Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Pat
About installing Mavericks… Should we follow the same procedure as for Lion and Mountain Lion? That is, searching for and copying the file InstallESD.dmg.? Pat-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Ronni Brown
Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 24 Oct 2013, at 5:24 pm, Pat clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: About installing Mavericks… Should we follow the same procedure as for

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Daniel Kerr
Apparently the DiskMakerX program has been updated to work with Mavericks now,…so that seems to be the easier way if you don't want to jump into Terminal. You can see more about it here as well -

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Chape
Looks like TechTool Pro 7 is not yet ready for Mavericks. Clicked to open and got a message “not tested for this OS” or something similar ! On 24 Oct 2013, at 10:09 pm, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Apparently the DiskMakerX program has been updated to work with Mavericks

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, TechTool Pro v 7.0.1 works with Mavericks. If you are receiving the message that it has not been tested for this OS - apparently TTP 7.0.1 was tested in the final Developer Release of Mavericks! TTP 7.0.1 application is programmed to give the message you received when it sees any

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Stephen, I meant to add that I would NOT run TTP 7.0.1 in Mavericks until Micromat release an Update. There are people experiencing crashes during a Surface Scan. Micromat are working on an update. Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 25 Oct 2013, at 11:01 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Chape
Ta Ronni, An oversight on their part then ! I will try again. On 25 Oct 2013, at 11:01 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stephen, TechTool Pro v 7.0.1 works with Mavericks. If you are receiving the message that it has not been tested for this OS - apparently TTP 7.0.1 was tested in

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Stephen Chape
Whoops Ronni - just saw your last comment and will take heed ! On 25 Oct 2013, at 11:10 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi again Stephen, I meant to add that I would NOT run TTP 7.0.1 in Mavericks until Micromat release an Update. There are people experiencing crashes during a

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi All, So no MacBookPro 17!!! Off to say nice things to my 'old' 2008 one, which just makes into accepting Mavericks... Backed up and all permissions verified and fixed. Checked iCloud for calendar and contacts syncing - thank Brian Sent from my iPhone IOS 7.02 On 23 Oct 2013, at 6:58, Ronda

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, On 23 Oct 2013, at 3:04 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi All, So no MacBookPro 17!!! I don't think Apple are ever going to bring back the MacBook Pro 17 unfortunately. A huge amount of people have sent feedback to Apple (myself included of course) that we really

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yes, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,…but I just don't think it's going to happen. (sorry) I think if you want to keep using the 17 MacBook Pro, and you feel the hardware is running well, the best investment you'd spend on it to keep going a little longer is adding a Solid State Drive to

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi All So my 1 hour download and install seems quick then! No hick-ups except when the the estimated install time went from 48 minutes to 70 hours and 8 minutes :-) then back to 7 minutes! Thank you for the SSD suggestion, Daniel. Brian Sent from my iPhone5 IOS 7.02 On 23 Oct 2013, at 21:43,

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Parker
For most things I get around the cramping size of the 15 by using a large external screen. Bill On 23/10/2013, at 9:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, On 23 Oct 2013, at 3:04 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi All, So no MacBookPro 17!!! I don't think Apple are ever going

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, Yes, that is fine while working at home... But you can't carry a large external screen around all day with your 'portable' Apple Notebook ;-) Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 24 Oct 2013, at 6:17 am, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote: For most things I get around the

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Michael Hawkins
Hi Bill, What size back pack do you use to cart your screen around, and is it solar powered? Or do you fire it up on energy converted from cooking fats and oils scavenged from cafés, as you did with your Landcruiser? Cheers, Michael H On 24 Oct 2013, at 11:17 am, Bill Parker

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Bill Parker
Hmm… I'll call it my desk top screen to avoid any speculation about energy sources (apart from the 5kW array on the roof). And it was a LandROVER ( and still is.) B On 24/10/2013, at 7:44 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Hi Bill, What size back pack do you use to cart your screen around, and

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-23 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 23/10/2013, at 3:04 PM, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi All, So no MacBookPro 17!!! Off to say nice things to my 'old' 2008 one, which just makes into accepting Mavericks... Backed up and all permissions verified and fixed. Checked iCloud for calendar and contacts syncing -

Apple Event roundup

2013-10-22 Thread Daniel Kerr
Well, for those waiting,… Mavericks, available today,…and wow,..it's FREE!! Will update any machine from 2007 onwards. Just need to update from the Mac App Store. As always,…make sure to backup before to start. (And make sure all your Applications will still work.) :o) Laptops upgraded. Both

Re: Apple Event roundup/ Mavericks

2013-10-22 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi People, On 23 Oct 2013, at 2:25 am, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Mavericks, available today,…and wow,..it's FREE!! Will update any machine from 2007 onwards. Just need to update from the Mac App Store. As always,…make sure to backup before to start. (And make sure all

Re: Apple event roundup - prices!

2012-09-14 Thread gdorn
I've noted the price difference of the iphone 5 between USA and Australia and others on the Apple stores iphone 5 lightning adaptor USA $199= $175 AU

Re: Apple event roundup - prices!

2012-09-14 Thread Carlo Margio
Hi Gary, My guess is that you are comparing the price of a phone with a contract in the US to the price of buying the phone outright in Australia. Regards, Carlo --- Carlo Margio Real World Computing mob: +61 404 296 965 i...@realworldcomputing.com.au www.realworldcomputing.com.au On

Re: Apple event roundup - prices!

2012-09-14 Thread Susan Hastings
the cheap us phones are on contract. i'm not sure they can buy them outright, though lately they seem to have prepaid options. --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409 688 004 susanhasti...@mac.com On 14/09/2012, at 6:23 PM, gdorn gd...@me.com wrote: I've noted the price difference of the iphone 5

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-13 Thread Martin Hill
GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Apple event roundup I notice the SIM card is a Nano-SIM... The iPhone 5 is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards. I was waiting for the release of new iPhone 5 and ready to upgrade my iPhone4S. But at this moment my

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-13 Thread Lynn Koh
Subject: Re: Apple event roundup Lynn, Apple will be shipping in October an adapter that converts from the old 30pin port to the new Lightning port so hopefully many of your old peripherals will still work. It does add an extra cm or so to the base of the phone so it might not be possible to use

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-13 Thread Martin Hill
September, 2012 10:09:56 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Apple event roundup I notice the SIM card is a Nano-SIM... The iPhone 5 is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards. I was waiting for the release of new iPhone 5 and ready to upgrade my iPhone4S

Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Daniel Kerr
Lots of interesting specs on iDevices and sales,... New iPhone 5 7.6mm thin (18% thinner). Made entirely of glass and aluminium. 326ppi Retina Display, 4 1136x640 resolution. Same width, but taller. Still designed to be used with one hand,… Ultrafast Wireless - Telstra, Optus and Virgin

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Martin Hill
It is indeed good to see that LTE 4G high speed networking is supported in Australia on Telstra, Optus and Virgin, but surprising to see that GPS turn-by-turn navigation is not. Looks like we'll have to rely on the directions feature in the new Maps app (pretty much the same as we have in

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Carlo Margio
Fantastic! The wait was worth it. Regards, Carlo --- Carlo Margio Real World Computing mob: +61 404 296 965 i...@realworldcomputing.com.au www.realworldcomputing.com.au On 13/09/2012, at 7:18 AM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: It is indeed good to see that LTE 4G high speed

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Ronda Brown
I notice the SIM card is a Nano-SIM... The iPhone 5 is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards. I was waiting for the release of new iPhone 5 and ready to upgrade my iPhone4S. But at this moment my Tigger Car is being serviced and the quote for the service is $1,600 (which I did not

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Lynn Koh
: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com To: wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2012 10:09:56 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Apple event roundup I notice the SIM card is a Nano-SIM... The iPhone 5 is not compatible with existing micro-SIM cards. I was waiting

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Ronda Brown
one, providing that they are the original charge port. - Original Message - From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com To: wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2012 10:09:56 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Apple event roundup I notice