MacBook Pro Logic Board - fatlaity

2010-11-26 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi WAMUG After a couple of months of intermittent not waking up from sleep and then finally no screen but the computer is running I took the MacBook Pro 17" to a tech who said It appears that my March 2008 Mac BookPro has the faulty logic board issue. Anyone had a successful outcome with this

Re: 1Password Thanksgiving Giveaway - Two user & multicomputer licensing

2010-11-26 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Again Neil On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > Since dropbox is tied into the user accounts, I presume my 1password will > sync through my dropbox account and Georgina’s 1password through her dropbox > account – sweet! > Yes that is correct Also wanted you to know that I

Seeking <= $800 Intel Mac

2010-11-26 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi folks, My Dad's after something to replace his eMac :), so if you have a <= $800 Intel based Mac you want to part with, let me know the details. Have fun, Shay -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines -

Re: MacBook Pro Logic Board - fatlaity

2010-11-26 Thread David Hudleston
Same thing happened to mine. This is a known design fault with the Macbook Pro and even though mine was out of warranty Apple replaced the board for free. I paid the tech for his time. I think the tech on the Gold Coast pressured Apple for a free board because it is a design fault. regards

Re: Firefox crashing

2010-11-26 Thread Paul K
Hi John, If you are still having this problem try this in Terminal: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -profilemanager (Copy the above line > Open Terminal 'Applications/Utilities/Terminal' > paste the line into Terminal > press return) If the Profile Manager opens (headed "F

Apple TV First-Generation Pricing and Models

2010-11-26 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi All Can anyone tell me what the last two capacities the Apple TV First-Generation were sold in? And I was wondering what an Apple TV 120 GB brand-new sealed inbox would be worth? -- Regards Kyle --

Re: Seeking <= $800 Intel Mac

2010-11-26 Thread Peter Cutrona
Shay. Try the refurb shop. The had a 20" imac previous gen for $899 On 26/11/2010, at 5:16 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: > > Hi folks, > > My Dad's after something to replace his eMac :), so if you have a <= > $800 Intel based Mac you want to part with, let me know the details. > > Have fun, > Shay >

1Password

2010-11-26 Thread Curtis Peter
Hi all I presume everyone has their copy of 1Password, if not email me direct with name and email. Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Uns

Re: Seeking <= $800 Intel Mac

2010-11-26 Thread cm
Hi Peter, Just to show my ignorance, do you mean the refurbished section of the Apple Online store or is there another one that serves Perth? Cheers, Carlo On 2010-11-26, at 17:46, Peter Cutrona wrote: > > Shay. Try the refurb shop. The had a 20" imac previous gen for $899 > On 26/11/2010, a

Fwd: 1Password

2010-11-26 Thread Curtis Peter
All used! Regards Peter Begin forwarded message: > From: Curtis Peter > Date: 26 November 2010 7:32:43 PM AWST > To: WAMUG List Mailing > Subject: 1Password > Reply-To: "WAMUG Mailing List" > > > Hi all > I presume everyone has their copy of 1Password, if not email me direct with > name an

Re: Apple TV First-Generation Pricing and Models

2010-11-26 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 26/11/10 5:43 PM, "Kyle Kreusch" wrote: > Hi All > > Can anyone tell me what the last two capacities the Apple TV > First-Generation were sold in? > > And I was wondering what an Apple TV 120 GB brand-new sealed inbox would be > worth? > > -- > Regards Kyle > --

Re: MacBook Pro Logic Board - fatlaity

2010-11-26 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi David, One of the Qld tech companies has just shut-up business... I try local. Brian Sent from my iPhone On 26/11/2010, at 17:25, David Hudleston wrote: > > Same thing happened to mine. > > This is a known design fault with the Macbook Pro and even though mine was > out of warranty App

Re: Seeking <= $800 Intel Mac

2010-11-26 Thread Peter Cutrona
Yep I meant the apple store refurrb shop. Just go to the apple website, choose store and the go almost all the way to the bottom on the left hand side. You get a good product, that may or may not have a blemish, scratch or looks brand new. The best bit is that you still get twelve months warra

Re: 1Password

2010-11-26 Thread Paul Weaver
There has sure been a rush by people to get free access to this app. I wonder how safe it is to entrust any freebie apps with things like bank passwords? Can such offers sound too good to be true? Kind wishes, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: 1Password

2010-11-26 Thread Glenn Nicholas
It isn't a free app Paul, there is a one off promotion underway that means existing licence holders can give away a licence that normally costs $40. It is a very highly rated Mac application: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password/testimonials Reading the reviews is a good way to get a

Domain Name Registration / Web Hosting

2010-11-26 Thread cm
Hello all, I notice that the previous time this was asked was in 2005 so I just wanted to ask the group again for its received wisdom about domain name registration and web hosting. I am looking register a domain name and have the associated web site hosted. The site will be interactive and r

Re: Domain Name Registration / Web Hosting

2010-11-26 Thread Glenn Nicholas
NetRegistry and Namecheap are both good registrars. Bottle Domains has been deregistered - I suggest you refer to auda.org.au/news/bottledomains/ Glenn Nicholas On Saturday, November 27, 2010, cm wrote: > > Hello all, > > I notice that the previous time this was asked was in 2005 so I just wan

Re: 1Password

2010-11-26 Thread McCallum Malcolm
Could I have one, Mac On 26/11/2010, at 7:32 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: > > Hi all > I presume everyone has their copy of 1Password, if not email me direct with > name and email. > Regards > Peter > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives -

Re: (GMUG) - 1Password Thanksgiving Giveaway (Free Licenses)

2010-11-26 Thread Roger Kortas
Thank you to all those people that passed the free license on to other people on the group :) In my case thank you Barry Roger On 26/11/2010, at 2:59 PM, Douglas Sheerer wrote: > If there is one going I'd appreciate getting one. > many thanks > Douglas > > Douglas Sheerer Director GALERIE DÜ

Re: Domain Name Registration / Web Hosting

2010-11-26 Thread S Beach
Hi webcity.com.au have provided me with good service over the past 3 years or so. They are competitively priced but not cheap and nasty. If you want a wide range of comments you might also like to check http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/116 Don't get lost in there tho. Regards Shayne On Sat

Re: Firefox crashing

2010-11-26 Thread John Daniels
Hi Paul No I haven't solved the Firefox problem. Thank you for your suggestion, I have tried that but the problem is I don't understand Terminal or Unix commands. I opened Terminal and got a small window but no ability to paste anything there (paste greyed out). However I tried which pasted th

Skype group video conferencing

2010-11-26 Thread Steven Knowles
I hope I'm not guilty of spreading old news here, but I've just noticed release of Skype 5 beta for Mac, now enabling group video conferencing. http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/beta Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Domain Name Registration / Web Hosting

2010-11-26 Thread Steven Knowles
I have domain registrations and rent a VPS via http://www.dotinfohosting.com - I've had no probs, and represent good value for money from the looking around I did at the time. Cheers, Steven On 27/11/2010, at 1:15 PM, cm wrote: > > Hello all, > > I notice that the previous time this was a