default flag?

Hi Wamuggers The wee Australian flag on the top bar next to the Date and tie keeps reverting back to the US flag without me telling it to. Whilst this doesn't affect the function of the machine, I'd rather it didn't make political statements on my behalf and was wondering if there's a way to

Re: Mac Book

happened to my stepson's MB - when it was looked at it wasn't that bad - the power switch had failed - but you will need an Apple trained technician john Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Mac Book Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:42:57 +0900 Hi A

modified advice

Thanks Bob I'm sure you're right. It's a David and Goliath thing. They have us. I thought I'd share my tale to discourage others from being so foolish as I. I have contacted the ombudsman so will be interesting to see what they say. Rgds John Reed -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Telstra Caveat Emptor

the phone conversation like they do to you or else you have no comeback. Caveat Emptor all right. John Reed On 30/01/2008, at 6:12 AM, bill parker wrote: A very appropriate mail : IF you are having trouble read this article today's news http://www.farmonline.com.au/news_daily.asp?ag_id=48221

article on fixing dead ipods

I came across this which may be of interest to the person who was asking about a dead ipod http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/technology/personaltech/08basics.htm l?emex=1194757200en=553f244aee4833eeei=5087%0A -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

PB Titanium power supply

Hi folks my G4 Titanium Power book power supply has packed up - if anyone has one they want to sell me please contact me off list 0414282115 rgds john

Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OSX

Hi Richard You can download Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OSX from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/windowsmediaplayerformacos x.html john

G4 PB screen?

Hi Wamuggers My mate Dave has a PB G4 550MHz (4 yr old). The screen has just failed but the computer works fine. He was wondering if anyone has a broken laptop with a working screen for sale, barter etc.. thanks in advance john reed 0414 282115

How to view .ht files?

Hi wamuggers I have a password protected site on a linux server which uses .htaccess and .htpasswd files - only problem is when I log into the site with fetch I can't see them - any clues how I can make them accessible? g4 PB running 10.3.6 fetch 4.0.3 Ta john

Making an avi with Compressor?

Compressor seems to be pretty quick - other converters take forever to make an avi - is there any way to set Compressor to make an avi? john

Quick time pro

Hi matt Go to Quictimeplayer/preferences/registration Registered to: QuickTime Pro (case sensitive - exactly like this) Organisation: QuickTime Pro Number: your serial number And that should do it john

Separating odd and even numbered files

Hi there wamuggers I have a folder containing an image sequence saved from FCP in a folder. Projectname 0001.png Projectname 0002.png Etc to 2887 What I want to do is separate the odd numbered files from the even no. of files (I'm converting interlaced alternating field 3d into red blue 3d)

Re: Drafting program

Haven't tried it but domus.cad looks ok http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/domuscad.html On 25/11/04 5:44 pm, Brett Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a simple drafting program as I am planning a renovation and want to get an idea of how the floorplan would

Filemaker pro to ical?

Hi wamuggers I have a very basic calendar in filemaker pro 6 which is a date field and a note field, and then a year summary chart that looks up from that database. Does anybody know of a way of transferring this to ical? Ta john

Recording ichat video conf, and bluetooth phone qu

10.3.5 using a USB bluetooth dongle) Thanks in advance John Reed

re:Keyboard Help Please

I found when I upgraded to 10.3 that a lot of the keyboard shortcuts for Final Cut Pro 4 no longer worked even though the keyboard assignments in preferences were correctly set (using a g4 DP tower) - a colleague checked on a g5 at Curtin Uni video prod dept and it was the case on this also -

Ti powerbook cd drive problem

I have a g4 ti powerbook 667mhz with a CD read/write and DVD player. The DVD is working fine - just installed Final Cut using it. However it does not recognise a CD, and spits it out. Anybody got any ideas? Cheers John

making mp3's from aiff's

I'm trying to make some mp3's of various specs from aiff files to put a band's music onto their website so it can be downloaded in various resolutions according to the user's connection speed and machine...also it needs to be playable on a windows machine or a mac... I haven't found an

looking for usb minidisk deck

looking for usb minidisk deck either to hire or buy thanks in advance john 0414 282115

filemaker pro calendar solution?

hi folks I'm using filemaker pro 6 and osX 10.2.3 I'm looking for a comprehensive calendar that gives me daily entry , weekly, monthly and yearly summary (yearly as in columns of months to print off wall chart summaries). I want to integrate it with other filemaker pro databases for