From Apple Mac OS X Troubleshooting and Installation Software Updates

2003-10-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All,.. I thought this might be useful for people looking at installing Panther,... The magic word everyone uses before talking about it,..backup! :o) Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email

Panther compatibility problems?

2003-10-25 Thread Ray Forma
The following statement from the makers of Vectorworks, the top Mac CAD program, makes me ask what other applications will not work properly with Panther? Columbia, Maryland (October 22, 2003)- Nemetschek North America announced today that it will release a public beta of VectorWorks to coincide

Re: new Macs

2003-10-25 Thread Shay Telfer
Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable configurations? Does the increased processor power in current Macs make THAT much difference to make up for the shockingly low amount of RAM? I didn't think OS/X was usable with less than 512MB. You can get away with less, provided y

Upgrading to OSX from OS9??

2003-10-25 Thread Greg Colgan
Hi there MUGgers, I've done some research on this on the net (mostly looking at Apple's site), but would appreciate informed advice from those of you who have been there and done that. The issue here is putting Panther on existing machines, buying new hardware but continuing to run pre OSX softwar

Excellent reading before Mac OS X Panther install..

2003-10-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All For those thinking of installing Panther and haven't yet done it,..I would consider grabbing this eBook before you start. It's not hugely expensive at USD$5. I've paid for it and downloaded, and although I know a lot of it already, it's good to have for future reference and referral. Here

backup problems.mac/panther

2003-10-25 Thread Rosemary Horton
I'm having problems with my new subscription to .mac. I launched out and bought panther today. Seems OK, but I also bought a subscription to .mac. Most things seem to be working except backup (which incidentally was one of the things I bought it for as westnet backup doesn't work for mac users)

Problem with the Dock

2003-10-25 Thread Adam Lippiatt
Hello all The last couple of days the dock has started to play up. It will suddenly disappear and then reappear (like it is quitting and starting itself up again). After it has done this quite a few times, it will disappear and not come back. I donĀ¹t have auto show/hide on. I just upgraded to

Old iMac

2003-10-25 Thread Erik Hecht
Hi All, Still after an original iMac USB keyboard and puck mouse or something equivalent. Just picked up an old 266 lime and can't use it til I find something! If you happen to have any of these you'd like to get rid of at a reasonable price please let me know. Cheers! Erik IMSTP.gif Descript

Re: new Macs

2003-10-25 Thread Reg Whitely
On Saturday, October 25, 2003, at 11:48 am, Paul Kitchener wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au, Subject: Re: new Macs Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:17:17 +0800 Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable configurations? Does the increased processor power in curr

Wanted - old floppy drive

2003-10-25 Thread Tom Lewis
I'm after a floppy drive to suit the internal bay of an LC375. Drives from LC I's, II's and so on suit. Happy to pay a fair price and freight in advance. Pls mail me off list. Tom Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: Office and 10.3

2003-10-25 Thread Stephen Atherton
Seems to. Have been using both for a few days. On 25/10/2003, at 1:49 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hello, Does anyone know if MS Office runs OK with OS 10.3? Cheers, Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines

Office and 10.3

2003-10-25 Thread Andrew Schox
Hello, Does anyone know if MS Office runs OK with OS 10.3? Cheers, Andrew

Re: new Macs

2003-10-25 Thread Paul Kitchener
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au, Subject: Re: new Macs Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:17:17 +0800 >Am I missing something or are Apple shipping almost unusable >configurations? > >Does the increased processor power in current Macs make THAT much >difference to make up for the shockingly

Re: Bluetooth Query ?

2003-10-25 Thread Douglas Sheerer
I have a Sony Clie TG-50 running Palm OS5 and I would like to be able to utelise our internal ADSL/Airport Extreme Network to connect via the in built TG-50 Bluetooth and via my PBk G4 to the internet. eg BT Sony Clie TG50 >>>BT PBk G4 WiFi >>> WiFi Airport Extreme ADSL Internet conn

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