new iPhone 4s and upgraded to iCloud.
Everything went to plan. Bar something strange with my Desktop folder
that wouldn't let me open zip files to it. A repair of permissions fixed
that it seemed.
I then did the same to my MacPro. Erased and installed the Main drive and
set everything up from scratch on that. Installed all the updates and
Apps and then set iCloud up on it.
So all three devices (MacBookPro, MacPro and iPhone 4s) seem to be
working fine. I haven't done the iPad2 yet,..its still in the box.
I ran the little hack to make the Finder colours come back,..makes things
a lot easier to see (for me I find).
If only I could do the same with Mail.

Apart from that. all going well, and I'm just doing the fine tuning
parts now. :)

Even running 3 computers  and 2 iPhones I found I was still sitting
around waiting for things to finish copying, reinstalling, updating etc.
Lol. Mind you, I was doing other work at the same time,.so at least lots
was getting done. I would have got more finished last night but my little
one woke up at 2.30am with the wind/rain,..so had to go settle him which
meant lying down. Still,. he woke at 7am,lol. So wasn't that much of a
break away from it,lol. ;))

Now to just get a couple more things fine turned and I might think about
doing the iPad2lol.

Hope that sort of helps :)

Kind regards
Daniel

---
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MacWizardry

Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au


**For everything Macintosh**

On 15/10/2011, at 6:47 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:

 Thanks Daniel and Peter
 Common sense prevails.
 I shall:
 ensure i have a complete up to date backup
 wait a few days
 
 then think about doing it
 
 But i guess i have to consider whether home iMac and work macbook
should go to Lion first?
 New macbook air is Lion, so i'm kind of tapped in limbo here.
 
 ta
 Blitto
 
 Rod Blitvich  - Amy  Sam¹s Dad
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 0409 681 256  
 rb...@iinet.net.au
 http://web.me.com/blitto
 
 A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?
 
 
 On 13/10/2011, at 4:40 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi Rod
 
 My personal preference with some of these new upgrades  is to give
it a few days to Settle in.That way you can see what (if any)
problems people are having, and work arounds.
 Also, if it's your main machine you don't want to be without things
just incase.
 If you have a good backup and happy to jump in as an early adopter,
then go for it...hehe :)
 
 For me, I'm not installing either at the moment. But that's due to a)
still running my main machine in 10.6.8 not Lion and if I change to
iCloud to test then MobileMe won't (or probably  won't) work anymore on
my main laptop for work b) don't have the time to sit and play or
trouble shoot if something should go wrong c) I like to read and see
first and d) my iPhone 3Gs isn't working too well as it is, I don't
want to push it over the edge. I'll wait to I get a new iPhone 4s
(hopefully tomorrow). :o)
 
 Then next week,..it might be a different story,...hehe.
 
 I'm sure it will all be fine, but I prefer to be a bit more cautious
on day one. Others may have different opinions,...but each to their own
:))
 
 Most days I run out of time for everything I have to do, let alone
things I'd like to do,..so sometimes that's more the reason I don't
upgrade straight away,..lol.
 Plus I like to read all the interesting problems and work arounds
first :))
 
 Hope that sort of helps.
 In then end,.. your call :)))
 hehehe
 
 Kind

Re: iOS5 and Lion 10.7.2 with iCloud Support now available.

2011-10-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

A general thank you from me to all who replied with advice on ways and
means to get contacts from my E63 Nokia to my iPhone without losing
anything.

Your advice is much appreciated.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

-Original Message-
From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:51:29 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: iOS5 and Lion 10.7.2 with iCloud Support now available.

Hi Michael,

Have a look at ‘PhoneDirector 1.5.1  for Apple Mac OS X and Nokia 6230,
6230i, 6233, 6234, 6300, 6500, 6700 classic, 7280, 7380, 8600, 8800
I don’t know if it will help you sync though?

What is new in this version:

   • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility
   • minor fixes and improvements
http://www.macmedia.sk/pd.htm

Cheers,
Ronni

On 16/10/2011, at 4:35 PM, Roger Kortas wrote:

 Hi Daniel, 
 
 BluePhoneElite used to be excellent but no longer works for me :(  I
have not yet found anything to replace it so sad.  The developer is no
longer keeping this up to date as he has a full time job I think.
 
 On 16/10/2011, at 4:12 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi Michael
 
 Nope, I was still using FileMaker 6 for one database and Filemaker 10
for another. So I decided to move to FileMaker 11 for them both. That
was one of the reasons I didn't upgrade straight away. Hadn't changed
the old database as yet, and wanted to make sure I had the time to fix
anything that came out. It transferred ok, bar a few layouts
movements which are fairly easily fixed.
 So I was still reliant on Rosetta myself. But all fine I think,.. :o)
 
 Have a look at BluePhoneElite. It used to be very good for non
iPhones. ;o) Haven't used it for a while, but it should still be good
(I think). As always, yes, lots of backups of everything!
 Once you have it all into Address Book and iCal then you can move it
to iCloud. Then once new iPhone arrives, set up iCloud on the phone and
it will come back. Easy! ;o))
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Macintosh**
 
 On 16/10/2011, at 3:35 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Hi Daniel,
 
 You've probably moved along since Rosseta was needed, but I still had
some
 old software installed on my MacBook Pro when I installed Lion. The
 ancient software didn't cause any problems, but when I got around to
 removing the old software Lion sped up considerably.
 
 Now to learn how to synchronise contacts between my Nokia E63 and
MacBook
 Pro ... or perhaps I'll wait until my iPhone 4S arrives this week and
back
 up the contents of my Nokia and back up my MacBook Pro before I try to
 synchronise my iPhone with my Nokia and them y MacBook Pro. The last
time
 I tried to synchronise phone and computer was about 6 years ago and I
 found that I lost every contact which was on the phone but not on my
 computer.
 
 Any tips would be very welcome.
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 17 MacBook Pro
 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
 6 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
 OS 10.7.1
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
 Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:32:06 +0800
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Re: iOS5 and Lion 10.7.2 with iCloud Support now available.
 
 hi Rod
 
 Just to follow on from this.
 I (like Ronni) took the plunge this weekend and upgraded my laptop to
 10.7. (Well, not really upgraded. I cloned it to another partition
on my
 laptop then did a clean install from scratch and reinstalled all my
 updates and apps. Took a bit longer, but I like to do it that way)
:o)
 I then set up my new iPhone 4s and upgraded to iCloud.
 Everything went to plan. Bar something strange with my Desktop folder
 that wouldn't let me open zip files to it. A repair of permissions
fixed
 that it seemed.
 I then did the same to my MacPro. Erased and installed the Main
drive and
 set everything up from scratch on that. Installed all the updates and
 Apps and then set iCloud up on it.
 So all three devices (MacBookPro, MacPro and iPhone 4s) seem to be
 working fine. I haven't done the iPad2 yet,..its still in the box.
 I ran the little hack to make the Finder colours come back,..makes
things
 a lot easier to see (for me I find).
 If only I could do the same with Mail.
 
 Apart from that. all going well, and I'm just doing the fine tuning
 parts now. :)
 
 Even running 3 computers  and 2 iPhones I found I was still sitting
 around waiting for things to finish copying, reinstalling, updating
etc.
 Lol. Mind you, I was doing other work at the same time,.so at least
lots
 was getting done. I would have got more finished last night but my
little
 one woke up at 2.30am with the wind/rain,..so had to go settle him
which
 meant lying down. Still,. he woke at 7am,Šlol. So wasn't that much
of a
 break away from it,Šlol. ;))
 
 Now to just get a couple more things fine

Re: Missing emails...maybe not?

2011-10-16 Thread Michael Hawkins

Ronni,

It may be time to Get off a That Cloud
 Wasn't there a hit song to that effect?

Michael Hawkins.

-Original Message-
From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:47:52 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: Missing emails...maybe not?

Hi Mike,

Yes, those emails from me did come through to WAMUG Mailing list, but
there were others yesterday  today that I sent to WAMUG that have not
come through.
What¹s annoying ( weird) is some are coming through, others not, and I¹m
not receiving any bounce¹ message or spam¹ messages to alert me that
they have not been received by WAMUG.
And all the emails are sent as they appear in my Sent¹ mailbox? They are
also in my iCloud sent mailbox (as they should be).
Anyway I¹ll guess I¹ll eventually sort the annoying problem ;-)

Thanks for your email, I appreciate it.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 17/10/2011, at 11:18 AM, Mike Murray wrote:

 Ronnie
 
 Emails recorded from you came via Wamug yesterday at
 7.03 am
 4.18pm
 4.44pm
 4.51pm 
 
 and today at
 9.15am
 10.57am
 
 Cheers
 
 Mike
 
 
 Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
 TimeTrackers
 East Fremantle
 Western Australia
 
 Tel 08 9339 8078
 Fax 08 9339 0519
 
 British and Australian genealogical and historical research,
 education, publishing and film-making
 
 www.timetrackers.com.au
 
 
 On 17/10/2011, at 10:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Barry,
 
 Did you log out of your iTunes Account? What is the App?
 
 I¹ve posted more replies to WAMUG than are getting through, my reply
email to you came into WAMUG, but not any others?
 It¹s really annoying me, originally the migration from MobileMe to
iCloud was working perfectly but now it is NOT.
 
 We will see if you receive this one :-(
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni

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Re: Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-13 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank you Ronni.

On 13/10/11 12:08 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:


On 13/10/2011, at 11:57 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Prior to Lion, the accepted wisdom seemed to be that it was better to
 download OS combo to update the OS than to  download the update.
 
 Is that possible with Lion? OS 10.7.1 is installed on my MacBook Pro,
and I
 cannot find a combo update for OS 10.7.2
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.

Hi Michael,

The OS X Lion Update 10.7.2 Client Combo can be downloaded from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1459

Cheers,
Ronni

17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 ³Thunderbolt
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Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-12 Thread Michael Hawkins

Prior to Lion, the accepted wisdom seemed to be that it was better to
download OS combo to update the OS than to  download the update.

Is that possible with Lion? OS 10.7.1 is installed on my MacBook Pro, and I
cannot find a combo update for OS 10.7.2

Regards,

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Re: Lion and Outlook

2011-08-25 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank you Ronni, Peter and Lloyd.

I found that using an Apple Bluetooth mouse meant I could scroll with or
without the scroll bar, and after Ronni's tip found I could scroll using two
fingers on the trackpad on my June 2007 model 17 MacBook Pro.

What has unsettled my faith in the stability of Outlook v. 14.1.2 is the
fact that initially I had been able to scroll using the scroll bar without
using two fingers on the track pad or the bluetooth mouse, and then without
having changed any preferences, suddenly sometimes I could and sometimes I
couldn't when using Outlook.

In the hope that there'll be consistency I have done as Peter suggested and
selected Always in System Preferences  General  Show scroll bars.

Cheers,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
OS 10.7.1
From:  Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:38:28 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Lion and Outlook

Hi Michael,

You are right, the scroll bar disappears/reappears when resizing the pane,
and there is no preference to change that.
Outlook (2011) is a poor imitation of Entourage, but Entourage is not
offered in the 2011 Office Suite.

I would happily move to Mail, if there were a reasonable way of transferring
my Entourage or Outlook files across.

Lloyd 
  

 I do not use Outlook so I am unsure whether this is applicable:
 
 System PreferencesGeneralShow scrollbars always.
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
 On 25/08/2011, at 10:08 PM, michael.hawkins wrote:
 
 I'm using Lion (latest iteration) and Office 2011 (latest version). Things
 were going well until yesterday, when out of the blue the scrolling bar
 disappeared from the various panes in Outlook. I've found that if I adjust
 the width of the pane, the scroll bar reappears. Sometimes I have to widen
 the pane so that the bar appears, other times I have to narrow the pane. So
 far I have not been able to discern any pattern. A feature? A quirk?
 Definitely a pain in the butt.
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 




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.dat and Lion

2011-08-21 Thread Michael Hawkins

A friend who has recently converted to Apple after 20 years with Windows
can't open .dat attachments to emails received in Mail.

My recollection is that the problem often arrises if the Windows using
sender has a blanket setting to send all documents in rtf format, but
knowing that of itself does not fix the problem.

On my friend's behalf, my questions are:
1. Are any plug-ins available for Mail which would fix this?
2. Is it bets to avoid using plug-ins in Mail?
3. Does TNEF work with Lion?
4. Are any other programs available that will work with Lion?

He is using a brand new 13 MacBook Air and Lion.

Regards,

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Re: .dat and Lion

2011-08-21 Thread Michael Hawkins


Ronni and Daniel,

Thank you.

Two weeks after his purchase of a MacBook Air, my friend is still stunned
by the ease with which his new laptop links wirelessly with other
hardware, the speed with which it wakes from sleep (With my PC I hit the
button, feed the dog, go outside and get the newspaper, and still have to
wait before I can use it. With the Mac, I just open the lid and it's ready
to use ), and the ease with which it downloads and installs software.

Cheers,

Michael.

On 22/08/11 11:15 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:


Hi Michael,

'TNEF¹s Enough¹ 2.2 works in Lion OS X 10.7
http://www.joshjacob.com/

³This App has been tested and works A-OK
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table/tags/_t/index_tags/_t

Cheers,
Ronni

On 22/08/2011, at 10:56 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 
 Hi Michael
 
 Quick google search gave the following:-
 
http://www.google.com.au/search?client=safarirls=enq=winmail.dat+conve
rto
 rs+for+10.7ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8redir_esc=ei=yMRRTpz0MKTWiALxr42VAQ
 
 
 There's an online tool that can do it for you:-
 http://www.winmaildat.com/
 
 Or some Lion installers (Letter Opener)
 http://www.tikouka.net/mailapp/
 They work in Lion fine.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Macintosh**
 
 
 
 On 22/8/11 10:49 AM, Michael Hawkins
michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au
 wrote:
 
 A friend who has recently converted to Apple after 20 years with
Windows
 can't open .dat attachments to emails received in Mail.
 
 My recollection is that the problem often arrises if the Windows using
 sender has a blanket setting to send all documents in rtf format, but
 knowing that of itself does not fix the problem.
 
 On my friend's behalf, my questions are:
 1. Are any plug-ins available for Mail which would fix this?
 2. Is it bets to avoid using plug-ins in Mail?
 3. Does TNEF work with Lion?
 4. Are any other programs available that will work with Lion?
 
 He is using a brand new 13 MacBook Air and Lion.
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Font size

2011-08-18 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Carlo,

I bought the MacBook Pro from David Jones in May 2008, to replace my trusty
G3 15 PowerBook which I'd had since April 2000 and which had never let me
down and was running well on the then latest available version of Mac OS and
every application I had. My justification for replacing the PowerBook was
that I was doing a lot of travelling but had to be in constant touch with
the office, and so needed reliability. DJ's was selling the MacBook at about
2/3rds list price and my horoscope said technology would let me down in May
and so I did the logical thing, rationalised that that'd be the PowerBook,
and bought the Mac Book. To cut a long story short, my horoscope was
accurate. The brand new MacBook Pro failed within a day of my getting it
(battery issues) and so I had to continue using the 8 year old PowerBook
while Apple replaced the MacBook, and kept using the PowerBook until about
April 2010 when the battery gave up the ghost.

I think that the MacBook Pro is a 2007 model, as I was able to instal 6GB
ram (2gb and 4gb module), but does this information help?

Hardware Overview:



  Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 2

  L2 Cache: 4 MB

  Memory: 6 GB

  Bus Speed: 800 MHz

  Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07

  SMC Version (system): 1.18f5

  Serial Number (system): W872929YX94

  Hardware UUID: --1000-8000-001B63959AE8

  Sudden Motion Sensor State: Enabled


Regards,

Michael Hawkins.
From:  cm cm200...@gmail.com
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:38:12 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Font size

Nice analogy Michael. :-D

Just curious, which model of MacBook Pro do you have. The October 2006 model
has a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050. To check click on the Apple logo
top left of the menu bar and select About this Mac. Then in the popup window
select More Info...

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-08-18, at 11:15, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Thank you Ronni and Carlo.
 
 Yes, I was guilty of taking the Lion out for a walk before I'd let it settle
 in to its new habitat, explore its surroundings, and change and adapt the
 environment that previous Big Cat occupants had created.
 
 Things are much better now that the Lion has had a bit of a sniff around,
 marked out its territory and attended to its ablutions.
 
 Screen resolution remains a bit of a puzzle though, as resolution choices in
 System Preferences  Displays  Display range from 1680 x 1050 to 800 x 600
 (stretched) and do not include 1920 x 1200. Resolution  was preselected at
 1680 x 1050.
 
 Regards and thanks again,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 
 17 MacBook Pro
 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
 6GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
 OS 10.7.1
 
 From:  Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
 Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Date:  Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:40:44 +0800
 To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject:  Re: Font size
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 On 17/08/2011, at 8:36 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 I have installed Lion on my 17 MacBook Pro. The font size as it appears on
 the screen is too small (by this I mean that all letters on the computer
 screen are small). How do I increase the size?
 
 Are you using the correct screen resolution for your MBP? 1920 x 1200
 
 New in Lion, you can specify whether you want your sidebar text and icons in
 small, medium, or large size.
 In the General pane of System Preferences, choose from the ³Sidebar icon size²
 pop-up menu.
 Your choice here affects not only the Finder sidebar but some other
 applications that have sidebars, such as Mail.
 
 You can use the built-in Screen Zoom feature. This is like bringing your face
 closer to the monitor, except that instead the monitor enlarges everything for
 you.
 In the Keyboard preference pane, switch to Keyboard Shortcuts view. Then, in
 the left column, switch to the Universal Access section.
 Under Zoom at the right, you can now see the keyboard shortcuts for ³Turn zoom
 on or off² (the default is Option-Command-8), ³Zoom in²
 (Option-Command-Equal), and ³Zoom out² (Option-Command-Minus).
 
 
 My other grumble is that Lion has made the computer slow down  there's a
 noticeable delay between pressing a key and the computer reacting to it.
 Reminds me of using a Windows machine.
 
 Did you let Spotlight complete its re-indexing after your first boot into
 Lion, without running other programs?
 Carlo and I have previously mentioned that Lion reindexes all of your drives
 on the first couple boot-ups, which may explain why some people thought it was
 sluggish at first.
 The more files you have on your system, and the more of those that you leave
 in scope for Spotlight searches, the longer this will take.
 You can verify that by bringing up Activity Monitor, sort by % CPU and if
 mdworker or mds is chewing up all the CPU then its Spotlight and it should
 stop after some

I have installed Lion on my 17 MacBook Pro. The font size as it appears on
the screen is too small (by this I mean that all letters on the computer
screen are small). How do I increase the size?

My other grumble is that Lion has made the computer slow down  there's a
noticeable delay between pressing a key and the computer reacting to it.
Reminds me of using a Windows machine.

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins

MacBook Pro 17
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
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Re: Font size

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank you Ronni and Carlo.

Yes, I was guilty of taking the Lion out for a walk before I'd let it settle
in to its new habitat, explore its surroundings, and change and adapt the
environment that previous Big Cat occupants had created.

Things are much better now that the Lion has had a bit of a sniff around,
marked out its territory and attended to its ablutions.

Screen resolution remains a bit of a puzzle though, as resolution choices in
System Preferences  Displays  Display range from 1680 x 1050 to 800 x 600
(stretched) and do not include 1920 x 1200. Resolution  was preselected at
1680 x 1050.

Regards and thanks again,

Michael Hawkins

17 MacBook Pro
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
OS 10.7.1

From:  Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:40:44 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Font size

Hi Michael,

On 17/08/2011, at 8:36 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 I have installed Lion on my 17 MacBook Pro. The font size as it appears on
 the screen is too small (by this I mean that all letters on the computer
 screen are small). How do I increase the size?

Are you using the correct screen resolution for your MBP? 1920 x 1200

New in Lion, you can specify whether you want your sidebar text and icons in
small, medium, or large size.
In the General pane of System Preferences, choose from the ³Sidebar icon
size² pop-up menu.
Your choice here affects not only the Finder sidebar but some other
applications that have sidebars, such as Mail.

You can use the built-in Screen Zoom feature. This is like bringing your
face closer to the monitor, except that instead the monitor enlarges
everything for you.
In the Keyboard preference pane, switch to Keyboard Shortcuts view. Then, in
the left column, switch to the Universal Access section.
Under Zoom at the right, you can now see the keyboard shortcuts for ³Turn
zoom on or off² (the default is Option-Command-8), ³Zoom in²
(Option-Command-Equal), and ³Zoom out² (Option-Command-Minus).

 
 My other grumble is that Lion has made the computer slow down  there's a
 noticeable delay between pressing a key and the computer reacting to it.
 Reminds me of using a Windows machine.

Did you let Spotlight complete its re-indexing after your first boot into
Lion, without running other programs?
Carlo and I have previously mentioned that Lion reindexes all of your drives
on the first couple boot-ups, which may explain why some people thought it
was sluggish at first.
The more files you have on your system, and the more of those that you leave
in scope for Spotlight searches, the longer this will take.
You can verify that by bringing up Activity Monitor, sort by % CPU and if
mdworker or mds is chewing up all the CPU then its Spotlight and it
should stop after some time.

If you are having a slow experience with Lion, perhaps Repair Disk  Repair
Permissions is a good start to see where your problem is.
Applications  Utilities  Disk Utility - Verify Disk². Even if you receive
a message ³that all appears ok²

1. Shut down your computer
2. Boot the computer while holding down the OPTION key, then select
³Recovery HD² and press Return
3. Once booted in Recovery mode, select Disk Utility. Select your Mac HD.
4. Verify Disk ( again if it reports that your HD is OK)
5. Repair Disk 
6. Then Repair Permissions'
It will most likely quite a number of problems during this process and
repair them.
7. After it is finished, restart your computer.
Spotlight will most likely re-index your drive again  if it does  let it
complete the process without running any other programs.

 
 Thank you,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 
 MacBook Pro 17
 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo
 6GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
 OS 10.7.1

Cheers,
Ronni

17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 ³Thunderbolt
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)


















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Re: iPhone has stopped opening iTunes

2011-08-15 Thread Michael Hawkins


Neil,

It may be that whom-ever you were dealing with at Telstra did not
understand the significance of the last digit. Depending upon the document
or record being looked at, the last digit may always be wrong, as it is
always shown on certain records as,say,a zero (0) for security purposes.

The International Mobile Equipment Identity number (IMEI) for a GSM
mobile phone is a 15 digit number which has 4 components:

The first 6 digits are the type approval code allocated by GSM mou when a
new mobile model has been shown to comply with all GSM recommendations and
specifications.

The next 2 digits are the code number used by the manufacturer to identify
the factory in which the phone was made.

The next 6 digits is the serial number for the phone type as determined by
the type approval code.

The last digit is used as a check digit for security and is transmitted to
the network as a zero, even though every GSM mobile phone has a unique
IMEI. Thus, for example, the actual IMIE may have a 7 as the actual last
digit, but some of the network records may replace that 7 with a 0.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

On 16/08/11 11:12 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:


Hi all,

After a prolonged troubleshooting process, I have finally got my iPhone
unlocked from Telstra. I'll give the salient details - in case it gives a
clue to the current problem.

The phone was bought at the Perth Applestore on a Telstra $49 cap plan -
which was set-up by the Apple guy while I was at the store. I'm heading
overseas shortly - so I thought I would unlock the phone to allow use of
local SIMs. 

I tried the normal unlock process with Telstra but,when they put my IMEI
number into their unlock tool it kept coming up with an error message - to
the effect that the phone was not locked to Telstra - it was either
unlocked
or locked to another carrier.

I told them that this was not the case, but all I got was the that is
what
the system tells me line. Their only suggestion was to call Applecare,
which I did - they confirmed that their records showed the phone as being
locked to Telstra!!

I will spare you the endless phone calls, etc spent on trying to solve
this.
I worked with an understanding and patient Applecare rep and we finally
got
the phone unlocked. From what I gathered, Telstra had somehow got an error
in the IMEI number recorded against my account (a discrepancy in the last
digit) but addressing it involved (over several days) several resets of
the
phone and a re-registering of the phone by Apple in the middle of the
process.

Anyway, at the end of the day I got the Congratulations your iPhone is
now
unlocked message, got my phone all synched up again and off I went.


The problem is this:

It used to be that whenever I plugged the iPhone into the computer, it
would
fire up iTunes and synch the phone.

Now it doesn't - that is, it doesn't fire up iTunes - when I fire up
iTunes
manually, the synch goes ahead as normal.


I have checked in iTunes and:

The iPhone software is up to date

In the preferences/devices the prevent from synching automatically box
is
not checked - so this is all OK and the synch DOES happen when iTunes is
started.

If I select the iPhone in the sidebar and go to the summary tab, the
open
iTunes when this iPhone is connected box IS checked - but this is what is
NOT happening.

Any suggestions?


Cheers


Neil
-- 
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
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re Firefox up date

2011-08-08 Thread Michael Hawkins

I don't know what the current update does but from experience I recommend
that you do a back-up before updating. Twice now all my bookmarks have been
wiped some how during the update process.

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Lunch?

2011-07-27 Thread Michael Hawkins

Bill,

Are we lunching today, or is weather too bad?

Any day next week will suit me if today is not to your liking..

Regards,

Michael.

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Re: iPhoto '09 question

2011-07-15 Thread Michael Hawkins

Ronni  Eugene,

Thank you. Worked like a charm. I recently bought a wooden rowing boat
(single scull) and traced the man who might have built it. He was in
Adelaide in the 70's but is now in Vermont. The photos were to send to him
to see if the boat was his work. If it is, it's somewhere between 28 to 35
years old.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

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Date:  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:45:27 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: iPhoto '09 question


On 15/07/2011, at 10:30 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Using iPhoto '09, I imported photos from my  Canon Powershot A580, selected
 delete photos, and using edit enhance, enhanced many of the photos that
 I had imported.
 
 Card is an SD.
 
 Aperture v 3.1.1 is also installed on my computer. OS 10.6.8.
 
 Is there any way that I can look at the photos again in their original
 condition? Some of the colours have changed and are not accurate.

Hi Michael,

Select the photo. Go to Photos¹ in Menu bar  ³Revert to Original.²

Cheers,
Ronni

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iPhoto '09 question

2011-07-14 Thread Michael Hawkins

Using iPhoto '09, I imported photos from my  Canon Powershot A580, selected
delete photos, and using edit enhance, enhanced many of the photos
that I had imported.

Card is an SD.

Aperture v 3.1.1 is also installed on my computer. OS 10.6.8.

Is there any way that I can look at the photos again in their original
condition? Some of the colours have changed and are not accurate.


Regards,

Michael Hawkins





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Re: www.trustdefender.com

2011-06-21 Thread Michael Hawkins

I have a very uneasy feeling now that I've had a look at the trust defender
website. I don't like entering bank details into some portal other then the
bank's.

Michael Hawkins.

From:  McCallum Malcolm doc...@westnet.com.au
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Date:  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:30:46 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: www.trustdefender.com

Thanks Ronni, As i was one of the Macdefender users :-( I thought I had
better ask this time !
Malcolm McCallum

doc...@westnet.com.au
Skype docmactor

On 21/06/2011, at 4:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Mac,

 TrustDefender Pro for Mac (TDPro) is still a Public Beta Program¹.
 I would not recommend installing it  until it is out of Beta testing, or we
 get more feedback on it.

 http://www.trustdefender.com/intelligence-centre-support-centre-tdpro-mac-pub
 lic-beta-program.html

 On 21/06/2011, at 3:19 PM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:

 Can I ask the gurus Do I need 
 1. www.trustdefender.com http://www.trustdefender.com/
 Malcolm McCallum

 doc...@westnet.com.au
 Skype docmactor

 Cheers,
 Ronni

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Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet

2011-06-20 Thread Michael Hawkins

In the space of a few minutes speeds ranged from 3.4 mb/s download to 15.48
(wireless), and 9.18 to 16.37 (ethernet, same modem). Uploads were all in
vicinity of 0.83 to 0.85.

ADSL2+, Westnet, 77 St Georges Terrace
Perth.

From:  Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
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Date:  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:32:37 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet

Hi again John,

When you are doing your Speed Testing.
After picking a test, http://www.speedtest.net/ (this one is ok, I use it
sometimes for testing purposes)
follow these steps:

1. Restart your Mac.

2. To the extent possible, make sure no other devices on your network are
actively accessing the Internet right nowincluding backing up files,
checking email, downloading software updates, and so on.

3. Launch only your Web browserdon¹t run any other applications while the
test is runningand make sure your browser has no other windows or tabs
open.

4. Visit the URL for the speed test you chose and run the testusually a
matter of clicking a single button.
If you have the option to choose a test server location, choose the one
closest to you.

5. Make a note of your results, and then repeat with a few other tests
and/or locations. 
Calculate the average download and upload speeds from your several tests.

If the numbers seem reasonable to you, keep things as they are.
If you¹re unhappy with the results:
Try unplugging your DSL modem, waiting a minute or two, and plugging it back
in. When it comes back to life, run the test again.
Sometimes a simple restart is all it needs.

Wait for a few hours and try the test again. If you¹re testing during peak
hours when lots of other people are using the network heavily, your results
may be slower than usual. With people video streaming etc, evening hours are
often the slowest.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 20/06/2011, at 2:08 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 On 20/06/2011, at 1:48 PM, John Daniels wrote:

 Hi Ronni
 Yes I took it this morning after I had changed the DNS settings

 OK, thanks John.

 1. Put the Primary  Secondary IP addresses shown in the ³Recommended
 configuration² portion of the namebench window into your Modem / Router
 i.e 203.50.2.71, 203.0.178.191

 2. Save the configuration and reboot the Billion

 3. Then  Open System Preferences  Network

 A) If you connect to your network via Ethernet, select your Ethernet network
 in the list on the left, make a note of the addresses in the DNS Server field
 in case you ever need to restore them, and then type the 3 recommended new IP
 addresses (in the order given) into that field (overwriting whatever¹s already
 there), separated by commas.
 i.e. 203.50.2.71, 203.0.178.191, 203.21.20.20

 B) If you connect to your network via Wi-Fi, select your AirPort network in
 the list on the left, click Advanced, and then click DNS.
 In the column on the left, click the plus + icon, type in the first IP address
 that namebench returned, and then do the same for the other two.
 i.e 203.50.2.71
  203.0.178.191
  203.21.20.20

 4. Click OK.

 5. Close System Preferences.

 Monitor your speed for awhile today, then do a restart of your computer, and
 then run the namebench tests again.
 Please let me know if namebench gives the same results.
 Also let me know your speed results, before the peak time later this afternoon
 and also later in the busy time when the internet becomes more congested.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

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Westnet's and other ISP's security

2011-06-20 Thread Michael Hawkins

According to an article on page 32 of  The Australian today 21 June
(Proven Again: How easily our mail is hacked), many Optus, BigPond and
Westnet email subscribers need to change their passwords. In summary, last
week hundreds of Australians had their email names, addresses and passwords
published on the internet by a hacker. The following day the hacker
published a downloadable list of 62,000 passwords and addresses of email
users.

The author of the article, David Frith, recommends:
1. Change passwords, frequently
2. Instal good antivirus, anti-malware software
3. Set up a WPA (WiFi Protected Access) encryption system if you are on a
wireless network
4. If you use wireless hotspots in say a cafe, install software to protect
your smartphone or laptop against a nearby intruder whose laptop can use
software to intercept your keystrokes, thereby intercepting passwords and
other private information. An Australian security software called
TrustDefender is referred to, free trial from www.trustdefender.com

Regards,

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Re: Westnet Invoices

2011-06-10 Thread Michael Hawkins

Daniel,

Westnet used to send me a text based invoice/receipt, but have stopped doing
so. There's now a requirement that I log onto to the website and find and
download the receipt.

 As far as I'm concerned, the customer shouldn't have to do that. The
invoice and the receipt should be sent to the customer. Doing BAS statements
takes enough time as it is. I don't see why Westnet's new system should add
to the pain.

 I've been with Westnet for 7 or 8 years and was with iinet for about 9
years before that but changed to Westnet in the days when iinet thought
nothing of putting customers on hold for 45 minutes or so.

The previous problem I had with Westnet was last year when it allocated my
user name and email address to a new subscriber in Brisbane, and then said I
would have to change my subscription to accommodate that. I refused to do so
and now have listed as alternative email addresses every permutation I could
think of, of my name. At the time I thought It rather bizarre that Westnet
would tell a customer of 7 or 8 years standing to take  a running jump
because of a mistake that Westnet had made, but stayed with Westnet because
of its excellent service in the early days.

This debacle with invoices and receipts may be a glitch,  but it proves to
be a deliberate move to save sending out emails with text based invoice
receipts, the last straw.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

From:  Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:34:33 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Westnet Invoices

I'm not with Westnet, but iinet. I find their invoice system no problem at
all. I've been with them for about 7-8 years or more. They send me a text
based invoice with a link where I can log in and get it again in PDF if
needed from toolbox. Then about 10 days later (or less) the amount gets
charged to my credit card.
But never had any problem with it at all. So quite surprised Westnet isn't
similar. 
Mind you, I know my invoice is about the same every month so don't really
check it in too much detail. :)

Hopefully it's just a glitch in the changeover :)
I find Westnet and iinet still very good and recommend to people if asked.

Kind regards
Daniel

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On 10/06/2011, at 1:04 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Severin,
 
 I received for a short time awhile back, the email saying that the invoice is
 available to view, but it quickly reverted back to my receiving the emailed
 invoice PDF on the 1st of the month  then the emailed Receipt on the 5th of
 the month.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
 On 10/06/2011, at 12:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
 
 My experience too, more or less.  I get an email 1 or 2 of month reminding me
 that the invoice is available to view, and I log in to do this.  On the 5 day
 I get an email with the paid invoice included.
 Severin Crisp
 
 On 10/06/2011, at 12:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi  Michael,
 
 I have not experienced what you have mentioned below.
 
 I¹m still receiving from Westnet an emailed Invoice on the 1st of the Month
 and then an emailed Receipt on the 5th of each Month.
 I don¹t have to login to my Account.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 10/06/2011, at 11:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 Westnet has recently upgraded its invoicing system. It informed
 subscribers of the change by sending out an email with subject heading
 Your Westnet Phone Invoice. The email starts with the salutation Dear
 Valued Member.
 
 That is, of course, the generic indication that you are anything but.
 
 Until this month, each month Westnet has emailed an invoice followed a day
 or two later by a receipt.
 
 Westnet now requires that customers log on to their account by logging on.
 I don't know if all members have had the same difficulty
 
 I have had, but the invoices are not available to be viewed. Nor are
 receipts.
 
 Westnet's explanation is that:
 1. Customers have a download limit.
 2.  If invoices and receipts are sent out automatically by Westnet, that
 may cause the down load limit to be exceeded.
 3. Therefore, every customer must log-on and retrieve their account
 information, and then download it.
 4. When Westnet gets the new system working, customers will be able to view
 invoices and receipts on-line.
 The lack of logic is appalling.
 
 Alternatively, Westnet/Iiinet's lack of technical expertise has been
 exposed.
 
 If receipt of an email from Westnet took the customer over the download
 limit, why doesn't logging on and downloading the invoice have the same
 effect?
 
 The answer from Westnet is  that is because the download is within the
 Free zone.
 
 So, why isn't an email plus attachment sent by Westnet to the customer
 within the Free zone?
 
 Why has Westnet/iinet inflicted a new system

Westnet Invoices

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Hawkins

Westnet has recently upgraded its invoicing system. It informed
subscribers of the change by sending out an email with subject heading Your
Westnet Phone Invoice. The email starts with the salutation Dear Valued
Member.

That is, of course, the generic indication that you are anything but.

Until this month, each month Westnet has emailed an invoice followed a day
or two later by a receipt.

Westnet now requires that customers log on to their account by logging on. I
don't know if all members have had the same difficulty

I have had, but the invoices are not available to be viewed. Nor are
receipts.

Westnet's explanation is that:
1. Customers have a download limit.
2.  If invoices and receipts are sent out automatically by Westnet, that may
cause the down load limit to be exceeded.
3. Therefore, every customer must log-on and retrieve their account
information, and then download it.
4. When Westnet gets the new system working, customers will be able to view
invoices and receipts on-line.
The lack of logic is appalling.

Alternatively, Westnet/Iiinet's lack of technical expertise has been
exposed.

If receipt of an email from Westnet took the customer over the download
limit, why doesn't logging on and downloading the invoice have the same
effect?

The answer from Westnet is  that is because the download is within the Free
zone.

So, why isn't an email plus attachment sent by Westnet to the customer
within the Free zone?

Why has Westnet/iinet inflicted a new system on Valued Customers, before
making sure the system works?

Other questions are whether it is legal for Westnet/iinetl to use an
automatic payment system to pay itself before the customer receives an
invoice and has the opportunity to query it, and whether it is legal for
Westnet/iinet to pay itself and not send the customer an invoice.

Note the use of the word send.

If this new system has been introduced to avoid the possibility of any
customer suffering an inconvenience because receipt of the invoice  and
receipt of the receipt has caused the customer to exceed a monthly down load
limit, how many more customers are inconvenienced by having to log on,
navigate their way to the relevant webpage, and then download for themselves
the invoice and tax receipt?

The answer is that every customer is inconvenienced by being required to log
on to (a) get the invoice and (b) log on again a few days later get the
receipt.

Can anyone suggest an internet service provider for whom a Valued Memberr
is in fact, valued?

Regards to all,

Michael Hawkins.





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Typo corrected: FW: Westnet Invoices

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Hawkins




Westnet has recently upgraded its invoicing system. It informed
subscribers of the change by sending out an email with subject heading Your
Westnet Phone Invoice. The email starts with the salutation Dear Valued
Member.

That is, of course, the generic indication that you are anything but.

Until this month, each month Westnet has emailed a tax invoice followed a
day or two later by a receipt.

Westnet now requires that customers log on to their account in order to view
their invoice and a day or so later view their receipt.

I don't know if all members have had the same difficulty I have had in
attempting to view my invoice and to view my receipt, but the invoices are
not available to be viewed. Nor are receipts.

Westnet's explanation is that:
1. Customers have a download limit.
2.  If invoices and receipts are sent out automatically by Westnet, that may
cause the down load limit to be exceeded.
3. Therefore, every customer must log-on and retrieve their account
information, and then download it.
4. When Westnet gets the new system working, customers will be able to view
invoices and receipts on-line.
The lack of logic is appalling.

Alternatively, Westnet/Iiinet's lack of technical expertise has been
exposed.

If receipt of an email from Westnet took the customer over the download
limit, why doesn't logging on and downloading the invoice have the same
effect?

The answer from Westnet is  that is because the download is within the Free
zone.

So, why isn't an email plus attachment sent by Westnet to the customer
within the Free zone?

Why has Westnet/iinet inflicted a new system on Valued Customers, before
making sure the system works?

Other questions are whether it is legal for Westnet/iinetl to use an
automatic payment system to pay itself before the customer receives an
invoice and has the opportunity to query it, and whether it is legal for
Westnet/iinet to pay itself and not send the customer an invoice.

Note the use of the word send.

If this new system has been introduced to avoid the possibility of any
customer suffering an inconvenience because receipt of the invoice  and
receipt of the receipt has caused the customer to exceed a monthly down load
limit, how many more customers are inconvenienced by having to log on,
navigate their way to the relevant webpage, and then download for themselves
the invoice and tax receipt?

The answer is that every customer is inconvenienced by being required to log
on to (a) get the invoice and (b) log on again a few days later get the
receipt.

Can anyone suggest an internet service provider for whom a Valued Memberr
is in fact, valued?

Regards to all,

Michael Hawkins.







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Re: Westnet Invoices

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Hawkins

Hi Ronni,

Until recently I had always received an invoice on the 1st and a receipt a
few days later.
Two months ago I received an invoice but no receipt. It was incorporated
with the invoice I received last month.
This month I got nothing except an email today telling me to log on to get
my invoice

When logging on failed to work I went through the 30 minute process involved
with ringing up and being transferred from person to person. Apparently I've
been migrated from Westnet's system to iinet's system and so no history is
available  not even the invoice dated 1 June and receipt dated a few days
later.

I made it clear I wasn't happy, having abandoned iinet from Westnet some
years ago because of a lack of customer service from iinet. Until now I'd
been very happy with Westnet.

The receipt was emailed to me this morning after I'd called twice.

Amnet has been suggested as an alternative but we're on Amnet at home and
have frequent drop-outs over weekends as well as very slow speeds during the
evening.

Cheers,

Michael.

From:  Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:32:37 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Westnet Invoices

Hi  Michael,

I have not experienced what you have mentioned below.

I¹m still receiving from Westnet an emailed Invoice on the 1st of the Month
and then an emailed Receipt on the 5th of each Month.
I don¹t have to login to my Account.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 10/06/2011, at 11:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Westnet has recently upgraded its invoicing system. It informed subscribers
 of the change by sending out an email with subject heading Your Westnet Phone
 Invoice. The email starts with the salutation Dear Valued Member.
 
 That is, of course, the generic indication that you are anything but.
 
 Until this month, each month Westnet has emailed an invoice followed a day or
 two later by a receipt.
 
 Westnet now requires that customers log on to their account by logging on. I
 don't know if all members have had the same difficulty
 
 I have had, but the invoices are not available to be viewed. Nor are receipts.
 
 Westnet's explanation is that:
 1. Customers have a download limit.
 2.  If invoices and receipts are sent out automatically by Westnet, that may
 cause the down load limit to be exceeded.
 3. Therefore, every customer must log-on and retrieve their account
 information, and then download it.
 4. When Westnet gets the new system working, customers will be able to view
 invoices and receipts on-line.
 The lack of logic is appalling.
 
 Alternatively, Westnet/Iiinet's lack of technical expertise has been exposed.
 
 If receipt of an email from Westnet took the customer over the download limit,
 why doesn't logging on and downloading the invoice have the same effect?
 
 The answer from Westnet is  that is because the download is within the Free
 zone.
 
 So, why isn't an email plus attachment sent by Westnet to the customer within
 the Free zone? 
 
 Why has Westnet/iinet inflicted a new system on Valued Customers, before
 making sure the system works?
 
 Other questions are whether it is legal for Westnet/iinetl to use an automatic
 payment system to pay itself before the customer receives an invoice and has
 the opportunity to query it, and whether it is legal for Westnet/iinet to pay
 itself and not send the customer an invoice.
 
 Note the use of the word send.
 
 If this new system has been introduced to avoid the possibility of any
 customer suffering an inconvenience because receipt of the invoice  and
 receipt of the receipt has caused the customer to exceed a monthly down load
 limit, how many more customers are inconvenienced by having to log on,
 navigate their way to the relevant webpage, and then download for themselves
 the invoice and tax receipt?
 
 The answer is that every customer is inconvenienced by being required to log
 on to (a) get the invoice and (b) log on again a few days later get the
 receipt.
 
 Can anyone suggest an internet service provider for whom a Valued Memberr is
 in fact, valued?
 
 Regards to all,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 





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Re: Westnet Invoices

2011-06-09 Thread Michael Hawkins

That's what my experience used to be, except that the invoice and the
receipt were attached to the respective emails. No logging in was required.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

From:  Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:49:32 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: Westnet Invoices

My experience too, more or less.  I get an email 1 or 2 of month reminding
me that the invoice is available to view, and I log in to do this.  On the 5
day I get an email with the paid invoice included.
Severin Crisp

On 10/06/2011, at 12:32 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi  Michael,

 I have not experienced what you have mentioned below.

 I¹m still receiving from Westnet an emailed Invoice on the 1st of the Month
 and then an emailed Receipt on the 5th of each Month.
 I don¹t have to login to my Account.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 10/06/2011, at 11:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Westnet has recently upgraded its invoicing system. It informed subscribers
 of the change by sending out an email with subject heading Your Westnet
 Phone Invoice. The email starts with the salutation Dear Valued Member.

 That is, of course, the generic indication that you are anything but.

 Until this month, each month Westnet has emailed an invoice followed a day or
 two later by a receipt.

 Westnet now requires that customers log on to their account by logging on. I
 don't know if all members have had the same difficulty

 I have had, but the invoices are not available to be viewed. Nor are
 receipts.

 Westnet's explanation is that:
 1. Customers have a download limit.
 2.  If invoices and receipts are sent out automatically by Westnet, that may
 cause the down load limit to be exceeded.
 3. Therefore, every customer must log-on and retrieve their account
 information, and then download it.
 4. When Westnet gets the new system working, customers will be able to view
 invoices and receipts on-line.
 The lack of logic is appalling.

 Alternatively, Westnet/Iiinet's lack of technical expertise has been exposed.

 If receipt of an email from Westnet took the customer over the download
 limit, why doesn't logging on and downloading the invoice have the same
 effect?

 The answer from Westnet is  that is because the download is within the Free
 zone.

 So, why isn't an email plus attachment sent by Westnet to the customer within
 the Free zone?

 Why has Westnet/iinet inflicted a new system on Valued Customers, before
 making sure the system works?

 Other questions are whether it is legal for Westnet/iinetl to use an
 automatic payment system to pay itself before the customer receives an
 invoice and has the opportunity to query it, and whether it is legal for
 Westnet/iinet to pay itself and not send the customer an invoice.

 Note the use of the word send.

 If this new system has been introduced to avoid the possibility of any
 customer suffering an inconvenience because receipt of the invoice  and
 receipt of the receipt has caused the customer to exceed a monthly down load
 limit, how many more customers are inconvenienced by having to log on,
 navigate their way to the relevant webpage, and then download for themselves
 the invoice and tax receipt?

 The answer is that every customer is inconvenienced by being required to log
 on to (a) get the invoice and (b) log on again a few days later get the
 receipt.

 Can anyone suggest an internet service provider for whom a Valued Memberr
 is in fact, valued?

 Regards to all,

 Michael Hawkins.

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Re: MBP Memory upgrade

2011-04-27 Thread Michael Hawkins

I bought a 4Gb module over the internet from OWC for $80, for a 17MacBook
Pro.
The website includes a video showing how to instal the RAM.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.

From:  lynn...@westnet.com.au
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:41:06 +0800 (WST)
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: MBP Memory upgrade

Hi Eugene

 

Might wanna try Craig bruce at MaxStyle...

 

Not sure if his south perth store is still there, but hes got another one in
myarree. on leach highway, next to JB hifi...

 


- Original Message -
From: Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Sent: Thursday, 28 April, 2011 12:11:45 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing /
Hong Kong / Urumqi
Subject: MBP Memory upgrade

Hi all,


I have looked at the archives and have had no success on this one.

Is there a local (Perth) store/dealer that is recommended for purchasing 4Gb
of memory for a MacBookPro 17 2008 model? It currently has 2 x 1Gb in the
slots. It is for a friend and she will need it installed.

Daniel is out of town at the moment and Macs4U are a bit pricey.

On a positive note she was experiencing intermittent computer display and
freezing problems and to me it looked like a graphics card error. She was
just 1 month out of a 3 year extended warranty. She went to the genius bar
this morning and Apple has come to the party and will perform a mother board
upgrade even though it is out of warranty. Good on you Apple!!

  Regards,

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Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

2011-03-03 Thread Michael Hawkins

8gig  (2x4gb) available from OWC for $US112.99 (8.0GB PC10600 1333MHZ SO Kit
(4GB + 4GB) w/Lifetime Warranty
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333DDR3S08S/ ).
Same site, Samsung 4gb ram for $US69.99 (4.0GB DDR3 PC3-10600 Upgrade
1333MHz SO-DIMM w/Lifetime Warranty
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333SAM3S4GB/ )

Regards,

Michael Hawkins

From:  Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com
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Date:  Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:28:25 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

Hi James and Reg, 8gig of RAM is available as a BTO option for the whole
range of MacBook Pros. It costs $240.00, even with the more powerful 17 or
15 machine. Just tried this on the online Apple Store. Cheers, Susan.

From:  James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:20:05 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

i'm in the process of buying the 2.3gig 17inch pro
antiglare: i have it on the powerbook  it's great because no interference
from enviroment mirrowing in the screen (eg your face or lights behind you)
2.3ghz: because when i buy i buy the most powerful i can get
8gig ram: a lot of newer apps consume alot of ram  normally you have 4 to 9
apps running @ once
750gig hd allows me to have a decent libray of movies docs, tech info 
other with me w/o add ballast
apple care: from experience new electronics does not last as long as in
earlier times (sometimes less then 1 year)
you may save  stay with 2.2ghz but i do recomment to go for the 8gig ram
cheers James


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 Hi all WAMUGgers
 
 Long time since I asked a question. I'm thinking of buying a new MacBook Pro
 15. 
 Is the 2.3GHz i7 option worth the extra dollars over the 2.2?
 What are experiences with glossy v anti-glare displays?
 Any other tips? 
 Will buy ed price and plan to salary sacrifice.
 
 Regards
 
 Reg
 
  
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Firefox v 4 warning

2011-02-03 Thread Michael Hawkins

This morning MacUpdate Desktop downloaded and installed Firefox v4 on my
MacBook OS 10.6.6.

Unfortunately, v4 overwrote v3 without importing useful items such as
bookmarks and preferences (including user names and passwords for various
web-sites).

Fortunately I had made a Time Machine back-up this morning.

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Office 2011, iPhoto

2011-02-02 Thread Michael Hawkins

I recently replace Office 2004 (including Entourage) with Office 2011
(including Outlook).

From my experience, it was a retrograde step.

I can no longer email photos from iPhoto '09: Outlook doesn't recognise them
or format them.

Bizarre things happen when I attempt to use Dragon Dictate v 2.0.2 in Word
2011: passages get shifted willy-nilly. Words are put in bold at random. And
then Dragon crashes.

And yes, I know Apple has Pages and Mail, but they're not always suitable in
a commercial environment.

I've tried the usual fixes such as repair permissions and restarting and
repairing permissions again. Hard drive is less than 50% full.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
MacBook Pro
OS 10.6.6
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM memory



PS :Thank you to those who responded to my earlier email regarding backing
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Removing Microsoft Office

2011-01-31 Thread Michael Hawkins

I have Office 2004 and Office 2011 installed on my MacBook Pro (OS 10.6.6).


Many of my emails and other documents on my computer were created or
received using Office 2004.

I want to tidy my hard drive up, but because I frequently have to look at
old files I have the following concerns:

1. If I remove Office 2004 will I still be able to read the 2004 era files
(including emails and contacts details) by using Office 2011?

2. Can I backup documents and emails to a DVD and then delete them from the
hard-drive?

3. I assume I should make the backup copies before I remove Office 2004. Is
this necessary (Ronni  please relax, I have made a backup using Time
Machine and another using SuperDuper already).

4. Can I use Super Duper to target a particular application or folder and
set it to backup only that application or folder?

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins.

17 MacBook Pro
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM

OS 10.4.6

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Re: Word 2011 for Macintosh

2010-12-23 Thread Michael Hawkins


Hi Bill,

I recently down-graded from Office 2004 to Office 2011, and I'm pulling my
hair out in frustration. It is so cumbersome, so bureaucratic and help is
so unavailable.

I've ordered a book from bookdepositary.co.uk, the name of which escapes
me but it's the only one available to buy and it won't be published until
January.


Regards and Merry Christmas,

Michael Hawkins.

On 24/12/10 11:36 AM, Bill Parker re...@westnet.com.au wrote:


I have been trying without success to find a decent help site for Word
2011.   Mactopia is poor compared to its counterpart for PC.


Any ideas?


Bill



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Re: MS Office for Mac 2011 full package

2010-12-01 Thread Michael Hawkins


I've been using Office 2011 for a fortnight or so. I regret making the
so-called upgrade from Office 2004. Compared with Entourage, Outlook is
cluttered and cumbersome.

Michael Hawkins
MacBook Pro 17
OS 10.6.5
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
4Gb SDRAM

On 1/12/10 3:56 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote:


Thanks Peter,

I have been looking at them. Just not sure whether to go for the student
version and use Mail or the full version and use Outlook. I have not been
a
Mail user so far.

Lloyd




 
 Hi Lloyd (again)
 Have a look on ebay, there are a few there quite cheap.
 Regards
 Peter
 On 01/12/2010, at 12:48 PM, Lloyd White wrote:
 
 
 MS lists the price for the full Office and Business application for
$379.
 I have searched the internet and found a Sydney firm mwave.com.au who
are
 offering it for $231 - and guaranteeing it to be the real deal.
 
 They appear to be a big business selling all sorts of computer stuff
 including Apple.
 
 
http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-39040553-Microsoft_Office_for_Mac_Home_and_B
usin
 ess_2011_Complete_package_1_install_DVD_M
 
 Before I buy, does anyone know anything about this firm or had any
dealings
 with them?
 
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wkresources

2010-11-22 Thread Michael Hawkins

I installed OS 10.6.5 last week, combo update.

On the same day, after updating Microsoft Office 2004, I installed Office
2011.

Before installing each of the updates, I backed up, repaired permissions,
restarted, repaired permissions again, installed the update, restarted,
repaired permissions again.

I went through that process first with the update to 10.6.5 and then when
installing Office 2011.

Office 2004 is still installed and will remain until I work out if Outlook
2011 will import the 3 different identities I had created in Entourage.

Now, each time I restart or startup the computer, trash contains an item
wkresources which is a 197kb unix executable file.

The computer seems to be running ok. Repairing permissions makes no
difference. Need I be concerned?

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins
MacBook Pro 17
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
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Re: wkresources

2010-11-22 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thank you Neil

From:  Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com
Reply-To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Date:  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:04:54 +0800
To:  WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject:  Re: wkresources

Hi Michael,

Google is your friend ;o)

It seems that this is currently a ³feature² of Office 2011  there is some
discussion of the issue here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12522158tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12522158tstart=0

I haven¹t read the whole thread, but it is suggested:
 It's coming from WLMKernel.framework, part of Office. It creates the file
 /private/var/folders/xx/yy/TemporaryItems//wkresources

 where xx and yy are specific to your machine. Pretty classy Microsoft, with
 the //.

 Anyway, it gets created every time a Microsoft Office app gets launched. Looks
 like all the crap that goes into .../TemporaryItems gets cleaned up when you
 quit the app, but wkresources doesn't get deleted.

 So it shows up in your trash as Recovered Files.

It doesn¹t seem to be a problem for anyone (apart from the WTF factor!)

Cheers

Neil
-- 
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com

on 23/11/10 9:43 AM, Michael Hawkins at michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au
wrote:

 I installed OS 10.6.5 last week, combo update.

 On the same day, after updating Microsoft Office 2004, I installed Office
 2011.

 Before installing each of the updates, I backed up, repaired permissions,
 restarted, repaired permissions again, installed the update, restarted,
 repaired permissions again.

 I went through that process first with the update to 10.6.5 and then when
 installing Office 2011.

 Office 2004 is still installed and will remain until I work out if Outlook
 2011 will import the 3 different identities I had created in Entourage.

 Now, each time I restart or startup the computer, trash contains an item
 wkresources which is a 197kb unix executable file.

 The computer seems to be running ok. Repairing permissions makes no
 difference. Need I be concerned?

 Thank you,

 Michael Hawkins
 MacBook Pro 17
 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
 4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM

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Re: Windows Snow Leopard

2010-10-05 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you Peter.


On 6/10/10 8:17 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

 
 
 On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks
 are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac,
 QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had
 trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on
 two that have Windows 7 installed.
 
 I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17
 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming
 the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot
 on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive?
 
 
 
 Notwithstanding the various considerations regarding the playability of the WV
 files on that CD, the answer to your original question is Yes, if you use
 virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VMWare or VirtualBox. All
 you need to do is designate the external drive as the location of your Virtual
 Machine when you are creating it. It is also possible to create the VM on your
 internal HD, move it to your external drive, then tell your software the new
 location.
 
 
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Windows Snow Leopard

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks
are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac,
QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had
trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on
two that have Windows 7 installed.

I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17
MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming
the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot
on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive?

Regards and thanks in anticipation,

Michael Hawkins
MacBook Pro
OS 10.6.4
2.4 GHz core 2 Duo
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Re: Windows Snow Leopard

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks for responding, Ronda.

 iTunes opens but only 7 of the 100 or so recordings are detected even
though I have selected import.

Regards,

Michael.


On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 
 On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks
 are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac,
 QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had
 trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on
 two that have Windows 7 installed.
 
 I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17
 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming
 the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot
 on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive?
 
 Regards and thanks in anticipation,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 MacBook Pro
 OS 10.6.4
 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo
 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
 
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Won't the WAV files play in iTunes?
 iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into
 trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution (e.g.,
 voice recorder) WAVs.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
 
 OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Windows Snow Leopard

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks Mark.

Yes, I'd tried VLC but forgot to include it in the list.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 5/10/10 12:22 PM, Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au wrote:

 
 Try using VLC... It's not just a video player and I've had it open some so
 called standard video and audio formats that both Quicktime and WMP
 
 
 On 5/10/10 11:12 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 
 On 05/10/2010, at 10:52 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I have a cd of which about 7 out of 100 tracks play on my Apple. The tracks
 are wav format. I have latest version of windows media player, flip for mac,
 QuickTime pro, QuickTime 7 and Perian installed. OS is 10.6.4. I have had
 trouble getting the cd to play on Windows computers, but have succeeded on
 two that have Windows 7 installed.
 
 I'm reluctant to install Windows OS and software on the hard drive of my 17
 MacBook Pro. Can it be installed on an external hard-drive, and (assuming
 the cd works) will I be able to listen to it by putting it in the dvd slot
 on my MacBook and using Windows on the external drive?
 
 Regards and thanks in anticipation,
 
 Michael Hawkins
 MacBook Pro
 OS 10.6.4
 2.4 GHz core 2 Duo
 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
 
 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Won't the WAV files play in iTunes?
 iTunes is usually fine with CD-quality (44/16) WAV files, but often runs into
 trouble either with higher resolution (e.g., 96/24) or lower resolution
 (e.g.,
 voice recorder) WAVs.
 
 
 Cheers,
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Re: Windows Snow Leopard

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks Neil,

Unfortunately I can't do anything which may affect the integrity of the
recording.

Regards,

Michael.


On 5/10/10 1:33 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:

 
 Hi Ronni, Hi Michael,
 
 I wouldn't think it would be a commercial music CD with 100 wav files on it
 ;o) 
 
 I would think that someone has created this on a (Windows?) PC - and maybe
 they used some strange encoding parameters.
 
 Michael, You say you can play it only on a couple of Windows PCs that have
 Windows 7 installed - will Itunes for Windows, running on these Windows 7
 machines import the tracks?
 
 Either way, if Mark's suggestion of VLC doesn't work (or if it's an easier
 route for your situation) I would think your best bet would be to get the CD
 in one of the Windows 7 machines that plays it OK and then re-encode it in a
 standard format to suit you - mp3 or whatever you prefer.
 
 
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Dragon Dictate for Mac upgrade

2010-09-28 Thread Michael Hawkins


I refer to order #73166 for Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0 Upgrade plus wireless
headset.

You have charged me too much for the upgrade, but because your invoice does
not comply with Australian requirements and disclose the amount on which GST
is charged, I cannot work out how you got to the amount that you have
charged.

GST is 10% of the value of the product or service on which GST is payable.
According to your upgrade webpage, I should be charged $179 for the upgrade,
of which $16.27 is payable for GST.

According to invoice #73166 you have charged me as follows:
Ex tax price $162.73
Total (inc) $179.01 (which is 162.73 x 110%)
Shipping:   $24.20
Credit card fee: $4.47
GST 10%: 18.88
Total: 207.88

Please send me an invoice which complies with Australian Taxation Office
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Wav files

2010-08-30 Thread Michael Hawkins


I have been sent a disc, some contents of which are rtf format and some wav
format.

I can read the rtf items but cannot play the wav items.

I have tried latest versions of iTunes, QuickTime, QuickTime 7, VLC, Rip It
and Handbrake, without any success.

The disc also contains content in html format. Whenever I click on what
looks like a link, an opaque black blind covers the screen and I get a
message telling me to turn the computer off by pressing the power button.

Any suggestions, before I send the disc back?

MacBook Pro 17
OS 10.6.4
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you Adrian - but do you mind telling me how? Spotlight for me seems to
search the hard-drive only, and not a dvd which is displayed on desktop.


On 4/8/10 1:46 PM, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com wrote:

 
 It does for me.
 
 
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 I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you Adrian.
After restarting my computer and repairing permissions, Spotlight now lists
items on the DVD.


On 4/8/10 2:52 PM, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com wrote:

 
 I tried several DVDs including a windows only one and an external drive, it
 found what I asked for each time,  however, I had to click on Show All for it
 to tell me where it was.  I'm using Snow Leopard 10.6.4 in an iMac, what
 system are you using?
 
 
 Adrian
 http://www.skehan.id.au/
 
 
 
 
 
 On 04/08/2010, at 1:58 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 Thank you Adrian - but do you mind telling me how? Spotlight for me seems to
 search the hard-drive only, and not a dvd which is displayed on desktop.
 
 
 On 4/8/10 1:46 PM, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com wrote:
 
 
 It does for me.
 
 
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 http://www.skehan.id.au/
 
 
 
 
 
 On 04/08/2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been
 saved
 to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
 
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

2010-08-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you James. I may have been trigger happy with my first request, as the
DVD contained over 5500 pages of documents and Spotlight might not have
indexed them when I made the first couple of attempts to search the DVd.

I was also confused by the fact that the Spotlight window referred to the
internal hard-drive and, in preferences, referred to folders and so on on
the drive, but did not refer to the dvd.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


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 basically it canbut you may have to add the dvd volume to the
 searchable items...
 i actually just tested it osx.4.11:
 put the dvd in, start spotlight after the volume logo is on the
 desktop, then type in the search term...that's it
 James
 
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Can Spotlight search a DVD

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Hawkins


I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?

Thank you,

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Re: * IMPORTANT NOTICE *

2010-05-31 Thread Michael Hawkins


I paid $30.00 last week using Paymate via WAMUG url and received an
acknowledgment of payment, including date, amount and that it was paid to
WAMUG.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


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Re: Paid

2010-05-31 Thread Michael Hawkins


I'm not such a Mac fanatic that I want to look at endless pictures of nude
Macs.

Michael.


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Effect of OS 10.6.3

2010-04-26 Thread Michael Hawkins


I had been using MacSpeech Dictate v1.5.8 using a usb microphone for a few
months before I installed Mac OS 10.6.3 combo update, and had been using a
Bluetooth Apple keyboard for a few weeks.

MacSpeech and the key board seem to be error-ridden since I installed OS
10.6.3.

MacSpeech is less accurate.

There seems to be a delay from time to time with the Apple wireless key
board, letters appear out of order in words and incongruous letters appear.
Spaces aren't where they should be - it's as if there is a delayed reaction
to input at times..

I've removed and reinstalled MacSpeech and removed MacSpeech preferences and
when I installed the combo update I did all the usual things such as quit
all applications, repaired permissions, restarted the computer before
installing, restarted the computer after installing. The forum for number of
MacSpeech users has a number of postings from users who have had trouble
having their micro-phones recognised or detected since installing OS 10.6.3.
Could it be that the usb ports are less sensitive, perhaps, or have others
been left with the impression that 10.6.3 has fractured (if not busted) a
few things?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
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OS 10.6.3
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Erratic wireless connection

2010-03-30 Thread Michael Hawkins


I have two questions.

First is to do with an internet connection that drops out after about an
hour.

In my CBD office I have a Linksys Wireless-G modem model WAG54G and a
MacBook Pro OS 10.6.2.

I use a wireless connection between the computer and the modem. The only
wires connected to the modem are the phone line (through a filter) and power
cord.

The menu bar on the computer shows 5 bar connection with the modem, but
after about an hour of use I get an error message saying that Entourage
cannot find the server, and a message on Safari saying that I am not
connected to the internet. Westnet reports that I am connected even when the
computer reports tat there is no internet connection

The computer remains connected for hours on end when I use it at home.

When there is no internet connection lights that are solidly alight on the
modem are labelled Power, Ethernet 2, WLAN. The light labelled DSL  blinks.

When there is an internet connection, the light labelled Ethernet 2 is not
alight, and the lights labelled WLAN, DSL and Internet are alight solidly.

Each time connection fails I unplug the modem, let it sit for a while, and
then reconnect.

Am I right in thinking that there is a fault in the modem?

(I have not pressed the reset button. Not because I'm lazy, but because I
can't find the manual and cannot remember the numbers to enter into the url
address bar in the browser.)

Now for my second question.

I am fortunate in that as well as being able to connect to Westnet via a
phone point in my office which is a direct phone line, I can connect to a
different network via an ethernet (totally separate from my personal isp
connection and using different access port in the skirting board).

At the moment I run an ethernet cable from the port in the skirting board to
the ethernet port in my computer.

Could I instead run that cable to the Linksys modem (which has 4 ethernet
ports), and then use a wireless connection between the computer and the
modem?

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Re: Preview's Hidden Powers

2010-03-18 Thread Michael Hawkins


Neil,

It's nice to know I'm not going crazy.

Michael.


On 19/3/10 10:08 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:

 
 Hi Michael and Ronni,
 
 I have the same problem with Preview - from memory it's been there pretty
 much since day 1 on my new machine with SL 10.6 - although, since it is
 somewhat intermittent, I can't be sure about that.
 
 
 A bit more info/description of the problem:
 
 Heres a typical example, this morning I get an email with an attached .jpg
 (a concert flier, from a reputable source)
 
 Within Entourage, I double click the attachment and it opens in Preview -
 with a blank window - however (and this is common to all instances of the
 problem) if I show the sidebar, a correct thumbnail of the poster can be
 seen in the sidebar.
 
 I drag the attachment to the desktop - so now I have a new copy of the .jpg
 on my desktop - it has a proper icon showing the poster, quicklook shows the
 poster just fine but double-clicking the icon opens it in Preview and the
 problem is still there (sidebar thumbnail OK, main window blank).
 
 So I tried Ronni's sugestion (in fact, just to be sure, I also dragged the
 com.apple.preview.bookmarks.plist and
 com.apple.preview.LSSharedFileList.plist files to the desktop).
 
 Re-started Preview and opened the file by double clicking - problem still
 there. Then I tried using File/Open Recent from Preview to open the file -
 problem still there.
 
 Now, here's where it gets interesting - somewhere along the way I had found
 a solution which seems to work for me:
 
 I quit and re-launched Preview (don't think there is any significance to
 this, but I did anyway!) then used File/Open from Preview, navigated to the
 file on my desktop and opened it and Voilà - now the poster shows in the
 main window.
 
 Most strange - why does open work when open recent doesn't - however, so
 far, this approach seems to work for me.
 
 The good thing, which makes the whole problem more of a minor irritation
 than a major pain, is that having once opened OK, the file seems to behave
 itself, ie double clicking it now shows the poster OK in the main window.
 
 Also interestingly, it seems to have fixed it for both versions off the
 file, ie after opening the file dragged to the desktop (thus fixing that)
 double-clicking on the original attachment (in the email in Enourage) also
 opens OK now.
 
 As I say, the problem only occurs with some files - I first noticed it with
 some scans I did - but I've also seen it with email attachments and files
 off the web.
 
 With ref to Ronni's second question, I am not running Preview in 32-bit mode
 - why? Should I be? Is this a known problem running in 64-bit mode that is
 solved by running in 32-bit? - or were you wondering if the problem was
 caused by running in 32-bit?
 
 Since Apple obviously revised Preview quite significantly with SL, I guess I
 just figured it was a Preview bug that would get ironed out over time - and,
 yes, my system is up-to-date ;)
 
 Anyway, Michael, it might be worth trying that with your problem files - ie
 instead of double-clicking or whatever, just open preview first and use the
 file?open command and navigate to the file to open it - and see if:
 
 1) the file then opens OK (ie not the blank grey screen)
 2) the solution then sticks (ie subsequent opening by double-clicking is
 then OK)
 
 That would then tend to confirm that it is the same problem.
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
 Neil




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Re: Printing a webpage

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you to all who replied so promptly. I had been tearing my hair out:
print gave me extraneous material and links wand was not an accurate
reproduction of the page; PDF gave the same result; Grab meant that the
page wouldn't fit on an A4 page; but the winner was . Ronni. Command -
Shift -4 meant I could capture exactly what I wanted including the menu bar,
URL, and foot of page.

Regards,

Michael.


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 Hi Eugene,
 
 That's also correct in Safari 4 as well, but it only gives the web address as
 a footer at the bottom of the page.
 I think what Michael is wanting is a complete 'picture' of the webpage showing
 the URL at the top.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 17/03/2010, at 1:05 PM, Eugene wrote:
 
 Hi
 
 I'm using the latest incarnation of Firefox (3.6) and in the print dialog box
 it allows me to place headers and footers on each page with such things as
 URL, Page # of #, Title, Date/Time etc.
 
  Regards,
  Eugene
 
 
 On 17/03/2010, at 12:12 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:
 
 
 Many web pages have special style sheets to manage printing.
 You can try the PDF options button at the bottom left of the print
 dialog to save the page as a PDF and see if this gives you what you
 want.
 
 If you want an exact representation, use Cmd Shift 4 to capture the
 region of the screen displaying the web page. You may need to get
 several shots if the page is long, and put the pieces together in
 Keynote or some other app.
 
 Glenn Nicholas
 OM4 ::
 
 
 On 17 March 2010 11:17, Michael Hawkins
 michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote:
 
 I am want to print a webpage, but cannot manage to do it. Web Page prints
 as
 segments and does not show URL, even when I use Mail.
 
 
 I have tried Safari 4.05 and Firefox 3.6 into Entourage 11.4 and Mail 4.2
 OS
 10.6.2, MacBook Pro 2.4HHz Intel Core 2 Duo
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Preview's Hidden Powers

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Hawkins


Preview is problematic on my computer, because frequently a grey screen is
all that is displayed when I open something in Preview. However, by using
Print command in Preview the item I have opened will print.

I haven't been disciplined enough to not what does and what does not behave
this way - my exasperation level is usually too high - but it includes
photos exported from iPhoto to the desktop as well as jpg and tif and tiff.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 18/3/10 9:24 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi People,
 
 After Peter's comments about Preview, I felt perhaps some people are unaware
 of what a very good application Preview is.
 Quite some time ago Kirk McElhearn, Macworld published this article.
 In the original document there are a couple of images, which I have excluded
 due to WAMUG Mailing list not wanting attachments sent to the List.
 -
 Preview¹s hidden powers
 8 things you didn¹t know you could do with this built-in tool
 
 by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld.com
 
 Apple¹s Preview is more than just a fast and efficient program for reading
 PDFs, viewing graphics, and running slide shows. The version that comes with
 Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has some powerful features stashed away in its menus.
 Now you can enhance your images, annotate and merge PDFs, print multiple
 images on one page, and moreall without opening a specialised (and often
 expensive) image editor or PDF tool. Read on to discover eight great things
 you can do with Preview.
 
 1. Annotate PDFs
 One of the best things about Adobe¹s Portable Document Format (PDF) is that it
 allows you to share documents while making sure that everyone sees the same
 layout, even if the recipients don¹t own the software that created the
 document. You can create PDF files from the Print dialog box of any Mac OS X
 program and then send them to friends and colleagues. In the past, if you had
 detailed comments about the PDFs your colleagues sent you, you were stuckyou
 couldn¹t change the text, so you had to put your suggestions in another file,
 such as an e-mail message. Alternatively, someone in your group had to buy a
 copy of Adobe¹s $449 Acrobat Professional 8 to allow you all to add comments
 directly to the file.
 
 But Leopard¹s Preview lets you add notes, highlight and strike through text,
 or use ovals and rectangles to call attention to specific sections of the
 page. You can even add links to other pages in a document or to Web sites.
 Best of all, other PDF readersincluding both Mac OS X and Windows versions of
 Adobe Acrobat Readercan view all of these annotations.
 
 To begin, open any PDF in Preview and then choose Tools: Annotate. A submenu
 gives you four options: Add Oval, Add Rectangle, Add Note, and Add Link. Use
 either the oval or the rectangle shape to draw attention to specific elements
 on the page (see ³Share Comments²). Select the one you want in the menu and
 then click and drag to draw. Select the shape on the page and drag it around
 to position it precisely, or drag one of its corners to resize it.
 
 Share Comments: Preview lets you mark up your documents through a variety of
 annotation tools, including ovals and notes.
 
 To add comments, choose Add Note and then click where you want the note to
 appear; you¹ll see a small yellow icon that looks like a speech bubble. Place
 this wherever you like. Enter your text in the yellow box that appears in the
 margin. To move a note¹s icon later, double-click on it. A dark box around the
 icon means that it¹s selected. You can then drag it to a new location.
 
 Want to link to a Web page that explains something in more depth, or to a note
 or table at the end of a document? Choose Add Link and then click and drag to
 create a link box over the text or area you want to link to something else.
 (You can also select some text and then choose Add Link, to have the link
 applied to the selected text.) When you do this, an Inspector appears, with
 the Annotations tab selected. Click on the Action menu and choose either Link
 Within PDF if you want to link to another page in the document, or URL to link
 to an external Web page. To complete the link within your document, scroll to
 the page you want as the target and then click on Set Destination. To link to
 a URL, type the full address in the URL text field (including http:// ) and
 click on Set URL. Save and close the file, and when you reopen it, the link
 will be active.
 
 One big downside to using Preview¹s links is that they aren¹t indicated in
 PDFs. (If you happen to pass a cursor over the spot, it will change from an
 arrow to a hand.) Make sure readers don¹t miss yours by underlining the text
 or highlighting the area with an oval or rectangle.
 
 To mark up the text, select some text in the document and then choose Tools:
 Mark Up. (Hold down the option key while selecting, to choose text in a
 column.) Pick from options including Highlight Text, Strike Through Text, and
 Underline Text

Re: Preview's Hidden Powers

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Hawkins


Whoops, forgot to say
OS 10.6.2
MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Preview is problematic on my computer, because frequently a grey screen is
all that is displayed when I open something in Preview. However, by using
Print command in Preview the item I have opened will print.

I haven't been disciplined enough to not what does and what does not behave
this way - my exasperation level is usually too high - but it includes
photos exported from iPhoto to the desktop as well as jpg and tif and tiff.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 18/3/10 9:24 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi People,
 
 After Peter's comments about Preview, I felt perhaps some people are unaware
 of what a very good application Preview is.
 Quite some time ago Kirk McElhearn, Macworld published this article.
 In the original document there are a couple of images, which I have excluded
 due to WAMUG Mailing list not wanting attachments sent to the List.
 -
 Preview¹s hidden powers
 8 things you didn¹t know you could do with this built-in tool
 
 by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld.com
 
 Apple¹s Preview is more than just a fast and efficient program for reading
 PDFs, viewing graphics, and running slide shows. The version that comes with
 Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has some powerful features stashed away in its menus.
 Now you can enhance your images, annotate and merge PDFs, print multiple
 images on one page, and moreall without opening a specialised (and often
 expensive) image editor or PDF tool. Read on to discover eight great things
 you can do with Preview.
 
 1. Annotate PDFs
 One of the best things about Adobe¹s Portable Document Format (PDF) is that it
 allows you to share documents while making sure that everyone sees the same
 layout, even if the recipients don¹t own the software that created the
 document. You can create PDF files from the Print dialog box of any Mac OS X
 program and then send them to friends and colleagues. In the past, if you had
 detailed comments about the PDFs your colleagues sent you, you were stuckyou
 couldn¹t change the text, so you had to put your suggestions in another file,
 such as an e-mail message. Alternatively, someone in your group had to buy a
 copy of Adobe¹s $449 Acrobat Professional 8 to allow you all to add comments
 directly to the file.
 
 But Leopard¹s Preview lets you add notes, highlight and strike through text,
 or use ovals and rectangles to call attention to specific sections of the
 page. You can even add links to other pages in a document or to Web sites.
 Best of all, other PDF readersincluding both Mac OS X and Windows versions of
 Adobe Acrobat Readercan view all of these annotations.
 
 To begin, open any PDF in Preview and then choose Tools: Annotate. A submenu
 gives you four options: Add Oval, Add Rectangle, Add Note, and Add Link. Use
 either the oval or the rectangle shape to draw attention to specific elements
 on the page (see ³Share Comments²). Select the one you want in the menu and
 then click and drag to draw. Select the shape on the page and drag it around
 to position it precisely, or drag one of its corners to resize it.
 
 Share Comments: Preview lets you mark up your documents through a variety of
 annotation tools, including ovals and notes.
 
 To add comments, choose Add Note and then click where you want the note to
 appear; you¹ll see a small yellow icon that looks like a speech bubble. Place
 this wherever you like. Enter your text in the yellow box that appears in the
 margin. To move a note¹s icon later, double-click on it. A dark box around the
 icon means that it¹s selected. You can then drag it to a new location.
 
 Want to link to a Web page that explains something in more depth, or to a note
 or table at the end of a document? Choose Add Link and then click and drag to
 create a link box over the text or area you want to link to something else.
 (You can also select some text and then choose Add Link, to have the link
 applied to the selected text.) When you do this, an Inspector appears, with
 the Annotations tab selected. Click on the Action menu and choose either Link
 Within PDF if you want to link to another page in the document, or URL to link
 to an external Web page. To complete the link within your document, scroll to
 the page you want as the target and then click on Set Destination. To link to
 a URL, type the full address in the URL text field (including http:// ) and
 click on Set URL. Save and close the file, and when you reopen it, the link
 will be active.
 
 One big downside to using Preview¹s links is that they aren¹t indicated in
 PDFs. (If you happen to pass a cursor over the spot, it will change from an
 arrow to a hand.) Make sure readers don¹t miss yours by underlining the text
 or highlighting the area with an oval or rectangle.
 
 To mark up the text, select some text in the document and then choose Tools:
 Mark Up. (Hold down the option key while selecting, to choose text in a
 column.) Pick from options

Printing a webpage

2010-03-16 Thread Michael Hawkins


I am want to print a webpage, but cannot manage to do it. Web Page prints as
segments and does not show URL, even when I use Mail.


I have tried Safari 4.05 and Firefox 3.6 into Entourage 11.4 and Mail 4.2 OS
10.6.2, MacBook Pro 2.4HHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Regards,

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Re: Camcorders and compatibility with Macs

2010-02-25 Thread Michael Hawkins


In Snow Leopard, the camcorder may not show up on the desktop, and iMovie
may not automatically open (unlike iPhoto), and so you may find you have to
go into iMovie and import the movie from the camcorder.

In other words, don't despair if there is no obvious indication that the
computer has sensed that the camera is connected to it.

Another example of SL working in strange and mysterious ways.

Michael Hawkins.


On 26/2/10 12:39 PM, Darrel McGuiness dmcguin...@tawarri.id.au wrote:

 
 I am considering purchasing a camcorder and thought that a Panasonic SDR-H85
 appeared a good choice.
 However I would appreciate any advice on how compatible it, or any other,
 would be with OS10.
 My setup is Imac 2.93 and OS10.6.2
 
 Thanks
 Darrel
 
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Re: Recording voiceover in iMovie 09 - external microphone

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Hawkins


Marlene,

Have you tried a USB microphone?

Have you plugged the microphone you have in then gone to System Preferences
 Sound and selected the device in Input?

Gone to System Preferences  Speech, selected the microphone in the drop
down menu located just below settings Commands  and pressed Calibrate
and the calibrated the microphone?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 12/2/10 5:18 PM, Marlene Oostryck oostr...@optusnet.com.au wrote:

 Hello all
 
 I am new to Mac (Oct 09) but have had many years making very
 successful digital stories using Photo Story 3 on PCs.
 I changed to a Mac (the best decision ever) and am now making my first
 DVD with iMovie.
 
 I have - iMac 24 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (10.5.8)
 
 All has gone very well to date - have edited 1700 photos in iPhoto,
 selected 220 for my first DVD in iMovie, put in Ken Burns effect, have
 written a script to go with the digital story and am now having
 difficulty recording a voiceover using an external microphone.
 
 I can record using the iMac in-built microphone but am not happy with
 the sound quality and would prefer to use an external mic:
 
   Logitech ClearChat stereo (with headphones ). (checked on a PC - is
 working correctly)
 
 I have plugged the external mic into the audio In and the
 headphone ports on the back of the iMac.
 
 I have also reset : Apple/Systems Preferences/Sound/Input/Built-in
 Input.
 
 I have searched Mac Help, my Mac books and Google but have not been
 able to come up with anything.
 
 Any advice would be appreciated.
 
 Regards
 
 
 Marlene Oostryck
 Ph: 9430 8006
 oostr...@optusnet.com.au
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Google Earth Snow Leopard

2010-01-12 Thread Michael Hawkins


Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get
is a murky screen splattered with camera icons.

I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website
down load page.

The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build
Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2.

OS is 10.6.2

17 MacBook Pro
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill?
Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look
at an address in Perth!

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Re: Google Earth Snow Leopard

2010-01-12 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks Ronni and Justin,

The answer to my problem was to disable the application NetBarrier X5.

Thank you for your suggestions,

Michael.


On 12/1/10 6:54 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 
 On 12/01/2010, at 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 Since installing Snow Leopard, when I attempt to use Google Earth, all I get
 is a murky screen splattered with camera icons.
 
 I have removed Google Earth and downloaded it afresh via the Apple website
 down load page.
 
 The About data for Google Earth lists it as version 5.1.3533.1731 Build
 Date Nov 11 2009 OS 10.6.2.
 
 OS is 10.6.2
 
 17 MacBook Pro
 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
 
 Is it just a matter of patience needed on my part for a cache to fill?
 Personally, I'd have thought that an hour was more than long enough to look
 at an address in Perth!
 
 Hi Michael,
 I'm using that version of Google Earth in Snow Leopard and it works perfectly,
 very clear images.
 
 You have not gone into  Enter Flight Simulator under Tools have you?
 Have you checked your Google Earth Preferences?
 3D View True Colour (32 bit)
 
 
 Cheers,
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
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OT: Mobile phone tethering

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Hawkins


I'm out of contract for mobile broadband and about to come out of contract
for a mobile phone. I thought that because my mobile broadband dongle
contained a sim card I assumed it could be used in a mobile phone (and
vice-versa), and so have been trying find out if all I need to do to connect
to the internet is to plug my mobile phone into my Mac's usb port, and dial
up. Is that what tethering is, and if so, who offers it and what phones
can be used?

Regards,

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Re: OT: Mobile phone tethering

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you Gav. 

It's been a while since I've tried Bluetooth. It used to work wonderfully
well but seemed to stop doing so for me after one of the OS 10.5 updates.
The cynic in me thought it was a deliberate plot to drive people to purchase
iPhones, but I never could understand my logic for thinking that.

Now I'm using SL, I'll give Bluetooth another go.

Cheers,

Michael.


On 8/12/09 10:54 AM, Gavin Criddle gcrid...@mac.com wrote:

 
 Hi Michael,
 
 If you phone has Bluetooth, you can connect to the data connection that way.
 
 Regards,
 
 Gav
 
 On 08/12/2009, at 10:50 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I'm out of contract for mobile broadband and about to come out of contract
 for a mobile phone. I thought that because my mobile broadband dongle
 contained a sim card I assumed it could be used in a mobile phone (and
 vice-versa), and so have been trying find out if all I need to do to connect
 to the internet is to plug my mobile phone into my Mac's usb port, and dial
 up. Is that what tethering is, and if so, who offers it and what phones
 can be used?
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
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Re: Help please is this spam ?

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Hawkins


Westnet has a spam filter. If you forward the email to
is-s...@westnet.com.au it will help refine the filter.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 3/12/09 12:46 PM, Malcolm McCallum doc...@westnet.com.au wrote:

 
 I have 6mailer-dae...@outbound-mail-317.bluehost.com failure
 notices which I do not understand can anyone enlighten me please.?
 
 Mac
 From:  mailer-dae...@outbound-mail-317.bluehost.com
 Subject:  failure notice
 
 Date:  3 December 2009 10:53:49 AM
 
 To:  doc...@westnet.com.au
 Hi. This is the qmail-send program at outbound-mail-111.bluehost.com.
 I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
 addresses.
 This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
 
 mbvk...@rambler.ru:
 81.19.66.234 does not like recipient.
 Remote host said: 550 5.1.1 mbvk...@rambler.ru: Recipient address
 rejected: user not found
 Giving up on 81.19.66.234.
 
 mbvo...@rambler.ru:
 81.19.66.234 does not like recipient.
 Remote host said: 550 5.1.1 mbvo...@rambler.ru: Recipient address
 rejected: user not found
 Giving up on 81.19.66.234.
 
 --- Enclosed are the original headers of the message.
 
 From: doc...@westnet.com.au
 Date: 3 December 2009 5:44:17 AM
 To: mb...@rambler.ru
 Subject: Ïðîñòè, õåìóëü
 Reply-To: doc...@westnet.com.au
 
 
 (Body supressed)
 
 
 
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Repairing Permissions

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Hawkins


Repairing permissions results in the following warning. Should I be doing
anything?

Warning: SUID file 
System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AR
DAgent has been modified and will not be repaired.


Thank you,

Michael Hawkins
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Snow Leopard compatible phones

2009-11-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


I'm about to replace my phone. Nokia appeals. Are they (or any other brand
other than iPhone) compatible with Snow Leopard?

Thanks,

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Re: Driver for Canon Digital Camcorder

2009-11-04 Thread Michael Hawkins


A belated Thank You to Ronni and Peter.

To summaries, I have a Canon DV MV920 camcorder and, when using Leopard,
appeared on the desktop and downloaded in Apple's straight forward and
obvious manner,  but didn't appear to be recognised when I tried connecting
the camera to the MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.

However, by using iMovie, I am able to import the tape from the Canon DV
camcorder even though the camcorder does not appear on the desktop or show
up as an icon on iMovie.

The process involved when using Snow Leopard is to connect the camera to the
MacBook Pro, start iMovie, got to File then click on Import from Camera.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
OS 10.6.1
IMovie '09


On 30/10/09 8:15 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

 
 
 On 29/10/2009, at 3:58 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 I have a Canon digital video camcorder model MV920 (mini DV tape).
 
 It doesn't show up on my computer when I connect it via Firewire.
 Neither
 Apple nor Canon appear to have any drivers for the camera, yet the
 manual
 deals with connection to a Mac.
 
 I suspect it's a casualty of Snow Leopard, but does anyone have any
 solution
 
 
 
 I know this probably doesn't help, but my (now getting on a bit) JVC
 GR-D73AA, also a mini DV tape model, connects just fine in iMovie 09
 under Snow Leopard*. I would have thought that Canon would work just
 as well. I mention it really just to suggest that I doubt very much if
 it's a Snow Leopard issue.
 
 
 *Note that it does not show up in the Finder: only as an available
 data source in iMovie.
 
 --
 
 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948
 
 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Driver for Canon Digital Camcorder

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Hawkins


I have a Canon digital video camcorder model MV920 (mini DV tape).

It doesn't show up on my computer when I connect it via Firewire. Neither
Apple nor Canon appear to have any drivers for the camera, yet the manual
deals with connection to a Mac.

I suspect it's a casualty of Snow Leopard, but does anyone have any solution

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins
17 MacBook Pro  
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
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FW: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Hawkins

-- Forwarded Message
From: Christopher Shanahan cshana...@francisburt.com.au
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:37:25 +0800
To: Michael Hawkins michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au
Subject: Re: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

Dear Michael,

I have partially solved the problem using a Gutenprint v5.2.4 driver,
some functions are imperfect but basic printing services restored.

Thanks to you and all the contributors.

Regards,

Chris

On 06/10/2009, at 5:29 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 -- Forwarded Message
 From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
 Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:24:44 +0800
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Re: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

 Hi David,

 I suggested this back in my email Re: HP LaserJet driver on
 02/10/2009  9:55AM.
  Setup via Static IP address using the HP JetDirect Socket Protocol
 and the HP LaserJet P2010 - Gutenprint v5.2.4 drivers.
 Don't know if Michael's colleague tried it though.

 HP are well known for taking around 6 months before they update their
 printer drivers for a new OS.
 One of the reason I have never purchased a HP Printer.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 06/10/2009, at 4:34 PM, David Moyle wrote:

 Afternoon Michael,

 I did some quick investigation and there is some Gutenprint drivers
 avaiable for this model printed. Shocked that there is no dedicated
 drivers for a relatively new printer! You can always try with the
 Gutenprint drivers, may have some success! :)

 Thanks

 David Moyle
 Systems Technician
 Apple, Windows, Cisco
 --
 Western Australia
 Mb: 0427 888 257

 On 06/10/2009, at 10:41 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 My colleague with the one year old  HP Laserjet printer P2014N
 which will
 not work now that Snow Leopard has been installed on his latest
 model iMac
 wants to uninstall SL and reinstall Leopard.

 Can that be done by simply installing Leopard as the OS?

 His iMac has two internal hard-drives, on only one of which he has
 installed
 SL. Would it be safe for him to back up his work on the SL drive to
 the
 Leopard drive?

 Thank you,

 Michael Hawkins.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard

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Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Hawkins


My colleague with the one year old  HP Laserjet printer P2014N which will
not work now that Snow Leopard has been installed on his latest model iMac
wants to uninstall SL and reinstall Leopard.

Can that be done by simply installing Leopard as the OS?

His iMac has two internal hard-drives, on only one of which he has installed
SL. Would it be safe for him to back up his work on the SL drive to the
Leopard drive?

Thank you,

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Re: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thank you Ronni,

I think I'll quietly disappear from the office for 10 days or so.

Regards,

Michael.


On 6/10/09 12:02 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 Hi Michael,
 
 Reverting to an older system is never pleasant, but if he backed up
 his Leopard System, before he installed Snow Leopard, it can be
 relatively straightforward.
 A) If before upgrading to Snow Leopard, he created a bootable
 duplicate of his old Leopard System on an external firewire drive (or
 another volume).
 Follow these steps below:
 
 1. If he modified any documents while working in Snow Leopard,be sure
 to save a copy of these documents onto another volume before restoring
 your cloned system.
 
 2. Startup your Mac from a volume other than the one containing Snow
 Leopard.
 This can be the hard disk or partition where your duplicate system
 exists, or any other volume with a valid Mac OS X System.
 
 3. Launch your backup program (such as SuperDuper or Carbon Copy
 Cloner). Follow the program's instructions for making a bootable
 duplicate, choose the volume where the duplicate exists as the
 Source. For the Destination (or Target), choose the volume
 containing Snow Leopard.
 
 4. Start the backup.
 
 5. When the backup finishes, choose the newly restored volume in the
 Startup Disk preference pane and restart.
 
 Your computer should now be running your previous system again.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
 
 
 
 On 06/10/2009, at 10:41 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 My colleague with the one year old  HP Laserjet printer P2014N which
 will
 not work now that Snow Leopard has been installed on his latest
 model iMac
 wants to uninstall SL and reinstall Leopard.
 
 Can that be done by simply installing Leopard as the OS?
 
 His iMac has two internal hard-drives, on only one of which he has
 installed
 SL. Would it be safe for him to back up his work on the SL drive to
 the
 Leopard drive?
 
 Thank you,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
 
 
 
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Waterproof wireless speakers and other devices

2009-10-03 Thread Michael Hawkins

Thanks Ronni.

This reminds me of the goggles that incorporate lcd screens. The coach can
be 50 metres away filming a rower using a video camera with a wireless
transmitter The camera transmits the image to the goggle-wearing rower who
is able to see what he or she is doing, and adjust technique accordingly. A
tad disconcerting because what the athlete sees is a slightly delayed image.

Regards,

Michael.


On 3/10/09 5:16 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Michael,
 This could be handy for your coaching.
  http://www.baysportsaustralia.com.au/headzone.htm
 http://www.baysportsaustralia.com.au/headzone.htm
 http://www.baysportsaustralia.com.au/headzone.htm
 http://www.baysportsaustralia.com.au/headzone.htm
 
 For wireless waterproof speakers. I did a search on google for wireless
 waterproof speakers plenty available.
  
 Sent from Ronni's iPhone
 
 On 01/10/2009, at 9:52 PM, Michael Hawkins 
 mailto:michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au
 mailto:michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au  wrote:
 
 Slightly different question. Are waterproof wireless speakers available? I
 umpire rowing and one of the difficulties is that crews who are 80 metres or
 so from the starter can not hear the word ³Go² unless megaphones are used,
 and if megaphones are used the wind carries the sound hundreds of metres into
 residential areas. So I¹m looking for wireless speakers that can be attached
 to floating buoys adjacent to each of the eight lanes across the course.
 
 Might be reduced to cheap Uniden 2-way radios in ziplock sandwich bags .
 Not at all elegant.
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins


A colleague cannot get his printer to print Word documents since installing
OS 10.6.1.

 He has a current model iMac.

He gets a library error message when attempting print Word documents.

Adobe pdf docs print, even though printer offline message is displayed.

Can't find any new drivers on HP USA site.

Has checked for updates to Word, reinstalled driver, repaired permissions,
unplugged and replugged printer, restarted and torn hair out.


In short, none of the tried and true methods have worked.
Any suggestions?

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.




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Re: HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks David.

We checked software update before contacting Wamug. I'll suggest to my
colleague next week that he do a google search.

He has joined the ranks of those whose computers worked very well before
Snow Leopard was installed but has wasted hours since it was installed,
trying to do things that are basic to commerce and industry, such as print.

Cheers,

Michael.


On 1/10/09 9:08 PM, David Moyle moyla...@westnet.com.au wrote:

 
 Just thinking off the top of my head, Apple now bundle printers
 drivers in with Software Update as a central repository. Just try
 Googling to see if you need to download this or if you can prompt
 Software Update to get this update.
 
 Cheers,
 
 David Moyle
 Systems Technician
 Apple, Windows, Cisco
 --
 Western Australia
 Mb: 0427 888 257
 
 
 
 
 On 01/10/2009, at 5:34 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 A colleague cannot get his printer to print Word documents since
 installing
 OS 10.6.1.
 
 He has a current model iMac.
 
 He gets a library error message when attempting print Word documents.
 
 Adobe pdf docs print, even though printer offline message is
 displayed.
 
 Can't find any new drivers on HP USA site.
 
 Has checked for updates to Word, reinstalled driver, repaired
 permissions,
 unplugged and replugged printer, restarted and torn hair out.
 
 
 In short, none of the tried and true methods have worked.
 Any suggestions?
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
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Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins

Slightly different question. Are waterproof wireless speakers available? I
umpire rowing and one of the difficulties is that crews who are 80 metres or
so from the starter can not hear the word ³Go² unless megaphones are used,
and if megaphones are used the wind carries the sound hundreds of metres
into residential areas. So I¹m looking for wireless speakers that can be
attached to floating buoys adjacent to each of the eight lanes across the
course.

Might be reduced to cheap Uniden 2-way radios in ziplock sandwich bags .
Not at all elegant.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 1/10/09 5:57 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:

 Hi Rod,
 
 The bit that is missing is an amplifier. The audio output from the airport
 express is meant to drive the input of an amplifier/receiver/music centre
 (typically via an ³Aux in² input port). There is no amplifier in the Airport
 Express and the output is insufficient to drive the speakers directly  unless
 you can find outdoor speakers with built-in amplifiers.
 
 Typically Airtunes with the airport express is used to send the sound from
 your computer in one room to a sound system in another room.
 
 With regard to your specific question, the answer is yes  you can play your
 itunes music to the outdoor speakers with the following qualifications:
 
 1. I've installed  powered outdoor speakers
 Yes, if by powered speakers you mean speakers with built-in amplifiers which
 take a line-level input.
 
 2.I've got a powerpoint outside near the outdoor speakers
 
 
 3. I run an audio cable from the airport express into the outdoor speakers
 Yes, but the airport express and power supply is not designed for an outdoor
 environment so depending on the distance involved this cable length could be
 problematic for a signal line.
 
 
 The other way to do it would be to just have non-powered outdoor speakers and
 just run the speaker wire into an internal sound system (just an amp if you
 are only interested in the Airtunes source) - this is basically how I have my
 garden sound set-up  Airport express to get the sound from computer to sound
 system then wires to external speakers. My sound system is an old receiver
 with ³A² and ³B² speaker outputs, so the internal speakers are connected to
 ³A² and the external speakers to ³B².
 
 Some advantages with this set-up are:
 
 * I can select radio/CD/computer (aux) for the sound source
 * I can direct the sound to internal, external or both sets of speakers.
 
 One disadvantage to this set-up is:
 * When the sound is directed to both internal and external ³A+B² speakers, the
 single volume control controls the volume for both speaker sets.
 
 My external speakers were just from Dick Smiths  they are OK for me - they do
 not get used that frequently but if I wanted better quality, I would spend
 more ;)
 
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
 
 Neil




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Re: HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins


Good morning Ronni,

My colleague is using a HP LaserJet P2014n. From its title, it looks like
http://www.mariasguides.com/2009/09/03/using-an-hp-laserjet-2100tn-with-sno
w- leopard/
will be useful.

Thank you,

Michael.


On 2/10/09 7:36 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 Hello Michael,
 
 You don't mention what Model HP Laserjet Printer your friend is using
 (or trying to use) in Snow Leopard.
 
 Snow Leopard is the first version of Mac OS that doesn¹t support
 AppleTalk. While that shouldn¹t be an issue for most people, if have
 an ancient printer that uses Ethernet and AppleTalk to connect to your
 computer, you might have a problem.
 
 This HP Support Document covers Mac OS X 10.6 HP Printer issues and
 how to solve them:
 http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=encc=uso
 bjectID=c01844177prodTypeId=18972prodSeriesId=25469
 
 
 Another very good article here:
 http://www.mariasguides.com/2009/09/03/using-an-hp-laserjet-2100tn-with-snow-
 leopard/ 
 
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
 
 
 On 01/10/2009, at 5:34 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 A colleague cannot get his printer to print Word documents since
 installing
 OS 10.6.1.
 
 He has a current model iMac.
 
 He gets a library error message when attempting print Word documents.
 
 Adobe pdf docs print, even though printer offline message is
 displayed.
 
 Can't find any new drivers on HP USA site.
 
 Has checked for updates to Word, reinstalled driver, repaired
 permissions,
 unplugged and replugged printer, restarted and torn hair out.
 
 
 In short, none of the tried and true methods have worked.
 Any suggestions?
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins


Thanks Ronni.

Looks like the cynical advice to wait for 6 months before installing an
updated OS because it takes that long for drivers to be updated may have an
element of worth, as far as HP is concerned. I've steered clear of HP since
having enormous trouble back in 2002.

Cheers,

Michael.


On 2/10/09 9:54 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 
 Hi Michael,
 
 It is a HP LaserJet 2100TN in Maria Langer's article, but might be
 helpful for sorting the HP LaserJet P2014n.
 HP hasn't released new drivers compatible with Snow Leopard for the
 P2014n ... yet.
 
 The link below mentions a solution for HP LaserJet P2014n.
 
 OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Printer Driver Incompatibility List:
 http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threa
 dId=1367803 
 
 
 HP LaserJet P2014n v1.0.5 OS X Drivers
 
 Failed:
 Generates Error:-9672 when attempting to add the drivers for the
 printer when linked via Bonjour (Zeroconf).
 
 Workaround:
 Setup via Static IP address using the HP JetDirect Socket Protocol and
 the HP LaserJet P2010 - Gutenprint v5.2.4 drivers.
 ===
 
 HP Mac Architect on Apple Discussions:
 
 http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=1062781
 
 
 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131363start=810tstart=0
 
 
 LaserJet P2014/P2014n and Color LaserJet 2600n these devices don't
 even have print drivers yet.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 02/10/2009, at 8:33 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 Good morning Ronni,
 
 My colleague is using a HP LaserJet P2014n. From its title, it looks
 like
 http://www.mariasguides.com/2009/09/03/using-an-hp-laserjet-2100tn-with-sno
 w- leopard/
 will be useful.
 
 Thank you,
 
 Michael.
 
 
 On 2/10/09 7:36 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Hello Michael,
 
 You don't mention what Model HP Laserjet Printer your friend is using
 (or trying to use) in Snow Leopard.
 
 Snow Leopard is the first version of Mac OS that doesn¹t support
 AppleTalk. While that shouldn¹t be an issue for most people, if have
 an ancient printer that uses Ethernet and AppleTalk to connect to
 your
 computer, you might have a problem.
 
 This HP Support Document covers Mac OS X 10.6 HP Printer issues and
 how to solve them:
 http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=encc=us
 o
 bjectID=c01844177prodTypeId=18972prodSeriesId=25469
 
 
 Another very good article here:
 http://www.mariasguides.com/2009/09/03/using-an-hp-laserjet-2100tn-with-sno
 w-
 leopard/
 
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
 
 
 On 01/10/2009, at 5:34 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
 
 
 A colleague cannot get his printer to print Word documents since
 installing
 OS 10.6.1.
 
 He has a current model iMac.
 
 He gets a library error message when attempting print Word
 documents.
 
 Adobe pdf docs print, even though printer offline message is
 displayed.
 
 Can't find any new drivers on HP USA site.
 
 Has checked for updates to Word, reinstalled driver, repaired
 permissions,
 unplugged and replugged printer, restarted and torn hair out.
 
 
 In short, none of the tried and true methods have worked.
 Any suggestions?
 
 Regards,
 
 Michael Hawkins.
 
 
 
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