Re: iTMS Australia live
Andrew Nielsen wrote: And there was much rejoicing! ...and spending of money.
Re: Music Store
'Cause that's 9:45 Sydney Time. - Matt On 25/10/2005, at 7:27 AM, Stuart Evans wrote: So it finally arrived today and we catch up (somewhat) to the rest of the world. Why 6.45am? That's Apple. Stuart Stuart Evans T4 Technology 0428 184 818 -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS Australia live
$1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? So we have the following breakdown: USA = 99c (A$1.32) Europe = 99euro (A$1.58) Australia = $1.69 Japan = 150 yen (A$1.73) UK = 79p (A$1.87) Japan (2nd tier) = 200 yen (A$2.31) So I guess we're about middle of the road. -Mart
Re: Music Store
Daylight saving isn't on yet. They were an hour early for some reason. Seeya Rod! On 25/10/2005, at 7:44 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: 'Cause that's 9:45 Sydney Time. - Matt On 25/10/2005, at 7:27 AM, Stuart Evans wrote: So it finally arrived today and we catch up (somewhat) to the rest of the world. Why 6.45am? That's Apple. Stuart Stuart Evans T4 Technology 0428 184 818 -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS Australia live
On 25/10/2005, at 7:38 AM, Martin Hill wrote: $1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? So we have the following breakdown: USA = 99c (A$1.32) Europe = 99euro (A$1.58) Australia = $1.69 Japan = 150 yen (A$1.73) UK = 79p (A$1.87) Japan (2nd tier) = 200 yen (A$2.31) So I guess we're about middle of the road. -Mart Don't forget in the US that 99c has sales tax put on top when you purchase (since taxes vary from state to state). I got caught out on that on the very first item I ever bought in the US. Handed over $20 as the item was advertised $19.99, then got stung an extra couple of bucks at the counter! The $1.69 was the price when the backdoor was open in April. And no Sony/BMG artists or tv shows. Guess they just couldn't quite get Sony over the line (here or in Japan). Let's make Sony pay for the ignorance! Seeya Rod!
Re: Problem with Software Update
On 24/10/2005, at 6:32 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: Also, the Software Update is telling me that there is an updater to iTunes, being v 6.0.1 of 12.8MB size. However can't find this updater anywhere on Apple's site. It's probably simple, but what am I missing? Th normal download option at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ gives you iTunes 6.0.1. Just click the button. I know, because I had to do this after Software Update failed to download it once again... I must say, though, that Software Update is working for everything else on my system, just not iTunes. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: iTMS Australia live
Grrr, Yet again the record companies are annoying the hell out of everyone... Most of the aussie artists are 'by song only' or 'partial albums'. Grrr. - Matt On 25/10/2005, at 8:17 AM, Rod wrote: On 25/10/2005, at 7:38 AM, Martin Hill wrote: $1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? So we have the following breakdown: USA = 99c (A$1.32) Europe = 99euro (A$1.58) Australia = $1.69 Japan = 150 yen (A$1.73) UK = 79p (A$1.87) Japan (2nd tier) = 200 yen (A$2.31) So I guess we're about middle of the road. -Mart Don't forget in the US that 99c has sales tax put on top when you purchase (since taxes vary from state to state). I got caught out on that on the very first item I ever bought in the US. Handed over $20 as the item was advertised $19.99, then got stung an extra couple of bucks at the counter! The $1.69 was the price when the backdoor was open in April. And no Sony/BMG artists or tv shows. Guess they just couldn't quite get Sony over the line (here or in Japan). Let's make Sony pay for the ignorance! Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
iTMS Australia live, fessing up
I just spent some money, buying audiobooks for travelling south tomorrow. On 25/10/2005, at 8:17 AM, Rod wrote: On 25/10/2005, at 7:38 AM, Martin Hill wrote: $1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? So we have the following breakdown: USA = 99c (A$1.32) Europe = 99euro (A$1.58) Australia = $1.69 Japan = 150 yen (A$1.73) UK = 79p (A$1.87) Japan (2nd tier) = 200 yen (A$2.31) So I guess we're about middle of the road. -Mart Don't forget in the US that 99c has sales tax put on top when you purchase (since taxes vary from state to state). I got caught out on that on the very first item I ever bought in the US. Handed over $20 as the item was advertised $19.99, then got stung an extra couple of bucks at the counter! The $1.69 was the price when the backdoor was open in April. And no Sony/BMG artists or tv shows. Guess they just couldn't quite get Sony over the line (here or in Japan). Let's make Sony pay for the ignorance! Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS Australia live, fessing up
So far Susan is the winner for the first WAMUG member to buy something on iTMS! Whoohoo! I'm about to buy some Wolfmother tracks :-) Seeya Rod! On 25/10/2005, at 8:25 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: I just spent some money, buying audiobooks for travelling south tomorrow. On 25/10/2005, at 8:17 AM, Rod wrote:
ScanWizard problem
Does anyone have any suggestions for a friend of ours who is having problems with ScanWizard under Mac OS X 10.4? I haven't used this software myself. Details below. -Mart -- I recently up-grading to Adobe Creative Suite CS 2 Premium. In doing this, to get the best out of it, I also upgrading from Jaguar to Tiger. This then meant I needed a new driver for my scanner. I use ScanWizard Pro (now 7.21.3). The problem is that it doesn't seem to give me a good a colour reproduction result as the old version of ScanWizard that I used with Jaguar. I've have tried and tried to fiddle with the files in Photoshop but I cannot pull the colour into an acceptable reproduction of my original artwork. I had written a quite acceptable action script in Photoshop for the old ScanWizard files but cannot do this for this one - the colours are too far off - or perhaps it's my lack of knowledge) I've complained to Team Digital where I bought my software They suggested perhaps I could partition my hard drive and run the old Jaguar with the old ScanWizard, but said this was drastic and they would look into better scanner settings in the new ScanWizard to fix the problem. I don't think this will prove successful so I am considering my other options.
Re: ScanWizard problem
From what I read on the net you are not alone in experiencing aggravation with Microtek. Seems there support for Tiger and Mac OS is pretty lame. The majority of satisfied punters have switched to Vuescan which is a commercial ($50US) software package to replace most scanner drivers. Receives nothing but raves from the industry mags and most users. A shame to have to purchase additional software to run something you have already paid for but sounds like it does the business. http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html Hope that helps. Rob On 25/10/05 9:01 AM, Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for a friend of ours who is having problems with ScanWizard under Mac OS X 10.4? I haven't used this software myself. Details below. -Mart -- I recently up-grading to Adobe Creative Suite CS 2 Premium. In doing this, to get the best out of it, I also upgrading from Jaguar to Tiger. This then meant I needed a new driver for my scanner. I use ScanWizard Pro (now 7.21.3). The problem is that it doesn't seem to give me a good a colour reproduction result as the old version of ScanWizard that I used with Jaguar. I've have tried and tried to fiddle with the files in Photoshop but I cannot pull the colour into an acceptable reproduction of my original artwork. I had written a quite acceptable action script in Photoshop for the old ScanWizard files but cannot do this for this one - the colours are too far off - or perhaps it's my lack of knowledge) I've complained to Team Digital where I bought my software They suggested perhaps I could partition my hard drive and run the old Jaguar with the old ScanWizard, but said this was drastic and they would look into better scanner settings in the new ScanWizard to fix the problem. I don't think this will prove successful so I am considering my other options. -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
[For Sale] 20 Cinema Display still for sale (current model)
Hi All! I still have my 20 Cinema Display for sale. Its is the current model, with no dead pixels and faultless surrounds. Only 4 months old. New price is $930. This is a saving of $319 on a new model! Seeya Rod!
What was your first iTMS purchase?
For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod!
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
Being a tightass, my first purchase was the free download... Then it was Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Only cos Russ recommended it!! On 25/10/2005, at 10|09, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS Australia live
OK so I belive it now.. while this may sound like nit picking: Who do we tell at ITMS that neither ABBA or Australian Crawl are Alternative Music acts, even in an ironic post-ironic manner? and that both Belle Sebastian and Belle and Sebastian are, in fact, one and the same band -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) Ubi fumus, ibi fumus
RE: What was your first iTMS purchase?
Rufus Wainwright's Poses album! Hah! -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2005 10:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: What was your first iTMS purchase? For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
I notice that the free download single from Youth Group is ripped at 128kbps. Surely this isn't the iTMS standard? On 25/10/2005, at 10:17 AM, Michael Schmidt wrote: Rufus Wainwright's Poses album! Hah! -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2005 10:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: What was your first iTMS purchase? For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro - Matt Huitson School of Psychology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, WA 6009 Australia Work +61 8 6488 3639
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
128kbps using ACC is better quality than 128kbps MP3 - closer to around the same sort of quality you'd get 190kbps I notice that the free download single from Youth Group is ripped at 128kbps. Surely this isn't the iTMS standard? -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) Ubi fumus, ibi fumus
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
What free track/tracks are available I couldn't find any free tracks? -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org On 25/10/05 12:14 PM, James Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being a tightass, my first purchase was the free download... Then it was Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Only cos Russ recommended it!!
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
Ignore my previous post, I eventually found it. -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
On 25/10/2005, at 10:09 AM, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar Mix)U24:51 Been waiting a long while for that one... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
On 25/10/2005, at 10:09 AM, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! BTW anyone having trouble installing iTunes 6.0.1? It keeps telling me the file was corrupt or something. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Problem with Software Update
Oddly enough I had this problem with one of the guys I work with just last week. I'll bet you're having problems printing too. In my case something had happened to the permission on the /private/ tmp directory, cause Software Update and Printing and a number of other things to be unable to write to the directory, despite apparently having permission. From the terminal I used 'chmod -R 777 / private/tmp' to reset all the permissions on that directory and the problem was fixed. Note that I'm pretty sure that isn't the usual permissions for that directory, it solved the problem, but I did have some concerns that it might cause others. Gordon -- Need to get in touch? Email MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about its friends -Make something idiot proof and someone will build On 24/10/2005, at 6:32 PM, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: Dear WAMUG'ers, I'm running OS X 10.3.9 on a 1.8Ghz Dual G5 with 1.5Gb RAM and am having problems with Software Update. For some time now Software Update would allow me to 'Download' the latest updates, but after having finished the download a message would come up advising that I do not have enough permission. So, ran repair permission, which I do every week anyway, and still no joy. Ended up by simply downloading the update file directly from Apple's servers and running the installer. It still irks me no end that I do not seem able to fix that permission problem which Software Update is telling me. Any clues please? Also, the Software Update is telling me that there is an updater to iTunes, being v 6.0.1 of 12.8MB size. However can't find this updater anywhere on Apple's site. It's probably simple, but what am I missing? Many thanks for any suggestions, Regards, Philippe -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Harman/Kardon iSub
Hi all My iSub issues have progressed from the hum I mentioned months ago as I found when trying to use the iSub this morning, the power supply blew out. No more subwoofing for a while :( Anyone know where I can find a genuine replacement for the 15V 2A transformer to power the USB edition of iSub rather than the 16V or 17V Soundsticks transformer? Regards Christian
20 display pulled from sale
Hi All! I have decided to pull the 20 display from sale (not that there was much interest in it!). Rather than get a 20 iMac, I'm on the hunt for a dual processor G5 tower. Sailing clicker and an iSight will do just as good a job :-) Seeya Rod!
[ADMIN] Important : Please Read
Hi Everyone, WAMUG needs to find a new host for our server. Our existing host (ExtremeDSL) has been good to us over the years but for various reasons can no longer provide us with the service. To that end, we need to find another ISP who is willing to host the machine. Our bandwidth requirements (sans the Mirrors site) are modest. How can you help? We need to do an informal survey of list members to find out who your ISP is. So... PLEASE TELL ME WHO YOUR ISP IS. Just reply to this message and let me know. That's all you need to do. Thanks for your time - Matt
Re: 20 display pulled from sale
On 25/10/2005, at 3:38 PM, Rod wrote: Hi All! I have decided to pull the 20 display from sale (not that there was much interest in it!). Rather than get a 20 iMac, I'm on the hunt for a dual processor G5 tower. Sailing clicker and an iSight will do just as good a job :-) Grrr... Just as they were becoming affordable. - Matt
Re: 20 display pulled from sale
Whoops... Should check before I speak. I though Rod was talking about Apple not selling them any more. My Bad - Matt On 25/10/2005, at 4:00 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 25/10/2005, at 3:38 PM, Rod wrote: Hi All! I have decided to pull the 20 display from sale (not that there was much interest in it!). Rather than get a 20 iMac, I'm on the hunt for a dual processor G5 tower. Sailing clicker and an iSight will do just as good a job :-) Grrr... Just as they were becoming affordable.
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
I'm just in from work, signed up and addicted already. I might have to swap the office chair for the Lazee-boy when I have a toilet break. First purchase - Honkey Tonk Woman Mannish Boy from Love You Live album by The Rolling Stones. Andrew On 25/10/2005, at 10:09 AM, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: ScanWizard problem
Yes and Vuescan keeps on getting better better. I am at V8.2.34 Bob On 25/10/2005, at 9:15 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: From what I read on the net you are not alone in experiencing aggravation with Microtek. Seems there support for Tiger and Mac OS is pretty lame. The majority of satisfied punters have switched to Vuescan which is a commercial ($50US) software package to replace most scanner drivers. Receives nothing but raves from the industry mags and most users. A shame to have to purchase additional software to run something you have already paid for but sounds like it does the business. http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html Hope that helps. Rob On 25/10/05 9:01 AM, Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any suggestions for a friend of ours who is having problems with ScanWizard under Mac OS X 10.4? I haven't used this software myself. Details below. -Mart -- I recently up-grading to Adobe Creative Suite CS 2 Premium. In doing this, to get the best out of it, I also upgrading from Jaguar to Tiger. This then meant I needed a new driver for my scanner. I use ScanWizard Pro (now 7.21.3). The problem is that it doesn't seem to give me a good a colour reproduction result as the old version of ScanWizard that I used with Jaguar. I've have tried and tried to fiddle with the files in Photoshop but I cannot pull the colour into an acceptable reproduction of my original artwork. I had written a quite acceptable action script in Photoshop for the old ScanWizard files but cannot do this for this one - the colours are too far off - or perhaps it's my lack of knowledge) I've complained to Team Digital where I bought my software They suggested perhaps I could partition my hard drive and run the old Jaguar with the old ScanWizard, but said this was drastic and they would look into better scanner settings in the new ScanWizard to fix the problem. I don't think this will prove successful so I am considering my other options. -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- 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] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iTMS Australia live
$1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? No, but I reckon it's cheaper than buying a whole new-release CD for roughly $30. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] What is an ex DET Acer Travelmate 270 worth?
Hi WAMUGgers [OT] I'm hoping someone may be able to help with this query. My son in law has been offered an ex-DET lease Acer Travelmate 270 for $750. It seems to have been well looked after. Generally I'd say don't buy second hand, compared to what you can get new, but I need to ask this question? Is it worth $750? A quick inspection suggests it is 896 Mhz Pentium R, 1.6Ghz HDD running Win XP Home. No other software as far as I know, other than IE and usual Windows install stuff. It doesn't seem to have CD burning or DVD capabilities, or installed wireless - radio/infrared. As I've had far more experience with Macs, I'm not sure what to tell him. What is your advice? (Don't tell me to tell him to buy a Mac. I know he should :-) but he's a winMan. Let's leave it at that.) Many thanks Reg
Re: iTMS Australia live
On Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 06:51PM, Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? No, but I reckon it's cheaper than buying a whole new-release CD for roughly $30. And finding that only 3 out of 10 songs were actually worth listening to more than once ;-) And I don't know about others, but on the odd occassion when I have bought a cd, the first thing I do is rip to iTunes then store the CD away. A waste in my book! (Unlike the cool stuff you used to get in records!) Seeya Rod!
Re: iTMS Australia live
From: Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] $1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? No, but I reckon it's cheaper than buying a whole new-release CD for roughly $30. You're quite right guys - I just got a little depressed after reading the blog below which highlights how the labels could still quite easily wreck the party by sabotaging Apple's prices. The important point as you guys have reminded me is that if you are buying just a couple of tracks off an album, you can't beat iTunes and it should hopefully be rare for the purchase of a whole album on iTunes to not also be competitive. http://baliset.blogspot.com/2005/10/nobody-can-stop-music.html Here's hoping the examples cited in this blog are the exception rather than the rule. :-) -Mart
