Shared tab missing
Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle Systems Technician Apple, Windows, Cisco -- Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- 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: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro, For a Mac to show 'Shared' in the Finder's sidebar, there must be at least two computers correctly operating on the same network. This is because Shared is hidden for solo computers. Your computers seem to think they are solo, and a failure in merely one of the pair would cause this to happen. You should double-check that both computer are truly connected to the same wireless access point. (E.g,., it's possible for one of them to have latched onto a neighbour's wireless by mistake.) Secondly, Bonjour must be working on both computers. Bonjour is essential for automatic Sharing in both the Finder and iTunes. So just in case Bonjour has failed, you should restart both computers (reboot one of them about 10 seconds after the other, to be sure, and then check their Airport network names in the Network System Preferences). I'm pretty sure that the 'Shared' sidebar should be visible in the Finder even if File Sharing is turned off. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi James Have done a re-start as you suggested and checked both are on the same network and still no shaw. How do I determine if bonjour is working? Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 8:57 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi Pedro, For a Mac to show 'Shared' in the Finder's sidebar, there must be at least two computers correctly operating on the same network. This is because Shared is hidden for solo computers. Your computers seem to think they are solo, and a failure in merely one of the pair would cause this to happen. You should double-check that both computer are truly connected to the same wireless access point. (E.g,., it's possible for one of them to have latched onto a neighbour's wireless by mistake.) Secondly, Bonjour must be working on both computers. Bonjour is essential for automatic Sharing in both the Finder and iTunes. So just in case Bonjour has failed, you should restart both computers (reboot one of them about 10 seconds after the other, to be sure, and then check their Airport network names in the Network System Preferences). I'm pretty sure that the 'Shared' sidebar should be visible in the Finder even if File Sharing is turned off. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro Just to confirm something, have you ticked the shared options in Finder Preferences? Wendy in Hobart On 13/01/2010, at 23:09 , Pedro wrote: It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort -- 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: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
I PHONE 3GS
Hi Everyone A friend told me that the I Phones are only US $199. Is it possible to buy them in the US and get it connected over here? Thanks for all answers Martin -- 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: I PHONE 3GS
Hi Martin, They might be for an iPhone 2G but not a 3GS. Cheers, Stuart On 14/01/10 8:20 AM, Martin Sulkowski msulkow...@reachnet.com.au wrote: Hi Everyone A friend told me that the I Phones are only US $199. Is it possible to buy them in the US and get it connected over here? Thanks for all answers Martin -- 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
Ok, thanks for this Wendy, it sounds as though you are experiencing the same problems I am currently experiencing. I will try your tip and revert. Peter. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Wendy S. Austin Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:49 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Greetings Peter Not sure if your problems are the same as mine - I am having problems with Magic Mouse whereby it stopped doing all the extra things like scrolling and became just an 'ordinary mouse'. Also looking at the System Preferences Mouse, I no longer got the video showing how to use the Magic Mouse, instead it just showed ordinary mouse setups.After three lengthy phone calls with Apple Support, the third person I spoke with suggested deleting the bluetooth plist in MacIntosh HD LibraryPreferences and restarting computer. The Magic Mouse then works properly however, this annoying fix needs to be done every time I shut down and restart the computer. I am about to speak with Apple again to see if there is a proper, permanent fix for it. Wendy Hobart On 12/01/2010, at 14:56 , Crisp, Peter wrote: 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? -- 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: iPhone 3G S Settings Menu PDF
Hello People, Around 149 people have now downloaded my PDF, so guess more than WAMUG people were downloading it. I really didn't want to give it FREE to the world So I have now put password protection back on my Site. If any WAMUG member still wishes to access the site, email me Off List. Cheers, Ronni Begin forwarded message: From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Date: 11 January 2010 2:22:04 PM AWST To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: iPhone 3G S Settings Menu PDF Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au 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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Ronnie, I tried all this last night around midnight. The instructions you gave were clear, and I put all the settings per your note followed explicitly. When I went to Update - the response was Time Capsule cannot be found, would you like to rescan? So I did, and the not found message repeated back to me over and over. I quit at that point due to lack of patience and sleep, I was in the same range as all other successful wireless traffic till now from the TC so I am unsure why the Update command did not get acknowledged by the TC, I might try being sat next to it next time or even an Ethernet connection (even though I shouldn't have to). Cheers Peter Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 9:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, Without knowing how you setup your Time Capsule Wireless Network originally. I'm assuming you followed the Instructions that came with Time Capsule to setup a Dual Band Network with WPA2 encryption. To change the Wireless Mode: 1. Open Airport Utility 2. Double click your Time Capsule Network (in Left Column) 3. Then click the Wireless button 4. Have Allow this network to be extended ticked 5. Radio Mode: what do you have selected? ... is it Automatic? Radio Mode: You can change it to 802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g/n ... you might have to hold Option click to display this. 6. Radio Channel Selection: Automatic Click Update, and wait until your Time Capsule restarts and appears in Airport Utility. Then check if your MacBook is connecting to the 802.11n ... Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. It should now be PHY Mode: 802.11n Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 - so I am on g level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to n speeds. I presume it's easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter... From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: 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
Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Hi Peter, Sometimes just Quit Airport Utility if it doesn't find TC, then Open Time Capsule again and see if it Time Capsule is then showing. You certainly shouldn't have to be sitting near to Time Capsule and you don't need to connect by Ethernet once you have setup your Network. You can make changes to the Network through Airport Utility over wireless. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 9:54 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ronnie, I tried all this last night around midnight. The instructions you gave were clear, and I put all the settings per your note followed explicitly. When I went to “Update” – the response was “Time Capsule cannot be found, would you like to rescan”? So I did, and the “not found” message repeated back to me over and over. I quit at that point due to lack of patience and sleep, I was in the same range as all other successful wireless traffic till now from the TC so I am unsure why the Update command did not get acknowledged by the TC, I might try being sat next to it next time or even an Ethernet connection (even though I shouldn’t have to). Cheers Peter…. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 9:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, Without knowing how you setup your Time Capsule Wireless Network originally. I'm assuming you followed the Instructions that came with Time Capsule to setup a Dual Band Network with WPA2 encryption. To change the Wireless Mode: 1. Open Airport Utility 2. Double click your Time Capsule Network (in Left Column) 3. Then click the Wireless button 4. Have Allow this network to be extended ticked 5. Radio Mode: what do you have selected? ... is it Automatic? Radio Mode: You can change it to 802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g/n ... you might have to hold Option click to display this. 6. Radio Channel Selection: Automatic Click Update, and wait until your Time Capsule restarts and appears in Airport Utility. Then check if your MacBook is connecting to the 802.11n ... Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. It should now be PHY Mode: 802.11n Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: 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
Re: Shared tab missing
Good Morning all Yes, all the right boxes in are ticked Wendy. I will try trashing the plist now Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Sorry Peter, I meant of course Open Airport Utility again, NOT Open Time Capsule again :-( I'm too tired today trying to handle more than 5 jobs at a time Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:07 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, Sometimes just Quit Airport Utility if it doesn't find TC, then Open Time Capsule again and see if it Time Capsule is then showing. You certainly shouldn't have to be sitting near to Time Capsule and you don't need to connect by Ethernet once you have setup your Network. You can make changes to the Network through Airport Utility over wireless. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 9:54 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ronnie, I tried all this last night around midnight. The instructions you gave were clear, and I put all the settings per your note followed explicitly. When I went to “Update” – the response was “Time Capsule cannot be found, would you like to rescan”? So I did, and the “not found” message repeated back to me over and over. I quit at that point due to lack of patience and sleep, I was in the same range as all other successful wireless traffic till now from the TC so I am unsure why the Update command did not get acknowledged by the TC, I might try being sat next to it next time or even an Ethernet connection (even though I shouldn’t have to). Cheers Peter…. Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 9:29 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse Hi Peter, Without knowing how you setup your Time Capsule Wireless Network originally. I'm assuming you followed the Instructions that came with Time Capsule to setup a Dual Band Network with WPA2 encryption. To change the Wireless Mode: 1. Open Airport Utility 2. Double click your Time Capsule Network (in Left Column) 3. Then click the Wireless button 4. Have Allow this network to be extended ticked 5. Radio Mode: what do you have selected? ... is it Automatic? Radio Mode: You can change it to 802.11n only (5 GHZ - 802.11b/g/n ... you might have to hold Option click to display this. 6. Radio Channel Selection: Automatic Click Update, and wait until your Time Capsule restarts and appears in Airport Utility. Then check if your MacBook is connecting to the 802.11n ... Hold down the option key on your keyboard while you click the fan shaped Airport icon at the top of your screen. It should now be PHY Mode: 802.11n Cheers, Ronni On 12/01/2010, at 8:56 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Ronnie, I managed to verify that my Transmit Rate is 54 – so I am on “g” level speeds. I have had a look around the Airport and unable to see how I can reset to “n” speeds. I presume it’s easy once I find it. Is it a setting on the Macbook or a setting on the Time Capsule I need to alter? How do I alter it? Thanks Peter… From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 1:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: 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
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Pedro, Hmmm weird behaviour with your Finder sidebar. This sounds silly, but, give it a try: 1. Uncheck all the selections under Shared in Preferences. See what happens ... 2. If the Shared option appears, then re-check all the options under Shared in the Finder Preferences. 3. Then see if Shared stays in the Finder sidebar. Cheers, Ronni PS. I have to use Cruise Control when I'm driving in the country, even then Tigger tries to go over the selected speed On 14/01/2010, at 11:28 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Ronni Tried that , still no go. Weird thing is it is both the new iMac that I got from Daniel a little while ago and the MacBook that is just on 2 years old. I tried unchecking the places boxes and places disappeared as it should and when I check the boxes it reappeared as it should. Unfortunately it doesn't work for shared cheers Pedro PS Love cruise control, has saved me a small fortune On 14/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Hmmm weird behaviour with your Finder sidebar. This sounds silly, but, give it a try: 1. Uncheck all the selections under Shared in Preferences. See what happens ... 2. If the Shared option appears, then re-check all the options under Shared in the Finder Preferences. 3. Then see if Shared stays in the Finder sidebar. Cheers, Ronni PS. I have to use Cruise Control when I'm driving in the country, even then Tigger tries to go over the selected speed On 14/01/2010, at 11:28 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Shared tab missing
Aargh I,m an idiot I just answered my own question in that last post. Tried to figure out why it is happening to both computers at the same time. What's common to both, the modem, did a reboot of the netgear and bingo!! SHARED tab appeared on both just like magic. I love this list, a big thank you to Ronnie and all that helped. I off to cool down the cats cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 12:02 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Tried that , still no go. Weird thing is it is both the new iMac that I got from Daniel a little while ago and the MacBook that is just on 2 years old. I tried unchecking the places boxes and places disappeared as it should and when I check the boxes it reappeared as it should. Unfortunately it doesn't work for shared cheers Pedro PS Love cruise control, has saved me a small fortune On 14/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Hmmm weird behaviour with your Finder sidebar. This sounds silly, but, give it a try: 1. Uncheck all the selections under Shared in Preferences. See what happens ... 2. If the Shared option appears, then re-check all the options under Shared in the Finder Preferences. 3. Then see if Shared stays in the Finder sidebar. Cheers, Ronni PS. I have to use Cruise Control when I'm driving in the country, even then Tigger tries to go over the selected speed On 14/01/2010, at 11:28 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried unticking/ticking other boxes and they disappear and appear as they should. Any help gratefully received cheers Pedro MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au MacBook 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 2 GB/667 MHz 160GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing
Re: Shared tab missing
Ok Pedro, Shared is only present in the sidebar if you have any connected severs or any bonjour computers on your local network. If none of these are available the Shared section will disappear. It will reappear when needed. So, as James suggested yesterday, somehow your iMac MacBook are either not connected to the same Network, or sharing is not setup correctly. How is your Wireless Network setup, are you using the wireless through an Airport Extreme or Express or are you just using an ADSL Wireless Modem/Router? Why I'm asking this, is if your have Wireless enabled on an ADSL Modem as well as on an Airport Extreme/Express/Time Capsule it will cause problems. You should disable wireless on the ADSL wireless Modem and just use an Airport hardware to setup an Airport Wireless Network. Has this problem only happened after ?? Have you been able to Share with these two computers before on your Network? Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 12:02 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Tried that , still no go. Weird thing is it is both the new iMac that I got from Daniel a little while ago and the MacBook that is just on 2 years old. I tried unchecking the places boxes and places disappeared as it should and when I check the boxes it reappeared as it should. Unfortunately it doesn't work for shared cheers Pedro PS Love cruise control, has saved me a small fortune On 14/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Hmmm weird behaviour with your Finder sidebar. This sounds silly, but, give it a try: 1. Uncheck all the selections under Shared in Preferences. See what happens ... 2. If the Shared option appears, then re-check all the options under Shared in the Finder Preferences. 3. Then see if Shared stays in the Finder sidebar. Cheers, Ronni PS. I have to use Cruise Control when I'm driving in the country, even then Tigger tries to go over the selected speed On 14/01/2010, at 11:28 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers cheers Pedro On 13/01/2010, at 7:44 PM, choy wrote: Are you sharing just itunes or other files? Are you sharing both machines' libraries or just one? Have you turned on file sharing in system preferences sharing on the machine you want to share? DC Evening Pedro, You need to enable Sharing in iTunes, not Finder. From memory it will only show the Shared menu item if it does find a shared library. Thanks, David Moyle On 13/01/2010, at 7:37 PM, Pedro wrote: Evening all, While trying to set up iTune sharing with our new iMac I have noticed that the shared tab in the finder is missing on both the iMac and MacBook. I have been into Finder preferences and ticked all three shared boxes and nothing happens . Have tried
Re: Shared tab missing
Hi Ronni The network is set up through a Netgear ADSL2+ wireless modem/router. No Airport Extreme/Express/Time Capsule is in place and both the iMac and MacBook access the internet wirelessly through it. I looked at what James said yesterday and as both are able to access the internet and all the right shared boxes are ticked I was stumped as to why they could not see each other. It was not until I rebooted the modem that all is working fine. My nearest neighbour is about half a kilometre away so no other network would cause trouble either. iTunes sharing is also working fine and Alison is now enjoying Aretha Franklin on her new iMac Again thank you everyone for their input cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 12:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Ok Pedro, Shared is only present in the sidebar if you have any connected severs or any bonjour computers on your local network. If none of these are available the Shared section will disappear. It will reappear when needed. So, as James suggested yesterday, somehow your iMac MacBook are either not connected to the same Network, or sharing is not setup correctly. How is your Wireless Network setup, are you using the wireless through an Airport Extreme or Express or are you just using an ADSL Wireless Modem/Router? Why I'm asking this, is if your have Wireless enabled on an ADSL Modem as well as on an Airport Extreme/Express/Time Capsule it will cause problems. You should disable wireless on the ADSL wireless Modem and just use an Airport hardware to setup an Airport Wireless Network. Has this problem only happened after ?? Have you been able to Share with these two computers before on your Network? Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 12:02 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Tried that , still no go. Weird thing is it is both the new iMac that I got from Daniel a little while ago and the MacBook that is just on 2 years old. I tried unchecking the places boxes and places disappeared as it should and when I check the boxes it reappeared as it should. Unfortunately it doesn't work for shared cheers Pedro PS Love cruise control, has saved me a small fortune On 14/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Hmmm weird behaviour with your Finder sidebar. This sounds silly, but, give it a try: 1. Uncheck all the selections under Shared in Preferences. See what happens ... 2. If the Shared option appears, then re-check all the options under Shared in the Finder Preferences. 3. Then see if Shared stays in the Finder sidebar. Cheers, Ronni PS. I have to use Cruise Control when I'm driving in the country, even then Tigger tries to go over the selected speed On 14/01/2010, at 11:28 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni Yes trashed both and did a restart, still no go. All other tabs are there, Devices, Places and Search for, but no shared tab Ha speed police the very reason I had to retire the Triumph Daytona regards Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 11:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Did you trash both the prefs. files and then restart your computer? Is it just Shared that you can't see in the Finder's Sidebar? You can see everything else in the Finders Sidebar Devices, Places, Search For? Yeah, little Tigger is a great car, only problem the Speed Police like it also ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 10:49 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi Ronni No, that did not work. I even downloaded the bonjour update last night and did a repair and still no go. Thanks for the iPhone help file by the way. Good work well done again. Love your car. Top Gear did a test on the UK version last week and Hammond actually liked it cheers Pedro On 14/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Also at the same time, drag this preference file to the trash as well, com.apple.sidebarlists.plist. Same location ~librarypreferences Then restart your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 14/01/2010, at 7:53 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pedro, Try trashing the Finder preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist). Then re-enter your personal finder preferences. The file is located in your home folder (abbreviated ~). Go to ~librarypreferences and drag com.apple.finder.plist to the trash. OS X will rebuild the preference file with default values. If you wish to change them, (while in finder) go to the menu bar and click on preferences (from the drop down menu). Cheers, Ronni On 13/01/2010, at 8:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Guys Thank you for the prompt reply. I am not worried about the iTunes part at the moment ,I will sort that out later... It's the shared tab in finder that has gone missing is the main concern . Both the iMac and MacBook are on the same network (netgear wireless) using AirPort I have been into System Preferences and turned on sharing on both computers
