Re: Epson Stylus Photo TX700W MFP Wireless Printer

2008-10-25 Thread Jo Brookes
I also got a very informative reply from Rob Davies on the List, Feb 13th. I can forward it to you if you like. On 25/10/2008, at 4:03 PM, Jo Brookes wrote: I have a heap of black and white Hassleblad (2 inch by 2 inch) negatives from photos my late brother took in the 70's I looked i

Re: Epson Stylus Photo TX700W MFP Wireless Printer

2008-10-25 Thread Jo Brookes
I have a heap of black and white Hassleblad (2 inch by 2 inch) negatives from photos my late brother took in the 70's I looked into a film scanner earlier this year when I wanted to get prints for my cousin's 50th birthday. Digilife were $2.00 each then, Camera House (Oxford St) $1.00 each -

clueless about wireless

2008-09-26 Thread Jo Brookes
Ok, I got the network settings to stop giving me that very annoying message by hitting enter to say ok, and then quickly clicking the configure and lock buttons. I have plugged the new netgear wireless modem router into power and phone. I turned on airport but it wants my g5 to connect via

Network Settings

2008-09-21 Thread Jo Brookes
I have just bought a new wireless Belkin modem router. I plugged it in so I can see if I can connect thru airport, but when I go the the system prefs and click on Network, I get a drop down message saying"your network settings have been changed by another application" I unplugged the new route

Modem Mac & Wii

2008-08-17 Thread Jo Brookes
I'm looking for a wireless modem that will work with the mac and the Wii Power PC G5 10.4.11 My daughter wants to play and talk to her friends in America using the Wii I've seen Belkins mentioned on the list before as being ok with macs. The guy at Harvey Norman says he has heard that Belkin

Re: User Switching and Ram

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi Ronda I understand how fast user switching works, and that the other account is also using RAM. My question is just one of those interesting little nit picking things that stay in your mind and out of interest you like to discuss them with your peers and (in the case of this list) my bet

Re: User Switching and Ram

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
to open it . At the bottom of the window you have selections CPU System Memory Disk Activity etc Click on the one you wish to see and you have your answers . This even shows who s using what On 05/03/2008, at 1:00 PM, Jo Brookes wrote: Good responses guys, thanks, they got me thinking

User Switching and Ram

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
Good responses guys, thanks, they got me thinking more. So now I'm thinking There is only one copy of photoshop on the machine and it cannot be launched twice, so its only using the usual amount of RAM to hold it open plus the document my daughter left open and the documents I open or c

Re: User Switching and Ram

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
Robert Howells wrote: On 05/03/2008, at 10:11 AM, Jo Brookes wrote: I've often wondered if my daughter has photoshop open and I log in and launch photoshop as well Is it using twice as much ram or if it is open in one its open in both. jo Sorry ! We need a bit more info ! R U

User Switching and Ram

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
I've often wondered if my daughter has photoshop open and I log in and launch photoshop as well Is it using twice as much ram or if it is open in one its open in both. jo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelin

No Call Register

2008-03-04 Thread Jo Brookes
Does anyone know the web address for the No Call Register. I've been meaning to do since it came out but cant find the address in a web search. I've been inundated by calls from India, Not wanting to sell me a phone just wanting to "give me" a free one(with plan attached) or "inviting me" to

scanning negatives

2008-02-06 Thread Jo Brookes
I have a heap of old negatives that I would like to get scanned. The price of having them done seems quite high these days, with most photo outlets going digital. (Are there any old type photo booths left?) I have 110ml 135ml & 2" by 2" Hassleblad negatives. Also some really teensy ones f

Re: Shockwave plugin

2007-12-21 Thread Jo Brookes
It's fixed, but I'm still not sure what happened. I found a page of issues with flash player installation on their site & downloaded an uninstall. After a couple of attempts my daughter managed a good install. jo On 21/12/2007, at 7:35 PM, Jo Brookes wrote: My flash players wer

Shockwave plugin

2007-12-21 Thread Jo Brookes
My flash players were working fine till I saved an annimation off the web as "source". When I tried to open it I got a "click here to download flash player" I've never had trouble with macromedia before but I downloaded flashplayer 9 for power PC and it said it was unscucesfull. Now NO flash

Mail

2007-08-27 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi all, Can I colour code people in the address book in "mail", so that they stand out in the inbox? jo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscri

Smart Folder

2007-08-09 Thread Jo Brookes
What will be the difference between a smart folder and a normal folder in mail? I know smart folders have been around for a while but I just havnt needed to use one, quite happy with normal folders. The help menu assumes I know what it is talking about. jo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mail

Digital/Analogue same quality

2007-07-17 Thread Jo Brookes
I called JB Hi Fi yesterday about a DVD/VCR recorder. I was talking to the guy about recording from digital camera to DVD and he said "yes, but it would only be analogue quality" No, I have a digital camera That only refers to controls on the camera, it has tapes, so its analogue

Re: Photo Restoration

2007-07-17 Thread Jo Brookes
Is the odd pattern on the actual photo or on the scan, (could be the moire effect) not sure if I spelt that right. If so you could rescan it in another resolution, doesnt usually happen with scans from original photos tho, usually its scans of printed stuff that it shows up on. I havnt seen i

Re: Thumb drive problem for Mac

2007-07-01 Thread Jo Brookes
My Sister in Law bought a 2gig thumb drive which works fine on her shell ibook (X.3.9) and on her neighbours windows machine, but on my imac (X.4.10) the drive shows up but appears empty. Is that also a Fat 32 - Fat 16 problem? jo On 30/06/2007, at 3:43 PM, Ray Forma wrote: A warning if you

laptop wanted

2007-06-27 Thread Jo Brookes
My sister in law is looking to buy an ibook or powerbook . At the moment she is using my old shell ibook. Actually I wouldnt mind a moderately priced powerbook myself as my daughter rarely lets me on the G5. (Its not like when we were kids) So if any one has something to sell, feel free to drop

Re: ethernet port

2007-02-13 Thread Jo Brookes
A couple of months back, it seemed that my ethernet port was not working and I had to access my broadband modem via USB. The list suggested resetting the pram. I did this and hey presto - ethernet working fine ever since. Actually I have been wondering why that worked as I thought Pram was ju

Re: Ethernet mystery

2006-12-27 Thread Jo Brookes
OK, Michael Campbell suggested I reset the pram, did that then disconnected the modem/router(yep Robert, one box) so I could transfer some photos from my camera. then I checked my email again and got the reply from Robert. Went outside to ponder and realized that I had not plugged the usb bac

Ethernet mystery

2006-12-27 Thread Jo Brookes
I have an imac G5./ 2.1GHz / OSX 10.4.8 Iprimus broadband / iconnect access 621 router 10 days before Christmas woke up and had no internet access. Did all the usual things, check network settings/ unplug router/ restart mac Message in network settings says "The cable for built in ethernet is

DVD format

2006-10-16 Thread Jo Brookes
I have been transferring old VHS video tapes to DVD using a "Samsung DVD Recorder". They play on the computer (2.1 GHz Power PC G5 - OSX.4.8) but wont import into imovie or idvd. I havnt played with videos on OSx so I'm a bit lost. I tried Mpeg Streamclip but apparently have to download an M

Stolen ipods

2006-04-25 Thread Jo Brookes
My daughter just spent two weeks in NZ with her school band. Her ipod was stolen whilst visiting thermal pools. She's pretty devistated as it was a Chrissy present and fairly new. Also the $65 cover I bought to protect it before she left seems a big waste of money now. She said that she intended to

Outlook express

2006-04-20 Thread Jo Brookes
My inbox in Outlook Express has these little fat blue arrow icons that appear in front of some of the emails. Now I'm getting green ones too. Does anyone know what they indicate or how to get rid of them.(since I don¹t know what they are trying to tell me) They are fairly cute, but so random I can

Re: Sound notification in Word 2004

2006-04-13 Thread Jo Brookes
Holding down the option key when you click on save used to make the setting default in most programs. Don¹t know if its true of office. Why on earth would you want an irritating noise everytime you press save. Office has the automatic save thing so perhaps the default for a sound is in that prefere

PC mouses

2004-01-21 Thread Jo Brookes
My brother died a few weeks ago , and among his stuff was a box of PC mouses. I was wondering if anyone might know if they are worth selling and how one might go about it. They are "speed" three button, Win2000 compatible, serial port, bran new in boxes. I dont know why he bought them as he was

itunes buzz

2003-08-24 Thread Jo Brookes
I get such a buzz from itunes. When I put on the sound track from Chicago, set the visuals to full screen and turn out the light. The sterio sound system is a bonus. I get totally hypnotized by it and forget any chance of doing real work. It's so cool and doesnt just seem to be responding to the

Re: FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death

2003-08-24 Thread Jo Brookes
I had some clicking when putting some 100mb zips into a 250 mg Drive. I was told this was not a problem. The zips and the drive have worked fine for a couple of years now. jo _ multitudes in the valley of decision From: Mark Secker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WAMU

Re: GEM Tendering

2002-11-12 Thread Jo Brookes
I had the same problem with GEM registration.. but it doesnt stop you accessing the site.. so it doesnt really matter. jo _ multitudes in the valley of decision From: bill parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GEM Tendering Date: Tue, 12 Nov

Mac Manager

2002-05-28 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi List I have a mac manager user who had two logins. One of them has been deleted. I have tried to give an internet name to her but mac manager thinks this name still exists. I cant find any preferences in that name. She wants to keep her same email address. Any suggestions. Also mac manage

camera disconnected

2002-04-02 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi guys Have a panasonic digital video that usually works connected to a G4 via firewire. Imovie gives me the Camera Disconnected thing where the vision should be showing up. I have tried every kind of reinstall and restart in every order possible, no happiness. The only thing I havnt tried is

Re: March AGM?

2002-03-11 Thread Jo Brookes
From: "P. Trouchet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: March AGM? Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:06:05 +0800 Further to previous. What happenned??. Who are our new team?? etc. Ciao, > P. Naah... who won the imac...was it me jo ___

DiskOnKey

2002-02-18 Thread Jo Brookes
Issue 80 of design graphic magazine arrived this morning. On page 87 is a James Bond style gadget that looks like a Highlighter pen but is actually a 128mb hard disk with its own USB connector. From $30.00 us - as usual I WANT ONE! Forget floppies, forget zip disks Has anybody seen them yet? is

Re: Adobe Premier

2002-02-15 Thread Jo Brookes
From: Brad & Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WAMUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Adobe Premier Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:47:51 +0800 > Question for Adobe Premier users out there. > I am trying to work out how to use Adobe Premier 5.0 on my iMac & I am > encountering an annoying problem. > When I start

Re: Freehand/Quark gurus!!

2002-01-18 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi Peter When you put a picture in quark it is more like a link to the original. Quark shows a 72dpi representation of the image for screen output. When you print the document there are lots of settings to choose from. Look for something like "include original pictures". I think its quark 4 tha

Speculation

2002-01-04 Thread Jo Brookes
Internal, colour laser printer jo _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Re: Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond.

2002-01-04 Thread Jo Brookes
OSX for Intel Shall I ask my cousin? (CEO Intel Australasia) jo multitudes in the valley of decision _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

BBQ

2001-12-10 Thread Jo Brookes
BBQ so pd off I had to miss it at the last minute. youll all have to send me pictures. jo _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

wamug2

2001-11-30 Thread Jo Brookes
Maybee there should be a second wamug list for when wamugers feel like sliding off topic. WAMUG2. jo From: Matthew Healey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wamug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Movie driving up demand for Snowy Owls as pets Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:38:17 +0800 On 30/11/01 7:42 AM, "O

members birthdays

2001-11-29 Thread Jo Brookes
Do Wamug Sponsers do birthday specials for members? ...buy one ink - get G4 free etc In my dreams Happy birthday to me jo _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Re: Photoshop problem

2001-11-23 Thread Jo Brookes
Hi Jon When I got my G4 there was a driver or extention or something that had to be installed to make photoshop play nice with the velocity engine. Bit hazy on the details but apple centre guys should know. Or Apple web site. jo From: Jon Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

G4>G5

2001-11-09 Thread Jo Brookes
After having to shove my dual 400 mgh G4 into the arms of the "cheating dog" just to get him out of my house, I find myself lusting after the new top of the range dual 800 mgh G4. Would be a lot more satisfying than the 5200 I've been forced to go back to attempting to work on. (make a cup of t