Re: Printing problem
I had a similar situation with a Mac recently. Even Printer Setup Repair which is the Rolls Royce of this sort of thing didn't fix it. It turned out be a whole bunch files in the /Library/Printers/PPD's folder. Things like Photoshop plugins which someone had inadvertently drag dropped in there. So when page setup was invoked the printing system tries get all of the possible PPD's and trying to read those odd files, just hangs. It's most likely something in this Library/Printers folder which isn't supposed to be there. On 13/3/06 5:51 PM, James Devenish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/03/06, Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As before, Page Setup hangs as does an attempt to retrieve the printer information from Printer Setup. I have let Printer Setup Repair do its stuff to no avail. Interestingly, if I ignore Page Setup it will print or fax successfully. You've described the problem well. In addition to Rob's suggestions, it could be an EPSON-specific problem: have you investigated their technical support options? To help narrow this down, can you please create a faux printer and see if it's Page Setup works or fails? To do this, go into Printer Setup and choose the IP Printer icon. Leave it on LPD, then choose 'localhost' for the address (I assume printer sharing is turned OFF on the iMac), and for Print Using, choose Generic PostScript Printer. Add this printer (optionally set it as your default), and try Page Setup...what happens? I have a horrible feeling that the advice is going to be a clean install of the system. I strongly doubt it's necessary. The problem is that if you're not near anyone who can physical attend to your machine, reinstall is simply the catch-all. However, as you suspect, if the problem is corrupt preferences in your home directory then a reinstallation might not provide any benefit. For corrupt preference, go to the folder Home Library Preferences and look for files starting with com.epson... and com.apple.print You could move them to the trash, log out, log back in, re-select your printer and see if there is any difference. Also, reboot after setting up the EPSON printer in case the EPSON software is not starting up properly. James. -- 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]
Gear to be dumped....
Hi guys and gals, A friend of mine is cleaning up and is getting rid of some stuff. If anyone would like anything he can be contacted on [EMAIL PROTECTED] The gear is: Apple external SCSI case and 1gb drive Quadra 700 Apple Keyboard II LCII Geoport Modem Umax Mouse (one button) 18 Farallon PhoneNET connectors and cables SimCity 2000 user manual Lemmings manual strata video shop install cd and getting started book Connectix quick cards install CD claris draw demo disk (floppy) At Ease install floppies. 10 user license, in original box. The software toolworks world atlas v5 motion works addmotion manual install disks Macintosh User's Guide (1993) MACINTOSH PC EXCHANGE USER'S GUIDE x2 At Ease 2.0 Owner's Guide At Ease 3.0 Owner's Guide Multiple Scan 1705 Display User's Guide Terrapin Logo for Macintosh Tutorial and Reference Guide (lab pack 20) Learning with Apple Logo by Daniel Watt (1984) Microsoft License Pak Creative Writer for windows or Mac or Fine Artist for windows or mac Teacher Edition x4 Microsoft Creative Writer (shrink wrapped, unopened) Macintosh Performa User's Guide (5400cd series) HyperCard Quick reference guide Microsoft FoxBase+ (original box manuals, reference guides etc) Norton Utilities for Mac v2.0 user manual install disks etc HyperCard 2.3 install disks Mike
photobooth query
Hi again, does anyone know where to find the pictures after Photobooth takes/imports them. Where's the folder?? I need to insert them in a word doc. Thanks Mike
No working USB Ports on my ibook
G'day folks, I have a G4 ibook that has all of a sudden lost both USB ports. Everything was working fine and then all of sudden both of them are dead as a doornail... I suspect the better half has been a little heavy handed when disconnecting the USB keyboard however... the local Mac place quoted me $1200 for a new motherboard.. So now I face the dilemma of buying a new imac/book for a few hundred dollars more and then keeping the ibook as a non-usb 'puter.. Anyone else found a different fault that may not require a new motherboard? Thanks in advance Andrew :o)
Re: No working USB Ports on my ibook
Andrew Bennett wrote: G'day folks, I have a G4 ibook that has all of a sudden lost both USB ports. Everything was working fine and then all of sudden both of them are dead as a doornail... I suspect the better half has been a little heavy handed when disconnecting the USB keyboard however... the local Mac place quoted me $1200 for a new motherboard.. So now I face the dilemma of buying a new imac/book for a few hundred dollars more and then keeping the ibook as a non-usb 'puter.. Anyone else found a different fault that may not require a new motherboard? HI Andrew! Try booting off a CD and see if your ports show up. If not, its pretty much all bads news from here. And a tip for new laptop buyers - get AppleCare within the first year of purchase! I know people that have broken laptops don't want to hear that tired old record, but in this case the Applecare would have paid for itself 3 times over. In saying that Andrew, it might be cheaper for you to trade in the iBook and buy a new one. If you can get $500-odd dollars as a trade in, a new one will only cost you a grand (the lower spec one). Cheaper than a new board. If it is a 14 iBook, then it would be cheaper to repair. Seeya Rod!
Re: photobooth query
Mine go to username/Pictures/Photo Booth/Photo 1.jpg You could do a search for Photo Booth to find it. Cheers Travis On 14/03/2006, at 1:18 AM, Michael Bradley wrote: Hi again, does anyone know where to find the pictures after Photobooth takes/ imports them. Where's the folder?? I need to insert them in a word doc. Thanks Mike -- 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: Mozilla and Eudora
Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: At 7:32 PM +0800 13/3/06, Paul wrote: Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I am using Mozilla as my main browser because it accesses my sites for internet banking and does most other things reasonably well. Eudora is my email application and I can set it so that a URL in an email, if clicked, will open in Mozilla. In Mozilla, if I click on an email address Mozilla naturally goes to its own mail application. Is there a work-around so that clicking on an email address in Mozilla will open Eudora? I believe this is normally done by setting Eudora as the default app in Mail.app's preferences. I hope that gets around the fact that your browser has it's 'own' mail app. Good luck Paul In Mozilla's preference panel for Mail Newsgroups there appears to be no way of setting Eudora as the default. Were you referring to some other Mail? The only other Mail I have is Apple's Mail and it is different in layout from the one that pops up in Mozilla. The mystery deepens. Merv Hi Merv Yes I did mean Apple's Mail.app. I use Thunderbirbird so under MailPreferencesGeneralDefault Email Reader I have Thunderbird selected. In the 'old' days there was a preference pane in System prefs but now one needs to set the default mail app from within Mail.app's prefs, same for browsers where you do it from Safari's prefs. I hope I'm on the right track as I have never used Eudora. Perhaps you could tell us why you use it as I am quietly looking for a new mailer... HTH Good luck Paul
RE: photobooth query
Hi. Mine are in Home Pictures PhotoBooth. Cheers, Michael -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List on behalf of Michael Bradley Sent: Tue 14-Mar-06 1:18 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: photobooth query Hi again, does anyone know where to find the pictures after Photobooth takes/imports them. Where's the folder?? I need to insert them in a word doc. Thanks Mike -- 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:Firefox problem
On 14/03/2006, at 5:05 AM, Diana in the wamug digest wrote: I installed again from the new dmg file. The about Firefox window now has version 1.5.0.1 and two of the problems are cured but there is still no down arrow in the scroll bar. Is this the case with other users or is it just me? Diana The Firefox boys have a standard troubleshooting page now: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_%28Firefox%29 Their support forum is busy and you may find it's worth going there for more detailed help if your problems continue. For comparison, I am running 10.3.9, up to date and FFX 1.5.0.1 with the build number PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 - with none of your own symptoms. Nancy M
Re: photobooth query
Thanks for the responses guys, I'll check it out when I get home Mike Michael Schmidt wrote: Hi. Mine are in Home Pictures PhotoBooth. Cheers, Michael -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List on behalf of Michael Bradley Sent: Tue 14-Mar-06 1:18 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: photobooth query Hi again, does anyone know where to find the pictures after Photobooth takes/imports them. Where's the folder?? I need to insert them in a word doc. Thanks Mike -- 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] -- 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: Mozilla and Eudora
At 7:15 AM +0800 14/3/06, Paul wrote: Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: At 7:32 PM +0800 13/3/06, Paul wrote: Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I am using Mozilla as my main browser because it accesses my sites for internet banking and does most other things reasonably well. Eudora is my email application and I can set it so that a URL in an email, if clicked, will open in Mozilla. In Mozilla, if I click on an email address Mozilla naturally goes to its own mail application. Is there a work-around so that clicking on an email address in Mozilla will open Eudora? I believe this is normally done by setting Eudora as the default app in Mail.app's preferences. I hope that gets around the fact that your browser has it's 'own' mail app. Good luck Paul In Mozilla's preference panel for Mail Newsgroups there appears to be no way of setting Eudora as the default. Were you referring to some other Mail? The only other Mail I have is Apple's Mail and it is different in layout from the one that pops up in Mozilla. The mystery deepens. Merv Hi Merv Yes I did mean Apple's Mail.app. I use Thunderbirbird so under MailPreferencesGeneralDefault Email Reader I have Thunderbird selected. In the 'old' days there was a preference pane in System prefs but now one needs to set the default mail app from within Mail.app's prefs, same for browsers where you do it from Safari's prefs. I hope I'm on the right track as I have never used Eudora. Perhaps you could tell us why you use it as I am quietly looking for a new mailer... HTH Good luck Paul Hi Paul 1 The version of Mail that I have with OS X 10.2.8 is v 1.2.5. Its preference panels do not contain a General option. Screen shots of Mail with 10.4 do have such. Mail seems to come with the System so unless I upgrade I won't have all the preferences that you have. 2 I wonder whether we are talking at cross-purposes. In Eudora I can set up Mozilla so that when I click on an URL in Eudora the site opens in Mozilla. However, what I want is the situation that when I am in Mozilla and an email address is given in the web page, a click on the email address or 'contact us' will take me to Eudora. I can do this with Internet Explorer and I think a protocol helper in the preferences of IE facitated this connection. I'm moving away from IE hence all the interest in Mozilla. 3 I have always preferred the freedom and speed of a stand-alone email application - not something lumbered with a browser, and so I use Eudora. It has a range of features (most of which I don't use so I get four or five emails at each download that offer me a better sex life) which an enthusiast would wish to use. It comes in three form, lite, sponsored and the fully purchased. I use the sponsored and because my needs are simple and it does all that I require. -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see.
Re: Mozilla and Eudora
On 14 Mar 2006, at 1:34 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: At 7:15 AM +0800 14/3/06, Paul wrote: Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: At 7:32 PM +0800 13/3/06, Paul wrote: Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I am using Mozilla as my main browser because it accesses my sites for internet banking and does most other things reasonably well. Eudora is my email application and I can set it so that a URL in an email, if clicked, will open in Mozilla. In Mozilla, if I click on an email address Mozilla naturally goes to its own mail application. Is there a work-around so that clicking on an email address in Mozilla will open Eudora? I believe this is normally done by setting Eudora as the default app in Mail.app's preferences. I hope that gets around the fact that your browser has it's 'own' mail app. Good luck Paul In Mozilla's preference panel for Mail Newsgroups there appears to be no way of setting Eudora as the default. Were you referring to some other Mail? The only other Mail I have is Apple's Mail and it is different in layout from the one that pops up in Mozilla. The mystery deepens. Merv Hi Merv Yes I did mean Apple's Mail.app. I use Thunderbirbird so under MailPreferencesGeneralDefault Email Reader I have Thunderbird selected. In the 'old' days there was a preference pane in System prefs but now one needs to set the default mail app from within Mail.app's prefs, same for browsers where you do it from Safari's prefs. I hope I'm on the right track as I have never used Eudora. Perhaps you could tell us why you use it as I am quietly looking for a new mailer... HTH Good luck Paul Hi Paul 1 The version of Mail that I have with OS X 10.2.8 is v 1.2.5. Its preference panels do not contain a General option. Screen shots of Mail with 10.4 do have such. Mail seems to come with the System so unless I upgrade I won't have all the preferences that you have. 2 I wonder whether we are talking at cross-purposes. In Eudora I can set up Mozilla so that when I click on an URL in Eudora the site opens in Mozilla. However, what I want is the situation that when I am in Mozilla and an email address is given in the web page, a click on the email address or 'contact us' will take me to Eudora. I can do this with Internet Explorer and I think a protocol helper in the preferences of IE facitated this connection. I'm moving away from IE hence all the interest in Mozilla. 3 I have always preferred the freedom and speed of a stand-alone email application - not something lumbered with a browser, and so I use Eudora. It has a range of features (most of which I don't use Heh Merv, Try reading this bit again ? It's got interesting connotations ! so I get four or five emails at each download that offer me a better sex life) which an enthusiast would wish to use. It comes in three form, lite, sponsored and the fully purchased. I use the sponsored and because my needs are simple and it does all that I require. Sex life ? :-) Bob -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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]
Hardware VPN's
Hi all, I am currently looking for an inexpensive hardware based (remote access) VPN. I am currently comparing a SonicWALL TZ150 and a NetGear FVS124G. The NetGear is obviously cheaper (by about half) but I am wondering if that comes at a significant cost in other areas. Does anyone here have any recommendations? - Matt
old powerbooks to give away - conditions apply
someone has written off and disposed of a number of old G3 powerboox (about 5) it may be that, allegedly, someone else has dumpster dived to retrieve them. they are USB+SCSI (though there may be one old ADB+SCSI and one USB+dual FireWire one though this one is known to be dead) in various states of repair/disrepair some do work others no guarantee, no accessories, no install disks, no OS installed on the hard disks most do not have external power supplies. SO if someone on the WAMUG list has (for legal reasons relating to disposal guidelines) a valid charitable, non personal, non commercial use for these they may contact me off list to arrange collection from the person holding these computers. Please note that it's an all or nothing deal. ideal pick up time would be Monday or Tuesday next week -- ~ 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
powerbooks may be considered to be gone
Thanks as expected a few responses very quickly. I've selected and replied to the one likely to cause the path of least resistance in the red tape and politics of asset disposal. -- ~ 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: old powerbooks to give away - conditions apply
I do recall seeing an article in on old Macworld which discussed converting moribund laptops into a living picture frame. Unfortunately, that doesn't fit the parameters. John On 14/03/2006, at 4:44 PM, Mark Secker wrote: someone has written off and disposed of a number of old G3 powerboox (about 5) it may be that, allegedly, someone else has dumpster dived to retrieve them. they are USB+SCSI (though there may be one old ADB+SCSI and one USB +dual FireWire one though this one is known to be dead) in various states of repair/disrepair some do work others no guarantee, no accessories, no install disks, no OS installed on the hard disks most do not have external power supplies. SO if someone on the WAMUG list has (for legal reasons relating to disposal guidelines) a valid charitable, non personal, non commercial use for these they may contact me off list to arrange collection from the person holding these computers. Please note that it's an all or nothing deal. ideal pick up time would be Monday or Tuesday next week -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G __ John Winters Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax +61 8 9446 7709 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hardware VPN's
I could be wrong but I don't think the Netgear works with Mac. It has a dedicated client for windows. I set a couple up as an end to end VPN where they bind with each other which works well. I had a quick go at getting a Mac to work with it in client/server mode with no luck, had a look on their site and found that you are supposed to install a client program to talk to it (Windows only I think). Perhaps they have a Mac one now. This could be all wrong but that was my impression, pleased to hear otherwhise! Rob On 14/3/06 2:03 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am currently looking for an inexpensive hardware based (remote access) VPN. I am currently comparing a SonicWALL TZ150 and a NetGear FVS124G. The NetGear is obviously cheaper (by about half) but I am wondering if that comes at a significant cost in other areas. Does anyone here have any recommendations? - Matt -- 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]
Recovery of Deleted Files
Thanks to the people who responded, Data Rescue did the trick and all were recovered, Cheers, Bill
