Document.Ink

Afternoon all I received a document containing family pictures today from a windows user which I can't open with any of the applications I have, it is named Document.Ink does anyone out there know anything about .Ink please. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Document.Ink

Please disregard as I have figured out that it is only a link to her desktop, or pictures on it. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/01/2010, at 3:54 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Afternoon all I received a document containing family pictures today from a windows user which I can't

Re: what happened to wamug digests?

Pity about the loss of wamug digests. It was always the preferable mode for me. Vlad James wireless 24 iMac 2.4 GHz Intel 2GB / 667MHz / 320GB OS X 10.6.2 On 08/01/2010, at 9:52 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Hi Dave, This question has been raised a few times, but it's still a mystery. Cheers,

odp file reader

does anyone knows about the .odp file (suggestion given to me was an app with name omni /omny graffle) i'm just interested to convert a doc into a readable file James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414

Re: odp file reader

Open Office presentation? http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/odp mousepeter meyer 0408 902349 pmo...@westnet.com.au On 08/01/2010, at 4:47 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: does anyone knows about the .odp file (suggestion given to me was an app with name omni /omny graffle) i'm

Re: Retention of records

My thanks to Peter and James for their comments I for one was not aware that CDs had such limits. I agree that paper will be among the range of ways in which my records will be stored.. The assistance and information available through this forum just reinforces my decision to go Apple Your

Re: firewire vs usb

Talking Firewire 800 400 I recenty picked up two Vantec NexStar MX dual bay drives with 2 x FW800, 1 x FW400 and 1 x USB. Having a 27 iMac with one FW800 port and wanting to connect by FW to an old PowerBook G4 with only FW400 I thought I may be needing a FW800-400 cable. Apparently not.

Coupon for Parallels Desktop 5

Hi all, I recently bought the Parallels Desktop 5 update and also received a $10 off coupon to pass on: Your order also includes a coupon for $10 off our full version of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac that you can give to a friend. Your friend can use this coupon at

Re: Retention of records

I have Mac files dating back to those created in 1985 on my first Mac, a 512, and have have been retaining the important ones ever since. Yes, changes in storage technology have meant that I have periodically had to re record material onto new media, mainly from floppy disk to CD, and

mobile broadband problem

New year best wishes to everyone I am trying to install mobile broadband on a 24 iMac running system X.4.11 When I try to connect I get an error message saying that the modem is being used by another application. Could it be that a network preference file is corrupt and if so how can I fix

Samorost 2

Hi all I downloaded Samorost2 (forMac) and after opening the dmg file the App shows in Finder- Applications OK. When my wife did the same on her Intel 10.5.8 machine she gets the dmg file OK and can play the game but there is no App shown in Finder - Applications. The game always opens

Re: Retention of records

Hi Ray, On 08/01/2010, Ray Forma r...@smartchat.net.au wrote: My current big concern is in what format to store my photo files. I currently store them as uncompressed TIFF files, a format that has been with us for a long time. Can anyone suggest a better format? TIFF is a good format because

Re: firewire vs usb

Speaking of which, Wishfully thinking, does any know of any economical, portable, bus-powered external FireWire 800 enclosures for 2.5 hard drives? James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: mobile broadband problem

On 08/01/2010, at 7:51 PM, Neil Botterill wrote: New year best wishes to everyone I am trying to install mobile broadband on a 24 iMac running system X.4.11 When I try to connect I get an error message saying that the modem is being used by another application. Could it be that a

Re: firewire vs usb

Hi James, I've got cases from Zytech before. http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=EN25 Good products and good service! Gav On 09/01/2010, at 7:15 AM, James Devenish wrote: Speaking of which, Wishfully thinking, does any know of any economical, portable,

Re: odp file reader (should be opd)

hi Peter thanks for the reply, i just recognised that i chased you are for the wrong thing, sorry it's not odp it's opd ...just a slight difference in the file name extension cheers James On 08/01/2010, at 17:02, Peter Meyer wrote: Open Office presentation?

Re: firewire vs usb

sorry to say that: i do not recommend bus powered hard drives, if you have more then one on the bus (usb or fw) you get strange crashes or freeze effects because of the limited power available on the bus system!which causes hds to fail/corrupt James On 09/01/2010, at 7:15, James

Re: odp file reader (should be opd)

Hi James, .opd is an OmniPage Document. Document created with OmniPage scanning, OCR, and page creation software; may contain images, text, and page layout information; saved in a proprietary format that can only be opened with OmniPage or OmniPage Professional software. OmniPage was

Re: odp file reader (should be opd)

ah well - seems you were on the right track in the first place - OmniPage (OCR software) http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/opd a trial version of OmniPage used to come bundled with Canon scanners: you could use it a number of times before it required activation. I have such a copy of

Re: Strange error message

Thanks to Neil and Peter for your information. I appear to have solved the matter by reinstalling Vista, Parallels and Quicken. Ian Reid -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Retention of records

Hi James, Many thanks for this very informative response to Ray's question. This is of great help to me as I have thousands of digitized birth/death/marriage/divorce acts and I have been pondering this very same question. I have already converted all my document photos from jpg to TIFF, and can

Re: Retention of records

I tried saving a photo from .JPG to .png using Graphic Converter, and the memory size more than doubled. For a large number of photos that would be a considerable increase in storage space. Is the quality so much better or is it only that it stores longer? Lloyd Hi James, Many thanks for