Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

Thanks Bob and Ronni. Another thing, the rear (circular) button does not seem to serve any function whatsoever? it does not turn the device off or on. Anyone have the same experience? Jon On 02/04/2009, at 11:09 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 02/04/2009, at 10:45 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Exa

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

Hello Philippe & Jon, A couple of things I've read about Western Digital "My Book" HDs. When formatting the disk, you need to ensure that you're selecting the disk and not the volume. Once in the partition tab, click on the Options button and select GUID as the partitioning scheme. Note: t

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

On 02/04/2009, at 10:45 AM, Jon Davison wrote: Exactly the same thing has been happening with my 1TB WD dive, to the point where it eventually contributed to my graphics card being fried. With a new graphics card installed, the same things are happening. Icon vanishing, files becoming invi

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

Exactly the same thing has been happening with my 1TB WD dive, to the point where it eventually contributed to my graphics card being fried. With a new graphics card installed, the same things are happening. Icon vanishing, files becoming invisible when the icon is present etc. Really annoying

Re: Converting .m4V and mp4

it seems that the play time is approx 45m 12gig dvd stream is near 60 min play time. i've downloaded a file of 570 meg = 61min playtime (tv show) that would blow up to near 13gig in size if converted to dv cheers James On 02/04/2009, at 9:53, Michael Hawkins wrote: Hi Severin, When I

Re: Converting .m4V and mp4

Hi Severin, When I tried the suggestion that I use QT Pro to export .mov etc as DV stream, the file ballooned from 203.3mb to 9.65gb!! I couldn't fnd a way of taking it straight into Toast but saved it to Desktop and then dragged it into Toast. Could that be where I went wrong? Thanks, Michael.

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

On 02/04/2009, at 7:17 AM, Graham Byatt wrote: My USB 1TB one, blew the power supply and then did the same to a replacement power supply (within 30secs). I'm wondering if this is likely to be a fixable thing because can't find receipt and don't know how much stuff is on there that i no

Re: The gBall

Hey Reg & Peter, It was an April Fools Day joke wasn't it! Cheers, Ronni On 01/04/2009, at 10:15 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Thanks Peter I'd better check the packaging when they arrive. Earlier standards may well have expired and deflated egos and intentions. Reg On 01/04/2009, at 10:09 PM

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

My USB 1TB one, blew the power supply and then did the same to a replacement power supply (within 30secs). I'm wondering if this is likely to be a fixable thing because can't find receipt and don't know how much stuff is on there that i no longer have elsewhere. Graham On 02/04/2009, a

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

On 2/4/09 12:16 AM, "Philippe Chaperon" wrote: > Dear WAMUG'ers, > > Has anyone experienced problems with the Western Digital My Book-Home > Edition 750GB with 3 interfaces: FW400, USB & eSATA? > > I bought one a few weeks ago and experienced problems with formatting > the disk. I eventually ma

Problem with WD My Book drive

Dear WAMUG'ers, Has anyone experienced problems with the Western Digital My Book-Home Edition 750GB with 3 interfaces: FW400, USB & eSATA? I bought one a few weeks ago and experienced problems with formatting the disk. I eventually managed to format it as a Mac drive and was able to transfer some

Re: The gBall

Thanks Peter I'd better check the packaging when they arrive. Earlier standards may well have expired and deflated egos and intentions. Reg On 01/04/2009, at 10:09 PM, Peter Martinson wrote: Reg Whitely wrote: Hi all I think this would be a useful way to integrate Maths, PE and Techno

Re: Converting .m4V and mp4

Simpler to take the DV stream file straight into Toast, unless you want to play around with fancy menus and the like Severin Crisp On 01/04/2009, at 5:59 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Michael, if you have QT Pro you can export all of them as DV stream. You can then easily import into iMovie HD (& p

Re: The gBall

Reg Whitely wrote: Hi all I think this would be a useful way to integrate Maths, PE and Technology at school. Our PE and GiR-N have really been taken by it. What do you think? http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gball/ Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Converting .m4V and mp4

Hi Michael, if you have QT Pro you can export all of them as DV stream. You can then easily import into iMovie HD (& probably iMovie) and then burn it in iDVD. Regards, Eugene On 01/04/2009, at 5:13 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I want to copy mat

The gBall

Hi all I think this would be a useful way to integrate Maths, PE and Technology at school. Our PE and GiR-N have really been taken by it. What do you think? http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/gball/ Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Converting .m4V and mp4

I want to copy material in .mov, .mp4 and m4V formats to a DVD so that they will play in my home dvd player. I managed it once and now can't remember what I did. So frustrating. I have iTunes, iMovie, Quicktime Pro, Handbrake, VLC and Toast. I thought that if I could create a disc image I will be

Re: G5 iMac Slow-Down - the Solution

Hi Diana, On 01/04/2009, at 2:45 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote: There was nothing wrong with the iMac. That's good news to hear. The port on the router that the iMac was using seems to be faulty. Graham told me everything had slowed down but I realised it was all to do with the Intern

Re: G5 iMac Slow-Down - the Solution

On 01/04/2009, at 2:45 PM, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote: There was nothing wrong with the iMac. The port on the router that the iMac was using seems to be faulty. Tricky connection points ... could still be cord/plug related . Try another plug end , and try another cord . Also it could