Screen Contrast

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Alison
Hi Wamuggers My wifes 24 Intel iMac on 10.4.9 seems to have a display glitch which developed today while she was printing from iPhoto It is like a white haze across the screen (like max contrast on a tv). You can still use it but big strain to see mouse pointer etc. It has been shut down and

Re: Screen Contrast

2008-08-16 Thread lautrey
Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows maybe cure that problem. Re backing up all her files, I'd strongly recommend Superduper. I have used this to make a couple of my external hard

Re: Screen Contrast

2008-08-16 Thread Andrew Alison
Thanks for the advice re backing up. I'll give it a try. What is zapping the PRAM? Andrew On 16/08/2008, at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who knows

Re: Screen Contrast

2008-08-16 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Andrew, I would try System Preferences -- Displays -- Color -- Display Profile: Kyle On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andrew, Can't help you with the screen problem but I would have tried zapping the PRAM. This cannot do any damage that I know of, and who

Re: Screen Contrast

2008-08-16 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Andrew, Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 Kyle On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Andrew Alison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the advice re backing up. I'll give it a try. What is zapping the PRAM? Andrew On 16/08/2008, at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL

Re: POP, IMAP or Exchange ?

2008-08-16 Thread Malcolm Burtenshaw
IMAP still needs a matching SMTP server. On 16/08/2008, at 9:00 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: And from the perspective of my wife's situation (SMTP etc. last week) how does IMAP impact. Does the IMAP server also send mail without needing an smtp server? Rob Neil Houghton wrote: Hmmm, I'm

Attachments to sent email - Apple Mail - where are they stored ?

2008-08-16 Thread Steven Knowles
As an ex-user of Entourage, I would periodically check my Sent emails and 'remove' attachments. Not delete the email itself, just remove the attachment. This was because when you attached a file to an email message in Entourage, it would basically duplicate the file and store it within the

Re: Attachments to sent email - Apple Mail - where are they stored ?

2008-08-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/08/2008, at 3:48 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: As an ex-user of Entourage, I would periodically check my Sent emails and 'remove' attachments. Not delete the email itself, just remove the attachment. This was because when you attached a file to an email message in Entourage, it would

Re: POP, IMAP or Exchange ?

2008-08-16 Thread Paul Kitchener
Neil Houghton wrote: Bigpond only gives you 20MB I am constantly astounded at what Telstra calls 'deals'. 20MB, that could easily be just four messages! If I had no choice but to stay with Telstra I believe I would be asking them _at least_ once a month, just before billing day I imagine,

ripping dvds

2008-08-16 Thread Martin Sulkowski
What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer ?Thanks Martin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ripping dvds

2008-08-16 Thread Robert Howells
On 17/08/2008, at 11:34 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer What sort of DVD ? What version Mac OSX ? Usually if your Mac is set up for it , the DVD should appear on the desktop just like a Hard drive ( except for an Installer DVD ) Bob

Re: ripping dvds

2008-08-16 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Hi Martin 'Mac the ripper' or 'Handbrake' are probably what you are looking for. Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone On 17/08/2008, at 12:34, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/08/2008, at 11:34 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: What is a good way to get my dvd onto my computer