Re: mail messages corruption
Hi Bob, In Mail Preferences Fonts Colors, do you have ticked Use fixed- width font for plain text messages? Cheers, Ronni On 30/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
On 30/06/2009, at 2:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, In Mail Preferences Fonts Colors, do you have ticked Use fixed-width font for plain text messages? Cheers, Ronni Thanks Ronni , but no ! I have compared all Mail preferences with Mail on another Mac and they are identical ! The other is AOK this one faulty . Also as I said , I strated another User and it was OK , preferences also identical . I must have a damaged file somewhere in the specific USER . I am going to look at hidden files for a possible culprit . Bob On 30/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
Hi Bob, I have never experienced this. The only other thing I can think for you to check is in Mail - under Format Style Styles - click Favorite Styles, do you have Default Left aligned, Spacing 1.0x? Definitely sounds like something wrong in your User Account settings. You don't experience double line spacing in any other Apple Application, TextEdit for example, do you? Cheers, Ronni On 30/06/2009, at 4:11 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 30/06/2009, at 2:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, In Mail Preferences Fonts Colors, do you have ticked Use fixed-width font for plain text messages? Cheers, Ronni Thanks Ronni , but no ! I have compared all Mail preferences with Mail on another Mac and they are identical ! The other is AOK this one faulty . Also as I said , I strated another User and it was OK , preferences also identical . I must have a damaged file somewhere in the specific USER . I am going to look at hidden files for a possible culprit . Bob On 30/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
What I usually do is pull the mail folder from users/user/lib/mail and stick that on my desktop then go and delete the com.apple.mail prefs in users/user/lib/prefs open mail up recreate the account and then import the mail off my desktop Though i know you tried something similar would be strange if it still did it after that -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 30/06/2009, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, I have never experienced this. The only other thing I can think for you to check is in Mail - under Format Style Styles - click Favorite Styles, do you have Default Left aligned, Spacing 1.0x? Definitely sounds like something wrong in your User Account settings. You don't experience double line spacing in any other Apple Application, TextEdit for example, do you? Cheers, Ronni On 30/06/2009, at 4:11 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 30/06/2009, at 2:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, In Mail Preferences Fonts Colors, do you have ticked Use fixed-width font for plain text messages? Cheers, Ronni Thanks Ronni , but no ! I have compared all Mail preferences with Mail on another Mac and they are identical ! The other is AOK this one faulty . Also as I said , I strated another User and it was OK , preferences also identical . I must have a damaged file somewhere in the specific USER . I am going to look at hidden files for a possible culprit . Bob On 30/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
On 30/06/2009, at 4:43 PM, Craig Bruce wrote: What I usually do is pull the mail folder from users/user/lib/mail and stick that on my desktop then go and delete the com.apple.mail prefs in users/user/lib/prefs open mail up recreate the account and then import the mail off my desktop Though i know you tried something similar would be strange if it still did it after that -- Craig Bruce Director Hi Craig, Yes I did something similar but as I did not need to worry about keeping mail I just binned the whole lot . I take it your abbreviation ' lib in this case stands for library thanks Bob M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 30/06/2009, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, I have never experienced this. The only other thing I can think for you to check is in Mail - under Format Style Styles - click Favorite Styles, do you have Default Left aligned, Spacing 1.0x? Definitely sounds like something wrong in your User Account settings. You don't experience double line spacing in any other Apple Application, TextEdit for example, do you? Cheers, Ronni On 30/06/2009, at 4:11 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 30/06/2009, at 2:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bob, In Mail Preferences Fonts Colors, do you have ticked Use fixed-width font for plain text messages? Cheers, Ronni Thanks Ronni , but no ! I have compared all Mail preferences with Mail on another Mac and they are identical ! The other is AOK this one faulty . Also as I said , I strated another User and it was OK , preferences also identical . I must have a damaged file somewhere in the specific USER . I am going to look at hidden files for a possible culprit . Bob On 30/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
On 30/6/09 12:58 PM, Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User Hi Bob I know you said you deleted the Mail preferences, but did you also try removing the following files as well:- Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost (take out com.apple.blahblahblahblah.plist) It will be a long file name. And Users/yourname/Library/Caches/ Take out folder com.apple.mail Throw them on the Desktop and restart then see if it still happens. Also, do you have any different Fonts in your Users/yourname/Library/Fonts folder that isn't in the other user. Could be picking up a corrupt font there if you have some as well, that not in the other user when you create it. Try temporarily removing them as well. Worth a shot :) Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
Thanks Daniel Ronni Craig I will follow up on yours later Daniel As it's 5 p I have to put on my other hat as the cook and get busy, June is getting better but not up to that yet . I am getting directions though now so that is a plus . I will come back to this later Bob On 30/06/2009, at 4:55 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 30/6/09 12:58 PM, Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User Hi Bob I know you said you deleted the Mail preferences, but did you also try removing the following files as well:- Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost (take out com.apple.blahblahblahblah.plist) It will be a long file name. And Users/yourname/Library/Caches/ Take out folder com.apple.mail Throw them on the Desktop and restart then see if it still happens. Also, do you have any different Fonts in your Users/yourname/ Library/Fonts folder that isn't in the other user. Could be picking up a corrupt font there if you have some as well, that not in the other user when you create it. Try temporarily removing them as well. Worth a shot :) Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: mail messages corruption
In addition to what daniel said about the mail cache clearing the entire cache folder in users/user/lib/cache can fix quite a few issues, specifically boot issues is a good one. Just make sure you only delete the files/folders within that cache folder -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 30/06/2009, at 5:06 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Thanks Daniel Ronni Craig I will follow up on yours later Daniel As it's 5 p I have to put on my other hat as the cook and get busy, June is getting better but not up to that yet . I am getting directions though now so that is a plus . I will come back to this later Bob On 30/06/2009, at 4:55 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 30/6/09 12:58 PM, Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User Hi Bob I know you said you deleted the Mail preferences, but did you also try removing the following files as well:- Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost (take out com.apple.blahblahblahblah.plist) It will be a long file name. And Users/yourname/Library/Caches/ Take out folder com.apple.mail Throw them on the Desktop and restart then see if it still happens. Also, do you have any different Fonts in your Users/yourname/ Library/Fonts folder that isn't in the other user. Could be picking up a corrupt font there if you have some as well, that not in the other user when you create it. Try temporarily removing them as well. Worth a shot :) Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: can't open iPhoto
Thanks Ronni,
The removal of the plist file did not rectify the situation. Then I
went into rebuilding the iPhoto library.
During this process the progress box states Loading Photo Library
After approx. 6 min the original alert You can't open etc. returns.
Can I change the Open with option to Preview in order to see whether
the photos are still actually in the
iPhoto library or what would you suggest ?
Thanks
Walter
On 29/06/2009, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Ok Walter,
If you do have to Rebuild your iPhoto Library, you will require
approx. 20GB free space leaving you only 8GB left on your HD.
Before we think about whether it will be worth updating iPhoto to
perhaps iPhoto 6 or iPhoto 7 ('08) (as you don't have a very large
HD).
First I would like to get your current iPhoto Library functioning if
we can.
Please do this and let me know the result.
1. Quit iPhoto (if it is open)
2. Go to Home Library Preferences Folder and find
com.apple.iPhoto.plist
4. Drag the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file to the Trash (don't empty
the trash just yet)
5. Open iPhoto
If it works, DON'T do my next instruction:
If you still get the same error message, QUIT iPhoto and then try to
rebuild the Library.
1. Rebuild the photo database by starting iPhoto while holding the
shift+option keys.
2. Don't release them until you're prompted to confirm the intent to
rebuild.
3. Click Yes, then click Save.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 29/06/2009, at 4:31 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
On 29/06/2009, at 8:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Walter,
1. iPhoto 2.0.1 with this iPhoto Library was working on this iBook
prior to what?
GOOD QUESTION. I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WERE ANY EVENTS.
When you first received the message You can't open your current
iPhoto library using this version of iPhoto etc, what had you
done recently to your computer or iPhoto?
AGAIN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES AFFECTING iPHOTO OR
ANYTHING ELSE.
2. Your iPhoto Library is 9.3GB in size, is this the size it was
before you encountered this problem?
I NEVER CHECKED THE SIZE OF THE iPHOTO LIBRARY BEFORE - I DON'T
KNOW.
3. How much FREE space do you have on the iBook's HD? To rebuild
your iPhoto Library you need free space equal to the size of your
current iPhoto Library, otherwise the rebuild will not complete.
28GB OF THE 60GB ARE AVAILABLE.
4. Do you have a backup of your iPhoto Library on an external
drive or disk?
NO - I TRIED TO PLACE A COPY ON THE EXT. HD BUT IT ONLY WENT TO
THE PREPARING TO ETC. STAGE AND THE NEXT MORNING
IT WAS STILL ONLY PREPARING AND I COULD NOT SHUT THE IBOOK DOWN,
I HAD TO TURN IT OFF WITH THE POWER SWITCH.
Why you are unable to install iLife 04 is because you cannot
install an older version over a newer version. You already
have iPhoto version 2.0.1, the Install disc will be version 2.0.
You can install a newer version of iLife, i.e iLife 05, 06, 08, or
iLife 09 (if your iBook meets the specifications).
I TRIED ILIFE 09 BUT IT REFUSED BECAUSE ITS NOT ON LEOPARD.
I have iLife 05, 06, 08, which I no longer require if you want I
could post to you.
IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE SITUATION I WOULD LIKE TO TRY IT.
Thanks,
Walter
Let me know the answers to the above questions before I can help
you more.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
No, the iMac I used for a donor of iPhoto also runs with Tiger
and has never been leopardized. I used a USB stick
to transfer it. Prior to that I tried to re-install iLife 04 and
although the installation went through all the
normal steps and was apparently successful I could not find
iPhoto or iLife 04 not even searching in spotlight.
The iBook only shows one 9.3GB iPhoto library in home /
pictures. I can try to find the original installation
disc that came with the iBook - if iPhoto is on that one and
install iPhoto from that disc. Should I do that ?
Photo libraries from other iPhoto versions have never been
installed on the iBook - only the updates that
come via software update from Apple were installed.
Thanks,
Walter
On 28/06/2009, at 6:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Walter,
A couple of things are worrying me here.
1. Had you moved, or copied, any iPhoto Library folders from
another (newer) version of iPhoto?
2. When you say you Have trashed iPhoto from the applications
and installed iPhoto again (Version 2.0.1) from another G4 iMac.
How did you install iPhoto 2.0.1 from the G4 iMac?
Looking back through the WAMUG Archives, doesn't your G4 iMac
have Leopard installed on it? iPhoto 2.0.1 is not compatible
with Leopard.
iPhoto 2 is different to newer versions of iPhoto and needs to
be installed from the Restore Disks that came with your computer.
You can't just drag the Application from another computer.
3. In your Home folder Pictures, do you have only ONE iPhoto
Library folder?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 28/06/2009, at 6:26 PM,
Re: can't open iPhoto
Hi Walter
You can't open the iPhoto Library with another application like Preview I'm
afraid. It basically belongs to iPhoto. If it's still the same size as
before there's a very good chance it's all still there.
The major issue as I see it, is that the iPhoto Library belongs to a newer
version of iPhoto then version 2.
If you don't have an external drive, or finding that it's not backing up,
I'd be hesitant to try anything else without getting it looked it.
Sometimes with these things, the more you play around with it trying to fix
it, the more chance it can get worse, or something can get lost.
Once it's backed up successfully, then iPhoto can be looked at and tweaked
if needed to get it all working again.
Hope that information helps.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 30/6/09 8:05 PM, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
The removal of the plist file did not rectify the situation. Then I
went into rebuilding the iPhoto library.
During this process the progress box states Loading Photo Library
After approx. 6 min the original alert You can't open etc. returns.
Can I change the Open with option to Preview in order to see whether
the photos are still actually in the
iPhoto library or what would you suggest ?
Thanks
Walter
On 29/06/2009, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Ok Walter,
If you do have to Rebuild your iPhoto Library, you will require
approx. 20GB free space leaving you only 8GB left on your HD.
Before we think about whether it will be worth updating iPhoto to
perhaps iPhoto 6 or iPhoto 7 ('08) (as you don't have a very large
HD).
First I would like to get your current iPhoto Library functioning if
we can.
Please do this and let me know the result.
1. Quit iPhoto (if it is open)
2. Go to Home Library Preferences Folder and find
com.apple.iPhoto.plist
4. Drag the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file to the Trash (don't empty
the trash just yet)
5. Open iPhoto
If it works, DON'T do my next instruction:
If you still get the same error message, QUIT iPhoto and then try to
rebuild the Library.
1. Rebuild the photo database by starting iPhoto while holding the
shift+option keys.
2. Don't release them until you're prompted to confirm the intent to
rebuild.
3. Click Yes, then click Save.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 29/06/2009, at 4:31 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
On 29/06/2009, at 8:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Walter,
1. iPhoto 2.0.1 with this iPhoto Library was working on this iBook
prior to what?
GOOD QUESTION. I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WERE ANY EVENTS.
When you first received the message You can't open your current
iPhoto library using this version of iPhoto etc, what had you
done recently to your computer or iPhoto?
AGAIN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES AFFECTING iPHOTO OR
ANYTHING ELSE.
2. Your iPhoto Library is 9.3GB in size, is this the size it was
before you encountered this problem?
I NEVER CHECKED THE SIZE OF THE iPHOTO LIBRARY BEFORE - I DON'T
KNOW.
3. How much FREE space do you have on the iBook's HD? To rebuild
your iPhoto Library you need free space equal to the size of your
current iPhoto Library, otherwise the rebuild will not complete.
28GB OF THE 60GB ARE AVAILABLE.
4. Do you have a backup of your iPhoto Library on an external
drive or disk?
NO - I TRIED TO PLACE A COPY ON THE EXT. HD BUT IT ONLY WENT TO
THE PREPARING TO ETC. STAGE AND THE NEXT MORNING
IT WAS STILL ONLY PREPARING AND I COULD NOT SHUT THE IBOOK DOWN,
I HAD TO TURN IT OFF WITH THE POWER SWITCH.
Why you are unable to install iLife 04 is because you cannot
install an older version over a newer version. You already
have iPhoto version 2.0.1, the Install disc will be version 2.0.
You can install a newer version of iLife, i.e iLife 05, 06, 08, or
iLife 09 (if your iBook meets the specifications).
I TRIED ILIFE 09 BUT IT REFUSED BECAUSE ITS NOT ON LEOPARD.
I have iLife 05, 06, 08, which I no longer require if you want I
could post to you.
IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE SITUATION I WOULD LIKE TO TRY IT.
Thanks,
Walter
Let me know the answers to the above questions before I can help
you more.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
No, the iMac I used for a donor of iPhoto also runs with Tiger
and has never been leopardized. I used a USB stick
to transfer it. Prior to that I tried to re-install iLife 04 and
although the installation went through all the
normal steps and was apparently successful I could not find
iPhoto or iLife 04 not even searching in spotlight.
The iBook only shows one 9.3GB iPhoto library in home /
pictures. I can try to find the original installation
disc that came with the iBook - if iPhoto is on that one and
install iPhoto from that disc. Should I do that ?
Photo libraries from other iPhoto versions have never been
installed on the iBook - only the updates that
come via software update from Apple were
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G'day all WAMUGGERS Don't forget to put next Tuesday 7 July 2009 in your iCal for the next WAMUG meeting. Some of the topics for demo or discussion are: (in no particular order) iPhone 3.0; WWDC announcements (with luck we may a special guest from Apple to tell us all about them); New Macbook Pros;and Meet Craig Bruce from MaxStyle. (Details are subject to change without notice) Location: Geology building 312, Curtin University, Bentley. Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm Please note that we will be using a different room this month but still in the same building. The room is no. 101 Vist http://properties.curtin.edu.au/discover/maps/index.cfm to view a detailed map. Download a PDF of the Curtin map from http://properties.curtin.edu.au/maps/docs/campus_map.pdf . Streetsmart map ref: 403 E4 (When entering Curtin University from either the north or south entrance, at the roundabout, head east on Brand Drive. Bldg 312 is near the bus terminal) See you there. Pete Smith Please do not reply to this email. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Anyone know of freeware to delete duplicate email addresses ?
I have a text document full of email addresses, maybe 5,000 of them, but many are duplicated. I want to strip out the duplicates. I came across eMail Extractor, but before I go down that route and pay for something that I will most likely use once for a single job, does anyone know of alternative freeware which will do the same job? Or if someone has it already I could email the document through if it's a simple enough task. Cheers, Steven -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Anyone know of freeware to delete duplicate email addresses ?
If it only text then you can do it in the terminal: 'cat textfile.txt | uniq newtextfile.txt' Adam Sent from my iPhone On 01/07/2009, at 5:06 AM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I have a text document full of email addresses, maybe 5,000 of them, but many are duplicated. I want to strip out the duplicates. I came across eMail Extractor, but before I go down that route and pay for something that I will most likely use once for a single job, does anyone know of alternative freeware which will do the same job? Or if someone has it already I could email the document through if it's a simple enough task. Cheers, Steven -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Finish: mail messages corruption
Short story : I tried and applied all suggestions , removed fonts , cleaned/removed caches, double checked preferences, inspected all Invisible files and removed what I thought was safe shut down and restarted to clear Ram , and it was still the same ! I recovered all relevant data and have now deleted that user! Just a little work to go to bring the new User up to speed ! Thanks everyone Bob On 30/06/2009, at 5:06 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Thanks Daniel Ronni Craig I will follow up on yours later Daniel As it's 5 p I have to put on my other hat as the cook and get busy, June is getting better but not up to that yet . I am getting directions though now so that is a plus . I will come back to this later Bob On 30/06/2009, at 4:55 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 30/6/09 12:58 PM, Robert Howells rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: Hello List Has anybody experience with Apple's Mail My problem is User related . that is when I create a new User the problem does not exist The problem is the way the mesasge is presented on screen The first part of a message shows From Subject Date To Reply to PROBLEM The lines are massively spaced apart The content below shows as normal with line after line I have tried removing all Mail content in the User- Library and Preferences apple.com.mail.plist and then restarting and recreating Mail accounts , but still with the same problem Suggestions Please ! ? Thanks Bob That is apart from deleting that user and creating a new User Hi Bob I know you said you deleted the Mail preferences, but did you also try removing the following files as well:- Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ByHost (take out com.apple.blahblahblahblah.plist) It will be a long file name. And Users/yourname/Library/Caches/ Take out folder com.apple.mail Throw them on the Desktop and restart then see if it still happens. Also, do you have any different Fonts in your Users/yourname/ Library/Fonts folder that isn't in the other user. Could be picking up a corrupt font there if you have some as well, that not in the other user when you create it. Try temporarily removing them as well. Worth a shot :) Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Anyone know of freeware to delete duplicate email addresses ?
Steven You could this in a spreadsheet like Excel or Apple's Numbers. The trick is after opening or importing the text doc, is to sort them by the email address field and then add a formula in a new column that tests to see if the email in the cell directly above is the same (the first cell will be empty). If it's the same (duplicate) the formula returns the value of 1, and 0 if false. Now you have to sort all the columns on this new column and all the 1's will be the duplicates. BUT before you do this, you have to convert the column from a formula to just the value of 1 or 0 FIRST. To do this Edit-Copy and then Edit- Paste Special and choose Values. I have attached an excel doc (sent direct to your email only) with a sample formula for you to work with, but if you get stuck I can do it for you (but I know it is email address i.e personal data) but I thought I would offer any way. Duplicate the text doc before you start and work on the copy, just in case. Regards Andrew Bignell Email: abign...@iinet.net.au Mobile: 0414 349 002 On 01/07/2009, at 5:06 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: I have a text document full of email addresses, maybe 5,000 of them, but many are duplicated. I want to strip out the duplicates. I came across eMail Extractor, but before I go down that route and pay for something that I will most likely use once for a single job, does anyone know of alternative freeware which will do the same job? Or if someone has it already I could email the document through if it's a simple enough task. Cheers, Steven -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: can't open iPhoto
Hi Walter,
As Daniel has already said you can only open iPhoto Library by using
the iPhoto Application.
Somehow the iPhoto Library you are trying to open does not belong to
the iPhoto Application you are using to open it.
I would suggest you don't play around with this anymore as you don't
have a backup of this iPhoto Library and you could risk loosing some /
all of your photos.
As you don't have a backup of this iPhoto Library and I cannot
physically see your iBook to sort the problem out, I would now suggest
you contact Daniel to drop your iBook to him so he can see where the
problem lies and fix it for you.
I will contact Daniel as well and see if I can arrange to give him one
of my iLife version discs that I no longer require.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 30/06/2009, at 8:27 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Walter
You can't open the iPhoto Library with another application like
Preview I'm
afraid. It basically belongs to iPhoto. If it's still the same
size as
before there's a very good chance it's all still there.
The major issue as I see it, is that the iPhoto Library belongs to
a newer
version of iPhoto then version 2.
If you don't have an external drive, or finding that it's not
backing up,
I'd be hesitant to try anything else without getting it looked it.
Sometimes with these things, the more you play around with it trying
to fix
it, the more chance it can get worse, or something can get lost.
Once it's backed up successfully, then iPhoto can be looked at and
tweaked
if needed to get it all working again.
Hope that information helps.
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 30/6/09 8:05 PM, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
The removal of the plist file did not rectify the situation. Then I
went into rebuilding the iPhoto library.
During this process the progress box states Loading Photo Library
After approx. 6 min the original alert You can't open etc.
returns.
Can I change the Open with option to Preview in order to see
whether
the photos are still actually in the
iPhoto library or what would you suggest ?
Thanks
Walter
On 29/06/2009, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Ok Walter,
If you do have to Rebuild your iPhoto Library, you will require
approx. 20GB free space leaving you only 8GB left on your HD.
Before we think about whether it will be worth updating iPhoto to
perhaps iPhoto 6 or iPhoto 7 ('08) (as you don't have a very large
HD).
First I would like to get your current iPhoto Library functioning if
we can.
Please do this and let me know the result.
1. Quit iPhoto (if it is open)
2. Go to Home Library Preferences Folder and find
com.apple.iPhoto.plist
4. Drag the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file to the Trash (don't empty
the trash just yet)
5. Open iPhoto
If it works, DON'T do my next instruction:
If you still get the same error message, QUIT iPhoto and then try to
rebuild the Library.
1. Rebuild the photo database by starting iPhoto while holding the
shift+option keys.
2. Don't release them until you're prompted to confirm the intent to
rebuild.
3. Click Yes, then click Save.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 29/06/2009, at 4:31 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:
Thanks Ronni,
On 29/06/2009, at 8:29 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Walter,
1. iPhoto 2.0.1 with this iPhoto Library was working on this iBook
prior to what?
GOOD QUESTION. I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WERE ANY EVENTS.
When you first received the message You can't open your current
iPhoto library using this version of iPhoto etc, what had you
done recently to your computer or iPhoto?
AGAIN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES AFFECTING iPHOTO OR
ANYTHING ELSE.
2. Your iPhoto Library is 9.3GB in size, is this the size it was
before you encountered this problem?
I NEVER CHECKED THE SIZE OF THE iPHOTO LIBRARY BEFORE - I DON'T
KNOW.
3. How much FREE space do you have on the iBook's HD? To rebuild
your iPhoto Library you need free space equal to the size of your
current iPhoto Library, otherwise the rebuild will not complete.
28GB OF THE 60GB ARE AVAILABLE.
4. Do you have a backup of your iPhoto Library on an external
drive or disk?
NO - I TRIED TO PLACE A COPY ON THE EXT. HD BUT IT ONLY WENT TO
THE PREPARING TO ETC. STAGE AND THE NEXT MORNING
IT WAS STILL ONLY PREPARING AND I COULD NOT SHUT THE IBOOK DOWN,
I HAD TO TURN IT OFF WITH THE POWER SWITCH.
Why you are unable to install iLife 04 is because you cannot
install an older version over a newer version. You already
have iPhoto version 2.0.1, the Install disc will be version 2.0.
You can install a newer version of iLife, i.e iLife 05, 06, 08, or
iLife 09 (if your iBook meets the specifications).
I TRIED ILIFE 09 BUT IT REFUSED BECAUSE ITS NOT ON LEOPARD.
I have iLife 05, 06, 08, which I no longer require if you want I
could post to you.
IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE SITUATION I WOULD LIKE TO TRY
IT.
Thanks,
Walter
Let me know the answers to the above questions before I can help
you more.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 28/06/2009, at 7:45 PM, F.W. Hänel
Re: 64-bit architecture with older 32-bit applications
On 30/06/2009, at 8:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 30/06/2009, at 7:52 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 29/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: It's not the 32-bit vs 64-bit that is the problem, it is developers writing software for Snow Leopard. Look at iWork '09, the requirements are 10.5.6, so no Tiger. Point of fact Ronni - specifications for iWork '09 are 10.5.6 OR 10.4.11 if you're still running Tiger. iWork '09 is running quite happily (albeit a little slowly) under Tiger on G4 computers (going back to the old table lamp iMacs) across the network of one of my clients. Of course, it runs much better on the Intel/Leopard machines, but that's only to be expected :-) My bad there Peter ... sorry ;-( Am I correct in my assumption below? As far as I understand, 32 bit code will still execute on 10.6. It's just that you'll get better performance with 10.6, regardless of whether or not the application has been written to take advantage of multiple cores. Yes, I think sums it up, from my understanding. The main advantage of 64-bit is that you get access to far more memory than 32-bit. Of course, the limiting factor is the amount of RAM your computer is physically capable of using. Mac OS X has been 64 bit compliant for some time, but we are only just now seeing mainstream consumer products capable of using more than 4Gb of RAM, the limit of 32-bit addressing. The new Macbook Pros can all accept 8 Gb of RAM. The main increase in performance here, in the short term at least, will be seen in the reduced use of virtual RAM, where the system has to use areas of the hard drive instead of built-in RAM under large loads. I don't know how Windows 7 works, but I know that with Windows Vista you have to chose between 32-bit Vista and 64-bit Vista, and software does have to specifically written for 64-bit Vista to take advantage of it. As I understand it, Leopard and its underlying foundations contains not such constraints (especially with Cocoa-based software), and Snow Leopard will take it to the next level. -- 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. -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Inkjet Printer
My Epson Stylus C61 has given 7 years of good service but has reached a point where it needs maintenance beyond my capabilities. Cleaning of the heads and the rollers gets rid of vertical streaks for about half a page of printing. A discussion of colour laser printers occurred on the List in about January 2008 but further exploration of that choice tells me that quality photos can not be produced for a machine under $1000 where as inkjets can. An Epson inkjet would be my first choice and a likely product appeared to be the Epson Stylus Photo R290 (about $170), but reviews identified feed problems. Anyone had good performances from other Epson photo quality printers, or an alternative Brand? Merv -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Inkjet Printer
On 1/7/09 9:16 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: My Epson Stylus C61 has given 7 years of good service but has reached a point where it needs maintenance beyond my capabilities. Cleaning of the heads and the rollers gets rid of vertical streaks for about half a page of printing. A discussion of colour laser printers occurred on the List in about January 2008 but further exploration of that choice tells me that quality photos can not be produced for a machine under $1000 where as inkjets can. An Epson inkjet would be my first choice and a likely product appeared to be the Epson Stylus Photo R290 (about $170), but reviews identified feed problems. Anyone had good performances from other Epson photo quality printers, or an alternative Brand? Merv Hi Merv I've supplied Epson printers for my clients (and use Epson myself) and I've always been very happy with them. I find their colour output is great, and they generally always work with no problems, and last fairly well. (On average). I've a few clients with the R290 and they've never had any problems with them, otherwise I'm sure I would have heard about it. The new Epson range is very well priced. Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with Epson. But that's my own opinion. :o) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Inkjet Printer
...An Epson inkjet would be my first choice and a likely product appeared to be the Epson Stylus Photo R290 (about $170), but reviews identified feed problems. Anyone had good performances from other Epson photo quality printers, or an alternative Brand? We bought an R290 mostly because of its ability to write on printable CDs. Its inks are expensive, but its performance has been fine - the printing quality is good and we have had no feed problems. Cheers, Kaye and Geoff -- Kaye Stott and Geoff Prince email: k...@kgweb.org.au web: http://www.kgweb.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Inkjet Printer
Thanks Daniel. You have confirmed my own preference for Epson. There are so many different configurations of Epson printers in the less than $400 range, including some combo versions, that I thought it would be interesting to hear about the experience of users of these models. Merv On 1/7/09 9:16 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: My Epson Stylus C61 has given 7 years of good service but has reached a point where it needs maintenance beyond my capabilities. Cleaning of the heads and the rollers gets rid of vertical streaks for about half a page of printing. A discussion of colour laser printers occurred on the List in about January 2008 but further exploration of that choice tells me that quality photos can not be produced for a machine under $1000 where as inkjets can. An Epson inkjet would be my first choice and a likely product appeared to be the Epson Stylus Photo R290 (about $170), but reviews identified feed problems. Anyone had good performances from other Epson photo quality printers, or an alternative Brand? Merv Hi Merv I've supplied Epson printers for my clients (and use Epson myself) and I've always been very happy with them. I find their colour output is great, and they generally always work with no problems, and last fairly well. (On average). I've a few clients with the R290 and they've never had any problems with them, otherwise I'm sure I would have heard about it. The new Epson range is very well priced. Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with Epson. But that's my own opinion. :o) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
