Re: Adieu

[Peter Meyer]

It does sound like the shutters are going up. That's a pity. But as a 'lurker' 
of some 12 years or so I too should say farewell while the opportunity is still 
there. 
In particular, 'farewell' to people who, like Eugene have lived on the fringe 
of the WAMUG pool but contribute knowledgeably if infrequently.
One of the virtues of this group in the past has been its diversity…
Anyway - good luck! And thanks…

peter meyer




On 27/06/2012, at 10:17 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

> I'm afraid I'll need to exit also, as a remote member with no way of 
> participating in any of the other WAMUG niceties, but happy to join the the 
> ACT email list Peter. I couldn't see any obvious instructions at its website 
> though. What do I do ?
> 
> Cheers, Steven
> 
> 
> On 27/06/2012, at 9:00 PM, Peter Sealy wrote:
> 
>> I would like to say adieu to you good folks as 30 Jun is just about here.
>> 
>> I have not contributed a great deal to this group partly because by the time 
>> I have got around to reading any email which I could have answered someone 
>> else has answered the question, most often of course the indefatigable and 
>> amazing Ronni. That in no way dimishes the effort put in by many others to 
>> contribute to the group.   
>> 
>> The other reason for the paucity of my contribution is that I see myself as 
>> a minnow in the Mac geekdom.
>> 
>> As an Age pensioner I have to ration my memberships to social organisations 
>> and while the membership fee may be 'only' a small amount to you still 
>> working, I need to be careful.
>> 
>> I am the List Admin and Moderator of the ACT Apple Help Email List which 
>> keeps me busy in observing the Mac webosphere. And as a paid up member of 
>> this august group, that cuts out my 'hobby' fees. I lived in Canberra for 
>> many years but now live in Albury.
>> 
>> We do not require paid membership of our MUG to join our email Help List. 
>> Merely being a Mac enthusiast is sufficient. That said we don't have many 
>> non-Group members in the List and if any of you sought to send your 
>> electrons eastward we would make you welcome. The warning is that our List 
>> is nowhere as active or cerebral as yours. Athough we do publish a monthly 
>> Newsletter (for financial members).
>> 
>> Best wishes, see you in the Mac cloud. Thank you for the camaraderie.
>> 
>> Peter Sealy
>> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
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Re: Arcane messages from router

[Peter Meyer]

Yes I monitored that stuff for a while and there was a constant stream of it 
from various sources - I turned it off, assuming the router was doing its job 
by detecting the 'attacks'

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On 31/01/2012, at 10:52 AM, Ray Forma wrote:

> Ronda,
> 
> I have never used torrent or file-sharing apps, and have WPA2 security set on 
> my Wireless Network.
> 
> I have since done a Whois on the IP address of the source, and it gave me the 
> following interesting info:
> 
> netname:CHINANET-JS
> descr:  CHINANET jiangsu province network
> descr:  China Telecom
> address:260 Zhongyang Road,Nanjing 210037
> country:CN
> phone:  +86-25-86588231
> phone:  +86-25-86588745
> fax-no: +86-25-86588104
> e-mail: i...@jsinfo.net
> remarks:send anti-spam reports to s...@jsinfo.net
> remarks:send abuse reports to ab...@jsinfo.net
> 
> Is this an example of China's trainee electronic warfare students doing their 
> homework?
> 
> Do any other Wamuggers who have their router set to provide notification of 
> DNS packets and Port Scans get similar attacks, or are these things sliding 
> past most users' radars?
> 
> On 31/01/2012, at 9:15 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ray,
>> 
>> Have you been using a P2P (peer to peer) type application e.g. torrents, or 
>> file sharing application?
>> When the application is closed you may well see the router firewall kick in 
>> by blocking access since the application is no longer running to accept the 
>> connection. 
>> 
>> As long as you have WPA2 security on your Wireless Network I don’t think you 
>> need worry about these messages.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>> 
>> OS X 10.7.2 Lion
>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> On 30/01/2012, at 9:55 AM, Ray Forma wrote:
>> 
>>> My NETGEAR DG834G router is starting to send me lots of emailed messages 
>>> similar to the following:
>>> 
>>> TCP Packet - Source:58.218.199.227,12200 Destination:59.100.232.231,6588 - 
>>> [DOS]
>>> TCP Packet - Source:58.218.199.227,12200 Destination:59.100.232.231,7212 - 
>>> [DOS]
>>> TCP Packet - Source:58.218.199.227,12200 Destination:59.100.232.231,5390 - 
>>> [DOS]
>>> TCP Packet - Source:58.218.199.227,12200 Destination:59.100.232.231,8080 - 
>>> [DOS]
>>> TCP Packet - Source:58.218.199.147,12200 Destination:59.100.232.231,8008 - 
>>> [DOS]
>>> 
>>> Occasionally there is a message that ends with [Port Scan] instead of [DOS]
>>> 
>>> Are these notifications of 'Denial Of Service' attacks?
>>> 
>>> My Mac is not serving anything to the Internet.
>>> 
>>> If so, is there anything I should do besides making sure I have a firewall 
>>> in place?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Ray Forma
>>> Mob +61 (0) 428 596938
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ray Forma
> Mob +61 (0) 428 596938
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Re: PDFs in Safari Lion

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Brian
this was discussed here recently. It seems to be a 'feature' of Safari 5.1 not 
the OS - although with variable expression. It fails for a few of us but not 
others; the majority, it seems.
While still searching for a permanent solution, loading the plug-in 'PDF 
Browser Plug-in 2.4.2' from Schubert IT  
is a good workaround.



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On 21/08/2011, at 5:42 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Since setting Lion 10.7.1 free on my MacBook Pro, and prior to that 10.7, I 
> seem to have lost the ability I had in 10.6… to download a PDF in Safari then 
> right click to open In Preview.
> 
> In Lion 10.7.1 it seems to be Quicktime opening PDFs and no Preview right 
> click option, I have looked in Preferences for both Apps and it isn't there.
> 
> I have disabled 3rd party extensions in Safari incase it was that, still no 
> change.
> 
> Is disabling Preview option a new 'feature' of Lion?
> 
> Brian
> 
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>  Model Identifier:MacBookPro4,1
>  Processor Name:  Intel Core 2 Duo
>  Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
>  Number of Processors:1
>  Total Number of Cores:   2
>  L2 Cache:6 MB
>  Memory:  4 GB
>  Bus Speed:   800 MHz
>  Boot ROM Version:MBP41.00C1.B03
>  SMC Version (system):1.28f3
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Re: Safari 5 viewing PDFs (was ANZ Login Problem (was More Lion Woes)

[Peter Meyer]

Thanks Peter
It seems there is a problem with my installation of Safari. But it appears I'm 
not alone. Nevertheless I have solved the problem at least temporarily by 
installing the 'Schubert-it' plugin.

PM
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On 04/08/2011, at 2:39 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

> 
> On 03/08/2011, at 3:14 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:
> 
>> 
>> …slightly off topic but still related to Safari 5 problems, it appears that 
>> .pdf viewing has been broken in v5.1.
>> It now relies on the Qucktime extension to display pdfs but, even apart from 
>> being very slow, only one page of a multipage pdf is displayed with no 
>> facility to manipulate it in any way (eg scroll; magnify) - unlike previous 
>> versions that displayed various control buttons when you moused to the 
>> bottom of the Safari window. This is still what is supposed to happen 
>> according to the 'Help' page but I suspect that hasn't been updated.  
>> In the Apple way of deciding what's best for you there is no means of 
>> setting any preference for what application can be used to deal with any 
>> specified file type.
>> Chrome, with similar underpinnings, works OK - downloading and opening in 
>> Preview. 
>> The problem seems to be related to the Quicktime extension as Safari v5.05 
>> still works as previously and the extension in that version, in fact lacks 
>> any handler for pdfs.
>> 
>> 
>> PM
> 
> I'm running Safari 5.1 under Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and PDFs open just fine as 
> they always have, including the floating controls at the bottom of the screen.
> 
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> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
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Re: Safari 5 viewing PDFs (was ANZ Login Problem (was More Lion Woes)

[Peter Meyer]

Thanks Ronni & Darryl
Apologies, I forgot to mention I'm not using Lion but OS X 10.6.8 on a MBP and 
like Darryl, have no Acrobat plug-ins installed. I did read that others have 
had problems with the Adobe plug-ins; as Ronni mentions.

Ronni, do your PDFs open in Quicktime in 10.6.8? This appears to be the 
expected behaviour now.

Anyway there's always the work-around of manually downloading to the desktop 
and opening in Preview or, as Darryl suggests getting the Schubert-it plug-in. 
I have previously used an earlier version of it - ages ago when Safari was in 
its infancy. But Safari grew up and the plug-in became redundant. 

PM
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On 03/08/2011, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> I have not experienced any problem opening PDFs in Safari 5.1. 
> I have Preview opening PDFs in Safari, I don’t use the Adobe Reader plug-in.
> 
> If you using the Adobe PDF Reader plugin …  it is NOT compatible with Safari 
> 5.
> 
> Adobe has a knowledgebase article on this.
>  
> http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/905/cpsid_90508.html
> /Quote:
> “Adobe Reader plug-in and Acrobat plug-in are not compatible with the Safari 
> 5.1 browser, which will ship with Mac OS X 10.7 and for 10.6 in July 2011. 
> 
> Adobe Reader and Acrobat will continue to work as standalone applications on 
> Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6, and will render PDF documents outside of the browser. 
> 
> In addition, Safari 5.1 renders PDF documents natively. However, the Adobe 
> Reader and Acrobat plug-ins will not function as expected in LiveCycle and 
> Acrobat workflows that require either plug-in to render PDF documents in 
> Safari 5.1.
> 
>  
> Recommendation to Customers/Users:
> For Acrobat customers who utilize functionality like forms, digital 
> signatures, portfolios, guides, 3D, extended PDFs and rights management, and 
> who require the Acrobat plug-in to render PDF documents in the Safari 
> browser, Adobe recommends that you continue to use Safari 5.0.x and Mac OS X 
> 10.6. 
> We will provide updates as we continue to investigate this issue.”
> /End Quote:
> 
> Use Preview to read any PDF files that are links in a webpage opened in 
> Safari.
> 
> 1. Quit Safari. 
> 2. Open your Macintosh HD, then open the Library folder. 
> 3. Go to Library then Internet Plug-ins. 
> 4. Locate and delete the ‘AdobePDFViewer.plugin’. 
> 5. Re-open Safari.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard 
> OS X 10.7 Lion
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/08/2011, at 3:14 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:
> 
>> 
>> …slightly off topic but still related to Safari 5 problems, it appears that 
>> .pdf viewing has been broken in v5.1.
>> It now relies on the Qucktime extension to display pdfs but, even apart from 
>> being very slow, only one page of a multipage pdf is displayed with no 
>> facility to manipulate it in any way (eg scroll; magnify) - unlike previous 
>> versions that displayed various control buttons when you moused to the 
>> bottom of the Safari window. This is still what is supposed to happen 
>> according to the 'Help' page but I suspect that hasn't been updated.  
>> In the Apple way of deciding what's best for you there is no means of 
>> setting any preference for what application can be used to deal with any 
>> specified file type.
>> Chrome, with similar underpinnings, works OK - downloading and opening in 
>> Preview. 
>> The problem seems to be related to the Quicktime extension as Safari v5.05 
>> still works as previously and the extension in that version, in fact lacks 
>> any handler for pdfs.
>> 
>> 
>> PM
>> 
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Re: ANZ Login Problem (was More Lion Woes)

[Peter Meyer]

…slightly off topic but still related to Safari 5 problems, it appears that 
.pdf viewing has been broken in v5.1.
It now relies on the Qucktime extension to display pdfs but, even apart from 
being very slow, only one page of a multipage pdf is displayed with no facility 
to manipulate it in any way (eg scroll; magnify) - unlike previous versions 
that displayed various control buttons when you moused to the bottom of the 
Safari window. This is still what is supposed to happen according to the 'Help' 
page but I suspect that hasn't been updated.  
In the Apple way of deciding what's best for you there is no means of setting 
any preference for what application can be used to deal with any specified file 
type.
Chrome, with similar underpinnings, works OK - downloading and opening in 
Preview. 
The problem seems to be related to the Quicktime extension as Safari v5.05 
still works as previously and the extension in that version, in fact lacks any 
handler for pdfs.


PM

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On 03/08/2011, at 1:37 PM, Vladimir James wrote:

> I've been having similar problems with recent upgrades. I cannot use the 1P 
> shortcut Cmd\ to enter Bankwest, whereas I've never had problems in the past. 
>  Like Jane, I can use work-arounds without too much trouble.The shortcut 
> works on other websites but not for Bankwest.
> 
> Using Safari V. 5.1 (6534.50) with extensions, including beta, loaded; 1P V. 
> 3.7.1 (build 31089). 1P updates daily.
> 
> Vlad James
> wireless (NetComm 3G21WB)
> 27" iMac 2.8 GHz i5 8GB 
> OS X 10.6.8
> 
> On 03/08/2011, at 11:20 AM, Jane Griffiths wrote:
> 
>> Hi Glenn
>> 
>> Thanks for that suggestion.
>> I've included Beta versions but still same result of contextual menu access 
>> crashing Safari for ANZ site.
>> 
>> But as the work-arounds still allow access to ANZ, I shall just sit back and 
>> not worry about it.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jane
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/08/2011, at 6:05 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:
>> 
>>> Jane,
>>> On the 1Password, Preferences, Updates tab there is a tick box for Include 
>>> Beta Versions.
>>> Based on feedback from the 1Password forum about a specific bank, I started 
>>> using the beta version, deleted existing 1P entries for the particular site 
>>> and saved new pw entries. Now the bank site (that had stopped working with 
>>> 1P) works fine - note I'm using the Cmd \ shortcut to retrieve the entry 
>>> from 1p.
>>> ANZ working fine for me before this change. Perhaps using Cmd \ shortcut is 
>>> one of the workarounds you've been using.
>>> 
>>> Glenn Nicholas
>>> OM4 ::
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2 August 2011 15:25, Jane Griffiths  wrote:
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Re: Iphone & bike of the future?

[Peter Meyer]

… a problem solved years ago with bar-end shifters
but as you say - nice bike and good to see the bloke wears his helmet on the 
WT!?

PM
ATTA

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On 01/08/2011, at 1:16 PM, cm wrote:

> Shifting gears without moving ones hands may be an advantage while in an 
> aerodynamic tuck position in a time trial,




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Re: Filemaker Go on and iPad

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Chris
It's very easy to transfer the files via the iTunes interface using the USB 
sync cable. You simply connect the device, go to the  tab, scroll to the 
bottom where File Sharing apps are listed and make the transfer(s).
The files listed are of course those on the device (iPad, iPhone) and you have 
the option of deleting the existing files if you want to update from the MBP 
(select the files and hit the keyboard ) and then use the  button 
to replace them from the MBP). Alternatively, use the  button to 
transfer from the device to the MBP and you will be prompted to 
overwrite/replace the existing file - this is what you aparently want to do - 
the transfer is very quick.
 
As you have already discovered this is not a sync process so if you have been 
updating files on the MBP you will have to transfer the updated file back to 
the device before you go off collecting more data - and so on… 

PM
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On 31/07/2011, at 10:38 AM, Chris Burton wrote:

> 
> Hi Ronni
> 
> Thanks very much for the info and links...during my previous searches, I had 
> found many others but not this one to the development guide, which is really 
> helpful.
> 
> I also joined the Filemaker forum and had a couple of useful responses, 
> saying I could download and install FMGo either way. So looks like I have 
> started!!
> 
> I just need to make sure I can work out and easily do the file 
> transfers/updates between iPad and MBPro without having to go through a 
> Filemaker Server, as internet connection on a ship is only bad at the best of 
> times!
> 
> Best regards and many thanks
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On 30/07/2011, at 3:02 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> 
>> For a start, go here and download the FileMaker Go Development Guide PDF
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.filemakertrial.com/go/
>> Access your critical data on the go
>> FileMaker Go provides access to databases created with FileMaker Pro and 
>> hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro - ideal for mobile teams. 
>> 
>> FileMaker Go can access databases on a Mac or PC using a local wireless 
>> network or over the Internet via Wi-Fi or 3G. All changes are instantly 
>> updated in the hosted file.*
>> 
>> FileMaker Go users can also copy databases between their desktop or laptop 
>> computers and FileMaker Go via File Sharing in iTunes - perfect for single 
>> user databases. 
>> Databases may also be downloaded by email, popular file sharing sites, or 
>> the web.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad
>> 
>> On 30/07/2011, at 2:32 PM, Chris Burton  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi WA muggers
>>> 
>>> I purchased an iPad last year, but havnt used it much since, except for 
>>> emails.
>>> 
>>> I am considering using Filemaker Go on it but am not sure how to go about 
>>> installing it. I see on the Filemaker website it can be purchased for 
>>> around $40. 
>>> 
>>> Do I need to use my iPad to purchase FM Go online so that I can then instal 
>>> it directly onto the iPad, or do I use my MacBook Pro and then connect to 
>>> the iPad to install? Im assuming there is no physical box with DVD?
>>> 
>>> Once installed I want to port a database (FMPro 11) I have on my MacBook 
>>> Pro over to the iPad and use it as a data entry device (as I previously had 
>>> used a Palm with FM Mobile) to record whale sightings. Then I need to 
>>> backup the Go database to the laptop at the end of each day.
>>> 
>>> I have read that the Go version cant be Synced with the main laptop 
>>> database (as it could be done with FM Mobile using Bluetooth) but have to 
>>> copy files over so they can update the main database? 
>>> 
>>> Can someone please advise if this is do-able and what is the best way to do 
>>> the file transfer (it will be on a ship, so there wont be any good link to 
>>> the internet). For example could I set the Laptop and iPad up to 
>>> communicate with each other over a Lan or wireless network to do file 
>>> transfers?
>>> 
>>> Thanks very much for any advice.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Westnet Invoices

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Michael
I feel your pain.
And I've been pain-free for some time now ;)
I too would suggest Amnet as an alternative, having transferred to them after 
some very poor 'service' from Westnet. 
Westnet does indeed seem to have assumed very much of the iiNet ethos. I had 
dealings with iiNet some years ago.  Westnet departments appear to know nothing 
of other departments'  business and are quite cavalier about offering 
inaccurate or inappropriate advice. Tech support with Westnet, from my 
experiences was very much tied to a 'quick fix'; if that failed it was, 
clearly, not an issue to be dealt with by them; not their responsibility; your 
problem - you probably caused it, after all! Even if that was true…
But they did want instant feedback on the quality of their service. You knew 
all about that of course because you listen to interminable recitations of the 
virtues of Westnet while you wait in their phone queues.

The interesting thing was that, although I transferred from Westnet to Amnet, 
part of a problem I had been trying to resolve transferred with me and was 
eventually traced to 'oversensitive' settings on the modem provided by Westnet. 
(The issue also caused apparent 'dropouts' although more accurately they were 
'lockouts' by the modem. A connection to the exchange and the ISP was, in fact, 
maintained). To be fair, Amnet didn't find the solution either but they were 
certainly prepared to go further to investigate and follow up results and 
different departments are aware of each other's responsibilities and functions 
- it's like they talk to each other!

The final compelling decision to move from Westnet came when Westnet summarily 
removed access to a static IP address while we were trying to resolve an issue 
concerning access to personal webspace that was supposed to be an entitlement 
of the account. They weren't able to sort out the webspace access (ie: they 
couldn't actually make it happen technically!) and in a thoroughly bizarre 
exchange I was told I needed to swap to another type of account that turned out 
to be precisely the account I already had. I tried to explain this but ended 
doing what I was told - it was quite ineffectual, of course. 
When, later, a 'consultant' suggested I move to an ISP who could supply a 
comparable service to Westnet, IF I could find one, I was able to do just that; 
more cheaply in fact with one of Amnet's very basic accounts.


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On 10/06/2011, at 12:57 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> Until recently I had always received an invoice on the 1st and a receipt a 
> few days later.
> Two months ago I received an invoice but no receipt. It was incorporated with 
> the invoice I received last month.
> This month I got nothing except an email today telling me to log on to get my 
> invoice
> 
> When logging on failed to work I went through the 30 minute process involved 
> with ringing up and being transferred from person to person. Apparently I've 
> been migrated from Westnet's system to iinet's system and so no history is 
> available – not even the invoice dated 1 June and receipt dated a few days 
> later.
> 
> I made it clear I wasn't happy, having abandoned iinet from Westnet some 
> years ago because of a lack of customer service from iinet. Until now I'd 
> been very happy with Westnet.
> 
> The receipt was emailed to me this morning after I'd called twice.
> 
> Amnet has been suggested as an alternative but we're on Amnet at home and 
> have frequent drop-outs over weekends as well as very slow speeds during the 
> evening.
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Re: WWDC "announcements"

[Peter Meyer]

Well  I've just seen the announcement that Pages, Numbers and Keynote have been 
released as iPhone apps - perhaps that's been taking priority over updating the 
'parents' …

(there is mention of a free update for existing iPad customers using iWork so 
changes have been made there apparently)


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On 01/06/2011, at 10:19 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> 
> 
> On 01/06/2011, at 8:15 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> 
>> I'm hoping against hope that a "One Last Thing" might be the announcement of 
>> the long-overdue iWork 11. Ideal time and place, I would think... 
> 
> Yes Peter, You, myself,  and millions of other people are hoping against hope 
> that iWork 11 will be announced and released VERY soon.
> It is s long overdue!
> 
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FS: MBP 17

[Peter Meyer]

A friend has a MBP 17" he would like to sell in order to get something a tad 
more portable:

MBP is: model 5,2 with 2.66 GHz dual core, 4GB ram,  OSX upgraded to snow 
leopard (will supply discs), NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. He's looking to 
realise something like $1600.
 
Please contact him off-list for more details if you're interested:
deanklimc...@gmail.com


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Re: iTunes sharing

[Peter Meyer]

apologies -  my question seems to have been covered while I was asking it …


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On 29/01/2011, at 1:27 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:

> 
> It would be a perfectly reasonable to assume as Peter did, that the kids' 
> decisions to choose what they shared could be accomplished in the same way as 
> he chose to share (part of) his library. 
> 
> I've just checked out the set-up on my network; the basics anyway - it works 
> just as Peter had assumed should be the case - the second party only sees 
> what the first party chooses to allow - in both directions. If an item is 
> deselected, access to it vanishes. Incidentally I was checking a Windows 
> machine looking at a MBP and vice versa. 
> 
> However it seems fair to say that 'Home Sharing' is fundamentally different 
> from the "Sharing' that is set in iTunes Preferences? The former involves 
> actually copying purchases made by one party onto a second computer and 
> requires both machines to be set to the (iTunes store) account of the owner 
> of the shared playlist. But does this still allow say, the kids who thereby 
> have access to and the ability to copy Peter's iTunes-purchased material, the 
> ability to still purchase from the iTunes store on an account of their own? 
> 
> 
> peter meyer
> 0408 902349
> pmo...@westnet.com.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 29/01/2011, at 10:33 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Ok, thanks for that Ronni. however, the kids also want to share their 
>> libraries between themselves - whether I agree with the need for them to 
>> share or not isn't relevant apparently but i have no specific reason to 
>> inhibit their cross sharing. So that means therefore that between them they 
>> wont be able to see each others libraries I presume when in Sharing Off mode.
>> 
>> Anyway, thanks for the help again.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Peter.
>> 
>> 
>> On 29/01/2011, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers 
>>> iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library!
>>> Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” 
>>> iTunes.
>>> 
>>> I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was 
>>> sharing its iTunes Library. 
>>> I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-)
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 29/01/2011, at 9:59 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you
>>>> suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and
>>>> playable. So I went Advanced>Turn Off Home Sharing" on one of the kids
>>>> Macbooks. This still left "Peters Library" showing (but undocked) and when 
>>>> I
>>>> selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible "Kids Playlist"
>>>> from Peter's library".
>>>> 
>>>> So while still in the "Home Sharing Turned Off" mode the sharing still 
>>>> seems
>>>> to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the "Kids Playlist" on
>>>> Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent
>>>> addition - instantaneously.
>>>> 
>>>> So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the
>>>> "Sharing Off" mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing
>>>> capability state.
>>>> 
>>>> If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for
>>>> the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the
>>>> security I wanted.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> Peter.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf
>>>> Of Ronda Brown
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM
>>>> To: WAMUG Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: iTunes sharing
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>> 
>>>> Under "SHARED" on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside
>>>> "Peter's Library"
>>>> Open the arrow and they should see "Playlists" . the "Kids Playlist" should
>>>> b

Re: iTunes sharing

[Peter Meyer]

It would be a perfectly reasonable to assume as Peter did, that the kids' 
decisions to choose what they shared could be accomplished in the same way as 
he chose to share (part of) his library. 

I've just checked out the set-up on my network; the basics anyway - it works 
just as Peter had assumed should be the case - the second party only sees what 
the first party chooses to allow - in both directions. If an item is 
deselected, access to it vanishes. Incidentally I was checking a Windows 
machine looking at a MBP and vice versa. 

However it seems fair to say that 'Home Sharing' is fundamentally different 
from the "Sharing' that is set in iTunes Preferences? The former involves 
actually copying purchases made by one party onto a second computer and 
requires both machines to be set to the (iTunes store) account of the owner of 
the shared playlist. But does this still allow say, the kids who thereby have 
access to and the ability to copy Peter's iTunes-purchased material, the 
ability to still purchase from the iTunes store on an account of their own? 


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On 29/01/2011, at 10:33 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:

> 
> Ok, thanks for that Ronni. however, the kids also want to share their 
> libraries between themselves - whether I agree with the need for them to 
> share or not isn't relevant apparently but i have no specific reason to 
> inhibit their cross sharing. So that means therefore that between them they 
> wont be able to see each others libraries I presume when in Sharing Off mode.
> 
> Anyway, thanks for the help again.
> 
> Cheers
> Peter.
> 
> 
> On 29/01/2011, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers 
>> iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library!
>> Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” 
>> iTunes.
>> 
>> I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was 
>> sharing its iTunes Library. 
>> I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 29/01/2011, at 9:59 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you
>>> suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and
>>> playable. So I went Advanced>Turn Off Home Sharing" on one of the kids
>>> Macbooks. This still left "Peters Library" showing (but undocked) and when I
>>> selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible "Kids Playlist"
>>> from Peter's library".
>>> 
>>> So while still in the "Home Sharing Turned Off" mode the sharing still seems
>>> to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the "Kids Playlist" on
>>> Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent
>>> addition - instantaneously.
>>> 
>>> So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the
>>> "Sharing Off" mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing
>>> capability state.
>>> 
>>> If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for
>>> the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the
>>> security I wanted.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Peter.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf
>>> Of Ronda Brown
>>> Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM
>>> To: WAMUG Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: iTunes sharing
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> Under "SHARED" on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside
>>> "Peter's Library"
>>> Open the arrow and they should see "Playlists" . the "Kids Playlist" should
>>> be showing there?
>>> 
>>> On the other computers that are sharing "Peter's Library" what do their
>>> iTunes Preferences > Sharing have selected?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 29/01/2011, at 8:23 AM, Peter Crisp wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, further to this. another test between the two Macbooks revealed the
>>> same issue. The full library was visible despite selecting only one playlist
>>> for visibility to others. at least that proves that Windows is not soley the
>>> culp

Re: Mobile broadband - "best" prepaid service

[Peter Meyer]

Tethering your iPhone is a good option…

Peter Meyer
Sent from mouse's iPhone

On 25/01/2011, at 12:59, Mark Secker  wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking to buy a prepaid mobile broadband dongral for my MB Air but 
> wanting to know what others recommend.
> Not looking for it as a primary internet access but just for occations, like 
> now at a training course, where I've turned up somewere expecting wireless 
> access but none is availible.  Preferably something where any credits paid in 
> to it does not expire within anything less than 3 months.
> 
> I've walked down the Hay st mall during my lunch break from the training 
> course and wandered in to each of the telstra/3/vodacom etc shops only to 
> find them totally jam packed crowded out with kids  trying out new phones and 
> sales staff more interested in watching their merchandise than answereing 
> questions on mobile broadband.
> 
> any advice on what to get and what to avoid?
> 
> Mark.
> 
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Re: Mail.app highlighting after delete in OS X

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Carlo
the highlighting disappears for me when text is deleted
I'm using OS X 10.6.6

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On 24/01/2011, at 10:21 AM, cm wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Has anyone else noticed that Mail.app has change the way it handles deleting 
> highlighted text. The change seems to have started around the time of the 
> update to OS X version 10.6.6.
> 
> Previously Mail.app behaved as TextEdit does now. If one highlights text and 
> deletes it, the remaining text is unhighlighted and the cursor becomes an 
> insertion point where the deleted text used to be so one can carry on typing.




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Alarm clock failure

[Peter Meyer]

Is everyone in this group on holidays and not avoiding the use of the alarm on 
their iPhones  - it would be pretty pointless anyway as it no longer works.  :(

Apple promises it will be OK again tomorrow:

"IPhone users were left sleeping this weekend as the device that helped make 
Apple Inc. the world’s second-most valuable publicly traded company had its 
third alarm clock failure, the latest in a series of glitches.

A fault may be preventing one-off alarms from working on Jan. 1 and 2, the 
Cupertino, California-based company said in a statement yesterday. Customers 
can set recurring alarms that will work on those dates, and all alarms will 
work properly from Jan. 3, Apple said."



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On 02/01/2011, at 2:24 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

> 
> Hey thanks heaps for the offer Graham. Hopefully we'll be okay with the other 
> offers, but I'll keep you in mind!
> 
> Very helpful gang up here in Geraldton/Dongara. :-)
> 
> -Mart
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 02/01/2011, at 1:34 PM, Graham Byatt  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I can loan you a mini or an imac and/or a firwire drive.  I'm in Dongara but 
>> happy to drive up to Gero for a change of scenery.
>> 
>> Graham
>> 
>> 0427 604858
>> 
>> 9927 2039
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/01/2011, at 8:27 AM, Paul K wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I would go back into SU mode and copy the files to the external drive 
>>> before you do much else.
>>> 
>>> I like rsync:
>>> 
>>> rsync -av /Target /Destination
>>> 
>>> Good luck
>>> Paul
>> 
>> 
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Re: iPad

[Peter Meyer]

sorry, I also meant to say those bugs may well have been solved now - that 
article is 6 months old and iBooks is v1.2.
But I don't have an iPad 


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On 23/12/2010, at 12:09 AM, Peter Meyer wrote:

> 
> This might go a little way to explaining your problem Ian:
> 
> "Although iBooks 1.1 does enable you to touch links (tap and hold briefly) in 
> PDFs to follow them - either within a PDF or out to Safari - it doesn't work 
> reliably in the iPad version of the app. There, the links work fine when the 
> iPad is in landscape orientation, but not when it's in the more likely 
> portrait orientation. This problem doesn't afflict iBooks when running on the 
> iPhone or iPod touch. We've reported this bug to Apple, since it hinders 
> reading our heavily linked Take Control ebooks on the iPad; apart from this, 
> our PDF-based ebooks look great on the iPad."
> 
> http://db.tidbits.com/article/11381
> 
> You don't actually say what app you are using to read on the iPad; you might 
> simply be able to swap to another reader to solve your problem of the links 
> not working (Stanza?)
> 
> peter meyer
> 0408 902349
> pmo...@westnet.com.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 22/12/2010, at 10:50 PM, Ian Reid wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 22 Dec 2010, at 10:02 PM, cm wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Ian,




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Re: iPad

[Peter Meyer]

This might go a little way to explaining your problem Ian:

"Although iBooks 1.1 does enable you to touch links (tap and hold briefly) in 
PDFs to follow them - either within a PDF or out to Safari - it doesn't work 
reliably in the iPad version of the app. There, the links work fine when the 
iPad is in landscape orientation, but not when it's in the more likely portrait 
orientation. This problem doesn't afflict iBooks when running on the iPhone or 
iPod touch. We've reported this bug to Apple, since it hinders reading our 
heavily linked Take Control ebooks on the iPad; apart from this, our PDF-based 
ebooks look great on the iPad."

http://db.tidbits.com/article/11381

You don't actually say what app you are using to read on the iPad; you might 
simply be able to swap to another reader to solve your problem of the links not 
working (Stanza?)

peter meyer
0408 902349
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On 22/12/2010, at 10:50 PM, Ian Reid wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 22 Dec 2010, at 10:02 PM, cm wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Ian,
> 
> I'm impressed. Many of us would like to be using whatever passes for an iPad 
> when we are octogenarians of some years!
> 
> Just to clarify, are you are reading the TidBits iPad manual on the iPad 
> itself? Is this an eBook or a dedicated app?
> 
> 
> Thanks Carlo.
> 
> Good point. I was reading it on the iPad. Reading on the Mac and clicking a 
> URL takes me straight to it. I'll read the manuals on the Mac from now on. 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Perhaps it's not relevant, but you should be able to follow a link with a 
> single touch rather than a double touch.
> 
> You're right again. Double tapping zooms the text in or out.  But one tap 
> does nothing. Thanks again.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2010-12-22, at 21:41, Ian Reid wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Good evening All
>> 
>> As an octagenarian of some years who has never even used a laptop, I bravely 
>> ( stupidly?) bought an iPod a couple of months ago. It's been a lot of 
>> frustrating fun as I work my way through the guide books (Apple's and 
>> TidBits) and resist the temptation to email the List every few hours when I 
>> hit a snag. But I now have a serious (i.e. can't fix) problem. TidBits 
>> Basics v.2 is sprinkled with useful, bright blue URL's but unfortunately 
>> they have now gone paler blue and totally ignore my double clicking. What 
>> have I done wrong or, more importantly, how can I fix this?
>> 
>> There are so few postings on the list about the iPad that for most people it 
>> must be a breeze. Unfortunately it hasn't been for me. As you can see I 
>> still haven't mastered the iPad keyboard.
>> 
>> Ian Reid
>> 
>> 
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Re: Fed up

[Peter Meyer]

I would not agree. 
Westnet can be very accommodating and do make a lot of noise while you wait in 
their 'phone queue about how responsive they are and reliable their service is 
yet I have been waiting over 2 weeks now for them to get back to me about 
setting up a personal webspace - a pretty simple thing, supposedly and one 
that, incidentally they seem to have some conflict about deciding just how much 
you, as a user are entitled to (stating in one place in relation to the plan I 
am subscribed to, an allowance of 1GB and in another 20MB). 

Recently too, the actual service (ADSL2+) seems to have become rather flakey 
and I quite often have transient connection problems to their email server, for 
example; accounts I access on another server will be unaffected at the same 
time that I have a problem with the Westnet account. Maybe this is related to 
the exchange somehow but in the first instance it's still a Westnet problem as 
they are the service provider. 
Well, maybe not in 'the first instance' - that would be my problem I guess? 
And when Mail on my MBP is having a hard time doing its job I do have the 
option of turning off my Wifi connection on the phone and accessing my email 
through my 3G Telstra account  :P

Perhaps I'll have another chat to Westnet today …

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On 15/12/2010, at 9:34 AM, Barb Zahari wrote:

> 
> I'll second that .. no problems at all in 3 years of use, & the service is 
> great.
> Just the fact that phone calls are answered 24/7 by real people here in Perth 
> makes them vastly superior in my book!
> 
> BarbZ
> 
> 
> On 15 Dec 2010, at 9:22 AM, Ken Jackson wrote:
>> Westnet Adrian, they're owned by IINET and their service is impeccable,
>> 
>> regards,
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>> On 14/12/2010, at 8:11 PM, Peter Martinson wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Adrian Skehan wrote:
>>>> Good evening all,
>>>> Having become fed up with Telstra over a billing issue and at the same 
>>>> time starting to feel like one of their favourite milking cows, I have 
>>>> decided to move on, but just where to go from here is looking like a more 
>>>> daunting task than first anticipated.  I am a low end user but have become 
>>>> used to the speed of ADSL 2.  I have had the internet, home phone and 
>>>> mobiles bundled for the last couple of years which consider is excessively 
>>>> expensive considering what I use it for.  Is there anything out there 
>>>> other than BigPond, Optus and iiNet worth looking at?
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Adrian
>>>> adrianske...@me.com
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>>> Have you had a look at   http://www.whirlpool.net.au/
>>> 
>>> Type in your phone number and it will list hundreds of available providers.
>>> My neighbours get a good fast bundled service from Internode.
>>> 
>>> AAPT ?
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> pmarty
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
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Re: vCard to CSV

[Peter Meyer]

I think we did this one some time ago
Anyway have you tried vcfconvert?

I can send you a .tar copy.
It runs locally:

"To run this converter just copy all files to a webserver directory where PHP
is installed and enabled. Open your browser and type in the URL of your
webserver with the according folder. By default, file uploads up to 2MB are 
allowed.

Comandline version
--
This package also includes a shell script to invoke the converter from the
command line. PHP is also required to be installed on your machine.
Just copy the files anywhere on your disk, open a terminal and type the
following commands:"

… not that I've had a great need for it but it seems to be what you're asking 
for


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On 02/12/2010, at 7:18 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:

> 
> Hi Wamug,
> Can anyone recommend a trusted tool that will convert a vCard file to CSV?
> I'm after something that will run locally rather than a web based service.
> 
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Re: Filemaker query

[Peter Meyer]

It sounds like you have the field defined as a number field (in which case 
leading zeros would be meaningless) - a text field would allow leading zeros.


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On 24/10/2010, at 5:25 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

> 
> I am using Filemaker Pro v9.  In Browse Mode, viewing as Table, leading 
> zeroes are not displayed for listed numbers though they are there when I 
> click on a cell.
> How do I make them display?
> Severin Crisp
> 
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Re: Printer won't accept manual feed

[Peter Meyer]

If you mean you upgraded to 10.6.4 there has been an upgrade to the Brother 
drivers released recently; try Software Update.


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On 12/10/2010, at 10:13 PM, Peter Bull wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> I have recently upgraded my iMac to 10.4.6 and now I can't manually feed a 
> sheet into the Brother 2150N laser printer.
> It used to work OK. I use manual feed to print two sided documents and 
> envelopes, and it is a bit of a nuisance not having it. 
> 
> Should I delete the Apple print drivers and reinstall the Brother drivers? If 
> so, where are the drivers kept.
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Peter Bull
> pb...@bbnet.com.au
> 
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Re: iPhone 4 V 3GS

[Peter Meyer]

iOS 4.1 rectified the problem of slowing that iOS4.0 had caused on the 3G.

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On 29/09/2010, at 5:30 PM, Eugene wrote:

> Funny, even upgrading to iOS 4.1 on my 3G I never noticed a big decrease in 
> speed as others have mentioned




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Re: iPhone app - "Game Center" ???

[Peter Meyer]

Yes the software update (iOS4.1) was certainly required if you wanted apps on 
your iPhone 3G or 3GS to run again at a reasonable speed after the iOS 4 
upgrade.
Admittedly there were hacks suggested to solve the slowing problem just prior 
to release of the update but they seemed to be uncertain and unverified.

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On 23/09/2010, at 12:20 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:

> on 22/9/10 10:03 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi Neil & Stuart,
> > 
> > You cannot delete "Game Centre".
> > You can move it to another page or put it in a folder, but you cannot 
> > delete 
> > it …
> > 
> > "Apple did provide an 'Opt In'. It was called the software update. It 
> > wasn't 
> > required, and if you had read the documentation like it asks, then you 
> > would 
> > have known... Read the documentation next time... Lesson learned… "
> 
> Oh! A little harsh Ronni ;o)
> 
> OK, I had missed that the Game Center was part of the new software, but the 
> trouble is:
> 
>   • I really DID want the new HDR photography - so I had to upgrade for 
> that.
>   • In general, sticking with my current software and refraining from any 
> further upgrades does not seem like a balanced response just because I don't 
> want Game Center and I have no interest in games on my iPhone - I would miss 
> out on all the other improvements & features (& how many times, when 
> troubleshooting issues, have you said "make sure your software is up to date")
> 
> It’s no big deal, I have just created an “obsolete” folder on an additional 
> apps screen and Game Center is now despatched there – together with the 
> “Weather” app that featured unrealistic weather forecasts (for Albany) from 
> Yahoo weather (I’m now using one that uses BOM data) - however, I still don’t 
> see why Apple won’t let me remove apps I don’t want/need – I mean, I could 
> remove iMovie or Garageband from my iMac if I really wanted to!
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
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Re: Telstra bumps iPhone plans to 6GB!

[Peter Meyer]

No, the end of that para in the Telstra conditions states:
"…. Bonus data allowance applies for the full term of the customer's eligible 
contract plan. If the customer's eligible contract plan is cancelled, the bonus 
offer will cease to apply."

It seems the _offer_ ceases on the 1st November (unless extended by Telstra)

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On 03/08/2010, at 9:47 PM, Eugene wrote:

> Hi Mart,
> 
> this appears to be only an introductory offer that expires in 1 November. 
> Shame.
> 
> <http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/phones/iphone/pricing.html>
> 
> The 6Gb costs $129 per month and includes $1500 of calls
> The $49 plan includes 500Mb data and $400 of calls
> 
> 
> 
>Regards,
>Eugene
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> On 03/08/2010, at 8:15 PM, Martin Hill wrote:
> 
>> Wa-hey, Telstra is finally getting a clue and giving some pretty good deals 
>> on larger data packs for the iPhone 4:
>> 
>>  • $49 ($400 call allowance) + 1GB data = $58.50
>>  • $49 ($400 call allowance) + 3GB data = $63.50
>>  • $49 ($400 call allowance) + 6GB data = $78.50
>> 
>> I understand they also don't charge extra to enable tethering, so you could 
>> use the fast speeds of NextG to get excellent wireless internet connectivity 
>> for your other computers.
>> 
>> This is a lot more tempting than the 500MB plan for $49 (which was 250MB) 
>> only a short time ago.
>> 
>> -Mart
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Re: iPhone sending email on telstra

[Peter Meyer]

Yes but it's not just a Port 25 issue and the phone _should_ try the various 
SMTP settings in succession until it finds one that works; not necessarily the 
Primary SMTP server you have designated (see the Settings>Email>Outgoing Mail 
Server on your phone). 
But it never has for me (I started a thread about this almost 2 years ago, in 
fact)
 
So if I want to send email via 3G it's necessary to manually turn off my ISP's 
SMTP setting (The Primary server); the Bigpond setting then does the job as it 
should.
And that's persisted through several OS upgrades.



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On 26/06/2010, at 12:42 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote:

> 
> Hi Susan,
> 
> Thanks for the help. I had a look online and indeed this is the case.
> 
> http://forums.ezimerchant.com/archive/index.php/t-189.html
> 
> Personally I find this rather shameless as well as outright dangerous.
> 
> How are the other providers (Vodafone, Optus etc) dealing with this ?
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> On 26 Jun 2010, at 09:22, Susan Hastings wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Your outgoing server needs to be mail.bigpond.com to send emails from pop 
>> accounts.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On 26/06/2010, at 9:04 AM, Alexander Hartner  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Here I stand in the queue waiting for the apple store to open. I was hoping 
>>> to send some quick emails, but all are stuck in my outbox. 
>>> 
>>> Thinking about it I haven't been able to send any emails while connected to 
>>> telstra. It works fine sending over wifi but not when outside.
>>> 
>>> Does anybody have the same issue on telstra?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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ISPs

[Peter Meyer]

Test Date: 17/06/2010 9:51:54
Connection Type: WiFi

Download: 6001 kbps
Upload: 155 kbps
Ping: 93 ms

This is on the Cottesloe exchange (2+km away) and by far the slowest  
upload I've seen (usually about 800); download is about average.
Westnet informed me last night there was maintenance scheduled at the  
exchange this morning; maybe needs more?


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Re: iPhone Calendar/Settings/1st Day of the Week

[Peter Meyer]

… as indeed are mine - Monday on the phone (OS 3.1.3); Sunday on 
iCal/MacbookPro (OS 10.6.3) as dictated by iCal preferences. 

Perhaps  it is a function of MobileMe sync-ing? I think Ronni uses this too?

I guess I could sign up for 60days to test it but would still be at a loss to 
explain it if it was the case…

My version of p92 of the iPhone_User_Guide 3 makes no mention of Sunday being 
the first day of the week.


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On 08/06/2010, at 5:45 PM, Eugene wrote:

> HI Ronni,
> 
> my iCal starts on Sunday but my Calendar on the iPhone starts on Monday even 
> though they are in sync.
> 
> Regards,
> Eugene
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> On 08/06/2010, at 5:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello Stuart,
>> 
>> I'm not sure I follow you here?
>> 
>> The iPhone syncs your iCal from your computer, if it has Monday as the start 
>> of the week, so will the iPhone.
>> You can change the 'Start Week on: Sunday,  in iCal Preferences.
>> 
>> iCal > Preferences > General  - "Start week on: Sunday
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 07/06/2010, at 7:42 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I see in the iPhone User Guide page 92 the first day of the week is Sunday.
>>> 
>>> On my iPhone the first day of the week is Monday.  I've always had Sunday 
>>> as the first day.
>>> 
>>> However in Setting and in the User Guide it does not show you how to change 
>>> Sunday.
>>> 
>>> Can we do tis?
>>> 
>>> Stuart Breden
>>> PO Box 132
>>> Kalamunda WA 6926
>>> Ph: (08) 9257 1577
>>> Mbl: 0417 053 266
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 17" MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
>> 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
>> 
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>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: MBP parts

[Peter Meyer]

What parts are you interested in Tom?

Incidentally the RAM is OK: 2x 1GB DDR2 5300



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On 11/05/2010, at 8:00 PM, thefrogs wrote:

> 
> How much are you asking for it- I have a similar that needs some parts.
> tom samson
> 
> On 11/05/2010, at 5:57 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I destroyed my 17" MBP last week - it has a dead logic board and keyboard as 
>> the result of a (quite minor) splashing. SO if anyone is interested in a 
>> perfectly fine screen, case, optical drive give me a call. I'll probably 
>> hang on to the HD; it's OK apparently.
>> 
>> It was the late 2006 model and I had already got myself a new 13" fellow but 
>> just couldn't stop using me old mate
>> 
>> The quote for replacement of parts was over $3k


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Re: MBP parts

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Ashley 
it looks like the MBP parts might be finding a new home (or two)



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On 11/05/2010, at 8:22 PM, Ashley Mulder wrote:

> 
> I still have a 17" MBP late 2006 for sale
> 
> the airport/mobo connection is fried, so it wouldnt run with airport card in 
> it
> so no airport card, but comes with 2 wireless cards
> 
> looking at $1000 for it (ive got more details if you want)
> but from 3 MBP's you could end up with 2 good ones
> 
> On 11/05/2010, at 8:00 PM, thefrogs wrote:
> 
>> 
>> How much are you asking for it- I have a similar that needs some parts.
>> tom samson
>> 
>> On 11/05/2010, at 5:57 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I destroyed my 17" MBP last week - it has a dead logic board and keyboard 
>>> as the result of a (quite minor) splashing. SO if anyone is interested in a 
>>> perfectly fine screen, case, optical drive give me a call. I'll probably 
>>> hang on to the HD; it's OK apparently.
>>> 
>>> It was the late 2006 model and I had already got myself a new 13" fellow 
>>> but just couldn't stop using me old mate
>>> 
>>> The quote for replacement of parts was over $3k
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> peter meyer
>>> 0408 902349
>>> pmo...@westnet.com.au
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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MBP parts

[Peter Meyer]

I destroyed my 17" MBP last week - it has a dead logic board and keyboard as 
the result of a (quite minor) splashing. SO if anyone is interested in a 
perfectly fine screen, case, optical drive give me a call. I'll probably hang 
on to the HD; it's OK apparently.

It was the late 2006 model and I had already got myself a new 13" fellow but 
just couldn't stop using me old mate

The quote for replacement of parts was over $3k



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Re: IPhone app/Weather

[Peter Meyer]

Have you updated recently Rob?
V2.1.1 has synoptic charts
They keep adding stuff …

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On 04/05/2010, at 9:20 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:



PKT Weather is great. Especially the weather radars.  I've used it  
all over Australia.  The only drawback I see is the lack of synoptic  
charts, but I don't know what other Apps provide this.


Rob

On 4/05/10 9:09 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:


Am getting to know my new iPhone.  Impressed so far.

iPhone has Weathr but basic.  I like the radocaj.com widget.

What is the best weather application for the iPhone?

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Re: iPad

[Peter Meyer]

The quoted piece was certainly not written by a bibliophile!

Quite apart from that, the cost of Australian (usually UK) editions of  
books relative to the same book, published in the US has been  
mentioned previously. The US and UK divided the world into two and  
that's why we still read "Not for sale in the US or Canada" on many  
books sold here - it's a copyright issue. Generally, if the book was  
published on both sides of the Atlantic you can only buy the UK  
edition here. This applies as much to books sold online (e-books  
included) as it does to those bought in bookshops - if you want to  
obtain them legally. And we're not just talking about fiction.


Anyway if you're serious about contemplating a paperless world,  
perhaps also think about how much discussion on this list is centered  
around printer problems?





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On 29/01/2010, at 2:38 PM, Dark1 wrote:
People don't buy books to read a couple of their favourite chapters  
(although this might be different for mags and newspapers).  People  
don't have to worry about having a book stolen or damaged.




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Re: Replacement for Palm Desktop

[Peter Meyer]

Maybe I am wrong as I don't actually use Bento (but there are others  
on this list who know heaps about it)
I was under the impression that Bento uses the underlying DB engine of  
Address Book so you would import into Address Book first of all and do  
your fine tuning in Bento
You could of course allocate the Address Book entries to predefined  
Groups in AB after searching by criteria like Company name, suburb etc
Have you considered the possibilities of creating Smart Groups in  
Address Book where you can search by a number of criteria?
As Tim suggested you could probably achieve a lot of your refinement  
in the way you handled the fields in the csv file you initially  
exported from Palm Desktop, renaming them if necessary to match AB  
fields.

You also have some flexibility in defining AB fields.

There is a script out there somewhere that allows you to export vCards  
to a csv file if you want to play with your data in a spreadsheet.

Eugene posted this suggestion to Severin Crisp about 18months ago:

<http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/> it will convert vCards to  
LDIF and CSV formats



… just a few suggestions off the top

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On 26/01/2010, at 5:25 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Thanks Tim and Peter,

I could import the whole 1200 into Address Book. However it does not  
give me

much flexibility to sort them.

Palm Desktop allows me to sort by name, company, suburb, etc etc.

Something like a spreadsheet would be good but I would not have the
availability of importing 1200 vCards into it.

Bento (trial version) does not want to import vCards either.

Lloyd






Standard OSX Address Book works fine for me Lloyd.

Try exporting your Palm contacts into a csv file - tab and return -  
then

using Address Book import function, align the fields and import them.

I have a similar number of contacts as you.

Address book does not allow the same variety of view layouts but at  
least

you have a programme that integrates easily into Mail and iCal apps

Tim


On 26/1/10 1:20 PM, "Lloyd White"  wrote:



Can anyone suggest a replacement for Palm Desktop which I have  
been using
for years to list my clients by name, company, address, phone,  
email address

and comments.

I have version 4.2.1  born in 2005 and is only supposed to work on  
10.4 but
it does work on 10.5. It is demonstrating some strange behaviour  
recently.
For example it refuses to stay at the top of the screen so I  
cannot access

the bottom items in the list.

As I have some 1100 addresses in it I want to be able to import  
these
addresses. PalmDesktop exports as vCard, or Tab and Return so I  
need some

program that will import these formats.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Lloyd

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Re: Replacement for Palm Desktop

[Peter Meyer]

How about Address Book and have the advantage of tight integration  
with other apps like Mail and quick access through Dashboard?
It will import vCards or text files  - and if you want to add more  
grunt you could add Bento.







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On 26/01/2010, at 1:20 PM, Lloyd White wrote:



Can anyone suggest a replacement for Palm Desktop which I have been  
using
for years to list my clients by name, company, address, phone, email  
address

and comments.

I have version 4.2.1  born in 2005 and is only supposed to work on  
10.4 but
it does work on 10.5. It is demonstrating some strange behaviour  
recently.
For example it refuses to stay at the top of the screen so I cannot  
access

the bottom items in the list.

As I have some 1100 addresses in it I want to be able to import these
addresses. PalmDesktop exports as vCard, or Tab and Return so I need  
some

program that will import these formats.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Lloyd

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Re: odp file reader (should be opd)

[Peter Meyer]

ah well - seems you were on the right track in the first place -  
OmniPage (OCR software)

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/opd

 a trial version of OmniPage used to come bundled with Canon  
scanners: you could use it a number of times before it required  
activation.
I have such a copy of OmniPage 16 on a PC and I believe we have a  
'bought' version here on another machine - could be enough to open the  
file and export to a more useful format?



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On 09/01/2010, at 10:16 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


hi Peter
thanks for the reply, i just recognised that i chased you are for  
the wrong thing, sorry
it's not odp it's opd ...just a slight difference in the file name  
extension

cheers James

On 08/01/2010, at 17:02, Peter Meyer wrote:



Open Office presentation?
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/odp




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On 08/01/2010, at 4:47 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:

does anyone knows about the .odp file (suggestion given to me was  
an app with name omni /omny graffle)

i'm just interested to convert a doc into a readable file
James


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Re: odp file reader

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Open Office presentation?
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/odp




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does anyone knows about the .odp file (suggestion given to me was an  
app with name omni /omny graffle)

i'm just interested to convert a doc into a readable file
James


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Re: iPhone Carrier question

[Peter Meyer]

… not one of your 'gurus' but I blithely applied the update yesterday  
anticipating this may be the case.  The result: 'enable tethering'  
option is still available in  Settings > General

As you'd know it wasn't in the original set-up with Telstra.
But I haven't actually checked it still works …


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On 17/07/2009, at 1:06 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:



Hi gurus!

I just upgraded to iTunes 8.2.1.

When I connected my iPhone to charge it up/ synch it, I got the  
following message:
"An update to the carrier settings for your iPhone is available  
now.  Would you like to install it now?"


Further details are available at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1970.

I am a little cautious about doing this, because I fear this may  
enable Telstra to turn off internet tethering, which has been a  
godsend to me.


Can anyone report that this upgrade is harmless?

Cheers
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Re: Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

[Peter Meyer]

Thank you Paul
I have just tested that and it worked!
So I'll push my luck and also send this reply with the 3G connection eh?

Sent from mouse's iPhone

On Jun 21, 2009, at 15:37, Paul van der Mey > wrote:



Peter

I'm with Telstra and TPG (rather than People Telecom). Currently on  
iPhone 2.2.1 and about to go 3.0.


Initially I had trouble sending e-mail while on 3G.

What solved the problem for me was setting the primary outgoing mail  
server to the tpg server and changing 'Use SSL' to on,  
Authentication = password (and the appropriate user names &  
passwords).
I have mail.bigpond.com under 'Other SMTP Servers' without  
authentication.


Now can send without issue from my wireless at home and while on 3G.
Timing has not been an issue for me so have not noted any difference  
in delay when sending between one or the other.


Having a look and the 'if primary unsuccessful will try others'  
message is there, but no options to change that setting.


Thank you

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On 21/06/2009, at 12:29 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:


thanks Duncan
So, at least I know the device is capable of doing what you'd  
expect it to do


I have read of similar problems experienced but involving AOL and  
AT&T and only the upgrade to OS 3.0




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On 21/06/2009, at 11:38 AM, Duncan Hardman wrote:

Works for me. I have a primary and the  Optus one as a backup. Can  
take a while to send but does go.


Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/06/2009, at 11:06 AM, Peter Meyer   
wrote:


I probably asked my question the wrong way around when I first  
posted it.
So can someone please confirm that the configuration of SMTP  
servers on the iPhone does, in fact behave as Apple says it  
should viz: if a 'primary' server is unavailable the phone will  
try the additional outgoing servers in turn (hopefully, until it  
has success)?




Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the  
3G network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a  
Primary Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try  
the other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled   
'ON', using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and,  
after some delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one  
of the recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed  
in the Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this  
configuration the message is sent but not as quickly as with a  
WiFi connection where the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It  
appears as if contact with the Primary Server is still attempted  
before the Secondary SMTP server is used. (so does OFF not  
really mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the  
same situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is  
toggled OFF an email is sent after a delay but not at all if  
bigpond is toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state  
whenever the network connection is changed is seemingly  
contradictory to what the Settings note about 'Other SMTP  
Servers' implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the  
problem but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new  
phone' (ie without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple  
and, in fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out  
the above solution and was able to send emails using 3G  
connections although I'm sure there wasn't this difficulty when  
I first set up the phone's email. I want (need?) to send very  
few emails using a 3G connection but this is, nevertheless,  
pretty frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
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Re: Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

[Peter Meyer]

thanks Duncan
So, at least I know the device is capable of doing what you'd expect  
it to do


I have read of similar problems experienced but involving AOL and AT&T  
and only the upgrade to OS 3.0




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On 21/06/2009, at 11:38 AM, Duncan Hardman wrote:

Works for me. I have a primary and the  Optus one as a backup. Can  
take a while to send but does go.


Duncan

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/06/2009, at 11:06 AM, Peter Meyer  wrote:

I probably asked my question the wrong way around when I first  
posted it.
So can someone please confirm that the configuration of SMTP  
servers on the iPhone does, in fact behave as Apple says it should  
viz: if a 'primary' server is unavailable the phone will try the  
additional outgoing servers in turn (hopefully, until it has  
success)?




Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the 3G  
network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a Primary  
Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try the  
other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled   
'ON', using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and,  
after some delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one  
of the recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed in  
the Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this  
configuration the message is sent but not as quickly as with a  
WiFi connection where the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It  
appears as if contact with the Primary Server is still attempted  
before the Secondary SMTP server is used. (so does OFF not really  
mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the same  
situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is toggled  
OFF an email is sent after a delay but not at all if bigpond is  
toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state  
whenever the network connection is changed is seemingly  
contradictory to what the Settings note about 'Other SMTP Servers'  
implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the  
problem but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new  
phone' (ie without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple and,  
in fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out the  
above solution and was able to send emails using 3G connections  
although I'm sure there wasn't this difficulty when I first set up  
the phone's email. I want (need?) to send very few emails using a  
3G connection but this is, nevertheless, pretty frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
connecting to the net on either 3G or WiFi connections







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Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

[Peter Meyer]

I probably asked my question the wrong way around when I first posted  
it.
So can someone please confirm that the configuration of SMTP servers  
on the iPhone does, in fact behave as Apple says it should viz: if a  
'primary' server is unavailable the phone will try the additional  
outgoing servers in turn (hopefully, until it has success)?




Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the 3G  
network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a Primary  
Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try the  
other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled  'ON',  
using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and, after  
some delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one of the  
recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed in the  
Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this configuration  
the message is sent but not as quickly as with a WiFi connection  
where the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It appears as if contact  
with the Primary Server is still attempted before the Secondary SMTP  
server is used. (so does OFF not really mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the same  
situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is toggled  
OFF an email is sent after a delay but not at all if bigpond is  
toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state  
whenever the network connection is changed is seemingly  
contradictory to what the Settings note about 'Other SMTP Servers'  
implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the problem  
but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new phone' (ie  
without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple and, in  
fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out the above  
solution and was able to send emails using 3G connections although  
I'm sure there wasn't this difficulty when I first set up the  
phone's email. I want (need?) to send very few emails using a 3G  
connection but this is, nevertheless, pretty frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
connecting to the net on either 3G or WiFi connections







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Outgoing servers in iPhone Mail

[Peter Meyer]

Can anyone confirm that my experience with sending email on the 3G  
network is more general than mine, alone?


My iPhone contract is with Telstra but my current ISP is People  
Telecom. Therefore I have the need to specify two outgoing mail  
servers: mail.bigpond.com for the 3G network and  
smtp.per.people.net.au for WiFi connections. Under Settings>mail  
etc>accounts>outgoing mail server it is necessary to set a Primary  
Server (smtp.people in  my case) and 'Other SMTP  
Servers' (mail.bigpond) and there it states that:


"If Mail is unsuccessful using the primary server, it will try the  
other SMTP servers in succession."


However my experience is that with the Primary Server toggled  'ON',  
using a 3G connection, Mail will try to send an email and, after some  
delay fail with the message: 'The server rejected one of the  
recipient's addresses (sic). The message has been placed in the  
Outbox' If the Primary Server is toggled 'OFF' in this configuration  
the message is sent but not as quickly as with a WiFi connection where  
the Primary Server is toggled 'ON' It appears as if contact with the  
Primary Server is still attempted before the Secondary SMTP server is  
used. (so does OFF not really mean OFF?)
I have set up an account with bigpond as the Primary and the same  
situation is seen in reverse ie: under WiFi if bigpond is toggled OFF  
an email is sent after a delay but not at all if bigpond is toggled ON.


Having to manually configure the primary SMTP server's state whenever  
the network connection is changed is seemingly contradictory to what  
the Settings note about 'Other SMTP Servers' implies.


I had hoped that the upgrade to iPhone 3.0 would resolve the problem  
but it hasn't. Nor has restoring everything 'as a new phone' (ie  
without any previous settings) made any difference.
I have spent a fair bit of time talking to Telstra and Apple and, in  
fact it was only in the past few days that I worked out the above  
solution and was able to send emails using 3G connections although I'm  
sure there wasn't this difficulty when I first set up the phone's  
email. I want (need?) to send very few emails using a 3G connection  
but this is, nevertheless, pretty frustrating :(


At no stage has there been any difficulty receiving email or  
connecting to the net on either 3G or WiFi connections






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Re: Telstra NextG tethering does work already

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Sue
I don't know if you are saying that the message to contact Telstra was  
seen only when you attempted to connect with Bluetooth; I didn't  
bother to try Bluetooth, only USB. I only played with it briefly. The  
one cautionary message I received was that mentioned on the  
andrew.harrison.org page about not being authenticated. He says this  
means he's not a mobile phone carrier. That sounded plausible ;)


An ethernet connection was established. I did have to renew the DHCP  
lease for it to work and quit tethering via Settings>General>Network  
again. There may be another, more obvious way of removing the  
'Internet Tethering" bar from the phone's screen …
And, of course I previously had to disable the automatic syncing in  
the iTunes preferences!



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On 19/06/2009, at 7:31 AM, Susan Hastings wrote:

I tried this one, hoping it might make Bluetooth work. However, it  
brings up the message, 'to enable tethering, contact Telstra'. I've  
tried switching off and switching on again, plus restoring the  
original config file I used.



On 19/06/2009, at 1:22 AM, Peter Meyer wrote:


The other solution referred to on that page:
http://tetherme.lstoll.net/
Is very simple, selecting the file appropriate for Telstra,  
dowloading by email, clicking to install -

So easy; and it works





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Re: Telstra NextG tethering does work already

[Peter Meyer]

The other solution referred to on that page:
http://tetherme.lstoll.net/
Is very simple, selecting the file appropriate for Telstra, dowloading  
by email, clicking to install -

So easy; and it works


Sent from mouse's iPhone
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On Jun 18, 2009, at 21:23, Shay Telfer  wrote:


On 18/06/2009 9:06 PM, Rob Phillips wrote:
I've just been browsing the Whirlpool forum, and it didn't help me  
- it
was full of jargon I didn't understand. I found the configuration  
file,

but I have no idea what to do with it. Does my phone need to be
jail-broken to do this?
Any advice gladly received.
Rob


Try this using the config file you downloaded and following these  
instructions:





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Re: Ebay and Java update

[Peter Meyer]

Java 1.6 will only run on 64bit machines in the Mac world


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On 09/06/2009, at 5:32 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 09/06/2009, at 3:38 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



On 09/06/2009, at 3:09 PM, Richard Anderson wrote:

I haven't been able to use ebay recently and their helpline has  
suggested I upgrade my Java. My present version seems to be Java  
1.4.2 and the latest 1.6.13. However when I try to upgrade, Java  
refers me to my software update page and that doesn't mention any  
Java updates



Hi Richard,

What Operating System are you running ... OS X 10.5.7 or ?
If your Software Update application is not showing any security  
updates or any updates, there are none for your system.


Dick

try it another way !

Please tell us what version OSX you are running ?

and does software update tell you it has anything for you ?

Sometimes you need to instal one update before it will tell you  
there is another !


Bob





Do you have Java enabled?
Safari > Preferences - Security: Web Content "Enable Java"

Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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Re: front row- not showing update?

[Peter Meyer]

Yes, that's correct:
Front Row (launcher) is still v1.0 having launched Front Row v2.1.7  
that then runs quietly in the background (see Activity monitor)
'Reopening' Front Row (from Applications) is subsequently very quick  
of course.


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On 17/03/2009, at 7:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello Peter,

Open  your Front Row.app in Applications and then go to  
"Settings"... It shows it is the correct  2.1.7 version.


Front Row has updated.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 17/03/2009, at 5:57 PM, Peter Meyer wrote:

If you actually look closely at what is in the apps folder (v1.0),  
compare the size to the Front Row in Core Services and look at the  
Package contents of each, you'll find it is not the full app but a  
launcher - for some reason still labelled only as 'Front Row'; a  
tad misleading perhaps…



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On 17/03/2009, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Software Update no longer indicates you need v2.1.7, apparently  
because there is (also) a copy of Front Row 2.1.7 in your HD/ 
System/Library/CoreServices.
And if you 'get info' on that Front Row.app you will see it is  
version 2.1.7


Apple works in mysterious ways. Just use it and go with the flow ;-)





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Re: front row- not showing update?

[Peter Meyer]

If you actually look closely at what is in the apps folder (v1.0),  
compare the size to the Front Row in Core Services and look at the  
Package contents of each, you'll find it is not the full app but a  
launcher - for some reason still labelled only as 'Front Row'; a tad  
misleading perhaps…



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On 17/03/2009, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Software Update no longer indicates you need v2.1.7, apparently  
because there is (also) a copy of Front Row 2.1.7 in your HD/System/ 
Library/CoreServices.
And if you 'get info' on that Front Row.app you will see it is  
version 2.1.7


Apple works in mysterious ways. Just use it and go with the flow ;-)



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Re: Filemaker on the iPhone or iPod Touch -> FMTouch

[Peter Meyer]

Hi Derek - yes I have it and there are a few 'issues' despite all  
their marketing hype:
you _do_ need to redesign your layouts for the smaller screen of  
course but FMtouch doesn't listen to their own guidelines (well they  
aren't exactly their own but are recommended by them). There is a  
table view available on FM-touch that is almost unreadable because of  
the font size but also their use of margins; or lack of them. But  
table views translated to FMtouch behave more like List-view layouts  
with only one record viewable at a time. I haven't chased this up on  
any of the forums yet.


Synch with a reasonable sized DB does take time - I have a DB with  
about 36k records in one of its tables and the initial sync takes  
probably 20min although I haven't timed it precisely, preferring to  
let it get on with it. Any changes in your layouts involve wiping all  
the data and resynching.


I have another DB that really should be in the main DB but hasn't got  
there yet mainly because it works quite fine that way as an external  
DB on the laptop; not so on FMtouch.  So until I sort that out I am  
living with missing fields. Some fields don't behave as you'd like  
either: I have a scrollable text field that is very unpredictable on  
the iPhone. The scroll bar is not visible so there is considerable  
frustration in jumping between edit mode and browse when you try to  
read it; for some reason it seems to have become fixed at about 2  
lines in the FMtouch version of the layout and there also seems to be  
a problem with moving between records with the text in that field  
persisting from one record to the next! Weird stuff!


Scripting and calculated fields are not fully supported as you'll know  
but they are improving. And there is integration with resident apps  
like your address book and Mail; and Safari if you want it.


So far I am only using FMtouch to look stuff up not to edit or add  
records so my needs are pretty simple but even so I have a way to go  
before I can say I'm happy with it…


I suppose on the positive side (for me)  - it only cost $75 when I  
bought it ;)


And I've grown fonder of FM Mobile (in all its simplicity) that I  
still use occasionally on the Palm



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On 06/02/2009, at 7:51 AM, Derek Y-E wrote:


Hi Wamug folks.

Has anyone tried at FMTouch yet, for running Filemaker apps on the  
iPhone / iPod Touch?


http://www.fmtouch.com/

Cheers,
Derek

PS. $89.99. Ouch.


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Re: Address Book data

[Peter Meyer]

we did this one not very long ago, Severin. Try:
http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/

it will convert your vcf export to a csv file that you will open in  
your spreadsheet




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On 01/09/2008, at 4:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

How can I  transfer Address Book data into an Excel spreadsheet?   I  
think the question I am really asking is how to manipulate vCards.   
I can go via FileMaker Pro if need be but hope there might be an  
easy way.

Typing it in is a last resort of course!
Severin Crisp

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Re: Parallels problem

[Peter Meyer]

…not necessarily so although graphics functions are improved in  
Parallels 3 so that some applications (viz: one that I couldn't run on  
V2.5) can now be run under Parallels; still not 'perfect' but  
possible. For example, it is necessary to restrict the size of the  
viewing window in order that the application window is rendered  
properly rather than 'white-on-white'. Parallels does acknowledge some  
remaining 'known-issues' in graphics handling.



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On 13/07/2008, at 6:25 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi Biull,

Have you recently upgraded to Leopard? If so, I THINK you need  
Parallels 3

for Leopard compatibility.

HTH


Neil
--
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Albany, Western Australia
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on 13/7/08 3:51 PM, Denise & Bill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

For about a year I have been successfully running Parallels ver 2.5  
and
Windows XP on a MacBook with intel core duo processor (1.83GHz) and  
512 Mb

Ram.

Recently I have been unable to launch windows.  Parallels starts OK  
but just
after the screen flips over and the Windows XP logo appears the  
machine
stalls and nothing else happens.  I have left it for several  
minutes but
clearly waiting is not going to fix this problem. I have no idea  
what to do

next.

Is this one for the experts or is there something simple I need to  
do?


Thanks for any ideas.

Bill


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Re: removing an e-mail account

[Peter Meyer]

You don't delete the account - merely 'deactivate' it (see:  
preferences>accounts>advanced and uncheck 'activate')
The account will no longer appear under the Mailboxes 'Inbox' but the  
contents will be available in your searches.




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On 02/07/2008, at 3:34 PM, Richard Anderson wrote:


Mac OS 10.4.9 Mail 2.1.1,
I've recently changed my e-mail account and want to remove the  
previous one from my system.
 tells me that removing an account "deletes all mailboxes and  
messages for the account that are saved on your computer"
I dpn't want this to happen!   How can I delete the e-mail POP  
account without losing my e-mails, please?



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Re: Filemaker help please

[Peter Meyer]

Would the Filemaker announcement yesterday that the cost of upgrades  
has been reduced by $100 for FM Pro9 and $200 for FM Pro9 Advanced  
influence your decision? ;)

http://www.filemaker.com.au/emails/

As Peter Hinchclife has said you can include multiple 'omit' requests  
in a search.


and, of course you can omit multiple records from a found set after  
sorting it; I don't know if you can 'extend a found set' by doing  
doing a search using the 'omit' criterion. (I should try it?)


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On 25/06/2008, at 7:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


hi Folks

under pressure a few years ago i changed from Panorama to Filemaker  
and although it does the job i find it so frustrating at times.


The biggest headache is with searches... with Panorama I could  
search for say 'big' and not 'red' and not 'green' but with  
Filemaker i have to search big and blue, big and white, big and  
yellow, big and brownetc etc etc. The again with Panorama if i  
had forgotten something i could then search within the results found  
but with Filemaker i have to start again.


Anyway that's how it seems to me...i would love or someone to tell  
me i'm wrong and point me to something i've missed as i have a  
decision to make either convert my database back to Panorama or  
upgrade to Filemaker 9


Of course any other advice welcome

Yvonne

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Re: mac OS 10.5 upgrade- iCal irritation

[Peter Meyer]

There is also a new version of the iCal Events widget that allows:

iCal Events displays upcoming events from multiple iCal calendars in  
a beautiful, resizable widget for Dashboard. You can see up to two  
weeks of upcoming events in the same widget without needing to open  
iCal. Need more info? Mouse over a calendar color to view the name  
of the calendar, or mouse over an event's start time to see when the  
event ends.


It's Leopard compatible and mousing over the events shown displays the  
Location of the event at the bottom of the widget window and brings up  
tooltips showing notes; clicking on an event takes you to the event,  
opened for you in iCal, ready to edit.


http://www.benkazez.com/icalevents.php


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On 04/06/2008, at 11:17 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Gary,

Bring Dashboard to front, if you have iCal widget onboard, click on  
the first square, the current day, and you’ll see the (usual) month  
view drawer pulled out at right.

Now, click again, you’ll see appearing a new drawer.
If you have some events in the current day, they will show up there  
in a list (otherwise, it will be a black square, that’s it).


They are linked to iCal app, so if you click one of these events,  
iCal will start and bring you to this event.
It’s not a trick, I know, just an observation but since it’s a  
Leopard’ newbie, it looks very handy for me.



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Re: Database

[Peter Meyer]

Alternatively, AB2FM is a solution that works directly within FMPro:

http://econtact.slade.de/en/index.php



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On 18/05/2008, at 6:05 PM, Eugene wrote:


Severin,

try this <http://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/> it will convert  
vCards to LDIF and CSV formats. CSV for Filemaker.


 Regards,
 Eugene


On 18/05/2008, at 5:46 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I need to create a Filemaker9 database from a subset of about 100  
addresses in Address book.
Address Book exports as either vCards or AddressBook Archive.   I  
can get back into FileMaker from Excel but am unable to sensibly  
import either of these formats into Excel.
I am sure there must be a way of doing this and save me a long and  
tedious reentering job in Filemaker.

Help and suggestions welcomed!
Severin Crisp

  Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
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Re: Informed technology

[Peter Meyer]

I also had an account with them and it suddenly ceased to work on  
Tuesday evening - it was interesting to note that attempts to access  
their webmail resulted in redirection to Westnet webmail. I think they  
have finally abandoned us (like others, I had been with them from the  
Cygnus days but started to feel the push when they shoved their ADSL  
accounts across to Peopletelecom)



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On 20/03/2008, at 11:09 AM, Richard Anderson wrote:

Does anyone know anything about this ISP? I have an e-mail (only)  
account with them, but I can't download any mail. I haven't been  
able to contact them in any way, including phone.


But you can reply to this by e-mail, as it will come up on the WAMUG  
website,


Thanks,

R. A. Anderson.
65 Dalkeith Rd.,
Nedlands,
W.A. 6009
(08) 9386 4405




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Re: Deleting messages in Mail

[Peter Meyer]

'Stephen, I think the point should be that 'Trash' and 'Junk are  
separate mailboxes and there is no need to move items from the Junk  
mailbox to Trash or identifiable Junk mail from any other mailbox to  
the Trash - you move it directly (manually or using 'Rules' if Mail  
hasn't already learned to recognise it) to the Junk mailbox and  
dispose of it directly with Cmd+alt+J - or should be able to if Mail  
is functioning correctly.




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On 25/02/2008, at 6:02 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:


My goodness Peter !!!
I agree with you entirely
I put stuff into trash because I don't want it any.
However I have been accused by other parties (who also use this Mac)  
that I am too quick to "dump" emails.

Consequently I set up my Trash to delete after 1 week.
This gives other parties the opportunity to recover anything they  
may want.
I just don't want heeps of Junk mixed in with that week of deleted  
mail.


On 25/02/2008, at 8:33 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 22/02/2008, at 11:04 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:


Hi folks,

Is there a way of deleting messages in Mail without sending them  
to the Trash ?

Once I have checked my Junk box I then delete the messages.
However I don't want them in the Trash because I keep genuine  
messages there for a while.




Aghhh! At the risk of sounding unfriendly, please find another way.  
Trash is for stuff you DON'T want. Find somewhere else to keep it.  
If I find I have to clear up space on a client's hard drive because  
there's 1500 items in Trash, I'll empty the trash. I do not assume  
that there is anything valuable there. If you have to check your  
Trash to see if there's anything you want to keep, then it's not  
really trash. Create another folder for it; anything. Don't put  
valuable stuff in Trash. This goes for Mail as well as files.


I'll stop now. I could keep this up for hours...

--
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FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
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Re: [echalk] Leopard?

[Peter Meyer]

Brett, do you know this from experience - the Filemaker website (that  
seemed reluctant to allow any access on Friday!) only seems to  
consider the 'issues' as affecting FMPro 9; they say nothing about  
earlier versions except that there will be no Leopard-updates for  
them. But do versions running under Rosetta (ie non-Universal Binary)  
have the problems with the language settings and web publishing?




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On 28/10/2007, at 12:32 PM, Brett Clarke wrote:

THe most obvious reason NOT to upgrade at present is if you are  
using Filemaker Pro.



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Re: Photoshop CS3

[Peter Meyer]

I bought an update through Adobe Aust store 2 weeks ago: shipped from  
Singapore to my door in 2 days





On 23/05/2007, at 2:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I believe that Photoshop CS3 is now well and truly released, in  
fact I got a spam this morning offering it for $260!
I preordered from Adobe Australia some months ago believing it  
would be available end of April but no Photoshop and no response to  
my queries to Adobe Aust.

has anyone anything to chip in on this?
Severin Crisp


   Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
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Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
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Re: Cable Broadband

[Peter Meyer]

If one is to be pedantic the abbreviation for kilo is lowercase 'k' -  
all units below Mega- have lowercase according to SI nomenclature




On 24/12/2006, at 12:35 AM, Martin Hill wrote:



1 kilobit   is written   1Kb
1 kilobyte   is written   1KB
1 megabit   is written   1Mb
1 megabyte is written 1MB

Notice lowercase b for bit, capital B for byte.  Kilo and Mega are  
generally supposed to be capital K and capital B respectively.


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Re: Daylight Saving

[Peter Meyer]

Thanks Tony but the Apple link just refers back to the basic help  
page for the date/time settings so unless there's an OS update in the  
offing, it sounds like we will have to abandon automatic time updates  
at this stage - unless there's a hack for the time-zone settings file?
We don't seem to have the option of re-setting to other times-zones  
like Kuala Lumpur or Manila as they share our current, non-DS  
arrangement.


Of course the Gov'mint info says it's 'your' problem - fix it (or  
have the software vendors fix it). It seems to imply that the vendors  
are doing this and I'm sure this would be true but but I guess they  
would have liked more notice


Aha - I've just read Woz' reply too - yes moving to Osaka seems to be  
the best (temporary) solution. Thanks for that; I'd missed it.


It does look like there are a number of hacks available but, as you  
say - there'll be an update at some stage. Tassie is catered for and  
that must be an even smaller part of the Oz market.
There are quite a few implications when you start looking into  
fiddling with our clocks…





On 28/11/2006, at 11:11 AM, Tony Monaghan wrote:

The WA Government has put this link on their website. Hopefully it  
will

do the trick.

Vendor Updates
The patches or instructions required to update computer operating
systems are being made available from major computer vendors as listed
below.  Please note however that these links were provided by, and are
the responsibility of, the relevant vendor.

Apple
http://www.apple.com/au/hotnews/

Cheers

Tony



mousepeter meyer
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Daylight Saving

[Peter Meyer]

has 'someone' informed time.asia.apple.com (or any other time server)  
that WA is switching to Daylight saving at the end of the week or do  
we need to revert to manual setting of our (computer) system clocks?


my PDA has the provision for setting daylight saving options in a  
particular Time Zone but I can't find any similar options in System  
Preferences in OS X. Is there such a provision I am missing?


I suppose all dashboard widgets that relate to timezones will need to  
be updated (somehow; sometime)? or do they all reference system time?

what about something like iCal that allows timezone-support for events?

at least with Y2K we had time to anticipate the problems (& probably  
averted most of the potential issues - rather than them not existing  
in the first place)


peter meyer
0408 902349
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FS: Ti-Book 550MHz/512MB/20GB

[Peter Meyer]

The Ti-book has found a new home …

peter meyer

phone +61 8 93842568 (home) 0408 902349 (mobile)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

FS: Ti-Book 550MHz/512MB/20GB

[Peter Meyer]

Reluctantly, I am looking for a new home for my Ti-Book.
It is running Tiger,  has a Combo drive, an Airport card and the  
usual scuff-marks/ paint flaking on the front of the deck from lots  
of use. Battery is still fine as it was replaced a year or so ago  
(but not with one of those subject to recall!)

I was looking for $550 in exchange.

I also have an iMic (Griffin) and a Belkin USB-serial adaptor (that  
can be used under Classic but not OS X)




peter meyer
88 gugeri street
claremont wa6010

phone +61 8 93842568 (home) 0408 902349 (mobile)
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Re: Disposal of batteries

[Peter Meyer]

the mobile phone industry is reportedly involved in recycling their  
stuff, batteries included; lots of retailers are apparently involved.  
you could check out the links at:


http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/?Page=691

people like Batteries Plus (OsPk) have said in the past that they  
recycle laptop batteries.


Apparently the Claremont Transfer station has a *bin* for batteries  
that is collected and sent *somewhere*…



On 25/07/2006, at 11:40 AM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote:

Could someone advise me as to the correct method of disposing of  
laptop batteries? I have replaced a clamshell battery and now wish  
to dispose of the old one. I presume that binning it is hardly a  
responsible action.

Michael


Peter Meyer
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0408902349

Re: Mighty Mouse

[Peter Meyer]

get a new one - mine similarly lost scroll(up) recently and was  
replaced under warranty - no problem.
(it had to be replaced through an Apple service centre although I had  
bought it from the on-line Apple store but that wasn't a hassle)


the fault _was_ terminal ie: restarts etc didn't fix things although  
minor glitches had been solved that way in the past.


On 19/05/2006, at 10:28 AM, Ikon Design wrote:

Hi my MM has lost the ability to scroll down the page, any  
insightful solutions would be gratefully appreciated.


Regards

Clive



mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: Database Capacities

[Peter Meyer]

…which is all rather different from the *Mickey Mouse* FM Mobile 8  
that's limited to a paltry 5K records and, as far as i have found so  
far, ONE table of a file?

And the most basic of layouts on the PDA.
And 4(?) field types (not that you could do anything with them if  
there were more)


the only thing it does seem to have going for it is that it syncs OK  
- fine if your DB only contains one table and a few records ie: a list!
i guess there are probably work-arounds and subtleties i haven't  
discovered.


that might all be fine if FM mobile was priced according to what it  
could actually deliver - but it ain't.



On 24/02/2006, at 8:23 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

You don't say what version of FileMaker, but there is a huge  
difference between Filemaker 7/8 and all previous versions. Rather  
than the number of records, the key thing is file size. In  
Filemaker 6 (and back as far as 3, I think), the maximum size a  
Filemaker file can be is 2 Gb, so the maximum number of records is  
whatever will fit within that space. With Filemaker 7, the maximum  
file size jumped to the order of terabytes (the number 8 is in my  
mind, but I'm not sure as I write this. It's very big, anyway) so  
the number of records becomes pretty much moot. You'll run out of  
hard drive space long before you fill the file with records.


In any case, regardless of the Filemaker version, with the  
structure of the file you describe (6 text fields) I seriously  
doubt you could fill a Filemaker file with records in a lifetime  
given normal use.


mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: Filemaker

[Peter Meyer]

no it still has the problem - it's fine with calculating age when the  
DOB is in a normal year but fails for, say 1940 [a case of you have  
to have been born yesterday to have a birthday today :^)]


i hadn't tried *Int* but had used other functions (eg floor,  
truncate) with
 ( (Get ( CurrentDate ) - Birthdate) / 365.25 ) - but there  
presumably wouldn't be any reason to expect that to be the offending  
part anyway?


and i have also checked out the pre-March aspects now and no, it  
doesn't disappear there; just shifts the problem from the leap-year  
DOBs to the others; except for Feb 29!


as you imply: maybe the *solution* is to do something else and  
somehow flag the likely problem dates on the instance of a particular  
calculation - and resort to a bit of manual, sorry - mental arithmetic!


thanks anyway…


On 08/12/2005, at 7:59 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 07/12/2005, at 11:06 AM, Peter Meyer wrote:

it would seem to be a simple query but how do you create a formula  
in FMpro 8 that will calculate ages accurately - all the options/ 
permutations of DATE functions i have tried have a problem with  
leap-years ie they will calculate ages accurately for birth-dates  
_not_ in a leap-year but for those people born in a leap-year,  
they have to wait for an extra day to grow older.
so, eg: if someone had a birthday yesterday, born in 2000 they  
would not be calculated to be 5 years old until today whereas  
someone born on 6/12/2001 would have had their 4th birthday  
yesterday.


I have seen some incredibly complex solutions to this problem, but  
I can't really see what's wrong with the simple and straightforward  
approach of


Int ( (Get ( CurrentDate ) - Birthdate) / 365.25 )


--
Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

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




mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
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Filemaker

[Peter Meyer]

it would seem to be a simple query but how do you create a formula in  
FMpro 8 that will calculate ages accurately - all the options/ 
permutations of DATE functions i have tried have a problem with leap- 
years ie they will calculate ages accurately for birth-dates _not_ in  
a leap-year but for those people born in a leap-year, they have to  
wait for an extra day to grow older.
so, eg: if someone had a birthday yesterday, born in 2000 they would  
not be calculated to be 5 years old until today whereas someone born  
on 6/12/2001 would have had their 4th birthday yesterday.
i haven't tested this for birth-dates pre-Feb 29 but would suspect  
they might be OK?

(i even tried to make allowance for the 100-year discrepancy)

is this a FM problem per se?
or just my own inadequacy?
is there a simple solution or does it require a somewhat complex  
calculation to account for leap-years?

(Excel also seems to have the same problem.)


incidentally, if anyone would like a copy of FMpro 6, i have one  
(with manuals etc) - quite legitimate as i upgraded to 8 with a full  
version.




peter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: ABC site

[Peter Meyer]

Safari 2.0 quit in similar fashion on my TiBook with 10.4.2 but  
Firefox works fine!



On 22/07/2005, at 2:11 PM, Mike Fuller wrote:

I'm running Safari 2.0 (build 412.2) on a G5 iMac running OS  
10.4.2. My G4 laptop running OS 10.3.9 and Safari 1.3 accesses the  
page without any drama. Firefox on the G5 quits but the same  
version on the laptop is OK.


Beyond sending a report to Apple is there anything I should do to  
correct this?


Peter Meyer
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0408902349

Re: open with

[Peter Meyer]

excellent, thank you!
so that preference is now gone - the only other thing i did do was to  
remove a Scripts Menu from the menu bar.



On 11/07/2005, at 3:51 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:

i am having trouble setting the preferred application to open  
files of a particular type.


since installing Tiger all .csv files have a default preference to  
be opened with *Script Edit*
if i do the recommended *view info* (cmd+I) on a highlighted file  
and select, say Excel under *Open with* the icon at the top of the  
Info panel is changed to the Excel icon as is the app in the drop  
down menu.

[...]



Create a new user and see if the problem persists for the new user.  
If not then you know you need to remove some preference files from  
the problem users' account.


You could try deleting:
/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist


peter meyer
0408 902349
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open with

[Peter Meyer]

i am having trouble setting the preferred application to open files  
of a particular type.


since installing Tiger all .csv files have a default preference to be  
opened with *Script Edit*
if i do the recommended *view info* (cmd+I) on a highlighted file and  
select, say Excel under *Open with* the icon at the top of the Info  
panel is changed to the Excel icon as is the app in the drop down menu.


now, when i then click the  *Change All* button in response to the  
option to *Use this application to open all documents like this* i am  
asked (possibly quite reasonably) if i want to use Excel to open all  
Excel documents because that is what it is set at now!
however if i choose the *Continue* button here the application in  
fact defaults to Script Editor. it behaves similarly if i choose say,  
Text Edit as the preferred app. so it is not as if there is any  
particular aversion to MS :)


anyway it is obviously not the question i wanted answered which was  
*Use Excel to open all files previously set to opened with Script  
Editor?*


If i go to the bottom of the *Open with* menu on the Info panel to  
*Other*  and am presented with a window where i can *Choose Other  
Application* and there choose Excel, i am given the option to tick a  
box: *Always Open With*. i tick that optimistically and click on  
*Add* but this of course only refers to the particular file; similar  
files are still set to be opened with the default app.


is this something particular to my installation of Tiger or is it a  
bug in Tiger itself?

previous versions of OS X behaved themselves in this respect.

(Tiger is installed on a Ti-book 550 512Mb)

mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: weather widget not working

[Peter Meyer]

AccuWeather's website was also down a few days ago and they now have  
notices saying it has undergone considerable improvements!
they do seem to have gone to daylight savings times in that the  
stated time for Perth is now 2 hours ahead of ourselves.
but for some time now my dashboard widget has insisted on telling me  
we are in constant darkness - it seems to adopt the timezone for that  
*other* perth even when it is, supposedly giving local (WA)  
conditions. melbourne and, say, hobart are currently enjoying  
daylight (and  blue *sky*) although melbourne has previously also  
disappeared into darkness during otherwise daylight hours (according  
to the widget).
apart from that i'd be pretty dubious about the data they report  
anyway - from their website the time of sunrise here today was  
supposed to be 08:37 and the current temp is a  couple of degrees  
below that measured by the Perth Bureau (as was the minimum)

but at least the chance of snow is minimal!

perhaps it is best to look out of the window?

On 15/06/2005, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 14/06/2005, at 6:00 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:




The weather widget not working for me. Is it working for anyone else?

Roger and Rosemary Horton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



It wasn't working yesterday. Today it is. Perhaps there was a  
problem at AccuWeather.


mousepeter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: OS X Tiger Dictionary English(Aus)?

[Peter Meyer]

if you actually test out the dictionary (using the cmd+ctrl+D) on the  
spelling of, say *colour* or *favour* or, indeed  jewellery, it will  
give you the words (colour is noted as being an English sp, but not  
so, the others)





On 12/06/2005, at 2:54 PM, John Winters wrote:


Yes, that's what I've found too!

In the preferences for the Dictionary application in Tiger, there  
is the

tantalising suggestion:

"Drag dictionaries into the order you prefer"

but the only two listings are the New Oxford American Dictionary,  
and the

Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. It sort of suggests that other
dictionaries could be added and given precedence over the US  
offerings, or

even that the US dictionary could be turned off.

The help files don't help, and I've not been able to find anything  
on the
Apple site or through Google. Given the usually excellent  
international

support built into the Mac OS, this seems a strange omission. Even
mumble$oft office gives me the option of English(Aus) in the language
support.

Anyone have any thoughts?

John
--  
John Winters

Phone +61 8 9367 9277
Fax   +61 8 9367 9244
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




From: Susan Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:01:27 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: OS X Tiger Dictionary English(Aus)?

I can only find American dictionaries in the Dictionary application.
On 12/06/2005, at 11:29 AM, Rob Davies wrote:




On 11/06/2005, at 9:59 PM, John Winters wrote:




Hi WAMUGers,

Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the US dictionary
built in to
the system wide Tiger Dictionary application with an Australian
English or
UK English dictionary? I¹m getting sick of colour being underlined
in red!




I have 3 places my dictionary are controlled from:

1: System wide? This is controlled from International in your
preference folder activate or de-activate relevant language via
edit list button. Then you move them up and down to which one you
would like to be first choice then one would assume it goes down
sliding scale until it discovers the word.

2: The Dictionary application which can be activated by selecting a
word then ctrl+cmd+d. Its preferences are situated in the drop down
list menu of program name once you activate program from your
Applications folder. Select your preferred English version.

3: CocoaAspell, these are set by program controls and language
activation in Spelling > System Preferences.

Finder > Help > Mac Help > Language also gives some other  
information



Cheers!

Rob Davies
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"Just take your applications and stick them in and see if they run
(Gates 05)." If it does Welcome to Mac OS X! (RJDarts 05).


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safari forced reload

[Peter Meyer]

i use safari as the preferred browser but find that firefox has a  
superior ability to effect forced reloads of a webpage.


trying to check corrections on a recently uploaded webpage, a simple  
*reload* will usually return some sort of cached version. in firefox,  
a forced reload (shift+cmd+reload) will return the page just uploaded  
but i haven't discovered an appropriate key combination in safari to  
do the same thing.


does anyone know if there is one?

(firefox also has a nice *rick-click* option to reload just a  
particular frame)




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Re: Tiger's on the pBook

[Peter Meyer]

On 02/05/2005, at 10:14 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:


Hi All

I've got Tiger loaded on the Powewrbook. It installed well, runs Ok  
and looks nice. It's a bit too late to play too much tonight but 2  
things:


I can't change Perth in Dashboard Weather Widget, from some place  
with -4c predicted, to Perth WA or even Geraldton. Any clues?  
Daniel's polite method doesn't seem to work. I can go to http:// 
wwwa.accuweather.com/index-world-forecast.asp? 
partner=accuweather&myadc=0&traveler=0&zipcode=AU;WA;GERALDTON&metric= 
1 but this doesn't seem to update the widget.



quite simple really - just turn the widget around by clicking the  
bottom-right corner and make sure you enter *Perth, Western  
Australia* in the appropriate space and hit  and it will chug  
off and find the *real* Perth for you; you can click on  to  
turn the widget around again and it shows it's wet/raining and 19º  
having been as cool as 12ºC but as warm as 24ºC.


Also how can I put mailboxes on rhs of Mail window? It seems it's  
either left or left out altogether.



…not sure about that bit; maybe it's not possible as it's no longer a  
drawer?




Regards
Reg

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Re: a (Canon) warranty question...

[Peter Meyer]

On 22/02/2005, at 11:16 AM, Mark Secker wrote:

as some of you may recall from list discussion I purchased a Canon A80 
Powershot in April last year



Now obviously it's still under warranty but is an obsolete (no longer 
made) model.


so has anybody experienced canon warranty service and what are they 
likely to do, it seems highly unlikely they would repair/replace the 
CCD so would they replace the whole camera with a model of similar 
specifications (4 MPixel 3x zoom) or will they replace it with one of 
equal purchase value ($600) or


Canon are very reasonable (easy) and pleasant to deal with and have a 
service centre in Osborne Park; I think you'll find there is every 
chance they will replace the CCD (these cameras are very *modular*) but 
it's easy enough to give them a call and you can talk to people who 
understand their product!


peter meyer
ATTA
website: http://www.atta.asn.au
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0408 902 349

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

[Peter Meyer]

On 14/02/2005, at 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever 
since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking 
permissions) I find that the Software Update button in "About This 
Mac" is permanently greyed out and inactive. Likewise, the "Sofware 
Update..." option under the Apple Menu, although not grey, does 
nothing. Thankfully I can still use Software Update from System 
Preferences, and it still launches on schedule, otherwise I would 
upgrade it from minor nuisance to major problem.


Has anyone else experienced this?


no, both are fine but i updated using the quick and nasty method… (not 
the combo)


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0408 902 349
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Re: .dat

[Peter Meyer]

On 12/02/2005, at 11:39 AM, Lloyd White wrote:

I have received an email with two attachments of 227k each in a format 
with

.dat
It comes from a business in South America I am dealing with. Not spam.

Can this be opened on a Mac and if so, what is the program to use?



*TNEF's Enough* is the answer - freeware


mouse   peter meyer
0408 902 349
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wanted: laserwriter NT parts

[Peter Meyer]

i am looking for a power supply for a Personal Laserwriter NT whose own 
power supply has died.


some time back people were getting rid of some of these beasts but mine 
was still working then!



mouse   peter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: Fax and Scanner software for....OSX

[Peter Meyer]

On 06/03/2004, at 2:02 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



!.  A book says that OSX 10.3 comes with Fax software.
CAN somebody confirm this please ?


it's integrated with the  function - ie you can *print* to a 
printer/fax/or PDF

just hit P and see what it offers you

mouse   peter meyer
0408 902349
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Re: Epson printer 740

[peter meyer]

the Epson Print Utility still exists and functions under OS X [but not 
if you are using a networked USB connection through Airport :-( ]

the utility lives in the library>printers>Epson>utilities


On Sunday, Aug 24, 2003, at 13:14 Australia/Perth, Dark Servant wrote:

I found the ink level check to be highly inaccurate, esp. when using 
ink refills.
The rest do not need to be used very often so I am content to perform 
these tasks under classic on the odd occasion.

As far as I know there is no utility to perform these tasks under X.

Ruben A. Franke


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0408 902 349
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Re: ftp for OSX

[peter meyer]

FTP Thingy is a very basic, unpretentious but effective client.
and free...




On Saturday, Aug 2, 2003, at 15:57 Australia/Perth, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi WA muggers

The last time I used ftp was about 3 years ago while on OS9, using
Fetch. Im not sure how to go about using ftp with OSX. I searched
versiontracker and found about 20 different clients mentioned!!

Can someone please point in the right direction for a good client to
use?

mouse   peter meyer
0408 902 349
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Re: Seeking an old system

[peter meyer]

have you tried:
ftp://uniserver.uwa.edu.au/Charm-Apple/Old%20System%207.5%20Installs/


On Thursday, Jul 31, 2003, at 23:40 Australia/Perth, Brad Helden wrote:


Have found OS7 and downloaded, now looking for OS7.5

Brad
--
Brad Helden


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0408 902 349
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[FOR SALE]airport and sundry goodies

[peter meyer]

is anyone interested in an Airport Base Station not yet 6mo old (bought 
in december) for about $300?

i would like to upgrade to the non-modem version (thinking of ADSL!)

Also i have a few items which might find loving homes (for free):

a 16 port 10/100TX Hub/ Switch (Alloy DS 1601) - it has a noisy fan 
which should be replaced (~$25 from RS)


a couple of Epson colour ink cartridges #SO20089 (for stylus 400, 600, 
800, 850 or 1520)

and an ethernet card for a Stylus 850

and a couple of Zytech SCSI drive enclosures: one is a HD enclosure and 
the other is actually a Syquest drive (have half a dozen 105Mb 
cartdidges too)


Finally, is anyone interested in a Powerbook 180 and/or 5300CS?





mouse   peter meyer
0408 902 349
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Re: iPhoto 2 & iMovie 3

[peter meyer]

from TIDBITS:

MailBITS/27-Jan-03

iLife Delayed Until 31-Jan-03 -- Sometimes, the baby just isn't ready. 
At Macworld Expo, Apple announced a 25-Jan-03 delivery date for its 
$50 digital hub suite iLife, which comprises iTunes 3, iPhoto 2, 
iMovie 3, and iDVD 3. Now, the company has pushed the date back to 
31-Jan-03 without citing a reason. [JLC]


<http://www.apple.com/ilife/>


On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 01:48 PM, Michael Waldie wrote:


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


mouse   peter meyer
0408 902 349
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Re: Time & Date Conversion

[peter meyer]

On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 01:41 PM, peter meyer wrote


#!/usr/bin/perl -ne
if (m#(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+:\d+)\s+(AM|PM)\s+(.*\S)\s*$#) {
printf "%02d/%02d/%02d %02d:%s %s\n", $2, $1, $3, $4 + ($6 eq "PM" 
&& 24), $5, $7;

} else {
warn "Bad input on line $.: $_\n";
}


Oops,

The "-ne" in the first line should be a "-n". The "e" specifies that 
the script is supplied as a parameter on the command line, which isn't 
the case here. Also, if you copy and paste, make sure that there are 
no leading spaces or tabs on the first line. Hopefully I didn't lead 
you astray anywhere else!


Regards,

- jo

Re: Time & Date Conversion

[peter meyer]

On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 11:23 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote


I have corrected the application so all future logs are in the right
format but I still need to convert all the old logs.

The log files look like :

1/15/03 1:31:28 AM Data
1/15/03 1:32:31 AM Data
1/15/03 1:32:32 AM Data

The new format I require is

dd/mm/yy hh:mm:ss Data

With leading zeros in all fields and time 24 hour.


Under OS X, there is a simple solution using perl. I'll assume that 
you aren't familiar with *NIX systems (and hence the command-line tools 
available under OS X). Suppose that you want to convert an old-format 
file xtension.1 in the directory /var/log/xtension to a new-format file 
new_xtension.1 in your home directory. Create a text file 
convert_log.pl in your home directory, which contains the following:


#!/usr/bin/perl -ne
if (m#(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+:\d+)\s+(AM|PM)\s+(.*\S)\s*$#) {
printf "%02d/%02d/%02d %02d:%s %s\n", $2, $1, $3, $4 + ($6 eq "PM" 
&& 24), $5, $7;

} else {
warn "Bad input on line $.: $_\n";
}

Open up a terminal window and type the following commands (% is the 
prompt):


% chmod +x convert_log.pl

This marks convert_log.pl as an executable script, which can the be 
used to convert a log file as follows:


% convert_log.pl /var/log/xtension/xtension.1 > ~/new_xtension.1

You could modify this script quite easily to convert multiple files 
in-place using perl's -i flag. The manual pages for perl are quite 
good:


% man perl
% man perlrun
% man perlre
% man perlfunc

You can probably also do this in excel, but it's been too long since I 
did any programming in excel for me to be able to come up with a 
solution off the top of my head.


Regards,

- josef meyer

syquest

[peter meyer]

i have a syquest 105MB drive which seems to be on its way out (although 
the removal of a quantity of accumulated dust from its guts seems to 
have revived it; it might have been the replugging of a couple of 
connectors which may or may not have been a consequence of the 
dismantling of the unit :-})
anyway, recently there were a number of posts which indicated that 
there are other people out there still using syquests.
so - given the parlous state of my drive i have half a dozen cartridges 
looking for a home if anyone is interested (free of course!)



peter meyer
0408 902 349
[EMAIL PROTECTED]