what happened to wamug digests?
I was away from this list for the last 6 months because the wamug digest broke (for those who weren't on this list before then, it's a daily summary of mails sent to this list rather than getting every single email). I remember that it was supposed to be a temporary problem. Fast forward to now, and as far as I can see a wamug digest is still not available? If so is there any ETA on when this will be fixed, if ever? Anecdotally alot of my friends dropped this list because the digest function broke, it would be sad not to get these people back. Dave Choy -- 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: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule
On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time Capsule page: And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers. So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers to the hub. 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: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule
Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time Capsule page: And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers. So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/ printers to the hub. 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 Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule
Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power. Cheers, Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time Capsule page: And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers. So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers to the hub. 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: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule
Forgot to add the link for Uses for the USB port of Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421 Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power. Cheers, Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub? I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time Capsule page: And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers. So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers to the hub. 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: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule
Yes, I am well aware for the need for powered hubs. Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power. Cheers, Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time Capsule page: And if you want to share both a printer and an additional hard drive, you can. Just connect a USB hub to Time Capsule. Whatever the combination, Time Capsule divides and conquers. So yes, you can connect a hub and then connect external hard drives/printers to the hub. 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 Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.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
Strange error message
Good afternoon all Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:- Required dll called convert_stub.dll could not be loaded. Please re- install your product. Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless. Ian Reid -- 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: Strange error message
Hi Ian, Googling your error message gives this post on the Intuit community forum: http://community.intuit.com/post/detail/a7cIz0eBir3zw9abTJhmjm The error message seems to be related to your Quicken product, but I don't know if the solution posted will help you. (I don't use Quicken myself). Good luck Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 7/1/10 5:54 PM, Ian Reid at ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote: Good afternoon all Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:- Required dll called convert_stub.dll could not be loaded. Please re- install your product. Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless. Ian Reid -- 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
Retention of records
I have been working on family history on and off now for about 40 years and more recently have been looking at the question of the preservation of historical records and yet have the ability to have access to these same records in the future. I was referred to an article on this subject of the preservation of digital documents athttp://www.clir.org/pubs/archives/ensuring.pdf Paper is called Ensuring the longevity of digital information by Jeff Rothenberg This paper looks into the future and considers how we may be looking at records in say 50 years time. that is would there be an operating system available ( other than in a museum ) that could accept a CD of the year 2010 I believe that the present CD is currently being phased out by manufacturers and being replaced by other media. I raise this issue relating to CDs as a circular came to me recently from a professional photographer who reported that images he placed on a KODAK Gold cd in 2002 have now disappeared. The photographer recommended that users try a product called PRODISC that is regarded as good for between 50 and 300 years. Not sure how that has been tested but I found it a issue of concern that images committed to CD could be lost in such a short time As to the family history this means we cannot ignore the need to place written copies in strategic places so that future generations have ready access That is based on the assumption that in a couple of 100 years we will still be speaking English in Australia. I hope so Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span Graeme Winters New 27 Imac 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: Retention of records
Hi Graeme, I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from archival media (CDs, DVDs, hard disks, and USB flash storage) onto newer storage every few years. Don't forget, it is even difficult to read many hard disks from just a decade ago! Archival materials should always be kept on at least two different media in two different locations. Don't throw out the old one media (your new media could meet with an accident!), just don't rely on them as the sole copies. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Apple Mail archival
Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris -- 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: Apple Mail archival
On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). 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: Apple Mail archival
To Archivers I know when one is in Mail, if you hit “Time Machine” it only shows backed-up e-mail, I am not sure if this is what you are seeking? Your Apple Bore Kim iMac 24” Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo iPhone 3GS 32GB iPhone 3G 16GB iTouch 16GB OS X Snow Leopard On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). 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
Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.
Dear All, Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine. Today I switched on Mail and Microsoft Word. The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes. Word. Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I go.Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged..I am expecting other editing tools to be sim. affected. In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right click fixes. Can anyone help? Bill Dr Bill Parker Renew Editors and Writers Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 re...@westnet.com.au GMT +8 hours OS 10.5.8 Mac Book Pro -- 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: Strange error message
On 07/01/2010, at 5:54 PM, Ian Reid wrote: Good afternoon all Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:- Required dll called convert_stub.dll could not be loaded. Please re- install your product. Can anyone with Windows know-how comment about convert_stub.dll. I am assuming, actually hoping, that it is harmless. Ian Reid Does Quicken still function despite the message? DLL files are Dynamic Link Library files and are required by Windows software to perform vital functions, although it's surprising how many times the failure of various ones to load has no apparent effect whatsoever. The fact that the message says that the .dll file is required would indicate that it is in fact an important file, that that a re-installation or an update of Quicken itself is required. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 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
Re: Retention of records
On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span Graeme Winters New 27 Imac user We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will work fine in one device but not in another. especially those that have been home-grown rather than purchased. Then there's the whole issue of regionalisation in DVD recorders and players (but I'm not going to get started on THAT). In a nutshell, the CD format is proving to be almost as problematic in some ways as the floppy disk in terms of longevity. Solid state is probably the way of the future, but only time will tell. Take my advice: transfer it all to papyrus, the most long-lasting recording media ever invented... :-) -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 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
Re: Apple Mail archival
On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). Hi again Chris, I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, All Messages Before a certain date (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does. YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the Archive Messages script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts. Archive Messages (Mail) http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status. http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the latest version of the scripts. After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called Mail Scripts located inside your Applications folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline from Mail's menu). Archive Messages: After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in the list). You now have the option to either perform an Archive or an Export of messages in the selected mailboxes. Archive moves the messages into a newly created Archive mailbox with the current date, Export leaves the messages in the mailboxes and generates text files in a location you can select. After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a dialog which will allow you to specify options for your archive/export operation (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged status, output file format and location for export). Your selection (other than the dates which default to today for before and one year ago from today for after) will be remembered when you run the script again. Note on export file formats: if you want to import your mail messages into another mail client, choose mbox, a standard mailbox format which can be read by most programs. If you only care about the message text and want to minimize the overhead for your archive, select text and your files will be much smaller and easier to read. For a nicer looking text version, choose rich text files - this also gives you the option to include attachments. When selecting One File per Message for exporting messages to text files, the naming of the resulting files can be defined by the user. Certain placeholders can be used to access message-specific information: %f: From header (the sender of the message) %t: To header (the recipient of the message) %p: Sender or Recipient (sender for
Re: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.
Hi Bill, What version of Diskwarrior? What version of OS ... Leopard or Snow Leopard? What did you ask Diskwarrior to do? Have you restarted your computer? 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) On 08/01/2010, at 6:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Dear All, Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine. Today I switched on Mail and Microsoft Word. The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes. Word. Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I go. Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged..I am expecting other editing tools to be sim. affected. In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right click fixes. Can anyone help? Bill Dr Bill Parker Renew Editors and Writers Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 re...@westnet.com.au GMT +8 hours OS 10.5.8 Mac Book Pro -- 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: firewire vs usb
Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: what happened to wamug digests?
Hi Dave, This question has been raised a few times, but it's still a mystery. Cheers, Paul. - Original Message - From: choy c...@mac.com To: WAMUG List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 7 January, 2010 3:53:07 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: what happened to wamug digests? I was away from this list for the last 6 months because the wamug digest broke (for those who weren't on this list before then, it's a daily summary of mails sent to this list rather than getting every single email). I remember that it was supposed to be a temporary problem. Fast forward to now, and as far as I can see a wamug digest is still not available? If so is there any ETA on when this will be fixed, if ever? Anecdotally alot of my friends dropped this list because the digest function broke, it would be sad not to get these people back. Dave Choy -- 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: firewire vs usb
Hi John, Cablechick.com.au are always very competitive price wise. http://www.cablechick.com.au/cables?search_text=firewire+800go.x=0go.y =0 Cheers Paul From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of John Thompson Sent: Friday, 8 January 2010 9:49 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: firewire vs usb Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_whi ch_is_faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: firewire vs usb
Greetings! give Danial Kerr a calll at Mac Wizardry @ 04 1479-5960 and Craig or Rob @ Max Style 80 9367-4691 Cheers, Joe On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas http://www.iinet.net.au/%7Esaddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- -- 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.auwamug-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: firewire vs usb
Dick Smiths should have them I¹ve certainly seen them at the city store a earlier last year. Failing that NextByte will stock them On 8/01/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is _faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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 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
iPhone/Old SIM card
Happy New Year I'm just back from Fitzgerald River National Park and the Stirling Ranges NP. What is the difference between a locked and unlocked iPhone and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 -- 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: firewire vs usb
Hi John, I¹m surprised the WD drive didn¹t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD drives, so far, came with both FW USB cables). However, I¹ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally carry a good range of cables though their site at present only seems to show FW400 and FW800 to FW400: http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/tabid/103/Default.aspx?Category=CABLE+ AND+CONNECTORSSubCategory=USB+%2f+Firewire+Cables I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source FW800 cables as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop) offer, for example: http://www.streetwise.com.au/lacie-lacie-flat-cables-firewire-firewire-p-72 24.html http://www.streetwise.com.au/generic-firewire-cable-firewire-9pin-firewire- 9pin-p-2342.html plus longer cables but they get quite expensive. Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park other locations) who also seem slightly cheaper: http://www.ht.com.au/part/W5847-LaCie-Flat-Cables-Design-by-item-IEEE-1394- cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-6-PIN-FireWire-M-1.2-m-IEEE-1394-orange/detail.ht s http://www.ht.com.au/part/X0430-Belkin-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M -9-pin-FireWire-800-M-1.8-m-IEEE-1394b-white/detail.hts HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is _faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: Apple Mail archival
Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit? The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those instructions and see what happens! Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this best regards chris On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). Hi again Chris, I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, All Messages Before a certain date (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does. YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the Archive Messages script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts. Archive Messages (Mail) http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status. http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the latest version of the scripts. After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called Mail Scripts located inside your Applications folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline from Mail's menu). Archive Messages: After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in the list). You now have the option to either perform an Archive or an Export of messages in the selected mailboxes. Archive moves the messages into a newly created Archive mailbox with the current date, Export leaves the messages in the mailboxes and generates text files in a location you can select. After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a dialog which will allow you to specify options for your archive/ export operation (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged status, output file format and location for export). Your selection (other than the dates which default to today for before and one year ago from today for after) will be remembered when you run the script again. Note on export file formats: if you want to
Re: Apple Mail archival
As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am thinking my 17 MacBook Pro might be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-) Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit? The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those instructions and see what happens! Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this best regards chris On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the impo rted mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac s ection). Hi again Chris, I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, All Messages Before a certain date (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does. YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the Archive Messages script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts. Archive Messages (Mail) http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status. http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the latest version of the scripts. After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called Mail Scripts located inside your Applications folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline from Mail's menu). Archive Messages: After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in the list). You now have the option to either perform an Archive or an Export of messages in the selected mailboxes. Archive moves the messages into a newly created Archive mailbox with the current date, Export leaves the messages in the mailboxes and generates text files in a location you can select. After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a dialog which will allow you to specify options for your archive/ export operation (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged status, output file format
Re: firewire vs usb
Hi Neil, Thanks for the reply, also thanks to Paul, Joe and Mark for their ideas. My WD did come with one cable, FW400 to FW800, this worked for a short while from my MacBook 400 port but then either the cable or the port stopped functioning. I have been using USB vrom both the Macbook and the Macmini since then but would like to go back to Firewire. Will check out the options sent. Regards John Thompson On 08/01/2010, at 10:26 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi John, I’m surprised the WD drive didn’t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD drives, so far, came with both FW USB cables). However, I’ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally carry a good range of cables – though their site at present only seems to show FW400 and FW800 to FW400: http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/tabid/103/Default.aspx?Category=CABLE+AND+CONNECTORSSubCategory=USB+%2f+Firewire+Cables I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source FW800 cables – as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop) offer, for example: http://www.streetwise.com.au/lacie-lacie-flat-cables-firewire-firewire-p-7224.html http://www.streetwise.com.au/generic-firewire-cable-firewire-9pin-firewire-9pin-p-2342.html plus longer cables – but they get quite expensive. Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park other locations) who also seem slightly cheaper: http://www.ht.com.au/part/W5847-LaCie-Flat-Cables-Design-by-item-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-6-PIN-FireWire-M-1.2-m-IEEE-1394-orange/detail.hts http://www.ht.com.au/part/X0430-Belkin-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-1.8-m-IEEE-1394b-white/detail.hts HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed far too long in the PC/Windows world. Thanks John E. Thompson 14 McGlew Street Eden Hill W.A. 6054 Ph. 08-92793524 Mob. 0412 775 197 Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: why apple is using fw800 interface http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is_faster.html quite interesting read James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.
Hi Ronni, Thinking all sorts of tricky things had been let loose I re- started (twice actually) and Word is now behaving itself as is Mail. So thanks. Bill On 08/01/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, What version of Diskwarrior? What version of OS ... Leopard or Snow Leopard? What did you ask Diskwarrior to do? Have you restarted your computer? 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) On 08/01/2010, at 6:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Dear All, Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine. Today I switched on Mail and Microsoft Word. The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes. Word. Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I go.Looked at the prefs, all as was - settings unchanged.. I am expecting other editing tools to be sim. affected. In Mail - the system is telling that I have made mistakes and right click fixes. Can anyone help? Bill Dr Bill Parker Renew Editors and Writers Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 re...@westnet.com.au GMT +8 hours OS 10.5.8 Mac Book Pro -- 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 Dr Bill Parker Renew Editors and Writers Box 111 Wooroloo 6558 re...@westnet.com.au GMT +8 hours -- 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: Retention of records
yes i agree with Peter papyrus can be read w/o electric power, the power of a candle will do... with cds i had some dead within 9 month others still ok since 1997, slow speed burn seems to be more reliable (eg cd 16x or lower) harddisks are not to bad, mine are still readable after 9 years (only powered get files then disconnected again) James On 08/01/2010, at 8:33, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span Graeme Winters New 27 Imac user We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will work fine in one device but not in another. especially those that have been home-grown rather than purchased. Then there's the whole issue of regionalisation in DVD recorders and players (but I'm not going to get started on THAT). In a nutshell, the CD format is proving to be almost as problematic in some ways as the floppy disk in terms of longevity. Solid state is probably the way of the future, but only time will tell. Take my advice: transfer it all to papyrus, the most long-lasting recording media ever invented... :-) -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 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 SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: iPhone/Old SIM card
locked means the phone works only with the service provider it is locked in, unlocked means you can use any provider if you are travelling you can by el cheapo prepay packs (just the sim card) be online with a local number (cheaper then roaming fees) James On 08/01/2010, at 10:19, Stuart Breden wrote: Happy New Year I'm just back from Fitzgerald River National Park and the Stirling Ranges NP. What is the difference between a locked and unlocked iPhone and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- 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: Apple Mail archival
Hi Chris, Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8? If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 install it. http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 08/01/2010, at 10:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am thinking my 17 MacBook Pro might be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-) Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit? The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those instructions and see what happens! Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this best regards chris On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). Hi again Chris, I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, All Messages Before a certain date (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does. YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the Archive Messages script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts. Archive Messages (Mail) http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status. http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the latest version of the scripts. After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called Mail Scripts located inside your Applications folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline from Mail's menu). Archive Messages: After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in the list). You now have the option to either perform an Archive or an Export of messages in the selected mailboxes. Archive moves the messages into a
Re: Apple Mail archival
Hi Ronni Thanks for that reminder, I had completely forgotten about doing an update. I see it is a big file! Best regards Chris On 08/01/2010, at 1:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8? If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 install it. http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 08/01/2010, at 10:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am thinking my 17 MacBook Pro might be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-) Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and should I wait a bit? The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those instructions and see what happens! Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this best regards chris On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. Thanks for any advice kind regards chris Hi Chris, If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can Archive a Mailbox. To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose Mailbox Archive Mailbox. Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and click Choose. If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, choose File Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, select it, and click Choose. If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). Hi again Chris, I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, All Messages Before a certain date (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes he does. YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the Archive Messages script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other scripts. Archive Messages (Mail) http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on their read and flagged status. http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the latest version of the scripts. After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called Mail Scripts located inside your Applications folder (even though you can move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first (Choose Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline from Mail's menu). Archive Messages: After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be displayed in
