Re: [WAMUG] iPhone iOS 17.1.2

2023-12-11 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
Hi Walter, All you need to do is this. iPhone: Go to Settings > General > AirPlay & Handoff, then turn off Handoff. cheers, robin On 11 Dec 2023, at 6:19 pm, FW via WAMUG wrote: Good Evening, When I receive and accept a call, I normally - where possible - touch

Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address?

2023-11-08 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
Yes, my plan in the long term is similar. The process will be slow though as of the 705 entries, for various web sites/organisations etc, in my password manager almost all of them have an email address for the username and they do not have a separate field in the account profile for a separate

Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address?

2023-11-04 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
Hi Wendy, I’m not sure you have fully understood the minimal effect on the user that the transfer of the email hosting of iinet, westnet et. al. email services actually entails. Now perhaps because you appear to be accessing your email via a web browser you are experiencing the dual login

Re: [WAMUG] Iinet/Westnet/TPG/internode etc stopping email address hosting

2023-08-01 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
Every one is probably getting these today [1]https://help.iinet.net.au/iinet-email-messaging-company [2]https://help.iinet.net.au/domain-name-registry-transfer On 1 Aug 2023, at 10:39 pm, Stephen Chape via WAMUG wrote: Thank you Daniel. My daughter is with Westnet, so

Re: [WAMUG] Photos

2023-01-05 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
You say your library is on an external drive. Have you accessed this drive from another Mac running Ventura, where the Photos app is Version 8.0 (520.0.240) and possibly ugraded the libray in the process? Where is your backup of the photolibrary? Robin > On 5 Jan 2023, at 7:35 pm, Rosemary

Re: [WAMUG] Anyone tried Ventura yet ?

2022-10-27 Thread Robin Belford via WAMUG
I installed Ventura on Tuesday morning. Smooth sailing on the two MacBook Airs in my house, 2020 MBA & 2018 MBA. r > On 27 Oct 2022, at 8:30 am, Stephen Chape via WAMUG > wrote: > > Just wondering about any issues before I download ? > > Regards > Stephen Chape > Mac by choice >

[WAMUG] Has the WAMUG website been hacked?

2022-05-17 Thread Robin Belford
Hi, Whilst we are discussing the WAMUG web hosting I am wondering about two things why there is an advertisement promoting Viagra on the this page? It is written in Czech. http://www.wamug.org.au/whats-happening/ Will the whole site will be upgraded

Re: [WAMUG] IMPORTANT : WAMUG Mailing List upcoming change

2022-05-17 Thread Robin Belford
Rod, From my viewpoint that is an alarming suggestion. Should happen that WAMUG moved to FaceBook it would end my ≈ 3 decade membership. I’m not all supportive of your suggestion. robin > On 17 May 2022, at 9:11 am, Rod Blitvich wrote: > > Thanks Daniel and Committe. > Any thoughts re

Re: [WAMUG] Music - "This device is already associated with an Apple ID"

2022-03-28 Thread Robin Belford
Peter, I think you have a deeper problem. As you have described these devices as being used, that is having a previous owner I think they are still associated with the previous owners iTunes id, which is/can be different from their iCloud id. In earlier versions of iOS an extra step of

Re: [WAMUG] Cannot get external monitor to display full resolution

2022-03-25 Thread Robin Belford
Neil, Have you tried holding down the option key when selecting the display resolutions? Open System Preferences from the  Apple menu in Mac OS X Click on “Display” Under the ‘Display’ tab, hold down the OPTION / ALT key while you press on the ‘Scaled’ button alongside Resolution to reveal

Re: [WAMUG] upn file?

2022-02-15 Thread Robin Belford
Hi John, You have omitted to mention what type vehicle you are trying to update but as you have mentioned a .upn file I’m guessing it's a Jeep or a Chrysler of some sort. If so just follow the instructions in the video on this page. https://www.driveuconnect.com/support/software-update.html

Re: [WAMUG} Are You Receiving??

2021-12-11 Thread Robin Belford
Pete, You’re going to have to tell us. Is there a problem with the list or not? Robin > On 10 Dec 2021, at 1:31 am, yvonne wrote: > > all working for me too > >> On 8 Dec 2021, at 6:38 pm, kg-net wrote: >> >>> We are trying to work out if there is a problem with the List. >>> Can anyone

Re: [WAMUG} Are You Receiving??

2021-12-07 Thread Robin Belford
All received in full. (25 so far) > On 8 Dec 2021, at 10:58 am, Marcus Harris wrote: > > Yes I received the email ok > > Marcus > Marcus Harris > Mobile +61417965618 > > > >> On 8 Dec 2021, at 10:18 am, Stephen Chape wrote: >> >> I have received and can see. >> >>> On 8 Dec 2021, at

Re: [WAMUG} Remove "Update Available" notification in iMac

2021-04-27 Thread Robin Belford
Why not try “updating” it? > On 28 Apr 2021, at 9:18 am, Alan Smith wrote: > > I have an App Store "update available” for EtreCheck. But this app was > removed from the App Store a couple of months ago. How do I remove the > notification? > > Cheers, > Alan > > 2019 Retina iMac 27” 5K,

Re: [WAMUG} flagging emails Big Sure

2021-03-31 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Walter It has gone away from the place you have described. Flag now appears in the top right in the email header field. Under the date and time. Hope this helps. robin > On 28 Mar 2021, at 8:38 pm, FW wrote: > > Good evening all, > > on my wife’s iMac running 11.2.3 I am not able to

Re: [WAMUG} MacBook Pro 2011 failed

2021-03-11 Thread Robin Belford
Hi peter, I suggest you download this app and trawl your way through the storage specs for suitable machines. https://mactracker.ca Regards, Robin > On 11 Mar 2021, at 7:33 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: > > Hi team, my wife’s 2011 MBP has failed with grey screen. I

[WAMUG} SuperDuper users

2021-01-31 Thread Robin Belford
There was some recent traffic regarding the suitability of SuperDuper making backups in Big Sur. For an up to date explanation of the situation this posting on the ShirtPocket website is quite informative. https://www.shirtpocket.com/blog/index.php/shadedgrey/thats_big_sir_to_you/

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Robin Belford
Dear All, My experience is - following a CCC update last week I now have a bootable Big Sur clone of my computer (as well as the two Time Machine backups). This applies to all the machines in our house. - my SuperDuper installations is patiently waiting for an upgrade. An interesting and

Re: Big Sur ??

2020-11-15 Thread Robin Belford
For those of you considering updating to Bir Sur. https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-11-list-of-serious-install-upgrade-issues-updated/?utm_source=rss_medium=rss_campaign=macos-big-sur-11-list-of-serious-install-upgrade-issues-updated

Re: I am considering buying a MacBook Pro (2020) hoping to use my iMac27 as a screen.

2020-10-16 Thread Robin Belford
Hi marcus, Yes you can put your iMac 10,1 model into Target Display mode and use it as a second monitor. You will need a bit of a cable mix to get from Thunderbolt 3 to mini display port but it can be done. To get into Target Display mode you need to do this. Use Target Display Mode Follow

Re: Members Meeting -

2020-08-02 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Maureen, Please add me to the meeting list. Regards, Robin > > From: > on behalf of > "topsm...@internode.on.net " > mailto:topsm...@internode.on.net>> > Reply to: "wamug@wamug.org.au

Re: Yes I can attend the meeting

2020-07-05 Thread Robin Belford
I wish to attend. robin > On 6 Jul 2020, at 11:31 am, topsm...@internode.on.net wrote: > > > Hello Fellow WAMUGgers, > > Apologies for the late notice. (You just can't get good staff these days. Hee > Hee) Our WAMUG Zoom meeting will take place this Tuesday at 7:30 pm. The > first half

Re: I have 10.6.8 what can I upgrade to on iMac 9

2020-07-05 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Peter, I can’t comment on your application software but your iMac can do this. SOFTWARE Original OS Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G3556) Later OSMac OS X 10.6 (10A432) Maximum OS OS X 10.11.6 (15G31) > On 5 Jul 2020, at 4:05 pm, Peter Faulks wrote: > > I have > Model Name:iMac >

Re: Extending win to cover black spots

2020-05-21 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Marcus, A couple of things to consider here. How old is your unit? Did it have multiple telephone jacks install with the build? Is there an unused phone jack in the middle of the unit? If you can relocate your modem to a more central location by utilising a different phone point you could

Re: Screen problem

2020-02-06 Thread Robin Belford
Bill, That is a resizable screen capture box (note the handles on each corner, with a menu bar below the highlighted area. There is a small “x” at the end of this menu bar pressing this will cancel the action. The menu bar has rollover tool tips. This is a powerful and relatively unknown

Re: Malware

2019-12-14 Thread Robin Belford
o I paid about $50.00 for it. > It is the first one I have used that has actually stopped web attacks and > destroyed malware as they arrived. > > So this year I updated with a family version for 3 Macs (Myself, my wife and > my grand daughter) > Only cost and extra $10.00. > >

Re: Malware

2019-12-13 Thread Robin Belford
I’ve had good result using Malwarebytes. Free or premium version you get the same underlying detection engine. https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac-download/ robin > On 14 Dec 2019, at 8:52 am, Juliet Kitson wrote: > > G'day All > Which anti malware

Re: NOTES in MacOS

2019-08-20 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Marcus, I suspect it is related to the following. Do you have 2 notes that contained an email address and nothing more? Something like you might have created to remember a particular email. If so, delete these and then reopen notes, (or add a line on top saying Mr xxx’s email, or similar).

Re: Flash Player Download ?

2019-07-31 Thread Robin Belford
Stephen, It will never be safe to download Flash Player, particularly if you are getting email reminders to do so. These are almost certainly phishing emails. You would be better served to go to the Adobe website https://helpx.adobe.com/au/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html and

Re: Malware Removal Tool - Zoom

2019-07-13 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Alan, Howard Oakley has very good utilities for dealing with MRT and other macOS security updates. You can check them out here. https://eclecticlight.co/lockrattler-systhist/ I won’t try to explain something that he has explained far better

Re: Should I be worried?

2019-04-22 Thread Robin Belford
Not really. You appears that you are on both WiFi and Ethernet simultaneously and you are looking at some device on your Ethernet network. Robin > On 22 Apr 2019, at 12:42 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis > wrote: > > Hi All, > > I turned on my Wireless this morning and just checked the “Open

Re: RANT WARNING! iiNet NBN

2019-02-17 Thread Robin Belford
Switching to NBN - Here in Busselton, after 24 years with Westnet, with the disconnection of the analogue phone service imminent I signed up with Telstra for an NBN internet service. This consolidated all our fixed and mobile phones and now our internet with one provider. (I did start with

Re: Internet

2019-01-27 Thread Robin Belford
Hmmm, Are you sure you have an iPad mini 2? To confirm this check the Model number on the back. It will be either A1489, A1490 or A1491 All these models are capable of updating to iOS 12.x If the model number is either A1454 or A1455 it is the first mini and it can go to iOS 9.3.5 Either way an

Re: Keyboard

2018-01-10 Thread Robin Belford
Back in the day it wasn’t uncommon to put them in the dishwasher. The “Day” was when the keyboard was the Apple Extended Keyboard II (ADB). SO, if you’re game here are some basic instructions. Make sure you've got a spare keyboard. You must wait at least a week (7 days) before the keyboard can

Re: Wifi network extender

2017-11-10 Thread Robin Belford
Pete, I can’t emphasise strongly enough that if you can install an ethernet link between your basestations you should do this. It will provide the best level of service as the apple wireless extension system uses some of the available bandwidth just to establish the service, leaving less for

Re: Sus' Mail.

2017-06-16 Thread Robin Belford
Tony, If you hover your mouse over the link DO NOT CLICK Confirm your account it will reveal the actual link. If it doesn't resolve to an apple.com address delete the email. If it does resolve to a bonafide apple address still DO NOT CLICK on it. Log into your iCloud account,

Re: Late 2011 MBP

2017-05-01 Thread Robin Belford
Peter, I run a 2011 MacBook Air with 4 GB RAM but it has a SSD and is very good with Sierra and all its tasks. Change the HD to a SSD (and update the RAM), it will make the MBP very fast and responsive. It will be the best $250 you will have spent on a computer in years. You should consider

Re: Macbook Pro Certificates

2017-05-01 Thread Robin Belford
Pat, Ronni, While I don’t mean to trivialise the issue of malware and the current, advanced state of infection abilities I think you might have gone down the wrong rabbit hole here with the malware. What more likely happened was James’ school is running a proxy server which issues it’s own

Re: Collage in Photos

2017-03-25 Thread Robin Belford
Pete, many years ago (12 to be exact) I followed these instructions to make a large poster. It worked a treat and My friends still have the poster on their wall. If I was doing it now I would substitute Photos for iPhoto. cheers, robin THE INSTRUCTIONS Step 1. Make a new iPhoto Album.

Re: Data details

2016-05-03 Thread Robin Belford
This page works for me, I’m on a Telstra post paid account

Re: Apple Developing Fortieth Anniversary Mac

2016-04-01 Thread Robin Belford
Yeah… happy april fool’s day! > On 1 Apr 2016, at 9:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > http://tidbits.com/article/16383 > > Apple Developing Fortieth Anniversary Mac > > Today marks Apple’s fortieth year in business since being founded by Steve

Re: Admin password Unknown

2016-03-16 Thread Robin Belford
Hi Marcus, Not too difficult, I’ve put a link to a couple of sites that will help you out. https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/reset-forgotten-admin-password-mac-osx/ https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202860 You might have some keychain issues afterwards, but the Apple doc has the solution.

Re: RAM Upgrade for iMac

2014-11-29 Thread Robin Belford
Alan, What you need to consult is this. http://mactracker.ca Your every question about configuration will be covered. robin On 29 Nov 2014, at 4:34 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: I will soon have two spare 4GB RAM modules 1067MHz DDR3 (ex late 2009 21.5 inch model 10,1 iMac).

Re: Yosemite bug report

2014-10-27 Thread Robin Belford
I see the same thing. If you delete the first message from the window the list moves up and the message that was second (and you could see details of) now becomes blank (except for time and date). robin On 27 Oct 2014, at 4:54 pm, Pat clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi, Ronni, Please take

Re: iPhone update 8.0.2 ?

2014-09-28 Thread Robin Belford
Those reports, I believe were just hoaxes. Speaking from experience, with my iPhone 5s, the upgrade to 8.0.2 went flawlessly and I have not experienced and issues or faults. robin On 29 Sep 2014, at 10:57 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Didn't you read my post to the WAMUG

Re: Apple iOS 8.0.2 update backfires on Australian users

2014-09-26 Thread Robin Belford
Working just fine on my 5s robin On 26 Sep 2014, at 5:53 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Despite Apple releasing the iOS 8.0.2 to fix issues that were caused by the iOS 8.0.1, Australian iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users are still reporting that they are experiencing problems with

Re: 24: iMac (221)

2014-07-15 Thread Robin Belford
Jon, You might like to run the diagnostic tool called EtreCheck. You can read about it here (and there is a download link on the page) It should help identify the kernel extension or third party software that might be affecting your computer Of course this presumes you can start the computer to

Re: iBook - On Windows/Android?

2014-06-29 Thread Robin Belford
I second Peter's suggestion. A presentation of the methods and the results would be almost as cool as the work itself. So many people will benefit. robin On 30 Jun 2014, at 7:56 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 27 Jun 2014, at 5:34 pm, Rod Blitvich

Re: Wifi connection to iTunes

2014-04-17 Thread Robin Belford
I've been following this thread for a while but don't recall whether or not the requirement for the iOS device to be charging (i.e. connected to a power source) has been mentioned. Here's an extract from the Apple Tech Note http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US

Re: MacFixit is no more

2014-03-28 Thread Robin Belford
Can I recommend www.macintouch.com as an excellent substitute for macfixit.com? robin On 28 Mar 2014, at 10:28 am, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote: That is good news. Until I installed the blocking gizmo in Firebox , MacFixit was just an annoyance. Bill On 28/03/2014, at 8:20

Re: Chrome update?? Please advise?

2014-03-27 Thread Robin Belford
Hoax! Delete it. On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:49 pm, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, not sure about this??? Your software may be out of date Open Software Updater scans your computer for out of date software and automatically provides instant updates. Avoid

Re: No Background Highlight while dragging a file

2014-03-10 Thread Robin Belford
Alan, Try going to the /System Preferences/General and change the highlight colour to something else. r On 10 Mar 2014, at 5:13 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Ok... might not be understanding your description of what is happening. Need more information to 'try' to

Re: Little snitch

2014-02-24 Thread Robin Belford
for the record. I know how much Ronni dislikesLittle Snitch, but, it protects me from the current SSL vulnerability in OSX 10.9.1 (plus many other unwanted exploits and detours to unwanted sites).

Re: iPhoto Library ?

2013-12-15 Thread Robin Belford
Stephen, There are two simple ways you can do this. Hold down the option key when launching iPhoto and select the library you wish to use Perhaps the most effective would be for you to use iPhoto Libaray Manager. You can have a look at it here. http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ regards,

Re: Email to group

2013-10-29 Thread Robin Belford
I have found similar behavior and for me the fix was to go to the Previous Recipients from the Window menu (of the Mail application) and remove the none functioning group from that list. Now all my groups auto fill and, when pressing enter, load the group name as a live set of addresses, in

Re: Apple ID compromised

2013-10-24 Thread Robin Belford
Have you recently upgraded to Maveriks? Have you checked the Sharing pane of System Preferences? What does your computer name show as? If it is iMac 13,1 then you have not been compromised. Worth a look, it might explain the email. r On 24 Oct 2013, at 6:02 pm, Stephen Chape

Re: Java

2013-10-19 Thread Robin Belford
Running Java in any browser is inherently unsafe. It should never be done unless absolutely necessary (some primitive online banking requirement or the like). This is why the latest update removes the plugin from all installed browsers. There is no improvement in security. Running java as a

Re: iOS 7.0.2 Update

2013-09-28 Thread Robin Belford
How do you feel about a 1956 car, or a 1999 car, or a 2013 car? Which would you rather drive in today's traffic? Which is safer? robin On 27/09/2013, at 9:11 AM, Rick Armstrong a...@iinet.net.au wrote: I am not upgrading, this is ridiculous, my password lock is OK and no-one can access my

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

2013-08-11 Thread Robin Belford
I have to second the Click to Flash recommendation, and you can get it here. http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ robin On 12/08/2013, at 8:07 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 09/08/2013, at 12:13 PM, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi

Re: Remote control for iPhone camera

2013-06-04 Thread Robin Belford
The + volume control on the headphone takes a photo. http://lifehacker.com/5863222/use-your-iphones-headset-to-take-pictures-from-afar robin On 04/06/2013, at 3:24 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I had a patient today with benign intentional tremor. We got talking about how

Re: Can't send Eudora messages

2013-04-21 Thread Robin Belford
Peter, You have to log into your ISP (in this case Westnet) securely, if you want to send your mail via another service provider. Either that or you have to know and use the outbound settings for each different service provider. It is quite easy to use Westnet, and instructions for setting up

Re: Wi Fi provider in Europe

2013-02-24 Thread Robin Belford
Hmm, big ask. May I suggest you have a good look through this site and then you might be able to plan your trip's communication needs. regards, robin http://prepaidwithdata.wikia.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data On 25/02/2013, at 6:25 AM, Peter Faulks peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: My

Re: Adobe Flash Player is out of date

2013-02-08 Thread Robin Belford
Just an extract from Macintouch.com regards, robin The latest serious Adobe Flash security problem, reportedly being exploited in the wild against Macs, prompted yet another patch/update from the company today: Adobe Security Bulletin APSB13-04 Adobe has released security updates for Adobe

Re: DISPLAY

2013-01-19 Thread Robin Belford
Julie, It is possible that you have activated the Zoom feature of the screen display. Go to the Apple menu System Preferences, click Accessibility, and then click Zoom. Open the Zoom pane of Accessibility preferences Turn off “Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom” and “Use scroll gesture with

Re: IOS 6 for iPhone 4s and iPad 1

2012-12-31 Thread Robin Belford
Tim, Just what is wrong with that result? If you search for Nannup Hotel, Nannup what do you get. Not the middle of the LGA but the hotel. Nothing wrong with that result. I suggest that the Mildurah problem is more of an operator error than a mapping failure. cheers Robin On 31/12/2012, at

Re: Marketing software

2012-09-27 Thread Robin Belford
How far do you want to go? http://www.shopify.com/tour/sell-online Have a look, you can use an existing website. r On 27/09/2012, at 4:11 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks, Geoff On 27/09/2012, at 4:05 PM, Geoff and Kaye k...@kgweb.org.au wrote: Sev On

Re: iTunes Woes

2012-09-27 Thread Robin Belford
Rod, What about checking the Summary pane of the iPhone/iPod window and looking in the Options section for convert higher bit rate songs to xxx kbs AAC You do this to fit large music libraries onto smaller capacity devices. r On 27/09/2012, at 7:38 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au

Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA

2012-09-12 Thread Robin Belford
To quote a (very) famous writer, what's in a name so what if we change the name, the people still stay the same. If more people connect because of a different name isn't that better? robin On 12/09/2012, at 5:15 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: OOPS ... I forgot another point I did hint

Re: Ring time

2012-09-02 Thread Robin Belford
**61*number to divert to**no.of seconds(5-30)# If the number you want to divert to is your telstra voicemail mailbox then the number you enter is 101. e.g. Enter **61*101**30# Press the 'call' button your default ring time is now set to 30 seconds BEFORE it will go to voicemail. Remember, you

Re: Address Book

2012-05-25 Thread Robin Belford
Address book does have an export and import option. I'd recommend doing that first. r On 25/05/2012, at 5:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi David, What OS X are you running? To transfer Address Book data across. /Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder) If you

Re: Memory leakage? How to stop ?

2012-05-12 Thread Robin Belford
Steven, The most likely issue is that your memory leakage is caused by a browser you are running. You haven't said what you are using, but bit recent versions of both Firefox and Safari have had memory leak issues. Once this happens you start getting many pageouts to disk and your system slows

Re: iPad when traveling ?

2012-04-25 Thread Robin Belford
Take an AirPort Express and make your own WiFi network where ever you plug in. Worked for me in Japan and China a few years ago. robin On 25/04/2012, at 5:23 PM, Roger Kortas wrote: Hi Guys Just a general question about using the iPad when traveling :) I will be going to China again in

Re: World Backup Day!

2012-03-29 Thread Robin Belford
And don't forget 3 - 2 - 1 Three backups two different media one stored offsite robin On 30/03/2012, at 8:01 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi WAMUGers, I know this is one of my 'Pet Subjects' ... And you all get sick of me asking you to Backup! Just reminding you that World Backup Day is on

Re: iPhone App

2012-03-11 Thread Robin Belford
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8 On 11/03/2012, at 9:55 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: It would appear not Stuart, I've done a search with nothing found. Regards Pete. On 11/03/2012, at 6:58 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: Does the Perth Apple

Re: OS X 10.7.3 Lion Update

2012-02-02 Thread Robin Belford
Hmmm, The update left my User Library folder alone and where I left it. In the sidebar r On 02/02/2012, at 2:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hey WAMUG Lion Users who had their User Library showing in OS X 10.7.2, Did anyone else notice that after installing the OS X 10.7.3 update that the User

Re: strange eMac startup

2011-12-23 Thread Robin Belford
Kevin, It sounds like that mac is starting in verbose mode. Typically if you wanted to boot in verbose mode you would hit Command-V during startup, which brings up the familiar white on black console. If you’d prefer to always see the system messages on boot, you can adjust the firmware from

Re: Airport card

2011-12-22 Thread Robin Belford
Kevin, If you send me a stamped, addressed, padded postpack, or similar, I have one down here in Busselton you can have. Send to me at PO Box 571 Busselton 6280 Regards, Robin Belford Send your On 23/12/2011, at 10:03 AM, Kevin Lock wrote: I am still distributing Macs to needy folks

Re: Cannot empty trash

2011-11-20 Thread Robin Belford
I have experienced problems like you describe. I found my solution here. http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html hope this helps robin On 20/11/2011, at 9:15 PM, Bill Parker wrote: Folks, I want to empty my trash, but cannot. It says it contains 1285 files but I can only count 53. I

Re: Sync Contacts, Calendars and Reminders between iPhone 4S and MacBook Pro

2011-10-23 Thread Robin Belford
It's an interesting argument. I was wondering how useful iCloud really is if you aren't always in an area saturated with WiFi? What if you're travelling this wide brown land, with WiFi network access once a week? How well does it work? Is iCloud even useful? What if you can't get better than

Re: EyeTV in SW WA

2011-08-11 Thread Robin Belford
Nice to know the additional details. What about SBS HD, 3 I'm also seeing a couple of ABC and SBS radio services, are they on the same Channel? How can I tell which is SD and which is HD? regards, robin On 11/08/2011, at 12:09 PM, Ray Forma wrote: If you live within range of the Bunbury

Re: dead G5

2011-07-28 Thread Robin Belford
Ken, I think you have bad RAM, or bad RAM seating connections. Try taking one stick out and restarting. r On 28/07/2011, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 28/07/2011, at 3:32 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Folks, this is a bit scary, my G5 Tower has seemingly died, I boot it up it asks

Re: SpiceRack

2011-07-27 Thread Robin Belford
You can find an uninstaller here. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=817140 robin On 27/07/2011, at 10:51 PM, Glenn Walker wrote: IMG_0532.jpegthis pops up star safari up it comes up like to stop it or stop it coming up all the time i stat safari . can you help -- The WA

Re: ADSL2 speed Westnet

2011-06-20 Thread Robin Belford
Just to clarify one thing. John's problem is a slowdown of this internet connection. Let's call it bandwidth. It appears to be caused by congestion on the DSLAM at the exchange, or perhaps a faulty joint in the local loop (copper) wiring. It could be caused by a firmware issue in his

Re: Preview - Print multi copies?

2011-04-19 Thread Robin Belford
Just to the right of the printer name in the print dialog box is a button with a down pointing triangle on it. Click on that triangle and the full dialog box will be revealed. r On 19/04/2011, at 8:49 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Neil Thanks for response - but from the Preview menu when I

Re: IPad2 and iPhone hot spot (and GPS!)

2011-03-09 Thread Robin Belford
Note. You only need the 3G to be turned on in the iPad. You don't need to actually have a SIM card in it. The reason is that the GPS functionality is built into the 3G chip. r On 09/03/2011, at 10:50 PM, Pedro wrote: Here are three goods reasons for a 3G model

Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

2011-03-07 Thread Robin Belford
speed and L2 cache. robin On 07/03/2011, at 4:06 PM, peta wrote: Robin Why? Or in the words of a certain ex (I hope) politician - please explain? Peta On 07/03/2011, at 10:44 AM, Robin Belford wrote: If you're going to use Aperture perhaps you should reconsider not going

Re: New MacBook Pro: Should I order 2.2 or 2.3 GHz i7?

2011-03-06 Thread Robin Belford
If you're going to use Aperture perhaps you should reconsider not going for the fast processor and the extra cache? robin On 07/03/2011, at 9:55 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Reg As much as I hate to not give sales to stores, if you are looking at Aperture it's actually cheaper to download

Re: Anyone had any issues with OS 4.2 on your iPad ?

2010-11-23 Thread Robin Belford
Got up at 5 am, started the download and install, went back to bed. Got up at again at 5.45 all finished, phone working. Been using the iPhone all day. no issues iPhone 3GS - 32GB robin On 23/11/2010, at 12:26 PM, Douglas Sheerer wrote: Updated my iPad today with no issues at all. Now

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Robin Belford
I like Quota as an app for my iPhone but you can use Telstra's own page to check your usage in detail. https://es.telstra.com/MobileDataUsageMeter/index.jsp?theme=tb#Usage robin On 04/10/2010, at 5:56 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: There is an app for that, 3G Usage, might help to monitor things.

Re: doing emails while in Europe

2010-06-26 Thread Robin Belford
Just got back from a month in France. All hotels I stayed in, in many parts of the country, had free internet connectivity, mostly WiFi, in all rooms. Telstra Roaming had issues with congested networks in Paris, i.e. every day from noon to 6 pm my iPhone would have no service, fine every where

My iPhone, disappearing birthday problem

2010-06-24 Thread Robin Belford
Carpenter Re: no birthdays for older people on iPhone calendar. This is a feature apparently. It seems that the iPhone calendar doesn't do repeated events when repeated more than 75 times, so anyone with birthdays over 75 years old just doesn't show up. John Davies To Robin Belford: The issue

iOS4 bug?

2010-06-23 Thread Robin Belford
Hi, I was wondering if anyone else can replicate this apparent bug in iOS4? On my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.6.4 I use the birthday date entered into Address Book to show birthdays in iCal. Works fine. I sync this data to my iPhone 3GS running iOS4 via the iTunes 9.2, USB connection setup.

Re: iPhone use in New Zealand

2010-05-29 Thread Robin Belford
Supplementary question. Can anyone supply similar information for France? Thanks, robin On 29/05/2010, at 2:21 AM, lem1 wrote: Thank you. Cheers Kane On 29/05/2010, at 7:09 AM, Malcolm Burtenshaw wrote: XT network. Prepaid SIM from a Dick Smith or one of the XT shops over

Re: System Preferences corrupted

2010-04-01 Thread Robin Belford
Sorry, I was using the royal we, as in the list discussion. If it wasn't this list it was another one. Glad to hear it fixed your problem. regards robin On 01/04/2010, at 1:10 PM, Kaye and Geoff wrote: Robin We've been here before, you can trawl through the archives or you can try this

FS: Dual Ethernet Airport Base Station (snow)

2009-12-28 Thread Robin Belford
Hi, I have upgraded my home network and now have two (2) dual ethernet ABS for sale. Both in full working order and both have been reset to factory defaults. These had to go because the last computer on our home network using Leopard, 10.5.x is to be replaced. The configuration utility only

TV - Sony HDMI output question

2009-11-12 Thread Robin Belford
Hi, has anyone been able to configure their TV to power on and switch inputs of their Sony TV just by switching the TV on? This remote on/off functionality is a part of the HDMI spec, but I can't seem to get my TV to behave in this fashion. Suggestions gratefully accepted regards Robin

Re: Built in speaker not working

2009-11-12 Thread Robin Belford
I think you should check the output socket. It sounds as though it is not properly resetting when you take the external line plug out. Hence isolating the internal speaker. It is generally the spring contact not properly reseating, due either to mechanical failure aka breaking, or dirt on the

Re: Exceeding downloads

2009-10-09 Thread Robin Belford
Jon, It sounds as though your wireless network has been cracked, however there are some other possibilities, depending on what equipment you are actually running. You don't say what type of wireless access point you are using or what type of computers are on your network and weather you

Re: Is this Mac related ?

2009-08-23 Thread Robin Belford
no! On 23/08/2009, at 5:24 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: scrat.jpg Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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 -

Apple Remote

2009-06-23 Thread Robin Belford
http://store.apple.com/au/product/MA128G/B Who has opened one of these to change the battery? r -- 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 -

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