Re: Problems after update
After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) Regards, Ray Forma 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 -- 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: Problems after update
Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- 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: Problems after update
Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- 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
Excess drop-down menus
Hi All -- -- My sister-in-law asked me to look at a problem on her fairly new iMac, and although I was able to sort something out, use of the iMac was greatly hindered by unwanted appearance of drop-down menus. For example, trying to log into gmail, if you clicked on the box for username, up would come a drop-down menu starting with Copy / Edit / Paste. Clicking anywhere on a page in most applications also would bring up these menus. -- Mostly the menu would disappear on typing Return, and usually the box could then be typed into. Sometimes, though, clicking on a blank box would not select it. I tried to run Repair Permissions on her machine, but although I could select her main drive, I was unable to select the RP option. -- Has anyone any ideas on this? The iMac does have a wireless keyboard (which I'm unfamiliar with), but can't think that this would be relevant. I couldn't find anything useful on Apple Help regarding menus. TIA. David Noel 2011 Jun 28 -- 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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Re: Excess drop-down menus
Hi David, That sounds as though it has everything to do with the keyboard. Rather than a standard mouse click, you seem to be getting a Control mouse click. Try a different keyboard temporarily to see if things change. If the problem goes away it could be a stuck key or a hardware issue. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-28, at 17:19, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- My sister-in-law asked me to look at a problem on her fairly new iMac, and although I was able to sort something out, use of the iMac was greatly hindered by unwanted appearance of drop-down menus. For example, trying to log into gmail, if you clicked on the box for username, up would come a drop-down menu starting with Copy / Edit / Paste. Clicking anywhere on a page in most applications also would bring up these menus. -- Mostly the menu would disappear on typing Return, and usually the box could then be typed into. Sometimes, though, clicking on a blank box would not select it. I tried to run Repair Permissions on her machine, but although I could select her main drive, I was unable to select the RP option. -- Has anyone any ideas on this? The iMac does have a wireless keyboard (which I'm unfamiliar with), but can't think that this would be relevant. I couldn't find anything useful on Apple Help regarding menus. TIA. David Noel 2011 Jun 28 -- 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: Excess drop-down menus
Hi David, This could be the mouse … Go to System Preferences keyboard and mouse and reset the buttons on the mouse. What mouse is your sister-in-law using? Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 5:38 PM, cm wrote: Hi David, That sounds as though it has everything to do with the keyboard. Rather than a standard mouse click, you seem to be getting a Control mouse click. Try a different keyboard temporarily to see if things change. If the problem goes away it could be a stuck key or a hardware issue. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-28, at 17:19, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- My sister-in-law asked me to look at a problem on her fairly new iMac, and although I was able to sort something out, use of the iMac was greatly hindered by unwanted appearance of drop-down menus. For example, trying to log into gmail, if you clicked on the box for username, up would come a drop-down menu starting with Copy / Edit / Paste. Clicking anywhere on a page in most applications also would bring up these menus. -- Mostly the menu would disappear on typing Return, and usually the box could then be typed into. Sometimes, though, clicking on a blank box would not select it. I tried to run Repair Permissions on her machine, but although I could select her main drive, I was unable to select the RP option. -- Has anyone any ideas on this? The iMac does have a wireless keyboard (which I'm unfamiliar with), but can't think that this would be relevant. I couldn't find anything useful on Apple Help regarding menus. TIA. David Noel 2011 Jun 28 -- 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: Ten ways to replace iWeb and MobileMe hosting ...
Peder, • organise free web hosting at http://www.freeservers.com/. You get fairly reasonable ads added to your site, and there is a page size limit, but it's free. * develop your site locally with iWeb • upload with their uploader. Bit of a learning curve, but works well You can check out a website that I maintain there using their free site option http://www.capetocape.8m.com/ Total cost = $0 pa. On 28/06/2011, at 5:35 PM, Peder Kristensen wrote: Hi All, Well, with Apple cancelling the MobilMe services, June 2012, for web hosting and the demise of iWeb. So what’s are the alternatives? Steve Sande har written bog Ten ways to replace iWeb and MobileMe hosting” that some of us MobileMe and iWeb users may find useful … His blog link is http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/13/ten-ways-to-replace-iweb-and-mobileme-hosting/ Has any one of you had any experience with any of his ten suggestion? Cheers, Peder Regards, Ray Forma 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: Problems after update
Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have used the combo update to updated to MacOS 10.6.8 from MacOS 10.6.7. Till now no apparent problems. Dock there; background OK. However, because I do lots of colour work my background is just a boring uniform 50% grey. Hence no suggestions except try reinstalling update. MacPro 5,1, 7GB RAM, 1.0TB Mirrored RAID + 1TB Backup. On 25/06/2011, at 12:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: G'Day all I hope no-one drowned in yesterday's rain. This morning I updated to 10.6.8 using the combo update. I repaired permissions prior to the update. The update appeared to install correctly but on the restart I had no dock. I repaired permissions again and did another restart with the same result. Going to the system preferences for the dock all the settings appear OK but response to opening items was very slow. Another problem that has arisen is with the desktop background, I had Apple's nature images as background set to change randomly at 1 minute intervals, they were changing at 1 second intervals so I have gone to solid colour. I have not tried any remedial action yet, has anyone any suggestions? Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 (?) -- The WA
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Re: Problems after update
Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. 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 29/06/2011, at 8:56 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This time it restored the dock. Restarting normally all appears OK and the dock is back, I have the option to turn in on and off and screen background is now behaving. On of life's little mysteries I suppose. Regards Barry On 25/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Barry, I have
Re: Problems after update
Could it perhaps be something more such as a memory chip becoming faulty?? Rember is a free memory tester that will soon tell you if it is a memory issue http://kelleycomputing.net/rember/ You can also run Apple Hardware Test from the install DVD (by holding option down when you restart, and then selecting apple hardware test from the menu at the top) Ash On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. 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 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: Problems after update
Ronni Yes I did run Disk Repair a second time and no errors were reported. I then ran Repair permissions as you suggested but have not run it again since starting in normal mode but I will do it now. Barry On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. 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 29/06/2011, at 8:56 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Morning Ronni I have run repair disk and repair permissions as you suggested. One error was detected and repaired. Machine started up OK in normal mode and has been running without apparent problems since about 6:30. Little has been done on it , however, apart from checking mail and a short game o Plants Vs Zombies (grand-daughter prior to school). I will keep my fingers crossed and report any problems. Thanks again Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 8GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.6.8 On 28/06/2011, at 5:15 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Ronni and Robert I will try Ronni's suggestion first, it will have to be tomorrow. As the problem seems not to happen immediately on start up it may be a while before I can be happy it is resolved but I will keep in touch. Barry Sent from my iPad On 28/06/2011, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Did you install anything new just prior to doing the OS X 10.6.8 Combo update? Have you tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 ? Another suggestion, Boot in Safe mode, run Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. Then restart normally. Or better still: Repair Disk Repair Permissions using the OS X Snow Leopard Installation disc. A). Repair Disk. 1. Start from your Mac OS X Install disc: Insert the installation disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key. 2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, select your language first, then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (at the top of your screen). Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility. 3. Click the First Aid tab. 4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions. 5. Select your Mac OS X volume (sub-entry below the drive entry). 6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. B) Then click on Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 28/06/2011, at 4:25 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: After running with no apparent problems since Saturday the problem has reoccurred. this time the dock disappeared,other operations appeared OK but slow then the whole system locked up except for mouse movement. restart in safe mode went OK but then a normal restart showed no dock and the system was extremely slow eventually locking up again. Before it locked up I was able t look at the console which reported dock crash reports had been saved but I was unable t access them. I now doubt the problem has anything to do with the update and this was a coincidence. Can anyone advise me on my next step to find the cause of the problem? Many thanks Barry Sent from my iPad On 25/06/2011, at 1:51 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Ray, this was going to be one of my options. However, after a couple of restarts (one with power off for 15 minutes) with the same problem re-occurring I started in safe mode. Interestingly in safe mode looking at the dock (appledock) showed the option of turning hiding off, previously the option had been turning on and toggling had no effect. This
Re: Problems after update
Thanks Ashley It was my intention to run the Hardware Test if the current suggestions from Ronni were not successful. I don't want to try the shot gun approach yet and try too many things at once as if the problem is solved I will have no idea as to what solved it Barry On 29/06/2011, at 10:57 AM, Ashley Mulder wrote: Could it perhaps be something more such as a memory chip becoming faulty?? Rember is a free memory tester that will soon tell you if it is a memory issue http://kelleycomputing.net/rember/ You can also run Apple Hardware Test from the install DVD (by holding option down when you restart, and then selecting apple hardware test from the menu at the top) Ash On 29/06/2011, at 10:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Barry, One error was detected and repaired After this did you re-run Disk Repair until NO errors are reported as in my previous email. If Disk Utility reports any errors have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported.” I would also suggest you now “Repair Permissions” on the iMac while booted normally using Disk Utility (in Applications). Repairing permissions IS extremely important for Apple software updates, especially for OS X updates. See how it goes today using the iMac as much as you can. If you experience problems again. 1. Download the OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 2. Shutdown the iMac 3. Boot iMac in Safe mode by press shift key whilst switching on the Mac and leave shift pressed until Apple logo appears. 4. Run a permissions repair from Disk Utility. 5. Run COMBO update and allow the iMac to reboot. 6. Login as normal but immediately run permissions repair again from Disk Utility. 7. Reboot iMac again. 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 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 -- 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
Linked In Mailout apology
My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au (mailto:k...@littleriverstudios.com.au) kenjackson7...@gmail.com (mailto:kenjackson7...@gmail.com) T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au (http://www.littleriverstudios.com.au/) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- 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: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Ken, No problem about the Linked In request. I was just wondering, were the requests sent from a Mac or a Windows computer? Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-29, at 11:27, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- 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: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Ken No worries mate, I appreciate your concern. I did notice in the business section of today's west and article on LinkedIn, and I assume it is the same system you are referring to. Looks like very big business, especially for those who want everyone else to know about thier own business Best regards Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- 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: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Ken,just out of curiosity I would also like to know how these 'LinkedInrequest' are generated and become almost viral as I have received a few request. If they give you feedback could you forward it on as a warning to others.I'm sure that this type of spam does more damage toLinkedInthen they realise as I will never become a member for fear of subjecting my friends to this unwarranted spam. Regards, Eugene On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me.It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!!Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how.I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about.I am very pissed off!Regards,Ken Ken Jacksonk...@littleriverstudios.com.aukenjackson7...@gmail.comT 08 9376 1680M 0409 770 747Skype kennyj1098www.littleriverstudios.com.auhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 --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: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Ken, Your apology is accepted. This might explain how it happened though. http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611 http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/ http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715 A google search will find a heap more links ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- 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: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Ronni,that explains it.To me it seems a common mistake occurring onLinkedIn judging by those links.PerhapsLinkedIn has something to answer for, as their opt in options are not clear for all users. They should have a dialogue box pre-warning the user that an auto mailing invitation will be sent to all the people in their address-book and that they need to individually cancel each request sent so that reminder notices are sent.Again, I will be happy to avoid this company and all its dealings. Regards, Eugene On 29/06/2011, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:Hi Ken,Your apology is accepted.This might explain how it happened though.http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715A google search will find a heap more links ;-)Cheers,RonniOn 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me.It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!!Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how.I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about.I am very pissed off!Regards,Ken Ken Jacksonk...@littleriverstudios.com.aukenjackson7...@gmail.comT 08 9376 1680M 0409 770 747Skype kennyj1098www.littleriverstudios.com.auhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au --TheWAMacintoshUserGroupMailingList-- Archives-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines-http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe-mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Linked In Mailout apology
Don't feel bad, Ken. It seems that you are the victim of a deliberate deception by Linked In. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-29, at 12:28, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronni, that explains it. To me it seems a common mistake occurring on LinkedIn judging by those links. Perhaps LinkedIn has something to answer for, as their opt in options are not clear for all users. They should have a dialogue box pre-warning the user that an auto mailing invitation will be sent to all the people in their address-book and that they need to individually cancel each request sent so that reminder notices are sent. Again, I will be happy to avoid this company and all its dealings. Regards, Eugene (null) 4.tiff On 29/06/2011, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ken, Your apology is accepted. This might explain how it happened though. http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611 http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/ http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715 A google search will find a heap more links ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Excess drop-down menus
-- Thanks all, the problem has gone away, so it looks as if Carlo's suggestion of a temporarily sticking Control key is likely the answer. Cheers -- David /Jun 29 = On 28 June 2011 17:38, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, That sounds as though it has everything to do with the keyboard. Rather than a standard mouse click, you seem to be getting a Control mouse click. Try a different keyboard temporarily to see if things change. If the problem goes away it could be a stuck key or a hardware issue. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-28, at 17:19, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- My sister-in-law asked me to look at a problem on her fairly new iMac, and although I was able to sort something out, use of the iMac was greatly hindered by unwanted appearance of drop-down menus. For example, trying to log into gmail, if you clicked on the box for username, up would come a drop-down menu starting with Copy / Edit / Paste. Clicking anywhere on a page in most applications also would bring up these menus. -- Mostly the menu would disappear on typing Return, and usually the box could then be typed into. Sometimes, though, clicking on a blank box would not select it. I tried to run Repair Permissions on her machine, but although I could select her main drive, I was unable to select the RP option. -- Has anyone any ideas on this? The iMac does have a wireless keyboard (which I'm unfamiliar with), but can't think that this would be relevant. I couldn't find anything useful on Apple Help regarding menus. TIA. David Noel 2011 Jun 28 -- 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: Linked In Mailout apology
Yes - LinkedIn and OptOut of all your security and free mailing list for all! Sorry couldn't resist. Lol. A bad joke I know - probably the no sleep I've had :) (and you know you can't tell me off Ronni - I'll just refer you back to your emails lol) Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For Everything Macintosh** On 29/06/2011, at 12:37 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Don't feel bad, Ken. It seems that you are the victim of a deliberate deception by Linked In. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-29, at 12:28, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronni, that explains it. To me it seems a common mistake occurring on LinkedIn judging by those links. Perhaps LinkedIn has something to answer for, as their opt in options are not clear for all users. They should have a dialogue box pre-warning the user that an auto mailing invitation will be sent to all the people in their address-book and that they need to individually cancel each request sent so that reminder notices are sent. Again, I will be happy to avoid this company and all its dealings. Regards, Eugene (null) 4.tiff On 29/06/2011, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ken, Your apology is accepted. This might explain how it happened though. http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611 http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/ http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715 A google search will find a heap more links ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Linked In Mailout apology
Hi Carlo, I would not call this a “Deliberate deception” by LinkedIn. Sure, Ken is not the first person to have made this error. At the bottom of one of the links I previously sent is this explanation how Ken can stop the “Reminder emails” being sent out to everyone in his Address Book … WAMUG included. Again, the link is: http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611 = “:STEPS FOR ACCESSING LINKEDIN CUSTOMER SERVICE PAGES Under the MORE TAB at the top of the LinkedIn web pages, click on the drop down list item LEARNING CENTER. This will open up the online LinkedIn assistance and explanation web pages. http://learn.linkedin.com/ Under RESOURCES, in the OVERVIEW section, click on CUSTOMER SERVICE. This will open a LinkedIn web page titled GET STARTED HERE. You can either choose from the presented list of items or search for a solution by entering the key words describing your issue in the search box. Entering the verbiage 'Invitation Reminders' in the box and clicking the Search Button returns a list of possible solutions for an issue related to invitations to connect. In this case, item one on the list, 'Invitation Reminders', refers to the LinkedIn Profile issue you are trying to resolve; click on this item, and follow the steps LinkedIn Customer Service offers members to resolve this issue. --- This is the information which will be presented. Do recipients get reminder emails after I send them an Invitation? LinkedIn automatically sends reminder emails to Invitation recipients who have not yet responded to your Invitation. Our intention behind sending reminders is to jog the receiver's memory in case they overlooked the original message. No more than two reminders are ever sent and once a member archives or replies to the Invitation, reminders are stopped. If you want to prevent any additional reminders from being sent, you can withdraw the Invitation. If you have received requests from multiple contacts to end the reminders, customer service can withdraw all pending Invitations on your behalf. Then, later at your discretion, you can re-send Invitations to any of those contacts. If you want LinkedIn Customer Service to withdraw all pending Invitations sent from your account, please contact us. “ === Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 12:37 PM, cm wrote: Don't feel bad, Ken. It seems that you are the victim of a deliberate deception by Linked In. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-06-29, at 12:28, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronni, that explains it. To me it seems a common mistake occurring on LinkedIn judging by those links. Perhaps LinkedIn has something to answer for, as their opt in options are not clear for all users. They should have a dialogue box pre-warning the user that an auto mailing invitation will be sent to all the people in their address-book and that they need to individually cancel each request sent so that reminder notices are sent. Again, I will be happy to avoid this company and all its dealings. Regards, Eugene (null) 4.tiff On 29/06/2011, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Ken, Your apology is accepted. This might explain how it happened though. http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100 http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611 http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/ http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715 A google search will find a heap more links ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. It went out to my whole address book WAMUG!! Without my knowledge I don't yet know why or how. I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. I am very pissed off! Regards, Ken Ken Jackson k...@littleriverstudios.com.au kenjackson7...@gmail.com T 08 9376 1680 M 0409 770 747 Skype kennyj1098 www.littleriverstudios.com.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User
