from:"peta"

Thanks Ronni

I went through the steps several times.   All iTunes updates have been done 
previously.  As I said in my previous email, the little cloud appeared (on the 
left hand side though) next to my Music words, and I logged off and on from 
that area.

Then I had to twice choose a new password.

On my Mac the  ghosted songs are no longer ghosted, however they are still 
appearing ghosted out on my iPad and do not play.

These songs appear in one set group.  Music and books bought previously and 
since all appear in the usual way and have transferred to the iPad.

I may not have time to play around again today with this, I just wanted to let 
you know what has happened so far.

Have a good day,

Peta


On 10/01/2013, at 1:34 PM, peta belczowski wrote:

 Hullo Ronni
 
 Thank you for your reply.
 
 I have tried to work my way through your points 1-7.
 
 My screen commies up a little differently; however the Cloud emblem did 
 appear and I signed out and signed in again.
 
 There was a little problem and I was required to feed in a new ID and a new 
 Password.
 
 I did this and then signed out and in again.  The cloud appeared again - next 
 to my music - however there was nowhere that I actually could see to : 
 
   7. Select iCloud and Link Computer,
 
 as suggested by you.
 
 I followed your steps again, but could not manage to take myself to a screen 
 exactly as you described.
 
 I have turned my iPad off and on a few times; however the same 7 songs are 
 still ghosted and will not play (although they do play on my big Mac).
 
 Quite possibly I have missed something very basic!
 
 I will turn everything completely off for a while now and see if that helps - 
 sometimes strangely enough it does.
 
 I will let you know later if there is any result!
 
 Thank you,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Are you using iTunes Match?
 If you see the cloud icon next to Music, then iTunes Match has been abled.
 
 Try signing out your Apple ID and sign in again.
 
 1. Go to the iTunes store in iTunes
 2. Select your Apple ID in top right
 3. When the popup opens, don't put in Password, just Sign Out
 4. Go to the top right again in iTunes Store and it should say Sign In 
 (where your ID was before)
 5. Select Sign In and Sign In on the popup
 6. On the left hand side you should see iCloud
 7. Select iCloud and Link Computer
 When this is complete, your music should be available for streaming again
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:55 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Thank you Peter for your prompt reply.
 
 No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I 
 consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I may 
 mess something up badly.  The problem only affects that batch of about 7 
 songs though, so maybe there is a really simple way of correcting 
 whatever has caused this hiccough?
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Good morning
 
 I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.
 
 I have a strange problem with my purchased music.  This has been 
 happening for about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered 
 about it particularly.
 
 At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from iTunes. 
  Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and often quite 
 varied in style and age.
 
 Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily transfer 
 themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to my 
 iPhone).
 
 However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list 
 that is  ghosted out - on my Mac and my iPad.
 
 (Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at 
 all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my 
 music set up to automatically appear on my iPhone.  If I do want them I 
 will do a separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just 
 strange that some newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst others 
 do not).
 
 Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after 
 that batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal and 
 transfer as usual to the iPad.
 
 Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different.
 
 Hoping that someone has an answer!
 
 Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance,
 
 Peta
 
 
 Have you tried rebuilding your iTunes library? 
 (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US). 
 
 I'm not sure if it will fix the problem, but it's a starting point. 
 
 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.
 
 -- The WA

Re: ghosted iTunes music -- in a group

Hi - sorry Ronni and Daniel - I don't know why, but I did not see your latest 
emails dated January 10 when I sent my email a few minutes ago.

I will look into this, hopefully today.

Yes Daniel, I thought we had it all sorted out re different ID's; this is why I 
don't like having a go myself at what sounds like just simple matters.  I 
always believe that I will surely confuse my devices and myself!  As I have 
obviously done somehow.

I will let you know when I have carefully had a look a little later.

Peta


On 10/01/2013, at 1:51 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Hi Peta
 
 Quick reply as driving, but just check you're using the same apple ID on all 
 devices (as a while back you had a couple before we tided it up. 
 Could be something in that as well. 
 
 Just something to check. 
 Hope that helps. 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 4s
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 ** For Everything Apple **
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 1:34 PM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Hullo Ronni
 
 Thank you for your reply.
 
 I have tried to work my way through your points 1-7.
 
 My screen commies up a little differently; however the Cloud emblem did 
 appear and I signed out and signed in again.
 
 There was a little problem and I was required to feed in a new ID and a new 
 Password.
 
 I did this and then signed out and in again.  The cloud appeared again - 
 next to my music - however there was nowhere that I actually could see to 
 : 
 
   7. Select iCloud and Link Computer,
 
 as suggested by you.
 
 I followed your steps again, but could not manage to take myself to a screen 
 exactly as you described.
 
 I have turned my iPad off and on a few times; however the same 7 songs are 
 still ghosted and will not play (although they do play on my big Mac).
 
 Quite possibly I have missed something very basic!
 
 I will turn everything completely off for a while now and see if that helps 
 - sometimes strangely enough it does.
 
 I will let you know later if there is any result!
 
 Thank you,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Are you using iTunes Match?
 If you see the cloud icon next to Music, then iTunes Match has been abled.
 
 Try signing out your Apple ID and sign in again.
 
 1. Go to the iTunes store in iTunes
 2. Select your Apple ID in top right
 3. When the popup opens, don't put in Password, just Sign Out
 4. Go to the top right again in iTunes Store and it should say Sign In 
 (where your ID was before)
 5. Select Sign In and Sign In on the popup
 6. On the left hand side you should see iCloud
 7. Select iCloud and Link Computer
 When this is complete, your music should be available for streaming again
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:55 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Thank you Peter for your prompt reply.
 
 No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I 
 consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I 
 may mess something up badly.  The problem only affects that batch of about 
 7 songs though, so maybe there is a really simple way of correcting 
 whatever has caused this hiccough?
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Good morning
 
 I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.
 
 I have a strange problem with my purchased music.  This has been 
 happening for about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered 
 about it particularly.
 
 At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from 
 iTunes.  Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and 
 often quite varied in style and age.
 
 Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily 
 transfer themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to 
 my iPhone).
 
 However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list 
 that is  ghosted out - on my Mac and my iPad.
 
 (Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at 
 all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my 
 music set up to automatically appear on my iPhone.  If I do want them I 
 will do a separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just 
 strange that some newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst 
 others do not).
 
 Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after 
 that batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal 
 and transfer as usual to the iPad.
 
 Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different.
 
 Hoping that someone has an answer!
 
 Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance,
 
 Peta
 
 
 Have you tried rebuilding your iTunes library? 
 (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US). 
 
 I'm not sure if it will fix the problem

Re: ghosted iTunes music -- in a group

Hullo Ronni

I worked my way through the iPad, logging out and back in, setting up a new ID 
and password, i.e. the same as I had set up for my big Mac.

At this stage no change, the 7 particular songs are still ghosted out.

I will turn the big Mac and the iPad completely off and come back to them later 
- I will let you know what happens.

Many thanks,

Peta


On 11/01/2013, at 7:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 As Daniel has mentioned make sure you are using the same Apple ID and 
 Password on your Mac and all your devices (iPhone/iPad) somehow you have used 
 a different ID on one of your devices, which now sounds like the iPad if the 
 Mac is showing the purchased tunes correctly.
 
 On your iPad ... Log out and log back in with your Apple ID  password you 
 used on your Mac.
 Settings  iTunes  App Stores - then click the Apple ID - then Sign Out and 
 then Sign back in with the correct ID Password.
 
 If that does not fix the problem:
 ON your iPad:
 1. Turn OFF iTunes Match, then turn it back on (you will get a warning that 
 this would replace the music library on this device, hit enable).
 2. Wait a few seconds, and the greyed out songs and playlists will  
 disappear and a bit later all the playlists from your Mac iTunes Library 
 should appear again. 
 
 Let us know how you get on please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 7:18 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronni
 
 I went through the steps several times.   All iTunes updates have been done 
 previously.  As I said in my previous email, the little cloud appeared (on 
 the left hand side though) next to my Music words, and I logged off and on 
 from that area.
 
 Then I had to twice choose a new password.
 
 On my Mac the  ghosted songs are no longer ghosted, however they are still 
 appearing ghosted out on my iPad and do not play.
 
 These songs appear in one set group.  Music and books bought previously and 
 since all appear in the usual way and have transferred to the iPad.
 
 I may not have time to play around again today with this, I just wanted to 
 let you know what has happened so far.
 
 Have a good day,
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 1:34 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Hullo Ronni
 
 Thank you for your reply.
 
 I have tried to work my way through your points 1-7.
 
 My screen commies up a little differently; however the Cloud emblem did 
 appear and I signed out and signed in again.
 
 There was a little problem and I was required to feed in a new ID and a new 
 Password.
 
 I did this and then signed out and in again.  The cloud appeared again - 
 next to my music - however there was nowhere that I actually could see to 
 : 
 
   7. Select iCloud and Link Computer,
 
 as suggested by you.
 
 I followed your steps again, but could not manage to take myself to a 
 screen exactly as you described.
 
 I have turned my iPad off and on a few times; however the same 7 songs are 
 still ghosted and will not play (although they do play on my big Mac).
 
 Quite possibly I have missed something very basic!
 
 I will turn everything completely off for a while now and see if that helps 
 - sometimes strangely enough it does.
 
 I will let you know later if there is any result!
 
 Thank you,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Are you using iTunes Match?
 If you see the cloud icon next to Music, then iTunes Match has been 
 abled.
 
 Try signing out your Apple ID and sign in again.
 
 1. Go to the iTunes store in iTunes
 2. Select your Apple ID in top right
 3. When the popup opens, don't put in Password, just Sign Out
 4. Go to the top right again in iTunes Store and it should say Sign In 
 (where your ID was before)
 5. Select Sign In and Sign In on the popup
 6. On the left hand side you should see iCloud
 7. Select iCloud and Link Computer
 When this is complete, your music should be available for streaming again
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:55 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Thank you Peter for your prompt reply.
 
 No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I 
 consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I 
 may mess something up badly.  The problem only affects that batch of 
 about 7 songs though, so maybe there is a really simple way of 
 correcting whatever has caused this hiccough?
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Good morning
 
 I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.
 
 I have a strange problem with my purchased music.  This has been 
 happening for about two months or so; not serious so I have not 
 bothered about it particularly.
 
 At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from 
 iTunes.  Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and 
 often quite varied in style and age.
 
 Mostly they appear

Re: ghosted iTunes music -- in a group

Aarghh!

Sorry Ronni, I had already turned all off and have just come back into my 
office and seen your latest email.

Yes, I did try your second solution before I turned the Mac off.

In addition to having confused myself I guess my Mac and iPad are also now 
confused; I will shut the door and go away now.

I will let you know, probably not today though, if there is any change.

Have a good weekend,

Peta
 
On 11/01/2013, at 2:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 It does take time for the music to stream from your iTunes Library on your 
 Mac to the Cloud and then to your iPad.
 DON'T turn either off, you need both ON and your iTunes Library open on your 
 Mac.
 
 Have you tried my second solution below?
 If that does not fix the problem:
 ON your iPad: etc
 
 It will take quite some time for the playlists from your Mac's iTunes Library 
 to appear again on your iPad, so give it plenty of time... wait until they 
 all appear :-)
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 2:42 PM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Hullo Ronni
 
 I worked my way through the iPad, logging out and back in, setting up a new 
 ID and password, i.e. the same as I had set up for my big Mac.
 
 At this stage no change, the 7 particular songs are still ghosted out.
 
 I will turn the big Mac and the iPad completely off and come back to them 
 later - I will let you know what happens.
 
 Many thanks,
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 7:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 As Daniel has mentioned make sure you are using the same Apple ID and 
 Password on your Mac and all your devices (iPhone/iPad) somehow you have 
 used a different ID on one of your devices, which now sounds like the iPad 
 if the Mac is showing the purchased tunes correctly.
 
 On your iPad ... Log out and log back in with your Apple ID  password you 
 used on your Mac.
 Settings  iTunes  App Stores - then click the Apple ID - then Sign Out 
 and then Sign back in with the correct ID Password.
 
 If that does not fix the problem:
 ON your iPad:
 1. Turn OFF iTunes Match, then turn it back on (you will get a warning that 
 this would replace the music library on this device, hit enable).
 2. Wait a few seconds, and the greyed out songs and playlists will  
 disappear and a bit later all the playlists from your Mac iTunes Library 
 should appear again. 
 
 Let us know how you get on please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 7:18 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronni
 
 I went through the steps several times.   All iTunes updates have been 
 done previously.  As I said in my previous email, the little cloud 
 appeared (on the left hand side though) next to my Music words, and I 
 logged off and on from that area.
 
 Then I had to twice choose a new password.
 
 On my Mac the  ghosted songs are no longer ghosted, however they are still 
 appearing ghosted out on my iPad and do not play.
 
 These songs appear in one set group.  Music and books bought previously 
 and since all appear in the usual way and have transferred to the iPad.
 
 I may not have time to play around again today with this, I just wanted to 
 let you know what has happened so far.
 
 Have a good day,
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 1:34 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Hullo Ronni
 
 Thank you for your reply.
 
 I have tried to work my way through your points 1-7.
 
 My screen commies up a little differently; however the Cloud emblem did 
 appear and I signed out and signed in again.
 
 There was a little problem and I was required to feed in a new ID and a 
 new Password.
 
 I did this and then signed out and in again.  The cloud appeared again - 
 next to my music - however there was nowhere that I actually could see 
 to : 
 
 7. Select iCloud and Link Computer,
 
 as suggested by you.
 
 I followed your steps again, but could not manage to take myself to a 
 screen exactly as you described.
 
 I have turned my iPad off and on a few times; however the same 7 songs 
 are still ghosted and will not play (although they do play on my big 
 Mac).
 
 Quite possibly I have missed something very basic!
 
 I will turn everything completely off for a while now and see if that 
 helps - sometimes strangely enough it does.
 
 I will let you know later if there is any result!
 
 Thank you,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Are you using iTunes Match?
 If you see the cloud icon next to Music, then iTunes Match has been 
 abled.
 
 Try signing out your Apple ID and sign in again.
 
 1. Go to the iTunes store in iTunes
 2. Select your Apple ID in top right
 3. When the popup opens, don't put in Password, just Sign Out
 4. Go to the top right again in iTunes Store and it should say Sign In 
 (where your ID was before)
 5. Select Sign In and Sign In on the popup
 6. On the left hand side you should see iCloud
 7. Select iCloud and Link Computer
 When this is complete, your music should be available for streaming again

ghosted iTunes music -- in a group

2013-01-09 Thread peta belczowski

Good morning

I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.

I have a strange problem with my purchased music. This has been happening for
about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered about it
particularly.

At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from iTunes.
Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and often quite varied
in style and age.

Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily transfer
themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to my iPhone).

However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list that is
ghosted out - on my Mac and my iPad.

(Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at
all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my music
set up to automatically appear on my iPhone. If I do want them I will do a
separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just strange that some
newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst others do not).

Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after that
batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal and transfer
as usual to the iPad.

Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different.

Hoping that someone has an answer!

Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance,

Peta
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2013-01-09 Thread peta belczowski

Thank you Peter for your prompt reply.

No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I 
consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I may 
mess something up badly.  The problem only affects that batch of about 7 songs 
though, so maybe there is a really simple way of correcting whatever has 
caused this hiccough?

Peta


On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

 
 On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:
 
 Good morning
 
 I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.
 
 I have a strange problem with my purchased music.  This has been happening 
 for about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered about it 
 particularly.
 
 At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from iTunes.  
 Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and often quite 
 varied in style and age.
 
 Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily transfer 
 themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to my iPhone).
 
 However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list that 
 is  ghosted out - on my Mac and my iPad.
 
 (Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at 
 all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my 
 music set up to automatically appear on my iPhone.  If I do want them I will 
 do a separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just strange that 
 some newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst others do not).
 
 Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after 
 that batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal and 
 transfer as usual to the iPad.
 
 Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different.
 
 Hoping that someone has an answer!
 
 Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance,
 
 Peta
 
 
 Have you tried rebuilding your iTunes library? 
 (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US). 
 
 I'm not sure if it will fix the problem, but it's a starting point. 
 
 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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Re: ghosted iTunes music -- in a group

2013-01-09 Thread peta belczowski

Hullo Ronni

Thank you for your reply.

I have tried to work my way through your points 1-7.

My screen commies up a little differently; however the Cloud emblem did appear
and I signed out and signed in again.

There was a little problem and I was required to feed in a new ID and a new
Password.

I did this and then signed out and in again. The cloud appeared again - next
to my music - however there was nowhere that I actually could see to :

7. Select iCloud and Link Computer,

as suggested by you.

I followed your steps again, but could not manage to take myself to a screen
exactly as you described.

I have turned my iPad off and on a few times; however the same 7 songs are
still ghosted and will not play (although they do play on my big Mac).

Quite possibly I have missed something very basic!

I will turn everything completely off for a while now and see if that helps -
sometimes strangely enough it does.

I will let you know later if there is any result!

Thank you,

Peta

Hi Peta,

Are you using iTunes Match?
If you see the cloud icon next to Music, then iTunes Match has been abled.

Try signing out your Apple ID and sign in again.

1. Go to the iTunes store in iTunes
2. Select your Apple ID in top right
3. When the popup opens, don't put in Password, just Sign Out
4. Go to the top right again in iTunes Store and it should say Sign In (where
your ID was before)
5. Select Sign In and Sign In on the popup
6. On the left hand side you should see iCloud
7. Select iCloud and Link Computer
When this is complete, your music should be available for streaming again

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 10/01/2013, at 8:55 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:

Thank you Peter for your prompt reply.

No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I
consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I may
mess something up badly. The problem only affects that batch of about 7
songs though, so maybe there is a really simple way of correcting whatever
has caused this hiccough?

Peta

On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@me.com wrote:

Good morning

I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year.

I have a strange problem with my purchased music. This has been happening
for about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered about it
particularly.

At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from iTunes.
Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and often quite
varied in style and age.

Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily transfer
themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to my iPhone).

However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list that
is ghosted out - on my Mac and my iPad.

(Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at
all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my
music set up to automatically appear on my iPhone. If I do want them I
will do a separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just strange
that some newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst others do not).

Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after
that batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal and
transfer as usual to the iPad.

Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different.

Hoping that someone has an answer!

Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance,

Peta

Have you tried rebuilding your iTunes library?
(http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US).

I'm not sure if it will fix the problem, but it's a starting point.

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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New Spam?

2013-01-03 Thread peta belczowski

This morning an email came through on my husband's iPad.

This showed the Sender as : Web Account Services

The content read that his  - agreed usage was full and to click on the link 
within the text :

validate here. ………

Of course he did not click on the link, but we were wondering if this is doing 
the rounds?

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test only - no need to reply
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Google Search showing our WAMUG wmails

2012-07-26 Thread peta belczowski

Good Morning All

Responding to Merv's email, (although he was still on the topic of RSS Reader).

I have noticed our emails etc popping up if we Google Search our own names - 
and I am not happy with this.

Is there a security block or similar we are able to put into place to prevent 
this from happening?

By the way - what an absolutely gorgeous day!

Regards

Peta
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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

2012-06-01 Thread peta

Thank you for this link Peder, looks great, I had a quick little play with it 
already.

Peta



On 01/06/2012, at 5:38 PM, 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=8ls=1
 
 Cheers,
 Peder
 
 
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Re: Excel quirky

2012-05-29 Thread peta

Chris

It is a long time since I used Excel, with which I actually was relatively 
sound in (for basic stuff) - however, if you were trying to e.g. run a column 
of numbers such as 2, then 4, then 6, then 8, once you have the 2,4,6 typed in, 
then ran your cursor down the row, highlighting as you went, I think the 
sequence would then fill itself in as far as you dragged the cursor down.

This was for a version quite a few moons ago.

Is this what you wanted to do?

Peta


On 29/05/2012, at 2:26 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

 Hi Ray and Ronni
 
 Thanks for your suggestions. Ronnie I dont think it is solver but more like 
 that which Ray has offered. 
 
 However I already to have that box checked in the AutoComplete section. I Ray 
  reloaded Excel and in the file which I have been using, typing in names for 
 which I know there are several above in the column: there is no auto complete 
 happening. 
 
 I remember, it provides a list to choose from. This seems really weird as it 
 was working perfectly a few weeks ago.
 
 One thing Im concerned is that it changed when I did the Office 2011 update 
 about a month ago. 
 I have just checked again and there is another update to 14.2.2. Not sure if 
 I should do this one now, but it may address this problem? Anyone know about 
 it?
 
 I will also do a search for any discussion about this in Excel
 
 Many thanks for your help
 
 Kind regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 29/05/2012, at 1:55 PM, Ray Forma wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 Excel  Preferences…; then AutoComplete and tick Enable AutoComplete for 
 cell values.
 
 On 29/05/2012, at 12:11 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi everyone
 
 I have just noticed that while using Excel (2011 V 14.1.4), it no longer 
 pre-empts (not sure what the appropriate word is here) my cell entry with 
 those of previous cells above. The program used to do this all the time 
 which did help with data entry.
 
 I have checked through preferences several times thinking it must be in 
 there somewhere, but to no avail! I can see AutoComplete and this box is 
 ticked. AutoCorrect is also present with boxes ticked.
 Do I need to restart or something?
 
 Can someone please let me know how to switch this back on?
 
 
 Many thanks for any help
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 Regards,
 
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2012-05-22 Thread peta

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Re: Saturday Eeore

2012-05-19 Thread peta

Yes, this scam has been going around for several years now.

My daughter eventually persuaded the chap who phoned her several times to give 
her his phone no.  Then she phoned Microsoft (I think in Sydney).  They were 
very pleased to have the phone no. - apparently they have been trying to shut 
these people down for a while.

Unfortunately they just pop up again.

To my surprise a year or so after my daughter had had these phone calls I also 
received one.  My phone told me plainly that it was an Overseas call so I was 
alert and ready.  I said that I did not have a computer in the house.

That stunned my caller for a few seconds!


On 19/05/2012, at 2:55 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

 Hi WAMUGgers
 
 Things were quiet here in sleepy Gero until... I had an interesting telephone 
 exchange with a fellow from the windows service centre located all over 
 the world suggesting my Windows computer was sending them copious quantities 
 of rubbish and that I should sit down in front of the computer now and tell 
 him my Windows licence number. When I asked him how that could be as my 
 computer is behind a firewall he said he was not talking about wireless. When 
 I asked the question again he said my computer did not have a virus. He asked 
 me again I asked him to tell me what the IP address of my computer was. He 
 didn't answer that but then asked me again and I asked the same question. He 
 said Ok Ok just leave it then; I'm speaking with a donkey  then hung up on 
 me. 
 
 I'm so disappointed at that because I never got to tell him I'm using a Mac 
 with Lion MacOS X 10.7.4. Eeore!
 
 Enjoy your day
 
 Reg
 
 Reg Whitely
 
 Home: 08 9921 7272
 Mob: 04 8899 7313
 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
 
 
 
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2012-04-22 Thread peta

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Re: IPods in Nursing Homes

2012-04-10 Thread peta

Thank you Callum for sharing this link.

I play music nearly every day, sometimes the whole of the day (and a very 
varied range), and I had music on in the background when I came in to my office 
to check my emails.

I clicked on the link you provided.  This is a lovely story and brought tears 
to my eyes.

Peta


On 10/04/2012, at 1:13 PM, Callum Prior wrote:

 While I've been waiting for my almost definitely volatile hard drive to back 
 up (thanks Ronni!) I came across this clip that I thought might be of 
 interest.
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQfeature=youtube_gdata_player
 
 Cheers!
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Re: Mail text size

2012-04-10 Thread peta

Well Ronni, Alan and everyone else who wrote about Mail Text Size - this is 
the second giggle I have had today.  Thank you.

Ronni I also confuse myself just reading questions, never minding trying to 
answer questions!

It is now 5;15 in my house.  Surely we can now have our glass of red?

Peta


On 10/04/2012, at 3:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Sorry Alan, I did not wish to confuse you.
 I know I confuse myself sometimes with the way my lateral thinking mind works.
 I don't alway make sense to myself... ;-))
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 3:36 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Yes, I now read what you wrote.  I  had taken a different slant on your 
 response. I use the change font size commands all the time in Safari 
 without conscious effort, but from now on I will be quite confused if I need 
 2 or 3 keys!
 
 Cheers
 Alan
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 3:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Alan,
 
 That is correct behaviour as I mentioned below It should read as the keys  
 “Command - =“  because to type  “+”  you depress the shift key ;-))
 
 A little bit confusing for some...
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 3:05 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:
 
 To add to the confusion - - -
 
 With Mail (v4.5) on my iMac (OS 10.6.8)  Command = works just as well as 
 Command + to increase the font size of emails!
 
 Cheers
 Alan
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 1:19 PM, Bill Parker wrote:
 
 I have no usage for command and + that I know of.   It works fine in 
 FireFox, and used to work in Mail (I think)
 Bill
 On 10/04/2012, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Actually Bill if we wish to be exact in our terminology.
 It should read as the keys  “Command - =“  because to type  “+”  you 
 depress the shift key ;-))
 To type = you don’t depress any key other than =  
 
 But Apple do say “Command - +” to enlarge Text?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 11:46 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Bill,
 
 You are correct Bill;  “Command - + “ works to make text larger
 So does “Command - Shift - +” works to make text larger.
 
 You might have “Command-+” set for some other keyboard sort cut perhaps?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 11:19 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
 
 Aha... but I was thinking it was Command + because that is what I see in 
 the Format menu!
 B
 On 10/04/2012, at 11:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Bill,
 
 The Keyboard shortcut is Command - Shift - +
 Not Command - +
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 10/04/2012, at 11:05 AM, Bill Parker wrote:
 
 I have my text size for message in Mail set at Comic Sans MS 18.  This 
 is fine for outgoings and mostly for incoming.  However I usually 
 enlarge texts where needed.  I can do this by going:
 
 Format  StyleBigger.   (It works)  But I prefer keyboard strokes:  
 Command and +  This does *not* work. 
 
 Is there something that needs resetting to get back the keyboard 
 operation?
 
 Macbook Pro 10.6.8
 
 
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Re: Scale of the Universe.... COOOLLL!

2012-03-27 Thread peta

That is amazing.

Peta

On 28/03/2012, at 11:55 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:

 Oh, I just noticed that scrolling up/down also zooms in/out and is much
 nicer than using the slider – well it is using a Magic Mouse anyway – see,
 another Mac reference ;o)
 
 
 
 
 OK, so I know it’s off-topic – but it IS a really great web page - probably
 best viewed on a 27” iMac – there, I mentioned a Mac ;o)
 
 Be sure to use the slider to zoom in and out – from the Plank Length and
 quantum foam to the Hubble Deep Field and the limits of the observable
 universe.
 
 
 The Scale of the Universe
 
 Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn
 the scale of things along the way!
 
 http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white
 http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white
 
 
 
 Enjoy
 
 
 Cheers
 
 
 
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Re: Safari will not allow Mac to turn off

2012-02-08 Thread peta

Ronni

Thank you so much.  My daughter had a Parent/Student Meeting to go to straight 
after school but she is now home and has read your suggestions (as below).

Yes, she followed your instructions and all is now back to normal, - so she 
also sends her Thank You To Ronni.

Have a nice evening Ronni,

Peta


On 08/02/2012, at 11:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 I found time to read your email again … I was doing too many things at once 
 when I first quickly replied to you :-)
 You mention they tried to ‘Force Quit’ Safari, but did they try Force Quit 
 from the Apple Menu?
 
 Try force quit from under the Apple menu (Apple icon)
 
 If that doesn't work:
 
 1. Open the  Activity Monitor  /Applications/Utilities
 
 2. Select ‘My Processes’ from the pop up menu on the right.
 
 3. Then click on ‘Process Name’ (so everything stays still so you can select 
 a process)
 
 4. Select Safari.
 
 5. Click the Red Force Quit button.
 
 Does Safari Quit?
 See if they can now correctly shut down the Mac … Apple Menu  Shut Down.
 I don’t want them turning the Mac off from the switch at the back.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 08/02/2012, at 10:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Was he running Windows in …Parallels?
 If so did he quit Safari while in Windows / Parallels an then shut down 
 Windows?
 
 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 08/02/2012, at 10:25 AM, peta wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Good Morning
 
 I have just had a phone call from my daughter regarding a message on her 
 Mac.
 
 Her son had been working on homework on a Windows application and using 
 Safari.
 
 All of the Windows applications are closed, no light showing underneath 
 them on the dashboard.  The only lights on the Dashboard are below Finder, 
 as normal, and under Safari.
 
 However, they cannot Quit/Exit Safari, it will not allow them to do this 
 and the Quit/Exit option is not highlighted.
 
 They have tried Force Quit with no luck at all.  When they try to turn the 
 Mac off from the switch at the back, they get a message something like 
 Safari will not allow the Mac to close.
 
 They now have to leave to go to school and work, and were just going to 
 try and put the Mac to sleep.  I don't know if they were able to do this.
 
 Does anyone have any advice that I can pass on to them?
 
 Many thanks in anticipation,
 
 Peta
 
 
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Safari will not allow Mac to turn off

2012-02-07 Thread peta


 
 
 Good Morning
 
 I have just had a phone call from my daughter regarding a message on her Mac.
 
 Her son had been working on homework on a Windows application and using 
 Safari.
 
 All of the Windows applications are closed, no light showing underneath them 
 on the dashboard.  The only lights on the Dashboard are below Finder, as 
 normal, and under Safari.
 
 However, they cannot Quit/Exit Safari, it will not allow them to do this and 
 the Quit/Exit option is not highlighted.
 
 They have tried Force Quit with no luck at all.  When they try to turn the 
 Mac off from the switch at the back, they get a message something like 
 Safari will not allow the Mac to close.
 
 They now have to leave to go to school and work, and were just going to try 
 and put the Mac to sleep.  I don't know if they were able to do this.
 
 Does anyone have any advice that I can pass on to them?
 
 Many thanks in anticipation,
 
 Peta

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Re: Safari will not allow Mac to turn off

2012-02-07 Thread peta

Ronni - just to let you know - this particular email from you came through to 
my Mac three times at 10:34, 10:45 and 10:37.

Peta


On 08/02/2012, at 10:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 Was he running Windows in …Parallels?
 If so did he quit Safari while in Windows / Parallels an then shut down 
 Windows?
 
 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 08/02/2012, at 10:25 AM, peta wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Good Morning
 
 I have just had a phone call from my daughter regarding a message on her 
 Mac.
 
 Her son had been working on homework on a Windows application and using 
 Safari.
 
 All of the Windows applications are closed, no light showing underneath 
 them on the dashboard.  The only lights on the Dashboard are below Finder, 
 as normal, and under Safari.
 
 However, they cannot Quit/Exit Safari, it will not allow them to do this 
 and the Quit/Exit option is not highlighted.
 
 They have tried Force Quit with no luck at all.  When they try to turn the 
 Mac off from the switch at the back, they get a message something like 
 Safari will not allow the Mac to close.
 
 They now have to leave to go to school and work, and were just going to try 
 and put the Mac to sleep.  I don't know if they were able to do this.
 
 Does anyone have any advice that I can pass on to them?
 
 Many thanks in anticipation,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Safari will not allow Mac to turn off

2012-02-07 Thread peta

Hullo Ronni

Thank you for your reply.

I am not too sure, but I don't think they have Parallels, although of course 
their window package is quite new (about 12 months).

They will all be gone from home now until about 4:30, so I will phone and ask 
them your other questions later today.

Yes, I advised my daughter not to turn off from the back (although she had 
already tried); she tried a Force Quit at my advice.

Then she received the Safari will not allow the Mac to be turned off.  (I 
cannot remember what the actual wording was now).

I will be in touch again as soon as I hear from her.

Have a happy day,

Peta

I 
On 08/02/2012, at 11:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 I found time to read your email again … I was doing too many things at once 
 when I first quickly replied to you :-)
 You mention they tried to ‘Force Quit’ Safari, but did they try Force Quit 
 from the Apple Menu?
 
 Try force quit from under the Apple menu (Apple icon)
 
 If that doesn't work:
 
 1. Open the  Activity Monitor  /Applications/Utilities
 
 2. Select ‘My Processes’ from the pop up menu on the right.
 
 3. Then click on ‘Process Name’ (so everything stays still so you can select 
 a process)
 
 4. Select Safari.
 
 5. Click the Red Force Quit button.
 
 Does Safari Quit?
 See if they can now correctly shut down the Mac … Apple Menu  Shut Down.
 I don’t want them turning the Mac off from the switch at the back.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 08/02/2012, at 10:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Was he running Windows in …Parallels?
 If so did he quit Safari while in Windows / Parallels an then shut down 
 Windows?
 
 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 08/02/2012, at 10:25 AM, peta wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Good Morning
 
 I have just had a phone call from my daughter regarding a message on her 
 Mac.
 
 Her son had been working on homework on a Windows application and using 
 Safari.
 
 All of the Windows applications are closed, no light showing underneath 
 them on the dashboard.  The only lights on the Dashboard are below Finder, 
 as normal, and under Safari.
 
 However, they cannot Quit/Exit Safari, it will not allow them to do this 
 and the Quit/Exit option is not highlighted.
 
 They have tried Force Quit with no luck at all.  When they try to turn the 
 Mac off from the switch at the back, they get a message something like 
 Safari will not allow the Mac to close.
 
 They now have to leave to go to school and work, and were just going to 
 try and put the Mac to sleep.  I don't know if they were able to do this.
 
 Does anyone have any advice that I can pass on to them?
 
 Many thanks in anticipation,
 
 Peta
 
 
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Re: [COMMPOST] MacUpdate Promo Bundle - $49.99USD (Amended)

2011-12-10 Thread peta

Daniel

Thank you for this link.

I at last made the time to download this today.

What had really caught my eye was the Out of Focus tool - I hope that I will be 
able to improve some of my out of Focus photos.

Regards

**Oh No!  It is nearly Christmas.  I am so not ready!

Peta



On 05/12/2011, at 9:33 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Hi All
 
 MacUpdate have another bundle out for time for Christmas, so thought I'd use 
 my Corporate Sponsor post this week for this special.
 
 Some of the Applications in this bundle which are good to name a few are 
 TechTool Pro 6 (latest version), Labels  Addresses (just in time for 
 Christmas!), Back in Focus (for out of focus pictures), MacDVDRipperPro (to 
 backup your DVD collection to disk). Plus lots more. Over $700 worth for 
 $49.99USD.
 Worth a look :)
 
 You can view and download the bundle from here:-
 https://www.mupromo.com/?ref=6615
 
 A little bit from each sale goes back to me,...helps buy a loaf of bread or 
 milk in time for Christmas. We can eat again ;))
 
 Thanks for looking.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 
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 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
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Re: HyperDrive iFlashDrive HyperDrive HardDrive for iPad

2011-11-15 Thread peta

Hi Carlo

I was happy to read your email this morning.

Yesterday afternoon I had an alert for an iTunes update, for which I clicked 
Yes, and the update quickly did what it was supposed to do.

Last night I bought and downloaded from iTunes a Leonard Cohen album.  Nearly 
every song quickly downloaded as it should, - however one song just would not 
complete.  Then I saw the message that there was over an hour of download time 
still to go!  For one song?  I did not think so, and managed to Pause the 
process.

When I read your email below re the Apple update and your comment that
possibly caused an unusually high load on the server as millions of copies of 
songs that people had previously downloaded from file sharing sites or had 
ripped from CD's are downloaded anew from the Apple servers in full 256 bit AAC 
glory. :-)   -  I went back into iTunes and clicked on the Download Previous 
Purchase button.

Terrific, just less than two seconds and that last song has downloaded 
successfully!

Peta


On 15/11/2011, at 6:14 PM, cm wrote:

 Apple today released an iTunes update that implements iTunes Match (currently 
 available only in the US). It could be that this has caused an unusually high 
 load on the server as millions of copies of songs that people had previously 
 downloaded from file sharing sites or had ripped from CD's are downloaded 
 anew from the Apple servers in full 256 bit AAC glory. :-)
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
 
 On 15/11/2011, at 14:44 , Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Stuart,
 
 No, I did not have a book resting on the send button ….
 Entirely out of my control,not sure exactly what has been happening all day. 
 I have not received any WAMUG messages until now, and by checking the WAMUG 
 Archives, I still have not received all messages.
 
 The iCloud Mail Server 'p99-imap.mail.me.com' has been down ... ‘Down  Up’ 
 ‘Up  Down’ all day, and doing weird things.
 When it came back on it sent some of my messages, then went down and when it 
 kept coming back on intermittently it must have been sending my previously 
 sent message ‘again' to WAMUG.
 I could not access my iCloud email on the web interface either.
 
 Hell,  6 you say Stuart  … my goodness that is a mess!!!
 
 Also the Apple Discussions were down around the same time, so think Apple 
 were ‘fiddling’ ;-)
 
 We will see if this message gets through to WAMUG Mailing list … and lets 
 hope ONLY ONCE this time!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 15/11/2011, at 10:18 AM, stuart.ev...@t4.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 Do you have a book resting on the send button  ;-)
 This email has come through about 6 times now might be stuck in  
 your outbox?
 
 Cheers,
 Stuart
 
 
 Quoting Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com:
 
 Hi WAMUGers,
 
 I'm always on the lookout for cool stuff for my iDevices
 I found the HYPERSHOP ... and it has some really cool stuff  for  
 iPhone  iPad.
 
 Hey Daniel, do you know where we can source these in Australia ;-)
 
 HyperDrive iFlashDrive
 http://www.hypershop.com/iFlashDrive-s/200.htm
 
 
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Re: Purchasing OS Lion on App Store

2011-11-06 Thread peta

Ronni - actually you need a wife (the old fashioned sort) - a wife does all of 
the above and more.

There are many women out there who could do with a wife.  SIRI sounds pretty 
good though.

Hey, buying food - try online for your groceries to be delivered.

Take care Ronni,

Peta


On 07/11/2011, at 7:09 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Lynn,
 
 I have SIRI on my iPhone 4S and she is brilliant as my Personal Assistant! 
 She organises my appointments, keeps my day running well, (well as organised 
 as my day can ever be). But I have not been able to get her to ‘do the 
 shopping and cook a meal’ … but I’m working on it … ;-)
 
 Have a good day.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 07/11/2011, at 7:02 AM, lynn...@westnet.com.au wrote:
 
 ronni, you dont need a team, you just need a PA... :)
 
 
 - Original Message -
 From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com
 To: wamug@wamug.org.au
 Sent: Monday, 7 November, 2011 6:51:41 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / 
 Hong Kong / Urumqi
 Subject: Re: Purchasing OS Lion on App Store
 
 Hi Stuart,
 
 Overtime … what is that?  
 My friends and family are always concerned I don’t find time to sleep or eat 
 properly, I just keep on doing what I do.
 I need a team of people to look after the everyday stuff of living 
 (organising the paying of the bills, the maintenance of house  grounds, the 
 finances, buying food and cooking it  etc etc ) … So I can just concentrate 
 on what I love doing.
 
 If I charged my consulting fee for support work I do for WAMUG … I could 
 afford to hire this team ;-))
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 07/11/2011, at 6:32 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:
 
 Again what I wanted to know.  
 
 You working overtime?  Rates?
 
 Stuart Breden
 PO Box 132
 Kalamunda WA 6926
 Ph: (08) 9257 1577
 Mbl: 0417 053 266
 
 
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Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-27 Thread peta

Hullo again Ronni

I have had another few fiddles with the PPS presentation.  Basically same 
problem as yesterday - I do not receive the options to include Fixed Timing  
nor  Audio - include audio (sound files, movie audio),  nor  Include the 
slideshow soundtrack,  nor  include the slideshow recording.

So, I can certainly watch the presentation on my Apple TV (yea!).  However, 
there are no sound effects nor music.

Not to worry, the first part is great and hopefully one day I will work out how 
to retain/include the sound effects/music.

Many thanks again,

Peta


On 26/09/2011, at 5:29 PM, peta wrote:

 Ronni
 
 Thank you so much for this advice.
 
 I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels;  however I 
 decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote.
 
 I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this.  Things 
 did not open quite as expected - 
 
 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations 
 etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.
 
 No option to choose Fixed Timing.
 
 No option to enter full screen mode when opened.  No option to:  Select  -
 
  Formats: Full Quality, Large
  Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
Include the slideshow soundtrack
   Include the slideshow recording
 
 Tomorrow I will start from the beginning by downloading the slideshow again 
 and following your steps.
 
 I will let you know how it all goes - I am sure it will be fine.
 
 Thank you again Ronni, have a nice evening.  Nearly time for a glass of red!
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 On 26/09/2011, at 10:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 On 25/09/2011, at 6:05 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links 
 today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory.
 
 Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical 
 for me and my family.  I would like to convert this (if possible) to a 
 movie so I can play it through my Apple TV.
 
 Has anyone tried to do this?  Or is it not possible?
 
 Thanking anyone who would be able to help me with this.
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 I’m ‘guessing’ you are using Keynote’09 to open the PowerPoint Slide 
 Presentation?
 
 If so you can export the slide presentation to Quicktime movie format H264 
 which Apple TV ’should’ be able to play.
 (I don’t have Apple TV so cannot test this out for you). I have exported 
 numerous Keynote Slide Presentations of my own to Quicktime .mov and then 
 created DVDs of them using iDVD for viewing on TV screens. 
 
 1. Open the PowerPoint Slide Presentation in Keynote
 2. Go to ’Share’  Export To Quicktime
 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations 
 etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.
 
   Select: ‘Enter full screen mode when opened'
 
  Formats: Full Quality, Large
  Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
Include the slideshow soundtrack
   Include the slideshow recording
 4. Click ’Next’ 
 5. Save As: Name.mov
   Choose a Location for the saved .mov: Desktop
 
 6. Click ’Export’
   Your Keynote Slide Presentation will be converted and exported to the 
 location you selected.
 7. Quit Keynote
   Choose whether you wish to save the changes you have made or not.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-27 Thread peta

Good morning Ronni

Wow, it is very, very cold this morning.

I tried a few more times with the PPS presentation, both from Keynote and from 
Powerpoint (on my Mac).

Same as previously.  I am able to take this to the stage where I can play the 
show on my Apple TV; however I have no option to slow the slides down, so they 
are a bit too fast on the Apple TV to read the notes, or to fully enjoy each 
slide quite long enough.  Nor does the music play; I am unable to add my own 
music.

Apart from curiosity, this is fine; the slides look great on the big TV and I 
am still able to watch the show with its original effects on my Desktop Mac.

So many thanks for this Ronni.  If I do discover a way at some point in the 
future to achieve the steps of slowing the slideshow down, and exporting the 
music with the slideshow, I will write in and let you know.

Have a good day,

Peta


On 27/09/2011, at 3:37 PM, peta wrote:

 Hullo again Ronni
 
 I have had another few fiddles with the PPS presentation.  Basically same 
 problem as yesterday - I do not receive the options to include Fixed Timing 
  nor  Audio - include audio (sound files, movie audio),  nor  Include the 
 slideshow soundtrack,  nor  include the slideshow recording.
 
 So, I can certainly watch the presentation on my Apple TV (yea!).  However, 
 there are no sound effects nor music.
 
 Not to worry, the first part is great and hopefully one day I will work out 
 how to retain/include the sound effects/music.
 
 Many thanks again,
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 26/09/2011, at 5:29 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Ronni
 
 Thank you so much for this advice.
 
 I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels;  however I 
 decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote.
 
 I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this.  
 Things did not open quite as expected - 
 
 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide 
 durations etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.
 
 No option to choose Fixed Timing.
 
 No option to enter full screen mode when opened.  No option to:  Select  -
 
 Formats: Full Quality, Large
 Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
   Include the slideshow soundtrack
  Include the slideshow recording
 
 Tomorrow I will start from the beginning by downloading the slideshow again 
 and following your steps.
 
 I will let you know how it all goes - I am sure it will be fine.
 
 Thank you again Ronni, have a nice evening.  Nearly time for a glass of red!
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 On 26/09/2011, at 10:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 On 25/09/2011, at 6:05 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links 
 today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory.
 
 Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical 
 for me and my family.  I would like to convert this (if possible) to a 
 movie so I can play it through my Apple TV.
 
 Has anyone tried to do this?  Or is it not possible?
 
 Thanking anyone who would be able to help me with this.
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 I’m ‘guessing’ you are using Keynote’09 to open the PowerPoint Slide 
 Presentation?
 
 If so you can export the slide presentation to Quicktime movie format H264 
 which Apple TV ’should’ be able to play.
 (I don’t have Apple TV so cannot test this out for you). I have exported 
 numerous Keynote Slide Presentations of my own to Quicktime .mov and then 
 created DVDs of them using iDVD for viewing on TV screens. 
 
 1. Open the PowerPoint Slide Presentation in Keynote
 2. Go to ’Share’  Export To Quicktime
 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide 
 durations etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.
 
  Select: ‘Enter full screen mode when opened'
 
 Formats: Full Quality, Large
 Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
   Include the slideshow soundtrack
  Include the slideshow recording
 4. Click ’Next’ 
 5. Save As: Name.mov
  Choose a Location for the saved .mov: Desktop
 
 6. Click ’Export’
  Your Keynote Slide Presentation will be converted and exported to the 
 location you selected.
 7. Quit Keynote
  Choose whether you wish to save the changes you have made or not.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-26 Thread peta

Ronni

Thank you so much for this advice.

I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels;  however I 
decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote.

I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this.  Things 
did not open quite as expected - 

 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations 
 etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.

No option to choose Fixed Timing.

No option to enter full screen mode when opened.  No option to:  Select  -
 
   Formats: Full Quality, Large
   Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
 Include the slideshow soundtrack
Include the slideshow recording

Tomorrow I will start from the beginning by downloading the slideshow again and 
following your steps.

I will let you know how it all goes - I am sure it will be fine.

Thank you again Ronni, have a nice evening.  Nearly time for a glass of red!

Peta




On 26/09/2011, at 10:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 On 25/09/2011, at 6:05 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links 
 today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory.
 
 Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical 
 for me and my family.  I would like to convert this (if possible) to a movie 
 so I can play it through my Apple TV.
 
 Has anyone tried to do this?  Or is it not possible?
 
 Thanking anyone who would be able to help me with this.
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 I’m ‘guessing’ you are using Keynote’09 to open the PowerPoint Slide 
 Presentation?
 
 If so you can export the slide presentation to Quicktime movie format H264 
 which Apple TV ’should’ be able to play.
 (I don’t have Apple TV so cannot test this out for you). I have exported 
 numerous Keynote Slide Presentations of my own to Quicktime .mov and then 
 created DVDs of them using iDVD for viewing on TV screens. 
 
 1. Open the PowerPoint Slide Presentation in Keynote
 2. Go to ’Share’  Export To Quicktime
 3. Playback Uses: Recorded Timing (If you wish to keep the same settings as 
 original) 
 I normally change these settings to ‘Fixed Timing' to fit my slide durations 
 etc … probably best if you leave the setting as is though.
 
Select: ‘Enter full screen mode when opened'
 
   Formats: Full Quality, Large
   Audio: select - Include audio (sound files, movie audio)
 Include the slideshow soundtrack
Include the slideshow recording
 4. Click ’Next’ 
 5. Save As: Name.mov
Choose a Location for the saved .mov: Desktop
 
 6. Click ’Export’
Your Keynote Slide Presentation will be converted and exported to the 
 location you selected.
 7. Quit Keynote
Choose whether you wish to save the changes you have made or not.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
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Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-25 Thread peta

Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links today 
re youtube music catcher jogged my memory.

Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical for 
me and my family.  I would like to convert this (if possible) to a movie so I 
can play it through my Apple TV.

Has anyone tried to do this?  Or is it not possible?

Thanking anyone who would be able to help me with this.

Peta


On 25/09/2011, at 12:39 PM, Ray Forma wrote:

 Lynn,
 
 http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/
 
 Not free but very versatile; will capture and record any audio that you can 
 somehow get your Mac to play. I have been using it for at least 5 years, and 
 getting 5 years of free upgrades, so well worth it.
 
 On 25/09/2011, at 12:19 PM, lynn...@westnet.com.au wrote:
 
 hi all... 
 
 sorry, accidently clicked the send button. 
 
 what i was meant to say was that a colleague of mine has been using 'atube 
 catcher' for to get music he likes from youtube. 
 
 i was wondering if there is a similar app/software for mac which does the 
 same thing. 
 
 i was going to get atube catcher, but its a windoze software. 
 
 many thanks all... :) 
 
 regards 
 lynn 
 
 Regards,
 
 Ray Forma
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Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread peta

Thank you Daniel and thank you Ronni for your prompt replies to my query re the 
Apple TV slide shows.

I will make myself a time slot tomorrow and follow your advice.

Your time to reply to this little problem is much appreciated.

The slide shows do look great on the Apple TV.  It will be fantastic if I can 
incorporate the little movie clips that I have into some of my slide shows.

I will let you know how I get on with this.

Peta



On 13/07/2011, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi again Peta,
 
 I just found my notes on this in my documents folder … my filing system is 
 not the easiest  quickest to follow ;-)
 This is more detailed instructions than I posted before.
 
 To export your iPhoto slideshows for iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, follow 
 these steps:
   1.  Save the slideshow.
   2.  Select the slideshow in the Slideshows section of the Source 
 pane and click the Export button in the middle of the toolbar, along the 
 bottom of the iPhoto  window.  
   3.  Choose one or more format sizes for your exported slideshow.   
 If you choose more than one, multiple slideshow files are created and 
 transferred to iTunes for synchronizing with these devices.
   4.  Select the Automatically Send Slideshow to iTunes option to 
 send the slideshow to iTunes in one step.
   5.  Click Export to start the export operation, which may take 
 quite a bit of time.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 4:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 As Daniel has suggested. You can export the slideshow as a m4v file through 
 iPhoto to itunes itself, then it is a movie file as any other and you can 
 play it through the Apple TV2.
 
 Or you could try, but from reading what you posted looks like you might have 
  it doesn’t work ;-)
 : 
 1. Save the slideshow as normal in iPhoto. 
 
 2. Then go into Apple TV, select “computers” your computer, then select 
 photos, then on the bottom you have your albums  under that line 
 will be your slideshow name that you created.
 
 3.Select it to play.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Ronni
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 4:19 PM, Daniel Forsdyke wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 Video/movie clips will normally have to be imported into iTunes for AppleTV 
 to access them. I do not believe It can access or play video clips that are 
 stored within iPhoto.
 
 Regards
 Daniel Forsdyke
 --
 An Apple iPhone4 creation
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 16:04, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 From: peta petabelczow...@me.com
 Date: 12 July 2011 7:40:32 PM AWST
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Apple TV slide shows
 
 
 
 
 Hullo All Happy Apple TV Users
 
 At the urging of my brother and my son, I bought an Apple TV, not sure 
 if I
 really needed such a gadget.
 
 Wow, I have had so much fun!
 
 So far I have used it happily and basically as a powerful MP3 player and
 listened to my music - fantastic!
 
 My main interest however is in the Photo side, particularly slide shows 
 etc.
 Just a little fiddling around, not too technical at this stage and I have
 been so happy.
 
 Usually, working from iPhoto, each time I receive or download a batch of
 photos from (e.g.) Birthdays, Christmas, Holidays, I make my own 
 Slideshows,
 with the music and effects of my choice.
 
 The Apple TV has been good with this, because when I choose to watch a
 slideshow on my TV, the slideshows I have already made appear in 
 alphabetical
 order.  Then I click on the one I want to watch.  So I am able to watch,
 perhaps the 100 favourite photos of Christmas 2010 that I have chosen to 
 use
 in my slideshow, not the actual number of 250 photos listed under 
 Photos
 for Christmas 2010 which include photos that I do not want to appear in 
 my
 slideshow.
 
 
 So far so good.
 
 
 A small disappointment is that the music and effects that I have chosen 
 to
 use in a particular pre-made slideshow on the Mac do not transfer to the
 Apple TV, and I have to re-choose the music and effects - this is not a
 biggie, so that is okay.
 
 When I have used, within my own slideshow made on iPhoto, various small 
 45
 second, or 1 minute movies, taken by - e.g. an underwater camera, or 
 iPhone
 4,  these shows work out beautifully on my Mac.
 
 HOWEVER, when I choose a slideshow to play through my Apple TV, either 
 from
 the Photos Library, or from the slideshow I have made from iPhoto, these
 little short movies do not show up at all on the Apple TV menu, NOR of 
 course
 do they appear within my slideshows.
 
 I suppose perhaps I have to save/convert my iPhoto slideshows as a 
 Movie.  Or
 do I have to save or change or add a file extension to the end of ... 
 what?
 ...  Hmm, I am stumped.
 
 Has anyone actually worked with this and have any suggestions I can use 
 to
 work around this problem?
 
 Many thanks for any help or advice anyone can offer,
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread peta

Good morning Ronni

I am delighted!  Thank you again for your easy to follow instructions as below, 

 To export your iPhoto slideshows for iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, follow 
 these steps:

When re-read your instructions last night, and I saw in your Point 5 may take 
quite a bit of time, I began the export process immediately.  Two and a half 
hours later it was still going through so I left the exporting to continue 
overnight.

Now I have successfully watched a 35 minute movie consisting of the photos and 
little movies and I am very happy.

Have a happy day,

Peta


On 13/07/2011, at 7:41 PM, peta wrote:

 Thank you Daniel and thank you Ronni for your prompt replies to my query re 
 the Apple TV slide shows.
 
 I will make myself a time slot tomorrow and follow your advice.
 
 Your time to reply to this little problem is much appreciated.
 
 The slide shows do look great on the Apple TV.  It will be fantastic if I can 
 incorporate the little movie clips that I have into some of my slide shows.
 
 I will let you know how I get on with this.
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi again Peta,
 
 I just found my notes on this in my documents folder … my filing system is 
 not the easiest  quickest to follow ;-)
 This is more detailed instructions than I posted before.
 
 To export your iPhoto slideshows for iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, follow 
 these steps:
  1.  Save the slideshow.
  2.  Select the slideshow in the Slideshows section of the Source 
 pane and click the Export button in the middle of the toolbar, along the 
 bottom of the iPhoto  window.  
  3.  Choose one or more format sizes for your exported slideshow.  
  If you choose more than one, multiple slideshow files are created and 
 transferred to iTunes for synchronizing with these devices.
  4.  Select the Automatically Send Slideshow to iTunes option to 
 send the slideshow to iTunes in one step.
  5.  Click Export to start the export operation, which may take 
 quite a bit of time.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 4:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 As Daniel has suggested. You can export the slideshow as a m4v file through 
 iPhoto to itunes itself, then it is a movie file as any other and you can 
 play it through the Apple TV2.
 
 Or you could try, but from reading what you posted looks like you might 
 have  it doesn’t work ;-)
 : 
 1. Save the slideshow as normal in iPhoto. 
 
 2. Then go into Apple TV, select “computers” your computer, then select 
 photos, then on the bottom you have your albums  under that line 
 will be your slideshow name that you created.
 
 3.Select it to play.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Ronni
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 4:19 PM, Daniel Forsdyke wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 Video/movie clips will normally have to be imported into iTunes for 
 AppleTV to access them. I do not believe It can access or play video clips 
 that are stored within iPhoto.
 
 Regards
 Daniel Forsdyke
 --
 An Apple iPhone4 creation
 
 On 13/07/2011, at 16:04, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 From: peta petabelczow...@me.com
 Date: 12 July 2011 7:40:32 PM AWST
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Apple TV slide shows
 
 
 
 
 Hullo All Happy Apple TV Users
 
 At the urging of my brother and my son, I bought an Apple TV, not sure 
 if I
 really needed such a gadget.
 
 Wow, I have had so much fun!
 
 So far I have used it happily and basically as a powerful MP3 player and
 listened to my music - fantastic!
 
 My main interest however is in the Photo side, particularly slide shows 
 etc.
 Just a little fiddling around, not too technical at this stage and I 
 have
 been so happy.
 
 Usually, working from iPhoto, each time I receive or download a batch of
 photos from (e.g.) Birthdays, Christmas, Holidays, I make my own 
 Slideshows,
 with the music and effects of my choice.
 
 The Apple TV has been good with this, because when I choose to watch a
 slideshow on my TV, the slideshows I have already made appear in 
 alphabetical
 order.  Then I click on the one I want to watch.  So I am able to watch,
 perhaps the 100 favourite photos of Christmas 2010 that I have chosen 
 to use
 in my slideshow, not the actual number of 250 photos listed under 
 Photos
 for Christmas 2010 which include photos that I do not want to appear in 
 my
 slideshow.
 
 
 So far so good.
 
 
 A small disappointment is that the music and effects that I have chosen 
 to
 use in a particular pre-made slideshow on the Mac do not transfer to the
 Apple TV, and I have to re-choose the music and effects - this is not a
 biggie, so that is okay.
 
 When I have used, within my own slideshow made on iPhoto, various small 
 45
 second, or 1 minute movies, taken by - e.g. an underwater camera, or 
 iPhone
 4,  these shows work out beautifully on my Mac.
 
 HOWEVER, when I choose a slideshow to play through my Apple TV, either 
 from
 the Photos

Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

2011-04-26 Thread peta

Many thanks to all who replied to my query.

This is the first time I have had problems although I have been using the USB 
sticks for years and years - and have never formatted them.   

My daughter who has recently acquired her first Mac told me recently that she 
had had similar problems trying to transfer her photos in bulk from her old 
Windows PC to her Mac, and cannot now transfer any info from her USB stick onto 
her Mac, nor open it on her old Windows.

So the photos seem to be locked onto her USB stick : permanently?  Any 
suggestions how to retrieve the photos from this USB stick?

So, from now on I will need to format my USB stick AND empty my trash and then 
eject my stick from the Mac.

Ho hum, one step forward ...

Regards

Peta



On 26/04/2011, at 12:35 PM, Ashley Mulder wrote:

 To add something else to the matter
 
 I never delete anything from a usb stick
 When it is full i merely drag and drop all the data into a folder on my mac 
 (to do with what i wish at a later date)
 And then reformat
 
 Yes, a SSD can only sustain a limited number of reformats before giving up 
 the ghost (specially more so the cheaper ones)
 but with USB sticks so cheap nowadays ($10 for = 2Gb) its no biggy
 If it does, it goes in the bin
 
 (quick hunting around reveals i have about 6 sticks varying in size from 
 128mb to 4gb, and to date NONE have done any dodgy yet)
 
 
 
 Ashley Mulder
 BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.)
 PhD Student (Chemistry)
 Department of Chemistry
 Curtin University
 ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au
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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

2011-04-26 Thread peta

Yes Derek

Until my recent disaster, I too worked that way, for years and years!  Only 
takes once though.

Peta



On 26/04/2011, at 11:45 AM, Derek Perry wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 I move photo's between Windows XP  Mac, (eMac  i Mac) both ways, using  
 flash drives of many different sizes  don't have any problems,  I have 
 never formatted any of them, just used them straight out of the packet.
 Derek
 - Original Message -
 From: peta
 To: WAMUG Mailing List
 Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:25 AM
 Subject: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??
 
 Good morning all
 
 I came in to write my query, which is a little odd, and saw the 
 correspondence on the Seagate external drive.   This query is very similar to 
 mine I think, but maybe slightly different, so I have given mine a different 
 heading.
 
 I have carried my USB sticks with me for many years, everywhere I have gone 
 basically, and quite often copied photos from my (then) Windows onto mainly 
 friends/families Windows, and back to my PC or to (eg) Officeworks, Harvey 
 Norman to copy and print photos.  (Obviously, about 5 years ago this became 
 to and from my Mac, to their Windows or Macs).
 
 Very recently (because I had a feeling that my USB stick was not quite 
 right)  I took my small external hard drive to Officeworks with a batch of 
 photos for printing, to learn that apparently because the formatting was done 
 on a Mac, I could not copy the photos onto one of their machines.
 
 So I bought a new USB stick from Officeworks, came home, copied the photos I 
 wanted onto this, and had the batch of photos successfully printed.
 
 A few days later, I copied a batch of photos from my husband's Mac and 
 transferred them onto my Mac.  **This set of photo had been downloaded onto 
 his Mac by a DVD and had - I assume -come from a Windows PC).
 
 Next I deleted that batch of photos from my USB stick.  When it showed up 
 empty in Finder I copied 121 photos onto it, including about 30 from the 
 batch as in the above paragraph.
 
 About a week later I went back to Officeworks to have my 121 photos printed.
 
 When I inserted my USB stick all appeared well and they downloaded right up 
 to the point where I had put my name, address and so on.  Very strange 
 though, it said there were 500 odd photos.  Being distracted at the time 
 because I was due to meet someone, I assumed I had downloaded more photos 
 than I had realised, and just proceeded.
 
 Then the machine threw a big hissy fit and declared there has been a fatal 
 error and shut down.  The girl behind the counter did not know why and 
 suggested I use another machine, which I did, and all went through (still 
 showing over 500 photos though).
 
 Came the time to pick the photos and off I went home and laid them out - yes 
 there were over 500 photos, nearly all of them from the large batch 
 downloaded from the DVD set, which had been deleted from the USB stick and 
 which did not show up in Finder.  There were duplicates and triplicates of 
 some of these.
 
 So I believed my USB stick was corrupt, and deleted everything from it.  It 
 is on my desk now and I believe it should just hit the bin.  Before I deleted 
 everything showing I checked and yes, it definitely only showed 121 items.
 
 In the future then is it necessary to format USB sticks if I am only copying 
 from my Mac onto other Macs?  I do not think I have formatted my USB sticks 
 ever, certainly not for many years.
 
 Is it going to be possible to copy photos from my Mac to a PC and/or vice 
 versa?   I have done this in the past with no problems, though not recently.
 
 Thanks for any suggestions, enjoy the rest of our little holiday break.
 
 Peta
 
 
 
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Re: USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

2011-04-26 Thread peta

Thank you for this tip Peter - I will pass this on to my daughter.

We had rain, lots over night and showers again this morning!

Peta


On 27/04/2011, at 8:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

 
 On 26/04/2011, at 3:37 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Many thanks to all who replied to my query.
 
 This is the first time I have had problems although I have been using the 
 USB sticks for years and years - and have never formatted them.   
 
 My daughter who has recently acquired her first Mac told me recently that 
 she had had similar problems trying to transfer her photos in bulk from her 
 old Windows PC to her Mac, and cannot now transfer any info from her USB 
 stick onto her Mac, nor open it on her old Windows.
 
 So the photos seem to be locked onto her USB stick : permanently?  Any 
 suggestions how to retrieve the photos from this USB stick?
 
 So, from now on I will need to format my USB stick AND empty my trash and 
 then eject my stick from the Mac.
 
 Ho hum, one step forward ...
 
 Regards
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 You might like to have a look at Photo Rescue, an application designed 
 precisely for the situation you describe. I have used is successfully in the 
 past to recover photos from an unresponsive USB Drive.
 
 http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/v3/index.htm
 
 The way Mac OS X works, a special invisible folder called .trashes is 
 created on each separate volume you access, and is specific to files on that 
 volume. For this reason, it often happens that when you think your trash is 
 empty, then plug in a USB Drive, you might find that your trash is no longer 
 empty. This is because Mac OS X is accessing the .trashes folder on that 
 drive. Formatting the USB Drive should remove this invisible folder, so there 
 shouldn't be any need to format the USB stick AND empty the trash.
 
 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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USB sticks / drives / formatting ??

2011-04-25 Thread peta

Good morning all

I came in to write my query, which is a little odd, and saw the correspondence 
on the Seagate external drive.   This query is very similar to mine I think, 
but maybe slightly different, so I have given mine a different heading.

I have carried my USB sticks with me for many years, everywhere I have gone 
basically, and quite often copied photos from my (then) Windows onto mainly 
friends/families Windows, and back to my PC or to (eg) Officeworks, Harvey 
Norman to copy and print photos.  (Obviously, about 5 years ago this became to 
and from my Mac, to their Windows or Macs).

Very recently (because I had a feeling that my USB stick was not quite right) 
 I took my small external hard drive to Officeworks with a batch of photos for 
printing, to learn that apparently because the formatting was done on a Mac, I 
could not copy the photos onto one of their machines.

So I bought a new USB stick from Officeworks, came home, copied the photos I 
wanted onto this, and had the batch of photos successfully printed.

A few days later, I copied a batch of photos from my husband's Mac and 
transferred them onto my Mac.  **This set of photo had been downloaded onto his 
Mac by a DVD and had - I assume -come from a Windows PC).

Next I deleted that batch of photos from my USB stick.  When it showed up empty 
in Finder I copied 121 photos onto it, including about 30 from the batch as in 
the above paragraph.

About a week later I went back to Officeworks to have my 121 photos printed.

When I inserted my USB stick all appeared well and they downloaded right up to 
the point where I had put my name, address and so on.  Very strange though, it 
said there were 500 odd photos.  Being distracted at the time because I was due 
to meet someone, I assumed I had downloaded more photos than I had realised, 
and just proceeded.

Then the machine threw a big hissy fit and declared there has been a fatal 
error and shut down.  The girl behind the counter did not know why and 
suggested I use another machine, which I did, and all went through (still 
showing over 500 photos though).

Came the time to pick the photos and off I went home and laid them out - yes 
there were over 500 photos, nearly all of them from the large batch downloaded 
from the DVD set, which had been deleted from the USB stick and which did not 
show up in Finder.  There were duplicates and triplicates of some of these.

So I believed my USB stick was corrupt, and deleted everything from it.  It is 
on my desk now and I believe it should just hit the bin.  Before I deleted 
everything showing I checked and yes, it definitely only showed 121 items.

In the future then is it necessary to format USB sticks if I am only copying 
from my Mac onto other Macs?  I do not think I have formatted my USB sticks 
ever, certainly not for many years.

Is it going to be possible to copy photos from my Mac to a PC and/or vice 
versa?   I have done this in the past with no problems, though not recently.

Thanks for any suggestions, enjoy the rest of our little holiday break.

Peta



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Re: Old Mac stuff

2011-03-31 Thread peta

Love it!


On 31/03/2011, at 9:42 PM, Ray Forma wrote:

 
 Reminds me of the first bit of writing my daughter brought home from Primary 
 School: I saw a bog. It was a dig bog.
 
 Note that we were in Perth, not Ireland.
 
 On 31/03/2011, at 9:29 AM, localadmin wrote:
 
 
 Hi all
 
 I have a list of old mac stuff I would like to get out!
 
 One iMac  USB Keyboard (Orange)
 
 One iomega Zip drive 250 (with travelling case  
 
 and
 
 12 100 disks and 5 250 disks
 
 One USB floppy drive ??
 
 One Canoscan N650U
 
 Any takers?
 
 You will only need to pick up same as I am laid up at present with a dig 
 bite?
 
 
 Gerald  Valerie LLOYD
 lloy...@iinet.net.au
 
 
 Regards,
 
 Ray Forma
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Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

2011-03-07 Thread peta

Robin

Why?  Or in the words of a certain ex (I hope) politician - please explain?

Peta




On 07/03/2011, at 10:44 AM, Robin Belford wrote:

 
 If you're going to use Aperture perhaps you should reconsider not going for 
 the fast processor and the extra cache?
 
 robin
 
 On 07/03/2011, at 9:55 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Reg
 
 As much as I hate to not give sales to stores, if you are looking at
 Aperture it's actually cheaper to download it from the MacStore if you're
 not worried about not getting a disk and little manual.
 It's $249 in the shops, $229 on the education store and $99.99 to download
 it from the MacStore.
 
 I'm not even going to get started on why they make it so cheap, as I don't
 want to start a flame war.
 
 But just thought I'd point it out.
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 
 On 7/3/11 9:35 AM, Reg Whitely rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote:
 
 Thank you to all who have replied to my query on MacBook Pro 15. I've 
 decided
 to go for the standard 2.2GHz / 750 Gb HDD with standard glossy display and
 8Gb RAM. I'll put the extra $$ saved by not getting the 2.3GHz upgrade into 
 an
 extended warranty. I'm also tempted to get Aperture 3 and have a nice play
 with it!
 
 Regards
 
 Reg
 
 Reg Whitely
 
 Home: 08 9921 7272
 Mob: 04 8899 7313
 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
 
 
 
 On 06/03/2011, at 5:18 pm, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 I agree with Ruben. To advise whether the 2.3GHz is worth the extra price
 would depend on what you use the MBP for.
 If you are heavy user in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, I would suggest the
 2.3GHz.
 
 The 2.3GHz CPU has a larger L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB.) The increase in cache is
 usually more important than the minimal increase in speed, depending on 
 what
 you do in Photoshop  FCP.
 
 Certainly go the biggest Hard Drive you can afford and extra RAM.
 
 Re: The Glossy vs Anti-Glare … this debate has been going on for eternity 
 ;-)
 Some Professional Graphic Artists  Photographers say the Anti-Glare gives 
 a
 truer ‘Print’ colour than the Gloss.
 
 The latest MBPs have high resolution displays, older MBPs you could get a
 lower resolution Anti-Glare display.
 
 I’ve had  anti-glare on my PowerBook  previous MacBook Pro, but I decided 
 to
 go with the Glossy Display on my current MBP.
 I love the look of the glossy screen, the images have a deeper look with 
 more
 contrast. blacks are really black.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 On 04/03/2011, at 12:26 AM, Dark1 wrote:
 
 I'm not sure whether the extra 100MHz is worth another $300 or not but the
 performance gains you'll see will depend on what your using your computer
 for.  If the programs your using can make use of all the threads 
 (including
 the hyperthreads) you'll get that extra 100MHz per core so it's actually 
 an
 extra 400 but if they only use a single thread its not nearly as good.
 Dunno about the displays but you can probably find info on that in the
 archives.
 
 Ruben
 
 Hi all WAMUGgers
 
 Long time since I asked a question. I'm thinking of buying a new MacBook
 Pro 15. 
 Is the 2.3GHz i7 option worth the extra dollars over the 2.2?
 What are experiences with glossy v anti-glare displays?
 Any other tips?
 Will buy ed price and plan to salary sacrifice.
 
 Regards
 
 Reg
 
 Reg Whitely
 
 Home: 08 9921 7272
 Mob: 04 8899 7313
 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

2011-03-07 Thread peta

Thank you all for this.

Peta



On 07/03/2011, at 5:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 I would imagine because of my reply further down in this email.
 If you are heavy user in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, I would suggest the
 2.3GHz.
 
 The 2.3GHz CPU has a larger L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB.) The increase in cache 
 is
 usually more important than the minimal increase in speed, depending on 
 what
 you do in Photoshop  FCP.
 
 Aperture could use the extra.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 07/03/2011, at 4:06 PM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Robin
 
 Why?  Or in the words of a certain ex (I hope) politician - please explain?
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 On 07/03/2011, at 10:44 AM, Robin Belford wrote:
 
 
 If you're going to use Aperture perhaps you should reconsider not going for 
 the fast processor and the extra cache?
 
 robin
 
 On 07/03/2011, at 9:55 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Reg
 
 As much as I hate to not give sales to stores, if you are looking at
 Aperture it's actually cheaper to download it from the MacStore if you're
 not worried about not getting a disk and little manual.
 It's $249 in the shops, $229 on the education store and $99.99 to download
 it from the MacStore.
 
 I'm not even going to get started on why they make it so cheap, as I don't
 want to start a flame war.
 
 But just thought I'd point it out.
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 
 On 7/3/11 9:35 AM, Reg Whitely rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote:
 
 Thank you to all who have replied to my query on MacBook Pro 15. I've 
 decided
 to go for the standard 2.2GHz / 750 Gb HDD with standard glossy display 
 and
 8Gb RAM. I'll put the extra $$ saved by not getting the 2.3GHz upgrade 
 into an
 extended warranty. I'm also tempted to get Aperture 3 and have a nice play
 with it!
 
 Regards
 
 Reg
 
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 Mob: 04 8899 7313
 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
 
 
 
 On 06/03/2011, at 5:18 pm, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 I agree with Ruben. To advise whether the 2.3GHz is worth the extra price
 would depend on what you use the MBP for.
 If you are heavy user in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, I would suggest the
 2.3GHz.
 
 The 2.3GHz CPU has a larger L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB.) The increase in cache 
 is
 usually more important than the minimal increase in speed, depending on 
 what
 you do in Photoshop  FCP.
 
 Certainly go the biggest Hard Drive you can afford and extra RAM.
 
 Re: The Glossy vs Anti-Glare … this debate has been going on for 
 eternity ;-)
 Some Professional Graphic Artists  Photographers say the Anti-Glare 
 gives a
 truer ‘Print’ colour than the Gloss.
 
 The latest MBPs have high resolution displays, older MBPs you could get a
 lower resolution Anti-Glare display.
 
 I’ve had  anti-glare on my PowerBook  previous MacBook Pro, but I 
 decided to
 go with the Glossy Display on my current MBP.
 I love the look of the glossy screen, the images have a deeper look with 
 more
 contrast. blacks are really black.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 On 04/03/2011, at 12:26 AM, Dark1 wrote:
 
 I'm not sure whether the extra 100MHz is worth another $300 or not but 
 the
 performance gains you'll see will depend on what your using your 
 computer
 for.  If the programs your using can make use of all the threads 
 (including
 the hyperthreads) you'll get that extra 100MHz per core so it's 
 actually an
 extra 400 but if they only use a single thread its not nearly as good.
 Dunno about the displays but you can probably find info on that in the
 archives.
 
 Ruben
 
 Hi all WAMUGgers
 
 Long time since I asked a question. I'm thinking of buying a new 
 MacBook
 Pro 15. 
 Is the 2.3GHz i7 option worth the extra dollars over the 2.2?
 What are experiences with glossy v anti-glare displays?
 Any other tips?
 Will buy ed price and plan to salary sacrifice.
 
 Regards
 
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Re: iPad

2011-03-02 Thread peta

Oh I don't need one.  But I WANT one.

*Personally I would like the option of no cameras with iPhones and iPads 
though.

Peta

I will be thinking all day, how can I justify buying one (I know Ronni, you 
told Alan we don't need to justify these purchases, but...).




On 03/03/2011, at 9:31 AM, Ashley Mulder wrote:

 Oh this is cool
 
 VERY cool
 
 http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/#smart-cover
 
 
 On 03/03/2011, at 6:25 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 The iPad 2 features two built-in cameras, for use with FaceTime video chat 
 and other apps. The front camera can record VGA-resolution (640-by-480) 
 video at 30 frames per second with audio and take still photos at 
 640-by-480. The back camera can record HD video at 720p at 30 frames per 
 second with audio. When in still camera mode, the back camera has a 5X 
 digital zoom
 
 http://www.macworld.com/article/158109/2011/03/ipad2.html?lsrc=newsalert
 
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Re: Transfer/Sync photos from iPhone to iPhoto

2011-02-28 Thread peta

Hullo everyone again,

Thanks to all who responded to my email.

I plugged my iPhone into the Mac and then there was a huge thunderstorm - so I 
was off the air for a while.

I have now done an update and followed helpful instructions.

Yes, it worked, so again, many thanks.

Incidentally, we had a good amount of thunder and lightening - and rain, here 
in Kalamunda.

Peta



On 28/02/2011, at 12:51 PM, Robin wrote:

 
 Connect your iPhone. 
 Open iPhoto. 
 Select your iPhone from the list on the left of the window. 
 Click on the import button. 
 
 Works for me. 
 
 
 
 On 28/02/2011, at 12:29 PM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Good morning all,
 
 I have a few photos on my iPhone (on Camera Roll) which I would like to 
 transfer/sync onto my Mac with iPhotos.
 
 I plugged in my device and was taken to iTunes with various questions being 
 asked, but could not find any easy steps to follow to transfer these photos. 
  There was a question which would allow me to transfer from iPhotos to 
 iPhone.
 
 No-one I have spoken to has actually done this - I am sure that someone in 
 the WAMUG group has successfully carried out this step though.   I am hoping 
 for a reply from one of our experts so I also will be able to learn this 
 step.
 
 Thanking you in anticipation,
 
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Transfer/Sync photos from iPhone to iPhoto

2011-02-27 Thread peta


Good morning all,

I have a few photos on my iPhone (on Camera Roll) which I would like to 
transfer/sync onto my Mac with iPhotos.

I plugged in my device and was taken to iTunes with various questions being 
asked, but could not find any easy steps to follow to transfer these photos.  
There was a question which would allow me to transfer from iPhotos to iPhone.

No-one I have spoken to has actually done this - I am sure that someone in the 
WAMUG group has successfully carried out this step though.   I am hoping for a 
reply from one of our experts so I also will be able to learn this step.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Peta



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Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-17 Thread peta

Good afternoon everyone,

I have just read through the iMac Good Practices thread.

Instant guilt!  I have now dragged 12 PowerPoint files off my desktop into a 
new folder in my documents, appropriately named PowerPoint.  These have sat 
on my desktop for more than 3 years since I bought my first Mac and they were 
transferred  from my Windows machine.

These big (Family Tree) projects are not actually finished yet, so I can 
plainly see they do not need to be in full sight.  I decided they don't need to 
go into the Dock either as I am not at this stage working with them.

Thanks everyone for the good advice.

Peta



On 17/02/2011, at 3:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 
 On 17/02/2011, at 3:24 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni and others
 
 This is really interesting and thanks heaps for speaking about it. I wasnt 
 aware that files, folders and aliases on the desktop would take up ram and 
 system efficiency. I also wasnt aware that it would be most efficient to use 
 the Mac's folder system like you say Ronni.
 
 At the moment I have made a folder called Work (65000 items and 60gb of 
 stuff) that sits with the Macs' folders; Applications, Documents, Library, 
 Music etc etc. 
 
 Would I be better off putting my 'Work' folder inside the Documents folder?
 
 Yes, it should be filed in the Documents folder in your Home Folder.
 
 I also can see the 'Documents' folder on the RH side of the Dock, and when I 
 click it, it rapidly displays the folders with in Documents, on which I can 
 click one and it opens in Finder, like normal. Is  that what you are 
 referring to Ronni?
 
 Your Documents folder shows in the Dock which points to the Documents folder 
 in your Home  Documents folder.
 
 What I was referring to, and I’ll use your Work Folder as an example (which 
 is similar to my “Work in Progress folder” which is filed in my Documents 
 folder and is sitting on my Dock for quick access.
 
 1. File your “Work” Folder into your Documents folder in your Home folder
 
 2. Then Drag your “Work” Folder down onto the Right Side of the Dock. If you 
 look closely at your dock there is a dividing line. (Applications go on the 
 left side of the divider, files and folders on the right ... Virtually using 
 the Dock as a launcher, a place for launching applications or accessing 
 commonly used folders)
 
 
 With this in mind, what is the optimum way to configure the filing/folder 
 system?
 
 Keep all Documents in Documents folder. Create folders ‘and place documents 
 within folders’ in your Documents Folder in your Home.
 I have numerous Folders in my Documents folder. Example, all documents 
 relating to Leopard are in a 'Leopard Folder', Snow Leopard Documents are in 
 a folder ’Snow Leopard’ etc.
 Drag any folders you use everyday onto the dock …Drag your  ‘Work Folder’ 
 onto the dock. Use the Dock for folders you access every day.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
 Thanks heaps for any advice
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
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Re: Telstra Mentor for Iphone

2011-01-14 Thread peta


Good advice, thanks Glenn.

Sometimes though it seems such a hassle to double check everything and everyone!

Especially when we can usually find someone at the WAMUG site who knows 
something about nearly everythingThis personal touch means so much more 
somehow.

Peta



On 14/01/2011, at 12:55 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:

 
 The web page clearly shows Telstra has this programme in place, and
 they do say Our Telstra Mentor service gives you expert advice on how
 to get the most out of your new Next G™ handset in a complimentary,
 personalised one hour session. So it seems the 1 hour session should
 be free.
 
 Even though this session seems legitimate, I think Telstra has set
 things up to invite abuse at some point in the future. Someone could
 easily call up pretending to be a Telstra mentor, answer some
 questions to build trust and then try for confidential info - perhaps
 asking for login details or potentially credit card details. Social
 engineering is a popular way of getting people to part with
 confidential information - it makes it easier for scammers if
 corporations teach their customers to trust unsolicited calls.
 
 With identity theft such a major problem, if someone calls you out of
 the blue and you have no way of knowing who they are, if it comes to
 the point where they want you to disclose information you should ask
 how to reach them via a company phone number you can check out
 independently. For example, on the Telstra Mentor site they include
 For more information on Telstra Mentor please call 1300 783 343.  So
 if you did get a call from a Mentor and they did ask you for any
 information (email address included), maybe it would be better to call
 the mentor back via that number.
 
 Glenn Nicholas
 
 
 On 14 January 2011 09:42, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning WAMUG,
 
 I received an unsolicited call on my mobile phone yesterday, from a 
 gentleman who identified himself as a Telstra mentor for iPhones.
 
 Nowadays we feel uneasy about the possibility of scams, and so although this 
 seemed to be legitimate and probably is, I have not heard of  a Telstra 
 mentor from anyone.  Yes, we do not want to be paranoid, but
 
 He asked me for my email address, which I did give to him, and he offered to 
 help me with any problems that I may be having with the new phone.  I 
 explained that it was not a good time for me just then so we ended the call. 
   He sent me an email shortly after this.
 
 The email tells me how to check the data usage on my iPhone.  He also gave 
 me instructions on how to make the phone ring longer.
 
 Just now, as he had also told me would happen, I received a text message - 
 which I am meant to respond to rating his helpfulness.
 
 Has anyone else had such a phone call or is this perhaps a scam?  Hopefully 
 not!
 
 Looking forward to comments from the WAMUG group!
 
 
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Telstra Mentor for Iphone

2011-01-13 Thread peta


Good morning WAMUG,

I received an unsolicited call on my mobile phone yesterday, from a gentleman 
who identified himself as a Telstra mentor for iPhones.

Nowadays we feel uneasy about the possibility of scams, and so although this 
seemed to be legitimate and probably is, I have not heard of  a Telstra mentor 
from anyone.  Yes, we do not want to be paranoid, but

He asked me for my email address, which I did give to him, and he offered to 
help me with any problems that I may be having with the new phone.  I explained 
that it was not a good time for me just then so we ended the call.   He sent me 
an email shortly after this.

The email tells me how to check the data usage on my iPhone.  He also gave me 
instructions on how to make the phone ring longer.

Just now, as he had also told me would happen, I received a text message - 
which I am meant to respond to rating his helpfulness.

Has anyone else had such a phone call or is this perhaps a scam?  Hopefully not!

Looking forward to comments from the WAMUG group!


Peta



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Re: Telstra Mentor for Iphone

2011-01-13 Thread peta

Thanks for this Ronni.

While it is good to know this is not a scam, I am still puzzled why me?.   
Other family members and friends who have purchased iPhone 4's recently have 
not had any such approach.

Again, thank you for such a prompt response.

Have a great weekend,

Peta




On 14/01/2011, at 9:55 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Good to be very careful about this sort of phone call. Apparently it is 
 genuine. I have never received one and had not heard of it.
 Be cautious of the cost though!
 
 http://www.telstra.com.au/telstramentor/index.html
 
 What is Telstra Mentor?
 A Telstra Mentor expert can help take away the frustration of getting your 
 new mobile up and running. You'll also be shown handy shortcuts and how to 
 master mobile features like email and internet, giving you the mobile tools 
 to save time and be more productive.
 How can Telstra Mentor benefit me?
 We’ll contact you and book a time to show you how you can:
   • sync your PC calendar and contacts with your mobile
   • set up and use mobile email
   • access mobile internet
   • use your handset as a mobile modem
   • access Next G™ content like Whereis® mobile, Yellow™ mobile, FOXTEL 
 from Telstra and much more.
 Who can use Telstra Mentor?
 This program is available to eligible Telstra customers who take out a plan 
 and eligible handset with a monthly access fee of $79 or above. It is 
 provided by our partners Mobile Mentor and is available throughout Australia. 
 You could be eligible for a face to face or over the phone mentor session 
 depending on your location.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 14/01/2011, at 9:42 AM, peta wrote:
 
 
 Good morning WAMUG,
 
 I received an unsolicited call on my mobile phone yesterday, from a 
 gentleman who identified himself as a Telstra mentor for iPhones.
 
 Nowadays we feel uneasy about the possibility of scams, and so although this 
 seemed to be legitimate and probably is, I have not heard of  a Telstra 
 mentor from anyone.  Yes, we do not want to be paranoid, but
 
 He asked me for my email address, which I did give to him, and he offered to 
 help me with any problems that I may be having with the new phone.  I 
 explained that it was not a good time for me just then so we ended the call. 
   He sent me an email shortly after this.
 
 The email tells me how to check the data usage on my iPhone.  He also gave 
 me instructions on how to make the phone ring longer.
 
 Just now, as he had also told me would happen, I received a text message - 
 which I am meant to respond to rating his helpfulness.
 
 Has anyone else had such a phone call or is this perhaps a scam?  Hopefully 
 not!
 
 Looking forward to comments from the WAMUG group!
 
 
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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-10 Thread peta

Hullo again Marlene

I worked away with calenders using iPhoto and finally succeeded.  I thought I 
would have it printed out - but did not really want to pay $29.95 - so I have 
printed it out ordinarily from my home printer.  Now I need to think of someone 
who has a binding machine for me so the pages will open and close successfully.

I have just gone on-line to the Harvey Norman site which you mentioned.  You 
also mentioned you had ordered your calenders on special at $23.97 each.  I 
think I will keep my eyes open for this!

Thanks for your help Marlene,

Peta



On 09/12/2010, at 2:44 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote:

 Hi Peta
 
 I too tried to make calendars through Apple using iPhoto 09 but gave up after 
 many obstacles.
 By chance, I looked at the Harvey Norman on-line site for making calendars 
 and I have now received my 12 x 12 calendar, classic white design and the 
 quality is just superb. I put all the photos I wanted to use in a separate 
 album in iPhoto 09 and was easily able to upload them to place in my calendar 
 - both in the top page and in birthday and wedding anniversary dates. The 
 program is pretty easy to use and the results are outstanding. Ordered on 
 line (on special $23.97 ea) and no postage if picked up from near-by store. 
 If you go this route, chose Imagine uploader (in the prompts) for Macs.
 Have just posted off 5 as really great Christmas gifts!
 
 They have a good help line - Mon - Fri (9 - 5 EST) or give me a ring if you 
 have any questions.
 
 Regards
 
 Marlene Oostryck
 Ph: 9430 8006
 oostr...@optusnet.com.au
 
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 11:32 AM, peta wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.
 
 Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I will 
 leave my comments about card making for another time.
 
 However - Help!   Aaarrggh.
 
 I have been trying to make a calender.
 
 I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
 Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
 Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop 
 right off screen.
 
 I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.
 
 For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own 
 choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says 
 Design the other Photos.  Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos 
 should open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac 
 has chosen and put in a photo which is relevant to me?
 
 Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the 
 Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again. 
  On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu.  I do not have any menu 
 dropping down.
 
 I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, 
 but can do nothing with the photos.  Sometimes a row of photos appears 
 briefly across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance 
 to what I try to do.
 
 Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some 
 advice,
 
 Regards
 Peta
 
 
 
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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-09 Thread peta

Giggle.  I knew you would say that.

Never mind we both like our dogs, red wine in the evening (and champagne in the 
middle of the day)  ---  and our photos as well!

Peta


On 09/12/2010, at 5:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 On 09/12/2010, at 3:48 PM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Again Ronni, thank you.
 
 Yes your steps were easy to follow and I have now added the extra photos in 
 to my calender.
 
 If I spend another hour or three I will be able to fill in the diary pages 
 and maybe a photo in the box for the appropriate birthdays.
 
 I could even insert the Footy fixtures into their correct dates.  Sorry 
 Ronni, we are Eagles supporters!
 
 Oh Peta, a 'WeGirls' supporter ... no more free support for you then ;-)
   
 Enjoy the rest of your day - you can take off now and drink red wine to 
 celebrate the gorgeous weather.
 
 Thanks, will do after taking my little dog for his afternoon walk. 
 A glass (or two) looking out across the ocean is very relaxing :-)
 
 Cheers,
 
 
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 
 
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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-09 Thread peta

Hi Ronni

Somehow, after my new version of iLife, the Mac or its workings in iPhoto 
changed the order of my Events.

For example:-  I had manually dragged and re-arranged events the way I wanted.  
So I had;  1994 Holiday Bangkok;  1996 Holiday Bali; 2000 Holiday Malaysia;  
then  Family Tree Jones; Family Tree Smith; Family Tree French;   and, 1990 
Christmas, 1991 Christmas; 1992 Christmas etc etc and so forth.

Now the Events are just scattered at random.  It is not a biggie - I will just 
sit down when I have a moment and drag each Event back where I choose to have 
it.

In the way I like my Events to be shown, this has to be done manually.  Merging 
is great though for when new photos come in, and I can put them into the Event 
file I like.

Thank you Ronni.

Have a great weekend,

Peta


On 10/12/2010, at 2:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 On 09/12/2010, at 12:31 PM, peta wrote:
 
 
 I was horrified actually when I went into Events to notice that iLife 11 had 
 changed the order of my Events into its own illogical order.  Not to worry, 
 it will just be time to re-arrange correctly to my pleasure!
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 I only noticed this part of your email you posted yesterday.
 Do you mean Events sorting in View  Sort Events?
 In order to sort Events in the way you want, select the View menu when in the 
 main events screen (all events visible). 
 There is a choice for Sort Events. You can then sort by date, title, or 
 manually. 
 
 Or do you mean the way iPhoto organises Events? 
 Events are automatic - based entirely on Date and Time the camera records the 
 photos as taken.
 You can move photos between Events, you can Merge Events, you can Rename them 
 and sort them in various ways except one: You cannot manually sort in an 
 Event as Events are all automated.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread peta

Good morning,

Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.

Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I will 
leave my comments about card making for another time.

However - Help!   Aaarrggh.

I have been trying to make a calender.

I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop 
right off screen.

I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.

For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own 
choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says 
Design the other Photos.  Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos should 
open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac has chosen 
and put in a photo which is relevant to me?

Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the 
Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again.  
On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu.  I do not have any menu 
dropping down.

I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, but 
can do nothing with the photos.  Sometimes a row of photos appears briefly 
across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance to what I 
try to do.

Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some advice,

Regards
Peta



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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread peta

Thanks for this step David.  I have been fiddling around for so long, and this 
step is like one missing link I was looking for.

I was horrified actually when I went into Events to notice that iLife 11 had 
changed the order of my Events into its own illogical order.  Not to worry, it 
will just be time to re-arrange correctly to my pleasure!

I will have a look now and see what my new calender looks like.  *I may still 
need to delete some photos or their order to the way I would prefer with photos 
of my choice.  Maybe it will all be possible now!

Again many thanks.

Peta


On 09/12/2010, at 11:59 AM, David Paul wrote:

 
 Hi Peta
 
 Using iphoto11 and 10.6.5 I can create a calendar by choosing an album, then 
 clicking on createcalendar.
 
 Is this the process you are following?
 
 With the above process there are photos on the right hand side of the window 
 which you can select once you have highlighted where the photo is to go (eg 
 the month).
 
 I am unable to reproduce your experience unfortunately so not sure of a 
 solution.
 
 Regards
 Dave
 
 
 On 9/12/10 11:32 AM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.
 
 Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I will 
 leave my comments about card making for another time.
 
 However - Help!   Aaarrggh.
 
 I have been trying to make a calender.
 
 I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
 Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
 Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop 
 right off screen.
 
 I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.
 
 For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own 
 choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says 
 Design the other Photos.  Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos should 
 open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac has 
 chosen and put in a photo which is relevant to me?
 
 Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the 
 Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again.  
 On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu.  I do not have any menu 
 dropping down.
 
 I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, 
 but can do nothing with the photos.  Sometimes a row of photos appears 
 briefly across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance 
 to what I try to do.
 
 Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some advice,
 
 Regards
 Peta
 
 
 
 
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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread peta

Yes thanks for this Ronni.

Daniel had given me my upgrade a few days ago and I had installed this.

Dave's tip re creating an album first was just the step I needed, so since my 
reply to Dave (at 11:32 - now 1:47), I have sat here and worked my way through 
happily.  (Not a perfect system though!)

This will give me a nudge to check that all of my birthdays etc are in iCal; I 
don't think this is all done yet.

Another question: I have been working on this calender (to give to my husband), 
and using photos from the album I made of our holiday shots.  I had it in mind 
to finish off December with family photos scattered across that page (to remind 
us that Christmas is nearly here).

So I dragged a few more photos into the relevant Album hoping they would appear 
in the strip of photos in my creation, ready for dragging into the calender.  
However they did not.

So, if we want to add more photos to a calender, is there a way once the album 
has been made?

Again, thank you so much Dave and Ronni.

Have a great day
Peta


On 09/12/2010, at 12:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 Hi Peta,
 
 To add to Paul's reply, you must be upgraded to iPhoto '11 version 9.1 - are 
 you?
 
 As Paul has already said, select a specific set of photos to have printed 
 onto it. 
 
 Once you choose your design, you'll be prompted to choose a calendar to 
 import from iCal, and you have to option to include national holidays (from 
 various regions!) and birthdays from iCal. 
 Then you can click on Photos and drag and drop photos to your hearts content 
 to design the calendar the way you wish.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 11:59 AM, David Paul wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 Using iphoto11 and 10.6.5 I can create a calendar by choosing an album, then 
 clicking on createcalendar.
 
 Is this the process you are following?
 
 With the above process there are photos on the right hand side of the window 
 which you can select once you have highlighted where the photo is to go (eg 
 the month).
 
 I am unable to reproduce your experience unfortunately so not sure of a 
 solution.
 
 Regards
 Dave
 
 
 On 9/12/10 11:32 AM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.
 
 Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I will 
 leave my comments about card making for another time.
 
 However - Help!   Aaarrggh.
 
 I have been trying to make a calender.
 
 I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
 Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
 Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop 
 right off screen.
 
 I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.
 
 For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own 
 choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says 
 Design the other Photos.  Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos 
 should open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac 
 has chosen and put in a photo which is relevant to me?
 
 Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the 
 Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again. 
  On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu.  I do not have any menu 
 dropping down.
 
 I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, 
 but can do nothing with the photos.  Sometimes a row of photos appears 
 briefly across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance 
 to what I try to do.
 
 Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some 
 advice,
 
 Regards
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread peta

Again Ronni, thank you.

Yes your steps were easy to follow and I have now added the extra photos in to 
my calender.

If I spend another hour or three I will be able to fill in the diary pages and 
maybe a photo in the box for the appropriate birthdays.

I could even insert the Footy fixtures into their correct dates.  Sorry Ronni, 
we are Eagles supporters!

Enjoy the rest of your day - you can take off now and drink red wine to 
celebrate the gorgeous weather.

Regards
Peta



On 09/12/2010, at 2:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 Another question: I have been working on this calender (to give to my 
 husband), and using photos from the album I made of our holiday shots.  I 
 had it in mind to finish off December with family photos scattered across 
 that page (to remind us that Christmas is nearly here).
 
 So I dragged a few more photos into the relevant Album hoping they would 
 appear in the strip of photos in my creation, ready for dragging into the 
 calender.  However they did not.
 
 No, they won't show in the album as you already have the album open and using 
 inside the Calendar you are editing.
 
 So, if we want to add more photos to a calender, is there a way once the 
 album has been made?
 
 Yes, as below
 
 Add and arrange photos in a calendar
 
 To add a photo to your calendar project:
 
 If you can’t locate a photo in the Photo pane, you need to add the photo to 
 your calendar project.
 
 1. Locate the photo in your photo library.
 
 2. Select the photo.
 
 3. Click the Add To button in the toolbar, and then choose Calendar from the 
 pop-up menu.
 
 4. Select the calendar that you want to add the photo to.
 
 The photo appears in the “All Photos in Project” and Unplaced Photos 
 categories in the calendar you selected.
 
 You can find this in iPhoto  Help.
 Help  iPhoto Help
 Type Calendar in search bar, click Enter
 Scroll down to  click on Add  Arrange photos in a Calendar
 Then Add a photo to your Calendar Project
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 1:50 PM, peta wrote:
 
 Yes thanks for this Ronni.
 
 Daniel had given me my upgrade a few days ago and I had installed this.
 
 Dave's tip re creating an album first was just the step I needed, so since 
 my reply to Dave (at 11:32 - now 1:47), I have sat here and worked my way 
 through happily.  (Not a perfect system though!)
 
 This will give me a nudge to check that all of my birthdays etc are in iCal; 
 I don't think this is all done yet.
 
 Another question: I have been working on this calender (to give to my 
 husband), and using photos from the album I made of our holiday shots.  I 
 had it in mind to finish off December with family photos scattered across 
 that page (to remind us that Christmas is nearly here).
 
 So I dragged a few more photos into the relevant Album hoping they would 
 appear in the strip of photos in my creation, ready for dragging into the 
 calender.  However they did not.
 
 So, if we want to add more photos to a calender, is there a way once the 
 album has been made?
 
 Again, thank you so much Dave and Ronni.
 
 Have a great day
 Peta
 
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 12:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 To add to Paul's reply, you must be upgraded to iPhoto '11 version 9.1 - 
 are you?
 
 As Paul has already said, select a specific set of photos to have printed 
 onto it. 
 
 Once you choose your design, you'll be prompted to choose a calendar to 
 import from iCal, and you have to option to include national holidays (from 
 various regions!) and birthdays from iCal. 
 Then you can click on Photos and drag and drop photos to your hearts 
 content to design the calendar the way you wish.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 11:59 AM, David Paul wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 Using iphoto11 and 10.6.5 I can create a calendar by choosing an album, 
 then clicking on createcalendar.
 
 Is this the process you are following?
 
 With the above process there are photos on the right hand side of the 
 window which you can select once you have highlighted where the photo is 
 to go (eg the month).
 
 I am unable to reproduce your experience unfortunately so not sure of a 
 solution.
 
 Regards
 Dave
 
 
 On 9/12/10 11:32 AM, peta petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.
 
 Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I 
 will leave my comments about card making for another time.
 
 However - Help!   Aaarrggh.
 
 I have been trying to make a calender.
 
 I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
 Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
 Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender 
 drop right off screen.
 
 I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.
 
 For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its 
 own choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button 
 says

Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread peta

Thank you for this Marlene.  I may do this for the comparison.  I do know that 
Big W and others also have calender tools.  This time I thought I would try the 
iLife.

After Christmas I will try some of the steps for the embossed card making.  
Yesterday I made a card from (I think) Pages.  It was pretty good, very basic.

In the olden days a year or three ago, I did have some excellent programmes on 
Windows for card making.

Regards
Peta



On 09/12/2010, at 2:44 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote:

 Hi Peta
 
 I too tried to make calendars through Apple using iPhoto 09 but gave up after 
 many obstacles.
 By chance, I looked at the Harvey Norman on-line site for making calendars 
 and I have now received my 12 x 12 calendar, classic white design and the 
 quality is just superb. I put all the photos I wanted to use in a separate 
 album in iPhoto 09 and was easily able to upload them to place in my calendar 
 - both in the top page and in birthday and wedding anniversary dates. The 
 program is pretty easy to use and the results are outstanding. Ordered on 
 line (on special $23.97 ea) and no postage if picked up from near-by store. 
 If you go this route, chose Imagine uploader (in the prompts) for Macs.
 Have just posted off 5 as really great Christmas gifts!
 
 They have a good help line - Mon - Fri (9 - 5 EST) or give me a ring if you 
 have any questions.
 
 Regards
 
 Marlene Oostryck
 Ph: 9430 8006
 oostr...@optusnet.com.au
 
 
 On 09/12/2010, at 11:32 AM, peta wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 Yesterday morning I installed iLife 11.  Thank you Daniel.
 
 Late last night and most of this morning I have been experimenting.  I will 
 leave my comments about card making for another time.
 
 However - Help!   Aaarrggh.
 
 I have been trying to make a calender.
 
 I keep getting numerous spinning balls, after long pauses when I click 
 Create.  Then my screen shows one of the equally dreaded Error 
 Messages/Reports, and then iPhotos and my partially completed calender drop 
 right off screen.
 
 I have gone onto Help and typed in various questions without much luck.
 
 For example when I click on Create, the system chooses the photos of its own 
 choice.  There is a button on the right hand bottom side, one button says 
 Design the other Photos.  Surely if I click on Photos my iPhotos 
 should open in some form and I should be able to change the photos the Mac 
 has chosen and put in a photo which is relevant to me?
 
 Not so; I can delete the photo the Mac has chosen but when I click on the 
 Photos button the whole shut-down spinning ball business starts off again. 
  On Help, reference is made to the Drop Down Menu.  I do not have any menu 
 dropping down.
 
 I have been able to edit information on the dates portion of the calender, 
 but can do nothing with the photos.  Sometimes a row of photos appears 
 briefly across the bottom of the calender screen, but they have no relevance 
 to what I try to do.
 
 Thanking someone out there who has worked with this and can offer some 
 advice,
 
 Regards
 Peta
 
 
 
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Re: I have another 1Password licence to give away - please reply off list

2010-12-03 Thread peta


Hi Keith - I am writing to you off list (as some of the others have made 
requests to do).  Do you still have a 1Password Licence?  If so I would 
appreciate this.

Not to worry if it has gone.

Many thanks, Peta


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 now have one to give away if anyone would like it.
 
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Re: I have another 1Password licence to give away - please reply off list

2010-12-03 Thread peta


Thank you very much Keith.  Not sure what happened there!  Have a great weekend.

Peta


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 Hi Keith - I am writing to you off list (as some of the others have made 
 requests to do).  Do you still have a 1Password Licence?  If so I would 
 appreciate this.
 
 Not to worry if it has gone.
 
 Many thanks, Peta
 
 
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printing the actual address book

2010-11-10 Thread peta belczowski


Good morning

I have looked in Archives and cannot find How To ...  I am sure there is a 
method of printing out a hard copy of my Address Book.  If the answer is yes, 
does the address book need to be formatted in any particular method first?

I would like to see the Contact name, email address, plus any other notes etc 
which I have inserted.

I am sure the answer will be so simple that I will spend the afternoon crawled 
under my desk!  Not really, I will take my patient wee puppies for a walk right 
now, and come back hoping my answer will be here!

Many thanks

Peta



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Re: printing the actual address book

2010-11-10 Thread peta belczowski




On 11/11/2010, at 12:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 
 On 11/11/2010, at 12:09 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Good morning
 
 I have looked in Archives and cannot find How To ...  I am sure there is a 
 method of printing out a hard copy of my Address Book.  If the answer is 
 yes, does the address book need to be formatted in any particular method 
 first?
 
 I would like to see the Contact name, email address, plus any other notes 
 etc which I have inserted.
 
 I am sure the answer will be so simple that I will spend the afternoon 
 crawled under my desk!  Not really, I will take my patient wee puppies for a 
 walk right now, and come back hoping my answer will be here!
 
 Many thanks
 
 Peta
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 1. Open Address Book
 
 2. Select “All Contacts”  (In left Column under ‘Group’)
 
 3. File  Print
 
 4. Style: Lists
Paper Size: A4
Orientation:  ↑
 
 5. Attributes
 Select the information to include from the Attributes list.
 
 6. click ‘Print’
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
 
 OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 

Thank you so much Ronni.

I had missed a step within Print; mainly I print photos or letters, even labels 
- but had no awareness of  Style, nor therefore Lists!

All printing away cheerfully now.

Have a great day (my poor puppies have never had to walk so fast as we just 
did) - but they are happy now.  As am I.

Regards

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Re: New WAMUG Presidential Car

2010-10-06 Thread peta belczowski

Ahhh, okay, but she did not make any arrangements to pay the balance!



On 06/10/2010, at 11:59 AM, Reg Whitely wrote:

 My daughter's put a deposit on it for my birthday ;-)
 
 Reg
 
 Reg Whitely
 
 Home: 08 9921 7272
 Mob: 04 8899 7313
 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net
 Web: http://web.me.com/whitelyr/Reg/
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 On 06/10/2010, at 10:23 am, Rod Blitvich wrote:
 
 and if you know Reg like I think I do...
 right now he is convincing his wife that they should buy one!
 :)
 
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
  0409 681 256  
  rb...@iinet.net.au 
  http://web.me.com/blitto
 
 I don't have a big ego, I'm way too cool for that.
 
 On 06/10/2010, at 10:16 AM, Reg Whitely wrote:
 
 Here's one for you all!
 http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2efWpg/www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-sickest-mobile-office-in/r:f
 
 Reg
 
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Re: Kindle

2010-09-27 Thread peta belczowski

Thank you very much for this Susan.

I don't actually have an iPad yet.  I was going to stick with the Kindle as 
all I wanted was something simple just for reading, but..

I liked your idea of buying a small keyboard, as you mentioned in your earlier 
email to Laura.  I could take my small keyboard from home if and when.

Peta





On 27/09/2010, at 4:09 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

 Hi Peta, I was not actually able to get my overseas sim card to work, make 
 sure if you get one that it comes preloaded with credit if you buy one in the 
 country where you are staying, and get it up and running in the shop.
 
 So, I've been mostly relying on wireless access, which is just about 
 everywhere, hotels, bed and breakfasts, pensions, restaurants, cafes, etc. 
 We've  had Internet access every day of our travels for at least enough time 
 to check emails. If you are traveling in the UK, western or eastern Europe 
 you can probably just rely on wifi.
  
 There are lots of third party apps for editing and uploading to online photo 
 sites. You can also get the photos back onto your Mac.
 
 You have to turn on roaming before you get auto updates, so you won't have 
 unexpected charges. I wouldn't use roaming at all unless you have an 
 emergency.
 
 Cheers, Susan
 
 
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 27/09/2010, at 1:53 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning Ronni
 
 We won't talk about the Football!  It was an exciting game though - I hope 
 the champagne was really excellent.
 
 Last night I had thought of a question about the iPad, which you have 
 probably answered in your first email, below.
 
 My question is - when you take the iPad overseas, are there any unexpected 
 horrible charges for using the iPad, such as with the iPhone?
 
 So if we were to download a book to read whilst we were overseas, would this 
 be at a huge cost?  Or if we send/receive emails?  Or to look up something 
 on the net?  (Of course if someone was to use their iPhone overseas to play 
 games, or if there are any automatic downloads or updates including the ones 
 you have not requested, with the iPhone the cost would be huge).
 
 With the Kindle there is a button you can slide shut and remain off-line.  
 Mainly this would preserve the battery life - with the way I use my Kindle 
 there was nothing to automatically download, and I had ordered my books to 
 read before leaving home.
 
 Also, I notice in your first email below, you mention that you look at your 
 photos.  Are you able to edit your photos direct from the iPad, and 
 send/transfer that particular photo back to your Mac?  I suppose if nothing 
 else the photo/s could be emailed to your Mac.
 
 Later today I will go onto the sites you have recommended to Severin and 
 Susan.
 
 Thanks again Ronni - one answer leads to many questions!
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 9:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Susan,
 
 Have you checked out Barnes  Noble App 'Nook for iPad'?
 I downloaded it tonight and like it.
 
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/BN-eReader-for-iPad/379002216/?cds2Pid=28709
 
  
 Hi Severin,
 
 Worth reading 'Kindle vs Nook vs iPad review. 
 Kindle Vs Nook Vs iPad
 If you are looking for an ebook reader, then the Kindle vs Nook vs iPad 
 comparison presented in this article will be a helpful read. Here I provide 
 a head to head comparison of these three ebook readers, that will make your 
 choice simpler.
 
 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/kindle-vs-nook-vs-ipad.html
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 I agree with Susan wholeheartedly ;-)
 
 I find since having a 64GB Wi-Fi +3G Model iPad, that I'm leaving my 17 
 MacBook Pro home more now ...
 With Kindle, Amazon App,  Borders App on the iPad I have everything I 
 need.
 
 Read a book, read my Tutorials, eBooks, listen to music, look at photos, 
 check email, surf the web … do some work if I have to ;-)
 Reading in bed, on a train or aeroplane is great with the iPad. I find it 
 easier to read a book on the iPad than holding and turning pages in a 
 'real book' especially hard cover books.
 
 Of course if you don't want, or need, the capabilities of an iPad, a 
 Kindle is your better option I guess.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
  
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 2:56 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
 
 Hi, I use the Kindle app on my iPad, there are heaps of books available 
 through Amazon for Australians. I did have that concern, but it has 
 proved unfounded. On the iPad I also have a Borders app thar allows me to 
 order books online and read them on the iPad. Having this flexibility 
 means I can order books by current Australian authors as well. When the 
 iBooks app finally has more than the free older books available it will 
 give me three sources.
 
 With the kindle applications on my Mac, iPhone and iPad, I can have my 
 current book synced on all three, and pick up reading with whichever

Re: Kindle

Even before you buy a Kindle (which you do online, and once you have ordered 
it, it will arrive within one week) - go to amazon.com and have a look at what 
is available.

Huge, huge range of books available.  Type in one or two of your favourite 
authors and you will see your choice.  Make sure before you click to order a 
book that you do choose the Kindle version of any book of course.

Way, way in front of the iTunes books and not so frustrating as the iPad to 
order and for choice.  My husband is quite limited in what he can actually 
order for thisiPad; although I am sure this will improve.




On 26/09/2010, at 9:51 AM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

 I am also quite interested, but have been wondering where to get books from. 
 Currently iTunes doesn't have any interesting ones. How does the kindle stack 
 up against that here in oz?
 
 Alex 
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 8:30, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Severin
 
 When I went looking for an e-reader, not many shops actually carried any.
 
 Of course I wanted to hold it in my hands to tell if it would suit me, one 
 of the main reasons being of course to read in bed, on the bus, on my chair 
 in the evenings - obviously the weight in my hand was going to be important.
 
 However none of the shops that did carry any e-readers actually had anything 
 set up on them that I could read, nor to play with.  Frustrating.
 
 Fortunately I did know someone who had ordered one when they first became 
 available in Australia, and he kindly brought his (smaller) one up for me to 
 experiment with.  Once I had sat down with it for 5 minutes I was positive 
 that I wanted one, and that it definitely would suit me.
 
 If you can, arrange to hold one of each and see what you think.  I 
 personally do not find the bigger one any problem to hold nor to turn the 
 pages.  At the same time I think the smaller one would probably have also 
 been suitable.  It was my husband who kindly thought that maybe it would be 
 better to go for the bigger size.
 
 We recently went overseas for a holiday and I happily read on the plane and 
 in our room, by the pool, and also on the beach - my Kindle suited these 
 needs very well.
 
 The size would probably come back to personal preference.  The chap who 
 brought his up to show me is completely satisfied with the smaller size.
 
 Like you I just wanted an outright reader, no toys, no internet, no games.
 
 Good luck
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 11:28 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
 
 
 Thanks for the feedback, Peta.   Yes, I also see a Kindle as a part 
 solution to the house full of books problem.  We have plenty computers so 
 it is a seen as a book reader ONLY.   I had not thought seriously of the 
 larger one, simply on the grounds of cost.  Is it worth it?
 Severin
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 5:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Yes Severin
 
 I can answer positively.
 
 I have had my Kindle since March of this year (I did buy the bigger one, 
 not really heavier than the smaller one).
 
 I am very pleased with it as I am an avid reader.  Eventually there came 
 the time when I could not fit any more books into the house!
 
 So, even though my husband thought I would wait for the iPads to come out, 
 if you are just in the main after a reading device, go for the Kindle.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 4:52 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
 
 
 I am looking to purchase a Kindle.  I have already read a number of 
 Kindle books on  a MacBook which is more or less fine but my wife has a 
 habit of wanting her MacBook and it i not the most convenient for 
 presleep reading in bed at night.
 Anyone have comments, all would be welcomed.
 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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Lyn

My husband has just been reading some of the messages re the topic of iPad 
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Re: Kindle

Good morning Ronni

We won't talk about the Football!  It was an exciting game though - I hope the 
champagne was really excellent.

Last night I had thought of a question about the iPad, which you have probably 
answered in your first email, below.

My question is - when you take the iPad overseas, are there any unexpected 
horrible charges for using the iPad, such as with the iPhone?

So if we were to download a book to read whilst we were overseas, would this be 
at a huge cost?  Or if we send/receive emails?  Or to look up something on the 
net?  (Of course if someone was to use their iPhone overseas to play games, or 
if there are any automatic downloads or updates including the ones you have not 
requested, with the iPhone the cost would be huge).

With the Kindle there is a button you can slide shut and remain off-line.  
Mainly this would preserve the battery life - with the way I use my Kindle 
there was nothing to automatically download, and I had ordered my books to read 
before leaving home.

Also, I notice in your first email below, you mention that you look at your 
photos.  Are you able to edit your photos direct from the iPad, and 
send/transfer that particular photo back to your Mac?  I suppose if nothing 
else the photo/s could be emailed to your Mac.

Later today I will go onto the sites you have recommended to Severin and Susan.

Thanks again Ronni - one answer leads to many questions!

Peta




On 26/09/2010, at 9:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Susan,
 
 Have you checked out Barnes  Noble App 'Nook for iPad'?
 I downloaded it tonight and like it.
 
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/BN-eReader-for-iPad/379002216/?cds2Pid=28709
 
  
 Hi Severin,
 
 Worth reading 'Kindle vs Nook vs iPad review. 
 Kindle Vs Nook Vs iPad
 If you are looking for an ebook reader, then the Kindle vs Nook vs iPad 
 comparison presented in this article will be a helpful read. Here I provide a 
 head to head comparison of these three ebook readers, that will make your 
 choice simpler.
 
 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/kindle-vs-nook-vs-ipad.html
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 I agree with Susan wholeheartedly ;-)
 
 I find since having a 64GB Wi-Fi +3G Model iPad, that I'm leaving my 17 
 MacBook Pro home more now ...
 With Kindle, Amazon App,  Borders App on the iPad I have everything I need.
 
 Read a book, read my Tutorials, eBooks, listen to music, look at photos, 
 check email, surf the web … do some work if I have to ;-)
 Reading in bed, on a train or aeroplane is great with the iPad. I find it 
 easier to read a book on the iPad than holding and turning pages in a 'real 
 book' especially hard cover books.
 
 Of course if you don't want, or need, the capabilities of an iPad, a Kindle 
 is your better option I guess.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
  
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 2:56 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:
 
 Hi, I use the Kindle app on my iPad, there are heaps of books available 
 through Amazon for Australians. I did have that concern, but it has proved 
 unfounded. On the iPad I also have a Borders app thar allows me to order 
 books online and read them on the iPad. Having this flexibility means I can 
 order books by current Australian authors as well. When the iBooks app 
 finally has more than the free older books available it will give me three 
 sources.
 
 With the kindle applications on my Mac, iPhone and iPad, I can have my 
 current book synced on all three, and pick up reading with whichever device 
 is available, but the iPad is the best of course in terms of size and 
 portability. I have the apple case, and prop it in bed linen to read in 
 bed, rather than holding it up - it would get a bit heavy I think. The iPad 
 has a great screen for reading books, very clear and sharp, and the screen 
 can be set to suit the lighting of the room you are in, so it's not glaring 
 at night.
 
 So, I think either the kindle device or using the kindle app on an iPad is 
 a great choice. Whilst we've been traveling, I've got books to read, tv 
 shows to watch, a place to upload photos to the Internet, email, web 
 surfing, and GPS, all on the one small device. We haven't missed having a 
 laptop.
 
 Cheers, Susan
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 3:51 AM, Alexander Hartner a...@j2anywhere.com wrote:
 
 I am also quite interested, but have been wondering where to get books 
 from. Currently iTunes doesn't have any interesting ones. How does the 
 kindle stack up against that here in oz?
 
 Alex 
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 8:30, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Severin
 
 When I went looking for an e-reader, not many shops actually carried any.
 
 Of course I wanted to hold it in my hands to tell if it would suit me, 
 one of the main reasons being of course to read in bed, on the bus, on my 
 chair in the evenings - obviously the weight in my hand was going to be 
 important

Re: Kindle

Once again - many thanks Ronni.

I will pass this info on to the owner of the iPad in this household.  (I am 
trying very hard to not be interested in an iPad).

Another lovely day - enjoy.

Peta


On 27/09/2010, at 11:25 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Good morning to you Peta,
 
 On 27/09/2010, at 7:53 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Good morning Ronni
 
 We won't talk about the Football!  
 
 Thank you for not mentioning the Football ;-(
 
 It was an exciting game though - I hope the champagne was really excellent.
 
 Thank goodness the Champagne was really excellent 
 
 Last night I had thought of a question about the iPad, which you have 
 probably answered in your first email, below.
 
 My question is - when you take the iPad overseas, are there any unexpected 
 horrible charges for using the iPad, such as with the iPhone?
 
 Susan and others who travel overseas regularly with their iPads will be able 
 to assist you, as I have not been overseas since having an iPad.
 You would need a micro-SIM Card for the country you are travelling to, I 
 would not suggest using roaming on your AU micro-SIM card especially if you 
 are with Telstra.
 I have a Telstra Pre-Paid micro-SIM card installed and only use it when I 
 can't connect to a Wi-Fi Network.
 
 I turn Cellular Data OFF on the iPad and only turn it on when needed.
 Settings  Cellular Data - OFF
 I believe that if your iPad is asleep it will use cellular data to push 
 emails and other notifications to you because Wi-Fi is not available while it 
 is asleep. 
 
 
 So if we were to download a book to read whilst we were overseas, would this 
 be at a huge cost?  Or if we send/receive emails?  Or to look up something 
 on the net?  (Of course if someone was to use their iPhone overseas to play 
 games, or if there are any automatic downloads or updates including the ones 
 you have not requested, with the iPhone the cost would be huge).
 
 With the Kindle there is a button you can slide shut and remain off-line.  
 Mainly this would preserve the battery life - with the way I use my Kindle 
 there was nothing to automatically download, and I had ordered my books to 
 read before leaving home.
 
 As I mentioned above … Turn OFF Cellular Data, and you can also turn off 
 Wi-Fi if you don't want anything accessing the Internet.
 Settings  click Wi-Fi  Wi-Fi - OFF
 
 Also, I notice in your first email below, you mention that you look at your 
 photos.  Are you able to edit your photos direct from the iPad, and 
 send/transfer that particular photo back to your Mac?  I suppose if nothing 
 else the photo/s could be emailed to your Mac.
 
 To Edit Photos on the iPad, I find Adobe Photoshop Express for iPad is fine 
 for any editing I need to do.
 http://itunes.apple.com/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8
 
 Edit Photos on the iPad with Photoshop Express:
 http://www.labnol.org/software/edit-photos-on-ipad/14299/
 
 Worth a look here: 8 Must Have iPad Apps for Photographers:
 http://www.bestappsite.com/2010/09/22/8-must-have-ipad-apps-for-photographers/
 
 If you wish to download photos from your digital camera to your iPad, you 
 need Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit:
 http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC531ZM/A?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjEmco=MTcyMTgxODc
 
 After you make the connection, your iPad automatically opens the Photos app, 
 which lets you choose which pictures to import, then organises the selected 
 photos into albums. When you sync iPad to your PC or Mac, the photos on your 
 iPad are added to your computer's photo library.
 
 iPad and the Camera Connection Kit support standard photo formats, including 
 JPEG and RAW.
 
 
 Later today I will go onto the sites you have recommended to Severin and 
 Susan.
 
 Thanks again Ronni - one answer leads to many questions!
 
 Always seems to ;-)
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 9:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Susan,
 
 Have you checked out Barnes  Noble App 'Nook for iPad'?
 I downloaded it tonight and like it.
 
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/BN-eReader-for-iPad/379002216/?cds2Pid=28709
 
  
 Hi Severin,
 
 Worth reading 'Kindle vs Nook vs iPad review. 
 Kindle Vs Nook Vs iPad
 If you are looking for an ebook reader, then the Kindle vs Nook vs iPad 
 comparison presented in this article will be a helpful read. Here I provide 
 a head to head comparison of these three ebook readers, that will make your 
 choice simpler.
 
 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/kindle-vs-nook-vs-ipad.html
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 26/09/2010, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 I agree with Susan wholeheartedly ;-)
 
 I find since having a 64GB Wi-Fi +3G Model iPad, that I'm leaving my 17 
 MacBook Pro home more now ...
 With Kindle, Amazon App,  Borders App on the iPad I have everything I 
 need.
 
 Read a book, read my Tutorials, eBooks, listen to music, look at photos, 
 check email, surf the web … do some work if I have to ;-)
 Reading

Re: Kindle

2010-09-25 Thread peta belczowski


Yes Severin

I can answer positively.

I have had my Kindle since March of this year (I did buy the bigger one, not 
really heavier than the smaller one).

I am very pleased with it as I am an avid reader.  Eventually there came the 
time when I could not fit any more books into the house!

So, even though my husband thought I would wait for the iPads to come out, if 
you are just in the main after a reading device, go for the Kindle.

Peta


On 25/09/2010, at 4:52 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

 
 I am looking to purchase a Kindle.  I have already read a number of Kindle 
 books on  a MacBook which is more or less fine but my wife has a habit of 
 wanting her MacBook and it i not the most convenient for presleep reading in 
 bed at night.
 Anyone have comments, all would be welcomed.
 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: Kindle

2010-09-25 Thread peta belczowski

Hi Severin

When I went looking for an e-reader, not many shops actually carried any.

Of course I wanted to hold it in my hands to tell if it would suit me, one of 
the main reasons being of course to read in bed, on the bus, on my chair in the 
evenings - obviously the weight in my hand was going to be important.

However none of the shops that did carry any e-readers actually had anything 
set up on them that I could read, nor to play with.  Frustrating.

Fortunately I did know someone who had ordered one when they first became 
available in Australia, and he kindly brought his (smaller) one up for me to 
experiment with.  Once I had sat down with it for 5 minutes I was positive that 
I wanted one, and that it definitely would suit me.

If you can, arrange to hold one of each and see what you think.  I personally 
do not find the bigger one any problem to hold nor to turn the pages.  At the 
same time I think the smaller one would probably have also been suitable.  It 
was my husband who kindly thought that maybe it would be better to go for the 
bigger size.

We recently went overseas for a holiday and I happily read on the plane and in 
our room, by the pool, and also on the beach - my Kindle suited these needs 
very well.

The size would probably come back to personal preference.  The chap who brought 
his up to show me is completely satisfied with the smaller size.

Like you I just wanted an outright reader, no toys, no internet, no games.

Good luck

Peta


On 25/09/2010, at 11:28 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

 
 Thanks for the feedback, Peta.   Yes, I also see a Kindle as a part solution 
 to the house full of books problem.  We have plenty computers so it is a seen 
 as a book reader ONLY.   I had not thought seriously of the larger one, 
 simply on the grounds of cost.  Is it worth it?
 Severin
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 5:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Yes Severin
 
 I can answer positively.
 
 I have had my Kindle since March of this year (I did buy the bigger one, not 
 really heavier than the smaller one).
 
 I am very pleased with it as I am an avid reader.  Eventually there came the 
 time when I could not fit any more books into the house!
 
 So, even though my husband thought I would wait for the iPads to come out, 
 if you are just in the main after a reading device, go for the Kindle.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 4:52 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
 
 
 I am looking to purchase a Kindle.  I have already read a number of Kindle 
 books on  a MacBook which is more or less fine but my wife has a habit of 
 wanting her MacBook and it i not the most convenient for presleep reading 
 in bed at night.
 Anyone have comments, all would be welcomed.
 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: iPhone apps

2010-09-24 Thread peta belczowski

Good morning all (what a gorgeous day)


I was doing my morning read of the WAMUG questions, when this series of emails 
on iPhone Apps caught my attention.

Only a theoretical question at the moment - well now that I think about it, 
three questions.

We have more than 2 AppleMacs in the home, one iPhone and one iPad ( plus 
several iPods).

Two household members each have their own completely separate iTune account and 
buy their own music of choice for their own Macs.


Question One:  If there are two iPads in the house, is it possible to buy Apps 
for two iPads from one account?  Obviously the original iTunes account  (set up 
many moons ago) was not initially set up for two of anything).


Question Two:  Was/is there a way to transfer the Apps from the iPhone to the 
iPad?  (This may have happened automatically I can't follow through on that 
question within the household at the moment).


Question Three:  Is it possible that the Apps already purchased can be 
transferred from the existing iPad to a second iPad?


I do of course know that iTunes music can be transferred from the AppleMacs 
onto the iPods and the iPhone, and that this also successfully transferred to 
the (one at the moment) iPad.


Many thanks for any cheerful assistance (must be cheerful),

Peta



On 24/09/2010, at 9:45 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:

 
 Hi All
 
 I think there was some 'mischief' when initially setting up new iPhone4, 
 which cleared after I re-synced my original iPhone. And yes, Pedro is correct 
 the other apps then became available for the new iPhone.
 
 Brian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
 
 
 Thank you for that Pedro, some of haven't had the app phone capable phones 
 before, we thought a camera was great!
 
 
 Brian
 
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 7:29 PM, Pedro wrote:
 
 
 Hi Brian
 
 You sure can. I have two iPhones on the same iTunes account and can share 
 apps between them
 
 Cheers
 
 Pedro
 
 Another iPhone production
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 18:50, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote:
 
 
 We now have two iPhones under the roof, all seems good, will have to try 
 facetime! 
 
 
 I have two phones set up on iTunes - under the same store account ( it said 
 I could add another phone as an option).
 
 My question is about 'apps' - I have paid for some, am I able to use them on 
 both phones or are they limited to just mine?
 
 
 Brian 
 
 
 
 
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Re: iPad Apps

2010-09-24 Thread peta belczowski

Ronni

Many thanks for your usual quick response.

I really appreciate your - ... Cheerful Assistance

Enjoy the Football.  Perfect viewing weather for those of us in W.A. 

I may have to settle for a glass of red - no, champagne sounds pretty good 
actually!

Peta



On 25/09/2010, at 10:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 A quick reply before I have to give my undivided attention to supporting The 
 Pies!
 Answers below each question.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 25/09/2010, at 9:47 AM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Good morning all (what a gorgeous day)
 
 
 I was doing my morning read of the WAMUG questions, when this series of 
 emails on iPhone Apps caught my attention.
 
 Only a theoretical question at the moment - well now that I think about it, 
 three questions.
 
 We have more than 2 AppleMacs in the home, one iPhone and one iPad ( plus 
 several iPods).
 
 Two household members each have their own completely separate iTune account 
 and buy their own music of choice for their own Macs.
 
 
 Question One:  If there are two iPads in the house, is it possible to buy 
 Apps for two iPads from one account?  Obviously the original iTunes account  
 (set up many moons ago) was not initially set up for two of anything).
 Yes.
 You need to have both iPad's using the same iTunes account for this to work 
 as the purchases are registered to that account.
 
 
 Question Two:  Was/is there a way to transfer the Apps from the iPhone to 
 the iPad?  (This may have happened automatically I can't follow through on 
 that question within the household at the moment).
 
 This should happen automatically when you connect the iPad to iTunes
 
 
 Question Three:  Is it possible that the Apps already purchased can be 
 transferred from theexisting iPad to a second iPad?
 Yes.
 You can sync the app on to up to 5 devices.
 
 Just make sure the apps are synced back to iTunes on your Mac or PC
 Connect the new iPad and on the Apps tab select the ones you want installed 
 on it and Sync
 
 
 I do of course know that iTunes music can be transferred from the AppleMacs 
 onto the iPods and the iPhone, and that this also successfully transferred 
 to the (one at the moment) iPad.
 
 
 Many thanks for any cheerful assistance (must be cheerful),
 
 A cheerful assistance ... 
 GO PIES!
 Cheers,
 Ronni who is very soon to enjoy some Chandon Cuvee Riche champagne in 
 preparation for The Grand Final ... Good old Collingwood Forever!
 
  
 Peta
 
 
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 9:45 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
 
 
 Hi All
 
 I think there was some 'mischief' when initially setting up new iPhone4, 
 which cleared after I re-synced my original iPhone. And yes, Pedro is 
 correct the other apps then became available for the new iPhone.
 
 Brian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 7:31 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
 
 
 Thank you for that Pedro, some of haven't had the app phone capable phones 
 before, we thought a camera was great!
 
 
 Brian
 
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 7:29 PM, Pedro wrote:
 
 
 Hi Brian
 
 You sure can. I have two iPhones on the same iTunes account and can share 
 apps between them
 
 Cheers
 
 Pedro
 
 Another iPhone production
 
 On 24/09/2010, at 18:50, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote:
 
 
 We now have two iPhones under the roof, all seems good, will have to try 
 facetime! 
 
 
 I have two phones set up on iTunes - under the same store account ( it 
 said I could add another phone as an option).
 
 My question is about 'apps' - I have paid for some, am I able to use them 
 on both phones or are they limited to just mine?
 
 
 Brian 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Almost Funny Mac vid

2010-08-09 Thread peta belczowski

We - I did not have the precious time to waste that it took to watch this - 
BUT I smiled nearly all the way through it, ending up with a big grin and sigh.

Thank you for sharing!

Peta

On 09/08/2010, at 1:09 PM, Ken Jackson wrote:

 
 
 Has anybody seen this before? It's a bit funny  all about Macs..  one mans 
 frustration
 
 http://matg.home.comcast.net/mac.swf
 
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Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-08 Thread peta belczowski

Thank you Ronni - I will put some time aside and deal with a batch of similar 
re-installations.

Time to be taken from dealing with two new adorable puppies!

Peta



On 08/04/2010, at 8:12 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 Just adding to Daniel's expert advice. 
 Sometimes when you transfer applications across, especially if you are coming 
 from another version of OS X (OS X 10.5 to 10.6), you find you need to either 
 re-install some applications or at least have to put in the serial numbers 
 again.
 
 I have had two replacement Logic Boards for my 17 MacBook Pro and each time 
 I have found I needed to re-install quite a lot of applications. Some just 
 needed to be re-activated or Serial Numbers added.
 I remember particularly Adobe Acrobat Professional 8  CS4 required 
 re-installing and activating.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
  
 On 08/04/2010, at 7:20 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Thank you Daniel, I will try these steps.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 8:35 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 Sounds like a few issues going on there.
 For the Epson one, it may pay to remove the printer and reset it up then see
 how it goes.
 
 For the Adobe software you can deactivate it on the old machine which then
 allows you to active it on the new machine.
 Other programs can be similar.
 
 Hope that helps.
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 
 On 7/4/10 6:56 PM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Thank you to all who replied to my Epson printer problem.
 
 Yes, I had discovered LITE when following Daniel's instructions.
 
 Also the message the printer is not registered once I arrived at this 
 point;
 therefore I apparently cannot take things any further.
 
 Possibly my previous Mac had all the registration details.  When my husband
 bought me my lovely Mac OS X, which of course has Snow Leopard, and I
 connected the external hard drive (which Daniel had installed onto my first
 Mac), all programs etc transferred/copied beautifully to this machine and I
 was soo impressed.
 
 The ink level status and buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, 
 not
 highlighted, cannot use.
 
 Problems - when we have bought programs for another Mac, I believe the 
 newer
 Mac needs re-registering with new reg. numbers.
 
 For example, with my first earlier Mac I had bought and paid for Adobe.  I 
 was
 too busy learning and re-educating my ways of doing things from a PC and 
 had
 never used the Adobe program.  Now, although it has transferred to my new 
 Mac,
 I cannot use the program.
 
 Too time consuming in today's world - of course I want instant results!
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 5:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 Hey Daniel,
 
 Not your bad;-) You did give the correct path to the utility.
 
 Sorry to hear you are suffering with cold/flu ... Plenty of liquids (not 
 my
 champagne) ... And Sleep!
 Do you remember what SLEEP is??
 
 Get well.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPhone
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 
 Oops thanks Ronni, my bad
 
 That's what I get for working off memory when away from my real 
 computer.
 (plus having cold and flu, does that count as an oops pass as well?) 
 :o)
 I was sort of close then. Lol :)
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email:  dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For Everything Macintosh**
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 4:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta  Daniel,
 
 The older Epson Printer Utility doesn't work in Snow Leopard.
 In Snow Leopard it was replaced by Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 You will find it in your Macintosh HD  Library  Printers  EPSON 
 InkJetPrinter2  Utility  UTL - Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 And it is “Lite” – it shows a menu for printers, the Ink level status 
 and
 buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, but nothing else.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 06/04/2010, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 You should have Epson Printer Utility, which almost always gets
 installed
 if the CD was used to install it.
 You *may* find an alias to it in your Applications folder.
 If you don't then there should also be one installed in the following
 location.
 
 NOTE: As the following is buried away in Library folders used by the
 system
 please don't move or change or rename anything in here, as all the 
 folder
 structure is set a specific way the System requires it. Moving or 
 changing
 things can have damaging effects to your computer.
 /end note.
 
 Macintosh HD - Library - Printers - EPSON - InkjetPrinter - Utilities
 
 Inside here should be a Utility called Epson Printer Utility (may have 
 a 1
 or 2 or 3 after it). If you run this it will allow you to do the Print
 Head
 clean.
 (If the alias for it isn't in the Application folder, once it's running
 then
 you can Control click on it's Dock icon and Choose Keep in Dock, that
 way
 it's there for whenever

Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-07 Thread peta belczowski

Thank you to all who replied to my Epson printer problem.

Yes, I had discovered LITE when following Daniel's instructions.

Also the message the printer is not registered once I arrived at this point; 
therefore I apparently cannot take things any further.

Possibly my previous Mac had all the registration details.  When my husband 
bought me my lovely Mac OS X, which of course has Snow Leopard, and I connected 
the external hard drive (which Daniel had installed onto my first Mac), all 
programs etc transferred/copied beautifully to this machine and I was soo 
impressed.

The ink level status and buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, not 
highlighted, cannot use.

Problems - when we have bought programs for another Mac, I believe the newer 
Mac needs re-registering with new reg. numbers.

For example, with my first earlier Mac I had bought and paid for Adobe.  I was 
too busy learning and re-educating my ways of doing things from a PC and had 
never used the Adobe program.  Now, although it has transferred to my new Mac, 
I cannot use the program.

Too time consuming in today's world - of course I want instant results!

Peta



On 07/04/2010, at 5:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 Hey Daniel,
 
 Not your bad;-) You did give the correct path to the utility.
 
 Sorry to hear you are suffering with cold/flu ... Plenty of liquids (not my 
 champagne) ... And Sleep!
 Do you remember what SLEEP is??
 
 Get well.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPhone
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 
 Oops thanks Ronni, my bad
 
 That's what I get for working off memory when away from my real computer.
 (plus having cold and flu, does that count as an oops pass as well?) :o)
 I was sort of close then. Lol :)
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email:  dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For Everything Macintosh**
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 4:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta  Daniel,
 
 The older Epson Printer Utility doesn't work in Snow Leopard.
 In Snow Leopard it was replaced by Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 You will find it in your Macintosh HD  Library  Printers  EPSON  
 InkJetPrinter2  Utility  UTL - Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 And it is “Lite” – it shows a menu for printers, the Ink level status and 
 buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, but nothing else.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 06/04/2010, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 You should have Epson Printer Utility, which almost always gets installed
 if the CD was used to install it.
 You *may* find an alias to it in your Applications folder.
 If you don't then there should also be one installed in the following
 location.
 
 NOTE: As the following is buried away in Library folders used by the system
 please don't move or change or rename anything in here, as all the folder
 structure is set a specific way the System requires it. Moving or changing
 things can have damaging effects to your computer.
 /end note.
 
 Macintosh HD - Library - Printers - EPSON - InkjetPrinter - Utilities
 
 Inside here should be a Utility called Epson Printer Utility (may have a 1
 or 2 or 3 after it). If you run this it will allow you to do the Print Head
 clean.
 (If the alias for it isn't in the Application folder, once it's running 
 then
 you can Control click on it's Dock icon and Choose Keep in Dock, that way
 it's there for whenever you need it next, without having to and relook for
 it)
 
 Once you open it, just follow you nose. It should bring up a window listing
 your model of printer, which you click next arrow, and it will show it's
 connected via USB. Once you click through enough arrows etc it will take 
 you
 to a main choice window, where one of the options will be Head 
 Cleaning.
 
 (Looks like this link, although not for your printer model):-
 http://files.support.epson.com/htmldocs/r800__/r800__rf/softx_4.htm#epson%2
 0printer%20utility%20functions%20b
 (Or if the above link doesn't work, here's a tiny one)
 http://tinyurl.com/yagu6k4
 
 That should get it working for you (hopefully).
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Macintosh**
 
 
 
 On 6/4/10 7:16 PM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Thanks for this, but no, as I explained to Ronni, this option has never 
 come
 up since we connected the Epson to the Mac (it used to show up with my 
 Toshiba
 pc).  So I cannot access in this way and there is definitely a problem 
 with
 horizontal lines.  (The printer therefore has not been cleaned for the 
 past 2
 years or so.)
 
 
 
 
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Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-07 Thread peta belczowski

Thank you Daniel, I will try these steps.

Peta


On 07/04/2010, at 8:35 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 
 Hi Peta
 
 Sounds like a few issues going on there.
 For the Epson one, it may pay to remove the printer and reset it up then see
 how it goes.
 
 For the Adobe software you can deactivate it on the old machine which then
 allows you to active it on the new machine.
 Other programs can be similar.
 
 Hope that helps.
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 
 On 7/4/10 6:56 PM, peta belczowski petabelczow...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Thank you to all who replied to my Epson printer problem.
 
 Yes, I had discovered LITE when following Daniel's instructions.
 
 Also the message the printer is not registered once I arrived at this 
 point;
 therefore I apparently cannot take things any further.
 
 Possibly my previous Mac had all the registration details.  When my husband
 bought me my lovely Mac OS X, which of course has Snow Leopard, and I
 connected the external hard drive (which Daniel had installed onto my first
 Mac), all programs etc transferred/copied beautifully to this machine and I
 was soo impressed.
 
 The ink level status and buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, not
 highlighted, cannot use.
 
 Problems - when we have bought programs for another Mac, I believe the newer
 Mac needs re-registering with new reg. numbers.
 
 For example, with my first earlier Mac I had bought and paid for Adobe.  I 
 was
 too busy learning and re-educating my ways of doing things from a PC and had
 never used the Adobe program.  Now, although it has transferred to my new 
 Mac,
 I cannot use the program.
 
 Too time consuming in today's world - of course I want instant results!
 
 Peta
 
 
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 5:58 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 Hey Daniel,
 
 Not your bad;-) You did give the correct path to the utility.
 
 Sorry to hear you are suffering with cold/flu ... Plenty of liquids (not my
 champagne) ... And Sleep!
 Do you remember what SLEEP is??
 
 Get well.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPhone
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 
 Oops thanks Ronni, my bad
 
 That's what I get for working off memory when away from my real computer.
 (plus having cold and flu, does that count as an oops pass as well?) :o)
 I was sort of close then. Lol :)
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email:  dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For Everything Macintosh**
 
 On 07/04/2010, at 4:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta  Daniel,
 
 The older Epson Printer Utility doesn't work in Snow Leopard.
 In Snow Leopard it was replaced by Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 You will find it in your Macintosh HD  Library  Printers  EPSON 
 InkJetPrinter2  Utility  UTL - Epson Printer Utility Lite.app
 
 And it is “Lite” – it shows a menu for printers, the Ink level status and
 buttons for “Nozzle Check” and “Head Cleaning”, but nothing else.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 06/04/2010, at 7:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 
 Hi Peta
 
 You should have Epson Printer Utility, which almost always gets
 installed
 if the CD was used to install it.
 You *may* find an alias to it in your Applications folder.
 If you don't then there should also be one installed in the following
 location.
 
 NOTE: As the following is buried away in Library folders used by the
 system
 please don't move or change or rename anything in here, as all the folder
 structure is set a specific way the System requires it. Moving or 
 changing
 things can have damaging effects to your computer.
 /end note.
 
 Macintosh HD - Library - Printers - EPSON - InkjetPrinter - Utilities
 
 Inside here should be a Utility called Epson Printer Utility (may have a 
 1
 or 2 or 3 after it). If you run this it will allow you to do the Print
 Head
 clean.
 (If the alias for it isn't in the Application folder, once it's running
 then
 you can Control click on it's Dock icon and Choose Keep in Dock, that
 way
 it's there for whenever you need it next, without having to and relook 
 for
 it)
 
 Once you open it, just follow you nose. It should bring up a window
 listing
 your model of printer, which you click next arrow, and it will show it's
 connected via USB. Once you click through enough arrows etc it will take
 you
 to a main choice window, where one of the options will be Head
 Cleaning.
 
 (Looks like this link, although not for your printer model):-
 http://files.support.epson.com/htmldocs/r800__/r800__rf/softx_4.htm#epson
 %2
 0printer%20utility%20functions%20b
 (Or if the above link doesn't work, here's a tiny one)
 http://tinyurl.com/yagu6k4
 
 That should get it working for you (hopefully).
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Macintosh**
 
 
 
 On 6/4/10 7:16 PM

Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-06 Thread peta belczowski


Thanks for this, but no, as I explained to Ronni, this option has never come up 
since we connected the Epson to the Mac (it used to show up with my Toshiba 
pc).  So I cannot access in this way and there is definitely a problem with 
horizontal lines.  (The printer therefore has not been cleaned for the past 2 
years or so.)


On 06/04/2010, at 11:04 AM, Kaye and Geoff wrote:

 
 Peta,
 
 I have had my Epson Stylus Photo R310 Printer for several years (probably a 
 few several years!)
 
 Do you have Printer Setup Utility? If so, open this, select your printer, 
 then click on the utility button to get access to head cleaning, etc.
 
 Cheers, K
 -- 
 Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince
 email: k...@kgweb.org.au
 web: http://www.kgweb.org.au
 
 
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epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-05 Thread peta belczowski


Hullo all

I have had my Epson Stylus Photo R310 Printer for several years (probably a few 
several years!)  This printer was used mainly just for printing photos from my 
other PC (Microsoft stuff).  When I bought my first Apple Mac we plugged the 
Epson into the Apple and this is the only printer I use with the Mac.

This has worked fine for about 2 years, but now there is a deterioration in the 
quality of my photos; i.e. I ca now see horizontal lines across each photo 
(faint, light).  Also, I don't think the colour is as sharp as it should be.  I 
don't use the printer all that often, because we can take bulk photos to 
Officeworks etc, so usually I just use the Epson when I have a small number of 
photos which I want immediately.  Plus general printing (which seems to be okay 
- I think, no need to print very often).

I cannot find anything in WAMUG archives dealing with this problem 
specifically, and nor can I obtain any help from going online to Epson.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can tell the Mac to clean the printhead 
or similar?  I do hope it is not anything manual that I have to do.  Keep the 
messy fingers for the computers nowadays please!

Many thanks in advance

Peta

Mac OS X V.10.6.3


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Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

2010-04-05 Thread peta belczowski

Ronni - Many thanks for this.  At least you are not stuck in traffic coming 
home from a mini-break somewhere!

I have tried to follow your instructions - however when I click on Options  
Supplies  Utility I can only choose from General : Driver  or Supply 
Level.

The option to click on either Clean Print Heads or Open Printer Utility 
then Head Cleaning is not there.  I can remember that in the past when I try 
to check my various Ink Supply cartridges I have to go through several steps, 
which are not as I previously did when the printer was connected to my HP 
laptop, and it takes me a while to remember and work out how to establish my 
ink levels for each cartridge.

So the main message in General is -

Queue Name:  Epson Stylus-R310.

In Driver Version: 5.2.3

URL: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%2ODR3107 serial=MGP10403170313500.

When I click on the Driver, this reads

Print Using : Epson Stylus Photo R310-Gutenprint v523

To take full advantagecheck printers documentation.

When I click on the tab Supply Levels the message is just Information Not 
Available.

I am not sure if there is another way to approach this.  Any suggestions very 
gratefully received!

Peta




On 05/04/2010, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 
 On 05/04/2010, at 4:33 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Hullo all
 
 I have had my Epson Stylus Photo R310 Printer for several years (probably a 
 few several years!)  This printer was used mainly just for printing photos 
 from my other PC (Microsoft stuff).  When I bought my first Apple Mac we 
 plugged the Epson into the Apple and this is the only printer I use with the 
 Mac.
 
 This has worked fine for about 2 years, but now there is a deterioration in 
 the quality of my photos; i.e. I ca now see horizontal lines across each 
 photo (faint, light).  Also, I don't think the colour is as sharp as it 
 should be.  I don't use the printer all that often, because we can take bulk 
 photos to Officeworks etc, so usually I just use the Epson when I have a 
 small number of photos which I want immediately.  Plus general printing 
 (which seems to be okay - I think, no need to print very often).
 
 I cannot find anything in WAMUG archives dealing with this problem 
 specifically, and nor can I obtain any help from going online to Epson.
 
 Does anyone have any advice on how I can tell the Mac to clean the 
 printhead or similar?  I do hope it is not anything manual that I have to 
 do.  Keep the messy fingers for the computers nowadays please!
 
 Many thanks in advance
 
 Peta
 
 Mac OS X V.10.6.3
 
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 Sounds like you need to do Head Cleaning.
 
 In System Preferences  Print  Fax, click on your EPSON R310, then click on 
 Options  Supplies  Utility.
 Then click on either Clean Print Heads or Open Printer Utility then Head 
 Cleaning.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
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Re: Off Topic ?

2010-02-21 Thread peta belczowski

Very funny, I smiled.


On 21/02/2010, at 4:58 PM, John Feltham wrote:

 
 
 --  Bill Gates In Heaven
 
 Bill Gates died and, much to everyone's surprise, went to Heaven.
 
 When he got there, he had to wait in the reception area, which was about the 
 size of Massachusetts. There were millions of people living in tents. Food 
 and water were being distributed from the backs of trucks, while staffers 
 with clipboards slowly worked their way through the crowd.
 
 Bill lived in a tent for three weeks until, finally, a staffer in his late 
 teens approached him. The young man was wearing a blue T-shirt with the words 
 TEAM PETER emblazoned on it in large yellow letters.
 
 Hello, said the staffer in a bored voice. My name is Gabriel and I'll be 
 your induction coordinator.
 
 Bill started to ask a question, but Gabriel interrupted him. No, I'm not the 
 Archangel Gabriel. I'm a guy from Philadelphia named Gabriel who died in a 
 car wreck at 17. Now give me your name, last name first, unless you were 
 Chinese, in which case it's first name first.
 
 Gates, Bill.
 
 Gabriel started searching through the sheaf of papers on his clipboard, 
 looking for Bill's Record of Earthly Works.
 
 What's going on here? asked Bill. Why are all these people here? Where's 
 St. Peter? Where are the pearly gates?
 
 Gabriel ignored the questions until he located Bill's records. It says here 
 that you were the president of a large software company. Is that right?
 
 Yes.
 
 Well do the math! When this St. Peter business started, it was easy. Only a 
 hundred or so people died every day, and Peter could handle it by himself.
 
 But now there are over five billion people on earth. When God said to 'go 
 forth and multiply,' he didn't say 'like rabbits!' Ten thousand people die 
 every hour, over a quarter-million a day. Do you think Peter can meet them 
 all personally?
 
 I guess not.
 
 You guess right. So he had to franchise the operation. Now, Peter is the CEO 
 of Team Peter Enterprises, Inc. Franchisees like me handle the actual 
 inductions.
 
 Gabriel looked though his paperwork some more and then continued. Your 
 paperwork seems to be in order. And with a background like yours, you'll be 
 getting a plum job assignment.
 
 Job assignment?
 
 Of course. Did you expect to spend eternity sitting on your bum and drinking 
 ambrosia? Heaven is a big operation. You have to pull your weight around 
 here!
 
 Gabriel took out a triplicate form, had Bill sign at the bottom, and then 
 tore out the middle copy and handed it to Bill. Take this down to induction 
 center no. 23 and meet up with your occupational coordinator. His name is 
 Abraham--and no, he's not that Abraham.
 
 Bill walked to induction center no. 23 and met with Abraham after a mere 
 six-hour wait.
 
 Heaven is centuries behind in building its data-processing infrastructure,  
 explained Abraham. As you've seen, we're still doing everything on paper. It 
 takes us a week just to process new entries. Your job will be to supervise 
 Heaven's new data processing center.
 
 We're building the largest computing facility in creation. Half a million 
 computers connected by a multisegment fiber-optic network, all running into a 
 back-end server network with a thousand CPUs on a gigabit channel. Fault 
 tolerant, distributed processing, the works.
 
 Bill could barely contain his excitement. Wow! What a great job! This is 
 really Heaven!
 
 We're just finishing construction, and we'll be starting operations soon. 
 Would you like to go see the center now?
 
 You bet!
 
 Abraham and Bill caught the shuttle bus and went to Heaven's new data 
 processing center. It was a truly huge facility, a hundred times bigger than 
 the Astrodome. Workers were crawling all over the place, getting the miles of 
 fiber optic cables properly installed.
 
 But the center was dominated by the computers. Half a million computers, 
 arranged nearly row-by-row, half a million... Macintoshes. .. all running 
 Apple software! Not a PC in sight! Not a single byte of Microsoft code!
 
 The thought of spending eternity using products he had spent his whole life 
 working to destroy was too much for Bill.
 
 What about PCs??? he exclaimed. What about Windows??? Excel??? Word???
 
 You're forgetting something, said Abraham.
 
 What's that? asked Bill plaintively.
 
 This is Heaven, explained Abraham. If you want to build a data processing 
 center based on PCs running Windows, then you'll have to go elsewhere!
 
 
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Re: Creating a Slideshow in iPhoto 8 OneStep DVD in iDVD 7

2010-02-21 Thread peta belczowski

Ronni

Hooray!  Thank you so much - I have been hoping for something like this for 
quite a while!

Sometimes when our various questions are asked (definitely including mine) on a 
specific subject, and there are many responses with more queries popping up 
over the months from other people, I have wished for a volunteer to gather up 
all of the information and place it into logical steps so even the basic 
beginner - and  those who do know a lot - can just follow simple steps.

Again thank you.  I will look forward to some more How To tutorials in the 
future.

I will email you off list.

Regards

Peta


On 21/02/2010, at 8:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hello WAMUG Members,
 
 I've had a few people asking if I would do a How To showing how to create 
 an 'Easy-Simple' Slideshow in iPhoto and output it to a DVD to view on a TV 
 set.
 
 I've created a  13 page PDF  with screenshots showing how to create a simple 
 iPhoto Slideshow and then how to create a OneStep DVD of the Slideshow in 
 iDVD.
 
 This is an easy way to be able to show clients (if you are a Professional 
 Photographer), or family  friends, a DVD of  photos you have taken for them.
 They can insert the DVD in a standard DVD player connected to a TV and it 
 will immediately play for them to watch and enjoy.
 
 You can of course create much more professional DVDs with great looking 
 Themes and Menus  Customising in iDVD. 
 I especially like, and use a lot,  'Revolution' Theme, 'Reflection 
 White'Theme  'Memories' Theme. 
 Among projects I do, I have filmed a few Weddings, and edited them in iMovie 
 HD ( trying to find time to learn Final Cut Express 4), and produced the DVDs 
 in iDVD using the 'Wedding White Theme', with rolling credits at the end with 
 every guest included in the credits. They have all turned out beautifully.
 I give copies of the DVD to the couple and their parents. They all love and 
 cherish the DVD of their Weddings.
 I keep Disc Images of all the projects I do, so I am always able to burn 
 another copy for people.
 
 When I can find some time, I perhaps will do more 'How To' tutorials.
 
 The PDF is named  CREATING A SLIDESHOW IN iPHOTO 8  OneStep DVD in iDVD 7, 
 and I have uploaded it to my website.
 I have Password Protected my website as last time with my iPhone 3G S 
 Settings Menu PDF I had over 700+ downloads.
 So more than WAMUG Members were hitting on my site and downloading my work.
 
 If anyone wishes to download the PDF ( 2.5MB ), please email me Off-List  I 
 will supply you with Username  Password.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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Re: Long Service Leave for Second Semester 2010

2010-02-11 Thread peta belczowski

Hullo Reg

Well this is a good idea - to make a plan for this time!

Just for interest - assuming that there may be WAMUGgers out there with the 
following moments - (including me) - have you thought of combining Mac 
related-private tuition for those who are not so technically minded, but would 
like to be shown some how to strategies for the particular interests they 
have with their Macs?  If this is a consideration (and even with your other 
skills of gardening, teaching, etc etc),  perhaps you would need to set out a 
price list for prospective clients?

Happy retirement planning.

Peta


On 11/02/2010, at 10:17 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:

 Dear WAMUGgers
 
 I'm planning to take 6 months long service leave from school in 2nd Semester.
 
 I'm not planning to travel far; just to take a good break from school and 
 consider transition to retirement options in 2011. 
 
 I might be interested in doing some work around town, ICT, Mac related, 
 private tuition and teaching, gardens or other. 
 
 Please keep it in mind.
 
 Regards
 
 Reg
 
 
 
 Reg Whitely
 
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 Work: 08 9921 1793
 Mob: 04 8899 7313
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Re: [NQMUG] Apple's Find Out How series

2010-02-10 Thread peta belczowski

Thanks for this info.  I have had a quick brief look and will look into this a 
bit more later.  Sounds good.

Peta



On 11/02/2010, at 7:58 AM, John Feltham wrote:

 
 G'day,
 
 Apple has released some of its Find Out How series of videos as podcasts. 
 Details can be found at the link.
 
 http://www.macworld.com.au/help/view/apple-offers-find-out-how-tutorials-as-podcasts-4518
 
 
 
 
 
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message ' iphotos locked


Help.

I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared that 
Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).

I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my Christmas 
photos.

I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but immediately 
received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually a message which 
flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of iPhotos is locked  - it was 
too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to Apple.

How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my Mac).

Thanking you in anticipation,

Peta

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Re: message ' iphotos locked

Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.

I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately iPhoto 
still does not open, and I receive the same message 

Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not have 
permission to make changes to it.

No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.

My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
prompted.

Thanking you for your efforts.

Peta


On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
 Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared that 
 Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and eventually 
 a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines of iPhotos is 
 locked  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report was sent to 
 Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 What version of iPhoto are you using?
 Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
 
 Try this anyway:
 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
 window. 
 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
 column). 
 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
 Sharing  Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open the 
 section. 
 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to Read  Write.
 
 You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your user 
 name and password to enable the change.
 
 Let us know what your result is please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
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Re: message ' iphotos locked

Good morning Ronni

Just after I had sent you the email below my Mac died, I just had a spinning 
wheel (it had asked me to do a software download).  Not the coloured ball.

This continued all night and I have only just done the old fashioned turn it 
off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes.

So of course I did not get any emails etc. until just now.

I will now try your steps.  **By memory yes, I did see a Read  Write 
permission.  (Not that my memory is always reliable).  Yes, there was a bit of 
panic on my part.

Hoping to let you know shortly that this has worked!

Peta


On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Peta, 
 When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have Read Write permissions?
 
 If you do  iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
 
 Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
 launching iPhoto. 
 Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
 Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
 
 Ronni
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
 
 I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
 iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
 
 Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
 have permission to make changes to it.
 
 No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
 painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
 problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
 
 My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
 prompted.
 
 Thanking you for your efforts.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
 Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared 
 that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
 eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
 of iPhotos is locked  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report 
 was sent to Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 What version of iPhoto are you using?
 Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
 
 Try this anyway:
 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
 window. 
 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
 column). 
 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
 Sharing  Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
 the section. 
 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to Read  
 Write.
 
 You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
 user name and password to enable the change.
 
 Let us know what your result is please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
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Re: message ' iphotos locked

Hooray - hullo again Ronni

I printed off your first set of advice ready to follow the steps listed in your 
second set of advice.

Out of curiosity, I clicked on my iPhoto icon first to see if it would open.  
This happened successfully, so your first piece of advice did work.  Just 
because there was some other unknown hiccup with the Mac I could not access 
anything.

Again, thank you so much.  Have a great day.

Best regards

Peta

PS  Ronni, would you recommend that I purchase the iWorks 09?


On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Peta, 
 When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have Read Write permissions?
 
 If you do  iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
 
 Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
 launching iPhoto. 
 Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
 Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
 
 Ronni
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
 
 I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
 iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
 
 Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
 have permission to make changes to it.
 
 No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
 painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
 problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual way.
 
 My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
 prompted.
 
 Thanking you for your efforts.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on Snow 
 Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly declared 
 that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
 eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
 of iPhotos is locked  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A report 
 was sent to Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 What version of iPhoto are you using?
 Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
 
 Try this anyway:
 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
 window. 
 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the left 
 column). 
 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
 Sharing  Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
 the section. 
 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to Read  
 Write.
 
 You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
 user name and password to enable the change.
 
 Let us know what your result is please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
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Re: message ' iphotos locked

Thank you Ronni  - I will get to this.

Regards

Peta


On 02/01/2010, at 11:42 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Peta,
 
 I would suggest you use the 'Snow Leopard Install Disc' or at least use 'Disk 
 Utility' and Repair Permissions on your iMac.
 iPhoto should not have locked as it did, your iMac should not have required a 
 Force Shutdown as it did.
 
 I don't recommend a Force Shutdown by pressing the Power Button, (I know 
 sometimes this might be the only way).
 
 turn it off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes
 
 Warning: Forcing a shutdown or restart will likely result in the loss of 
 unsaved changes in open documents. Other potential consequences include hard 
 disk, cache, or preferences corruption.
 
 Some keyboard Shortcuts for  Shutdown/Sleep Commands:
 
 Control-Eject:
 
 The dialog box Are you sure you want to shut down? appears with options to 
 Restart, Sleep, Cancel or Shut Down.
 
 Control-Command-Eject:
 
 Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
 documents) and restarts the computer.
 
 Control-Option-Command-Eject:
 
 Quits all applications (after giving you a chance to save changes to open 
 documents) and shuts the computer down.
 
 Control-Shift-Eject:
 
 Put display to sleep
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 02/01/2010, at 10:17 AM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Good morning Ronni
 
 Just after I had sent you the email below my Mac died, I just had a spinning 
 wheel (it had asked me to do a software download).  Not the coloured ball.
 
 This continued all night and I have only just done the old fashioned turn 
 it off at the back - and then on again after a few minutes.
 
 So of course I did not get any emails etc. until just now.
 
 I will now try your steps.  **By memory yes, I did see a Read  Write 
 permission.  (Not that my memory is always reliable).  Yes, there was a bit 
 of panic on my part.
 
 Hoping to let you know shortly that this has worked!
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 9:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Peta, 
 When you unlocked the padlock ... Do you have Read Write permissions?
 
 If you do  iPhoto is on your Mac, not an external drive.
 
 Try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while 
 launching iPhoto. 
 Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. 
 Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
 
 Ronni
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 9:10 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 Thank you Ronni for your prompt reply.
 
 I followed your steps carefully and unlocked the padlock.  Unfortunately 
 iPhoto still does not open, and I receive the same message 
 
 Caution -  the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk or you do not 
 have permission to make changes to it.
 
 No-one except me goes into these files.  I transferred all information etc 
 painlessly from my earlier Mac 10.6.2 about a month ago, and have had no 
 problems since.  I have edited photos, made slideshow etc. in the usual 
 way.
 
 My version of iPhotos shows as V.8.1.1.  I always carry out updates when 
 prompted.
 
 Thanking you for your efforts.
 
 Peta
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 
 
 On 01/01/2010, at 8:18 PM, peta belczowski wrote:
 
 
 Help.
 
 I now have (for about 2 months) a Mac OS X Version 10.6.2, running on 
 Snow Leopard - (which I did not know until today - when I foolishly 
 declared that Snow Leopard had not caused me any problems).
 
 I have not used the Mac a great deal lately, but have downloaded my 
 Christmas photos.
 
 I just clicked onto iPhotos in the dock to look at my photos, but 
 immediately received a spinning ball and a blank iPhoto box, and 
 eventually a message which flashed quickly on the screen along the lines 
 of iPhotos is locked  - it was too quick for me to take notes.  A 
 report was sent to Apple.
 
 How would I reinstate my iPhotos (which is the main reason for having my 
 Mac).
 
 Hi Peta,
 
 What version of iPhoto are you using?
 Do you have iPhoto on an external disk or on your Mac?
 
 Try this anyway:
 1.Click in the Finder icon (square blue smiley face) to bring up a Finder 
 window. 
 2.It should open to your Home (if not, click on your user name on the 
 left column). 
 3.Double click on your Pictures folder. 
 4.Select IPhoto Library by clicking on it once. 
 5.Select Get Info from the File menu (or click Command-I) and look for 
 Sharing  Permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window. 
 6.If you only see the name, click the black triangle to its left to open 
 the section. 
 7.Select your user name on the left and set your privileges to Read  
 Write.
 
 You may need to click the padlock icon on the lower right and enter your 
 user name and password to enable the change.
 
 Let us know what your result is please.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
 OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
 
 
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