Re: Safari cache (Modified)

[cm]

Hi again Sev,

After a search of the forum it seems the the but I couldn't be certain at the 
end of my last post is the case! Website data probably does not contain cached 
web pages. It seems that Empty Caches has been moved to a new Develop menu item 
that must first be enable in preferences.

So the procedure is:

1) Go to menu Item Safari > Preferences  or press ⌘,
2) Select the Advanced tab
3) At the bottom of this tab check the box "Show Develop menu in menu bar"

The new menu item now appears in the Safari system menu.

4) Select Develop > Empty Caches or press ⌥⌘E

Regards,
Carlo


On 05/08/2012, at 18:45 , cm  wrote:

> Hi Sev,
> 
> I think that Safari version 6.0 may still have the empty cache feature. To 
> get to it, use the system menu starting with the word Safari
> 
>   Safari > Reset Safari...
> 
> You can then check or uncheck as may items as you choose before pressing the 
> Reset button. I think that "Remove all website data" may contain cached 
> versions of the pages but I couldn't be certain.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> 
> On 05/08/2012, at 16:52 , Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> I notice that the latest Safari (6.0)/10.8  no longer has a menu item to 
>> Empty Cache and this is not included in Reset Safari.  While Reload Page 
>> will often fix a tangle, unambiguously emptying there cache I find is 
>> infallible.  
>> Has anyone comments to offer?  
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>>  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>   Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>   email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>> 
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Re: Safari cache

[cm]

Hi Sev,

I think that Safari version 6.0 may still have the empty cache feature. To get 
to it, use the system menu starting with the word Safari

   Safari > Reset Safari...

You can then check or uncheck as may items as you choose before pressing the 
Reset button. I think that "Remove all website data" may contain cached 
versions of the pages but I couldn't be certain.

Regards,
Carlo


On 05/08/2012, at 16:52 , Severin Crisp  wrote:

> I notice that the latest Safari (6.0)/10.8  no longer has a menu item to 
> Empty Cache and this is not included in Reset Safari.  While Reload Page will 
> often fix a tangle, unambiguously emptying there cache I find is infallible.  
> Has anyone comments to offer?  
> Severin Crisp
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
> 
> 
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Re: Time Machine backup

[cm]

Hi Peter,

Did you make sure the Data directory was mounted by navigating to it first in 
Finder?

C

On 05/08/2012, at 12:59 , Peter Crisp  wrote:

> Ok, tried that - response to step 2) below yields "no such file or 
> directory". 
> 
> Shall I do a full reinstall again, I have nothing to loose and I have the 
> clone carefully placed aside still?
> 
> Pete.
> 
> 
> On 05/08/2012, at 12:44 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pete,
>> 
>> Not I get it! (Insert slap on forehead here.) Sorry for not noticing earlier.
>> 
>> It's a convention when writing Terminal commands to show a $ sign at the 
>> start. That is meant to represent the last character of the prompt that 
>> Terminal will write to show it is ready for a command. When one is logged in 
>> with a root account the convention is to show a # character instead.
>> 
>> So try please try again but this time do not type the $ at the start of the 
>> command. For instance where I say "$ cd /Volumes/Data", type only "cd 
>> /Volumes/Data"
>> 
>> Let me know how that goes.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 05/08/2012, at 12:36 , Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Carlo, thanks for persevering with me. I did the Disk verify and 
>>> permissions repair - there was one identified issue to do with a group code 
>>> being wrong - not sure if that relates to my problem or not. In any case it 
>>> is now repaired. At this point I have tried with Terminal to delete the 
>>> User's.sparesbundle from all 3 MB's independently and each of them replies 
>>> after step 2 below with "-bash: :$ command not found". So I can't delete 
>>> with terminal at the moment. However, the order of steps is slightly 
>>> altered when compared with your earlier instructions in that I did the OSX 
>>> install prior to the disk verify/repair steps. Does this matter?
>>> 
>>> Still unable to delete the sparesebundle and also unable to mount the time 
>>> machine disc image.
>>> 
>>> I think you indicated earlier there is an instal process to fix the "bash" 
>>> issue I am having.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Pete...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 05/08/2012, at 12:05 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the 
>>>> sparse bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can 
>>>> try it from one of the other computers.
>>>> 
>>>> 1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder 
>>>> sidebar. Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further 
>>>> in Finder.
>>>> 
>>>> 2) In Terminal now do the following
>>>> $ cd /Volumes/Data
>>>> 
>>>> 3) At this point type
>>>> $ ls -l
>>>> 
>>>> and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called
>>>> 
>>>> 4) Still in terminal type
>>>> $ sudo rm -rf 
>>>> Where  is the name from step 3)
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck!
>>>> 
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Pete,
>>>>> 
>>>>> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting 
>>>>> from a older email address.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully 
>>>>> applied the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer 
>>>>> with all your data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there 
>>>>> is little benefit to a clean install if you intend to use data migration 
>>>>> assistant to bring all the cruft back.
>>>>> 
>>>>> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a 
>>>>> non functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you 
>>>>> could proceed as follows:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the 
>>>>> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine 
>>>>> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable dat

Re: Time Machine backup

[cm]

An addendum on thinking about the matter further and to head of an almost 
certain post. When you attempt to remove the sparse bundle, the single quote 
character will need to be preceded by a \ -- this is know as escaping a special 
character.

So if the bundle is called User's.sparsebundle, you must type

rm -rf User\'s.sparsebundle

You can, to make this process easier, hit the Tab key after you have type this 
far "rm -rf User"

The spelling has to be perfect so please note the spelling of "sparsebundle"

Regards,
Carlo

On 05/08/2012, at 12:44 , cm  wrote:

> Hi Pete,
> 
> Not I get it! (Insert slap on forehead here.) Sorry for not noticing earlier.
> 
> It's a convention when writing Terminal commands to show a $ sign at the 
> start. That is meant to represent the last character of the prompt that 
> Terminal will write to show it is ready for a command. When one is logged in 
> with a root account the convention is to show a # character instead.
> 
> So try please try again but this time do not type the $ at the start of the 
> command. For instance where I say "$ cd /Volumes/Data", type only "cd 
> /Volumes/Data"
> 
> Let me know how that goes.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> On 05/08/2012, at 12:36 , Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Carlo, thanks for persevering with me. I did the Disk verify and 
>> permissions repair - there was one identified issue to do with a group code 
>> being wrong - not sure if that relates to my problem or not. In any case it 
>> is now repaired. At this point I have tried with Terminal to delete the 
>> User's.sparesbundle from all 3 MB's independently and each of them replies 
>> after step 2 below with "-bash: :$ command not found". So I can't delete 
>> with terminal at the moment. However, the order of steps is slightly altered 
>> when compared with your earlier instructions in that I did the OSX install 
>> prior to the disk verify/repair steps. Does this matter?
>> 
>> Still unable to delete the sparesebundle and also unable to mount the time 
>> machine disc image.
>> 
>> I think you indicated earlier there is an instal process to fix the "bash" 
>> issue I am having.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 05/08/2012, at 12:05 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the 
>>> sparse bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can 
>>> try it from one of the other computers.
>>> 
>>> 1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder 
>>> sidebar. Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further 
>>> in Finder.
>>> 
>>> 2) In Terminal now do the following
>>> $ cd /Volumes/Data
>>> 
>>> 3) At this point type
>>> $ ls -l
>>> 
>>> and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called
>>> 
>>> 4) Still in terminal type
>>> $ sudo rm -rf 
>>> Where  is the name from step 3)
>>> 
>>> Good luck!
>>> 
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Pete,
>>>> 
>>>> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting 
>>>> from a older email address.
>>>> 
>>>> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully 
>>>> applied the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer 
>>>> with all your data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is 
>>>> little benefit to a clean install if you intend to use data migration 
>>>> assistant to bring all the cruft back.
>>>> 
>>>> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a 
>>>> non functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you 
>>>> could proceed as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the 
>>>> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule.
>>>> 
>>>> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine 
>>>> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data 
>>>> will be included in the backup at this point
>>>> 
>>>> 3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data.
>>>> 
>>>> 4) Do another Time Machine backup -- 

Re: Time Machine backup

[cm]

Hi Pete,

Not I get it! (Insert slap on forehead here.) Sorry for not noticing earlier.

It's a convention when writing Terminal commands to show a $ sign at the start. 
That is meant to represent the last character of the prompt that Terminal will 
write to show it is ready for a command. When one is logged in with a root 
account the convention is to show a # character instead.

So try please try again but this time do not type the $ at the start of the 
command. For instance where I say "$ cd /Volumes/Data", type only "cd 
/Volumes/Data"

Let me know how that goes.

Regards,
Carlo

On 05/08/2012, at 12:36 , Peter Crisp  wrote:

> Hi Carlo, thanks for persevering with me. I did the Disk verify and 
> permissions repair - there was one identified issue to do with a group code 
> being wrong - not sure if that relates to my problem or not. In any case it 
> is now repaired. At this point I have tried with Terminal to delete the 
> User's.sparesbundle from all 3 MB's independently and each of them replies 
> after step 2 below with "-bash: :$ command not found". So I can't delete with 
> terminal at the moment. However, the order of steps is slightly altered when 
> compared with your earlier instructions in that I did the OSX install prior 
> to the disk verify/repair steps. Does this matter?
> 
> Still unable to delete the sparesebundle and also unable to mount the time 
> machine disc image.
> 
> I think you indicated earlier there is an instal process to fix the "bash" 
> issue I am having.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/08/2012, at 12:05 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the 
>> sparse bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can 
>> try it from one of the other computers.
>> 
>> 1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder sidebar. 
>> Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further in Finder.
>> 
>> 2) In Terminal now do the following
>> $ cd /Volumes/Data
>> 
>> 3) At this point type
>> $ ls -l
>> 
>> and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called
>> 
>> 4) Still in terminal type
>> $ sudo rm -rf 
>> Where  is the name from step 3)
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> 
>> Carlo
>> 
>> 
>> On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Pete,
>>> 
>>> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting 
>>> from a older email address.
>>> 
>>> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully 
>>> applied the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer with 
>>> all your data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is 
>>> little benefit to a clean install if you intend to use data migration 
>>> assistant to bring all the cruft back.
>>> 
>>> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a non 
>>> functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you could 
>>> proceed as follows:
>>> 
>>> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the 
>>> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule.
>>> 
>>> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine 
>>> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data will 
>>> be included in the backup at this point
>>> 
>>> 3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data.
>>> 
>>> 4) Do another Time Machine backup -- this time with you data.
>>> 
>>> Let us know what you choose to do and how it goes.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Re: Time Machine backup
>>>> Peter Crisp
>>>> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:23:39 -0700
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, just about reached end of the line for options. 
>>>> 
>>>> What I did was load the OSX disc for System update only to 10.5.4 and then 
>>>> test 
>>>> to see if Time Machine could mount the volume- no go.
>>>> 
>>>> Then my objective was to do a clean instal from the 10.5.4 OSX disc, but 
>>>> as it 
>>>> was already the same OSX version, I was not presented with the option to 
>>>> do a 
>>>> clean instal. So I did Software Update to up version to 10.5.8 which it 
>>>> did but 
>&

Re: Time Machine backup

[cm]

Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the sparse 
bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can try it from 
one of the other computers.

1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder sidebar. 
Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further in Finder.

2) In Terminal now do the following
$ cd /Volumes/Data

3) At this point type
$ ls -l

and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called

4) Still in terminal type
$ sudo rm -rf 
Where  is the name from step 3)

Good luck!

Carlo


On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm  wrote:

> Hi Pete,
> 
> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting from 
> a older email address.
> 
> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully applied 
> the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer with all your 
> data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is little benefit 
> to a clean install if you intend to use data migration assistant to bring all 
> the cruft back.
> 
> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a non 
> functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you could 
> proceed as follows:
> 
> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the 
> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule.
> 
> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine 
> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data will 
> be included in the backup at this point
> 
> 3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data.
> 
> 4) Do another Time Machine backup -- this time with you data.
> 
> Let us know what you choose to do and how it goes.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Re: Time Machine backup
>> Peter Crisp
>> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:23:39 -0700
>> 
>> Ok, just about reached end of the line for options. 
>> 
>> What I did was load the OSX disc for System update only to 10.5.4 and then 
>> test 
>> to see if Time Machine could mount the volume- no go.
>> 
>> Then my objective was to do a clean instal from the 10.5.4 OSX disc, but as 
>> it 
>> was already the same OSX version, I was not presented with the option to do 
>> a 
>> clean instal. So I did Software Update to up version to 10.5.8 which it did 
>> but 
>> took 5 hours through the night.
>> 
>> I tried the Time Machine process again- no good.
>> 
>> So, go the full Monty. Clean instal back to 10.5.4. Still no Time Machine 
>> image 
>> mount. Some observations though which might jog someone's memory. In the 
>> Change 
>> Disc dialogue box of TM I have 3 items. 
>> 
>> Item 1 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a green picture with an analogue 
>> clock face.
>> 
>> Item 2 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a blue picture of 3 people 
>> holding 
>> hands.
>> 
>> Item 3 says None but has a red circle with a red diagonal line through it.
>> 
>> But item 3 has been there for ages, well before introducing Tim's MacBook to 
>> the TC.
>> 
>> Item 2 is the one I pick normally on Jo's MacBook and it works fine. 
>> 
>> Another observation, when looking at Time Machine window on Tim's MacBook it 
>> states name as Name: Time Capsule and Available 525.4GB of 929.5GB. On 
>> SWMBOs 
>> MacBook, same window says Name: Time Capsule (Joannes-Time-Capsule) and 
>> Available: 564.11GB of 998.06GB.
>> 
>> It seems like there are 2 volumes or images, I really don't know what to do 
>> next.
>> 
>> I haven't migrated Tim's data back in yet, to save me wasting time and to 
>> protect it until its all settled.
>> 
>> I had read somewhere that Time Capsule uses the MAC address to recognise a 
>> machine, in doing a clean instal the MAC address doesn't change (i think) 
>> and 
>> so it is still attempting to do the same as I was trying 3 days ago. As same 
>> MAC address means same machine to the TC. Can I change the MAC address? Is 
>> there a plist file somewhere I can blow away to kick start it from scratch?
>> 
>> WCE performance was icing on the cake last night but the rowers did a great 
>> job!
>> 
>> Any tips?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>> 

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Re: Time Machine backup

[cm]

Hi Pete,

My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting from a 
older email address.

Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully applied 
the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer with all your 
data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is little benefit to 
a clean install if you intend to use data migration assistant to bring all the 
cruft back.

To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a non 
functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you could 
proceed as follows:

1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the unused 
sparse bundle on your Time Capsule.

2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine backup 
just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data will be 
included in the backup at this point

3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data.

4) Do another Time Machine backup -- this time with you data.

Let us know what you choose to do and how it goes.

Regards,
Carlo





> Re: Time Machine backup
> Peter Crisp
> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:23:39 -0700
> 
> Ok, just about reached end of the line for options. 
> 
> What I did was load the OSX disc for System update only to 10.5.4 and then 
> test 
> to see if Time Machine could mount the volume- no go.
> 
> Then my objective was to do a clean instal from the 10.5.4 OSX disc, but as 
> it 
> was already the same OSX version, I was not presented with the option to do a 
> clean instal. So I did Software Update to up version to 10.5.8 which it did 
> but 
> took 5 hours through the night.
> 
> I tried the Time Machine process again- no good.
> 
> So, go the full Monty. Clean instal back to 10.5.4. Still no Time Machine 
> image 
> mount. Some observations though which might jog someone's memory. In the 
> Change 
> Disc dialogue box of TM I have 3 items. 
> 
> Item 1 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a green picture with an analogue 
> clock face.
> 
> Item 2 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a blue picture of 3 people holding 
> hands.
> 
> Item 3 says None but has a red circle with a red diagonal line through it.
> 
> But item 3 has been there for ages, well before introducing Tim's MacBook to 
> the TC.
> 
> Item 2 is the one I pick normally on Jo's MacBook and it works fine. 
> 
> Another observation, when looking at Time Machine window on Tim's MacBook it 
> states name as Name: Time Capsule and Available 525.4GB of 929.5GB. On SWMBOs 
> MacBook, same window says Name: Time Capsule (Joannes-Time-Capsule) and 
> Available: 564.11GB of 998.06GB.
> 
> It seems like there are 2 volumes or images, I really don't know what to do 
> next.
> 
> I haven't migrated Tim's data back in yet, to save me wasting time and to 
> protect it until its all settled.
> 
> I had read somewhere that Time Capsule uses the MAC address to recognise a 
> machine, in doing a clean instal the MAC address doesn't change (i think) and 
> so it is still attempting to do the same as I was trying 3 days ago. As same 
> MAC address means same machine to the TC. Can I change the MAC address? Is 
> there a plist file somewhere I can blow away to kick start it from scratch?
> 
> WCE performance was icing on the cake last night but the rowers did a great 
> job!
> 
> Any tips?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
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Re: Thoughts on membership

[cm]

Hi Rosemary,

That's a point well made and we will take it to heart. Thank you for bringing 
that up. I think that for the coming year and possibly for the remainder of 
this year we should look at pensioner, student, and family subscriptions.

I will  repeat a passage from an earlier email that may have been lost in the 
traffic of the past 24 hours:

> The second solution I would like to offer is that at the next committee 
> meeting we will discuss some bursaries for members who really cannot afford 
> to pay the membership fee. This would be entirely confidential between the 
> prospective member and WAMUG. If the committee is in agreement you will see a 
> mail out on this subject after the next committee meeting on July 17 and our 
> website will be updated to reflect this.

Best regards,
Carlo

On 30/06/2012, at 16:51 , Wendy S Austin wrote:

> 
> I have been pondering the comments from Peter and Eugene and their reasons 
> for not being able to pay the $30.00 membership fee.   I feel the need to say 
> I was rather disappointed in some of the responses to those comments, and 
> refer to the comment below.   It is not for us to judge what is or is not a 
> significant amount of money to someone else.It is also not very wise to 
> be as simplistic as the comment below, about such things.   It might work out 
> to 58 cents a week but thrown on top of other expenses people have, $30.00 
> cannot always be found.I had a young school girl knock on my door last 
> week, fund raising for something, and when I told her I did not want to 
> participate she told me it was just the price of a cup of coffee after all.   
> How patronising!She was given a rather stern talking to and sent on her 
> way.
> 
> Please don't respond to people's honest expressions of why they cannot meet 
> the $30.00 cost in such patronising ways, it really does demean you.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Wendy
> On 28/06/2012, at 19:41 , Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and truly worth it!
>> 
>> Michael.
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Wendy S Austin
> 211 Bathurst Street
> Hobart  Tas  7000
> Home:  (03) 62852733
> Mobile:  0409951971
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Anti Virus

[cm]

HI Peter,

If it makes you feel any better about Windoze they are working as fast as their 
buggy little legs will carry them to copy OS X. Word is that Windows 8 will be 
getting rid of the start button and moving entirely to whatever it is that they 
call their copy of Dock -- task bar I think it is. As Bertrand Serlet said at 
Apple's 2006 World Wide Developers Converence after announcing Tiger, "Redmond, 
start your photocopiers". :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 30/06/2012, at 15:46 , Curtis Peter wrote:

> Hi Shayne (and others)
> I've never used a windoze machine except for the last couple of years running 
> OzieExplorer which cannot be run on a Mac, and is the only reason I'm running 
> Paralells. It saves having an additional machine around. I had unsuccessfully 
> tried the older virtual programs (Virtual PC) but they were too slow and 
> cumbersome. 
> I started using Mac in 1982 on an Apple 111! It cost me $5000 and didn't even 
> have a hard drive, plus I had to buy an additional drive to save swapping 
> 5.25 program and data floppy disks.
> If windoze users think it's hard swapping to a Mac you aught to try the other 
> way round, Mac to Windoze! It's horrific. You keep looking for the intuitive 
> way of doing things and there just aint any. Right from the beginning where 
> you have to go to start to actually finish or shut down. Makes sense doesn't 
> it?
> Anyway, back to the present, I did download AVG and tried that but the 
> Windows Security Essentials sounded better to me so I've wiped AVG and 
> downloaded the Essentials to give it a go.
> Much thanks to all in sundry for their informative suggestions and comments.
> Regards
> Peter
> 
> On 29/06/2012, at 10:17 PM, S Beach wrote:
> 
>> Hi Peter
>> 
>> I've used and serviced Windows computers for many years and may have even
>> serviced yours just at the time you were switching to Mac.
>> I've used AVG in the past and got sick of lots of questions and pop-ups and
>> buy-me messages. I have also used Nortons in the past and while my
>> experience was ok they seemed to add more unnecessary features each
>> release. They may have trimmed back a bit now -i dont know.
>> When I use Windows now in VMware and other pc's I use the free antivirus
>> program from Microsoft called Windows Security Essentials.
>> Surprise surprise it has been given good reviews. It works effectively,
>> doesn't seem to slow the computer down and doesn't annoy you.
>> Best of all it works seemlessly with the built in Windows firewall and
>> doesn't ask you stupid questions that it you dont have a clue how to answer
>> and it should be able to answer itself.
>> 
>> And yes every windows installation, physical or virtual, must have
>> antivirus software installed and running at all times.
>> 
>> Those questions are easily answered... But from my reading of your email it
>> seems you are asking about antivirus for Mac.
>> Now there's a question that I don't know the answer to & it seems few
>> people want to face up too but I fear we may all have too perhaps sooner
>> rather than later. I read an article a while back that convinced me I
>> should find some sort of antivirus app for my Mac. I added it to my to-do
>> list. Sigh. Do I too have a (perhaps) false sense of security?
>> 
>> Anyway the cynic in me suspects that parallels gets a commission for every
>> Kaspersky sale it refers. Not possible surely! :-) I wouldn't necessarily
>> rush to them anyway. I would be looking for objective reviews and
>> comparisons on tech sites etc... if objective reviews still exist in a
>> world of referral commisions & affiliate marketing.
>> 
>> Sorry I can't be more help on this front.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Shayne
>> 
>> 
>> On Friday, June 29, 2012, Tim Law wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> I get that annoying Kaperski pop up too and have often wondered the same
>>> thing as you.
>>> 
>>> I ended up buying a family licence for Nortons as others in my family,
>>> sigh - failed parenting I know - have those other machines, and Nortons
>>> seems to work okay. I don't use Windows in Parrallels very often, but let
>>> it go through all it's updates as it wants each time I start up to avoid
>>> nasties getting in and have not had any problems with it so far.
>>> 
>>> I take Ronni's point that another app may be kinder on  VM resources and
>>> will look at avg when Nortons want to take money from me again.
>>> 
>>> I'd be interested in others experiences of Kasperky too, in particular if
>>> it is recommended by Parrallels, I'd be hoping it was A) effective
>>> antivirus, and B) not resource hungry. I'm like you, I'd not heard of it
>>> before and have a general distrust of annoying pop ups.
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 29/06/2012, at 11:16 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Peter,
 
 I run Windows 7 Ultimate in Parallels Desktop 7. Have used Parallels
>>> since version 5 I think.
 It is a very good program. I only have Windows installed on my MBP to
>>> show clients that th

Re: Membership - well worth it to me!

[cm]

Thanks truly Rosemary! Your continued support is much appreciated.

Regards,
Carlo

On 30/06/2012, at 13:49 , Rosemary Spark wrote:

> I've have just re-joined after a lapse of time (and change of name was
> Horton before my husband changed his name). I rarely have managed to come
> to meetings, but have enjoyed reading, and trawling through my mac archives
> (the ones on my computers go back to 2007..useful when you don't have a
> wifi connection)
> 
> I have had much useful and life-saving advice and handholding over the
> years, though it's been intermittent ... However, whenever I've needed
> help, often from the indefatigable Ronni, but also from many others.
> 
> I know running any web presence takes time and effort and money. I will
> hope to remember my fees each year form now on!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> PO Box 781
> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
> Mobile: 0414268043
> arkaysp...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 June 2012 16:48, cm  wrote:
> 
>> Thanks truly Mike! I too keep WAMUG post for reference but my collection
>> does not extend as far back as yours. I have heard talk of Shay Telfer but
>> was living in Canada while he was active on the list. He may still be
>> receiving emails so I hope we hear from him at some point.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 28/06/2012, at 16:32 , Mike Murray wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Muggers
>>> 
>>> I have a folder in my mailbox called Mac stuff to keep and I just had a
>> look at it...it dates from 2000 (when I had a G3 powerbook running 8.5) and
>> there are many precious hints in there, (like what to do when the
>> Sylewriter's waste ink tanks fill up) which I've kept in case I ever need
>> to refer to them. I know that Ronni's hints and exhortations about backup
>> are there when I need them. I've noticed that expert people wax and wane
>> over time (Otto?Shay?) and it's great that there seems to be a continual
>> source of helpful folks around to keep us all going.
>>> 
>>> Reflecting on all this golden information, I can't for the life of me
>> begrudge WAMUG the annual fees (lees than a carton, folks). I've learned
>> heaps through the interchange of problems/options/solutions that have been
>> a constant workshop for the non-techies like me.
>>> 
>>> All power to you, WAMUG, long may we thrive.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> TimeTrackers
>>> East Fremantle
>>> Western Australia
>>> 
>>> Tel 08 9339 8078
>>> Fax 08 9339 0519
>>> Mob 0407 669 376
>>> 
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>>> education, publishing and film-making
>>> 
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Re: Thoughts on membership

[cm]

Thank Bill and Michael! We should use the 58 cents a week in publicising the 
group. That can also be viewed as one-eighth of the Australian Bureau of 
Standards Long Macchiato Coffee. :-)

Best regards,
Carlo

On 28/06/2012, at 17:41 , Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and truly worth it!
> 
> Michael.
> 
> 
> On 28/06/2012, at 5:30 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I have no recall of when I "found" WAMUG,  but a good few years ago I am 
>> sure.  The $30?   Worth it.  And the sheer persistence in solving problems 
>> on the part of Ronni and others giving advice is a breath of fresh air in 
>> this greedy litigious society we live in. 
>> The advice "wears" off on others and I helping someone today by passing on 
>> advice from a WAMUG guru..!
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> On 28/06/2012, at 4:07 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Sev,
>>> 
>>> Coming from you, a longtime and esteemed member of WAMUG, the comments are 
>>> truly appreciated, and your contributions to the list are always welcomed. 
>>> You are too much of a gentleman to name any one person, but we know that 
>>> Ronni has been particularly determined to solve a number of the more knotty 
>>> problems. The rest of us are happy to contribute to you Mac's well being as 
>>> well in any way we can.
>>> 
>>> We look forward to the day when you can make it too a meeting.
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 28/06/2012, at 15:39 , Severin Crisp wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have been a paid member for many years now and never grudge my annual 
>>>> $30; it is an investment returned to me many time over in knotty (and 
>>>> simple!) problems quickly resolved so that there is minimal time 
>>>> wasted/lost on annoying but critical issues.Apart from direct response 
>>>> to my own queries I find great interest and enlightenment from queries and 
>>>> responses from/to others. 
>>>> I have always been a believer in financially supporting organisations to 
>>>> which I belong or gain direct benefit or see useful gain to others from my 
>>>> support.  I happily give donations to shareware writers.  
>>>> I am intrigued by the postings on this; $30 per year is a minimal amount,  
>>>> even in these harder times, and I am amazed that people jib at it.  There 
>>>> is a significant investment in keeping WAMUG on the air and a huge effort 
>>>> from those dedicated souls who put in the work to make it happen.  Our 
>>>> contributions benefit us all.  
>>>> I name no names but thank you all, committee, workers, expert advisers and 
>>>> query answerers, you know who I am talking about!  
>>>> I hope that one day, sometime, I may eventually attend a meeting, it is a 
>>>> long drive from Albany!  
>>>> Good wishes to all
>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>> 
>>>>Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>>>15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>>> Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>>> email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Disk format

[cm]

Hi Ronni and Sev,

I agree entirely that if you can eliminate the requirement to share with a 
Windows computer it is best not to use MS-DOS (FAT) file allocation scheme. 
Apart from the 4 GB file size limit, it is a lot more prone to corruption 
because it is not a journaled file system. I never use MS-DOS (FAT) myself 
except for on thumb drives that I use for transferring files. One can usually 
also share file by sharing directories on a local network. Also Master Boot 
Record limits the size of the disk to 2 TB so the GUID partition scheme is 
better.

I am not sure I agree that iPhoto Libraries will not copy to FAT-32 however. 
Even though by a trick of the OS X operating system, an iPhoto Library appears 
to be one monolithic file, it is really a directory with many individual image 
files stored in it, each one of which is usually no more than 10 MB. There may 
be some problems for a Mac reading the library because MS-DOS (FAT) is missing 
the bundle bit. If I get a spare moment I will do an experiment with a spare 
external drive.

So all in all I agree you should steer clear of MS-DOS (FAT) if you can, but if 
you have a requirement to make the file system readable by Windows you have no 
option. The newer Windows NTFS is not supported entirely by OS X as yet.

Regards,
Carlo



On 28/06/2012, at 16:51 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Severin & Carlo,
> 
> I would agree with Carlo IF you did not have iPhoto Libraries on the external 
> drive.
> I would not recommend using either FAT-32 or NTFS for backup of your iPhoto 
> Library. 
> FAT-32 has a 4GB limit ... iPhoto Library I would assume would be over 4GB
> 
> The only reason to store Mac files on a Windows file system is to share those 
> files between the two systems. 
> 
> Also FAT-32 can not hold permissions of mac file.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 28/06/2012, at 4:42 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> I should add that if the drive you buy has a Windows sticker on the side, 
>> you often do not need to reformat it at all as it will already be in MS-DOS 
>> (FAT) layout. You can check this by running Disk Utility, selecting the 
>> drive and clicking on the Partition tab. You can then read the current 
>> format by looking at the value displayed in the drop down.
>> 
>> C
>> 
>> On 28/06/2012, at 16:33 , cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Sev,
>>> 
>>> For maximum interoperability the best options is probably MS-DOS (FAT) and 
>>> the Master Boot Record partition scheme. This is a system that was 
>>> introduced with Windows 95 and it is still supported by newer Windows 
>>> operating systems. To format a disk with this scheme you can proceed as 
>>> follows:
>>> 
>>> 1) With the disk connected, start up Disk Utility and select the top level 
>>> of the external drive in the side bar. (It might say something like "WD 500 
>>> GB").
>>> 2) Select the Partition tab located at the top of the display window.
>>> 3) From the Partition Layout drop down, choose the number of partitions you 
>>> require, for instance "1 Partition".
>>> 4) Name the partition whatever you choose and select a Format of "MS-DOS 
>>> (FAT)".
>>> 5) Click the Options... button at the bottom of the partition map and 
>>> select "Master Boot Record" from the radio button slide down menu.
>>> 6) Click the Apply button.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 28/06/2012, at 15:53 , Severin Crisp wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am preparing a portable hard disk as 1) an offsite backup and 2) as 
>>>> resource for others to access in case of my incapacity.  There will be a 
>>>> mixture of material, many Word documents but also many GB of iPhoto 
>>>> Libraries and archived emails.  I believe the latter two can only sensibly 
>>>> be accessed from a Mac, though it is possible to dig original pictures out 
>>>> of an iPhoto library.  In the ultimate bad case the disk may be accessed 
>>>> in the first instance from a PC.  Which is the best format for the disk?
>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>>>15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>>> Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>>> email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>>>> 
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Re: Membership - well worth it to me!

[cm]

Thanks truly Mike! I too keep WAMUG post for reference but my collection does 
not extend as far back as yours. I have heard talk of Shay Telfer but was 
living in Canada while he was active on the list. He may still be receiving 
emails so I hope we hear from him at some point.

Best regards,
Carlo

On 28/06/2012, at 16:32 , Mike Murray wrote:

> Hi Muggers
> 
> I have a folder in my mailbox called Mac stuff to keep and I just had a look 
> at it...it dates from 2000 (when I had a G3 powerbook running 8.5) and there 
> are many precious hints in there, (like what to do when the Sylewriter's 
> waste ink tanks fill up) which I've kept in case I ever need to refer to 
> them. I know that Ronni's hints and exhortations about backup are there when 
> I need them. I've noticed that expert people wax and wane over time 
> (Otto?Shay?) and it's great that there seems to be a continual source of 
> helpful folks around to keep us all going.
> 
> Reflecting on all this golden information, I can't for the life of me 
> begrudge WAMUG the annual fees (lees than a carton, folks). I've learned 
> heaps through the interchange of problems/options/solutions that have been a 
> constant workshop for the non-techies like me.
> 
> All power to you, WAMUG, long may we thrive.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
> TimeTrackers
> East Fremantle
> Western Australia
> 
> Tel 08 9339 8078
> Fax 08 9339 0519
> Mob 0407 669 376
> 
> British and Australian genealogical and historical research, 
> education, publishing and film-making
> 
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> 
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Re: Disk format

[cm]

I should add that if the drive you buy has a Windows sticker on the side, you 
often do not need to reformat it at all as it will already be in MS-DOS (FAT) 
layout. You can check this by running Disk Utility, selecting the drive and 
clicking on the Partition tab. You can then read the current format by looking 
at the value displayed in the drop down.

C

On 28/06/2012, at 16:33 , cm wrote:

> Hi Sev,
> 
> For maximum interoperability the best options is probably MS-DOS (FAT) and 
> the Master Boot Record partition scheme. This is a system that was introduced 
> with Windows 95 and it is still supported by newer Windows operating systems. 
> To format a disk with this scheme you can proceed as follows:
> 
> 1) With the disk connected, start up Disk Utility and select the top level of 
> the external drive in the side bar. (It might say something like "WD 500 GB").
> 2) Select the Partition tab located at the top of the display window.
> 3) From the Partition Layout drop down, choose the number of partitions you 
> require, for instance "1 Partition".
> 4) Name the partition whatever you choose and select a Format of "MS-DOS 
> (FAT)".
> 5) Click the Options... button at the bottom of the partition map and select 
> "Master Boot Record" from the radio button slide down menu.
> 6) Click the Apply button.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> On 28/06/2012, at 15:53 , Severin Crisp wrote:
> 
>> I am preparing a portable hard disk as 1) an offsite backup and 2) as 
>> resource for others to access in case of my incapacity.  There will be a 
>> mixture of material, many Word documents but also many GB of iPhoto 
>> Libraries and archived emails.  I believe the latter two can only sensibly 
>> be accessed from a Mac, though it is possible to dig original pictures out 
>> of an iPhoto library.  In the ultimate bad case the disk may be accessed in 
>> the first instance from a PC.  Which is the best format for the disk?
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>> 
>>  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>   Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>   email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>> 
>> 
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Re: Disk format

[cm]

Hi Sev,

For maximum interoperability the best options is probably MS-DOS (FAT) and the 
Master Boot Record partition scheme. This is a system that was introduced with 
Windows 95 and it is still supported by newer Windows operating systems. To 
format a disk with this scheme you can proceed as follows:

1) With the disk connected, start up Disk Utility and select the top level of 
the external drive in the side bar. (It might say something like "WD 500 GB").
2) Select the Partition tab located at the top of the display window.
3) From the Partition Layout drop down, choose the number of partitions you 
require, for instance "1 Partition".
4) Name the partition whatever you choose and select a Format of "MS-DOS (FAT)".
5) Click the Options... button at the bottom of the partition map and select 
"Master Boot Record" from the radio button slide down menu.
6) Click the Apply button.

Regards,
Carlo

On 28/06/2012, at 15:53 , Severin Crisp wrote:

> I am preparing a portable hard disk as 1) an offsite backup and 2) as 
> resource for others to access in case of my incapacity.  There will be a 
> mixture of material, many Word documents but also many GB of iPhoto Libraries 
> and archived emails.  I believe the latter two can only sensibly be accessed 
> from a Mac, though it is possible to dig original pictures out of an iPhoto 
> library.  In the ultimate bad case the disk may be accessed in the first 
> instance from a PC.  Which is the best format for the disk?
> Severin Crisp
> 
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
> 
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Re: Thoughts on membership

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Hi Sev,

Coming from you, a longtime and esteemed member of WAMUG, the comments are 
truly appreciated, and your contributions to the list are always welcomed. You 
are too much of a gentleman to name any one person, but we know that Ronni has 
been particularly determined to solve a number of the more knotty problems. The 
rest of us are happy to contribute to you Mac's well being as well in any way 
we can.

We look forward to the day when you can make it too a meeting.

All the best,
Carlo


On 28/06/2012, at 15:39 , Severin Crisp wrote:

> I have been a paid member for many years now and never grudge my annual $30; 
> it is an investment returned to me many time over in knotty (and simple!) 
> problems quickly resolved so that there is minimal time wasted/lost on 
> annoying but critical issues.Apart from direct response to my own queries 
> I find great interest and enlightenment from queries and responses from/to 
> others. 
> I have always been a believer in financially supporting organisations to 
> which I belong or gain direct benefit or see useful gain to others from my 
> support.  I happily give donations to shareware writers.  
> I am intrigued by the postings on this; $30 per year is a minimal amount,  
> even in these harder times, and I am amazed that people jib at it.  There is 
> a significant investment in keeping WAMUG on the air and a huge effort from 
> those dedicated souls who put in the work to make it happen.  Our 
> contributions benefit us all.  
> I name no names but thank you all, committee, workers, expert advisers and 
> query answerers, you know who I am talking about!  
> I hope that one day, sometime, I may eventually attend a meeting, it is a 
> long drive from Albany!  
> Good wishes to all
> Severin Crisp
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
> 
> 
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Re: It's Hello not Adieu from Me

[cm]

Welcome to our group Yvonne and thank you for your kind sentiments. Going 
forward we plan to make membership even more valuable that it is now, so please 
stay tuned. :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 28/06/2012, at 13:38 , wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I've had help from the list in the past and thinking I might need more in the 
> future I had been thinking for a while that I should join up and do my bit to 
> help cover the costs. So, yes, as of yesterday I am a newly paid up member 
> even though I doubt I shall ever get to a meeting.
> 
> I've read the comments for and against and appreciate that money is tight but 
> although I have no knowledge of whether it will or will not happen a thought 
> just struck me. The more paid up members covering the costs perhaps the lower 
> the fees in the future or...going forward [as seems to be the 'in' phrase of 
> politicians these days] it'll be a while before fees need to increase.
> 
> I've added next year's fees into the family budget. 
> 
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Re: Adieu

[cm]

Hi Peter and Eugene and other list members,

We list followers are really grateful for your contributions over the years and 
we contributors are honoured to have been able to help you out on other 
occasions. I just wanted to let you know that there is no need at all to end 
your connection with WAMUG. You will still be able to read any and all posts to 
the list, and you will still continue to receive WAMUG emails to your inbox 
unless you choose to stop them. Also if you ever happen to be passing through 
Perth, meetings are open to all and we would love to see you there.

The decision to allow posting to only members was not made lightly. Running the 
list has a very real cost, both financial and in the time of contributors, 
fairness dictates that those who pay the membership fee are entitled to use the 
service above other persons who join, post a random question or put up for sale 
a piece of equipment, and then disappear. Sadly neither of you, Peter and 
Eugene, are anywhere near to this category of user so I have two solutions to 
suggest. Firstly remember that the WAMUG membership fee is less than a 
reasonable call-out charge for most Mac consultants. So if at some future time 
you need a consultant, consider joining our list and with luck we will all 
pitch in, fix the problem, and you will come out financially ahead. The second 
solution I would like to offer is that at the next committee meeting we will 
discuss some bursaries for members who really cannot afford to pay the 
membership fee. This would be entirely confidential between the prospec
 tive member and WAMUG. If the committee is in agreement you will see a mail 
out on this subject after the next committee meeting on July 17 and our website 
will be updated to reflect this.

So I really hope this is arrivederci rather than adieu, and if not we are 
grateful for your contribution to WAMUG.

All the best,
Carlo

On 27/06/2012, at 21:34 , Reg Whitely wrote:

> Dear Eugene
> 
> I have never met you but you have helped me, and so many others others, in so 
> many ways on the WAMUG mailing list.
> 
> As I have said to Peter, I have appreciated all responses to my queries from 
> you, and from others on this mailing list, for many years, and want this to 
> continue.
> 
> Please do not discard the WAMUG Ship yet.
> 
> Reg
> 
> 
> Reg Whitely
> 
> Home: 08 9921 7272
> Mob: 04 8899 7313
> Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
> 
> 
> 
> On 27/06/2012, at 7:54 pm, Eugene de Gouw wrote:
> 
>> Like Peter I too must send my final farewells as this will likely be the 
>> last time I am able to write to the list.
>> 
>> I have been associated with WAMUG virtually since its inception, attending 
>> meetings  at Curtin University in the early years. Family and work 
>> commitments impacted and eventually curtailed my physical presence at these 
>> meetings but with the advent of the internet and the WAMUG mailing list I 
>> was able to maintain contact.
>> 
>> From time to time I contributed to solutions, aiding in problem solving and 
>> at other times was quite delighted at the quick and accurate response from 
>> others when I encountered problems myself.
>> 
>> I thank this community of Macintosh fanatics as I have enjoyed the friendly 
>> dialogue.
>> 
>> I wish you all the best as you move into the next phase of WAMUG.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Eugene
>> 
>> 
>> On 27/06/2012, at 7:00 PM, Peter Sealy wrote:
>> 
>>> I would like to say adieu to you good folks as 30 Jun is just about here.
>>> 
>>> I have not contributed a great deal to this group partly because by the 
>>> time I have got around to reading any email which I could have answered 
>>> someone else has answered the question, most often of course the 
>>> indefatigable and amazing Ronni. That in no way dimishes the effort put in 
>>> by many others to contribute to the group.   
>>> 
>>> The other reason for the paucity of my contribution is that I see myself as 
>>> a minnow in the Mac geekdom.
>>> 
>>> As an Age pensioner I have to ration my memberships to social organisations 
>>> and while the membership fee may be 'only' a small amount to you still 
>>> working, I need to be careful.
>>> 
>>> I am the List Admin and Moderator of the ACT Apple Help Email List which 
>>> keeps me busy in observing the Mac webosphere. And as a paid up member of 
>>> this august group, that cuts out my 'hobby' fees. I lived in Canberra for 
>>> many years but now live in Albury.
>>> 
>>> We do not require paid membership of our MUG to join our email Help List. 
>>> Merely being a Mac enthusiast is sufficient. That said we don't have many 
>>> non-Group members in the List and if any of you sought to send your 
>>> electrons eastward we would make you welcome. The warning is that our List 
>>> is nowhere as active or cerebral as yours. Athough we do publish a monthly 
>>> Newsletter (for financial members).
>>> 
>>> Best wishes, see you in the Mac cloud. Thank you for

Re: Writing to PDF

[cm]

Hi David,

In a pinch you could use the signature tool for freehand sketching but it would 
be incredibly cumbersome. The signature tool is designed to add a previously 
recorded line drawing (signature or otherwise) to a PDF. You record the line 
drawing by writing on a sheet of paper and photographing the writing using your 
iSight camera.  Here is a youtube video that does an excellent job of 
explaining the Preview signature tool (with thanks to Reg Whitely who first 
published the link):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMlUcXfa8jg

A freehand sketch tool on the other hand allows one to annotate a PDF using a 
mouse or digitizing tablet. You can actually draw cursive lines on the PDF in 
the colour and width of your choosing and save the annotation with the PDF for 
others to read. You could use this feature to sign a PDF if you choose but you 
could also do other things like write mathematical formulae or just scribble. 
:-)

Regards,
Carlo


On 27/06/2012, at 12:41 , David Noel wrote:

> -- Hi Carlo, how does the signature capture mechanism work? Could you
> do a sketch and pretend it's a signature to add it to a PDF?
> 
> david
> 
> =
> 
> On 27 June 2012 12:34, cm  wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> The annotation tools in Preview are tantalisingly close to being useful, but 
>> for some reason Apple has resisted adding the ability to do free hand 
>> sketching on a PDF. For me it was lack of that feature that sent me in 
>> search of another tool. In Apple's defence, they have added a remarkably 
>> well implemented signature capture mechanism.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 , David Noel wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "to write to/on a
>>> PDF". You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to
>>> Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write
>>> on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate
>>> in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the
>>> menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than
>>> this?
>>> 
>>> Cheers, David Noel
>>> 2012 Jun 27
>>> 
>>> ===
>>> 
>>> On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm  wrote:
>>>> And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and 
>>>> open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but 
>>>> is a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing 
>>>> its use:
>>>> 
>>>> http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/
>>>> 
>>>> Just thought I would give you the option.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I regularly use PDFpen.  It works just fine for me.
>>>>> Severin Crisp
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>> Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF?
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Peter
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Re: Writing to PDF

[cm]

Hi Peter,

The annotation tools in Preview are tantalisingly close to being useful, but 
for some reason Apple has resisted adding the ability to do free hand sketching 
on a PDF. For me it was lack of that feature that sent me in search of another 
tool. In Apple's defence, they have added a remarkably well implemented 
signature capture mechanism.

Regards,
Carlo

On 27/06/2012, at 12:26 , David Noel wrote:

> Hi Peter, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "to write to/on a
> PDF". You can make pretty well any file into a PDF version by going to
> Print and then choosing PDF in the bottom left corner. You can write
> on an existing PDF file by opening it with Preview, choosing Annotate
> in the top menu, and then using the Annotate Tools which appear in the
> menu at the bottom. Maybe you want something more complicated than
> this?
> 
> Cheers, David Noel
> 2012 Jun 27
> 
> ===
> 
> On 27 June 2012 10:13, cm  wrote:
>> And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and 
>> open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is 
>> a bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its 
>> use:
>> 
>> http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/
>> 
>> Just thought I would give you the option.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote:
>> 
>>> I regularly use PDFpen.  It works just fine for me.
>>> Severin Crisp
>>> 
>>> On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF?
>>>> Regards
>>>> Peter
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Re: Writing to PDF

[cm]

And if you want yet another option, there is Skim which is free and 
open-source. Skim has quite a few capabilities as well as PDF markup, but is a 
bit harder to use than the other tools. Here is an article describing its use:

http://doctoralschool.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skim-scrivener-research/

Just thought I would give you the option.

Regards,
Carlo

On 27/06/2012, at 9:42 , Severin Crisp wrote:

> I regularly use PDFpen.  It works just fine for me.  
> Severin Crisp
> 
> On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? 
>> Regards
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Re: [Announcement] List change-over date this Saturday (June 30)

[cm]

Hi Reg,

Yes, the subscription fee for the remaining half-year is $15. The web page will 
soon be updated to reflect this but for now just transfer the $15 to the listed 
account or mail a cheque and you will be signed up as a WAMUG member for the 
rest of the year.

Regards,
Carlo

On 26/06/2012, at 22:23 , Reg Whitely wrote:

> Does that mean half the annual membership fee is $15? I can't find a link for 
> the half fee.
> 
> Reg
> 
> Reg Whitely
> 
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> Mob: 04 8899 7313
> Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
> 
> 
> 
> On 26/06/2012, at 12:26 am, WAMUG Announcements wrote:
> 
>> Hi Wamuggers,
>> 
>> Just a reminder that as of the end of June (this coming Saturday) non 
>> members will no longer be able to post to this newsgroup. You will still be 
>> able to read posts, but sending a question or responding to one will require 
>> that you be a paid-up WAMUG member or a life member.
>> 
>> If you are not currently a WAMUG member please pay your subscription before 
>> Saturday to continue posting to our list. Those who join at this point will 
>> be able to do so for half the annual subscription fee. Please follow the 
>> directions at the following link.
>> 
>> http://www.wamug.org.au/join/
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Re: Apple TV

[cm]

Hi Jennifer,

No problem about posting back, that's what the list if for.

I would just add that if you have a slow or an intermittently slow internet 
connection you can always download the purchased or rented movies to iTunes on 
your Mac first. That way they will download in their own time regardless of 
your connection speed. You can then watch the movie on the Mac in iTunes or you 
can stream the movie from your Mac to the AppleTV for viewing on your 
television. If on the other hand your download the movie directly to the Apple 
TV, you can only watch it on the TV. You would need to download it again to 
watch it on the Mac.

As Daniel mentioned the Apple TV has an internal buffer so that films 
downloaded directly to the Apple TV will play with fewer breaks.

A final note is that if you plan to stream from your computer to the Apple TV, 
you should check that both the computer and the Apple TV have a good strong 
signal from your router. Interference can originate from fridges and 
microwaves, or from your neighbour's WiFi devices. Also large metal objects or 
just distance can attenuate the signal. The free software iStumbler will show 
your signal strength or you can also use Airport Utility for this. If there is 
a problem, repositioning your router, sometimes even by a small amount can 
often fix it.

So at the risk of you actually accepting the invitation, post back if you want 
further information.  :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 26/06/2012, at 17:53 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

> Hi Jennifer
> 
> Just to jump in,...
> 1. Yes the AppleTV connects to your modem/router wirelessly. To get the most 
> out of streaming anything though, you may want to upgrade the router at some 
> stage so it's the faster "n" version. (the DG834G is only "g" version. Or add 
> on the new Apple Express for $119 which is dualband g and n. This makes a big 
> difference if you do want to stream photos from your computer at any stage).
> 2. Any movies you get, which only rent from the AppleTV (If you want to keep 
> it you buy it from iTunes on a computer, then stream it from the computer to 
> the AppleTV). Otherwise ones you rent on the AppleTV will download it first 
> (storing it temporarily) then play, so you don't really get the stuttering 
> and breaks. (Again, some of this can be caused by the modem as mentioned 
> above, as well as slow internet).
> 3. For good speeds you want internet at least 1.5MB or better. Obviously the 
> faster the internet the less time it takes for it to download the movie. The 
> slower the internet, the longer you wait for it to download (or buffer) as 
> much as it can before playing.
> 4. Download limits just affect how many movies you can download before going 
> over quota. 
> 
> Hope that info helps
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
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> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
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> 
> 
> **For everything Apple**
> 
> On 26/06/2012, at 5:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote:
> 
>> Hello Carlo,  Thank you very much for taking pity and for your information.
>> I am hoping you don't regret inviting me to post back for clarification as
>> I have a number of questions! I should clarify that our main interest is
>> to rent films from itunes.
>> 
>> 1.  does the apple TV connect to the computer via the router unlike Iview
>> through the lap top where there is a TV computer cable connection?
>> 2. Does the film stream to the Apple TV and store to there to be played in
>> its entirety.  (I note in some videos etc there is "stuttering" and breaks.)
>> 3. Do I need to check download speeds and if so what speed do I need?
>> 4. Is there anything other than download total I need to check with our
>> server?
>> 
>> This probably shows the depth of my ignorance.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> Jennifer
>> On 26 June 2012 13:54, cm  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Jennifer,
>>> 
>>> I saw your email looking a bit neglected so I though I would start off the
>>> reply chain even though I am probably not the best person to respond to
>>> this given that I do not own a TV; I will consider buying the Apple branded
>>> television rumoured to be coming out later this year or next year. My sole
>>> viewing is either iTunes content or on ABC television's iView. I do,
>>> however, own an Apple TV which I operate for family members.
>>> 
>>> Apple TV (the ice hockey puck sized device) is a small appliance that
>>> allows one to stream the contents of iTunes to your television or to rent
>>> iTunes content directly on the TV. It should not be confused with a Digital
>>> Video Recorder (DVR) 

Re: File Compression

[cm]

Hi Clive,

Yes I find that Preview App will often increase the size of a PDF, particularly 
if you do some editing or highlighting. I avoid saving from Preview except as a 
last resort.

Depending how important this problem is to you, here is one of the paid apps 
that I mentioned that will compress the PDF for you.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/9206/pdf-shrink

Regards,
Carlo

On 26/06/2012, at 15:08 , Clive Slater wrote:

> Hi Ronnie
> 
> We will try ColorSync, we did as suggested using Preview but it  
> doubled the file size??
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive
> On 26/06/2012, at 2:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi again Clive,
>> 
>> I forgot about using ColorSync Utility. If Preview does not reduce  
>> the PDF enough try ColorSync Utility.
>> I remember using it a long time ago and it did significantly reduce  
>> the size of a PDF file.
>> 
>> "ColorSync Utility.app" From finder select the "Go" menu, and  
>> select Utilities.
>> In this folder you will find the ColorSync application.
>> 
>> 1. Open ColorSync.app
>> 2. Go to the File menu and select open. Find the pdf file you want  
>> to shrink and select it.
>> 3. You will see the first page of the pdf file in a 'preview  
>> window', and at the bottom of the window you will find a drop down  
>> menu with "Filter" by the side of it.
>> 4. Use the drop down menu to select "Reduce File Size", and then  
>> click "Apply".
>> 5. You can then close and save the document, which will now be a  
>> smaller size.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 26/06/2012, at 2:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Clive,
>>> 
>>> Just adding to Carlo's comments.
>>> 
>>> Open the PDF in Preview and then save it (as a PDF) again; the  
>>> resulting file will usually be significantly smaller than the  
>>> original with no difference in quality.
>>> 
>>> Preview Save dialog includes, in the Quartz Filter pop-up menu, a  
>>> Reduce File Size option.
>>> However, this option uses compression, so it reduces the quality  
>>> of images and text in the resulting PDF.
>>> If you simply re-save a PDF, without this option, no compression  
>>> occurs.
>>> 
>>> How does this work if Preview isn’t actually compressing images?
>>> The program is simply using OS X’s built-in PDF-processing  
>>> features to strip PDF files of all the unnecessary bits: preview  
>>> images, metadata, and the like.
>>> This feature is especially useful for PDFs created in Adobe  
>>> Illustrator and InDesign, which tend to be unnecessarily large  
>>> because of program-specific components and other non-vital data  
>>> these applications save inside each PDF.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 26/06/2012, at 2:12 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Clive,
>>>> 
>>>> The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly  
>>>> depending on the content. Large PDF files normally contain a  
>>>> large number of images or a few very large images. If you have  
>>>> access to the source of the PDF you can choose to compress the  
>>>> images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size  
>>>> dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the  
>>>> images in a PDF even if you do not have the original source  
>>>> document.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi  Carl
>>>>> 
>>>>> A .pdf
>>>>> 
>>>>> Clive
>>>>> On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Clive,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits
>>>>>> and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how
>>>>>> many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces
>>>>>> in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same
>>>>>> colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you  
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> trying to compress contains little repetition such as an  
>>>>>> executable
>>>>>> program file, then you will get very little compression.
>>>&

Re: File Compression

[cm]

Hi Clive,

The effectiveness of compression of a PDF will vary wildly depending on the 
content. Large PDF files normally contain a large number of images or a few 
very large images. If you have access to the source of the PDF you can choose 
to compress the images at a lower resolution and thus cut down on the size 
dramatically. You can also purchase tools which will compress the images in a 
PDF even if you do not have the original source document.

Regards,
Carlo


On 26/06/2012, at 14:05 , Clive Slater wrote:

> Hi  Carl
> 
> A .pdf
> 
> Clive
> On 26/06/2012, at 2:00 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Clive,
>> 
>> Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits  
>> and replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how  
>> many times the pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces  
>> in it, or an mp4 video with large areas of the screen all the same  
>> colour will compress down very nicely. However, if the file you are  
>> trying to compress contains little repetition such as an executable  
>> program file, then you will get very little compression.
>> 
>> What was the file you were trying to compress?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> OSX 10.4.11 g4,
>>> 
>>> Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the
>>> file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What
>>> am I missing.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Clive
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Re: File Compression

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Hi Clive,

Compression works principally by finding patterns of repeated bits and 
replacing them with an copy of the pattern and a count of how many times the 
pattern is repeated. So a file with a lot of spaces in it, or an mp4 video with 
large areas of the screen all the same colour will compress down very nicely. 
However, if the file you are trying to compress contains little repetition such 
as an executable program file, then you will get very little compression.

What was the file you were trying to compress?

Regards,
Carlo

On 26/06/2012, at 13:55 , Clive Slater wrote:

> Hi
> 
> OSX 10.4.11 g4,
> 
> Trying to compress a 37mb file using archive does not compress the  
> file , turns it into a .zip but the file size is the same size. What  
> am I missing.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive
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Re: Apple TV

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Hi Jennifer,

I saw your email looking a bit neglected so I though I would start off the 
reply chain even though I am probably not the best person to respond to this 
given that I do not own a TV; I will consider buying the Apple branded 
television rumoured to be coming out later this year or next year. My sole 
viewing is either iTunes content or on ABC television's iView. I do, however, 
own an Apple TV which I operate for family members.

Apple TV (the ice hockey puck sized device) is a small appliance that allows 
one to stream the contents of iTunes to your television or to rent iTunes 
content directly on the TV. It should not be confused with a Digital Video 
Recorder (DVR) such as TiVo. That is to say the AppleTV does record television 
shows that are televised over the air for later viewing. In the US Apple TV 
also gives one access to various digital video services such as Hulu or indeed 
the football and baseball services. These are subscription based services where 
for a monthly fee you can download and watch current movies or sporting events. 
The download is streamed directly to the Apple TV from the internet and is not 
stored on the Apple TV.

You can also rent or buy movies or TV shows in iTunes on your Mac and stream 
them to you Apple TV, or alternatively you can rent the movies directly from 
the television.

If you are interested in time-shifting broadcast television shows, then you 
must resort to say iView, or look into the Elgato EyeTV which is currently 
being discussed on another thread and has many entries in the archive.

Please post back if you want clarification on any of this.

Regards,
Carlo


On 25/06/2012, at 21:21 , Jennifer Lefroy wrote:

> Hello wamug  helpers,
> Since the sad demise of the Glyde St video store, we have missed many films
> we wanted to see.  I am wondering if our solution is Apple TV.  We have a
> Mac OS X 10.6.8 with 4 GB memory running Snow Leopard and a NetGear
> wireless router 54mpbs per sec ADSL2 Modem Router DG834G.  We have an HD
> television and a DVD player/recorder which allow us to link to a lap top
> for iview etc.
> 
> I am hoping someone can tell me what other information might help to
> determine if Apple TV could be our solution and just how the downloading
> works e.g. does one wait for the whole film to download and then watch
> or...?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jennifer
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Re: iphone news

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Hi Lynn,

Many leaks have pointed to a smaller connector for the next model of iPhone. 
There may be an adaptor for some applications. If indeed there are 19 pins in 
the new adaptor as opposed to 30 in the old then some accessories may not 
continue to function in the old way and may have to connect via bluetooth 
instead. My guess is that simple sound out will remain on the new connector and 
may be accessible by an adaptor.

Regards,
Carlo

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> http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/every-iphone-accessory-you-own-is-now-obsolete/story-fn6vihic-1226405838653
>  
> 
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SSD Prices Down 46% Since 2011

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Hi MUGgers,

Good news for those of us wondering about the future price trend of the SSD 
equipped Apple notebooks, or for that matter for those of us looking for robust 
external backup drives. SSD prices are dropping sharply and if current 
conditions prevail the trend with continue.

Below is an excerpt from the news aggregator site slashdot.

Regards,
Carlo


"Hard drive prices have yet to return to normal after last year's Thailand 
flooding. There's good news on the solid-state front, though. The current 
generation of SSDs has steadily become much cheaper over the last year or so. 
SSD prices have dropped an average of 46%since early 2011. Intel has largely 
shied away from discounting its drives, but the aggressive competition between 
other players in the market seems to have forced its hand. There's no 
indication that competition is waning, suggesting the downward trend will 
continue. Right now, an impressive number of drives are available for less than 
a dollar per gigabyte."
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Re: Video playback slowed down.

[cm]

Thanks for sending the apology, Barry. I was just about to spoon feed my Mac 
some sugar to see if the video playback speed would increase. :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 22/06/2012, at 14:46 , Barry Sexstone wrote:

> Apologies to the group this was sent in error.
> 
> Barry
> 
> 
> On 22/06/2012, at 2:45 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote:
> 
>> Haven't thought about it.  Lumpo threw a whammy this morning going low!!  
>> Down to 2.0 at school, fed 2x glucose 1xsammich,skool tea with 3x sugars and 
>> a banana and did not come up.  I went in with more glucose and arrived to 
>> find she had just gone to 1.2!!!   Fed her with more glucose and another 
>> sammich and loaded her into the car bound for PMH.  By the time we reached 
>> the Narrows she was 4.2 so back to skool.  I think the threat of more PMH 
>> and me stabbing her with the glucogon worked.  Not used to her going low.
>> 
>> Either day look OK but I would prefer Sunday and suggest from about 11.00 to 
>> 15.00 otherwise we will freeze.
>> 
>> Your call
>> 
>> Dad
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 22/06/2012, at 11:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>> 
>>> Something you could try is: 
>>> Open "System Preferences > General" and uncheck the “Restore windows when 
>>> quitting and re-opening apps” option.
>>> 
>>> People have had success with streaming video in Lion by doing the above.
>>> I have not experienced any problem with streaming video in Lion BUT I have 
>>> always had this setting UNCHECKED!
>>> 
>>> The suspicion is that the background task that takes a snapshot of the 
>>> memory and system state for each running application is failing behind in 
>>> taking snapshots when large amounts of RAM are updated. 
>>> 
>>> In video streaming by definition the application memory is undergoing large 
>>> frequent updates. 
>>> If the suspicion is correct, then instead of dropping work items the 
>>> snapshot application is trying to process an ever-increasing list of work. 
>>> The result appears to be CPU starvation to video playback. 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>> 
>>> OS X 10.7.4 Lion
>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 22/06/2012, at 11:16 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Adrian,
 
 I gather from your previous emails that the problem is just with streaming
 YouTube - rather than already downloaded video.
 
 Forgive me for asking the obvious - but you have checked your internet
 connection speed to make sure that you have not developed a problem in that
 area?
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
 Neil
 -- 
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 Albany, Western Australia
 Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
 Email: n...@possumology.com
 
 
 on 22/6/12 10:58 AM, Adrian Skehan at adrianske...@me.com wrote:
 
> Thanks Ronni & Jane,
> 
> I have downloaded the Flash Player uninstall and run it, downloaded a 
> fresh
> copy of the player and installed it, I also reset Safari but all to no 
> avail.
> I also tried playing the same You Tube clip with Firefox and Chrome and 
> they
> are worse than Safari.  I will have a look at some another You Tube clip 
> after
> lunch (got to go out for a while now) and see if they all act the same.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adrian
> adrianske...@me.com
> 
> On 21/06/2012, at 7:49 PM, Jane Griffiths wrote:
> 
>> Hi Adrian
>> 
>> I had been having the same problem with stuttering Youtube videos.
>> This Apple Support Discussion gave the solution that worked for me
>> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3729955?start=0&tstart=0
>> 
>> Go to  Safari>Reset Safari… tick all boxes and click Reset. This did the
>> trick for me, the Youtube videos now play smoothly.
>> Worth a try!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jane
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 21/06/2012, at 4:56 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
>> 
>>> Good afternoon all,
>>> 
>>> For some reason Video Replay on my  iMac (OS 10.7.4, 27" i7, 16GB ram 
>>> and
>>> 360 Gig of free space) has slowed down when playing WMV clips (local) 
>>> and
>>> clips via the web (youtube etc.), they play for a few seconds stop load 
>>> a
>>> few more seconds and play again and so on.
>>> 
>>> Tech Tools Pro 6 says that it passed the Memory and Video Memory tests 
>>> OK.
>>> Clips stored on the computer like MP4, DV, MOV & AVI play via QuickTime
>>> Player and M4V via QuickTime Player 7 all play OK.  This started 
>>> recently
>>> and possibly with an update of VLC but I cant be sure.
>>> 
>>> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Adrian
>>> adrianske...@me.com
 
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Re: iCal

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That should read "Users", as in:

/Users//Library/Calendars

C

On 18/06/2012, at 12:31 , cm wrote:

> Hi Severin,
> 
> iCal data is stored in
> 
> /User//Library/Calendars
> 
> If you restore that directory all the iCal data should return.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> On 18/06/2012, at 12:20 , Severin Crisp wrote:
> 
>> Due to a misunderstanding with iCloud (which I do not use) I have 
>> inadvertently deleted all my alarms warnings and information from iCal.  I 
>> am backed up with a clone and Time Machine but have not been able to find 
>> the relevant information.  
>> Where is it?  Help!
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>>  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>   Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>   email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>> 
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Re: iCal

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Hi Severin,

iCal data is stored in

/User//Library/Calendars

If you restore that directory all the iCal data should return.

Regards,
Carlo

On 18/06/2012, at 12:20 , Severin Crisp wrote:

> Due to a misunderstanding with iCloud (which I do not use) I have 
> inadvertently deleted all my alarms warnings and information from iCal.  I am 
> backed up with a clone and Time Machine but have not been able to find the 
> relevant information.  
> Where is it?  Help!
> Severin Crisp
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
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Re: Noisy Fan

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Just an additional note, there are at least two types of noisy fan problem that 
you can distinguish by the different sounds they make. Responses below related 
to a fan running too fast. Alternatively, there is a worn fan bearing which 
makes a whining or scraping noise. A worn fan bearing can only be fixed by 
replacing the fan.

Regards,
Carlo

On 18/06/2012, at 10:29 , William Chesnutt wrote:

> David,
> 
> I had a very similar problem a couple of years ago with a different model of 
> Mac.  My problem turned out to be a faulty heat sensor on the logicboard.  
> NextByte in Nedlands fixed it.  It was still under warranty at the time, so I 
> can't tell you what the cost was.  
> 
> Good luck with it.
> 
> Bill Chesnutt.
> On 15/06/2012, at 4:37 pm, David Noel wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone advise re a fan problem? I powered down my iMac (2 GHz
>> Intel Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.6.8) this morning, and when I powered it on
>> again, immediately the fan started and is quite noisy. Generally I
>> can't even hear the fan.
>> 
>> I powered down and up a couple of times (once with a 2-hour wait), and
>> each time the fan starts up when powering up. I checked the temps with
>> iStat Pro, the only setting is HD = 27 deg.
>> 
>> David Noel
>> 2012 Jun 15
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Re: new macbook pros

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Yes, true. There is always a risk involved when buying refurbished. Sometimes 
they have been returned with a problem and repaired. If you are lucky they have 
been returned because the user changed their mind about the screen size or 
about switching from Windows -- but of course one will never know when you buy 
a refurbished model.

Regards,
Carlo

On 15/06/2012, at 10:19 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Yes Carlo, but they are refurbished 17" MacBook Pros... not new! That is a 
> big difference.
> I know they come with the full Apple Warranty - 12 months hardware etc, but I 
> want a new MacBook Pro NOT a refurbished MBP :(
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 15/06/2012, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Yes, you're right. I got the wrong terminology for the warranties. You can 
>> thank me later for pointing you to the last of the 17" MacBook Pro in stock. 
>> :-)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 15/06/2012, at 10:08 , Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Carlo
>>> 
>>> Not meaning to be pedantic, or sound like I"m being rude,…
>>> but I think you mean "full Apple warranty". (i.e. 12 months hardware 
>>> warranty and 90 days Apple phone support).
>>> "AppleCare" warranty is the extended warranty that is 3 years hardware and 
>>> phone support.
>>> (Which you can still purchase on the refurb units as well,..)
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to clarify that just incase. :o)
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email: 
>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For everything Apple**
>>> 
>>> On 15/06/2012, at 9:59 AM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> If you still want a 17" MacBook Pro they appear to be available still as 
>>>> refurbished models. They come with the full AppleCare warranty.
>>>> 
>>>> http://store.apple.com/au/product/FC723
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> On 14/06/2012, at 22:09 , Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Ronni
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, knew you wouldn't be a very happy vegemite. (Could double tell 
>>>>> seeing as you posted the same link from my message as well :oP) LOL. 
>>>>> (Sorry, couldn't resist,…must be that lack of sleep from storms and no 
>>>>> food or coffee) :oP
>>>>> I think there are quite a few "let down" MacBook Pro 17" owners, who are 
>>>>> having to look at the 15" MBP-RD. Or a 15" with an external screen,…which 
>>>>> doesn't always work for every environment. One of my clients only works 
>>>>> with her laptop on the kitchen table then puts it away when people come 
>>>>> over. So looking at a 15" with external screen isn't really an option as 
>>>>> it's too much to lug around to put it away. So a downgrade from 17" to 
>>>>> 15" isn't her most favourite option either.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And not many places have the just superseded 17" left  in Perth. 
>>>>> (Wholesalers didn't, Joondalup didn't, MaxStyle didn't,..bar the previous 
>>>>> model ex demo). Stocks were pretty much out before it was discontinued,…)
>>>>> 
>>>>> So yeh,..can understand where you're coming from.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Daniel Kerr
>>>>> MacWizardry
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>>>> Email: 
>>>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> **For everything Apple**
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 14/06/2012, at 10:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am so disappointed that Apple are discontinuing the 17" MacBook Pro. I 
>>>>>> have been waiting for an upgrade to be announced.
>>>>>> Dropping support for their top of the range, two highest professional 
>>>>>> Computers, the Mac Pro & 17" MacBook Pro. Purely because they don't sell 
>>>>>>

Re: new macbook pros

[cm]

Yes, you're right. I got the wrong terminology for the warranties. You can 
thank me later for pointing you to the last of the 17" MacBook Pro in stock. :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 15/06/2012, at 10:08 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

> Hi Carlo
> 
> Not meaning to be pedantic, or sound like I"m being rude,…
> but I think you mean "full Apple warranty". (i.e. 12 months hardware warranty 
> and 90 days Apple phone support).
> "AppleCare" warranty is the extended warranty that is 3 years hardware and 
> phone support.
> (Which you can still purchase on the refurb units as well,..)
> 
> Just wanted to clarify that just incase. :o)
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 4s
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
> 
> 
> **For everything Apple**
> 
> On 15/06/2012, at 9:59 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> If you still want a 17" MacBook Pro they appear to be available still as 
>> refurbished models. They come with the full AppleCare warranty.
>> 
>> http://store.apple.com/au/product/FC723
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 14/06/2012, at 22:09 , Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ronni
>>> 
>>> Yes, knew you wouldn't be a very happy vegemite. (Could double tell seeing 
>>> as you posted the same link from my message as well :oP) LOL. (Sorry, 
>>> couldn't resist,…must be that lack of sleep from storms and no food or 
>>> coffee) :oP
>>> I think there are quite a few "let down" MacBook Pro 17" owners, who are 
>>> having to look at the 15" MBP-RD. Or a 15" with an external screen,…which 
>>> doesn't always work for every environment. One of my clients only works 
>>> with her laptop on the kitchen table then puts it away when people come 
>>> over. So looking at a 15" with external screen isn't really an option as 
>>> it's too much to lug around to put it away. So a downgrade from 17" to 15" 
>>> isn't her most favourite option either.
>>> 
>>> And not many places have the just superseded 17" left  in Perth. 
>>> (Wholesalers didn't, Joondalup didn't, MaxStyle didn't,..bar the previous 
>>> model ex demo). Stocks were pretty much out before it was discontinued,…)
>>> 
>>> So yeh,..can understand where you're coming from.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email: 
>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For everything Apple**
>>> 
>>> On 14/06/2012, at 10:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>> 
>>>> I am so disappointed that Apple are discontinuing the 17" MacBook Pro. I 
>>>> have been waiting for an upgrade to be announced.
>>>> Dropping support for their top of the range, two highest professional 
>>>> Computers, the Mac Pro & 17" MacBook Pro. Purely because they don't sell 
>>>> as many as other models!
>>>> 
>>>> Apple are now catering for the multi media, social media customers, not 
>>>> the professional users.
>>>> I have always updated every one of laptops; 17" PowerBook, 17" MacBook Pro 
>>>> to latest models when released. Now Apple want to force me to use a 15" 
>>>> MacBook Pro... When I want the extra size screen ... A 17" screen! 
>>>> 
>>>> Ronni is NOT a Happy Little Vegemite :(
>>>> 
>>>> Some interesting reviews at AnandTech.
>>>> 
>>>> MacBook Pro Retina Display Analysis
>>>> 
>>>> <http://www.anandtech.com/show/5998/macbook-pro-retina-display-analysis>
>>>> 
>>>> Windows 8 on the Retina Display MacBook Pro
>>>> <http://www.anandtech.com/show/6008/windows-8-on-the-retina-display-macbook-pro>
>>>> 
>>>> Hard to say, Cheers Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>>> 
>>>> On 13/06/2012, at 9:52 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Carlo
>>>>> 
>>>>> Though I agree with you on the screen, and I'm not arguing that point 
>>>>> that it's a great machine,.. (not matter how many times you quote that 
>>>>> co

Re: new macbook pros

[cm]

h.
>>> 
>>> Sorry, I'm probably not explaining this very well.
>>> I think this page sort of helps what I'm trying to explain. Where they show 
>>> Google Chrome working against Safari on a MBP-RD
>>> <http://www.anandtech.com/show/5998/macbook-pro-retina-display-analysis>
>>> (About half way down the page under "Application Support for Retina 
>>> Display".
>>> I don't actually use Google Chrome myself, I use Safari, but I'm just using 
>>> this as an example.
>>> 
>>> I know I probably won't get an idea on this, until I've seen one of the 
>>> laptops in the "flesh" and have a play with it to see how it handles it 
>>> all. And then see how it compares with the standard range.
>>> (Of which if I did go for the standard MacBookPro, then I'd still get the 
>>> CTO option of the Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen - as it's only $120. As that 
>>> runs at a native resolution of 1680 x 1050 versus 1440x900 for the normal 
>>> screen).
>>> 
>>> And yes, like you, the old "it's a brand new model, before of version1.0 
>>> things is always a bit of a concern too. I'm sure Apple test that thing to 
>>> all it's limits, but sometimes just waiting to the second revision of a 
>>> product lets them "iron out" any other "bugs" (or features depending how 
>>> you look at it,…lol) once it's released into the wild. :o) 
>>> It was like that with the PowerBook G4. The last PowerBook G4 (1.67GHz) 
>>> they released was the best well built feature set laptop they made (at the 
>>> time). Because by that time they had ironed out everything that was missing 
>>> and improved on to get it perfect. :) (I suppose a bit like OSX 10.0 
>>> compared with others really,…lol).
>>> 
>>> Anyway,..I'm rambling again. I don't think I can really decide/comment much 
>>> further until there are some *real* real world tests, or I've actually had 
>>> time to see or play with it to see what it's really like. (And it may be 
>>> one of those things. Once you see it and get your hands on it, you decide 
>>> any of the "issues" really aren't "issues".) Either that or I'll stay with 
>>> the "standard looking" MacBookPro for this year, til the next update comes 
>>> out,….lol :o)
>>> Hopefully they'll have one in the AppleStore in town to look at when I go 
>>> in to get my wifes dead iPhone looked at. It's just dead. Nothing will 
>>> revive it. Bit strange for an 18mth old iPhone 4.
>>> 
>>> Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> ---
>>> Daniel Kerr
>>> MacWizardry
>>> 
>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>> Email: 
>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For everything Apple**
>>> 
>>> On 13/06/2012, at 11:19 AM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>> 
>>>> With all that you said I still see no advantage in the old model. Whatever 
>>>> you need to do, the new model will do it (only quicker). The new Retina 
>>>> MBP is truly a technical marvel. To quote again "it is the best computer 
>>>> Apple has ever produced".
>>>> 
>>>> Just the display is worth the price of entry. :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Some caveats. Because it is so new, I would probably wait a month or so to 
>>>> see if there are any problems with the graphics card or the circuitry to 
>>>> iron out. Highly unlikely with Apple's testing and Tim Cook wanting to 
>>>> appear competent but it is still a possibility. It did occur to me also 
>>>> that one may not be able to expand the new MBP as in the case of the 
>>>> MacBook Air but I am not sure that will be the case. For the MacBook Air 
>>>> they have that restriction in place because of the nature of the case -- 
>>>> it give advantages in strength and makes it more watertight. If that were 
>>>> the case with the new Retina MBP I would be tempted to buy the highest 
>>>> spec one I could afford from the get go. True you would not be able to 
>>>> upgrade it, but as a trade off the unit would be stronger -- time will 
>>>> tell on this point.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 13/06/2012, at 10:39 , Da

Re: new macbook pros - repairability might need to be considered

[cm]

I have had an entirely different experience with my 17-inch Early 2009 MacBook 
Pro. A screwdriver has never breached its case. I bought it at the time with 
the best specs I could afford (which did not extend to the fastest processor 
available) and it has worked tirelessly for me from that time right up to 
present as it churns out this email. For the first year of ownership any parts 
that fail will be replaced by Apple free of charge. If you are concerned about 
parts failure after this time you can always get the extended AppleCare 
warranty and Apple will replace motherboards, displays or whatever is required. 
Of even without AppleCare you can pay for the servicing of you machine by a 
qualified Apple service technician. I don't see a need to get a refurbished 
machine.

Regards,
Carlo



 User modifications can potentially void the warranty.



On 13/06/2012, at 21:44 , Brian Risbey wrote:

> Hi all,
> firstly, massive disappointment over demise of 17" MacBookPro...
> and now from iFixit quote:
> 
> iFixit found changes to the new MacBook Pro make it ” the least repairable 
> laptop” its taken apart, giving it a 1/10 repair score:"
> 
> and 
> some of the “highlights” of the tear down detailing the difficulties with 
> repairability:
> 
> * Just like in the iPhone 4/4S (and the MacBook Air), proprietary Pentalobe 
> screws prevent folks from accessing the machine’s internals. That means you 
> need a special screwdriver just to remove the bottom cover.
> * As in the MacBook Air, the RAM is soldered to the logic board. Max out at 
> 16GB now, or forever hold your peace—you can’t upgrade.
> 
> * The proprietary SSD isn’t upgradeable either (yet), as it is similar but 
> not identical to the one in the Air. It is a separate daughtercard, and we’re 
> hopeful we can offer an upgrade in the near future.
> 
> * The lithium-polymer battery is glued rather than screwed into the case, 
> which increases the chances that it’ll break during disassembly. The battery 
> also covers the trackpad cable, which tremendously increases the chance that 
> a user will shear the cable in the battery removal process.
> 
> * The display assembly is completely fused, and there’s no glass protecting 
> it. If anything ever fails inside the display, you will need to replace the 
> entire (extremely expensive) assembly.
> 
> 
> During my time, on my 4th MacBook Pro, I had new motherboards, various 
> replacement batterie, HD replacements and HD & ram upgrades (thanks Daniel),
> 
> so will you need to get a refurbished machine as one part fails?
> 
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Re: Curious email

[cm]

Hi Tom,

Just a thought. I take it you are with iiNet now, hence the iiNet mailer 
daemon. You may have your wife's old address in an address book somewhere and 
inadvertently sent it an email. Which email account was the notification 
directed to? Have a look in the sent folder of that account from as many 
machines as you use that account on and see if there is an email accidentally 
addressed to the old account.

Regards,
Carlo

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> I had an undeliverable email notification from: Mail Delivery System 
>  with the problem 
> 5.1.0 Unknown address error 550-'5.1.1 and the email address of my wife's old 
> big pond account from about 5 years ago.
> It ends with suggesting that I sent this on 13 June 2012 2:12:43 PM AWST
> 
> the problem is we were at work at the time and this account has been inactive 
> for a long time.
> Is there a problem here? and how could this have happened?
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Re: new macbook pros

[cm]

Hi Daniel,

With all that you said I still see no advantage in the old model. Whatever you 
need to do, the new model will do it (only quicker). The new Retina MBP is 
truly a technical marvel. To quote again "it is the best computer Apple has 
ever produced".

Just the display is worth the price of entry. :-)

Some caveats. Because it is so new, I would probably wait a month or so to see 
if there are any problems with the graphics card or the circuitry to iron out. 
Highly unlikely with Apple's testing and Tim Cook wanting to appear competent 
but it is still a possibility. It did occur to me also that one may not be able 
to expand the new MBP as in the case of the MacBook Air but I am not sure that 
will be the case. For the MacBook Air they have that restriction in place 
because of the nature of the case -- it give advantages in strength and makes 
it more watertight. If that were the case with the new Retina MBP I would be 
tempted to buy the highest spec one I could afford from the get go. True you 
would not be able to upgrade it, but as a trade off the unit would be stronger 
-- time will tell on this point.

Regards,
Carlo


On 13/06/2012, at 10:39 , Daniel Kerr wrote:

> Hi Carlo
> 
> Yes, had all those points.
> Just to add to yours those. I don't "really" have to lose the Optical drive 
> if I fit an SSD drive. I already have an SSD drive in this laptop. (I removed 
> my 750GB 7200rpm drive and put in a Series6 SSD 256GB Drive. So I still get 
> to keep my Optical drive and have the speed performance of the SSD. So I 
> could do the same with the new one. Just swap over the drive.) I then get 
> both SSD and Optical still :o)
> Yes, do have to carry run lots of cables. I was doing all that before anyway. 
> Plus I always have in my pocket a Firewire800/400 adapter. It just clips to 
> the end of a FW400 cable. So even if I have no cables, I still have the 
> adapter. Plus it's lighter. Mind you my pocket carries 2 flash drives, that 
> adapter and a pocket knife,…lol.
> And I already carry three external drives as well (2 Firewire/USB multiport 
> drives and 1 USB bootable drive). They have a stack of what I need on them. 
> So I can keep my SSD pretty lean anyway. I actually only run on about 100GB 
> at most on the SSD. So plenty of room to work with. :o)
> I think the ports work out about the same kinda. Cause if you had the MBP-RD 
> and needed to be on Ethernet, using Firewire then you're out of pots on the 
> MBP-RD but you still have the Thunderbolt free on the "standard" MBP. :o)
> 
> The top MBP and entry level MBP-RD work out the same price (RRP $2499), so I 
> was basing it on that. But yes, as you add more RAM and drives versus 
> adapters, then the pricing changes quite a bit. So the old MBP would work out 
> more expensive.
> 
> But yes, there are lots of good reasons for both. It just comes down to what 
> the person wants to do with it.
> It's a bit like the argument to go with a 256GB SSD versus the 500GB SSD. (Or 
> flash drive). Is it with the $600 odd on various machines. Or can you lean 
> out what you store on the machine and keep an external USB drive with you. 
> (Or at home). Some will see the value that extra storage space will be to 
> have it internally and $600 will be fine. Others will take the 256GB SSD and 
> buy a 500GB USB drive (which is about $100-$150 depending on brands etc). 
> It's perception of value versus useful versus budget.
> 
> That was another thing with the new MBP-RD. You can't "add" to it if you 
> have. Budget restrictions mean you can buy a standard MBP and then down the 
> track add in more RAM later (take it from 8GB to 16GB) and as pricing comes 
> down take out the normal drive and add in an SSD of your choice at a later 
> date. I could be wrong, but I think you have to make all those choices with 
> the MBP-RD at the start as you can't modify it later on. I haven't looked at 
> that point with detail, so as mentioned could be wrong, but was just 
> something i had thought of last night after my other post,..lol.
> 
> Still though, I'm still un-decided on both,…lol. :o) I think they're both 
> great machines, I can just see some of the advantages/disadvatages to both 
> :o) And that may be the same for other people looking at both machines as 
> well. 
> Some will suit one person, some will suit others. That's the nature of the 
> beast.
> But hey, if we had little choice and only had one, there would still be lots 
> to decide! lol ;))
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 4s
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Re: new macbook pros

[cm]

 of 
> work I do, versus the (sometimes) need for "legacy items" in the type of work 
> I do. (How much more weight can my back support in all the extras I have to 
> or need to carry around,…lol).
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I think they're both great machines and the new MBP-RD 
> looks to be a great machine, and will only get better from there I'm sure. 
> But it's what tool is the best for the job…..
> And one will suit some people, and not others. And vice versa. :)
> 
> Hope that info helps. That's my take or view point on it anyway. ;))
> And on that note, I think I'll go finish my last few emails for the night and 
> finish my 2.5 day straight stint of work,…lol. :o)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
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> On 12/06/2012, at 10:26 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> If you're involved with content production with Final Cut Pro or Photoshop 
>> or if you do software development, the new 15" Retina Display MacBook Pro 
>> looks amazing. The stunning amount of processor power, the fast huge RAM 
>> capacity, the enormous flash drive, and the still long battery life given 
>> the retina display seem more reminiscent of a server than a thin light 
>> laptop. Also the discrete graphics card, apart from being a must for gamers 
>> (which I am not) will provide a bank of GPU processing power that is being 
>> utilized by more and more apps.
>> 
>> I tend to agree with a line that I heard during the keynote, it is the best 
>> computer that Apple has ever produced.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> PS: they also finally said goodbye to the primitive, large buggy pieces of 
>> foil coated plastic known as DVDs.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 12/06/2012, at 21:14, Pedro  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Blitto
>>> 
>>> The new MacBook Air will be my choice. This article may help
>>> 
>>> http://www.cultofmac.com/172812/should-you-get-the-new-macbook-pro-probably-not-heres-why/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Pedro
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12/06/2012, at 8:47 PM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi GuysAll of you who were looking forward to the new macbook pros -
>>>> please do you have an opinion as to which one you would purchase?And
>>>> why?tablitto
>>>> 
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Re: Other WWDC 2012 "updates"

[cm]

Hi Stephen,

David Pogue opines that the new MacPro and iMacs are due next year. Here's a 
link to a MacRumors article on the subject:

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/11/david-pogue-new-imacs-and-mac-pros-coming-probably-in-2013/

Also Tim Cook in a reply to an email said:

"Our pro customers are really important to us...don't worry as we're working on 
something really great for later next year."

Regards,
Carlo

On 12/06/2012, at 18:49 , Stephen Chape wrote:

> What about new Ivy Bridge iMacs ??
> Nothing yet ?
> I am waiting to upgrade.
> 
> On 12/06/2012, at 5:37 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> Just to add to the notes,…
>> 
>> MacPro got a "slight" update. Faster processor, more RAM and faster Bus. But 
>> um,..no Thunderbolt ports!??!?!
>> 
>> 
>> Airport Express was updated. Now resembles the AppleTV in size. And it's now 
>> Dual-band Wireless 802.11n. Oh and another Ethernet port. Same price I 
>> believe. ($119)
>> 
>> 
>> New iPad Smart Case. Now go all the way round the iPad2 and new iPad.
>> 
>> 
>> And the actual video of the Keynote is now available,…
>> 
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel …. still running on no internet. Grrr!
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Re: new macbook pros

[cm]

If you're involved with content production with Final Cut Pro or Photoshop or 
if you do software development, the new 15" Retina Display MacBook Pro looks 
amazing. The stunning amount of processor power, the fast huge RAM capacity, 
the enormous flash drive, and the still long battery life given the retina 
display seem more reminiscent of a server than a thin light laptop. Also the 
discrete graphics card, apart from being a must for gamers (which I am not) 
will provide a bank of GPU processing power that is being utilized by more and 
more apps.

I tend to agree with a line that I heard during the keynote, it is the best 
computer that Apple has ever produced.

Regards,
Carlo

PS: they also finally said goodbye to the primitive, large buggy pieces of foil 
coated plastic known as DVDs.

Sent from my iPad

On 12/06/2012, at 21:14, Pedro  wrote:

> Hi Blitto
> 
> The new MacBook Air will be my choice. This article may help
> 
> http://www.cultofmac.com/172812/should-you-get-the-new-macbook-pro-probably-not-heres-why/
> 
> 
> Pedro
> 
> 
> On 12/06/2012, at 8:47 PM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
>> Hi GuysAll of you who were looking forward to the new macbook pros -
>> please do you have an opinion as to which one you would purchase?And
>> why?tablitto
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[cm]

Hi all,

All will be sorted out in time. I will bring this matter up at the next 
committee meeting. It should not be a difficult matter to send a confirmation 
email. I was trying to at least respond personally to those who asked directly 
on the list but I have not been able to get the list to this point either.

Regards,
Carlo

On 11/06/2012, at 11:43 , Laura Webb wrote:

> Hi John
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think you replied in similar vein last 
> time I queried various aspects of WAMUG membership, both via the list and at 
> a monthly meeting. That was probably about 12 months ago and nothing happened 
> then so probably won't now. Not sure why.
> 
> Regards
> Laura 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> 
> On 11/06/2012, at 9:26 AM, John Thompson  wrote:
> 
>> Hello Laura,
>>   Some years ago I offered to set up a basic database for membership, which 
>> I have done.  Unfortunately, unless the information is sent to me on a 
>> regular basis, I cannot go any further.  I have no wish to step on any toes 
>> as I am not, and don't wish to be, a committee member having served my time 
>> on committees over the past forty to fifty years.  I will be happy to 
>> proceed further but need updated information and direction.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> John Thompson
>> WAMUG #861
>> 
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>> 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
>> 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
>> Mac OS X 10.7.3
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/06/2012, at 2:16 PM, Laura Webb wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Daniel
>>> 
>>> My thoughts exactly. I can't imagine where else anyone would get such 
>>> excellent support for the equivalent of $2.50 per month or $30 per annum.
>>> 
>>> As an aside, I too would like some acknowledgement when I pay my annual 
>>> fee, a question I have asked before but have never been given a 
>>> satisfactory answer. With all the talent that exists surely some kind of 
>>> automated response could be put in place. And whatever happened to the 
>>> proposed database with member numbers?
>>> 
>>> Regards
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Re: Posting to mailing list soon for WAMUG members only

[cm]

Hi David,

We will ask our treasurer, Peter Botman, to make that list available.

Regards,
Carlo

On 07/06/2012, at 17:56 , David Noel wrote:

> -- Did anyone explain how to check whether a membership is currently
> paid up, please?
> 
> David / Jun 7
> 
> ==
> 
> On 7 June 2012 17:16, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> Lol they do? :)
>> 
>> Noted, no more emoticons then 8~(
>> :p.:)
>> And here I thought I was always on my best behaviour.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> (who wants to buy more hours in the day pleasedo you think Apple can 
>> work on that for me please) :)
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
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>> 
>> On 07/06/2012, at 2:56 PM, Stuart Evans  wrote:
>> 
>>> Well sometimes your emoticons do appear threatening.;-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/06/12 7:47 AM, "Daniel Kerr"  wrote:
>>> 
 LOl,.hadn't released we'd had any cyber bullying or email rage on our 
 list,…..
 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
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> Good idea, and it prompted me to immediately pay my subs as well.
> 
> Hopefully this will give better control to the list and stop cyber bulling
> and e-mail rage.
> 
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>> 
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>> we
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>> the
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Re: Membership

[cm]

Hi Juliet,

Fantastic! Your continues support of WAMUG is greatly appreciated.

You can join up online and send the membership fee by electronic funds transfer 
or you can mail a cheque. Just click on this link for instructions

http://www.wamug.org.au/join/

Regards,
Carlo

On 07/06/2012, at 15:44 , Juliet Kitson wrote:

> G'day
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> west for a while and as I find information very helpful I better become a
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Get list of files in pages

[cm]

Hi all,

Here, in response to a question, is one method to get a list of files into 
Pages -- in particular in this case, it is a list of apps in the Application 
folder.

1) Open the Terminal window by clicking on /Applications/Utility/Terminal

2) change to the directory (or folder that you wish to list) with the cd, or 
change directory command
$ cd /Applications

3) Get a one column list with the ls, or list command
   $ ls -1

4) Copy the output list of applications to the copy buffer by highlighting them 
with the mouse and pressing Command-C

5) Open up a table in Pages and past the list of application with Command-V

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[cm]

Correction of wording. :-}

If you take a photo on, say, your iPhone does it show up in Photo Stream on 
your iPad and in **iPhoto** on your Mac?


On 03/06/2012, at 22:46 , cm wrote:

> Well done Daniel! 
> 
> Just one more question Callum. Is your Photo Stream now working as 
> advertised? If you take a photo on, say, your iPhone does it show up in Photo 
> Stream on your iPad and in iPhone on your Mac?
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo
> 
> On 03/06/2012, at 22:28 , Callum Prior wrote:
> 
>> Victory!
>> 
>> ImageCapture only recognised the same images as iPhoto, but Phoneview seems 
>> to have imported all of the photos off the iPad with just one click, though 
>> I've got a bit of work ahead of me establishing the albums and removing the 
>> duplicates.
>> 
>> Many thanks for the recommendation, and thanks again to yourself, Ronni and 
>> Carlo.
>> 
>> Callum
>> 
>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Callum
>>> 
>>> Other options to try.
>>> ImageCapture (in Applications folder). Open up, and when plugged in, it 
>>> hopefully may show all the photos not the device. Then give you options to 
>>> select all and import into Picture folder. (or someone else). Then import 
>>> into iPhoto.
>>> PhoneView. (Good for other things too) - 
>>> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/> Not free though. Gives you access to 
>>> the device, and photos are listed. So may be able to import from there as 
>>> well.
>>> 
>>> Just a couple of things I thought of as well….
>>> (Sorry might be missing some of your info, as sidetracked on another issue 
>>> plus two other jobs at the same time,…lol).
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
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>>> Email: 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> **For everything Apple**
>>> 
>>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:45 PM, Callum Prior wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have tried that, sadly in the iPad's case it's saying that it's only 
>>>> already imported 60 photos.
>>>> 
>>>> As I say it doesn't seem to be recognising photos on the device at all, 
>>>> for the most part.  It's certainly not importing any albums, the only 
>>>> thing that works is reserving the photos back into the camera roll which 
>>>> seems to be forcing the iMac to recognise them again.
>>>> 
>>>> Callum
>>>> 
>>>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Callum
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you plug in the iDevices and open iPhoto, then under Devices once you 
>>>>> click on your iPhone (or iPad), does it show the Window "Already 
>>>>> Imported". perhaps it thinks it's already imported them on a previous 
>>>>> occasion. If it does, you can then click on the right hand side and 
>>>>> choose "Show all x photos". If it does, you can then Command-A (to select 
>>>>> all), then choose "Import Selected". It should then go through and bring 
>>>>> in any and all photos. (And it will ask about Duplicates as well). 
>>>>> That way you may be able to bring back ones it thinks it's already got.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Daniel Kerr
>>>>> MacWizardry
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>>>> Email: 
>>>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> **For everything Apple**
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 03/06/2012, at 8:46 PM, Callum Prior wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks Carlo,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I like and understand the explanation, sadly it doesn't appear to fit my 
>>>>>> situation at least for the most part. :P
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some of the photos appearing in the iMac photo stream are from 2009.  
>>>>>> There are only about a dozen photos from within the last 30 days, and 
>>>>>> it's not recognising all the photos my other device

Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Well done Daniel! 

Just one more question Callum. Is your Photo Stream now working as advertised? 
If you take a photo on, say, your iPhone does it show up in Photo Stream on 
your iPad and in iPhone on your Mac?

Regards,
Carlo

On 03/06/2012, at 22:28 , Callum Prior wrote:

> Victory!
> 
> ImageCapture only recognised the same images as iPhoto, but Phoneview seems 
> to have imported all of the photos off the iPad with just one click, though 
> I've got a bit of work ahead of me establishing the albums and removing the 
> duplicates.
> 
> Many thanks for the recommendation, and thanks again to yourself, Ronni and 
> Carlo.
> 
> Callum
> 
> On 03/06/2012, at 9:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> Hi Callum
>> 
>> Other options to try.
>> ImageCapture (in Applications folder). Open up, and when plugged in, it 
>> hopefully may show all the photos not the device. Then give you options to 
>> select all and import into Picture folder. (or someone else). Then import 
>> into iPhoto.
>> PhoneView. (Good for other things too) - 
>> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/> Not free though. Gives you access to 
>> the device, and photos are listed. So may be able to import from there as 
>> well.
>> 
>> Just a couple of things I thought of as well….
>> (Sorry might be missing some of your info, as sidetracked on another issue 
>> plus two other jobs at the same time,…lol).
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>> 
>> ---
>> Daniel Kerr
>> MacWizardry
>> 
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>> 
>> 
>> **For everything Apple**
>> 
>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:45 PM, Callum Prior wrote:
>> 
>>> I have tried that, sadly in the iPad's case it's saying that it's only 
>>> already imported 60 photos.
>>> 
>>> As I say it doesn't seem to be recognising photos on the device at all, for 
>>> the most part.  It's certainly not importing any albums, the only thing 
>>> that works is reserving the photos back into the camera roll which seems to 
>>> be forcing the iMac to recognise them again.
>>> 
>>> Callum
>>> 
>>> On 03/06/2012, at 9:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Callum
>>>> 
>>>> If you plug in the iDevices and open iPhoto, then under Devices once you 
>>>> click on your iPhone (or iPad), does it show the Window "Already 
>>>> Imported". perhaps it thinks it's already imported them on a previous 
>>>> occasion. If it does, you can then click on the right hand side and choose 
>>>> "Show all x photos". If it does, you can then Command-A (to select all), 
>>>> then choose "Import Selected". It should then go through and bring in any 
>>>> and all photos. (And it will ask about Duplicates as well). 
>>>> That way you may be able to bring back ones it thinks it's already got.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Daniel
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4s
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> Daniel Kerr
>>>> MacWizardry
>>>> 
>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>>>> Email: 
>>>> Web:   <http://www.macwizardry.com.au>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> **For everything Apple**
>>>> 
>>>> On 03/06/2012, at 8:46 PM, Callum Prior wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks Carlo,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I like and understand the explanation, sadly it doesn't appear to fit my 
>>>>> situation at least for the most part. :P
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some of the photos appearing in the iMac photo stream are from 2009.  
>>>>> There are only about a dozen photos from within the last 30 days, and 
>>>>> it's not recognising all the photos my other devices have taken in the 
>>>>> last thirty days.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's sill unclear why the iMac isn't recognising and syncing the albums 
>>>>> on both the iOS devices when connected via cable. In the case of the iPad 
>>>>> it only recognises 214 photos in total out of the many hundreds that 
>>>>> exist on the device irrespective of the cloud. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 03/06/2012, at 7:43 PM, cm wrote:
>>>>> 
>

Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Hi Callum,

I think I may be able to explain what is happening here but it is only my best 
guess. My understanding is that photos in Photo Stream will remain on the 
iCloud server for 30 days to give all your devices a chance to sync. Each 
individual portable device will retain the 1000 most recent photos regardless 
of their age, and on your Mac you can configure iPhoto to retain Photo Stream 
photos indefinitely. A quick aside, I have iPhoto set to retain my Photo Stream 
and I strongly recommend that everyone do the same. This can be configured in 
iPhoto > Preferences > Photo Stream.

So you lost your main Mac, iPhoto repository and thus lost your continuous 
store of all Photo Stream photos. I could be wrong here but perhaps an iDevice 
Photo Stream contains the last 30 days photos in plus any any photos that were 
taken on that particular device whether they be older than 30 days or not.

So at a guess, 294 of your photos where taken within the last 30 days and they 
are currently stored in iCloud and thus were restored to your Mac when you 
reactivated iCloud on your new install. Your iPhone has these 294 photos taken 
in the last 30 days plus all the other photos taken on your iPhone. This number 
would normally be trimmed to 1000, but since you have 844 photos in your iPhone 
Photo Stream, you have not yet hit that limit. So in principle your iPhone has 
all the photos ever taken on it (plus those taken on any device in the last 30 
days). Lastly the iPad shares these 294 photos plus 188 other photos that were 
taken on the iPad itself. Again this number is less than 1000 so not photos 
have been lost.

Let me know if these tallies with reality. :-)

Regards,
Carlo

On 03/06/2012, at 17:52 , Callum Prior wrote:

> Hi Ronni,
> 
> Prior to my data loss on my iMac and iMac backup last month both my iPad and 
> iPhone were set to iCloud backup, and remain so, and everything functioned as 
> you, Carlo and Daniel describe below.
> 
> My issues at the moment:
> Given the data loss I've experienced on my iMac, I'm very keen to repopulate 
> it with the photos from both my iPhone and iPad. I tend not to delete photos 
> on either device unless I'm short of space, so I've a fairly decent backup 
> between the both of them.
> iPhoto on the iMac is currently recognising a limited number of photos in the 
> photo stream as compared to both my iOS devices. As my understanding was that 
> the photo stream was a shared resource I'm unclear as to why each device is 
> showing a different number of photos available. It also hasn't recognised any 
> of the albums set up on both iOS devices.
> The photo stream on all devices are also showing photos far older than 30 days
> Duplicate photos have appeared, sometimes three or four copies of each once I 
> had tried the initial re-sync when my hard drive was replaced.
> 
> iMac photostream = 294 photos
> iPhone photostream = 844 photos
> iPhoto on the iPad photo stream = 482 photos
> iPad photo stream = 482 photos
> 
> I have only one iTunes account.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2012, at 10:19 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Callum,
>> 
>> Carlo, I'm sure you meant to type 1,000 photos not 100 :)
>> Just to add a bit to Carlo's reply.
>> 
>> Apple assumes most people will manage their photos on a Mac or PC, and as 
>> long as your computer is set up to use Photo Stream, it preserves all your 
>> downloaded photos indefinitely—no 30-day limit. 
>> You can then sync any photos you want to carry around to your iOS device. 
>> For example, you can create an album in iPhoto, and then, in iTunes, make 
>> sure your iOS device is configured to sync that album.
>> 
>> However, if you don’t regularly use a Mac or PC that’s set up for iCloud, 
>> you should take the precaution of reviewing your Photo Stream photos every 
>> week or two and saving those that you want to keep in your Camera Roll (if 
>> they’re not already there) or another album.
>> 
>> Callum, are you using 'iCloud Backup' on your iPhone, or are you backing up 
>> your iPhone using iTunes?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 01/06/2012, at 9:38 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Callum,
>>> 
>>> Glad to hear you have your photos synced with iPhoto. Once you get the pics 
>>> in iPhoto they are saved on your computer (as you probably know) so you 
>>> don't really need to proceed with saving the photos on all your portable 
>>> devices as well. If you do also want to save Photo Stream photos to the 
>>> camera roll on an iPhone or an iPad there is a bit of clicking involved but 
>>> with the correct sequence you can reduce the click count t

Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Yes indeed I did mean 1000. Thanks Ronni.

C

On 02/06/2012, at 10:19 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Callum,
> 
> Carlo, I'm sure you meant to type 1,000 photos not 100 :)
> Just to add a bit to Carlo's reply.
> 
> Apple assumes most people will manage their photos on a Mac or PC, and as 
> long as your computer is set up to use Photo Stream, it preserves all your 
> downloaded photos indefinitely—no 30-day limit. 
> You can then sync any photos you want to carry around to your iOS device. 
> For example, you can create an album in iPhoto, and then, in iTunes, make 
> sure your iOS device is configured to sync that album.
> 
> However, if you don’t regularly use a Mac or PC that’s set up for iCloud, you 
> should take the precaution of reviewing your Photo Stream photos every week 
> or two and saving those that you want to keep in your Camera Roll (if they’re 
> not already there) or another album.
> 
> Callum, are you using 'iCloud Backup' on your iPhone, or are you backing up 
> your iPhone using iTunes?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 01/06/2012, at 9:38 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Callum,
>> 
>> Glad to hear you have your photos synced with iPhoto. Once you get the pics 
>> in iPhoto they are saved on your computer (as you probably know) so you 
>> don't really need to proceed with saving the photos on all your portable 
>> devices as well. If you do also want to save Photo Stream photos to the 
>> camera roll on an iPhone or an iPad there is a bit of clicking involved but 
>> with the correct sequence you can reduce the click count to around one click 
>> per photo, and seeing there is a maximum of 100 photos in Photo Stream that 
>> is not too onerous.
>> 
>> For an iPad, for instance, you can proceed as follows
>> 
>> 1. Open up the Photos app and select the Photo Stream tab at the top of the 
>> page.
>> 2. Click the share button. Its icon is a square with a curved arrow exiting 
>> up and to the right.
>> 3. Click each photo of interest, or in your case all the photos. As you 
>> touch each a check mark will appear on it.
>> 4. Click the Save button to save the selected photos to Camera Roll.
>> 
>> I'll post some thoughts later on your Photo Stream mismatch. I have seen 
>> something similar but not as extreme as in your case. Do you have more than 
>> one Apple ID?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> 
>> On 01/06/2012, at 19:00 , Callum Prior wrote:
>> 
>>> I've run a test with that method and it's worked a treat.
>>> 
>>> On my iPhone I resaved a couple of photos from Photostream to the camera 
>>> roll.  For some reason I thought you couldn't attach an iOS device to the 
>>> iMac while they were set to sync to the Cloud, and I'm still confused as to 
>>> why each device appears to be seeing a different stream.
>>> 
>>> My next question is if there's a way to mass select and save photos in 
>>> Photostream on my iPad/iPhone to the camera roll, or do I have a lot of 
>>> tapping ahead of me?
>>> 
>>> Thanks again!
>>> 
>>> Callum
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01/06/2012, at 6:47 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Callum,
>>>> 
>>>> One way is to connect your iPhone to a Mac with a docking cable and then 
>>>> open iPhoto. You will be prompted to save the photos as an event within 
>>>> iPhoto. Alternatively if you do not own iPhoto you can use Image Capture 
>>>> which comes with the operating system.
>>>> 
>>>> C
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> On 01/06/2012, at 18:37, Callum Prior  
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks Carlo,
>>>>> 
>>>>> That bit I get, but I don't understand why each device is showing a 
>>>>> different number of photos available from the cloud, or where the 
>>>>> duplicates came from. Nor how to dump the photos from each device back 
>>>>> into the iMac.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 01/06/2012, at 6:29 PM, cm wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Callum,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This could turn into a long thread but I will start the ball rolling by 
>>>>>> saying that iCloud Photo Stream stores at most 1000 photos and only 
>>>>>> stores your new photos for 30 days. So you might find iCloud has 
>>

Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Hi Callum,

Glad to hear you have your photos synced with iPhoto. Once you get the pics in 
iPhoto they are saved on your computer (as you probably know) so you don't 
really need to proceed with saving the photos on all your portable devices as 
well. If you do also want to save Photo Stream photos to the camera roll on an 
iPhone or an iPad there is a bit of clicking involved but with the correct 
sequence you can reduce the click count to around one click per photo, and 
seeing there is a maximum of 100 photos in Photo Stream that is not too onerous.

For an iPad, for instance, you can proceed as follows

1. Open up the Photos app and select the Photo Stream tab at the top of the 
page.
2. Click the share button. Its icon is a square with a curved arrow exiting up 
and to the right.
3. Click each photo of interest, or in your case all the photos. As you touch 
each a check mark will appear on it.
4. Click the Save button to save the selected photos to Camera Roll.

I'll post some thoughts later on your Photo Stream mismatch. I have seen 
something similar but not as extreme as in your case. Do you have more than one 
Apple ID?

Regards,
Carlo


On 01/06/2012, at 19:00 , Callum Prior wrote:

> I've run a test with that method and it's worked a treat.
> 
> On my iPhone I resaved a couple of photos from Photostream to the camera 
> roll.  For some reason I thought you couldn't attach an iOS device to the 
> iMac while they were set to sync to the Cloud, and I'm still confused as to 
> why each device appears to be seeing a different stream.
> 
> My next question is if there's a way to mass select and save photos in 
> Photostream on my iPad/iPhone to the camera roll, or do I have a lot of 
> tapping ahead of me?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Callum
> 
> 
> On 01/06/2012, at 6:47 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Callum,
>> 
>> One way is to connect your iPhone to a Mac with a docking cable and then 
>> open iPhoto. You will be prompted to save the photos as an event within 
>> iPhoto. Alternatively if you do not own iPhoto you can use Image Capture 
>> which comes with the operating system.
>> 
>> C
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 01/06/2012, at 18:37, Callum Prior  wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Carlo,
>>> 
>>> That bit I get, but I don't understand why each device is showing a 
>>> different number of photos available from the cloud, or where the 
>>> duplicates came from. Nor how to dump the photos from each device back into 
>>> the iMac.
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01/06/2012, at 6:29 PM, cm wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Callum,
>>>> 
>>>> This could turn into a long thread but I will start the ball rolling by 
>>>> saying that iCloud Photo Stream stores at most 1000 photos and only stores 
>>>> your new photos for 30 days. So you might find iCloud has significantly 
>>>> fewer photos than the devices it is used to sync. To preserve a photo from 
>>>> Photo Stream you need to download it to a local device, be it a Mac, 
>>>> iPhone or iPad.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> On 01/06/2012, at 18:19 , Callum Prior wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Last month I had a massive technological failure resulting in the loss of 
>>>>> my main drive and backups.  Data recovery hasn't gone that well so I'm in 
>>>>> the process of rebuilding everything I need.
>>>>> 
>>>>> At the moment the only record of my photos exists in iCloud and in the 
>>>>> camera rolls and folders of my iPhone and iMac. What's confusing me is 
>>>>> that they all show different numbers of photos when they should be 
>>>>> synced. A fair number of duplicates have also appeared.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a way to resync all my devices or push the photos to the iMac 
>>>>> without losing anything?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Callum
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Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Hi Callum,

One way is to connect your iPhone to a Mac with a docking cable and then open 
iPhoto. You will be prompted to save the photos as an event within iPhoto. 
Alternatively if you do not own iPhoto you can use Image Capture which comes 
with the operating system.

C

Sent from my iPad

On 01/06/2012, at 18:37, Callum Prior  wrote:

> Thanks Carlo,
> 
> That bit I get, but I don't understand why each device is showing a different 
> number of photos available from the cloud, or where the duplicates came from. 
> Nor how to dump the photos from each device back into the iMac.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> On 01/06/2012, at 6:29 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Callum,
>> 
>> This could turn into a long thread but I will start the ball rolling by 
>> saying that iCloud Photo Stream stores at most 1000 photos and only stores 
>> your new photos for 30 days. So you might find iCloud has significantly 
>> fewer photos than the devices it is used to sync. To preserve a photo from 
>> Photo Stream you need to download it to a local device, be it a Mac, iPhone 
>> or iPad.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 01/06/2012, at 18:19 , Callum Prior wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> Last month I had a massive technological failure resulting in the loss of 
>>> my main drive and backups.  Data recovery hasn't gone that well so I'm in 
>>> the process of rebuilding everything I need.
>>> 
>>> At the moment the only record of my photos exists in iCloud and in the 
>>> camera rolls and folders of my iPhone and iMac. What's confusing me is that 
>>> they all show different numbers of photos when they should be synced. A 
>>> fair number of duplicates have also appeared.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to resync all my devices or push the photos to the iMac 
>>> without losing anything?
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> 
>>> Callum
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Re: Push from iCloud (photos)

[cm]

Hi Callum,

This could turn into a long thread but I will start the ball rolling by saying 
that iCloud Photo Stream stores at most 1000 photos and only stores your new 
photos for 30 days. So you might find iCloud has significantly fewer photos 
than the devices it is used to sync. To preserve a photo from Photo Stream you 
need to download it to a local device, be it a Mac, iPhone or iPad.

Regards,
Carlo

On 01/06/2012, at 18:19 , Callum Prior wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Last month I had a massive technological failure resulting in the loss of my 
> main drive and backups.  Data recovery hasn't gone that well so I'm in the 
> process of rebuilding everything I need.
> 
> At the moment the only record of my photos exists in iCloud and in the camera 
> rolls and folders of my iPhone and iMac. What's confusing me is that they all 
> show different numbers of photos when they should be synced. A fair number of 
> duplicates have also appeared.
> 
> Is there a way to resync all my devices or push the photos to the iMac 
> without losing anything?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Callum
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Re: Snapseed for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

[cm]

Snap! Got it thanks Peder.

Regards,
Carlo

On 01/06/2012, at 17:38 , Peder Kristensen wrote:

> Hi folks!,
> 
> Here is link to a great iPhone App, if you like to take photos. It’s Free at 
> the moment, so hurry up if you want a copy
> 
> http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/snapseed-for-ipad/id439438619?mt=8&ls=1
> 
> Cheers,
> Peder
> 
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Re: Uninstalling iMovie HD ?

[cm]

I guess AppCleaner was too worried to try to delete iMovie 09 as well. :-)

You could download CleanApp. It's similar to AppCleaner but costs about $13.00. 
There is, however, a free trial of the fully functional app.

As with AppCleaner start the delete process. You will be presented with a list 
of files and have to press a delete button to actually delete them. In any case 
the files are moved to the trash or can be retrieved from backup. Just save an 
image of the list.

C

Sent from my iPad

On 29/05/2012, at 19:25, Stephen Chape  wrote:

> Sorry .. meant to say "WILL NOT DROP"
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Stephen Chape 
>> Date: 29 May 2012 7:18:42 PM AWST
>> To: wamug@wamug.org.au
>> Subject: Re: Uninstalling iMovie HD ?
>> Reply-To: wamug@wamug.org.au
>> 
>> Just tried it and iMovie 09 will drop into the AppCleaner box anyway.
>> Just bounces back to it's original location.
>> 
>> On 29/05/2012, at 6:59 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>> 
>>> It's possible it could delete files that they have in common. Enter iMovie 
>>> '09 and see if any files are repeated. 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On 29/05/2012, at 18:53, Stephen Chape  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Good evening folks,
>>>> 
>>>> I was just about to delete iMovie HD using AppCleaner.
>>>> AppCleaner listed a host of files for deletion.
>>>> But then I had a sudden thought.
>>>> 
>>>> What if some of those files are used by iMovie 09 ?
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know if this is the case, or if AppCleaner would only select 
>>>> the ones associated with iMovie HD ?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Stephen Chape
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Uninstalling iMovie HD ?

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Hi Stephen,

It's possible it could delete files that they have in common. Enter iMovie '09 
and see if any files are repeated. 

Regards,
Carlo



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On 29/05/2012, at 18:53, Stephen Chape  wrote:

> Good evening folks,
> 
> I was just about to delete iMovie HD using AppCleaner.
> AppCleaner listed a host of files for deletion.
> But then I had a sudden thought.
> 
> What if some of those files are used by iMovie 09 ?
> 
> Does anyone know if this is the case, or if AppCleaner would only select the 
> ones associated with iMovie HD ?
> 
> Regards,
> Stephen Chape
> 
> 
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Re: Home network suitability for Facetime and Find My iPhone

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Hi Peter,

Here's my anecdote for you consideration. I'm not sure if any conclusion can be 
drawn from it but it could indicate some sort of slowdown in the Find My iPhone 
service. I have 6 iCloud devices in the house and had previously set up all of 
them with location services and Find My iPhone. The devices include an iPhone 
3gs, a MacBook Pro, 2 iPads, and an Apple Server. On all previous occasions 
when I checked on the devices, provided that the device was switched on it 
would promptly report its location. This included computer devices that can 
only determine their location using wifi. Find My iPhone would eerily place all 
the device on the map at my current address and would send them a text message 
and a chime on demand.

Reading about your plight I though I would just verify that all the devices 
were locatable. On starting up the iCloud website none of the devices was 
showing locatable. Just to verify I sent each of them a message. The message 
was queued and marked as pending but not sent. To try and get thing moving I 
opened up the iCloud page on each and double checked the iCloud Apple ID and 
pressed OK on the account name and password, without actually changing 
anything. As I write this three of the devices have since received the message 
and are displayed as located on the iCloud web site. A fourth device (an iPad) 
received its message but is still displayed on the iCloud website as having its 
location service off even thought the device shows its location service as on 
in its settings tab.

So things do not seem quite as responsive as normal and my configuration has 
not changed other then applying the regular updates to the OS of each. As I 
say, not a scientific or exhaustive study, but something to consider.

Regards,
Carlo

On 24/05/2012, at 20:52 , Peter Crisp wrote:

> Hi folks, some of you may recall my previous posting re issues with getting 
> my kids' (3 of them) iPod Touch's being able to be "seen" using the Find My 
> iPhone app and also recent occurrence with my wifes new iPad in the house 
> (WiFi only) not being able to be "seen" by Find My iPhone and Facetime being 
> inoperative in my house on the wireless network.
> 
> My suspicion is something to do with my home network. When I run the "Speed 
> Test" app (using the Macbook, iPhone and iPad), I get download speeds of 
> 1.2Mbps and Upload of 0.21Mbps - repeatedly. My location in Mandurah is 
> restricted to ADSL1 unfortunately so maybe this will be 'my lot' till the NBN 
> gets into my area. 
> 
> The reason for my suspicion is this. On a recent holiday to Albany (December 
> 2011), we were in a motel park which had WiFi which we had all devices 
> connected to and this was the first time that Find My iPhone and Facetime was 
> able to locate the iPod Touch devices (we didn't have the iPad at that 
> stage). And since we've got back home, there hasn't been 1 instance when the 
> iPod Touch's or the iPad (in recent times only) have been able to be "seen" 
> when checking Find My iPhone. Always the red dot!
> 
> Both mine and my wifes iPhone 4/4s respectively have been able to be located 
> but that is because of their 3G connection capability so I dismiss those 
> devices in this comparison.
> 
> The 3 iPod touch's report as devices in my listing of devices in Find My 
> iPhone but always a red dot - as they're not able to be located.
> 
> What is odd is the iPod Touch's and iPad all have WiFi access in the house to 
> search the web and download app's etc, but no go with Find My iPhone/Facetime.
> 
> Is there some further testing I can do to analyse this? Is there some port 
> setting that inhibits the vital connection to be made perhaps?
> 
> I have a D-Link DSL-G604T in bridge mode to a Time Capsule for my wireless 
> network in the house, perhaps there is a setting there to check to open it up.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance offered.
> 
> Pete...
> 
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Re: See All Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac Apps with CheatSheet

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Thanks Peder,

It looks interesting - almost magical. I have put a copy in my "Probation" app 
folder for trial.

Regards,
Carlo

On 24/05/2012, at 7:10 , Peder Kristensen wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Do you know all the keyboard shortcuts for the Mac apps you use? I don’t, but 
> below is link to an app that can display the shortcuts for the app you are 
> using. For more info and download link see 
> http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/23/see-all-keyboard-shortcuts-apps-mac-cheatsheet/
> 
> Cheers,
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Re: Forklift app for 99c (Lion only)

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I hope Peter doesn't mind me reposting his reply to the original post, as it 
points out a number of features that I have not explored as yet.

--- begin quote ---

Forklift came as part of the March 2012 MacUpdate Bundle, and has FTP as just 
one of a myriad things it can do. Some of its powers will remain puzzling to 
many users, but they include more accessible wonders like Folder 
Synchronisation, browsing the contents of archive files (eg, zip, rar, etc), 
split and combine large files, batch renaming, and many others. $0.99 seems an 
incredible price for this package.


Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

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On 24/05/2012, at 8:23 , cm wrote:

> (Repost of misdirected original that I sent to committee list by mistake.)
> 
> Hi Muggers,
> 
> A number of discussion threads lately have talked about FTP clients. I have 
> to this point used the free CyberDuck, but an app called ForkLift is 
> temporarily on sale for 99c on the Mac App Store, down from $29.99. I have no 
> idea of the quality of this app or how it compares to other products out 
> there but if you are familiar with ForkLift or just want to try it out now 
> might be the time to move.
> 
> I picked up a copy but will not get a chance to try it out for a few days 
> yet. I am mired in exam stuff at the moment.
> 
> Here is a link to the MacRumours article:
> 
> http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/22/binary-nights-puts-mac-file-transfer-app-forklift-on-sale-for-0-99/
> 
> Please note that this version of Forklift requires OS X 10.7 Lion.
> 
> Regards,
> Carlo

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Forklift app for 99c (Lion only)

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(Repost of misdirected original that I sent to committee list by mistake.)

Hi Muggers,

A number of discussion threads lately have talked about FTP clients. I have to 
this point used the free CyberDuck, but an app called ForkLift is temporarily 
on sale for 99c on the Mac App Store, down from $29.99. I have no idea of the 
quality of this app or how it compares to other products out there but if you 
are familiar with ForkLift or just want to try it out now might be the time to 
move.

I picked up a copy but will not get a chance to try it out for a few days yet. 
I am mired in exam stuff at the moment.

Here is a link to the MacRumours article:

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/22/binary-nights-puts-mac-file-transfer-app-forklift-on-sale-for-0-99/

Please note that this version of Forklift requires OS X 10.7 Lion.

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Re: Deleting "Save a version" file

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Hi Joe,

That seems like strange behaviour. I did a quick test with TextEdit and when I 
search in Finder it does not bring up older version of the file for me. I 
wonder if you have managed to turn on some obscure option in Finder.

Also, deleting a file will delete its version as well. As a workaround until 
you find out why you can see old versions in Finder, you could:

1. Copy the entire contents of the file to the copy-paste buffer (Command-A, 
Command-C). 
2. Close TextEdit and delete the file
3. Open TextEditor and paste the contents into a new file.
4. Save the new file with the original file name.

This should give you just the file without the version. Mind you keep pursuing 
the cause of your version overload problem.

Regards,
Carlo

On 18/05/2012, at 20:15 , Joe Baker wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I use TextEdit a lot to generate html/xml files. I have one standard working 
> file which is saved as something like ABC.xml. I open it in TextEdit and 
> write what I want and general re-read and re-edit it many times and 
> continually save it by using "Save a version". I also constantly view it in 
> Safari to see how the coding produces a good text display.
> 
> I also regularly use Finder to search for names, places, etc. and these 
> include words that are to be found in my standard ABC.xml file. But with this 
> new version of TextEdit with "Save a version" the results in Finder includes 
> every version of my ABC.xml file that I have saved - hundreds of ABC.xml 
> files, they just keep growing.
> 
> No problem I thought I can just select and delete them.
> No such luck. I can select but right clicking produce no menu, let alone a 
> delete option.
> You cannot drag them to the Trash. They get selected but will not move.
> Selecting the various ABC.xml files does not show where they are stored (so I 
> am unable to go to a particular place and delete from there).
> Attempting to open them just says it can not be opened as the original item 
> cannot be found.
> 
> Before this flood of versions makes Finder impossible to use - how do I 
> delete all these versions.
> 
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Wanted white MacBook screen and battery

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Hi Muggers,

A friend of mine wants to recycle his daughter's 13" white polycarbonate 
MacBook 4,1 early 2008 to give to his mother. The screen is cracked and the 
battery no longer charges. Does anyone have a used MacBook that they would like 
to sell at a reasonable price? If so it would be most welcome.

Regards,
Carlo

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Re: Tweet by abc730

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Just watched tonight's 7.30 on iView, Pedro. Thanks for alerting me it is well 
worth a look.

Regards,
Carlo

On 10/05/2012, at 17:13 , Pedro wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> abc730 (@abc730)
> 10/05/12 2:46 PM
> Special interview on abc730 tonight in a break from politics: Apple founder 
> @stevewoz in Perth on Steve Jobs' legacy & the digital future
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 😄
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Re: Missing Folder in HD

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Ahh. A client's folder. I can see you would be most anxious to recover it. 
Normally trial versions of recovery software allow you to browse 10 or so files 
so you can verify that the fully licensed version is likely to do the job for 
you.

If you must retrieve the data there are some data recovery outfits around 
Perth. They will, however, charge you much more that $100.

Good luck!

Regards,
Carlo

On 10/05/2012, at 21:13 , Rick Armstrong wrote:

> It was a Clients Folder and I have looked everywhere, it is not there in the 
> Macintosh HD. I have used a Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery and this 
> seems to have located the folder but I have to purchase the software (about 
> $100.00) ok if it enables me to retrieve all the files in that folder without 
> corruption. Thanks, Rick.
> 
> On 10/05/12 7:28 PM, cm wrote:
>> Hi Rick,
>> 
>> It depends which folder you are looking for of course but if it was your 
>> Documents folder, you will find it at
>> 
>> [Hard Drive Name]/Users/[Account Name]/Documents
>> 
>> Where: "Hard Drive Name" is the hard drive you have mounted in target mode 
>> and
>> "Account Name" is your user login -- something like "Rick"
>> 
>> If Documents was not the folder you are looking for, let us know which 
>> folder it is and how you navigated to the folder on your old machine.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/05/2012, at 17:46 , Rick Armstrong wrote:
>> 
>>> In an attempt to copy a folder approx 50Gb using target disk from a
>>> G4 to and iMac and then abandoning the attempt because I wasn't sure
>>> what I was doing am not able to find that folder on the original HD
>>> anywhere. I find it hard to believe that I can lose a large folder
>>> that quickly.
>>> In a panic now.
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Re: iPod battery

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Hi Adrian,

I don't know if you want to try this or just leave it to the guy at the 
markets, but in case you haven't seen this clip or similar, here is a youtube 
video showing how to change the battery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmEVVLSRQp4

The important (secret) step is to apply pressure to the centre of the back 
silver casing so you can insert the spudger -- or whatever else you call the 
plastic tool required. If you were not applying pressure to the case, no gap 
will open up and you may have trouble getting the spudger between the back case 
and the front of the iPod.

You will also need a flat head jeweller's screw driver to remove the battery 
cable.

If you want to risk it you could bring your iPod and the tools along to the 
next meeting, and we could do the replacement for you. Or you may prefer more 
experienced hands.

Regards,
Carlo

On 10/05/2012, at 20:54 , Kevin Lock wrote:

> There is an Asian guy at the Canning Vale Markets who does things on  
> the spot (I think)  with iPhones, iPods etc.   Sundays
> 
> Kev
> 
> 
> On 10/05/2012, at 4:46 PM, iCloud wrote:
> 
>> Good after noon all!
>> 
>> Some time ago I bought a new battery for my 60 GB iPod Photo but,  
>> alas, I have not been able to open the case.  It could be that my  
>> hands are no longer strong enough to apply the required pressure  
>> required to get the tool into it.
>> 
>> Can anyone suggest where I could take it to get it opened please.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Adrian
>> 
>> adrianske...@me.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Missing Folder in HD

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Hi Rick,

It depends which folder you are looking for of course but if it was your 
Documents folder, you will find it at

[Hard Drive Name]/Users/[Account Name]/Documents

Where: "Hard Drive Name" is the hard drive you have mounted in target mode and
"Account Name" is your user login -- something like "Rick"

If Documents was not the folder you are looking for, let us know which folder 
it is and how you navigated to the folder on your old machine.

Regards,
Carlo


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> In an attempt to copy a folder approx 50Gb using target disk from a  
> G4 to and iMac and then abandoning the attempt because I wasn't sure  
> what I was doing am not able to find that folder on the original HD  
> anywhere. I find it hard to believe that I can lose a large folder  
> that quickly.
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Re: Pointer problems

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Oops. Got the two devices reversed. Thanks Ronni.

So I am still curious about all of what I asked except where it says unplug the 
trackpad, switch it off instead, and vice versa.

The last part still applies as well. Leaving your pen resting on the trackpad 
(the wireless one as well) can cause unwanted results.

Regards,
Carlo

On 10/05/2012, at 10:10 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Carlo,
> 
> Ken said he is using a "Wired Mouse" not a wireless mouse.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> On 10/05/2012, at 10:07 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ken,
>> 
>> As well as Ronni's relevant question I have some other things you could try 
>> to determine if the problem lies with the wireless mouse or the trackpad. 
>> 
>> Does the problem stop when you unplug the trackpad? If the problem is still 
>> there, try plugging the trackpad back in and switching off the wireless 
>> mouse. If one or the other works by itself let us know.
>> 
>> A final though as this happens to me sometimes when I use a mouse and a 
>> trackpad together. Are you resting the pen down on the trackpad when you are 
>> not using it? If you are the trackpad keeps insisting on moving the mouse 
>> pointer back to a fixed position.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 10/05/2012, at 9:04 , Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ken,
>>> 
>>> Ok, we would only be guessing until we receive more details on the wired 
>>> mouse you are using and details on the Bluetooth Trackpad? Brand, is the 
>>> mouse an Apple Pro optical etc.
>>> 
>>> Also are you using USB Overdrive or any extras?
>>> 
>>> When you setup the bluetooth trackpad in System Preferences -> Trackpad -> 
>>> Set Up Bluetooth Trackpad...
>>> You did NOT set it up for 'Mouse' control?
>>> 
>>> Ken, only guessing until we get more info.
>>> 
>>> 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 10/05/2012, at 8:15 AM, Kenneth Woods wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The mouse is wired, the track pad is Bluetooth
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ken
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/05/2012, at 6:36 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Like Carlo I don't understand what you mean by a "Desktop Pointer".
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you mean your 'cursor' (mouse pointer) that is flying across the 
>>>>> screen? 
>>>>> Are you using a wired or wireless mouse? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ronni
>>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/05/2012, at 1:54 AM, cm  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Others may know this so at the risk of asking an obvious question what 
>>>>>> do mean by a "desktop pointer"?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Carlo
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 09/05/2012, at 21:15 , Kenneth Woods wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am having a small problem with desktop pointer on my iMac.  It keeps 
>>>>>>> going ack to the top right hand corner of the screen.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Whenever I try to move it using either the mouse or the trackpad, it 
>>>>>>> moves a few centimetres and then jumps back to the top r/h corner. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The iMac is a few years running the current version of lion.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>> 
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Re: Pointer problems

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Hi Ken,

As well as Ronni's relevant question I have some other things you could try to 
determine if the problem lies with the wireless mouse or the trackpad. 

Does the problem stop when you unplug the trackpad? If the problem is still 
there, try plugging the trackpad back in and switching off the wireless mouse. 
If one or the other works by itself let us know.

A final though as this happens to me sometimes when I use a mouse and a 
trackpad together. Are you resting the pen down on the trackpad when you are 
not using it? If you are the trackpad keeps insisting on moving the mouse 
pointer back to a fixed position.

Regards,
Carlo

On 10/05/2012, at 9:04 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> 
> Ok, we would only be guessing until we receive more details on the wired 
> mouse you are using and details on the Bluetooth Trackpad? Brand, is the 
> mouse an Apple Pro optical etc.
> 
> Also are you using USB Overdrive or any extras?
> 
> When you setup the bluetooth trackpad in System Preferences -> Trackpad -> 
> Set Up Bluetooth Trackpad...
> You did NOT set it up for 'Mouse' control?
> 
> Ken, only guessing until we get more info.
> 
> 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 10/05/2012, at 8:15 AM, Kenneth Woods wrote:
> 
>> The mouse is wired, the track pad is Bluetooth
>> 
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 10/05/2012, at 6:36 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ken,
>>> 
>>> Like Carlo I don't understand what you mean by a "Desktop Pointer".
>>> 
>>> Do you mean your 'cursor' (mouse pointer) that is flying across the screen? 
>>> Are you using a wired or wireless mouse? 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>>> 
>>> On 10/05/2012, at 1:54 AM, cm  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>> 
>>>> Others may know this so at the risk of asking an obvious question what do 
>>>> mean by a "desktop pointer"?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Carlo
>>>> 
>>>> On 09/05/2012, at 21:15 , Kenneth Woods wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am having a small problem with desktop pointer on my iMac.  It keeps 
>>>>> going ack to the top right hand corner of the screen.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Whenever I try to move it using either the mouse or the trackpad, it 
>>>>> moves a few centimetres and then jumps back to the top r/h corner. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The iMac is a few years running the current version of lion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ken
>>>>> 
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OS X 10.7.4 Lion update

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Hi Muggers,

There is an update for OS X Lion that fixes the problem with windows reopening 
even when the feature is disable. It also includes a security fix to prevent 
storage of plain text passwords in the log file when using legacy versions of 
FileVault.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/09/apple-releases-os-x-10-7-4/

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Re: Pointer problems

[cm]

Hi Ken,

Others may know this so at the risk of asking an obvious question what do mean 
by a "desktop pointer"?

Regards,
Carlo

On 09/05/2012, at 21:15 , Kenneth Woods wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am having a small problem with desktop pointer on my iMac.  It keeps going 
> ack to the top right hand corner of the screen.
> 
> Whenever I try to move it using either the mouse or the trackpad, it moves a 
> few centimetres and then jumps back to the top r/h corner. 
> 
> The iMac is a few years running the current version of lion.
> 
> Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Ken
> 
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Re: Hard Drive Question ?

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Hi Stephen,

Using an encrypted sparse bundle as outlined by Ray is indeed an option. If you 
son is running OS X Lion he also has the option of encrypting the entire 
external drive using FileVault. The new FileVault method has a few advantages 
over the older sparse bundle method but be warned that you will only be able to 
read the drive on machines running Lion.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial for encrypting an external drive with FileVault.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1161415/lion_encrypt_external_drive.html

Note that the security scare regarding passwords being visible when using 
FileVault does not apply to this situation as you are using the Lion version of 
FileVault on Lion and not the Snow Leopard version of FileVault on Lion. (It 
does not apply to sparse bundle method either.)

Cheers,
Carlo



On 09/05/2012, at 23:19 , Ray Forma wrote:

> Stephen,
> 
> On any drive use Disk Utility to create a 'New Image' on that drive. The name 
> you choose for 'Save as' will be the name of the .sparseimage file you are 
> creating. The name you give for 'Name:' further down is the name of the 
> virtual disk that appears whenever you open the .sparseimage file you are 
> creating. If this is a bit confusing then create a small experimental image 
> and play with it till you get the idea. The trash the experiment and build a 
> new 'New Image'.
> 
> Give the image a suitable name. Then use the following settings: For size 
> choose the biggest size you think you'll need, but read about 'sparse disk 
> image' below before deciding. Use 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)'. For 
> encryption use 128-bit AES Encryption. Use 'Single partition - GUID Partition 
> Map'. For Image Format use 'sparse disk image' so the image will grow in size 
> as you add files to it, till it reaches the maximum size you chose earlier.
> 
> Click on 'Create'. You will then be asked for a password for access to that 
> image. Use a strong password and make it memorable because I suggest you 
> don't add it to your keychain, especially if the image is going reside on a 
> peripatetic drive.
> 
> When finished, you end up with a file with a .sparseimage filename extension 
> on the chosen hard disk. When you double click on that image file the Finder 
> will ask for the password before opening the image as a virtual disk drive 
> that shows up as a mounted disk. You can then save the files you want 
> encrypted on that virtual drive. [A virtual drive is not a real physical 
> drive. A virtual drive is a data structure that behaves as if it was a real 
> physical drive, but that structure lives as single file on the physical drive 
> of your choice].
> 
> Ejecting the virtual disk will make it disappear from your directory of 
> available disks, but the data will be safely residing in the 
> .sparseimage file on the chosen HD.
> 
> Beware: Never drag the .sparseimage file to the trash or delete 
> that file in any other way as you will lose all of the encrypted files 
> contained in that image. Also, if you forget the password to open that image, 
> you can say goodbye to all its enclosed files.
> 
> The big advantage of the encrypted image file is that it is easy to back up 
> onto another medium.
> 
> On 09/05/2012, at 8:19 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> My step son who lives in Dubai bought a new external backup drive recently.
>> It was an Iomega Prestige Portable 1TB.
>> 
>> Because he is always travelling around the world, he needs the data 
>> encrypted.
>> However when he got it home he noticed printed in the instructions "can only 
>> be encrypted for Windows".
>> Because the shop told him it was Mac compatible, he took it back and was 
>> refunded.
>> 
>> I don't know anything about encryption, so how do you go about encrypting 
>> data on an HD formatted for the Mac ? Does the drive need to come with that 
>> ability, or can it be added to any drive ?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Stephen Chape
> 
> Regards,
> 
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Re: Bug in Mac OS X 10.7.3 exposes passwords in plain text

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Yes, and to add a further restriction, it does not affect those using FileVault 
whole disk encryption - as stated in the article below. Though I remember 
reading elsewhere that it may affect users with encrypted virtual machines in 
VMWare and Parallels as well. Again, only if they are using the SL encryption 
technology:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/apple-security-blunder-exposes-lion-login-passwords-in-clear-text/11963

What baffles me is the inability of so-called "technical" writers to get a 
correct article heading. Instead of "Apple security blunder exposes Lion login 
passwords in clear text", perhaps something like "Lion OS X security flaw 
exposes passwords of FileVault users for those using legacy FileVault 
encryption". I guess I am not entirely baffled as the PC press just loves 
putting "Apple" and "Blunder" in the same heading.

Regards,
Carlo

On 08/05/2012, at 8:08 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Members,
> 
> Before anyone panics.
> 
> "This security hole will not affect any user who has purchased a new system 
> with Lion on it, or who has formatted their old system and installed Lion 
> fresh. The security hole will only affect people who upgraded from Snow 
> Leopard who kept using their legacy FileVault setups and who have have then 
> upgraded to the latest OS X 10.7.3. Without these requirements, the passwords 
> for user accounts are not logged by the bug, and are safe."
> 
> If your system is one of these, then there are several things you can do to 
> work around this bug:"
> Read More:
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad
> 
> On 08/05/2012, at 7:39 AM, Brian Risbey  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> Subject: Bug in Mac OS X 10.7.3 exposes passwords in plain text
>> Date: 7 May 2012 10:54:03 PM AWST
>> 
>> Security researcher David Emery (via ZDNET) claimed to have discovered a bug 
>> in Mac OS X 10.7.3 that stores login passwords in plain text. In a recent 
>> newsletter, he claimed someone—we are guessing an Apple programmer— 
>> mistakenly “turned on a debug switch (DEBUGLOG)” that stores the passwords 
>> in a system-wide debug log file. Emery explained folders encrypted with 
>> Apple’s “legacy” Filevault prior to upgrading to Lion are at risk:
>> 
>> …anyone who can read files accessible to group admin can discover the login 
>> passwords of any users of legacy (pre LION) Filevault home directories who 
>> have logged in since the upgrade to 10.7.3 in early February 2012… This is 
>> worse than it seems, since the log in question can also be read by booting 
>> the machine into firewire disk mode and reading it by opening the drive as a 
>> disk or by booting the new-with-LION recovery partition and using the 
>> available superuser shell to mount the main file system partition and read 
>> the file. This would allow someone to break into encrypted partitions on 
>> machines they did not have any idea of any login passwords for.
>> 
>> It would also allow them to access any content those usernames and passwords 
>> are meant to protect. Fortunately, the file with stored passwords is only 
>> kept for “several weeks” by default. However, it extends to Time Machine 
>> backups, because the log file is also backed-up in plain text. Emery said 
>> the best method to protect yourself until Apple fixes the issue is to simply 
>> use FileVault 2:
>> 
>> One can partially protect oneself against the firewire disk and recovery 
>> partition attacks by using Filevault 2 (whole disk encryption) which then 
>> requires one know at least one user login password before one can access 
>> files on the main partition of the disk… And one can provide further weaker 
>> protection by setting a firmware password which must be supplied before one 
>> can boot the recovery partition, external media, or enter firewire disk mode 
>> –  though there is a standard technique for turning that off known to Apple 
>> field support (“genius bar”) persons.
>> 
>> We expect Apple will get around to fixing this bug quickly as it picks up 
>> more press, but as ZDNET pointed out, the bug wasraised in the Apple Support 
>> Communities three months ago with no replies. We will keep you updated when 
>> Apple responds.
>> 
>> Related articles
>> 
>> Passware: Filevault can be brute force cracked during the span of a 
>> lunchbreak (9to5mac.com)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Read more…
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Re: CS2 and 10.6.8

[cm]

Thanks for posting, Javier. You made me realise my mistake with the version 
numbers.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 07/05/2012, at 1:51 , Javier Castagnetto wrote:

> 
> On May 6, 2012, at 5:29 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>>> I have a friend who has upgraded to 10.6.8 and finds that PhotoShop CS2 and 
>>> LightRoom2 no longer work.  I suspect this is a Rosetta or 64bit/32 bit 
>>> issue - Adobe no longer support these versions.  He is looking to backwards 
>>> reinstall, a messy operation in my mind!  I am uncertain of the hardware.  
>>> Comments please
>>> Severin Crisp
> 
> If Rosetta is the issue, he can install Rosetta on 10.6.8...he can also 
> decide to run on 32 or 62 bit. If he's tried this with no luck, the problem 
> could be somewhere else.
> 
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Re: CS2 and 10.6.8

[cm]

Oops! My mistake. For some reason I mistook 10.6.8 for Lion, whereas of course 
it is Snow Leopard and Lion is 10.7.

Please disregard all that I said below. According to this link the 2012-001 
security update caused problems for some users with Rosetta. They recommend 
reapplying the combo update before reverting to backup.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57370890-263/rosetta-broken-in-os-x-10.6.8-after-security-update/

Cheers,
Carlo



On 06/05/2012, at 18:29 , cm wrote:

> Hi Severin,
> 
> Though I have since upgraded, I initially had an installation of Snow Leopard 
> on a Mac mini solely for running Photoshop CS2. Yes older versions of 
> Photoshop and Lightroom do rely on Rosetta. Your friend could dedicate a 
> previous Mac to running Snow Leopard and Photoshop, or run them on a bootable 
> partition, an external drive, or even within his current Lion installation on 
> a Parallels virtual machine.
> 
> Of course if none of these options are suitable he may have to face the 
> trauma of a downgrade of the OS or an upgrade of Photoshop. He may find an 
> older version of photoshop on eBay.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 06/05/2012, at 17:39, Severin Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> I have a friend who has upgraded to 10.6.8 and finds that PhotoShop CS2 and 
>> LightRoom2 no longer work.  I suspect this is a Rosetta or 64bit/32 bit 
>> issue - Adobe no longer support these versions.  He is looking to backwards 
>> reinstall, a messy operation in my mind!  I am uncertain of the hardware.  
>> Comments please
>> Severin Crisp
>> 
>>  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>>  15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>>   Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>>   email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
>> 
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Re: CS2 and 10.6.8

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Hi Severin,

Though I have since upgraded, I initially had an installation of Snow Leopard 
on a Mac mini solely for running Photoshop CS2. Yes older versions of Photoshop 
and Lightroom do rely on Rosetta. Your friend could dedicate a previous Mac to 
running Snow Leopard and Photoshop, or run them on a bootable partition, an 
external drive, or even within his current Lion installation on a Parallels 
virtual machine.

Of course if none of these options are suitable he may have to face the trauma 
of a downgrade of the OS or an upgrade of Photoshop. He may find an older 
version of photoshop on eBay.

Cheers,
Carlo


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> I have a friend who has upgraded to 10.6.8 and finds that PhotoShop CS2 and 
> LightRoom2 no longer work.  I suspect this is a Rosetta or 64bit/32 bit issue 
> - Adobe no longer support these versions.  He is looking to backwards 
> reinstall, a messy operation in my mind!  I am uncertain of the hardware.  
> Comments please
> Severin Crisp
> 
>   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
>   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
>Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
>email  mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au  
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Re: transfer epub book to ipad

[cm]

You're welcome Chris. Yes there are many sources of DRM free eBooks.  For 
instance there is a repository of eBooks that goes by the name of Project 
Gutenberg. It is a collection of works that have fallen out of copyright and 
into the public domain. ePub books from Project Gutenburg can be download from 
iTunes or directly from their website:

http://gutenberg.net.au/

Also many PDF versions of books are DRM free though not all of them. iBooks 
handles PDFs very well once you learn a few of the navigation commands. Many of 
my text books are in PDF format, and more and more hard cover texts and 
purchased eBooks include DRM free PDF versions.

C

Sent from my iPad

On 06/05/2012, at 11:05, Chris Burton  wrote:

> Hi Carlo
> 
> Thankyou very much for your really informative email regarding the DRM issues 
> with ePub books; I had no idea of the disparity between vendors!
> 
> I will take your advice and limit the number of apps I need. I guess ibooks, 
> borders and amazon would cover most?
> 
> Are there any places that I can find and download 'DRM free' ebooks?
> 
> Best regards and many thanks
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christopher L.K. Burton
> Director
> Western Whale Research
> PO Box 1076
> Dunsborough WA 6281
> Mobile: 0419 199 120
> Email: c...@it.net.au 
> 
> On 05/05/2012, at 2:55 PM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> 
>> With ePub books there is always the question of Digital Rights Management 
>> (DRM). DRM is a system whereby only the legal owner of an eBook can open it 
>> on his or her device. Some books have gone into the public domain and will 
>> be DRM free, but many eBooks that you pay for will be locked to your 
>> particular user ID with a given vendor. A quick search reveals that Borders 
>> relies on an Adobe ID to enforce its DRM. Apple and iBooks rely on your 
>> Apple ID.
>> 
>> For DRM protected eBooks you may find you need to maintain a separate reader 
>> on your iPad for each vendor that you purchase from. It is a case of having 
>> to enter the correct ID for a given vender. In my case, for instance, I try 
>> to purchase a book on the iTunes book store first and if it is not available 
>> I check Amazon. For my iTunes eBooks I use the iBooks reader app, and for my 
>> Amazon purchases I use the Kindle app.
>> 
>> This is far from satisfactory and it is something that the vendors could 
>> easily fix with a bit of cooperation. The DRM on the ePub format is 
>> standardised so it would not be hard for one piece of software to maintain 
>> multiple IDs for the various vendors and use the correct ID to open each 
>> eBook. At the moment, however, there is an arms race between vendors to win 
>> market share and there is very little cooperation in evidence.
>> 
>> I would recommend limiting the number of vendors you  purchase DRM protected 
>> eBooks from to the bare minimum to save headaches with managing multiple 
>> accounts and IDs.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 05/05/2012, at 11:01 , Chris Burton wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Laura
>>> 
>>> Thanks very much for your suggestion of Borders. They do have a very good 
>>> range at reasonable prices. 
>>> 
>>> After arranging for a refund from Fishpond, I did a search and some ebooks 
>>> came up on itunes, as well as Borders. Both have a good range and prices. 
>>> 
>>> Is their a difference in the type of ebook format between them or are they 
>>> the same in terms of downloading to the ipad?
>>> 
>>> Best regards and thankyou very much
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 04/05/2012, at 4:50 PM, Laura Webb wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Chris
>>>> 
>>>> Ages ago I had a similar problem with Fishpond and eBooks and no longer 
>>>> use them. I did suggest they should offer a warning for iPad users but it 
>>>> did not happen. I find Borders to be very reliable with instant ebook 
>>>> downloads to my iPad.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Laura 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 04/05/2012, at 8:11 AM, Chris Burton  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi ronnie
>>>>> And thanks very much for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea & 
>>>>> will be asking for my $ back! No wonder the ebooks are so cheap @ 
>>>>> fishpond.
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>

Re: transfer epub book to ipad

[cm]

Hi Chris,

With ePub books there is always the question of Digital Rights Management 
(DRM). DRM is a system whereby only the legal owner of an eBook can open it on 
his or her device. Some books have gone into the public domain and will be DRM 
free, but many eBooks that you pay for will be locked to your particular user 
ID with a given vendor. A quick search reveals that Borders relies on an Adobe 
ID to enforce its DRM. Apple and iBooks rely on your Apple ID.

For DRM protected eBooks you may find you need to maintain a separate reader on 
your iPad for each vendor that you purchase from. It is a case of having to 
enter the correct ID for a given vender. In my case, for instance, I try to 
purchase a book on the iTunes book store first and if it is not available I 
check Amazon. For my iTunes eBooks I use the iBooks reader app, and for my 
Amazon purchases I use the Kindle app.

This is far from satisfactory and it is something that the vendors could easily 
fix with a bit of cooperation. The DRM on the ePub format is standardised so it 
would not be hard for one piece of software to maintain multiple IDs for the 
various vendors and use the correct ID to open each eBook. At the moment, 
however, there is an arms race between vendors to win market share and there is 
very little cooperation in evidence.

I would recommend limiting the number of vendors you  purchase DRM protected 
eBooks from to the bare minimum to save headaches with managing multiple 
accounts and IDs.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 05/05/2012, at 11:01 , Chris Burton wrote:

> Hi Laura
> 
> Thanks very much for your suggestion of Borders. They do have a very good 
> range at reasonable prices. 
> 
> After arranging for a refund from Fishpond, I did a search and some ebooks 
> came up on itunes, as well as Borders. Both have a good range and prices. 
> 
> Is their a difference in the type of ebook format between them or are they 
> the same in terms of downloading to the ipad?
> 
> Best regards and thankyou very much
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/05/2012, at 4:50 PM, Laura Webb wrote:
> 
>> Hi Chris
>> 
>> Ages ago I had a similar problem with Fishpond and eBooks and no longer use 
>> them. I did suggest they should offer a warning for iPad users but it did 
>> not happen. I find Borders to be very reliable with instant ebook downloads 
>> to my iPad.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Laura 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> 
>> On 04/05/2012, at 8:11 AM, Chris Burton  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi ronnie
>>> And thanks very much for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea & 
>>> will be asking for my $ back! No wonder the ebooks are so cheap @ fishpond.
>>> Best regards
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On 04/05/2012, at 1:46 PM, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>> 
 
 
>> 
>> On 04/05/2012, at 10:48 AM, Chris Burton wrote:
>> 
>>> Morning muggers
>>> 
>>> I watched the Steve Jobs story with great interest last night and 
>>> marvelled at his life and achievements with Apple. It feels really good 
>>> to have been a part of it by using macs all these years and certainly 
>>> bought up some memories!! For example I had forgotten that Apple had 
>>> licenced other companies to make similar machines and I didnt realise 
>>> that Apple had gone so very close to going under!!
>>> 
>>> I have been offshore for the last 6 weeks and while away ordered an 
>>> ebook from Fishpond to use on my ipad (v1). However I just wanted to 
>>> ask what is the best way to transfer this epub book to my ipad: via 
>>> itunes after download to my MBPro; by direct download from Fishpond to 
>>> the ipad, or some other way, as it is the first of such books I would 
>>> like to buy and use on my ipad?
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I just noticed no-one has answered your question. :(
 
 Unless Fishpond have changed; Fishpond eBooks cannot be downloaded, they 
 have to be read online.
 
 There is nothing obvious to indicate that the purchase of the ebook won't 
 allow download and you can read it offline on your iPad.
 
 But I just tried with a free eBook just to see if Fishpond had changed, 
 but no... It can only be read in Fishpond online.
 
 I did a quick google search and found that one person emailed Fishpond and 
 received a Refund for the eBook he purchased as he thought he would be 
 able to download the eBook to read on his eBook Reader.
 
 Hopefully they will adjust their website to make it more clear what the 
 ebook you are buying actually is.
 
 Normally with other sellers of ePub eBooks you can download directly to 
 your iPad into iBooks, or to your Mac so you can then Add to iTunes 
 Library and the ePub appears under Library in Books.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
>>> 
>>> Best regards to all and thanks for any advice.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Christopher L.K. Burton
>>> D

A Cautionary Repair Tale

[cm]

Hi Wamuggers,

Having equipment serviced by an unauthorised dealer may be a false economy. To 
quote a news aggregator site that I follow:

"The combustion of an Apple iPhone 4 after a regional flight in Australia was 
likely caused by a botched repair of the handset by an unauthorized repairer, 
according to air safety investigators in the U.S. and Australia. A small metal 
screw had been misplaced in the battery bay of the handset. The screw punctured 
the battery casing and caused an internal short circuit, making the iPhone emit 
dense smoke."

and here is an article that was linked to by the summary:
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/299453,botched-repair-likely-cause-of-rexs-smoking-iphone.aspx

Cheers,
Carlo
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Re: New German iPad.

[cm]

Hi Pat,

This particular video is worth watching if you want a chuckle, so maybe we can 
fix the problem. There are two main types of video that come from youtube these 
days, HTML5 based and flash based.

I am just heading out right now but are you using Safari, and if so which 
version? Which version of OS X are you running? It may not be relevant but for 
the record how out of date is your Adobe Flash? Do you know the version number?

Cheers,
Carlo

On 04/05/2012, at 9:15 , Pat wrote:

> I don't watch a lot of videos on my computer, but lately, it seems that  some 
> videos play properly and other ones just show a black screen, a progress bar 
> and have no sound.  This magic German iPad video is one of those that don't 
> play properly.  If I hover my mouse cursor over the tip of the progress bar, 
> small thumbnails of video frames are visible, and when the captions are 
> turned on, they are visible, but still no sound.
> 
> I would like to know why this is. I do have the most recent Flash player 
> installed.
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> On 04/05/2012, at 8:12 AM, iCloud wrote:
> 
>> Good morning all!
>> 
>> 
>> New German iPad. You get the gist, even if you don’t speak German.
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSq7D6aX4dI&feature=youtu.be&t=26s
>> 
>> You can get the English subtitles by pressing the "cc" on the bottom tool 
>> bar.
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Re: Failure to reply

[cm]

Hahah. You seem to have found a work around so it's all fixed now. 

Just kidding. If the problem comes up again please post back.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 04/05/2012, at 10:03 , Bill Parker wrote:

> This is WEIRD.   Suspecting a gremlin I chucked it in the trash ( it does 
> have all the attributes below).  I pulled it out of the trash and now it 
> works.
> 
> Seems a spell in the Trash might be  a punishment for recalcitrant emails.
> 
> Bill
> On 04/05/2012, at 9:58 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Is it possible the return address on the email is missing or incorrect? Have 
>> a very careful look at both the From: address and the Reply-To: address.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 04/05/2012, at 8:52 , Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> I have never seen this before.  In trying to reply to an incoming email I 
>>> have tried - but I cannot reply.   Then I replying to the SAME person.   It 
>>> works.   Any ideas anyone?
>>> 
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Re: Failure to reply

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Hi Bill,

Is it possible the return address on the email is missing or incorrect? Have a 
very careful look at both the From: address and the Reply-To: address.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 04/05/2012, at 8:52 , Bill Parker wrote:

> I have never seen this before.  In trying to reply to an incoming email I 
> have tried - but I cannot reply.   Then I replying to the SAME person.   It 
> works.   Any ideas anyone?
> 
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Re: QuickTime Player in Lion

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And here is a knowledge base article about QuickTime X

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3775

C

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On 30/04/2012, at 17:08, Alan Smith  wrote:

> Does QuickTime Player in OS Lion play MP4 videos natively?   Or with an added 
> component?  
> 
> MPEG-4 videos do not play in OS Snow Leopard, even with Perian installed.
> I can view these MP4's with VLC or can transcode them to iTunes with 
> Handbrake, but I would prefer the default QT player.   Six months ago Perian 
> was in the blame-game and just stated that Apple needed to fix QuickTime for 
> Snow Leopard.   
> 
> Cheers
> Alan
> 
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Re: QuickTime Player in Lion

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Hi Alen,

mp4 is a container format, which means it can contain audio and video encoded 
with almost any codec - alas, even Adobe Flash. So in answer to your question 
it depends entirely on the encoding of the contained audio and video.

Cheers,
Carlo

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> Does QuickTime Player in OS Lion play MP4 videos natively?   Or with an added 
> component?  
> 
> MPEG-4 videos do not play in OS Snow Leopard, even with Perian installed.
> I can view these MP4's with VLC or can transcode them to iTunes with 
> Handbrake, but I would prefer the default QT player.   Six months ago Perian 
> was in the blame-game and just stated that Apple needed to fix QuickTime for 
> Snow Leopard.   
> 
> Cheers
> Alan
> 
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Re: Partitioning and bootable backup

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Hi Merv,

Yes, you can have as many bootable partitions as will fit on your drive. Format 
the partitions as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and use Carbon Copy Cloner or 
SuperDuper to make bootable copies.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 27/04/2012, at 15:19 , Merv Bond wrote:

> As mentioned on another thread I have purchased a - oop! sorry, hit the 
> wrong button!!
> 
> As mentioned on another thread I have purchased a 2TB WD My Book Studio 
> with Firewire 800. If I partition it into two 1TB parts can neither, one 
> only or each partition be a bootable backup?
> Comment appreciated.
> Merv
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Re: ipad sim in europe

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Hi Hugh,

I have had no direct experience with this as when I travelled with my iPad I 
relied on wifi at the hotel, but here is a forum post I found.

I called into our apple store yesterday and asked how to activate a sim card in 
Europe and was advised that most of the major providers will allow you to 
contact them using the ipad and their sim card to activate it even though it 
will not connect to any other site until activated.

It was also suggested that Vodaphone has a very good coverage in Europe and 
many store outlets.

Here is a link to that page
http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/280109402/m/766008154001

Cheers,
Carlo

On 27/04/2012, at 7:46 , hugh griffiths wrote:

> 
> Hi my parents are traveling in Europe and my mum has taken her ipad with
> her, she purchased a local sim but has been told she cant activate it 
> without connection to a computer and itunes, I thought it was possible 
> to do this manually, but a quick search using google doesn't shed enough 
> light on it for me to advise them, as I don't want to steer them the 
> wrong way and for them to purchase another sim that doesn't work. They 
> will be mainly in the UK and then Spain, then France and finally Italy ( 
> but they wont need a sim in italy, I don't think, as they are staying with 
> friends who are sure to have wifi). Does anyone have experience with 
> setting up ipad2 with latest OS and new sim purchased in UK and or Spain
> and or France?
> 
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Re: Cables: USB 3 - Firewire800

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Hi Merv and Peter,

I would be wary of those connectors. Notice they are all on resale sites, none 
are manufacturer sales. They could be fakes.

As I said earlier, I don't believe it is possible to convert USB to Firewire 
with just a simple pin-to-pin cable. USB used the PC as the bus master whereas 
Firewire is a true peer-to-peer connection and required handshaking signals 
back from the disk drive.

Cheers,
Carlo


On 27/04/2012, at 7:10 , Peter Sealy wrote:

> I thought I had a vague memory (at my age all memories are vague) of seeing 
> USB to Firewire converters somewhere. So I did a quick Google search and came 
> up with these. I have not looked in depth at any of them and have not 
> explored any further but the Google search will surely find more info.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Search Google : convert usb to firewire adapter
> 
> HTH
> 
> ..
> 
> Peter Sealy
> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
> 
> She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
> 
> 
> 
> On 26/04/2012, at 11:28 PM, Merv Bond wrote:
> 
>> I have been looking on the net at cables, converters and hubs that boast 
>> connections between USB and firewire. My search is based on wishing to 
>> connect an external HD with USB3 sockets to my iMac which has a 
>> Firewire800 socket. Has anyone used such a cable and if so is the 
>> performance of a quality that is useful? Can a bootable external HD be 
>> achieved with such a device?
>> Merv
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Re: Cables: USB 3 - Firewire800

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Hi Merv,

As far as I know USB and firewire are incompatible formats. Unless there is 
some sort of fancy conversion hub involved (that I am not aware of) no cable 
will be able to connect the two.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 26/04/2012, at 21:28 , Merv Bond wrote:

> I have been looking on the net at cables, converters and hubs that boast 
> connections between USB and firewire. My search is based on wishing to 
> connect an external HD with USB3 sockets to my iMac which has a 
> Firewire800 socket. Has anyone used such a cable and if so is the 
> performance of a quality that is useful? Can a bootable external HD be 
> achieved with such a device?
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Re: my mum (Ruth Walker)

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Hi Glenn,

I am truly sorry to hear that. My condolences.

Carlo

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> Glenn Walker
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Re: Dropbox (for Dummies)

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n situations (see their Privacy Policy), but they make
> clear this is for rare events.
> 
> Data is usually at a lot more risk on a Mac than on Dropbox. A Mac can be
> physically picked up and taken from your home or office, disks removed,
> logins circumvented - if your data is unencrypted, it isn't going to be
> hardif someone wants to get at your data.  if it is stored unencrypted.  If
> it is stored in encrypted form, them Dropbox makes it doubly secure.
> 
> Nobody can guarantee 100% security once data is in electronic form. But
> with 1Password and/or Dropbox, I think you have very easy to use tools that
> give you good backup and very good security indeed.
> 
> Glenn Nicholas
> 
> 
> On 12 April 2012 21:35, cm  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Blitto,
>> 
>> Ronni and Neil have answered the bulk of your questions so I will just tie
>> up a few loose ends.
>> 
>> Firstly Dropbox is free or paid cloud storage service that allows
>> automatic syncing with multiple computers (Mac or Windows) and syncing with
>> multiple mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads. So yes it is completely
>> suited to the task you mentioned. It also allows the sharing of selected
>> files with other users -- the feature that you have been using to date.
>> 
>> I was a bit reticent to use Dropbox for reasons I'll give but have
>> succumbed to using it because it provides features that are not yet part of
>> iCloud. My first reservation was that the documents are stored on a server
>> and are thus vulnerable to being stolen if the server is compromised, or
>> (less likely) if Dropbox changes its policy and decides to reap my private
>> data. The other reservation I had was that the default install on a Mac is
>> quite invasive and adds tentacles to Finder and runs a background sync
>> process.
>> 
>> I mitigate the privacy issue by not putting critical data in Dropbox. So I
>> would avoid storing in Dropbox any data that could lead to identity theft
>> such as passwords or bank accounts. For my other concern it turns out that
>> one can reverse many of the OS changes done by the default Dropbox install.
>> 
>> You can, as you guessed, leave your files where they currently are. For
>> any data directory that I wish to have Dropbox sync with its server I place
>> a symbolic link in the Dropbox directory linked back to my data directory.
>> This can be done in the Termnal as follows.
>> (Note: I have also moved my Dropbox directory to a more convenient
>> location using Dropbox preferences, but it is your choice if you wish to do
>> that.)
>> 
>> If the directory you want to share is /Users/blitto/mydata and your
>> Dropbox folder is at /Users/blitto/Dropbox you could use the following
>> Terminal commands to create the symlink.
>> 
>> $ cd /Users/blitto/Dropbox
>> $ ln -s /Users/blitto/mydata
>> 
>> The second command, "ln" will do the link and the switch -s tells the link
>> command to make a symbolic or soft link rather than a hard link. Once you
>> have done this the folder "mydata" will be synced to the Dropbox server and
>> available for sharing.
>> 
>> If you have any other questions please post back.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/04/2012, at 9:37 , rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi WAMUGersTrying to get my head around Dropbox.
>>> I use it to share files with people or to send the school magazine to
>>> the printer etc.BUT i am thinking maybe i can use it to sync stuff
>>> between my macs.Particularly my School Macbook Pro running Snow
>>> Leopard and my personal MacBook Air running Lion.There are a couple of
>>> files i might like to use on both these computers eg Word and Excel
>>> files (like bank balances, password reminders, timelogs in excel,
>>> maybe articles i am writing etc)These days i try to remember to swap
>>> them back form the laptop with the newer version to the computer with
>>> the older version etc.
>>> So - does it seem I can use Dropbox to do this?BUT - does that mean
>>> they can no longer reside where they currently do eg MacHD, Users,
>>> Blitto, Documents, Rod Personal folder???Do i have to shift them
>>> to  MacHD, Users, Blitto, Dropbox   if i want them to sync
>>> between laptops?So IF that is true I suppose I could create
>>> aliases for these documents back in the original places they used to
>>> live and point the alises at the Dropbox folder
>>> Please - Am I on the right track here???
>>> Another question: if i load the dr

Re: Losing sound output on Mac Mini

[cm]

Hi Rob,

Not a bad though, Rob. You are thinking of so-called Toslink or digital audio. 
It operates by sending green light pulses down an optical fibre. So if the 
light is on the Mac mini is in digital audio mode. When digital audio is on 
standard 3.5 mm headphones / speakers will not operate.

C

On 13/04/2012, at 11:21 , Rob Phillips wrote:

> I'm no expert on this, but the audio out can provide both analog and 
> digital output, and there's a little microswitch hidden inside the 
> socket. If that switch gets accidentally changed, audio fails.  There is 
> a little light in there which indicates one or the other modes, but I'm 
> not sure which is which.
> 
> Hope this gives you something to look into.
> 
> However, given that the internal speakers also don't work, it could be 
> hardware.
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 13/04/12 10:53 AM, cm wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>> 
>> You could be experiencing a hardware failure. I know it is always a surprise 
>> when hardware fails, but when software fixes doggedly refuse to work it is 
>> indicative of possible hardware problems.
>> 
>> If you have an external drive, you could try a clean install of any 
>> compatible version of OS X either Snow Leopard or Lion. If the clean install 
>> refused to drive the speakers and your SMC and PRAM have been reset it's 
>> hard to think what else could be causing the problem.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 , Tim Law wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009  running under Lion.
>>> 
>>> For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers 
>>> that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes 
>>> out.
>>> 
>>> I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port.
>>> 
>>> I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work.
>>> 
>>> Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this 
>>> week. I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling.
>>> 
>>> What I have done.
>>> Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files
>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile
>>> com.apple.soundpref.plist
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a restart, 
>>> so I reinstated them from a backup.
>>> 
>>> I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 
>>> seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and 
>>> restarting.
>>> I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder 
>>> containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back 
>>> to normal.
>>> 
>>> However, none of this has fixed the audio problem.
>>> 
>>> I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would 
>>> like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, 
>>> not uncommon problem?
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
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Re: Losing sound output on Mac Mini

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Clearing an obstruction is as good a description as any, Ronni. I have also 
resorted on occasion with some success to incantations. :-)

Cheers,
Carlo

On 13/04/2012, at 11:15 , Ronda Brown wrote:

> You just beat me Carlo ;-)
> 
> I had this happen on a clients MacBook some time back and I inserted my 
> iPhones headphones into the output sound port and all worked.
> Then inserted his headphones back into the same port and they then worked.
> 
> Sometimes when you pull headphones out of the port you can disrupt the little 
> connection, by either trying again or putting in a different headphone seems 
> to clear the obstruction (for loss of a better word).
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> On 13/04/2012, at 11:08 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> One additional though. Have you tired a different set of speakers or 
>> headphones? There could always be an internal break in the cable.
>> 
>> C
>> 
>> On 13/04/2012, at 10:53 , cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Tim,
>>> 
>>> You could be experiencing a hardware failure. I know it is always a 
>>> surprise when hardware fails, but when software fixes doggedly refuse to 
>>> work it is indicative of possible hardware problems.
>>> 
>>> If you have an external drive, you could try a clean install of any 
>>> compatible version of OS X either Snow Leopard or Lion. If the clean 
>>> install refused to drive the speakers and your SMC and PRAM have been reset 
>>> it's hard to think what else could be causing the problem.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 , Tim Law wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009  running under Lion. 
>>>> 
>>>> For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers 
>>>> that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes 
>>>> out. 
>>>> 
>>>> I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port. 
>>>> 
>>>> I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work. 
>>>> 
>>>> Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this 
>>>> week. I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling. 
>>>> 
>>>> What I have done. 
>>>> Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files
>>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
>>>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile
>>>> com.apple.soundpref.plist
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a 
>>>> restart, so I reinstated them from a backup. 
>>>> 
>>>> I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 
>>>> seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and 
>>>> restarting. 
>>>> I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder 
>>>> containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back 
>>>> to normal. 
>>>> 
>>>> However, none of this has fixed the audio problem. 
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would 
>>>> like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, 
>>>> not uncommon problem?
>>>> 
>>>> Tim
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Losing sound output on Mac Mini

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One additional though. Have you tired a different set of speakers or 
headphones? There could always be an internal break in the cable.

C

On 13/04/2012, at 10:53 , cm wrote:

> Hi Tim,
> 
> You could be experiencing a hardware failure. I know it is always a surprise 
> when hardware fails, but when software fixes doggedly refuse to work it is 
> indicative of possible hardware problems.
> 
> If you have an external drive, you could try a clean install of any 
> compatible version of OS X either Snow Leopard or Lion. If the clean install 
> refused to drive the speakers and your SMC and PRAM have been reset it's hard 
> to think what else could be causing the problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 , Tim Law wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009  running under Lion. 
>> 
>> For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers 
>> that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes 
>> out. 
>> 
>> I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port. 
>> 
>> I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work. 
>> 
>> Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this 
>> week. I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling. 
>> 
>> What I have done. 
>> Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files
>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
>> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile
>> com.apple.soundpref.plist
>> 
>> 
>> I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a restart, 
>> so I reinstated them from a backup. 
>> 
>> I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 
>> seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and 
>> restarting. 
>> I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder 
>> containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back 
>> to normal. 
>> 
>> However, none of this has fixed the audio problem. 
>> 
>> I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would 
>> like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, 
>> not uncommon problem?
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
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Re: Losing sound output on Mac Mini

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Hi Tim,

You could be experiencing a hardware failure. I know it is always a surprise 
when hardware fails, but when software fixes doggedly refuse to work it is 
indicative of possible hardware problems.

If you have an external drive, you could try a clean install of any compatible 
version of OS X either Snow Leopard or Lion. If the clean install refused to 
drive the speakers and your SMC and PRAM have been reset it's hard to think 
what else could be causing the problem.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 13/04/2012, at 9:50 , Tim Law wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have an intel Mac Mini late 2009  running under Lion. 
> 
> For the last month or so I have not been able to run the external speakers 
> that I plug into the headphone socket on the Mac Mini. i.e. no sound comes 
> out. 
> 
> I can use a set of headphones that are connected via a USB port. 
> 
> I have also noticed that the internal speaker does not work. 
> 
> Having said that, the internal speaker did work last week, but not this week. 
> I moved the computer, clearly upsetting the fung schway?? spelling. 
> 
> What I have done. 
> Following the advice on various forums I deleted the preference files
> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist
> com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist.lockfile
> com.apple.soundpref.plist
> 
> 
> I notice these have not automatically recreated themselves after a restart, 
> so I reinstated them from a backup. 
> 
> I reset the SMC by removing the power cord, holding the power button for 5 
> seconds, releasing the power button, reinserting the power cord and 
> restarting. 
> I had a little heart attack when the Mac Mini restarted with a folder 
> containing a question mark, but DiskWarrior rectified that and all is back to 
> normal. 
> 
> However, none of this has fixed the audio problem. 
> 
> I would like to be able to play sound from the external speakers and would 
> like my computer to be running properly. Anyone found a solution to this, not 
> uncommon problem?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
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Re: Death Of Microsoft Word

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Hi James,

As you probably know the Open Office family of products are fairly close clones 
of Microsoft Word before it got the ribbon. They became open source when Sun 
Microsystems purchased the German company that developed them and then tidied 
up the code for about a year and released it to open source. The last time I 
checked, about six months ago, Libre Office seems to be the one to use. The 
principle developers became disenchanted with Open Office and forked the 
project to create Libre Office. The most recent updates of Libre Office are the 
most compatible with MS Word whereas Open Office is becoming all but stagnant. 
Last time I checked Neo Office was a port of Open Office to a more Mac like 
interface.

I use Libre Office from time-to-time when I receive MS Office documents (Word, 
Excel, PowerPoint) that I need to open or when someone requires a document in 
the MS Office format. My first choice is Pages, Numbers, Keynote, but on some 
occasions there are format problems -- and on some occasions neither the iWork 
suite nor Libre Office can handle the formatting.

I somewhat like the Open Office suite but I think they suffer from being too 
much a copy of the MS Office suite. The have worked hard to get ride of some of 
the more annoying parts of MS Office but in my opinion still carry some of the 
baggage. For my own documents I have ported them all from Open Office to iWork.

I can see that you might find advantage in using the Open Office family drawing 
package or for that matter the Maths formula package. At least you can be sure 
that they are stored in a format which will always be recoverable thanks to the 
open nature of the Open Document Format which is used by the suite.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 13/04/2012, at 9:07 , James / Hans Kunz wrote:

> can i have some comments about libre office, open office, neo office? i'm 
> using neo office for my admin & tech drawing work
> James
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> disappear and obstacles vanish.
> 
> On 13/04/2012, at 8:09 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Pages’09 will open Word Documents, it also can export as Word documents.
>> How are you trying to open the Word documents? 
>> 
>> Try dragging the Word document onto Pages or Right-Click / Control-click  > 
>> Open with…
>> 
>> Select a .doc file in Finder > Menu > Get Info > Open With: > Other > browse 
>> to Pages, inside the iWork folder, inside the Applications folder > Change 
>> All…
>> 
>> 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 13/04/2012, at 8:03 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
>> 
>>> Trouble is that no matter how good Pages is, I cannot use it because 
>>> documents will not open in Word ( the latest version), but agree about 
>>> Pages styles.
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> On 13/04/2012, at 7:53 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
>>> 
 
 On 12/04/2012, at 9:07 AM, Tim law wrote:
 
> A courageous article!!
> 
> Fortunately the OSX version I use, 12 I think, doesn't have the same 
> AWFUL bloated toolbars of the PC version. 
> 
> Where Word failed for me this week was when I tried to PDF a 155 page 
> report that included a lot of internal cross reference links. Epic fail 
> to send any of the hot links into the PDF format. 
> 
> I opened the document in OSX Pages, saved it as a PDF and voila, all 
> links worked properly when PDF'd. If only Pages did styles and 
> stylesheets better it'd be an able replacement for Word for my report 
> writing work. 
> 
> Tim
> 
 
 Funny, isn't it? If there's one thing that I had to pick out of all the 
 things I prefer in Pages over Word, it would be the way it handles styles. 
 I find Pages' way of doing it so much easier and more intuitive.
 
 
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Re: Printer ink query

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Hi Alex,

Epson is a good choice for a printer. When it comes to colour photographic 
reproduction, I rank their top-of-the-line printers as the best there is. To 
answer your queries. Firstly no worries about when to stop printing on a 
cartridge. The printer will get to a certain point and then refuse to continue 
printing using the spent cartridge. There is at that point sufficient ink in 
the cartridge to ensure there is no damage to the print head.

For the second query my opinion is a decisive no. What makes Epson superior is 
the research they have put into their colour ink. As a market leader there is 
really a vast difference between what Epson supplies and the coloured water of 
the knock-offs. There is a vast amount of literature on the progression of ink 
technology and it is really impressive stuff. The colourfast nature and 
resistance to fading of high quality inkjet printers has no surpassed most 
other technologies. The other factor to consider is that the official ink has 
just the right consistency and correct proportions of particles so as not to 
block the printhead. If because of using compatible inks you have to replace 
the printhead just once in the life of the printer, you have probably lost all 
the savings that would have accrued from the ink. Also, every photo you have 
printed to that point is printed in inferior ink that has lesser colour 
definition and that will fade more quickly.

Enough ranting, but that is my two bits worth. :-)

Cheers,
Carlo

On 12/04/2012, at 23:02 , Alex wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I recently purchased an Epson Workforce Pro 4530 printer to replace a  
> Canon which was giving me the pips.
> 
> I have 2 queries:
> 
> 1. once you get the message that ink is low, how long can one still  
> keep using it without replacing the cartridge?  To me, it seems to go  
> for quite a while which implies a gross waste of unused ink.  One  
> would have to be careful not to run it dry I would guess?  I realise  
> that the question is a bit like "how long is a piece of string?" -  
> depends how much & what type of printing is being done .
> 
> 2. Trying to look up prices on the net this evening, I stumbled upon  
> InkStation, which had incredibly good prices for Epson Compatible ink  
> for the printer.  Would this ink be reasonably comparable to the Epson  
> product or vastly inferior - best not to use?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your expertise,
> 
> Alex
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Re: Dropbox (for Dummies)

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Hi Blitto,

Ronni and Neil have answered the bulk of your questions so I will just tie up a 
few loose ends.

Firstly Dropbox is free or paid cloud storage service that allows automatic 
syncing with multiple computers (Mac or Windows) and syncing with multiple 
mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads. So yes it is completely suited to the 
task you mentioned. It also allows the sharing of selected files with other 
users -- the feature that you have been using to date.

I was a bit reticent to use Dropbox for reasons I'll give but have succumbed to 
using it because it provides features that are not yet part of iCloud. My first 
reservation was that the documents are stored on a server and are thus 
vulnerable to being stolen if the server is compromised, or  (less likely) if 
Dropbox changes its policy and decides to reap my private data. The other 
reservation I had was that the default install on a Mac is quite invasive and 
adds tentacles to Finder and runs a background sync process.

I mitigate the privacy issue by not putting critical data in Dropbox. So I 
would avoid storing in Dropbox any data that could lead to identity theft such 
as passwords or bank accounts. For my other concern it turns out that one can 
reverse many of the OS changes done by the default Dropbox install.

You can, as you guessed, leave your files where they currently are. For any 
data directory that I wish to have Dropbox sync with its server I place a 
symbolic link in the Dropbox directory linked back to my data directory. This 
can be done in the Termnal as follows.
(Note: I have also moved my Dropbox directory to a more convenient location 
using Dropbox preferences, but it is your choice if you wish to do that.)

If the directory you want to share is /Users/blitto/mydata and your Dropbox 
folder is at /Users/blitto/Dropbox you could use the following Terminal 
commands to create the symlink.

 $ cd /Users/blitto/Dropbox
 $ ln -s /Users/blitto/mydata

The second command, "ln" will do the link and the switch -s tells the link 
command to make a symbolic or soft link rather than a hard link. Once you have 
done this the folder "mydata" will be synced to the Dropbox server and 
available for sharing.

If you have any other questions please post back.

Cheers,
Carlo


On 12/04/2012, at 9:37 , rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:

> Hi WAMUGersTrying to get my head around Dropbox.
> I use it to share files with people or to send the school magazine to
> the printer etc.BUT i am thinking maybe i can use it to sync stuff
> between my macs.Particularly my School Macbook Pro running Snow
> Leopard and my personal MacBook Air running Lion.There are a couple of
> files i might like to use on both these computers eg Word and Excel
> files (like bank balances, password reminders, timelogs in excel,
> maybe articles i am writing etc)These days i try to remember to swap
> them back form the laptop with the newer version to the computer with
> the older version etc.
> So - does it seem I can use Dropbox to do this?BUT - does that mean
> they can no longer reside where they currently do eg MacHD, Users,
> Blitto, Documents, Rod Personal folder???Do i have to shift them
> to  MacHD, Users, Blitto, Dropbox   if i want them to sync
> between laptops?So IF that is true I suppose I could create
> aliases for these documents back in the original places they used to
> live and point the alises at the Dropbox folder
> Please - Am I on the right track here???
> Another question: if i load the dropbox ap on my iphone - will ALL the
> stuff somehow sync to the phone as well??? But there isnt enough
> room.Or does the phone ap just look for the stuff on the website???
> Finally - is the Dropbox site secure enough to be putting my personal
> files on?
> Yes - have looked over the dropbox tutorials and help a bit this
> morning
> Many thanks
> blitto
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Re: Editing word docs on iPad

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Hi Adrian,

It is likely that QuickOffice will eventually support iCloud at which point the 
whole process should become easier. Until then you might need a few extra steps 
to keep documents in sync.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 03/04/2012, at 13:28 , Adrian Skehan wrote:

> Hi Ronni!
> 
> When I downloaded QuickOffice I was looking at the HD version but finished up 
> with the Pro version which appears to be the iPhone one but it appeared on 
> the iPad anyway.  Following your link I have now downloaded the iPad version 
> which is working OK. as far as it goes.  My first frustration with it is 
> documents I open are Read Only on the iPad but not on the computer, I guess I 
> have a lot more practice to do before I getting any sort of control over of 
> it. 
> 
> At first glance the whole process of transferring files seems to be vert 
> clumsy, hopefully it will improve with time.
> 
> Sorry for the delay in responding but my internet has been off and on all day 
> which has been most annoying.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Adrian
> 
> adrianske...@me.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/04/2012, at 11:55 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Ronni!
>> 
>> I got most of that but "tap My Documents" has me stumped as I don't seem to 
>> have such a folder on the iPad and while I can put files on the iPad vis 
>> iTunes and find them in Pages when I open it, I cant transfer a new or 
>> imported document to the computer other than vis e-mail.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Adrian
>> 
>> adrianske...@me.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 03/04/2012, at 10:32 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>> 
>>> In Dropbox there is an "Open In" button that lets you send imported 
>>> documents to Pages or iBooks or other apps you have installed.
>>> Select the document in Dropbox, then in the Menu bar there is a ‘curved 
>>> arrow’ on far right . Click on the arrow ‘Open In’ Pages.
>>> 
>>> Once you’ve done this, Pages imports the document and displays a message 
>>> listing any changes made during the process, such as font replacements.
>>> 
>>> After editing a document in Pages, you must export it before you can open 
>>> it in Word on your Mac. 
>>> To do this, tap My Documents (with your iPad in portrait orientation) and 
>>> then tap the arrow icon under the document’s name. 
>>> 
>>> To e-mail the document to yourself, tap Send Via Mail, and then Word. 
>>> To transfer it via iTunes, tap Export, and then Word. 
>>> Attach your iPad to your Mac with a USB cable, open iTunes, select your 
>>> iPad, and click on the Apps tab. 
>>> Select Pages in the list under File Sharing, and then drag the exported 
>>> document to your Desktop.
>>> 
>>> 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 03/04/2012, at 9:57 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:
>>> 
 Good morning all!
 
 I have downloaded QuickOffice Pro thinking that I could edit Word 
 documents but I can't see any way of opening an existing document 
 (contained in DropBox) and creating a new doc. is only in iPhone size.  
 Neither can I see a way of importing a word doc into Pages.  I will be 
 grateful if someone could point me in the right direction pleas.
 
 
 
 
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Re: iOS5 Development eBook

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Looks interesting Peter. If you have purchased a copy I wouldn't mind having a 
quick browse tonight to see if it is worth getting.

Cheers,
Carlo

On 03/04/2012, at 8:30 , Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> Peachpit Publishing have a deal running at the moment in which you can 
> purchase the ePub and PDF versions of their book "Creating iOS 5 Apps: 
> Develop and Design" for $9.99 (normally $39.00). If you have a bent towards 
> programming and want to learn more about developing your own iPhone and iPad 
> apps, this is one of the cheapest (if not necessarily the gentlest!) intros 
> you'll find at the moment, but you have to be quick - the offer runs out on 
> 7the April. It's also a good guide to some of the new features of the latest 
> version of Xcode.
> 
> http://www.peachpit.com/deals/
> 
> 
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Siri personified

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Hi Muggers,

I though that those of you with access to Siri might be entertained by artistic 
impressions of how Siri would look. Here are the winners of a contest with two 
categories: 3D and inspiring design.

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1236-Announcing-Contest-Winners!-Siri-comes-to-life-in-3D.html

Cheers,
Carlo


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Re: Slow URL loading

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I should have added, it is probably not a good idea to regress to older version 
of Safari. As one of Apples banner products, there are many security an 
performance fixes in each release, so we are best off installing updates as 
soon as they are available.

C


On 31/03/2012, at 11:08 , cm wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> Just to get a clear picture in my mind, you first did a clean install of 
> Lion. Is that correct? Did you test Safari at that point? On a clean install 
> there could be no possible software configuration problem. If there was a 
> problem at that point it could only have been hardware related or have had to 
> do with your router configuration.
> 
> Once you start adding your data and applications, or adding plug-ins to and 
> preference settings to Safari, there is a chance that the software 
> configuration could be off in some fashion.
> 
> You could use extreme measures and delete all Safari configuration files and 
> the app itself and reinstall OS X Lion over the top of your current 
> installation. This would not harm your existing applications but would reset 
> Safari back to its original state. After the reinstall you would then need to 
> repair permissions and download all updates again. (Back up your data before 
> doing this of course.)
> 
> If you are not inclined to take the above radical action, there are hours of 
> "enjoyment" to be had toying with the configuration of Safari. Here is a 
> MacRumors reference page that may help.
> 
> http://guides.macrumors.com/Speed_up_Safari
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 31/03/2012, at 10:52 , John Thompson wrote:
> 
>> Hi Again,
>>  This is still an ongoing problem for me.  At the moment I have found an 
>> earlier version of Safari (5.1.1) and copied it to my HD.  For some of the 
>> time this older version appears to work as well as before but after 
>> re-starting the computer, it goes back to the same problem encountered with 
>> 5.1.5.  Firefox does work better but still not as rapidly as it should.  I 
>> keep going back to my Macbook running SL and all is fine.  Something has 
>> crept into my setup but as yet, I have not been able to isolate it.
>>  I had been away for a week and upon returning last Sunday this problem 
>> started.
>>  I have followed all the tips given by Ronni and Carlo but the situation 
>> has not improved.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> John
>> On 30/03/2012, at 10:00 AM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Ok. Let us know how things turn out. I would double check the Wifi 
>>> strength. Failing that it could be a router setup problem when more than 
>>> one Wifi client is attached.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 30/03/2012, at 9:37 , John Thompson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Carlo,
>>>> 
>>>> On 30/03/2012, at 8:59 AM, cm wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ah yes, a Mac mini of course. When I glanced at the email trail I saw 
>>>>> Ronni's specs by mistake and not yours. In any case if there is no 
>>>>> problem with Snow Leopard then your internet connection is likely not the 
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have you had OS X Lion installed for long? There are a number of 
>>>>> processes, Spotlight indexing in particular, that run for a some hours 
>>>>> after the install. These can slow down the response of the whole system.
>>>> Yes, I have had Lion for quite some time so the spotlight indexing would 
>>>> not be a problem at this stage.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is your Mac mini connected by Wifi to your router or is it an ethernet 
>>>>> cable? Also how is your Macbook connected to the router?
>>>> Both the Mac Mini and the Macbook are connected by wireless to the Router. 
>>>>  I have tried to connect the mini be ethernet direct to the modem and that 
>>>> has not made a difference.
>>>> 
>>>> Will preserver for now and use the Macbook when I think the mini is too 
>>>> slow.
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Carlo
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 30/03/2012, at 8:50 , John Thompson wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for the response Carlo.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 30/03/2012, at 8:27 AM, cm wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I was a bit suspicious of the solution because you said you had tried 
>>>>>>