Re: disk repair

2010-09-27 Thread Rob Findlay
Other people have already posted about how to boot from the DVD. Sometimes just doing a safe boot is enough. Turn your Mac off, hold down shift and turn it on again while holding shift till you see the spinning circle at which point you can let go. When it gets to the login screen, click back th

Re: Finder issues - works in Safe Boot, not in normal

2010-09-27 Thread Tim Law
Thanks Rob Bob has responded off list and suggested a reinstall from the latest combo. Whilst it didn't resolve the problem it was quite special watching a download coming through at 2.5mb per sec on cable :-) I have also trashed the finder prefs with no result. The original owner will look

Re: disk repair

2010-09-27 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Janis, Disk Utility will do the repair itself - it's just that it can't do it on the start-up volume (a bit like sawing through the branch you're sitting on). So, what you need to do is boot up the macbook from the original DVD disk that came with your computer - when the macbook is running f

Re: disk repair

2010-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
On 28/09/2010, at 6:31 AM, Janis Lynn wrote: > > Hi All > > Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my macbook has trouble on start up. I lose > my desk top and only screen saver appears. After several restarts it comes > back. I used disk utility and it said I need to do a disk repair. Can > an

Re: disk repair

2010-09-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 28/09/2010, at 6:31 AM, Janis Lynn wrote: > > Hi All > > Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my macbook has trouble on start up. I lose > my desk top and only screen saver appears. After several restarts it comes > back. I used disk utility and it said I need to do a disk repair. Can > an

Re: Finder issues - works in Safe Boot, not in normal

2010-09-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 27/09/2010, at 3:00 PM, Tim Law wrote: > Problem 2: > The original system disks are still with the original owner of the Mac Mini. > I "might" be able to contact him and find them, but finding him again is not > so easy. The alternative, I am assuming, is to go buy a new OSX 10.6 disk. >

disk repair

2010-09-27 Thread Janis Lynn
Hi All Since upgrading to Snow Leopard my macbook has trouble on start up. I lose my desk top and only screen saver appears. After several restarts it comes back. I used disk utility and it said I need to do a disk repair. Can anyone recommend a free 3rd party disk repair app? I downloade

Re: New Apple Users - locked out of iphotos

2010-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Corrina, What Windows version (XP, Vista, Windows7) are exporting from & what version of OS X on the Mac (Leopard or Snow Leopard)? What version of iPhoto are you importing your photos into? Did you format the External Drive FAT32 using Windows? Choosing 'MS-DOS File System' (also known as

Replacement keyboard

2010-09-27 Thread Merv Bond
Hi Daniel You might recall that my wife purchased an iBook G4 14" laptop (M9628X/A) from you back in April 2006. She has managed to rub off the key identifiers on those keys most used. I think a replacement keyboard might be the way to go. Are you able to source such and if so what do they c

Re: Replacement keyboard

2010-09-27 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Merv Should be able to locate something for you. Will email you offlist with details Kind Regards Daniel On 27/9/10 9:34 PM, "Merv Bond" wrote: > > Hi Daniel > You might recall that my wife purchased an iBook G4 14" laptop > (M9628X/A) from you back in April 2006. She has managed to rub

Re: New Apple Users - locked out of iphotos

2010-09-27 Thread Corrina Olivieri
Thank you Ronni. I restarted the computer and iphotos has since opened. I also followed your instructions and it is all set to read and write. The problems started when the hard drive was still connected. I have disconnected it from the finder icon and clicking on the eject symbol. I just clos

Re: New Apple Users - locked out of iphotos

2010-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
On 27/09/2010, at 7:05 PM, Corrina Olivieri wrote: > > Hi all, we have just purchased an imac 21.5 inch and a WD my passport > portable hard drive. We tried transferring our photos from our windows hp lap > top to the portable hard drive and then importing the photos to iphotos on > the imac

New Apple Users - locked out of iphotos

2010-09-27 Thread Corrina Olivieri
Hi all, we have just purchased an imac 21.5 inch and a WD my passport portable hard drive. We tried transferring our photos from our windows hp lap top to the portable hard drive and then importing the photos to iphotos on the imac which seemed to be successful until i was browsing through the

Re: Movies Australia widget

2010-09-27 Thread Stuart Breden
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Re: Kindle

2010-09-27 Thread Laura Webb
Hi Susan That all sounds delightful!! I do already have the great little wireless apple keyboard as part of my Eye TV set up, so all I need now is the iPad!! Best wishes Laura On 27/09/2010, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, another thing is that I'm writing a trip journal using Page

Re: Kindle

2010-09-27 Thread peta belczowski
Thank you very much for this Susan. I don't actually have an iPad "yet". I was going to stick with the Kindle as all I wanted was something simple just for reading, but.. I liked your idea of buying a small keyboard, as you mentioned in your earlier email to Laura. I could take my small k

Re: Kindle

2010-09-27 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Peta, I was not actually able to get my overseas sim card to work, make sure if you get one that it comes preloaded with credit if you buy one in the country where you are staying, and get it up and running in the shop. So, I've been mostly relying on wireless access, which is just about eve

Re: Kindle

2010-09-27 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Laura, another thing is that I'm writing a trip journal using Pages, and putting photos into it as we go. Yet another use for the iPad when we are traveling. I've brought a little wireless apple keyboard along as well, it does make writing on the iPad easier, but it's not really necessary for

Finder issues - works in Safe Boot, not in normal

2010-09-27 Thread Tim Law
Hello, As per the Subject, I am having problems with the Finder menu and Dock not functioning at all when booting in normal mode. The system works fine in Safe Boot - holding down Shift key on start up. I'm running 10.6.4 in a Mac Mini 2.53Ghz with 4Gb of RAM The problem is that that keyboard