Re: charging iPod Touch
there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: charging iPod Touch
Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec The iPod Touch requires at least 500 mA for proper charging as well as voltage within specification. Cheers, Ronni On 16/01/2010, at 4:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- 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
'Accounts' in System prefs not opening
On another iMac here with up-to-date Snow Leopard I have been unable open 'Accounts' in System Preferences. I ran permissions repair but there was no fix. I can open the other user accounts but 'Accounts' in System Preferences still fails to open for all of them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. 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
Re: 'Accounts' in System prefs not opening
On 16/01/2010, at 6:44 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: On another iMac here with up-to-date Snow Leopard I have been unable open 'Accounts' in System Preferences. I ran permissions repair but there was no fix. I can open the other user accounts but 'Accounts' in System Preferences still fails to open for all of them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Hi Paul, Home folder / Library / Preferences Scroll down to... com.apple.systempreferences.plist ...and drag this file to the desktop. Then reboot your Mac. Log back in and see if the issue is resolved. 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: Acrobat Pro 9 print problem
Thanks again Ronni and also James for your suggestions. I'm not sure what happened, and I may have subconsciously done just as you suggested Ronni, but now Acrobat is showing the printers in the Page Setup requester. This after almost 3 days of trying all sorts of things to get it working. Now I can print my required size using Acrobat - I hope it lasts. Cheers Mike Fuller On 16/01/2010, at 9:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Mike, I think I now understand what your problem is. I am using Acrobat 8.1.5 in Snow Leopard. A PDF opened in Acrobat Pro, I go to File Page Setup - it shows, Format for: Any Printer, but I can then use the arrows to select my Epson TX700W printer or any other printer I have installed and added in Print Fax. You are not able to select any other printer, as no other printers show under Format For? Mike try this: 1. Open Acrobat Pro first 2. Then go to File Open to open the PDF in Acrobat Then can you now see your Printers in the Page Setup? Cheers, Ronni On 15/01/2010, at 6:01 PM, Mike Fuller wrote: Thanks again Ronni. To answer your questions: Yes, the Epson R230 shows in the Print and Fax prefs, along with my other printers. To elaborate - I have no problems choosing the printer when printing from Acrobat, or anywhere else - it is only that I can't choose it in the Page Setup (in Acrobat only) which results in a reduced print area available because of the Any Printer default being used. I can print from Preview OK - just that Acrobat has more output options except, in this case, the printable area of a page. In fact I can print OK from Acrobat except the aforementioned problem - I can reduce the print size to fit the printable area but that's not what I want with these files I'm printing. I have seen someone else with this problem http:// forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=602214 but no solution. Cheers Mike Fuller On 15/01/2010, at 9:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Mike, Do you have the Epson R230 showing in Print Fax with correct drivers and printing from other applications without any problems? Can you print a PDF from Preview without any problems? Taken from Adobe Support: At times, you may encounter problems when printing a PDF file. For example, a PDF file can contain damaged content such as images or fonts that cannot be rendered by Acrobat during the printing process. Choosing Print As Image bypasses that rendering operation by sending the printer a rasterized image of the document. To print as image: 1. Open the PDF file in Acrobat. 2. Choose File Print. 3. Click Advanced. 4. Select Print As Image near the top of the dialog box. 5. Click OK, and then click OK again to print. Cheers, Ronni On 15/01/2010, at 8:45 AM, Mike Fuller wrote: Thanks for the replies Ronni and Dave and sorry for the confusion - I'm trying to physically print a PDF file from Acrobat Pro to a non-postscript printer so a little more data: I'm using Tiger and attempting to print to an Epson R230, although it doesn't matter which printer I use - it is the Page Setup that doesn't allow me to choose any printer because none of them are listed in the Format For selector. On my wife's MacBook, using Snow Leopard, the Page Setup shows all printers so it is just this version of Acrobat on this computer that is the problem. I could get around it by moving the files and printing from the MacBook but I was hoping there might be a simpler solution, such as trashing a preference or something. Cheers Mike Fuller -- 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
Keynote DVD
Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- 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: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- 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: Keynote DVD
On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. 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: Keynote DVD
Try this:File: ExportQuicktimePlayback uses fixed timimgselect the time for each slide eg 5 secstry "Enter Full screen mode when opening"this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie)Then open iDVDFile Newname it and Createchoose a themeProject Info - Video Mode = PALView Menu - Show MapDrag your movie from the desktop to the top window which says "Drag content here to Play automatically when disk inserted"then Burn and try it out.cheersBlittoOn 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote:Good morning allAs a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!!With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that.I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as "unknown disc". Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful.Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD?RegardsLauraMacBook 10.6.2-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtmlGuidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtmlUnsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Rod Blitvich-Amy Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0409 681 256 rb...@iinet.net.auhttp://web.me.com/blittoI haven't lost my mind.it's backed up on disksomewhere! --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: Keynote DVD
Hi Ronni, I actually didn't know how to do this myself so your instructions will be very useful. Thankyou. Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. 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: Keynote DVD
Hi again Laura, If you have included an Audio Soundtrack in your Keynote Slideshow, post back to WAMUG and I'll give you slightly different instructions. I don't use Share Send To iDVD when I have an Audio Soundtrack in my Keynote Slideshow, as I've found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up to16X DVD-R) The slower the speed the better compatibility with DVD Players. 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: Keynote DVD
You're welcome Susan, My Keynote slideshows normally have an Audio Sound Track and I found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. So I decided to Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration: 1.5 seconds (these settings matching what I had in my Keynote Presentation) Repeat: None Ticked Enter full screen mode when opened Formats: Full Quality, Large Audio ticked include audio (sound files, movie audio) include the slideshow soundtrack Exported to Movies Folder Played the exported quicktime movie to check it and it was in perfect sync. Then opened iDVD created a DVD project using this exported QT movie. Saved as a Disc Image to check and it was fine when played in DVD Player.app Then burnt a DVD from the disc image using Toast 10 Titanium Played the completed DVD in my DVD Player / TV and it was perfect. So, I would suggest if you have a sound track in your Keynote Slideshow, that you export using Quicktime with similar settings to mine above. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 8:30 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Ronni, I actually didn't know how to do this myself so your instructions will be very useful. Thankyou. Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Hi Laura, To play a DVD on a TV you first need to Create a DVD. A DVD requires a Menu and conversion to mpeg format. In Keynote 09 you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 1.In Keynote you can go to Share - Send To - iDVD 2.Specify the size of the video you want to create: Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9 3. Chose a Playback Uses Method: a] Manual Advance: Gives viewers total control over the slideshow as they click to advance slides b] Recorded Timing : Uses timings that you have recorded for a slideshow using the command File record Slideshow c] Fixed Timing: Runs the slideshow with no user interaction. You must set slide duration build options. If slides contain automatic build timings, those will be used. 4. Click Send: Then give the file a name and target your Movies folder. 5. Click Export A Quicktime Movie file is written to disk. Depending on the number of slides, it can take a few minutes to create the DVD Video file. Before the export finishes, iDVD will launch automatically. Whichever theme you were using the last time you had iDVD open will be active, and you might hear the theme's soundtrack playing. You can click the start or stop motion button in the DVD main menu to stop the animation and sound. 6. When the export finishes, click the Play button to test the DVD project. a] Click Play Movie to watch the entire movie b] Click Scene Selection to see an index of the presentation Now choose a theme for the main menu of the DVD, one that matches the look of your slideshow 1. Click the Themes button to access all available themes 2. Choose the Theme from the pop-up menu 3. Then click OK to apply the theme family to all menus Now you need to populate the DVD menu to complete its design 1. Click the Edit Drop Zones button to access all the drop zones for the project Drop zones are places in the menu where you can add (or drop) your own content. 2. Click the Preview button to preview your DVD Watch the project all the way through to ensure smooth playback. When finished with the preview, click the Exit button on the remote to stop previewing the DVD 3. If you are happy with your result you can now click the Burn Button to create the DVD OR, Like I do, Go to File Save As Disc Image, then you can check the DVD in DVD Player before you actually burn it to a DVD-R disc. Note: Always burn a DVD at slow speed. I burn all my DVD's at 2X (perhaps 4X on a Verbatim Up
Re: charging iPod Touch
hi Ronni 500ma av 500ma req that's really is a tight fit so i'm not suprised if there is a on/off/on/off effect.. the required power should be clearly below of what's available for reliable steady work you say at least which would confirm that my guess is right, then in the beginning of the charge cycle any charger take more power then towards the end of a cycle James On 16/01/2010, at 16:39, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec The iPod Touch requires at least 500 mA for proper charging as well as voltage within specification. Cheers, Ronni On 16/01/2010, at 4:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: charging iPod Touch
Hi James, My MacBook Pro, has 3 USB Ports. The one I mentioned below is the High Speed USB Port 'Built-in iSight'. This Port has 500 (mA) Current Available 500 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad / IR Receiver has 500 (mA) Current Available 40 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Bluetooth USB Host Controller has 500 (mA) Current Available 0 (mA) current required. This is your field, I don't profess to understand it, I was only pointing out that All USB Ports are Not Equal. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 9:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi Ronni 500ma av 500ma req that's really is a tight fit so i'm not suprised if there is a on/off/on/off effect.. the required power should be clearly below of what's available for reliable steady work you say at least which would confirm that my guess is right, then in the beginning of the charge cycle any charger take more power then towards the end of a cycle James On 16/01/2010, at 16:39, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA):500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec The iPod Touch requires at least 500 mA for proper charging as well as voltage within specification. Cheers, Ronni On 16/01/2010, at 4:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- 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: Keynote DVD
Hi Susan, Ronni Rod Thank you for your input. I did, I think, use Share-Send-iDVD and followed all the other steps through to Export but then could not work out what happened after that! Perhaps I should have done the burn from there rather than Finder. iDVD certainly did not launch automatically as I had expected it would. I did want to try an audio track but when I went to Media and iTunes, rather than my playlists showing, it is all individual tracks which was not what I had in mind, given each one only goes for such a short time. For example I have an Edith Piaf playlist which I thought would be appropriate for the slides which are from photos of a cycling trip in France. So maybe I have to go direct to iTunes rather than use the Media button. I'll print out all the instructions provided and try again. Many thanks. Regards Laura On 17/01/2010, at 8:07 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- 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: Keynote DVD
Hi Laura, When you add a soundtrack to your slideshow, the audio starts playing when the slideshow starts and plays through to its end, or to the end of the slideshow (depending on which is longer). You can also choose to have it play through only once, loop, or play forward and then backward, if you want. A file added as a soundtrack always plays from its beginning. To add a soundtrack: • Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Document inspector button. • Click the Audio button. • Do one of the following: To add a song or playlist from your iTunes Library, click iTunes Library. Find the song or playlist you want, and then drag it from the Media Browser to the Audio well in the Document inspector. To add an audio file from the Finder, drag it from your desktop to the audio well in the Document inspector. • To make the song or playlist play through repeatedly while the presentation is running, choose Loop from the pop-up menu adjacent to the audio well. • To preview the song while you’re working on your slideshow, click the Play button below the audio well. Go here http://support.apple.com/manuals/#keynote download the Keynote '09 User Guide. On Page 101 in the Keynote '09 User Guide, you will find Adding a Soundtrack to a Slideshow Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 10:12 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Susan, Ronni Rod Thank you for your input. I did, I think, use Share-Send-iDVD and followed all the other steps through to Export but then could not work out what happened after that! Perhaps I should have done the burn from there rather than Finder. iDVD certainly did not launch automatically as I had expected it would. I did want to try an audio track but when I went to Media and iTunes, rather than my playlists showing, it is all individual tracks which was not what I had in mind, given each one only goes for such a short time. For example I have an Edith Piaf playlist which I thought would be appropriate for the slides which are from photos of a cycling trip in France. So maybe I have to go direct to iTunes rather than use the Media button. I'll print out all the instructions provided and try again. Many thanks. Regards Laura On 17/01/2010, at 8:07 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a movie? Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb el...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do before, because my MacBook previously only had a combo drive. Some of you will remember all my recent problems with the optical drive when upgrading to SL I did the burn of my keynote presentation through Finder and had no problems with that. I had expected the DVD would play on the DVD player attached to my TV so I could view the slides in a larger format. It doesn't and just comes up as unknown disc. Nor can I play it in the normal way through my MacBook. I can view the new DVD of my Keynote presentation through Front Row (and like what I see) so I know all the slides are there as they should be and that the burn was successful. Could someone please explain what I am doing wrong? Why can't I view my Keynote DVD in the same way as any other DVD? Regards Laura MacBook 10.6.2 -- 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
usb, drives won't load
For a while now usb and external drives have not appeared in Finder even though the preference to show them is turned on. Now both don't appear on the desktop. They appeared yesterday..just not today. Also Disk Utility refuses to load. Anyone any ideas? Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 3 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07 System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) Kernel Version: Darwin 10.2.0 -- Rosemary Horton rosemary.hor...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: usb, drives won't load
Hi Rosemary, What version of Disk Utility are you using? It should be version 11.5 If it isn't download install the Combo version overtop of your system. Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 If you do have the correct version of Disk Utility, I would suggest you try running Disk Utility from another Admin. User Account. If you don't have another Admin User Account on your MBP, create a temporary account (you can delete it later if you wish). If Disk Utility works from the other/new Admin Account, then the problem is in the your User account. If the other/new Admin Account also fails, then I'd run it from the SL Installation DVD. Just boot from the DVD and after you choose the language, go up to the Menu bar, Utility's, and run it from there. I think get Disk Utility working fist then we tackle why external drives are not mounting. Running the Combo Update overtop often sorts problems out, especially if something has been missed in updates. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 12:27 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: For a while now usb and external drives have not appeared in Finder even though the preference to show them is turned on. Now both don't appear on the desktop. They appeared yesterday..just not today. Also Disk Utility refuses to load. Anyone any ideas? Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.16 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 3 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07 System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540) Kernel Version: Darwin 10.2.0 -- Rosemary Horton rosemary.hor...@gmail.com -- 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: charging iPod Touch
hi Ronni thanks for that info it looks alike the keyboeard/ir/trackpad are using only 40ma of the 500ma available, i can imagine that a camera suck the 500ma which means no further power avaiable on this port, it seems the bluetooth is switched off thus the 0ma = no load generally yes not all usb ports are equal it is a special circuit that controls the power consumption of each port if the limit is exeeded then this circuit (electronic fuse) shuts down the power to the port, in most cases causeing failure of the connected gadget, if a port is not delivering power you may still use that port for data transfer through an externally powered hub, or selfpowered units (most printers/harddisks) in some cases a loose socket causes a failure (would'nt be the first usb port i resoldered) cheers James On 17/01/2010, at 9:26, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, My MacBook Pro, has 3 USB Ports. The one I mentioned below is the High Speed USB Port 'Built-in iSight'. This Port has 500 (mA) Current Available 500 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad / IR Receiver has 500 (mA) Current Available 40 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Bluetooth USB Host Controller has 500 (mA) Current Available 0 (mA) current required. This is your field, I don't profess to understand it, I was only pointing out that All USB Ports are Not Equal. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 9:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi Ronni 500ma av 500ma req that's really is a tight fit so i'm not suprised if there is a on/off/on/off effect.. the required power should be clearly below of what's available for reliable steady work you say at least which would confirm that my guess is right, then in the beginning of the charge cycle any charger take more power then towards the end of a cycle James On 16/01/2010, at 16:39, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec The iPod Touch requires at least 500 mA for proper charging as well as voltage within specification. Cheers, Ronni On 16/01/2010, at 4:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway over 40 years in electronics -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
RE: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
HI all, I've followed Wendy's tips here and managed to locate and delete the Bluetooth plist file and then a restart. First time i did this, functionality was good (Left and Right mouse commands were working). I still haven't explored the functions of the mouse beyond standard pointing and Left Right click commands - until I get these reliable, not a lot of point using it I then did a software update which in turn required a restart after the updates. Following this, the mouse reverted to its stubborn self (no Left or Right mouse commands working) yet moving the mouse around would move the pointer. If it try Open mouse preferences I get the little video demo, but still no Right or Left functioning from the Mouse. I'm rapidly loosing credibility with SWMBO as it is she who uses the Macbook. Any further tips from anyone? Peter. 13 Macbook Snow Leopard Magic (!) Mouse Time Capsule 1TB -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: Bluetooth Magic Mouse
Hi Peter, As Wendy said in her reply, 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. Hopefully Apple will have a fix for the Magic Mouse soon. OS X 10.6.3 is due to be released very soon with a lot of 'fixes' Just Hang in there Peter Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 3:00 PM, Crisp, Peter wrote: HI all, I've followed Wendy's tips here and managed to locate and delete the Bluetooth plist file and then a restart. First time i did this, functionality was good (Left and Right mouse commands were working). I still haven't explored the functions of the mouse beyond standard pointing and Left Right click commands - until I get these reliable, not a lot of point using it I then did a software update which in turn required a restart after the updates. Following this, the mouse reverted to its stubborn self (no Left or Right mouse commands working) yet moving the mouse around would move the pointer. If it try Open mouse preferences I get the little video demo, but still no Right or Left functioning from the Mouse. I'm rapidly loosing credibility with SWMBO as it is she who uses the Macbook. Any further tips from anyone? Peter. 13 Macbook Snow Leopard Magic (!) Mouse Time Capsule 1TB -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
Re: charging iPod Touch
Thanks James, With the iPod Touch ... Inside the ipod Touch is its own charging regulator circuit. It will only take as much amperage as the battery/regulator will allow. Any USB port that can supply at least the correct amount specified current at the proper regulated voltage will work. I think on my MacBook Pro the rear USB port, the one nearest the screen, is in fact already on an internal hub, shared with everything USB inside the case: the keyboard, the Bluetooth, the trackpad, the iSight camera and the infra-red receiver. I would suspect that adding a four way hub to this is bound to end in disaster. From the Apple Developer Reference Library : “The USB ports support 500 (mA) at 5 V for 2.5 W power per port. ” MacBooks and MacBook Pros and Minis are said to have eight USB ports like the Pros, etc However, power draw and how it varies across ports, with one port on each MacBook being the high-power high-current-draw port, is mentioned. (The single port on the MacBook Air is high-current-draw.) USB Product-Specific Details http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/HWTech_USB/Articles/usb_implementation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003902 Overview of USB on Macintosh Computers http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/HWTech_USB/Articles/usb_concepts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003901 Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 2:11 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi Ronni thanks for that info it looks alike the keyboeard/ir/trackpad are using only 40ma of the 500ma available, i can imagine that a camera suck the 500ma which means no further power avaiable on this port, it seems the bluetooth is switched off thus the 0ma = no load generally yes not all usb ports are equal it is a special circuit that controls the power consumption of each port if the limit is exeeded then this circuit (electronic fuse) shuts down the power to the port, in most cases causeing failure of the connected gadget, if a port is not delivering power you may still use that port for data transfer through an externally powered hub, or selfpowered units (most printers/harddisks) in some cases a loose socket causes a failure (would'nt be the first usb port i resoldered) cheers James On 17/01/2010, at 9:26, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, My MacBook Pro, has 3 USB Ports. The one I mentioned below is the High Speed USB Port 'Built-in iSight'. This Port has 500 (mA) Current Available 500 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad / IR Receiver has 500 (mA) Current Available 40 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Bluetooth USB Host Controller has 500 (mA) Current Available 0 (mA) current required. This is your field, I don't profess to understand it, I was only pointing out that All USB Ports are Not Equal. Cheers, Ronni On 17/01/2010, at 9:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: hi Ronni 500ma av 500ma req that's really is a tight fit so i'm not suprised if there is a on/off/on/off effect.. the required power should be clearly below of what's available for reliable steady work you say at least which would confirm that my guess is right, then in the beginning of the charge cycle any charger take more power then towards the end of a cycle James On 16/01/2010, at 16:39, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA):500 Current Required (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec The iPod Touch requires at least 500 mA for proper charging as well as voltage within specification. Cheers, Ronni On 16/01/2010, at 4:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any way..(if you overload the usb port shuts down) a externalpowered usb hub could be a solution aswell some dark world pcs front give you the same trouble if you connect to a backside port all is fine try all usb ports i'm sure one gives the power for your recharging James On 16/01/2010, at 11:25, KEVIN Lock wrote: My wife's new iPod Touch will only charge using USB on her MacBook, not on our iMac. I have tried different USB ports, a powered hub, but no go. Both machines are running 10.4.11 with plenty of RAM. Not a big problem, but it is interesting...any ideas for me? Regards Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
