Re: Telstra NextG tethering does work already

Hi Susan, On 19/06/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Hi, I have been able to get tethering working for Telstra NextG with the aid of a little config file downloaded from the discussion forum on Whirlpool - so even if Telstra is slow off the mark, it isn't because it can't be done. No

Re: iPhone problems !!

Hi On 21/05/2009, at 5:00 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Subject: Re: iPhone problems !! From: Pontifex Family Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi folks, I am interested to know if anyone else has had iPhone problems ? Am I just very unlucky or do they fault more than I am being told ? I was n

Re: Apple equivalent of Putty ?

Hi Steven, On 27/03/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I'm trying help an IT guy, a Windows guy, do some testing of speeds when it comes to me accessing a particular server. To do whatever he needs me to do, something to with ssh connections, and something about needing to redirect lo

Final Cut Express - looking for help

Hi Everyone, I have a client who is wanting some tuition with Final Cut Express. He is new to Macs, and is wanting to use the Mac for video editing in his practice. Does anyone have any experience with FCE, who is willing to spend some time teaching him? Alternatively, does anyone know

Re: iPhone car kit

Hi I use a bluetooth earpiece when driving, because although the iPhone has a "hands free" speakerphone mode, it's not really loud enough for the car. Adrian, I don't think it's possible to attach an external aerial to the iPhone, so you're out of luck on that front. However, you should

Lost/Stolen: White 16Gb iPhone

Hi Everyone, My son has lost his white 16Gb iPhone at Hoyts in Carousel. When he discovered he had lost it, he went back and searched the cinema with staff, and couldn't find it. If you happen to see a white iPhone on ebay or wherever going cheap, can you check the serial number? It's 8

Re: iPhone question or clarification

Hi there On 23/07/2008, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: My understanding is that if I take my iPhone down to my favourite cafe, which has a free wireless hotspot (that I use often with my laptop), I can connect and browse etc. for free. I am reading in today's Australian that this is not

Re: Who is getting an iPhone tomorrow?

Hi Everyone, On 10/07/2008, at 9:25 PM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Just for a bit of fun, it would be interesting to know if any wamuggers are going to get an iPhone tomorrow? Or will you wait and see when there are decent levels of stock available. I think there will only be a handful of iPho

Re: Unable to eject/insert CD

On 04/05/2008, at 5:00 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I am still hopeful that someone on the list will be able to assist rectifying my problem ie. 1. rectifying the CD problem. & 2. getting rid of the Menu bar "eject "icon To get rid of the eject icon, Hold down the command (app

Re: G4 iBook Battery?

Hi Andrew, I bought one from the eastern states: http://www.battery-charger.com.au/laptop_battery/apple/index.htm It took a week to come over. Regards, Paul. On 16/11/2007, at 5:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Subject: G4 iBook Battery? From: Andrew Schox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <

Re: Startup Message

On 08/02/2007, at 6:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: One of the girls at work has started getting this message everytime she starts up her MacBook and asked what should she do about it. The message is "An item in the startup Items Folder (Library/StartupItems/ hexSleeperX.app) does not hav

Re: iTunes keeps starting by itself

Hi Ronni, On 31/01/2007, at 8:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 31/01/2007, at 7:58 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote: This is a weird one. I've got iTunes 7.0.2 running on my iBook, OSX 10.4.8, and I've noticed recently that iTunes is just starting up automatically. I'll quit iTunes,

iTunes keeps starting by itself

Hi Everyone, This is a weird one. I've got iTunes 7.0.2 running on my iBook, OSX 10.4.8, and I've noticed recently that iTunes is just starting up automatically. I'll quit iTunes, and then a few minutes later it starts again by itself. Has anyone seen this happening? Any ideas about ho

Re: Logitech webcams?

Hi everyone On 02/01/2007, at 6:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I checked all the documentation and the web site and I don't see that logitech webcams work with Mac OSX computers--however I visited 2 apple stores here in Miami and the staff claim they do. I am reluctant to make a purchase

Blowing up a G4

Dude asks for $5000. Internet responds. Dude rewards by blowing up his computer. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eQQTFSbjM0 and the original website http://helpmegetag5.com/ Regards, Paul. -- Paul W. Mulroney Logical Developments [EMA

Intel Mac Clip surprise ending

Now that you can boot Windows XP on your Mac, imagine the possibilities ... (Wait for the surprise ending) http://youtube.com/watch?v=RwHMIxdDdu8 :) Paul -- Paul W. Mulroney Logical Developments [EMAIL PROTECTED] 86 Coolgardie Str

Re: Hardware VPN's

Hi Matt, On 15/03/2006, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I am currently looking for an inexpensive hardware based (remote access) VPN. I am currently comparing a SonicWALL TZ150 and a NetGear FVS124G. The NetGear is obviously cheaper (by about half) but I am wondering if that comes at a s

Wanted: slot-loading drive to suit iMac DV

Hi Everyone, The slot-loading DVD drive in my friend's iMac DV is dying by degrees - it struggles to load and eject CD's/DVD's. I've managed to pull the machine apart, and clean the little rollers inside the drive, but it hasn't helped. So, I'm looking for a replacement drive mechanism.

Re: iPod/Mac computers

Dear Natas, I am an Omnis Developer. Let me say that not all Omnis developers will concur with Malcolm's Omnis developer opinions, and I for one would not like to be put on anyone's "shitlist". I have met with Tess Collins, who is the head of developer relations at Apple Australia, a num

Re: The horrors of Ethernet cables

Hi Everyone, I've created my own cables over time with only a few failures. A friend of mine used to work in the cabling business, says that there are two types of cable: solid core and stranded core. The RJ45 connectors are designed for a specific type of cable, so if you get the crimp

Re: ADSL modem

Hi Kevin, On 23/09/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: They have supplied him with a 'Billion' USB modem and I have loaded the software for the modem, but cannot see how to change the mode of connection from Ethernet to USB connection. Anyone direct me on doing this or are Macs not USB

10.4.2 and Windows security

Hi Everyone, I ran the software update the other day to 10.4.2, and now it seems that I can't connect to my clients Windows network. The update notes say that there were "improvements" in the windows networking. Has anyone else had problems connecting to Windows networks, or is it just m

Re: iPod shuffle "registration" issue

Hi Mark, On 22/07/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I plugged it in to my mac at work and transferred some songs to it from my iTunes library then later today when I got home I then plugged it in to my home mac and got told that this iPod wasn't registered with this computer and tha

Re: Question regarding what type of database to use

Hi Rod, On 05/06/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: And rather than keeping all our eggs in one basket (and only having one person in the business that can competently use MYOB), we decided to look at a separate system for repair logging, and other small tasks. At least we can customi

Re: Windows to OSX networking

Hi Everyone, I'm stumped! I know I have done this before but I cant seem to do it now :( OSX can see two win2000 boxes but not the reverse. Just thought I should add that the PCs can actually see the Mac's web page at http://192.168.1.2/ when Personal Web Sharing is on. Could that suggest it

iPod Shuffle RAID

Hi All, So, what do you do when you and some friends are all getting iPod Shuffles? You make a RAID array out of them, of course! Follow along as we explore new depths of geekery... http://www.wrightthisway.com/Articles/000154.html Regards, Paul. -- Paul W. Mulroney

iPod shuffles in Perth

Hi Everyone, I was looking for an iPod shuffle in Perth, had some problems finding them. Digilife in MtHawthorn were out, same with NextByte in Nedlands. However, Winthrop in UWA have a dozen in stock. So, if you're looking and can't find any, try there. I spoke to Cameron (9380 2621). R

Re: Creating SVCD with Toast 6

Hi Paul, Thanks for your response. On 11/01/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Has anyone else tried to burn VCD's/SVCD's using Toast 6? All help greatly appreciated. Yes and I didnt have too much success. VCD Builder has been slightly easier, it ultimately uses Toast to burn the

Re: Creating SVCD with Toast 6

t out of sync while it was copying into toast .. by the end of the 40 minutes it was almost a minute behind [ I could hear the puter and camera plays] but when it produced the final DVD the sound was spot on. Yvonne On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 09:13 AM, Paul Mulroney wrote: Hi Every

Creating SVCD with Toast 6

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to create a SVCD from iMovie using Toast 6. According to the manual, I can drag and drop the "reference movie" of iMovie into toast, and it will create the SVCD. However, with the resulting disk, the video and audio get out of sync very quickly. I've been able to bu

VCD Multiple movies on the one disc

Hi Peter, On Tuesday, September 7, 2004, at 08:39 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 06/09/2004, at 8:23 PM, Paul Mulroney wrote: Strangely enough, I'm just doing that myself. I'm using Mac OSX, but I think it should still work the same for you in OS9. - Basically, I'm using

Re: Digest Number 1372

Hi There, On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 06:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I've a new DV Camera & I'm trying to transfer the finished edit to a DVD (external) in a format that will play back on a fairly new DVD player. I don't have IDVD, running 9.2 on a G4 400. Quick time does

Tech help needed for Mailman, qmail

Hi Everyone, Not sure where to ask for this question, and I know there's a few techie types who are on this list, so here goes: I am trying to setup Mailman under 10.3, and want to use qmail for the MTA. As far as I can tell, qmail is working, because the logs show me when I'm receiving mai

Re: Openoffice

On Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 05:07 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Morning All, Looking for Openoffice 1.1.2 download, available on wamug server, if so url? Thanks Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try For OSX, its in the Contribs, but if you

Re: Old computers

Hi Reg, On Monday, June 21, 2004, at 05:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Paul On 20 Jun 2004, at 3:42pm, Paul Mulroney wrote: Well, it was truly dead - no hard drive, no ram, no floppy disk, no backup battery, and I don't think it actually chimed on power on either. My SE/30 is dea

Re: Old computers

Hi Reg, On Sunday, June 20, 2004, at 05:07 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Yikes Paul On 19 Jun 2004, at 7:29pm, Paul Mulroney wrote: Anyway, as I was putting this stuff on the verge, a lady drove by, stopped the car and started loading a dead Mac SE into her car. You threw out an SE? I

Re: Community Seminars

Hi All, On Friday, June 18, 2004, at 05:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I'm thinking of hosting 10 half hour seminars about aspects of computing in the library of the rural community where I'm staying. If there was a single topic that you'd like your parents to know about, with relation to co

Old computers (was Re: Voodoo Cards)

Hi All, On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 11:16 PM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: 1 kind of worked but it gave off a rather noxious burning plastic smell then made a "POP" noise (literally) and died so i ended up putting it out on the verge for a curb side rubbish collection... by the time I'd tu

Re: Security flaw in Mac OS X

Hi Everyone, On Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: It's here if you want to see it in action (promise nothing bad happens) http://www.mactherapy.com/AppleScript.html There is another page linked from the article which does something similar. Apple better fix th

Re: usb printer on 9.1/9.2 network

Hi Everyone, On Friday, May 14, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I have two imacs and a G3 on an ethernet. (snip) Tried turning on USB printer sharing but thought vaguely that this is actually how you drive the common printer off the network - does it install an icon on the deskt

Re: "home" laser printer recommendation.

Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer I personally recommend Brother, I have one here in my home office that has replaced an HP 4L, I chose a HL 1440 as it has a high capacity toner unit (6000 standard A4 pages for ~$119)

Re: List overload

Hi there, On Friday, April 23, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: The list admin could force "plain text" and limit the attachment sizes... if that is what you mean ? For me, this list isn't any worse than any other list I'm on ? MarkS Before the move to WAMUG's own server, the l

Re: Setting up Network printer help

Hi there, On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I have noticed that when the computer is started, the windows network login screen comes up and cancel is hit. Would this be turning off certain networking functions within Windows? Access to the internet via et

Re: Terminal FTP

Hi Ryan, On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I know. And even reliable Shareware ones seem hard to find... version 2 of 'Anarchie' was the best I've ever used, still. Shame they don't sell it anymore... 'Transmit' is very good, if a little unfinished around some ed

Re: Terminal FTP

Hi Reuben, On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Could someone please tell me how I can use the terminal for ftp uploading to a server for a web page? I don't really have a great deal of money to throw around at shareware products here and there and it's difficult t

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

Hi Everyone On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Anyone have experience with using laptops on the buses? I have a graphite iBook, and I used it every morning and afternoon going to and from work for two years from Bentley to West Perth. The biggest problem I ha

Re: Printer sharing

Hi All, On Saturday, March 6, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Is it possible to share a non Postscript USB printer over a local ethernet network with a router? Currently attached to a G4 running 10.3.2 networked with a G3 on 9.1. At the moment the best I can do is just transfer

For Sale: iMac DV, philips monitors

Hi Everyone, I'm selling the following in the Quokka this week, and want to give you first dibs: iMac DV 400Mhz, 320Mb RAM, 10Gb Hard disk. Mac OS9, or OSX 10.2.8 if required. All the usual stuff: keyboard, puck mouse, original disks (System CDs plus KidPix, World Book, iMovie, Pagemill, P

Newton parts

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a battery holder for the MP2000 which allows me to use AA's with my Newton, because the rechargable battery pack is dead. Does anyone have any suggestions about where I might find one? Alternatively, does anyone handle rebuilding these battery packs? Thanks in

Re: Of Dodos and Penguins

Hi there, On Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: We're testing a new ISP - appropriately named dodo, not penguin, as=20 iinet and westnet connection down here in Augusta is really sad. It=20 seems like a good plan at $1 for first month ($9.90 normally), plus max

Re: Sharing Drives via SMB

Hi there On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 05:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I still havent had any luck sharing anything but my 'Home' directory with an XP box. I (almost) desperately need to share my second drive containing 22g of audio. Via Appletalk all directories are shared easily, can

Re: Grey veil, what is it?

Hi Everyone, On Thursday, January 1, 2004, at 05:07 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: A strange one! For no obvious reason a grey veil dropped down across the screen which was fully visible but muted. The computer froze and a message box, white text on black, in English, German and Japanese said

Re: MPEG2 encoding to SVCD

Hi Everyone, Is there a way to create SVCD's on a Mac, without having to use the dark side? I heard that Toast will create the SVCD layout, but there must be a Mac solution to do mpeg-2 encoding. Thanks to everyone to replied to my email. After a bit of back and forth, I found a couple of so

MPeg-2 encoding on the Mac

Hi Everyone, I've created a movie on my mac using iMovie 3, and now I'd like to create a SVCD (since I don't own a dvd burner, and CD's are cheap and SVCD's play on a lot of dvd players anyway). To create SVCD's you need to have a mpeg-2 encoded file. I found a solution called TMPEG ENC, b

Re: iMac 333 shuts down without warning

Hi There, On Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 05:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Have twice now had my 333 shut down as though plug pulled after approx two hours. All peripherals remain on. Once shut down will not power up again for long time - usually left until next day. Any help please?

Re: One nail to go...

Hi Everyone, On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 05:02 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Anyone tried Bochs? Yes. It's a dog. Don't touch it - it doesn't work half as good as VPC. I'd regard it as alpha quality - don't rely on it for anything important. That was 6 months or so ago (v1.5.1) ,

Re: Jude's iMac Woes

Hi Reg, On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 05:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Can you help please? A friend has somehow crashed her iMac (OS X 10.2.x). On restart she gets the Apple icon and then spinning icon, but spinning never stops. How long should she need to wait? More than 30 minutes? S

Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice

Hi Everyone I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there. As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the opinion of those who have tried it out to give me some feedback as to if it is worth getting. It's

Re: Mac OS X OpenOffice

Hi Everyone, On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 05:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there. As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the opinion of those who have tried it

Re: Seting up Bigpond (or what size hammer do I need?)

Hi All, On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 07:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody tell me or show me with screen shots how to configure the network and Internet Connect settings (and anything else I need) for Telstra Broadband. Look in the Help Folder section of the July Australian Mac

Re: Help - Sick SE 30!

Hi Everyone, On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 08:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, it's a long way from the new G5s I know, but my faithful old SE30 seems to be at deaths door. When it's switched on, the screen shows up a whole bunch of horizontal stripes - and nothing else. I can hear the ha

Re: Alternatives to entourage and mail

On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 07:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe someone would like to create a yahoo group poll on the mail apps to see which one is the most widely used... Well, a brief analysis of my WAMUG mail reveals the following information from X-Mailer headers. Note that this is

Re: Alternatives to entourage and mail

Hi All, On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 03:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However it does throw up an interesting question as far as I am concerned - what do all you Mac users on the list use for e-mail? Other then Eudora or Entourage/Outlook I didn¹t think there was much available other than s

iMac DV display problem

Hi All, Thanks for the help with the flat panel iMac problem. Now for the (much) harder question. I went to install Mac OS X 10.2 on my iMac DV (slot loading 400Mhz G3). It installed OK, and I was really impressed with the new features etc. I shutdown the machine, and when I started it up in the

Flat panel iMac freezing

Hi All, Some of you may recall I mentioned two meetings ago about my Flat-panel iMac freezing sometimes. Well, I took into an Apple Service agent, and found out that the mouse was faulty. With a new mouse, everything is back to normal. Thanks to all those who replied to my emails. Regards, Paul

Airport Antennas

Hi All, At the last WAMUG meeting someone asked about airport antennas to increase the range. Well, I found this: "In my efforts to add the words "wireless savvy" to my network admin resume, I've been reading books and web pages on radio propagation, antenna theory and design, and building wirele

Omnis Studio review in Australian Macworld

Hi All, Those of you who attended the last WAMUG meeting may remember I did a short presentation on Omnis Studio. There's a review of the product in the latest Australian MacWorld magazine. It's rated at 3.5 mice. BTW, it's database software, not "music sequencing software", although you can rea

Flat panel iMac freezing

Hi All, At the last WAMUG meeting, I asked a question about my new iMac. Sometimes, the mouse freezes when you click on something, and you have to power off and then power on again. At the meeting someone said that there was a known issue with the hardware in some of the earlier models of the fla

Re: Ethernet Hubs

on 1/7/02 11:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I am considering a 12 to 16 port ethernet hub to connect a small network >> of Macintosh computers and some peripherals. Does anybody have any >> particular recommendations, or alternatively, any brands to stay right >> away from