Re: Bankwest

In Firefox itself go to preferences/advanced/network/settings/no proxy Regards, Eugene On 30/09/2008, at 2:27 PM, Clive Slater wrote: What do you mean without proxy Eugene? Thanks Clive On 30/09/2008, at 2:23 PM, Eugene wrote: My daughter connects

Re: Bankwest

What do you mean without proxy Eugene? Thanks Clive On 30/09/2008, at 2:23 PM, Eugene wrote: My daughter connects to Bankwest often. We use exactly the same as you. OSX10.4.11 plus Firefox 3.0.3 but without proxy to connect to internet. Regards,

Re: Bankwest

My daughter connects to Bankwest often. We use exactly the same as you. OSX10.4.11 plus Firefox 3.0.3 but without proxy to connect to internet. Regards, Eugene On 30/09/2008, at 2:09 PM, Clive Slater wrote: Does any one else have trouble connecti

Bankwest

Does any one else have trouble connecting to Bankwest online banking ? G4 running OSX 10.4.11 Safari 3.1.1 & Firefox 3.0.3. Bankwest refuse to communicate with us because we don't run IE. Regards Clive -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Commsec website today

Thanks Neil for replying. Looks like the problem is my end ... back to trying to solve it. I don't really want to access in Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro ;-) But, as I need some information today, I might just have to start up Parallels & Vista ... ggrrr Thanks again, I appreciate you chec

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

On 30Sep2008, at 10:40 am, Matthew Healey wrote: On 30/09/2008, at 9:57 AM, James Green wrote: We might be highly urbanised, but you still have to look at the numbers, 20 million people vs. 125 million people in Japan. The cost per head of population of installing infrastructure is a lot

Re: Commsec website today

Hi Ronni No, I logged on earlier to check the carnage :( and accessed my portfolio OK. I just tried again and checked both portfolio and profile & no problems. This was from the laptop which is running Firefox 2.0.0.14 (I need to upgrade but will probably go straight to Firefox 3). In the past,

Commsec website today

Hello people using Comsec website, I'm able log in to Comsec fine & Log Off fine, but the pages are not fully loading today and I'm unable to access 'My Portfolio' or 'My Profile'. Is anyone else having trouble with this today please?

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

Hi Bob, Phones & power is an interesting topic As you say, the old phones used to draw their power from the actual phone line, so would keep working through a power cut. However, go into any phone outlet/seller now and you will be hard pushed to find one of these basic phones. Most of us use

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

2008/9/30 Matthew Healey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 30/09/2008, at 9:57 AM, James Green wrote: > every house already has at least three services running to the > (5 if you count Cable and Gas). It seems to be economical... Huh? Plumbed power, gas, water -- all essentials, part of most building desi

Re: emailed phone numbers

On 30/09/2008, at 10:49 AM, Ian Reid wrote: Hi all Another novice question from a non-novice. I have noticed recently that moving my cursor over a phone number in an email puts it in a greyed-out dotted box with a downward pointing triangle. What does this mean? Hello Ian, If you click

iphone data cost review

FYI a bit old ( july) but an interesting review/comparison of data costs for the iphone http://www.applesource.com.au/iphone/soa/iPhone-madness-What-s-a-gigabyte-worth-/0,270787,339290561,00.htm -- gary dorn north perth -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: ipod charger

I should also say, I am using a genuine Apple charger (came with 20Gb about 4yrs ago). I can't vouch for any after market ones. Andrew On 30/09/2008, at 10:45 AM, Andrew Alison wrote: I think so, Bill. I am using the same charger for my 3G 20Gb, 5G 30 Gb and iPod Touch and wife's Nano 1G w

emailed phone numbers

Hi all Another novice question from a non-novice. I have noticed recently that moving my cursor over a phone number in an email puts it in a greyed-out dotted box with a downward pointing triangle. What does this mean? Ian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: ipod charger

I think so, Bill. I am using the same charger for my 3G 20Gb, 5G 30 Gb and iPod Touch and wife's Nano 1G without any problems. Andrew On 30/09/2008, at 9:35 AM, bill parker wrote: I just had an iPod 4GB nano stolen and the replacement is a newer type. (more squarish in shape) It came wit

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

On 30/09/2008, at 9:57 AM, James Green wrote: We might be highly urbanised, but you still have to look at the numbers, 20 million people vs. 125 million people in Japan. The cost per head of population of installing infrastructure is a lot higher. And you then need every one of those people

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

We might be highly urbanised, but you still have to look at the numbers, 20 million people vs. 125 million people in Japan. The cost per head of population of installing infrastructure is a lot higher. And you then need every one of those people to pay to use the infrastructure, or have it

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

On 30/09/2008, at 9:05 AM, Rob Davies wrote: Hi All, Answer.. TELSTRA, and Communication Act. As Reasoning , research NAKED DSL when technology available, Since the Naked DSL subject has come up , here are two things for you to ponder on :- 1. With Naked DSL when the Power go

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

Which just goes to show that the Australian people should have retained ownership of the exchanges. That way any company could put in whatever last-mile gear they wanted. Some times it really grinds my gears that Australia keeps selling off it's assets for short-term financial gain. On 30

ipod charger

I just had an iPod 4GB nano stolen and the replacement is a newer type. (more squarish in shape) It came without a mains charger and the people at Hardly Normals had no idea whether my old MAINS charge was suitable. Is it? Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Permissions

Hi Stuart, I can't claim to have any idea what is going on, but first thoughts on the sort of things I would try might be: - Fire up the computer in target mode, connect to another computer, and try repairing from there (this may not be an option for you). - Are you trying this from an account w

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

Hi All, Answer.. TELSTRA, and Communication Act. As Reasoning , research NAKED DSL when technology available, and the actual take up date by ISP's in Australia? Has this reduced the cost ? But, whom still controls communication from exchange to socket? It does not take a rocket scientis

Re: Phone number/iPhone

On your Mac in AddressBook/Preferences/Phone/Custom you can set the format that you prefer for phone numbers. It will follow the formatting you set. With a little refining you can get local, interstate, international and mobile phones formatted the way you prefer. eg returns 1

Re: Phone number/iPhone

On 29/09/2008, at 8:56 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: A few small points about iPhone. I'm progressively editing my Address Book/s. Am advised to have the same address book on all Mas'c so that everything will be upgraded with MobileMe. The question is the format of telephone numbers. Do the

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

you will to have wait a long time, because it a purely commercial thing & still telstra is the only business that has a phone line going into every house and it's obvious that telstra is not reducing the profit just to make the internet faster.. James On 29/09/2008, at 21:50, Eugene

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

On 29/09/2008, at 7:48 PM, James Devenish wrote: Well, Maybe every ISP in Australia is ripping us off, but I'm not sure that a tit-for-tat comparison with other countries is particularly fair on ISPs. I am led to believe that our small market size and population sparcity make the situation chal

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

James, Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world with 92.7% (2005) of the population living in cities and the majority of them located in just 5 main centres. We are ranked the 11 most urbanised country in the world. Japan ranks 68th. When the majority of the populatio

Re: Battery icon

Fixed the problem turning off the computer, disconnecting the power cord and removing and replacing the battery. Regards, Michael Hawkins. > The battery icon in the menu bar on my 3 month old MacBook Pro has a "X" on it > when the power cord is connected and also when running on battery power on

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

Well, Maybe every ISP in Australia is ripping us off, but I'm not sure that a tit-for-tat comparison with other countries is particularly fair on ISPs. I am led to believe that our small market size and population sparcity make the situation challenging for Australian ISPs when you factor in the c

Battery icon

The battery icon in the menu bar on my 3 month old MacBook Pro has a "X" on it when the power cord is connected and also when running on battery power only. The "X" remains there no matter display preference I choose: icon, percentage or time. The words "No batteries available" and "Power Source:

Re: Permissions

Yes booted from install disk all right! Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 29/09/2008, at 9:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Bob & Stuart Bob, surely if he is booting from the OS 10 install disk he SHOULD be able to rep

Re: Permissions

Done both but neither works. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 29/09/2008, at 9:19 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 29/09/2008, at 9:10 AM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi there I have a 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 at work and at home r

Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

KDDI is launching a 1Gps fibre internet connection for about $50/month. Just goes to show how much of a rip-off Australian broadband is. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -