Re: MacResolve Spam

Me too -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/4/09 12:22 PM, Matthew Healey at mat...@mac.com wrote: > Did anyone else get spammed by Tony & Mike from MacResolve? I got an > email from them and would like to see where they got their

Re: Nagging Excel & Word

s inbound connections; > it won¹t prevent programs > from making outbound connections. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 17/04/2009, at 8:13 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Ronni, >> >> No, there is a little application called Microsoft AutoUpdate

Re: Nagging Excel & Word

...@possumology.com on 17/4/09 7:41 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: > Hello Neil, > > On 17/04/2009, at 2:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: >> >> So, a couple of queries: >> >> 1) Is this just normal behaviour (ie normal MS annoying feature) - >> do ot

Nagging Excel & Word

Hi all, This problem seems to have arisen since I recently updated Office 2004. I have the OSX firewall set to "Set access for specific services and applications" - so when an application wants to accept an incoming connection a dialog box pops up asking if I want to allow or deny connections for

Re: Installing Leopard on G4 iMac

I have to install Panther first or go straight > to Tiger ? > But as I have only found a "Mac OS X Tiger upgrade DVD" I probably > will have to > install Panther first ? > > Thanks > > Walter > On 01/04/2009, at 12:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >&g

Re: Installing Leopard on G4 iMac

Hi Walter, If you have the full retail version of Leopard, then you should be able to boot from the install disk and do the erase and install. BUT many of the G4 iMacs (eg mine!) are not supported for Leopard (processor too slow) - in which case you will not be able to install from the Leopard di

Re: Slightly OT - Broadband question

Hi Wendy, Like Reg we are very happy with internode. Like Reg we were limited to standard ADSL down here in Albany when we signed up and are still happy with the speed/download limits. Internode have rolled out some new plans and some are due to be available in Albany soon - so I may look at tha

Re: Firewire hub

westnet.com.au wrote: > Yes, but I do not use all of them all the time and everything upstream > of the one you are interested must be powered on. Short term, I am > doing just that. > Severin > > On 27/03/2009, at 6:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Severin, >&g

Re: Firewire hub

Hi Severin, I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my firewire devices have a couple of firewire sockets... and you are supposed to be able to daisy-chain firewire devices - so why don't you just do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61

Re:

Hi Gerry, Now that you mention Parallels - this rings a bell! I seem to remember I was printing OK from Parallels (but I use it infrequently) - then it stopped working - probably after upgrading either OSX or Parallels - I don't really remember. At the time, I did a lot of Googling and found the

Re: LCD screen cleaning

ieve. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> Philippe Chaperon wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Neil and all, >>>>> >>>>> I have just now finished cleaning the worst laptop screen I&#x

LCD screen cleaning

Hi all, After rearranging my office, my iMac now has a number of greasy fingerprints on the screen. I was just wondering what people find to be the best/safest/easiest screen cleaning methods. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumo

Re: Email being rejected

Hi Wendy, Disclaimer: I am not an email server guru - the following is my understanding of a similar problem I had: I recently had cause to become overly familiar with this (or a very similar) error message!! First-off - the problem is not with your end but with the email recipient's email acco

Re: Multi page scan

Hi Peter, I'm not sure if it is possible in a single scan step but, if not, it is really easy to combine the pages in preview - just save all of the pages as pdfs - give one of them the name you want to end up with and open that file in preview and open the sidebar - then drag the pdfs of the othe

Re: How to save page in html using Safari ?

Hi Merv, Typically a web page which you view may contain stuff which isn't actually part of the HTML code, but which is called up by instructions in the code - the most obvious example being an image - where the html code will include the source address of the image file. If you save as a web arc

Re: I-tunes still not working

reatly appreciated as I could finf only the same > advice on the net as given to me from wamug > > Thanks in advance Martin > On 21/02/2009, at 11:13 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> To use firewire transfer, you need to have started one one the >

Re: I-tunes

Hi Martin, To use firewire transfer, you need to have started one one the computers in Target mode - that way it just shows up as an external firewire drive on the other machine. For the way you describe, ie to use the iMac to do the work, you need to start the e-mac in target mode. To do that, j

Re: MacBook Pro starts up on power adaptor connection.

No ideas on this? Perhaps some other Macbook Pro users could tell me if it is "normal" behaviour for their machines. (Model/OSX version would be useful). TIA Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 2/2/09 12:5

Re: FileMaker Question

Hehe... Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking... Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes... Then print in landscape layout... Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;) Cheers Neil (who has never even used Filemaker) -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, We

MacBook Pro starts up on power adaptor connection.

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 2GB RAM, currently running OSX 10.5.2 Despite having both "Wake for Ethernet network admin access" and "Restart automatically after a power failure" unchecked in Energy Saver prefs, the MacBook insists on starting up (ie actually switching on from a switched off state) if I conn

Apple drops copy protection on iTunes

Just one more thing ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: USB flash drive security

somewhere and then copy > it back to an encrypted image. > > Barry > > > On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Barry, >> >> One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all >> anyone can >> see is the image f

Re: USB flash drive security

Hi Barry, One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all anyone can see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it asks you for the password. No password, no mount. Just use Disk utility to create it. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Austral

Re: Paypal Disputed Transaction ??

All the classic scam hallamrks - the "click on the link" gives it away - you never do this!! Delete the email immediately. Just for your own peace of mind, you may want to log onto your paypal account - BY DIRECTLY INPUTING THE ADDRESS INTO YOUR BROWSER AND CHECKING THAT YOU HAVE A SECURE CONNECT

Re: PDf editors

Hi Stuart, If you are just inputting text on top of the pdf, I use Formulate Pro they say it is Beta but I have found it works fine for me - and it's free!! (They also say you can add graphics but I haven't tried that myself). If you are actually wanting t

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

ED] wrote: > > On 28/11/2008, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Anybody got any thoughts on how to get my system back to >> downloading .csv >> files as "kind" = "text"? >> >> Anybody know how, when or by

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

a default: > click on the document once. > Go Command i > select Open with > Then hit the button Change all > > Hope this helps > >Regards, >Eugene > > > On 28/11/2008, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > &

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

+61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/11/08 5:09 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Ronni, > > The thing is quicklook has no problem seeing all my .csv files which were > downloaded before "something' changed when I re-installed everything in >

Re: Sleeping again - but network preference problem

Hi Mike, I saw this repeating message on a neighbours machine. I had pointed out his wireless network was unsecured (I could see it & connect from next door) and he had tried to secure it - unfortunately he had tried to set up security on the mac's network prefs whereas the wireless router was a n

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

just fine. Which just leaves me with the main problem of how to get the .csv files downloaded with the correct settings in the first place! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/11/08 5:09 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL P

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

ow, when or by what the file "kind" of the downloaded file is set so I don't really know where to look for any preferences which have been changed to cause this. Anybody got any ideas on this one? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Em

.csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

Hi all, I regularly download my share portfolio details from commsec - which downloads as a .csv file - which I can then open in excel. I generally copy this info into my excel workbooks but leave a copy of the original .csv file in my archive folder - to be sure, to be sure ;) One thing I have

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

No worries. Thanks again for all the help. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 7:28 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 10/11/2008, at 6:27 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Ronni

Re: Firefox BMs

Hi Bill, In such cases, its always nice to pass on the "solution" - it might help someone else if they get the same problem. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 6:52 PM, Bill Parker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

OK, Thanks for that, Kyle. As I thought, I have no "Previous iTunes Libraries" in my user folder - which makes sense as I have only just started creating my first library on a "clean" installation. My iTunes library is in the usual spot - it is just the "iTunes Music" folder which is on a separate

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

Logs" > checked, and finally "Misc" had everything checked including "Previous > iTunes Libraries" and then run "Execute" again. > > Most of those checkboxes were already selected (mostly by default). > > It seems that the cleaning of the "

MP3 - file repair tips?

Background: I have just been downloading some pretty obscure music. The files download as .rar archives (sometimes in more than one part) and I have been using Zipeg to unarchive the downloads. This has been working fine and I have had no problems with the unarchiving or im

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

ton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/11/08 12:47 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Ronni, > > Sorry for the previous premature reply - put it down to a senior moment ;) > > - Yes, I'm using iTunes 8.0.1.

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

use a burn apps & get disk info to see which data track is holding > the audio > James > > On 10/11/2008, at 9:17, Alex Dawson wrote: > >> Hi Neil, >> >> I've had issues like this with hybrid audio/data CDs. If it isn't, >> I'd start

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

data CDs. If it isn't, I'd > start suspecting something amiss with the optical drive.. > > On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24" 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) >> >> Anybody else gettin

Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

Best Computer Accounting >> MYOB Certified Consultant >> Mobile: 041 990 2440 >> Phone: 9305 6310 >> >> "Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like >> saying, 'I don't want to.'" Lao-Tzu >> >

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

probably get the iTunes Assistant dialogue box as you start > iTunes. > You might find you have to set your Import Preferences again - iTunes >> Preferences > General - "When you insert a CD:" - Import Settings. > > If there isn't a problem anymore, trash the pli

Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

t a CD:" - Import Settings. > > If there isn't a problem anymore, trash the plist files on your desktop. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24" 2.4 GHz iMac, 4

iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

Hi all, (Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24" 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM) Anybody else getting this problem: - insert CD - queries Gracenotes CDDB correctly & gets track info - asks me if I want to import CD to iTunes (as per my prefs) - I hit yes button OK to this point, consistent and as it should be, bu

Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

Hi Alex, >From your post, I gather that this is an ethernet network drive. I've never used one of these - so this is only an idea/guess! I would have thought that a network device was, in effect, a file server - so can you just connect to it (mount it?) using the finder - Go - "Connect to server

Cool things you can do on Mac

A few fun things here - & quite a few I hadn't heard of: Have fun Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: iMac to hi-fi

Hi all, More interesting stuff on Macs & music playback - thanks guys! Does anyone have any more thoughts re the relative noise factors of: 1 - direct wired connection to stereo 2 - direct optical connection to stereo 3 - iMic connection to stereo 4 - Airtunes to Airport express connected to ste

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

a music archive. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2/11/08 10:36 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 02/11/2008, at 8:27 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> on 1/11/08 11:02 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Best format for importing music to iTunes?

on 1/11/08 11:02 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > An Apple Lossless (ALAC) file not only doesn't contain any audible > loss - it doesn't contain any loss at all. It will reproduce exactly, > bit for bit, the same audio data as the AIFF (Audio Interchange File > Format) file. Hence t

Re: File sharing on Macs - MB won't connect to MBP

That's some document, Bob - 235 pages and this at the beginning: > This guide is for users of Mac OS X v10.5 or later. If you¹re using this > guide, you should be an experienced Mac OS X user, be familiar with the Mac OS > X user interface, and have some experience using the Terminal application¹s

Re: External drive partition schemes

machine onto APM, but you can copy an existing installation onto APM and then boot from it. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2/11/08 12:39 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Bob, > > (by the w

Re: External drive partition schemes

Hi Bob, (by the way, best to use a subject when you post - I've taken the liberty of putting one in) Unless someone has come up with a new magic trick, it is not possible to have APM and GUID partitions on a single external drive. As I understand it, you can have a number of partitions with diff

Best format for importing music to iTunes?

What are peoples thoughts on the best format to import music into iTunes? Having originally got one of the first 5GB iPods (special 50th birthday pressi!) I was used to using mp3. When I first became aware of other options, I stuck to mp3 as I thought it was best to be consistent and (I think) th

Re: iMac Problem - hardware?

on 1/11/08 6:18 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 01/11/2008, at 5:53 PM, Mike Fuller wrote: > >> I was asked to check a relative's Mac today - iMac 17" G5 running >> OSX 10.3.9 - because it wasn't working as they'd like. >> >> I found: >> Standard boot took at least 5 minut

Re: File sharing on Macs - MB won't connect to MBP

Firewall FYI. > > On 31/10/2008, at 8:01 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Now we have the choice to: >> >> "Allow all incoming connections" or >> "Allow only essential services" or >> "Set access for specific services and applications&qu

Re: File sharing on Macs - MB won't connect to MBP

Hi Steven, Glad to hear you found a solution. I must admit, I find the Mac OSX firewall set-up much harder to understand now. It used to be that the firewall was on by default (but you could turn it off if you so desired) and then you just turned on the features that you wanted - eg file sharing

Re: wireless ??

Hi Rosemary & Bob, Yes, when travelling recently there were a few hotels that offered free wifi in their lounge area - but they didn't have hotel-wide coverage. Often, if we weren't t far away you COULD get wireless in the room - but it sometimes meant opening windows, moving around the room

Re: Long shot - anyone using Linksys WAG160N with Time Capsule ?

gt; > Thanks for the ideas. > > Still no luck extending the network with the Time Capsule though. We > shall persist. > > Cheers, Steven > > On 27/10/2008, at 5:47 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Stephen, >> >> I don't know if it is relevant,

Re: Finder not working

Hi Bob, First off, whatever approach you try, if you have an up-to -the -minute back-up then losing the wife's folders and files shouldn't be a worry. If you haven't then I'd be looking at doing that as a first priority. Assuming you have another Mac to hand (yours?) and a firewire cable, boot th

Re: Long shot - anyone using Linksys WAG160N with Time Capsule ?

Hi Stephen, I don't know if it is relevant, but recently when changing some settings on my Billion ADSL2 router, I found that some settings were not being correctly applied - ie I could log onto the router change the settings and all looked fine - but if I went to another settings screen & then we

Re: forward one Hour

HeHe I seem to remember some "discussion" of this last year :o) Personally, being an "Owl" rather than a "Lark", I will be glad to see the end of "Winter Wowser Time" ;) And at least the stock market won't close until 2:00pm now instead of 1:00 pm! As always, it seems, people are either strongl

Re: How to transfer MacBook user content to MacBook Pro ?

Hi David, Out of interest, do you know if this would work between G5 and G4 iMacs - I know intel to power PC isn't going to work, but what about different power PC versions? Reason I ask is my 800mHz G4 iMac is too slow to install Leopard directly, but I have Leopard on a G5 iMac... When I had a

Re: How to transfer MacBook user content to MacBook Pro ?

Hi Steven & Ronni, Ronni, if you go this route what happens when you try and migrate "user 1' from the current system to the old system that already has a "user 1" account. Does it just overwrite the old account files or does it put them in an "old user 1" folder and install the new user account

Re: How to transfer MacBook user content to MacBook Pro ?

Hi Steven, Two things: First - back-ups: You already have a time machine backup of your old Mac book Pro. You don't say if you also have a back-up of the current Macbook set-up. If not - do that first! That way you have a back-up of everything (old machine & new machine) if anything goes wrong!

Re: Domain Name problem

on 23/10/08 6:53 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi James, > > I'm not sure quite I understand what you are saying Hehe... I must have been channelling Borat here! Cheers Neil (whose English teacher is now spinning in his grave!) -- Neil R. Houghton A

Re: Domain Name problem

Hi James, I'm not sure quite I understand what you are saying regarding those of "us" with old or new domain information being able to access the site or not. For "us" punters we just put the address in our browsers and all the DNS serving happens behind the scenes - but some of us can connect t

Re: Domain Name problem

d with or went back to the Internode DNS server, Reg?) HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/10/08 7:32 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Except I am with Internode and they opened fine for me ;) &g

Re: Domain Name problem

at the amount of trees that must go into their annual reports and other paperwork generated could well qualify them for the alternative expansion of NAB! Sorry for hijacking your thread Adrian! Have fun, Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PRO

Re: Domain Name problem

Hehe, Well it's changed from Nullabore to Nullabor - so now it's consistent across your site. However, as John said, I always thought the strictly correct spelling was Nullarbor (as in - no trees). However, Nullabor does also seem to be in common usage. Google gives: 247,000 hits for Nullarbor

Re: Domain Name problem

Except I am with Internode and they opened fine for me ;) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/10/08 5:09 PM, Reg Whitely at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can't open them through Internode. > > Reg > > On 21/10/2008, at

Re: Domain Name problem

Hi Adrian, Well, the links all seem to work externally, however: actually takes me to (I don't know if this is your default set-up - it sort of looks like an older site) But

Re: Firewire on a MacBook

Hehe... Why? It's not going to get firewire re-instated! Apple never reverse course on these things - that would be akin to the Jobster admitting he had made a mistake! Just my 5c worth :) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Apple unveils new 24-inch LED Cinema Display

Is it just me? The first thing I thought when I heard about the new 24" display, with the iMac styling, was - Wow - what a really nice 2 display set-up you could have with this sat next to a 24" iMac. However, all the Apple blurb touts this as a laptop display - no mention of using it as a second

Re: You might be interested in Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon's Wireless Reading Device: Kindle Store

But doesn't it only work in USA? Where amazon has wireless coverage? -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/10/08 5:57 PM, Ken Jackson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't know if many are aware of Kindle but this will excite some! >

Re: Time Capsule & Time machine

Hi David, Not an answer, per se, to your problem - but what I do is have Time machine set-up then switch it off. Then when I think it is time to do a back-up (usually once a day but sometimes an extra one or two if I'm busy!) I just turn on Time machine, do "back-up now" and then turn it off agai

Re: Commsec website today

Hi Ronni No, I logged on earlier to check the carnage :( and accessed my portfolio OK. I just tried again and checked both portfolio and profile & no problems. This was from the laptop which is running Firefox 2.0.0.14 (I need to upgrade but will probably go straight to Firefox 3). In the past,

Re: Every ISP in Oz is ripping you off

Hi Bob, Phones & power is an interesting topic As you say, the old phones used to draw their power from the actual phone line, so would keep working through a power cut. However, go into any phone outlet/seller now and you will be hard pushed to find one of these basic phones. Most of us use

Re: Permissions

eden at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes booted from install disk all right! > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > > On 29/09/2008, at 9:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi B

Re: Permissions

Hi Bob & Stuart Bob, surely if he is booting from the OS 10 install disk he SHOULD be able to repair both disc and permissions - you just can't repair the actual disc you are booted from? Stuart, are you sure you have actually booted from the install disc - I have had problems in the past where j

Dropbox feedback?

Hi all Anybody used/using dropbox Any comments? TIA Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - G

Re: Wireless network WPA2 problem

ion of the Billion. I'll read your email in a little more >> detail when I get chance, but hopefully that's a clue. I was using a >> WDS, and it may have been that which was incompatible with WPA. >> Anyway, it does allude to it in the manual. >> >> Cheers, Ste

Re: Wireless network WPA2 problem

ode the ethernet port is not used. It can still act as a > print server and connect up to speakers for AirTunes. > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2272?viewlocale=en_US> > > Cheers, > Ronni > On 11/09/2008, at 1:16 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >>

Wireless network WPA2 problem

Hi all, Anyone using a Billion 7402VGP (or similar?) and connecting with WPA2 security? My problem: I've been using the above ADSL2 modem/router/VOIP for quite a while now without using the wireless (since the computer is right next to the router, I just used ethernet) - all has been well (only

Re: i phone bluetooth

I agree with Reg - that's crazy!! We were recently on a group tour - several laptops and many cameras. Bluetooth was the easy way for us to download our photos onto our laptops, swap photos between ourselves etc. My other half had just bought a sub $200 nokia with a 2MP camera and this could do al

Re: Increasing RAM

When I upgraded the RAM om my G4 Ti Powerbook (old now!) it was pretty easy. More recently, I upgraded the RAM on my 24" Al iMac and it was made particularly easy by a video tutorial from the OWC website. Check out: Which is their Installat

Re: Accessing 3rd party database via VPN

Hi Stephen, DISCLAIMER: I really know nothing about accessing third party databases so this might all be rubbish! However, I just took a look at the Workdesk website and I don't think your problem is just how to access a third party database. It appears to me the Workdesk system is actually a Win

FW: [Internode-Bulletins] Internode NakedExtreme ADSL2+ service launched (after Re: Optusnet can suck.)

In view of recent "Optusnet can suck" discussion, the following (just received) maybe of interest: (unfortunately Albany is still not covered!) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded Message > From: "News, Updat

Re: Optusnet can suck.

Hi Bill, My 5 cents! I'd definitely look at another plan! I am also a regional customer (down in Albany) and left Bigpond dial-up to go to Internode ADSL. Internode have just increased their download quotas on most of their plans - including mine :) For their standard ADSL plans check out:

Re: HT offering Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton for $199

on 21/8/08 7:49 PM, Kyle Kreusch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Daniel and all > > Can actually find them cheaper at Streetwise > > WD My Book Studio Edition 500G $179 W$199 > WD My Book Studio Edition 1TB $299 W$329 > WD My Book Studio Edition II 1 $345 > WD My Book Studio Edition II 2 $549

Re: HT offering Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton for $199

reliable it > was (and faster and better etc etc etc) is always a bonus! :o) > *Again,..this is just my personal opinion and experience.* > > Just my 5cents worth,... > > > Enjoy! > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 21/8/08 7:09 PM, "Neil Houghton" <

Re: 12volt Air Auto adaptor - LLpower

Hehe - yeah, I splurged on one of these to go on hols with my new laptop - then found out I needed to be up the pointy end of the plane to have a socket to plug it in - not provided in cattle class! Have fun, Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL P

Re: HT offering Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton for $199

bout 6 times as fast ... no kidding > > > > > > On 21/08/2008, at 3:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Given the recent interest in ext hard drives - >> >> I've just ordered a couple of these: >> <http://ht.com

HT offering Lacie 1TB External Hard Drive Designed by Neil Poulton for $199

Hi all, Given the recent interest in ext hard drives - I've just ordered a couple of these: Not firewire (I have another FW drive for my bootable clone) but

Re: POP, IMAP or Exchange ?

Hmmm, I'm getting interested in this topic - I've always used POP & never had any experience of IMAP. I got around the issue of what emails went where by making my main desktop computer the primary client/email store - so set it up to remove the mail from the server as it downloaded it. For any ot

Drobo - No Headache Data Redundancy?

In view of recent discussion re Time machine backup, I thought this looked interesting. It seems to be a very user friendly mix & match RAID enclosure: Looks to be quite a toy! Apparently the various drives do not h

Re: Google Maps "Street View"

begin > (the nearest thing to) time travel!!! > > Cheers, BRett > > > On 06/08/2008, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> HeHe, >> >> I sort of noticed the opposite round here. >> >> The Street view photos are obviously much more recent

Re: Google Maps "Street View"

HeHe, I sort of noticed the opposite round here. The Street view photos are obviously much more recent than the satellite images. So you can have the surreal situation where the street view is showing a house while the photo pointer on the satellite view shows you are looking at open space, with

Re: Entourage Database - does Time Machine treat as single file ?

oner? > > Barry > > On 04/08/2008, at 12:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Entourage Database - does Time Machine treat as single file ?

27;m afraid I don't follow you. What's a > SuperDuper clone? > > Cheers, Steven > > > On 3/8/08 8:15 PM, "Neil Houghton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Steven & Ronni >> >> Of course if you go the "belt & braces" o

Re: Entourage Database - does Time Machine treat as single file ?

Hi Steven & Ronni Of course if you go the "belt & braces" of Time machine for the archiving backed up by a SuperDuper bootable clone for disaster recovery, your clone would fulfil the "backing it up in some other way" and would be as current as your last SuperDuper clone. As mentioned on previous

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