Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Paul & Caroline van der Mey]

The disclaimer at the bottom of the page says their source is the 
central bank


Quote...

These representative exchange rates, which are reported to the Fund by 
the issuing central bank, are expressed in terms of currency units per 
U.S. dollar, except for those indicated by
(1) 	which are in terms of U.S. dollars per currency unit, and those 
indicated by

(2) which are expressed in terms of currency units per SDR.


Disclaimer: The International Monetary Fund makes no warranties, express 
or implied, regarding these tables or the performance of this site. The 
Fund shall not be liable for any losses or damages incurred in 
connection with this site.


As always your mileage will vary based on fees charged by foreign 
exchange service providers etc.

Regards

Paul

Ryan Schotte wrote:


Well, a little poking around with tcpdump shows that Calculator gets its
conversion rates from this page on the International Monetary Fund web
site: 

The IMF is, I gather, the agency through which floating exchange rates
are determined/monitored, and while I Am Not An Economist, that is
trustworthy enough for me.

Of course, it's only as current as you hit 'Update...' ;)

Ryan

 

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.
 

Please tell me if I've missed something in this discussion. How up to 
date is the Calculator exchange rate? what is the Calculator exchange 
source? Can it be trusted?
   



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Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Ryan Schotte]

Well, a little poking around with tcpdump shows that Calculator gets its
conversion rates from this page on the International Monetary Fund web
site: 

The IMF is, I gather, the agency through which floating exchange rates
are determined/monitored, and while I Am Not An Economist, that is
trustworthy enough for me.

Of course, it's only as current as you hit 'Update...' ;)

Ryan

>> 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.
>
>Please tell me if I've missed something in this discussion. How up to 
>date is the Calculator exchange rate? what is the Calculator exchange 
>source? Can it be trusted?

Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Reg Whitely]

On 17 Mar 2004, at 3:20pm, Ronda Brown wrote:


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.




Please tell me if I've missed something in this discussion. How up to 
date is the Calculator exchange rate? what is the Calculator exchange 
source? Can it be trusted?


Regards

Reg

Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Ronda Brown]

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





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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 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

[Lloyd White]

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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 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
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Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Mark Secker]

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




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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 3.1

Cheers,
Ronni

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, 
makes a life. " - Arthur Ashe



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Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Ryan Schotte]

>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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 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
>
>ForeignExchange.htm&N=TNB-ForeignExchange.htm&B=ForeignExchange/TBC- 
>Fxcalc.htm>

Thanks Rob, I already used the one at . But it's just
not the same as having it sitting in the Calculator...

Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Robert Howells]

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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 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







Ryan

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Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Ryan Schotte]

>For the past few days everytime I go to Update Currency Exchange  Rates 
>the Application Calculator Quits.
>
>I'm using OSX 10.3.2  &  Calculator 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

Re: nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Ronda Brown]

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 10.3.2  &  Calculator 3.1

Cheers,
Ronni

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a 
life. " - Arthur Ashe

nice bonus: OSX calculator currency /metric conversion

[Mark Secker]

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)




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Mark Secker Computer Support Officer
ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) 
University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G
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"Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible."
- Miguel de Unamuno
"It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool"
- Haruhara Haruka (FLCL)

 (sometimes works)