Re: applications quitting on powerbook
I forgot to say, Alastair, the requirement for grounding yourself is so that you do not damage the computer circuit or the DIMM with static discharge. Cheers, Carlo On 11/11/2011, at 11:42 , cm wrote: One more possibility that just occurred to me, Alastair. You might try cleaning the slot. Over time you can get a coat of oxide building up on the contacts and these can stop current flowing. One non-professional way to clean the slot would be to repeatedly insert and remove a DIMM, so as to scrape clean the contacts. If you choose to do this just make sure you are earthed by wearing a wrist strap or holding on to a large metal object, or exposed metal casing inside your computer with your free hand. C On 11/11/2011, at 11:24 , Ronda Brown wrote: Oh dear, not the best news Alastair, The PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz Memory Slot Repair Extension Program ended on July 24, 2008 :-( http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2164 I feel it is time for you to put the PowerBook ‘out to pasture’ and upgrade to a MacBook Pro, unless you can do as Carlo has suggested below. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 11:18 AM, cm wrote: That's a pity, Alastair. As you say it is harder to fix the slot than the DIMM. I have no corresponding model here to look at, but your DIMM slot is likely connected to the mother board and may require that the mother board be swapped out. A less painful alternative may be to find out the maximum memory that you can load up the remaining slots with and just live without the fourth slot. It's possible that by increasing the size of DIMM in the remaining good slots, you may end up with even more memory than you have now. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 11:10, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150
Re: Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues
Isn't it wonderful when things work as planned. This is one manifestation of Steve Job's and Apple's vision of the future of mobile computing. The cloud will become the digital hub rather than a desktop or notebook Mac. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 6:40, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi people, Yes, OTA software update works as expected, very smooth. Be aware that if you don’t have iCloud Backup” enabled in Settings iCloud Storage Backup on your devices, your device does not backup first before installing the iOS 5.0.1 update. I have my devices set to automatically backup when I connect my devices to my computer in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 5:00 AM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi all, over the air software 5.0.1 update works. Look in settings. Brian Sent from my iPhone4 On 11/11/2011, at 3:33, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: For all iOS5 users... Update to 5.0.1 available http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/10/apple-releases-ios-5-0-1-to-address-battery-life-issues/ Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
And of course long term Apple is moving entirely to Thunderbolt. If manufacturers take up the challenge, Thunderbolt enabled external drives, printers and monitors will become readily available and affordable, and once they adopt optical rather than electrical connections the transfer speeds will go through the roof! If Apple and Intel get their way, we will be witnessing a shift to the new standard in the same way that Apple led us from serial and parallel ports to USB and FireWire. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 7:33, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 10/11/2011, at 8:46 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Everyone, I am going to add some fuel on the Firewire matter. I have many Firewire drives here and only last weekend the WD Firewire external drive I use to boot my Macbook from showed signs of problems. I bought a WD 2.5 TB USB 2 drive, and using my trusty SuperDuper made a bootable copy of the Firewire drive. To my pleasant surprise the Macbook booted without any problem from the USB 2 el cheapo drive and in fact I could not notice much difference in speed as compared to the FW drive. On the other hand I have another FW WD drive on which I sometimes boot my iMac 2.93 GHz i7 from, but it is so slow that I now keep this external drive only as a back-up. Why is this so, given that FW is by design a faster interface? My conclusion is that Apple has left FW behind, just as it did with SCSI and other interfaces before that and they would have done so for good reason. So on this one I will go along with the trend. But I will sorely miss the trusty FireWire drives I have had - in fact all 8 of them of which 7 are Western Digital and one a 500GB iOmega which has saved me many times whilst doing some volunteer work overseas.Besides, apart from specialist suppliers (Daniel Co), the FW drives have all but disappeared from computer shop shelves, and this leave me with little choice in case of emergency/urgency but to go with USB 2 drives. Wonder what experience have others had on this matter. Having had a couple of these units now, I am convinced that answer to the external hard drive issue is the Hard Drive Caddy. I am using a couple of the Newertech Voyager units that Daniel sells (one attached to each of my iMacs via FW 800). These devices have several ports: USB 3.0, eSATA, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800, and it's simply a matter of buying inexpensive bare hard drives, mounting and unmounting them in the caddy as required. To my mind it's the ideal solution for both Time Machine and CCC backup strategies, and also an excellent solution to the problem of archive storage. For example, I still have a bootable clone of my pre-Lion iMac safely tucked away on one of these drives, so if for some reason I have a need to get access to an old Appleworks file that I can't open in any other way, I can still do it easily enough by dropping that drive into the Voyager and re-booting from it. Because it's always essentially the same device, there are never any speed or other performance variations, unless one of the drives develops some physical problem. USB 3.0 is certainly faster than USB 2.0, but it's still no match for Firewire when it comes to activities accessing large amounts of data at a time, such as cloning a drive. 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
try to clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol, check with a magnifier for darkened contacts, may be some resoldering is needed 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 11/11/2011, at 11:10 AM, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal number of swap/test sequences. When memtest reports one or more failures, the first step in isolating the offending DIMMs is to remove half of them and then rerun memtest. If there are no failures, then the suspect DIMMs are the ones that were removed. If failures are still reported, then one or more of the still-installed DIMMs are bad. If the failures are in the still-installed DIMMs, again remove half of them and retest. If the failure are gone, then swap the installed half for the removed half and retest. Each time a test is run, either cut the number of installed DIMMs in half (for a failure) or swap the installed DIMMs for the removed ones (no failure) until the minimal number of DIMMs are installed (e.g., one
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
Many thanks Ronni Carlo and James I only have 2 slots and although the max ram is 2gb I can't find a compatible 2gb module - maybe there's no such thing - so I'm down to 1gb - unless alcohol and friction can save the day - thank you for both suggestions, which I will certainly try... alastair On 11/11/2011, at 12:24 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: try to clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol, check with a magnifier for darkened contacts, may be some resoldering is needed 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 11/11/2011, at 11:10 AM, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal number of swap/test sequences. When memtest reports one or more failures, the first step in isolating the offending DIMMs is to remove half of them and then rerun memtest. If there are no failures, then the suspect DIMMs are the ones that were removed. If failures are still reported, then one or more of the still-installed DIMMs are bad. If the failures are in the still-installed DIMMs, again remove half of them and retest. If the failure are gone, then swap the installed half
Bootable HD
Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Photoshop droplets
I have noted that Droplets, created from Actions in Photoshop CS5.1, list in System Profiler as being Power PC. Do they run in Lion? Severin Crisp 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Alan, Peter I can't say I've had a problem getting FireWire drives. I don't think it's classed as old technology yet. I got in about nine western digital drives in the last two weeks for clients and no problems getting all of them. They might be slightly dearer than some of the other Brands but the FireWire 800 I've always found to be a lot faster then USB2. Some of the larger chain outlets would probably not carry as much FireWire gear and it's not in the interest. They would stick more to the USB items as they can sell it to both Windows and Mac people. Whereas your Mac outlets or specialists would tend to carry or order in FireWire items. That's what I tend to do as I find FireWire more reliable and faster. From a price point of view then USB can be cheaper yes. In answer to your USB3 question Peter, USB3 isn't available on any Mac's. Apple have gone with the new technology, thunderbolt, so its unsure if we'll see USB3. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel Any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors can be put down to Siri and dictation. :) lol Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 10/11/2011, at 4:46 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Peter no Mac can use usb3 without an extra card and that is only in the MacPro's FireWire is better but it will work with USB drives just a little slower. Regards roger Sent from my iPad On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter pe...@augold.com.au wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Daniel While we are on the subject, I need another Hard drive to supplement the one Ali is using for her time machine backup . Can the one you have on special on your website be daisy chained and used with CCC or super duper Cheers Pedro On 10/11/2011, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Alan, Peter I can't say I've had a problem getting FireWire drives. I don't think it's classed as old technology yet. I got in about nine western digital drives in the last two weeks for clients and no problems getting all of them. They might be slightly dearer than some of the other Brands but the FireWire 800 I've always found to be a lot faster then USB2. Some of the larger chain outlets would probably not carry as much FireWire gear and it's not in the interest. They would stick more to the USB items as they can sell it to both Windows and Mac people. Whereas your Mac outlets or specialists would tend to carry or order in FireWire items. That's what I tend to do as I find FireWire more reliable and faster. From a price point of view then USB can be cheaper yes. In answer to your USB3 question Peter, USB3 isn't available on any Mac's. Apple have gone with the new technology, thunderbolt, so its unsure if we'll see USB3. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel Any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors can be put down to Siri and dictation. :) lol Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 10/11/2011, at 4:46 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.7.2 Lion -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Peter, I agree with Daniel, Firewire is better to use. Taken from From SuperDuper User’s Guide: /Quote: The best thing to use with SuperDuper! is an external FireWire drive. USB drives have a large number of limitations regarding speed and – even if USB 2.0 Hi-Speed rated – can slow down to USB 1.x speeds when used in conjunction with slower devices. So, if at all possible, please get a FireWire drive!” /End Quote: Cheers, Ronni On 10/11/2011, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Alan, Peter I can't say I've had a problem getting FireWire drives. I don't think it's classed as old technology yet. I got in about nine western digital drives in the last two weeks for clients and no problems getting all of them. They might be slightly dearer than some of the other Brands but the FireWire 800 I've always found to be a lot faster then USB2. Some of the larger chain outlets would probably not carry as much FireWire gear and it's not in the interest. They would stick more to the USB items as they can sell it to both Windows and Mac people. Whereas your Mac outlets or specialists would tend to carry or order in FireWire items. That's what I tend to do as I find FireWire more reliable and faster. From a price point of view then USB can be cheaper yes. In answer to your USB3 question Peter, USB3 isn't available on any Mac's. Apple have gone with the new technology, thunderbolt, so its unsure if we'll see USB3. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel Any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors can be put down to Siri and dictation. :) lol Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 10/11/2011, at 4:46 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Find my iPhone - Showing 'no device registered'
And hopefully before the finder removes the SIM and puts his/her own in :o( Georgina lost her phone (not an iphone) at KL airport and we tried calling it back (whilst still in the airport) within 30 mins but got a this number cannot be contacted message - we are assuming the SIM was removed promptly - luckily it was a UK SIM with less than $2 of credit left so she still has her AUS SIM card at least. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 10/11/11 12:19 PM, Tim Law at t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Thanks Ronni, that's good information. So the lesson to be learnt is try 'find my iPhone' before phoning the service provider to cancel. Tim On 10/11/2011, at 11:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, If your friend contacted her service provider to report her device lost/stolen before locating/wiping the iPhone, and they deactivated her SIM card or account, she will no longer be able to locate, display a message on, or remotely wipe the iPhone. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/11/2011, at 10:33 AM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, A friend of mine has lost her iPhone on Saturday, 6 days ago. She had turned on, registered and tested 'Find my iPhone' earlier this year and it all worked correctly. She has not migrated to iCloud and is still using MobileMe. When we check the MobileMe site me.com/find/ it says she has no devices registered. Is there a way of checking her log on MobileMe, perhaps something will show up as previously registered? I do not know if she has cancelled her iPhone SIM with her phone company. If she has done that, will this affect Find my iPhone, as in will it deactivate the IMEI somehow?? Thanks Tim -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Pedro Thanks for that. I'll email you off list. But yes, you can daisy chain them together. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 10/11/2011, at 5:40 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Daniel While we are on the subject, I need another Hard drive to supplement the one Ali is using for her time machine backup . Can the one you have on special on your website be daisy chained and used with CCC or super duper Cheers Pedro On 10/11/2011, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Alan, Peter I can't say I've had a problem getting FireWire drives. I don't think it's classed as old technology yet. I got in about nine western digital drives in the last two weeks for clients and no problems getting all of them. They might be slightly dearer than some of the other Brands but the FireWire 800 I've always found to be a lot faster then USB2. Some of the larger chain outlets would probably not carry as much FireWire gear and it's not in the interest. They would stick more to the USB items as they can sell it to both Windows and Mac people. Whereas your Mac outlets or specialists would tend to carry or order in FireWire items. That's what I tend to do as I find FireWire more reliable and faster. From a price point of view then USB can be cheaper yes. In answer to your USB3 question Peter, USB3 isn't available on any Mac's. Apple have gone with the new technology, thunderbolt, so its unsure if we'll see USB3. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel Any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors can be put down to Siri and dictation. :) lol Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 10/11/2011, at 4:46 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug 15 MacBookPro 2.66 GHz Core i7 4 GB/1067 MHz 500GB OS X 10.7.2 Lion -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Bootable HK
Thanks everyone, much appreciated! -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Bootable HD
Hi Everyone, I am going to add some fuel on the Firewire matter. I have many Firewire drives here and only last weekend the WD Firewire external drive I use to boot my Macbook from showed signs of problems. I bought a WD 2.5 TB USB 2 drive, and using my trusty SuperDuper made a bootable copy of the Firewire drive. To my pleasant surprise the Macbook booted without any problem from the USB 2 el cheapo drive and in fact I could not notice much difference in speed as compared to the FW drive. On the other hand I have another FW WD drive on which I sometimes boot my iMac 2.93 GHz i7 from, but it is so slow that I now keep this external drive only as a back-up. Why is this so, given that FW is by design a faster interface? My conclusion is that Apple has left FW behind, just as it did with SCSI and other interfaces before that and they would have done so for good reason. So on this one I will go along with the trend. But I will sorely miss the trusty FireWire drives I have had - in fact all 8 of them of which 7 are Western Digital and one a 500GB iOmega which has saved me many times whilst doing some volunteer work overseas.Besides, apart from specialist suppliers (Daniel Co), the FW drives have all but disappeared from computer shop shelves, and this leave me with little choice in case of emergency/urgency but to go with USB 2 drives. Wonder what experience have others had on this matter. Kind regards, Philippe 2011/11/10 Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au Hi Pedro Thanks for that. I'll email you off list. But yes, you can daisy chain them together. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 10/11/2011, at 5:40 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Daniel While we are on the subject, I need another Hard drive to supplement the one Ali is using for her time machine backup . Can the one you have on special on your website be daisy chained and used with CCC or super duper Cheers Pedro On 10/11/2011, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Alan, Peter I can't say I've had a problem getting FireWire drives. I don't think it's classed as old technology yet. I got in about nine western digital drives in the last two weeks for clients and no problems getting all of them. They might be slightly dearer than some of the other Brands but the FireWire 800 I've always found to be a lot faster then USB2. Some of the larger chain outlets would probably not carry as much FireWire gear and it's not in the interest. They would stick more to the USB items as they can sell it to both Windows and Mac people. Whereas your Mac outlets or specialists would tend to carry or order in FireWire items. That's what I tend to do as I find FireWire more reliable and faster. From a price point of view then USB can be cheaper yes. In answer to your USB3 question Peter, USB3 isn't available on any Mac's. Apple have gone with the new technology, thunderbolt, so its unsure if we'll see USB3. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel Any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors can be put down to Siri and dictation. :) lol Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 10/11/2011, at 4:46 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter My recent experience on buying an additional external HD may help. Firewire seems to be difficult to buy now - old technology?I think FW is superior to USB 2 in all kinds of way. From Dick Smith I bought a 1TB Seagate GoFlex USB2 hard drive for $74 plus a Firewire 800 adapter for $39. (The GoFlex system is designed to plug a standard HD into interchangeable USB2, USB3 or Firewire adapters.) End result - a FW HD that costs a lot less than the equivalent WD My Book Studio range. I tested it as a bootable SuperDuper backup and I feel it was a little slower than I was expecting, but faster than an old WD Passport USB drive. Cheers, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4M - OSX 10.6.8 iPad2; ATV2 On 10/11/2011, at 4:23 PM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi I'm just about to upgrade to Lion. Following up on making sure I've got a full backup, I wanted to update my current stand alone firewire HD with another one, but find it's impossible to get a firewire HD up here in Kalgoorlie. They talk about USB 3? saying it's faster than firewire, but I don't think my mid 09 MacBookPro has it. Just in case I'm out of date, is it preferable to use firewire for a bootable drive using SuperDuper? Regards Peter -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -
Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues
For all iOS5 users... Update to 5.0.1 available http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/10/apple-releases-ios-5-0-1-to-address-battery-life-issues/ Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues
Hi all, over the air software 5.0.1 update works. Look in settings. Brian Sent from my iPhone4 On 11/11/2011, at 3:33, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: For all iOS5 users... Update to 5.0.1 available http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/10/apple-releases-ios-5-0-1-to-address-battery-life-issues/ Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 to Address Battery Life Issues
Hi people, Yes, OTA software update works as expected, very smooth. Be aware that if you don’t have iCloud Backup” enabled in Settings iCloud Storage Backup on your devices, your device does not backup first before installing the iOS 5.0.1 update. I have my devices set to automatically backup when I connect my devices to my computer in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 5:00 AM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi all, over the air software 5.0.1 update works. Look in settings. Brian Sent from my iPhone4 On 11/11/2011, at 3:33, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: For all iOS5 users... Update to 5.0.1 available http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/10/apple-releases-ios-5-0-1-to-address-battery-life-issues/ Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Find my iPhone - Showing 'no device registered'
Hi people, Tim’s friend contacted my “Offlist” yesterday, I presume because as she is not a member of our WAMUG Mailing list. Unfortunately she had not contacted her Telco to report her iPhone stolen. My Reply to her was: Did you report it to the Police? You should do. You should have notified Optus immediately you knew your iPhone was stolen. When you contact your carrier and report it stolen they block the IMEI number which will then make it unusable in Australia. All networks will have a copy of it; because the owner would have it registered against their SIM card. Each time you log onto the network, make a call… even when the phone swaps network towers the IMEI is registered from the phone to the network and recorded... which is what the network would use to block it with... and that information is passed onto each of the networks to add to their Stolen Phone registry to block logging onto the network. Was the iPhone purchased from Apple? Report a stolen Apple product: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526 Cheers, Ronni On 10/11/2011, at 6:25 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: And hopefully before the finder removes the SIM and puts his/her own in :o( Georgina lost her phone (not an iphone) at KL airport and we tried calling it back (whilst still in the airport) within 30 mins but got a this number cannot be contacted message - we are assuming the SIM was removed promptly - luckily it was a UK SIM with less than $2 of credit left so she still has her AUS SIM card at least. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 10/11/11 12:19 PM, Tim Law at t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Thanks Ronni, that's good information. So the lesson to be learnt is try 'find my iPhone' before phoning the service provider to cancel. Tim On 10/11/2011, at 11:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, If your friend contacted her service provider to report her device lost/stolen before locating/wiping the iPhone, and they deactivated her SIM card or account, she will no longer be able to locate, display a message on, or remotely wipe the iPhone. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/11/2011, at 10:33 AM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, A friend of mine has lost her iPhone on Saturday, 6 days ago. She had turned on, registered and tested 'Find my iPhone' earlier this year and it all worked correctly. She has not migrated to iCloud and is still using MobileMe. When we check the MobileMe site me.com/find/ it says she has no devices registered. Is there a way of checking her log on MobileMe, perhaps something will show up as previously registered? I do not know if she has cancelled her iPhone SIM with her phone company. If she has done that, will this affect Find my iPhone, as in will it deactivate the IMEI somehow?? Thanks Tim -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Find my iPhone - Showing 'no device registered'
Hi people with iPhones Mobile Phones, Unfortunately we live in a society that certain individuals when they see an opportunity, they steal! To help prevent mobile phone theft and misuse: 1. Always make sure your phone has a PIN so that no other person can use your SIM/account. 2. Activate SIM security on your phone so other SIM cards cannot be used in the phone. 3. Treat your phone as you would any valuable item. Keep it with you. 4. Record the serial number (IMEI) of the handset in a safe place (enter *#06# on most GSM handsets to receive a 15 digit serial number). 5. Don't leave your phone on display in crowds, in your car or insecure areas. Keep it in a pocket or handbag. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 6:51 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi people, Tim’s friend contacted my “Offlist” yesterday, I presume because as she is not a member of our WAMUG Mailing list. Unfortunately she had not contacted her Telco to report her iPhone stolen. My Reply to her was: Did you report it to the Police? You should do. You should have notified Optus immediately you knew your iPhone was stolen. When you contact your carrier and report it stolen they block the IMEI number which will then make it unusable in Australia. All networks will have a copy of it; because the owner would have it registered against their SIM card. Each time you log onto the network, make a call… even when the phone swaps network towers the IMEI is registered from the phone to the network and recorded... which is what the network would use to block it with... and that information is passed onto each of the networks to add to their Stolen Phone registry to block logging onto the network. Was the iPhone purchased from Apple? Report a stolen Apple product: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526 Cheers, Ronni On 10/11/2011, at 6:25 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: And hopefully before the finder removes the SIM and puts his/her own in :o( Georgina lost her phone (not an iphone) at KL airport and we tried calling it back (whilst still in the airport) within 30 mins but got a this number cannot be contacted message - we are assuming the SIM was removed promptly - luckily it was a UK SIM with less than $2 of credit left so she still has her AUS SIM card at least. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 10/11/11 12:19 PM, Tim Law at t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Thanks Ronni, that's good information. So the lesson to be learnt is try 'find my iPhone' before phoning the service provider to cancel. Tim On 10/11/2011, at 11:36 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, If your friend contacted her service provider to report her device lost/stolen before locating/wiping the iPhone, and they deactivated her SIM card or account, she will no longer be able to locate, display a message on, or remotely wipe the iPhone. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/11/2011, at 10:33 AM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, A friend of mine has lost her iPhone on Saturday, 6 days ago. She had turned on, registered and tested 'Find my iPhone' earlier this year and it all worked correctly. She has not migrated to iCloud and is still using MobileMe. When we check the MobileMe site me.com/find/ it says she has no devices registered. Is there a way of checking her log on MobileMe, perhaps something will show up as previously registered? I do not know if she has cancelled her iPhone SIM with her phone company. If she has done that, will this affect Find my iPhone, as in will it deactivate the IMEI somehow?? Thanks Tim -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: time capsule problem can't backup
The time machine is connected by wireless. I don't have fast user switching Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 22:47, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer? Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read Write' privileges on the .inProgress file. Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to delete the file. I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow. I'll get back to you in the morning. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, but this is the message I get The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Did you Click on the .inProgress. file and drag it into the Trash, you will then be asked to type your Admin User Password? Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your suggestion. However, although the in progress and Latest files are there, when I try to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a message saying they can't be deleted Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Rosemary, If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive, the drive must have enough free space. DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will delete files when it runs out of space. Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard drive icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File Get Info and let us konw how much ‘Available': is showing. Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done a complete Backup? Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer, with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup? Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your backup volume that deter any subsequent backups. If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do any backups until the problem is fixed. To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files with the following steps: 1. Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter) 2. Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine preferences. 3. Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the backup drive) is mounted to your desktop/Finder. You may have to initiate (and subsequently cancel) a Time Machine backup process in order to see the drive on the desktop or in Finder. 4. Access your backup volume in Finder (it should be named Backup of your-computer-name... or something similar) and double-click into the Backups.backupdb folder. 5. Next, click into the your-computer-name folder. You should see a bunch of folders with dates. These are all the dates corresponding to days you ran a successful backup. 6. At the bottom of the folder listing will be one or two things you need to move to the trash. You may see only one or both of these, but delete the file that starts with a date (it should be the date the backup failure started) and ends in .inProgress. Also delete a file named Latest if it exists. NOTE: You will be asked to enter your Administrator Password to move these files to the Trash. 7. Return to Time Machine preferences and turn Time Machine on. 8. Initiate a backup using the Time Machine drop-down in the menu bar or wait until the next scheduled backup run. 9. A final but important step, be patient. Time Machine may sit in preparing mode for a while. It's important to at least let it run for an hour or so to see if the process will continue actually writing files to your backup volume. Rosemary, if you don’t have the above “.inProgress” file, post back with anymore information you might be able to supply us with so we can try something else to sort your Time Machine backup problem. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 09/11/2011, at 3:56 PM, Rosemary Spark
Re: Bootable HD
On 10/11/2011, at 8:46 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Everyone, I am going to add some fuel on the Firewire matter. I have many Firewire drives here and only last weekend the WD Firewire external drive I use to boot my Macbook from showed signs of problems. I bought a WD 2.5 TB USB 2 drive, and using my trusty SuperDuper made a bootable copy of the Firewire drive. To my pleasant surprise the Macbook booted without any problem from the USB 2 el cheapo drive and in fact I could not notice much difference in speed as compared to the FW drive. On the other hand I have another FW WD drive on which I sometimes boot my iMac 2.93 GHz i7 from, but it is so slow that I now keep this external drive only as a back-up. Why is this so, given that FW is by design a faster interface? My conclusion is that Apple has left FW behind, just as it did with SCSI and other interfaces before that and they would have done so for good reason. So on this one I will go along with the trend. But I will sorely miss the trusty FireWire drives I have had - in fact all 8 of them of which 7 are Western Digital and one a 500GB iOmega which has saved me many times whilst doing some volunteer work overseas.Besides, apart from specialist suppliers (Daniel Co), the FW drives have all but disappeared from computer shop shelves, and this leave me with little choice in case of emergency/urgency but to go with USB 2 drives. Wonder what experience have others had on this matter. Having had a couple of these units now, I am convinced that answer to the external hard drive issue is the Hard Drive Caddy. I am using a couple of the Newertech Voyager units that Daniel sells (one attached to each of my iMacs via FW 800). These devices have several ports: USB 3.0, eSATA, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800, and it's simply a matter of buying inexpensive bare hard drives, mounting and unmounting them in the caddy as required. To my mind it's the ideal solution for both Time Machine and CCC backup strategies, and also an excellent solution to the problem of archive storage. For example, I still have a bootable clone of my pre-Lion iMac safely tucked away on one of these drives, so if for some reason I have a need to get access to an old Appleworks file that I can't open in any other way, I can still do it easily enough by dropping that drive into the Voyager and re-booting from it. Because it's always essentially the same device, there are never any speed or other performance variations, unless one of the drives develops some physical problem. USB 3.0 is certainly faster than USB 2.0, but it's still no match for Firewire when it comes to activities accessing large amounts of data at a time, such as cloning a drive. 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: time capsule problem can't backup
Hi Rosemary, Please confirm, or let me know the answers to these questions: 1. You are backing up two computers to 1TB Time Capsule wirelessly using Time Machine? 2. It is formatted correctly for TM … i.e. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID Partition Table? Turn OFF Time Machine (if you have it on) and check these please: 3. In Finder, in Finders sidebar under ‘Shared’ - (in column view) Select your Time Capsule connect Data Computername.sparsebundle Do a ‘Get Info’ (File Get Info) on the sparsebundle Do you have “Read Write” permissions on all three names? Under General: Size what is the (xxx.xx GB on disk)? 4. Double click “computername.sparsebundle” then double click ‘Time Machine Backups '(or whatever you have your backups named) then do a ‘Get Info’ on “Backups.backupdb” What permissions are listed under “Sharing Permissions” is System “Read Write”? 5. Then click back on Time Capsule click Disconnect button to disconnect Time Capsule Before I receive your reply, try to repair your sparse bundle by following the clear instructions at the link below: “Repair the Backup Time Machine Drive http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/A5.html NOTE: Taken from the instructions in the link above: • To Repair the sparse bundle on a Time Capsule, connect via an Ethernet cable if you can; it will be much faster. If the sparse bundle containing your backups isn't shown in the sidebar (like the sample), open a Finder window, double-click the Time Capsule in the sidebar, then click the Data folder and locate the sparsebundle. Drag it from the Finder window to the lower part of Disk Utility's sidebar. • Select the sparse bundle in the sidebar. Rosemary, Time Machine won’t be able to do it’s hourly backup until you can repair the File System on the drive. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 7:23 AM, Rosemary Spark wrote: The time machine is connected by wireless. I don't have fast user switching Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 22:47, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Is the external drive connected via FireWire to your computer? Do a 'Get Info' and make sure you have 'Read Write' privileges on the .inProgress file. Also if you have Fast User Switching turned on, you won't be able to delete the file. I have to knock off now as I have a 4AM start tomorrow. I'll get back to you in the morning. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/11/2011, at 10:13 PM, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, but this is the message I get The item “2011-11-05-075754.inProgress” can’t be moved to the Trash because it can’t be deleted. Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043 arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 21:55, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Did you Click on the .inProgress. file and drag it into the Trash, you will then be asked to type your Admin User Password? Sent from Ronni's iPad On 09/11/2011, at 9:30 PM, Rosemary Spark arkaysp...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your suggestion. However, although the in progress and Latest files are there, when I try to move them to trash, rather than a request for admin password, I get a message saying they can't be deleted Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 8 94336609 Mobile: 0414268043Ronda, Thanks arkaysp...@gmail.com On 9 November 2011 17:24, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Rosemary, If your Husband’s Time Machine backups are working to the same drive, the drive must have enough free space. DON’T go deleting any files manually in the Finder, Time Machine will delete files when it runs out of space. Connect the external Drive to your computer, click once on it’s hard drive icon on desktop to Select the drive, Go to File Get Info and let us konw how much ‘Available': is showing. Did you check when you got the first problem that Time Machine had done a complete Backup? Do you know if you interrupted a Time Machine backup on your computer, with perhaps closing the lid when TM was doing a backup? Time Machine seems to freak out if it gets interrupted during the backup process. When this happens several files and folders are left on your backup volume that deter any subsequent backups. If you have an ‘Incomplete Backup’, Time Machine will not be able to do any backups until the problem is fixed. To get Time Machine going again, you need to remove the errant files with the following steps: 1. Ensure your backup device is turned on and connected to your computer (wirelessly or wired, it doesn't matter) 2. Turn off Time Machine using the big button in Time Machine preferences. 3. Make sure the backup volume (which is just part of the backup drive) is mounted
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal number of swap/test sequences. When memtest reports one or more failures, the first step in isolating the offending DIMMs is to remove half of them and then rerun memtest. If there are no failures, then the suspect DIMMs are the ones that were removed. If failures are still reported, then one or more of the still-installed DIMMs are bad. If the failures are in the still-installed DIMMs, again remove half of them and retest. If the failure are gone, then swap the installed half for the removed half and retest. Each time a test is run, either cut the number of installed DIMMs in half (for a failure) or swap the installed DIMMs for the removed ones (no failure) until the minimal number of DIMMs are installed (e.g., one pair in the G5 systems). Once you're down to the minimal installation, put back in all of the now known good DIMMs and swap one of the remaining suspects out for the next test. Under normal circumstances, you should be able to isolate the failing DIMMs in just a few swap/test cycles. There are many other reasons DIMMs can appear to be bad. Sometimes, a defective DIMM socket is the culprit and simply not using that socket solves the problem. Problems can also arise from mixing and
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
That's a pity, Alastair. As you say it is harder to fix the slot than the DIMM. I have no corresponding model here to look at, but your DIMM slot is likely connected to the mother board and may require that the mother board be swapped out. A less painful alternative may be to find out the maximum memory that you can load up the remaining slots with and just live without the fourth slot. It's possible that by increasing the size of DIMM in the remaining good slots, you may end up with even more memory than you have now. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 11:10, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal number of swap/test sequences. When memtest reports one or more failures, the first step in isolating the offending DIMMs is to remove half of them and then rerun memtest. If there are no failures, then the suspect DIMMs are the ones that were removed. If failures are still reported, then one or more of the still-installed DIMMs are bad. If the failures are in the still-installed DIMMs, again remove half of them and retest. If the failure are gone, then swap the installed half for the removed half and retest. Each time a test is run, either cut the number of installed DIMMs in half (for
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
Oh dear, not the best news Alastair, The PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz Memory Slot Repair Extension Program ended on July 24, 2008 :-( http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2164 I feel it is time for you to put the PowerBook ‘out to pasture’ and upgrade to a MacBook Pro, unless you can do as Carlo has suggested below. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 11:18 AM, cm wrote: That's a pity, Alastair. As you say it is harder to fix the slot than the DIMM. I have no corresponding model here to look at, but your DIMM slot is likely connected to the mother board and may require that the mother board be swapped out. A less painful alternative may be to find out the maximum memory that you can load up the remaining slots with and just live without the fourth slot. It's possible that by increasing the size of DIMM in the remaining good slots, you may end up with even more memory than you have now. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 11:10, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal number of swap/test sequences. When memtest reports one or more failures, the first step in isolating the offending DIMMs is to remove half of them and then rerun memtest. If there are no failures, then the suspect
Re: applications quitting on powerbook
Hi Alastair, Depending on what model PowerBook you have. The 15” PowerBook5,6 can take Maximum RAM 2.0GB, The 12” PowerBook6,8 Maximum RAM 1.25GB Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 11:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Oh dear, not the best news Alastair, The PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz Memory Slot Repair Extension Program ended on July 24, 2008 :-( http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2164 I feel it is time for you to put the PowerBook ‘out to pasture’ and upgrade to a MacBook Pro, unless you can do as Carlo has suggested below. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2011, at 11:18 AM, cm wrote: That's a pity, Alastair. As you say it is harder to fix the slot than the DIMM. I have no corresponding model here to look at, but your DIMM slot is likely connected to the mother board and may require that the mother board be swapped out. A less painful alternative may be to find out the maximum memory that you can load up the remaining slots with and just live without the fourth slot. It's possible that by increasing the size of DIMM in the remaining good slots, you may end up with even more memory than you have now. Cheers, Carlo Sent from my iPad On 11/11/2011, at 11:10, alas.i...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni and Carlo It's not the dimms it's the slots! Both modules test fine in the bottom slot and throw a bunch of failures in the top one. I'm thinking it's a lot less easy to fix a slot than replace a dimm?? thanks alastair On 10/11/2011, at 12:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Sorry Alastair, I hit send before I realised I had not included the link for Memtest, where you can download the ‘User Guide’ etc: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php On 10/11/2011, at 12:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alastair, If you are now experiencing Kernel Panics and because you also mentioned you had run Memtest and it reported many errors, that your RAM (Memory) ‘could’ be the problem. This is not conclusive as there are other things that can cause Kernel Panics. If you have run memtest before I imagine you have already read all the documentation regarding running memtest. When you ran Memtest, did you run it in ‘Single-User Mode’? In this mode, nearly all of the installed ram can be tested whereas under the full OS, a considerable portion of memory is tied up by OS X processes and the Quartz window manager. Running memtest in single-user mode maximizes the effectiveness of the memory test. To boot into single-user mode, hold down the Command and S keys during startup. You will be automatically logged in as the user root with a minimal command line environment. The login directory for the root account is / which is the top-level directory of the boot volume. Assuming that the memtest folder resides in your Applications folder, a typical invocation of memtest would be the following: /Applications/memtest/memtest all 3 -L RETURN( RETURN means press the Return key) This would run three passes of the test suite, testing all available free memory. The -L switch instructs memtest to save the transcript of the run to a file named memtest.log within the working directory from which you invoked memtest (also known as the current working directory). Under the full OS, launching a terminal window sets the working directory to /Users/login_name where login_name is the account name you logged in with. Note that when running in single-user mode, you are automatically logged in as the root user so the default current working directory is /private/var/root. The main thing to remember is that the memtest.log file is always saved in the current working directory which is the same thing as the login directory unless the user manually changes to a different working directory. Alternatively, you can cd into the memtest folder and run the program using the command ./memtest all 3 -L RETURN (Don't forget the period before the forward slash!) Best to run at least 3 to 5 passes to obtain the best test coverage of marginal or intermittently failing DIMMs. To test less than all of the available free memory, replace the all option with the number of megabytes to test (e.g. 10, 100, 512, etc). The number entered is assumed to be in MB. For example, the command, /Applications/memtest/memtest 1150 3 -L RETURN will test 1150 MB of the installed memory assuming this much is available for testing. TIPS FOR ISOLATING DEFECTIVE DIMMS Memtest currently does not have the ability to isolate which DIMM or DIMMs are marginal or defective when the test results report a failure. This feature is planned for a future release. For now, the best way to isolate the offending DIMM(s) is to use a binary search methodology. This is an algorithm which is popular in many sorting routines and can lead to the discovery of a defective DIMM in a minimal
