Re: Broadband set up
Andrew, Rob, Josh and the many other contributors - this has been a most useful discussion for me and I hope for others too. One of my sons from the dark side is on broadband with iinet and after examining my telephone accounts etc we then went to the whirlpool site and it seemed as though iinet was making a very reasonable offer with continuing costs comparable to other providers. If I have overlooked something please let me know. Hi Merv, horses for courses. I was curious to know what criteria you used for making your selection. As you have found, Whirlpool's Broadband Choice is an extremely useful tool for evaluating the offerings from technical and pricing points of view. I think that the discussion fora at Whirlpool can also be useful (if you can filter out the noise) to read feedback from users about things like customer service, billing accuracy, and especially network performance. VoIP works best with Quality of Service (QoS) enabled within your ISP's network. For calls you make to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) that means QoS needs to be enabled on all the routers between the point where you connect to your ISP then all along the way until your call emerges onto the PSTN. iiNet does appear to use QoS, as do some others. Not all ISPs do. Cheers, Andrew
Re: Broadband set up
At 17:42 +0800 24/1/06, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I am considering switching to broadband. IInet offer a one port Belkin Router with VoIP or a four port. My intention is to transfer my telephone account and computer connection into one account. I think Robert's answered the phone-related questions. Out of interest, what criteria did you use for selecting an ISP? Cheers, Andrew
Re: Anyone available for a 2 minute video iChat?
Just testing a machine here at work! There is an address appleu3test01 at AIM that you can add to your buddy list temporarily to test video iChats. It broadcasts a continuous video loop. Cheers, Andrew
Re: backup software
At 11:53 +0800 7/12/05, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi can anyone recommend a cheap ( read free) backup system, I just want to copy users home files to a firewire disk automatically ( say twice a week) for DR purposes. I don't need apps or Os backup up, but there seems to be a myriad of programs on places like versiontracker, how does one choose? I like and use SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/. Cheap, not free. Does scheduled backups.
Re: iPhoto alternative?
At 08:46 +0800 29/11/05, Lloyd White wrote: I know this will sound like sacrilege to some but is the a better photo storing and managing application, including a browser, than iPhoto? I have 3500 photos stored on it already but some of its little quirks annoy me. iView Media Pro http://www.iview-multimedia.com/ Pricey, but better than iPhoto especially when it comes to large (thousands) libraries of images.
Re: dvd regions
At 18:32 +0800 29/11/05, Rosemary Horton wrote: Just played a dvd on my mac, warning me about the fact that I'm changing region codes. As I bought the dvd legally in a local store what gives? And what do I do if I run out of changes of region code? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60183
Old Western Digital Caviar 22100 or 22500 hard disk?
Hi, does anyone have an old Western Digital Caviar 22100 or 22500 hard disk that they don't need any more? Looking for one for spare parts. Thanks.
Re: iTMS Australia live
$1.69 per song. Hmm, doesn't quite have the ring of 99c per song does it? No, but I reckon it's cheaper than buying a whole new-release CD for roughly $30. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ABC feedback
At 08:25 +0800 26/9/05, Martin Hill wrote: MPEG-4 (and thus Quicktime) has growing traction now on many platforms (digital cameras, mobile phones, iPods, PDAs, HD-DVD Blueray, Digital Satellite etc) and is an open standard not owned by Microsoft, Apple or Real which *should* make it the default choice these days. I couldn't agree more. Choice, through use of open standards. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ABC feedback
At 23:03 +0800 24/9/05, Warren Jones wrote: Looks like the survey link has disappeared now so perhaps it has finished. But there is a feedback link at http://www.abc.net.au/broadband/ I agree with Matt about standards but at least QT would be more equally cross platform than WMP and less a pain than Real. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that QuickTime is an architecture for time-dependent media and that it's the different codecs that can work with that architecture that give you the ability to play certain media types. Other than perhaps that the codecs haven't been written (for whatever reason, including proprietary or copyright ones) it surely should be possible for QuickTime to deal with all types of streaming and non-streaming media. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iTMS Japan
At 11:19 AM +0800 5/8/05, Rod wrote: Unfortunately Sony/BMG has the monopoly on Australian artists too :-( There won't be much content on iTMS au with out Sony :-p Frankly, I don't care. Although I have bought a lot of music by Australian artists on CD, I wish they would just bring on the ITMS Australia, regardless of whether Sony is signed on or not. Of course, one can hope that Sony may eventually come on board but let's not be missing out on other content just because Sony hasn't got its act together in Australia. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple external firewire hard drives
At 10:22 +0800 19/6/05, Robert Howells wrote: In SCSI we set individual ID's and terminate the end of the chain. ATA requires Master and Slave Firewire needs what ? Nothing! That's one of the joys of FireWire - just daisy chain the devices, or plug each into a port on the PCI card. It is entirely self-configuring. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OSX utilities for a newbie
At 11:53 +0800 19/6/05, Aurora wrote: I bit the bullet this week and purchased a 14inch ibook. My first foray into OSX and I would like to know what utilities and extra software that people would recommend. I have made myself a promise that no microsoft software will go onto this machine (I get enough of it at work). Also what good system repair software is there - I use to live by Tech tools and would now love a replacement. DiskWarrior. There is nothing else for disk repair that comes even close. I don't use any other system management utilities; my Mac is on sufficiently often to run its internal utilities just fine. I've been using Macs for about 20 years now and I like to run them lean and clean, keeping all those utilities and doo-dads out of it as much as possible. On the other hand, I'm sure you'll find there are lots of great _applications_ out there that will help _you_ to do actual work. One freebie that doesn't have a high profile is Ragtime Solo http://www.ragtime-online.com/ which you might find very interesting if you're planning not to install Microsoft Office. You might also look into icWord http://www.icword.com/ to allow you to open those Microsoft Office documents that others send you. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: re Skype
At 06:32 +0800 17/6/05, KEVIN Lock wrote: Onno, Please tell me how I am paying for computer to computer Skype calls. Perhaps Onno could have been inferring, in his own inimitable way, that your Skype calls will incur a data cost from your ISP. I use iChat AV quite a lot for text, voice, and video chats, and occasionally use a Cisco IP phone. My ISP gives me a quite decent quota of data each month and then shapes traffic after that so I wouldn't incur any extra charges even if I exceeded the quota. Not that I ever even come close. My voice traffic on the 'net therefore is not costing me anything extra above what I'm already shelling out for from my ISP. Now I'm looking with interest at Internode's developments with VoIP through their (own) carrier company Agile http://www.agile.com.au/voice/. Their voice over broadband (NodePhone) service has finished beta testing and may be made publicly available soon. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IP phone issues
At 16:06 +0800 17/6/05, Shay Telfer wrote: Also, unless you've got a UPS, your IP phone won't work in a blackout. In fact your ISP may not even have uninterruptable power at the exchange or their office, in which case it won't matter if you've got a UPS at home. :) And on that subject, neither will cordless phones. Worth having a corded (wired) phone connected somewhere in the house for just that reason. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Billion 5100 and iChat AV?
Indeed, thanks for the suggestion, although it does rather defeat the purpose of having a _router_ rather than a _modem_. If you only have one client, bridge the modem and use OSX's inbuilt PPPoE client. You'll get a live IP and no NAT to traverse. If you need to use more than one client you can try bridging and then using OSX's Internet Connection Sharing to have on machine with a live IP and the others behind a NAT. Otherwise you can try setting the desired host as the one to be the DMZ machine. Most firewalls have that option. Mal On 15/06/2005, at 12:50 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Sorry to all for coming into this halfway but it sounds like some of you are having trouble with the type of NAT (network address translation) your various routers/modems use. For any application needing to contact another client behind a NAT or be contacted behind a NAT there needs to be a mechanism to traverse that NAT. Not all NATs are the same. Some are full cone NATs that are reasonably easy to traverse, some are restricted cone which are somewhat harder and then there are symmetric NATs which are very difficult and usually require some hardware on the Internet called a session border controller. The various NAT traversal mechanisms used can cause crashing on different routers/modems. We are going to launch a VoIP telephone service in the next 3 months or so and, as part of our preparation, we have tested about 20 of the most common ADSL modems/routers. We have found similar problems with some and have had to upgrade firmware and approach manufacturers with the problems to try to find a solution. Some of the routers/modems even crashed our STUN server (used for the NAT traversal) - so it is a bit of a new area for some vendors and service providers. If you are interested, check out the terrific article in the IP Journal by Geoff Huston at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_7-3/index.h tml Sorry there's no solution here but it gives you some idea of what may be happening. Regards Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:39:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Billion 5100 and iChat AV? Good chance it might be like the Dlink I had. Everytime I would try audio chat, the router would crash. I have swapped to a Netgear and have no trouble with audio chat. Any chance you have another router or modem to try? Yes, my D-Link has the same problem, despite the firmware updates and DNS changes recommended by various sources. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Billion 5100 and iChat AV?
At 11:23 +0800 14/6/05, Matthew Healey wrote: On 13/06/2005, at 8:29 PM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: Hi, does anyone have details of how to configure a Billion 5100 ADSL router to work with iChat AV? I'm trying to chat with someone who has one of those routers. I know my configuration (of a different router) works here, so I believe the problem is at his end. Text chatting works fine. Thanks in advance for any tips you can provide. BTW I've read Apple's pages on port forwarding too... Or you could do it the easy way... Step 1 Make sure you have the latest firmware (2.2.16) http://www.billion.com.au/support/bipac5100.php; installed on the router. 2.2.16 specifically fixes a problem with Universal Plug and Play. Step 2 Make sure UPnP is enabled on the router. (NOTE TO EVERYEONE: If you have a decent router that properly supports UPnP, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PORT FORWARDING!. That's what UPnP is for.) Step 3 There is no step 3. Oh yes there is. Been there, done that :-) Nice try though. However I can happily say my Draytek router works fine, out of the box, and without enabling UPnP either... -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Billion 5100 and iChat AV?
Hi, does anyone have details of how to configure a Billion 5100 ADSL router to work with iChat AV? I'm trying to chat with someone who has one of those routers. I know my configuration (of a different router) works here, so I believe the problem is at his end. Text chatting works fine. Thanks in advance for any tips you can provide. BTW I've read Apple's pages on port forwarding too... -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2 main reasons against Mac
At 09:28 +0800 10/6/05, Martin Hill wrote [in relation to UI responsiveness]: I'm with you on that one Craig. That's one pet peeve of mine as well. (but the Dell on my desk is another matter entirely *blech*) Wow, the Dells I use all work really well and are plenty responsive under Windows XP. Just that there's no Unix underneath so they're a little bit limited in some ways but then they run software that I can't run on Mac OS X so it's swings and roundabouts. For now :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Interesting article on cpu switch
At 18:16 +0800 9/6/05, Paul wrote: I'm praying that Apple remain the Motherboard designers and or builders. Thats where they have had the edge IMO. Would that be like the iMac G5 design which has, er, reported issues? -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Interesting article on cpu switch
Another approach, after providing whatever advice your friend or family member has requested about buying a computer, is to simply make an offer. If you choose a Mac I'll give you unlimited free technical support for life. If you choose Windows you're on your own. Your friend or family member then has a choice to make for themselves. Mostly I have found my friends and family have chosen Macs because they appreciate the advice and they've been able to experience using a Mac themselves, or know other people who use Macs and who also may recommend them. On the other hand, a small number of my friends and family choose to use Windows and they usually do so with equally good reasons. I use it at work, it's the most appropriate tool for the purpose. However, the amount of unlimited free technical support I've had to give over the years to my friends and family who use Macs has been very little. It is usually provided in the context of catching up for a chat over a coffee or a meal which is something both of us enjoy doing anyway. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Commbank
At 09:08 +0800 25/5/05, Shay Telfer wrote: Be thankful they've even heard of Mozilla, Firefox and Safari! Even if they think MAC is an acronym - well, it is - Media Access Control. But that's unrelated to the word Macintosh which is a proper noun. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing classic with 10.4.1
At 13:54 +1000 23/5/05, Lloyd White wrote (of Daniel Kerr): Once again I am in awe of your knowledge of all things Mac! It's so great seeing WAMUG members helping each other, and especially seeing people like Daniel, who make their living from selling their services, chipping in in their spare time. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting Powerbook to UPS - any danger?
At 16:48 +0800 13/5/05, Brian scott wrote: I'm using an ethernet ADSL modem should I incorporate the ethernet filter in the UPS? I'd be filtering the incoming ADSL/phone line in preference to the ethernet line. You're much more likely to have damaging spikes coming down the phone line during a storm than a spike from the (small) ethernet in your house. Not impossible, but I'd put my effort into protecting against problems on the phone line first. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE] iBook G3 500 MHz
Hi, I'm selling my iBook - specs are: iBook G3 500 MHz 384 MB RAM 10 GB HDD CD-RW/DVD-ROM (combo) drive AirPort card It's in excellent condition. Also comes with original packaging, discs and manuals. Freight to anywhere in Australia at cost; you specify the freight method you require. Asking $800 ono. Please email me with genuine offers. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [FOR SALE] iBook G3 500 MHz
Emphasis on or nearest offer, of course! :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Entry level Digital SLR recommendations?
If you're not absolutely set on an SLR then there are cameras that may offer an acceptable medium between the capabilities of an SLR and the small form factor of a compact camera. Having been an SLR user from way back, I started down the digital path with the original Canon Digital Ixus several years ago and have never looked back. However the Ixus was ageing, only had 2.1 Mpixels and was beginning to lose its ability to focus properly. To be fair, it was several years old and had travelled far and wide, taking many thousands of photos for us so it sure didn't owe us anything. Late in 2004, however, I replaced the Ixus with another Canon, the newly released PowerShot G6 http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/g6.html. We took it on our trip to Iceland, the UK and Singapore. It was an outstanding choice for our requirements. It has a comfortable, solid grip to it without being anywhere near as bulky as an SLR, and the lens is decent without the need to carry separate lenses as you would with an SLR. The battery would typically last us more than a day, we were averaging more than 300 shots from a single charge. We took in excess of 5000 photos in 6 weeks so it got a solid workout. Both Plaza Cameras and Gerry Gibbs Camera House have been helpful to me in the past. I eventually bought the camera online at Digital Camera Warehouse http://digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/ who were prompt in processing my order. Share enjoy. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wanted - iMac (lampshade) box and foam
Hi, does anyone have a box and foam to suit an iMac lampshade model? It's a 15 but I imagine a box for a 17 model would do as well. Would very much appreciate it if someone has one spare... Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE] Incl. some newly listed items
Hi, thanks to all those who've helped us reduce our household contents before we move! There are just a few items remaining, and a few new ones we've added: *** $100 - TV/VCR/stereo cabinet - shelf at top for VCR DVD players (both will fit), shelf in middle for TV, compartment with glass door at bottom for stereo gear. Shelves both sides for storing heaps of CDs/DVDs/tapes. Very good condition. Must go, not enough room for us to take it. *** $125 each - TWO MORE of these excellent office desks are now available, I've been convinced we won't have room for them now. First one sold really quickly. Office desk, grey laminated. Excellent condition. Dimensions (mm) 1780 (L) x 910 (W) x 720 (H). *** $100 ONO - Canon FAX-B150 fax machine/telephone. Includes 1 new (sealed) BX-3 cartridge. Very good condition. Hardly used. *** $30 ONO - Technics SL-XP300 portable CD player with AC adapter. Also takes 2 x AA cells. Good condition. *** $100 - Desk, white, with cable tidy underneath. Fair condition. Dimensions (mm) 1600 (L) x 750 (W) x 740 (H). *** $50 - Dimplex electric column radiator (oil-filled), on castors. Excellent condition. Dimensions (mm) 860 (L) x 130 (W) x 650 (H). *** $70 - Student desk, wood grain laminate, 4 drawers. Very good condition. Dimensions (mm) 1200 (L) x 600 (W) x 760 (H). Will include green plastic chair with metal legs. Alternatively, use own legs :-) *** $25 - Men's racing bike, white, Gordonson brand. About 14 years old. Not heavily used and in fair condition but needs some work - new tyres, service. *** $50 - Paklite Featherweight suit pack, black. Hardly used, really good condition. Lots of zippy pockets for other clothes. Opens out to hang full-length from a hook or door. *** $20 - Suitcase, medium, black with brown trim. Tough fabric sides. Had a bit of use, still in fair shape. *** $20 Samsonite briefcase. Black, tough and solid sides. Locking mechanism still OK. Internal document holder mechanism a bit dodgy now but doesn't affect functionality. A little worn on the inside. It cost a lot new! -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac Mini
And on the Apple Store in Australia. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mac mini - A mini mirror door
At 16:38 +1100 12/01/2005, Onno Benschop wrote: /me pats 8.6 Sick puppy :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE] Computer, office household items
Hi, I'm being relocated and have some items for sale in Perth before I move. Items include computer hardware software, office equipment and household items. Please email me at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Photos of items can be provided or, if you are in Perth, I can make arrangements for you to come and see the items. Quick sale preferred. Make an offer, all reasonable offers considered. *** Ipex IBM PC compatible. Micro Office form factor (i.e. micro-ATX system box). Pentium 4 1.6 GHz. 768 MB RAM, 3.5 floppy disk, 52x speed CD ROM, 40 GB hard disk, comes with license of Microsoft Windows XP Pro complete with original installation discs and serial number. *** Apple AirPort base station original (grey) model, 11 Mbps, includes ethernet and modem ports. In good working order (currently in use). *** Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro 4-port ADSL router. In good working order (currently in use). *** HP DeskJet 930c Photo colour inkjet printer, USB. In good working order (currently in use). *** Agfa SnapScan 1212 flatbed colour scanner, USB. In good working order (currently in use). Software available for Mac OS X and Windows. *** Microsoft Word 98 for Mac OS 9, in original packaging with original CD and manual. This is the upgrade edition and so the original version 4 floppy disks are also provided. This package has never been subsequently upgraded. *** Virtual PC version 4.0 for Mac OS 9, in original packaging with original CD and manual. *** Fly version 1.0 flight simulator for Mac OS 9, in original packaging with original CDs and manual. *** Norton AntiVirus v6 software for Mac OS 9, in original unopened packaging. *** Canon FAX-B150 fax machine/telephone. Includes 1 new (sealed) BX-3 cartridge. Very good condition. *** Quantity of grey plastic office document trays, stackable. Good condition. *** Nokia 3310 GSM mobile phone in original packaging with battery, AC charger and manual. This unit is in fair used condition. *** Omni brand telephone caller ID unit, model CA-390, with instruction booklet. *** Iomega Zip 100 disk drive, USB, with AC adapter. Hardly used. *** External FireWire disk enclosure with internal power supply. 5.25 form factor. BYO IDE hard disk. *** Three (3) Seagate Barracuda ATA IV ST340016A 40 GB 3.5 IDE hard disks. *** Seagate ST320014A 20 GB 3.5 IDE hard disk, hardly used. *** IBM DDRS-39130 9 GB 3.5 SCSI hard disk. Suit BW Power Macintosh G3 or similar. *** Two (2) x 64 MB PC100 RAM DIMM, should suit BW Power Macintosh G3. Stored in anti-static bag (of course). *** Technics SL-XP300 portable CD player with AC adapter. Also takes 2 x AA cells. Good condition. *** RCA SystemLink Simple 3 and SystemLink 3 universal remote controls. Hardly used. Manuals available on the Internet. *** Canon Digital Ixus version 1. 2.1 megapixel camera. Includes all original cables, discs and manuals, with two new batteries. Fair to poor condition, has some difficulties focussing at times. May be suitable for parts. *** Canon AE-1 Program 35mm SLR (single lens reflex) film camera with: - Canon 28 mm f2.8 wide angle lens - Canon 50 mm f1.8 lens - Canon 35-70 mm f3.5 zoom lens - Sigma 70-210 mm f4.5 zoom lens - National PE-357S flash unit All lenses have been protected throughout their life by UV filters. This camera was my pride and joy for many years and is still in good working order. All items must be purchased as a set and I will include my handy carry bag. *** Apple Macintosh LC 630 Apple Macintosh LC 475 Apple Macintosh LC All come with Apple extended keyboard and mouse but no monitor. These items may not be in working order, may be useful for parts or collectors. *** Power cables, various. *** SCSI cables, various. *** Office desk, grey laminated. Excellent condition. Dimensions (mm) 1780 (L) x 910 (W) x 720 (H). *** 2 x office credenza (low cupboard with shelf and sliding doors), grey laminated. Excellent condition. Matches colour of office desk. Dimensions (mm) 1210 (L) x 440 (W) x 670 (H). *** Desk, white, with cable tidy underneath. Fair condition. Dimensions (mm) 1600 (L) x 750 (W) x 740 (H). *** Dimplex electric column radiator (oil-filled), on castors. Excellent condition. Dimensions (mm) 860 (L) x 130 (W) x 650 (H). *** Student desk, wood grain laminate, 4 drawers. Very good condition. Dimensions (mm) 1200 (L) x 600 (W) x 760 (H). Will include green plastic chair with metal legs. *** Men's racing bike, white, Gordonson brand. About 14 years old. Not heavily used and in reasonable condition but needs some work. *** Gym bench. Fair condition. Suitable for sitting or lying on for free weight use. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: retrieving trashed files
At 08:17 +0800 03/01/2005, tom samson wrote: I thought I'd try again . does anyone know how to retrieve trashed files on 10.3.7 I tried a Google search and received a number of what look to be useful results: http://www.google.com/search?q=undelete+files+on+mac+os+x -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Starcraft Crashing Problem
At 07:10 +0800 31/12/2004, James Devenish wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 09:58:12PM +0800, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, I've had queries that have gone unanswered too, so [it's] not just you. As the others have said, if no one replies, perhaps no one actually knows the answer. To Ruben, although I don't know what Starcraft is: if it is a product that you paid for (or even if it is free), you should probably try e-mailing the vendor/authors so that they are aware that their product has problems. Also, other users of the product may have hints, or they may at least be able to tell you that you're not alone in your experience. The WAMUG list is a great place for people to contribute their suggestions on many things Mac-related. However it may not always be the best place for specialised application support. Perhaps there is a Starcraft users group which would be a more likely place to ask questions about a particular specialised product. I've never used Starcraft, however within a few minutes I found that on the developer's tech support page they offer an email address for reporting problems with their product. You could try contacting the developers. You could also try using Google to see if others have experienced similar symptoms to you. There do appear to be reports of it crashing under Mac OS X 10.1.something, maybe it still had that problem under your version of Mac OS. You could also use the tried-and-proven procedure of disconnecting non-essential peripherals (e.g. you mention a second hard drive which you seem to suggest was implicated initially), installing a new, clean operating system with a new, clean game installation, then testing to see if the problem still exists. It's possible you may have customised your system to an extent which Starcraft can't deal with. The WAMUG list is a great place for people to contribute their suggestions on many things Mac-related. However it may not always be the best place for specialised support. Good luck! -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Transaction authorization required.
The Australian High Tech Crime Centre also offers advisories on a wide range of scams and other online crime-related activities: http://www.ahtcc.gov.au/ -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: Wanted: one OS X capable Mac
X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Leon Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: CyberKnights - modern tools, traditional dedication To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wanted: one OS X capable Mac Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:29:09 +0800 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a need to run fiendish experiments under Mac OS X but have no Mac to do it on. If you're getting rid of an old Mac - no matter how scratched, dented and slow - which can run OS X, please consider giving it a new home here. For a largely unrelated purpose, if you're a Mac user from 'way back, you'll remember what a Mac SE 30 is; we have one and would like some children's games for it. If you have any freeware games you can copy, or commercial games you no longer have a Mac for, please contact me off-list to arrange a deal. Cheers; Leon -- http://cyberknights.com.au/ Modern tools; traditional dedication http://plug.linux.org.au/ Vice President, Perth Linux User Group http://osia.net.au/ Member, Open Source Industry Australia http://slpwa.asn.au/Member, Linux Professionals WA http://linux.org.au/Member, Linux Australia
Re: Wanted Startup Dick for Apple Iic or e
At 18:36 +1100 14/11/2004, Greg Sharp wrote: Subject: Wanted Startup Dick I'm led to believe that such an item might be procured in a brown paper package from a variety of stores in Fyshwick in the ACT ;-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network and digital cameras
At 15:26 +0800 16/09/2004, Martin Hill wrote: I don't quite understand your problem and why you are trying to use Apple Network Assistant (This is for remotely controlling a Mac - it doesn't restrict local access privileges), but the default passwords are: zyzzy Or xyxxy Maybe xyzzy IIRC. Goodness me, that's old stuff. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Extracting JPG's from Excel
At 22:52 +0800 07/08/2004, Stephen Chape wrote: I have been presented with a huge Excel Workbook that contains a great many images in column A in numerous worksheets. Does anyone know a speedy way of extracting all the images as individual files (JPG perhaps) and placing them into a new folder ? It might be easiest to write a short AppleScript which loops over each worksheet and copies the image then saves them out to JPEG format. Sorry I don't have time to knock up a script for you though, but it might point you in a useful direction. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Access for Mac
And there are very powerful alternatives such as FM Pro or MySQL. At 21:56 +0800 05/08/2004, Stephen Chape wrote: NO ! Never has been and from what I have heard, never will be. On 05/08/2004, at 1:41 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Searched the archive on the issue of the program Access being available on the Mac. Some time back I think someone else raised this question and I thought the answer was NO, but I couldn't find the item in the archive. Could someone please advise? Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Imperial iPods...
At 11:34 +0800 20/07/2004, Shay Telfer wrote: Or perhaps Australia returning to imperial is part of the Free Trade Agreement :) Funny really, since they had that big Tea Party all those years ago, yet the USA is about the only country that's adhering to the old British Imperial system. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MYOB problem
If he has a current version of MYOB then MYOB Australia provide a 1800 support number to call, they may be able to answer the question. One other thing you might want to check... MYOB seems a bit picky about which directory the application is in. It does sometimes seem to want the MYOB folder to be at the root level of the hard disk. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: List name
At 18:25 +0800 03/05/2004, Reg Whitely wrote: I've found such prefix referencing to list mail very useful, and help shortcut the need to program otherwise sometimes complicated mail sorting preferences to individual mailboxes (using in my case, Apple Mail). Even without sorting to mailboxes, it would be easy to visually identify where each message comes from. My Eudora rules currently have no difficulty distinguishing messages from multiple mailing lists based on information which can be found in the message headers. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Filemaker 7 coming on Tuesday
At 08:02 +0800 09/03/2004, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: Filemaker are expected to announce the release of FileMaker Pro 7 next tuesday, according to the following report: http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/08/10NNfilemaker_1.html It actually sounds like they've made some changes this time round, compared with what some described as gouging their users with the last few releases where they charged hefty upgrade prices for very few perceptible differences. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old hardware software available
I'm disposing of a quantity of old hardware and software. Please email me if you would like to reserve one or more of these items. First to email, first served. The items will be available for collection this Saturday between 10am and 1pm, any left over after that time will be sent off for recycling. Free hardware - - 1 x Apple Color Plus 14 display - 1 x Macintosh Color display - 1 x Apple CD 300e Plus external SCSI CD ROM - 1 x Apple StyleWriter 1200 - 1 x external SCSI hard drive enclosure - Lots of cables of various types $10 each - 1 x HP 8-port 10Base-T ethernet hub - 1 x Omni telephone caller ID unit $30 --- - 1 x Canon Fax-B150 bubblejet fax (this has been a great unit) Free software for Mac OS 9 -- - 3 x Timbuktu Pro 2-packs - 1 x PreFab Player - 1 x Image Alchemy - 1 x SimCity 2000 manual only - 1 x FaceSpan - 1 x Scripter -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FS: iMac G4 15 flat panel
I'm selling the last iMac 15 flat panel computer from Starfish, see eBay for details. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2775345617category=4607 -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Audio Video into a Mac
At 09:02 +0800 20/12/03, Peter Faulks wrote: Can anyone tell me the best solution to bringing video (VCR PAL) using RCA plugs or whatever or audio (RCA Plugs) from cassette into a Mac so I can burn music or video onto a CD. Peter, one of the easiest ways I've found for transferring combined video/audio from VHS to computer is to play from the source VHS player into a DV (digital video) camera, then take a FireWire feed out of the camera and into the computer. The DV camera essentially does the conversion of VHS to DV for you, and you can then use whatever video editing software you like on the computer. If your DV camera doesn't allow this pass-through conversion, you could instead do a tape-to-tape copy from VHS to DV, then play the DV tape into the computer via FireWire. I imagine you could capture audio in this way too, separately from the video, with appropriate capture software. You could also input an audio-only feed through the microphone socket on your computer and capture it that way using any number of freeware/shareware/commercial programs. Once your audio is on the computer you could organise it using software such as iTunes and then burn it to CD. I don't put video onto CD, I put it back to DV tape. There are video formats around for video on CD, I just haven't experimented with them - Shay? Onno? If your computer has a SuperDrive you could put it onto DVD instead. All of the above applies to Mac and Windows platforms. Hope this helps. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FS: iMac G4 15 flat panel
For sale: iMac 15 flat panel 700 MHz G4 CPU 512 MB RAM Combo drive (CD read/write, DVD read) 40 GB hard disk Keyboard, mouse Apple external speakers Original accessory kit including manual, CDs (Mac OS X) Original packaging $1500 or nearest offer. Please email me if you are genuinely interested. -- Andrew Nielsen
Christmas shopping
Japanese style... http://homepage.mac.com/hsk/applejapan.html
FS: iMac G4 15 flat panel
For sale: iMac 15 flat panel 700 MHz G4 CPU 512 MB RAM Combo drive (CD read/write, DVD read) 40 GB hard disk Keyboard, mouse Apple external speakers Original accessory kit including manual, CDs Original packaging $1500. Please email me if you are genuinely interested. Thanks! -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apple's one-button blinkers (was: Re: PowerBook Pricing)
At 11:34 +0800 17/9/03, Mark Secker wrote: . a 20 button mouse? That'd be like... er... a keyboard. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Online Banking
At 14:13 +0800 21/8/03, Keith Palmer, Zytech wrote: Just about everyone I know that has tried can't use the Pay Anyone feature in Safari or Camino. If you use the debug menu and log in as a Windows user you can get support so I'd be interested in hearing others' comments. Thanks Daniel - don't forget to complain to Westpac and request that they work to have Safari 100% compatible. For Business Banking the pay anyone feature is broken in Safari. For individual banking there isn't the option to queue up multiple payments in a single transaction so that works fine. That's probably why most people haven't noticed a problem. -- Andrew Nielsenmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Happy 5th birthday to the original iMac
15th August. http://www.appleturns.com/ -- Andrew Nielsenmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: US Zip codes
At 06:45 +1000 7/8/03, Peter Sealy wrote: I saw on MacInTouch [Tues] that OS X has an invisible file of all the US postal Zip codes at usr/share/misc/zipcodes. The file is only about 800kb but that may be important to some people if you are running short of disk space. The question is whether this file is vital to the operation of OS X or can we dispense with it. I assume it is used for such things as autofill for US residents but it seems to me to be pointless for non US users. Any ideas if we can delete it? My _strong_ recommendation with Mac OS X is not to delete components of it unless one understands the full implications of doing so. It may be possible to say that something like this is _unlikely_ to be needed here but who's to say that this file isn't referred to by applications or other components of the operating system? If your disk is so full that 800 KB is a cause for concern then you will have other problems (for example, with virtual memory swap space) and you should simply get a larger hard disk. I thnk 60 GB is about the smallest you can buy nowadays, which should provide you plenty of space. -- Andrew Nielsenmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Mac OS X Exchange client released
Reported in Macintouch http://www.macintouch.com/ today: Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit released the Microsoft Exchange Update for Entourage X , also listed as the Office v. X 10.1.4 Update. The update provides enhanced functionality between Entourage X for Mac and Microsoft Exchange Server and will include improvements in scheduling (the ability to view other Exchange users' free and busy times), directory service lookup, offline use, and text rendering (for email received from Outlook for Windows users). The company adds This update also includes improvements to Word X, Excel X, and PowerPoint X. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entouragex/entouragex.aspx?pid=exchangeupdate
Re: ftp for OSX
At 09:13 +0800 4/8/03, Ryan Jay Schotte wrote: It should probably be noted that the Finder doesn't really seem to handle ftp very well, as per the above method. When I tried it (in 10.2.6) with the wamug mirror server the other week, I had the spinning beachball of death for aboubt 15 minutes, at which point I relaunched the Finder. YMMV. I just tried connecting to ftp://mirrors.wamug.org.au using the Finder and it mounted on the desktop straight away. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: ftp for OSX
At 15:57 +0800 2/8/03, Chris Burton wrote: Can someone please point in the right direction for a good (ftp) client to use? Two other options which have not been mentioned and which are built into Mac OS X as standard: In the Finder if you select Connect to server from the Go menu, you can then type in an ftp URL and connect to an ftp server. The server icon will then appear on your desktop like any other kind of file server. Access to the server is provided read-only. In the Terminal you can type ftp followed by an ftp URL and you can connect read/write to an ftp server. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Running a script on startup
At 8:57 AM + 30/7/03, Trevor Lee wrote: I would like to know where in OSX (10.2.6) one would place a script to run on startup. I tried to look for something along the lines of /etc/rc2.d or /usr/local/etc/rc.d etc as found in most flavours of UNIX. Some pointers would be greatly appreciated. /Library/StartupItems is the correct place for a system administrator to put startup items. The format that they need to take can be seen by looking at /System/Library/StartupItems which is where Apple defines the startup items used by the operating system (note - don't change/add/delete these). -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: PDFCompress
At 16:19 +0800 14/7/03, Lisa Pitcher wrote: I tried to find PDFCompress to reduce the size of my PDF's, as you suggested to Rosemary Horton, but was unable to locate it in Version Tracker. Any suggestions about where it may be found as a 'search' of the site keeps coming back with this message - Your search - PDFCompress - did not match any products. VersionTracker divides its searches into separate sections for Mac OS X, Mac OS, Windows and Palm OS as indicated by the tabs at the top of the VersionTracker web page window. PdfCompress can be found using the Mac OS X search tab. http://www.versiontracker.com/mp/new_search.m?productDB=macmode=QuickOS_Filter=MacOSXsearch=pdfcompressx=0y=0 -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Network OSX10.2 - Window Me
Let's start with the basics and move up. Is the crossover cable known to be in working order? Check the settings that the PC and the Mac have for their network interfaces. You would need to at least check things like which network interface they have selected, TCP/IP addresses, subnet masks. Now that the basics are taken care of, let's see if the two machines actually have IP connectivity. Can you ping one computer from the other? On the PC, bring up a command window and ping from there. On the Mac, use the Network Utility. Now that you can ping each from the other, make sure that your PC is set up to actually provide file sharing services. Ask your son to do that since you said it's his laptop and he's been doing this before. Now on the Mac, go to the Finder, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu, and type smb://IPADDRESSOFYOURPC/ That should get you under way. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Emails not getting through...
At 22:58 +0800 20/6/03, Matthew Healey wrote: Anyone not receiving this email should contact their ISP and enquire about getting SpamCop turned off for them. We use SpamCop's DNS blacklist to assess incoming mail on our server and WAMUG messages appear to be arriving here uninterrupted. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: another problem
At 9:33 PM +0800 21/5/03, tom samson wrote: running 10.2.2 The current version of Mac OS X is 10.2.6. Incremental updates typically include many bug fixes... -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: used ink cart recycling
At 8:03 AM +0800 20/5/03, Chris Burton wrote: I have just had to change my 3 ink carts in my epson c70 printer..quite expensive too. Does anyone know if there is somewhere to take them for recycling or do they go in the bin? One thing you could do is take them down to your local Australia Post office and drop them in the Planet Ark cartridge recycling bins that have just been installed there! Check http://www.recyclingnearyou.com.au/ to find out the nearest facility to you. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Sony-Ericsson T68i
Hi, can anyone help Malcolm with a step-by-step guide to getting his T68i working with his USB BlueTooth adapter under Mac OS X? His iBook definitely can pair with the phone successfully but I suspect either the modem dial string is wrong or GPRS is not enabled on his account. If there's anyone out there who's got a similar combination of equipment perhaps they would be kind enough to email Malcolm directly on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 RIP Possum Bourne http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/s843229.htm
Re: Fwd: AppleStore vs Reseller
On Thursday, May 01, 2003, at 04:21AM, Antony N. Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... So who / where are the various service centres around Perth and the stores they are associated with? You could consult the list at Apple Australia's web site at: http://store.apple.com.au/buy/
Re: New iTunes and new iPod's
Then again, you can save on those audio CDs where you might actually only want to buy one or a few tracks, not the whole CD. There may also be big picture savings to the community by a reduction in freight and manufacturing through switching to electronic distribution. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Eudora meltdown
Shay's advice should sort you out. You also wrote: Is there any backup IN box somewhere? The answer being, Well, sure... on your recent backup media... -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
RE: Spam
At 20:40 +0800 11/4/03, Phillip McGree wrote: Looks like everyone who's received the spam email should forward it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a please explain! An alternative (and perhaps more effective and helpful) approach could be to report the spam message to SpamCop - http://www.spamcop.net/ SpamCop is a useful single point of content for reporting spam. It uses some fairly sophisticated methods to process the content of reported spam, determine the likely source, and report the issue to relevant parties. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Wanted - IDE hard disk
Hi, does anyone have a spare IDE hard disk (drive only, enclosure not required) that they no longer need? -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: unix shell chat? Re: LAN message/chat recommendation?
At 09:18 +0800 3/4/03, Mark Secker wrote: these years later I can't even remember the command actually despite 3 solid years of UNIX after 15 years of not using it all I can remember is kill, pwd ls. Guess I'd probably have to say the same about COBOL. Be afraid - your opportunity to relearn COBOL, now on a Mac OS X platform, could be just around the corner :-) http://www.thekompany.com/products/kobol/ -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
[FS] Various items
We are disposing of a number of assets. Please see our web site for details and contact me by email if you are interested in making an offer on any of the items. All reasonable offers considered. Thanks. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601
Re: Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC
At 10:12 +0800 4/3/03, Kaye and Geoff wrote: Unfortunately, we haven't been able to get the Mac5500 or the PC to mount the eMac's disks - this seems to be a one-way network! On the Mac5500 I have created an alternative TCP/IP configuration (using Appletalk, which is configured to be on Ethernet). On the Chooser, when I select Appleshare I can see the eMac - so far so good. Double-click on the eMac, and I get a login screen. If I try to log in using our (only) username/password I get the message: The connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken All of your computers need valid IP address and subnet mask information configured. The AppleTalk protocol is used by Mac OS 9 and earlier (and optionally by Mac OS X) to discover AFP servers on a network. When a client tries to make a connection to the server it will ask the server whether it is capable of using TCP/IP as a connection protocol instead and, if so, will switch to trying to use that for the connection. If the client and server don't have valid IP configurations then that will fail and you'll see the error message you described. Note that AppleTalk is now considered a legacy protocol. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re2: Networking Emac, Mac550 and PC
And now for part 2 :-) At 10:12 +0800 4/3/03, Kaye and Geoff wrote: On the PC it is a similar story - we can see the eMac, but when we try to open a connection it fails with a password error. In the Accounts pane of System Preferences on Mac OS X, select the user who you want to grant access from a Windows PC then click Edit. In the window which comes up for you to edit the user's details you'll see a check box labelled Allow user to log in from Windows. Check that and you're done. On the same topic, if we drag-and-drop folders from the eMac onto the PC we are getting intermittent failures, where the system reports that it can't find the files that it is meant to be copying. Repeat the copy, or copy one-by-one and the files that previously failed to copy now work. This only happens between the Mac and the PC - Mac-to-Mac copies are perfect. Since we want to back up the Mac to the PC this could be a real hassle. Any ideas? Which version of Mac OS X and which version of Windows are you referring to? The current version of Mac OS X is 10.2.4. The current version of Windows, er, rather depends on which flavour of Windows you're running. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Exporting Photos to camera
At 00:36 +0800 26/2/03, John Currie wrote:
Isn't that like putting milk back in the cow ? {:«)
Doesn't that keep it fresher? Or is that only if you store it at the
back of the cow? :-)
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Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/
ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
[FOR SALE] Power Mac G4 computers and 17 displays
Hi, we are (still) disposing of the following assets :-) Power Macintosh G4 400 MHz G4 CPU 256 MB RAM 20 GB IDE hard disk CD/DVD-ROM drive Standard ATI Rage 128 Pro PCI graphics card Internal 56K modem Built-in 10/100 ethernet USB keyboard and mouse Original CD ROMs (Mac OS 9) Apple Studio Display 17 CRT with original manuals and disks Power Macintosh G4 400 MHz G4 CPU 448 MB RAM 10 GB IDE hard disk CD/DVD-ROM drive Standard ATI Rage 128 Pro PCI graphics card Internal 56K modem Built-in 10/100 ethernet USB keyboard and mouse Original CD ROMs (Mac OS 9) Apple Studio Display 17 CRT with original manuals and disks Both systems are in excellent condition and were in use up until just recently. Make us an offer, we're looking in the vicinity of $1600. Please contact me via email (not phone) if you are interested. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
Re: Privilege Separation?
At 10:08 +0800 7/2/03, Jude wrote: So I decided to log out in order to log in as a different user to see if it was 'user specific'. Suddenly there is a whole new user in my list of users called Other.., with an icon I have never seen before. Trying to log on under this user asks for a name and password, which none of my regular combinations work on .. hmm. Other can also appear if you have a list of users set to display in the login screen AND you've enabled the root user account. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677
[FOR SALE] Power Mac G4 computers and 17 displays
Hi, we are disposing of the following assets: Power Macintosh G4 400 MHz G4 CPU 256 MB RAM 20 GB IDE hard disk CD/DVD-ROM drive Standard ATI Rage 128 Pro PCI graphics card Internal 56K modem Built-in 10/100 ethernet USB keyboard and mouse Original CD ROMs (Mac OS 9) Apple Studio Display 17 CRT with original manuals and disks Power Macintosh G4 400 MHz G4 CPU 448 MB RAM 10 GB IDE hard disk CD/DVD-ROM drive Standard ATI Rage 128 Pro PCI graphics card Internal 56K modem Built-in 10/100 ethernet USB keyboard and mouse Original CD ROMs (Mac OS 9) Apple Studio Display 17 CRT with original manuals and disks Both systems are in excellent condition and were in use up until just recently. Make us an offer. Please contact me via email (not phone) if you are interested. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601
Re: Out Of Office message from 3rd party??
At 16:33 +1000 16/12/02, Steven wrote: I sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and was surprised to receive the below 'Out Of Office' message from some 3rd party, perhaps a wamug Yahoo! Group member?? This person has (a little annoyingly) had this setup in place for some time. Auto-responders are _supposed_ to not respond to mail coming in from mailing lists with the Precedence tag set to Bulk. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
A new switch site
Rather nicely done, and quite appropriately targeted. http://www.pctomac.com/ -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: Wanted: Fax software
At 06:20 + 11/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to acquire a simple and very cheap software programme that will allow me to send faxes from my computer. That is, to send a 'broadcast' fax to up to ten numbers at once. It begs the question why someone would actually want to do this. Having been the recipient of a number of spam faxes in the past I am loathe to suggest anyone get into the mode of sending multiple faxes. Spamming aside, a separate issue is that sending an email is so much more convenient than sending a fax. I _detest_ receiving faxes in those situations where an email would have been a much better choice. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: UWA drops Mac support
At 22:31 + 12/12/02, Toby Oldham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Australian University drops Mac support The University of Western Australia (UWA), which began teaching IT courses on the first Macs in the mid-eighties, has dropped Mac support from its teaching programs, claiming that the cost of Apple hardware was the reason for the decision (up to 2.5x the cost): There was nothing about OSX we didn't like, we just couldn't really afford the hardware costs. The Australian IT article notes that in contrast, the University of NSW installed a new Mac lab last year with 20 machines, primarily for teaching human computer interface (and is also working on Cocoa software development courses). There usually is more to a newspaper story than meets the eye. Enquiring minds might have expected more thorough reporting from The Australian. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5666136%255E15306,00.html * The reporter didn't mention the manufacturer of the PCs that UWA Computer Science buy, or provide any pricing or configuration comparison. * There was no mention of Microsoft operating system or server licensing costs on Windows PCs. * There was no analysis of the total cost of ownership of either system. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: iMac G4 Mini-VGA to Composite
Check your Mac. Are you using PAL? Have you got it set to 640x480? Are you inputting to the right socket on your TV? Have you got your TV set to look at the correct input? So many variables, so little information you provide. Hi All, Picked up the Apple Mini-VGA to A/V adapter today. However all I am getting on my TV through the S-Video is some wavy lines. Can anyone help me get this working? Thanks, Erik -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
RE: klez / SPY VIRUS BEWARE
At 13:29 +0800 3/12/02, Ted Burbidge wrote: SO BEWARE OF STRANGERS OFFERING YOU GIFTS. Also beware of Geeks bearing GIFs, but that's another story. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: iMovie Plug ins Pack
I have noticed that every time it try to drag the foder into Plug-ins that the alias arrow is showing and no matter what I do the original folder won't move. I have also tried placing the smi folder into Plug-ins and opening it there, to see if the decompressed folder will stay in the Plug-ins folder, no it opens up on the desktop. You need to drag the plug-ins themselves, not drag the virtual disk that contains them. If you drag a disk to a folder, you'll end up getting an alias. Open the virtual disk, select all, then drag to the destination. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: Mounting SCSI devices in OSX
At 17:32 +0800 2/12/02, Severin Crisp wrote: I have two SCSI peripherals... If they are powered on at startup, then they are either or both recognised, mount and work normally. If powered on after startup, however, they are not recognised... Correct. This is how SCSI is meant to work. Peripherals were never meant to come and go dynamically from the SCSI bus. FireWire and USB, on the other hand, are bus technologies which were designed to be dynamically reconfigurable. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: OSX, OS9 and 2003
At 10:10 +0800 28/11/02, Shay Telfer wrote: ...the Windtunnel machines (which (rumour has it) there's an official patch out to decrease the fan noise). Available on Software Update today. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: OSX, OS9 and 2003
Regarding operating system and computer hardware support for older peripherals based on SCSI, ADB and serial... Apple discontinued these ports in the iMac many years ago. Given the very low replacement cost for these peripherals, as Mark has indicated, and given that the lifecycle of computer equipment is _typically_ around 3-5 years, it is not at all unreasonable to expect Mac OS X not to support these old technologies any more. I for one am _delighted_ not to be dealing with SCSI, ADB and serial devices now. Give me USB and FireWire over those any time. And they are _so_ cheap. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: OSX, OS9 and 2003
Another way of looking at it is that Apple has been _telling_ people for quite some time now that Mac OS 9 development is finished with and that Mac OS X is where it's at... and providing Classic within Mac OS X to cater for 95% of those old Mac OS 9 applications. What will happen from January 2003 is that Apple will be _showing_ people that Mac OS X is the only place where it's at. Apple's done this plenty of times before... there are plenty of Macs which can only run Mac OS 8 or higher, or Mac OS 9 or higher. Nothing new here. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: OS X and 9
Whichever disk or partition contains Mac OS 9 must have the Mac OS 9 disk drivers installed (see the Disk Utility in Mac OS X for more info). -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: big, slower 3.5 or 5.25 bare HDs for archival storage?
My wife will tell you that archival storage really means storing things for the long term, hundreds or many hundreds of years. Archival is a word which is grossly misused in computer parlance. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: big, slower 3.5 or 5.25 bare HDs for archival storage?
At 22:19 +0800 21/11/02, Reg Whitely wrote: So Andrew, what plans does she have for you? I believe cryogenic facilities are improving all the time ;-) My wife actually trained and works as a professional records manager and archivist. Hence her interest in the use of the word archival. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Feedback from a new Mac owner
Here's a story which I hope will make your day, as it did mine. Friends of mine bought a Quadra 605 on my suggestion and after considerable research waaay back in about 1995. Since then they've had two children and a mortgage and all those sorts of things, and of course their needs have changed. In addition, the Internet has become a Big Thing and web sites have gone from being very basic to being all-singing, all-dancing and using plenty of multimedia content. Throughout all this, to its credit, the Quadra 605 was and is still doing all the things it was purchased to do! However my friends decided it was time for an upgrade. They did considerable research and eventually settled on buying an eMac. Here is the email they sent me today after they got their Mac last night from the reseller and went home and unpacked it... *** Well what can I say !!! It flies . Too cool.. Yes we have our new computer and connected it all up, easy as, and yes it is very different but also strangely familiar. The look and feel is like velvet as opposed to a PC which is more clinical. I have an excellent Pentium 4 at work on Windows XP Office 2002, all networked and the eMac is just as good, if not better (still working things out) but with smoother graphics and brighter colours. Last night being the parents we are we went to ABC Bananas in Pyjamas web site (did not take long to get set-up.. click.clickclick) and tried to play a game. We knew we had to download software for it, and in an instant we were doing this. That done we installed it and played the game, all in 20 minutes of going on line. So within 30 minutes of setting up we had fixed a problem that has been a bugbear for all for months and in the past has taken days of fiddling to get only half the similar result. (I'm an Apple advert) We then started loading CD's etc which was way cool and the story will continue PS We did play with idea of going PC partly due to money and partly due to software but my passion for Mac's was reignited last night and the wait has been worth it!! Did NOT want to go to work today!! (Apple free promo here) PPS Can't get over how good the machine is. It has everything and I haven't started playing games yet or trying to use much on it yet. PPPS I will probably blab like this for days ... S Will Apple pay me if I keep rabbiting on like this ??? -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: Hard Drive vs 308 Bolt Action...
At 4:56 PM +0800 12/11/02, DJ Grafix Design wrote: ...I'd love to put a few hundred rounds through this thing. Too bad it's almost next to impossible to do here in the land down under :(. I feel safer already. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
For those who missed the news about Random Access
Next Byte, an eastern states reseller chain (some of you may remember the name from the ABC Buzzle documentary a while back) has taken over Random Access, the AppleCentre in Nedlands. See http://www.nextbyte.com.au/ -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: a couple of points
It may well be the case. I make a point of actively avoiding Epson products, so I haven't paid close attention to Epson support. -- Note: I will be running a training course from 28-30 October. My replies to email during this period may therefore be delayed. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: a couple of points
At 2:30 PM +0800 29/10/02, tom samson wrote: Is there any way as of now that I can use my Canoscan 670u in OSX Mac OS X 10.2 natively supports many USB-connected scanners. -- Note: I will be running a training course from 28-30 October. My replies to email during this period may therefore be delayed. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: G4 noise
At 16:09 +0800 25/10/02, Matthew Healey wrote: We have just installed an xServe which in on load from AppleCentre ITQ, HI ROD!! This thing is noisy. I am talking plane taking off noisy. But, it has dual processors and flashy lights so I don't really care. But it's a SERVER, it would be living in its own happy little server room and not bothering any humans :-) -- Note: I will be running a training course from 28-30 October. My replies to email during this period may therefore be delayed. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: Very strange...OSX weirdness and telstra faults
I reconnected and through the speaker I could hear the dial tone. Before it started dialling the number I suddenly heard the modem noise (when the modem at the other end answers) then my connection bar at the top right suddenly displayed connected before it had even finished. I'm guessing you're maybe using an iBook or some other new-ish Mac with Mac OS X and the internal modem. They do that occasionally. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: iBooks in Second Round: Act now
At 09:33 +0800 24/10/02, Shay Telfer wrote: From the DoE email to Principals yesterday: 'A documentation pack has been forwarded to your school's server and is located at I:\Documentation\Notebooks for Teachers\NFT Second Round Documents. (Please contact the Customer Service Centre on 9264 if you are unable to access this folder).' I find it amazing to believe that that's how our Department of Education distributes documents! Perhaps someone should tell them about this newfangled 'Web' thingy. They probably wouldn't understand. That involves open standards :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: You beauty!...Pity about the 12 in screen
At 21:30 +0800 22/10/02, Peter Martinson wrote: Just signed up for my new NFT Apple ibook!! Think should have a 14.1 in screen like the Acer but. Aren't you just so pleased that you've been brought down to the lowest common denominator though, with a floppy drive (I mean, really) and no CD burner :-) -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
