Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Ronda Brown]

I know you are all  concerned about the Apple currency Widget not  
working.
Don't forget the currency conversion in Apple's Calculator is working  
fine.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 16/03/2009, at 7:51 AM, Lloyd White wrote:

I have just noticed that my currency converter widget disappeared  
entirely

sometime recently!

Lloyd





Thanks very much for this Chris.Will give it a try .
tomorrow.

Wendy


On 15/03/2009, at 8:53 AM, Christopher S wrote:


Hi Guys,

I had this problem too and I believe it was related to the Safari 4
Beta or
10.5.6. There's a solution, but it's not pretty. The fix is listed
on Mac OS
X Hints here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090225162441861
and they believe it's 10.5.6 that causes this.



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Lloyd White]

I have just noticed that my currency converter widget disappeared entirely
sometime recently!

Lloyd




> Thanks very much for this Chris.Will give it a try .
> tomorrow.
> 
> Wendy
> 
> 
> On 15/03/2009, at 8:53 AM, Christopher S wrote:
> 
>> Hi Guys,
>> 
>> I had this problem too and I believe it was related to the Safari 4
>> Beta or
>> 10.5.6. There's a solution, but it's not pretty. The fix is listed
>> on Mac OS
>> X Hints here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090225162441861
>> and they believe it's 10.5.6 that causes this.



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Wendy S. Austin]

Thanks very much for this Chris.Will give it a try .  
tomorrow.


Wendy


On 15/03/2009, at 8:53 AM, Christopher S wrote:


Hi Guys,

I had this problem too and I believe it was related to the Safari 4  
Beta or
10.5.6. There's a solution, but it's not pretty. The fix is listed  
on Mac OS

X Hints here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090225162441861
and they believe it's 10.5.6 that causes this.



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Christopher S]

Hi Guys,

I had this problem too and I believe it was related to the Safari 4 Beta or
10.5.6. There's a solution, but it's not pretty. The fix is listed on Mac OS
X Hints here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090225162441861
and they believe it's 10.5.6 that causes this.

Here are their instructions, and all credit should go them:

To fix this problem, make a copy of /Library/Widgets/Unit Converter.wdgt on
your Desktop, Control-click on it and choose Show Package Contents from the
pop-up menu, then open the UnitConverter.js file in a text editor. Search
for "USD" (with the quotes). There should be only one matching line:

if (a.iso == "USD") return -1;

Delete this line. Then, delete the else at the start of the next line,
i.e. change the line from this...

else if (a.name < b.name) return -1;

...to this...

if (a.name < b.name) return -1;

Save the changes and close the document. I suggest keeping the original
widget in /Library/Widgets, and installing the corrected version in
~/Library/Widgets, so that the system's version remains untouched.

This fixed the AUD - USD problem - not sure about the others though

Goodluck

Chris.


> From: Adrian Skehan 
> Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:15:07 +0900
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up
> 
> If you go the other way AU$1 =  US$1 and if you put US$ on both sides
> $1 = $0.028
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adrian
> 
> adrianske...@me.com
> http://www.skehan.id.au/
> 
> On 15/03/2009, at 1:04 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:
> 
>> Mine is playing up too, across a range of currencies.
>> 
>> Wendy
>> 
>> 
>> On 14/03/2009, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
>> 
>>> Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's
>>> standard conversion widget?
>> 
>> 
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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Adrian Skehan]

If you go the other way AU$1 =  US$1 and if you put US$ on both sides  
$1 = $0.028



Regards,

Adrian

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http://www.skehan.id.au/

On 15/03/2009, at 1:04 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:


Mine is playing up too, across a range of currencies.

Wendy


On 14/03/2009, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's  
standard conversion widget?



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Susan Hastings]

Mine too, we need to report to Apple.
On 15/03/2009, at 1:04 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:


Mine is playing up too, across a range of currencies.

Wendy


On 14/03/2009, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's  
standard conversion widget?



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Wendy S. Austin]

Mine is playing up too, across a range of currencies.

Wendy


On 14/03/2009, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:

Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's  
standard conversion widget?



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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Steven Knowles]

Ah, good, so not just me doing something stupid.

Same thing happened to me a few days back, not sure precisely when, a  
week or two maybe, but then things came good, now they've gone ugly  
again.


I guess if it WAS me doing something stupid, the fix would be easier.  
Sounds like the fix might be to just wait for the fix - I assume any  
email I send to Apple or Yahoo! would fall squarely on deaf ears or a  
bottomless inbox.


Cheers, Steven


On 14/03/2009, at 6:05 PM, Jane Griffiths wrote:

Yes Steven, I've been having the same problem with the currency  
conversion widget for the past couple of days. Glad to hear it's not  
just me!


Jane


On 14/03/2009, at 10:54 PM, Steven Knowles   
wrote:


Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's  
standard conversion widget?


I'm using latest Leopard OS, the 'Last Updated' details are fine,  
but, for example, I get USD $1 equals AUD $0.042, or four  
Australian cents. Clearly not right.


No such problem at Yahoo!, which according to the reverse side of  
the conversion widget is the source of the rates. If I visit ...


http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter;_ylt=AoL37jMXKySmMHnIFopXQctO7sMF#from 
=USD;to=AUD;amt=1


... the exchange rates seem correct.

Any ideas on what might be the problem? Can someone confirm they  
get the same error?


Cheers, Steven


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Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

[Jane Griffiths]

Yes Steven, I've been having the same problem with the currency  
conversion widget for the past couple of days. Glad to hear it's not  
just me!


Jane




On 14/03/2009, at 10:54 PM, Steven Knowles   
wrote:


Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's  
standard conversion widget?


I'm using latest Leopard OS, the 'Last Updated' details are fine,  
but, for example, I get USD $1 equals AUD $0.042, or four Australian  
cents. Clearly not right.


No such problem at Yahoo!, which according to the reverse side of  
the conversion widget is the source of the rates. If I visit ...


http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter;_ylt=AoL37jMXKySmMHnIFopXQctO7sMF#from=USD;to=AUD;amt=1

... the exchange rates seem correct.

Any ideas on what might be the problem? Can someone confirm they get  
the same error?


Cheers, Steven

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