*a bit off topic*
thanks to those who gave a hand with their suggesstions (especially to ronni, who said if i could wait, see what apple will announce in the next couple months). thought you might like to know, i gave into temptation and got new ipad today... i know, its only a day off from iphone announcement (who knows what else they might announce), but looks like my will power isnt that strong when it comes to new apple products... but i have to wait for iphone5, as i have to pay for upgrading my phone if i do it now... will have to wait... :) mum will have the ipad1. regards Lynn -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120911/77f82cb4/attachment.htm -- 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 Machine backup
Game over! All three sparsebundles in place and all three Macbooks set for backup and working fine. I now have a spare 1TB drive which I know will be useful in the future. Thanks again for everyones help (especially Carlo for iChatting into my Macbook and Ronni too for many responses) for this issue I had here. Regards Pete. On 10/09/2012, at 6:31 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Righto, so the two 'good' sparsebundles copied off ok, then the Time Capsule erase. Using Airport Utility, I was presented with 4 options of how to erase the TC - Quick Erase, All Zeros, All Zeroes 3 times, All Zeros 7 times. I chose All Zeros initially and the process started ok and got to around 15% where it never got past - I left it for the whole weekend! Not sure why this was but after some learned advice from Dad, I interrupted it and did the Quick Erase which was complete in minutes which resulted in 929.45 GB free from the 1TB. All good. Started shaking with anticipation at this point and got Tim's (9yo) MacBook, checked the naming was ok and set it off.. Well it just set about doing a normal first time backup (49GB) which was completed within 3 hours - success! Just got to reinstate the two other sparsebundles now and get it all sorted. It's been a lengthy process with lots of help from many, for which I am grateful, but this issue is almost completed now. Regards Pete On 20/08/2012, at 8:28 PM, wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote: Well done Peter! The new drive will help you sort things out for you Time Capsule and besides will be useful afterwards for future upgrades when you want to make a clone. You are exactly right about the formatting. Make sure you use a GUID partition table and the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system. Good luck! Carlo --- Carlo Margio Real World Computing mob: +61 404 296 965 i...@realworldcomputing.com.au www.realworldcomputing.com.au On 20/08/2012, at 5:04 PM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Ok, thanks again for this Carlo. I've ebay'd a 1TB external drive so I have the space to do the operations below. It will probably arrive with FAT formatting. I presume I will need to reformat the new drive to OS Journaled so it can accomodate the sparsebundle files (4GB). Is this right? The rest should be straight forward. I'll revert either way with success or otherwise. Regards Pete On 08/08/2012, at 9:04 AM, wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote: The nice formatting of the previous was removed at the news group server so I will repost just the bullet points of the previous email... * Obtain an external drive with enough space to store the two sparse bundles you wish to keep. * Turn off all Time Machine back up from al the computers in your house. * Move the two good sparse bundles to an external drive for safe keeping. * Erase the Time Capsule using Airport Utility ( knowledge base article link http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4522?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US ) * At this point try to backup the new install of your 9yo's computer to Time Capsule. There should be nothing stopping it now. (post back if it does not work) * Copy back the other two sparse bundles to Time Capsule * Check that the existing computers are still associated with their newly reinstate sparse bundle (if not post back) C On 08/08/2012, at 8:57 AM, wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote: Hi Pete, Just to wrap up this thread I'll summarise where we left things. It seems the existing Time Capsule sparse bundle associated with you 9yo's MacBook refuses to budge. In the end Time Capsule is an independent computer with its own permissions and accounts. Apple attempts to keep these permissions synchronised but there can be slip-ups. -- 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
[Link:] Apple, most valueble company ever...
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2012/apple-most-valuable-company-ever/ ive always had the faith! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120912/1bea96e9/attachment.htm -- 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: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
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Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
propose that the meeting of Tuesday 2 October be such a Special Meeting. An email with details will follow shortly. Best Regards, WAMUG Committee -- 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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120911/aea62ea5/attachment.htm -- 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: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
a Mac is. Also Windows users are often wooed into the Apple fold by the iPhone and iPad, but may initially not know the benefits of converting to an iMac or a MacBook. We would like to help these sections of the community as well as those who make use of the full range of Apple products. Even though we long standing members are quite comfortable with, and likely even quite attached to the WAMUG name, a name that better reflects our activities and sounds more accessible will help us promote the use of the Apple product range and provide a obvious support group for the growing collection of new Apple users. So while aficionados principally do our work on a Mac, increasingly certain specialised functions are better served by using newer Apple products and services. The Committee proposes that we change the name to Apple Users WA to better reflect this. This name change will require the passing of a motion at a Special Meeting of WAMUG. We propose that the meeting of Tuesday 2 October be such a Special Meeting. An email with details will follow shortly. Best Regards, WAMUG Committee -- 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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120911/aea62ea5/attachment.htm -- 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 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 -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120912/7c889e6f/attachment.htm -- 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: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
Heh Heh. Maybe it should be WA Apple Users (WAAU) pronounced Wow... sort of... :-) Shayne On Wednesday, September 12, 2012, Pat wrote: AUWA …Sounds painful. Cheers, Pat On 11/09/2012, at 9:59 AM, Tony Cockbain geoe...@arach.net.au wrote: There must be a lot of Apple Users out there—after all an apple a day keeps the doctor away. WAMUGers are quite different—an Apple a day keeps the Windows away While I try to be an advocate of change I must admit to sympathising with Ronni. Regards Tony Tony Cockbain 104 Hensman Street South Perth WA 6151 08 93677037 0439 690 947 geoe...@arach.net.au On 11/09/2012, at 9:39 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi WAMUGers, With sadness that will probably be the last time I use Hi WAMUGers. I'm not against change but I am feeling sadness that the name WAMUG (Western Australian Macintosh Users' Group) will be no longer. A great reputation was built under that name, and I am honoured and proud to have been awarded a Honorary Life Membership of WAMUG. People from all over the world have contacted me congratulating us on the level of support we give on WAMUG Mailing List. The committee proposes that our group of Apple enthusiasts be know as Apple Users WA. As opposed to WAMUG which has to be explained to all on first hearing I don't agree that WAMUG has to be explained TO ALL on first hearing, sure as any company/group name abbreviated to an acronym there are some people who you need to give an explanation. If Apple Users WA is abbreviated to AUWA you would be explaining to more people. Will the new website be www.appleuserswa.org.au? Will the email Address be appleuser...@appleuserswa.org.au? A new Constitution will also need to be prepared. I am not wanting to sound negative about the change as change is normally for the best. Just one last point I would like to make is from what I understand the majority of Members are Online Members; members who for varying reasons can not/do not attend WAMUG Meetings and rely purely on the WAMUG Mailing list. Kind Regards, Ronni On 10/09/2012, at 10:00 PM, wamug announce annou...@wamug.org.au wrote: Hi Muggers, As you know the WAMUG Committee is working hard to increase the availability of our service to Apple users. A number of our recent meetings have included well received hands on demonstrations in addition to the traditional segment for problem solving and the sharing of ideas. Though we are a vibrant and active group and have a particularly responsive, helpful mail list, the Committee would like to instigate a marketing push to increase meeting attendance, attract some new members, and get involved in community outreach. A model that we can aspire to is that of the dynamic Apple-Q in Queensland. ( http://www.apple-q.org.au ) This marketing will include a revamping of the web-site, printing of business cards, and advertising in local publications and on local notice boards. Before the marketing initiative begins a name change would greatly help with public recognition of what our group does. The committee proposes that our group of Apple enthusiasts be know as Apple Users WA. As opposed to WAMUG which has to be explained to all on first hearing, Apple Users WA obviously describes a group Apple product users. We support the whole range of Apple products and services in addition to the much loved, time honoured Mac. Newer products such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV all contribute to the easily accessible Apple ecosystem that we have come to rely upon. Rounding out the Apple combined ecosystem are services that include iCloud, iTunes, iTunes U, iTunes Match, the App Store, and the Mac App Store. It is now possible to own and iPhone and an iPad, and with the use iCloud have an extremely versatile and functional setup. Younger people in particular are often in a position where they do not even know what a Mac is. Also Windows users are often wooed into the Apple fold by the iPhone and iPad, but may initially not know the be -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120912/0cf2ae58/attachment.htm -- 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
