Hi,
I'm pretty sure, many years ago, an official Apple User Guide had an
illustration of an iPod being used by a server administrator as a disk
to install software on an Xserve or something. Anyone remember what
document this was, or have a link to it online?
James
-- The WA Macintosh User
Hi Tom,
There are some practical reasons why there's no obvious solution to
this problem for everyone. The saving grace is that you might be able
to short-circuit the problem by focussing only on the excessive use
aspect. Let me step through the possibilities so you can see the pros
and cons.
Hi Mark,
On 7 October 2010 14:46, Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au wrote:
Recently my trackpad (the magic thingy trackpad not the one on my laptop)
has taken to getting itself regularly stuck in marque/”drag select” mode
Sometimes, but rarely, I experience the same thing on my laptop. I
Hi Andrew,
On 13 September 2010 14:42, Andrew McColl ski...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
Im looking for an iPhone barcode scanning app. With the ability to access
Australian retail barcodes of the supermarket variety. I basically just want
something that will allow me to generate a shopping list
Hi Pat,
On 12/09/2010, at 17:39 , Pat wrote:
Someone told me recently that she had come across a PDF attached
to an e-mail that she was not able to forward to someone else
I think Ray is probably right too. Some people don't know that they
have to save the attachment to their computer before
Hi all,
If I have any complaint about Mac OS X, it is there severe user
interface floor whereby you can be happily typing or clicking in an
application (which is called the foreground), and then a 2nd
application from the background will pop up in front of everything
with some kind of question
On 13 September 2010 20:07, Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au wrote:
If another application wants my attention it usually bounces politely on the
dock
to get my attention and never rudely jumps into the foreground taking over my
screen and hijacking my keystrokes.
Good point Eugene. Handbrake
Hi Neil,
1) Time discrepancy on iPhone
Your iPhone clock accuracy may depend on your mobile phone provider.
If the phone tower is out of sync, your phone will be too. I don't
think the phone syncs with iTunes or time.apple.asia.com because my
iPhone is consistently 20 seconds slow, which I
Hi Glenn,
It shouldn't be necessary for you to manually quit iPhone
applications. iPhone puts strict limits on multitasking, by limiting
background applications to 10 mins of continuous activity, after which
any unfinished processes are forcefully terminated. The reason for 10
mins is to give
Hi Rod,
You don't mention if you're using FireWire 800 or 400. But either
way...your speeds seem to be 20 Mb/sec for FireWire and 30 Mb/sec for
USB. These seem slow to me, I would have expected at least 30 Mb/sec
for FireWire, or more likely 50 Mb/sec. Maybe there is some other
limiting factor
Hi Steven,
Your inadvertent attachment shows us something...the file is full of
NULL bytes. I.e. it's a 760 kb file full of zeros. There is no data.
This can happen if your original disk was corrupt...and you say that
the machine died? If the disk was corrupt, and it was giving zeros
instead of
Hi Adrian,
Did you set up your new computer with different Accounts compared to
your old one? That's that this problem sounds like -- the new computer
does not have the same accounts as the old one, so migrated files have
no equivalent permissions on the new computer.
The general solution to
Hi David,
the screen more or less freezes and the coloured wheel appears.
After about 24 seconds the wheel disappears and normal service is resumed.
Just a thought, can you start your computer using its Installation
Disc (DVD) and Repair Disk and Repair Permissions? It is possible
there is a
Hi Severin,
I have a list of startup items with all but Mail and the Finder Window set to
hide.
Word, Excel and iTunes are rogues and stay open.
The Hide option should do what you want, and I am surprised that
iTunes is not compliant. Unfortunately, most programmes unhide
themselves even
Hi Joe,
Preferences error can not load PTHPasteboard
This sounds like a PTH problem. It's likely that other customers are
affected. I suggest you contact PTH directly about their product, or
see if it is covered by their online help.
While you are usually welcome to move your PTH preferences
Hi Peter,
Can I suggest that you go into your System Preferences, then Time
Machine, Options... and click on the Plus sign to select your movies
folder to exclude it from backups (you can also check the size of the
movies folder in the Finder). Then, ask your machine to Back Up Now.
Check that
Hi Aurora,
I'm very curious about the Enjo idea -- sounds like a great idea if it works.
For quick cleaning, I use isopropyl alcohol (99.7% pure
isopropanol/propan-2-ol, not the 70% rubbing alcohol). You can buy a
spray pack for $10 at electronics stores. You don't have to turn off
the computer
Hi Reg,
On 07/03/2010, Reg Whitely rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote:
Is this what's in my Dick Smith spray can of Contact Cleaner? It
carries no contents list other than the propellant - hydrocarbon
The Contact Cleaner is just an inert gas -- like tetrafluoroethane
(the hydrocarbon acts as
Hi Peter,
Perhaps if your System Preferences are to Allow Bluetooth devices to
wake this computer, then the mouse might not go into its lowest power
mode then the computer is asleep. If you are able to turn this option
off, then see if the batteries last any longer. You'll need to wake
your
Hi Graeme,
I have now mastered the technique for printing an envelope after a few
experiments
and would now like to incorporate a return address on the envelope as well
You didn't explain to us what software you are using to make the envelopes!
You also didn't tell us if you want the
Hi Mike,
When you say that your printers aren't listed in Acrobat Pro's Page
Setup, do you also mean that Custom Page Size is not available? If I
choose Any Printer, I can still create a custom page size with small
margins. Are you able to create a custom page size?
James
-- The WA Macintosh
Hi Pedro,
For a Mac to show 'Shared' in the Finder's sidebar, there must be at
least two computers correctly operating on the same network. This is
because Shared is hidden for solo computers. Your computers seem to
think they are solo, and a failure in merely one of the pair would
cause this to
Hi Severin,
Nothing is guaranteed with Google. That's part of its design. Making
assumptions about Google is a trap that has caused grief for many
people. I believe Google avoids being predictable, because
predictability can be used by bad people as well as good people.
Google is by-and-large a
Hi Stuart,
On 10/01/2010, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote:
I've looked at iTunes preferences to see how to vary the length of the
interval between tracks when you are importing a CD but can't see what
to do.
The gap is created as part of the CD when it's exported, not when it's
Hi Severin,
I just looked at your site. Ideas for distinctive domain names could
include newartsinc or newartsalbany.
James
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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
Speaking of which,
Wishfully thinking, does any know of any economical, portable,
bus-powered external FireWire 800 enclosures for 2.5 hard drives?
James
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Hi Graeme,
I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not
last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people
have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is
ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from
archival
Hi Lloyd,
Your computer is unwell. It should never be that slow, regardless of
OS. You have the option of starting up in Safe Mode which is quite
limited but turns of any optional plug-ins.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564 At the end of this e-mail, can I
Hi Julie,
On 03/01/2010, Julie Bedford jew...@iinet.net.au wrote:
It may not occur for an hour, but then the mouse takes off on its own
accord and it can take me a minute or two to gain control of it again
and that is with the use of two mice. It's ridiculous. It's like the mouse
is
Hi Julie,
On 02/01/2010, at 10:11 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:
I have a problem with my mouse for the past year or so.
The problem is that my wired mouse sometimes takes off to the
bottom of the screen...I then bought a Microsoft one (has a plug
in USB so one can use without wires)...It is
Hi Alan,
On 01/01/2010, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I cannot create a Pages template with visible paragraph markers
(Invisibles). Any suggestions?
This appears to be a bug or simply an oversight in Pages. To resolve
it, save your template as an ordinary Page document, then pages
Hi Graeme,
On 27/12/2009, Graeme Winters g.wint...@iinet.net.au wrote:
during the course of using Safari I used to have a line beneath the web
address that allowed me to navigate between earlier web pages.
Try using the View menu to show/hide things until you find the one
you want. If this
Hi Severin and Peter,
On 26/12/2009, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
For the Macbook it is intended that it connect wirelessly to the Time
Capsule for Time Machine backup and internet traffic.
4. BUT the Time Capsule will not connect to the internet via the D-
Link.
1/ Do you
Hi John,
Machinarium is downloadable as a .dmg (disk image). When you open the
disk image, there is a folder called Machinarium. You can copy this
folder to your Applications folder, or use it directly our of the disk
image. Either way, open the Machinarium folder and double-click on the
app.
Hi Alastair,
On 25/12/2009, mince and pud minceand...@goatpix.com wrote:
I have followed all the tips I can find about networks and sharing
but although the laptop is now connected to the internet via ethernet
through belkin router, and the iMac is connected to the laptop via
firewire, I can
Hi Jon,
The Magic Mouse requirements are as follows:
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 or
Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0.
James
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Archives -
Hi Severin,
Don't bother with embedded profiles if you are importing into
Word...it does its own thing. One possible strategy is to Export for
Web in Photoshop. This tends to push things to lowest common
denominator (e.g., sRGB), and also allows Mac vs Windows preview. When
I do this, I don't
Hi,
I believe this would be Neller Document Format, and the employer
should have provided information about viewing the file. Not only is
it a proprietary format, I also don't know of a Mac viewer. Very
non-enlightened. http://www.neller.com.au/Page.asp?PID=64
James
On 13/12/2009, Roger Kortas
Hi Steven,
Don't be too concerned about the underlying mechanism of the Mailboxes
folder. There are many explanations for all of this.
In the case of the Mailboxes folders, multi-part MIME messages are
stored across multiple files (one file for each part). Multi-part MIME
messages are probably
Hi Steven,
On 30/11/2009, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote:
I have an IMAP account set up, in which were quite a few messages.
However, if I check the folder at Library Mail
imap-acco...@domain.com@mail.domain.com INBOX.imapmbox Messages, it's
full of emlx messages.
Hi Kelly,
On 30/11/2009, Kelly Duffy the.oen...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know if anyone can help, but I'm using Indesign CS3 on an iMac
running OS 10.5 and having some weird issues with creating a PDF from
a file. If anyone has seen it before I'd love to know what causes it,
especially since
Hi Andrew,
On 30/11/2009, Andrew Schox and...@perthfootankle.com.au wrote:
I have just made the jump from Entourage to Apple mail.
Does anyone know how to create a rule which applies to outgoing mail?
I'm not sure about outgoing rules, you might need to download a
Plugin. What version of
Hi,
On 30/11/2009, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
This has always bugged me about Mail Rules. Like you I have had to select
the sent message Apply Rules for it to move into the correct Mailbox.
If I find any Script or Utility that will do the job for us, I'll let you
know. There is
Hi David,
I wear long-sleeved shirts, so I don't have a problem with the
keyboard. However, I agree with you that it's quite vicious. Putting
ticket tape across the edge makes it less sharp, but it'll still put
pressure on your wrist. I'd suggest you raise the back edge of your
laptop (try
Hi Steven,
2009/11/23 Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au:
Apple Mail provides the ability to 'flag' an email...One of the others
who can access the IMAP account uses Opera on a Windows
machine. It seems that he doesn't see these flags, unless of
course there is some setting or view which
Hi Steven,
2009/11/23 Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au:
Ahh, that's interesting. Thanks James.
What do you mean by the flag button though? The flag itself?
In Apple Mail, I always flag and unflag by clicking the toolbar
button. (Perhaps I have customised my toolbar.) It's easier than
Hi,
Mac OS X's built-in Save as PDF produces high-res, lossless PDF files.
It uses the document's images with no loss of quality -- can't get any
higher res than that! It is also the reason that Mac PDFs are often
larger than Adobe PDFs (Acrobat compresses images to lower quality for
smaller
Hi Lloyd,
2009/11/10 Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au:
Hi everyone. I have a problem that has just started and is driving me crazy.
iMac OS 10.5.8 After waking from sleep it freezes. Can¹t shut down, can¹t
force quit, can't do anything but cut the power and then re-start.
I have this
Hi Neil/Severin,
A common misconception is kilobits per second (kbps) versus kibibytes
per second (KBps). This means that 'kbps' overstates your performance
by a factor of 8.2 compared to what you expect! Therefore 1400 kpbs
(kilobits per second) is only 175 kBps (kilobytes per second) or 170
Hi Severin,
In these days of ADSL2+, a lot of people with broadband won't notice
the problem. I certainly didn't have any problem with the slideshow.
However, I set up a low-bandwidth simulator and can confirm what
happens. Basically, you have a 2.5 second delay between each frame,
but if the
Hi Peter,
In Safari's Window menu, there is an Activity option. If you open the
Activity option, you will see that it shows you the title of each web
page in Safari, and expands to show all the subsidiary elements that
comprise each page. The file size and loading status are shown. This
can help
Hi Severin,
2009/11/2 Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au:
I use animated GIFs of a series of images, generated from within Photoshop,
as a very convenient way of placing them on a webpage. However there is a
considerable delay in them playing,
GIF allows a deliberate delay, useful if the
Hi Severin,
2009/9/29 Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au:
I would have thought Windows would know all about .zip
files. Maybe I am too naive ?
Windows has generally relied upon third-party ZIP software (e.g.,
WinZIP, the old PKZIP, etc.). This in turns depends on what retailer
sells the
Hi Paul,
2009/9/26 Paul Weaver pwea...@westnet.com.au:
I'm wondering if there is some sort of utility which can
maintain a chronological list of cookies when they are
added or modified?
Need to know what web browser(s) you use, and what OS version...
Safari, for instance, stores cookies in
Hi Severin,
2009/9/25 Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au:
In Explorer Preferences the colours for Read and Unread links can be
changed. I can find no such item in Safari or Firefox. Are they hidden
somewhere?
Safari supports this through Style Sheet (in Advanced Preferences). If
you
Hi Clyde,
2009/9/22 Clyde McLennan cmcle...@westnet.com.au:
Following on from the helpful discussion and comments about the three VM
programs, I thought I would try the free one, VirtualBox.
No problem installing virtualbox, but didn't get far installing windows
XP. Came unstuck during
Hi Martin,
Backup up your iTunes library is as simple as copying your 'iTunes'
folder. For instance, you can open your 'Music' folder and
drag-and-drop the 'iTunes' folder icon onto your external hard disk
icon.
Of course, this will take a very long time because you have 400 GB of
music, and
Hi Adrian,
2009/9/15 Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com:
Since going over to Snow Leopard mail has been sending mail out OK but
randomly puts copies in the Draft box as well as the Sent box, some of
these messages have the original recipients address and some have no address
at all. Has
HI Adrian,
2009/9/15 Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com:
No, the messages are sent OK. but of some reason it is also put into the
Draft box. This is occurring quiet randomly with the messages and with the
addressees.
I know the messages sent okay. What I'm trying to say is that the
DRAFTS
Hi Jennifer,
2009/9/12 Jennifer Lefroy lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com:
Is there any way in Mail of asking for an acknowledgement of receipt of an
email? At present I know of two emails which took days to reach the
addressees (and of course there may be others that I do not know about -
I can
Hi all,
On the topic of default programmes, downloads, etc., one utility I
have always consulted is the RCDefaultApp preference pane:
http://www.rubicode.com/Downloads/RCDefaultApp-2.0.1.X.dmg While it
doesn't work miracles, it does offer a range of information and
programme settings about file
Hi Neil,
Sorry I missed your original posting. I use CSV files extensively. The
issue is that 10.5's QuickLook doesn't have a setting for CSV files --
it treats them as unknown. You can download a nifty CSV plugin for
QuickLook here: http://code.google.com/p/quicklook-csv/ (I have used
this
Hi Kevin,
Perhaps it's a bit confusing that lithium batteries come in both
rechargeable and non-rechargeable varieties. Definitely do not use
non-rechargeables for laptop PRAM.
James
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Hi Michael,
2009/9/9 Michael Hawkins michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au:
Since Snow Leopard was installed the icons for each page of the attachment
show up in the sidebar in Preview, but I cannot open the pages.
The attachments print from Preview without any difficulty .
If I change the suffix
Hi Pat,
Ever since, when I use Disk Utility to repair permissions, dozens of entries
needing repair come up.
If the permissions appear as should be ..., they are lrwxrwxrwx,
these permissions do NOT need to be repaired despite what Disk Utility
tells you. The critical thing to note is that
Hi Hugh,
You may find that you can go into Safari preferences Security and
then turn off the auto-fill of passwords. This may then mean Keychain
is not longer used in Safari.
However, a common explanation of this problem is if the password for
the user has changed, in which case the fix is to
Hi,
There are some unofficial lists of software that is not yet compatible
with Snow Leopard:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/snow_leopard_incompatibilities/
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
I know I use some of those applications!
James
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Hi Peter,
2009/8/26 Peter Tomlinson raspt...@gmail.com:
Regarding the formatting of drives does that include all external drives?
Snow Leopard will continue to read and write external disks (and thumb
drives, etc.). The GUID partition issue is only relevant for disks
onto which you are
Hi Steven,
2009/8/26 Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au:
With the rules on two Macs accessing the same IMAP email account, I suspect
that the rules will be applied twice, with the result being two copies of
the email being sent to other email addresses.
If you're flagging messages on the
Hi,
As a starting point, bots fall within the
virus/spyware/adware/malware/break-in vulnerability spectrum.
Detection, prevention, and susceptibility fall along those lines. If
you've previously made a decision not to worry about anti-virus for
Mac OS X due to the relatively low risk, you need
Hi,
2009/8/17 Roger Kortas rkor...@iinet.net.au:
I don't really understand why some people are getting upset for something
that is managed for us by a very few people is their spare time!!!
I think what confuses/upsets participants (who are also volunteers) is
when there's no explanation,
Hi Mike,
2009/8/4 Mike Fuller blis...@tpg.com.au:
I'm getting a Mac laptop (MacBook Core2duo 2.16) and want to use it's
wireless capabilities, so I'm after a wifi base station.
The 1 thing not mentioned...what will you be doing with your wireless?
Web browsing? Printing? File sharing?
2009/8/1 Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au:
I just got a message from Amazon offering a pre-order on Snow Leopard for
$29! I am sure someone is still making something, even at that price!
Well that's pleasant. Microsoft's price to upgrade from Windows Vista
Home Premium to Windows 7 Home
Hi John,
I have a MacBook Pro 15 with Leopard, probably the most disappointing
and flawed Mac I've had in a long time. One of the many day-to-day
frustrations is that Bluetooth drops out when used with my Apple
Wireless Mighty Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard. There is no such
problem with any
Hi Adrian,
2009/7/11 Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com:
Can anyone please tell me if the DVD burner puts encodes a DVD with a
Regional Code?
You won't have region codes on DVDs that you created (and
hypothetically even if you did, you'd probably have all your equipment
set to the same region
Hi,
2009/7/7 Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au:
Has anyone ever used or seen the vertical bar, or pipe, on a keyboard used
as part of an email address?
Yes, the username part of e-mail addresses can contain a variety of
allowed punctuation (including apostrophes). As an example that Clyde
Hi Matt
On 03/07/2009, at 11:49 PM, Matt Falvey wrote:
Hi, my daughter has managed to put a stripe permanently on her desktop on
the the RHS, top to bottom occupies about 10-15% of the desktop top screen
width, is transparent with about 20% opacity.
Having trouble interpreting this
Hi,
There are three issues here. First is the actual transition to a
64-bit headers and libraries, which has been underway for many years
and is not a big issue. Second is Snow Leopard's support for older
32-bit apps and drivers. Thirdly is Snow Leopard's support for PowerPC
apps and drivers.
We
Hi Roger,
A difference of 4h versus 1.5h is so dramatic is sounds like one of
the cores is turned off (i.e., CPU set to use 1 core only). But that
should've been reflected in Xbench too. Is Handbrake the only slow
thing on your new computer? Apart from your overall Xbench score, you
can also
Hi Roger,
2009/6/28 Roger Kortas rkor...@iinet.net.au:
I got my new Macbookpro on Friday its a 2.8Ghz 15 model, its very nice but
seems slow compared to my old 2.4Ghz!
Is it possible that your new laptop is busy backing up with Time Machine?
James
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List
Hi Roger,
Not sure why you are having your performance problem. I run HandBrake
fine on the slow graphics card. You can try http://www.xbench.com to
compare your two laptops (it makes sense to compare your two laptops
rather than compare with the highly variable community benchmarks).
James
--
Hi,
I want to be able to reduce the output volume of an external USB sound
device below the lowest volume available in the system Sound
preference. I imagine the way to do this is to filter all output
signal to reduce the amplitude. Does anyone know of a free, simple,
gain-adjustment output
Hi Adrian,
2009/6/24 Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com:
Is there a way of capturing video from You Tube and is it OK to do so?
You can download YouTube videos using keepvid.com and savetube.com,
for example. Copyright and licensing is specific to each video, so you
would have to check each one
Hi Barry,
2009/6/16 Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au:
In the last few days, on waking from sleep in the morning, the computer
shows the standard device removal warning The device you removed was not
properly put away etc. and the icons for the external disk are not on the
I assume
Hi Barry,
In that case, can I suggest Shutting Down your computer tonight and
turning the Firewire drive off, leaving the computer powered off for
at least 8 hours, then starting back up again and resuming normal
procedures. Has the problem gone away? Some people might suggest
resetting (zapping)
Hi Dick,
When I go to webpages with a .pdf, all I get is a blank (black) page.
I think this might have arisen when I upgraded to OS 10.4.11 and I have
also upgraded to Safari 3.0.4 and Adobe Reader 9.1.2.
If you need to see the PDFs on website, you can control-click on each
links, which will
Hi Ken,
2009/6/17 Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au
strange one... I put emails in the trash but when I go to the trash they're
not there?
Where might they go to why?
Do you mean you are in Apple Mail when you do this? Do you click the
Delete button or do you drag the messages?
Hi Bob,
It's probably the business's fault. It is invalid to put ~ into a URL.
If it appears, it denotes the end of the URL. A valid alternative is
to use %7e:
http://email.enewsltd.com.au/ct/click?q=63-tPKjIHW9gVf%7eVQCx1RAewY73E2lR
Some mail clients and webmail may kindly (but wrongly) allow
Hi Severin,
Since I don't export from Quicktime, I don't know the exact answer to
your question, but typical default profiles are (a) sRGB (which is
like a lowest common denominator) and (b) the source device profile.
I'd assume that QT passes along the colour values provided by your
recorder
Hi,
I use VirtualBox to run both Windows and Linux, no complaints, except
(cosmetically) that the Windows desktop background sometimes shows
through in seamless mode, and (reasonably) it is sometimes necessary
to update VirtualBox after updating the hosted operating system. USB
support is not
Hi Andrew,
There are potentially several solution to your issue, the first of
which you have already tried (i.e., using System Preferences Energy
Saver to set a wake-up time for your computer).
Secondly, even if you your computer was on all the time (forgetting
the sleep/wake energy issue for
Hi Steven,
If MAC address filtering is the appropriate option, then you filter a
Mac's MAC address the same way you would any other MAC address. Exact
instructions may vary according to what OS version is running on the
server, and depending on whether a whitelist or a blacklist is better.
Maybe
Hi,
I don't think it's the WAMUG list OR the DigiLife newsletter list per se.
Following from Daniel and Malcolm B's contributions, I have been using
this address (Gmail) for WAMUG since 2005 and I did NOT receive the
SPAM here.
The common denominator and most likely suspect seems to be
Hi Rob,
In general you should be able to boot from FireWire by going into
System Preferences and selecting the disk as the startup drive, or by
holding down Option at startup. In a pinch, you might alternatively be
able to use Command-Shift-Option-Delete to ignore your internal disk
when booting.
Hi,
2009/4/23 Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au:
BUT what aboutFIREWIRE 800 .
Has anybody actually done it booted a PPC or an Intel Mac ?
You're really not telling us what models this pertains to, so the
answer is officially yes, most of the time, but not on some older
Macs, and
Hi,
Mine came through to an address that I have not used since 2004 or
2005. The address is not currently associated with any mailing lists
or online stores, so Tony Mike must have used a spam list that is
several years old. It *does* seem to be specifically targeted to Mac
users and not
Hi Severin,
When going to either Word or Excel or Power Point, by default a new blank
document opens. I find this most annoying
Do you remember version 5 of Microsoft Word for Mac, which was
brilliant for its day? And then how Microsoft had its Mac developers
lobotomised between version 5 and
Hi Paul,
Do you want to increase or decrease the gap? Decreasing is easy, and
there are several methods. As Ronda mentioned, your first port of call
is the crossfade feature. The other two options inlcude the gapless
album checkbox and end time options for each track in iTunes.
The gap refers
Hey Mac,
What is it exactly that you're looking for? Two Apple options come to
mind, and they're both pre-installed as far as I know. There's the
built-in browser within Script Editor (Applications AppleScript
Script Editor File Menu Open Dictionary...) which allows you to
see what every
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