Re: iPhone 3G S Settings Menu PDF
Thanks Glenn, I hope you find the PDF useful. Cheers, Ronni On 11/01/2010, at 2:40 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: That is a great resource Ronni, thanks. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: 2010/1/11 Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com: Hello WAMUG members, I recently created a PDF explaining the 45 Settings Menu on the iPhone 3G S. It is a 16 page PDF with 45 Bookmarks, and is 578 KB size. If any WAMUG member wishes to download the PDF, I have uploaded it to my webpage. I've taken Password Security OFF the site for a few days. Instructions for downloading the PDF are on the webpage. http://web.me.com/ronni/http___homepage.mac.com_ronni/iPhone_3G_S.html 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: Samorost 2
Thanks Ruben Done all that but it makes no difference. Cheers John On 11/01/2010, at 2:29 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: In Safari Prefs you can choose the default web browser. On 11/01/2010, at 1:45 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks Ruben It seems Safari is compulsory because in Finder-get info there is no option open with for this program. On the file menu open with is greyed out. Interesting, but I guess it doesn't really matter which program opens it in the end. Thanks anyway for the advice. Cheers John On 10/01/2010, at 11:06 PM, Dark1 wrote: You might be able to get it to open with firefox if you really want by right clicking it and going to Open With. You might need to select the other option. Also you could edit what to open the file with by using Get Info so it should always open with firefox. Ruben Thanks David That solves all my queries Cheers John On 10/01/2010, at 5:55 PM, choy wrote: It's a flash game - so even though it's been compiled, it still runs via your flash install. Hence why it opens safari, and also why there's no proper app icon. It's the same for many of the flash games converted to pc/mac apps - I have the same issue with plants vs. zombies (a popcap web game) Shouldn't cause any issues but it is annoying and you can't cheat when there's no app ;-) Dave Choy On 10/01/2010, at 4:43 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks Ruben I have now copied it from my Mac and that works OK. Despite both Macs having Firefox as the default, the program persists in opening in Safari, so I'll just live with it. Thanks John On 10/01/2010, at 1:28 AM, Dark1 wrote: Hi John I think your probably supposed to copy the App from the mounted dmg file into your applications folder. As for the game always opening in safari her default browser is probably switched to safari and not firefox. Hope this helps Ruben Hi all I downloaded Samorost2 (forMac) and after opening the dmg file the App shows in Finder- Applications OK. When my wife did the same on her Intel 10.5.8 machine she gets the dmg file OK and can play the game but there is no App shown in Finder -Applications. The game always opens in safari although it was downloaded using Firefox. Anyone help on this one? 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 -- 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 -- 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: Permissions not accepted
Hi everyone I am having a lot of trouble sharing files via Airport or Ethernet on our work network. I always get 'You don't have sufficient write privileges'. Sharing is on on all machines in the office, and in options I have them set on; Prefs-File Sharing-Options -AFP. I have set all folders using 'File Info to Read and Write. I am obviously doing something wrong here. How can I set all machines up so they can accept any files without these prevention messages? MacPro/OS X 10.5.8/2Gb RAM/2x 2.66 GHz Dual-core duo MacBookPro/OS 10.5.8/2.5/2Gb RAM/ GHz core duo iMac/OS X 10.5.6/2.4 GHx Core duo/2GB RAM Everything works using the 'Go Menu' and all HD's appear on the desktops, so they are visible, just not able to transfer folders/files etc from one machine to the other. I still have to get info on every folder in order to unlock it and use my password etc. It is really annoying as I cannot see what I may be doing wrong. Any help would be invaluable Thanks Jon Eye in the Sky Productions Image makers to the Aviation Industry Unit 5 / 78 Marine Tce, Fremantle Western Australia 6160 • Air-to-air photography • Print web design/production • VR panoramas • Book production • Copywriting • Corporate ID T: 08 94335541 M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.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: iPhone 3G S Settings Menu PDF
Thanks Ronni for the PDF, will be very helpful with my new iPhone. Cheers Jewels On 11/01/2010, at 4:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Glenn, I hope you find the PDF useful. Cheers, Ronni On 11/01/2010, at 2:40 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: That is a great resource Ronni, thanks. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: 2010/1/11 Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com: Hello WAMUG members, I recently created a PDF explaining the 45 Settings Menu on the iPhone 3G S. It is a 16 page PDF with 45 Bookmarks, and is 578 KB size. If any WAMUG member wishes to download the PDF, I have uploaded it to my webpage. I've taken Password Security OFF the site for a few days. Instructions for downloading the PDF are on the webpage. http://web.me.com/ronni/http___homepage.mac.com_ronni/iPhone_3G_S.html 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: Permissions not accepted
On 11/01/2010, at 6:09 PM, Jon Davison wrote: Hi everyone I am having a lot of trouble sharing files via Airport or Ethernet on our work network. I always get 'You don't have sufficient write privileges'. Sharing is on on all machines in the office, and in options I have them set on; Prefs-File Sharing-Options -AFP. I have set all folders using 'File Info to Read and Write. I am obviously doing something wrong here. How can I set all machines up so they can accept any files without these prevention messages? MacPro/OS X 10.5.8/2Gb RAM/2x 2.66 GHz Dual-core duo MacBookPro/OS 10.5.8/2.5/2Gb RAM/ GHz core duo iMac/OS X 10.5.6/2.4 GHx Core duo/2GB RAM Everything works using the 'Go Menu' and all HD's appear on the desktops, so they are visible, just not able to transfer folders/files etc from one machine to the other. I still have to get info on every folder in order to unlock it and use my password etc. It is really annoying as I cannot see what I may be doing wrong. Hi Jon, Sounds like you have done everything correctly. The only thing I can suggest you check. After you turned on File Sharing in System Prefs Sharing did you Add what you wanted to share by: 1. In the Sharing preference pane, under the Shared Folders list, click the + button. 2. Select the folder or drive that you want to share. For folders, navigate to the item, and make sure it’s selected. For volumes, choose the volume under the Devices list in the left sidebar. 3. Click Add. There’s no additional “apply” button; the folder or drive is now available for sharing, and it appears in the Shared Folders list. 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
Reg Have you actually tried the iPhone? I ask because of my experience travelling in Tasmania and South Australia in particular. On a number of occasions I've had to lend my iPhone (3G) because the person I was travelling with had no/not enough service (both on Telstra). They bought their phone specifically for country service at the time. I think it's a Motorola. Definitely was supposed to have the better coverage but my iPhone made it look poor. Thank you Paul van der Mey p...@interactive-knowledge.biz Mob. 0419 201 477 On 11/01/2010, at 1:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi all WAMUGgers We're thinking of updating the trusty LG mobile and need full Telstra Blue Tick rural coverage (Yuck to Telstra I know). It seems to be narrowed down to the Nokia 6720 Classic or Sony Ericsson W705. Nokia seem to be more reliable but their Mac Multimedia Transfer software doesn't work with this particular model. http://www.nokia-asia.com/get-support-and-software/download-software/nokia-multimedia-transfer/download I've found Salling Media Synch on the web and it looks good, http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/mac/ but we would need to pay for it for fastest uploads. There is an iSynch plug-in for this model though so that seems Ok. Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Many thanks Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Work: 08 9921 1793 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net Web: http://web.me.com/whitelyr/Reg/ -- 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
iSlate
To All Has anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? 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 -- 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: Permissions not accepted
Hi Jon, When I have these sort of problems, I often find that it is down to trying to share across different user accounts. For example, assuming that: 1) there are two user accounts - User A and User B and 2) that these two user accounts have been set up identically on all machines on the network and 3) that file sharing is turned on each computer Then if User A is logged into his account on the computer he is working from and: 1) He logs into a network computer as User A, he should be able to: - Access all User files on the network as if he was logged into the computer as User A (which he is) - Read and copy files from User B's public folder - Write files to User B's drop box However, if: 2) He logs into a network computer as User B, he should be able to: - Access all User files on the network as if he was logged into the computer as User B (which he is) - Read and copy files from User A's public folder - Write files to User A's drop box However when logged into the local computer as User A but logged into the network computer as User B, if he then copies one of User B's files from the remote computer to the local computer he would probably only be able to put it into one of his User A folders (where the copied file privileges will be as a User A file) or into User B's Public folder. Note that this scenario can change significantly when you start changing the default permissions on folders. I don't know if that will help but it may point you at some of the things to check if you are having problems, ie; - What user are you logged into the local machine as - What user are you logged into the network machine as - What user do the problem folders/files belong to - What sharing privileges are given to other users for the problem shared folders HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/1/10 6:09 PM, Jon Davison at photo...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi everyone I am having a lot of trouble sharing files via Airport or Ethernet on our work network. I always get 'You don't have sufficient write privileges'. Sharing is on on all machines in the office, and in options I have them set on; Prefs-File Sharing-Options -AFP. I have set all folders using 'File Info to Read and Write. I am obviously doing something wrong here. How can I set all machines up so they can accept any files without these prevention messages? MacPro/OS X 10.5.8/2Gb RAM/2x 2.66 GHz Dual-core duo MacBookPro/OS 10.5.8/2.5/2Gb RAM/ GHz core duo iMac/OS X 10.5.6/2.4 GHx Core duo/2GB RAM Everything works using the 'Go Menu' and all HD's appear on the desktops, so they are visible, just not able to transfer folders/files etc from one machine to the other. I still have to get info on every folder in order to unlock it and use my password etc. It is really annoying as I cannot see what I may be doing wrong. Any help would be invaluable Thanks Jon Eye in the Sky Productions Image makers to the Aviation Industry Unit 5 / 78 Marine Tce, Fremantle Western Australia 6160 Air-to-air photography Print web design/production VR panoramas Book production Copywriting Corporate ID T: 08 94335541 M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
On 11/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Why not consider an iPhone? The range is more dependent on your choice of carrier and you've already said you are looking at going with Telstra, which I have to admit does have the best network coverage in the country, so you should be covered there. Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. Plus you can add so many useful apps like one of the GPS apps (save having an extra GPS unit, or as a back up)... the Free Maccas WiFi (so you know where you can free WiFi, a bite to eat and most important a pit stop :)... Then there are dedicated Toilet finders :)... Install Skype on the iPhone and on the kids computers at home so when you are at a free WiFi spots you can call them for free :) and that is the tip of the iceberg (and don't forget a few simple games can relieve boredom for the passenger(s) :) I've also seen people grab a cheap pre-paid SIM from both Optus (or a reseller like Woolworths) and Vodaphone and had them handy with a small amount of credit ($10-20) on them for the odd occasion when Telstra coverage is poor but you still need to make a call... just make sure your iPhone is unlocked to access all carriers (and don't forget to take your SIM removal tool with you - keep it with the spare sims in say an empty tic-tac container or similar size)... but I think this is more likely to useful over here on the East Coast, rather than in WA :( -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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
photobooth
Hi all, a friend wants to be able to change the way photos appear taken with photo booth. As they come they are actually a mirror image which does not work if you have a newspaper headline, for example. Is there a way to change the orientation using iPhoto or some other cheap or free programme so that text will read from left to right? regards, susan. -- 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: photobooth
Evening Susan, Due to the camera I don't think you'll be able to modify the Photobooth image. Two options I can think of. Set up an Automator script to take a photo and then reverse the image? Alternatively use a batch processor (GraphicConverter/Photoshop etc) to reverse the images after the time. Cheers, David Moyle Systems Technician Apple, Windows, Cisco -- Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 On 11/01/2010, at 8:24 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, a friend wants to be able to change the way photos appear taken with photo booth. As they come they are actually a mirror image which does not work if you have a newspaper headline, for example. Is there a way to change the orientation using iPhoto or some other cheap or free programme so that text will read from left to right? regards, susan. -- 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: iPhone Ap - Marine nav and Tides - will it work without phone coverage???
I agree re turning on Airplane mode as my 3G iPhone stopped receiving any GPS signal when I tried this option. 15 minutes for acquisition is far too long compared to up to a couple of minutes for my Garmin dedicated GPS and my HP iPaq Travel Companion with built in Tom Tom. I will let you know how I go when hiking in the forest assuming I return safely!! The plan is to walk from Pemberton the 55km to Northcliffe over the weekend when it will only be a few degrees cooler there than in Perth. Eeek! Cheers Tim On 11/1/10 1:45 PM, Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Tim I have GPS Lite. Let me know how you go. It's all confusing - GPS or Assisted GPS utilizing phone towers. The FAQs for GPS seem to suggest that you can still use the ap out of phone coverage, but it may take up to 15 mins to acquire satellite signal: I also read that you can't simulate this by turning Airplane Mode on, because it not only block phone reception but also GPS reception. The 3G and 3GS iPhone uses an A-GPS (Assisted-GPS) chipset which uses cell tower triangulation to speed up GPS signal acquisition. Cellular coverage is not needed to acquire a signal, however the signal acquisition will be much quicker if you have data coverage. Without data services, it can take 15 minutes or longer to acquire a signal. This is simply because it takes longer to determine which satellites to use out of the 31 available around the world. With data services, it typically takes under a minute, but can take up to 5 min. You do need data services or WiFi if you want to share your waypoints/tracks via email or view a waypoint in Google Maps. cheers Rod On 11/01/2010, at 7:22 AM, Tim Law wrote: Hello Rod, I cannot help you with that particular app, but I have just purchased GPS by MotionX which I intend to play with in Pemberton next weekend. I don¹t have Optus coverage in Pemberton or out on the tracks, so I have downloaded some of their own maps that are stored on the iPhone and I will see if the app works as it should away from wifi and mobile signals. It allowed me to upload some waypoints I created too, which is handy. Why this might be relevant to you, is that your app may either store the worldwide calculations and data in the iPhone and use the inbuilt GPS to produce viewable data no matter where you are, OR, it may cache them once you have gone looking at the area from afar and whilst in network range allowing you to re-view it later. Either way, it does appear these apps are useful away from normal coverage. Tim On 10/1/10 9:34 AM, Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/marine-australia/id306693075?mt=8 Gidday WAMUGers Navonics Marine Australia is an ap on the itunes store. It seems to suggest it will work WITHOUT phone coverage. eg i could use it to determine tides and mark spots, get coordinates etc in faraway places like north/south of Broome whilst outside of phone coverage. Is this possible or have I misinterpreted?? Thanks for your advice cheers Blitto image.gif Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au x-msg://181/rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blitto http://web.mac.com/blitto I haven't lost my mind.. ...it's backed up on disk somewhere! -- 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 Rod Blitvich - Amy Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.au http://web.me.com/blitto http://web.mac.com/blitto The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- 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 image.gif
Re: iSlate
Apple is having a special event on 26 or 27 Jan - there will be some product announcements.Many believe the iSlate will be announced then and ship a couple of months later.cheersBlittoOn 11/01/2010, at 7:52 PM, Kim Maher wrote:To AllHas anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? Your Apple BoreKimiMac 24”Intel Core 2 DuoMacBook ProIntel Core 2 DuoiPhone 3GS 32GBiPhone 3G 16GBiTouch 16GBOS X Snow Leopard --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- 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 Rod Blitvich-Amy Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.auhttp://web.me.com/blittoThe day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suckis probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- 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: iSlate
Hi RodThanks for the dates. Your Apple BoreKimiMac 24”Intel Core 2 DuoMacBook ProIntel Core 2 DuoiPhone 3GS 32GBiPhone 3G 16GBiTouch 16GBOS X Snow Leopard On 11/01/2010, at 8:45 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:Apple is having a special event on 26 or 27 Jan - there will be some product announcements.Many believe the iSlate will be announced then and ship a couple of months later.cheersBlittoOn 11/01/2010, at 7:52 PM, Kim Maher wrote:To AllHas anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? Your Apple BoreKimiMac 24”Intel Core 2 DuoMacBook ProIntel Core 2 DuoiPhone 3GS 32GBiPhone 3G 16GBiTouch 16GBOS X Snow Leopard --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- 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 Rod Blitvich-Amy Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.auhttp://web.me.com/blittoThe day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suckis probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- 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 --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- 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
MacBooks on auction (Tuesday 12th)
Hi... In case anyone is interested I note that Ross's has a police unclaimed and forfeited property auction, including two MacBooks and a MacBook Pro on Wednesday. Inspection is on Tuesday 12th. http://www.auctions.com.au/auctions/2010/01/13/wa-police-unclaimed-and-forfeited-property-auction.html Page 52 of the slideshow. Also looks like there are two iPhones on page 53 and some Applecare protection plans on page 50. Also a copy of iWork 09 around there. Have fun, Shay -- 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
Hi Nicholas Thanks for your reply. On 11/01/2010, at 8:23 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Why not consider an iPhone? The range is more dependent on your choice of carrier and you've already said you are looking at going with Telstra, which I have to admit does have the best network coverage in the country, so you should be covered there. We already have a $40 plan with Telstra, with the LG, which is out of plan but still working Ok, except for poor battery life. Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. Plus you can add so many useful apps like one of the GPS apps (save having an extra GPS unit, or as a back up)... the Free Maccas WiFi (so you know where you can free WiFi, a bite to eat and most important a pit stop :)... Then there are dedicated Toilet finders :)... Install Skype on the iPhone and on the kids computers at home so when you are at a free WiFi spots you can call them for free :) and that is the tip of the iceberg (and don't forget a few simple games can relieve boredom for the passenger(s) :) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. I've also seen people grab a cheap pre-paid SIM from both Optus (or a reseller like Woolworths) and Vodaphone and had them handy with a small amount of credit ($10-20) on them for the odd occasion when Telstra coverage is poor but you still need to make a call... just make sure your iPhone is unlocked to access all carriers (and don't forget to take your SIM removal tool with you - keep it with the spare sims in say an empty tic-tac container or similar size)... but I think this is more likely to useful over here on the East Coast, rather than in WA :( What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. See here: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/index.html Regards Reg -- 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: photobooth
Hi Susan, Your friend just needs to select the photo in photobooth (ie at the bottom of the app) and then go to the file menu and select flip photo. the keyboard shortcut is command-f Dave On 11/01/2010, at 8:24 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, a friend wants to be able to change the way photos appear taken with photo booth. As they come they are actually a mirror image which does not work if you have a newspaper headline, for example. Is there a way to change the orientation using iPhoto or some other cheap or free programme so that text will read from left to right? regards, susan. -- 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
Hi Nick I too was very much looking forward to buying a new iphone to replace my very old Sony Ericsson model. This was until my daughter came to stay in our new house and we found that it could not receive the 3G signal inside. This has been the case with a number of other models, and it seems that the colourbond roof and outside walls together with the large amount of insulation does just that: it reduces the signal strength inside the house. I found this to be the case with the recent Bigpond wireless broadband that I now have, and require an aerial to outside on the roof! After looking around for blue tick and the you-beaut phones that would work, I have settled on the new Telstra T90 model, that is supposed to have a very good reception. It has, and works inside the house, so now I dont have to go outside to either ring someone, or answer a call. The T90 is not a fashion statement! But it works and is marketed as the 'tradies phone' as it is has a rubber casing and some water resistance as well. Go have a look at one of the telstra shops. I bought mine from Busselton Telephones on a 24 month plan. So far so good, but Im waiting for my first bill I will have to wait until the iphone gets a big upgrade! Damn, as I really wanted one. All the best chris On 11/01/2010, at 9:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Nicholas Thanks for your reply. On 11/01/2010, at 8:23 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Why not consider an iPhone? The range is more dependent on your choice of carrier and you've already said you are looking at going with Telstra, which I have to admit does have the best network coverage in the country, so you should be covered there. We already have a $40 plan with Telstra, with the LG, which is out of plan but still working Ok, except for poor battery life. Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. Plus you can add so many useful apps like one of the GPS apps (save having an extra GPS unit, or as a back up)... the Free Maccas WiFi (so you know where you can free WiFi, a bite to eat and most important a pit stop :)... Then there are dedicated Toilet finders :)... Install Skype on the iPhone and on the kids computers at home so when you are at a free WiFi spots you can call them for free :) and that is the tip of the iceberg (and don't forget a few simple games can relieve boredom for the passenger(s) :) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. I've also seen people grab a cheap pre-paid SIM from both Optus (or a reseller like Woolworths) and Vodaphone and had them handy with a small amount of credit ($10-20) on them for the odd occasion when Telstra coverage is poor but you still need to make a call... just make sure your iPhone is unlocked to access all carriers (and don't forget to take your SIM removal tool with you - keep it with the spare sims in say an empty tic-tac container or similar size)... but I think this is more likely to useful over here on the East Coast, rather than in WA :( What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. See here: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/index.html Regards Reg -- 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
On 11/01/2010, at 9:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. I must say that during my 6 months at Bunbury regional hospital, travelling to margaret river, and regional areas for surgical days as well as Albany my coverage has been fine with telstra, (with vodafone it was limited to town centers only). What about a cheapo for your camping trips and the iphone for the other times? I used a samsung freebie for a while (waiting for my iphone!) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. It has GPS and its own maps, admittedly the triangulation is not as good as your TomTom (it's aGPS), but then again this doesn't really matter since you have a tomtom for your needs. If you want to use it and dump the tomtom, you will need the tomtom for iphone cradle which adds an extra GPS chip to improve triangulation. What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. IMO all the phones you have asked about are good for phone calls only, they aren't expandable and their built-in features are average at best. If I had to buy another phone because of coverage issues I'd use it for just that and have an iphone or ipod touch for everything else. Of the two phones that you've chosen I'd go for the Nokia 6720, but I wouldn't rely on the salling software too much as I've had issues with it before (ie contacts wiped etc). I don't know how heavily you need to rely on the blue-tick program - my friend is a communications engineer with telstra, he tells me that other mobiles meet rural requirements, they just haven't been certified with the program. The other good phones with good reception (and play nicer with macs!) are the Nokia N85 and the E71. I can personally vouch for the E71 (my wife has one), others have said good things reception wise with the n85 and both of them are actually usable for PIM stuff. I coudn't find the n85 (next g version) on telstra's website, but that's not surprising as they never have the full range online. Here's a link to the phone: http://www.smoothmobiles.com.au/nokia-n85-3-p/nok-n85-3.htm If you get that or the E71 they work with nokia's plugin or you can get the missing sync, which I have used for the last 5 years and trust to sync my info. http://www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php?source=picker_symbian Good luck, let us know if you are recommended any other phones. Dave See here: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/index.html Regards Reg -- 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: photobooth
Dave, The short cut is right but I think you meant that it is in the Edit menu, not the file menu. Michael On 11/01/2010, at 10:15 PM, choy wrote: Hi Susan, Your friend just needs to select the photo in photobooth (ie at the bottom of the app) and then go to the file menu and select flip photo. the keyboard shortcut is command-f Dave -- 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: photobooth
whups, thanks that's right, it's the edit menu. Dave On 11/01/2010, at 10:32 PM, Michael Waldie wrote: Dave, The short cut is right but I think you meant that it is in the Edit menu, not the file menu. Michael On 11/01/2010, at 10:15 PM, choy wrote: Hi Susan, Your friend just needs to select the photo in photobooth (ie at the bottom of the app) and then go to the file menu and select flip photo. the keyboard shortcut is command-f Dave -- 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
Hyperlinks
A belated Happy New Year everyone. When I still used the unmentionable computers, I had no trouble emailing a hyperlink: just command C, command V, space and there it was. I still haven't worked out how to do this on the Mac in Mail and I can't find a reference. I know it must be simple, but... I will be grateful for help. Regards, Jennifer -- 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
HI Chris, The other alternative to your in-house problem would have been to buy a signal booster, since it was only occurring in your house. These are available for $150-450 depending on how much coverage you need. I only say this because I've seen the blue tick range and frankly it's crap and I don't think people should have to settle for the reject handsets that Telstra deem worthy to certify. The only people that truly need blue tick handsets are those travelling around australia on a camper van or with no fixed address. Many of the phones on the market meet or exceed the blue tick spec, it's just down to telstra reducing costs of certifying handsets. Dave On 11/01/2010, at 10:10 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Nick I too was very much looking forward to buying a new iphone to replace my very old Sony Ericsson model. This was until my daughter came to stay in our new house and we found that it could not receive the 3G signal inside. This has been the case with a number of other models, and it seems that the colourbond roof and outside walls together with the large amount of insulation does just that: it reduces the signal strength inside the house. I found this to be the case with the recent Bigpond wireless broadband that I now have, and require an aerial to outside on the roof! After looking around for blue tick and the you-beaut phones that would work, I have settled on the new Telstra T90 model, that is supposed to have a very good reception. It has, and works inside the house, so now I dont have to go outside to either ring someone, or answer a call. The T90 is not a fashion statement! But it works and is marketed as the 'tradies phone' as it is has a rubber casing and some water resistance as well. Go have a look at one of the telstra shops. I bought mine from Busselton Telephones on a 24 month plan. So far so good, but Im waiting for my first bill I will have to wait until the iphone gets a big upgrade! Damn, as I really wanted one. All the best chris On 11/01/2010, at 9:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Nicholas Thanks for your reply. On 11/01/2010, at 8:23 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Why not consider an iPhone? The range is more dependent on your choice of carrier and you've already said you are looking at going with Telstra, which I have to admit does have the best network coverage in the country, so you should be covered there. We already have a $40 plan with Telstra, with the LG, which is out of plan but still working Ok, except for poor battery life. Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. Plus you can add so many useful apps like one of the GPS apps (save having an extra GPS unit, or as a back up)... the Free Maccas WiFi (so you know where you can free WiFi, a bite to eat and most important a pit stop :)... Then there are dedicated Toilet finders :)... Install Skype on the iPhone and on the kids computers at home so when you are at a free WiFi spots you can call them for free :) and that is the tip of the iceberg (and don't forget a few simple games can relieve boredom for the passenger(s) :) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. I've also seen people grab a cheap pre-paid SIM from both Optus (or a reseller like Woolworths) and Vodaphone and had them handy with a small amount of credit ($10-20) on them for the odd occasion when Telstra coverage is poor but you still need to make a call... just make sure your iPhone is unlocked to access all carriers (and don't forget to take your SIM removal tool with you - keep it with the spare sims in say an empty tic-tac container or similar size)... but I think this is more likely to useful over here on the East Coast, rather than in WA :( What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100%
Re: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
Thanks Dave I'm thinking about your option of What about a cheapo for your camping trips and the iphone for the other times? I used a samsung freebie for a while (waiting for my iphone!). I won a Samsung prepaid cheapie in a Mysouthwest comp 18 months ago and it still works Ok. I'll look into the Nokia N85 and the E71. Have you any info on the Nokia 6700 Slide http://www.nokia.com.au/find-products/all-phones/nokia-6700-slide . It looks great but there's nobody on Oz sites that I can find yet, selling them. Reg On 11/01/2010, at 10:25 PM, choy wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 9:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. I must say that during my 6 months at Bunbury regional hospital, travelling to margaret river, and regional areas for surgical days as well as Albany my coverage has been fine with telstra, (with vodafone it was limited to town centers only). What about a cheapo for your camping trips and the iphone for the other times? I used a samsung freebie for a while (waiting for my iphone!) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. It has GPS and its own maps, admittedly the triangulation is not as good as your TomTom (it's aGPS), but then again this doesn't really matter since you have a tomtom for your needs. If you want to use it and dump the tomtom, you will need the tomtom for iphone cradle which adds an extra GPS chip to improve triangulation. What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. IMO all the phones you have asked about are good for phone calls only, they aren't expandable and their built-in features are average at best. If I had to buy another phone because of coverage issues I'd use it for just that and have an iphone or ipod touch for everything else. Of the two phones that you've chosen I'd go for the Nokia 6720, but I wouldn't rely on the salling software too much as I've had issues with it before (ie contacts wiped etc). I don't know how heavily you need to rely on the blue-tick program - my friend is a communications engineer with telstra, he tells me that other mobiles meet rural requirements, they just haven't been certified with the program. The other good phones with good reception (and play nicer with macs!) are the Nokia N85 and the E71. I can personally vouch for the E71 (my wife has one), others have said good things reception wise with the n85 and both of them are actually usable for PIM stuff. I coudn't find the n85 (next g version) on telstra's website, but that's not surprising as they never have the full range online. Here's a link to the phone: http://www.smoothmobiles.com.au/nokia-n85-3-p/nok-n85-3.htm If you get that or the E71 they work with nokia's plugin or you can get the missing sync, which I have used for the last 5 years and trust to sync my info. http://www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php?source=picker_symbian Good luck, let us know if you are recommended any other phones. Dave See here: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/index.html Regards Reg -- 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: Hyperlinks
Hi Jennifer, I assume you mean *embedding* a link rather than just copying and pasting one, because command c and v work on macs too. If you want to do this in Mail, copy your link from your browser (command c) then type whatever text you want in your email. Select the text for which you want the link to be attached, ie you can find the info you need HERE. Right click on your mouse( or -click, or hold two fingers down on your touchpad) over the highlighted text and the conextual menu that appears should have an option link Select this option and a box will appear asking for the link. (another box will appear before this warning you that you need to convert your mail to rich text if you don't already have this option selected) Now press command-v , click ok and you should have your link. If this isn't what you mean and all you wanted was people to see a nice blue underlined text eg http://www.apple.com then you needn't worry, this will automatically happen in all major email programs or webmail when your recipient receives the mail. I'd demonstrate all of the above in this email but from my recollection the WAMUG list does not accept rich text emails. Dave On 11/01/2010, at 10:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: A belated Happy New Year everyone. When I still used the unmentionable computers, I had no trouble emailing a hyperlink: just command C, command V, space and there it was. I still haven't worked out how to do this on the Mac in Mail and I can't find a reference. I know it must be simple, but... I will be grateful for help. Regards, Jennifer -- 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
Hyperlinks
Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer -- 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: Hyperlinks
On 12/01/2010, at 1:46 AM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: When I still used the unmentionable computers, I had no trouble emailing a hyperlink: just command C, command V, space and there it was. I still haven't worked out how to do this on the Mac in Mail and I can't find a reference. I know it must be simple, but... Under Windows, you'd be using Control-C to copy and Control-V to paste... you can do exactly the same on the Mac, except it is Command- C and Command-V. If you look under the Edit menu, you'll see the Copy, Cut, Paste and Undo commands... then next to them are the keyboard shortcuts... this is a great way to learn your new keyboard shortcuts :) -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
HI Reg The 6700 was only announced in Nov 2009 and the official release date was a vague Q1 2010. Like you I haven't seen it anywhere and it's not on my distributor lists at all yet. Unfortunately that could mean it only gets released in March. On top of that, Nokia have a tradition of releasing multiple versions of the phone to carriers to suit the network. The stock 6700 slide will work only on the 900/1900/2100MHz networks which won't help you for 850mhz next g coverage. As with the E71 hopefully Nokia will release a specific version for telstra but I haven't seen or heard of an 850Mhz one for australia at this stage(there is an american 850mhz one). Don't hold your breath! It might take till mid/end of Q2 for an 850mhz version to be released. Dave On 11/01/2010, at 10:59 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Thanks Dave I'm thinking about your option of What about a cheapo for your camping trips and the iphone for the other times? I used a samsung freebie for a while (waiting for my iphone!). I won a Samsung prepaid cheapie in a Mysouthwest comp 18 months ago and it still works Ok. I'll look into the Nokia N85 and the E71. Have you any info on the Nokia 6700 Slide http://www.nokia.com.au/find-products/all-phones/nokia-6700-slide . It looks great but there's nobody on Oz sites that I can find yet, selling them. Reg On 11/01/2010, at 10:25 PM, choy wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 9:51 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. I must say that during my 6 months at Bunbury regional hospital, travelling to margaret river, and regional areas for surgical days as well as Albany my coverage has been fine with telstra, (with vodafone it was limited to town centers only). What about a cheapo for your camping trips and the iphone for the other times? I used a samsung freebie for a while (waiting for my iphone!) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. It has GPS and its own maps, admittedly the triangulation is not as good as your TomTom (it's aGPS), but then again this doesn't really matter since you have a tomtom for your needs. If you want to use it and dump the tomtom, you will need the tomtom for iphone cradle which adds an extra GPS chip to improve triangulation. What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. IMO all the phones you have asked about are good for phone calls only, they aren't expandable and their built-in features are average at best. If I had to buy another phone because of coverage issues I'd use it for just that and have an iphone or ipod touch for everything else. Of the two phones that you've chosen I'd go for the Nokia 6720, but I wouldn't rely on the salling software too much as I've had issues with it before (ie contacts wiped etc). I don't know how heavily you need to rely on the blue-tick program - my friend is a communications engineer with telstra, he tells me that other mobiles meet rural requirements, they just haven't been certified with the program. The other good phones with good reception (and play nicer with macs!) are the Nokia N85 and the E71. I can personally vouch for the E71 (my wife has one), others have said good things reception wise with the n85 and both of them are actually usable for PIM stuff. I coudn't find the n85 (next g version) on telstra's website, but that's not surprising as they never have the full range online. Here's a link to the phone: http://www.smoothmobiles.com.au/nokia-n85-3-p/nok-n85-3.htm If you get that or the E71 they work with nokia's plugin or you can get the missing sync, which I have used for the last 5 years and trust to sync my info. http://www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php?source=picker_symbian Good luck, let us know if you are recommended any other phones. Dave See here: http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/index.html Regards Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List
Re: Telstra Blue Tick Mobile Phones and Mac Compatibility
On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Nicholas Thanks for your reply. On 11/01/2010, at 8:23 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 4:31 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Does anyone out there have any advice, other than to buy an iPhone, which isn't an option as it really doesn't have enough range for our country travelling? Why not consider an iPhone? The range is more dependent on your choice of carrier and you've already said you are looking at going with Telstra, which I have to admit does have the best network coverage in the country, so you should be covered there. We already have a $40 plan with Telstra, with the LG, which is out of plan but still working Ok, except for poor battery life. OK Can you borrow a friends iPhone for a weekend to test the range? I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the coverage and the iPhone 3GS has even better reception than the 3G. I admit I've never tried the iPhone in Gero but all reports suggest it won't work over the extended travel distances we endure here in WA. We need a phone that will work from Geraldton to Perth, Bunbury, Albany and elsewhere for our camping, wherever there is Telstra mobile range. They provide the best mobile coverage and charge the most. Yes, they do provide the best coverage and they charge a nice premium for that service... but if you need it, then perhaps there is Plus you can add so many useful apps like one of the GPS apps (save having an extra GPS unit, or as a back up)... the Free Maccas WiFi (so you know where you can free WiFi, a bite to eat and most important a pit stop :)... Then there are dedicated Toilet finders :)... Install Skype on the iPhone and on the kids computers at home so when you are at a free WiFi spots you can call them for free :) and that is the tip of the iceberg (and don't forget a few simple games can relieve boredom for the passenger(s) :) Sounds Ok if it is in range. There's a Macca's in Geraldton and quite a few in Perth. So what? We don't go there. I don't eat much at Macca's myself these days... but today I used three different Macca's stores to quickly check for an email I was expecting, so it can be useful to know their locations for this and pitstops :) and there are plenty of other WiFi hotspots spread around the place The Tomtom does GPS very well. Is the iPhone satellite enabled or is it reliant on mobile phone triangulation? If it is restricted to that, that's not an option. It is assisted GPS... which means it uses the satellites in conjunction with tower triangulation. I've also seen people grab a cheap pre-paid SIM from both Optus (or a reseller like Woolworths) and Vodaphone and had them handy with a small amount of credit ($10-20) on them for the odd occasion when Telstra coverage is poor but you still need to make a call... just make sure your iPhone is unlocked to access all carriers (and don't forget to take your SIM removal tool with you - keep it with the spare sims in say an empty tic-tac container or similar size)... but I think this is more likely to useful over here on the East Coast, rather than in WA :( What is the best iPhone deal available at the moment for users in rural (Western Australian) areas? I suspect that Victorian services are more compact and that you may not appreciate the distances we have to travel; that perhaps Telstra gives almost 100% coverage of Victoria, compared to Western Australia. Actually, I am fully aware of the vast distances needed to travel between towns in WA - hell, I've even travelled the 'vast' distances just between suburbs in Perth :)... and these days I'm based in Sydney :( That said, I don't know which plan to recommend... it all boils down to how many calls you make a month, how many texts you send and how much data you want to access... these variables all affect the choice of plans for both metro and regional users of the iPhone. -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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: iSlate
On 11/01/2010, at 10:52 PM, Kim Maher wrote: To All Has anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? Yeap... standard state of affairs in Appledom. Apple will release information when they are ready and not a second earlier (well, when Steve Jobs is good and ready)... Meanwhile everyone and his dog, cat, canary and goldfish will all post rumors, thoughts, opinions, criticism, and then they post even more rumors that they heard from their Aunt's neighbour second cousin's who works for a cleaning company in the building six blocks from Apple HQ in Cupertino and post it as 100% reliable news... which of course it isn't but then they have the hide to blast Apple for not producing the product THEY demanded (regardless of the fact that 90% of the buyers, which often amount to millions of people in a matter of a few days are over the moon by the REAL announcement and product specs!) So until Apple themselves post the announcement(s) about new products, everything is hearsay and rumor... and even after the official announcements come out, you need to take some reports with a grain of salt. The place to watch is Apple's own website, particularly their PR pages - http://www.apple.com/pr/ and http://www.apple.com/au/pr/ And yes, all the rumors indicate that Apple will be conducting a special Media Event on January 27th (US time, so the 28th here in AU) and there is strong speculation that a 'tablet' based system may be announced... but we'll just have to wait a few more weeks to find out for sure. -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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: iSlate
I must say I'll be very amused if, after all this hype and innuendo, and with Apple's compettitors falling over themselves scrambling to release tablets of their own, Apple doesn't release one! That would truly be a master stroke. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer always irks me with his constant bravado about nothing, and his classic dismissal of the iphone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo Dave -- 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: iSlate
Bad night? Reg On 11/01/2010, at 11:17 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 10:52 PM, Kim Maher wrote: To All Has anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? Yeap... standard state of affairs in Appledom. Apple will release information when they are ready and not a second earlier (well, when Steve Jobs is good and ready)... Meanwhile everyone and his dog, cat, canary and goldfish will all post rumors, thoughts, opinions, criticism, and then they post even more rumors that they heard from their Aunt's neighbour second cousin's who works for a cleaning company in the building six blocks from Apple HQ in Cupertino and post it as 100% reliable news... which of course it isn't but then they have the hide to blast Apple for not producing the product THEY demanded (regardless of the fact that 90% of the buyers, which often amount to millions of people in a matter of a few days are over the moon by the REAL announcement and product specs!) So until Apple themselves post the announcement(s) about new products, everything is hearsay and rumor... and even after the official announcements come out, you need to take some reports with a grain of salt. The place to watch is Apple's own website, particularly their PR pages - http://www.apple.com/pr/ and http://www.apple.com/au/pr/ And yes, all the rumors indicate that Apple will be conducting a special Media Event on January 27th (US time, so the 28th here in AU) and there is strong speculation that a 'tablet' based system may be announced... but we'll just have to wait a few more weeks to find out for sure. -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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: iSlate
On 12/01/2010, at 3:00 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Bad night? [snip, snip of my rant against Apple rumor sites] Yes and No... Yes, because I have a toothache :( and even though Sydney didn't reach the 43+ that Melbourne did, it is still hot and humid here even at 4:20 in the morning :( No... because of the way people treat the Apple Rumor Mill as gospel and then how people end up disappointed when Apple finally announce the actual product... which blows us away in ways we never imagined, because Steve Job and his teams looked 1, 5 and 10 years into the future and thought differently and changed the world. [Although, to be fair, Apple have been known to produce some lemons too] I'm on record for bagging the original iPod when it was launched saying we don't need yet another f'ing MP3 player and I was wrong! VERY WRONG! Instead we got THE MP3 player that all others are now measured by (if there are actually any other real MP3 player manufacturers left - apart the cheap asian look-alike knock-offs)... so I know how wrong the rumormongers and analysts (arm chair and professional) can get it at times... I've also talked on numerous occasions to User Groups about the perils on relying on rumor sites for basing personal purchasing decisions for Apple Products. Apple's official line, from Steve Jobs down, is we do not comment on unreleased products and until Apple themselves do make an official announcement, NO ONE should make any decisions based on the rumors and news stories that fly around the Internet in the weeks leading up to Apple Events... in the past we had a major surge of rumors late December, early January leading up to Macworld Expo... this year Apple aren't involved in it, so the rumor mills started trying to pin down dates for the next Apple Event... and the indications are that Jan 27th US time there may be such an event... but again there is NO official announcement nor media invites sent out yet. That said, I read about 20 different Apple News and Rumor sites a day... and take the rumors with a packet of salt... after all, it does make for interesting reading :) -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@nicholaspyers.com) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- 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: photobooth
Hi Michael and Dave, thanks for that, very logical that it would be an option within photobooth. cheers, susan. On 11/01/2010, at 10:39 PM, choy wrote: whups, thanks that's right, it's the edit menu. Dave On 11/01/2010, at 10:32 PM, Michael Waldie wrote: Dave, The short cut is right but I think you meant that it is in the Edit menu, not the file menu. Michael On 11/01/2010, at 10:15 PM, choy wrote: Hi Susan, Your friend just needs to select the photo in photobooth (ie at the bottom of the app) and then go to the file menu and select flip photo. the keyboard shortcut is command-f Dave -- 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: iSlate
On 12/01/2010, at 1:36 AM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: On 12/01/2010, at 3:00 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Bad night? [snip, snip of my rant against Apple rumor sites] Quite an interesting article from Macworld. True or false: iPod is to music industry as Tablet is to publishing. How desirous is Apple for control? http://www.macworld.com/article/145443/2010/01/tealeaves_and_tablets.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories 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: Hyperlinks
On 11/01/2010, at 11:05 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer Yes, this is a bug (or is it a feature?) in Mail. Fully formed URLs are not live in the original composed message, but they work fine in the received version. -- 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: iSlate
On 11/01/2010, at 7:52 PM, Kim Maher wrote: To All Has anyone have information re the “iSlate”, as I am interested in purchasing this item. Lots of news from everyone, other than Apple, is this normal concerning new items? Your Apple Bore Kim Very simply, at the time of writing there is no such thing as an iSlate, therefore it is impossible to purchase one. We all have to wait until January 27th (28th here) when Apple hosts a Special Event at which point they may or may not announce a product called the iSlate. In answer to your question: No, it is not normal for Apple to refrain from announcing new items. It is quite normal for them to refrain from responding to rumours. -- 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: Hyperlinks
Thank you all for the help. I have a better understanding of terminology and differences now. Kind regards, Jennifer 2010/1/12 Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au On 11/01/2010, at 11:05 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer Yes, this is a bug (or is it a feature?) in Mail. Fully formed URLs are not live in the original composed message, but they work fine in the received version. -- 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 -- 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: iSlate
Z! All this is old. You could have read the gist in my 30 December post '26 sleeps rumour'. Z! Paul. ;) -- 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
Bluetooth Magic Mouse
I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13 and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a 'simple' mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode - if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen - neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a hard crash by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried Force Quit of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it frees- up. Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N - how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13 and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a 'simple' mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode - if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen - neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a hard crash by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried Force Quit of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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 * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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: Hyperlinks
The same happens in Thunderbird. Disconcerting until you find out it does work. Merv Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 11:05 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer Yes, this is a bug (or is it a feature?) in Mail. Fully formed URLs are not live in the original composed message, but they work fine in the received version. -- 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 -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Hi Peter, You have the new iTB Time Capsule which is a Dual Band (5GHz/2.4GHz), so your MacBook should be connecting to the faster n band. You probably setup yas Automatic Radio Mode. To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 12:51 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it “frees- up”. “Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N” – how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13” and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a ‘simple’ mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode – if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen – neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a “hard crash” by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried “Force Quit” of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp…. Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
On 12/01/2010, at 1:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Hey Ronni and Cloe, that's clever. I didn't know you could do that. I just checked my powerBook's connection to Damien's Belkin54g here in Albany. It says Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean? Reg -- 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: Hyperlinks
It is also the same in Entourage - so it may be standard for email clients? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 12/1/10 1:02 PM, Merv Bond at m...@iinet.net.au wrote: The same happens in Thunderbird. Disconcerting until you find out it does work. Merv Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 11/01/2010, at 11:05 PM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Hello Everyone, , Please disregard question previously. I find on looking in my sent box that Mac has done the job after all. regards, Jennifer Yes, this is a bug (or is it a feature?) in Mail. Fully formed URLs are not live in the original composed message, but they work fine in the received version. -- 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 -- 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
On 12/01/2010, at 1:38 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: On 12/01/2010, at 1:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Hey Ronni and Cloe, that's clever. I didn't know you could do that. I just checked my powerBook's connection to Damien's Belkin54g here in Albany. It says Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean? Hey Reg, Yep, cloe is clever ;-) Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean? The Transmit Rate 36 means your PowerBook is operating at g level speeds. Only Mac models released starting in 2005 with 802.11a or 802.11n built in can connect to 5GHz Band. The Network is using Channel 1 RSSI -73 is the signal strength. RSSI = Receive Signal Strength Indicator 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Yeah Ronni, Another neat little trick! Interestingly with my two iMacs sat about 1.5m apart in the same room, the plastic-backed older 24² iMac consistently shows a transmit rate of 54 (ie the max for my ³g² level Airport Express) whereas the new metal-backed 27² iMac shows a lower transmission rate (has varied between 36 48 on a few recent checks). The RSSI (received signal strength indication, Reg) shows differently on every check - changing from around 68 to 76 so far but, interestingly, the RSSI for the new iMac is sometimes better, sometimes worse, than the old iMac but the transmission rate is always lower. At first, I thought the slower transmission rate of the new iMac was probably down to the metal back cutting down the reception relative to the old plastic back however, if that was the case I would have also expected to see the RSSI as consistently lower? For what its worth, the new iMac is running 10.6.2 while the old iMac is running 10.5.8 and I note that there is more info shown under 10.6.2 than 10.5.8, eg: Phy mode: 802.11g and the freq. (2.4GHz) after the Channel number also 10.6.2 shows Airport scanning for new networks around every 10 seconds, whereas 10.5.8 doesn¹t I¹m presuming it is still scanning for new networks, but just doesn¹t display this info under 10.5.8? Cheers Neil. -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 12/1/10 1:38 PM, Reg Whitely at rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote: On 12/01/2010, at 1:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: To verify if your MacBook is connecting to the faster n band: Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. Look for Transmit Rate. A value of 54 indicates that the network is operating at g level speeds. 70-80 and up indicates that you are at faster n speeds. My MacBook Pro Transmit Rate is always around 270. Hey Ronni and Cloe, that's clever. I didn't know you could do that. I just checked my powerBook's connection to Damien's Belkin54g here in Albany. It says Channel 1, RSSI -73, Transmit rate 36. what does that mean? Reg -- 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: MacBooks on auction (Tuesday 12th)
G'Day Apple Australia say that in the case of the Applecare protection plans,as they would have been reported to Apple as stolen,their stock number would have been deregistered as a result of an insurance claim. It pays to read the rules in the catalogue, caveat emptor Mike Armson Un-financial member On Monday/24/August/09 9:43 PM, Shay Telfer shaywa...@earthyself.com wrote: Hi... In case anyone is interested I note that Ross's has a police unclaimed and forfeited property auction, including two MacBooks and a MacBook Pro on Wednesday. Inspection is on Tuesday 12th. http://www.auctions.com.au/auctions/2010/01/13/wa-police-unclaimed-and-forfei ted-property-auction.html Page 52 of the slideshow. Also looks like there are two iPhones on page 53 and some Applecare protection plans on page 50. Also a copy of iWork 09 around there. Have fun, Shay -- 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
Entourage
At my work I have MS Outlook and am using Microsoft Activesync to synchronise email/Calendar events to an HTC Touch Pro2 docked on to the PC. This works reliably and quite well though it has no built in SMS capability from the PC keyboard. I have a Macbook at home running Entourage as my email client and wonder if there is an Apple equivalent software to enable local synchronisation with an iPhone or PDA equivalent and perhaps even include SMS capability from the Macbook keyboard? Anyone out there have this setup themselves? Regards Peter... * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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: MacBooks on auction (Tuesday 12th)
I have just had a look at the auction items. The MacBooks would have to go for a song as there is no guarantee they actually get up. Every time I attend an auction people seem to go a bit auction crazy and place high bids where it approaches the price of a SH machine with provenance. Kevin G'Day Apple Australia say that in the case of the Applecare protection plans,as they would have been reported to Apple as stolen,their stock number would have been deregistered as a result of an insurance claim. It pays to read the rules in the catalogue, caveat emptor Mike Armson Un-financial member On Monday/24/August/09 9:43 PM, Shay Telfer shaywa...@earthyself.com wrote: Hi... In case anyone is interested I note that Ross's has a police unclaimed and forfeited property auction, including two MacBooks and a MacBook Pro on Wednesday. Inspection is on Tuesday 12th. http://www.auctions.com.au/auctions/2010/01/13/wa-police-unclaimed-and-forfei ted-property-auction.html Page 52 of the slideshow. Also looks like there are two iPhones on page 53 and some Applecare protection plans on page 50. Also a copy of iWork 09 around there. Have fun, Shay -- 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
