Re: [WAMUG] WAMUG General Meeting

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Hi Maureen,

   Are these zoom meetings recorded & available for viewing if unable to
   attend?

   Cheers,  Alex

   On 5 Dec 2023, at 9:07 am, Maureen Smith via WAMUG
wrote:

 Hello FellowWAMUGgers,
 Some may say this meeting alert is late. I say time is a mathematical
 invention to explain the passage of the sun through the sky, and I am
 unencumbered by such mortal irrelevancies. (Hee Hee).
 The details of our final General Meeting for 2023, whether early,
   late,
 or just in time, are below.
 MEETING TOPICS
 1 Start with a Q & A session. Share your questions, and we will see
   if
 we can assist you
 2 PDFGear - free downloadable software.
 Apple’s Preview does 80% of the functions included in PDF Gear, but a
 few extras make PDF Gear a valuable piece of software.
 3 The Way Back Machine
 We have previously looked at this archive of internet sites. But this
 time, we will be focusing on some interesting downloads.
 MEETING AND LOGIN DETAILS
 Date: Tuesday 5th December
 Time: 07:30 PM (Usually lasts an hour)
 Zoom Meeting Link: https://bit.ly/3FJdqKW
 Meeting ID: 898 6524 9743
 Passcode: 156564
 If you have problems with the link or prefer to go 'Old School,'
   follow
 these instructions.
   * Type [1]zoom.us into your browser's address bar.
   * At the login screen, click the Join button. (located under the
 black coloured bar)
   * (You may be asked “Do you want to allow this page to open
 “zoom.us.app”? If this happens download the app and open it.)
   * At the Join Meeting screen, type in the meeting ID included in
   this
 email
   * Finally, click Allow on the dialog box shown in your browser. If
 you don't see a dialogue, click the Launch Meeting button.
   We will be there waiting and look forward to seeing you.
 Cheers,
 Maureen
   References
 1. http://zoom.us/
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Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address?

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Thanks again, Daniel. Very helpful & educational,

   Cheers,  Alex

   On 9 Nov 2023, at 11:07 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
wrote:

   Hi Alex
   No worries at all. All of that from memory too,..though I was out by a
   year or so in one of them, but looked it up. So remembered 2 of the
   years at least…hehe.
   You can use either IMAP or POP into Apple Mail. Generally POP3
   downloads it all from the “server” (ISP) to your computer, so you’re
   using less space.
   IMAP, has the advantage of being in sync across multiple devices. But
   as you fill up space on the server (at your ISP or your host), then
   over time, you need to move emails to local folders.
   Eg. I use IMAP across a laptop, and iMac an iPhone and iPad. Can send
   and receive from all 4 device (5 if I log into webmail to see all
   emails there). But all old emails I move off the server onto local
   folders in Apple Mail under the heading of “On my Mac”. So I can have
   20+ years of emails stored in Apple Mail, but Inbox, Sent, Trash across
   all devices stores a lot less.
   If you keep all the inbox in the server, eventually they advise you
   you’re running out of space and need to a) buy more space or clear out
   old emails.
   You can set up .Mac/@me.com/@iCloud.com into Apple Mail as well. So
   they still can be a) read on devices/computers and b) accessed via
   webmail at iCloud.com. All of that stays in sync. If you’re on the free
   plan, then you can’t go above 5GB storage. If you buy more iCloud
   storage,…then you can store more. And so on.
   Again though, if you move emails off the Inbox (Stored in the hosting
   server,..eg apple’s iCloud) and save it to local folders in Apple Mail
   then it takes it off Apple servers (uses less space) and save it on
   Apple Mail online (ie on your computer and stored locally).
   So using both methods is handy.
   Eg, as mentioned I keep my Inbox and Sent in sync across all devices
   for a short period. Once I’ve dealt with things and don’t need it on
   all devices, then I move those onto local folders in Apple Mail “On My
   Mac”.
   So my inbox may have say 10 emails in (that I’m following things
   up),..but under On My Mac on my laptop (my main machine) I have 22+
   years of emails I can look back up.
   (Which are backed up to multiple hard drives for multiple points of
   failure just incase).
   That’s a sort of brief run down. It can get a bit more complicated,…but
   once set up and working correctly, it works well.
   There’s a bit more detail about it all in that link I sent, so worth a
   read of it all.
   Having MYOB in the cloud version on a computer, will work regardless of
   however you have your email. The two won’t really affect each other.
   Highway1 for example, allow you to IMAP (through Zetta who own it now
   of course) -
   https://www.zetta.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/H1_email_iphone_ipa
   d_setup_guide.pdf
   So can be used on an iPhone, iPad, Apple Mail on a computer and via
   webmail.
   Bit more info there without going into all the details and in and outs
   / good and bad points for each and how to work it efficiently.
   Kind regards
   Daniel
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 On 9 Nov 2023, at 10:25 pm, Alex via WAMUG
  wrote:
  Wow! thanks for that Daniel - very extensive explanation.  I guess
 I’m
  still bit confused?
  I take it that with IMAP/POP email accounts you need an ISP to
 “manage”
  its function, whereas all the others, inc Apple’s trio, operate in
 a
  browser?
  My issue is that I am still using MYOB’s Accountedge even though it
 is
  not supported anymore, as I like it & don’t particularly want to
  migrate to their cloud version,  However, I may need to change
 sometime
  in the future anyway, so just trying to understand the situation.
  Thanks, Alex
  On 9 Nov 2023, at 10:03 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
   wrote:
  Hi Alex
  Mac.com started way back when (2001) when Apple introduced it as
 part
  of iTools (which is what it used to be called).
  They then changed it to @me.com which was part of MobileMe in 2008.
 It
  then went on to become @iCloud.com in 2011 which is the current
 iCloud
  we’re used to now.
  People who have a @Mac.com also automatically got a @me.com which
 also
  got them @iCloud.com.
  But someone who “started” at either points can’t go back.
  Eg. If someone had wa...@mac.com, they got wa...@me.com and also
  wa...@icloud.com.
  But someone who got @me.com can’t have a @Mac.com address.
  And someone who got @iCloud.com can’t have a @Mac.com or @me.com

Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address?

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Wow! thanks for that Daniel - very extensive explanation.  I guess I’m
   still bit confused?

   I take it that with IMAP/POP email accounts you need an ISP to “manage”
   its function, whereas all the others, inc Apple’s trio, operate in a
   browser?

   My issue is that I am still using MYOB’s Accountedge even though it is
   not supported anymore, as I like it & don’t particularly want to
   migrate to their cloud version,  However, I may need to change sometime
   in the future anyway, so just trying to understand the situation.

   Thanks, Alex

   On 9 Nov 2023, at 10:03 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG
wrote:

   Hi Alex
   Mac.com started way back when (2001) when Apple introduced it as part
   of iTools (which is what it used to be called).
   They then changed it to @me.com which was part of MobileMe in 2008. It
   then went on to become @iCloud.com in 2011 which is the current iCloud
   we’re used to now.
   People who have a @Mac.com also automatically got a @me.com which also
   got them @iCloud.com.
   But someone who “started” at either points can’t go back.
   Eg. If someone had wa...@mac.com, they got wa...@me.com and also
   wa...@icloud.com.
   But someone who got @me.com can’t have a @Mac.com address.
   And someone who got @iCloud.com can’t have a @Mac.com or @me.com
   address.
   Confused? Hehe.
   I originally got 3 @Mac.com addresses when it first was announced, so I
   now have all three of those as @Mac.com, @me.com and @iCloud.com with
   the same thing at the start of all three.
   And it’s funny, as sometime when I talk to Apple support and give them
   my @Mac.com address they ask “oh,..how did you get that”. So I have to
   explain the above to them about how it all started and is now their
   iCloud.
   I think the “worst” comeback I got was,..wow,..you must be old to be
   around that long!
   H,..thanks! lol.
   But yes all three of the above are Apple’s equivalent to a free
   @gmail.com or @hotmail.com or @outlook.com free email addresses.
   RE Apple Mail.
   Apple Mail will handle POP, IMAP, Exchange accounts. So it can be set
   up for all three.
   Generally speaking most ISP’s or email addresses these days use IMAP as
   default. But you can still set it back to POP3. But most prefer IMAP.
   Exchange set up in Apple Mail is used to connect a Microsoft Exchange
   account into Apple mail.
   And Apple Mail can also be set up to connect to a free @gmail.com
   account as well.
   So you can in effect have as many type of emails as you want.
   My Apple Mail currently checks 10 different email addresses for the
   various things I run. With a mixture of mostly IMAP accounts, 2 Gmail
   accounts (which I only use for support and checking things) and 1
   Microsoft Exchange account also used to support Exchange for people.
   But primarily I use IMAP for everything. As it works very well.
   This is an old article, but also helps explain the differences quite
   well -
   https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pop-vs-imap/
   Hope that helps make a bit more sense of it all. :)
   Kind regards
   Daniel
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 On 9 Nov 2023, at 9:28 pm, Alex via WAMUG 
 wrote:
  Are [1]mac.com & [2]me.com the same type of email programmes
 (forgotten
  what they are called) as gmail/hot mail etc?  Is Apple Mail a POP
  programme?
  Cheers,  Alex
  On 9 Nov 2023, at 8:06 am, Rod Blitvich via WAMUG
   wrote:
Thank you everyone.
I have opted in to The Messaging Company (I think following
 Daniel
  K’s
instructions).
I have changed my “send new mail address" in Apple Mail to
[1]bli...@mac.com
I will also keep my iinet address and review this when TMC decide
 to
start charging.
I guess I have a year to change email address for various
accounts/logins from my iinet one to my mac.com one.
Cheers
Blitto
Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
On 2 Nov 2023, at 6:05 pm, Marcus Harris via WAMUG
 wrote:
As I understand the situation, IINET or WESTNET are the internet
service providers and that won’t change.
One isn’t obliged to use @ iinet or @ westnet.
I haven’t used those addresses for several years and I’m happy
 with
  all
the apple addresses @me @ Mac @ iCloud.
Cheers
  

Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address?

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Are [1]mac.com & [2]me.com the same type of email programmes (forgotten
   what they are called) as gmail/hot mail etc?  Is Apple Mail a POP
   programme?

   Cheers,  Alex

   On 9 Nov 2023, at 8:06 am, Rod Blitvich via WAMUG
wrote:

 Thank you everyone.
 I have opted in to The Messaging Company (I think following Daniel
   K’s
 instructions).
 I have changed my “send new mail address" in Apple Mail to
 [1]bli...@mac.com
 I will also keep my iinet address and review this when TMC decide to
 start charging.
 I guess I have a year to change email address for various
 accounts/logins from my iinet one to my mac.com one.
 Cheers
 Blitto
 Rod Blitvich  - Amy & Sam’s Dad
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 On 2 Nov 2023, at 6:05 pm, Marcus Harris via WAMUG
  wrote:
 As I understand the situation, IINET or WESTNET are the internet
 service providers and that won’t change.
 One isn’t obliged to use @ iinet or @ westnet.
 I haven’t used those addresses for several years and I’m happy with
   all
 the apple addresses @me @ Mac @ iCloud.
 Cheers
 Marcus
 Marcus Harris
 Mobile +61417965618
   On 2 Nov 2023, at 2:56 pm, Peter Crisp via WAMUG
wrote:
      Hi Rod, I am with Westnet as my ISP - same org as iinet I
   understand.
Westnet advised me a couple of months back too they are
   outsourcing
   the
email management. This was received with big groans. However,
   Westnet
(and iinet) are outsourcing the email management to The Messaging
Company. You have the choice to Opt In to their plan, in which
   case
they will manage the full migration of your Westnet (or iinet)
   Mail
accounts to The Messaging Company, but importantly you will keep
exactly the same email address afterwards. I have opted in as
   making a
change to a different email address would be a huge undertaking
   with
all the tangles with multiple other subscriptions, providers etc
   my
email address is associated with. Same to for the 4 other family
members in my family. I dug further into this - the first year of
   email
management is free with The Messaging Company and then from year
   2,
they will charge a fee for the email management. If I look at my
Westnet plan, the current email management fee will disappear form
   day
1 after migration and thereafter. I don't know yet how much The
Messaging Company will charge from year 2.
You can ring the helpline for further details if other questions
   or
there is an FAQ page for the commonly asked questions.
Kind Regards
Peter Crisp
  - Original Message -
From:
"WAMUG" 
To:
  "WAMUG" 
Cc:
  "Rod Blitvich" 
Sent:
  Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:13:05 +0800
Subject:
  [WAMUG] Which Email address?
  Hi Folks
  So iinet email is shifting to another provider.
  Please can you suggest which email address should now I use as
   my
  primary address?
  I currently use rb...@iinet.net.au
  I have the following email addresses:
  rb...@iinet.net.au
  bli...@mac.com
  bli...@icloud.com
  I am thinking of making bli...@mac.com as my primary address
  Thank you
  Rod Blitvich
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   2. http://me.com/
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Re: [WAMUG] Searching emails

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Hi All,

   I think I have cracked it, just too obvious for me!!

   When I get results of a search, I have to open the email & it tells me
   up the top right where it is residing.

   What I was looking for was a spreadsheet type result with date etc &
   where it is residing on that one line without having to open the email
   to find out.

   Cheers & thanks, Alex

   On 14 Oct 2023, at 10:35 pm, Alex via WAMUG 
   wrote:

 Thank you for your reply & advice, Robin.
 However, I must be obtuse or blind as I can’t see any circle with a
 chevron inside it?
     Cheers,  Alex
 On 14 Oct 2023, at 3:06 pm, Robin Belford via WAMUG
  wrote:
 Hi Alex,
 I believe you are looking for something like this.
 
 But you won’t see it if your mail is threaded like this
 
 until you click on the chevron inside the circle and get this
 
 now select the individual message and you will have the mailbox
   shown.
 Hope this helps
 Robin
   On 12 Oct 2023, at 10:44 pm, Alex via WAMUG
wrote:
Hello Wamuggians,
I’m wondering if the search functionality in Mail has changed
   somewhat?
 When I search for an email that I know I have seen recently but
   it’s
not in my In Box, the results do not show where it is now
   residing.
Is
there a preference/setting that I am not aware of?
Using a new MacBook Air with Ventura.
    Cheers,  Alex
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Re: [WAMUG] Searching emails

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Thank you for your reply & advice, Robin.

   However, I must be obtuse or blind as I can’t see any circle with a
   chevron inside it?

   Cheers,  Alex

   On 14 Oct 2023, at 3:06 pm, Robin Belford via WAMUG
wrote:

   Hi Alex,
   I believe you are looking for something like this.
   
   But you won’t see it if your mail is threaded like this
   
   until you click on the chevron inside the circle and get this
   
   now select the individual message and you will have the mailbox shown.
   Hope this helps
   Robin

 On 12 Oct 2023, at 10:44 pm, Alex via WAMUG
  wrote:
  Hello Wamuggians,
  I’m wondering if the search functionality in Mail has changed
 somewhat?
   When I search for an email that I know I have seen recently but
 it’s
  not in my In Box, the results do not show where it is now residing.
  Is
  there a preference/setting that I am not aware of?
  Using a new MacBook Air with Ventura.
  Cheers,  Alex
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[WAMUG] Searching emails

[Alex via WAMUG]

   Hello Wamuggians,

   I’m wondering if the search functionality in Mail has changed somewhat?
When I search for an email that I know I have seen recently but it’s
   not in my In Box, the results do not show where it is now residing.  Is
   there a preference/setting that I am not aware of?

   Using a new MacBook Air with Ventura.

   Cheers,  Alex
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Re: [WAMUG} Random email trash action

[Alex]

Thanks Geoff - will look into this, cheers Alex

> On 19 Oct 2021, at 10:10 pm, Kaye and Geoff  wrote:
> 
> Hello Alex
> 
> On 18/10/2021, at 11:45 PM, Alex wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Stephen & Geoff for your replies.  Apologies for thinking that 
>> everyone is a mind reader!
>> 
>> Using MacBook Pro
>> OS 10.13.6 High Sierra (can’t upgrade to Catalina & beyond due to version of 
>> MYOB I prefer to use - for now)
>> (Apple) Mail
>> POP
> 
> Have you tried "Erase deleted items" under the "Mailbox" menu (at least that 
> is where it is in my very old version 4.5 of Mail). I am assuming that you 
> have a reasonable amount of free disk space; if not try fixing that first.
> 
> The web reports similar problems over the last few years but none say that 
> the messages are empty. Maybe have a look at the raw source (View / Message / 
> Raw Source in my Mail program) of the returned messages to see if that offers 
> any clues.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Geoff
> 
> Kaye and Geoff
> k...@kgweb.org.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [WAMUG} Random email trash action

[Alex]

Thank you Stephen & Geoff for your replies.  Apologies for thinking that 
everyone is a mind reader!

Using MacBook Pro
OS 10.13.6 High Sierra (can’t upgrade to Catalina & beyond due to version of 
MYOB I prefer to use - for now)
(Apple) Mail
POP

Cheers,  Alex

> On 18 Oct 2021, at 4:50 pm, Kaye and Geoff  wrote:
> 
> Sorry - chose the wrong message to resend in previous email
> 
> Hello Alex
> 
> On 14/10/2021, at 3:39 PM, Alex wrote:
> 
>> Hello members,
>> 
>> can anyone explain to me why some random emails that I delete but then 
>> decide to return to my In Box are totally blank when I then open them?  Only 
>> To: & Subject: …. are showing.
>> 
>> While here on email topic, how do I set the font colour for the body of my 
>> messages, when I am starting from scratch or replying to someone?  I have 
>> been in  preferences but nothing I do there seems to work.
> 
> You have not given a lot of detail as to what programs you are using and how 
> you read your mail.
> 
> It would help to know:
> 
>  What device/operating system version you are using
>  What mail client are you using
>  Whether you are using POP or IMAP
> 
> Regards
> 
> Geoff
> --
> Geoff and Kaye
> k...@kgweb.net.au
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[WAMUG} Random email trash action

[Alex]

Hello members,

can anyone explain to me why some random emails that I delete but then decide 
to return to my In Box are totally blank when I then open them?  Only To: & 
Subject: …. are showing.

While here on email topic, how do I set the font colour for the body of my 
messages, when I am starting from scratch or replying to someone?  I have been 
in  preferences but nothing I do there seems to work.

Many thanks in advance,

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Re: Interesting read regarding AV Software

[Alex]

Hi Marcus & All,

I am not an expert but am a bit dubious about Al & his claims especially when 
he promotes Norton.  Although my experience with Norton was on a client’s 
Windows machine, I found it virtually impossible to delete it from their 
computer & it made their computer painfully sluggish to use.  Could be 
different on the Mac environment?  Others may be able to comment better.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 6 Jun 2020, at 9:57 pm, Marcus Harris  wrote:
> 
> Yes that is interesting, but do you Personally choose to instal AV software. 
> I always update my Apple systems ASAP and expect to then be malware secure. 
> Should I buy Norton as Al suggests?
> Regards
> Marcus Harris
> Mobile +61417965618
> 
>  
> 
>> On 6 Jun 2020, at 1:48 pm, Stephen Chape  wrote:
>> 
>> https://macmyths.com/best-malware-detection-for-mac/ 
>> <https://macmyths.com/best-malware-detection-for-mac/>
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Stephen Chape
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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2020 Dues

[Alex]

Hi Peter,Paid my 2020 sub dues this evening - bloody slack (again!).Receipt attached.Cheers,  Alex0439 388 669

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Another Mail conundrum

[Alex]

Hi All,

just to add to “mysterious”Mail goings on, I would like to know how I can lose 
emails into thin air?

As an example, I have lost Daniel’s reply to Jewels yesterday with the link to 
info about imap & pop.  Now I would have thought that if I had inadvertently 
deleted the message or moved it to another folder, when I did a search, it 
would appear again.  But not so.  this also happened a few days ago when I had 
my finger hovering above another message while thinking - it also disappeared 
into the ether!

Now, I am a believer in operator error, but the logic of this situation baffles 
me.  (I haven’t emptied the Trash folder this evening which I usually do on a 
daily basis)

Sorry I can’t give more specific info, except using a MacBook Pro 2018 High 
Sierra.

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Re: An Apple demand?

[Alex]

Hi Peter & others,

can a legit email address be as follows or similar: …..@admin.apple.com?  Or 
does this mean that it is not necessarily from  Apple?

Cheers,  Alex

> On 24 Jun 2019, at 7:50 am, Peter Hinchliffe  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 21 Jun 2019, at 3:41 pm, Pat  wrote:
>> 
>> I just received an email from Apple saying they had tp confirm my ID and 
>> presented a long form to fill out. It all looked very correct but I now have 
>> some doubts. It asked for details of my bank account and said I couldn’t 
>> access the App store or or few other things until I sent the information.
>> 
>> I filled out most of the form but refused to put my account number on the 
>> form, and sent it.
>> 
>> This is the address behind the URL on the form :  
>> no-replying-ompsbxubuipaypalaccountmanageompsbxu...@vejesese.com.
>> Does this look genuine? Or is it just another clever scam?
>> 
>> 
> 
> The end of the url says it all: “vejesese.com”. 
> 
> If it doesn’t end in “apple.com” it has nothing to do with Apple.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
> 
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Re: Has Anyone Any Suggestions? MYOB AccountEdge

[Alex]

No problem, let me know how you go.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 23 Jun 2019, at 4:30 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> 
> Many thanks for your email.  Bernard from the WAMUG list contacted me and 
> gave me his consultant’s number and I called and made an meeting with him 
> tomorrow.  Wish I could have gotten hold of you beforehand.   
> 
> Hopefully I’ll get it sorted tomorrow, if not, I’ll definitely give you a 
> call.
> 
> Much appreciate your offer
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 19 Jun 2019, at 11:19 PM, Alex > <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jewels,
>> 
>> you may be referring to me in your email below - I am/was an MYOB 
>> consultant, use Macs myself, although most of my work is with the Dark Side.
>> 
>> It would be best if you contact me on my mobile, 0439 388 669, so we can 
>> discuss this more efficiently.  (Preferably later in the day if that suits 
>> you)
>> 
>> My opinion is that it should not be particularly difficult - the 
>> functionality is pretty similar between both platforms, and I expect the 
>> process will be basically the same.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Alex
>> 
>>> On 19 Jun 2019, at 2:00 pm, Julie Bedford >> <mailto:jew...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Neil,
>>> 
>>> Many thanks for your detailed email and you have done well to accomplish 
>>> what you have achieved so far.  
>>> 
>>> Problem for me is that I work for myself - my biggest client (who is also a 
>>> friend) has a large roofing company and employs around 13 guys, so that 
>>> definitely puts me in the category of having to be on this new STP system 
>>> unfortunately.  I have spent hours on the phone to MYOB who flatly say 
>>> there are no webinars for training for Account Edge.  They have suggested I 
>>> do the PC version, but have been warned it will not help me set my Mac up 
>>> for this - I guess only to gain an understanding of the system in general.  
>>> They did put me onto people who could help, but when I called them I was 
>>> told they had no experience in Mac, so that was a waste of time.  
>>> 
>>> Every year I pay Mac for the upgrades and their support and have been told 
>>> this webinar will cost $150 (for the PC training).  When I speak to anyone 
>>> at MYOB, they do not appear to have any experience in MYOB.  I am most 
>>> definitely not a happy person about this.
>>> 
>>> I have tried all the alternatives you suggest, including the MYOB 
>>> community, without success.  I recall a few years ago a member of WAMUG 
>>> sounded as though he had good experience in MYOB and was hoping he would 
>>> pick up my initial email and respond.  Sadly, I cannot recall his name 
>>> though.
>>> 
>>> I’ve been using MYOB for years and work alongside a firm of accountants who 
>>> also use MYOB, so I cannot really move to another system.  Also, I really 
>>> do not have time on my hands to learn a different system before the end of 
>>> this month.
>>> 
>>> I guess I’ll continue hunting for someone to assist me.  Many thanks again 
>>> for taking the time to reply to me Neil.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jewels
>>> 
>>>> On 19 Jun 2019, at 1:00 PM, Neil Houghton >>> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Jewels,
>>>> 
>>>> First off - I do not have any experience of MYOB - so this is just more 
>>>> general thoughts on your problem.
>>>> 
>>>> I run my own SMSF and do my own investing and accounting (except I need an 
>>>> independent audit) but I am not an accountant (pre-retirement I was an 
>>>> engineer.)
>>>> 
>>>> Since I try and do everything paperless, I have had to learn how to 
>>>> interface with the ATO to lodge tax returns, do TBAR reporting etc (but no 
>>>> payroll reporting).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> So some thoughts:
>>>> 
>>>> MYOB Resources:
>>>> I presume you have already checked out the MYOB resources on this:
>>>> <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/ <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/>> 
>>>> seems to be the MAC specific help centre and 
>>>> <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/new_features_7.001.htm 
>>>> <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/new_features_7.001.htm>> seems to cover 
>>>> STP and gives step by step instructions

Re: Has Anyone Any Suggestions? MYOB AccountEdge

[Alex]

Hi Jewels,

you may be referring to me in your email below - I am/was an MYOB consultant, 
use Macs myself, although most of my work is with the Dark Side.

It would be best if you contact me on my mobile, 0439 388 669, so we can 
discuss this more efficiently.  (Preferably later in the day if that suits you)

My opinion is that it should not be particularly difficult - the functionality 
is pretty similar between both platforms, and I expect the process will be 
basically the same.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 19 Jun 2019, at 2:00 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> Many thanks for your detailed email and you have done well to accomplish what 
> you have achieved so far.  
> 
> Problem for me is that I work for myself - my biggest client (who is also a 
> friend) has a large roofing company and employs around 13 guys, so that 
> definitely puts me in the category of having to be on this new STP system 
> unfortunately.  I have spent hours on the phone to MYOB who flatly say there 
> are no webinars for training for Account Edge.  They have suggested I do the 
> PC version, but have been warned it will not help me set my Mac up for this - 
> I guess only to gain an understanding of the system in general.  They did put 
> me onto people who could help, but when I called them I was told they had no 
> experience in Mac, so that was a waste of time.  
> 
> Every year I pay Mac for the upgrades and their support and have been told 
> this webinar will cost $150 (for the PC training).  When I speak to anyone at 
> MYOB, they do not appear to have any experience in MYOB.  I am most 
> definitely not a happy person about this.
> 
> I have tried all the alternatives you suggest, including the MYOB community, 
> without success.  I recall a few years ago a member of WAMUG sounded as 
> though he had good experience in MYOB and was hoping he would pick up my 
> initial email and respond.  Sadly, I cannot recall his name though.
> 
> I’ve been using MYOB for years and work alongside a firm of accountants who 
> also use MYOB, so I cannot really move to another system.  Also, I really do 
> not have time on my hands to learn a different system before the end of this 
> month.
> 
> I guess I’ll continue hunting for someone to assist me.  Many thanks again 
> for taking the time to reply to me Neil.
> 
> Cheers
> Jewels
> 
>> On 19 Jun 2019, at 1:00 PM, Neil Houghton  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jewels,
>> 
>> First off - I do not have any experience of MYOB - so this is just more 
>> general thoughts on your problem.
>> 
>> I run my own SMSF and do my own investing and accounting (except I need an 
>> independent audit) but I am not an accountant (pre-retirement I was an 
>> engineer.)
>> 
>> Since I try and do everything paperless, I have had to learn how to 
>> interface with the ATO to lodge tax returns, do TBAR reporting etc (but no 
>> payroll reporting).
>> 
>> 
>> So some thoughts:
>> 
>> MYOB Resources:
>> I presume you have already checked out the MYOB resources on this:
>> <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/> seems to be the MAC specific help centre 
>> and 
>> <http://help.myob.com.au/ae18/mac/new_features_7.001.htm> seems to cover STP 
>> and gives step by step instructions for the MAC which SEEM quite simple - 
>> though I realise ( and have experienced) that things often become more 
>> complicated when you actually try and follow simple instructions ;o(
>> I also see that the MYOB community has an STP Q page 
>> <https://community.myob.com/t5/Single-Touch-Payroll-STP-Q-A/bd-p/STPQnA> 
>> which includes MAC related Q
>> I also see that they offer online support and live chat options
>> 
>> STP alternatives:
>> I have no idea how big an organisation you run or how committed you are to 
>> MYOB. If you already have a firm commitment and a lot of time/effort 
>> invested in your MYOB accounts then I can see that persisting with MYOB and 
>> using it for STP is probably your preferred option.
>> I notice that if you have four or less employees, the ATO is offering no 
>> cost/low cost STP solutions: 
>> <https://www.ato.gov.au/business/single-touch-payroll/in-detail/low-cost-single-touch-payroll-solutions/>
>> This may not be an option/choice for you but I mention it because I took a 
>> similar path with my SMSF - my accountant died and, rather than find a new 
>> accountant, I decided I was happy doing the accounts myself (I pretty much 
>> did this anyway - the accountant just checked it and lodged the return). I 
>> had decided against dedicated SMSF software (tried it, didn’t like it) and 
>> have used a serie

Re: Too many passwords

[Alex]

Thanks Heaps Daniel - great to have the discussion.

And to all of you who so freely share your wisdom & experience.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 5 Dec 2018, at 1:01 am, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> 
> Thanks for that, glad it was helpful.
> 
> In answer to your questions.
> 1. I haven’t really used LastPass, so I can’t really comment on it. I’ve just 
> always used 1Password. I think I had some reservations on LastPass, but that 
> was ages ago and I can’t recall what it was now. Perhaps it was something to 
> do with who owned it? Or possibly because they once had a breach (again I 
> think it was a long time ago). Whereas i’ve never heard of AgileBits ever 
> having problems. They (1Password/AgileBits) always seem more on top of things 
> with info, updates, on top of security stuff. But that could be my bias,…lol.
> So seeing as I have never used LastPass I can’t really say. A quick search 
> seems that they do rate a little “better” in some things - 
> https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lastpass-vs-1password-comparison/
> I think (but I could be wrong) that 1Password has been around a lot longer 
> then LastPass - so that could be another reason I use it. :)
> 
> 2. Yes, generally once using a Password Manager it’s best to go through and 
> replace passwords for more random generated ones. Most programs will do this 
> for you. And they generally offer an “audit” feature as well. So you can let 
> it audit your passwords to see if you need to change any, or any are poor in 
> “quality”. And given that the software manages it for you, you don’t actually 
> have to remember them. As it does that for you and auto fills it in if you 
> want to. (or can look it up if really need to know what it is).
> I use a mixture of both generated from 1Password and Apple’s auto-generate 
> feature as well. And I have iCloud Keychain set on. So my passwords sync to 
> my laptop, iMac, iPad and iPhone. So doesn’t matter what I use, all the 
> information is there.
> With my iPhone and iPad, I have those set to 10 wrong attempts of the login 
> passcode will erase the device. As then even though everything is “Secure” 
> and locked away, it just means if someone gets them and tries to break into 
> it, it will completely remotely wipe the device after 10 wrong attempts. And 
> given ti’s backed up to iCloud and my computer daily I won’t actually lose 
> anything. The person will get my items, but all my personal “stuff” will be 
> deleted.
> (Not that I actually have anything to hide, as it’s all encrypted, but it’s 
> just a “nice feeling” to know that the info won’t go anywhere. Though I did 
> have to tell my son many years ago he couldn’t play with my phone and 
> code,…as “Daddy didn’t want him to wipe my stuff”. :) Now with FaceID and/or 
> Fingerprint ID I don’t really use Passwords all that much. As most programs 
> like my banking and 1Password will unlock via FaceID. (or FingerpringID on my 
> iPad Gen6).
> But yes, to answer your question (sorry, I get sidetracked sometimes,…lol) - 
> yes, it’s a good idea to replace passwords. As I “upgrade” some sites here 
> and there I go through and change them all. So they tend to be updated every 
> 2-3 years anyway. And some wholesaler I use I have to do it every 6 months 
> anyway.
> 
> Hope that extra info helps. :)
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
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> 
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> Email: 
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> 
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> 
> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and 
> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. 
> Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or 
> accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this 
> email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the 
> author be requested. 
> 
>> On 4 Dec 2018, at 11:35 pm, Alex  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Daniel, that was very helpful on a very vexatious issue.
>> 
>> Couple queries tho’.  Do you have any opinion on LastPass?  I have used it 
>> in a Windows environment.
>> 
>> And, if one is to use a password management programme, would it then be 
>> advisable to set up random letters, numbers & characters as passwords rather 
>> than the usual passwords one makes up?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Alex Novakovic
>> 
>>> On 3 Dec 2018, at 12:29 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Pat
>>> 
>>> If you enter the AppleID (which is also used for iCloud, as they are 
>>> generally one and the same thing), more then 3 times, then yes it will 
>&g

Re: Too many passwords

[Alex]

Thanks Daniel, that was very helpful on a very vexatious issue.

Couple queries tho’.  Do you have any opinion on LastPass?  I have used it in a 
Windows environment.

And, if one is to use a password management programme, would it then be 
advisable to set up random letters, numbers & characters as passwords rather 
than the usual passwords one makes up?

Cheers,

Alex Novakovic

> On 3 Dec 2018, at 12:29 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> Hi Pat
> 
> If you enter the AppleID (which is also used for iCloud, as they are 
> generally one and the same thing), more then 3 times, then yes it will 
> generally want you to reset it.
> You can do this by a few options - some are automated, and don’t require 
> calling Apple.
> If you have access to the email address, you can request an email that will 
> step you through resetting your password.
> Generally if I want to “Test” a password for a client to see if it’s correct 
> or not, then I will use the “main” Apple site - applied.apple.com
> By putting in the email address and password then it will ensure if it’s 
> correct or not. If it logs in - the password is correct. If it advises it 
> isn’t correct then a few tries before the option of resetting it (normally 
> via the email option). It’s very rare to have to call Apple for this at all I 
> find. It’s all automated.
> 
> *Generally* (and I use this term lightly) the computer password will be 
> different to the AppleID password. Though,…in some of the later systems, this 
> can be reset by the same AppleID.
> In System Preferences - Users & Groups - “username” (on the left hand side). 
> On the right hand side there is a tick box that says “Allow user to reset 
> password using Apple ID). If this is ticked, then the AppleID can be used to 
> change the computer password. And then (generally) these are one and the same.
> I personally prefer to keep these different, so the computer password is 
> completely different to my AppleID. (for security reasons).
> 
> This could be where (if you had ticked) some of the issue could have happened 
> in your last post to the list where you went through with Apple resetting the 
> password.
> (I probably would have used the Terminal thing as a last resort, as yes it 
> resets Keychain and this makes a whole other issue where passwords stored 
> there are a) lost of b) almost non-retrievable. And even if retrieved via a 
> TimeMachine backup they will be locked away under the “original” password.
> 
> As Peter has mentioned unfortunately these days everything has to be a lot 
> more secure. The flip side to this would be a lot more hacking of details, a 
> lot more social engineering of personal details and a lot more user data out 
> in the open. So with things like 2-factor authentication, recovery via email 
> of forgotten details, and stronger passwords Apple (and others) are doing as 
> much as they can do to protect personal data.
> I’d personally prefer it this way, then people having access to my data. I 
> like the security of 2-factor authentication knowing that even if someone got 
> my AppleID password they can’t access it without physical access to my 
> iPhone. (which is also locked, and 10 wrong attempts will just wipe my 
> device). I’d rather know my data is as secure as possible and harder for 
> others to try and get then a lot less security and easier ways to try and get 
> my data. (only have to look at the 4 years that yahoo accounts got hacked for 
> example with no notification to their users). And we see a lot more of these 
> where some companies seem to be a bit less “slack” about some things, and 
> more personal data gets “hacked”.
> (I know where two of my spams come from as they come to two email address I 
> used for Dropbox and Adobe. So I know those two accounts that get spammed 
> where two email addresses I used where “taken” in a list from both of those 
> companies.). The spam comes addresses to those two email addresses which I 
> then went and closed off and changed.
> This was another interesting site where I could check which “places” my email 
> address may have been taken from - https://haveibeenpwned.com
> This came from an article I read ages ago here - 
> https://www.businessinsider.com.au/new-email-scam-uses-old-password-fake-porn-threats-webcam-video-bitcoin-2018-7?r=US=T
> 
> The downside to all the security obviously is having a lot more (different) 
> passwords. This is where things like Keychain Access, 1Password etc come in 
> very handy to store all the passwords in for me. (even things like the WAMUG 
> mailing list, and the WAMUG committee mailing list I have stored to access so 
> I can look after the behind the scenes things for it. And a lot more 
> passwords linked to different things for even those

Re: Mobile Broadband problem

[Alex]

Hi Ronni,

I’m finally back again!  It has been a bit of a drama with all concerned - 
ZettaNet & Apple Shop.

When I returned to Perth I went to ZettaNet & the outcome of that visit was 
that they thought it was an Apple problem as the dongle works on a Windows 
machine & they have eno known problems with other Apple users, although I 
suspect they are smarter users than me & probably use personal hotspot.

I went to the Perth Apple Shop which was near by & they were very helpful & 
managed to get it to work with a bit of detective work.  However, when I got 
home & tested it, it didn’t work again!  I thought it might be operator error 
so went back to the Apple Shop.  All settings seemed to be OK & they didn’t 
seem to be able to come up with the solution.

So the outcome of that is that I am ditching the dongle, which is relatively 
old & is not being regularly upgraded by Huawei to meet Apple specs (may be the 
actual problem in itself), and move to using the personal hotspot from my phone 
for those times that I am away in Australia.

Thanks a zillion for your input Ronni - great as usual.

Cheers,  Alex


> On 4 Jan 2017, at 9:57 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> What did Highway1/ZettaNet suggest?
> 
> Blue light Blinking (once every 2.9 seconds) Modem is registered to a UMTS 
> network
> 
> What settings do you have for the Huawei E160E in System Preferences > Network
> Select Huawei Modem in the left pane
> Click on Advanced
> What settings do you have there?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 8:34 pm, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> Thanks a million & please see below for responses
>> 
>>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 12:13 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alex,
>>> 
>>> Just adding to what Rob has already suggested.
>>> What lights are showing on the dongle?  Blue light flashing every 3 secs
>>> You have Network coverage where you are situated?   Yes
>>> What have you tried to get it to connect?   Called Highway1/ZettaNet & all 
>>> the below
>>> 
>>> * Restart your dongle   No restart “button” that I am aware of - have 
>>> quit it & retried many times
>>> * If the dongle came with a extension cable, use that to make sure its 
>>> properly plugged in.  I always use the ext cable as it supposedly gives 
>>> better signal
>>> * Uninstall and reinstall the dongleDone as well as upgrading the 
>>> driver as per the pasamio.com <http://pasamio.com/> website per original 
>>> message
>>> * Try another USB port  Done
>>> * Are you using any Proxy settings in System Preferences > Network > 
>>> Advanced - Proxies No protocols selected to configure
>>  
>> 
>> “Bypass proxy settings….” = “*.local, 169.254/16”
>>  
>>     Use 
>> Passive FTP Mode (PASV) is ticked
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>> On 3 Jan 2017, at 11:23 pm, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au 
>>>> <mailto:r.phill...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Alex
>>>> Intriguing...
>>>> I guess you have credit on the device?
>>>> Restarted?
>>>> Getting enough signal?
>>>> 
>>>> Rob
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/1/17 9:27 pm, Alex wrote:
>>>>> Hello WAMuggers
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would appreciate some advice on this problem I have with my mobile 
>>>>> broadband through Highway1/ZettaNet.  (I also have a normal adsl for home 
>>>>> through them)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a MacBook Pro Retina early 2013 running Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In October the MBB was working when I was in Pemberton.  Today I am in 
>>>>> Melbourne & it is not working.  I have not changed the OS in this time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> They asked me to test on another machine which I did on an Acer & 
>>>>> ostensibly it was working.  So they say they can’t help me as it is 
>>>>> something to do with my machine.  They did send

Re: Mobile Broadband problem

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

Thanks a million & please see below for responses

> On 4 Jan 2017, at 12:13 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> Just adding to what Rob has already suggested.
> What lights are showing on the dongle?Blue light flashing every 3 secs
> You have Network coverage where you are situated? Yes
> What have you tried to get it to connect? Called Highway1/ZettaNet & all 
> the below
> 
> * Restart your dongle No restart “button” that I am aware of - have quit it & 
> retried many times
> * If the dongle came with a extension cable, use that to make sure its 
> properly plugged in.  I always use the ext cable as it supposedly gives 
> better signal
> * Uninstall and reinstall the dongle  Done as well as upgrading the driver as 
> per the pasamio.com website per original message
> * Try another USB portDone
> * Are you using any Proxy settings in System Preferences > Network > Advanced 
> - Proxies   No protocols selected to configure

“Bypass 
proxy settings….” = “*.local, 169.254/16”

Use 
Passive FTP Mode (PASV) is ticked
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 3 Jan 2017, at 11:23 pm, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au 
>> <mailto:r.phill...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Alex
>> Intriguing...
>> I guess you have credit on the device?
>> Restarted?
>> Getting enough signal?
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> On 3/1/17 9:27 pm, Alex wrote:
>>> Hello WAMuggers
>>> 
>>> I would appreciate some advice on this problem I have with my mobile 
>>> broadband through Highway1/ZettaNet.  (I also have a normal adsl for home 
>>> through them)
>>> 
>>> I have a MacBook Pro Retina early 2013 running Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite.
>>> 
>>> In October the MBB was working when I was in Pemberton.  Today I am in 
>>> Melbourne & it is not working.  I have not changed the OS in this time.
>>> 
>>> They asked me to test on another machine which I did on an Acer & 
>>> ostensibly it was working.  So they say they can’t help me as it is 
>>> something to do with my machine.  They did send me a solution from 
>>> Lion/Mountain Lion days through pasamio.com <http://pasamio.com/> which I 
>>> followed but it only partially fixed the problem - now the the dongle is 
>>> recognised & I get a signal but there is no connection made.  I have 
>>> responded to them saying their response is not good enough.
>>> 
>>> So any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  My response time 
>>> are a bit limited as I am attending a conference but I will respond when I 
>>> am free.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,  Alex
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Re: Mobile Broadband problem

[Alex]

Yes to all of those Rob!

Thanks,  Alex

> On 3 Jan 2017, at 11:23 pm, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au 
> <mailto:r.phill...@iinet.net.au>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex
> Intriguing...
> I guess you have credit on the device?
> Restarted?
> Getting enough signal?
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 3/1/17 9:27 pm, Alex wrote:
>> Hello WAMuggers
>> 
>> I would appreciate some advice on this problem I have with my mobile 
>> broadband through Highway1/ZettaNet.  (I also have a normal adsl for home 
>> through them)
>> 
>> I have a MacBook Pro Retina early 2013 running Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite.
>> 
>> In October the MBB was working when I was in Pemberton.  Today I am in 
>> Melbourne & it is not working.  I have not changed the OS in this time.
>> 
>> They asked me to test on another machine which I did on an Acer & ostensibly 
>> it was working.  So they say they can’t help me as it is something to do 
>> with my machine.  They did send me a solution from Lion/Mountain Lion days 
>> through pasamio.com <http://pasamio.com/> which I followed but it only 
>> partially fixed the problem - now the the dongle is recognised & I get a 
>> signal but there is no connection made.  I have responded to them saying 
>> their response is not good enough.
>> 
>> So any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  My response time are 
>> a bit limited as I am attending a conference but I will respond when I am 
>> free.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Alex
>> 
>> 
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Mobile Broadband problem addendum

[Alex]

Sorry People, I forgot to say that the dongle is a USB Huawei E160E.

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Mobile Broadband problem

[Alex]

Hello WAMuggers

I would appreciate some advice on this problem I have with my mobile broadband 
through Highway1/ZettaNet.  (I also have a normal adsl for home through them)

I have a MacBook Pro Retina early 2013 running Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite.

In October the MBB was working when I was in Pemberton.  Today I am in 
Melbourne & it is not working.  I have not changed the OS in this time.

They asked me to test on another machine which I did on an Acer & ostensibly it 
was working.  So they say they can’t help me as it is something to do with my 
machine.  They did send me a solution from Lion/Mountain Lion days through 
pasamio.com which I followed but it only partially fixed the problem - now the 
the dongle is recognised & I get a signal but there is no connection made.  I 
have responded to them saying their response is not good enough.

So any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  My response time are a 
bit limited as I am attending a conference but I will respond when I am free.

Cheers,  Alex

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Re: Apple ID

[Alex]

Hi Peter

I had all sorts of Apple ID issues recently including a mis-typed email address 
that I didn’t even notice when I did it but they were fixed by calling Apple 
Support.  They were very friendly & helpful & knowledgable to boot.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 10 Mar 2016, at 6:59 pm, Peter Curtis <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> My brother has just got a new iPhone.
> He’s forgotten his apple ID and when he goes to the “forgot apple ID” section 
> he has to put his name and email address in, which he does. He is then told 
> that’s not enough information and requests earlier emails. He swears he has 
> never had another email so cannot proceed past this point.
> Any suggestions?
> Kind regards
> Peter
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Re: Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

I spent over an hour with Apple today to fix my apple ID issue - it ended up 
that I had an old format ID (non-email type) that I converted to an email type 
one but with an incorrect email address which I didn’t notice until today (the 
old trick where the eyes see what they expect to see rather that whats in from 
of them!) as well as a correct Apple ID with this email address.

So I finally got to fix that up which enabled me to update the 4 apps needing 
updating & presto, I can now see Dropbox under “More” & I have saved the Voice 
Memo in it.

My only issue is that as I have purchased various apps under the old ID, I now 
have to be aware of which ID is being called up when I update apps, but I guess 
I will have to live with that (unless I delete the apps & re-purchase under the 
current correct email ID?).

A huge thank you for you assistance, Ronni - at the least you prompted me to 
fix the ID issue which sorted the other problem.

Wishing you all the best,  Alex

By the way, I googled how to forward or rewind a Voice Memo & was surprised 
that I did not get any relevant answer.  However. if anyone needs to know & 
doesn’t, I found out that if you just pause the playback then you can swipe the 
screen back or forwards, then resume play.

> On 26 Feb 2016, at 6:22 am, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> This might help you solve your Apple ID
> If you forgot your Apple ID 
> Use these steps to find your Apple ID.
> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201354 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201354>>
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> On 26 Feb 2016, at 12:05 AM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> thanks mutely for your help - I will try calling Apple this morning to sort 
>> out the Apple ID issue & then try again.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Alex
>> 
>>> On 25 Feb 2016, at 7:24 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Alex,
>>> 
>>> No you aren’t blind.
>>> But you won’t be able to follow my instructions or be able to upload the 
>>> Voice Memo to Dropbox until you fix the problems on your computers, and 
>>> sort your Apple ID (as it is required), and update your Dropbox 
>>> applications to the current versions on both your computers and your 
>>> iPhone. 
>>> 
>>> The current Dropbox Desktop (for OS X) is version 3.14.7
>>> The current Dropbox iOS version is 4.2.5
>>> 
>>> The HOME button I mentioned below is the HOME button on your iPhone to get 
>>> back to the home screen so you would have been able to open Voice Memos.
>>> 
>>> We can’t help you anymore until you complete the above.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
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Re: Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

thanks mutely for your help - I will try calling Apple this morning to sort out 
the Apple ID issue & then try again.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 25 Feb 2016, at 7:24 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> No you aren’t blind.
> But you won’t be able to follow my instructions or be able to upload the 
> Voice Memo to Dropbox until you fix the problems on your computers, and sort 
> your Apple ID (as it is required), and update your Dropbox applications to 
> the current versions on both your computers and your iPhone. 
> 
> The current Dropbox Desktop (for OS X) is version 3.14.7
> The current Dropbox iOS version is 4.2.5
> 
> The HOME button I mentioned below is the HOME button on your iPhone to get 
> back to the home screen so you would have been able to open Voice Memos.
> 
> We can’t help you anymore until you complete the above.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 25 Feb 2016, at 12:21 AM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ronni (& Neil)
>> 
>> Many thanks for your replies.  I must be blind as nothing is working & I am 
>> certainly not seeing what you are explaining to me.  So I am frustrated as 
>> you must be when you are seeing something that I am not.
>> 
>> Please see below for my responses to both your replies in blue & red:
>> 
>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 7:24 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Neil,
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 2:11 PM, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com 
>>>> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Ronni, Hi Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t use notes and my old iPhones can’t run the latest IOS – so this is 
>>>> just a stab in the dark  ;o)
>>>> 
>>>> Given the sensitive nature of Dropbox, I would imagine, somewhere in the 
>>>> IOS settings (possibly Dropbox settings) you allow access on an app by app 
>>>> basis.
>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps you actually have to give the Voice memo app specific access to 
>>>> Dropbox on your phone.
>>> 
>>> As I’ve tried to explain before to Alex.
>>> Note: In case you can’t see option “Save to Dropbox,” please ensure that 
>>> “Save to Dropbox” option is toggled on in Activities. To turn this option 
>>> on, tap on “More” and toggle “Save to Dropbox” on. And tap on Done. 
>> The only place I see Activities is when I am in Voice Memo & I select More. 
>> When I select the top option, I get Activities with Message, Mail & Notes. 
>> Notes has a toggle, the other 2 don’t.  If I select the lower More, as you 
>> have suggested, I get Activities but it is blank - no options at all.  Is 
>> Activities something that lives in Voice Memo only?  I can’t see any 
>> reference to it anywhere else.
>> 
>>>> (more below - excuse the pun!)
>>>> 
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Neil
>>>> -- 
>>>> Neil R. Houghton
>>>> Albany, Western Australia
>>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>>>> Email: n...@possumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> on 24/2/16 13:37, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com <mailto:ro...@mac.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know why you are not seeing "Save to Dropbox” or unable to upload 
>>>>> the Voice Memo to Dropbox.
>>>>> What version of iOS are you using... iOS 9.2.1? And do you have the 
>>>>> latest version of Dropbox?
>>  I upgraded to 9.2.1 this evening.  Dropbox ver is 3.6.3 which is not 
>> the latest & herein lies another problem I have.  I can’t  
>> upgrade any apps I have purchased at the App Store as when it asks me to 
>> enter my password, it specifies an Apple IDthat is no 
>> longer valid, i.e. my original non-email address ID.  Yet if I go into 
>> iTunes & App Stores in Settings on thephone, 
>> it shows my Apple ID as my email address
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. Tap Dropbox so it is open - then press the Home button My Dropbox on 
>>>>> the phone does not have a Home button!  so the points below 

Re: Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

That was supposed to be muchly!

> On 25 Feb 2016, at 7:24 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> No you aren’t blind.
> But you won’t be able to follow my instructions or be able to upload the 
> Voice Memo to Dropbox until you fix the problems on your computers, and sort 
> your Apple ID (as it is required), and update your Dropbox applications to 
> the current versions on both your computers and your iPhone. 
> 
> The current Dropbox Desktop (for OS X) is version 3.14.7
> The current Dropbox iOS version is 4.2.5
> 
> The HOME button I mentioned below is the HOME button on your iPhone to get 
> back to the home screen so you would have been able to open Voice Memos.
> 
> We can’t help you anymore until you complete the above.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 25 Feb 2016, at 12:21 AM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ronni (& Neil)
>> 
>> Many thanks for your replies.  I must be blind as nothing is working & I am 
>> certainly not seeing what you are explaining to me.  So I am frustrated as 
>> you must be when you are seeing something that I am not.
>> 
>> Please see below for my responses to both your replies in blue & red:
>> 
>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 7:24 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com 
>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Neil,
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 2:11 PM, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com 
>>>> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Ronni, Hi Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t use notes and my old iPhones can’t run the latest IOS – so this is 
>>>> just a stab in the dark  ;o)
>>>> 
>>>> Given the sensitive nature of Dropbox, I would imagine, somewhere in the 
>>>> IOS settings (possibly Dropbox settings) you allow access on an app by app 
>>>> basis.
>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps you actually have to give the Voice memo app specific access to 
>>>> Dropbox on your phone.
>>> 
>>> As I’ve tried to explain before to Alex.
>>> Note: In case you can’t see option “Save to Dropbox,” please ensure that 
>>> “Save to Dropbox” option is toggled on in Activities. To turn this option 
>>> on, tap on “More” and toggle “Save to Dropbox” on. And tap on Done. 
>> The only place I see Activities is when I am in Voice Memo & I select More. 
>> When I select the top option, I get Activities with Message, Mail & Notes. 
>> Notes has a toggle, the other 2 don’t.  If I select the lower More, as you 
>> have suggested, I get Activities but it is blank - no options at all.  Is 
>> Activities something that lives in Voice Memo only?  I can’t see any 
>> reference to it anywhere else.
>> 
>>>> (more below - excuse the pun!)
>>>> 
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Neil
>>>> -- 
>>>> Neil R. Houghton
>>>> Albany, Western Australia
>>>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>>>> Email: n...@possumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> on 24/2/16 13:37, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com <mailto:ro...@mac.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know why you are not seeing "Save to Dropbox” or unable to upload 
>>>>> the Voice Memo to Dropbox.
>>>>> What version of iOS are you using... iOS 9.2.1? And do you have the 
>>>>> latest version of Dropbox?
>>  I upgraded to 9.2.1 this evening.  Dropbox ver is 3.6.3 which is not 
>> the latest & herein lies another problem I have.  I can’t  
>> upgrade any apps I have purchased at the App Store as when it asks me to 
>> enter my password, it specifies an Apple IDthat is no 
>> longer valid, i.e. my original non-email address ID.  Yet if I go into 
>> iTunes & App Stores in Settings on thephone, 
>> it shows my Apple ID as my email address
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1. Tap Dropbox so it is open - then press the Home button My Dropbox on 
>>>>> the phone does not have a Home button!  so the points below won’t help. 
>>>>> When I tap that icon, it opens up & shows a Getting Started pdf, 2 
>>&g

Re: Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

Hi Ronni (& Neil)

Many thanks for your replies.  I must be blind as nothing is working & I am 
certainly not seeing what you are explaining to me.  So I am frustrated as you 
must be when you are seeing something that I am not.

Please see below for my responses to both your replies in blue & red:

> On 24 Feb 2016, at 7:24 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
>> On 24 Feb 2016, at 2:11 PM, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com 
>> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ronni, Hi Alex,
>> 
>> I don’t use notes and my old iPhones can’t run the latest IOS – so this is 
>> just a stab in the dark  ;o)
>> 
>> Given the sensitive nature of Dropbox, I would imagine, somewhere in the IOS 
>> settings (possibly Dropbox settings) you allow access on an app by app basis.
>> 
>> Perhaps you actually have to give the Voice memo app specific access to 
>> Dropbox on your phone.
> 
> As I’ve tried to explain before to Alex.
> Note: In case you can’t see option “Save to Dropbox,” please ensure that 
> “Save to Dropbox” option is toggled on in Activities. To turn this option on, 
> tap on “More” and toggle “Save to Dropbox” on. And tap on Done. 
The only place I see Activities is when I am in Voice Memo & I select More. 
When I select the top option, I get Activities with Message, Mail & Notes. 
Notes has a toggle, the other 2 don’t.  If I select the lower More, as you have 
suggested, I get Activities but it is blank - no options at all.  Is Activities 
something that lives in Voice Memo only?  I can’t see any reference to it 
anywhere else.

>> (more below - excuse the pun!)
>> 
>> Just a thought.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> -- 
>> Neil R. Houghton
>> Albany, Western Australia
>> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
>> Email: n...@possumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 24/2/16 13:37, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com <mailto:ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Alex,
>>> 
>>> I don't know why you are not seeing "Save to Dropbox” or unable to upload 
>>> the Voice Memo to Dropbox.
>>> What version of iOS are you using... iOS 9.2.1? And do you have the latest 
>>> version of Dropbox?
I upgraded to 9.2.1 this evening.  Dropbox ver is 3.6.3 which is not 
the latest & herein lies another problem I have.  I can’t  
upgrade any apps I have purchased at the App Store as when it asks me to enter 
my password, it specifies an Apple IDthat is no longer 
valid, i.e. my original non-email address ID.  Yet if I go into iTunes & App 
Stores in Settings on thephone, it shows my 
Apple ID as my email address
>>> 
>>> 1. Tap Dropbox so it is open - then press the Home button My Dropbox on the 
>>> phone does not have a Home button!  so the points below won’t help. When I 
>>> tap that icon, it opens up & shows a Getting Started pdf, 2 folders I 
>>> created from my laptop, one folder that I was invited to, another for 
>>> screenshots & another for Camera Uploads.  Up the top right I have 3 
>>> circles that lead to Add Files, Create Folder, Select,Sort by Date.  Down 
>>> the bottom, I have Files, Photos, Favourites & Settings
I must be missing something!
>>> 2. Tap Extras > Tap Voice Memos
>>> 3. Select your Voice Memo recording file - then Tap share [↑]
>>> 3. Tap ‘… More’ (Tap the 2nd ‘More’ that is under the ‘Message, Mail, 
>>> Notes, More’ line). 
>>> 4. Then tap ”Save to Dropbox" or tap …More again 
>>> 5. In the Save to Dropbox window that appears you should see FILE (your 
>>> voice memo) SAVE LOCATION (Dropbox ✔) Tap Save
>>> 6.You will then see message ‘Uploading’ and eventually ’Saved’ and the 
>>> ‘Voice Memo.m4a’ will be in your Dropbox App in Files.
>>>  
>>> Note: Depending on how large the Voice Memo file is & the speed of your 
>>> upload connection it could take quite some time to complete uploading the 
>>> file. 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> On 23 Feb 2016, at 9:20 PM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
>>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> I do have 2 “More”s.  When I select the one that is on the same line as 
>>>> Message, Mail etc, I get an Activities page with Message, Mail & Notes 
>>>> only on it.  When I select the “More” that is unde

Re: Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

I do have 2 “More”s.  When I select the one that is on the same line as 
Message, Mail etc, I get an Activities page with Message, Mail & Notes only on 
it.  When I select the “More” that is under that line, all I get is a blank 
Activities page.

Is it possible to NOT have Dropbox loaded onto my phone when I have the Dropbox 
app icon on my phone?  When I tap that icon, it opens up & shows a Getting 
Started pdf, 2 folders I created from my laptop, one folder that I was invited 
to, another for screenshots (not sure where that one came from) & another for 
Camera Uploads that I did last night or Sunday night when I was trying to do 
this task.  This the same that I see in my Dropbox folder in Finder on my 
laptop.

Thanks for your efforts,  Alex

> On 23 Feb 2016, at 2:26 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> There should be 2 … ‘More’  One beside Message, Mail, Notes, and another 
> Under the line below these.
> 
> 1. Make sure you have your Dropbox downloaded on your iPhone
> 2. Go to your Voice Memo recording, choose your file - Tap the ‘More’ that is 
> under the Message, Mail, Notes, More’ line. - "Save in Dropbox”
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 23 Feb 2016, at 2:00 PM, aln...@highway1.com.au 
>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks a lot Ronni & Tim
>> 
>> I don't have Dropbox as an option - only Message, Mail, Notes & More.  If I 
>> click on , I get a lined blank screen headed with "Activities" & a 
>> Done link.
>> 
>> This is weird I think as I just received an sms this morning with an 
>> attachment which I was able to send to Dropbox so that I could print it off. 
>>  Do I need to share Dropbox with myself, or something?
>> 
>> Cheers,  Alex
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - Original Message -
>> From:
>> wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>
>> To:
>> "WAMUG" <wamug@wamug.org.au <mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>>
>> Cc:
>> 
>> Sent:
>> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 09:34:30 +0800
>> Subject:
>> Re: Share Voice Memo
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Alex,
>> 
>> Have you tried saving the Voice Memo recording to Dropbox?
>> 
>> Go to your Voice Memo recording, choose your file - tap ‘More’ and "Save in 
>> Dropbox"
>> (the ‘More’ that is under the Message, Mail, Notes, line). 
>> 
>> 
>> On 22 Feb 2016, at 11:38 PM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
>> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Wamuggers
>> 
>> I would appreciate some if someone can point me in the right direction 
>> please.
>> 
>> I have a Voice Memo of a meeting that I was a part of and need to share it 
>> with another attendee.  It is on my iPhone 6 & is quite big, so I can’t sms 
>> it.  I don’t have email on my iPhone either & it would be too big to attach 
>> anyway.
>> 
>> I have been trying to Bluetooth it and Airdrop it as well, but to no avail.  
>> I have Dropbox on my iPhone if that is any help.
>> 
>> There may be an issue that I have an “office” iMac & my (main) MacBook Pro 
>> laptop (this one is early 2013, OS X Yosemite 10.10.5) & it is trying to 
>> connect to the office rather than the laptop.
>> 
>> If you need more info, please ask the relevant questions! :)
>> 
>> Cheers & thanks,  Alex
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Share Voice Memo

[Alex]

Hello Wamuggers

I would appreciate some if someone can point me in the right direction please.

I have a Voice Memo of a meeting that I was a part of and need to share it with 
another attendee.  It is on my iPhone 6 & is quite big, so I can’t sms it.  I 
don’t have email on my iPhone either & it would be too big to attach anyway.

I have been trying to Bluetooth it and Airdrop it as well, but to no avail.  I 
have Dropbox on my iPhone if that is any help.

There may be an issue that I have an “office” iMac & my (main) MacBook Pro 
laptop (this one is early 2013, OS X Yosemite 10.10.5) & it is trying to 
connect to the office rather than the laptop.

If you need more info, please ask the relevant questions! :)

Cheers & thanks,  Alex
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Re: Recording Skype conference calls

[Alex]

Thanks Rob - sounds really good but I’m not a fast enough touch typist to be 
doing it on the fly!  Would love to but!!

Cheers,  Alex

> On 24 Dec 2015, at 10:48 am, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> A technique I have used with webconferencing software is to record the 
> minutes on the fly, while sharing the screen with everyone. This way, 
> everyone sees the minutes as they are being written and can point out 
> inaccuracies in the moment. The other advantage is that the minutes are 
> available almost as soon as the meeting is over.
> 
> Of course, this means that the software you use has to have screen sharing 
> capability, and Skype probably doesn't have this.  How about Google Hangouts?
> 
> Cheers
> Rob
> 
> 
> 
> On 24/12/2015 1:51 am, Alex wrote:
>> Hi WAMUG members,
>> 
>> I need to take minutes for meetings held by conference call using Skype.  
>> What I would like to do is record the calls so that I can do the minutes 
>> truthfully.  This would be done only if all agree to it being recorded.
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a good program?  I have looked into it briefly & one or 
>> two seem to imply that it works on incoming & outgoing streams & one said it 
>> did not work on  group chats (is this different to group calls?).  Ideally I 
>> do not want separate recordings for incoming & outgoing streams.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Alex
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Re: Recording Skype conference calls

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

I did end up choosing this one last night for an initial test as I was on call 
this morning at 10.  It seems to have worked as I only payed back a few minutes 
& all participants seem to be recorded - so, good.

The recording just appears as one .mov file - can’t see individual tracks 
though they may be hidden (?) but that is not important to me at this point in 
time.

Thanks for your thoughts & expertise as well.

Cheers,  Alex

> On 24 Dec 2015, at 11:21 am, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex,
> 
> Have you checked out "Ecamm Call Recorder for Skype"?
> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/ 
> <http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/>>
> 
> Will Call Recorder work with multi-person calls?
> "Yes, Call Recorder will record all participants of a call. Your local audio 
> will be on Track 1, and everyone else on Track 2. Multi-person video calls 
> will also be recorded. In Multi-track mode, each participants' video will be 
> on separate video tracks in the QuickTime movie."
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 24 Dec 2015, at 1:51 AM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au 
> <mailto:aln...@highway1.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi WAMUG members,
>> 
>> I need to take minutes for meetings held by conference call using Skype.  
>> What I would like to do is record the calls so that I can do the minutes 
>> truthfully.  This would be done only if all agree to it being recorded.
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a good program?  I have looked into it briefly & one or 
>> two seem to imply that it works on incoming & outgoing streams & one said it 
>> did not work on  group chats (is this different to group calls?).  Ideally I 
>> do not want separate recordings for incoming & outgoing streams.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Alex
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Recording Skype conference calls

[Alex]

Hi WAMUG members,

I need to take minutes for meetings held by conference call using Skype.  What 
I would like to do is record the calls so that I can do the minutes truthfully. 
 This would be done only if all agree to it being recorded.

Can anyone recommend a good program?  I have looked into it briefly & one or 
two seem to imply that it works on incoming & outgoing streams & one said it 
did not work on  group chats (is this different to group calls?).  Ideally I do 
not want separate recordings for incoming & outgoing streams.

Thanks in advance,

Alex
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Re: Recording Skype conference calls

[Alex]

Thank you Tim

> On 24 Dec 2015, at 6:46 am, Tim Law <t...@peoplehelp.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Alex, I know there is screen capture recording software around, but a simply 
> option might be to set up a video camera - ipad, iphone or traditional video 
> camera - pointing at the screen and it would record the sound, and the video 
> would show enough detail for you to pick up who is saying what at any time. 
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On 24 Dec 2015, at 1:51 AM, Alex <aln...@highway1.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi WAMUG members,
>> 
>> I need to take minutes for meetings held by conference call using Skype.  
>> What I would like to do is record the calls so that I can do the minutes 
>> truthfully.  This would be done only if all agree to it being recorded.
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a good program?  I have looked into it briefly & one or 
>> two seem to imply that it works on incoming & outgoing streams & one said it 
>> did not work on  group chats (is this different to group calls?).  Ideally I 
>> do not want separate recordings for incoming & outgoing streams.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Alex
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Re: Malwarebytes, anti-malware for Mac

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

Thanks for this in-depth & informative info on this subject.

Unfortunately, in my dealings with the ATO I still have to use Java applets :(

Cheers,  Alex 

> On 27 Sep 2015, at 1:18 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 27 Sep 2015, at 11:58 am, Graham Rabe <gra...@rabe.com.au 
>> <mailto:gra...@rabe.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> A week or two ago Peter Marks on ABC Breakfast with Fran Kelly advised 
>> against installing any Apple virus protection software given that recent 
>> security upgrades have made them largely redundant and they seem to cause 
>> more problems than they claim to fix.  
>> 
>> Graham
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
> 
> I agree! In my previous reply I only supplied the information about 
> Malwarebytes anti-malware for Mac.
> 
> Peter, Daniel & I have posted numerous times re: Do Macs need Anti-Virus 
> programs.
> The short answer is NO.
> 
> Below I quote from Linc Davis 
> <https://discussions.apple.com/people/Linc%20Davis> - Level 10 Apple Support 
> Communities
> 
> /Begin Quote from Linc Davis:
> Mac users often ask whether they should install "anti-virus" software. The 
> answer usually given on ASC is "no." The answer is right, but it may give the 
> wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called 
> "viruses." There  is a threat, and you need to educate yourself about it.
> 
> 1. This is a comment on what you should—and should not—do to protect yourself 
> from malicious software ("malware") that circulates on the Internet and gets 
> onto a computer as an unintended consequence of the user's actions. It does 
> not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed 
> deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the computer, or who 
> has been able to log in to it remotely. That threat is in a different 
> category, and there's no easy way to defend against it.
> 
> The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in 
> sections 5, 6, and 10.
> 
> OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against 
> malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_space_protection>, sandboxing 
> <https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/app-sandbox/>, system library 
> randomization, and address space layout randomization 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization> that may 
> also guard against other kinds of exploits.
> 
> 2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac 
> malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature 
> is transparent to the user. Internally Apple calls it "XProtect."
> 
> The malware recognition database used by XProtect is automatically updated; 
> however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least 
> a day ahead of the defenders.
> 
> The following caveats apply to XProtect:
> 
> ☞ It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as 
> BitTorrent clients and Java applets.
> 
> ☞ It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed 
> from a CD or other media is not checked.
> 
> As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will 
> indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions 
> such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be 
> degraded. Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being 
> released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack 
> besides malware.
> 
> 3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in 
> malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper 
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5290>" by Apple. By default, applications and 
> Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're 
> digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software 
> certified in this way hasn't necessarily been tested by Apple, but you can be 
> reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the 
> developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally 
> responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the 
> developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.)
> 
> Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware. It has, however, 
> the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
> 
> ☞ It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
> 
> ☞ A malware attacker could get contro

Re: Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

[Alex]

Thanks Stephen

On 29/08/2013, at 11:45 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:

 Since we reminded posters that a massive annual fee of $30 is required for 
 membership,
 many seem to have decided that the cost of 6 cups of coffee a year is way 
 above their means.
 Consequently we have no where near as many emails these days.
 
 On 29/08/2013, at 12:41 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Guys'
 
 just wondering if there is something wrong with WAMUG emails? Not getting 
 many lately  it makes me nervous :)
 
 Cheers,  Alex
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Re: Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

[Alex]

Thanks Ronni

On 29/08/2013, at 6:33 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Alex,
 
 No need to be nervous. Just no one requires any help ;-)  
 Last WAMUG message to the mailing list was from Peter Curtis on Tuesday 27 
 August 2013 - Re: Thumb drive
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 29/08/2013, at 12:41 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Guys'
 
 just wondering if there is something wrong with WAMUG emails? Not getting 
 many lately  it makes me nervous :)
 
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Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

[Alex]

Hi Guys'

just wondering if there is something wrong with WAMUG emails? Not getting many 
lately  it makes me nervous :)

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Re: Print preview

[Alex]

Thank you Daniel  Peter - I thought it would have to be somewhere!

Cheers,  Alex

On 12/08/2013, at 8:23 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

 
 On 12/08/2013, at 12:47 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:
 
 Hello WAmuggers
 
 Until recently, I have had a couple laptops both with MAC OSX 6.8 (I think). 
  I now have a Macbook Pro Retina running OSX 10.8.4.
 
 I am wondering where Print Preview has disappeared to?  Previously it used 
 to be a button in the Print dialogue box in the bottom left corner.  This 
 was quite useful to me as it saved printing pages that were basically 
 rubbish attached to the end of, e.g., bank statements.  Now I can't find it 
 :(  Is it hidden somewhere else, or have Apple in their wisdom decided to 
 become like Microsoft ? :)
 
 Things have changed with Mountain Lion, but it also depends on the software. 
 Mountain Lion has removed the Preview button in favour of a single PDF 
 popup menu. The first item in this menu is Open PDF in Preview. It's the 
 same thing as clicking the Preview in older versions. Note that not all 
 software obeys the rules. Some older software which has not been fully 
 optimised for Mountain Lion will still display the Preview button in the 
 Print dialog.
 
 
 I do have another issue as well in that the track pad seems to be 
 slippery.  When I click on something to select it, often I slip to another 
 unwanted selection.  Once, this was disastrous, had to re-enter nearly an 
 hours data entry.
 
 
 I  occasionally find this to be the case as well, especially with work 
 requiring very fine control such as graphic design. I invariably switch back 
 to a mouse for this work. On the other hand, I find the superior gestures 
 available on the Trackpad mean that it comes into its own for tasks such as 
 web browsing and email.  
 
 Right tool for the job, that sort of thing...
 
 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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Print preview

[Alex]

Hello WAmuggers

Until recently, I have had a couple laptops both with MAC OSX 6.8 (I think).  I 
now have a Macbook Pro Retina running OSX 10.8.4.

I am wondering where Print Preview has disappeared to?  Previously it used to 
be a button in the Print dialogue box in the bottom left corner.  This was 
quite useful to me as it saved printing pages that were basically rubbish 
attached to the end of, e.g., bank statements.  Now I can't find it :(  Is it 
hidden somewhere else, or have Apple in their wisdom decided to become like 
Microsoft ? :)

I do have another issue as well in that the track pad seems to be slippery.  
When I click on something to select it, often I slip to another unwanted 
selection.  Once, this was disastrous, had to re-enter nearly an hours data 
entry.

I can, of course, take more care  be firmer in my action, but I did not have 
this problem with my older Mac Air  17 Pro.  Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks in advance for your responses  assistance.

Cheers,  Alex
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Re: Java compromised

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

I actually need Java to access my main work server remotely, which is being 
done through a portal via the web, using a third party prog called HOBLink JWT 
3.3.  Is there an alternative which will work for me, as our IT guys say that I 
need the latest Java for it to work well.  The work environment is 
predominantly Win but I also use my MacBook Pro (at home)  Air (when 
travelling).  Both these laptops are running 10.6.8.

Thanks for any thoughts on this matter, but don't bust a gut if you don't have 
the time,

cheers, Alex

On 15/01/2013, at 8:13 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Bill,
 
 Java has not been safe for some time, we have recommended on WAMUG before 
 that you disable Java in your Web Browsers.
 
 In Safari - Disable Java
 1. Safari  Preferences, select Security
 2. DON'T have a tick in Enable Java
 
 Disabling Java in Safari is highly recommended for safe computing.
 You should enable it only when on a trusted site that requires it.
 
 In Firefox:
 1. Open Firefox and click the Firefox button - Add-ons (Tools - Add-ons in 
 Linux, OS X and Windows XP).
 2. Choose the Plugins tab.
 3. Select the Java plugin(s) and click disable.
 
 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is urging computer users to disable 
 or uninstall Java due to a serious flaw in Runtime Environment (JRE) 7.
 
 The DHS' Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned Thursday evening that it 
 was being exploited in the wild and could allow an attacker to execute 
 arbitrary code on vulnerable systems.
 
 CERT recommended that Java be disabled in Web browsers. It pointed users to 
 theSolution section of the US-CERT Alert and to the Oracle Technical Note 
 Setting the Security Level of the Java Client for information on how to do 
 that.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 15/01/2013, at 4:55 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote:
 
 My wife has been sent the following together with several links to other 
 pages. I didn't send the links in case they had the potential to do harm.
 Can anyone make sense of this message?
 Regards
 Merv
 
 
 Java exploit - serious consequences
 
 This has been the sequence of events when it has come to Java exploits 
 but this latest one is different, very different. Someone, deep inside a 
 bunker in China no doubt, has discovered that Java, at its core, is 
 insecure and it cannot be simply patched. The whole thing has been 
 compromised and needs to be rewritten. It would be like finding out that 
 the body of your car is made of blasting caps and if you hit anything 
 bigger than a moth it will explode.
 
 
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Re: SPAM from Apple? Fwd: Please verify that we have the right address for you

[Alex]

Thanks Ronni,

Cheers,  Alex

On 28/11/2012, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 Apple are very chatty lately, I've been receiving this email also.
 You can verify your email address by logging in at http://appleid.apple.com/ 
  by manually typing that address into your web browser, rather than  
 clicking the link in the email.

 Also read the support article below, which includes details about  
 verifying your AppleID:

 http://support.apple.com/kb/he37
 Cheers,
 Ronni

 Sent from Ronni's iPad4

 On 28/11/2012, at 1:31 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hello Wamuggians

 my wife received the email below  I would like to confirm whether it
 could be spam/malicious?  She did try to download a weather app from
 the app store the previous night for her iPhone 4S, which she
 cancelled as it was taking a long time  did not seem to be behaving
 properly, so this may be an Apple communication related to this.
 Seeing as the principle is that one does not click on links from
 bank sites to verify one's details, I thought this should fall in
 the same category.

 Many thanks in advance for your input,

 Cheers,  Alex

 Begin forwarded message:

 From: Glenda Novakovic glendan...@tm.org.au
 Date: 27 November 2012 8:44:30 PM
 To: Alex aln...@highway1.com.au
 Subject: Fwd: Please verify that we have the right address for you



 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Apple appl...@id.apple.com
 Date: 26 November 2012 22:00
 Subject: Please verify that we have the right address for you
 To: glendan...@tm.org.au



 Thank you.

 You’ve taken the added security step and provided a rescue email
 address. Now all you need to do is verify that it belongs to you.

 The rescue email address that you gave us is glendan...@tm.org.au.
 Just click the link below to verify, sign in using your Apple ID and
 password, then follow the prompts.

 Verify Now 

 The rescue email address is dedicated to your security and allows
 Apple to get in touch if any account questions come up, such as the
 need to reset your password or change your security questions. As
 promised, Apple will never send any announcements or marketing
 messages to this address.

 When using Apple products and services, you’ll still sign in with
 your primary email address as your Apple ID.

 It’s about protecting your identity.
 Just so you know, Apple sends out an email whenever someone adds or
 changes a rescue email address associated with an existing Apple ID.
 If you received this email in error, don’t worry. It’s likely
 someone just mistyped their own email address when creating a new
 Apple ID.

 If you have questions or need help, visit the Apple ID Support site.

 Thanks again,

 Apple Support

 TM and copyright © 2012 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, MS 96-DM,
 Cupertino, CA 95014.
 All Rights Reserved / Keep Informed / Privacy Policy / My Apple ID




 -- 
 With all best wishes

 Glenda Novakovic
 Certified Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation® Program
 (08) 3467 4108 / 041 277 4429
 glendan...@tm.org.au
 www.meditationperth.org.au

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SPAM from Apple? Fwd: Please verify that we have the right address for you

[Alex]

Hello Wamuggians

my wife received the email below  I would like to confirm whether it  
could be spam/malicious?  She did try to download a weather app from  
the app store the previous night for her iPhone 4S, which she  
cancelled as it was taking a long time  did not seem to be behaving  
properly, so this may be an Apple communication related to this.   
Seeing as the principle is that one does not click on links from  
bank sites to verify one's details, I thought this should fall in  
the same category.

Many thanks in advance for your input,

Cheers,  Alex

Begin forwarded message:

 From: Glenda Novakovic glendan...@tm.org.au
 Date: 27 November 2012 8:44:30 PM
 To: Alex aln...@highway1.com.au
 Subject: Fwd: Please verify that we have the right address for you



 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Apple appl...@id.apple.com
 Date: 26 November 2012 22:00
 Subject: Please verify that we have the right address for you
 To: glendan...@tm.org.au



 Thank you.

 You’ve taken the added security step and provided a rescue email  
 address. Now all you need to do is verify that it belongs to you.

 The rescue email address that you gave us is glendan...@tm.org.au.
 Just click the link below to verify, sign in using your Apple ID and  
 password, then follow the prompts.

 Verify Now 

 The rescue email address is dedicated to your security and allows  
 Apple to get in touch if any account questions come up, such as the  
 need to reset your password or change your security questions. As  
 promised, Apple will never send any announcements or marketing  
 messages to this address.

 When using Apple products and services, you’ll still sign in with  
 your primary email address as your Apple ID.

 It’s about protecting your identity.
 Just so you know, Apple sends out an email whenever someone adds or  
 changes a rescue email address associated with an existing Apple ID.  
 If you received this email in error, don’t worry. It’s likely  
 someone just mistyped their own email address when creating a new  
 Apple ID.

 If you have questions or need help, visit the Apple ID Support site.

 Thanks again,

 Apple Support

 TM and copyright © 2012 Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, MS 96-DM,  
 Cupertino, CA 95014.
 All Rights Reserved / Keep Informed / Privacy Policy / My Apple ID




 -- 
 With all best wishes

 Glenda Novakovic
 Certified Teacher of the Transcendental Meditation® Program
 (08) 3467 4108 / 041 277 4429
 glendan...@tm.org.au
 www.meditationperth.org.au


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Re: Mail font colour

[Alex]

Thanks Ronni

I think I will give it a miss. Have been able to set it up in Outlook  
on a Win (  :(  ) machine at one of my work places  thought I would  
try it on my Macs.

No loss tho'.

Cheers,  Alex

On 20/10/2012, at 7:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 You can't by default have outgoing email text in Colour but you can  
 set different Colours for quoted text in replies. See Mail  
 Preferences, Fonts  Colours, Level One, Two, Three and so on.

 As Peter has already mentioned...
 The problem with sending email text in Colour is that, not all  
 recipients can receive RichText emails. [WAMUG doesn't accept  
 RichText emails]

 If you want to send an email with formatted text  colour that the  
 recipient can see, you could send it as an attachment.

 If you want to send pretty emails then select the Stationery Pane  
 Button in the Mail Tool Bar [Top Right].

 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad

 On 19/10/2012, at 11:33 PM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Thanks Peter.  My Preferences already had Rich Text selected, tho' I
 don't recall doing it myself.  I had manually changed the text colour
 to blue, so it is interesting that it didn't appear that way to you.
 Selecting the colour as you suggested doesn't work either.

 Anyway, not to worry, it's not a big deal.  I was just interested if
 it was possible.

 Many thanks for your input, though.

 Cheers,  Alex

 On 19/10/2012, at 8:59 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


 On 19/10/2012, at 1:30 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hello WAMUG friends!

 Can someone tell me how I can make the message text in Mail be any
 colour I wish by default, eg like this message.  I have played  
 around
 in preferences, but it doesn't seem to stick or even do anything.

 Using Mail ver 3.6, Mac OS 10.5.8

 Cheers,  Alex
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 I don't know what colour you intended your text to be, but it all
 came through as black. In order for text in your message to be
 coloured, you must be composing in Rich Text Format. To set this as
 the default format, go to Mail  Preferences  Composing and change
 Message Format to Rich Text.

 As far as setting the default colour of your message text is
 concerned, I have never had reason to do this, but it should be
 possible through Mail  Preferences  Fonts  Colors. Click the
 Select... button next to Message font. The Font Picker window will
 appear, and you can change the colour of the text from the third of
 the four buttons at the top of the window.

 Again, please always remember that the appearance of your message
 depends on the abilities of your recipient's email software, not
 yours. You can format your message in whatever way you like, but if
 your client cannot interpret the formatting correctly it will make
 no difference. They will just receive unformatted text. It is
 generally safer and more reliable simply to compose in plain text,
 which guarantees that all recipients will get your message.


 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.

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Re: Mail font colour

[Alex]

Thanks Peter.  My Preferences already had Rich Text selected, tho' I  
don't recall doing it myself.  I had manually changed the text colour  
to blue, so it is interesting that it didn't appear that way to you.   
Selecting the colour as you suggested doesn't work either.

Anyway, not to worry, it's not a big deal.  I was just interested if  
it was possible.

Many thanks for your input, though.

Cheers,  Alex

On 19/10/2012, at 8:59 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


 On 19/10/2012, at 1:30 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hello WAMUG friends!

 Can someone tell me how I can make the message text in Mail be any
 colour I wish by default, eg like this message.  I have played around
 in preferences, but it doesn't seem to stick or even do anything.

 Using Mail ver 3.6, Mac OS 10.5.8

 Cheers,  Alex
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 I don't know what colour you intended your text to be, but it all  
 came through as black. In order for text in your message to be  
 coloured, you must be composing in Rich Text Format. To set this as  
 the default format, go to Mail  Preferences  Composing and change  
 Message Format to Rich Text.

 As far as setting the default colour of your message text is  
 concerned, I have never had reason to do this, but it should be  
 possible through Mail  Preferences  Fonts  Colors. Click the  
 Select... button next to Message font. The Font Picker window will  
 appear, and you can change the colour of the text from the third of  
 the four buttons at the top of the window.

 Again, please always remember that the appearance of your message  
 depends on the abilities of your recipient's email software, not  
 yours. You can format your message in whatever way you like, but if  
 your client cannot interpret the formatting correctly it will make  
 no difference. They will just receive unformatted text. It is  
 generally safer and more reliable simply to compose in plain text,  
 which guarantees that all recipients will get your message.


 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.

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Mail font colour

[Alex]

Hello WAMUG friends!

Can someone tell me how I can make the message text in Mail be any  
colour I wish by default, eg like this message.  I have played around  
in preferences, but it doesn't seem to stick or even do anything.

Using Mail ver 3.6, Mac OS 10.5.8

Cheers,  Alex
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Re: Apple Id - now iTunes query

[Alex]

Thanks for your advice Daniel - I do now remember hearing of this  
before, but a long time ago!

Thank you too again Ronni - please make sure you take the time to eat  
 even rest.  Your help is appreciated, but it is free  I am sure we  
can all wait for your response at your convenience.  Those wanting  
instant gratification may want to think about paying for the privilege.

Cheers,  Alex

On 07/10/2012, at 7:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 I'm pleased all went well and you and your daughter are happy again :)

 I agree with everything Daniel has mentioned below (I don't think I  
 have ever disagreed with Daniel's advise).
 I purchased both iPodRip (now iRip) years ago  also Senuti. Both  
 are good at what they do.

 What I like about iRip, as well as its clear interface, is that it  
 can also transfer iBooks (which of course will not concern your  
 daughter with her iPod transfer), but this is handy for transferring  
 from an iPad.

 Senuti has a more simple interface but does work well, but I don't  
 think it has the ability to transfer iBooks.
 I haven't used either app for a long time, but that is what I  
 remember.

 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad

 On 07/10/2012, at 12:26 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au  
 wrote:

 Hi Alex

 You can't do it from within iTunes, as it would be bypass Apple's  
 DRM (as Ronni mentioned).
 Basically to get iTunes off the ground years ago, Apple had to work  
 around things to get the music companies on board (lng story  
 which I won't go into).
 To do that, they had to lock what the iPod could do, and the way  
 music could go. i.e. it can only go from iTunes to iPod and not the  
 other way. This was to stop people taking their music they bough  
 and ripping it back to someone else's music collection and vice  
 versa. (hey, you buy $100 worth of music, I buy $100 worth of  
 music. We rip it to each other collection and have $200 of music).  
 I'm not saying everyone would do this, i'm just using this as an  
 example to help explain it :o)
 (And not implying you would either, just trying to show why it's  
 done that way).

 The way around it to get back music that is yours, is to use either  
 of a program called iRip (used to be called iPodRip but they got  
 asked to change their name) or Senuti (which is iTunes spelt  
 backwards,..get it,..backwards,..like taking your music backwards  
 from your iPod to iTunes. Clever eh!) :o)

 iRip can be downloaded from here
 http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/

 Senuti can be downloaded from here
 http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/

 Neither program is free but they do let you try it to see if it's  
 going to do what you want.

 I've used iRip a few times for clients who've lost music on their  
 main machine but it's still on their iPod and they need to get it  
 back. I've found it works really well and bought it years ago.  
 Actually I really like a lot of the apps from The Little App  
 Factory, they make some great stuff.

 Hope that info helps!

 Kind regards
 Daniel
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry

 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au


 **For everything Apple**

 On 07/10/2012, at 12:18 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hi Ronni

 thanks a million for your instructions below - only managed to try  
 it
 out late Sat night  all worked out well.  My daughter is pleased 
 sends her thanks as well.

 However, we do have a further question which has arisen from this
 issue and that is: is it possible to copy songs FROM the iPod to
 iTunes on the iMac?  Have tried but doesn't seem to work.

 No rush,  cheers, Alex

 On 05/10/2012, at 2:33 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 Apple's DRM is Digital Rights Management (but Apple for the past
 few years has DRM-free music.)

 Before you do anything Backupyour computer... Make sure your
 iTunes Folder is backed up, just to be safe.

 When your daughter connects her iPod to the new iMac, is iTunes
 automatically opening and she receives a message similar to below?
 ---
 The iPod 'iPod Nano' is synced with another iTunes Library. An  
 iPod
 can be synced with only one iTunes Library at a time.
 What would you like to do?  with three buttons at the bottom
 'Cancel' 'Erase and Sync' 'Transfer Purchases'
 ---
 If so try this; after backing up your current iTunes Library as
 mentioned above ;-)

 On the new iMac:
 A)
 BEFORE you plug the iPod into the computer:
 1. Open iTunes

 2. Go to the iTunes menu - Preferences - Devices.

 3. look for the icon or tab that says Devices. Choose it.

 4. Just below the box, you’ll see a checkbox reading Prevent  
 iPods,
 iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically.

 5. Check it and click OK at the bottom of the window.

 Auto-Sync is now turned off and you’re safe to plug the iPod into
 the computer.

 B) Put the iPod into Manual Mode:

 6. Connect the iPod

 If you want to keep the music library on your iPod, but copy songs

Re: Apple Id - now iTunes query

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

thanks a million for your instructions below - only managed to try it  
out late Sat night  all worked out well.  My daughter is pleased   
sends her thanks as well.

However, we do have a further question which has arisen from this  
issue and that is: is it possible to copy songs FROM the iPod to  
iTunes on the iMac?  Have tried but doesn't seem to work.

No rush,  cheers, Alex

On 05/10/2012, at 2:33 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 Apple's DRM is Digital Rights Management (but Apple for the past  
 few years has DRM-free music.)

 Before you do anything Backupyour computer... Make sure your  
 iTunes Folder is backed up, just to be safe.

 When your daughter connects her iPod to the new iMac, is iTunes  
 automatically opening and she receives a message similar to below?
 ---
 The iPod 'iPod Nano' is synced with another iTunes Library. An iPod  
 can be synced with only one iTunes Library at a time.
 What would you like to do?  with three buttons at the bottom  
 'Cancel' 'Erase and Sync' 'Transfer Purchases'
 ---
 If so try this; after backing up your current iTunes Library as  
 mentioned above ;-)

 On the new iMac:
 A)
 BEFORE you plug the iPod into the computer:
 1. Open iTunes

 2. Go to the iTunes menu - Preferences - Devices.

 3. look for the icon or tab that says Devices. Choose it.

 4. Just below the box, you’ll see a checkbox reading Prevent iPods,  
 iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically.

 5. Check it and click OK at the bottom of the window.

 Auto-Sync is now turned off and you’re safe to plug the iPod into  
 the computer.

 B) Put the iPod into Manual Mode:

 6. Connect the iPod

 If you want to keep the music library on your iPod, but copy songs  
 or playlists from the music library on the second computer,
 click 'CANCEL' when the dialogue box appears, and then set your iPod  
 to manual mode.

 Change the device synchronization mode to manual mode in iTunes:

 1.  Open iTunes, if necessary.
 2.  Select your device under 'Devices' in the menu on the left-hand  
 side of iTunes.
 3.  Click the Summary tab.
 4.  Click Manually manage music and videos to enable that option.
 5.  Click OK in the resulting dialogue box.
 6.  Click Apply.

 It is normal for your device to take a few seconds to change from  
 Automatic Mode to Manual Mode.

 When in Manual Mode, to add songs or playlists, drag them from  
 iTunes to the iPod icon in the sidebar.

 To remove songs or playlists, select them on the iPod in iTunes and  
 press the delete key.
 You can also create playlists directly on the iPod.

 Let me know how you get on please.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

 OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)


 On 05/10/2012, at 12:41 PM, aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hi Ronni

 No rush - please look into it only when you have time comfortably.

 Answers to questions below.

 Cheers,  Alex

 - Original Message -
 From: wamug@wamug.org.au
 To:
 Cc:
 Sent:Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:36:52 +0800
 Subject:Re: Apple Id - now iTunes query

 Hi Alex,

 I'm rushing out to see a client now, but I will reply to your query
 ASAP after I return home.
 Hopefully later this morning.

 A few questions for you to answer please:

 What OS X is the new iMac running OS X 10.?   10.6.8
 What version of iTunes 10.?, 9.?10.6.1 (7)
 Is the NEW iTunes Library Empty? NO
 If not what does it have in it? Just music or Books etc  iTunes
 Store purchases?Music, 1 movie - incs iTunes Store purchases,
 some music purchased from JB etc

 Does the iPod only have Music on it?  YES + 1 (?) video
 (video not important)
 Or does it have photos as well?  NO
 Is there any iTunes Purchased music (Apple's DRM) songs which need to
 be authorised for every Mac they're played on?Prob only this
 Mac. Not sure what Apple's DRM means?

 I'll get back to you after your reply to my questions and as soon as
 I possibly am able to.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 05/10/2012, at 12:41 AM, Alex  wrote:

 Hi Ronni

 On 04/10/2012, at 12:25 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 • A device can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.
 • Syncing a device with a new iTunes library disassociates it
 from
 the previous library (and deletes the media synced from the
 previous
 library from the device).

 We had an older iMac which my daughter shared to store her music in

 iTunes and subsequently transferred to her iPod (Nano, I think).
 Since we upgraded to a more recent iMac she has complained that
 when
 she connects to it iTunes states that it will delete what is
 already
 on the iPod, even though attempting to manually transfer music.
 From
 what you said above, I guess she is right, although I thought you
 should be able to manually transfer individual bits  pieces,
 rather
 than syncing? Not using iCloud

 So how does she keep the old stuff on the iPod  also get to
 connect
 to the new iTunes/iMac  add the new music

Re: Apple Id - now iTunes query

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

On 04/10/2012, at 12:25 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 • A device can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.
   • Syncing a device with a new iTunes library disassociates it from  
 the previous library (and deletes the media synced from the previous  
 library from the device).

We had an older iMac which my daughter shared to store her music in  
iTunes and subsequently transferred to her iPod (Nano, I think).   
Since we upgraded to a more recent iMac she has complained that when  
she connects to it iTunes states that it will delete what is already  
on the iPod, even though attempting to manually transfer music.  From  
what you said above, I guess she is right, although I thought you  
should be able to manually transfer individual bits  pieces, rather  
than syncing?  Not using iCloud.

So how does she keep the old stuff on the iPod  also get to connect  
to the new iTunes/iMac  add the new music?  Will it be similar to  
Chris Burton's solution?

I unfortunately deleted the iTunes Music folder on the old iMac after  
I thought everything had been transferred (but somehow wasn't).  Was  
about to buy Data Rescue 3 this evening, but will hold off until I get  
your advice.

Really appreciate your work  expertise,

Cheers,  Alex
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Re: Embedded attachments in Mail

[Alex]

Hi Stephen

my evidence seems to show that it may be random?!  The smaller  
attachment was embedded  icon, the larger was icon only (see below) -  
I would have thought it would be the other way around.  There have  
been other times when I have sent multiple attachmentts where some  
were embedded  some were icons/both.

Cheers,  Alex

On 04/09/2012, at 3:51 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

 Thank you Peter for your detailed reply.
 I read it several times and now have some understanding of how this  
 works.
 It is something that very infrequently concerns me.
 However it has only just raised its head again because a Windows  
 using friend seems to think the issue belongs to me (and my Mac).

 The only criteria that I have not covered is that of placing  
 attachments at the very end of messages.
 Out of curiosity does the size of the attachment make any difference ?


 On 04/09/2012, at 8:05 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:


 On 03/09/2012, at 11:57 PM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hi Stephen

 I used to be annoyed about this myself previously, which was the  
 main
 reason I didn't use Mail (until Eudora died one time).  However I
 spoke to Peter at a WAMUG meeting one night  he explained to me  
 that
 the attachment still goes out as an attachment even though we see it
 as being embedded in the email.  I have sent quite a few attachments
 lately, one being an individual 172 kb screen dump sent by itself  
  in
 my email screen it is embedded but I can see it as an attachment as
 well when I open it from the Sent Box.  Then again I have looked at
 another attachment which is only 80.5 kb  that only appears as an
 attachment icon - not embedded!  I seem to think that I remember  
 Peter
 also saying that there was somewhere you could turn off this
 embeddedness, but I must be wrong about it as I can't find that
 preference.

 I still am a little annoyed about it as I find it a bit of a
 distraction, but then that's just me.  Have learnt to live with it.
 (I hope I haven't misquoted Peter)

 Cheers,  Alex



 Sometimes we Mac users have to pay a price for OS X making things  
 so easy. If we were only sending attachments to each other this  
 stuff would not be an issue.

 As I would have explained to Alex (as I explain to everyone else  
 who listens), the only thing that email supports is pure text:  
 nothing else. Despite appearances, the email format does not  
 support photos, movies, sound files, PDFs, Word files, or anything  
 else someone might choose to send to you. Email supports only text.  
 This is very important to understand.

 The only way that something which is not text can be sent by email  
 is for it also to be converted to text. This is done through a  
 process known as Base-64 encoding, and these days that process is  
 extremely fast and completely invisible to the user. Base-64  
 encoding (or MIME-encoding) basically takes the file you are  
 sending and converts it to a large block of pure text, then adds it  
 to your message. The recipient's email client then decodes the text  
 and converts the text back into its original form, be it a Word  
 file, a photo, a movie, or anything else.

 It's something users don't have to think about these days, but it  
 was a different story 15 years ago when this stuff was in its  
 infancy. It was important in early email clients to know which  
 encoding was being used, and who your recipient was. If you encoded  
 your attachment incorrectly it would be unreadable by a recipient  
 who did not have the correct de-coder.

 So, if we understand this fundamental aspect, it really shouldn't  
 matter where in the message we place our attachment: it should  
 still be able to be de-coded by the recipient and handled  
 appropriately. Apple's Mail is a great example of such a client.  
 The problem is that many email clients out there expect the  
 attachment to be at the END of the message, and nowhere else. As  
 noted, it often happens that some clients will know enough about a  
 photo attachment, for example, to be able to display it as an image  
 on the screen, but bot enough to allow it to be detached from the  
 message, so it remains embedded.

 The only reliable way to handle attachments therefore, especially  
 when you're sending to Windows recipients, is to make sure that  
 they are at the very bottom of the message, below your signature,  
 below every other bit of text. It can also help, of your recipient  
 is still having problems, to enclose your attachment in a .zip  
 wrapper before sending it. I have one regular recipient who cannot  
 receive a simple text file unless it is zipped first.

 The frustrating thing about all of this is that it is the Mac which  
 ends up with the poor reputation! In fact, is the sad development  
 cycle of most email clients out there that has prevented them from  
 growing up beyond their original early '90s behaviour in handling  
 attachments.

 So...if you want you make your life

Re: Embedded attachments in Mail

[Alex]

Hi Stephen

I used to be annoyed about this myself previously, which was the main  
reason I didn't use Mail (until Eudora died one time).  However I  
spoke to Peter at a WAMUG meeting one night  he explained to me that  
the attachment still goes out as an attachment even though we see it  
as being embedded in the email.  I have sent quite a few attachments  
lately, one being an individual 172 kb screen dump sent by itself  in  
my email screen it is embedded but I can see it as an attachment as  
well when I open it from the Sent Box.  Then again I have looked at  
another attachment which is only 80.5 kb  that only appears as an  
attachment icon - not embedded!  I seem to think that I remember Peter  
also saying that there was somewhere you could turn off this  
embeddedness, but I must be wrong about it as I can't find that  
preference.

I still am a little annoyed about it as I find it a bit of a  
distraction, but then that's just me.  Have learnt to live with it.   
(I hope I haven't misquoted Peter)

Cheers,  Alex

On 03/09/2012, at 9:04 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

 Sorry .. the latest version of Snow Leopard.

 On 03/09/2012, at 7:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Stephen,

 You don't mention what OS X you are using, I take it you are using  
 Apple Mail.
 Send the attachments as .zip files. Always include file extensions  
 at the end of a file's name (.pdf, .doc, .jpg etc. Always use  
 Windows-Friendly format.

 Try sending attachments in Plain Text format messages.

 Using Plain Text vs RTF has dramatic impact to how the message is  
 coded, and then for certain receiving email clients, such as  
 Outlook and Outlook Express may be problematic, especially if the  
 user is not really skillful in such matters.

 To see the difference, observe messages sent in each format by  
 opening them in the Sent mailbox, clicking on View in the menubar,  
 placing your cursor on Message in the resulting pull-down and  
 choosing Raw Source.
 With those in RTF, you will note lots of HTML looking code, and if  
 an attachment is present, the receiving email client seems to miss  
 the header that is in front of every attachment.

 Those particular MS email clients don't handle Rich Text Format  
 well, and if they send with it, it is in a proprietary version that  
 other email clients have trouble with.

 Try using Plain Text first.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 Sent from Ronni's iPad

 On 03/09/2012, at 6:53 PM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:

 Hi folks,

 Does anyone know how to change this ?

 When I send attachments, sometimes the file is embedded in the  
 body of the email rather than an attachment.

 Some of my friends (Window users I think) have complained that  
 when they are embedded they are unable to copy the file from the  
 email (for example to desktop).

 I have noticed (I think) that this happens with small files  
 whereas larger files go as attachments.
 But I don't know what file size is the break point so to speak.

 Is there something in Mail that enables this to be changed ?

 Regards,
 Stephen Chape

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Re: iTunes gone wacko! - doesn't like Roy Orbison :(

[Alex]

Many thanks Ronni!

Cheers, Alex

On 24/08/2012, at 7:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 Sect the Playlist - Go into list view and make sure there are check  
 marks by all the tracks.
 You can control-click one of the checkboxes to check them all at  
 once instead of one by one.


 Cheers,
 Ronni

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 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

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 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

 On 23/08/2012, at 11:00 PM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:

 Hi Wamugians

 what have I done?!  I started to play a Roy Orbison album while
 checking emails  it played one song  stopped. I have to manually
 click on each to get it played. Went to a couple other playlists 
 seems to work normally.

 Can anyone shed a light on what I may have done? Not admitting to
 anything, myself.

 Many thanks in advance, Alex

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iTunes gone wacko! - doesn't like Roy Orbison :(

[Alex]

Hi Wamugians

what have I done?!  I started to play a Roy Orbison album while  
checking emails  it played one song  stopped. I have to manually  
click on each to get it played. Went to a couple other playlists   
seems to work normally.

Can anyone shed a light on what I may have done? Not admitting to  
anything, myself.

Many thanks in advance, Alex
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Re: Thoughts on membership

[Alex]

Ha, Michael!  Maybe you should have been an Accountant  not a lawyer!!

Alex

On 28/06/2012, at 5:41 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

 Yep, the 58 cents a week is well and truly worth it!

 Michael.


 On 28/06/2012, at 5:30 PM, Bill Parker wrote:


 I have no recall of when I found WAMUG,  but a good few years ago  
 I am sure.  The $30?   Worth it.  And the sheer persistence in  
 solving problems on the part of Ronni and others giving advice is a  
 breath of fresh air in this greedy litigious society we live in.
 The advice wears off on others and I helping someone today by  
 passing on advice from a WAMUG guru..!
 Bill


 On 28/06/2012, at 4:07 PM, cm wrote:

 Hi Sev,

 Coming from you, a longtime and esteemed member of WAMUG, the  
 comments are truly appreciated, and your contributions to the list  
 are always welcomed. You are too much of a gentleman to name any  
 one person, but we know that Ronni has been particularly  
 determined to solve a number of the more knotty problems. The rest  
 of us are happy to contribute to you Mac's well being as well in  
 any way we can.

 We look forward to the day when you can make it too a meeting.

 All the best,
 Carlo


 On 28/06/2012, at 15:39 , Severin Crisp wrote:

 I have been a paid member for many years now and never grudge my  
 annual $30; it is an investment returned to me many time over in  
 knotty (and simple!) problems quickly resolved so that there is  
 minimal time wasted/lost on annoying but critical issues. 
 Apart from direct response to my own queries I find great  
 interest and enlightenment from queries and responses from/to  
 others.
 I have always been a believer in financially supporting  
 organisations to which I belong or gain direct benefit or see  
 useful gain to others from my support.  I happily give donations  
 to shareware writers.
 I am intrigued by the postings on this; $30 per year is a minimal  
 amount,  even in these harder times, and I am amazed that people  
 jib at it.  There is a significant investment in keeping WAMUG on  
 the air and a huge effort from those dedicated souls who put in  
 the work to make it happen.  Our contributions benefit us all.
 I name no names but thank you all, committee, workers, expert  
 advisers and query answerers, you know who I am talking about!
 I hope that one day, sometime, I may eventually attend a meeting,  
 it is a long drive from Albany!
 Good wishes to all
 Severin Crisp
 
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Re: Curious email

[Alex Hartner]

Hi Tom,

If I understand your problem correctly you received a bounce back for an 
email which was sent from your account to your wifes old account which 
no longer exists. Unfortunately there is little you can do about. It is 
like me sending a letter to an invalid / non-existing address and it 
gets returned to the return address specified on the letter.

Unlike snail-mail you got the headers and the bounce back. The headers 
in this case may not be so useful since you looking at the bounce back. 
However the bounce back itself should contain the details of the system 
from which the original mail came form.

Bouncing it in this case will not have any effect as it only goes back 
to the mail server which sent you a notification that it couldn't 
deliver your message. There are cases when the bounce option was useful. 
For example to deal with head-hunters or other people annoying you. To 
deal with real spam a good spam-filter helps.

To deal with this issue gray listing can help. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting

Since you using iinet this will most likely not be possible to 
implement. If it happens only every so often just delete the message. If 
this happens a lot see if the messages came from the same IP address.

Maybe email your findings to the list and we will see what else to suggest.

Alex


On 14/06/12 11:18, tom samson wrote:
 Okay some really worthwhile discussion but can I prevent an address being 
 sent?
 tom
 On 13/06/2012, at 9:28 PM, tom samson wrote:

 First you are correct I have been with iinet for about five years
 second there are no copies of that address on my machine and I cannot find 
 it in spotlight or in address book
 third mail was switched off at the time because we were at work.
 and curious no sent mails.

 I think I need to see if little snitch can prevent any unwarranted emails. 
 Can this be done or is there another way ?
 tom
 On 13/06/2012, at 8:53 PM, cm wrote:

 Hi Tom,

 Just a thought. I take it you are with iiNet now, hence the iiNet mailer 
 daemon. You may have your wife's old address in an address book somewhere 
 and inadvertently sent it an email. Which email account was the 
 notification directed to? Have a look in the sent folder of that account 
 from as many machines as you use that account on and see if there is an 
 email accidentally addressed to the old account.

 Regards,
 Carlo

 On 13/06/2012, at 20:48 , tom samson wrote:

 I had an undeliverable email notification from: Mail Delivery 
 Systemmailer-dae...@icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au  with the 
 problem 5.1.0 Unknown address error 550-'5.1.1 and the email address of my 
 wife's old big pond account from about 5 years ago.
 It ends with suggesting that I sent this on 13 June 2012 2:12:43 PM AWST

 the problem is we were at work at the time and this account has been 
 inactive for a long time.
 Is there a problem here? and how could this have happened?
 tom Samson
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Re: MYOB datafile question

[Alex]

Hi again Walter

Your accountant only needs to get it (if he hasn't already got it) if  
you decide to upgrade to AE v11.

If you are happy with v7, then just stick with it.  He quite likely  
has Accounting Plus/Premier v17 which can access your data file.

There may come a time when the accountant will say you gave to upgrade.

Cheers,  Alex

On 01/05/2012, at 6:04 AM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 That's interesting.
 Perhaps I should suggest to the accountant to obtain that
 Partner edition V11.

 Thanks for you info.

 Cheers,  Walter
 On 01/05/2012, at 12:49 , Alex wrote:

 Hi Walter

 The latest version of AccountEdge, v11, is not compatible with any
 Windows version of MYOB AccountRight.  The cross platform
 compatibility ended with AE v9.x / AR v19.x.

 However, MYOB have provided a Windows programme, AccountEdge Partner
 Edition v11, for their partners, ie accountants  consultants, which
 allows them to access their clients' Mac data files if they do not
 have a Mac themselves.

 Cheers,  Alex

 Alex Novakovic - Best Computer Accounting
 ABN 94 236 592 472
 MYOB Certified Consultant
 BAS Agent # 84864005
 Mobile: 0439 388 669

 On 30/04/2012, at 9:51 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter

 Definitely worth the initial outlay - in that way you are compatible
 to all.

 Cheers
 Jewels

 On 30/04/2012, at 9:40 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Julie,

 Thanks for your input. Maybe I should upgrade to a newer version,

 Cheers,

 Walter
 On 28/04/2012, at 11:03 , Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter,

 Not sure if I can be of any use, but I use MYOB 9.6 for Mac and
 when I
 pass on to the accountant who uses PC,
 I give him a copy of the zipped version..  The accountant always
 uses
 the up to date copy of MYOB for PC and
 has no hassles opening, changing and then returning to me in the
 zipped format.  I then open it which includes
 the changes he may have made and I just carry on as usual.

 If someone gives me say MYOB PC Version 17 and I open it in my
 latest
 MYOB 9.6, it will update the file to the 9.6
 version and when I return it to them, they won't be able to open  
 it
 as
 they have an old version 17 of MYOB and not
 the latest.

 I was told that Mac MYOB 9 will open PC Version 19 without  
 updating,
 (as this is the latest version on both Mac  PC)
 Mac Vers 8 will open PC Version 18 without updating and so on.  So
 in
 other words, if you give the accountant MYOB
 Version 7, ask him to work on it with his version PC 17.

 I don't have any problems with the few accountants (from different
 companies) I work with.

 I hope that all makes sense ?

 Jewels

 On 28/04/2012, at 8:51 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Darrel, Bob and Stuart,

 Thanks for your suggestions.
 Maybe I should talk to MYOB and hopefully they will still support
 AccountEdge V7.

 Thanks again,

 Walter
 On 25/04/2012, at 6:29 , Stuart Breden wrote:

 Bob, depends which version is at both ends.

 Not with latest version.  All on the web site.

 Stuart Breden
 PO Box 132
 Kalamunda WA 6926
 Ph: (08) 9257 1577
 Mbl: 0417 053 266

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 On 25/04/2012, at 6:08 PM, Robert Noll wrote:

 Dear Walter,

 My accountant told me I had to have Windows for MYOB so I ran  
 it
 on
 Windows XP using Parallels Desktop.

 I now understand that if you send your accountant the data off
 your
 Mac it should be read by their copy of MYOB.

 Kind regards, Bob

 On 24/04/2012, at 3:32 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi all,

 Can a MYOB datafile (Account Edge version 7) created on  
 10.4.11
 be
 easily converted
 to Windows so the accountant can work with it ? (only once at
 the
 end of fin/year).

 Thanks,

 Walter




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Re: MYOB datafile question

[Alex]

Hi Jewels

If you are not already a Partner with MYOB, as Bookkeeper or Certified  
Consultant, the I would suggest that  you become one.  As a  
Bookkeeping Partner, the cost is not onerous  I am fairly certain  
that you get access to the latest releases as they are released.  You  
also get priority phone support amongst other benefits.  Certified  
Consultant is more expensive but still not onerous if you are running  
a business.

Cheers,  Alex

On 02/05/2012, at 1:09 AM, Julie Bedford wrote:

 Alex,

 I have clients who use MYOB for PC, whereas I use MYOB for Mac.  At
 the moment, there
 is no problem opening the files backwards and forwards after
 completing their bookkeeping
 requirements.  However, I understand that with the new version of MYOB
 for Mac V11, you can no longer do this ?

 If so, what would someone in my position have to do in order to
 continue to be able to
 share files ?  I do bookkeeping for clients and therefore it is
 imperative that I have this function.

 Cheers
 Jewels

 On 02/05/2012, at 1:01 AM, Alex wrote:

 Hi again Walter

 Your accountant only needs to get it (if he hasn't already got it) if
 you decide to upgrade to AE v11.

 If you are happy with v7, then just stick with it.  He quite likely
 has Accounting Plus/Premier v17 which can access your data file.

 There may come a time when the accountant will say you gave to
 upgrade.

 Cheers,  Alex

 On 01/05/2012, at 6:04 AM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 That's interesting.
 Perhaps I should suggest to the accountant to obtain that
 Partner edition V11.

 Thanks for you info.

 Cheers,  Walter
 On 01/05/2012, at 12:49 , Alex wrote:

 Hi Walter

 The latest version of AccountEdge, v11, is not compatible with any
 Windows version of MYOB AccountRight.  The cross platform
 compatibility ended with AE v9.x / AR v19.x.

 However, MYOB have provided a Windows programme, AccountEdge  
 Partner
 Edition v11, for their partners, ie accountants  consultants,  
 which
 allows them to access their clients' Mac data files if they do not
 have a Mac themselves.

 Cheers,  Alex

 Alex Novakovic - Best Computer Accounting
 ABN 94 236 592 472
 MYOB Certified Consultant
 BAS Agent # 84864005
 Mobile: 0439 388 669

 On 30/04/2012, at 9:51 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter

 Definitely worth the initial outlay - in that way you are
 compatible
 to all.

 Cheers
 Jewels

 On 30/04/2012, at 9:40 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Julie,

 Thanks for your input. Maybe I should upgrade to a newer version,

 Cheers,

 Walter
 On 28/04/2012, at 11:03 , Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter,

 Not sure if I can be of any use, but I use MYOB 9.6 for Mac and
 when I
 pass on to the accountant who uses PC,
 I give him a copy of the zipped version..  The accountant always
 uses
 the up to date copy of MYOB for PC and
 has no hassles opening, changing and then returning to me in the
 zipped format.  I then open it which includes
 the changes he may have made and I just carry on as usual.

 If someone gives me say MYOB PC Version 17 and I open it in my
 latest
 MYOB 9.6, it will update the file to the 9.6
 version and when I return it to them, they won't be able to open
 it
 as
 they have an old version 17 of MYOB and not
 the latest.

 I was told that Mac MYOB 9 will open PC Version 19 without
 updating,
 (as this is the latest version on both Mac  PC)
 Mac Vers 8 will open PC Version 18 without updating and so on.
 So
 in
 other words, if you give the accountant MYOB
 Version 7, ask him to work on it with his version PC 17.

 I don't have any problems with the few accountants (from
 different
 companies) I work with.

 I hope that all makes sense ?

 Jewels

 On 28/04/2012, at 8:51 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Darrel, Bob and Stuart,

 Thanks for your suggestions.
 Maybe I should talk to MYOB and hopefully they will still
 support
 AccountEdge V7.

 Thanks again,

 Walter
 On 25/04/2012, at 6:29 , Stuart Breden wrote:

 Bob, depends which version is at both ends.

 Not with latest version.  All on the web site.

 Stuart Breden
 PO Box 132
 Kalamunda WA 6926
 Ph: (08) 9257 1577
 Mbl: 0417 053 266

 Please consider the environment before printing this email




 On 25/04/2012, at 6:08 PM, Robert Noll wrote:

 Dear Walter,

 My accountant told me I had to have Windows for MYOB so I ran
 it
 on
 Windows XP using Parallels Desktop.

 I now understand that if you send your accountant the data  
 off
 your
 Mac it should be read by their copy of MYOB.

 Kind regards, Bob

 On 24/04/2012, at 3:32 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi all,

 Can a MYOB datafile (Account Edge version 7) created on
 10.4.11
 be
 easily converted
 to Windows so the accountant can work with it ? (only once  
 at
 the
 end of fin/year).

 Thanks,

 Walter




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Re: MYOB datafile question

[Alex]

Hi Walter

The latest version of AccountEdge, v11, is not compatible with any  
Windows version of MYOB AccountRight.  The cross platform  
compatibility ended with AE v9.x / AR v19.x.

However, MYOB have provided a Windows programme, AccountEdge Partner  
Edition v11, for their partners, ie accountants  consultants, which  
allows them to access their clients' Mac data files if they do not  
have a Mac themselves.

Cheers,  Alex

Alex Novakovic - Best Computer Accounting
ABN 94 236 592 472
MYOB Certified Consultant
BAS Agent # 84864005
Mobile: 0439 388 669

On 30/04/2012, at 9:51 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter

 Definitely worth the initial outlay - in that way you are compatible
 to all.

 Cheers
 Jewels

 On 30/04/2012, at 9:40 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Julie,

 Thanks for your input. Maybe I should upgrade to a newer version,

 Cheers,

 Walter
 On 28/04/2012, at 11:03 , Julie Bedford wrote:

 Hi Walter,

 Not sure if I can be of any use, but I use MYOB 9.6 for Mac and
 when I
 pass on to the accountant who uses PC,
 I give him a copy of the zipped version..  The accountant always  
 uses
 the up to date copy of MYOB for PC and
 has no hassles opening, changing and then returning to me in the
 zipped format.  I then open it which includes
 the changes he may have made and I just carry on as usual.

 If someone gives me say MYOB PC Version 17 and I open it in my  
 latest
 MYOB 9.6, it will update the file to the 9.6
 version and when I return it to them, they won't be able to open it
 as
 they have an old version 17 of MYOB and not
 the latest.

 I was told that Mac MYOB 9 will open PC Version 19 without updating,
 (as this is the latest version on both Mac  PC)
 Mac Vers 8 will open PC Version 18 without updating and so on.  So  
 in
 other words, if you give the accountant MYOB
 Version 7, ask him to work on it with his version PC 17.

 I don't have any problems with the few accountants (from different
 companies) I work with.

 I hope that all makes sense ?

 Jewels

 On 28/04/2012, at 8:51 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi Darrel, Bob and Stuart,

 Thanks for your suggestions.
 Maybe I should talk to MYOB and hopefully they will still support
 AccountEdge V7.

 Thanks again,

 Walter
 On 25/04/2012, at 6:29 , Stuart Breden wrote:

 Bob, depends which version is at both ends.

 Not with latest version.  All on the web site.

 Stuart Breden
 PO Box 132
 Kalamunda WA 6926
 Ph: (08) 9257 1577
 Mbl: 0417 053 266

 Please consider the environment before printing this email




 On 25/04/2012, at 6:08 PM, Robert Noll wrote:

 Dear Walter,

 My accountant told me I had to have Windows for MYOB so I ran it
 on
 Windows XP using Parallels Desktop.

 I now understand that if you send your accountant the data off
 your
 Mac it should be read by their copy of MYOB.

 Kind regards, Bob

 On 24/04/2012, at 3:32 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote:

 Hi all,

 Can a MYOB datafile (Account Edge version 7) created on 10.4.11
 be
 easily converted
 to Windows so the accountant can work with it ? (only once at  
 the
 end of fin/year).

 Thanks,

 Walter




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Recovering deleted files

[Alex]

Hi Wamuggians

I would like your advice again with regards to recovering my iTunes  
music, photos  probably a few movies that I deleted.

Last August I bought an iMac to replace my previous (lampshade) iMac.   
The new one is not running Lion.  When I connected the old to the new  
to transfer data etc, I obviously was not paying attention  did not  
select all that I wanted to transfer.  I did think at the time that it  
all went a bit fast but thought nothing of it.  Thinking that I would  
like to sell the old one or something, I went through  deleted all my  
personal files  music etc.

I have not done any work/saving on the old iMac at all, so nothing  
should be overwritten, I guess.

What is the best Undelete product for me to use to recover the above  
mentioned files?  I presume whatever method I use should not include  
downloading the app to be used onto the old iMac, as that could  
potentially overwrite some of the files I want to recover?

Cheers  many thanks in advance from someone who should pay attention  
to what they are doing,

Alex
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Re: Printer ink query

[Alex]

Thank you Ronni  Carlo

it's good to have a clear knowledge on this issue.

Cheers,  Alex

On 13/04/2012, at 10:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 I agree completely with everything Carlo has written. I have always  
 used and recommended Epson Printers for use on Macs.
 Use them as Epson recommends and ALWAYS use Epson Ink cartridges and  
 you will have the best printing experience. Use other brand inks and  
 you most likely will experience problems.

 The Epson Wireless Multi Function Printers just work brilliantly.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 Sent from Ronni's iPad

 On 13/04/2012, at 10:29 AM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Alex,

 Epson is a good choice for a printer. When it comes to colour  
 photographic reproduction, I rank their top-of-the-line printers as  
 the best there is. To answer your queries. Firstly no worries about  
 when to stop printing on a cartridge. The printer will get to a  
 certain point and then refuse to continue printing using the spent  
 cartridge. There is at that point sufficient ink in the cartridge  
 to ensure there is no damage to the print head.

 For the second query my opinion is a decisive no. What makes Epson  
 superior is the research they have put into their colour ink. As a  
 market leader there is really a vast difference between what Epson  
 supplies and the coloured water of the knock-offs. There is a vast  
 amount of literature on the progression of ink technology and it is  
 really impressive stuff. The colourfast nature and resistance to  
 fading of high quality inkjet printers has no surpassed most other  
 technologies. The other factor to consider is that the official ink  
 has just the right consistency and correct proportions of particles  
 so as not to block the printhead. If because of using compatible  
 inks you have to replace the printhead just once in the life of the  
 printer, you have probably lost all the savings that would have  
 accrued from the ink. Also, every photo you have printed to that  
 point is printed in inferior ink that has lesser colour definition  
 and that will fade more quickly.

 Enough ranting, but that is my two bits worth. :-)

 Cheers,
 Carlo

 On 12/04/2012, at 23:02 , Alex wrote:

 Hi All

 I recently purchased an Epson Workforce Pro 4530 printer to  
 replace a
 Canon which was giving me the pips.

 I have 2 queries:

 1. once you get the message that ink is low, how long can one still
 keep using it without replacing the cartridge?  To me, it seems to  
 go
 for quite a while which implies a gross waste of unused ink.  One
 would have to be careful not to run it dry I would guess?  I realise
 that the question is a bit like how long is a piece of string? -
 depends how much  what type of printing is being done .

 2. Trying to look up prices on the net this evening, I stumbled upon
 InkStation, which had incredibly good prices for Epson Compatible  
 ink
 for the printer.  Would this ink be reasonably comparable to the  
 Epson
 product or vastly inferior - best not to use?

 Many thanks in advance for your expertise,

 Alex
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Printer ink query

[Alex]

Hi All

I recently purchased an Epson Workforce Pro 4530 printer to replace a  
Canon which was giving me the pips.

I have 2 queries:

1. once you get the message that ink is low, how long can one still  
keep using it without replacing the cartridge?  To me, it seems to go  
for quite a while which implies a gross waste of unused ink.  One  
would have to be careful not to run it dry I would guess?  I realise  
that the question is a bit like how long is a piece of string? -  
depends how much  what type of printing is being done .

2. Trying to look up prices on the net this evening, I stumbled upon  
InkStation, which had incredibly good prices for Epson Compatible ink  
for the printer.  Would this ink be reasonably comparable to the Epson  
product or vastly inferior - best not to use?

Many thanks in advance for your expertise,

Alex
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iPhone 4S, Bluetooth Siri

[Alex]

Hello Friends

my wife set up bluetooth in her car for her new iPhone 4S but now Siri  
does not work.  Have there been any issues in regards to this area?

Cheers,  and thanks in advance,

Alex
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Printers.......

[Alex]

Hi Fellow Wamugians

I have allowed my current Canon MX700 series inkjet printer to die,  
probably through my own neglect because I hate the way the ink  
cartridges keep running for a very long time even though they prompt  
you to replace.  Have disliked the scanning function on it anyway as  
it is ss clunky (strange in my mind as I thought Canon were good  
at scanner technology?!)

My question is should I go to Laser MFC over Inkjet MFC.  Not a huge  
user, although random jobs can be big if someone is studying.  Won't  
be connecting the fax function except the occaisional sending (if the  
scanning function is good maybe they will give up on the faxing!).   
Household has a couple Win laptops as well as the usual expanding Mac  
family.

Do the Laser toners also clog up if occaisionally not used for a  
period of time?  Was interested in the Samsung Laser MFC but Ronni  
gave it a bad rap about a year ago so have gone off it.

Anyone have any opinions on the environmental effects from the Laser  
printers (ie in the room)?

Many thanks in advance for your assistance  opinions,

Cheers,  Alex
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Re: How Big Should Library Be?

[Alex]

Hi Ronda

25% - 30% free space on your Hard Drive seems like a lot of  
wasted HD space that could be potentially used??  I realise that  
some HD space is used for processing, but I would appreciate it if  
you could expand upon this issue please.


Cheers,  Alex

On 28/08/2011, at 10:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Blitto,

How big is your Hard Drive?
How much Free space do you have on your Hard Drive?

I have a 750GB HD
My  /Library is 22.33GB Size with 57,373 Items
My ~Library is   6.29GB Size with 73,797 Items

If you don’t have  25% - 30% free space on your Hard Drive  a ‘clean  
up’ is required, or a larger Hard Drive.
My 750GB HD has 563.59GB free … and I like to keep it around this  
size ;-)


Cheers,
Ronni

17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)






On 28/08/2011, at 10:19 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:


Dear WAMUGers
My Macintosh HD Library is 71 GB.
My own Rod Library is 19 GB
Is that normal?

Should i be looking to clean up somehow?
ta
blitto


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Stolen iphone

[Alex]

Hi Wamuggers

my son has had his iphone stolen last night.  Has had it barred  (by  
Optus).  Is there anything else he can do that might see it come back  
to him?  I didn't get anything in archives. I imagine that whoever has  
it could use it as an ipod  not a phone, making it not visible.


Cheers,  Alex



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Seagate external drive

[Alex]

Hello WAMUG friends,

my daughter, who recently bought a MacBook Pro after having a Windows  
laptop for some years, has been given a  USB 2.0 Seagate external  
drive (model name starts with an E - Expansion?).  Now the box does  
say that it requires a Windows OS  no mention of Mac compatibility.   
However,  my understanding was that Macs can see  access Windows- 
formatted disks, eg thumb drives, floppies in the old days,  etc.   
When she connected the drive, it mounted  we could see it  the  
contents of the drive (some system files, info files  .exe  
programme), but when she tried to copy files from the Mac to the  
drive, nothing happened.  When dragging the files across to the drive,  
all that happened was that you could see the file ghosting back to  
where it came from with no message or anything.


Can someone please explain whether it can be made accessible  how, or  
is this a lost cause?  Also, what has changed, considering the  
previously stated accessibility at least from the Mac perspective?


Cheers,  many thanks in advance for your assistance,

Alex



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Re: AccountRight Plus

[Alex]

Hi Jennifer

Your friend should not have to import data - it is cross platform  
compatible as per the table following:


Windows software

Mac software




Accounting v18 / Accounting Plus v18
Premier v12

AccountEdge v8
Account Edge v8 Network Edition

Accounting / Accounting Plus v18.5
Premier v12.5

AccountEdge v8.5
Account Edge v8.5 Network Edition

AccountRight Standard/Plus v19
AccountRight Premier v19

AccountEdge v9
AccountEdge v9 Network Edition

Note: If an AccountEdge company file has the multi-currency preference  
turned on, then the file can only be opened in a compatible version of  
Premier/AccountRight Premier.


In future, this neat cross platform compatibility may be broken due to  
time differences in developing in the two different operating systems,  
but there will be compensations made so Mac files can be read by  
Accountants etc.




Cheers,  Alex

Alex Novakovic - Best Computer Accounting
MYOB Certified Consultant
Mobile: 0439 388 669



On 13/04/2011, at 10:03 AM, Jennifer Lefroy wrote:



Good Morning Everyone,

A friend is hoping to change to a Mac, but is unsure whether there
could be problems with the accounting software they use in their
business,  AccountRight Plus.  Does anyone have any experience with
this including successful importing of data?

I couldn't see anything in the archives.  We would be grateful for  
any advice.


Regards, Jennifer



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Re: Mail query

[Alex]

Hi Ronni

Thanks for your reply.  I did have a couple Smart Mailboxes but it  
seemed to me that the emails in those boxes still remained in the  
Inbox, which seemed to defeat the purpose in my eyes.  So I deleted  
them before trying the Rules thing.


Cheers,  Alex

On 06/03/2011, at 2:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hello Alex,

Have you looked at creating a Smart Mailbox?
1. Choose Mailbox  New Smart Mailbox, or click the Add (+) button  
at the bottom of the sidebar and then choose New Smart Mailbox
2.  Use the pop-up menus and text fields to define the search  
criteria for the mailbox.

If necessary, click the Add (+) button to add more search criteria.

I have a few Smart Mailboxes. One for “Unread Messages”, one for  
“Today’s Mail”  one for “Flagged” messages


Cheers,
Ronni

17 MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)


On 06/03/2011, at 2:05 PM, Alex wrote:



Hello Wamug Friends

I have finally gotten around to using Rules to move emails to other  
Mailboxes and I was wondering in there is a way to get Mail to open  
the mail boxes that have received emails. The Unread emails count  
doesn't help me as I often have many unread emails that I keep.


I used to use Eudora  the Window option in the Main Menu Bar  
listed all mail boxes that had received new emails  that was handy  
as I would look in them  close even if I didn't want to look at  
some.  I may be missing something in Mail?


Many thanks in advance,

Alex

PS thank you to all who offered advice on Printers earlier in the  
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Re: Another MYOB question

[Alex]

Hi John

is the 5 in MYOB 5 correct?  That is an extremely old version.   
Windows MYOB is running on v19.5 now.  What would you be running on  
the Mac?  The data files are cross-platform compatible but you need to  
have matching versions of the programmes. It is do-able one way or the  
other!


Cheers,

Alex


On 06/03/2011, at 10:45 PM, John Daniels wrote:



Hi all
Does anyone know if the info on Myob 5 on a  Windoz  machine can be  
uploaded to Mac SL?

Cheers
John


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Mail query

[Alex]

Hello Wamug Friends

I have finally gotten around to using Rules to move emails to other  
Mailboxes and I was wondering in there is a way to get Mail to open  
the mail boxes that have received emails. The Unread emails count  
doesn't help me as I often have many unread emails that I keep.


I used to use Eudora  the Window option in the Main Menu Bar listed  
all mail boxes that had received new emails  that was handy as I  
would look in them  close even if I didn't want to look at some.  I  
may be missing something in Mail?


Many thanks in advance,

Alex

PS thank you to all who offered advice on Printers earlier in the week



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Printer advice

[Alex]

Hello Wamug Friends

It looks like my Canon Pixma MX700 MFC is dying - Error message 5200  
(printer head overheating).  The one thing that has bugged me a lot is  
that the scanning function (to pdf) has always been painful.  It  
certainly was not simple  easy  it always took a long time to  
complete.  Not what I imagine things ought to be like in this day   
age!  If Apple had designed it it would be one button  over before  
you even pressed it!  Has this been the experience with other users of  
this printer?  What other printers can you recommend?  This one only  
cost $214.50 + GST, so probably not worth fixing in our throw away  
society :(


Cheers,  Alex


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Re: MacBook Air vs MacBook pro

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Rod  All

I have an Air as well as a Macbook Pro.  I use the Air mainly when I  
travel but may start using it when I am out  about as I have home  
broadband as well as mobile broadband.  The Macbook Pro is my  
desktop computer!


I personally think the Air is essentially a travelling laptop when you  
may not be doing all the things you would be at home, although some  
may want to do photo things in which case a Pro may be more appropriate.


Cheers,  Alex

On 08/11/2010, at 5:53 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote:


Hi WAMUGers
two different  (Windoze) people asked me today about buying a  
macbook air.

I've done a bit of homework, see below.
Please do you have anything to add to either list or an overall  
opinion?

ta
Blitto

AIR Plusses
• Flash storage - instant on!! Amazing!
• Flash storage - no moving parts! Less things can go wrong.
• Small and light
• Large multi-touch trackpad
• up to 5 hr battery
• External, plug in via USB  CD/DVD drive only costs an extra $99
• Very sexy!!


AIR Minuses
• No CD Drive
• No DVD Drive
	• Less storage - 64, 128 (extra $200) or 256 GB (extra $700) - this  
might be an issue if you are into movie making or storing thousands  
of digital photos at high res
	• MacBook Pro come3s standard with 250 GB storage and options up to  
512 GB storage for an extra $189
	• Might need an extra 2GB of RAM if you are into photo  movie  
editing (extra $135)
	• No firewire port (if you have a firewire movie camera or external  
firewire hard drive)

• Doesn't have ethernet port (BUT does have wireless N)

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Mail queries

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Wamuggians!

I am currently in Europe  in a situation where I have to download my  
emails  look at them later when I am not connected to the internet.   
I get quite a few emails that have html (?) boxes in them and they are  
blank when I look at my emails without internet connection.  I have  
Mail/Preferences/Viewing : Display remote images in HTML messages  
(requires additional network access to display) ticked, but this  
obviously means I have to be connected to view.  Now I may be wrong  
here, but I believe that when I was using Eudora, I could download,  
view later without connection  see all these html boxes with their  
info  I would expect that Mail would do the same as well.  Am I right  
 is there a way of setting this on (I can't see any other options  
though)?



Another issue I will have is that I am using my Macbook Air while  
travelling  this is the first time I have set up Mail  used it on  
this laptop.  When I get back home, I will probably want to transfer  
all the emails sent  received back to my main Macbook Pro working  
computer.  If these files have the same code as others on the Macbook  
Pro, will they get rejected when I copy  paste them, or will they  
still be accepted?


A third issue I have had was that I was not able to send emails for a  
long while.  I was able to receive only  had to use webmail to reply,  
which was a pain.  Highway1 told me that this was sort of usual due to  
something to do with the local server not accepting something or  
other   Is this right - have other travellers had this problem?  I  
am in one place now  have got their outgoing mail server address, so  
it is not a problem, but it was a pain for a while  it may be a  
problem in the future when I am moving around again.



Many thanks in advance for your assistance,

Alex

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Re: Mail to-ing fro-ing

[Alex]

On 28/05/2010, at 8:16 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:




On 27/05/2010, at 11:40 PM, Alex wrote:



Hello Wamugians

I would like your assistance with an imminent problem.  I have a  
Macbook Pro which is my main computer and a Macbook Air which is my  
travelling computer.  I have Mail set up on the Pro.  Next week I  
am going to Holland for 20 weeks  will be taking the Air.  While I  
can manage my emails somewhat using webmail to access  delete, I  
could quite likely still have about 3000 emails to download when I  
return (going on what happened after a two week trip last year).   
In that instance, the download fried Eudora, which I was using  
then, and corrupted a whole lot of my saved emails, merging many  
together.  I don't want this to happen this time.


What I am thinking is to copy all the relevant Mail folders across  
to the Air before I go and then do the reverse when I return.  Can  
someone please let me know which folders I do need to move as  
opposed to all Mail folders, or how to find that info myself?  I  
have done a search under Finder just now but it only turned up the  
Mail app and a million other files, none of which seem to be from  
Mail.


Many thanks in advance,

Cheers,  Alex




You don't say whether your email account is using PO3P or IMAP. If  
it is POP3 (which would be my guess) my best advice would be to make  
sure that Mail is set to delete the messages from the server once  
they are downloaded (Mail  Preferences  Accounts  Your Account   
Advanced). This does carry its own implications, though, the main  
one being that you will lose synchronisation between what you see in  
Mail and what you see in webmail. As you will obviously need an  
internet connection wherever you are in order to read new mail  
anyway, be it Mail or webmail, this should not be a concern. I would  
do two things (assuming Mail is set up the same way on both  
computers):


1. Before you leave, copy the Mail folder from your ~/Library/ 
Preferences folder on the Macbook Pro to the corresponding location  
on your Air (after first backing up or archiving the one on the Air  
of course).


2. When you return, copy the Mail folder back to your Macbook Pro.

This way, your the number of residual emails left on the Server when  
you return should be relatively small.


If your account is an IMAP account, then the mail is all managed on  
the Server side anyway so it's much less of a problem, and you can  
ignore the above.



Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.


Hi Peter

Per your point 1. above, I do not have a Mail folder in HD/Library/ 
Preferences.  Could you have possibly have meant HD/User/Library/Mail  
as Bob Howell suggested?


Also, I do have a POP account and  have never used email on the Air,  
only webmail.


Cheers  thanks to all,

Alex


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Mail to-ing fro-ing

[Alex]

Hello Wamugians

I would like your assistance with an imminent problem.  I have a  
Macbook Pro which is my main computer and a Macbook Air which is my  
travelling computer.  I have Mail set up on the Pro.  Next week I am  
going to Holland for 20 weeks  will be taking the Air.  While I can  
manage my emails somewhat using webmail to access  delete, I could  
quite likely still have about 3000 emails to download when I return  
(going on what happened after a two week trip last year).  In that  
instance, the download fried Eudora, which I was using then, and  
corrupted a whole lot of my saved emails, merging many together.  I  
don't want this to happen this time.


What I am thinking is to copy all the relevant Mail folders across to  
the Air before I go and then do the reverse when I return.  Can  
someone please let me know which folders I do need to move as opposed  
to all Mail folders, or how to find that info myself?  I have done a  
search under Finder just now but it only turned up the Mail app and a  
million other files, none of which seem to be from Mail.


Many thanks in advance,

Cheers,  Alex

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Re: HP 5380 all in one printer

[Alex]

Hi Graeme

Why don't you contact MYOB  explain that you have moved to Apple   
you should be able to exchange the Windows programme to AccountEdge  
(or FirstEdge) for Apple.


Cheers,  Alex


On 25/01/2010, at 6:28 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:



Some time ago I listed a problem with this printer scanner in that I  
could not scan at all.


For over 2 weeks I have been exchanging emails with HP Support  
trying various fixes to allow me to print while in Windows

The position is this

I can now print and also scan while using any Apple function

When I switch to use MYOB running in Windows I am unable to print at  
any report
So far I have I have tried all the moves suggested by HP and the New  
Hardware indicator has not appeared. My email exchange with HP is  
now out to 8 pages long when printed


When I purchased this Imac 27 I obtained the Parallels package as I  
wished to continue using MYOB despite it being a MYOB for Windows  
package

I can use MYOB but still cannot print a report from MYOB
All of the HP software  and drivers deemed necessary have been  
downloaded


When I now go through Control Panel in Windows  Printers the HP  
5300 series is not shown. So I guess I cannot expect it to print
The printer USB connection has been removed and reconnected but  
Windows did not acknowledge the printer and when connection is  
attempted manually the HP installed ie the 5300 series is not listed



HP have now suggested that the problem is with Windows not theirs

Has anyone else had this problem running Windows within the Mac

Have I missed something or is this a Windows problem?
Graeme Winters
IMac 27

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Re: Apple Mail and the Flag feature - any Windows em ail clients recognise it?

[Alex]

Hi Steven

I have seen flags used in Outlook as well.

Cheers,  Alex



On 23/11/2009, at 8:50 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:



Apple Mail provides the ability to 'flag' an email. It's a feature  
which is quite handy in my case, in which I have an IMAP account,  
and others who can access the IMAP account with Mail can see the  
flag also. The flag acts as a communication device between us,  
indicating whether a particular message has been actioned. Mail's  
Rules also offers the ability to flag a message at the time a rule  
has been applied.


One of the others who can access the IMAP account uses Opera on a  
Windows machine. It seems that he doesn't see these flags, unless of  
course there is some setting or view which he needs to activate. But  
assuming for a moment that Opera simply doesn't recognise the  
flagged aspect of a message on the server, is there any other  
Windows email client which will do so?


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Re: Eye TV burning

[Alex]

Hi All - thanks for all the replies.   Much appreciated.

I have followed Martin's advice successfully (thank you Ray for  
spelling it out as well).  I have been editing since I started  
recording some time ago.  So that's OK.


Ronni - the message that I got when just trying to burn without doing  
the above method was: Not enough free disk space.  7.13 GB needed,  
4.99 GB available.  If you choose to continue, please remember to free  
up some disk space.


Interestingly, when I successfully burnt using Martin's/Ray's method  
of saving a disk image, I got the same message although I was saving  
to the hard drive (actually had 11 GB free!!). I chose to continue to  
see what happened and it seemed to work anyway!


I now have a query about the quality of the video - the first 75%  
(approx) was fine, but then the last portion had lots of jerkiness -  
it would stop for a few seconds as if on pause then start up again,  
losing a very tiny bit of continuity.  Any idea what could have caused  
this?  Not enough space on the hard drive?  I was doing this on an  
older G4 iMac, Tiger OS (10.4.11 ?)  This movie was 1h:43m.  I also  
burnt Cast Away which is a tad over 2 hrs after editing ads, so it  
will be interesting to see when the jerkiness starts in that one, if  
it does, since I freed a bit of space after burning the first one.


Cheers,  thanks,  Alex

On 10/11/2009, at 5:39 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

Toast does indeed allow you to set the quality settings to cram more  
on a DVD.  A few days back I burnt 4 hrs of standard def video onto  
a dual layer DVD +R without problems using Toast Titanium 7.13.


Here's a bit more info from the Roxio forums:

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=53086

Toast will fit somewhere near 3-1/2 hours of video on a single- 
layer disc. You can manually set your average and maximum bit rates  
and set the audio bit rate to its lowest setting to get maximum  
content. You also can choose Save as Disc Image to have Toast make a  
DL-sized disc image file and then use the Fit-to-DVD option in the  
Copy window to further compress the video to single-layer disc  
(that's the approach I recommend).


Toast can only encode at full resolution. However, if you use  
another MPEG encoder to make the MPEG 2 (or MPEG 1) videos at a  
lesser resolution that still meets the video DVD specs Toast will  
use those to put up to about six hours (or maybe more) of video on  
one disc.


-Mart

On 10/11/2009, at 5:15 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Doesn't toast do compression of video to fit on one DVD? I haven't  
done it for a long time, but have a vague memory of this being an  
option


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On 10/11/2009, at 4:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:


Hello Alex,

You should be able to fit about 2 hours of standard-definition  
video on a DVD,  or about 2 hours of high-definition video on a  
25GB Blu-ray disc (I don't know whether Toast 7.1.3 had Blu-ray  
capabilities), I use Toast Titanium 10 Pro.


Did you trim out the commercials before burning?

What message is Toast giving you?

Cheers,
Ronni

On 10/11/2009, at 2:36 PM, aln...@highway1.com.au wrote:


Hi Wamuggians

I have been burning shows recorded with EyeTV by hitting the  
Toast button (using Toast Titanium 7.1.3).  This only works for  
shows under 1.5 hrs in duration.  I believe I have to export to  
another format to be able to fit the longer shows onto a DVD.


Can someone please inform as to the best format to use so that it  
can play on a standard DVD player?  Also, do I export and save to  
hard drive and then burn in a second step?  Does this take an  
extraordinarily long time?


Many thanks for your assistance,

Cheers,  Alex


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Re: Test message

[Alex Novakovic]

everything is running swimmingly in the mac world :)

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But it wasn't in my WAMUG mailing list world! I had been receiving 
emails from the list for a while but not been able to reply to the 
list.  This seems to have been rectified now.


Cheers,  ALex
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Mail connection message

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Matt

I am getting a message when connecting with Mail to the list for a  
while now.


It says: Mail can't verify the identity of mail.wamug.org.au.

The certificate for this server was signed by an unknown certifying  
authority. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to  
be mail.wamug.org.au which could put your confidential information  
at risk. Would you like to connect to the server anyway?


Show CertificateCancel  Connect

I usually just hit connect and get my mail as usual.  However, I would  
like to resolve the issue as I don't think the list is pretending in  
this case. If this is happening only to me, why is that so?


Thanks for your assistance,

Cheers,  Alex


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list mail intermittent?

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi WAMuggers

Has the list been acting strange intermittently?  I have had no mail  
for a few days with no activity seen when I start up Mail, except for  
a beep after a few seconds (with no activity wheel spinning).  Then  
today I got mail from the 11th (I think).


I have been getting a Mail can't identify mail.wamug.org.au message  
for a while now, so you guys are all pretending to send mail from the  
list!  Is this me causing this?


Cheers,  Alex


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Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

[Alex Novakovic]

Thanks Bob - Show connected servers was not ticked.

Cheers,  Alex

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On 10/11/2008, at 9:01 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 10/11/2008, at 12:42 AM, Alex Novakovic wrote:


Thanks Neil

This was something I was not experienced with.

The drive is connected at this point in time, even after shutting  
down the computer  restarting.  But I looked at what you said and  
can see that it would be the way to go if I needed it.




I guess what is confusing me is that even though it is connected,



its icon is not appearing on the desktop.



Did you look at Finder preferences to confirm you have a tick in the  
appropriate box  



Bob







With one of my Mac clients, their server's icon appears on the  
desktop when connected.  Mine is not strictly speaking a server,  
though, just a shared device.


Cheers,  Alex

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On 06/11/2008, at 11:17 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi Alex,


From your post, I gather that this is an ethernet network drive.


I've never used one of these - so this is only an idea/guess!

I would have thought that a network device was, in effect, a file  
server -
so can you just connect to it (mount it?) using the finder - Go -  
Connect

to server menu command?

If it hasn't shown up anyway in your network, then browse  
possibly won't
see it so put in the server (drive) ethernet address and hit  
connect.



Cheers


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on 6/11/08 1:05 AM, Alex Novakovic at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




Thank you Daniel - I did try connecting the WD HD directly to the
Macbook Pro but it did not seem to mount (I was doing it with an
ethernet cable).  I have trouble in this regard with both computers
intermittently where it does not appear sometimes.  The last time  
on
the Macbook Pro I was only able to connect by going through the  
Apple/

Recent Items path!  I'm sure that is not the way it is supposed to
be.  Shall try this again, though.

Cheers,  Alex

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Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

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Thanks Neil

This was something I was not experienced with.

The drive is connected at this point in time, even after shutting down  
the computer  restarting.  But I looked at what you said and can see  
that it would be the way to go if I needed it.  I guess what is  
confusing me is that even though it is connected, its icon is not  
appearing on the desktop.  With one of my Mac clients, their server's  
icon appears on the desktop when connected.  Mine is not strictly  
speaking a server, though, just a shared device.


Cheers,  Alex

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On 06/11/2008, at 11:17 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi Alex,


From your post, I gather that this is an ethernet network drive.


I've never used one of these - so this is only an idea/guess!

I would have thought that a network device was, in effect, a file  
server -
so can you just connect to it (mount it?) using the finder - Go -  
Connect

to server menu command?

If it hasn't shown up anyway in your network, then browse possibly  
won't
see it so put in the server (drive) ethernet address and hit  
connect.



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on 6/11/08 1:05 AM, Alex Novakovic at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




Thank you Daniel - I did try connecting the WD HD directly to the
Macbook Pro but it did not seem to mount (I was doing it with an
ethernet cable).  I have trouble in this regard with both computers
intermittently where it does not appear sometimes.  The last time on
the Macbook Pro I was only able to connect by going through the  
Apple/

Recent Items path!  I'm sure that is not the way it is supposed to
be.  Shall try this again, though.

Cheers,  Alex

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Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

[Alex Novakovic]

Thanks James

I did Google, but used the actual error code, mentioning -51.  It  
didn't appear in the first 10 pages and I thought it might not appear  
in the next 100 or so either since I specifically asked for that one.


Can I still use the repair disk bizzo seeing as it is connected to my  
router rather than my computer itself?


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On 06/11/2008, at 3:27 PM, James Devenish wrote:


Hi Alex,

If -51 is a Mac error code, you can Google mac error codes to find
that -51 is a File error: Reference number invalid. If this were
plugged into your computer, you'd go into Disk Utility  First Aid 
Repair Disk.

James

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Re: MYOB Backup Query

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Daniel

I am glad to be able to return the favour and give an answer to this  
one!


It is a bug in this version of AccountEdge.  It is due to the  
installer not giving the correct permissions to the MYOB AccountEdge  
v8 sub folders and contents.


Solution:	Locate the AccountEdge 8 folder  do a Command I on it to  
see the Get Info stuff. Expand the Sharing  Permissions if it is not  
already expanded.
			Click on the padlock on the bottom right corner of that box to  
unlock it and enter administrator id  password if requested.

Change all users to have read AND write permissions.
			Click on the sunflower icon to the left of the padlock and choose  
apply to enclosed items.

Click on the padlock to lock it up again.

All is well again.

This is a problem only if you choose Backup  All Data.  If you choose  
Backup Datafile Only, it will create a successful backup.


Further to this, I agree with a couple comments made re using other  
backup methods.  I always recommend doing a straight copy in the  
finder from HD to a USB thumb drive thingy or whatever they want to be  
called these days.  For some/many users, if this is their only back  
up, and they do not direct it elsewhere off the HD, then if their  
computer is irretrievably damaged/lost, they have no backup because  
MYOB's default backup location is on the hard drive!  Also with a  
straight copy, the file is not compressed, so it is a straight copy  
back if needed.


I have recently started to do a MYOB backup to the hard drive as a  
secondary backup and in the situation where I have just done one or  
two transactions.


MYOB will be fixing this up and sending a patch out eventually.

Cheers,  Alex


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On 07/11/2008, at 12:00 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


Hi All

I've got an interesting one that hopefully someone may have some  
ideas, or

see what I'm missing.

I have a client with MYOB version 8 (current version). When they  
open the
program all works correctly. On closing it, it brings up the normal  
Your
backup was x days ago, do you want to backup. You click yes and it  
appears

to go through the motions, but it doesn't actually backup.
If you watch the Finder/Desktop very carefully, you can quickly see it
create the .zip file (and correct icon) with the name that it should  
be, but

it's almost as if it doesn't finish it.
Even changing the location that it's saving it to, you get the same  
thing.

You briefly see it create the file, but it doesn't.
(And searching or Spotlight show that the file definitely hasn't been
created, and if the saved location has been changed to folder it  
always

remains at zero items.

All permissions have been repaired.
Checked the MYOB StuffIt Extension v6.7.2 that it uses, and even  
Created a
new one, and got the same results. (Even though Stuffit is up to  
version

13.something, MYOB still seems to use this older extension.)
Checked MYOB forums, googled for answers, but didn't turn anything up.
The System is running 10.5.5 with all updates on a MacPro, so all  
that side

of it is correct.
Even removed MYOB and reinstalled everything from scratch. Still the  
same

thing happened.

Not being a MYOB user myself, this one is strange, so I'm at a loss  
what it

could be.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd be most grateful.
Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards
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Re: iTunes 8 - CD unmounts when importing

[Alex Dawson]

Hi Neil,

I've had issues like this with hybrid audio/data CDs. If it isn't, I'd  
start suspecting something amiss with the optical drive..


On 08/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi all,

(Itunes 8, Leopard 10.5.5, 24 2.4 GHz iMac, 4GB RAM)

Anybody else getting this problem:

- insert CD
- queries Gracenotes CDDB correctly  gets track info
- asks me if I want to import CD to iTunes (as per my prefs)
- I hit yes button

OK to this point, consistent and as it should be, but:

- sometimes iTunes goes ahead and imports OK
- other times the CD just unmounts - ie it doesn't mount in iTunes  
and when

I check in finder it's not mounted

Now it's not a huge problem, I leave disk utility running if I'm  
importing
CDs and if I check there - the disc is showing as Audio CD but  
unmounted -
I then mount it and the iTunes dock icon bounces - switch back to  
iTunes and
I again have the do you want to import this CD into iTunes box -  
hit Yes

again and this time it imports OK.

I can't see any pattern to whether the CD imports first time or has  
to be

re-mounted via disc utility  then imported.

Before my current session of re-importing my CDs it had been quite a  
while
since I had done any - so I'm not sure if this problem is new to  
Leopard or

iTunes 8 or either/both?

Anybody else seeing this or have any ideas?

Like I say, not a big problem - I just don't like it when it doesn't  
just

work !!


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Re: Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

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On 05/11/2008, at 1:28 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:


On 5/11/08 1:00 AM, Alex Novakovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi Wamuggians

Trying to burn a TV show recorded with EyeTV and stored on a WD  
Mybook

500Gb ext HD - coming up with the above message. Have googled the
message and get multitude of pages but not that error in the first 5
pages.  Assuming if not near top of list, it is not there?  Can  
anyone

assist with this error message, please?

I have been having all sorts of problems with EyeTV/Toast ever  
since I
tried to burn two separate shows one after the other.  On the iMac,  
if

I try to get into the editor of EyeTV, I just get the turning wheel
forever, and can't even force quit or access other windows and
eventually just have to power off to restart the computer.  With the
MacBook Pro, I can get into the editor but takes a long time, and
often get a message saying that the WD Mybook has disconnected. I am
suspicious of this message as sometimes it isn't disconnected?  I
tried deleting (from Applications Folder) reinstalling both
programmes but nothing seems to have improved. Are there bits of  
files

elsewhere that I should also have deleted?

The WD HD is connected to a router rather than to either of the
computers. iMac is 10.4.11, Macbook Pro is 10.5.5, Toast 7, EyeTV
2.5.3 on Pro  EyeTV 1.8.6 on iMac.

Many thanks in advance,  Alex

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Hi Alex

I don't have an answer for the error code, but one thing I would try  
(If
possible) is to direct connect the hard drive to one of the  
computers and

try it that way, eg USB2 or Firewire.
See if you get the same error or message.
This will help rule out if it's the software or something else.
Eg, if it works fine then you know the drive is fine and the  
software is

fine and then you'd need to look at why it faults when on the router.
If you still get the same errors from a direct connection then it  
could be

something with the drive itself.

That should at least get you started to tracking it down.
Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
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Thank you Daniel - I did try connecting the WD HD directly to the  
Macbook Pro but it did not seem to mount (I was doing it with an  
ethernet cable).  I have trouble in this regard with both computers  
intermittently where it does not appear sometimes.  The last time on  
the Macbook Pro I was only able to connect by going through the Apple/ 
Recent Items path!  I'm sure that is not the way it is supposed to  
be.  Shall try this again, though.


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Re: Burning EyeTV recordings to DVD (Mac OS Error Result Code = -51)

[Alex Novakovic]

Thanks David.

Initially I did probably have a space problem as I got a message to  
that effect.  However, I cleaned up a few unwanted shows and now have  
116 Gb free.


You have given me great tips for burning, though, as I have noticed  
that I can only burn direct to Toast with shows up to 1.5 hrs in  
duration only.  Most of my shows are relatively short, the usual ~ 2hr  
movies with the occaisional longer one.


Cheers,  Alex
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On 05/11/2008, at 11:37 AM, David Noel wrote:


-- I've been building up experience of burning large EyeTV recordings
to DVD, and am wondering if Alex's problem is due to limited free disc
space?

-- Smaller (under 4GB) recordings can usually be burnt directly (and
fairly quickly) to DVD by clicking on the 'Toast' icon in EyeTV.
Larger ones can be tackled as below, but these methods need plenty of
spare disc working space. Whenever I've had burning problems, it's
always been when disc space has been lowish.

-- Recordings can be large for at least 2 reasons. Many broadcasts are
now in High Density, 1920 x 1080, instead of Standard Density, 720 x
576. A 1-hour HD recording may be 8 GB, and so cannot be burnt
directly to a 4.7 GB DVD by EyeTV. Also, SD recordings over about 1 hr
40 min may not actually fit on a standard DVD, and the process may
fail or give unexpected ending problems.

-- Both cases can be successfully dealt with in a 2-stage process.
First, Export the edited recording from EyeTV as a Quicktime Movie
(standard target is your Documents folder). The Quicktime Movie may be
even larger than the original recording, so if this is 18 GB, you may
need 22 GB or more elbow-room.

-- Then, open Toast (selecting DVD-Video) and drag the .mov file over
to the burn window. Toast will normally compress the file to fit on
the DVD, whether it was originally HD or was just a long SD (say 2.5
hours). Both stages can take a long time (hours), it's usually the
last operation I set in motion before leaving the computer.

-- Probably this method will break down under some conditions, so far
it's always worked for me. Larger recordings may show some loss in
definition (usually quite bearable).  EyeTV 2.5.3, Toast 8.0.4, OS X
10.5.5. Hope this helps.

David Noel / 2008 Nov 5


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On 5/11/08 1:00 AM, Alex Novakovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi Wamuggians

Trying to burn a TV show recorded with EyeTV and stored on a WD  
Mybook

500Gb ext HD - coming up with the above message. Have googled the
message and get multitude of pages but not that error in the first 5
pages. Assuming if not near top of list, it is not there? Can anyone
assist with this error message, please?

I have been having all sorts of problems with EyeTV/Toast ever  
since I

tried to burn two separate shows one after the other. On the iMac, if
I try to get into the editor of EyeTV, I just get the turning wheel
forever, and can't even force quit or access other windows and
eventually just have to power off to restart the computer. With the
MacBook Pro, I can get into the editor but takes a long time, and
often get a message saying that the WD Mybook has disconnected. I am
suspicious of this message as sometimes it isn't disconnected? I
tried deleting (from Applications Folder) reinstalling both
programmes but nothing seems to have improved. Are there bits of  
files

elsewhere that I should also have deleted?

The WD HD is connected to a router rather than to either of the
computers. iMac is 10.4.11, Macbook Pro is 10.5.5, Toast 7, EyeTV
2.5.3 on Pro  EyeTV 1.8.6 on iMac.

Many thanks in advance, Alex

Alex Novakovic


Hi Alex

I don't have an answer for the error code, but one thing I would try  
(If
possible) is to direct connect the hard drive to one of the  
computers and

try it that way, eg USB2 or Firewire.
See if you get the same error or message.
This will help rule out if it's the software or something else.
Eg, if it works fine then you know the drive is fine and the  
software is

fine and then you'd need to look at why it faults when on the router.
If you still get the same errors from a direct connection then it  
could be

something with the drive itself.

That should at least get you started to tracking it down.
Hope that helps.

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Mac OS Error Result Code = -51

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Wamuggians

Trying to burn a TV show recorded with EyeTV and stored on a WD Mybook  
500Gb ext HD - coming up with the above message. Have googled the  
message and get multitude of pages but not that error in the first 5  
pages.  Assuming if not near top of list, it is not there?  Can anyone  
assist with this error message, please?


I have been having all sorts of problems with EyeTV/Toast ever since I  
tried to burn two separate shows one after the other.  On the iMac, if  
I try to get into the editor of EyeTV, I just get the turning wheel  
forever, and can't even force quit or access other windows and  
eventually just have to power off to restart the computer.  With the  
MacBook Pro, I can get into the editor but takes a long time, and  
often get a message saying that the WD Mybook has disconnected. I am  
suspicious of this message as sometimes it isn't disconnected?  I  
tried deleting (from Applications Folder) reinstalling both  
programmes but nothing seems to have improved. Are there bits of files  
elsewhere that I should also have deleted?


The WD HD is connected to a router rather than to either of the  
computers. iMac is 10.4.11, Macbook Pro is 10.5.5, Toast 7, EyeTV  
2.5.3 on Pro  EyeTV 1.8.6 on iMac.


Many thanks in advance,  Alex

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Re: pdf printer

[Alex Novakovic]

HI Peter

I think it is weird, myself. I only just recently discovered the pdf  
feature when I needed it.  However, in this instance, using the same  
printer, when I was trying to print the BAS form from AccountEdge,  
that feature did not appear in the print dialogue box. Now I don't  
think that it is a MYOB problem as that programme delegates all  
printing to the os  printer drivers. Then again, it just might be as  
today I saw someone try to print from AccountEdge on a Mac with Tiger,  
and the, eg, Sales invoice screen slipped behind the Command Centre  
screen after the Print button was clicked!  That doesn't seem to  
happen in Leopard, as I tested at home on both os's.


Cheers,  Alex.


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On 28/10/2008, at 8:46 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 28/10/2008, at 12:34 AM, Alex Novakovic wrote:


Hi Wamuggians

I have just been to VersionTracker for the first time ever looking  
for a pdf printer (?) for those times that I may not have a printer  
connected or it's not working or I could be travelling.  I need a  
Leopard  Tiger version but can only find pdf Writers on  
VersionTracker - I need it to be a printer rather than a program  
for creating etc pdf documents.  While I do get a print in pdf  
option with my Brother MFC-620CN printer, this option does not  
appear all the time! (and only appears at all when I use the Macs  
vs the Win laptop!!)


I have searched under pdf printer and pdf printer driver and  
virtual pdf printer.  Could someone please point me in the right  
direction?


Many thanks in advance,

Cheers,  Alex



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pdf printer

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Wamuggians

I have just been to VersionTracker for the first time ever looking for  
a pdf printer (?) for those times that I may not have a printer  
connected or it's not working or I could be travelling.  I need a  
Leopard  Tiger version but can only find pdf Writers on  
VersionTracker - I need it to be a printer rather than a program for  
creating etc pdf documents.  While I do get a print in pdf option with  
my Brother MFC-620CN printer, this option does not appear all the  
time! (and only appears at all when I use the Macs vs the Win laptop!!)


I have searched under pdf printer and pdf printer driver and  
virtual pdf printer.  Could someone please point me in the right  
direction?


Many thanks in advance,

Cheers,  Alex


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Re: pdf printer

[Alex Novakovic]

Thanks Shay

Alex

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On 28/10/2008, at 12:52 AM, Shay Telfer wrote:


On 28/10/2008 12:34 AM, Alex Novakovic wrote:

Hi Wamuggians

I have just been to VersionTracker for the first time ever looking  
for a
pdf printer (?) for those times that I may not have a printer  
connected
or it's not working or I could be travelling. I need a Leopard   
Tiger
version but can only find pdf Writers on VersionTracker - I need it  
to
be a printer rather than a program for creating etc pdf documents.  
While
I do get a print in pdf option with my Brother MFC-620CN printer,  
this
option does not appear all the time! (and only appears at all when  
I use

the Macs vs the Win laptop!!)

I have searched under pdf printer and pdf printer driver and
virtual pdf printer. Could someone please point me in the right
direction?

Many thanks in advance,

Cheers, Alex


You probably want cups-pdf:

http://www.codepoetry.net/projects/cups-pdf-for-mosx

Have fun,
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Re: WD Mybookworld problem

[Alex Novakovic]

Thanks James - but I am not using firewire. Have Ethernet going from  
drive to router. Same routine may help, though.


Cheers, Alex

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On 17/10/2008, at 7:43 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:

i had similar problems with some of my 10 firewire connected drives,  
i found that powerup the drive, wait approx 30s then plug in the fw  
cable gets the router  mac to read the drive

did you try this?

James


On 17/10/2008, at 0:26, Alex Novakovic wrote:


Hi WAMugians

I have a WD Mybookworld ext Hard Drive connected to my router. When  
it is visible on my iMac, all is well.  However, if for some reason  
I power it off, I often have a real hard time re-connecting to it.  
I open the finder thru the iMac's HD, Network appears above the HD  
in the first column but the Mybookworld does not appear in the  
second column.  Most of the time I can click to my heart's  
(dis)content and nothing will happen, and then all of a sudden it  
decides to play ball.  Yesterday I gave up.  Today it connected  
after many clicks on Network.


I think I must be doing something wrong here?  Have I not set it up  
correctly, by any chance?  Can someone please give me a pointer?  
iMac is running 10.4.11


I can't seem to get it at all on my MacBook Pro running 10.5.2.   
When I open Finder it does not appear under Devices. (Although it  
just did now AFTER I managed to connect to it on the iMac) I hope  
this makes sense to someone.


Many thanks in advance, cheers, Alex

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WD Mybookworld problem

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi WAMugians

I have a WD Mybookworld ext Hard Drive connected to my router. When it  
is visible on my iMac, all is well.  However, if for some reason I  
power it off, I often have a real hard time re-connecting to it. I  
open the finder thru the iMac's HD, Network appears above the HD in  
the first column but the Mybookworld does not appear in the second  
column.  Most of the time I can click to my heart's (dis)content and  
nothing will happen, and then all of a sudden it decides to play  
ball.  Yesterday I gave up.  Today it connected after many clicks on  
Network.


I think I must be doing something wrong here?  Have I not set it up  
correctly, by any chance?  Can someone please give me a pointer? iMac  
is running 10.4.11


I can't seem to get it at all on my MacBook Pro running 10.5.2.  When  
I open Finder it does not appear under Devices. (Although it just did  
now AFTER I managed to connect to it on the iMac) I hope this makes  
sense to someone.


Many thanks in advance, cheers, Alex

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Re: Myob again

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi Martin

you can export/import activity slips.

You can also set up separate users with their own passwords and  
limited use of MYOB to what you want them to do.


Cheers,  Alex


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On 28/09/2008, at 9:34 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote:

Hi and thanks to everyone who answered my questions regarding Myob.I  
have been thinking about the various scenarios and came up with  
following idea.
As I'm using the workshop mac solely for timebilling. and the  
officemac for everything else(including timebilling)...is it  
possible to only export  the timebilling from the workshop and  
import it to the  office mac.,,Then use these data for billing  
and so on and keep backups only from the officemac?


On top of it -but not necessary is it possible to  keep these  
updates on the workshop mac under a different user?=workshopmac to  
run in administrator for backups and limited user for timebilling.


good idea or nonsense
have a nice sunday everyone  Martin

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Re: MYOB

[Alex Novakovic]

Hi All on this subject

I never recommend that users move files between computers on a regular  
basis - if you can avoid it.  Most people are not as organised as you  
are Susan, and invariably the time arises when a user gets distracted  
or rushed, forgets to take a backup for work on the other computer,  
gets there, thinks that they have, continues to work on the file.   
This may happen a couple or more times before you become aware of  
missing data.  That is where the mess arises.  I just don't think  
that it is worth it unless you really have to, especially if you are a  
person who is not regular and up to date with reconciling bank  
accounts, as this process helps find errors/messes.


Stuart's idea of using an external drive is good although it may have  
limitations where more than one person is involved in the data entry,  
if one person wants to keep working on the file in one location after  
the other person has gone (who wants to continue at home for example).


Kyle's suggestion of using Dropbox:  I have no experience with it but  
I would be EXTREMELY careful using this method as it may not work with  
a MYOB data file. I would test it very vigorously before trusting it -  
do one or two transactions, note them down exactly, do your Dropbox  
thing and then check if the transactions have come across. That is one  
scenario.  Another would be to do two transactions in one file, two in  
another, then try the Dropbox thing and see if they are all together  
in the merged file.


Myob some time ago revoked the multiuser status of AccountEdge but but  
it can still be used in multiuser mode.  Martin: multiuser means ONE  
data file, more than one computer (although you can have more than one  
business file).


Stuart: I have seen variable results in WIndows Premier performance -  
it is not all bad, some are good and some are slow despite all efforts.


The next year will probably see some big changes in the MYOB programme  
- I think it is being rewritten - and should result in a leaner,  
meaner MYOB!


Cheers,  Alex

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On 25/09/2008, at 9:31 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:


Hi Martin,

MYOB is not a great network product. Windows or Mac. We have  
customers using different MYOB products and there are various  
issues. Even the networking products (AccountEdge for Mac and  
Premier for Windows) are terrible. There is a lot of information out  
there about improving performance of MYOB across a network and the  
results are not great. We had a customer spend heaps on gigabit  
network equipment for minimal improvement. The only way to get good  
network performance is to run on a Terminal Server setup (Windows)  
or similar for Mac.


AccountEdge will let you work on the data file from 3 computers at  
the same time across a network. I have a few customers with this  
configuration. With FirstEdge it is a single computer product. Even  
with FirstEdge you can have the data file on one computer, and open  
that from another computer on the same network- obviously only one  
computer can have it open at a time. Again I have customers doing  
this. It is important to note that MYOB will not support this  
scenario, but they don't need to know. We recommend you keep regular  
backups and also regularly optimise the company file (once a month).


In a nutshell, you can keep the data file on an external drive (even  
a thumb drive if it is not too big) and open it on different  
computers, or you can copy it between computers. You MUST keep track  
of it though, because if you do work on the data file on one  
computer, and then do work on it on another computer, but forget to  
copy it first, then you CANNOT merge the changes. If that happens  
you CAN export the data that has changed and import it to the other  
data file, but you must know what it is that has changed. In MYOB  
you can export pretty much export/import everything (sales, orders,  
card files, inventory etc). I've had to do it several times. Because  
of this I prefer the single data file on a computer or the single  
data file on a removable drive of some type.


Cheers,
Stuart


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Re: Regions for DVDs

[Alex Dawson]

Ob Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. If you are really worried, you should consult 
one.

The Digital Agenda Copyright Act Amendments, and the AUSFTA amendments to our 
copyright law only prohibit circumventing effective Technical Protection 
Measures (TPM) for the purposes of copying the material. Courts have held in 
Australia (in particular in Stevens v Sony) that mere region control protection 
measures may be circumvented for permitted uses. Silly Sony choosing to sue the 
only guy who sold modchips that ONLY ignored region coding, not copy 
protection, but moving on..

The Australian House of Reps Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional 
Affairs has produced an interesting paper on the topic, linked from 
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/laca/protection/ ( 
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/laca/protection/report/chapter2.pdf ), 
which says, from 2.135: It is also relevant to note here that in a side letter 
to the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, dated 6 May 2003, the 
parties agreed to the following: Nothing in this agreement shall require 
Singapore to restrict the importation or domestic sale of a device that does 
not render effective a technological measure whose sole purpose is to control 
market segmentation for legitimate copies of motion pictures, and is not 
otherwise a violation of law.

And as summary, from S2.137 : For this Committee at least, the arguments that 
region coding TPMs are an essential tool in preventing piracy, [...] are not at 
all persuasive.

So the fact that the Australian House of Reps Standing Committee on Legal and 
Constitutional Affairs thinks outlawing multi-region DVD players is a stupid 
idea helps me sleep better at night with my house full of region-free Macs and 
DVD players.

Regards,
Alex.

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Sent: Mon 8/18/2008 5:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Regions for DVDs
 
Hi Richard,

As far as the production companies are concerned, the purchaser of the
DVD has only paid for the privilege of home-viewing in the UK -- not
in any other country or context. So, it's probably unlawful to
circumvent this (international copyright licensing). Still, this is
pretty unfair on you if you take an Aus laptop over to the UK and try
to view your own discs! Perhaps someone can help you get around that
problem.

James

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Re: Movies on iTunes

[Alex Dawson]

I have a page up at http://theducks.org/tvconnect for how to connect almost any 
Mac to a TV

Let me know if I've missed anything off there (except the Macbook Air.. I'll 
add that in some day)

Regards,
Alex.

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Subject: Re: Movies on iTunes
 

 Can it be watched on TV without an Apple TV ?
 Yes but it would require a video capable iPod

Or you can use DVI to S-video adapter plug.  I use one for my eyeTV  
(of course it helps if your computer is in the same room as a TV).

Ruben

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Re: Photoshop 7 and Intel

[Alex Dawson]

Photoshop 7 is incompatible with 10.5 on either platform, according to comments 
from an Adobe staffer on this post - 
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/02/leopard_1052_im.html

It's rather a shame. I use CS3, but in the past have had call for Photoshop 7, 
so I'll keep a Powerbook G4 around running 10.4 for it if needed.


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Subject: Photoshop 7 and Intel
 
Has anyone been successful at running Photoshop 7 on an Intel Core 
Duo with OS 10.5.4?
Merv
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