Re: New Mac User

[Nicholas Harvey]

Stephen,


There is no waiting period however I would get him to check the  
firewall and his router. Get him to go to http://docs.info.apple.com/ 
article.html?artnum=93208 an ensure that the router he is using is  
configured appropriately.



If you can video chat with other people then yours is correctly  
configured.



I have noted with my attempts at ichat that it is getting better and  
better at overcoming these problems itself. I frequent the ME a lot  
and ichat with my wife a lot.



Nick
On 24/09/2007, at 8:30 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:


Hi folks,

My step-son (who lives in Dubai) has just switched from the dark  
side to a new iMac 24 inch.

He bought it while he was in Seattle USA last week.
A couple of hours ago he signed up for a .Mac account.
We just tried to communicate using iChat but for some reason his  
iChat will not connect.

It tries to connect for a while but then times out.
He can log into .Mac without any problem and I sent him a test  
email which worked fine.

Does anyone know if there is a waiting period for activation of iChat.

Regards,
Stephen Chape


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Re: Can't transfer Write Protected photos

[Nicholas Harvey]

Denise,

I use an SD card in my Palm and mine is a sandisk 512 Mbyte. It has a  
lock switch down the left hand side. When locked the contents is  
locked. this may be what is causing the problem. Just check and see.  
I always thought it was read only but it may be causing problems. It  
is a slim possibility.


Alternately you have a protection problem - try get info when the  
disk is mounted (which happens when iphoto sees the camera)  to  
desktop and look at a file. Maybe you could also drag them to the  
desktop.


HTH


Nick
On 16/06/2007, at 12:11 PM, Denise Williams wrote:


Hi all -esp photographers,
I recently went to take a series of photos of my niece's new baby  
but found
I had no card in my Canon SLR camera so borrowed her SD card and  
took a heap
of photos using my camera. I made sure I wasn't taking RAWS, just  
JPGs but
now find I can't transfer the photos to my iMac. All the photos are  
visible
when previewing on my camera (and other cameras) but when I  
initially put
the SD card into my camera, I get the message "card 2, write  
protected". I
can't take another photo or do anything, except view using Preview.  
My card
reader is only for Flash cards so I've hooked the camera directly  
to the
iMac and gone through all the usual steps to download from the  
camera, but

nothing shows. I then tried PhotoRescue (which I've used before for a
different reason) but it can't find the card either.
Help please! Is there ANY way to download 'write protected photos'? I
definitely didn't choose this option from my camera's menu either  
(I can

take photos when a Flash card is inserted).
TIA

Denise Williams-Photographer
PH 9447 3468
MOB 0417 184592
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trigg



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Re: Flash drive

[Nicholas Harvey]

Peter,


The answer is no. MAC recognizes FAT32 drives which is usually what a  
FLASH drive is. I use them all the time between work and home doing  
precisely what you want to do.
if you reformat HFS+ then only macs will be able to read it unless  
you have the Dataviz software that allows pc's to read mac drives.


Nick
On 19/08/2006, at 6:59 PM, Peter Sealy wrote:

I have purchased a new Sony 512mb Flash USB Drive so I can  
transport files from my Ti Powerbook 10.4.7 to a PC with Microsoft  
XP  and Word 2003 [I think]. When I open the Flash Drive it shows  
contents as:

Decompression.exe
Readme 1.02.02
Virtual Expander_flashdemo 1.02.01(WW).exe
VirtualExpander_v102.exe

I realise these (except the Readme) are Windows files.
My question is, never having using a flash drive before, do I need  
to format this drive as Mac HFS+ so I can copy my files from my  
TiPB on to it? If so, should I trash the Windows files? [Actually I  
guess reformatting the drive to HFS+ will in any case delete the  
Windows files.
How can I transfer any Mac formatted files from the flash drive to  
the PC?
Or do I need to format the drive to the Windows format using Disk  
Utility?

The file on my TiPB I wish to transport is in RTF.

Sorry if this not clear enough. This is my first flash drive.

.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA


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Re: info on BB connection

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Greg,

Just a question for you. I got a call from telstra when I went iinet  
on an 24 mbit plan offering adsl from local rim.


 Now I only get 2-3 mbit out of the connection but it is better than  
what Telstra could offer(or 3rd party using Telstra).


My question is this - when will (like crystal ball gazing) activate  
higher speeds on their dslams ? If I have to pay $100 for 1.5 mbit  
and approx $80 for phone plus 2-3 mbit it is a nobrainer so as to  
speak.  I have a rim not more than 300 m from my place.


Nick

On 04/08/2006, at 12:54 AM, Greg Pennefather wrote:


Dear All

I thought I would just provide a little clarification seeing I have  
been

involved with the ULL access regime from early on.

The access regime to Telstra's copper lines certainly allows other  
service
providers (called access seekers) to connect at a RIM.  It's just  
that none
have done it to my knowledge.  It does require backhaul from the  
RIM but
this is generally available - from Telstra at least.  Accommodation  
and

power are required too - so its not trivial but it can be done.

The problem is more one of scale.  Connection to copper at the curb  
provides
access to 200 - 300 customers where as co-location in an exchange  
gives

access to a potential 10,000 or so.

Just to be clear, what I'm describing doesn't allow access to the RIM
itself.  It's just that this is where the "copper is cut" and that  
is where

access to the copper is allowed.

The equipment to do this is available to.  DSLAMs with around 48  
ports are
available with fibre or copper backhaul either Ethernet or ATM.   
They're

hardened and have 48VDC power etc.

The few billion to roll out FTTN is another matter all together.

Hope this sheds a little light.

Regards


Greg



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On 3 Aug 2006, at 1:34 PM, Michael Bradley wrote:


Kev, I've just gone for the Amnet 8meg service and so far it's been
ok, for $50 for 10gbI don't know about availability for you, but
it's another option.
Mike


Mike
Lucky you , but you miss the point .  Kev would not be able to get
Amnet  8MB line even if his exchange was enabled.

To do that , you need a copper circuit to the exchange and be located
close to it    OR
have an Optic fibre distribution from the exchange to a Distribution
box near his home
AND   that   BOX  be equipped to handle 8 MB lines .

To my knowledge they do not make such an animal ... yet .

This is what the argument is between Telstra and the ACCC at the  
moment

.
The ACCC wants to Price Fix wholesale charges at a figure that  
Telstra

says
  is not commercially attractive.

If somebody gives the " GO " signal then a few Billion dollars  
need to

be spent to make it happen .

Meanwhile , if you enjoy your 8Mb line , plan to NOT change houses.
It may not be available at another address .

Bob





KEVIN Lock wrote:

Yesterday we had a Telecom man it fix a problem with noise on our
phone line.  The fix was successful and I gleaned useful  
information
about our broadband connection not forthcoming from either  
Telecom or

iinet.
Previously I have been told that our area is serviced by a 'twin  
pair
gain' line and this was the reason we could not get ADSL2 
+not so.
 From the Spearwood exchange there is optical cable to a Rim (a  
minor

exchange) near our house and from there our suburb (Bibra Lake) is
served by copper.   The reason iinet cannot give us ADSL2+ is that
Telecom will not allow third parties to use the Rim ports.   
Iinet are

installing their own equipment in exchanges.
Sooo, it seems that I need to go with Bigpond to get the higher
speeds.
I will report on progress.
Kev
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Re: Cassette to CD

[Nicholas Harvey]

Also

Some macs (at least one of my macs (imac or g5) had sound studio  
bundled on the install dvd . It has bunches of filters which should  
mitigate the noise. I have tried it once.


nick


On 25/07/2006, at 8:29 PM, Ray Forma wrote:


Paul,

I found CD Spin Doctor, a program that came free with Roxio's  
Toast, to be an excellent program for recording, and pre-treating,  
material from cassette and vinyl recordings, before recording to  
CD. Removed hiss and crackle very well wherever needed, at whatever  
level needed.




Hi All,
I'm hoping to take some compact cassette recordings I made of some  
interviews I did with my Grandmother for an oral history project  
back in 1987 and put them onto a CD for Mum for her 70th birthday  
in October. I want to have a go at removing some mechanical noise  
that made it on to the tape during the recording process.


I took a look at the Archives and the last discussion on this  
subject looks like it was back in 2003. I wondered if anyone had  
some more recent experience that they wanted to share. I have a  
tape deck hooked up to my eMac through the audio in connection.  
The results are ok using Garageband. I guess I'm after suggestions  
or recommendations on what sort of software might get the job done  
or if anyone would recommend a professional outfit who does this  
kind of work.


Thanks in advance.

Paul

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Re: Epson ink cartridges

[Nicholas Harvey]

H there,


Try the forum http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/laser/26282 for  
the C82 but the site http://www.fixyourownprinter.com has lots of  
information and I believe service manuals. My experience with the C82  
is I managed to fix one and one recommendation was to use a  
particular type of ink that did not contain the durabright that the  
epson cartridges contain.  I have also destroyed the print heads in  
one C82 using the techniques outlined so as one says the usual  
disclaimers go.


There is a guy in Perth (Canning Vale) selling large ink reservoirs  
for a variety of inkjet printers. Cannot remember the name of the  
company but could do just about any printer.



I too have gone  laser. Saumsung C555 with 3 yr warranty  - has xerox  
engine in it. Under A$600.



Nick

On 24/06/2006, at 1:32 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote:


Hi everyone,

To add to Tony's comments, I have an Epson CX5300 which has been  
kept in
immaculate condition but just simply does not print at all!!  
Neither the

black or colour printing work, probably with the jets all clogged up.

I just wish the inkjet manufacturers would make their printers  
serviceable
by the user, specially the cleaning of the jets. I did everything  
that the

book says but no go.

By the way that's the 3rd and last Epson inkjet printer, of  
whatever brand,
I will purchase. Since then I bought a cheap Brother laser -  
functions very
well with my Mac. I now strongly recommend my relatives and friends  
not to
purchase inkjets unless they buy one for well under $100- then  
throw away as

soon as the ink runs out!! A waste nonetheless 

If anyone knows of someone who could service my CX5300, cheaper than a
replacement scanner, please let me know.

Regards,

Philippe




on 24/6/06 12:58 PM, Tony Cockbain at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


It was cheaper to replace my old printer rather than repair it. As I
result I have four unopened ink cartridges that do not fit my new
printer:
TO 321 Black, TO 422 Cyan, TO 423 Magenta, TO 424 Yellow (all for use
with Epson Stylus C82/CX5100, CX5300)

Say $50 for the lot.



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Re: Mail problem with 10.4.6

[Nicholas Harvey]

Tony,



Your problem might be a file privilages problem which can be ifxed  
using  disk utilities and repair file permissions option. Alternately  
if somehow your mail.plist file is corrupt you may want to try  
Preferential treatment (http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/as/html/ 
pt.html) which will identify corrupt plist files. These are your  
preference files and can get corrupted. As they are xml based this  
little program checks them out to ensure they are compliant and not  
malformed. I have used it myself to resolve a couple of issues with  
miscreant preference file. Last time I checked it was free



Nick

On 30/04/2006, at 8:03 AM, Tony Cockbain wrote:

Ever since upgrading to 10.4.6 I have an intermittent problem with  
Mail. It sometimes quits when I send a message. When I restart Mail  
it sends the message again, so the recipient ends up with two  
messages. As I say it doesn't happen every time, but it is annoying  
when it does. Is there a cure?


Cheers Tony


Tony Cockbain
Editor
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
PO Box 8114 Angelo Street
South Perth WA 6151
Australia
Tel & Fax 08 9367 7037 (61 8 9367 7037)
Mobile 0439 690 947
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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hypothesis by  an ugly fact" [Thomas Huxley]




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Re: Cheap colour laser printers

[Nicholas Harvey]

Try the Samsung CLP-510  http://www.samsung.com/au/products/ 
printerfaxcopysolutions/printerfaxcopysolutions/clp_510.asp? 
page=Features


Came with three year on site service warranty and duplexing.  I  
learnt the 500 has a xerox 6100 engine in it and verified this using  
the 6100 driver. I have mine plugged into an airport express and it  
is sweet. I have tested the warranty - I snapped the lugs off inside  
the fixer cartidge - a gotcha you should look out for and apperently  
frequently done by first time buyers and major servcie call out for  
machines under warranty.


Consumables Black cartridge is 700 pages. Fixer/drum  is 10 k or  
15K . I work out my wife will use 14 reams of paper in 2 years which  
is equiv to  2 sets of epson ink cartridges. roughly 500 dollars.


Bought mine from http://www.pluscorp.com.au/Product.asp? 
CategoryID=91&WebsiteID=2&ProdID=4192 where they have network one for  
880.


Pricing at http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-13906.html Lowest is 620 and  
your local computer store will probably match.


On 23/09/2005, at 7:36 PM, Peter Curtis wrote:


Hi all
I'm getting really peed off with the cost of cartridges and ink for  
the inkjet printers!
Can anyone recommend the inexpensive colour laser printers? Perhaps  
give some information on brand, cost etc.

Many thanks
Regards
Peter

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Re: kids and computers

[Nicholas Harvey]

Tom,

Take a look at squid/dansgaurdian parental control combination. This
combination is free and provides effective filtering capabilities. A guy
called Dave Lopata as put together a Mac package which you can download from

http://www.lopata.net/staticpages/index.php?page=DGCHome

Essentially it allows you to set up you machine as a proxy machine and do
two things: 
1) Force all traffc through your machine
2) Filter inappropriate material out by preventing access to it.

It requires that you set up each other machine in the house to use your
machine as a proxy but it can be set up in transparent mode and with
ipchaining force all through your machine. Proxy for me is easier as we gave
all our kids a non-administrative account on their mac so they cannot change
the software. If they use a non-integrated browser like firefox, they can
get around it unless you set your router to only accept traffic from your
machines - most home routers like billion - I have no idea how to do this or
if it is possible.

The side benefit of all this is that when your machine is asleep or when you
switch off the dansguardian/squid software on your machine they have no net
access (cron/chronnix can be used to scehdule dg/squid startup/stop). My
machine sleeps when I don't use it therefore our kids have no net access. We
have also placed their machine in their games room which is also right next
to the kitchen so we see when what they use. If I'm not home or my wife
can't be bothered - when my machine sleeps network access for them is
effectively cut.

Hope this helps


Nick

On 6/7/04 10:32 PM, "tom samson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest how we can control our kids computers from our G5
> so that we can stop them staying up late and going on line when they
> should be asleep. I can password protect the machines but I would
> rather be able to control them from our home office.
> tom samson
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Re: Firewall

[Nicholas Harvey]

> From: Nicholas Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:40:49 +0800
> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
> Subject: Re: Firewall
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:22, Peter Sealy wrote:
>>> The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is incorporated in it
>>> which I assume is a type of firewall system/technology. Do I need any
>>> other firewall? Is turning on the OS X 10.3.4 Firewall in the Sharing
>>> system prefs sufficient or is this unnecessary?
>> 
>> NAT is not a firewall. It just translates addresses, allowing a single
>> IP address to be used by multiple computers.
>> 
>> A firewall is always a good idea.
>> 
> As Onno said, a nat router is not a firewall but:
> 
> A NAT router can be set up to stealth all open ports by simply assigning the
> entire port range 1-65535 to an ip address that has no machine at the end of
> it. I have a Billion 5100 and it has a security tab and this allows you to
> open/close some key ports such as ftp etc. Stealthing a port means there
> will be no response so any probe will not know if there is a real machine at
> the end of wire. A good synopsis can be found at the site
> http://www.grc.com. He also has a java script that will scan your ports and
> tell you which are open/closed/stealthed.
> 
> 
> 
> Nick
> 
PS: He has also made some claims about NETBIOS attacks that seems to be
subject to intense scrutiny.

Re: Firewall

[Nicholas Harvey]

> From: Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:22, Peter Sealy wrote:
>> The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is incorporated in it
>> which I assume is a type of firewall system/technology. Do I need any
>> other firewall? Is turning on the OS X 10.3.4 Firewall in the Sharing
>> system prefs sufficient or is this unnecessary?
> 
> NAT is not a firewall. It just translates addresses, allowing a single
> IP address to be used by multiple computers.
> 
> A firewall is always a good idea.
> 
As Onno said, a nat router is not a firewall but:

A NAT router can be set up to stealth all open ports by simply assigning the
entire port range 1-65535 to an ip address that has no machine at the end of
it. I have a Billion 5100 and it has a security tab and this allows you to
open/close some key ports such as ftp etc. Stealthing a port means there
will be no response so any probe will not know if there is a real machine at
the end of wire. A good synopsis can be found at the site
http://www.grc.com. He also has a java script that will scan your ports and
tell you which are open/closed/stealthed.



Nick

Re: MYOB windows>mac>windows

[Nicholas Harvey]

Janis,


My wife and I use MYOB for our accounts etc.  We can send the accounts 
to our windows based accountant in native format no problem. Manual and 
selling point is it is platform independent.


We use a Powerboook G4 15" for MYOB. Your question is along the same 
lines as "how long is a piece of string". MYOB runs on my machine a G5 
more than acceptably. It runs on hers which is a 550 Mhz G4 Ti more 
than acceptably.


I kind of like the look of the 12" Aluminium books. But I like big 
screens so the 17" is what I would buy if I was looking. To economise 
the ibook looks cute and good.  In a word test them out.


Nick


On 29/05/2004, at 8:37 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

Is it possible to convert myob files created using windows (clients 
files) to mac version of myob (to work on them) and then transfer back 
again to windows?


What is the best mac laptop for running a small business doing company 
books using myob excel and word and internet?


thanks
Janis



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Re: Old Applecentres

[Nicholas Harvey]

Hear hear !!

I am wondering if Apple Australia is removing all incentives (such as 
they are) that makes an Apple centre a marginally commercial 
proposition because they want you to buy 1) over internet or 2) from a 
large established Applecentre groups who's prices are not attractive or 
3) Clearng the market place in preparation to open Applestores here. I 
am generally of the impression that Apple does not regard this as a 
large market and therefore is not ready to get aggressive.


Nick
On 15/02/2004, at 8:27 PM, Mark Schotte wrote:


Hi everyone,

Just a quick question I would like to pose (and hopefully someone from 
Apple

will be across this posting)

Two questions;

1. Why is you never see a McDonalds close down?
2. Why is it when an Applecentre closes, the signage stay an lingers 
like a

bad smell.

I seem to remember seeing the very prominent signage for the 
Applecentre in
Cannington proudly displayed for at least six months following its 
closure.


This afternoon I was in the city and took advantage of parking outside 
what
used to be G Mac in Beaufort St. It was mildly disturbing to see a 
sign very
clearly painted on the showroom window directing would be clients to 
their

'New and improved Cannington store'. All this complete with map and
directions. Unfortunately we all know that alas the Abacus Cannington 
store

has also closed.

How much more do Apple want to annoy customers than sending them on a
mission impossible.

IMHO the first item that should be removed is corporate signage.

How about it Apple!

Mark


PS - A to Q1. They really know the damage that old signage can do to a
companies reputation. No one wants to see their preferred brand with 
closed

stores all over the place.


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Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

[Nicholas Harvey]

Hi,

I went to the Apple centre in Cannington (Abacus store) and found out 
that it is closing or closed.


The guy was very flippant. Why are you closing I inquired:

He responded:

8% only markup
Big investment up front
Public haggling over price

Natural conclusion - he cannot make a buck.

This is probably old news

Nick