Re: iPhone Battery.
Afternoon, Yes advice by Ronni, but also the WiFi constantly searching is another. So in settings the three big ones are together being WiFi, Notifications, and Location Services. Simple way to check if faulty battery switch on Airplane Mode see if battery life as bad? Cheers! `RobD... On 11May2011, at 1:08 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tony, A few settings you could check before thinking it could be a faulty battery. How have you got your iPhone setup … What settings do you have on your iPhone? Have you got “Push” notifications on? Or “Fetch” set to a short time interval? Do you Apps that are still running in the background? Turn off your Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts, then Fetch turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manual, go to advance at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Another thing I’ve found is If you have “Location” set to ON and you drive around in a car, your battery drains rapidly while the GPS is constantly updating your position. Optimise Your Settings: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 11/05/2011, at 12:29 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Fellow Wamuggers Has anyone experienced a problem with their battery going flat after only a couple of hours use? We have just purchased an iPhone 4 and the battery is almost flat after a few hours, I can't find a reason for it, other than a faulty battery. Thanks to one and all Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- 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
Web design
Afternoon allCould all the web guru's out there please comment on the difference and benefits of Sandvox over iWeb. I know Peter H will have a strongopinion on this one as I remember he gave a great presentation awhile back at one of the monthly meetings.I love the simplicity of iWeb but I understand it bloats out the web site if you are not carefulMacUpdate are having a promo at the moment and Sandvox is 35% offcheersPedro 15" MacBookPro 2.66 GHzCore i74GB/1067 MHz 500GBOS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Web design
i bought sandvox, will see how it works, $50.- is not bad for what can be done, i worked with the older demo version to get a feel of it James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 11/05/2011, at 3:50 PM, Pedro wrote: Afternoon all Could all the web guru's out there please comment on the difference and benefits of Sandvox over iWeb. I know Peter H will have a strong opinion on this one as I remember he gave a great presentation awhile back at one of the monthly meetings. I love the simplicity of iWeb but I understand it bloats out the web site if you are not careful MacUpdate are having a promo at the moment and Sandvox is 35% off cheers Pedro 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-10.46.07-AM.jpg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone Battery.
Hi Tony Rob, How to extend and maximize my iPhone battery life? http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97823 1. Turn off 3G when you don't need it for data. This actually has the added benefit of improving voice call quality for some users. Settings - General - Network - Enable 3G - OFF 2. Turn off Wi-Fi when you don't need it. Settings - General - Network - Wi-Fi - OFF 3. Reduce the brightness of your iPhone screen. Keep auto-brightness ON. Settings - Brightness - Use the slider to reduce the brightness as low as you can. I find the slider centered under the i in the word Brightness as a good compromise. 4. Turn off the GPS when you don't need it. Settings - General - Location Services - OFF 5. Turn off push notifications. They don't always work, anyway. Settings - Notifications - OFF 6. Turn off push Mail. Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars -Fetch New Data - Push - OFF 7. Adjust your Mail fetch frequency. Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars - Fetch New Data - Either choose Manually or reduce your Fetch frequency to Hourly (unless you need more frequent mail action), then touch Advanced. Under Advanced you can decide for each mail account if you'd like to fetch or update manually. Manual saves battery! 7. Make sure the Auto-Lock is set to one minute. Settings - General - Auto-Lock - 1 Minute 8. Turn off vibrate. Settings - Sounds - Vibrate - OFF 9. Turn off the iPod equalizer. Settings - iPod - EQ - OFF 10. Turn off Bluetooth when not in use. Settings - General - Bluetooth - OFF Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 11/05/2011, at 3:06 PM, Rob Davies rjda...@gmail.com wrote: Afternoon, Yes advice by Ronni, but also the WiFi constantly searching is another. So in settings the three big ones are together being WiFi, Notifications, and Location Services. Simple way to check if faulty battery switch on Airplane Mode see if battery life as bad? Cheers! `RobD... On 11May2011, at 1:08 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tony, A few settings you could check before thinking it could be a faulty battery. How have you got your iPhone setup … What settings do you have on your iPhone? Have you got “Push” notifications on? Or “Fetch” set to a short time interval? Do you Apps that are still running in the background? Turn off your Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts, then Fetch turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manual, go to advance at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Another thing I’ve found is If you have “Location” set to ON and you drive around in a car, your battery drains rapidly while the GPS is constantly updating your position. Optimise Your Settings: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 11/05/2011, at 12:29 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Fellow Wamuggers Has anyone experienced a problem with their battery going flat after only a couple of hours use? We have just purchased an iPhone 4 and the battery is almost flat after a few hours, I can't find a reason for it, other than a faulty battery. Thanks to one and all Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- 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
Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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
Fwd: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
Sorry folks .. I meant to say Airport Extreme. Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Chape ch...@westnet.com.au Date: 11 May 2011 10:31:43 PM AWST To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ? Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
I have a D-Link DSL-504T and an Airport Express which I find is a great, trouble free combination. Doing it again from scratch I would go for a Time Capsule instead of the Airport Express. Severin Crisp On 11/05/2011, at 10:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/ Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: Airport Express or Belkin Modem Router ?
OOPS, same typo, Airport Extreme not Express for me too Severin Crisp I have a D-Link DSL-504T and an Airport Express which I find is a great, trouble free combination. Doing it again from scratch I would go for a Time Capsule instead of the Airport Express. Severin Crisp On 11/05/2011, at 10:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, The question is To go wireless. Add an Apple Airport Express to my D-Link Modem DSL-504T ? or Replace the D-Link Modem with a Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band Modem/ Router ? Any thoughts are welcomed please. Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: iPhone Battery.
Good advice all round. To give some comparison though... I don't do any of the battery saving measures Ronni mentioned (except keeping bluetooth off) and I have very good battery life with my iPhone 4. I liberally use 3G, wifi, play music, push mail etc, leave location services setting on (but it's only active when I have particular apps running) etc. I did however notice one particular app (called apparatus) that kept location services actually active just about all of the time and that drained the battery quickly. In this case the solution was simple - remove the app (it was crappy anyway). I could see that it left location services active even when the app was closed/minimised as the little purple arrow icon was still visible near the battery icon at top right of screen. This arrow usually disappears when you close an app. To see an example of what I mean open maps - see the little purple arrow near the battery icon, now press the home button, maps is still running in the background but the purple arrow icon disappears indicating (I assume) that location services is inactive (or at least using minimal power). Regards Shayne On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Tony Rob, How to extend and maximize my iPhone battery life? http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/97823 1. Turn off 3G when you don't need it for data. This actually has the added benefit of improving voice call quality for some users. Settings - General - Network - Enable 3G - OFF 2. Turn off Wi-Fi when you don't need it. Settings - General - Network - Wi-Fi - OFF 3. Reduce the brightness of your iPhone screen. Keep auto-brightness ON. Settings - Brightness - Use the slider to reduce the brightness as low as you can. I find the slider centered under the i in the word Brightness as a good compromise. 4. Turn off the GPS when you don't need it. Settings - General - Location Services - OFF 5. Turn off push notifications. They don't always work, anyway. Settings - Notifications - OFF 6. Turn off push Mail. Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars -Fetch New Data - Push - OFF 7. Adjust your Mail fetch frequency. Settings - Mail, Contacts, Calendars - Fetch New Data - Either choose Manually or reduce your Fetch frequency to Hourly (unless you need more frequent mail action), then touch Advanced. Under Advanced you can decide for each mail account if you'd like to fetch or update manually. Manual saves battery! 7. Make sure the Auto-Lock is set to one minute. Settings - General - Auto-Lock - 1 Minute 8. Turn off vibrate. Settings - Sounds - Vibrate - OFF 9. Turn off the iPod equalizer. Settings - iPod - EQ - OFF 10. Turn off Bluetooth when not in use. Settings - General - Bluetooth - OFF Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 11/05/2011, at 3:06 PM, Rob Davies rjda...@gmail.com wrote: Afternoon, Yes advice by Ronni, but also the WiFi constantly searching is another. So in settings the three big ones are together being WiFi, Notifications, and Location Services. Simple way to check if faulty battery switch on Airplane Mode see if battery life as bad? Cheers! `RobD... On 11May2011, at 1:08 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tony, A few settings you could check before thinking it could be a faulty battery. How have you got your iPhone setup … What settings do you have on your iPhone? Have you got “Push” notifications on? Or “Fetch” set to a short time interval? Do you Apps that are still running in the background? Turn off your Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts, then Fetch turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manual, go to advance at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Another thing I’ve found is If you have “Location” set to ON and you drive around in a car, your battery drains rapidly while the GPS is constantly updating your position. Optimise Your Settings: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/iphone.html Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 11/05/2011, at 12:29 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Fellow Wamuggers Has anyone experienced a problem with their battery going flat after only a couple of hours use? We have just purchased an iPhone 4 and the battery is almost flat after a few hours, I can't find a reason for it, other than a faulty battery. Thanks to one and all Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- 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
Ipad memory
Does anybody know how much memory is on the ipad? Have an app that say not enough memory. How can you check to see what apps are running? John Sent from my iPad -- 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: Ipad memory
Not really an easy way to see what memory is used or free. But generally, the easiest way to fix it is to turn the iPad off (Hold down the power button til the Slide to Power Off comes up. Then side to power it off, wait a few seconds and then power it back on again. That will flush out (or free up) the memory. Kind regards Daniel On 12/5/11 2:13 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Does anybody know how much memory is on the ipad? Have an app that say not enough memory. How can you check to see what apps are running? John Sent from my iPad -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: Ipad memory
Thanks Daniel. It solved the problem, also improved the performance as well. Is seems the ipad can become clogged with residual stuff and slow down Much appreciated For others the app was Autocadws - quite impressive app also photo sort app Cheers John Sent from my iPad On 12/05/2011, at 2:16 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Not really an easy way to see what memory is used or free. But generally, the easiest way to fix it is to turn the iPad off (Hold down the power button til the Slide to Power Off comes up. Then side to power it off, wait a few seconds and then power it back on again. That will flush out (or free up) the memory. Kind regards Daniel On 12/5/11 2:13 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Does anybody know how much memory is on the ipad? Have an app that say not enough memory. How can you check to see what apps are running? John Sent from my iPad -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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
FYI, screen grab
I have not bothered with widgets before, but Screenshot Plus is a freeby, simple to use and works very well. 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: Web design
On 11/05/2011, at 3:50 PM, Pedro wrote: Afternoon all Could all the web guru's out there please comment on the difference and benefits of Sandvox over iWeb. I know Peter H will have a strong opinion on this one as I remember he gave a great presentation awhile back at one of the monthly meetings. I love the simplicity of iWeb but I understand it bloats out the web site if you are not careful MacUpdate are having a promo at the moment and Sandvox is 35% off My 5c worth (as predicted :-) ) My biggest complaint against iWeb, while it's a delight to use and extremely flexible, is its complete lack of support for forms. This simply takes it out of the picture for most business purposes where you're looking for any form of customer feedback, etc. I do like Sandvox, but also recommend it with some reservations. Version 2 (just released yesterday) brings some badly needed improvements (such resizable graphics!), but still lacks the complete design freedom provided by iWeb. On the other hand, it does allow HTML code injection, which allows you to modify the HTML code in selected parts of the page, something else that iWeb does not allow. You are pretty much constrained in your design by the template you chose to work with, which is one of its frustrations, although things have improved slightly with version 2 (which I'm still coming to grips with). Sandvox's greatest strength is the speed it provides in allowing you to set up a reasonably complex site, complete with forms, interactivity with a range of services such as Facebook, a blog if you want it, rich media pages, etc, without knowing a line of code. It is quite adequate for setting up a useful commercial site. It's no Dreamweaver, but then those looking at iWeb or Sandvox (or RapidWeaver and others of the same ilk) are not looking for a Dreamweaver substitute. For those who are looking for something with that sort of power (but MUCH cheaper and more modern), I strongly recommend having a look a Flux from The Escapers (www.theescapers.com/flux). Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Daily digest
Could someone in the know please tell me whether the daily digest sub, as mentioned on the website, is available. Vlad James wireless (NetComm 3G21WB) 27 iMac 2.8 GHz i5 8GB OS X 10.6.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone Battery / Using Mobile in England.
Hi Ronni, Rob Shayne Thank you for your help, Lynette and I have just moved on to iPhone 4 (our first) and are trying to find our way around, all new and amazing. It will give us something to do whilst flying to England on Saturday, learn to use the phones properly. I noticed recently questions asked about using mobile phones in Europe, I believe my cheapest option would be to purchase a SIM card in England for the iPhone during my 6 week stay, would anyone else have a better solution? Thanks again guy's Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone Battery / Using Mobile in England.
Hi Tony, In order to use a purchased SIM your phone must to be, what is called, unlocked. If you purchased the phone outright, it may already be unlocked, but if you are under contract it is likely locked. Only your carrier can unlock your phone and they can do it remotely. Right now a couple of the carriers including Telstra will unlock your iPhone for free, while others such as Vodafone (last time I checked) with charge you for the service. There is a cheaper but less convenient option to purchasing a SIM and prepaid air time, and that is running your phone only in WiFi hotspots. You can browse the web and send email in a hotspot, but you cannot make standard calls or send standard text messages. You can, however, make Skype or FaceTime calls. To ensure you are using only WiFi from your iPhone, go to Settings = General = Network and turn off the following features: Enable 3G = Off Cellulare Data = Off Data Roaming = Off Cheers, Carlo On 2011-05-12, at 09:12, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Ronni, Rob Shayne Thank you for your help, Lynette and I have just moved on to iPhone 4 (our first) and are trying to find our way around, all new and amazing. It will give us something to do whilst flying to England on Saturday, learn to use the phones properly. I noticed recently questions asked about using mobile phones in Europe, I believe my cheapest option would be to purchase a SIM card in England for the iPhone during my 6 week stay, would anyone else have a better solution? Thanks again guy's Kind regards Tony BODDINGTON. -- 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
Mercury SSD's
Anybody had experience with using Mercury Extreme Pro SSD's from OWC? Im thinking of replacing my internal drive with a 40gb SSD and putting the internal drive in an external case using the SSD for OS and crucial apps (firefox, mail, etc etc) then i will have 2 exactly same external 500gb drives (as i already have an external drive that is the same as my internal drive) to use for storage (itunes, iphoto, movies, games etc etc) http://www.macfixit.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProdproductId=1490 http://www.macfixit.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProdproductId=949 all for a princely some of $170 (which is what is tempting me atm) Ash Ashley Mulder BSc (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) | (Forensic Science Hons.) PhD Student (Chemistry) Department of Chemistry Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au a.mul...@curtin.edu.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: Ipad memory
Now seems an appropriate time to mention this... I got this monitor app for my iphone a while back http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/activity-monitor-touch/id385619152?mt=8 at the time it was free on a promo but now $2.49 I ran it the other day and noticed that a lot of the memory was used up. I then double clicked the home button to see the apps running in the background - and there was quite a few. So I started closing them one by one and watching the memory usage bar go down. Interesting exercise. Once I had closed all the apps there was a lot more memory available (Surprise!). Of course there's no way of knowing how much resources the monitor app is using - so I closed that when I had finished too. (Note that this will not change the amount of storage memory used by all your songs, videos, photos etc; just the system memory.) *So it is clear that it is well worth regularly checking what apps are running and closing any that are not needed. * Doing this once or twice a day (for example - choose your own time period) would free up memory help to keep things running smoothly and likely improve the battery life as well. Regards Shayne On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:32 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Daniel. It solved the problem, also improved the performance as well. Is seems the ipad can become clogged with residual stuff and slow down Much appreciated For others the app was Autocadws - quite impressive app also photo sort app Cheers John Sent from my iPad On 12/05/2011, at 2:16 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Not really an easy way to see what memory is used or free. But generally, the easiest way to fix it is to turn the iPad off (Hold down the power button til the Slide to Power Off comes up. Then side to power it off, wait a few seconds and then power it back on again. That will flush out (or free up) the memory. Kind regards Daniel On 12/5/11 2:13 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Does anybody know how much memory is on the ipad? Have an app that say not enough memory. How can you check to see what apps are running? John Sent from my iPad -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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
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On 11/05/2011, at 8:10 PM, Tony Francis wrote: Hi Ronni Thank you both for your prompt replies, Lynette followed your advice Ronni and all working properly as it should. I had already asked Lynette to try using Airport Mode, without thinking about it the iPhone was continuously trying to down load her e-mails and the work area isn't too good for a strong signal, anyway problem solved, thank you again. Hi Tony, You are aware that when airplane mode is ON, appears in the status bar at the top of the screen. No phone, radio, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth signals are emitted from the iPhone and GPS reception is turned off, disabling many of iPhone’s features. You won’t be able to: Make or receive phone calls Get visual voicemail Send or receive email Browse the Internet Sync your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks (MobileMe only) with MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange Send or receive text messages Stream YouTube videos Get stock quotes Get map locations Get weather reports Use the iTunes Store or the App Store I would suggest Lynette would be best to check her Mail settings as I mentioned in my original email. Turn off Push and Fetch function on your iPhone. Go to settings, mail/contacts/calendar, then Fetch New Data turn “Push” off, turn Fetch manually, go to advanced at the bottom, tap on every email account you have and put them on Manual. You don’t need to constantly have the phone updating for new email… unless you really need to. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 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: Ipad memory
Hi Shayne, Thanks for drawing our attention to the Activity Monitor Touch app. I will get myself a copy. I do wonder, however, how HandyPadSoft can get away with copying the Apple icon for Activity Monitor. I did notice in a few emails what could be misconceptions about background apps on the iPhone and the iPad. Apart from a few exceptions noted below, there is no penalty at all for having an app in the background. The Apple engineers, as often they are, were very clever when they introduced background apps to iOS. They in fact created a new paradigm to ensure that while an app is available for immediate switching it is rarely using resources. This ensures that the battery life of the iOS device will not be negatively impacted and that memory will be freed up when required. Here is how it works. When an app goes into the background when say the user presses the Home button or switches to a different app, execution for the app is suspended. The app is given a few event cycles to save any data and record any user choices. There is a framework where the app can be given limited, intermittent processing time but these are exceptions that must be programmed using specific frameworks. The examples of apps that continue with limited processing time in the background are those that require location service - such as GPS turn-by-tun applications, those that play music such as the iPod app, or those that say accept incoming phone calls like Skype does. Of these, only the location service, if it is poorly programmed, is a real problem. The newly introduced in iOS 3 (I think it was) Push Notification, also means that a program can remain suspended until there is work for it to do. If memory becomes short, background processes are terminated to free up memory. The are closed down in reverse order of last access, so a program you haven't used for two days, say, will be closed first. The program is given a few event cycles to save user data and then its memory is released for reuse. So in principal at least, there is never any need to terminate an app unless it has a limited form of background processing. The types of background processing allowed are limited to few special cases. For most apps there is no penalty at all for running in the background. A few poorly programmed location apps can be a problem, but bad reviews will often tell you which ones these are. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-05-12, at 10:19, S Beach wrote: Now seems an appropriate time to mention this... I got this monitor app for my iphone a while back http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/activity-monitor-touch/id385619152?mt=8 at the time it was free on a promo but now $2.49 I ran it the other day and noticed that a lot of the memory was used up. I then double clicked the home button to see the apps running in the background - and there was quite a few. So I started closing them one by one and watching the memory usage bar go down. Interesting exercise. Once I had closed all the apps there was a lot more memory available (Surprise!). Of course there's no way of knowing how much resources the monitor app is using - so I closed that when I had finished too. (Note that this will not change the amount of storage memory used by all your songs, videos, photos etc; just the system memory.) So it is clear that it is well worth regularly checking what apps are running and closing any that are not needed. Doing this once or twice a day (for example - choose your own time period) would free up memory help to keep things running smoothly and likely improve the battery life as well. Regards Shayne On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:32 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Daniel. It solved the problem, also improved the performance as well. Is seems the ipad can become clogged with residual stuff and slow down Much appreciated For others the app was Autocadws - quite impressive app also photo sort app Cheers John Sent from my iPad On 12/05/2011, at 2:16 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Not really an easy way to see what memory is used or free. But generally, the easiest way to fix it is to turn the iPad off (Hold down the power button til the Slide to Power Off comes up. Then side to power it off, wait a few seconds and then power it back on again. That will flush out (or free up) the memory. Kind regards Daniel On 12/5/11 2:13 AM, John Hatch j...@iinet.net.au wrote: Does anybody know how much memory is on the ipad? Have an app that say not enough memory. How can you check to see what apps are running? John Sent from my iPad -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone:
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All done thank you Ronni, as always you've been a great help, and very much appreciated. Kindest regards Tony -- 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
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Just adding to Carlo’s informative response. How Mobile Multitasking Works The major new feature of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 4, is multitasking. How you use it: When you press the Home button twice, Apple’s iOS 4 displays a “drawer” allowing you to switch between apps. The drawer shows your most recently used apps. This is similar to the “alt-tab” functionality we’re accustomed to on traditional PCs. What’s going on: When you leave an app in iOS 4, it’s not actually closing (unlike previous versions of the OS). Instead, it’s going into frozen, suspended animation, sitting inertly in the background. So when you relaunch an app, it opens instantly to pick up from where it left off before you “closed” it. That behaviour allows you to switch between apps very quickly — a feature called Fast App Switching, which is the core functionality of Apple’s iOS multitasking. (TidBITS has an excellent in-depth explanation of Fast App Switching.) Fast App Switching isn’t all iOS 4 multitasking does, as there are a few exceptions for specific types of apps. Apple allows apps that play audio, connect with voice-over-IP or use location detection to run quietly in the background while one thread is still active. So that’s why, for example, you can leave the Pandora app, and the music will still be playing in the background while you check your e-mail. Likewise, you can leave Skype while on a VoIP call, and you won’t hang up on your buddy while you’re browsing Safari, for example. Third, you can leave a mapping app or a fitness tracker like RunKeeper and come back to it, and it’ll still have a lock on your location. It’s up to third-party app developers, of course, to tell their apps to behave this way with the new iOS 4 software development kit. Another sort of background activity iOS supports is push notifications, which keeps a specific internet port active while the iPhone is in hibernation, so you can receive e-mails, instant messages and alerts even when the screen is off. These alerts pop up on the screen in the same way as SMS on the iPhone. WIRED Fast App Switching is indeed fast and stylish, avoids draining battery. All apps are constantly running inertly, so you can quickly switch between them all. TIRED Only allows a single application thread to continue running; only certain kinds of activities are allowed to run in the background. Push notifications scream for your attention at the centre of the screen. Multitasking in iOS4 is not like multitasking in OS X. All applications are not running at the same time. Only the active application in use is running. Any other applications on the multitask list are made inactive until you switch to one of them. It’s called cooperative multitasking. This is not the same as pre-emptive multitasking that is used in OS X. In this form of multitasking open applications can switch between active and inactive status automatically as needed and applications can run in the background. Because the iPhone and iPod Touches hold everything in memory multitasking does not demand much more power. Cheers, Ronni On 12/05/2011, at 10:56 AM, cm wrote: Hi Shayne, Thanks for drawing our attention to the Activity Monitor Touch app. I will get myself a copy. I do wonder, however, how HandyPadSoft can get away with copying the Apple icon for Activity Monitor. I did notice in a few emails what could be misconceptions about background apps on the iPhone and the iPad. Apart from a few exceptions noted below, there is no penalty at all for having an app in the background. The Apple engineers, as often they are, were very clever when they introduced background apps to iOS. They in fact created a new paradigm to ensure that while an app is available for immediate switching it is rarely using resources. This ensures that the battery life of the iOS device will not be negatively impacted and that memory will be freed up when required. Here is how it works. When an app goes into the background when say the user presses the Home button or switches to a different app, execution for the app is suspended. The app is given a few event cycles to save any data and record any user choices. There is a framework where the app can be given limited, intermittent processing time but these are exceptions that must be programmed using specific frameworks. The examples of apps that continue with limited processing time in the background are those that require location service - such as GPS turn-by-tun applications, those that play music such as the iPod app, or those that say accept incoming phone calls like Skype does. Of these, only the location service, if it is poorly programmed, is a real problem. The newly introduced in iOS 3 (I think it was) Push Notification, also means that a program can remain suspended until there is work for it to do. If memory becomes short, background processes are terminated
