Time Machine
Every time I connect an external drive, to do a SuperDuper backup, a splash screen comes up asking whether I want to use Time Machine. My answer is always no. How can I turn off this annoying behaviour? Bob -- 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: Uprade from 10.4.11
Hi Laura, By Cleaned up your Mac, I mean uninstall any old applications that you no longer use and are not compatible with Snow Leopard. The critical factor for you is to be sure that any software you rely on works properly in Snow Leopard. Mainstream software in its latest versions is all fine (e.g., MS Office 2008, Adobe CS4). With your Applications you need to check if updates are available compatible with Snow Leopard. Also the Printer you use, check that there are drivers for Snow Leopard. Check here to see if your Printer is listed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Check here: Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258 I have to rush to Perth now and will not be back to my computer until tomorrow. If you require more assistance tonight, others might help you. Cheers, Ronni On 11/12/2009, at 3:36 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni Gee Im glad I asked!! I've answered below as far as I can but maybe it's all too hard and I should just stay with what I've got. It seemed a nice idea!! On 11/12/2009, at 2:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 11/12/2009, at 1:11 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Having decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard using a Mac Box Set I initially found there was insufficient disk space for the installation. I've now done some MacBook housekeeping which has freed up the required space. I have done a back up and repaired permissions. Is there anything else I need to do before going ahead with the upgrade? Are there likely to be any known problems? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you. Laura MacBook OS X 10.4.11 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Laura, I take it you have read all the WAMUG emails on upgrading to Snow Leopard and you have cleaned up your Mac updated all your third party applications Add On's / plugins and checked they are compatible with Snow Leopard. I've certainly being reading emails about upgrading but don't know about cleaning up my Mac nor updating third party applications etc etc. If you have, and you have decided which Upgrade Install you are going to do, you should not experience any problems. If you haven't done the preparation, you install at your own risk! I didn't know there was a choice of upgrade. All that seems available to me is what is in the Mac Box Set Go into System Profiler (under the Apple Symbol - About this Mac, then click on More Info). Under Software, click on Applications. This will give you a list of all applications on your Mac. This list will also show which kind of binary the app runs under: PowerPC, Intel, or Universal. If Kind is PowerPC, you're going to need to update that application if you want to continue to run it in Snow Leopard without installing Rosetta. I've done that and there are many PowerPC among all the Universal and Intel. Most of these I'm not even sure what they are for and can't imagine they would be missed. There are a few exceptions which I would need to retain i.e. Epson Scan settings and Epson Scanner Monitor Java plug in settings Silverkeeper (used for back up) Then there is Word and all its applications, all PowerPC. I would happily remove Word from my MacBook and use Open Office but not sure if I would lose documents etc in that process, nor do I know how to uninstall Word. Note that if you have a program like Photoshop CS installed, it will count droplets as individual applications, so this list will be much longer and potentially more confusing.) You can use that application's built-in software updater to check for updates. I don't have Photoshop. If you have done the preparation and decided on which Upgrade Install you are going to do. 1. Automatic Upgrade: The Snow Leopard installer’s single upgrade method attempts to make the transition as simple as possible by leaving almost all your files, applications, and settings in place. The installer simply replaces all the components of your old Mac OS X installation with their Snow Leopard equivalents, and it deletes those that are obsolete. It contains a list of software known to be incompatible with the new operating system, and when you run the installer, as long as you have an active Internet connection, it even checks for new additions to the list. Software that’s on the list is moved safely aside into an Incompatible Software folder. That sounds a bit more comforting! DO TAKE NOTE though: The installer doesn't disable all software that’s incompatible with Snow Leopard—only software that loads automatically on startup and that runs in the background, such as drivers and other kernel extensions. Ordinary applications (such as those in the /Applications folder), which you must run manually, are never disabled, even if they couldn’t possibly run under Snow Leopard. That is why you are wiser to check for problems before installing, rather
Re: Time Machine
Control panels time machine turn time machine off Or Time machine icon in right side menu bar Time machine preferences Turn time machine off On 11/12/09 4:06 PM, Bob Jackson bobj...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Every time I connect an external drive, to do a SuperDuper backup, a splash screen comes up asking whether I want to use Time Machine. My answer is always no. How can I turn off this annoying behaviour? Bob -- 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 mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Computer officer, Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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: iMac wont start - shows a no-entry sign on grey screen
Joe, it looks like you may well be correct, as it seem to have repaired itself somehow. But I will get it replaced and keep will keep the old, a good piece of advise. Thanks Matt On 11/12/2009, at 5:42 AM, Joe Mastrella wrote: Greetings! Back at our club in the States (California) we had a monthly clinic for our members. When ever we replaced a hard drive that was shown to be faulty we would install the faulty HD in a HD enclosure and low and behold it mounted. This happened about 80 percent of the time. i do not know why but we were able to recover all the data. So do not discard your old HD. Buy a case and give it another chance. Cheers, Joe On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Matt Falvey mmfal...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Thank Ronni Roger, I used the Mac OS X Install Disc 1, and followed your (Ronni's) instructions. In the show details it had the normal message at the beginning in Black: Verify and Repair volume Intel iMac HD, Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume, Checking Extents Overflow file, Checking Catalog file. THEN in RED: Invalid record count, Volume Check failed, Error:Filesystem verify or repair failed. Then a pop up window appeared: First Aid failed. Disk Utility stopped repairing Intel iMac HD because the following error was encountered: Filesystem verify or repair failed. I then tried to boot the iMac up in Target mode and run Diskwarrior on from my Powerbook, but the iMac HD doesn't show up on the Powerbook desktop. Nor will the iMac boot from the Diskwarrior CD. Roger. I can boot from the Install CD, choose my external HD as the Startup disk, when I do this I get the following warning window The disk Intel iMac HD was not reparable by this computer it is being made available to you with limited functionality you must back up your data and reformat the disk as soon as possible Now fortunately I did a Superduper back up of the HD on Saturday and only stand to lose about 50 files. But I know which ones they are and I for the life of me can't seem to get access to the Intel iMac HD, that the warning message has told me I am supposed to have. I did, once I booted from the External HD, try Disk Utility again to see if working from another disk would work (as is normal with DiskWarrior). Initially the Intel iMac HD didn't even show up, then after a while the Intel iMac HD icon turned up with Mount point - not mounted, Format-Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Capacity-931.2 GB (999,860,912,128 Bytes), all the other fields where blank. It only gave me the option to Verify Disk, I did this and had the same answer as above. Then a short time later the 931.5 GB WDC WD10EADs-00L5B1 Media icon appeared above it and this again had Verify Disk as the only option, but this time the entire date fields were populated. Disk Description- 931.5 GB... (as above), Connection Bus-Serial ATA 2, Connection Type-Internal, Total Capacity- 931.5 GB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes), Write Status-Read/Write, S.M.A.R.T. Status-Verified, Partition Map Scheme-GUID Partition Table.I did not expect the SMART status to be verified. Anyway I ran the Verify Disk and this time the result was very different, in Black this time- Verifying volume on Intel iMac HD Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume Checking Extents Overflow file Checking Catalog file Checking multi-linked files Checking Catalog hierarchy Checking Extended Attributes file Checking volume bitmap Checking volume information Then in RED Invalid volume file count (It should be 706365 instead of 654780) BLACK invalid volume directory count RED (it should be 170393 instead of 161532) BLACK Invalid volume free block count RED (It should be 179888936 instead of 185089281) BLACK Volume Header needs minor repair RED The volume Intel iMac HD needs to be repaired. RED Error:Filesystem verify or repair failed RED So it doesn't look good, but the second repair looked better. Where to next? Thanks Matt On 10/12/2009, at 4:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Matt, The system showing the grey screen with a no-entry sign, indicates the computer cannot boot the system. I hope it is not what I fear, the most probable cause is a dead hard drive. If you can boot from the DVD that came with your iMac (as Roger has suggested) or the install DVD of your operating system, by restarting the computer while holding the C key. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. Click the First Aid tab. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. Select your Mac OS X volume. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. (If it can, otherwise you will receive a message that the Drive cannot be repaired). Let us know what the message is your receive please. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz /
Re: mail accounts
Hi Pedro, I'm using iinet's IMAP for my emails on a daily basis. I wonder who told you that IMAP was unavailable. regards, Susan. On 11/12/2009, at 10:51 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Susan It appears iinet will only support pop3 accounts so she is stuck with the PC until she finishes the work she doing. In the mean time I get the glorious 27 screen to myself for awhile. cheers Pedro On 11/12/2009, at 6:06 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Pedro, when setting up your email account, you go to the Advanced tab and check 'leave messages on server'. This means that the messages stay on your server and can be downloaded to any computer you are using. Even if you delete items on a particular mac, they are still on the server and the other Macs. or you can set up the iinet account as an IMAP account, rather than POP, and this means the inbox syncs with your Macs. In this case, deleting an email on one Mac will delete it from all your Macs when you connect to the server. Check the iinet site for details on setting up the IMAP settings, its very simple. cheers, Susan. On 10/12/2009, at 11:21 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all I am currently transferring all the information and data from my darling other half's ageing PC to our new 27 iMac (thank you Daniel Kerr) and would like to set up her mail account which is through iinet (pop3) Is it possible to receive mail on the iMac while still receiving mail on the PC as is the case with my MacBook and iPhone Mail from iinet goes to both my MacBook and to my iPhone Thanks in advance Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- 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 MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg -- 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: Time Machine
I have this setting. It does NOT turn the splash screen off! Bob At 4:29 PM 11/12/09, Mark Secker eloquently proclaimed... Control panels time machine turn time machine off Or Time machine icon in right side menu bar Time machine preferences Turn time machine off On 11/12/09 4:06 PM, Bob Jackson bobj...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Every time I connect an external drive, to do a SuperDuper backup, a splash screen comes up asking whether I want to use Time Machine. My answer is always no. How can I turn off this annoying behaviour? Bob -- 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 accounts
Hi Susan It was iinet that told me. I guess you can't believe everything you hear from tech support. I shall have to do some more digging to see how it works Thanks for that Cheers Pedro From the iPhone On 11/12/2009, at 16:33, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi Pedro, I'm using iinet's IMAP for my emails on a daily basis. I wonder who told you that IMAP was unavailable. regards, Susan. On 11/12/2009, at 10:51 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Susan It appears iinet will only support pop3 accounts so she is stuck with the PC until she finishes the work she doing. In the mean time I get the glorious 27 screen to myself for awhile. cheers Pedro On 11/12/2009, at 6:06 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Pedro, when setting up your email account, you go to the Advanced tab and check 'leave messages on server'. This means that the messages stay on your server and can be downloaded to any computer you are using. Even if you delete items on a particular mac, they are still on the server and the other Macs. or you can set up the iinet account as an IMAP account, rather than POP, and this means the inbox syncs with your Macs. In this case, deleting an email on one Mac will delete it from all your Macs when you connect to the server. Check the iinet site for details on setting up the IMAP settings, its very simple. cheers, Susan. On 10/12/2009, at 11:21 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all I am currently transferring all the information and data from my darling other half's ageing PC to our new 27 iMac (thank you Daniel Kerr) and would like to set up her mail account which is through iinet (pop3) Is it possible to receive mail on the iMac while still receiving mail on the PC as is the case with my MacBook and iPhone Mail from iinet goes to both my MacBook and to my iPhone Thanks in advance Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- 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 MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg -- 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
Heredis Genealogy
In my bid to try and upgrade to Snow Leopard it seems, from reference to the Archives, that Heredis, the genie program I use, is not compatible with Snow Leopard. Does anyone using this program have any more up to date information? Does it mean I'll have to remove it before upgrading? Thanks for any advice. Cheers Laura -- 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: iMac wont start - shows a no-entry sign on grey screen
Greetings! When you go to purchase a HD case, Make sure that you get one that has a Firewire and USB connections. Good luck! Cheers, Joe On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Matt Falvey mmfal...@bigpond.net.auwrote: Joe, it looks like you may well be correct, as it seem to have repaired itself somehow. But I will get it replaced and keep will keep the old, a good piece of advise. Thanks Matt On 11/12/2009, at 5:42 AM, Joe Mastrella wrote: Greetings! Back at our club in the States (California) we had a monthly clinic for our members. When ever we replaced a hard drive that was shown to be faulty we would install the faulty HD in a HD enclosure and low and behold it mounted. This happened about 80 percent of the time. i do not know why but we were able to recover all the data. So do not discard your old HD. Buy a case and give it another chance. Cheers, Joe On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Matt Falvey mmfal...@bigpond.net.auwrote: Thank Ronni Roger, I used the Mac OS X Install Disc 1, and followed your (Ronni's) instructions. In the show details it had the normal message at the beginning in Black: Verify and Repair volume Intel iMac HD, Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume, Checking Extents Overflow file, Checking Catalog file. THEN in RED: Invalid record count, Volume Check failed, Error:Filesystem verify or repair failed. Then a pop up window appeared: First Aid failed. Disk Utility stopped repairing Intel iMac HD because the following error was encountered: Filesystem verify or repair failed. I then tried to boot the iMac up in Target mode and run Diskwarrior on from my Powerbook, but the iMac HD doesn't show up on the Powerbook desktop. Nor will the iMac boot from the Diskwarrior CD. Roger. I can boot from the Install CD, choose my external HD as the Startup disk, when I do this I get the following warning window The disk Intel iMac HD was not reparable by this computer it is being made available to you with limited functionality you must back up your data and reformat the disk as soon as possible Now fortunately I did a Superduper back up of the HD on Saturday and only stand to lose about 50 files. But I know which ones they are and I for the life of me can't seem to get access to the Intel iMac HD, that the warning message has told me I am supposed to have. I did, once I booted from the External HD, try Disk Utility again to see if working from another disk would work (as is normal with DiskWarrior). Initially the Intel iMac HD didn't even show up, then after a while the Intel iMac HD icon turned up with Mount point - *not mounted,* Format-Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Capacity-931.2 GB (999,860,912,128 Bytes), all the other fields where blank. It only gave me the option to Verify Disk, I did this and had the same answer as above. Then a short time later the 931.5 GB WDC WD10EADs-00L5B1 Media icon appeared above it and this again had Verify Disk as the only option, but this time the entire date fields were populated. Disk Description- 931.5 GB... (as above), Connection Bus-Serial ATA 2, Connection Type-Internal, Total Capacity- 931.5 GB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes), Write Status-Read/Write, S.M.A.R.T. Status-Verified, Partition Map Scheme-GUID Partition Table.I did not expect the SMART status to be verified. Anyway I ran the Verify Disk and this time the result was very different, in Black this time- Verifying volume on Intel iMac HD Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume Checking Extents Overflow file Checking Catalog file Checking multi-linked files Checking Catalog hierarchy Checking Extended Attributes file Checking volume bitmap Checking volume information Then in RED Invalid volume file count (It should be 706365 instead of 654780) BLACK invalid volume directory count RED (it should be 170393 instead of 161532) BLACK Invalid volume free block count RED (It should be 179888936 instead of 185089281) BLACK Volume Header needs minor repair RED The volume Intel iMac HD needs to be repaired. RED Error:Filesystem verify or repair failed RED So it doesn't look good, but the second repair looked better. Where to next? Thanks Matt On 10/12/2009, at 4:10 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Matt, The system showing the grey screen with a no-entry sign, indicates the computer cannot boot the system. I hope it is not what I fear, the most probable cause is a dead hard drive. If you can boot from the DVD that came with your iMac (as Roger has suggested) or the install DVD of your operating system, by restarting the computer while holding the C key. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. Click the First Aid tab. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. Select your Mac OS X volume. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. (If it can,
Re: mail accounts
G'day Pedro. I've still still got my old PC and use it quite regularly for dedicated Windows thingys. It's also good for getting the heart pumping under higher blood pressure and exercising the vocal chords plus plenty of quiet time waiting, waiting, waiting... Anyhow, both still receive email. My iMac is set to delete from the server after 1 day whilst my PC is still set to delete immediately (must change that one day!) I go through Mailwasher on the PC to scan emails and sort junk, etc before it opens up Outlook and downloads what I want. Any email downloads will only happen when I hit the Send/Receive button (or whatever it's called). I've always had this setup. When I first got my iMac last year, I downloaded emails to both. The iMac is set to automatically download from my main account (and delete from the server after 1 day) and manually from both my email accounts. The PC is still set to download manually but deletes from the server immediately. Having said that, I haven't used the PC to download email for ages. However, it's a good emergency tool (which I may be using next week when my iMac is going to be looked at for possible repair - thank goodness for Applecare -- they are very helpful, spent over two hours on the phone with them today - but that's another story). So in summary answer to your question. My PC and iMac do it so it is possible. Oh, and my email is POP with Internode. Enjoy the new 27. Pete Smith iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 750GB Hdrive OS X 10.6.2 On 10/12/2009, at 23:21 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all I am currently transferring all the information and data from my darling other half's ageing PC to our new 27 iMac (thank you Daniel Kerr) and would like to set up her mail account which is through iinet (pop3) Is it possible to receive mail on the iMac while still receiving mail on the PC as is the case with my MacBook and iPhone Mail from iinet goes to both my MacBook and to my iPhone Thanks in advance Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- 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: Heredis Genealogy
Try Reunion 9. It works fine on OSX Snow Leopard. http://www.leisterpro.com/index.php Paul. :) Dr Paul R. Weaver 23 Waddell Rd. Palmyra. 6157. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- 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: Time Machine
On further investigation, I have discovered that Time Machine turns the off setting to on when an external hard drive is connected. The only way to lock the control panel so that the setting does not change. Bob At 4:33 PM 11/12/09, Bob Jackson eloquently proclaimed... I have this setting. It does NOT turn the splash screen off! Bob At 4:29 PM 11/12/09, Mark Secker eloquently proclaimed... Control panels time machine turn time machine off Or Time machine icon in right side menu bar Time machine preferences Turn time machine off On 11/12/09 4:06 PM, Bob Jackson bobj...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Every time I connect an external drive, to do a SuperDuper backup, a splash screen comes up asking whether I want to use Time Machine. My answer is always no. How can I turn off this annoying behaviour? Bob -- 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 accounts
Hi Pedro, I have the following settings in Mail on my MacBook (and other Macs): To set up I go to Prefences, add a new email account, then choose IMAP instead of POP3, and give my username, password and set the server setting as below. incoming server: smtp.iinet.net.au Outgoing server: smtp.iinet.net.au Its no more difficult than setting up a new POP3 account, just the servers are different. cheers, Susan. On 11/12/2009, at 5:15 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Susan It was iinet that told me. I guess you can't believe everything you hear from tech support. I shall have to do some more digging to see how it works Thanks for that Cheers Pedro From the iPhone On 11/12/2009, at 16:33, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi Pedro, I'm using iinet's IMAP for my emails on a daily basis. I wonder who told you that IMAP was unavailable. regards, Susan. On 11/12/2009, at 10:51 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Susan It appears iinet will only support pop3 accounts so she is stuck with the PC until she finishes the work she doing. In the mean time I get the glorious 27 screen to myself for awhile. cheers Pedro On 11/12/2009, at 6:06 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Pedro, when setting up your email account, you go to the Advanced tab and check 'leave messages on server'. This means that the messages stay on your server and can be downloaded to any computer you are using. Even if you delete items on a particular mac, they are still on the server and the other Macs. or you can set up the iinet account as an IMAP account, rather than POP, and this means the inbox syncs with your Macs. In this case, deleting an email on one Mac will delete it from all your Macs when you connect to the server. Check the iinet site for details on setting up the IMAP settings, its very simple. cheers, Susan. On 10/12/2009, at 11:21 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all I am currently transferring all the information and data from my darling other half's ageing PC to our new 27 iMac (thank you Daniel Kerr) and would like to set up her mail account which is through iinet (pop3) Is it possible to receive mail on the iMac while still receiving mail on the PC as is the case with my MacBook and iPhone Mail from iinet goes to both my MacBook and to my iPhone Thanks in advance Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- 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 MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg -- 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 -- 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
WAMUG BBQ
Hi all I note it will be 39 degrees on Sunday. Any thoughts about changing the date or the venue? Cheers John -- 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: WAMUG BBQ
Greetings! I vote that we reschedule to a cooler date Cheers, Joe On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:52 PM, John Daniels jdani...@westnet.com.auwrote: Hi all I note it will be 39 degrees on Sunday. Any thoughts about changing the date or the venue? Cheers John -- 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: Uprade from 10.4.11
Hi Ronni Many thanks for your help. I think I've done as much cleaning up as I can. Apart from Word and all its components, the only Power PC applications remaining are:- Epson Scan settings Epson Scanner Monitor Heredis Silver Keeper (will replace with Super Duper) Java 1.4.2 I have concerns about the EPSON printer which I believe is the same model as you have TX700W and which you helped me set up. It works so beautifully printing and scanning wirelessly. I would hate this to be upset. Although not specifically mentioned in the list of drivers for Snow Leopard I'm assuming the Artisan 700 listed would cover the TX700W. The genie program Heredis is, I believe, not compatible with Snow Leopard. I am aware of Reunion 9 for Mac but given that family history is currently on the back burner for me I can't justify the cost of Reunion. Heredis is now more a repository for numerous records acquired over many years so I probably need, for the time being, to move its content to a disk. So, perhaps I am almost ready to take the plunge? Regards Laura On 11/12/2009, at 4:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, By Cleaned up your Mac, I mean uninstall any old applications that you no longer use and are not compatible with Snow Leopard. The critical factor for you is to be sure that any software you rely on works properly in Snow Leopard. Mainstream software in its latest versions is all fine (e.g., MS Office 2008, Adobe CS4). With your Applications you need to check if updates are available compatible with Snow Leopard. Also the Printer you use, check that there are drivers for Snow Leopard. Check here to see if your Printer is listed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Check here: Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258 I have to rush to Perth now and will not be back to my computer until tomorrow. If you require more assistance tonight, others might help you. Cheers, Ronni On 11/12/2009, at 3:36 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni Gee Im glad I asked!! I've answered below as far as I can but maybe it's all too hard and I should just stay with what I've got. It seemed a nice idea!! On 11/12/2009, at 2:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 11/12/2009, at 1:11 PM, Laura Webb wrote: Having decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard using a Mac Box Set I initially found there was insufficient disk space for the installation. I've now done some MacBook housekeeping which has freed up the required space. I have done a back up and repaired permissions. Is there anything else I need to do before going ahead with the upgrade? Are there likely to be any known problems? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you. Laura MacBook OS X 10.4.11 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hi Laura, I take it you have read all the WAMUG emails on upgrading to Snow Leopard and you have cleaned up your Mac updated all your third party applications Add On's / plugins and checked they are compatible with Snow Leopard. I've certainly being reading emails about upgrading but don't know about cleaning up my Mac nor updating third party applications etc etc. If you have, and you have decided which Upgrade Install you are going to do, you should not experience any problems. If you haven't done the preparation, you install at your own risk! I didn't know there was a choice of upgrade. All that seems available to me is what is in the Mac Box Set Go into System Profiler (under the Apple Symbol - About this Mac, then click on More Info). Under Software, click on Applications. This will give you a list of all applications on your Mac. This list will also show which kind of binary the app runs under: PowerPC, Intel, or Universal. If Kind is PowerPC, you're going to need to update that application if you want to continue to run it in Snow Leopard without installing Rosetta. I've done that and there are many PowerPC among all the Universal and Intel. Most of these I'm not even sure what they are for and can't imagine they would be missed. There are a few exceptions which I would need to retain i.e. Epson Scan settings and Epson Scanner Monitor Java plug in settings Silverkeeper (used for back up) Then there is Word and all its applications, all PowerPC. I would happily remove Word from my MacBook and use Open Office but not sure if I would lose documents etc in that process, nor do I know how to uninstall Word. Note that if you have a program like Photoshop CS installed, it will count droplets as individual applications, so this list will be much longer and potentially more confusing.) You can use that application's built-in software updater to check for updates. I don't have Photoshop. If you have done the preparation and decided on which Upgrade Install you are going to do. 1. Automatic Upgrade: The Snow Leopard installer’s single upgrade method attempts to make the
iPod Touch 8 gig deal
Big W are advertising 8 gig iPod Touchs for $217 this weekend. Apple online price is $268. However my son found Good Guys at O'connor were prepared to undercut Big W by a dollar without any hesitation after seeing the ad. They had plenty of stock. It's a jungle out there. Merry Christmas-shopping, ho ho. Paul. Dr Paul R. Weaver http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- 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: Uprade from 10.4.11
Hi Laura. I'm back home! Warm drive down the freeway from Perth today with the top down on Tigger. Had to go a little over the speed limit ... Only kidding, I never speed ;-) OK Laura, it sounds like you are ready to do the Upgrade to Snow Leopard. Don't worry about Heridis or any other PowerPC apps you still have on your Mac. Snow Leopard install will place anything that is NOT compatible into a Incompatible Softwarefolder. Snow Leopard will just automatically disable any plug-ins that will not run in Snow Leopard. For your TX700W Multi Function Network Printer . After you have installed Snow Leopard and go into System Preferences Print Fax to Add your EPSON SP TX700W Series ... make sure you select the Epson Drivers version 8.07 ( NOT Gutenprint v5.2.3). You might get a notice from Apple's Software Update that there are Epson print drivers available for Snow Leopard, if so just download and install. If you find you are still unable to print, just go into System Preferences Print Fax, right-click (Control-Click), on the printer, click on reset printer system, clearing out the printers, and then choose add the TX700W printer. If you have a current backup, I think you are ready to do the Automatic Upgrade. Just take your time, follow the instructions exactly and you won't go wrong. 1. Insert the Snow Leopard DVD and double-click the Install Mac OS X icon. A window appears with just two buttons: Utilities and Continue. Click Continue. 2. After you select your destination disk, you get two options - Default or Customize the Installation. I went Customize BUT, you should GO WITH THE DEFAULT. It's the option most people choose. 3. Click the Install button, when the alert asks if you are sure you want to install Mac OS X, click INSTALL again, then Enter your Administrator user name and password. 4. Click OK and away you go :o) NOTE: Partway through the installation process, your Mac restarts from the DVD (and then later restarts again from your main disk), but all this normally requires no intervention. While the installation completes, don't use your Mac for anything else, just let Snow Leopard Installation do it's thing! When the installation is finished, a Restart button appears—but if you don’t happen to be paying attention at the time, your Mac restarts by itself after 30 seconds—this time under Snow Leopard. The first time you use Snow Leopard, a program called Mac OS X Setup Assistant runs. You’ll know that’s what’s happening when you see the animated “Welcome” message and hear the music playing. Because you performed an automated upgrade, you needn’t manually enter information in Setup Assistant (which you had to do with older Mac OS X installers, and which you still must do in an Erase and Install upgrade). On the Thank You screen, click Continue to quit Setup Assistant and begin using Snow Leopard. Cheers, Ronni On 12/12/2009, at 6:04 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni Many thanks for your help. I think I've done as much cleaning up as I can. Apart from Word and all its components, the only Power PC applications remaining are:- Epson Scan settings Epson Scanner Monitor Heredis Silver Keeper (will replace with Super Duper) Java 1.4.2 I have concerns about the EPSON printer which I believe is the same model as you have TX700W and which you helped me set up. It works so beautifully printing and scanning wirelessly. I would hate this to be upset. Although not specifically mentioned in the list of driversfor Snow Leopard I'm assuming the Artisan 700 listed would cover the TX700W. The genie program Heredis is, I believe, not compatible with Snow Leopard. I am aware of Reunion 9 for Mac but given that family history is currently on the back burner for me I can't justify the cost of Reunion. Heredis is now more a repository for numerous records acquired over many years so I probably need, for the time being, to move its content to a disk. So, perhaps I am almost ready to take the plunge? Regards Laura On 11/12/2009, at 4:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, By Cleaned up your Mac, I mean uninstall any old applications that you no longer use and are not compatible with Snow Leopard. The critical factor for you is to be sure that any software you rely on works properly in Snow Leopard. Mainstream software in its latest versions is all fine (e.g., MS Office 2008, Adobe CS4). With your Applications you need to check if updates are available compatible with Snow Leopard. Also the Printer you use, check that there are drivers for Snow Leopard. Check here to see if your Printer is listed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Check here: Mac OS X v10.6: About incompatible software: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258 I have to rush to Perth now and will not be back to my computer until tomorrow. If you require more assistance tonight, others might help you. Cheers, Ronni
Re: Laptop wanted
Hi everyone. Still looking for an Intel laptop if anyone has one they want to sell. White iBook or MacPro, two or 3 years old, Tiger, with built in cam, capable of running Photoshop CS - CS3. Thanks Jon 'R' Celebrating the Robinson Helicopter A new coffee-table book from Eye in the Sky Productions. Photographed by leading aviation photographer Jon Davison. Due for release late 2008 Based in Western Australia M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au/robinson.html -- 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: Heredis Genealogy
On 11/12/2009, at 5:55 PM, Laura Webb wrote: In my bid to try and upgrade to Snow Leopard it seems, from reference to the Archives, that Heredis, the genie program I use, is not compatible with Snow Leopard. Does anyone using this program have any more up to date information? Does it mean I'll have to remove it before upgrading? Thanks for any advice. Cheers Laura Hi Laura, Are your using Heredis version 10.2.6 in Leopard? If so, it might run in Snow Leopard under Rosetta. Don't uninstall it until after you have installed Snow Leopard tested to see if Heredis works or not. http://myheredis.com/support_update.htm Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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: Heredis Genealogy
Thanks Ronni will keep that in mind. I'm going to print out all your recent instructions and attempt the upgrade tomorrow morning when it is cool and quiet!! Best wishes Laura On 12/12/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 11/12/2009, at 5:55 PM, Laura Webb wrote: In my bid to try and upgrade to Snow Leopard it seems, from reference to the Archives, that Heredis, the genie program I use, is not compatible with Snow Leopard. Does anyone using this program have any more up to date information? Does it mean I'll have to remove it before upgrading? Thanks for any advice. Cheers Laura Hi Laura, Are your using Heredis version 10.2.6 in Leopard? If so, it might run in Snow Leopard under Rosetta. Don't uninstall it until after you have installed Snow Leopard tested to see if Heredis works or not. http://myheredis.com/support_update.htm Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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: Heredis Genealogy
That sounds like a good idea, install before it reaches 39! Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 12/12/2009, at 1:03 PM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Ronni will keep that in mind. I'm going to print out all your recent instructions and attempt the upgrade tomorrow morning when it is cool and quiet!! Best wishes Laura On 12/12/2009, at 12:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 11/12/2009, at 5:55 PM, Laura Webb wrote: In my bid to try and upgrade to Snow Leopard it seems, from reference to the Archives, that Heredis, the genie program I use, is not compatible with Snow Leopard. Does anyone using this program have any more up to date information? Does it mean I'll have to remove it before upgrading? Thanks for any advice. Cheers Laura Hi Laura, Are your using Heredis version 10.2.6 in Leopard? If so, it might run in Snow Leopard under Rosetta. Don't uninstall it until after you have installed Snow Leopard tested to see if Heredis works or not. http://myheredis.com/support_update.htm Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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
