Re: iPad

[Michael Waldie]

I'm a little scared of the pricing that will be offered by the telcos for the 
data plans, as Aussie telcos do not know the word ulimited, like the AT&T plan. 
Which telco/s will offer this is also of concern and do any of our telcos 
support the micro SIM that the iPad supports?

Michael



On 28/01/2010, at 3:56 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

Well, looks kinda interesting.
Will be interested to see what the Australian prices are like when it's up
in the morning.
For more of a read have a look here:-
 (US Pricing)
 (US Pricing).

Kinda cool. And it runs iWork (new App store version)

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[Michael Waldie]

This might be about as much as I've ever heard Steve say about an unannounced 
product, from Apple's reporting of their first quarter financial results:

“If you annualize our quarterly revenue, it’s surprising that Apple is now a 
$50+ billion company,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The new products we are 
planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major 
new product that we’re really excited about.”


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Mozilla ( http://www-archive.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.13/ ) 
automatically redirects to the index.jsp page while Opera ( 
http://labs.opera.com/downloads/ ) also redirects but gives the message that 
you should upgrade the browser to Netscape 4 or higher or Explorer 4 or higher.

Regards
Michael



On 26/01/2010, at 3:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

Hi Diana

>From the source code of the website (when I got to the first page and just a
blue background), I found the following:-


That appeared to get me to the home page.

Hope that helps.
Worked in Safari.

Kind Regards
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Dave,

The short cut is right but I think you meant that it is in the Edit menu, not 
the file menu.

Michael




On 11/01/2010, at 10:15 PM, choy wrote:

Hi Susan,

Your friend just needs to select the photo in photobooth (ie at the bottom of 
the app) and then go to the file menu and select "flip photo". the keyboard 
shortcut is command-f

Dave



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Hi Lloyd,

Just on the Sandisk Cruzer.
The Sandisk CD will stay there. As far as I'm aware it has to be formatted with 
Windows software or through their website which only works with Windows, to get 
rid of this partition. This used to be the case and by the sounds of it, still 
is.


Michael




On 04/01/2010, at 1:37 PM, Lloyd White wrote:

Hi James & Ronnie,

Thanks for all this info.

I rebooted in Safe Mode. My USB thumb drives then refused to show up at all,
nor did the ext drives. But I think the computer was marginally faster.

The two Google sites took roughly the same time but I had to move the cursor
to make the site open fully otherwise it just sat half through. Took about 4
seconds. No problems with that.

In Activity Monitor both disk and CPU show almost no activity.

With a normal boot the visualiser works fast enough as does a file transfer
and there seems to be nothing hogging the RAM.

The problem seems to be with ext disks and USB drives only.

I was given a 16Gig USB SanDisk Cruiser drive. It appeared on the desk-top
after about 2.5 minutes as well as a CD icon which had .exe files and
others. I reformatted it to get rid of all the exe files etc. But now when I
insert it two strange things happen; the CD still appears with the .exe
files, and my ext Time Machine back-up  disk disappears.

I don't know whether these things are connected. The problems appear to be
around ext drives.

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Hi Tom,

Going on with what Ronni & Gavin have said.

If it looked as though .fqm was the only extension and you deleted it from the 
file name, did you put an extension on?
If there was multiple files they would probably have part1, part2 etc... in the 
file name.
This is more often the case that I see. I would try putting .rar as the 
extension and try that, hopefully you haven't deleted the files.

I download a couple of TV shows that are not on over here from the net but I 
download them as single files. On the odd occasion I get split files they are 
.rar and StuffIt never haves any probs.


Michael


On 29/12/2009, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Tom,

Have you tried deleting the .fqm 
Then see if you can open it.

Cheers,
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Hi Kim,

I have not used 4Media iPhone Ringtone Maker but I have 
purchased the very easy iToner from Ambrosia Software, 
www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/
USD$15 but I have not regretted one product I have purchased from Ambrosia over 
the years, of course they have the usual try before you buy as well.


Michael


On 28/12/2009, at 5:17 PM, Kim Maher wrote:

Hi All

Has anyone found an easy way to convert a song into a ringtone?  I have used 
"GarageBand", but I have not had a lot of success.  I have had "4Media iPhone 
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Hi Stuart,

  I haven't tried as I only have one copy of Bento and do not 
have a use for using it across a network but there is a sharing feature in 
Bento, much like the sharing of libraries in iTunes and iPhoto.
Just click on the Bento menu and select Preferences. You can share your entire 
database or just selected libraries, if you have multiple ones set up.

I have a screen shot of the preferences window with the options:
http://web.mac.com/mikewaldie/Bento_sharing.jpg


Michael




On 24/12/2009, at 9:07 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:

I'm interested to know how you can share Bento data across a network.

Merry Christmas!

Stuart Breden
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[Michael Waldie]

Hi Wendy,

I purchased a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick to use with 
X-Plane 9. I bought it from JB HiFi, unusually I cannot find my receipt for it 
now but I think it was about $45.
It was a while ago that I bought this but I have a link here to x-plane.org 
forums and people giving their opinions and the Logitech is good for getting 
started. If you are after something a bit more serious, the Saitek controllers 
are highly recommended.

Anyway, if you would like to read more details about what other users reckon, 
click on this link for the forum:
http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=32311


Regards

Michael





On 09/12/2009, at 1:18 PM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:


Greetings All

Can someone please advise a Joystick for X-Plane 9.   Thomas bought a Saitek 
X52 Pro and we have now discovered that it really does not work well with the 
Mac (it will do the basic functions but not all the stuff we paid lots of money 
for) so it is going back.  Any advice welcomed by Thomas.

Thank you.

Wendy



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Re: Setting up a wireless network

[Michael Waldie]

Hi Severin,

I have not come across a printer/scanner unit that is 
supported using Airport Express/Extreme, if anyone has had success, please do 
share. If it were to work I would say it would only be printing and not 
scanning that would work.
I have seen a couple of HP printer/scanner units with built in wifi work quite 
well, no experience with Epson though.



On 30/11/2009, at 3:56 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:


I am helping my son set up a new LAN at home.  Currently he has a desktop PC 
with a USB printer and an HP (work) laptop with wireless connectivity.  He has 
a D-Link G604T wireless router/modem and which has 4 ethernet ports.  He is 
looking to add a MacBook and an iMac and to purchase a printer/scanner.  He 
will phase out the desktop PC except for occasional necessary Windows tasks 
like eTax.
The D-Link does not have a USB printer port but I see that printer/scanner 
units are available with Wifi connectivity (Epson TX550W for example).  Would 
the best way to go be to invest in Airport Express/Extreme and get a non-wifi 
printer/scanner and use the printer facility to share among all units.  This 
would make the wifi bit of the D-Link redundant but would not require a 
wireless enabled printer.  Clearly the iMac and PC will be deskbound and can 
connect to the printer by ethernet (or wireless for the iMac).
My own system is centred around an Airport Extreme and a DSL-504 router/modem  
and I share a laser printer among three computers very happily, including a 
wireless MacBook.
Are there issues with printer/scanner units on this sort of setup?
Words of wisdom will be welcomed.
Severin Crisp

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Re: New iMac

[Michael Waldie]

Hi Martin,

		  I don't know too much about video compression but I do use the  
EyeTV Hybrid a fair bit for recording from a variety of sources and  
then convert them for viewing in Front Row. I tend to export it as the  
size it's captured for the best quality I can get.
Comparing the i5 or i7 to my 24" iMac with a 2.8GHz, there'll be quite  
a noticeable difference?


Cheers

Mike



On 22/10/2009, at 3:40 PM, Martin Hill wrote:


On 22/10/2009, at 12:11 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
(Side note to Martin. Should I guess you'd be loving one of these to  
replace

your "eyeTVMac") ;o) hehe.
All round looks like a nice upgrade I think.


Too right - the home Mac is only a dual-core iMac 24" which takes a  
lot longer to compress videos (using EyeTV in that case) and  
definitely gets bogged down trying to do too many other tasks  
simultaneously, but I think we'll be content with it for the next few  
years at least!


:-)

-Mart


Kind Regards
Daniel


On 22/10/09 12:01 PM, "Martin Hill"  wrote:



The Turbo-boost feature of the quad-core Core i5 and i7 chips can  
shut

down unused cores and boost the clock speed of the remaining cores to
much faster clock speeds depending on usage:

The 2.66 GHz Core i5 has a Turbo Boost speed of up to 3.20 GHz
the 2.8 GHz Core i7 can go up to 3.46 GHz in Turbo Boost mode.

At the other end of the spectrum, the Core i7 also supports Hyper-
threading which effectively gives you twice the number of logical
cores for a grand total of 8 cores.  If you need to run lots of apps
at once or you have things like video compression jobs and VMware and
other multi-threaded apps running and want to spread your load over
multiple CPUs, this feature can be very useful.  The Core i5 however
does not support Hyper-threading.

I've found hyper-threading very useful on my 8-core Nehalem Mac Pro  
as

with hyper-threading Mac OS X shows it is running on a 16 core
monster.  I am able to fully max out my 12GBs of RAM running several
video compression jobs (which are each multi-threaded over up to 4
cores each), dual-core Windows XP and a second dual-core VM running
Vista, and a stack of other Mac apps without any slow downs at all.
It is not quite as fast as 16 real cores, but it definitely does
encoding and other multi-threaded tasks faster than 8 maxed-out
physical cores.   (having 4 x 1TB drives hardware RAIDed internally
helps a lot as well so that disk access doesn't become the  
bottleneck).


-Mart

On 22/10/2009, at 9:32 AM, Craig Bruce wrote:



Indeed the 2.66 is a core i5 quad core rather than a core 2 dual  
core

it can also be build with the core i7 as a custom build
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Hi Adrian

I believe the 'slower' machine has a quad core processor rather
than the dual core on the other one.

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On 22/10/2009, at 9:13, Adrian Skehan  wrote:



Good morning all,

Looking at the latest iMac I notice that the 27-inch: 3.06GHz list
price is $2,199 and the 27-inch: 2.66GHz is $2,599 that is an
extra $300 for a seemingly slower machine.  Have I missed
something or is 2.66GHz quicker than 3.06GHz?



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Re: Mobileme

[Michael Waldie]

Email is working for me.
I have had calendars syncing successfully today as well between iMac  
and iPhone and have accessed a couple of documents in the iDisk app on  
the iPhone.



Michael


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Is anybody  having problem accessing mobileme .


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Re: Epson Perfection Scanner 1670

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On 20/08/2009, at 2:38 PM, Ian Reid wrote:


Good afternoon all

I have just discovered from Epson Support that the reason why my  
scanner now goes through all the motions and noises of scanning a  
document, but produces only a blank sheet, is because of  
incompatibility with recent versions of Mac OSX. Apparently I have to  
work via Image Capture.


Opening Image Capture doesn't do much and clicking on the scanner ikon  
just produces another blank page. Pogue's Missing Manual doesn't help.


Where can I find instructions on how to scan documents with my 1670 or  
do I need a replacement scanner? Your help would be much appreciated.


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Sorry Ian,

   Forgot to put on the website:

http://www.hamrick.com/

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Re: Epson Perfection Scanner 1670

[Michael Waldie]

On 20/08/2009, at 2:38 PM, Ian Reid wrote:


Good afternoon all

I have just discovered from Epson Support that the reason why my  
scanner now goes through all the motions and noises of scanning a  
document, but produces only a blank sheet, is because of  
incompatibility with recent versions of Mac OSX. Apparently I have to  
work via Image Capture.


Opening Image Capture doesn't do much and clicking on the scanner ikon  
just produces another blank page. Pogue's Missing Manual doesn't help.


Where can I find instructions on how to scan documents with my 1670 or  
do I need a replacement scanner? Your help would be much appreciated.


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Hi Ian,

		I would try a software title called VueScan. Has been around some  
time now and lists the Perfection 1670 as a supported scanner model.


Regards


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Re: MacResolve Spam

[Michael Waldie]

Hello all,

		 First of all, yes I am a part of MacResolve and as was pointed out,  
I registered the domain for macresolve.com.au.
I did not have a part in sending the email or any of the addresses. I  
have been trying to get the name around by word of mouth in person.
Unfortunately, the last few days I have been busy with family  
commitments. This is also why I have only just replied now, once I had  
caught up with emails and seen the fuss that has been created here.


I have been told that there is not an email list but it was a  
collection of emails, apparently some old and some new.
I have also been told that people who did not want to be contacted  
again, will not be. The email was not intended to be spam/junk email.


While I can not change what has happened, I can understand the  
complaints.


It is correct that I am not a financial member of WAMUG but I have  
been on and off the list for quite some years.
I tried to offer assistance where I could, most of the time there were  
a lot of people who gave the advice before I could. Certainly a good  
thing that there is many people here to help each other.


If you would like me gone from the list here, I can understand.


Michael Waldie
mikewal...@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/mikewaldie/


On 23/04/2009, at 9:24 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:


On 23/04/2009, at 8:22 PM, James Devenish wrote:

Since Michael Waldie is subscribed to this list, might he confirm  
or deny his involvement?


Well he only joined using his current email address on the 21st of  
April...


Mike.. want to let us all know what's going on?

- Matt


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Re: iPhone - still only Optus selling unlocked ?

[Michael Waldie]

The $199 US price was not for all AT&T customers, you had to meet  
certain criteria and that was the cost of it on a 24 month contract.  
US prices also do not include any taxes.


But those prices do seem a fair bit higher than getting a pre paid  
through Optus and unlocking it.


On 07/08/2008, at 10:37 AM, gary dorn wrote:

I believe just the handsets might be available from Nextbyte  
Nedlands and they have stock

8GB $1099
16GB$1199
Regards, BRett


So much for having a max price of $199 US
marketing zippo hey!

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[FS] iMacs and MacBook Pro

[Michael Waldie]

Hi All,

		We have a couple of ex demo iMacs and a MacBook Pro for sale at  
DigiLife.


We have a couple of previous model 24" iMacs going for $2000.
A previous model mid range iMac (higher speced 20") for $1625.
Lastly we also have a previous model 17" MacBook Pro with 2 years of  
warranty left for $3600.


If anyone is interested in more details of these models, message me  
off list for deails.


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Re: MobileMe

[Michael Waldie]

>From the .Mac website:

MobileMe Launch 
7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT 

As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on 
Wednesday, July 9th. 

Members will be unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services during this 
time with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop application, 
iPhone, or iPod touch. 

MobileMe will be available as soon as possible during this maintenance window.


This will be July 10th our time, just in time for the ones who get some of the 
first batch.



On 04/07/2008, at 9:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


On 04/07/2008, at 9:10 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote:

I thought I saw a message where it was said the MobileMe was up and running or 
was I imagining things?

Not until July 11. There is a MobileMe website, but it only lets you look.

Trouble is, that will be the American July 11. July 12 here, of course. That's 
one problem with living in the future...

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Re: New iMac and iWork,...hmmm

[Michael Waldie]

Unfortunately it hasn't been on new machines for quite some time. I'm  
with you though, so many people tried it, liked it and then bought it.


On 20/05/2008, at 10:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


Hi All

Just noticed this the other day, that Apple don't seem to ship the  
new iMac

with iWork trial version anymore.
I thought this would a great way for them to show off this product  
on a new

machine and let people play with it before they bought it.
Curious why they decided to stop doing this.

It's not even an extra install on the CD's (as far as I can find)  
either.


Shame really...

Kind Regards
Daniel


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Re: iPhone

[Michael Waldie]

Hi all,

	   Just a note on the iPhone and warranty in Australia. It is not an  
Australian product and Apple and it's retailers can not provide  
warranty on this product at the moment.
The amount of angry customers I have had come in because they do not  
know all the facts about the iPhone is quite high. Do make sure you  
check as many user forums as you can about people using it here, the  
user experience seems to differ vastly.


Personally I have not heard about the iPhone coming out so soon, I'm  
guessing that date in Feb is to coincide with the opening of the  
Sydney Apple store? I don't think we will see the iPhone in Australia  
till it is a 3G phone but as is always the case with Apple, we do not  
know until they announce it.


On 28/01/2008, at 4:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Peter,

Strong rumors are about that the iPhone will be released in  
Australia on the 20th February - that’s in a few short weeks.

I would wait rather than try to hack the iPhone.
There are lots of instructions out there, but ...  if you make a  
mistake when hacking your iPhone, you can ‘brick’ it - ie turn your  
iPhone into an expensive $900 paper weight ... a mere house brick.
If you do this, you can expect no mercy from Apple to fix it as your  
warranty will be void.


"On the other hand, you do stand to own a working iPhone if you the  
follow the jail-breaking and unlocking instructions religiously."


Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: Best Mac Source/Support

[Michael Waldie]

Hi Mark,

		We can still supply educational discount for staff personal  
purchasing only.


Regards

On 26/01/2008, at 10:09 PM, Mark Secker wrote:


Tony,

		Unfortunately we at Digilife can not provide student pricing from  
Apple any more.



that's a bummer :(
Is that only for students? or  can you no longer give academic  
discount for staff or for departmental and salary sacrifice computers?


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Re: Best Mac Source/Support

[Michael Waldie]

Tony,

		Unfortunately we at Digilife can not provide student pricing from  
Apple any more. Like Martin suggested, Peder and Maria at Curtin can  
certainly help out for the education purchase.
With Digilife's service centre, on Oxford St in Mount Hawthorn, they  
can take care of warranty/support whether it was purchased from  
Digilife or any other Apple retailer.


Regards

On 25/01/2008, at 2:34 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:


DigiLife Mt Hawthorn, definitely.

She will be right next door to them.
I always drive over there, despite being much closer to another  
dealer.

Helpful store, and a good service centre.

Glenn.

On 25/01/2008, at 2:30 PM, Evers wrote:

Hello "WAMUGGERS",

My daughter is about to move from Albany to the big smoke to begin  
university. She will be living in Glendalough and attending Curtin  
(Bentley).


We're looking MacBook Pro. She can buy education price, so I'm  
looking for an outlet with helpful, timely and accessible support  
for when things go wrong or when upgrades/accessories are needed  
that can offer education pricing.


Suggestions/experiences greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Tony


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Re: ING

[Michael Waldie]

Hi All,

		Just to note a fix for me. My mother had also been having this issue  
and after reading this message I checked that it was Safari 3.0.4,  
which it was. I then reset Safari and it logged in fine.


Thanks Ronni for the suggestions.


On 17/01/2008, at 4:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Norm,

I was the person having trouble with login to ING back awhile ago.  
I can't remember what I did or didn't do to correct the problem.

I've just been able to login without any problems using Safari 3.0.4

Try: Reset Safari, uncheck 'Block Popup Windows', and have Java &  
JavaScript enabled.

Also restart your computer.

If I remember what else I did, I'll let you know.

Cheers,
Ronni


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Re: Apple store online closed for updates

[Michael Waldie]

Right there, boom. Updated Mac Pros

http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html

Aussie site still hasn't updated. US store hadn't either but there was  
a link on the front page.



On 08/01/2008, at 8:57 PM, Bart wrote:


Hi  all
it looks like the Apple stores in Australia and the U.S are closed ,  
i haven't check the others yet.They said We are busy updating the  
store for you and we will be back shortly.Maybe some new updated  
Mac's Hmm!.


Bart

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Re: Date and Time - Interesting Twist

[Michael Waldie]

On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 02:15 AM, Shane Webster wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have just upgraded to 10.2.4 at home and was expecting to have the 
> date
> and time go on me as with the work machine.
>
> But no, the date and time is till going strong and the year is still 
> 2003.
>
> Interesting - any ideas/comments?

We have an eMac and iMac with 10.2.4 for some time now without the date 
and time problems. Just got the 12" PowerBook and that should be 
updated to 10.2.4 tomorrow, so we'll see then.

Regards
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
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[4Sale] Various items

[Michael Waldie]

Hi all,

I have some items for sale. If you are interested reply to this email, off list 
or call me on 0403 585 630.

100MB USB Zip drive - still with drivers and box.
$100

*New and unused* 128MB PC100 Apple branded RAM - suits eMac, slot load iMac and 
some older Power Mac towers.
$40

Myst III: Exile Collectors Edition - includes Prima strategy guide, making of, 
soundtrack & more. Still with original box.
$30

Riven Sequel to Myst
$20

Railroad Tycoon II - Still with original box.
$20

Civilization - Call to power - Still with original box.
$20

Majesty - Still with original box.
$20

Casino CD - includes Blackjack, Craps, Baccarat, Roulette, Paigow, Keno, Slot 
machines, Video poker & Red dog. Still with original box.
$10

SimCity Classic
$10

SimEarth
$10
~~~~~
Michael Waldie

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://homepage.mac.com/mwaldie/

Re: Software

[Michael Waldie]

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 07:04 PM, Sojourn wrote:

> I'm considering buying:
> Photoshop Elements 2
> Keynote
> and maybe
> First Edge MYOB or
> Quicken for mac
> Firstly where can I get these? Do they run in os x?
> Where can I buy them at Education/academic prices?

Hi Rosemary,

Photoshop Elements 2, Keynote and MYOB are all OS X native. Quicken 
I believe is not available for the Mac outside the U.S.

Photoshop Elements 2 and Keynote both have academic pricing. MYOB does 
not, unfortunately. We usually have copies of Photoshop Elements 2 in 
stock and are looking at getting Keynote in. MYOB we do not keep in 
stock as it doesn't have academic pricing. Usually students just buy 
the MYOB test drive, which has full working versions of most of their 
PC products and Palm OS, but also AccountEdge for the Mac. I'm sure 
they will bring out a new version soon with FirstEdge on it as well.

All you need is to come in and produce current student I.D. with a 
photo on it and you can receive the products at academic prices.

If you would like prices via email, contact me off list.

Regards
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
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iPhoto 2 & iMovie 3

[Michael Waldie]

Am I the only one who remembered that these were due for download from 
www.apple.com on the 25th of January or have I missed the story on why 
they're not available for download yet?

~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Anyone tried Safari yet?

[Michael Waldie]

On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

> The only thing missing, and this is what will keep me using Mozilla for
> a while yet, is forms autofill. First introduced in IE, it has been
> taken to a much higher level in Mozilla, and I can't live without it (I
> loathe filling in forms!). If Apple (the great innovators) were to give
> us something similar in Safari, I'd probably leave Mozilla and the rest
> far behind.
>
> What do others think?

I've got to say that I'm very impressed. I have Omniweb as my main 
browser, but usually change between that and IE as there are a few 
sites I regularly go to that work better in one than the other. So far, 
with Safari, all is looking good!

The thing I don't like about autofill is that quite often I'm typing 
words similar to what is in the autofill but not those exact words. 
Some that are shorter and then you press enter after the word and it 
puts the word there instead of the what I'm after. Admittedly this 
would not happen to just about everyone else, but I don't care for the 
autofill feature being none existant.
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
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.Mac announcements from Macworld

[Michael Waldie]

.Mac jumped the gun a bit. I work this out to be about 1AM PT.

.Mac Address Book with contact synchronization
iSync with Mac-to-Mac synchronization
Improved .Mac Mail Online

for more info, go to www.mac.com
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
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Fax: 08 9266 3188
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Canon Scanner Drivers (was OSX sleep problem)

[Michael Waldie]

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 04:48 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

>>> So are their drivers compatible with Australian scanners/computers
>>>
>>
>> If they have the same model numbers .. I expect so
>>
>
> So has anyone on the list got experience of running either the UK
> drivers or the US drivers with Australian bought scanners & computers?
>
> Would anybody expect any problems and, if not, which would be the best 
> bet,
> the UK or US versions?

I had a customer who had a S1000SP which at the time was not supported 
in OS X (10.1.x at the time). There was an OS X native driver on the 
U.S. website, but not the Aussie site for Canon. I tried the US driver 
and it still listed the S1000SP as unsupported in the Print Centre. The 
customer ended up deciding to buy a new printer anyway as they wanted a 
better quality printer.

I have a feeling it may the same for the N1240U and would explain the 
warning for each region.
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
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Fax: 08 9266 3188
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.mac feedback

[Michael Waldie]

There is a page for all to return their feedback, specifically for .mac
<http://www.apple.com/feedback/mac/gtm.html>

Note new email address, please update your contacts.
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
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Wireless USB adapters

[Michael Waldie]

Does anyone have any experience with USB wireless (802.11b) adapters for
older Macs, like the first iMacs.

At home we have a Linksys access point and a PC (not mine) with a Linksys
wireless PCI card. But we also have a Graphite iBook 366MHz (OS 9.2 &
10.1.5) which I¹ve found out that with an Airport card will work with the
Linksys AP <http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html>

Now the only machine we need to check out is the Rev A iMac. All the USB
wireless adapters I¹ve seen are only for Win 98/Me/2000.

Does any one know of any software that can make any of these work with the
Mac?

Any feedback appreciated.

Note new email address, please update your contacts.
~~~~~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
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Re: Educational Discount

[Michael Waldie]

> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone please tell me the exact criteria one must meet to
> be eligible for this discount.
> 
> A friend recently tried to use her enrolment to an english
> university to gain the discount and the store turned her down.
> 
> The store gave her the run around in the first place so I was
> wondering what the party line is in relation to this matter.
> 
> Cheers
> T

T,

Depending on the software that you are after. We have many titles here
that only require the purchaser to show their current Student ID card with a
photo on it. Others are more strict than this and require enrolment forms,
to be in particular courses etc

If you let me know the software you¹re after, I can help you out.

Regards
Note new email address, please update your contacts.
~
Michael Waldie
Sales consultant

Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University Bookshop
Curtin University of Technology
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Fax: 08 9266 3188
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 


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VideoCD in Quicktime on OSX

[Michael Waldie]

Hey y¹all,

I¹ve a customer who wants to watch VCDs on his new LCD iMac
and he told me it didn¹t work. I told him it used to work with Quicktime in
OS 9 and that it should be the same still. It doesn¹t seem to be though. He
brought it in to us and still no go.

Using Quicktime 5, OS X.

He told me he has found MacVCD, a shareware program that works in X, but
it¹s only available online. Problem is he doesn¹t have a credit card
(international student on scholarship).

Any Ideas?

Solutions tried:
* Quicktime Pro made no difference
* Looked through WAMUG archives
* Looked in AppleCare¹s Knowledge Base

Any suggestions would be welcome
~~
Michael Waldie
Sales Consultant
Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University of Technology

Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
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Re: Scanner prices

[Michael Waldie]

> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 10:00:07 +0800
> From: Paul Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Scanner prices
> 
> Prowling at Freo Officeworks this week this little shopper noticed they had
> quite a lot of flatbed scanners with Mac provisions. The Mac info was on
> accompanying leaflets for each machine. Coles Myer Sharecard holders can
> get something like five percent off these prices. However, as we know the
> sharecard discounts are soon to be abandoned. Will the prices then drop to
> compensate? Ha, Ha! Hopefully other suppliers are able to do even better
> than these prices. Customers rule OK!
> 
> Hewlett Packard Scanjet 4400C $239
> 
> Hewlett Packard 4400 silver $239
> 
> Cannon D1250U2 $247
> 
> Cannon 1250U2F $397
> 
> Cannon N 676U $207
> 
> Cannon N670U $195
> 
> Cannon 660U $259
> 
> My choice would be the Cannon D1250U2F which can scan photos, slides and
> negatives. It is bundled with a variety of reputable software.
> 
> Regards, Paul.
> 
I think you may have to check whether these work with a Mac. I had a
customer who ordered a 1250U2F but didn¹t state he was planning to use iton
a Mac and when he took it home it didn¹t work. I know the drivers aren¹t on
the Canon Aust. site. He did try VueScan from VersionTracker but to no
avail.

Just a warning.
~~
Michael Waldie
Sales Consultant
Curtin Computer Shop
Curtin University of Technology

Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188 


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Re: Digest Number 669

[Michael Waldie]

> Message: 18
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:28:58 +0800
> From: R John HATCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Finder Quitting
> 
> I have a G3 powerbook and it is reporting that the finder has quit when
> I start-up. I delete the message and can continue working. Restart
> doesn't solve the problem. I have tried Command+option. Could any one
> suggest a solution
> 
> TYI
> 
> John

It just started on my home machine last night (iMac 233 Rev A, 160MB, 20GB,
OS 9.1).
I downloaded emails, then it froze. Restarted and I get a little dialogue
box that is empty, I close that one and another pops up saying
³Finder has unexpectantly quit, try quitting all other programs and
restarting²
Close that box and it works fine.

Replaced Finder from my OS 9.1 CD as I thought it might be corrupt, still no
change.
~~
Michael Waldie

Ph: 08 9266 2700
Fax: 08 9266 3188
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