Re: Strange behaviour of my macbook

2019-01-25 Thread Ronni Brown
> On 25 Jan 2019, at 10:25 am, Rosemary Spark wrote: > > Hi there, > I've paid my dues for 2019 today...better late than never! > > For some time my macbook has been behaving weirdly. All of these behaviours > together...or one at a time! > > 1) it shuts down for no reason > 2) it asks to sig

Re: Strange behaviour

2010-09-21 Thread Adrian Skehan
Thanks again Ronni, I tried your suggestions without success but I tracked the problem down to duplicated fonts, having deleted them via the Font Book the problen has gone away. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 20/09/2010, at 6:13 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 20/09/2010, at 3:59

Re: Strange behaviour

2010-09-20 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/09/2010, at 3:59 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > > Good afternoon all, > > iMac i7 (27') OS 10.6.4, this problem seems to have started while using > Microsoft Office 2008 and I think PowerPoint. > > When any item in the main menu bar is selected a blank page with the word > Characters i

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-04-05 Thread Ian Reid
On 3 Apr 2009, at 11:05 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Ian, You have not replied to the below message I sent on 30th. March. Would you please reply so we know your problem is sorted (or not). Cheers, Ronni Hi Ronni The answers to your specific questions and a summary of recent activity are

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-04-02 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Ian, You have not replied to the below message I sent on 30th. March. Would you please reply so we know your problem is sorted (or not). Cheers, Ronni On 30/03/2009, at 7:02 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/03/2009, at 9:54 PM, Ian Reid wrote: "3. Did you try Quit Mail, navigate to ~/L

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-29 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Ian, On 29/03/2009, at 9:54 PM, Ian Reid wrote: "3. Did you try Quit Mail, navigate to ~/Library/Mail and drag the file Envelope Index to the Trash. When you launch Mail again, it'll tell you that you need to "reimport" all your messages (just as it when Ian upgraded to Leopard), it will

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-29 Thread Ian Reid
riday, 27 March, 2009 4:27:33 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / >> Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi >> Subject: Re: Strange behaviour >> >> >> Did you highlight (click once) each of the Mailboxes first before you >> chose Mailbox>Rebuild? >> >> No. I shift-clicked

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Ian, On 28/03/2009, at 12:02 AM, ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: - Original Message - From: "Ronda Brown" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Friday, 27 March, 2009 4:27:33 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-27 Thread ianreid1
Hi Ronni, - Original Message - From: "Ronda Brown" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Friday, 27 March, 2009 4:27:33 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour Did you highlight (click once) each of the Mailboxes firs

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Sorry folks my previous email was in reference to this subject .. its been a long day, a long week! James if you have been following this thread I had already suggested this in two emails to WAMUG list. Cheers, Ronni On 27/03/2009, at 7:09 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: just my 2c quit mai

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-27 Thread James / Hans Kunz
just my 2c quit mail go to hd/~user/library/mail there you should find: Envelope Index move this file to the desktop & start mail it should now ask for a rebuild (Envelope Index gets recreated) cheersJames On 27/03/2009, at 14:44, Ian Reid wrote: Hi Daniel (& Ronni) I have run the procedu

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Ian, On 27/03/2009, at 2:44 PM, Ian Reid wrote: Hi Daniel (& Ronni) I have run the procedure more than once. Each time, at item 6, I get back all the mailboxes except Inbox and Sent. I note that ~Library/Mail/ Mailboxes contains all but these two. I hope that with all the to-ing and fro-

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-26 Thread Ian Reid
Hi Daniel (& Ronni) I have run the procedure more than once. Each time, at item 6, I get back all the mailboxes except Inbox and Sent. I note that ~Library/Mail/Mailboxes contains all but these two. I hope that with all the to-ing and fro-ing I've done I haven't lost them. Re Ronni's Number 2 sug

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-26 Thread Ronda Brown
On 26/03/2009, at 10:42 PM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I can now contribute usefully to this discussion - well perhaps not usefully, but I can at least explain exactly what Ian is going through. I visited Ian's place today at his request and saw for myself just what is happening. It is tru

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-26 Thread Robert Howells
On 26/03/2009, at 10:42 PM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I can now contribute usefully to this discussion - well perhaps not usefully, but I can at least explain exactly what Ian is going through. I visited Ian's place today at his request and saw for myself just what is happening. It is t

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-26 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Peter Did you try my suggestion I posted the other day, as I've had the same thing happen, and the fix I posted has always worked for me, ...the same as what you've listed happening. ---quote This was the fix I used for this. See how it goes. 1. Go to Macintosh HD/Users/yourname/Library. Move

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 25/03/2009, at 11:05 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hi Ian Can you go to your desktop , find the copy of Mail you would have put there when I asked you previously highlight it and then do an Apple plus I this should give you an information window which will show what size the folder is . H

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 25/3/09 10:57 AM, "ianre...@westnet.com.au" wrote: > I can't use Mail but fortunately have just discovered that I can use Westnet > directly.So here goes. > > My problem is that the Mail window has somehow been minimised without its icon > appearing on the RH end of the Dock. Clicking Mail in

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-25 Thread Robert Howells
-- then tell us what size it is , please Bob - Original Message - From: "Ronda Brown" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 2:56:03 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour Hello I

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-25 Thread ianreid1
" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 2:56:03 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour Hello Ian, Am I correct in understanding your problem ... You cannot see the viewer window and Mail Application has to be &quo

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-25 Thread ianreid1
09 11:19:17 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour On 25/03/2009, at 10:57 AM, ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: > I can't use Mail but fortunately have just discovered that I can use > Westnet directly.So here goes. > > My proble

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-24 Thread Ronda Brown
owells" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 11:19:17 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behaviour On 25/03/2009, at 10:57 AM, ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: I can't use Mail but fortunately have just discovered that I c

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-24 Thread ianreid1
ill re-establish my wife's account when we get this fixed. Ian - Original Message - From: "Robert Howells" To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 11:19:17 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Strange behavio

Re: Strange behaviour

2009-03-24 Thread Robert Howells
On 25/03/2009, at 10:57 AM, ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: I can't use Mail but fortunately have just discovered that I can use Westnet directly.So here goes. My problem is that the Mail window has somehow been minimised without its icon appearing on the RH end of the Dock. Clicking Mail

RE: Strange behaviour

2007-02-28 Thread David Moyle
Hey In our wisdom we thought of an idea, that on our computers in the admin account we would have System Preferences and Print Center open on login since those are the two main locations we would need to go if it required maintenance. We find more so on our older machines that Print Centre will sa

Re: Strange behaviour

2007-02-28 Thread Robert Howells
On 28/02/2007, at 3:31 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have two Epson printers in regular use and they are both set to open when I reboot. Recently at reboot they both say that the printer is not found but just starting Printer Setup Utility makes the messages go away and all is well till the