Re: PPPoE error message
On 23/02/2010, at 3:29 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: A couple of times recently I have had the error message unable to find PPoE server pop up. I have ignored this and clicked on OK. All internet access appears OK. Looking at system preferences network I see a PPPoE entry in the left hand pane which has not been there before, clicking on this shows that it is not configured. Deleting this appears to have no effect good or bad but occasionally it has reappeared. My queries are: 1. why should I suddenly be getting this message when my connection is DHCP and no PPPoE has previously been used? 2. Are there any steps I should/could take to prevent re-occurence? 3. Is this indicative of any developing fault? Many Thanks Barry iMac 5,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 667 MHz 2GB 667 MHz 150GB HD OS X 10.6.2 connection using airport through an Airport Express, NetComm NB5Plus4 modem to Netspace. Hi Barry, Do you have anything plugged into the ethernet slot? Open Airport Utility, double click of Base Station, then check under 'Internet' - Internet Connection that you have Connect Using: Ethernet Configure IPv4: Using DHCP 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: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad
Maybe I'm just a pessimist but the reason I think Apple doesn't want Flash on the iPhone/iPad is control. If Flash were to take hold on the platform it could challenge the App Store and potentially the OS itself by seeding some control to Adobe. The other thing is that iPhone OS is based on Mac OS X so it would be trivial to get flash running - I think there were rumours that Adobe did it ages ago but they couldn't release it... Chris. From: Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:14:34 +0800 To: WAMUG List Mailing wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad Seems the main reason that Flash is a bad idea on Apple's touch screen devices is the lack of a mouse... http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/02/20/an-adobe-flash-developer-on-why-the-i pad-cant-use-flash/ -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: PPPoE error message
Ronni Thanks, I had checked these settings but have just rechecked and all appears as it should, as one would expect, as I have no trouble with my internet connection only the appearance of the warning! Barry On 23/02/2010, at 4:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 23/02/2010, at 3:29 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: A couple of times recently I have had the error message unable to find PPoE server pop up. I have ignored this and clicked on OK. All internet access appears OK. Looking at system preferences network I see a PPPoE entry in the left hand pane which has not been there before, clicking on this shows that it is not configured. Deleting this appears to have no effect good or bad but occasionally it has reappeared. My queries are: 1. why should I suddenly be getting this message when my connection is DHCP and no PPPoE has previously been used? 2. Are there any steps I should/could take to prevent re-occurence? 3. Is this indicative of any developing fault? Many Thanks Barry iMac 5,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 667 MHz 2GB 667 MHz 150GB HD OS X 10.6.2 connection using airport through an Airport Express, NetComm NB5Plus4 modem to Netspace. Hi Barry, Do you have anything plugged into the ethernet slot? Open Airport Utility, double click of Base Station, then check under 'Internet' - Internet Connection that you have Connect Using: Ethernet Configure IPv4: Using DHCP 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: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad
I agree with you Chris, potentially Apple will lose control over the Apps if Flash Application could run on the iPhone. Many applications (games) running on other phones are Flash based. Additionally Flash could be used to introduce errant applications. Already there are Flash videos with built in viruses. There are numerous pictures of the iPad running web sites with Flash contents - so it is doable but not with Apple's consent. Regards, Eugene -- 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 inline: (null) 4.tiff On 23/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Christopher S wrote: Maybe I'm just a pessimist but the reason I think Apple doesn't want Flash on the iPhone/iPad is control. If Flash were to take hold on the platform it could challenge the App Store and potentially the OS itself by seeding some control to Adobe. The other thing is that iPhone OS is based on Mac OS X so it would be trivial to get flash running - I think there were rumours that Adobe did it ages ago but they couldn't release it... Chris. From: Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:14:34 +0800 To: WAMUG List Mailing wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad Seems the main reason that Flash is a bad idea on Apple's touch screen devices is the lack of a mouse... http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/02/20/an-adobe-flash-developer-on-why-the-i pad-cant-use-flash/ -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad
Hi People, Steve Jobs doesn't want Flash on the iPhone. He has always stated Flash is too slow for the iPhone. Flash is known to be the #1 contributor to Apple's crash logs, so why would he want a non-apple plugin crashing Apple software Safari? If Safari crashes, people don't blame the bad Flash plugin, (which Apple have no control over), they blame Safari. Cheers, Ronni On 23/02/2010, at 6:11 PM, Eugene wrote: I agree with you Chris, potentially Apple will lose control over the Apps if Flash Application could run on the iPhone. Many applications (games) running on other phones are Flash based. Additionally Flash could be used to introduce errant applications. Already there are Flash videos with built in viruses. There are numerous pictures of the iPad running web sites with Flash contents - so it is doable but not with Apple's consent. Regards, Eugene -- 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 (null) 4.tiff On 23/02/2010, at 4:54 PM, Christopher S wrote: Maybe I'm just a pessimist but the reason I think Apple doesn't want Flash on the iPhone/iPad is control. If Flash were to take hold on the platform it could challenge the App Store and potentially the OS itself by seeding some control to Adobe. The other thing is that iPhone OS is based on Mac OS X so it would be trivial to get flash running - I think there were rumours that Adobe did it ages ago but they couldn't release it... Chris. From: Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:14:34 +0800 To: WAMUG List Mailing wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Finally: the truth about Flash and the iPhone - iPod Touch - iPad Seems the main reason that Flash is a bad idea on Apple's touch screen devices is the lack of a mouse... http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/02/20/an-adobe-flash-developer-on-why-the-i pad-cant-use-flash/ -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. 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: Time Machine
Graeme, It sounds like there is a major problem with your drive. I would try reformatting the drive, then setting up Time Machine to use the drive again. If you keep getting errors like Disk Repair is advising you, it would be risky to rely on this as a back up disk! How long was the warranty? Regards, John __ John Winters Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax +61 8 9446 7709 blocked::john.wint...@kidsdentist.com.au From: Graeme Winters g.wint...@iinet.net.au Reply-To: User Group Mac User Group Mac WA wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:38:45 +0800 To: User Group Mac User Group Mac WA wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Time Machine Trouble with Time Machine In December 2009 I purchased my IMac 27² 3.06Ghz/4GB/1TB/HD With this I purchased a WD My Book Mac Edition 1TB All was assembled and ran fine until last week when a message bar appeared telling me that Back up could not be completed I have tried to date Disk Repair and received the following messages Invalid node structure Invalid record count Missing thread record Bad parent directory Missing directory record Incorrect flag for directory The Volume could not be opened after 3 attempts Error Disk Utility cannot repair this disk Verify stopped My book corrupt Tried repair again I have disconnected the WD several times and started again doing a back up Each time when I go to Time Machine at the options window the message is Next Backup when disk connected At Select Disk no disk is shown This was the case again at 3.00pm today However when I switched the WD off and on again the back up appeared and acknowledged that the next backup would occur shortly Surely I should not have to manually activate the backup What have I missed? As an aside does Time Machine when working also back up my Windows work as well ie MYOB files Graeme Winters -- 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
Blocking Flash
Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Blocking Flash
Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Blocking Flash
I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA If you Google the word 'google' you will break the internet. -- 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: Blocking Flash
Agreed Matt, I use the flashblock plugin for Firefox. It does the same type of thing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Regards, Eugene -- 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 inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Blocking Flash
Agreed Matt, I use the flashblock plugin for Firefox. It does the same type of thing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 Regards, Eugene -- 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 inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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
Time Capsule - slow response
My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn't think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too - I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. When opening a Finder window and selecting Time Capsule, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives' existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn't even establish a connection - and then the spinning wheel of death - for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? I am set to n and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit... Regards 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/ * 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: Blocking Flash
I love CTF, Can actually read sites without the fans starting up on my Macbook and the CPU meter going off the scale :) On 24/02/2010, at 12:07 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Time Capsule - slow response
I find that Word 2008 does not like a Save As for the first save of a new document and will lock up. I always do a plain Save which brings up the full dialog. Severin Crisp On 24/02/2010, at 8:02 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn’t think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too – I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. When opening a Finder window and selecting “….Time Capsule”, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives’ existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn’t even establish a connection – and then the spinning wheel of death – for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? I am set to “n” and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit……. Regards 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/ N O T I C E - 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 Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Time Machine
Thanks John The issue with this drive is strange When I open Time Machine , the time and date of the last back up is shown but at the NEXT backup line the words shown are When the drive is connected If I switch the drive off at the unit and then on again and enter a password and the drive comes to life and starts backing up I am missing the automatic feature of the TM Graeme On 23/02/2010, at 9:38 PM, John Winters wrote: Graeme, It sounds like there is a major problem with your drive. I would try reformatting the drive, then setting up Time Machine to use the drive again. If you keep getting errors like Disk Repair is advising you, it would be risky to rely on this as a back up disk! How long was the warranty? Regards, John __ John Winters Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax +61 8 9446 7709 blocked::john.wint...@kidsdentist.com.au From: Graeme Winters g.wint...@iinet.net.au Reply-To: User Group Mac User Group Mac WA wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:38:45 +0800 To: User Group Mac User Group Mac WA wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Time Machine Trouble with Time Machine In December 2009 I purchased my IMac 27” 3.06Ghz/4GB/1TB/HD With this I purchased a WD My Book Mac Edition 1TB All was assembled and ran fine until last week when a message bar appeared telling me that Back up could not be completed I have tried to date Disk Repair and received the following messages Invalid node structure Invalid record count Missing thread record Bad parent directory Missing directory record Incorrect flag for directory The Volume could not be opened after 3 attempts Error Disk Utility cannot repair this disk Verify stopped My book corrupt Tried repair again I have disconnected the WD several times and started again doing a back up Each time when I go to Time Machine at the options window the message is Next Backup when disk connected At Select Disk no disk is shown This was the case again at 3.00pm today However when I switched the WD off and on again the back up appeared and acknowledged that the next backup would occur shortly Surely I should not have to manually activate the backup What have I missed? As an aside does Time Machine when working also back up my Windows work as well ie MYOB files Graeme Winters -- 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
Keynote and Powerpoint
A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Keynote and Powerpoint
Paul, it is a one way street. Keynote can import PP files and export its files to PP PP is too stupid to import of export to keynote Regards, Eugene -- 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 inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Blocking Flash
Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Blocking Flash
Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks 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 Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Blocking Flash
Peter, I find Firefox slightly more useful that Safari for my own particular purposes, but I know many others who have a reverse preference. In my 25 years of Mac use I have never installed anything specific to protect myself from nasties, and never had problems with nasties. Most nasties are Microsoft nasties, not Computer nasties as the media portray them, so I try to use as few Microsoft products as possible. The only annoyances I have is from spam email. Causes include having my address on my website, loading images in spurious emails, and once replying to a spurious email (biggest mistake). Had a neighbour's Windows PC, riddled with Microsoft viruses etc to fix last weekend. After 4 hours decided that the only solution was to re-install Widows. At that point we wished that Microsoft would steal another Mac feature; the need to NOT reinstall all the applications after a system re-install. May the Mac stay free from true computer nasties as long as possible. On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks 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/ Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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: Blocking Flash
Each to his own. Safari is quicker in the current form. I switched to Firefox when it was quicker and have a few favourite plugins that weren't available in Safari at the time and have stuck with it. Regards, Eugene -- 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 inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks 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 Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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: Time Capsule - slow response
Hi Peter, On 24/02/2010, at 8:02 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn’t think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. As Severin has mentioned Save first in Word. Is the USB HD a Single self-powered USB hard disk (with support for Time Machine backups) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421 You do understand that, if the drive is connected via USB to the Time Capsule it will NOT be backed up by Time Machine. If the drive is connected via USB to your Mac it will be backed up by Time Machine. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too – I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. NO, this should NOT happen, I can be doing anything on my MacBook Pro and Time Machine just goes about its job backing up every hour in the background. I don't notice any 'slowdown', in fact I would not know that Time Machine is backing up to Time Capsule unless I glance notice the 'Time Machine Backups' icon on my desktop. When opening a Finder window and selecting “….Time Capsule”, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives’ existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn’t even establish a connection – and then the spinning wheel of death – for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Again this should NOT happen. Do you have File Sharing set on the USB Drive attached to Time Capsule on Time Capsule? Mount the USB drive on your Time Capsule, then launch AirPort Utility and enter manual setup mode with your Time Capsule. You should see a Disks panel. Select that. You should now see the USB drive. Select the File Sharing tab and Enable file sharing. Select the security you want, then update the Time Capsule. You should now be able to connect to the disk via the sidebar of a Finder window, assuming you have the Finder configured to show networked drives there. To Enter Time Machine, you go to the icon at the top of your Menu Bar - Enter Time Machine. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? It's NOT normal behaviour, and I have not encountered it. I am set to “n” and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps My Time Machine hourly backups to 1TB Time Capsule are fairly fast o wireless backup. I haven't checked the speed for awhile so I'm unable to tell you exactly at this time. Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit……. Regards Peter… 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: Blocking Flash
Greetings! Using Firefox and Gmail. I feel secure in the fact that I will not have any problems with the Nasties. I to do not use virus software. Gmail and Firefox take care of that for me. Cheers. Joe On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au wrote: Each to his own. Safari is quicker in the current form. I switched to Firefox when it was quicker and have a few favourite plugins that weren't available in Safari at the time and have stuck with it. Regards, Eugene -- 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 On 24/02/2010, at 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks 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 Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/2/10 5:26 AM, Peter Sealy at carp...@internode.on.net wrote: I agree with Matt. I have been using Clicktoflash for a long while now and it works great. But it does not stop all image based advertising because a lot of advertisers now place their advertisements within the web page and don't use Flash. I don't know how this is done. I bet there is an army of geeks working on how to defeat Clicktoflash on behalf of the advertising industry or even within Adobe. But for now +1 for Clicktoflash. I think there is at least one other similar app. On 24/02/2010, at 3:36 AM, Dark1 wrote: Wow. Thanks for this Matt. Indeed there is a great amount of flash advertising. This link is very useful. Ruben Hi All, With all the well-deserved Flash-bagging going around I thought it poignant to mention a great little plugin for Safari called Click2Flash. http://rentzsch.github.com/clicktoflash/ Essentially, it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. From a purely subjective point of view, web browsing is significantly faster on flash-ad heavy sites. It just feels smoother. It's also quite an eye-opened to see how much Flash content is actually embedded into sites these days. Try it out. - Matt Healey -- 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
Re: Blocking Flash
Hi Peter, It tends to be a personal preference sort of thing. I got into using Firefox several years ago because, in those days, several of the websites I used didn't work well with Safari - however most of those problems have been fixed long ago. Also Firefox offered tabbed browsing whilst at that time Safari didn't (but of course it does now). One of the things I do like about Firefox is the choice of add-ons/plug-ins - I don't use a lot of these - but the one I do use I really appreciate - besides the two I listed previously, others I like are: Multiple Tab Handler - Lets me select multiple tabs and perform actions on them (reload then all for example) - I find I use this all the time when I have a bunch of tabs open showing financial data - I can just update them all at once instead of having to cycle through the tabs, reloading as I go. DownloadHelper - Watching some video on a webpage and want to just download it - this add-on provides contextual menus that let you do just that. Firefox PDF Plugin for Mac OSX - of course you can view pdfs in Safari - but I prefer the experience in Firefox with this plug-in - Example you click on a pdf link but your browser window is too small for optimum viewing - so you click the green + button - in Firefox that zooms the browser window to maximum size and away you go - but click the green button in Safari and (for me) the window shrinks to some arbitrary size! To see what I mean, try something like: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20100215/pdf/31nph2f647ypdy.pdf (or any other online pdf) Having said that, I still fire up Safari from time to time - generally if I find a website that doesn't work well with Firefox, then often Safari will open it OK. For yourself, if Safari does all you want then it does offer the more seamless Apple experience - on the other hand, as an ex-Firefox user, if you find yourself missing any of those add-ons/plug-ins -give Firefox a try. I believe it is always worth having at least two browsers installed so that if you find a web-page that your default browser has problems with you can always try it in a different browser. As a further aside - I was recently amazed to have Opera fire up on my Mac - amazed because I have never installed Opera!! I used Spotlight to search for the Opera application - but it came up empty - even more confusing. Since Opera was still running, its icon was showing in the dock - so I used the Show in Finder option from the dock icon to find that the Opera application is bundled INSIDE the Adobe Bridge CS4 application which itself is installed as part of Photoshop Elements 8 installation! Interestingly, I wasn't even using an Adobe application at the time - I hit the wrong download link on a webpage and selected the BitTorrent feed rather than the direct download - and that link seemed to automatically invoke Opera (even though I didn't even KNOW I had Opera hidden away inside another application! I haven't had time to play with Opera yet but, since it is there, I may have a play one of these days! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com PS If anyone has Photoshop Elements 8 (or any other installation which includes Adobe Bridge CS4) and wants to see where Opera lives: In Finder, right-click the Adobe Bridge CS4 application and select show package contents Opera can be found in the Contents/MacOS folder. on 24/2/10 11:10 AM, Crisp, Peter at pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: Just a general question re Firefox for Macs. I am a newcomer to the world of Apple and currently use Safari as the default web browser. I am familiar with Firefox having used it on my Windows machine for some time. Are there any benefits in using Firefox or does this expose protection weakness? Generally Safari does everything I need of it but always on the look out for better ways of doing things. Thanks 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 Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:49 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Blocking Flash Yes, I use Firefox but agree that these plug-ins are great for removing unwanted ads and flash - speeding up browsing significantly. There are several plug-ins for Firefox, but the relevant ones which I am currently running are: - Flashblock - as for clicktoflash on Safari it blocks all Flash assets on a web page until you explicitly click on them. - Adblock Plus - this strips out all the other (non-flash) ads based on whatever filter set you add (I use Rick752's EasyList - which seems to work well for me) Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -
RE: Time Capsule - slow response
Ok thanks Ronni, responses below. Thanks I'll investigate further the pointers you've noted. 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: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:21 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Time Capsule - slow response Hi Peter, On 24/02/2010, at 8:02 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: My wife was typing a Word doc on her Macbook last night and was typing for around 20 minutes and then went to Save As (for the first time with this doc). She browsed to try and save the document to the External Hard Drive attached to the USB port of the Time Capsule. In so selecting the destination drive in the Browser selector of Word, it froze. She doesn't think Time Machine was doing a back-up at the same time, but it froze (technicolour spinning ball). Only way out was to force power down the Macbook. Maybe there is a recoverable file somewhere but I have no idea where that might be. As Severin has mentioned Save first in Word. Is the USB HD a Single self-powered USB hard disk (with support for Time Machine backups) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421 You do understand that, if the drive is connected via USB to the Time Capsule it will NOT be backed up by Time Machine. If the drive is connected via USB to your Mac it will be backed up by Time Machine. Yes, I am aware that being USB connected to the Time Capsule it is NOT backed up. As the Macbook is used and moved around quite a bit, it is not preferable to have the External drive connected to the Macbook with its transformer to lug around as well. I have also noticed that when a back up commences WHILE I am using Safari to look at a web site, Safari freezes too - I suspect due to the Time Capsule activity. NO, this should NOT happen, I can be doing anything on my MacBook Pro and Time Machine just goes about its job backing up every hour in the background. I don't notice any 'slowdown', in fact I would not know that Time Machine is backing up to Time Capsule unless I glance notice the 'Time Machine Backups' icon on my desktop. When opening a Finder window and selecting Time Capsule, it takes some time before the next panel to the right reflects the Time Capsule drives' existence and the externally attached HD. Sometimes it doesn't even establish a connection - and then the spinning wheel of death - for what should really be a very simple process for it to respond to. Something is going on here. Again this should NOT happen. Do you have File Sharing set on the USB Drive attached to Time Capsule on Time Capsule? I will check this, thanks for the prompt. Mount the USB drive on your Time Capsule, then launch AirPort Utility and enter manual setup mode with your Time Capsule. You should see a Disks panel. Select that. You should now see the USB drive. Select the File Sharing tab and Enable file sharing. Select the security you want, then update the Time Capsule. You should now be able to connect to the disk via the sidebar of a Finder window, assuming you have the Finder configured to show networked drives there. To Enter Time Machine, you go to the icon at the top of your Menu Bar - Enter Time Machine. Is this normal behaviour? Do others have this same behaviour? It's NOT normal behaviour, and I have not encountered it. I am set to n and 5Ghz and generally Time Machine backups are reliable albeit very slow. The transmit rate varies from 54 up to 144mbps My Time Machine hourly backups to 1TB Time Capsule are fairly fast o wireless backup. I haven't checked the speed for awhile so I'm unable to tell you exactly at this time. Machine is a Macbook (Dec, 2009) with Snow Leopard and 1TB Time Capsule with Maxtor 1TB external HD attached. SWMBO about to head off to orbit... Regards Peter... Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail,
Re: Keynote and Powerpoint
G'day Paul, On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? No and yes. ooroo -- 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
