Re: multizone external DVD was: Re: New MacMini & optical drive

Hmm I'll try this... I'm sure, like 100% sure, I have in the past ( a few years ago) but had some serious issues (subtitles? Language selection? Menu functions?) that drove me back to playing on a multi zone TV/DVD setup. On 21/07/11 11:20 AM, "***Kazu***" wrote: > >Hi Mark, > >Try play

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow - Bootable Disk

Hi Mike, That should not be the case. The Mac App Store keeps a list of all your purchases and will not charge you for the same application twice. For me this is has been working consistently well since the App Store was opened. Are you logging in to the Mac App Store with the same Apple ID th

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow - Bootable Disk

>A few people >said it deleted the downloaded file once installed. So they had to >re-download it > > >.G'Day This happened to me and Apple want another $31.99 to download it again. The irony is I sat up half the night in true 'fan bois' style to download it. Apple made $7.9 million profit f

Re: 10.4 and 9.2.2

Hi Paul One of my aims is to keep 9.2.2 but also upgrade the OS10. I backup the iMac with among other things a complete copy of the disk that is bootable. So, I guess that after a cleanup, I have some music and some iMovie stuff that can be moved/deleted, I could make a bootable copy and then

Re: Office for Mac

Thanks for all the suggestions. Looks like we might go for Office 2008 after checking compatibilty with version at work. I think this will do what is required (Word, PowerPoint etc). Andrew On 21/07/2011, at 12:16 PM, cm wrote: > > Hi Peter and Andrew, > > I have used OpenOffice for yea

Re: 10.4 and 9.2.2

Hi Merv 10.4 might not upgrade your 10.2 without going through 10.3 first. I'm not sure. You could erase and install 10.4. This will mean, unless first copied elsewhere, any data will be erased too. Data such as documents, files, folders, non-Apple applications and their preferences. The Migrat

Re: Office for Mac

Hi Peter and Andrew, I have used OpenOffice for years to get by in situations that normally require Microsoft Office, but I have recently switched to LibreOffice. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ This is not in anyway an ideological choice. Oracle obtained the rights to OpenOffice when it

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi Ronni and Maureen, Decloner looks good. It may be better for this task than Baseline because it is purpose built for it and it supports QuickLook. It is available on the Mac App Store and I may pick up a copy myself. One caveat Maureen, the system requirements of the Mac App Store version s

Re: Lion

Hi Adrian, No you only need buy one copy for home use. The Lion OS X upgrade has the same rules as other software bought from the Mac App Store. You can deploy it on all your Macs. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-21, at 10:26, Skehan Adrian wrote: > > If I buy a copy for my iMac do I have to buy a

Re: multizone external DVD was: Re: New MacMini & optical drive

Hi Mark, Try play them with VLC which shouldn't ask you to change region code. Cheers, Kazu On 21/07/2011, at 12:55 PM, Mark Secker wrote: > This reminds me of something I was going to ask a few weeks back - Does > anybody know the best setup for an external multizone DVD player for a > ma

multizone external DVD was: Re: New MacMini & optical drive

This reminds me of something I was going to ask a few weeks back - Does anybody know the best setup for an external multizone DVD player for a macbook pro and mac book air setup? I've recently acquired a reasonably large DVD collection from someone who's upgraded to BlueRay but a number of th

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi Maureen & Carlo, Carlo, I had not heard of Baseline before. I have noticed the app - Decloner. It Requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or newer and a 64-bit CPU. So no good for Maureen as she is still in OS X 10.5.8. If her MacBook Pro is a Core 2 Duo or recent MBP they are 64-bit Architectur

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Oooops I think I have the answer. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 21/07/2011, at 10:07 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: > > Have you tried setting up smart folders in the finder side panel? I have set > some up to search out things like ".jpeg", ".tiff" and ".pages" etc. I find > it makes

Re: Lion

If I buy a copy for my iMac do I have to buy another copy for the MacBook Pro? Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 20/07/2011, at 11:06 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > got it the download just finished :) > > > > On Wed Jul 20 22:58 , Ronda Brown sent: > >> >>

Re: New MacMini & optical drive

Or just buy an external drive from JB hifi http://www.macworld.com.au/gadget-guide/lite-on-enau-33355/ lite-on eNau series of drives are usb powered and cheap ($80) On 21/07/2011, at 9:49 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > > The following web pages give some idea of the cost of adding an external > opti

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Have you tried setting up smart folders in the finder side panel? I have set some up to search out things like ".jpeg", ".tiff" and ".pages" etc. I find it makes it very easy to recognise duplicates and by clicking of a file it gives its location along the bottom of the window. Regards, Adr

New MacMini & optical drive

The following web pages give some idea of the cost of adding an external optical drive to the new MacMini. For an external, bus powered, optical drive enclosure For the actual drive

LastPass

I just updated Safari to 5.1 but LastPass caused it to crash while opening. The fix - if you have LastPass installed in Safari, download the app again (using another browser, eg Chrome) and use the uninstaller that comes with it to remove LastPass. After this Safari opened for me with no probl

Re: 10.4 and 9.2.2

Thanks Peter. Should I uninstall 10.2.8 or will 10.4 just write over the top of it? Will 9.2.2 be unaffected? I have MSOffice 98 on it which comes in handy at odd times for viewing documents, in particular Excel. Merv On Thu21Jul2011 Thu21Jul7:34 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 20/07/2011,

Melbourne contact?

My wife has a friend, Lynn, whose sister has a Mac and is struggling to master it. The sister has mobility problems and cannot get to the workshops that she has heard about. Is there a person on our list who lives in Melbourne who maybe able to assist directly or put her in touch with a Mac co

Re: US store is back up :)

Yeah, but who wants to buy a nice compact Mac Mini and then hook up another drive? Why didn't Apple put in a BluRay drive? It's nice to think about a future full of digital "media" on SSD drives with no moving parts and no disks to scratch, but right now we mere mortals still have loads of physica

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

On 20/07/2011, at 6:47 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > Hi Guys > > It Might be wise to remind everyone to make sure they have a bootable backup > of their current system before doing the > upgrade to Lion. > > I will be doing one home machine and my office mac but on a spare HD and then >

Re: Office for Mac

On 20/07/2011, at 6:05 PM, Andrew wrote: > > Hi All > I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Free Trial to use on my 24" > iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.11). > When running the installer it states I require OS 10.5.8 or higher. > Does anyone know if I can run an earlier versi

Re: 10.4 and 9.2.2

On 20/07/2011, at 10:50 AM, Merv Bond wrote: > > Sorry, first version (timed at 10.29 am), of this question had a 10 where > there should have been a 9. > Try again. > > I have an old 'lamp stand' iMac PowerPC G4 with 512MB Ram running 10.2.8 and > when required for games such as Zoombinies,

Lion - step backwards?

After a preliminary play with Lion, my first impression was that it seems to have taken a step or two backwards in terms of slick Apple interface. I can't put my finger on it, but it just seems to have lost a little of that smooth rounded aqua finesse and polish that I've become used to with S

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow - Bootable Disk

Hi Pedro and all Yes, the "Bootable Disc" appears to work. I bought it on one "Drive", installed it on another drive then went back and got the installer and burnt it to DVD. Then re-installed it to another drive. All worked fine. One thing to note if you're downloading it to one drive when buy

Re: No iWork '11 but,..

Yeh downloading all the "Stand alone installers" for all the updates now (Safari for Leopard, Snow Leopard, iTunes, Java etc etc). All to go on my "update drive" for when seeing clients. My 500GB drive has over 500 Apple updates on it,..lol. Time to sort it out I feel. Still, it comes in handy rat

Re: No iWork '11 but,..

Hi Daniel, Yes. I am running Lion OS X 10.7, and through the regular software update app, I have received updates to iWork '09 and to iTunes. The new applications in iWork have the Lion specific features of automatic saving and versions, and they also run fullscreen. It's nice to have these ne

No iWork '11 but,..

No iLife '11 as yet but noticed that Pages, Numbers and Keynote have had updates listed on the Mac App Store (MAS) as at 20 July 2011. Just thought I'd mention it :) Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: Web: **For everyt

Re: Lion

got it the download just finished :) On Wed Jul 20 22:58 , Ronda Brown sent: > > >During installation, OS X Lion may display the message:"Some features of Mac >OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)".

Re: Lion

During installation, OS X Lion may display the message: "Some features of Mac OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)". Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20/07/2011, at 9:08 PM, cm wrote: > > I like

Re: US store is back up :)

Thanks Roger. Good to know,..but I still like to sit down and watch the odd movie if I can (sometimes). And I know my 2.5 year old like the odd cartoon with his breakfast,...(Go Diego Go seems to be the favourite now). He knows how to turn on the iMac, go to iTunes, and find the episode to watch.

Re: US store is back up :)

I have been reading what you have all been saying about media centres with interest :) I used to have a 12 TB raid, Nice LCD TV, high end receiver and speakers. I digitised about half of my DVD's and had those on the raid. One day I sat down and thought have I watched TV or any of those DVD

Re: US store is back up :)

I'll let you know if I can source any "old" MacMini's tomorrow Ronni when I check with the wholesalers... :o) Maybe we'll be "behind the times" with some technology...lol. :o) Yeh Lion download is all over the place. Went from 4 hours to 6 hours to 8 hours down to 2 hours up to 4 hours, down to 3

Re: US store is back up :)

There goes my thought of upgrading my Mac Mini that runs my Media Centre for a newer model . I'm with you Daniel ... I want my optical drive ... so I'll have to stick with little ole Mac Mini ;-) Cheers, Ronni who will wait to download Lion tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after :-) Then

Re: US store is back up :)

LOL. Yes a consultant's work is never done. :-D C On 2011-07-20, at 22:11, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Carlo > > Yes, I've been weighing that up with the new Pegasus range of drives. I > quite like the 4 or 6 bay one. Don't think I can afford it just yet though. > :) Not sure I could sneak $160

Re: US store is back up :)

Hi Carlo Yes, I've been weighing that up with the new Pegasus range of drives. I quite like the 4 or 6 bay one. Don't think I can afford it just yet though. :) Not sure I could sneak $1600 past the wife :o) lol Plus, the exercise of getting off the couch is good. If I have to go back and forward

Re: US store is back up :)

Hi Daniel, I am up watching the Tour de France on my iPad and keeping abreast of the exciting Apple releases on my MacBook Pro so I find it impossible not to put an oar. :-D One solution would be to get an external Superdrive with the MacMini. They are available on the Apple Store for AUS$89.

Re: Lion

Downloading Lion with my free redemption code. 2 hours left! Peter On 20/07/2011, at 9:08 PM, cm wrote: > > I like that the price is $32, just $2 more than price in US dollars. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2011-07-20, at 20:58, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> >> is on the store but when

Re: US store is back up :)

Waahh there comes my thought of a Home Media Centre to watch DVD's etc on. (don't start Carlo - I have a lot of DVDs...over 600+) :op heheh And I don't want to rip them all to file. Sometimes I want to grab it and watch it. Maybe I'll get one of the just superseded models. Not like I need

Re: Lion

Its now working :) Go and get it Roger On Wed Jul 20 21:08 , cm sent: > >I like that the price is $32, just $2 more than price in US dollars. > >Cheers, >Carlo > > >On 2011-07-20, at 20:58, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> >> is on the store but when trying to buy it got a store error!!! >>

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi Maureen, I use software called Baseline to detect duplicate files. It is developed by Mild Mannered Industries. Ronni's caution is a good one for other software but Baseline actually compares the contents of a file and will find a duplicate even if the files have different names. Baseline

Re: US store is back up :)

I'm surprised to see they've taken the optical drive out of the Mac Mini. So much new stuff to read about on the Apple store! And about to download Lion shortly... cheers Jane On 20/07/2011, at 8:59 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Australian store is up too > > New MacMini > New MacBook Air > N

Re: Lion

I like that the price is $32, just $2 more than price in US dollars. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-20, at 20:58, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > is on the store but when trying to buy it got a store error!!! > > On Wed Jul 20 20:45 , 'rkor...@iinet.net.au' sent: > >> >> >> Have a look, new Ma

Re: US store is back up :)

Australian store is up too New MacMini New MacBook Air New 27" LED Monitor with Thunderbolt and price drop $1199 for 27"! Nice. :) And Lion apparently...lol Oh wait,...nope. Sign in. Click buy. Type in Apple ID. "This item is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later". LOL Error Message. L

Lion

is on the store but when trying to buy it got a store error!!! On Wed Jul 20 20:45 , 'rkor...@iinet.net.au' sent: > > >Have a look, new MacBook Air among other things > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guideline

US store is back up :)

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Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi again a Maureen, I deliberately did not respond to your query for a program for locating duplicate documents/files on your computer. There are programs out there that say they can do this, but I would be very careful of any program that claims to do what you want. The reason is they go by

Re: Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi Maureen, Duplicate Annihilator is very good For finding duplicates in iPhoto. http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/#duplicate_annihilator Spotlight searches perhaps for finding duplicate files. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20/07/2011, at 7:43 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Hi > > Can

Locating Duplicate Photos / Files

Hi Can anyone recommend a good application / program for locating duplicate photos in iPhoto and on HD also files and documents? I have multiple back ups (Time Machine and two external HD's) and want to try to tidy up the photos and files before migrating over to another machine. Thanks Take Ca

Re: Office for Mac

Hi Andrew I've got a left over never opened brand new Office 2008 Home and Student edition (3 serial numbers) that you can have for, say $100 if you wanted. The specs on the bottom of the box list that it requires 10.4.9 or later so would work fine on your machine. This version has Word, Excel, P

Re: Office for Mac

Thanks Yvonne I had the 2004 free trial previously. My partner needs the full version to be compatable with software at her work. It may be an option. Andrew On 20/07/2011, at 6:58 PM, Yvonne Harrison wrote: > > > Hi Andrew - I am running a 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo iMac - OS 10.4.11 - > cu

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Not sure what happened to that 6.05pm one, cause the sent time on my email was 2.59pm Lol. Maybe it took the long way home? :o) (But thanks for letting me know it was there. I only got one). Will let you know how the Bootable disc goes. *If* it comes out tomorrow some stage I'll give it a go

Re: Office for Mac

Hi Andrew - I am running a 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo iMac - OS 10.4.11 - currently have Office 2004 running fine on it. May not be as new as you'd like but it is enough for my needs :) HTH regards Yvonne On 20/07/11 6:05 PM, Andrew wrote: Hi All I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 201

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Yes your email came thru twice (6:05PM & 6:41PM)Let me know how you get on with the "Bootable Lion Disc" as with 3 mac in the house and dial-up like speeds I won't be in a hurry to down load it.  Will wait until all the bugs are sorted me thinksPedroOn 20/07/2011, at 6:40 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:Yes,

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Hi Guys It Might be wise to remind everyone to make sure they have a bootable backup of their current system before doing the upgrade to Lion. I will be doing one home machine and my office mac but on a spare HD and then test all our applications to see what happens :) I hope to be running

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Yes, I think that's more to do with "new MacBook Airs" and LED monitors (perhaps) ,...according to the rumour sites then I would think with Lion. (Though I'm sure they're updating the images to show Lion on the "Screens" as well But yes,..I think they're getting it ready "behind the scenes" t

Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

sooner than you might think Daniel,  the Apple store is down .PedroOn 20/07/2011, at 6:04 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:Hi AllApparently Lion is meant to hit the Mac Store some time tomorrow.So, if you want to do anyth

OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Hi All Apparently Lion is meant to hit the Mac Store some time tomorrow. So, if you want to do anything internet related,...do it today or Friday,...just incase the internet "dies" tomorrow with everyone downl

Office for Mac

Hi All I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Free Trial to use on my 24" iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.11). When running the installer it states I require OS 10.5.8 or higher. Does anyone know if I can run an earlier version of Office without an upgrade of the operating sy

OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Hi All Apparently Lion is meant to hit the Mac Store some time tomorrow. So, if you want to do anything internet related,...do it today or Friday,...just incase the internet "dies" tomorrow with everyone downl