Re: Calculator
I've found slow loading can be a problem if you have too many widgets on display than you need. Great that you can have any number of clocks showing different times around the world, or any number of Unit Converters so as not to have to change settings each time, but if you go overboard with the number of widgets which rely on the internet to pull data, dashboard loading can slow to a crawl. I imagine a data hungry widget or two would have the same effect. For instance, I had a widget from the Bureau of Meteorology. I noticed it always took a while longer than the others to load. So I deleted it, and the whole dashboard loading process increased in speed substantially. The preinstalled Calculator and Unit Converter widget combination are hard to beat for convenience, although the Calculator has only basic functionality. No doubt there's a fancier calculator widget out there though. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 4:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Hi Steven Thank you. Yes you are no doubt correct in suggesting I delete some widgets. First to go will be the weather widget which does indeed take a long time to load. How do I find the Unit Converter to use with Calculator? I tried searching with Spotlight but all that comes up is today's emails to the List. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 3:25 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've found slow loading can be a problem if you have too many widgets on display than you need. Great that you can have any number of clocks showing different times around the world, or any number of Unit Converters so as not to have to change settings each time, but if you go overboard with the number of widgets which rely on the internet to pull data, dashboard loading can slow to a crawl. I imagine a data hungry widget or two would have the same effect. For instance, I had a widget from the Bureau of Meteorology. I noticed it always took a while longer than the others to load. So I deleted it, and the whole dashboard loading process increased in speed substantially. The preinstalled Calculator and Unit Converter widget combination are hard to beat for convenience, although the Calculator has only basic functionality. No doubt there's a fancier calculator widget out there though. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 4:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
I've found the pre-installed weather widget loads quite quickly, ie. the one which if you click on 'i' for information is powered by The Weather Channel and Yahoo! If you bring up your Dashboard, you should see a black and white '+' symbol in the bottom left corner of your screen, ie. a white '+' on a black circular background. If you click on the '+' symbol, a row of optional widgets should slide open, each of which you can drag to the Dashboard as many times as you like (the more copies you drag onto your dashboard, the more slowly the Dashboard widgets load overall). If you don't see an icon for Unit Converter, you need to look at the bottom right corner of your screen, after you've clicked on the '+' symbol, and click on the right-pointing arrow. This should take you to the next suite of widgets available. If you still don't see Unit Converter, keep scrolling through your available widgets by clicking the right arrow again. You can scroll back by clicking the left arrow at the bottom left of your screen, near where the '+' symbol was which will have now turned into an 'x'. If for some reason Unit Converter isn't there, I presume you can find and install it via ... http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 1:41 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Steven Thank you. Yes you are no doubt correct in suggesting I delete some widgets. First to go will be the weather widget which does indeed take a long time to load. How do I find the Unit Converter to use with Calculator? I tried searching with Spotlight but all that comes up is today's emails to the List. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 3:25 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've found slow loading can be a problem if you have too many widgets on display than you need. Great that you can have any number of clocks showing different times around the world, or any number of Unit Converters so as not to have to change settings each time, but if you go overboard with the number of widgets which rely on the internet to pull data, dashboard loading can slow to a crawl. I imagine a data hungry widget or two would have the same effect. For instance, I had a widget from the Bureau of Meteorology. I noticed it always took a while longer than the others to load. So I deleted it, and the whole dashboard loading process increased in speed substantially. The preinstalled Calculator and Unit Converter widget combination are hard to beat for convenience, although the Calculator has only basic functionality. No doubt there's a fancier calculator widget out there though. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 4:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Hi Steven I thought you had meant that Unit Converter was an application similar to Calculator. No problem in managing widgets. Thanks for your response. I would still like to know why Calculator is no longer updating exchange rates. Cheers Laura On 12/09/2010, at 6:09 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've found the pre-installed weather widget loads quite quickly, ie. the one which if you click on 'i' for information is powered by The Weather Channel and Yahoo! If you bring up your Dashboard, you should see a black and white '+' symbol in the bottom left corner of your screen, ie. a white '+' on a black circular background. If you click on the '+' symbol, a row of optional widgets should slide open, each of which you can drag to the Dashboard as many times as you like (the more copies you drag onto your dashboard, the more slowly the Dashboard widgets load overall). If you don't see an icon for Unit Converter, you need to look at the bottom right corner of your screen, after you've clicked on the '+' symbol, and click on the right-pointing arrow. This should take you to the next suite of widgets available. If you still don't see Unit Converter, keep scrolling through your available widgets by clicking the right arrow again. You can scroll back by clicking the left arrow at the bottom left of your screen, near where the '+' symbol was which will have now turned into an 'x'. If for some reason Unit Converter isn't there, I presume you can find and install it via ... http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 1:41 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Steven Thank you. Yes you are no doubt correct in suggesting I delete some widgets. First to go will be the weather widget which does indeed take a long time to load. How do I find the Unit Converter to use with Calculator? I tried searching with Spotlight but all that comes up is today's emails to the List. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 3:25 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've found slow loading can be a problem if you have too many widgets on display than you need. Great that you can have any number of clocks showing different times around the world, or any number of Unit Converters so as not to have to change settings each time, but if you go overboard with the number of widgets which rely on the internet to pull data, dashboard loading can slow to a crawl. I imagine a data hungry widget or two would have the same effect. For instance, I had a widget from the Bureau of Meteorology. I noticed it always took a while longer than the others to load. So I deleted it, and the whole dashboard loading process increased in speed substantially. The preinstalled Calculator and Unit Converter widget combination are hard to beat for convenience, although the Calculator has only basic functionality. No doubt there's a fancier calculator widget out there though. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 4:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Hi David Thanks for that link. At least now I know it is a real problem for everyone using Calculator. A pity, because a simple unit converter is not nearly so convenient as having all the Calculator attributes available. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 10:34 PM, David Brown wrote: Laura Webb wrote: Hi Steven I thought you had meant that Unit Converter was an application similar to Calculator. No problem in managing widgets. Thanks for your response. I would still like to know why Calculator is no longer updating exchange rates. Cheers Laura Hi Laura There is a discussion on this topic at: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2571756tstart=0messageID=12248963#12248963 Possibly Apple is not too concerned with fixing this aspect of Calculator since there is now the widget to do the job. Cheers David -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Calculator
Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Calculator
Good morning all, I tried the calculator currency and the update doesn't work for me either. The widget on my iMac i7 (OS 10.6.6) gives an instant response. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 12/09/2010, at 8:28 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Thanks Steven. I do have an Easy Currency Converter widget but Dashboard always seems slow to load meaning I have to wait for all the various items, clocks, weather etc to appear. I find Calculator in the dock a much better option for a quick currency conversion. Regards Laura On 12/09/2010, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Laura, this doesn't answer your calculator problem, but using the Unit Converter widget alongside your calculator might be easier in the sense that exchange rates are accessed each inquiry, therefore no need to manually look up and amend exchange rates. The Unit Converter widget is amongst those which come preinstalled on your Mac. Cheers, Steven On 12/09/2010, at 3:19 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all A simple question and I'm sure there is a simple answer! I regularly use Calculator (4.5.3 in Scientific Mode) and when converting currency always update the current exchange rate, Now for whatever reason when I press update nothing happens. Not of major importance as I know there are many other currency conversions available but I do like things to work as they should!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator
Have a look at the pre-paid offers. The 'Talk Text' option is pretty good and as long as you're willing to tweak things a bit by purchasing packs when you need them it's actually pretty good value, not outstanding, but certainly competative. 2009/7/4 Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au: Thanks Dave Christopher, I had already checked both these Plan Calculators before posting to WAMUG. I am becoming more confused after researching all the information around the Internet ;-) I'll probably end up sticking with Telstra ... on what Plan I'm not sure yet. Thanks again. Ronni On 04/07/2009, at 12:21 PM, Christopher S wrote: This one is not as flash as numbers in a flash but still good... http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/planmatrix3gsv2.png From: choy c...@mac.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:13:45 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator There is a plan calculator on the web already comparing all the plans. Adjust the sliders according to your currrent/expected usage to find out which plans suit you ( any plans with red bars are a no-no!) http://www.numbersinaflash.com/iphone-plans-comparison-calcul/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Need to get in touch? Email MSN: seaw...@marinewolf.net -UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about its friends -Make something idiot proof and someone will build a better idiot -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator
Thanks Dave Christopher, I had already checked both these Plan Calculators before posting to WAMUG. I am becoming more confused after researching all the information around the Internet ;-) I'll probably end up sticking with Telstra ... on what Plan I'm not sure yet. Thanks again. Ronni On 04/07/2009, at 12:21 PM, Christopher S wrote: This one is not as flash as numbers in a flash but still good... http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/planmatrix3gsv2.png From: choy c...@mac.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:13:45 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator There is a plan calculator on the web already comparing all the plans. Adjust the sliders according to your currrent/expected usage to find out which plans suit you ( any plans with red bars are a no-no!) http://www.numbersinaflash.com/iphone-plans-comparison-calcul/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator
Ronni, There is a plan calculator on the web already comparing all the plans. Adjust the sliders according to your currrent/expected usage to find out which plans suit you ( any plans with red bars are a no-no!) http://www.numbersinaflash.com/iphone-plans-comparison-calcul/ Dave Choy On 04/07/2009, at 12:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Pete, I would appreciate you sending the Numbers comparison to me. Thanks, Ronni On 03/07/2009, at 9:26 PM, Pete Smith wrote: Hi Ronni. I just bought an iPhone today on the $40 Telstra phone plan. I looked at most plans under $100 for Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone and made myself up a pricing plan comparison in Numbers for each phone size and plan. I also looked at one Member Plan at Telstra for the equivalent $40 plan. If you have the phone already, a member plan looks the way to go. The main difference, besides not paying for the phone, is that the $5 data is not included in the member plan but you get $40 worth of calls instead of $35. However, total cost over the two years, including the purchase of a 32GB iPhone either outright or on a phone plan resulted in the phone plan being cheaper. If you'd like, I can email you my Numbers comparison off list. It also has the coverage of the three networks. I ended up going with Telstra mainly for the coverage. From their own maps (all three carriers), Telstra is the only one that virtually covers Rottnest. I have also spoken with a couple of the blokes at work who reside down Mandurah, Rockingham way and each have gone away but returned to Telstra because of difficulties with coverage. Also, assuming I don't use more than my allotted calls and data per month, it's actually cheaper! Now comes the fun part of learning what I'm doing with my iPhone. Regards Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net On 03/07/2009, at 16:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Susan, Marcus Glenn, I use my Mobile mainly for emergencies SMS, I am currently only on a $20 mth 12 month contact with Telstra. I possibly wouldn't use the iPhone much differently, I would use the iPhone for accessing my email as I do with iPod Touch (on a Wireless Network), not using the Telstra 3G Network. So I require a Private Plan not a Business Plan. I would prefer to stay with Telstra, as I said previously I have stayed with Telstra because of the better coverage when I travel through the country areas. Also the Devil you know syndrome ;-) Susan, are you on a Telstra 24mth Plan or a Pre-Paid? Cheers, Ronni On 03/07/2009, at 4:36 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: On the plans, I am sticking with Telstra because they provide the best coverage outside of the city. I know you can switch to roaming, but that hasn't been a very good experience in the past, maybe it has got better. But, I don't use my iphone for the internet or email very much unless I have wifi access. So, one idea would be to get an unlocked phone from the Apple Store, then buy a prepaid SIM with Optus, and check out the coverage. If it works well for you, then you could go onto a plan. cheers, susan. On 03/07/2009, at 1:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, Today I received a phone call from a Telstra representative (my current contract expires with them on 30th July '09). We got talking the new iPhone 3G S and he was continually pressing the point that Telstra is Australia's largest, fastest and most reliable 3G network. He then sent me an email with Telstra's new iPhone Plans. I'm interested in your opinions on these plans in comparison to other carriers please. Telstra's monthly included data download is terrible I think, $5 for the $30 $40 plans which equates to 5MB of Data ... excess data charged at $1.00/MB ... yikes! And then there is this in Telstra's -Things you need to know: 1. iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G are configured to work only with the wireless services provided by Telstra. Does this mean you cannot access any other wireless network? http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/phones/iphone/pricing.html Optus still seems to have the better plans. I have stayed with Telstra all these years for its better coverage, but I'm seriously contemplating a change of carrier for an iPhone 3G S. Telsyte principal research analyst Warren Chaisatien says Optus has again released the most aggressive iPhone plan prices, increasing data allowances for the internet-savvy phone and introducing plans with unlimited phone calls and messaging. Optus iPhone 3GS plans include the company's popular $59 plan with data boosted from 500MB to 700MB a month and so-called timeless plans with unlimited calls and messaging starting at $99 and including 1.5GB of downloads. And Telstra is the only carrier not to offer iPhone tethering, allowing use of the iPhone as a modem. http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25717048-5016091,00.html How I'm interpreting
Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator
This one is not as flash as numbers in a flash but still good... http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/planmatrix3gsv2.png From: choy c...@mac.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:13:45 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iPhone 3G S - Telstra Plans - plan calculator There is a plan calculator on the web already comparing all the plans. Adjust the sliders according to your currrent/expected usage to find out which plans suit you ( any plans with red bars are a no-no!) http://www.numbersinaflash.com/iphone-plans-comparison-calcul/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
The Calculator application in 10.5
Is there a way of forcing it to refresh the exchange rates in the currency conversion section ? Mine lists rates from the 18th March which are a tad out of date... Thanks in advance Mark -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The Calculator application in 10.5
Hi Mark, It should update currency rates automatically when you open calculator. It goes online to download up-to-the-minute currency rates to ensure that the conversion is accurate. Open Calculator - Choose Convert Type in an amount Currency - it should update immediately the Exchange Rates. Cheers, Ronni On 24/04/2008, at 3:04 PM, Mark Heeler wrote: Is there a way of forcing it to refresh the exchange rates in the currency conversion section ? Mine lists rates from the 18th March which are a tad out of date... Thanks in advance Mark -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The Calculator application in 10.5
Yes, I thought that too... I have left it open for the past hour - no change... Maybe our work IT firewall/content filtering has blocked the feed. I'll try it later and see ! thx Mark On 24/04/2008, at 4:44 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Mark, It should update currency rates automatically when you open calculator. It goes online to download up-to-the-minute currency rates to ensure that the conversion is accurate. Open Calculator - Choose Convert Type in an amount Currency - it should update immediately the Exchange Rates. Cheers, Ronni On 24/04/2008, at 3:04 PM, Mark Heeler wrote: Is there a way of forcing it to refresh the exchange rates in the currency conversion section ? Mine lists rates from the 18th March which are a tad out of date... Thanks in advance Mark -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The Calculator application in 10.5
Quit Calculator Mark and then re open it. It should update currency everytime you open Calculator Choose Convert Type in an amount Currency. Ronni On 24/04/2008, at 4:56 PM, Mark Heeler wrote: Yes, I thought that too... I have left it open for the past hour - no change... Maybe our work IT firewall/content filtering has blocked the feed. I'll try it later and see ! thx Mark On 24/04/2008, at 4:44 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Mark, It should update currency rates automatically when you open calculator. It goes online to download up-to-the-minute currency rates to ensure that the conversion is accurate. Open Calculator - Choose Convert Type in an amount Currency - it should update immediately the Exchange Rates. Cheers, Ronni On 24/04/2008, at 3:04 PM, Mark Heeler wrote: Is there a way of forcing it to refresh the exchange rates in the currency conversion section ? Mine lists rates from the 18th March which are a tad out of date... Thanks in advance Mark -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Calculator app. v 3.1
Thanks to both Jude the Obscure and Bob Howells. Surely this list must be good enough to order pizza with ;-) Nancy M
Re: Calculator app. v 3.1
On 25/08/2005, at 12:40 AM, Nancy McIntyre wrote: Thanks to both Jude the Obscure and Bob Howells. Surely this list must be good enough to order pizza with ;-) Nancy M Do you want that with The Lot, Nancy? Cheers, Ronni When Microsoft asks you, Where do you want to go today? Tell them, Apple!
Re: Calculator app. v 3.1
On 25/08/2005, at 7:14 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/08/2005, at 12:40 AM, Nancy McIntyre wrote: Thanks to both Jude the Obscure and Bob Howells. Surely this list must be good enough to order pizza with ;-) Nancy M Definitely sushi the amount of time I spend on it :-) Brett Carboni Tsunami Now with on-line restaurant reservations through Wamug (note: above is only a spurious semi humourous tagline. Do not book online through Wamug please)
Calculator app. v 3.1
Is any reader able to supply me with a copy of Calculator app v 3.1? It was last seen with 10.3.8 and I'd like back one of the functions which v 3.2.1 in 10.3.9 has made unavailable. The package can be emailed efficiently using http://www.yousendit.com/ if you have a copy. thanks in advance for any help Nancy M
The Real Story behind Graphing Calculator
This story is a great read. :-) If you've never used it before, this software called Graphing Calculator is really fantastic - I used to use it all the time to demonstrate the new PowerPC Macs with which they were bundled when they first came out back in 1994. Quite mind-blowing even if you didn't know much about maths. Excerpt: It's midnight. I've been working sixteen hours a day, seven days a week. I'm not being paid. In fact, my project was canceled six months ago, so I'm evading security, sneaking into Apple Computer's main offices in the heart of Silicon Valley, doing clandestine volunteer work for an eight-billion-dollar corporation. Only at Apple! You can download a free version for Mac OS X here: http://www.pacifict.com/gc14.dmg -Mart --- http://www.pacifict.com/Story/ The Graphing Calculator Story Copyright © 2004 Ron Avitzur. Pacific Tech's Graphing Calculator has a long history. I began the work in 1985 while in school. That became Milo, and later became part of FrameMaker. Over the last twenty years, many people have contributed to it. Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under unique circumstances. I used to be a contractor for Apple, working on a secret project. Unfortunately, the computer we were building never saw the light of day. The project was so plagued by politics and ego that when the engineers requested technical oversight, our manager hired a psychologist instead. In August 1993, the project was canceled. A year of my work evaporated, my contract ended, and I was unemployed. I was frustrated by all the wasted effort, so I decided to uncancel my small part of the project. I had been paid to do a job, and I wanted to finish it. My electronic badge still opened Apple's doors, so I just kept showing up. I had many sympathizers. Apple's engineers thought what I was doing was cool. Whenever I gave demos, my colleagues said, I wish I'd had that when I was in school. Those working on Apple's project to change the microprocessor in its computers to the IBM PowerPC were especially supportive. They thought my software would show off the speed of their new machine. None of them was able to hire me, however, so I worked unofficially, in classic skunkworks fashion. I knew nothing about the PowerPC and had no idea how to modify my software to run on it. One August night, after dinner, two guys showed up to announce that they would camp out in my office until the modification was done. The three of us spent the next six hours editing fifty thousand lines of code. The work was delicate surgery requiring arcane knowledge of the MacOS, the PowerPC, and my own software. It would have taken weeks for any one of us working alone. At 1:00 a.m., we trekked to an office that had a PowerPC prototype. We looked at each other, took a deep breath, and launched the application. The monitor burst into flames. We calmly carried it outside to avoid setting off smoke detectors, plugged in another monitor, and tried again. The software hadn't caused the fire; the monitor had just chosen that moment to malfunction. The software ran over fifty times faster than it had run on the old microprocessor. We played with it for a while and agreed, This doesn't suck (high praise in Apple lingo). We had an impressive demo, but it would take months of hard work to turn it into a product. I asked my friend Greg Robbins to help me. His contract in another division at Apple had just ended, so he told his manager that he would start reporting to me. She didn't ask who I was and let him keep his office and badge. In turn, I told people that I was reporting to him. Since that left no managers in the loop, we had no meetings and could be extremely productive. We worked twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Greg had unlimited energy and a perfectionist's attention to detail. He usually stayed behind closed doors programming all day, while I spent much of my time talking with other engineers. Since I had asked him to help as a personal favor, I had to keep pace with him. Thanks to an uncurtained east-facing window in my bedroom, I woke with the dawn and usually arrived ten minutes before Greg did. He would think I had been working for hours and feel obliged to work late to stay on par. I in turn felt obliged to stay as late as he did. This feedback loop created an ever-increasing spiral of productivity. People around the Apple campus saw us all the time and assumed we belonged. Few asked who we were or what we were doing.When someone did ask me, I never lied, but relied on the power of corporate apathy. The conversations usually went like this: Q: Do you work here? A: No. Q: You mean you're a contractor? A: Actually, no. Q: But then who's paying you? A: No one. Q: How do you live? A: I live simply. Q: (Incredulously) What are you doing here?! At that point I'd give
Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion
Hi Mark, A hug thank you my Calculator is Updating Currency Exchange Rates again without quitting. This is what I did ... (sort of following your instructions) : user/library/application support/calculator/financialrates.plist dragged this to trash calculator still would quit when I click Update Currency Exchange rates so continued ... user/library/caches/calculator/ ... and trashed 08 09 folders. Opened Calculator Update Currency Exchange Rates yippeee it worked, no quitting So now I know how much I'm paying again for 'stuff' I buy from the US of A. Cheers, Ronni The Creative Mind Is Like A Parachute It Only Works When It's Open On 16/03/2004, at 8:14 AM, Mark Secker wrote: hmm can't say I've had that specific problem, s'pose you could try the usual deleting (backup first) the FinancialRates.Plist or any folder that is in your ~user/library/caches/calculator folder (ditto on the backup) else try repair permissions for a more general thing as an aside I not the URL it looks up is the International Monetory Fund's http://www.imf.org/external/np/tre/sdr/drates/8101.htm On 15/03/2004, at 8:21 AM, Mark Secker wrote: I guess most of us mac old timers have used the mac calculator on occasions and just using it's basic desktop functions (maybe expanding out to scientific if they need power to functions) well that's me so I don't know how long ago they added this is nice feature to OSX's calculator. I was actually trying to see if it (the new version) had an alternative expanded view such as a business calculator (loan amortisation, perpetuities etc) instead of the scientific functions and found the currency conversion function... it didn't take long to find... it was right there in the menu. (just remember to do the rates update every new day you use it OK) Hello Mark, For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange Rates the Application Calculator Quits. I'm using OSX 10.3.2Calculator 3.1 Cheers, Ronni From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. - Arthur Ashe
Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion
On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 10:35 PM, Ryan Schotte wrote: For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange Rates the Application Calculator Quits. I'm using OSX 10.3.2Calculator 3.1 Mine is doing the same thing -- same versions. Very annoying, since this is one feature of OS X I've loved all along... and I needed to convert US-AU tonight! Try this http://www.commbank.com.au/Today/DEF-Build.asp?H=SH1- ForeignExchange.htmN=TNB-ForeignExchange.htmB=ForeignExchange/TBC- Fxcalc.htm Thanks Rob, I already used the one at www.xe.com/ucc/. But it's just not the same as having it sitting in the Calculator...
Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion
To add to the others' sites for currency conversion here is the one I use. Simple but effective. http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html Lloyd For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange Rates the Application Calculator Quits. I'm using OSX 10.3.2Calculator 3.1 Mine is doing the same thing -- same versions. Very annoying, since this is one feature of OS X I've loved all along... and I needed to convert US-AU tonight! Ryan -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro --
Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion
On 15/03/2004, at 8:21 AM, Mark Secker wrote: I guess most of us mac old timers have used the mac calculator on occasions and just using it's basic desktop functions (maybe expanding out to scientific if they need power to functions) well that's me so I don't know how long ago they added this is nice feature to OSX's calculator. I was actually trying to see if it (the new version) had an alternative expanded view such as a business calculator (loan amortisation, perpetuities etc) instead of the scientific functions and found the currency conversion function... it didn't take long to find... it was right there in the menu. (just remember to do the rates update every new day you use it OK) Hello Mark, For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange Rates the Application Calculator Quits. I'm using OSX 10.3.2Calculator 3.1 Cheers, Ronni From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. - Arthur Ashe
Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion
On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 10:35 PM, Ryan Schotte wrote: For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange Rates the Application Calculator Quits. I'm using OSX 10.3.2Calculator 3.1 Mine is doing the same thing -- same versions. Very annoying, since this is one feature of OS X I've loved all along... and I needed to convert US-AU tonight! Try this http://www.commbank.com.au/Today/DEF-Build.asp?H=SH1- ForeignExchange.htmN=TNB-ForeignExchange.htmB=ForeignExchange/TBC- Fxcalc.htm Ryan -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
conversion in calculator
often use this to convert currency, units etc.. its easy to miss this feature! This would have to be one of my favourite uses of this venerable application. 1. open calculator 2. type in the currency amount 3. click on Convert menu.. update latest exchange rates 4. voila..! ken
Re: Duration Calculator
Thanks to all who replied re a calculator that could manage durations. In the end, I decided to go for a physical unit, as I dont have access to and dont want to install a spreadsheet application on my work machine. For anyone who is in need of something similar, I did find a small app called CalcWorks SE which will do the job, but will not accept timecode format without decimals, so, good in a pinch, but not so good if you are used to typing timecode. Ah, do you mean timecodes as in film/video SMPTE timecodes? If so you might also look at 'Calc timecode', available from http://www.hinton.demon.co.uk/mac/macsoft.html Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2003 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Duration Calculator
Thanks to all who replied re a calculator that could manage durations. In the end, I decided to go for a physical unit, as I dont have access to and dont want to install a spreadsheet application on my work machine. For anyone who is in need of something similar, I did find a small app called CalcWorks SE which will do the job, but will not accept timecode format without decimals, so, good in a pinch, but not so good if you are used to typing timecode. thanks again :) Jude ___ In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. Terry Pratchett ___
Re: Duration calculator?
on 01/08/02 22:43, Jude Cotter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows of an application that will calculate duration - ie - a calculator that can add and subtract hours, minutes and seconds. Ive been looking for a few weeks (starting with Versiontracker) but so far no luck. It may be that I am not entering the correct terminology to find it. Duration calculator? You can easily do this in Excel - format the cells in time hours:mins:secs and add and subtract as usual, I would expect that other spreadsheet programs would do this also At this point I would even be happy if someone knew of a physical calculator (as opposed to an application) that can do this, along with a shove in the right direction of where to get one... tia Jude ___ In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. Terry Pratchett ___ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Duration calculator?
I use a great little program called Multi Timer from www.ironsoftware.com I think it's about $30 but you can try before you buy. It records the time taken to do a job if that is what you are after. Peter Bull -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:17:51 +0800 To: Jude Cotter [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Duration calculator? on 01/08/02 22:43, Jude Cotter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows of an application that will calculate duration - ie - a calculator that can add and subtract hours, minutes and seconds. Ive been looking for a few weeks (starting with Versiontracker) but so far no luck. It may be that I am not entering the correct terminology to find it. Duration calculator? You can easily do this in Excel - format the cells in time hours:mins:secs and add and subtract as usual, I would expect that other spreadsheet programs would do this also At this point I would even be happy if someone knew of a physical calculator (as opposed to an application) that can do this, along with a shove in the right direction of where to get one... tia Jude ___ In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. Terry Pratchett ___ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Duration calculator?
Jude - if you have a standard spreadsheet application, you should find that the spreadsheet will do these calculations for you. Maybe look up 'date' or 'dates' in the online manual. Microsoft's Excel certainly calculates duration. Below is an extract from Excel's online help facility (searched the word 'time'). --- How Microsoft Excel performs date and time calculations Microsoft Excel stores dates as sequential numbers known as serial values and stores times as decimal fractions because time is considered a portion of a day. Dates and times are values and therefore can be added, subtracted, and included in other calculations. For example, to determine the difference between two dates, you can subtract one date from the other. You can view a date or time as a serial number or a decimal fraction by changing the format of the cell that contains the date or time to General format. Microsoft Excel supports two date systems: the 1900 and 1904 date systems. The default date system for Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh is 1904. To change to the 1900 date system, click Preferences on the Tools menu, click the Calculation tab, and then clear the 1904 date system check box. The following table shows the first date and the last date for each date system and the serial value associated with each date. DateSystem First Date Last Date 1904 January 2, 1904(serial value 1) December 31, (serial value 2957003) 1900 January 1, 1900(serial value 1) December 31, (serial value 2958465) Note When you enter a date in Microsoft Excel 98 and you enter only two digits for the year, Microsoft Excel enters the year as follows: The years 2000 through 2029 if you type 00 through 29 for the year. For example, if you type 5/28/19, Microsoft Excel assumes the date is May 28, 2019. The years 1930 through 1999 if you type 30 through 99 for the year. For example, if you type 5/28/91, Microsoft Excel assumes the date is May 28, 1991. --- Hope that helps...Steven Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:43:46 +0800 From: Jude Cotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Duration calculator? Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows of an application that will calculate duration - ie - a calculator that can add and subtract hours, minutes and seconds. Ive been looking for a few weeks (starting with Versiontracker) but so far no luck. It may be that I am not entering the correct terminology to find it. Duration calculator? At this point I would even be happy if someone knew of a physical calculator (as opposed to an application) that can do this, along with a shove in the right direction of where to get one... tia Jude [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
