Dr Who to MP3?

Seeing as we all seem to be thinking about music, there is a pretty cool original track of the Dr Who theme at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm What I'd like to know is there any easy way to convert this to an MP3 version? Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: Looking to Buy: Older Mac Equip.

Some days I mentioned I had some old Macs to go. Unfortunately I need to have a look at what's on the drives before I pass them on. There may be some stuff I'd like to preserve. Sorry for jumping the gun. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Looking to Buy: Older Mac Equip.

Hi James, I'm about to toss out some SE30s and other obsolete Mac junk. Any use to you? Paul. -- 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 -

TV freebie

I'm offering a 20 inch colour Singer TV with remote. Works fine. Free! Free! I live in Palmyra. Paul. -- 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 -

Read saved IE pages on OSX

I have some Internet Explorer web pages saved from several years ago which can be opened on an OS9 setup but my question is this: Is there an OSX browser app which can view the old IE page saves? I've tried Safari and Firefox without luck. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: U TUBE

TubeTV is supposed to be pretty good. Go to: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/ -- 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]

Apple boss claims no complaints

I've just read a SMH press report quoting a head honcho at Apple Australia who claims he's never had an email complaining about price disparity between Oz and the US: I've been working for Apple since 2000 and I have never once - and I receive hundreds of emails a day from customers - had one

Re: Tour Sydney's Apple Store

I was reading about the just opened $15 million dollar store on Apple au. They're saying, Tip 1. Shop early. Shop late. The store tends to be busiest in the middle of the day. I would have thought it a bit early to claim a trend like that. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Accounting with OSX?

I have a some sons with a successful plumbing business. For several years they've been operating MYOB on Windoze, but have finally changed over the office computer to a new iMac. Does anyone have any suggestions for a better accounting package to use on the new machine. Cheers, Paul. -- The

New Apple products?

I noticed at JB's today that they've cut the price quite a bit on their current iMacs. Could this be a sign? Paul. -- 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

New Apple products?

I noticed at JB's today that they've cut the price quite a bit on their current iMacs. Could this be a sign? Paul. -- 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

Useful list explaining Mac shortcuts

Here is a pretty useful list explaining the many shortcuts I never knew about on Mac keyboards: http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html Cheers, Paul. Cm'on the Freo Dockers http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Useful list explaining Mac shortcuts

I checked my original post in WAMUG archives and the URL was correct. I don't know where the incorrect one in the thread came from. Maybe it got digested in the digest generator and was regurgitated;) Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Google prompt cache?

Thanks Ronda. I didn't know about that feature, but it didn't do the trick. However I have now tracked down the cause of my problem. It comes from the folder Other items in the Autofill section of Preferences. Delete the annoying URLs or all of them and the problem is solved. As you would

Google prompt cache?

When I do a search on Google using Safari, annoying prompts come up for past searches with common syllables. Does anyone know where the prompts are cached so I can delete them? Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Wacom Bamboo tablet

Does anyone on the list use a Wacom Bamboo tablet. I'm interested how they rate. Also does anyone know any dealers in Perth who have tablets on display. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Stolen Mac helps nab burglary suspects

If you go to the WA country paper The Wagin Argus you can see the actual pics. http://wagin.yourguide.com.au/content/lifestyle/1239670/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

eBay non connect

Running OS 10.5.2 and Safari 3.1.1 here on a iMac set up with different accounts for members of the family. One of the accounts refuses to connect to eBay. All other connects are okay, just not eBay. Any suggestions on a fix please. Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: eBay non connect

I've figured out the problem. Parental controls was toggled on for that account. Another triumph over machine by a human. Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Oz Mac prices

I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577. The same machine in the US is priced at US$1,199. That's a difference of $US 370. One has to wonder if Australian customers are being gouged? I've heard an revised

New iMacs

Well the new iMacs have been announced as predicted. Plus the price has dropped on the basic machine from A$1698 to $A1599. Too bad they don't appear to have designed a better Mighty Mouse. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: WARNING AND SORRY

I don't think Peter has anything to be sorry about. I got the same immediate response after I sent a message to the WAMUG server and I hadn't looked at his or anyone elses posts for a couple of days. The message that came through had a link to a Russian chat list. Kind wishes, Paul. -- The

Firmware updates

Since 9 April I've had eight automatic firmware updates from Apple. For example 2008-04-21 16:50:43 +0800: Installed iMac EFI Firmware Update (1.3) But the description on all of them seems the same. Have I had eight different updates, or am I getting the same one over and over? Cheers, Paul.

PanoramaMaker

I recently received PanoramaMaker 3 bundled with a Nikon pocket digital camera. It's supposed to work on my Intel OSX Mac and it does on the first boot up. However if I quit and try to reload it won't. The only cure seems a reinstall. There is a more recent patch for the program, but the same

Laptop for occasional use?

I'm looking at buying a Lowepro backpack which has provision for a small laptop. (Compartment dimensions: 30.5 X 4 X 38 cm.) I don't have a laptop, but I was wondering if there is such things as really cheap second hand Mac types with a reliable batteries about? Preferably with OSX. Making

Bad, bad, mouse!

On 15 Jan I put up a post Mighty Mouse scroll fix. Well I can report that the skeptics were right. It was temporary. The behavior of my wireless mouse steadily deteriorated and this week was replaced under warranty. I gather plenty of others have been very disappointed with these gadgets. From

ISP performance results

For those who are unhappy with their ISP and the service they are getting, or are still on dial up trying to make up their mind about broadband, I suggest they go have a read at this link http://whirlpool.net.au/survey/2007/ Apparently Westnet did pretty well, according to their newsletter at

Re: Photo quality inkjet recommendations.... anyone?

Harvey Norman? -- 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: Please Verify Your Account

Yes it is spam. A phishing spam. I sent it to the list by mistake when it should have gone to Westnet. My apologies. Westnet never ask for this sort of information by email. There is a similar bogus one from purporting to be from Coca Cola - beware, you have not won a competition. I probably

Re: Please Verify Your Account

My sympathy to Mark being obliged by his employers to sort through thousands of bogus emails each week. It might be time to search for a more meaningful purpose in life? I did that a few times in my working life without regrets. Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives

FW: Please Verify Your Account

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Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?

The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: OSX 10.5.2 allows import of file names with slashes

Well in my situation I was previously unable import (transfer, move, drag and drop) text files created on older systems into various storage media on an OSX system if they had slashes in the dates of the icon names. This was very inconvenient because I'd been happily including slashes on dates

OSX 10.5.2 allows import of file names with slashes

Something I've found I can do with OSX 10.5.2 that I couldn't do previously is to be able to import archived files with slashes in the dates on the icon file names. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: Another Great Mac IT Officer job...

Out of curiosity I tried to look at this position but the WA Govt. jobs site at the link defied my efforts. Can't see how anyone could find any job easily on it, or am I missing something? Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari

Unfortunately I'd tried Bob's suggestion about Safari Enhancer before Ronnie's warning came up. Sorry Ronnie. I trashed the Safari Enhancer folder but now I get messages from some websites saying that my Safari browser is an obsolete Internet Explorer version and they don't want to know. Any

Re: Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari

Unfortunately I'd tried Bob's suggestion about Safari Enhancer before Ronnie's warning came up. Sorry Ronnie. I trashed the Safari Enhancer folder but now I get messages from some websites saying that my Safari browser is an obsolete Internet Explorer version and they don't want to know. Any

Re: Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari

Deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist did the job. But I discovered that Safari should be quitted before this is done, otherwise the dodgy effort gets replaced. Thanks everyone, another human victory over a machine. Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

WAMUG archive update?

Over the past few weeks I've found it more convenient to read WAMUG postings/threads direct at http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/ I notice that a thread-posting I made today about a successful Safari fix (Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari) didn't appear. Is there a glitch?

Re: Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari

Unfortunately I'd tried Bob's suggestion about Safari Enhancer before Ronnie's warning about non compatibility with OS 10.5.1 came up. Sorry Ronnie. I trashed the Safari Enhancer folder but now I get messages from some websites saying that my Safari browser is an obsolete Internet Explorer

Westnet MyPhoto feature is anti-Safari

I'm wondering is any Westnet Mac users are using the MyPhoto feature of their service? I get a message saying Safari won't work - that Internet Explorer is a better chance. Westnet also run regular competitions for photographers, but pics via Safari to that feature don't get uploaded. So are

Re: CD title lister

Thanks for the suggestions, especially to Roger. I tried a demo of CDpedia and it's terrific. Just what I wanted and more. Plus it's inexpensive. I might take advantage of the bundle deal for the other 'pedias.' See 'em at http://www.bruji.com/ Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Mighty Mouse heavy on batteries

The two Energizer AA lithium cells which were supplied with my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse have given up less than two months after going into service. This compares very unfavorably with my Logitec wireless/USB mouse with a single AA cell being used on an older computer. In that setup a single

CD title lister?

Does anyone know of a program which can compile a simple but ongoing list of my CD titles as they are checked by Gracenote. It would be very useful for keeping track of what's in my collection if I could print a hard copy. I know there is a print function in iTunes, but I don't transfer most of

eMail default on Safari

Using latest Safari 3.0.4 when I click an email link on a webpage, MS Entourage opens by default. I would like Apple's Mail to open by default instead. Does anyone know how to do this? Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: eMail default on Safari

Thanks folks, the default toggle in Mail prefs did the trick. I don't know how I missed it before. Another victory for humanity. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Malware??

I look at the SMH site quite a lot with Safari and have always found it okay. I just checked again at 6:40pm Thur and everthing seemed pretty normal. Maybe you should have a purge of your cookies and history files? Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Malware??

To purge history files in Safari simply go to the pull down menu name History and click 'Clear history' at the bottom. To purge cookies go to the pull down menu named 'Safari' and click 'Preferences...' Click the sub heading named 'Security'. Click the box marked 'Show cookies.' Click the box

Podcasts for children?

I wonder if other Macparents have a few favorite media sites which have a good selection of free childrens' stories for download as podcast/mp3s? A good source I've found is Storytime Treasure Chest at Radio New Zealand - feed://www.radionz.co.nz/podcasts/storytime_treassurechest.rss Cheers,

Re: Mighty Mouse scroll fix

While my MM is still working okay, it seems from the comments of others that these gadgets have the potential to be as troublesome as any of their Apple forebears. I found the following site which shows how to open and clean them if all else fails: http://shirster.multiply.com/journal/item/194 I

Re: Australian Macworld Website

I checked out the link to Australian MacWorld Neil. Great site. Looks like Steve Jobs' address will be 2am Wed., Perth time? Zzzz! I'd punt on him saying something about better, easier wireless domestic devices (speakers). -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Mighty Mouse scroll fix

Yesterday my cordless Mighty Mouse stopped scrolling upwards. Down, left and right was fine. Some people have reported similar problems in the past but their fixes seemed to be total replacement of the device or interior exploration with makeshift tools. Uh oh! I found a suggestion on Apple's

iMac for games?

I have a son who is thinking about buying the lower end 20 inch iMac with 1 gig ram. Being a bit of a game addict he was wondering whether or not he should increase the ram size when he orders. Are there any gamers who could offer their views please. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User

Jam Packs

My first question is do Garage Band Jam Packs automatically load up their entire content into Garage Band? The second question is, are second hand copies of Jam Packs bought from for example a garage sale, still usable or is there a one-off rego. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Intel Mac concerns

Hi Rosie, Suggest you download the free widget iStat from http://islayer.com/index.php?op=software It will tell your what is going on in your machine and whether it's good or bad. They have a lot of information on interpretation of the data at http://islayer.com/support/?p=24 I suggest you

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