Re: [WAMUG] Disappearing emails

t instructions on how to use search (my machine is very old) but I assume that it is still in modern versions of mail and has the same features. Regards Geoff > Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mai

Re: [WAMUG] Web site hosts - Information - Recommendations

e servers if you can. We are moving to Ventra IP, but that, too, is just for the domain registration - our hosting is completely separate. Cheers, Kaye -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-arc

Re: [WAMUG] Subscriptions 2023

Cheers, K ------ Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>

Re: [WAMUG] Fwd: Users Group Meeting

st to trigger it to accept the networked links. We've had to set up an alias to a dummy file on the networked disk that we double-click first to open Safari in a state where we can use it across the net! Cheers, Kaye -- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.net.au -- The WA Maci

[WAMUG] Claris Works

On 12/03/2022, at 1:56 PM, FW wrote: > Does it have Claris Works ??? If you are interested in Claris Works because you have a need to read some old documents, I have it running on my 10.6.8 Mac. Regards Geoff -- Geoff and Kaye k...@kgweb.net.au -- The WA Macintosh Use

Re: [WAMUG} Random email trash action

The web reports similar problems over the last few years but none say that the messages are empty. Maybe have a look at the raw source (View / Message / Raw Source in my Mail program) of the returned messages to see if that offers any clues. Regards Geoff Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org

Re: [WAMUG} Random email trash action

Sorry - chose the wrong message to resend in previous email Hello Alex On 14/10/2021, at 3:39 PM, Alex wrote: > Hello members, > > can anyone explain to me why some random emails that I delete but then decide > to return to my In Box are totally blank when I then open them? Only To: & > Subj

[WAMUG} Random email trash action

Hello members, can anyone explain to me why some random emails that I delete but then decide to return to my In Box are totally blank when I then open them? Only To: & Subject: …. are showing. While here on email topic, how do I set the font colour for the body of my messages, when I am start

Re: Auto Starting Mac

ve been the perfect answer. More tests needed. Cheers, Kaye -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailingli

Re: auto-starting iMac

even allows for the fact that I've turned on the power, avoided the modem, and the iMac hasn't booted - if it had time to fully shut down last time it was used it wouldn't have re-started. I'll check it out next time I'm in at the house and let you know.

Re: auto-starting iMac

let you know. Cheers, Kaye -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <

Re: auto-starting iMac

g I've never seen anything like it. When it was just the computer booting when I turned the modem on I was prepared to accept that there may have been an effect, but with the modem off, it is quite spooky. Cheers, Kaye -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The

Re: auto-starting iMac

plicable. Cheers, Kaye -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscrib

Re: auto-starting iMac

en I walk up to them - I definitely store a static charge strong enough to affect electrical devices, but I've never actually turned one on before, and Geoff has never had static issues. Cheers, Kaye ------------ Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User

auto-starting iMac

em and the iMac booted! It does seem to be associated with the modem - I can go to the desk and sit in front of the iMac and nothing happens unless I get close to the modem. Any ideas? Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing L

Re: IMac problem.

decided that the problem was with my CPU fan, and that it was probably an accumulation of dust - the machine is some years old. I took it into our local service centre and had it cleaned out - it has been just fine for over a year now. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kg

Re: opening appleworks docs

quot; days. Regards Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>

Re: Find iPhone

reports that it is, say, 100 metres due north, then go 100 metres due south and start looking. Have a happy New Year everyone - we are going to see the fireworks (in Albany). Regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mai

Re: iMac problem

o try. Have a look at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7100079 regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://w

Wanted: bootable CD/DVD for Sierra on MacPro

er intermittent problems. Get back to me off list if you can help out. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.

Re: Tracking!

d this? Try deleting the browser cache - this is normally where web pages store information which can persist between browsing sessions. Sorry, having a seniors's moment - I meant to say - clear cookies. Geoff ----------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Mac

Re: Tracking!

d this? Try deleting the browser cache - this is normally where web pages store information which can persist between browsing sessions. Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org

Re: Adding a graphic to an existing page in html

hich appears when a button is pressed, or something similar) then you need javascript. Contact us off-list and if you like we can provide specific code when we understand exactly what you want to achieve. Regards Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Maci

Re: Dictation not showing command list

ge, but that forum only had people with the problem, and no proffered solution. I'll think about it. My friend is going up to Perth some time; its a Mac air, so she can take the machine into the Apple store and see if they can sort it out. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and

Re: Dictation not showing command list

the Finder, Pages, and Mail - all places where you would expect to see a list of commands applicable to the current program. It happens for English, French and Spanish (using the equivalent commands to show the list). I haven't been able to find any reported problem like this in other

Dictation not showing command list

behaviour or have any idea of where we start looking to get her commands displayed. She is unaware of doing anything that may have caused the problem, and I can't find anything in her settings that could turn off displaying the commands. Cheers, Kaye -------- K

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

share internet connection over wifi) but when we re-booted the machines the internet sharing on ethernet failed. Took out the EDUP, rebooted, and it all worked. So it looks as though we need a new wifi router. Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Web site timing out

n his work can't get to his site because of the westnet/iinet block. He can take it up with his hosting site. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archiv

Re: Web site timing out

estigate. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://l

Web site timing out

or us please, and let us know what happens - we are trying to work out if it does respond for anyone in WA. Cheers, Kaye Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

e had it working briefly before, only to have it fail the next time we rebooted. If it is still working in a few days time I'll re-introduce the EDUP and see if it causes a problem. Thanks for all your help and for getting me thinking - I need someone else to talk to about this stuff to se

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

d cutting out the Cisco hub - just a single cable between our two machines. Again, we could file share but not share the internet connection. Thanks for trying to help. Kaye Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - &

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

umbers come from? Is it the Cisco hub? I need to sort out why the other machines on the network have a different router number from me; I think that may be crucial. We may just get another modem, but I hate not figuring out what is happening and fixing it! Cheers, K ---- Ka

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

ight just buy another dongle for Geoff and give up trying to share mine. The wifi does drop out at times and it isn't a satisfactory way to work. Cheers, K ---- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

this case. Do you think it worth a go? Another suggestion is to use the unix commands to shut down the ethernet connection and re-starts it. I can do this, but can't see that it is any different from doing it through system preferences, and I've already tried that. Cheers, K

Re: Intermittent network sharing problem

x27;ve also removed and re-created the ethernet service. I'm hoping someone can suggest other things I can try. For example, are there any .plist files I can try deleting to see if that helps restore our sharing? Cheers, Kaye Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au --

Intermittent network sharing problem

houldn't matter - this setup has been running with no hassles for a long time. Any suggestions on what I should try to restore our shared access will be more than welcome. Cheers, Kaye Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: USB modems

s to be very flakey - it pays to take the modem to the shop when buying an aerial to try it out. Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <ht

Re: Mail problem

gives you the opportunity to take them online. In general being offline implies no internet connection, but since Thunderbird works this would appear not to be the problem Regards Geoff ----------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Arc

Re: Second email address problems

gestions to get it working. Regards Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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>

Re: NO BROWSER

ces the use of a proxy no matter what settings you have in your browser. Regards Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamu

Re: NO BROWSER

pages. Mail does not go through a proxy server. As to why it is refusing connections, who knows. You need to ask your ISP. I would think that if you waited for a few hours, whatever is wrong will be fixed and it will all be working again. Regards Geoff ----------- Kaye an

Re: Getting Apple ID unblocked

have a way to get around that. So the answer is to never provide personal or financial details to any unsolicited email no matter what it looks like, and who it appears to be from. Regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailin

Re: Help with Website/Email/Domain Relocation

ress should be straightforward. There may be lots of options with the web site depending on what is used to build it and where it is or will be hosted. Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <ht

Re: Not happy Jan!

te (we still have at least one machine running 7.something plus DOS on a 486). Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wam

Re: Add Icon to Menu Bar

write one. Have a look for a program called wallpaper-wizard-lite (Google the phrase) - I am not familiar with it but it may allow you to change the background by pressing a key. Note that I did find a user comment that it is no longer being updated, and can cause problems with Yosemite, b

Need an old copy of Safari

it back. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://l

Re: Opening winmail.dat

hich has a link to a Microsoft page covering the issue and what the sender can do about it. Regards Geoff ----------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines

Re: Printing DVD labels

quot;Downunder Media" (www.downundermedia.com.au). The CDs I bought are sold as "water proof printable" and have a gloss surface. Photo-quality labels come out much better using these CDs, printing as high gloss. Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au

Re: OS 10.10.2 and Quicklook

are a number to choose from ot there) rather than ditching your OS. Regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://

Web page problem

anyone got any insights into this? In particular at what point in the process of retrieving the web page does the "switch" occur? I have informed the hosting company which Greenskills use but so far have no comment from them. Thanks Geoff ------- Kaye and Geo

Re: Blank emails

ource. You may get some clues from the extra information that this provides. Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailin

Re: Creating Installation windows

rsions of Windows. I do not think that this was ever possible on a Mac, because Apple took the security implications more seriously. Regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/

Re: email

OS 10.7.5? I am running 10.6.8. I put "Mail Downloads" in a finder window search box (top right) and set it to look at "file name" and it told me that it was at users/[username]/Library/Mail Downloads. I assume that this approach should work for any version of the

Re: Appleworks

cult to preserve the drawing characteristics of drawings. I am happy to have a go at converting your files if you would like me to (contact me off list). Regards Geoff ------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http

Re: Jumping Dock

uot; button That's it Regards Geoff --- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Set

Getting Mountain Lion if your internet connection is too slow

chine in? Cheers, K -------- Kaye and Geoff k...@kgweb.org.au -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://l

Firefox printing problem - no A5

Hi, I'm printing from Firefox onto A5 stationery eMac OS 10.4.11 Firefox 3.0.6 Epson Stylus Photo R290 To keep my printouts to a minimum I'm previewing the pages, editing to compress the file, then printing double-sided. All worked fine for about six files, but suddenly preview only showed tw

Re: epson stylus photo R310 Printer

Peta, I have had my Epson Stylus Photo R310 Printer for several years (probably a few several years!) Do you have Printer Setup Utility? If so, open this, select your printer, then click on the "utility" button to get access to head cleaning, etc. Cheers, K -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince

Re: System Preferences corrupted

Robin We've been here before, you can trawl through the archives or you can try this link from apple. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730909&tstart=120 Thanks Robin, we did not remember any discussion of

System Preferences corrupted

Hi I normally connect to the internet through an ethernet connection to my partner's machine, but I've just been testing a wireless broadband connection, which seems to have left my System Preferences corrupted. Now, every time I open System Preferences and select "Network" I get a pop-up bo

Re: G3 iMac surplus

Sev We just read more emails and saw that your computer was already taken, so disregard our previous message. We have another machine which we might be able to set up to be suitable. Regards Geoff and Kaye -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: k...@kgweb.org.au web: http://www.kgweb.org.au

Re: G3 iMac surplus

home. We would be happy to take it and with luck find a good home for it - in fact we have someone in mind - his daughter is starting Uni in Perth and wants a machine, and he does not have a lot of money. Regards Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: k...@kgweb.org.au web: http

Re: Emails show time 3hrs behind

Ronni and Denise Shouldn't it be +0800 (WST) not +1100 Yes, so it should, I did not pay enough attention to that bit. Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: k...@kgweb.org.au web: http://www.kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Emails show time 3hrs behind

Denise Yes I was thinking the same thing except that I'd say it's going via India or somewhere that is BEHIND Perth time by 3 hrs - Our East is 3 hrs ahead so it would have said 11am. Just a bit confusing for my recipients. BTW what time does it say this email is being sent to you? My clock now

Re: Inkjet Printer

This is very reassuring news. The review said clearing a paper jam was difficult and might shorten the life of the printer if it occurred frequently. It also said placing the CD was not straight forward - but I guess that comes with testing. We found that working out how to get the CD in w

Re: Inkjet Printer

its ability to write on printable CDs. Its inks are expensive, but its performance has been fine - the printing quality is good and we have had no feed problems. Cheers, Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: k...@kgweb.org.au web: http://www.kgweb.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

Hi Wamuggers The reason that this site requires IE is that it uses vbscript code, which as far as I know can only be understood by IE, although it may be that other browsers can interpret it with the help of a plug-in. If they had used Javascript then any browser could handle it, but many gov

Wanted to buy - PC laptop

Hi, My sister, who is a Mac user, wants to buy a second-hand PC laptop to set up as a game-playing machine. We wondered if anyone has a laptop from the dark side that they no longer use. Only requirements are: 15" screen (or better) enough memory to be useful running XP reasonable price I

Network awareness

We run a simple network of two eMacs, one running 10.2 (hereafter called "10.2") and the other running 10.3 ("10.3"). Most of our critical working files are on 10.2. When 10.3 mounts the 10.2 disks, and 10.2 user unthinkingly shuts down without checking first, there is no dialogue box or other

Can't get default application to change

Hi, I've just been trying to sort out problems for a friend with a new Intel iMac (OS10.4.10), where the trial version of MSoft Office 2004 was put onto the system by the sales team. I've installed MSoft Office X, but all files created by applications default to opening in the trial version.

Morphing software

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for morphing software, preferrably something that will export to movie format. I have MorphX, but find it to be a bit flakey and wondered if anyone used software that they really liked . Cheers, Kaye -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Problem writing audio CD

Recently all CDs she has tried to burn have been unusable on CD players - tracks 1-8 are fine, but tracks beyond 8 cannot be directly addressed using the CD's forward/backward buttons. All tracks can be played, but tracks beyond 8 show on the display as so many minutes and seconds into track 8.

Problem writing audio CD

Hi, A musician friend of mine uses her eMac (OS10.4) to burn her own CDs using Toast Titanium 6. Recently all CDs she has tried to burn have been unusable on CD players - tracks 1-8 are fine, but tracks beyond 8 cannot be directly addressed using the CD's forward/backward buttons. All tracks

Re: Registrant comparison?

We have used CheapDomains (generally $38 / 2 years for .au and $48 / 2 years for international) and they happily tried to help us when we rang them. We have also used ClicknGO (around $39 / 2 years for international and $29 / 2 years for .au, although .com.au is more). Both have web based inter

Re: Animated cursor code - anyone know why doesn't it work on a Mac ?

I think the following is a bit of html code embedded in, for instance, , which causes an animated cursor. var _cursorType='2'; var _cursorText='AAA'; var _cursorPath=''; var _textColor='#006600'; http://thewebdesigner.netregistry.net/swiz/e

Re: Safari problem

Hi everyone, who is going to win the Melbourne cup? :-) I want to open and use a website www.kingstoncapital.com.au and when I get on in Safari the site is not live, no links work etc. I would like some advice as to which Mac web browser I should go to. I have VPC on my Mac and IE work

Problems after trying new version of Silverkeeper

Hi, eMac OS10.2.8 backing up to partition on external firewire disk We use Silverkeeper to do our routine backups. and recently upgraded. The new version(1.1.4) was incompatible with the old version, and offered features we wanted, including the ability to make the backup disk bootable. We ar

Query on eMacs for sale

Greetings all with reference to the following 'for sale' notice which appeared on the list a few days ago: i have for sale 2 x Apple eMacs 1Ghz G4 / 60GB / 640mb /Combo dve / 56k /Tiger 10.4.6 looking for around $600.00 each ono please contact me off list [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers Nat We

Networked printer no longer visible

twork. I also trashed the printing plist file on the hosting machine and reset the preferences. Any ideas about what else to try will be very appreciated. Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.kgweb.org.au

Re: Size of PDFs created under OSX

Thanks to everyone who replied about reducing the size of OSX PDFs. Using the initial 2.6Mb Word document I've had the following results: PDF using print under OSX : 5.2Mb Put PDF through PdfCompress: 728Kb Put PDF through PDFshrink: 700Kb (screen quality) Put PDF through ColorSync: 1.3Mb As a

Size of PDFs created under OSX

le on our other Mac (OS10.3.3) and produced a slightly smaller file (5.1Mb). Does anyone know if this is standard for PDFs created in this way, and if Acrobat produces smaller PDFs than those created under OSX? Cheers, Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:

Re: LOading Omnipage SE

I've experienced exactly the same - haven't heard of one yet that has worked. I have Omnipage SE working, but only after figuring out that it wasn't an OS X program at all (despite being bought as such, and with no indication on the CD or documentation). I was unable to install it as a Class

Safari fails to install

I downloaded Safari 1.2, but can't install it on my eMac - it fails the check, and says that it can't be installed on my internal hard drive. I'm running OS10.3, and currently have Safari 1.1 installed. I would have understood if I was on an earlier version of the operating system, but can't

Re: Is it just me, or does Networking in 10.3 suck!

Generally I've found the networking in 10.3 good ... I'm having endless trouble connecting my PC (Windows ME) to my eMac running 10.3. (used to have it working from 10.2). I can see the eMac from the PC, but get "No permission to access resource" if I try to connect. I have enabled Windows s

Date/time problem between OS10.2 and 10.3 over network

Hi, We recently networked our two eMacs, one (eMac2) running 10.3 and the other (eMac1) running 10.2. Both are set to the correct time zone, both have the International settings set for Australia, and both have the same date/time formats. eMac2 (10.3) looks absolutely fine when we are using

Canon i250 printer and OS10.3

Hi, I've just purchased an iBook running OS10.3, and was sold a Canon i250 bubblejet printer as a suitable smaller printer to go with it. The printer driver software appeared to install, and the printer is visible to the supplied utility program, but the it appears (on USB port) with "no dri

Re: Problem with installing downloaded software

A colleague of mine is unable to install software downloaded from the net (or taken from a cd we have given him), even though two other people have succeeded in doing so. The difference, is that he is using an e-mac running OSX, while we are running OS8.6 and 9.2 We had this problem, even th

Re: toilet map doesn't support Macs

This is not good enough for publicly funded web resources. I sent an email and also suggested they refer their web designer to Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) I just tried it with Mac (OS8.6) and Netscape 4.5 - it works well enough to locate public toilets in our dis

Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC

copy now work. This only happens between the Mac and the PC - Mac-to-Mac copies are perfect. Since we want to back up the Mac to the PC this could be a real hassle. Any ideas? As always - any help will be greatly appreciated. Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott & Geoff Prince Email

Error installing Omnipage OCR software

leave us with software that we could only access when logged in as root. Any help would be greatly appreciated Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott & Geoff Prince Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.omninet.net.au/~kg/

Wanted to buy - a machine from the dark side

Hi, A friend of mine had his PC and modem wiped out by lightning the other day, and wants to pick up a second-hand one. Does anyone know of a similar list to this (or the Mac-for-sale list) for PC users? Alternatively, do any of you want to rid yourselves of a working PC lurking around the h

Re: Australian search engines?

/search66.com/addurl.htm> Go Eureka <http://www.goeureka.com.au/standard.php> is the Australian Alta Vista. Yahoo's Australian/NZ search page is <http://au.anzwers.yahoo.com/> Cheers, Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott & Geoff Prince Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.omninet.net.au/~kg/

Re: Hooking a modem up to a Mac LC111

John asked: Currently I have a Mac LC111 (a very old Mac by the standards of i- macs) with a system in French - System 7.5.1 I thinkCurrently I have no modem for this machine as I'm not sure what I can actually use with it. Obviously I should be able to use it on the mains in the UK (230v)

System booting off the wrong disk

Hi, Does anyone out there know under what circumstances the Mac will choose to boot off a disk other than the one that has been designated as the startup disk? I've recently added a SCSI external disk to my 9600 PPC. This disk has a bootable partition [OS8.6] that has worked just fine with m