Re: Steve Jobs

Very nicely said :) On Thu Oct 6 12:12 , Ronda Brown sent: > >A very sad day. Steve Jobs will be remembered as a truly great man for many >reasons. > >He was particularly inspirational and gave me the motivation I needed when I viewed and listened to his 'Stanford University’s 114th Commencem

Re: Steve Jobs

Yes Very Sad day, He touched many lives during his short time on earth. RIP Roger On Thu Oct 6 8:30 , Brian Risbey sent: >A dark day? > > > >Brian >Sent from my iPhone >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines

Re: SSD recomendations

Hi Ashley Buy the largest size you can afford and have a look OWC their drives have reviewed well. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ Best regards Roger On Thu Sep 8 12:59 , Ashley Mulder sent: >Ive been doing a bucket load of reading on SSD'sWhat to get, what not too get etc etc >Im

Re: Lion - step backwards?

Hi Guys I have installed it on a new 15" MBP at the office and I will use that for testing, I have only had it up and running for about 2 hours now and haven't really formed an opinion as of yet. Somethings are quite different and on first impressions I don't like them but I want to see if it

Re: Lion

p://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649?viewlocale=en_US> > >Sent from Ronni's iPad >On 20/07/2011, at 9:08 PM, cm wrote: > > >I like that the price is $32, just $2 more than price in US dollars. > >Cheers, >Carlo > > >On 2011-07-20, at 20:58, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote

Re: US store is back up :)

th that idea, >>>> Hmmm,.thinking cap on. :) >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> On 20/7/11 9:10 PM, "Jane Griffiths" jjgr...@mac.com> wrote: >>&g

Re: Lion

Its now working :) Go and get it Roger On Wed Jul 20 21:08 , cm sent: > >I like that the price is $32, just $2 more than price in US dollars. > >Cheers, >Carlo > > >On 2011-07-20, at 20:58, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> >> is on the store but

Lion

is on the store but when trying to buy it got a store error!!! On Wed Jul 20 20:45 , 'rkor...@iinet.net.au' sent: > > >Have a look, new MacBook Air among other things > > > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - http://www.wamug

US store is back up :)

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Re: OSX Lion to hit App Store tomorrow

Hi Guys It Might be wise to remind everyone to make sure they have a bootable backup of their current system before doing the upgrade to Lion. I will be doing one home machine and my office mac but on a spare HD and then test all our applications to see what happens :) I hope to be running

Re: Does a Mac have this?

Hi Kevin I don't like spotlight for that reason! I use EasyFind and there are a couple on the app store and I am sure many others :) Roger On Mon Jul 18 16:05 , Kevin sent: > >A friend in Sydney has been a long time PC user and programmer and >has recently bought a MacBook. He is lamenti

Re: Seagate external drive

Hi Alex I would assume its connected via USB? Attach the drive to the Mac (Will she need to use the drive on Windows in the future? if not then its best to format the drive) To do this go to the applications folder then open the utilities folder and double click on the disk utility.app a win

Re: Old Macs for Schools

ype of Mac is it. I will e-mail my old teacher to ask the message to the >principal. > >Thanks >Adrian Stevens >On 12/04/2011, at 2:32 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> >> Hi Guys >> >> Does anybody know of any schools that would like some old G5's, w

Old Macs for Schools

Hi Guys Does anybody know of any schools that would like some old G5's, within the next few weeks we will have around 12 or more ready to be donated. They will have been wiped clean and may have keyboards and mice. If you know of any please give them my email address and ask them to email me

Re: New iMac

Hi Adrian If you are running 10.6.6 you will have access to the App store, there are quite a few things on there that may help with homework. Some may be free and some will chargeable. You do need an iTunes account though! Roger On Thu Mar 10 7:01 , Adrian Stevens sent: >Hi Guys, >I hav

Re: i7 MacBook Pro 17' & SSD (Solid State Drives)

Hi Guys I have a MBP 2.8 core 2, 15" and have installed a 128gb crucial SSD, boot up time and app start up times are very fast. Reason I went for the 128gb was cost I got it for less than $300 and there are quite a few below $300 now, so getting more reasonable :) I wanted to reduce power us

Re: [4Sale] 30' Apple Cinema Display

Hi Chris Also remember that the new 27" screen is only $1,299.00! Regards Roger On Wed Nov 10 17:21 , Christopher Phillips sent: > >Hi Ken. > >30% PA depreciation may have been a little optimistic - it depends how much >value people place on having 30% more screen area than the iMac 27" (a

Re: Apple discontiune Xserve - get them while they last

I have been reading a lot since Apple announced this and still have no real idea what they are thinking! I would really like to know what they are using in their new data centre? or is it Unisys mainframes? I have decided I will buy my last xServe next week and hope that when the time comes t

stolen MBP 17" 2.5 ghz

Hi Guys One of our VJ's at the office had her house broken into and they stole her MBP s/n w88120hhyp4, they didn't take the power adaptor. If you see this please contact the police please, oh and let me know :) Many thanks Roger -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives

Re: Disconnection problems

Hi laura We will need more info! Does the router loose connection to Telstra or is it just the iMac loosing connection? Regards Roger On Fri Sep 3 7:34 , Laura Webb sent: > >Good morning all > >This is a query on behalf of a friend who is a fairly new Mac user. She loves >her iMac but

Re: apple Store

eatures when you're looking >at a Mac. > >Hope that helps > >Kind Regards >Daniel > > >On 19/8/10 10:52 PM, "rkor...@iinet.net.au" rkor...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> >> The Apple store was down for a while tonight and has just come back

apple Store

The Apple store was down for a while tonight and has just come back up!! Are the prices cheaper or am I dreaming? Regards Roger -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines -

Re: 12Core MacPro now up

Yes I saw that and we will get one for around 9000.00 mark I think, this is at the office not mine :( What do people think? Buy a single CPU 6 core or 2 CPU quad core This will be for one of our artists, so the normal stuff CS4 and Fusion with CS3 Any ideas would be welcome :) best regards

Re: OT Going Solar Power. - longish reply

Thanks Gary I found that very interesting and informative :) Regards Roger On Wed Aug 4 11:16 , gary dorn sent: > >>We are building new house and will hopefully be having Solar power >>and water. Any advice would be gratefully received, OT of course :-) > > >Mac and WAMUG > >If I may, I

Re: new imac wanted

I don't know where you got the specs from 27in 3.4 i7? 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 is on the apple store for 3 business day delivery :) I am sure some of the local guys should also be able to help :) Roger On Tue Aug 3 9:27 , thefrogs sent: > >our son is after a new mac 27in 3.4 i7 >

Re: WAMUG Meeting Final Reminder **NEW VENUE**: This Tuesday 6 July 2010 (Please Do Not Reply)

Would you believe it I have to work !!! I hope I can make the next one at Christ Church :) On Mon Jul 5 20:31 , Pete Smith sent: >G'day again all WAMUGGERs. >I hope you've marked (or edited) your iCals for tomorrow's WAMUG Monthly >Meeting, Tuesday, 6 July 2010. >This month we are having th

Re: Patiently waiting

Hi Guys Wouldn't it be best that people with slow or limited bandwidth or downloads change the settings in the mail clients to not download anything above a size they deem to be OK for their needs? Regards Roger On Sun Jun 27 9:25 , Alexander Hartner sent: > >I am really sorry for sendin

Re: apple store is down internationally as well as here in Australia

New Mac Mini On Tue Jun 15 15:24 , Daniel Kerr sent: > >I could be wrong here,..or I'm remembering it incorrectly. >But I think all the Applestores (online) are controlled from the US, it's >just localised for local pricing. >So when they take it down, they do them at the same time, and perhaps

Re: Safari 5

Hi Lloyd I can see the page in Safari 5 and in Chrome :) Roger On Tue Jun 15 11:47 , Lloyd White sent: > >I have a problem with Safari 5 - and also had it with Safari 4. > >When I click on a URL supplied to me by a client, the page opens up but the >contents are not shown. When the page open

Re: *** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

Hi Christy It would have to be the committee members who reply to you :) but from my part north of the river would really suit me and I would come to more meetings :) Roger On Wed Jun 2 13:52 , Christy Dangerfield sent: > > >Re: *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** > > >WAMUG members, > > > >I may be

Re: Steam for Mac launches with free Portal, 63 games

joined this morning but can't seem to get the free game Portal! But its good to see :) Roger On Thu May 13 8:43 , Rob Findlay sent: > >http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/05/steam-for-macs-launches-with-free-portal-63-games.ars\? utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss > >-- The W

Re: Downloads

Can you login to your router and see who is connected? also is there any logging turned on? It will depend what router you have and what has been set up as to what information you can get. Roger On Wed Apr 14 18:02 , Adrian Skehan sent: > >Believe it or not I have been with them for 12 mon

Re: information wanted :-)

have a look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmV5ntogBUI regards Roger On Thu Apr 1 14:34 , Malcolm McCallum sent: > >I would like to know with confirmatory evidence whether the file >'extraordinaire_instrument_de_musique' which shows balls bouncing off stings and playing a tune is

Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite

haha after saying how good my batteries are going they just run out!! But I just checked of when I started to use it and its been just under 9 weeks. Roger On Thu Feb 11 12:58 , 'rkor...@iinet.net.au' sent: > >Hi Peter > >I have that turned on "Allow Blue

Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite

Hi Peter I have that turned on "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" something else is going on, but hard to tell what remotely :( Roger On Thu Feb 11 12:09 , James Devenish sent: > >Hi Peter, > >Perhaps if your System Preferences are to "Allow Bluetooth devices to >wake this comp

RE: Magic Mouse battery appetite

Hi Peter No I never turn it off and while I am in the office its in continual use, I just checked the battery level and its down to 15% so not bad for at least 8 weeks heavy use ! Roger On Thu Feb 11 9:31 , 'Crisp, Peter' sent: > >I don’t ever turn off the switch >underneath the mouse

Re: Magic Mouse battery appetite

wow every few days!!! I have been using my magic mouse at the office for 2 months now on the same set of original batteries and being at the office it gets continual use. This is on my MacPro on the other iMac here its been on there for about 6 weeks but that is my spare so is not used so mu

Re: Purchasing non 'ebay' goods using PayPal - Alert

There is also one other benefit of using paypal it isolates your credit card from who ever you are buying from so less chance of it being used for fraud. Roger On Fri Jan 15 8:24 , James / Hans Kunz sent: > >i'm aware of this since i signed up with paypal, if goods are purchased >outside

Re: My Magic Mouse is a dog

Hi I have a magic mouse on my office MacPro that has 2x20" screens and my desk is a pine desk! I have no problems at all and to go from one screen to the other is just a flick of the wrist. I am not to sure what to suggest in your case but it works fine for me :) I am using 10.6.2 as you ar

Re: iMac 20' G5 screen repair

Hi Glen You can get 21" LCD's from around $170 now so maybe a good option until you get a 27" iMac :) Roger (in China) On Sun Nov 1 17:23 , Glenn Nicholas sent: > >Thanks everyone for all the information, I can see the main options are: >- contents insurance >- external monitor circa $400 >

Re: SanDisk Compact Flash card for Nikon

Hi Lloyd just did a quick check and it maybe only able to use 2gb cards max!!! could be wrong as its not very clear RegRDS ROGER On Sun Sep 13 16:48 , Lloyd White sent: > >Fools rush in where angels fear to tread! Again! > >I have Nikon CoolPix 5700 camera that uses CompactFlash. Currentl

Re: Some Mac NOSTALGIA

The IIGS was a very nice machine excellent sound and graphics at the time :) I remember buying a CPM card for my Apple II + in 1979 and also a 128k ram card!!! Roger On Thu Aug 27 11:55 , David Peake sent: >While we're all getting nostalgic, if anyone has a Mac Plus, Mac SE, or similar vint

Re: Some Mac NOSTALGIA

I'm about to show my age here :) My first Apple was an Apple II+ Then: IIe IIGS Mac+ SE 6100 7200 BW G3 G4 G5 and now 3 macbook Pro's And does anyone remember the Apple Credit card? Roger On Thu Aug 27 7:02 , lynn...@westnet.com.au sent: > >omg, hypercard, clarisworks (homepage to be ex

Re: print on canvas?

est prices I have found. >> They are in Oxford Close, Leederville and the guy to talk to is Lee. >> >> Regards, >> Rosalyn >> >> On 23/07/2009 12:02 PM, "Roger Kortas" rkor...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone recommend a place

Re: Video card upgrade

Hi Adrian A video card will not help you here, what you need is more processing power ie: faster Mac. If you are doing this a lot it would be worth buying the fastest Mac you can afford or do what you are doing now and do it over night :) best regards Roger On Thu Jul 9 10:50 , Adrian Skeha

Re: Video card upgrade

Hi Adrian When you say processing what do you mean? Are you trying to digitise the DVD? Roger On Thu Jul 9 9:45 , Adrian Skehan sent: > >Hi all, > >I am having a bit of trouble putting up with the length of time my >intel 13" MacBook and iMac G5 take to process DVDs' and was wondering

Re: Safari 4.0.1 slows down over time

Hi Guys There is and update to safari this morning, might be worth testing that as well :) Roger On Thu Jul 9 9:38 , Susan Hastings sent: > >Thanks to people who've given suggestions, I've forwarded them on. We >have suggested that she use Firefox, and so she's giving it a go. > > >On 0

Re: New MacBook Pros Boot From SD Cards

Hi Guys I have one on order and have also ordereda 32gb SD card and will let you know how it works :) roger On Tue Jun 16 15:54 , Ronda Brown sent: >Hello WAMUGers interested in purchasing the new MacBook Pros, > >I read this from TidBits this morning and found it "Interesting": > >"When App

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

t;reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never >really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of >a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out). > >As someone said recently, things break. > >Backup is the k

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger On Mon Jun 8 9:53 , Warwick Gaff sent: >Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing

Re: add file extension to a filename

; >I'm pretty I used this when I migrated out office from AFP+OS9 to >Windows XP back in 2004... > >Cheers, >Tobes. > >-Original Message- >From: WAMUG Mailing List [wa...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wa...@wamug.org.au]

Re: add file extension to a filename

Thanks Steve I did have a look at that and it didn't work, so would have to look at the code and I am a little busy. But I may look at it tomorrow and also Automator. thank you On Tue Jun 2 15:45 , Woods Steve sent: > >On 02/06/2009, at 3:23 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: >

Re: add file extension to a filename

R. Houghton >Albany, Western Australia >Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >Email: n...@possumology.com > > >on 2/6/09 2:33 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give &

add file extension to a filename

Hi Does anyone have or know off a utility that will look at a file and then give it the correct extension? We are moving away from our AFP file server and will be only using SMB connections so of course loose the resource fork nd as we have many thousands of file without extensions this will caus

Re: Ghostscript

Hi Guys Ghostscript does work but the quality of the PDF hasn't always been good, we have had some issues with ghostscript where we have had to put the file back through Acrobat to get it working. But as always everyone has different thoughts. Regards roger On Wed May 27 13:08 , Mervyn & Giu

Re: MacResolve Spam

Digilife could be the connection as they would have had my office address but not my personal email address! On Thu Apr 23 12:22 , Matthew Healey sent: >Did anyone else get spammed by Tony & Mike from MacResolve? I got an >email from them and would like to see where they got their list from.

Re: MacResolve Spam

I also got it but to my Office address!!! Roger On Thu Apr 23 13:32 , James Devenish sent: >Hi, > >Mine came through to an address that I have not used since 2004 or >2005. The address is not currently associated with any mailing lists >or online stores, so Tony & Mike must have used a spam l

Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

did you go to this site and download the plugin? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 On Wed Apr 8 15:16 , David Paul sent: >Thanks Roger but this site still will not let me register even after >upgrading to Firefox3! >Perhaps I am missing a basic step. >Dave > >On 08/04/2009,

Re: Music CD catalog app

Hi peter have a look at cdpedia I use DVDpedia and its great. Roger CDpedia is a CD manager software for Mac OS X. Its familiar iTunes style interface makes it easy to use. It integrates with iTunes so that you may know what CDs in your collection you have imported. You also have access to all

Re: using itunes store

Hi Chris I have been using iTunes since it was released and find it a great system for my needs. Remember it also has movies, video music clips of a lot of bands and also pod casts and some of those are great. I have had no problem with given them my credit cards details but some people do! re

Re: on the scrounge again

Hi Kevin I may have some ram and will look but also it is possible I will have some quick silver and mirror doors available in the next few weeks if you are interested?? If you are we would require a letter from you stating what you are doing and what you want them for. regards roger On Thu

Re: FS: White Macbook 4gig RAM

Yes I think it would not be worth it maybe put the money to one of the newer macs with better graphics cards would be the better option :) Roger On Thu Jan 22 14:43 , Jude sent: >Hmm. Well it's World of Warcraft he wants to play. The latest patch - >the Lich King says the minimum specs are >

Re: FS: White Macbook 4gig RAM

Hi Jude I run Warcraft on a Dual 2.3 G5 and also a MacBook Pro 2.4 and it will run slow on Both at times. It depends how many things are happening at the same time and how many computer opponents you are playing. As for World of Warcraft I don't play that but again Warcraft puts quite a load on

Re: online Quokka

Hi All they are having hardware problems at the moment with no eta yet Roger On Fri Jan 16 18:14 , Robert Howells sent: >Hi All , > >I am unable to access that site http://www.quokka.com.au/> > >Is it meor are other people having the same problem ? > > >Thanks > >Bob > >-- The WA Macin

Re: AppleTV

Hi Malcolm I have had an Apple TV since it as released and love it :) I would like more functions like a HD turner but that will come I think. I am not too sure about buying one right now though as it could be due for an update. Regards roger On Mon Dec 22 14:03 , Malcolm McCallum sent: >D