Control of Messages
Have you recommendations for a full guide on using (and managing) SMS texts and Messages? Three recent examples illustrate the problems - or perhaps the ignorance - I have. 1. My sister sent me a simple text message from her mobile phone. I did not receive it on my mobile phone. Many hours later (too late!) I found the text message had been received by my iPad in Messages! This unwanted behaviour was probably caused by both of us having iPhones, iPads and iMacs. 2. A recent series of text messages initiated from my iPhone to another relative (also with an iPhone) became a Conversation with messages from each direction nicely grouped together. Now subsequent communications with that person are appended to the old “conversation”. 3. The above original “conversation” was serious business, not idle social chat. I tried to send the complete conversation to my iMac for printing and archiving. This is not possible apparently without third party software on the iMac and the iPhone plugged into iTunes.I tried to send the conversation to the iMac via email. A small segment of the conversation was copied (plus some text from a completely different message) and sent to my email address - on the iPad! Has the world got too many apples? Regards, Alan Alan Smith Late 2012 iMac 27 Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.9.2 Late 2009 iMac 21.5 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.9.2 iPhone5; iPad2; ATV2 -- 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: Control of Messages
I don’t know about too many Apples Alan, but I have a similar (?) gripe about SMS reception from the WA Fire Brigades message service. I switched from Samsung to iPhone and lost my contact with the pager/messaging service. I have people at DFES investigating but so far no luck. We trying the old “switch it off and on” trick just now. i.e. delete my details from the database and then re-install them. Thank goodness the bush fires seasons seems to be drawing to a close.BillOn 3 Apr 2014, at 14:23, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote:Have you recommendations for a full guide on using (and managing) SMS texts and Messages?Three recent examples illustrate the problems - or perhaps the ignorance - I have.1. My sister sent me a simple text message from her mobile phone. I did not receive it on my mobile phone. Many hours later (too late!) Ifound the text message had been received by my iPad in Messages! This unwanted behaviour was probably caused by both of us havingiPhones, iPads and iMacs.2. A recent series of text messages initiated from my iPhone to another relative (also with an iPhone) became a Conversation with messagesfrom each direction nicely grouped together. Now subsequent communications with that person are appended to the old “conversation”.3. The above original “conversation” was serious business, not idle social chat. I tried to send the complete conversation to my iMac forprinting and archiving. This is not possible apparently without third party software on the iMac and the iPhone plugged into iTunes. I triedto send the conversation to the iMac via email. A small segment of the conversation was copied (plus some text from a completely differentmessage) and sent to my email address - on the iPad!Has the world got too many apples?Regards,AlanAlan SmithLate 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.9.2Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.9.2iPhone5; iPad2; ATV2-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtmlGuidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtmlSettings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamugDr Bill ParkerDirector+61 (0)403583676-- 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: MBP Retina
Hi Peter, yes I am fully familiar with restoring a backup into a new machine. I noted that my iTunes and iPhoto libraries are on my external drive for space reasons, previously in my original enquiry. Your reply seemed to have most of the original content not carried forward. In any case, it would seem safer to simply migrate the old MB to the new MBP WITHOUT my external drive attached or selected, then blow away the old sparsebundle and start all over with a 'first time' backup with the external drive ATTACHED. There probably is a logical way but unless I have a backup of my iTunes and iPhoto libraries, I'm at risk of the migration process nuking them. Regards Pete On 3 Apr 2014, at 7:24 am, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 2 Apr 2014, at 8:21 am, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I am looking to get myself a 13” MBP Retina but before I do I want to understand how I migrate from my current configuration. If you use Migration Assistant the process should be completely painless. All your iTunes, iPhoto and TM preferences will be migrated, so your use use of the TC for TM backups shouldn't be affected. Time Machine does like create disk images on the TC using the computer name, so it might worth checking the computer name in the Sharing panel in System Preferences, since generally this is not migrated (somewhat logically). The first backup from the new computer will probably still take longer than usual since many files will be deemed as having been changed since the last backup, but probabvly not as long as a first time session. One question: are your iTunes and iPhoto libraries included in your Time Machine backup? It might be wise to reconsider your strategy if this is case, because if the TC fails for any reason you will lose not only the backups but the originals as well! Even keeping your valuable libraries on a $70 500 Gb USB external drive will sort that out. 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: Control of Messages
Hi Alan, Are you sure you have setup 'Messages' correctly. http://www.apple.com/au/ios/messages/ 1. iMessage Not Delivered You send an iMessage to a fellow iPhone user and it doesn’t get delivered at all. (There’s this dreaded red exclamation mark popping up, right?) This can mean: • There’s something wrong with your iMessage account • You don’t have any data left (remember, iMessage works on Wifi/cellular) and you haven’t enabled Send as SMS • There’s some issue at the recipient’s end The Fix: • First off, make sure you’ve got data left in your plan. Checked? • Check if you’re sending to a contact with just an email ID or a number. I once had two listings for the same contact: one had both the email and the number and the other had just the number. When I sent an iMessage to the number, it got delivered as a text message. • Most of your contacts who are on iMessage are going to have their Apple ID (which is going to be an email ID) listed. Send your iMessages to contacts with email IDs. • Enable Send as SMS under Settings - Messages so that when iMessage fails, the message gets delivered as SMS. Of course, make sure you don’t overshoot your text allocation. • If there’s still the red exclamation button, tap and hold on the message. You’ll get an option that says Send as Text Message. Tap this. 2. iMessage Sent as Text You’re trying to send an iMessage but it keeps getting sent as text (green bubble instead of blue bubble). You’ve tried every thing on the FAQs but it just doesn’t work. And of course, iMessage is activated. What do you do? • First thing you try is turn off and then restart iMessage. May be servers are jammed, Cupertino club is down... you know, that sort of a thing. • Turn off Send as SMS and try sending the message to your contact (who, you’re sure, is on iMessage) • There’s a big chance that you’ll see that red-exclamation mark or if not, it gets sent as email to your contact. To fix this, you’ll have to go back to square one: make sure there’s data, make sure you’re on a network, make sure your ‘Send Receive’ is complete and you’ve selected both your number and email. • Alternatively, you can also click on the Apple ID and sign-out so there’s only your number. Try sending iMessage now. 3. iMessage Sent from Email Instead of Number This takes directly from the last point. You have both your number and email listed under your iMessage account. You have the option of starting conversations from your email ID or from your number. Most of the time, I’d prefer the number route because in case my friends’ reply isn’t coming through, I’ll get a text message instead of an email if I was using an email ID. But if you’re unable to start conversations with your number, you try this: • Go to Settings - Messages • Tap on Send Receive • Click on the Apple ID on top • Sign Out • When you sign out, the email number vanishes from the list and there’s only your number now. Whenever you start a conversation on iMessage, it’s your number henceforth. 4. iMessage Not Working at All There are a ton of things you might want to check out. These include: • Data plan • A working network • iMessage not activated, perhaps? • Issues with Apple ID. Use a newly created one • Make sure the recipient is on iMessage and active Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 3 Apr 2014, at 2:23 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Have you recommendations for a full guide on using (and managing) SMS texts and Messages? Three recent examples illustrate the problems - or perhaps the ignorance - I have. 1. My sister sent me a simple text message from her mobile phone. I did not receive it on my mobile phone. Many hours later (too late!) I found the text message had been received by my iPad in Messages! This unwanted behaviour was probably caused by both of us having iPhones, iPads and iMacs. 2. A recent series of text messages initiated from my iPhone to another relative (also with an iPhone) became a Conversation with messages from each direction nicely grouped together. Now subsequent communications with that person are appended to the old “conversation”. 3. The above original “conversation” was serious business, not idle social chat. I tried to send the complete conversation to my iMac for printing and archiving. This is not possible apparently without third party software on the iMac and the iPhone plugged into iTunes.I tried to send the conversation to the iMac via email. A small segment of the conversation was copied (plus some text from a completely different message) and sent to my email address - on the iPad! Has the world
Re: Travelling to south of France
Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but as technology changes so quickly I wonder if is any easier now. I am going to south of France for a month from next Monday, and wish to use my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I'll be staying pretty much in one place that has no WiFi, so am just wondering what the best thing to do is: Do I buy a sim card over there? or sign up with the local telecom for a service over there? Or does Telstra offer any help with this? I'll probably have to use my HotSpot on my phone for WiFi access? Any help from anyone who has recently done a similar thing would be gratefully received. Kind regards Jon Jon Davison Photographer/Art Director Eye in the Sky Productions 'The Corner Studio' The Tresillian Centre 21 Tyrell St Nedlands Western Australia m: 0403 235938 e: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au Facebook: jondcameraman w: www.eyeinthesky.com.au w: www.tresillianartists.org Member: ISAP (International Society for Aviation Photographers) -- 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: Travelling to south of France
Best is just to buy a local SIM and prepay. Sent from my iPad On 2 Apr 2014, at 3:52 am, Jon Davison jondcamera...@me.com wrote: Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but as technology changes so quickly I wonder if is any easier now. I am going to south of France for a month from next Monday, and wish to use my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I'll be staying pretty much in one place that has no WiFi, so am just wondering what the best thing to do is: Do I buy a sim card over there? or sign up with the local telecom for a service over there? Or does Telstra offer any help with this? I'll probably have to use my HotSpot on my phone for WiFi access? Any help from anyone who has recently done a similar thing would be gratefully received. Kind regards Jon Jon Davison Photographer/Art Director Eye in the Sky Productions 'The Corner Studio' The Tresillian Centre 21 Tyrell St Nedlands Western Australia m: 0403 235938 e: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au Facebook: jondcameraman w: www.eyeinthesky.com.au w: www.tresillianartists.org Member: ISAP (International Society for Aviation Photographers) -- 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: Control of Messages
Hi Ronni Another pecularity of our high-tech millstone - -. Your email is time stamped in my Mail as received at 7:10 pm, hence this late reply. Anyway, back to topic. I’m wading through the iLounge website tutorial “The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage/ Setup, Use and Troubleshooting”. A help, but not quite what I want. This article, like most forum/blog writers (and Apple) ASSUME that we all want FaceTime video and interactive iMessages on our multiple devices. I need to start my understanding with something more basic. Perhaps the missing manual (the book that should have been in the box) - apologies to David Pogue. And I want a reliable system to deliver emails, phone calls, and text messages. iOS 4.1 and OS X 10.6? Not quite a joke: perhaps I can use my iPhone as a Dome coffee table ornament, but use a plain $29 Nokia for real telephone calls and texts. The joke gets worse: ditto with the iMacs - with Windows 8 installed for real work instead unreliable apps and the botched up Pages upgrade. Have a good night. Cheers Alan On 3 Apr 2014, at 4:20 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Are you sure you have setup 'Messages' correctly. http://www.apple.com/au/ios/messages/ 1. iMessage Not Delivered You send an iMessage to a fellow iPhone user and it doesn’t get delivered at all. (There’s this dreaded red exclamation mark popping up, right?) This can mean: • There’s something wrong with your iMessage account • You don’t have any data left (remember, iMessage works on Wifi/cellular) and you haven’t enabled Send as SMS • There’s some issue at the recipient’s end The Fix: • First off, make sure you’ve got data left in your plan. Checked? • Check if you’re sending to a contact with just an email ID or a number. I once had two listings for the same contact: one had both the email and the number and the other had just the number. When I sent an iMessage to the number, it got delivered as a text message. • Most of your contacts who are on iMessage are going to have their Apple ID (which is going to be an email ID) listed. Send your iMessages to contacts with email IDs. • Enable Send as SMS under Settings - Messages so that when iMessage fails, the message gets delivered as SMS. Of course, make sure you don’t overshoot your text allocation. • If there’s still the red exclamation button, tap and hold on the message. You’ll get an option that says Send as Text Message. Tap this. 2. iMessage Sent as Text You’re trying to send an iMessage but it keeps getting sent as text (green bubble instead of blue bubble). You’ve tried every thing on the FAQs but it just doesn’t work. And of course, iMessage is activated. What do you do? • First thing you try is turn off and then restart iMessage. May be servers are jammed, Cupertino club is down... you know, that sort of a thing. • Turn off Send as SMS and try sending the message to your contact (who, you’re sure, is on iMessage) • There’s a big chance that you’ll see that red-exclamation mark or if not, it gets sent as email to your contact. To fix this, you’ll have to go back to square one: make sure there’s data, make sure you’re on a network, make sure your ‘Send Receive’ is complete and you’ve selected both your number and email. • Alternatively, you can also click on the Apple ID and sign-out so there’s only your number. Try sending iMessage now. 3. iMessage Sent from Email Instead of Number This takes directly from the last point. You have both your number and email listed under your iMessage account. You have the option of starting conversations from your email ID or from your number. Most of the time, I’d prefer the number route because in case my friends’ reply isn’t coming through, I’ll get a text message instead of an email if I was using an email ID. But if you’re unable to start conversations with your number, you try this: • Go to Settings - Messages • Tap on Send Receive • Click on the Apple ID on top • Sign Out • When you sign out, the email number vanishes from the list and there’s only your number now. Whenever you start a conversation on iMessage, it’s your number henceforth. 4. iMessage Not Working at All There are a ton of things you might want to check out. These include: • Data plan • A working network • iMessage not activated, perhaps? • Issues with Apple ID. Use a newly created one • Make sure the recipient is on iMessage and active Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 3 Apr 2014, at 2:23 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Have you recommendations for a full guide on using (and managing) SMS texts and Messages?
Re: Travelling to south of France
Sorry, should also say that we did that recently in the US, and are in the UK now, with one month of access on our phones with local SIMs and extra data on one to use as a hotspot for the ipad. Telstra are not help whatsoever. I did ask them but they have no cheap overseas access. Sent from my iPad On 2 Apr 2014, at 3:52 am, Jon Davison jondcamera...@me.com wrote: Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but as technology changes so quickly I wonder if is any easier now. I am going to south of France for a month from next Monday, and wish to use my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I'll be staying pretty much in one place that has no WiFi, so am just wondering what the best thing to do is: Do I buy a sim card over there? or sign up with the local telecom for a service over there? Or does Telstra offer any help with this? I'll probably have to use my HotSpot on my phone for WiFi access? Any help from anyone who has recently done a similar thing would be gratefully received. Kind regards Jon Jon Davison Photographer/Art Director Eye in the Sky Productions 'The Corner Studio' The Tresillian Centre 21 Tyrell St Nedlands Western Australia m: 0403 235938 e: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au Facebook: jondcameraman w: www.eyeinthesky.com.au w: www.tresillianartists.org Member: ISAP (International Society for Aviation Photographers) -- 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
emails on iPhone
I have an iPhone 4. Latest OS. Today it has started downloading roughly 96 emails, all of which I have read. They are also coming to via my Macbook Pro. I just deleted 96 message off the phone only ti find the same 96 re-appeared a couple of hours later. I hit “get Mail” on the laptop, nothing to download... on the phone, WIFI is OFF, personal Hotspot is OFF and Bluetooth is off. Is there a way of bulk deleting on the phone? Bill -- 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
iPhone 4s lost wifi
I bought a new iPhone 5s. I still have my two year old iPhone 4s but I don’t have a SIM anymore. I had some issues with my 4s. (1) A light source appeared in the top left corner of the screen when switched from dormant to active. (2) when taking photos, they showed as existing frames but blacked out images. (3) the battery life is pretty ordinary. (3) wifi disappeared. Otherwise there’s nothing wrong with the iPhone 4s, so I would pass it on to a friend without a smartphone. However, it’s the wifi that has me beaten, because I cannot access internet. I tried to reset using iTunes, but was instructed to turn off “find my iPhone” catch 22. Any suggestions as to how to work around to reset the 4S and do you believe wifi will then work again? cheers Marcus Marcus Harris P.O. Box 7135 Marcus Harris Shenton Park Western Australia 6008 Australia Cryptodome Pty Ltd cryptodo...@me.com Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 -- 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: Travelling to south of France
Hello Jon, We found the best option is to purchase a wifi device in France with a monthly pay as you go sim card, this will give you complete control over your wifi needs and it will seamlessly connect to you ipad or iphone. We travelled through Europe last year UK, France, Italy, Spain and for the cost (about $40-$50) we had wifi everywhere for about 8 weeks. I purchases a Huawei MiFi (E5331) - £29 in UK (2gb) then got it unlocked for use everywhere and it worked great with ipad (maps) and our iphone. In France Orange, 3G etc all have shops selling wifi devices. We did purchase a Lebara international Sim card but hotspotting this to the ipad we estimated costs would be high for wifi so we just used Huawei and Lebara for making phone calls, we simply phoned all our relatives and friend and then they had our new international number. Our friends purchased a cheap phone whilst overseas and that worked OK but only in the country of purchase. Hope this helps Have a great holliday Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but as technology changes so quickly I wonder if is any easier now. I am going to south of France for a month from next Monday, and wish to use my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I'll be staying pretty much in one place that has no WiFi, so am just wondering what the best thing to do is: Do I buy a sim card over there? or sign up with the local telecom for a service over there? Or does Telstra offer any help with this? I'll probably have to use my HotSpot on my phone for WiFi access? Any help from anyone who has recently done a similar thing would be gratefully received. Kind regards Jon Jon Davison Photographer/Art Director Eye in the Sky Productions 'The Corner Studio' The Tresillian Centre 21 Tyrell St Nedlands Western Australia m: 0403 235938 e: mailto:j...@eyeinthesky.com.auj...@eyeinthesky.com.au Facebook: jondcameraman w: http://www.eyeinthesky.com.auwww.eyeinthesky.com.au w: http://www.tresillianartists.orgwww.tresillianartists.org Member: ISAP (International Society for Aviation Photographers) -- 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 -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD Western Australia 6147 Phone: +618 9457 0747 (h) Fax:+618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Email: peterfau...@westnet.com.au Web: http://members.iinet.net.au/~pfau...@westnet.com.au/index.html-- 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
iPad 6 and iPad Air 2 Rumours
I not sure whether this is of any interest to members or old news. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/ipad/ipad-air-2-ipad-6-release-date-launch-rumours-leaked-images-3481268/-- 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
Airport express
Hello all, My AE has been retrenched. Since being connected to NBN all WiFi devices are now connected to iiNet’s BobLite. Can it be employed elsewhere or will it be permanently unemployed ? Cheers, Walter -- 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: iPad 6 and iPad Air 2 Rumours
On 4 Apr 2014, at 7:54 am, Rick Armstrong a...@iinet.net.au wrote: I not sure whether this is of any interest to members or old news. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/ipad/ipad-air-2-ipad-6-release-date-launch-rumours-leaked-images-3481268/ Well actually it isn’t news at all. The rumour mill surrounding future Apple hardware is always highly active. It’s nice to speculate, but nothing is real until Apple actually announces it. Anything else is just background noise. 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: Control of Messages
Hi Alan, I don't know why you are experiencing problems with Messages in iOS 7.1. I use Messages constantly on all my devices to converse with Apple users and Non-Apple users without any problems. They receive my messages either as iMessage or Text or SMS You say you have Messages setup correctly on all your devices, yet you were not alerted to receiving a message from your sister the message was only received on your iPad and not your iPhone? I receive all messages on all my devices and can reply/continue conversation to the sender from any of my devices. A couple of things you could check: 1. In Settings Notification Center Messages - Do you have selected 'Alerts', 'Alert Sound', 'Show in Notification Center', 'Show on Lock Screen' - 'Show Preview' - Repeat Alerts Once (or more) - 'Show Alerts from Everyone'? 2. In Settings Messages - Do you have selected 'Send Read Receipts', 'Send as SMS, 'Send Receive' -'You Can Be Reached By iMessage at' do you have your Apple ID 'email address' and your iPhone 'Mobile Number' listed - 'Start New Conversations from' your Apple ID email address? iPhone User Guide - For iOS 7.1 Software http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf iPad User Guide - For iOS 7.1 Software http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1595/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf Boy Windows 8 instead of Mavericks... you have to be joking! Don't use Pages 5 unless you use Pages on all your devices (Mac, iPhone iPad) and want to be able to edit and sync the Pages 'work in progress' on all devices. I have both iWork '09 the new Pages/Numbers Keynote - BUT have hidden the new Apps at this time (so they don't open my original iWork'09 documents and change them) - until I decide if I need to change from iWork'09 at a future date. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 3 Apr 2014, at 8:39 pm, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Another pecularity of our high-tech millstone - -. Your email is time stamped in my Mail as received at 7:10 pm, hence this late reply. Anyway, back to topic. I’m wading through the iLounge website tutorial “The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage/ Setup, Use and Troubleshooting”. A help, but not quite what I want. This article, like most forum/blog writers (and Apple) ASSUME that we all want FaceTime video and interactive iMessages on our multiple devices. I need to start my understanding with something more basic. Perhaps the missing manual (the book that should have been in the box) - apologies to David Pogue. And I want a reliable system to deliver emails, phone calls, and text messages. iOS 4.1 and OS X 10.6? Not quite a joke: perhaps I can use my iPhone as a Dome coffee table ornament, but use a plain $29 Nokia for real telephone calls and texts. The joke gets worse: ditto with the iMacs - with Windows 8 installed for real work instead unreliable apps and the botched up Pages upgrade. Have a good night. Cheers Alan On 3 Apr 2014, at 4:20 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Alan, Are you sure you have setup 'Messages' correctly. http://www.apple.com/au/ios/messages/ 1. iMessage Not Delivered You send an iMessage to a fellow iPhone user and it doesn’t get delivered at all. (There’s this dreaded red exclamation mark popping up, right?) This can mean: • There’s something wrong with your iMessage account • You don’t have any data left (remember, iMessage works on Wifi/cellular) and you haven’t enabled Send as SMS • There’s some issue at the recipient’s end The Fix: • First off, make sure you’ve got data left in your plan. Checked? • Check if you’re sending to a contact with just an email ID or a number. I once had two listings for the same contact: one had both the email and the number and the other had just the number. When I sent an iMessage to the number, it got delivered as a text message. • Most of your contacts who are on iMessage are going to have their Apple ID (which is going to be an email ID) listed. Send your iMessages to contacts with email IDs. • Enable Send as SMS under Settings - Messages so that when iMessage fails, the message gets delivered as SMS. Of course, make sure you don’t overshoot your text allocation. • If there’s still the red exclamation button, tap and hold on the message. You’ll get an option that says Send as Text Message. Tap this. 2. iMessage Sent as Text You’re trying to send an iMessage but it keeps getting sent as text (green bubble instead of blue bubble). You’ve tried every thing on the FAQs but it just doesn’t work. And of course, iMessage is activated. What do you do? • First thing you try is turn off and then restart iMessage. May be servers are jammed, Cupertino club is
Re: WTB New iPad
Thanks Ronni, We have decided on iPad Mini, just need some feedback on whether to get the Retina display version. Rick. On 28/03/2014, at 9:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Rick, https://www.apple.com/au/ipad/compare/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:25 pm, Rick Armstrong a...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi, Can someone point me in the right direct to purchase the latest iPad, is it the Generation 3, or should I just walk in to an Apple Store or JB Hi-Fi and talk to someone in there. OPTIONS iPad Air or IPad Current. It is for my wife to use while in UK for Emails, Internet, Facebook, and Maps Any advice 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 -- 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
Macbook
Hello to all has anybody got a second hand 15 macbook pro they would like to sell. Regards Bill Juliet -- 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: WTB New iPad
Hi Rick, Go with the Retina Display WiFi + Celluar Retina display 7.9‑inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology 2048-by-1536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi) Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating – 7.9‑inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology 1024-by-768 resolution at 163 pixels per inch (ppi) Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 4 Apr 2014, at 9:49 am, Rick Armstrong a...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks Ronni, We have decided on iPad Mini, just need some feedback on whether to get the Retina display version. Rick. On 28/03/2014, at 9:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Rick, https://www.apple.com/au/ipad/compare/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:25 pm, Rick Armstrong a...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi, Can someone point me in the right direct to purchase the latest iPad, is it the Generation 3, or should I just walk in to an Apple Store or JB Hi-Fi and talk to someone in there. OPTIONS iPad Air or IPad Current. It is for my wife to use while in UK for Emails, Internet, Facebook, and Maps Any advice 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: Travelling to south of France
Interesting discussion. Can I confirm, Peter, that the SIM card you purchased worked at the same rates across countries. It used to be that you had to pay roaming costs if you went outside the country where you bought this. I had heard that this was going to change to a European-wide solution, but I'd like confirmation. Can you explain the difference between the Huawei and Lebara. I'm not completely sure what these are... :-\ Rob On 4/04/14 7:07 AM, Peter Faulks wrote: Re: Travelling to south of France Hello Jon, We found the best option is to purchase a wifi device in France with a monthly pay as you go sim card, this will give you complete control over your wifi needs and it will seamlessly connect to you ipad or iphone. We travelled through Europe last year UK, France, Italy, Spain and for the cost (about $40-$50) we had wifi everywhere for about 8 weeks. I purchases a Huawei MiFi (E5331) - £29 in UK (2gb) then got it unlocked for use everywhere and it worked great with ipad (maps) and our iphone. In France Orange, 3G etc all have shops selling wifi devices. We did purchase a Lebara international Sim card but hotspotting this to the ipad we estimated costs would be high for wifi so we just used Huawei and Lebara for making phone calls, we simply phoned all our relatives and friend and then they had our new international number. Our friends purchased a cheap phone whilst overseas and that worked OK but only in the country of purchase. Hope this helps Have a great holliday Hi everyone. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but as technology changes so quickly I wonder if is any easier now. I am going to south of France for a month from next Monday, and wish to use my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro. I'll be staying pretty much in one place that has no WiFi, so am just wondering what the best thing to do is: Do I buy a sim card over there? or sign up with the local telecom for a service over there? Or does Telstra offer any help with this? I'll probably have to use my HotSpot on my phone for WiFi access? Any help from anyone who has recently done a similar thing would be gratefully received. Kind regards Jon -- 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: Airport express
If you don’t have a smart TV, you could use it in the Ethernet Port of your TV or DVD Recorder. Just choose to set up as an addition to existing network. This way if either of them have internet capability you could make use of it. In other words as an Ethernet Bridge. I know it works because I tried it in my home. So I am now going to set it up for this purpose at my grand children’s home. But for some strange reason it WILL NOT work at my mother’s home (She does not use a Mac). I think because the Windows version of Airport Utility is a bit quirky !! (As is everything Windows in my experience) On 4 Apr 2014, at 8:03 am, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hello all, My AE has been retrenched. Since being connected to NBN all WiFi devices are now connected to iiNet’s BobLite. Can it be employed elsewhere or will it be permanently unemployed ? Cheers, Walter -- 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 Regards, Stephen Chape Mac by choice Windows because my employer knew no better -- 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
