Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Reg Whitely
A can of tricky dickie smiths "Contact Cleaner" may be useful too, if the moths let you into the purse again R On 13 Nov 2007, at 2:07pm, samantha whitely wrote: Well, I went off to my lovely Apple shop and got the great news that this model of keyboard cannot be pulled apart : ( So the be

Re: help weird access problem

2007-11-13 Thread Rosemary Horton
There can't be anything wrong with the modem as I'm connecting fine. He has no problem accessing other websites or email I did ping/traceroute and get "unknown host" Signal level in network is fine I'm really stuck!! Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 13/11/2007, at 8:33 AM, James / Hans Ku

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Very sorry about this Sam, best of luck!Not that this information will help you but, Thomas has just flown the Airbus A380 simulator in Toulouse and the keyboard which is mounted on the fold away table which is stored on the instrument panel in front of the pilots is waterproof because,

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread samantha whitely
That sounds like a very good idea actually, i am getting a little infuriated that we can get all these lovely things, and yet to look after them properly you need to buy so many after market products, for my husbands MacBook we have the plastic case, screen cover, keyboard cover (maybe I sh

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Doyle
As a last resort you could always try putting it in the dishwasher. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11029793 That is a last resort and I don't intend this to sound like a recommendation in any way. Hope the you are all coping well with the heat. Paul Doyle ( Who should

Re: help weird access problem continued

2007-11-13 Thread Rosemary Horton
Further He has not changed his mail settings or web access at all. I've tried deleting and re-entering one of the email accounts I've pinged/traceroute etc on his computer and it says "unknown host". I've also cleared browser cache and cookies. I've used lookupd -flushcache in terminal; and ch

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread John Winters
Prevention being better than cure, has anyone got any direct experience with after market waterproof keyboard covers for mac keyboards? Lots of links on Google such as John __ John Winters Phone

Re: help weird access problem continued

2007-11-13 Thread Robert Howells
Might be time to try a different tack . you are trying to connect via airport express ! ? how about setting it up differently ... via an ethernet if possible , and see if the Mac can then talk to the website ! ? Good luck Bob On 13/11/2007, at 8:12 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Furthe

more problems with entourage in Leopard

2007-11-13 Thread tom samson
more problems with entourage in Leopard first I cannot get mail through our school's servers now five of the six images in the top button bar have Quicktime image (black and white notations Any help please tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Rob Davies
Sorry for your misfortune, but actual design of keyboard could be saviour? As it looks and feels if there is not much chance of liquid penetrating surface too much as with powerbook keyboards. Try a good burst of WD40 or some other lubricant of similar purchase, then blast it with air hose

Re: New Imac keyboard

2007-11-13 Thread Robert Howells
STOP THERE : WD40 is good for getting rid of moisture , BUT with it's oil content it's not so good for electrical contacts. But the idea is well founded ... just use a different product . The one I know about is ULS Electrolube : quote " A fast drying cleaning solvent for use on electronic

Voice to text software

2007-11-13 Thread Frank
Hi I am disabled with osteoarthritis which makes my typing slow and erratic. Does anyone have experience of voice to text software and what is the best? I am also a freelance journalist so typing is imprtant to me Regards Frank -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: help weird access problem continued

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Willemse
Hi Rosemary, Are you on OS X 10.5? If so, did the site get added to the 'Parental Controls'? Regards, Paul On 14/11/2007, at 12:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Rosemary, Sounds pretty tricky! One thing I often find helps when it is not obvious where the problem lies is to try and narr

Re: help weird access problem continued

2007-11-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rosemary, Sounds pretty tricky! One thing I often find helps when it is not obvious where the problem lies is to try and narrow down the areas by elimination. Although, logically, the fact that you can connect OK suggests there is no problem with the website server or the modem and the fact t