Re: [sussex_mug] Getting analogue audio in to a 2015 iMac

2017-12-10 Thread Andrew Tett
If I may suggest, I think the simplest solution is to buy something like a Tascam or Zoom SD Card audio recorder. There are alternative Audio to digital boxes out there but these would be around the same kind of price I think. They also would make good stand-alone recording devices if you are at

Re: [sussex_mug] Epson XP-245 as a Scanner with OS X 10.4

2017-12-03 Thread Andrew Tett
and often overlooked. > I found it works very well with my old Epson perfection 1650. > Give it a wizz > > Steve > > On 2 Dec 2017, at 18:23, Andrew Tett wrote: > > I have a lovely old PowerMac running 10.4.11. Up until recently it has > been used mostly for scanning using

[sussex_mug] Epson XP-245 as a Scanner with OS X 10.4

2017-12-02 Thread Andrew Tett
I have a lovely old PowerMac running 10.4.11. Up until recently it has been used mostly for scanning using an Epson XP-235W printer and scanner which came with what I consider to be a wonderful Epson Scan programme and worked with this vintage of operating system. However, as the ink cartridges h

[sussex_mug] iTunes "Behaviour"

2017-07-25 Thread Andrew Tett
Branching on from my recent thread regarding an ancient PowerBook G4, I still find the version of iTunes that it uses (9.2.1) very useful even if it does not function very well. I use it for converting audio files into high-quality mp3 files (with the excellent LAME attachment) and for actually do

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: "Trusty" Geriatric Powerbook G4

2017-07-25 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you for the suggestion. There was once a place in Brighton that would offer that kind of service. I think that I will let my machine die gracefully - eventually - though. It's just that to update fully to an Intel Mac means I updating certain paid-for programmes that still function for me

Re: [sussex_mug] "Trusty" Geriatric Powerbook G4

2017-07-25 Thread Andrew Tett
ror please notify the sender and > delete the email immediately. > > On 25 Jul 2017, at 17:37, Andrew Tett wrote: > > I have had this for 11 years now. Quite proud of it, it's still useful > and I don't have the money to upgrade at the moment, so for now I keep it

[sussex_mug] iPod Touch Repairer Recommendation

2017-07-25 Thread Andrew Tett
Can anyone recommend a good and trustworthy repairer of iPod Touches? The one which needs attention is a little old now but very useful - an MD720BD/A with 32GB storage. The battery is shot as is the home button and it seems to no longer allow volume and pause to be controlled from the headphones.

Re: [sussex_mug] iCloud calendar spam

2016-12-13 Thread Andrew Tett
Fantastic news! It's all gone nicely quiet this end, thankfully... On 12 December 2016 at 21:42, andrew lancaster wrote: > Thanks Sam!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 12 Dec 2016, at 21:37, Sam - MacAmbulance > wrote: > > There’s now a “Report Junk” button if you log into iCloud.com, it’ll >

Re: [sussex_mug] Window off the Screen

2016-12-13 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you to you all for your replies. It actually came good this morning of its own accord. The difficulty for me initially was actually putting the problem into language that you could understand. For some reason, the external screen came up with the correct increased resolution but with the s

Re: [sussex_mug] Window off the Screen

2016-12-12 Thread Andrew Tett
> number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete the email immediately. > > > On 11 Dec 2016, at 17:4

[sussex_mug] Window off the Screen

2016-12-11 Thread Andrew Tett
I can hear the groans already but I still have use of a ten-year-old PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11. While it is next to useless for any Internet-based applications it serves me well for simple audio editing with the sadly defunct Bias Peak editing software and making mp3s with iTunes / LAME encoding

Re: [sussex_mug] iPhone Calendar "Junk Mail"

2016-11-27 Thread Andrew Tett
ed company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete the email immedia

Re: [sussex_mug] iPhone Calendar "Junk Mail"

2016-11-27 Thread Andrew Tett
formation. > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete the email immediately. > > On 27 Nov 2016, at 19:15, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Hi everyone... > > I know I am not alone with this but although I followed the previous > thread about

[sussex_mug] iPhone Calendar "Junk Mail"

2016-11-27 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi everyone... I know I am not alone with this but although I followed the previous thread about it I can find absolutely no setting on my new iPhone 5S to deal with it. I am getting now on a daily basis invitations to "events" and shopping opportunities that I do not want. How do I stop it, and a

Re: [sussex_mug] events in my calendar which I didn't put there

2016-11-17 Thread Andrew Tett
I had EXACTLY this in my calendar, too and want to know how to delete it. Any ideas? On 17 November 2016 at 11:47, andrew lancaster wrote: > Yes, that is possible. And reassuring! And at least it has prompted me to > change my password …! > > Andrew > > On 17 Nov 2016, at 11:09 am, Sam - MacAmbu

Re: [sussex_mug] Leaving No Trace

2016-06-05 Thread Andrew Tett
nce.co.uk > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in &

[sussex_mug] Leaving No Trace

2016-06-01 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi All... I have access to a MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Intel Core i7 which still runs OS X 10.7.5. I understand that it will be replace and I guess scrapped. If I want to remove the few personal apps and Google Chrome which is the browser that I installed for personal Internet access and remove the oth

Re: [sussex_mug] DVD Question

2016-04-24 Thread Andrew Tett
privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 24 Apr 2016, at 15:45, Andrew Tett wrote: > > I tend these days to archive DVD material as "MP4" video files. With > simple vi

[sussex_mug] DVD Question

2016-04-24 Thread Andrew Tett
I tend these days to archive DVD material as "MP4" video files. With simple video material this is easy. However, for example, we have some home movies made on iMovie and I'd like to end up with a file which works like a DVD, i.e. starts with the menu and enables you to click on chapters etc. This

Re: [sussex_mug] Repeated Java Update Messages

2016-01-05 Thread Andrew Tett
company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. >

[sussex_mug] Repeated Java Update Messages

2015-12-21 Thread Andrew Tett
I know that I asked this question before, maybe 18 months ago. However, it's happening again but the same solution seems to be eluding us. My daughter has a MacBook Pro which is around two years old. It is running the latest version of the Mac OS and she keeps getting a message which says "To us

[sussex_mug] No Paypal with iPad?

2015-11-12 Thread Andrew Tett
My wife uses an iPad for most things, but we have to resort to a traditional computer for one thing, and I have no idea why or what to do about it. When we buy something on e-Bay, we can buy it with the iPad, but when we try to pay for it with the iPad and log into Paypal, the iPad declines and te

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: Zeppelin air / Airplay issue / Sorted

2015-10-29 Thread Andrew Tett
Good to see a responsive support team at this high-quality local British "Hi-Fi" firm! On 28 October 2015 at 12:23, Phil Ward wrote: > Maybe I should keep quiet then about having co-written the Zeppelin Air > owner’s manual :-) > > P > > Phil Ward > > Skype: aphilw > E: phil_w...@mac.com >

[sussex_mug] iPod Mail issue with Yahoo! Mail

2015-09-11 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi... My gaughter has recently bought an iPhone 6 and has been attempting to get her Yahoo! e-Mail account to work with the Apple Mail programme. She has managed to get this to work on her MacBook Pro and her previous iPod Touch but can not get it to work on her new iPhone. She attempts to add t

Re: [sussex_mug] Purging iPhone Contacts

2015-06-01 Thread Andrew Tett
p; Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 28 May 2015,

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: Powerline Network adapters

2015-05-30 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you, Derek... My previous comments along these lines on this forum have met with no sympathy whatsoever. But then, why should "the general public" be aware of the issue at all? They should never have been allowed by the regulators whose job it is to see that such blatantly unsuitable and i

[sussex_mug] Purging iPhone Contacts

2015-05-27 Thread Andrew Tett
The iPhone I am now using (iPhone 4S) is tied to my own iCloud account but was once used with another business account. At that time I used my own iCloud account on it as well. Now It is soley used with my own personal account, when I try and send an e-Mail via the iCloud account it dredges up al

[sussex_mug] iPhone vs iPad with Dropbox

2015-05-11 Thread Andrew Tett
We have an iPad (16GB) and an iPhone 4S (16GB) with Dropbox installed. They seem to operate Dropbox differently: With the iPad, Dropbox is useable much as it is in a Computer. All the documents SEEM to be available from the iPad internal memory. With the iPhone, they all have to be accessed from

Re: [sussex_mug] Typeface enquiry

2015-05-04 Thread Andrew Tett
You could try http://www.identifont.com/identify.html. It's rather time consuming but quite thorough. Andrew On 29 April 2015 at 11:41, David Ransom wrote: > Is there a typeface expert amongst our members? This one is driving me > crazy. It looks familiar but I just can't find out what it is.

Re: [sussex_mug] iPad 2 continually dropping wifi

2015-04-30 Thread Andrew Tett
We had this issue in the early days with ours. We solved it by unlinking the two wireless transmission channels of the router in the router settings, the 2.4 GHz one and the 5GHz one. Not well explained, but someone who understands and could explain better might be able to enlighten us. On 30 Ap

Re: [sussex_mug] Audio FIle Metadata Editor

2015-03-04 Thread Andrew Tett
I'm not sure that all those files are designed to have metadata attached to them. mp3, for sure, and there are several mp3 editors out there. Obviously, Google will point you in a direction and you can play with a few. On 4 March 2015 at 21:42, Jason Davies wrote: > On 4 Mar 2015, at 15:59, Phi

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: iPhone 4S Power Up Issue

2015-03-03 Thread Andrew Tett
Worked wonderfully this time! Thank you, Chris! On 2 March 2015 at 14:51, MacService wrote: > Andrew, > > Plug your iPhone in to charge while turned on (or off for that matter) and > once it begins charging, power it down. If you power down *after* charging > begins, the iPhone should remain tu

[sussex_mug] iPhone 4S Power Up Issue

2015-02-27 Thread Andrew Tett
I wasn't quite sure how to title this one: I have an iPhone 4S. If I want to turn it off and keep it turned off, I can't successfully do this AND charge it or have it attached to its external extra-battery case. Is there a way around this? With my other iPod devices, turning them off whilst pow

Re: [sussex_mug] Java Installation Problem

2015-01-31 Thread Andrew Tett
t; > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > On 31 Jan 2015, at 10:24, Andrew Tett wrote: > > My daughter has a MacBook Pro Retina Display 13" running Mavericks > 10.10.2. She has a frustrating problem whenever she turns on th

[sussex_mug] Java Installation Problem

2015-01-31 Thread Andrew Tett
My daughter has a MacBook Pro Retina Display 13" running Mavericks 10.10.2. She has a frustrating problem whenever she turns on the computer - she gets a message about installing an update to Java and she follows the instructions but the installation fails. I have attached a screen grab of the me

Re: [sussex_mug] Quick HTML-type Question

2014-11-13 Thread Andrew Tett
- - > gra...@smileitworks.com - www.smileitworks.com - 07968 619369 > Microscape House, Hove Park Villas, Hove BN3 6FL UK > > > > On 12 November 2014 17:56, Andrew Tett wrote: > >> Hi there... >> >> This is not going to be very well put because I do not know the correct >> t

[sussex_mug] Quick HTML-type Question

2014-11-12 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... This is not going to be very well put because I do not know the correct terms for it: Does anone know how you can add one of those tiny little graphics to your website so that when you save a favourite, there is a little icon-type graphic on title on the bookmark list, if that makes a

Re: [sussex_mug] iphone wifi problems

2014-09-30 Thread Andrew Tett
We had a similar problem with some devices that had both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz transmitters built into our BT Router. The router was set to transmit the two signals as linked signals. We made them separate WiFi signals and the problem went away. Just a suggestion... On 30 September 2014 18:06, Pa

Re: [sussex_mug] Nikon Coolscan Question

2014-09-22 Thread Andrew Tett
lt to tame. On 22 September 2014 17:22, Jason Davies wrote: > Does Image Capture on a newer Mac see the scanner? (launch it and you'll > find out;)) > > > > On 22 Sep 2014, at 16:25, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Another question - amazingly my third in a day: >> &g

[sussex_mug] Nikon Coolscan Question

2014-09-22 Thread Andrew Tett
Another question - amazingly my third in a day: I have a nice old second-hand Nikon Coolscan IV ED which I have used in the past with the elderley Nikon scanning software. I was wondering if anyone thinks I could use this with a more modern Mac than I have in the past? For instance, a MacBook Pr

Re: [sussex_mug] iOS8 Problem

2014-09-22 Thread Andrew Tett
lem with one of the apps on my iPad after upgrading. I > sorted it by going to the App Store and downloading it again. > > > On 22 Sep 2014, at 06:23, Andrew Tett wrote: > > And a second issue for good measure: > > My wife has an iPad and we updated it to iOS8 at the week

Re: [sussex_mug] PowerBook Problem

2014-09-22 Thread Andrew Tett
as possible and look into > replacing it. Replacing the motherboard is a much less likely repair on a > laptop of that age. > > Regards > > Sam > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > On 22 Sep 2014, at 06:20, Andrew Tett

Re: [sussex_mug] iOS8 Problem

2014-09-21 Thread Andrew Tett
with an iOS > update. > > Russell > > Sent from a device of some kind > > On 22 Sep 2014, at 06:23, Andrew Tett wrote: > > And a second issue for good measure: > > My wife has an iPad and we updated it to iOS8 at the weekend. It seems to > be fine except

[sussex_mug] iOS8 Problem

2014-09-21 Thread Andrew Tett
And a second issue for good measure: My wife has an iPad and we updated it to iOS8 at the weekend. It seems to be fine except for one thing: The Radio Times which we have on subscription does not work any more. Click on the Radio Times in the Bookshelf department, the Radio Times blue screen co

[sussex_mug] PowerBook Problem

2014-09-21 Thread Andrew Tett
I have an elderley (mid-naughties) Powerbook running OSX.3. I dig it out for the occasional low-tech use. I recent weeks it has begun starting up with difficulty. Usually it will switch on, sit there for around 30 seconds and display an alternating mini-folder icon which alternates between three

Re: [sussex_mug] WD My Passport 0730 on USB not recognised as a USB device (was: Invisible USB Hard Disks)

2014-08-18 Thread Andrew Tett
e addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 11 Aug 2014, at 07:05, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Looks like it might just be that drive? &g

Re: [sussex_mug] WD My Passport 0730 on USB not recognised as a USB device (was: Invisible USB Hard Disks)

2014-08-10 Thread Andrew Tett
Looks like it might just be that drive? On 11 August 2014 07:02, Andrew Tett wrote: > Hi Graham... > > No - it works perfectly with the machines that it works with, it's the > original one that came with the drive, but I will give it a go with the USB > 3.0 one that comes

Re: [sussex_mug] WD My Passport 0730 on USB not recognised as a USB device (was: Invisible USB Hard Disks)

2014-08-10 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi Graham... No - it works perfectly with the machines that it works with, it's the original one that came with the drive, but I will give it a go with the USB 3.0 one that comes with my other "spare" drive. It really surprises me that it is not even seen at all in these more modern machines but

Re: [sussex_mug] Invisible USB Hard Disks

2014-08-08 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you for your interest, Graham. Can you explain exactly what you want? Sorry... On 8 August 2014 05:32, Graham Perrin wrote: > On Wednesday, 6 August 2014 08:07:45 UTC+1, AFT wrote: > > Before I totally give up on this one, any final thoughts at all? >> > > My first thought, not final: w

Re: [sussex_mug] Invisible USB Hard Disks

2014-08-06 Thread Andrew Tett
Before I totally give up on this one, any final thoughts at all? On 2 August 2014 19:14, Andrew Tett wrote: > Good idea... > > I have attached four jpgs of the results on the four Macs in our house. > > Interestingly, my 10.3 computer also could not mount it, although it >

Re: [sussex_mug] Invisible USB Hard Disks

2014-08-02 Thread Andrew Tett
; This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 2 Aug 2014, at 08:26, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Here is

[sussex_mug] Invisible USB Hard Disks

2014-08-02 Thread Andrew Tett
Here is a problem that I have asked about before, but I can't believe that I am the only one to have experienced it: I have available both personally and for work use a selection of Mac laptops. I have old G4s running 10.3 and 10.4 and at work we use Intel Mac laptops running 10.7 and 10.8. My d

Re: [sussex_mug] ipad mini mini jack socket

2014-06-01 Thread Andrew Tett
Are you sure that it's the socket and not the headphone plug? Just checking... On 1 June 2014 14:24, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Ranulph > > The AppleStore will probably just offer a replacement iPad at a discount > price. The headphone port is replaceable but Apple’s policy is not to > rep

Re: [sussex_mug] BT Home Hub Replacement?

2014-02-22 Thread Andrew Tett
.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=37062 > > Michael > Sent from my iPhone 5 > > On 21 Feb 2014, at 09:46, "Andrew Tett" wrote: > > I tried to Google the Group for this one but did not find anything. > > We have BT Infinity and what I believe is a Home H

[sussex_mug] BT Home Hub Replacement?

2014-02-21 Thread Andrew Tett
I tried to Google the Group for this one but did not find anything. We have BT Infinity and what I believe is a Home Hub 4. We previously had Virgin with a Super Hub. With the Super Hub and with what we had previously I could select some of the family's computers and decide at what times of the

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: Difficult-to-Read Disks

2013-10-10 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi Graham... Not a very helpful post, I admit. And just to add to it's vagueness, I have not had a similar experience at all in the four months since that original posting. I have not had any opportunity to prove or tie down exactly what was happening in that time. It could be that the problem

[sussex_mug] What Does This Mean Exactly?

2013-09-16 Thread Andrew Tett
Sorry - forgot to include the message... Firewall Log TCP- or UDP-based Port Scan DETECTED on Mon Sep 16 12:08:00 2013 targeting 82.2.70.74,53807, sent from 194.168.4.100,53 == Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

[sussex_mug] What Does This Mean Exactly?

2013-09-16 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi all... I get the following e-Mailed messages from our (Virgin) router. Can anyone interpret / translate it for me, please? Since I set the unit to alert me of such things, I guess I should understand what the router is trying to tell me... Andrew -- You received this message because you ar

[sussex_mug] Difficult-to-Read Disks

2013-06-29 Thread Andrew Tett
I have been experienceing something with the various Macs that I come into contact with on a daily basis that surprises me: External hard disks that are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formatted which will not read in some but not all machines. I have not got to the bottom of which disk and which mac

Re: [sussex_mug] MacBook Pro "Start Up"

2013-06-19 Thread Andrew Tett
clicking required. > > Paul Owen > > > ------ > *From: *Andrew Tett > *Reply-To: * > *Date: *Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:38:57 +0100 > *To: *SMUG > *Subject: *[sussex_mug] MacBook Pro "Start Up" > > > Hi there... > > I have

[sussex_mug] MacBook Pro "Start Up"

2013-06-19 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... I have the use of a 17" MacBook Pro (2.4GHz i7 running 10.7.5) for work. Whenever I switch it on, the Log-In screen comes up with varying brightnesses, sometimes too dark to see almost anything, most annoyingly the mouse pointer to click on the log-in with! This situation varies. Wh

Re: [sussex_mug] PDFs and Preview

2013-05-06 Thread Andrew Tett
received my first password protected PDFs recently from my insurance > company but I could read them fine in Preview but oddly could not copy text > snippets. > > Stephen > > "The best things in life aren't things" - Unknown via Leo > > On 5 May 2013, at 08:28, And

[sussex_mug] PDFs and Preview

2013-05-05 Thread Andrew Tett
Amongst all the pdfs that I have, there are a couple that do not display in Preview. In the bar at the top it says "Locked". I attempted to open them in my new copy of PDF Pen (which is the software I settled on for creating pdfs out of collections of image files) but it came up with a request fo

Re: [sussex_mug] Misc Problems with a MacBook Pro

2013-04-24 Thread Andrew Tett
t; another Andrew > On 24 Apr 2013, at 8:07 am, Andrew Tett wrote: > > At work I have the use of a 17" Late 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.5. > It's lovely, but there are a couple of issues with it which I have not had > using essentially the same software on my earlie

[sussex_mug] Misc Problems with a MacBook Pro

2013-04-24 Thread Andrew Tett
At work I have the use of a 17" Late 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.5. It's lovely, but there are a couple of issues with it which I have not had using essentially the same software on my earlier model. 1) Video .mov files produced using FCP can be double-clicked of course for checking, in w

Re: [sussex_mug] MacBook woes

2013-03-12 Thread Andrew Tett
Brilliant service! I'm impressed! A On 12 March 2013 18:07, andrew lancaster wrote: > Well, I tok the MacBook to the Apple store where I had booked an > appointment at the genius bar. Within minutes the guy I saw had established > that a) my charger didn't charge one of their macbooks and b) o

Re: [sussex_mug] Programme Suggestion Request 2: pdf Creation

2013-03-04 Thread Andrew Tett
an be added by clicking the small pen in the box icon on the > toolbar and choosing the required tools. > > I hope this helps. > > Stephen > > P.S. I'm sure there are loads of videos out there too. > > On 1 Mar 2013, at 06:37, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Thank you...

Re: [sussex_mug] Programme Suggestion Request 2: pdf Creation

2013-02-28 Thread Andrew Tett
his 'Paperless' > eBook raves about PDFPen which costs about £40 ( > http://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/index.html ). For my needs, Preview does > everything I need so I can't comment on PDFPen myself. > > Cheers, > > Stephen > > > On 28 Feb 2013, at

Re: [sussex_mug] Programme Suggestion Request 1: jpeg Rotation

2013-02-28 Thread Andrew Tett
Regards, > > Tony > Sent from my iPad > > On 28 Feb 2013, at 14:01, Andrew Tett wrote: > > > I don't really know how jpgs work, as it were. Is this function to do > with the order of the pixels and how they are displayed at all? If that > was the that case, I gue

[sussex_mug] Programme Suggestion Request 2: pdf Creation

2013-02-28 Thread Andrew Tett
And the second one: What is the best and cheapest pdf manipulator and creator? I have quite a few documents that are made up of several pdfs (which could need editing before hand) or several scans of jpgs that I would like to combine to make single pdfs. What would people suggest for this? Andr

[sussex_mug] Programme Suggestion Request 1: jpeg Rotation

2013-02-28 Thread Andrew Tett
Hello there... Having noticed how many of the photographs in my collection are rotated, either through 90 or 180 degrees for whatever reason, can anyone suggest a good "clean" way of rotating them, without effectively having to save them again in a photo editing programme and the resultant (albeit

Re: [sussex_mug] flash

2012-12-01 Thread Andrew Tett
Sorry - try this? http://uk.real.com/?mode=rp_mac#video_download A On 30 November 2012 19:58, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > When I follow this link, I get a windows app. Doesn't seem to have a mac > version? > > Ranulph > > > > > On 30 Nov 2012, at 18:52, Andrew

Re: [sussex_mug] flash

2012-11-30 Thread Andrew Tett
I find the Real Downloader generally really good - if a little slow. http://www.real.com/realdownloader A On 30 November 2012 14:35, Jason Davies wrote: > Handbrake > > Sent from my iPad > > On 30 Nov 2012, at 10:17, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone knows an easy way of conve

[sussex_mug] iTunes m4p Files and the Apple ID

2012-10-05 Thread Andrew Tett
I asked a question a few weeks ago about some older iTunes m4p files that I have that would not play because I had changed the e-Mail associated with my Apple ID. I could not find any information that would let me play them. I did go to the iTunes store to download some of them afresh but there w

Re: [sussex_mug] Digital audio recodrer

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Tett
I have experience of the Zoom H2 which I think is now no longer available. The sound quality of this is excellent from its internal microphones. It has a number of useful recording facilities that I appreciate for people who want to do what you do and appears to have been designed with the semi-p

Re: [sussex_mug] Virgin Media Super Hub Modem Issues

2012-09-17 Thread Andrew Tett
b the depths of those Virgin forum notes. A On 16 September 2012 09:37, Andrew Tett wrote: > Thank you for your help, Toby... > > I have set it to WPA2 and will see what happens. > > Andrew > > > On 14 September 2012 20:43, Toby Leighton wrote: > >> The WEP

Re: [sussex_mug] Virgin Media Super Hub Modem Issues

2012-09-16 Thread Andrew Tett
, nearby radio interference > of some kind maybe? > > On 14 September 2012 08:33, Andrew Tett wrote: > >> We have been with WM for a few years now for Internet Access only. It >> has been a mixed bag so far, and when I 'phoned up threatening to leave >> over what I c

[sussex_mug] Virgin Media Super Hub Modem Issues

2012-09-14 Thread Andrew Tett
We have been with WM for a few years now for Internet Access only. It has been a mixed bag so far, and when I 'phoned up threatening to leave over what I consider to be a generally less-than-reliable service I was offered an upgrade to 30Mb broadband at less money than we have been paying for our

[sussex_mug] iTunes m4p Files and their "Identity"

2012-09-06 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... I was going through my iTunes files, the vast majority of which are - fortunately - m4a files. I do have some m4p files, however, and they are being refused permission to play in my iTunes. It turns out that it is because I changed the e-Mail address that is connected with my iTunes

Re: [sussex_mug] help with some basic html editing

2012-07-17 Thread Andrew Tett
This was the same for me, too. I tried to get into it around the time that HTML 4 came out. Since then things have moved on and I have less time. Have you heard of the excellent little programme "HTML Tidy"? There is a Mac version, although I have always found the PC version easier to use unfor

Re: [sussex_mug] What is the best thing to do with an old iBook G4?

2012-07-10 Thread Andrew Tett
If it's not too late, I'd be interested in inheriting this machine. On 9 July 2012 19:51, wrote: > That's a good idea - thanks for reminding me. I've used Freecycle a lot > when I was clearing out my flat but had forgotten it since then! > > Thanks. > > Stephen > > > On 9 Jul 2012, at 12:51, Rob

Re: [sussex_mug] BT Infinity, the Hub and Mac Compatibility Issues

2012-05-19 Thread Andrew Tett
n > 07747778022 > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > On 19 May 2012, at 08:37, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Thank you for your reply, Sam, as ever... > > With regard to the alternative router, I assumed that they still used the > existing telephone into the house, just connected

Re: [sussex_mug] BT Infinity, the Hub and Mac Compatibility Issues

2012-05-19 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you for your reply, Sam, as ever... With regard to the alternative router, I assumed that they still used the existing telephone into the house, just connected the wires to a unit in the (new?) fibre green box at the end of the street? The use of a Cable Modem (I have an old Netfear Virgin

[sussex_mug] BT Infinity, the Hub and Mac Compatibility Issues

2012-05-18 Thread Andrew Tett
I know that a number of people on this forum have BT Infinity as their Internet Service Provider. I am considering moving over to it from Virgin. I'd like to know a couple of things before taking the plunge - possibly. Firstly, are BT nowdays fairly Mac-literate, as it were? I don't think that

[sussex_mug] Bouncing Icons

2012-04-11 Thread Andrew Tett
I have use of an earlly MacBook Pro 17" which is running 10.6.8. We use it for video editing with Final Cut Pro 7 and occasionally for sending files FTP-style with a programme called "Cyberduck". On a previous model of this computer which I had this all worked very well. However, that gave up th

Re: [sussex_mug] Good scanner?

2012-02-20 Thread Andrew Tett
That's a shame. I would be interested to know what people think, too. Maybe this will produce a reply? Andrew On 17 February 2012 10:33, Phil Tomlinson wrote: > Anyone recommend a good scanner (for documents, photos, slides etc.)? They > seem to be selling mainly the combined printer scanners

[sussex_mug] Finder Window Properties

2011-10-31 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... A little quiery that I have often wondered about: When I use the Finder window to look through a Hard Disk and its contents, for example, as I click through the folders to find a file and go back to the start point, the window always reverts to the beginning of the list. Can I set th

Re: [sussex_mug] A Mac's energy use when switched off ...

2011-10-30 Thread Andrew Tett
If you mean that there is still a residual power consumption when the iMac is plugged in but turned off... In order for the computer to be able to turn on when you press that power-on push button (or in the case of a TV, turn it on with the remote), the power supply in the iMac has to have power o

Re: [sussex_mug] iPod "Touch" Up-Gradeability

2011-10-21 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you for your information! What a wonderful group! A On 21 October 2011 11:35, wrote: > I'd not encourage that if the iPod touch is currently running iOS 3. I have > a 2nd generation iPod touch which was nice and nippy when running iOS 3 but > after upgrading to iOS 4 it slowed down a LOT

[sussex_mug] iPod "Touch" Up-Gradeability

2011-10-21 Thread Andrew Tett
Please excuse my complete ignorance on this subject. A friend of the family has an iPod Touch which must be around two years old. She is of the opinion that it is becoming unusable and "slow". She does not know much about these things, and I certainly know nothing about the iPod Touch. Is it so

Re: [sussex_mug] iOS 5 and your birthday

2011-10-14 Thread Andrew Tett
It's not one of those americanisms, is it? Maybe in the US in such contexts, "Birthday" is "Date of Birth". On 14 October 2011 10:35, Rob Beattie wrote: > My point though is that they're asking the wrong question. > > If someone asks me when my birthday is they'll get one answer. If they > ask

Re: [sussex_mug] Amazon

2011-07-05 Thread Andrew Tett
For what it is worth, in my experience, Amazon are very good with returns like this. Andrew On 5 July 2011 18:18, Russell Brown wrote: > Work through the "Contact us" stages, mention the Sale of Good Act. > Provided the item is under six months old, it is the retailer's > responsibility to sor

[sussex_mug] Dropbox Upload Speed

2011-06-23 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... Does anyone know why Dropbox is so SLOW to upload compared to - for example - Mediafire? When I upload files to Dropbox I never get any better than around 100kb/s whereas with Mediafire I get about 1Mb/s usually. As far as I can tell, all the settings are on "maximum smoke," as it we

Re: [sussex_mug] 10.6.7 Question

2011-06-19 Thread Andrew Tett
Thanks, Sam... As long as it works I guess its OK. It's just that if you want to re-install without the downloading via Software Update in the future you can't download all the updates and keep them to one side. A On 19 June 2011 19:46, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Andrew > > As far as I kn

[sussex_mug] 10.6.7 Question

2011-06-19 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi... I have just had OS 10.6.7 installed on my work laptop. Can anyone tell me if there is an option to download software updates only still rather than simply to install? Can't find it. It seems rather uncomfortably "Windows"-like to me if it has disappeared. A -- You received this message

Re: [sussex_mug] DVD Burning Issue

2011-05-10 Thread Andrew Tett
has worked for me in the past. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > On 9 May 2011, at 15:59, Andrew Tett wrote: > > Hi there... > > I have an issue when trying to burn DVDs with my Power

[sussex_mug] DVD Burning Issue

2011-05-09 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... I have an issue when trying to burn DVDs with my PowerBook G4 (12" screen, running 10.4.11). It seems to have had "issues" for a little while but having just had three out of four DVDs turn out at coasters I'd love to know what might be the cause. Using Toast (6.11) I can get the com

Re: [sussex_mug] Broadband Problems

2011-05-03 Thread Andrew Tett
Thank you for all your replies. Virgin finally came and fixed the faul, yesterday, eight days on. It was the cable modem. He installed a fresh new Netgear "something or other" 280, with built-in wireless, but did not tell me that it had wireless. I was running it into our old Virgin wireless ro

Re: [sussex_mug] Broadband Problems

2011-04-29 Thread Andrew Tett
> > I have had problems with Virgin but now I never talk to their 'technical' > staff but go for the sales staff's jugular. > They do pull their fingers out if you threaten to leave. > Yes, I now no longer press any keys on my 'phone other than "are you thinking of leaving us" (which is true) and

[sussex_mug] Broadband Problems

2011-04-28 Thread Andrew Tett
Hi there... I have had a faultless service from Virgin Broadband for around two and a half years now. However, it has stopped working on Monday and is still not working. I have been in contact with all manner of Customer Service and Technical Support people to try and get the issue resolved but

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