Re: WTB: Photoshop Elements 12, 13 or 14 or Photoshop CS4

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel

Apologies for the delay on your email.

I do have a copies of both Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium, and Creative
Suite 4 Design Premium.

Best regards

Chris

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Daniel Kerr 
wrote:

> Will do Kevin. (nothing currently).
> I’m looking for the older one as it needs to run on 10.9.5. (which
> Elements 14 did).
> At least with yours Elements 15 will run in Sierra and it’s about $160 (as
> I looked up my wholesaler to see if they still had 14 around). So if
> nothing turns up, and you wanted it, just let me know and I can order it in
> for you.
>
> But if something turns up, I’ll let you know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kind regards
> Daniel
>
> Sent from my iPhone 7
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> > On 20 Jan 2017, at 8:22 am, Kevin Lock  wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > if perchance you get overloaded with offers I too would like a PS
> Elements which will run on Sierra.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kev
> >
> >
> >> On 19 Jan 2017, at 10:55 pm, Daniel Kerr 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> Just wondered if anyone might have a previous version of software they
> no longer wanted and would be interested in selling. (as I’m looking for it
> for a client).
> >>
> >> I’m looking for either Photoshop Elements 12, 13 or 14 or Photoshop CS4
> or CS5 (or perhaps even Creative Suite depending on price).
> >>
> >> If you have (or know someone that has) any of the above, if they could
> contact me off list that would be appreciated if they are interested in
> selling it.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Daniel
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Re: iPhone activation

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks for your reply on this, I was concerned about it!

I have Activated my iPhone with the ID and password, so that is now
working!! However Im concerned with the iCloud part of it:

I havnt used iCloud before but still get messages everytime I login to my
macs (now both with El Capitan) as I dont have good internet where I live
(only 8gb / month using Telstra wireless). I was using icloud the uploads
would use my monthly allowance, and also be very slow!!

I just followed your directions to check on my imac, and found that Find my
iPhone is not checked. When I unchecked 'iCloud' it warned that all files
stored in iCloud will be deleted from the iMac!!! I didnt do that, but as I
mentioned I havnt purposely used iCloud!??

I also checked system prefs on my MBPro and it asks me to join in??

Im now not sure what is going on with the imac? would files have been sent
to icloud without me knowing?? in the background or something?

Best regards and thanks Ronni

Chris

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I would imagine you did originally setup 'Find My iPhone' & 'Find My Mac'
> in iCloud. It really should have been originally activated for your own
> security of your Macs and iDevices.
>
> With Find My iPhone Activation Lock, your Apple ID and password will be
> required before anyone can:
> * Turn off Find My iPhone on your device
> * Erase your device
> * Reactivate and use your device
>
> Check on your computer in System Preferences > iCloud  - scroll down to '*Find
> My Mac'* is this ticked?
> On your computer sign in to your iCloud account at www.icloud.com with
> your Apple ID and Password. Is '*Find iPhone'* icon showing?
>
> (As I have my Apple ID protected with two-step verification, I need to
> choose a trusted device (which is my iPhone 6 Plus) to receive a
> verification code to 'Verify Your Identity' before I'm able to complete
> sign in).
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
>
> On 2 May 2016, at 11:06 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Wamuggers
>
> I have an iPhone 4s which I have been using for the past 4 years with no
> problem what so ever.
>
> 5 minutes ago I picked it up and tapped the on button to make a call, and
> was greeted with a message "Activate iPhone"!!
>
> I have never had this message and I am stumped as to why it just appeared.
>
> It asks for my Apple ID and password.
>
> The Activation help says a password is required to activate this device
> because the owner has used Find My iPhone to link it to their Apple ID.
>
> I did no such thing!!
>
> Would this be a hack or virus or something else?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks very much
>
> Chris
>
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iPhone activation

[Chris Burton]

Hi Wamuggers

I have an iPhone 4s which I have been using for the past 4 years with no
problem what so ever.

5 minutes ago I picked it up and tapped the on button to make a call, and
was greeted with a message "Activate iPhone"!!

I have never had this message and I am stumped as to why it just appeared.

It asks for my Apple ID and password.

The Activation help says a password is required to activate this device
because the owner has used Find My iPhone to link it to their Apple ID.

I did no such thing!!

Would this be a hack or virus or something else?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks very much

Chris
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Re: Installing El Capitan

[Chris Burton]

Hi Everyone

I have recently purchased a 5TB Seagate external drive with which I would
like to begin using Time Machine.

At the moment I have multiple 3TB drives (as duplicate backups) which store
most of my data, images and other files.

My main computer is my 27" imac (late 2013, with a 3TB Fusion drive (1.7tb
used) and El Capitan).

I would like to use Time Machine to backup my iMac on the 5TB drive, but
also be able to back up other files from the external drives that are not
on the IMac.

Is this possible to do as I understand TM does one first backup of the
computer, then just backs up what is new or changed on the computer?

Can I just add the other files from the other external drives so they are
stored on the 5TB drive, and still use TM on my iMac?

Many thanks for any advice on this

Best regards

Chris

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ronni
>
> I wasnt expecting a reply, as I did receive and email from Wamug saying my
> email was under consideration or something. That was about 10 days ago.
>
> So thank you very much for your reply on this Ronni. I had a suspicion it
> might have been what you describe but was not sure.
>
> I was able to download 10.11.4 on the weekend from another wifi spot, and
> then installed it successfully on my old MBPro. It took about 2 hours, and
> worked straight away and is very good so far. I was quite elated that all
> went well. lt sure is a nice OS and all my apps run ok as well! I did check
> for updates on Office 11, which I have since installed.
>
> As I was on a roll, I then instal on my imac 27" (2014) and that only took
> about 30 min!!! It also has worked perfectly for the last 2 days!!
>
> I feel quite satisfied now that both my machines are finally up to date
> and running well
>
> Many thanks for your wonderful help with everything Ronni, I really
> appreciate your time and knowledge
>
>
> chris
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Also DON’T install from the external drive install the downloaded
>> installer on your MBP.
>>
>> On 28 Mar 2016, at 1:39 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> The Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate is
>> required for all apps in the Mac App Store, including OS X installers. When
>> used to sign an app, the certificate enables OS X to confirm that the app
>> has not been corrupted or modified by an attacker.
>>
>> This certificate expired on 14 February 2016, causing error dialogs and
>> preventing some apps from launching. Most apps affected have already
>> been updated with the new certificate.
>>
>> But if you downloaded an OS X installer in case of trouble, you may be in
>> for a surprise the next time you try to use it.
>> 1. Delete any old OSXinstallers in the Applications folder or in other
>> locations. They have names like Install OS X El Capitan and Install OS X
>> Yosemite.
>>
>> 2.  Open the App Store app by choosing Apple menu>AppStore.
>>
>> 3.  Click the Purchased tab. Enter your App Store password if prompted.
>>
>> 4. Scroll down to the OSXinstaller you want and click Download.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>> *13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)*
>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>>
>> El Capitan OS X 10.11.4
>>
>>
>> On 23 Mar 2016, at 11:42 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning all
>>
>> About a 6 weeks ago I downloaded El Capitan from Apple with the intention
>> of installing it on my trusty Macbook Pro 8,2 2011 2.2ghz running 10.6.8.
>>
>> At the time I understood that 10.6.8 was the minimum old OS from which El
>> Capitan could be installed. I assume that has not changed.
>>
>> Yesterday I ran the installer firstly from an external 2tb drive then
>> from the MBPro. It went through the normal intro and began the installation
>> only to stop after about 5 seconds with a window that said:
>>
>> "This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan app cant be verified. It may
>> have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading". It then says
>> delete this and go download again.
>>
>>  Is this a normal occurrence with folks, perhaps if the install is not
>> done within a certain time it becomes un useable? I remember there was no
>> msg when I downloaded it to say it was corrupted.
>>
>> Would I need to do the install differently: ie not use an external drive?
>

Installing El Capitan

[Chris Burton]

Good morning all

About a 6 weeks ago I downloaded El Capitan from Apple with the intention
of installing it on my trusty Macbook Pro 8,2 2011 2.2ghz running 10.6.8.

At the time I understood that 10.6.8 was the minimum old OS from which El
Capitan could be installed. I assume that has not changed.

Yesterday I ran the installer firstly from an external 2tb drive then from
the MBPro. It went through the normal intro and began the installation only
to stop after about 5 seconds with a window that said:

"This copy of the Install OS X El Capitan app cant be verified. It may have
been corrupted or tampered with during downloading". It then says delete
this and go download again.

 Is this a normal occurrence with folks, perhaps if the install is not done
within a certain time it becomes un useable? I remember there was no msg
when I downloaded it to say it was corrupted.

Would I need to do the install differently: ie not use an external drive?

Perhaps I was not doing it correctly?

Not sure what to do next?

I would like to ask for any advice on this.


Since this instal is over 6gb and I only have a pathetic Telstra wireless
connection and 8gb/month, I cant actually do that unless I have 6gb spare
before the end of a month!!

best regards to all and have a nice relaxing easter break



Chris

Yallingup Siding
WA
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Re: Final Call - Subscription & AGM

[Chris Burton]

Hi Maureen

Thanks very much for the reminder, I appreciate it as I had over looked it.

Can you please let me know how much the subscription is so I can pay online?

Best regards

Chris

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popups always asking authentication

[Chris Burton]

Hi Muggers

On my imac 14,2 running 10.9.5:

Im not sure if it is possible to stop Finder on my machine asking me to
authenticate any small action that I might be doing, for example -

renaming a file in a core folder like Music, I get a popup saying Finder
wants to make changes, type in your Password!!

Any help much appreciated

Chris
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Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Yes I used this site you sent me, and checked that the relevant details
were exactly the same on the machine, so I must have done the firmware
update a while ago!?

Best regards and thanks heaps Ronni.

Chris

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Did you update the Firmware on the MBP BEFORE doing the installation as I
> mentioned in my previous email?
> That model MBP requires a firmware update.
>
> *You should also* check for updated firmware for your particular Mac model
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237>.
>
> The 3GB RAM I don't think would have been causing the issue you describe.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
>
> On 21 Jan 2016, at 7:55 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ronni
>
> An update on my attempt to upgrade my older MBPro for you.
>
> I spent a good few hours yesterday preparing the MBPro for an El Capitan
> upgrade doing what you suggested. Thanks very much Ronni.
>
> The upgrade went well and was initially good, then proceeded to fail. The
> machine just couldnt load up the new operating system and kept restarting
> over and over. It was weird but I suspect it may have been due to the
> limited 3gb of ram and low end processor, as you had previously mentioned.
>
> I decided to revert back to Snow leopard and leave it at that. I have done
> all the required software updates on the 10.6.8 version and it runs very
> well.!
>
> It was a good learning period for me, and I will now try the upgrade on my
> MPRo (8,2) over the coming week, which has 16gb of ram and a faster
> processor to see how it runs!
>
> Many thanks and best regards Ronni
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> On 11 Jan 2016, at 7:53 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have completed the process of the Snow Leopard upgrade after receiving
>> the retail copy of SL last week within 3 days of the order to Apple, which
>> is pretty good.
>>
>> I completely erased the hard drive with a low level erase that took about
>> 2 hours, then did the install from the dvd, which was 10.6.3. I was able to
>> do the software upgrade to 10.6.8 at a friends place (1gb download) as our
>> wireless internet here in the bush is slow and unreliable, and I only have
>> 8gb per month, so it would have chewed into that pretty well.
>>
>> This macbook pro is now running the same OS as mine but with slightly
>> different specs.
>>
>>
>> So the MacBook Pro3.1 is running the latest version of Snow Leopard OS X
>> 10.6.8?
>>
>>
>> Im wondering if I can connect both in Target mode to transfer a few apps
>> over (Office 2011 for example)? Would that work Ronni?
>>
>>
>> I wouldn’t recommend moving applications across from your MBP to your
>> Daughter’s MBP as she has a different Administrator User Account and Apple
>> ID etc. Also by installing the apps you are assured of installing all the
>> necessary components/files needed to run the application.
>>
>> I would suggest you install what apps your daughter might require on her
>> MacBook Pro3,1
>>
>> *Run Software Update*: To be sure you’re running both the latest version
>> of Mac OS X—version 10.6.8
>> <http://www.macworld.com/article/160706/2011/06/mac_os_x_1068.html>, for
>> example, includes fixes to Snow Leopard that are required for upgrading to
>> El Capitan —and the latest versions of any other Apple software that might
>> be affected by the upgrade, you should run Software Update (from the Apple
>> menu).
>>
>> *You should also* check for updated firmware for your particular Mac
>> model <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237>.
>>
>> *Check for El Capitan-compatible updates to third-party software*: As
>> with any major upgrade to Mac OS X, you’ll likely find that some
>> third-party software needs to be updated to work with El Capitan. If you
>> take some time to check compatibility *before* installing OS X 10.11,
>> you’ll be in a position to get up and running immediately, rather than
>> being frustrated by your favourite apps and add-ons not working.
>>
>> To check app compatibility, you can visit each developer’s website, but I
>> recommend first checking ‘RoaringApps’ ‘Growing List of Mac Software and
>> El Capitan compatibility’ <http://roaringapps.com/apps> (The list shows
>> El Capitan, Yosemite & Mavericks compatibility—be sure to look at the El
>> Capitan column.)
>>
>> If an app 

Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

An update on my attempt to upgrade my older MBPro for you.

I spent a good few hours yesterday preparing the MBPro for an El Capitan
upgrade doing what you suggested. Thanks very much Ronni.

The upgrade went well and was initially good, then proceeded to fail. The
machine just couldnt load up the new operating system and kept restarting
over and over. It was weird but I suspect it may have been due to the
limited 3gb of ram and low end processor, as you had previously mentioned.

I decided to revert back to Snow leopard and leave it at that. I have done
all the required software updates on the 10.6.8 version and it runs very
well.!

It was a good learning period for me, and I will now try the upgrade on my
MPRo (8,2) over the coming week, which has 16gb of ram and a faster
processor to see how it runs!

Many thanks and best regards Ronni

Chris

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> On 11 Jan 2016, at 7:53 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have completed the process of the Snow Leopard upgrade after receiving
> the retail copy of SL last week within 3 days of the order to Apple, which
> is pretty good.
>
> I completely erased the hard drive with a low level erase that took about
> 2 hours, then did the install from the dvd, which was 10.6.3. I was able to
> do the software upgrade to 10.6.8 at a friends place (1gb download) as our
> wireless internet here in the bush is slow and unreliable, and I only have
> 8gb per month, so it would have chewed into that pretty well.
>
> This macbook pro is now running the same OS as mine but with slightly
> different specs.
>
>
> So the MacBook Pro3.1 is running the latest version of Snow Leopard OS X
> 10.6.8?
>
>
> Im wondering if I can connect both in Target mode to transfer a few apps
> over (Office 2011 for example)? Would that work Ronni?
>
>
> I wouldn’t recommend moving applications across from your MBP to your
> Daughter’s MBP as she has a different Administrator User Account and Apple
> ID etc. Also by installing the apps you are assured of installing all the
> necessary components/files needed to run the application.
>
> I would suggest you install what apps your daughter might require on her
> MacBook Pro3,1
>
> *Run Software Update*: To be sure you’re running both the latest version
> of Mac OS X—version 10.6.8
> <http://www.macworld.com/article/160706/2011/06/mac_os_x_1068.html>, for
> example, includes fixes to Snow Leopard that are required for upgrading to
> El Capitan —and the latest versions of any other Apple software that might
> be affected by the upgrade, you should run Software Update (from the Apple
> menu).
>
> *You should also* check for updated firmware for your particular Mac model
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237>.
>
> *Check for El Capitan-compatible updates to third-party software*: As
> with any major upgrade to Mac OS X, you’ll likely find that some
> third-party software needs to be updated to work with El Capitan. If you
> take some time to check compatibility *before* installing OS X 10.11,
> you’ll be in a position to get up and running immediately, rather than
> being frustrated by your favourite apps and add-ons not working.
>
> To check app compatibility, you can visit each developer’s website, but I
> recommend first checking ‘RoaringApps’ ‘Growing List of Mac Software and
> El Capitan compatibility’ <http://roaringapps.com/apps> (The list shows
> El Capitan, Yosemite & Mavericks compatibility—be sure to look at the El
> Capitan column.)
>
> If an app has an update available, you’ll want to download and install
> that update. For apps you’ve obtained via the Mac App Store, this is as
> simple as launching the App Store app, clicking the Updates button in the
> toolbar, clicking Update All, and providing your Apple ID and password when
> prompted—this will download and install *all* available updates at once.
>
> For non-Mac App Store apps, you’ll need to manually install updates. Some
> apps provide a built-in update feature (often accessed by choosing Check
> For Updates from the application’s *Application Name* menu or its Help
> menu); for those that don’t, you’ll need to visit the developer’s website.
>
> Microsoft Office 2011 is updated & compatible with El Capitan.
>
>
> If so, should I try the upgrade to El Capitan before doing the transfer? I
> think Office 2011 works with El Capitan?
>
> You are right with respect of falling too far behind the upgrade cycle and
> I need to do things sooner!!
>
> Many thanks and best regards
>
> Chris
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> *13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)*
> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost 

Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thank you for asking how I am going with this I appreciate it.

I have had a bit more time now, as she did not come down this weekend due
to the fires! And it sure has been a hectic week down here, with the
stories of survival coming out from the fire scene further north from us.
It is amazing how much ash we have had from the fires, and I noticed
yesterday and today black tide lines of dark ash on the beach at Yallingup!!

I have completed the process of the Snow Leopard upgrade after receiving
the retail copy of SL last week within 3 days of the order to Apple, which
is pretty good.

I completely erased the hard drive with a low level erase that took about 2
hours, then did the install from the dvd, which was 10.6.3. I was able to
do the software upgrade to 10.6.8 at a friends place (1gb download) as our
wireless internet here in the bush is slow and unreliable, and I only have
8gb per month, so it would have chewed into that pretty well.

This macbook pro is now running the same OS as mine but with slightly
different specs.

Im wondering if I can connect both in Target mode to transfer a few apps
over (Office 2011 for example)? Would that work Ronni?

If so, should I try the upgrade to El Capitan before doing the transfer? I
think Office 2011 works with El Capitan?

You are right with respect of falling too far behind the upgrade cycle and
I need to do things sooner!!

Many thanks and best regards

Chris

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Yes, when you don’t upgrade the OS on your Macs and fall too far behind
> with OS upgrades, it then becomes difficult or near impossible to upgrade
> as Apple drops download & support of older OS versions after a time.
>
> How are you progressing on getting the *MacBook Pro3,1 *prepared for your
> daughter?
> As I mentioned previously you need to first:
> Completely *Erase the MBP3,1 drive & then Install Snow Leopard*.
> Using a Retail Snow Leopard installation DVD.
> Then use Software Update to update the Snow Leopard to version 10.6.8 so
> you will be able to download OS X El Capitan from the Mac App Store to
> install El Capitan.
>
> Were you able to boot from the SL DVD you already had?
> 1.Insert your Mac OS X DVD into your mac, and restart the computer.
> 2.After you hear the start up chime, hold down the* Option key*. You will
> be presented with a choice of booting from your hard disk, or the *Mac OS
> X Install DVD*. Select the DVD.
>
> Then you use Disk Utility (from the utilities menu) on the Installation
> DVD to erase the MBP hard drive BEFORE installing Snow Leopard.
> Post back to the list if you require instruction details for "*How to
> securely erase your data and reinstall Snow Leopard*”.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
>
>
> On 3 Jan 2016, at 9:53 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ronni
>
> Thanks very much for your great advice on this, I have found it quite
> frustrating, as I havnt done a lot of upgrades of the past years, so it is
> a steep learning curve!!
>
> Do you think that Yosemite may be a better upgrade to my MBPro3.1 rather
> than El Capitan as you say it might not run that well?
>
> Or perhaps I should just do an upgrade to Snow Leopard and leave it at
> that for my daughter
>
> Best regards
>
> Chris
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> I'm on leave and unable to help at this time, other than my comments in
>> Situ below.
>> On 3 Jan 2016, at 10:39 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> HI Wamuggers
>>
>> Following on from my first post 10 days ago, to which Ronni replied with
>> her advice, I have begun the upgrade process Ronni outlined, on one of my
>> earlier MBPro machines (MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 15"
>> <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.16-15-specs.html>)
>>  which
>> is running OSX 10.4.8.
>>
>>
>> If this is a 2006/2007  *MacBookPro2,2* the maximum OS it can run is *OS
>> X 10.7.5 *
>> OS X 10.4.8 was its original install so it has never been upgraded.
>>
>>
>> The App store and a few other sites say to upgrade to El Capitan requires
>> Snow Leopard (10.6.8) to be installed.
>>
>>
>> The link I sent in my previous reply gave details Under the "How to
>> Upgrade" tab - that OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.8 was required.
>> And -"Mac computers introduced in 2009 and later, and some models
>> introduced in 2007 and 2008, can be upgraded to El Capitan."
>> <http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/>
>>
>>
>>

Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks very much for your great advice on this, I have found it quite
frustrating, as I havnt done a lot of upgrades of the past years, so it is
a steep learning curve!!

Do you think that Yosemite may be a better upgrade to my MBPro3.1 rather
than El Capitan as you say it might not run that well?

Or perhaps I should just do an upgrade to Snow Leopard and leave it at that
for my daughter

Best regards

Chris

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I'm on leave and unable to help at this time, other than my comments in
> Situ below.
> On 3 Jan 2016, at 10:39 AM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HI Wamuggers
>
> Following on from my first post 10 days ago, to which Ronni replied with
> her advice, I have begun the upgrade process Ronni outlined, on one of my
> earlier MBPro machines (MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 15"
> <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.16-15-specs.html>)
>  which
> is running OSX 10.4.8.
>
>
> If this is a 2006/2007  *MacBookPro2,2* the maximum OS it can run is *OS
> X 10.7.5 *
> OS X 10.4.8 was its original install so it has never been upgraded.
>
>
> The App store and a few other sites say to upgrade to El Capitan requires
> Snow Leopard (10.6.8) to be installed.
>
>
> The link I sent in my previous reply gave details Under the "How to
> Upgrade" tab - that OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.8 was required.
> And -"Mac computers introduced in 2009 and later, and some models
> introduced in 2007 and 2008, can be upgraded to El Capitan."
> <http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/>
>
>
> Try as I may all yesterday, I was unable to install my DVD copy of SL
> (which came with my MBPro I now use (MBPro8,2 2011))?
>
>
> Is this is the DVD that came with the MacBook Pro as the original system
> installation disk? It probably is only able to reinstall on that computer.
> You require a Retail Snow Leopard DVD.
>
>
> As previously mentioned, my other machine is MBPro3,2 running OSX 10.5.8
> which I now find out that it too needs SL 10.6.8 to be upgraded to El
> Capitan and my version of SL does not work on this machine either.
>
>
> You mentioned below that this was a MacBookPro3,1
> Which was Introduced in June 2007.  It is listed capable of running OS X
> 10.11.2 but I'm not sure how well it will run with specs 2.2GHz & only 3GB
> RAM?
>
>
> I see that I have to purchase SL from Apple for about $20 even though I
> already have it on a DVD!!
>
>
> If it isn't the Retail version, you would need to purchase it at
> <http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard>
>
>
> This is becoming a bit annoying and Im wondering is there a way that I can
> actually use my DVD SL copy somehow to upgrade both my older MBPros?
> Perhaps in target mode?
>
> Many thanks for any advice on this.
>
> Best regards
>
> Chris
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much for your advice Ronni, it is great to hear from you.
>>
>> I wish you a wonderful christmas and upcoming new year
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> You must Erase the MBP and a do a clean install of OS X.
>>> If you want to install El Capitan OS X 10.11
>>> <http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/>
>>>
>>>
>>>- MacBook Pro <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/> 
>>> (Mid/Late
>>>2007 or newer)
>>>
>>> At least 2 GB of RAM (more preferred) and more than  8 GB of storage
>>> space also are required for OS X El Capitan. Specific feature support
>>> <http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-el-capitan-faq/os-x-el-capitan-compatible-macs-system-requirements.html#os_x_el_capitan_feature_compatibility_chart>
>>>  varies,
>>> though.
>>> Otherwise you will have all sorts of permissions problems and
>>> incompatible software.
>>> Search WAMUG mailing list for instructions I've posted many times.
>>>
>>> I'm on a break and have limited access to my technology.
>>> If you want help from me, you will have to wait until I get back to work.
>>> Others might be able to help you.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>>
>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25 Dec 2015, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton 

Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

HI Wamuggers

Following on from my first post 10 days ago, to which Ronni replied with
her advice, I have begun the upgrade process Ronni outlined, on one of my
earlier MBPro machines (MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 15"
<http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.16-15-specs.html>)
which
is running OSX 10.4.8.

The App store and a few other sites say to upgrade to El Capitan requires
Snow Leopard (10.6.8) to be installed.

Try as I may all yesterday, I was unable to install my DVD copy of SL
(which came with my MBPro I now use (MBPro8,2 2011))?

As previously mentioned, my other machine is MBPro3,2 running OSX 10.5.8
which I now find out that it too needs SL 10.6.8 to be upgraded to El
Capitan and my version of SL does not work on this machine either.

I see that I have to purchase SL from Apple for about $20 even though I
already have it on a DVD!!

This is becoming a bit annoying and Im wondering is there a way that I can
actually use my DVD SL copy somehow to upgrade both my older MBPros?
Perhaps in target mode?

Many thanks for any advice on this.

Best regards

Chris

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks very much for your advice Ronni, it is great to hear from you.
>
> I wish you a wonderful christmas and upcoming new year
>
> best regards
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> You must Erase the MBP and a do a clean install of OS X.
>> If you want to install El Capitan OS X 10.11
>> <http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/>
>>
>>
>>- MacBook Pro <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/> 
>> (Mid/Late
>>2007 or newer)
>>
>> At least 2 GB of RAM (more preferred) and more than  8 GB of storage
>> space also are required for OS X El Capitan. Specific feature support
>> <http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-el-capitan-faq/os-x-el-capitan-compatible-macs-system-requirements.html#os_x_el_capitan_feature_compatibility_chart>
>>  varies,
>> though.
>> Otherwise you will have all sorts of permissions problems and
>> incompatible software.
>> Search WAMUG mailing list for instructions I've posted many times.
>>
>> I'm on a break and have limited access to my technology.
>> If you want help from me, you will have to wait until I get back to work.
>> Others might be able to help you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>>
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>
>>
>> On 25 Dec 2015, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings everyone,
>>
>> I hope you are all having a wonderful christmas.
>>
>> My daughter is down from Perth and said would like to have one of my
>> older MBPro laptops and I am wondering what I need to do to change the
>> admin from my details to hers, and suddenly realised that involves quite a
>> lot of work!!
>>
>> I think it would be best for me to do a erase and clean install so that
>> she can start from scratch; would that be the best thing to do?
>>
>> The machine I think is 2009 vintage, with 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo with 3gb ram,
>> a 200gb HD and running 10.5.8.
>>
>> Its identifyer is MacBookPro 3,1 and the machine runs beautifully.
>>
>> Is it possible to clean install from the original disks then upgrade the
>> software to the next few levels?
>>
>> Im not sure if that is feasible, and cant remember the name of the site
>> that can provide this info?
>>
>> Would someone please be able to give me some advice on this?
>>
>> Many thanks and best regards
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
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Re: upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Thanks very much for your advice Ronni, it is great to hear from you.

I wish you a wonderful christmas and upcoming new year

best regards

Chris

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> You must Erase the MBP and a do a clean install of OS X.
> If you want to install El Capitan OS X 10.11
> <http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/>
>
>
>- MacBook Pro <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/> 
> (Mid/Late
>2007 or newer)
>
> At least 2 GB of RAM (more preferred) and more than  8 GB of storage space
> also are required for OS X El Capitan. Specific feature support
> <http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/os-x-el-capitan-faq/os-x-el-capitan-compatible-macs-system-requirements.html#os_x_el_capitan_feature_compatibility_chart>
>  varies,
> though.
> Otherwise you will have all sorts of permissions problems and incompatible
> software.
> Search WAMUG mailing list for instructions I've posted many times.
>
> I'm on a break and have limited access to my technology.
> If you want help from me, you will have to wait until I get back to work.
> Others might be able to help you.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>
>
> On 25 Dec 2015, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone,
>
> I hope you are all having a wonderful christmas.
>
> My daughter is down from Perth and said would like to have one of my older
> MBPro laptops and I am wondering what I need to do to change the admin from
> my details to hers, and suddenly realised that involves quite a lot of
> work!!
>
> I think it would be best for me to do a erase and clean install so that
> she can start from scratch; would that be the best thing to do?
>
> The machine I think is 2009 vintage, with 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo with 3gb ram,
> a 200gb HD and running 10.5.8.
>
> Its identifyer is MacBookPro 3,1 and the machine runs beautifully.
>
> Is it possible to clean install from the original disks then upgrade the
> software to the next few levels?
>
> Im not sure if that is feasible, and cant remember the name of the site
> that can provide this info?
>
> Would someone please be able to give me some advice on this?
>
> Many thanks and best regards
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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upgrading older mbpro and needing some help

[Chris Burton]

Greetings everyone,

I hope you are all having a wonderful christmas.

My daughter is down from Perth and said would like to have one of my older
MBPro laptops and I am wondering what I need to do to change the admin from
my details to hers, and suddenly realised that involves quite a lot of
work!!

I think it would be best for me to do a erase and clean install so that she
can start from scratch; would that be the best thing to do?

The machine I think is 2009 vintage, with 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo with 3gb ram, a
200gb HD and running 10.5.8.

Its identifyer is MacBookPro 3,1 and the machine runs beautifully.

Is it possible to clean install from the original disks then upgrade the
software to the next few levels?

Im not sure if that is feasible, and cant remember the name of the site
that can provide this info?

Would someone please be able to give me some advice on this?

Many thanks and best regards

Chris
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Re: Scanning negatives and slides

[Chris Burton]

Hi Bill

Thanks very much for your suggestion. I had no idea such a unit existed!!!
I will do some online searching on it to see what it is and where I might
be able to get one?

Have you used this before? Does it do batch scanning and work with a mac?

Best regards

Chris

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I would recommend using something like Kaiser Baas Photomaker.  Its a
> standalone neg and slide scanner that is very easy to to use and not
> expensive.
>
> Bill
> > On 10 Nov 2015, at 10:13, Chris Burton <burtnch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > In relation to Bill's recent post, on scanning photos with a multi
> printer, I am interested to know if it is possible to scan negatives and
> slides on a multi function printer?
> >
> > I have an old Epson multi printer (with a flat bed top with a lid) that
> cannot, but understand some multi printers can with optional add ons or
> something?
> >
> > Im not sure if any exist now as I would like to be able to batch scan a
> number of negatives or slides together into one file, that I can use in PS
> to separate individual images if possible?
> >
> > This would save time given I have a couple of thousand to do!
> >
> > Thankyou in advance for any information on this.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Chris
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Scanning negatives and slides

[Chris Burton]

Hi all

In relation to Bill's recent post, on scanning photos with a multi printer,
I am interested to know if it is possible to scan negatives and slides on a
multi function printer?

I have an old Epson multi printer (with a flat bed top with a lid) that
cannot, but understand some multi printers can with optional add ons or
something?

Im not sure if any exist now as I would like to be able to batch scan a
number of negatives or slides together into one file, that I can use in PS
to separate individual images if possible?

This would save time given I have a couple of thousand to do!

Thankyou in advance for any information on this.

Best regards

Chris
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Re: A Reminder to Not Jailbreak Your iPhone

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks very much for this. I hadnt even considered doing this, but will
pass the info on to others, much younger than me!

Hope all is going well

Best regards

Chris

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Ronda Brown  wrote:

> I had a rather *'fruitless discussion' *with a group of people not long
> ago about the dangers of jailbreaking their iPhones. This was one such
> danger I mentioned to them, but they were unperturbed and I knew they would
> continue jailbreaking iPhones.
>
> I get so frustrated that people now days are still so ignorant about
> security & privacy and blame Apple for 'trying to protect' their devices...
> --
> A Reminder to Not Jailbreak Your iPhone
>
> An estimated 225,000 Apple accounts, most of which are in China, have been
> compromised by malware installed on jailbroken iPhones. The malware, dubbed
> KeyRaider, intercepted iTunes traffic from the iPhones to nab usernames,
> passwords, and UDIDs.
> It’s another reminder that jailbreaking your iPhone isn’t worth the
> trouble.
> --
> <
> http://recode.net/2015/08/31/malware-targets-jailbroken-iphones-steals-some-225000-apple-accounts/
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
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Re: youtube video downloader for Safari

[Chris Burton]

Thanks very much Rod, the first few minutes look good.

There are so many online tutorials now and it is difficult to find good
ones, let alone download them all, as I am constrained by my slow and low
monthly limit of my Telstra wireless connection!

Best regards

Chris

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:25 AM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:

 Hi Chris
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhOF_L0eesw

 Ta Peter
 I installed it and then no youtube video would play - not sure what i did
 wrong

 cheers
 Rod



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  Hey Rod

 Im interested in seeing the Lr tute, are you able to send me the direct
 youtube link?

 Many thanks

 Chris

 On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:

 Hi folks
 there is a great 2 hr Lightroom tutorial on youtube.
 Please can anyone tell me of a Safari extension i can use to download it
 so i can watch it offline?
 ta
 Blitto










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Re: youtube video downloader for Safari

[Chris Burton]

Hey Rod

Im interested in seeing the Lr tute, are you able to send me the direct
youtube link?

Many thanks

Chris

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:

 Hi folks
 there is a great 2 hr Lightroom tutorial on youtube.
 Please can anyone tell me of a Safari extension i can use to download it
 so i can watch it offline?
 ta
 Blitto










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Re: Downloading Yosemite for install on another Mac ?

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel, thanks for the info, and yes, good points on their charging out
etc.
I guess living in the bush has its drawbacks and one is Telstra!

best regards

Chris

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
wrote:

 Hi Chris

 Quick reply as just racing into a job.
 Yes, Yosemite itself is free, and I'm imagine the service centre/shop
 aren't charing you for the software, but for their overheads/time (And the
 service).
 Yes an install on a USB drive would work for both machines.

 I'll drop you an email off list a bit later today with a bit more info…


 Unfortunately yes, with limited or slow downloads it does make it
 difficult.
 And I think also why some of the places wont' just give you an installer,
 over them doing it, is to just cover themselves a bit more I'm guessing
 (incase something goes wrong)……..among other reasons.

 Kind regards
 Daniel

 Sent from my iPhone 6

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 On 02/02/2015, at 12:47 PM, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

  Hi Daniel
 
  I have finally decided to instal Yosemite on my MBPro (currently running
 10.6.8) and upgrade my newish imac 27' that is running Mavericks. After
 using Mavericks for a few months I really like it and feel Im ready for
 Yosemite!
 
  I have checked on the apple download site and Yosemite is huge at 5.2gb.
  Unfortunately, I have both a terrible wireless internet connection here
 in the bush near Dunsborough and a very limiting 8gb/month of download
 total.
 
  I rang and spoke with the local computerwest store in Busselton, who are
 apple agents, to see if I can bring in a USB for the download, and they
 said no, but they can do my install and a 'service' on my MBPro for about
 $90! I understand Yosemite is free?
 
  I then rang Garden City Apple store and they cant give me an 'installer'
 and also want me to bring my MBPro in to do the install!
 
  Not sure what to do about this now, and after reading your link to
 'macworld' I need a download with which I can make an installer to do a
 clean instal on my MBPro and then an update to my imac? Would those work
 Daniel?
 
  Many thanks for any advice
 
  Chris
 
  On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 wrote:
  Hi Stephen
 
  Yes, you can make an installer. You need to download Yosemite, but make
 sure not to run it or delete it from Applications.
 
  You can read how to make an installer here -
 
 http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-install-drive.html
 
  Apple's less informative info,… -
 http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201372
 
  Hope that helps
 
  Kind regards
  Daniel
 
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  On 17/12/2014, at 2:28 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:
 
   Hi folks,
  
   Is it possible to download Yosemite to my iMac without installing it ?
   Then copy to a thumb drive so I can install on another iMac from the
 thumb drive ?
  
   My step daughter’s internet speed is just too slow to download
 something this large !
  
   Regards,
   Stephen Chape
  
   Mac by choice
   Windows because my employer knew no better
  
  
  
  
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Re: Downloading Yosemite for install on another Mac ?

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel

I have finally decided to instal Yosemite on my MBPro (currently running
10.6.8) and upgrade my newish imac 27' that is running Mavericks. After
using Mavericks for a few months I really like it and feel Im ready for
Yosemite!

I have checked on the apple download site and Yosemite is huge at 5.2gb.
Unfortunately, I have both a terrible wireless internet connection here in
the bush near Dunsborough and a very limiting 8gb/month of download total.

I rang and spoke with the local computerwest store in Busselton, who are
apple agents, to see if I can bring in a USB for the download, and they
said no, but they can do my install and a 'service' on my MBPro for about
$90! I understand Yosemite is free?

I then rang Garden City Apple store and they cant give me an 'installer'
and also want me to bring my MBPro in to do the install!

Not sure what to do about this now, and after reading your link to
'macworld' I need a download with which I can make an installer to do a
clean instal on my MBPro and then an update to my imac? Would those work
Daniel?

Many thanks for any advice

Chris

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
wrote:

 Hi Stephen

 Yes, you can make an installer. You need to download Yosemite, but make
 sure not to run it or delete it from Applications.

 You can read how to make an installer here -

 http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-install-drive.html

 Apple's less informative info,… -
 http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201372

 Hope that helps

 Kind regards
 Daniel

 Sent from my iPhone 6

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 On 17/12/2014, at 2:28 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:

  Hi folks,
 
  Is it possible to download Yosemite to my iMac without installing it ?
  Then copy to a thumb drive so I can install on another iMac from the
 thumb drive ?
 
  My step daughter’s internet speed is just too slow to download something
 this large !
 
  Regards,
  Stephen Chape
 
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Re: Seagate external drives

[Chris Burton]

Hi Peter, Ronni and Daniel,
Thankyou all very much for your time to sort me out on this external drive
backup situation, I really appreciate it.

I wasnt aware of what TM actually did, so thanks Peter for the explanation
on TM and CCC and what I need to do.

Best regards to all

Chris

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au
 wrote:


  On 21 Jan 2015, at 9:00 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Hi Ronni, great to hear from you and thanks for your great pdf on how to
 set things up for TM.
 
  I have a couple of questions: you mention that TM is for backing up the
 hard drive of a mac to a connected external drive.
 
  Can I also use TM to backup from a number of other external drives (3tb
 WD) on which I have my previous backups of data/photos/movies/music etc
 onto one big drive? What im hoping to do is use a large drive (like the
 Seagate or WD 5tb) for the main repository of everything that I can keep
 offsite (in the Bank box) and then take it out every 2 weeks to do updates
 from my other drives at home?
 

 I’ll chime in here since Ronni hasn’t time to answer: Time Machine should
 not really be regarded as backup software per se. Its primary purpose is to
 provide a safety valve for those files and resources which get accidentally
 deleted, damaged or or altered in undesirable ways. the time Machine
 interface makes it incredibly easy to go back to the last known good copy
 and recover it so you can keep working with a minimum of fuss. It is by
 nature, therefore, to work with the hard drive of any active computer. You
 can have multiple computers all using the same TM Drive, and you can set TM
 up to use multiple drives, but you cannot tell TM to back up one external
 drive to another. That’s not what it’s for.

 For more comprehensive options you should be looking at other solutions,
 such as Carbon Copy Cloner, TriBackup, etc. The ideal backup situation
 should involve such software anyway. Time Machine is an important and
 useful utility, but should not be your only backup resource. I have Time
 Machine running all the time, but also do a Carbon Copy Cloner backup every
 Sunday. One of the advantages of CCC is that it creates a bootable “clone”
 of your hard drive so in times of disaster you can start up from it with
 full access to the resources you’re used to, but that’s just one of its
 features. It will certainly handle the kind of thing you’re looking to do.

 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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Re: Seagate external drives

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel

Thanks very much for your details on using a larger drive for backup and I
agree with everything you say. I presently have 3 x 3tb WD external HD
which have copies of my data, movies and photos and I intend keeping these
as multiple backs of a larger drive like the Seagate 5tb. After your email
I did some looking on line and found various other comments, some of which
also say what you have re Seagate. It always a big risk and I sure feel
better when I have at least 2 copies of everything.

I havnt used Time Machine yet but want to now so I will follow some of
Ronnie's great suggestions and documents to use it.
I guess I just need to format the drive as Mac OS Extended journaled to use
TM, is that right?

The Seagate 5tb is reasonably priced as well which is appealing and I havnt
seen any WD 5tb down here yet.

Many thanks and best regards

Chris

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
wrote:

 Hi Chris

 Pretty much any drive can be reformatted for the Mac, so you'd be able to
 erase that drive in Disk Utility.
 You'd just need get the software that comes with it, as it would be
 Windows only. However it would/should work with Time Machine ok anyway.

 A few things to consider though. Some of this is my own experience and
 personal preference so others may disagree or have different
 experiences..

 1) Just be aware that the larger the drive the more you'll lose should it
 all fall over in a big heap. eg someone with 2x 2TB has less to lose versus
 someone with 4TBs. So the bigger the drive, the more you store on it, the
 more gets lost if the drive falls over. So really need more then one backup
 just in case.
 2) If the computer doesn't have USB3 then it will just drop back to USB2
 so a little slower to access.
 3) I'm not a huge fan of Seagate gear. Again, this is my own experience
 and personal opinion. I've had more of their gear fail then any other
 brand. (And they were the brand that had a large failure rate in iMacs a
 few years back).
 They may be slightly better now, but I'm still a bit cautious. So I'd just
 be a bit cautious of not putting all your eggs in one basket. Just make
 sure to cover yourself should anything happen to that drive. (Though the
 same applies for any drive really). Whereas Western Digital I find really
 great and it's my go to drive brand. I just find them more reliable and
 better follow service if needed. Again, just my experience.

 But to answer your question again, yes it should work fine once
 reformatted.

 Kind regards
 Daniel

 Sent from my iPhone 6

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 On 20 Jan 2015, at 12:06 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Good afternoon wamuggers,

 I was in Good Guys this morning and noticed a number of Seagate HD, one of
 which was 5tb 'Expansion drive'; I didnt know these were available  and it
 really got my attention as I am in the process of consolidating all my data
 from numerous drives, and this size would be perfect as my offsite backup
 drive.

 However, on closer inspection I noticed that it was for Windose only which
 is a real bummer and has 'Backup software ready to go' and is USB 3
 enabled. They do have a 'Desktop Backup drive 2tb' that can be used with
 both Win and Macs without reformatting and using Seagate's backup software.

 My question is, can I reformat this drive for use with my iMac as I want
 to start using Time Machine for my backups now and this size would see me
 good for a few years.

 I cant find anything online saying I shouldnt reformat and wanted to check
 with you good people before I handed over the dollars. One cnet review says
 that it is possible to reformat as per other external HD

 Many thanks and best regards to all

 Chris

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Re: Seagate external drives

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni, great to hear from you and thanks for your great pdf on how to
set things up for TM.

I have a couple of questions: you mention that TM is for backing up the
hard drive of a mac to a connected external drive.

Can I also use TM to backup from a number of other external drives (3tb WD)
on which I have my previous backups of data/photos/movies/music etc onto
one big drive? What im hoping to do is use a large drive (like the Seagate
or WD 5tb) for the main repository of everything that I can keep offsite
(in the Bank box) and then take it out every 2 weeks to do updates from my
other drives at home?

I hope your new year is going very well

Best regards

Chris


On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,

 I agree with Daniel on Seagate external drives, I prefer using WD.
 The tutorial you downloaded from my website - How To: 'Format and
 Partition External  Drive for Time Machine explains everything clearly for
 you.

 http://ronnibrown.net/tutorials/format--partition-external/index.html

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 Sent from Ronni's iPad4


 On 20 Jan 2015, at 5:23 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Daniel

 Thanks very much for your details on using a larger drive for backup and I
 agree with everything you say. I presently have 3 x 3tb WD external HD
 which have copies of my data, movies and photos and I intend keeping these
 as multiple backs of a larger drive like the Seagate 5tb. After your email
 I did some looking on line and found various other comments, some of which
 also say what you have re Seagate. It always a big risk and I sure feel
 better when I have at least 2 copies of everything.

 I havnt used Time Machine yet but want to now so I will follow some of
 Ronnie's great suggestions and documents to use it.
 I guess I just need to format the drive as Mac OS Extended journaled to
 use TM, is that right?

 The Seagate 5tb is reasonably priced as well which is appealing and I
 havnt seen any WD 5tb down here yet.

 Many thanks and best regards

 Chris

 On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 wrote:

 Hi Chris

 Pretty much any drive can be reformatted for the Mac, so you'd be able to
 erase that drive in Disk Utility.
 You'd just need get the software that comes with it, as it would be
 Windows only. However it would/should work with Time Machine ok anyway.

 A few things to consider though. Some of this is my own experience and
 personal preference so others may disagree or have different
 experiences..

 1) Just be aware that the larger the drive the more you'll lose should it
 all fall over in a big heap. eg someone with 2x 2TB has less to lose versus
 someone with 4TBs. So the bigger the drive, the more you store on it, the
 more gets lost if the drive falls over. So really need more then one backup
 just in case.
 2) If the computer doesn't have USB3 then it will just drop back to USB2
 so a little slower to access.
 3) I'm not a huge fan of Seagate gear. Again, this is my own experience
 and personal opinion. I've had more of their gear fail then any other
 brand. (And they were the brand that had a large failure rate in iMacs a
 few years back).
 They may be slightly better now, but I'm still a bit cautious. So I'd
 just be a bit cautious of not putting all your eggs in one basket. Just
 make sure to cover yourself should anything happen to that drive. (Though
 the same applies for any drive really). Whereas Western Digital I find
 really great and it's my go to drive brand. I just find them more
 reliable and better follow service if needed. Again, just my experience.

 But to answer your question again, yes it should work fine once
 reformatted.

 Kind regards
 Daniel

 Sent from my iPhone 6

 ---
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 On 20 Jan 2015, at 12:06 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Good afternoon wamuggers,

 I was in Good Guys this morning and noticed a number of Seagate HD, one
 of which was 5tb 'Expansion drive'; I didnt know these were available  and
 it really got my attention as I am in the process of consolidating all my
 data from numerous drives, and this size would be perfect as my offsite
 backup drive.

 However, on closer inspection I noticed that it was for Windose only
 which is a real bummer and has 'Backup software ready to go' and is USB 3
 enabled. They do have a 'Desktop Backup drive 2tb' that can be used

Seagate external drives

[Chris Burton]

Good afternoon wamuggers,

I was in Good Guys this morning and noticed a number of Seagate HD, one of
which was 5tb 'Expansion drive'; I didnt know these were available  and it
really got my attention as I am in the process of consolidating all my data
from numerous drives, and this size would be perfect as my offsite backup
drive.

However, on closer inspection I noticed that it was for Windose only which
is a real bummer and has 'Backup software ready to go' and is USB 3
enabled. They do have a 'Desktop Backup drive 2tb' that can be used with
both Win and Macs without reformatting and using Seagate's backup software.

My question is, can I reformat this drive for use with my iMac as I want to
start using Time Machine for my backups now and this size would see me good
for a few years.

I cant find anything online saying I shouldnt reformat and wanted to check
with you good people before I handed over the dollars. One cnet review says
that it is possible to reformat as per other external HD

Many thanks and best regards to all

Chris
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Re: Data transfer MBPro to imac

[Chris Burton]

 folder and let it update the iPhoto
 Database

 6. Open iTunes from the Applications folder and let it update the database

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 5 Jul 2014, at 9:42 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com
 mailto:ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,

 Did you use my Tutorial mentioned in my previous email below and have done
 the Preparations:
 How To Check Your Applications Are Compatible With Mavericks' -
 'Explanation of 'Classic', 'Power PC', 'Intel'  Universal' Applications
 - 'Clean Up Your Computer' - 'Check for Mavericks-Compatible Update to
 Third-Party Software'.

 IF you have already updated your Non-Generic Applications and Add-Ons in
 Snow Leopard (or as many as possible).
 I can give further details from my tutorials or send you the Tutorials
 Offlist.

 1. The Final Steps you need to do before shutting down your old Mac Snow
 Leopard for the Transfer  Setup to New iMac.
 2. How to Use Migration Assistant to Transfer from old Mac (FW800) to a
 new Mac (Thunderbolt) using Thunderbolt to Firewire in Target Disk Mode.

 Cheers,
 Ronni

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

 OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

 On 5 Jul 2014, at 8:30 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au
 mailto:c...@it.net.au wrote:

 Hi WA Muggers

 I hope everyone is well this very foggy Saturday morning (down south!).

 I have 'bitten the bullet' and purchased a new iMac, hopefully arriving
 this coming week. This machine will be my main image processing machine
 and my trusty MBPro will be my travel and whale work machine.

 However I would like to ask you what is the best way to transfer both my
 data and applications from my MBPro to the new iMac as I havnt done this
 for a long time. I recall there was a 'transfer' operation but I cant
 remember how?

 I need to get all my images over as well as PS6, Lightroom and Office 11.
 I did check that these apps will run on Mavericks. Im also expecting a
 learning curve with Mavericks compared with 10.6.8!!

 Many thanks for any advice.

 Best regards to all

 Chris


 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au mailto:c...@it.net.au

 www.souwest.org http://www.souwest.org/
 On 29/05/2014, at 9:51 AM, Ronni Brown wrote:


 On 29 May 2014, at 8:46 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au
 mailto:c...@it.net.au wrote:

 Hi Ronni

 Hi Chris,


 Thankyou so much for your very informative description on why and how
 to clean up the Desktop, it was very useful for me and now I know why I
 should keep it clean.

 In regards to your comments on using various apps with Mavericks, I
 recall sometime ago you mentioning a website that provides info on
 which apps will or will not work, is that right? If so could you please
 let me know what that is. Im hoping that PS6 and Lr4 will work at a
 minimum for me (although I did buy Lr5 last year and I know it does,
 but unfortunately doesnt work on 10.6.8!).

 I have the link to the website I mentioned some time ago is in my
 Tutorial. I recommend you read my 6 Page Tutorial Prepare For 
 Installation of Mavericks OS X 10.9 which gives you all the information
 required to have a successful Mavericks installation.
 The Tutorial explains the preparation you need to do before installing -
 how to install the Mavericks upgrade - then what you need to do
 immediately after installation of Mavericks completes and your Mac
 restarts.

 How To Prepare for Mavericks:
  'Can Your Mac Run Mavericks' - 'How To Check Your Applications Are
 Compatible With Mavericks' - 'Explanation of 'Classic', 'Power PC',
 'Intel'  Universal' Applications - 'Clean Up Your Computer' - 'Check
 for Mavericks-Compatible Update to Third-Party Software'.

 Installing Mavericks OS X 10.9 and then What To Do After Installation of
 Mavericks Completes And Your Mac Restarts.

 I have not uploaded this Tutorial to my Website, but if any member
 wishes to have a copy email me Offlist and I will email the PDF to
 you.
 Please note that I would appreciate a donation for my Tutorial. You
 would appreciate that these Tutorials take a lot of my time and I do a
 lot of 'Free' work for WAMUG members (as others also do) and have given
 my Tutorials freely as well. There are a few members who have kindly
 donated for some of my previous Tutorials which I very much appreciated.


 Cheers,
 Ronni

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

 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

 On 22 Dec 2014, at 1:00 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Wamuggers

 I have just returned home from my work off Gabon, with a jam packed
 hard disk on my MBPro (Snow Leopard) and I would like to transfer data
 to my new imac (Mavericks) and I just cant remember (or find anything)
 on how to do it, which is really frustrating?

 Both machines have thunderbolt and I have tried connecting them but
 without

Data transfer MBPro to imac

[Chris Burton]

Hi Wamuggers

I have just returned home from my work off Gabon, with a jam packed
hard disk on my MBPro (Snow Leopard) and I would like to transfer data
to my new imac (Mavericks) and I just cant remember (or find anything)
on how to do it, which is really frustrating?

Both machines have thunderbolt and I have tried connecting them but
without success, and am not sure if I need to use Target mode to do
this?

I would be most grateful for any advice to assist me with this as I
just cant seem to work it out!

With many thanks

Chris
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Re: Downloading Yosemite for install on another Mac ?

[Chris Burton]

Hi Stephen and Daniel

Im also interested in doing the same, but with Mavericks as Im not
sure if it is still available?

I would like to update my MBPro8,2 from Snow Leopard to Mavericks as I
know that most of my software will run but am not sure if they will on
Yosemite?

How big are both of these OS versions as I am very limited on monthly downloads

Many thanks and best regards

Chris


On 12/17/14, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:
 Thank you Daniel.
 I will try that when my concentration levels are high !



 On 17 Dec 2014, at 7:03 am, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au
 wrote:

 Hi Stephen

 Yes, you can make an installer. You need to download Yosemite, but make
 sure not to run it or delete it from Applications.

 You can read how to make an installer here -
 http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-install-drive.html

 Apple's less informative info,… -
 http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201372

 Hope that helps

 Kind regards
 Daniel

 Sent from my iPhone 6

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 On 17/12/2014, at 2:28 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:

 Hi folks,

 Is it possible to download Yosemite to my iMac without installing it ?
 Then copy to a thumb drive so I can install on another iMac from the
 thumb drive ?

 My step daughter’s internet speed is just too slow to download something
 this large !

 Regards,
 Stephen Chape

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 Windows because my employer knew no better




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Re: Obtaining an Apple id for a second phone

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Well I think everything is now sorted back home, as I spoke to Cath
today and she read your replies to me and did realise she had done the
id. She then used the apple site to manage her id and redo her
password which she couldnt find, so now has her own Apple id, which
she can use on the new ipad air she bought so she can use the app!!! A
big week for her and as well as working flat out!!

Cath and I both send our heart felt thanks to you Ronni for your
brilliant help with this issue.

Best regards

Chris

I sent

On 12/9/14, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 The only thing I want to confirm with you for Cath is that she use her
 iphone to go to the website and 'create an apple id' and she can use
 her email that she mostly uses at home?

 NO Chris... Cath does not need to 'create an Apple ID' - Cath already has
 her own Apple ID (which you or she created for her back in Dec. 2012)
 She doesn't need to create another Apple ID, she already has an Apple ID!

 She uses her Apple ID  (signs in with her Apple ID  password) to download
 the App she requires from the App Store.

 As I mentioned in my previous email to you last night.
 So unless you or Cath have changed anything since then, Cath should be
 able
 to download the App she requires on her iPhone 4S using HER Apple ID
 details

 If Cath has forgotten her Apple ID she can click on the link below:
 https://iforgot.apple.com/appleid

 Find your Apple ID.
 If you can't remember your Apple ID, just provide us with some information
 and we'll find it for you. Then we'll help you reset your password.

 Cheers,
   Ronni


 Sent from Ronni's iPad4


 On 10 Dec 2014, at 3:03 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Ronni, well once again you have saved the day!!

 I had completely forgotten about the previous attempt to get a new ID,
 as I suspect Cath had as well. I was able to dig through my Mail
 application (as I cant use it here on board) and find the thread for
 that day in 2012 and see what we did. Unfortunately I havnt any record
 of the email and password that Cath used for her ID, here with me on
 the ship.

 I have copied your important points to a word doc to send to Cath
 tonight so she has it tomorrow morning (you guys in the west are 7 hrs
 ahead of us).

 i can see what you mean by looking at the link you sent me but cant
 run through it here on my phone as I have Zero phone reception.

 The only thing I want to confirm with you for Cath is that she use her
 iphone to go to the website and 'create an apple id' and she can use
 her email that she mostly uses at home?

 I will go over things tonight and write some points down to tie in
 with your points in the emails

 Sincere thanks Ronni, I really appreciate your support and help with this

 Chris


 On 12/9/14, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 Back on 12 Dec. 2012 we went through this and created an  Apple ID for
 Cath.

 Below is Quoted from the WAMUG Archives -
 http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug%40wamug.org.au/msg72179.html
 http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg72179.html

 Chris Burton
 http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.auq=from:%22Chris+Burton%22
 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:28:40 -0800
 http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.auq=date:20121212
 Hi Ronni

 Looks like I might have completed everything!!
 I successfully changed Caths Apple id, then I had to change my password
 for
 my
 id so all is good.
 Cath now uses her own email address and I use mine rather than have us
 both
 on
 my address. Much better.

 Thanks so very much Ronni for your patience and advice, I wouldnt have
 done
 it
 without your help.

 Best regards and I wish you a very happy chrissy

 Chris
 /End of Quoted email
 
 So unless you or Cath have changed anything since then, Cath should be
 ablew
 to download the App she requires on her iPhone 4S using HER Apple ID
 details

 Cheers,
 Ronni


 On 9 Dec 2014, at 5:31 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Wamuggers

 Im still out in the Atlantic off Gabon with some promise of being home
 before Christmas, which would be nice!

 My wife has just had an operation on her ear to improve hearing, and
 part of the post surgery is for her to download an app which she can
 use to 'train her brain' to use the implant for successful hearing.
 Amazing stuff.

 However, she faces a dilemma, as her iphone 4s was bought with my 4s a
 few years back on the same Telstra plan, and I had to use my Apple id
 and password on both, for some reason that now I dont remember nor
 understand.

 So she is unable to access my details using her phone to go to itunes
 to download the app.

 My question to you wonderful apple people, is can she obtain a new
 apple id and password for her 4s?

 So far today she has tried ringing an Apple store many times only to
 be put on hold. She then emailed someone who replied that they would
 get back to her in 48hrs
 She then rang

Re: Obtaining an Apple id for a second phone

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni, well once again you have saved the day!!

I had completely forgotten about the previous attempt to get a new ID,
as I suspect Cath had as well. I was able to dig through my Mail
application (as I cant use it here on board) and find the thread for
that day in 2012 and see what we did. Unfortunately I havnt any record
of the email and password that Cath used for her ID, here with me on
the ship.

I have copied your important points to a word doc to send to Cath
tonight so she has it tomorrow morning (you guys in the west are 7 hrs
ahead of us).

i can see what you mean by looking at the link you sent me but cant
run through it here on my phone as I have Zero phone reception.

The only thing I want to confirm with you for Cath is that she use her
iphone to go to the website and 'create an apple id' and she can use
her email that she mostly uses at home?

I will go over things tonight and write some points down to tie in
with your points in the emails

Sincere thanks Ronni, I really appreciate your support and help with this

Chris


On 12/9/14, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 Back on 12 Dec. 2012 we went through this and created an  Apple ID for
 Cath.

 Below is Quoted from the WAMUG Archives -
 http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug%40wamug.org.au/msg72179.html
 http://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/msg72179.html

 Chris Burton
 http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.auq=from:%22Chris+Burton%22
 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:28:40 -0800
 http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=wamug@wamug.org.auq=date:20121212
 Hi Ronni

 Looks like I might have completed everything!!
 I successfully changed Caths Apple id, then I had to change my password for
 my
 id so all is good.
 Cath now uses her own email address and I use mine rather than have us both
 on
 my address. Much better.

 Thanks so very much Ronni for your patience and advice, I wouldnt have done
 it
 without your help.

 Best regards and I wish you a very happy chrissy

 Chris
 /End of Quoted email
 
 So unless you or Cath have changed anything since then, Cath should be ablew
 to download the App she requires on her iPhone 4S using HER Apple ID
 details

 Cheers,
 Ronni


 On 9 Dec 2014, at 5:31 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Wamuggers

 Im still out in the Atlantic off Gabon with some promise of being home
 before Christmas, which would be nice!

 My wife has just had an operation on her ear to improve hearing, and
 part of the post surgery is for her to download an app which she can
 use to 'train her brain' to use the implant for successful hearing.
 Amazing stuff.

 However, she faces a dilemma, as her iphone 4s was bought with my 4s a
 few years back on the same Telstra plan, and I had to use my Apple id
 and password on both, for some reason that now I dont remember nor
 understand.

 So she is unable to access my details using her phone to go to itunes
 to download the app.

 My question to you wonderful apple people, is can she obtain a new
 apple id and password for her 4s?

 So far today she has tried ringing an Apple store many times only to
 be put on hold. She then emailed someone who replied that they would
 get back to her in 48hrs
 She then rang Telstra, who said for another $60/month we can purchase
 a new ipad with a sim so she can access itunes!!

 She is now quite anxious about this situation, so I thought I would
 ask you guys if you could help her out, via me?

 Many thanks for any advice

 best regards

 Chris and Cath


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Obtaining an Apple id for a second phone

[Chris Burton]

Hi Wamuggers

Im still out in the Atlantic off Gabon with some promise of being home
before Christmas, which would be nice!

My wife has just had an operation on her ear to improve hearing, and
part of the post surgery is for her to download an app which she can
use to 'train her brain' to use the implant for successful hearing.
Amazing stuff.

However, she faces a dilemma, as her iphone 4s was bought with my 4s a
few years back on the same Telstra plan, and I had to use my Apple id
and password on both, for some reason that now I dont remember nor
understand.

So she is unable to access my details using her phone to go to itunes
to download the app.

My question to you wonderful apple people, is can she obtain a new
apple id and password for her 4s?

So far today she has tried ringing an Apple store many times only to
be put on hold. She then emailed someone who replied that they would
get back to her in 48hrs
She then rang Telstra, who said for another $60/month we can purchase
a new ipad with a sim so she can access itunes!!

She is now quite anxious about this situation, so I thought I would
ask you guys if you could help her out, via me?

Many thanks for any advice

best regards

Chris and Cath
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Hi from the Atlantic

[Chris Burton]

Hi wamuggers

Im back offshore of Gabon for a second rotation, and nothing much has
changed except for the very equatorial weather, with cloudy skies and
almost daily storms and heavy rain: at least the ship is nice and
clean!!

Im just wondering if someone can tell me what the new font is that
Apple is using on the iOS 8 system, that I updated to on my 4s before
I left Perth? I quite like it (using the 4s alarm each morning!), and
assume it must be one of 'Apple's fonts', proprietry perhaps or is it
available for anyone to use?

If it is not available, are there any other similar fonts that I can
access somewhere?

Best wishes to all

Chris
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Re: Hi from the Atlantic

[Chris Burton]

Hey Ronnie, great to hear from you. Thanks for the details on this
font, I didnt realise there were so many types!!

Im actually hoping I can use this font in PS (or Illustrator) so would
it available on my MBPro? I cant seem to find it by doing a search on
my mac so I guess not?

I just did a quick google and see from most sites that it requires a
purchase, although some are free and there are some alternatives. I
will investigate over the coming days when I get good internet!

Hope all is good back in WA

Best regards

Chris

On 11/22/14, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 The iOS 8 Font is Helvetica Neue. It’s bundled by default with every version
 of OS X so you don’t need to download or add any fonts to use the look.

 There are actually a few variations of Helvetica Neue that are used by Apple
 on our iPhones, iPads, and iPods, including:

   • Helvetica Neue – UltraLight
   • Helvetica Neue – Light
   • Helvetica Neue – Thin
   • Helvetica Neue – Regular
   • Helvetica Neue – Medium


 Cheers,
 Ronni

 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage


 On 22 Nov 2014, at 5:57 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi wamuggers

 Im back offshore of Gabon for a second rotation, and nothing much has
 changed except for the very equatorial weather, with cloudy skies and
 almost daily storms and heavy rain: at least the ship is nice and
 clean!!

 Im just wondering if someone can tell me what the new font is that
 Apple is using on the iOS 8 system, that I updated to on my 4s before
 I left Perth? I quite like it (using the 4s alarm each morning!), and
 assume it must be one of 'Apple's fonts', proprietry perhaps or is it
 available for anyone to use?

 If it is not available, are there any other similar fonts that I can
 access somewhere?

 Best wishes to all

 Chris


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Re: Hi from the Atlantic

[Chris Burton]

Hi and sorry Ronni, I keep forgetting about my OS; Its still 10.6.8 as
I have yet to do an update, and that reminds me as I recall you saying
my machine is not one that will go to Yosemite, but will do Mavericks
(MacBookPro8,2, i7, 2.2ghz)?

I guess my OS doesnt have H Neue if it is in Yosemite?


Thanks very much for the info on their location and sources as well,
very interesting

Best wishes

Chris

On 11/22/14, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 You don’t mention what OS X you are running. The new system font in Yosemite
 is HelveticaNeueDeskInterface.ttc.
 Open “Font Book.app” in Applications and click on “All Fonts collection” to
 see all the Fonts.

 There are three main places fonts live on your Mac:
 1. Macintosh HD  System  Library  Fonts
 2. Macintosh HD  Library  Fonts
 3. Macintosh HD  Users  [username]  Library  Fonts

 And there are three main players that put fonts in those locations
 automatically:
 1.  Apple
 2. Adobe
 3. Microsoft

 Cheers,
 Ronni

 On 22 Nov 2014, at 9:41 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey Ronnie, great to hear from you. Thanks for the details on this
 font, I didnt realise there were so many types!!

 Im actually hoping I can use this font in PS (or Illustrator) so would
 it available on my MBPro? I cant seem to find it by doing a search on
 my mac so I guess not?

 I just did a quick google and see from most sites that it requires a
 purchase, although some are free and there are some alternatives. I
 will investigate over the coming days when I get good internet!

 Hope all is good back in WA

 Best regards

 Chris

 On 11/22/14, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 The iOS 8 Font is Helvetica Neue. It’s bundled by default with every
 version
 of OS X so you don’t need to download or add any fonts to use the look.

 There are actually a few variations of Helvetica Neue that are used by
 Apple
 on our iPhones, iPads, and iPods, including:

 • Helvetica Neue – UltraLight
 • Helvetica Neue – Light
 • Helvetica Neue – Thin
 • Helvetica Neue – Regular
 • Helvetica Neue – Medium


 Cheers,
 Ronni

 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage


 On 22 Nov 2014, at 5:57 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi wamuggers

 Im back offshore of Gabon for a second rotation, and nothing much has
 changed except for the very equatorial weather, with cloudy skies and
 almost daily storms and heavy rain: at least the ship is nice and
 clean!!

 Im just wondering if someone can tell me what the new font is that
 Apple is using on the iOS 8 system, that I updated to on my 4s before
 I left Perth? I quite like it (using the 4s alarm each morning!), and
 assume it must be one of 'Apple's fonts', proprietry perhaps or is it
 available for anyone to use?

 If it is not available, are there any other similar fonts that I can
 access somewhere?

 Best wishes to all

 Chris


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Re: Using AVG for mac

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks for that info, as I didnt realise that the new Yosemite was now
available!! I have been away far too long!

Will this OS run on my trusty MBPro or is it not compatible?
(MacBookPro8,2; 2.2ghz i7;16gb ram)?

If not would I be able to access your copy of Mavericks? The only drawback
for me is my very limited 8gb/month of downloads/uploads with the 3G
Wireless plan I have with our beloved Telstra, here in the bush!! Its
pretty pathetic really, as I found out on the ship, with the very diverse
range of mostly European nationalities all telling me about their very
generous and fast phone and internet infrastructures!!

Best regards and many thanks

Chris

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,

 *AVG AntiVirus for Mac® is compatible with OSX Mountain Lion or later.​ *
 You can't install it on your Snow Leopard MBP!

 I think I did download your support document on installing Mavericks on my
 MBPro so will follow that when I have time to do the download. I guess I
 should use the Combo download?


 *OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Update (Combo)* will only update a computer
 already running *Mavericks OS X 10.9*
 System Requirements:  OS X 10.9

 Actually it will be hard to find a Mavericks OS X 10.9 install now as it
 is no longer available on the App Store.
 Only the newly released Yosemite OS X 10.10 install is available from the
 App Store

 I have a OS X 10.9 *Install OS X Mavericks.app* - 5.31GB file size.

 Cheers,
 Ronni


 On 17 Oct 2014, at 12:26 pm, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey Steve

 You are right there; it seems that Ebola is looking way more serious since
 I last went in early August, and the companies I am working for in Gabon
 have are very aware of this and are monitoring on a daily basis.

 Ronni thanks very much for your email again putting my mind at rest re
 viruses on macs! At this moment I am still running 10.6.8 on my MBPro
 (Mavericks on my new imac) so I will not install AVG on it. Im very glad
 that I actually thought to ask WAMUG before I was going to install it this
 morning!!

 I think I did download your support document on installing Mavericks on my
 MBPro so will follow that when I have time to do the download. I guess I
 should use the Combo download?

 Best regards to all

 Chris

 On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com
 wrote:

 WEST AFRICA !
 I don’t think AVG will do much for Ebola Chris !


 On 17 Oct 2014, at 10:55 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi WA muggers

 It has recently been suggested to me that I install AVG virus protection
 software on my MBPro (OS10.6.8, 2.2 Ghz i7) as apparently macs are not as
 invincible as I had always thought!! - Macs dont get viruses, I always
 say!! But is this still true?

 If not is AVG reasonable software to use on my MBPro? As I will be
 heading back to offshore West Africa soon I thought it might be best to
 have some protection.

 Kind regards to all and many thanks for any advice

 Chris




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Using AVG for mac

[Chris Burton]

Hi WA muggers

It has recently been suggested to me that I install AVG virus protection
software on my MBPro (OS10.6.8, 2.2 Ghz i7) as apparently macs are not as
invincible as I had always thought!! - Macs dont get viruses, I always
say!! But is this still true?

If not is AVG reasonable software to use on my MBPro? As I will be heading
back to offshore West Africa soon I thought it might be best to have some
protection.

Kind regards to all and many thanks for any advice

Chris
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Re: Using AVG for mac

[Chris Burton]

Hey Steve

You are right there; it seems that Ebola is looking way more serious since
I last went in early August, and the companies I am working for in Gabon
have are very aware of this and are monitoring on a daily basis.

Ronni thanks very much for your email again putting my mind at rest re
viruses on macs! At this moment I am still running 10.6.8 on my MBPro
(Mavericks on my new imac) so I will not install AVG on it. Im very glad
that I actually thought to ask WAMUG before I was going to install it this
morning!!

I think I did download your support document on installing Mavericks on my
MBPro so will follow that when I have time to do the download. I guess I
should use the Combo download?

Best regards to all

Chris

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote:

 WEST AFRICA !
 I don’t think AVG will do much for Ebola Chris !


 On 17 Oct 2014, at 10:55 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi WA muggers

 It has recently been suggested to me that I install AVG virus protection
 software on my MBPro (OS10.6.8, 2.2 Ghz i7) as apparently macs are not as
 invincible as I had always thought!! - Macs dont get viruses, I always
 say!! But is this still true?

 If not is AVG reasonable software to use on my MBPro? As I will be heading
 back to offshore West Africa soon I thought it might be best to have some
 protection.

 Kind regards to all and many thanks for any advice

 Chris

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 *Windows because my employer knew no better*





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Re: Using Finder in Mavericks

[Chris Burton]

Hi Pete,

Thanks very much for your reply to this, as it is beginning to drive me
nuts!
My Machine a 27 imac with 3.5 ghz i7 processors, 16gb ram and Mavericks
10.9.4 and using the bluetooth mouse and keyboard which is taking some
getting use to as well! Maybe it is this mouse which feels completely
different from my standard two click wheel mouse?

Some examples of what is happening:
I open 2 finder windows, and do click, drag and drop a pdf file from one
folder across to another. The file is copied and not moved as it would be
in 10.6.8?

From the same folder, (Better Photog 14) I click and drag a psd file that I
want to move to the other folder and the 'authenticate' window pops up (see
below):

[image: Inline image 1]

I try again with other psd and jpg's from this and other folders to drag
into another one and the same message appears, so I have to type and retype
my password for each drag action!!

I then plugged in my 3tb WD back up drive to move other images to my imac
with the same message appearing! However when I dragged and dropped onto
the drive it worked ok?

I hope this helped a bit Pete, as it is quite perplexing to say the least

Many thanks

Chris



On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au
wrote:


 On 6 Oct 2014, at 11:53 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:

  Good day WA muggers,
 
  Its sure nice to be back in the Southwest after 2 months offshore of
  West Africa!
 
  Im only now beginning to use my new imac with Mavericks and noticing
  quite a bit of difference from OS 10.6 on my MBPro!!
 
  One thing that Im not sure how to change, is when I need to rename
  folders or are transferring image files from my backup drive to the
  imac I always have an 'authentication window' pop for me to enter my
  password!
 
  I have looked in the Finder and System prefs but cant find anywhere to
  change this from occuring.
 
  Any advice is much appreciated for my limited Mavericks experience
 
 

 Not sure what is happening here. The behaviour as you describe it is not
 normal for Mavericks, unless you are copying into, or creating a folder in,
 a secured area such as /System or /Library. Finder's behaviour in Mavericks
 in this regard has not changed from what you're used to in Snow Leopard. A
 few more details are required in order to comment further.


 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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Re: Using Finder in Mavericks

[Chris Burton]

Hi Neil

Yes, I think you are correct on this Neil, thanks very much.

I checked through the heirachy of folders with some showing cb(me) having
read and write, and others showing 'Nobody' with read write access!!! Why
on earth would this happen?

I unlocked the main folder while in Get Info  with cb(me) as the owner then
clicked the pull down on the bottom to say 'apply to enclosed item' and
this seemed to do the trick! I can now also just drag and drop from one
folder to the other without it copying the file.

I guess I should check other folders as this seem random and I have no idea
at all why or when this occurred?

Maybe it is an artefact of the migration process I did in July from my
MBPro? Could it be a virus or trojan or something else  nasty?

Many thanks and best regards

Chris

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote:

 Hi Chris, Hi Peter,

 I'm still using Snow Leopard - but Peter says finder still behaves the same
 - so here's a thought:

 I've had similar problems in the past when migrating between machines where
 I have changed user names or set-up a machine using an admin account and
 then set-up a user account later.

 The problems were where I ended up with some folders that I was not the
 owner of - ie they were owned by a different user name.

 Easy to check. Just pick one of the folders that you are trying to drop
 files into that is giving you this 'authentication window' issue and do a
 get info on the folder and check the permissions on it and make sure that
 your account is the holder with read and write permissions.

 Of course, your problem may be completely different - but it is an easy
 check to be sure.


 Cheers



 Neil
 --
 Neil R. Houghton
 Albany, Western Australia
 Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
 Email: n...@possumology.com



 on 7/10/14 7:36, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

 
  On 6 Oct 2014, at 11:53 am, Chris Burton burtnch...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Good day WA muggers,
 
  Its sure nice to be back in the Southwest after 2 months offshore of
  West Africa!
 
  Im only now beginning to use my new imac with Mavericks and noticing
  quite a bit of difference from OS 10.6 on my MBPro!!
 
  One thing that Im not sure how to change, is when I need to rename
  folders or are transferring image files from my backup drive to the
  imac I always have an 'authentication window' pop for me to enter my
  password!
 
  I have looked in the Finder and System prefs but cant find anywhere to
  change this from occuring.
 
  Any advice is much appreciated for my limited Mavericks experience
 
 
 
  Not sure what is happening here. The behaviour as you describe it is not
  normal for Mavericks, unless you are copying into, or creating a folder
 in, a
  secured area such as /System or /Library. Finder's behaviour in
 Mavericks in
  this regard has not changed from what you're used to in Snow Leopard. A
 few
  more details are required in order to comment further.
 
 
  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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Using Finder in Mavericks

[Chris Burton]

Good day WA muggers,

Its sure nice to be back in the Southwest after 2 months offshore of
West Africa!

Im only now beginning to use my new imac with Mavericks and noticing
quite a bit of difference from OS 10.6 on my MBPro!!

One thing that Im not sure how to change, is when I need to rename
folders or are transferring image files from my backup drive to the
imac I always have an 'authentication window' pop for me to enter my
password!

I have looked in the Finder and System prefs but cant find anywhere to
change this from occuring.

Any advice is much appreciated for my limited Mavericks experience

Best regards to all

Chris
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Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni and muggers

Many thanks for your assistance with the file transfers. I just havnt had time 
to do it as Im finally heading offshore for work and only found out the 
confirmation late Thursday. 

I leave tomorrow 6am to West Africa, and hopefully a long way from the Ebola 
nightmare!

I should be able to access email on the ship so will be in connection

Best regards to all

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 
www.souwest.org

On 31/07/2014, at 11:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Yes, it is not as easy as File Sharing and Screen Sharing in Mavericks, ML or 
 Lion.
 Snow Leopard is no longer supported by Apple and no security updates for SL.
 I thought you had upgraded the MBP to Mavericks, so both Macs were running 
 Mavericks.
 
 To copy your files from the SL MBP to the Mavericks iMac
 1. On your MBP
 2. Under Shared : Select the iMac
 3. Connect as Registered User
 4. Type your Admin. Password
 5. Click Connect
 6. Select your Home Folder chris 
 7. Select Desktop or Pictures folder
 8. Drag the folder of images from your MBP and drop into either folder
 
 When you have finished copying the files across to the iMac
 Click on Disconnect
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 9:24 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 This is starting to do my head in!
 
 I have got shared screen on, on the imac and it shows the MBP in the finder, 
 so I clicked on 'shared screen' and the MBPro computer screen shows on the 
 big imac screen. Thats right so far?
 
 Then I want to move a folder containing about 20 images from the MBPro 
 screen on the a finder window in a certain folder. So with my imac mouse I 
 grab the folder in the MBPro window and drag it across the MBPro screen then 
 outside its boundary to place it in an imac Finder window; nothing happens 
 but I see a little arrow take the place of the normal curser, pointing back 
 to the MBP screen!
 
 Im sorry Ronni but I must be missing a step or two?
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 31/07/2014, at 5:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 On your iMac - select the MBP - then Share Screen
 The MBP screen will appear on the iMac 
 Then drag  drop the files on the iMac... On the Desktop (or where ever you 
 want the files)
 
 When you transfer the file across as you drop it you will see a small 
 window appear 'file transfers'... If you don't see that you haven't drag it 
 onto the other screen.
 
 I move files over to a MacMini that is running OS X 10.6.8 without problems
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 5:06 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I want one!!! Sounds just great and with 512gb drive would suit my whale 
 research data and various photo shoots which I could then transfer to the 
 imac for serious PS work and cataloguing with Lr.
 
 I tried doing the share screen thing and had the imac screen on my MBPro 
 which was a bit weird!! However when I attempted to drag some small files 
 and folders across, they didnt go; nothing on the imac? 
 
 Not sure what I should do here. Have you any ideas? By the way my MBPro OS 
 is 10.6.8 with Mavericks on the new imac.
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 31/07/2014, at 4:31 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I always have my Macs CTO (Configured To Order). I like to Max out my 
 Macs - that is have the maximum RAM, fastest Processor, largest Drive 
 etc. 
 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support 
 for millions of colours
 Supported resolutions:
 1440x900 (native), 1280x800, 1152x720 and 1024x640 pixels at 16:10 aspect 
 ratio; 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio.
 
 My 'Configured To Order' MacBook Air specifications are in purple bold 
 below:
 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
 Configurable to 512GB flash storage.
 
 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared 
 L3 cache
 Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) 
 with 4MB shared L3 cache.
 
 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB L3 
 cache
 8GB memory upgrade
 512GB of flash storage
 
 Height: 0.3-1.7 cm (0.11-0.68 inches)
 Width: 32.5 cm (12.8 inches)
 Depth: 22.7 cm (8.94 inches)
 Weight: 1.35 kg (2.96 pounds)3
 
 You can check out the current MacBook Air at this link
 13-inch MacBook Air (released April 2014)
 https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 3:28 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 That is just amazing!! I didnt know it existed and thanks heaps for 
 explaining it to me. I will try it as you describe and get back to you.
 
 Yes I have been considering a macbook air especially as I have to travel 
 overseas or up north for the offshore work, and weight is  a real issue 
 with all my other gear! 
 
 What size drive do they have? I suspect they are all

Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

Hey Ronni

That is just amazing!! I didnt know it existed and thanks heaps for explaining 
it to me. I will try it as you describe and get back to you.

Yes I have been considering a macbook air especially as I have to travel 
overseas or up north for the offshore work, and weight is  a real issue with 
all my other gear! 

What size drive do they have? I suspect they are all SSD?

Best regards

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 
www.souwest.org

On 31/07/2014, at 2:47 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I forgot to mention: I use my new April-2014 MacBook Air a lot during the day 
 to do work when I'm out and about, as it is so extremely light, compared to 
 the weight of lugging my 17 MacBook Pro around all day.
 
 When I arrive back home onto my Network, I just Share Screen, to copy the 
 files from the MacBook Air to the MacBook Pro by 'Drag  Drop'... very simple 
 and quick as the files are not large.
 
 On your MacBook Pro - In the Sidebar of a Finder Window you will see under 
 SHARED, your iMac
 (That is... if you have turned ON Screen Sharing in System Preferences  
 Sharing - Screen Sharing
 You can select your iMac, then in the right side of the window click Share 
 Screen
 Then just 'drag  drop' the files from your MBP onto the desktop of the iMac 
 (or where ever you wish to file them)
 
 I find this just quick and easy as I don't have to connect any cables. Of 
 course you also don't connect any cables to use AirDrop.
 
 Just another way to move files in Mavericks.
 Lots of ways to move files across a Network in OS X
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 1:00 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 On the same Network  In Mavericks you can use AirDrop to move files from one 
 to the other Mac.
 http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14315?viewlocale=en_US
 
 Or you can use Thunderbolt  connection.
 http://www.maketecheasier.com/transfer-extremely-large-files-two-macs/
 
 http://www.macworld.com/article/2142073/connecting-two-macs-using-thunderbolt.html
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 10:50 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 HI Ronni
 
 Yes things did go well with the migration however I havnt been using the 
 imac since then as I have so much to prepare for with some offshore work 
 which is about to begin.
 
 In this regard Ronni can you please let me know if I can use the 
 thunderbolt-thunderbolt cable to transfer some recent files and images 
 (post the migration) from my MBPro to the imac rather than use usb-usb? 
 
 Im unsure if it is possible to do (I havnt tried yet), as I have been using 
 the MBPro since the migration and I just need to send these recent files to 
 the imac before I leave for the work.
 
 Many thanks for any help
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 22/07/2014, at 5:01 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I am pleased to hear everything went according to plan with your 
 preparation and the Migration process.
 
 To use Time Machine you need a dedicated external drive for just Time 
 Machine backup.
 It is best to ONLY have Time Machine backups on the external drive.
 
 First: You need to Erase and format the external 3TB and prepare it for 
 Time Machine.
 
 I suggest you go to my website and download two of my tutorials which will 
 explain everything thoroughly for you.
 
 Basically a good Backup Strategy consists of Three Parts:
 
 1. Versioned Backups - 2. Bootable Duplicates - 3. Offsite Copies
 
 1. Use Time Machine or another backup application to store Versioned 
 Backups. Use your backup application to update your Versioned Backups 
 incrementally (copying only new or changed files each time) Hourly, or at 
 least Daily.
 
 2. Create a Bootable backup Clone (Duplicate) of your Startup Volume. Use 
 your backup application to update the Clone weekly.
 
 3. Store at least one backup copy (I prefer a Bootable Clone of my whole 
 system) Off-Site. Somewhere other than your House in case of fire or 
 burglary, and update it regularly.
 
 
 My Backup Strategy
 
 Backups are a must, scheduled backups are vital.
 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/backup/index.html
 
 You don't necessarily need to follow my backup strategy as you already 
 have a backup system in place.
 But this explains the three parts of a good backup strategy
 
 I use Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro to a 3TB Time Capsule 
 
 —
 How to: 'Format  Partition your External Drive to work with Time Machine’ 
 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/format--partition-external/index.html
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 22 Jul 2014, at 4:09 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I would really like to thank you very much for your advice and tutorials 
 on the migration from my mbpro to the new imac.
 
 I

Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

I want one!!! Sounds just great and with 512gb drive would suit my whale 
research data and various photo shoots which I could then transfer to the imac 
for serious PS work and cataloguing with Lr.

I tried doing the share screen thing and had the imac screen on my MBPro which 
was a bit weird!! However when I attempted to drag some small files and folders 
across, they didnt go; nothing on the imac? 

Not sure what I should do here. Have you any ideas? By the way my MBPro OS is 
10.6.8 with Mavericks on the new imac.

Many thanks Ronni

Chris


On 31/07/2014, at 4:31 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I always have my Macs CTO (Configured To Order). I like to Max out my Macs - 
 that is have the maximum RAM, fastest Processor, largest Drive etc. 
 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for 
 millions of colours
 Supported resolutions:
 1440x900 (native), 1280x800, 1152x720 and 1024x640 pixels at 16:10 aspect 
 ratio; 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio.
 
 My 'Configured To Order' MacBook Air specifications are in purple bold below:
 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
 Configurable to 512GB flash storage.
 
 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared L3 
 cache
 Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) 
 with 4MB shared L3 cache.
 
 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB L3 cache
 8GB memory upgrade
 512GB of flash storage
 
 Height: 0.3-1.7 cm (0.11-0.68 inches)
 Width: 32.5 cm (12.8 inches)
 Depth: 22.7 cm (8.94 inches)
 Weight: 1.35 kg (2.96 pounds)3
 
 You can check out the current MacBook Air at this link
 13-inch MacBook Air (released April 2014)
 https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 3:28 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 That is just amazing!! I didnt know it existed and thanks heaps for 
 explaining it to me. I will try it as you describe and get back to you.
 
 Yes I have been considering a macbook air especially as I have to travel 
 overseas or up north for the offshore work, and weight is  a real issue with 
 all my other gear! 
 
 What size drive do they have? I suspect they are all SSD?
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 31/07/2014, at 2:47 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I forgot to mention: I use my new April-2014 MacBook Air a lot during the 
 day to do work when I'm out and about, as it is so extremely light, 
 compared to the weight of lugging my 17 MacBook Pro around all day.
 
 When I arrive back home onto my Network, I just Share Screen, to copy the 
 files from the MacBook Air to the MacBook Pro by 'Drag  Drop'... very 
 simple and quick as the files are not large.
 
 On your MacBook Pro - In the Sidebar of a Finder Window you will see under 
 SHARED, your iMac
 (That is... if you have turned ON Screen Sharing in System Preferences  
 Sharing - Screen Sharing
 You can select your iMac, then in the right side of the window click Share 
 Screen
 Then just 'drag  drop' the files from your MBP onto the desktop of the 
 iMac (or where ever you wish to file them)
 
 I find this just quick and easy as I don't have to connect any cables. Of 
 course you also don't connect any cables to use AirDrop.
 
 Just another way to move files in Mavericks.
 Lots of ways to move files across a Network in OS X
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 1:00 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 On the same Network  In Mavericks you can use AirDrop to move files from 
 one to the other Mac.
 http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14315?viewlocale=en_US
 
 Or you can use Thunderbolt  connection.
 http://www.maketecheasier.com/transfer-extremely-large-files-two-macs/
 
 http://www.macworld.com/article/2142073/connecting-two-macs-using-thunderbolt.html
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 10:50 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 HI Ronni
 
 Yes things did go well with the migration however I havnt been using the 
 imac since then as I have so much to prepare for with some offshore work 
 which is about to begin.
 
 In this regard Ronni can you please let me know if I can use the 
 thunderbolt-thunderbolt cable to transfer some recent files and images 
 (post the migration) from my MBPro to the imac rather than use usb-usb? 
 
 Im unsure if it is possible to do (I havnt tried yet), as I have been 
 using the MBPro since the migration and I just need to send these recent 
 files to the imac before I leave for the work.
 
 Many thanks for any help
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 22/07/2014, at 5:01 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I am pleased to hear everything went according to plan with your 
 preparation and the Migration process.
 
 To use Time Machine you need a dedicated external drive for just Time

Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

This is starting to do my head in!

I have got shared screen on, on the imac and it shows the MBP in the finder, so 
I clicked on 'shared screen' and the MBPro computer screen shows on the big 
imac screen. Thats right so far?

Then I want to move a folder containing about 20 images from the MBPro screen 
on the a finder window in a certain folder. So with my imac mouse I grab the 
folder in the MBPro window and drag it across the MBPro screen then outside its 
boundary to place it in an imac Finder window; nothing happens but I see a 
little arrow take the place of the normal curser, pointing back to the MBP 
screen!

Im sorry Ronni but I must be missing a step or two?

Chris


On 31/07/2014, at 5:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 On your iMac - select the MBP - then Share Screen
 The MBP screen will appear on the iMac 
 Then drag  drop the files on the iMac... On the Desktop (or where ever you 
 want the files)
 
 When you transfer the file across as you drop it you will see a small window 
 appear 'file transfers'... If you don't see that you haven't drag it onto the 
 other screen.
 
 I move files over to a MacMini that is running OS X 10.6.8 without problems
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 5:06 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I want one!!! Sounds just great and with 512gb drive would suit my whale 
 research data and various photo shoots which I could then transfer to the 
 imac for serious PS work and cataloguing with Lr.
 
 I tried doing the share screen thing and had the imac screen on my MBPro 
 which was a bit weird!! However when I attempted to drag some small files 
 and folders across, they didnt go; nothing on the imac? 
 
 Not sure what I should do here. Have you any ideas? By the way my MBPro OS 
 is 10.6.8 with Mavericks on the new imac.
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 31/07/2014, at 4:31 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I always have my Macs CTO (Configured To Order). I like to Max out my Macs 
 - that is have the maximum RAM, fastest Processor, largest Drive etc. 
 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for 
 millions of colours
 Supported resolutions:
 1440x900 (native), 1280x800, 1152x720 and 1024x640 pixels at 16:10 aspect 
 ratio; 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio.
 
 My 'Configured To Order' MacBook Air specifications are in purple bold 
 below:
 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
 Configurable to 512GB flash storage.
 
 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared 
 L3 cache
 Configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) 
 with 4MB shared L3 cache.
 
 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 4MB L3 cache
 8GB memory upgrade
 512GB of flash storage
 
 Height: 0.3-1.7 cm (0.11-0.68 inches)
 Width: 32.5 cm (12.8 inches)
 Depth: 22.7 cm (8.94 inches)
 Weight: 1.35 kg (2.96 pounds)3
 
 You can check out the current MacBook Air at this link
 13-inch MacBook Air (released April 2014)
 https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 3:28 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 That is just amazing!! I didnt know it existed and thanks heaps for 
 explaining it to me. I will try it as you describe and get back to you.
 
 Yes I have been considering a macbook air especially as I have to travel 
 overseas or up north for the offshore work, and weight is  a real issue 
 with all my other gear! 
 
 What size drive do they have? I suspect they are all SSD?
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 31/07/2014, at 2:47 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I forgot to mention: I use my new April-2014 MacBook Air a lot during the 
 day to do work when I'm out and about, as it is so extremely light, 
 compared to the weight of lugging my 17 MacBook Pro around all day.
 
 When I arrive back home onto my Network, I just Share Screen, to copy 
 the files from the MacBook Air to the MacBook Pro by 'Drag  Drop'... 
 very simple and quick as the files are not large.
 
 On your MacBook Pro - In the Sidebar of a Finder Window you will see 
 under SHARED, your iMac
 (That is... if you have turned ON Screen Sharing in System Preferences  
 Sharing - Screen Sharing
 You can select your iMac, then in the right side of the window click 
 Share Screen
 Then just 'drag  drop' the files from your MBP onto the desktop of the 
 iMac (or where ever you wish to file them)
 
 I find this just quick and easy as I don't have to connect any cables. Of 
 course you also don't connect any cables to use AirDrop.
 
 Just another way to move files in Mavericks.
 Lots of ways to move files across a Network in OS X
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 31 Jul 2014, at 1:00 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 On the same Network

Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

HI Ronni

Yes things did go well with the migration however I havnt been using the imac 
since then as I have so much to prepare for with some offshore work which is 
about to begin.

In this regard Ronni can you please let me know if I can use the 
thunderbolt-thunderbolt cable to transfer some recent files and images (post 
the migration) from my MBPro to the imac rather than use usb-usb? 

Im unsure if it is possible to do (I havnt tried yet), as I have been using the 
MBPro since the migration and I just need to send these recent files to the 
imac before I leave for the work.

Many thanks for any help

Chris


On 22/07/2014, at 5:01 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I am pleased to hear everything went according to plan with your preparation 
 and the Migration process.
 
 To use Time Machine you need a dedicated external drive for just Time Machine 
 backup.
 It is best to ONLY have Time Machine backups on the external drive.
 
 First: You need to Erase and format the external 3TB and prepare it for Time 
 Machine.
 
 I suggest you go to my website and download two of my tutorials which will 
 explain everything thoroughly for you.
 
 Basically a good Backup Strategy consists of Three Parts:
 
 1. Versioned Backups - 2. Bootable Duplicates - 3. Offsite Copies
 
 1. Use Time Machine or another backup application to store Versioned 
 Backups. Use your backup application to update your Versioned Backups 
 incrementally (copying only new or changed files each time) Hourly, or at 
 least Daily.
 
 2. Create a Bootable backup Clone (Duplicate) of your Startup Volume. Use 
 your backup application to update the Clone weekly.
 
 3. Store at least one backup copy (I prefer a Bootable Clone of my whole 
 system) Off-Site. Somewhere other than your House in case of fire or 
 burglary, and update it regularly.
 
 
 My Backup Strategy
 
 Backups are a must, scheduled backups are vital.
 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/backup/index.html
 
 You don't necessarily need to follow my backup strategy as you already have a 
 backup system in place.
 But this explains the three parts of a good backup strategy
 
 I use Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro to a 3TB Time Capsule 
 
 —
 How to: 'Format  Partition your External Drive to work with Time Machine’ 
 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/format--partition-external/index.html
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 22 Jul 2014, at 4:09 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I would really like to thank you very much for your advice and tutorials on 
 the migration from my mbpro to the new imac.
 
 I was able to complete the migration process yesterday without a hitch 
 (taking just over 5hrs using the thunderbolt cable), and I am so impressed 
 with the imac; what a great piece of technology...although I think I need a 
 bigger desk!!
 
 I recall that you had mentioned that using Time machine as a very good 
 backup system and i would like to try it (I havnt used it before), however 
 Im not sure how to begin as I already use three external 3tb drives which 
 each contain about 2tb of all my data and images etc, being more than what I 
 have on my imac (about 500gb from my MBPro).
 
 I thought that I could use one of these external 3tb drives and begin by 
 doing a back-up of the imac on it, and want to know if I should firstly 
 erase that drive and start from scratch with the backup, then as I add more 
 files to my imac (from the other drives), Time machine would back that up? 
 Or, do I just attach it to the imac and let time machine work out which 
 files need to be upgraded on the external drive?
 
 I will have a look online and I guess apple also has some resources?
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 www.souwest.org
 
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Re: using sound effect files

[Chris Burton]

.  A duplicate copy of your song will appear in iTunes - this new song will 
 have the same filename but shorter “Time”
 Go back to the original song and uncheck those “Start Time” and “End Time” 
 boxes 
 10. Drag the duplicate song to your Desktop
 11. Once the duplicate song is copied to your Desktop, delete the duplicate 
 file in iTunes
 12. On your Desktop, rename the file with the “.m4r” file extension - Use the 
 new extension
  This turns your song file into an iPhone ringtone file 
 13. Your “songname.m4a” file should now be named “songname.m4r”
 14. Drag the newly renamed .m4r (songname.m4r) file back into iTunes
 15. Drag the file over the “Library” column and release when “Library” 
 becomes highlighted
 16. You have to delete the duplicate song file (Step 11) otherwise iTunes 
 won’t import your new .m4r file
 17. You should see your new ringtone under “Ringtones” in iTunes
 18. Sync your iPhone to get your new iPhone ringtone / alert tone!
 
 If you need more details (with pictures) post back for my Tutorial How To 
 Create A Custom Ringtone (Updated for iOS 7).pdf.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 On 25 Jul 2014, at 6:37 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Yes my apologies on the lack of detail, my brain is fried after quite a 
 stressful day.
 
 They are small Waveform audio files of various sound effects I found in old 
 software when I was cleaning up my mac! 
 
 I was thinking of including a couple of them on my iphone (and mac) to use 
 as extra choices for the various functions the phone (and mac applications 
 )do, like receiving a text or sending an email?
 
 Many thanks again
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 24/07/2014, at 2:37 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I don't understand your question. What format are the files in, and what do 
 you want to use them for?
 
 Are you referring to the System alert sound files  that are contained in 
 a Sounds folder inside the System  Library.
 They are in AIFF format with sample rates of 44,100 or 22,050 and time 
 duration of less than a second. 
 Dropping a suitable file into the folder, then restarting System 
 Preferences, will make the new sound available in the list as Built-in.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 24 Jul 2014, at 1:46 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi muggers
 
 I have found some small sound effects files on my Mac that I would like to 
 use both on my phone and also my mac and am wondering how on earth do I go 
 about it, if it is at all possible to do!?
 
 Can someone please advise me on this?
 
 Many thanks and best regards
 
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 www.souwest.org
 
 
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Re: using sound effect files

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks again for your advice on the tunes and IOS for the 4S. Yes I do have a 
notification on the upgrade, but as I had heard some bad reports on the 
original IOS 7, I was hesitant to do the upgrade!! Do you think I should go for 
it?

Also, I have been under a lot of stress these last couple of weeks dealing with 
stuff for possible work and not being able to focus on my mac things as much as 
I should have. I will probably have to wait a bit before I do the time machine 
thing Ronni, but will get back to it when I can.

Thanks heaps

Chris


On 25/07/2014, at 3:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Will your instructions for IOS7 work for IOS 6.1.2 as I have a 4S iPhone 
 with 16gb. It still works very well, and Im not sure it will run IOS7?
 
 I have a iPhone 4S running iOS 7.1.2 
 When you connect or sync your iPhone to iTunes doesn't it show an update 
 available?
 On your iPhone 4S go to Settings  General  Software Update 
 It will check for any updates available for your iPhone.
 
 iOS 5 was first release you could create custom notification tones.
 The instructions apply in iOS 6  iOS 7.
 
 Chris, you have not replied to my email to WAMUG on 22 July - Re: Downloading 
 Maverick  using time machine?
 Did you receive it and download my two tutorials I mentioned in my email?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 25 Jul 2014, at 2:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 Thanks very much indeed for your really expansive instructions for 
 converting these sounds. 
 Yes the ones I have found need the conversion for both platforms.
 
 Will your instructions for IOS7 work for IOS 6.1.2 as I have a 4S iPhone 
 with 16gb. It still works very well, and Im not sure it will run IOS7?
 
 I will give it go over the weekend
 
 Best regards and many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 On 25/07/2014, at 2:22 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I was sort of on the right track, you are referring to System Alert Sound 
 files... 
 You do realise you can change a default sound file... there are 14 sound 
 files in OS X...
 
 Alert Sounds on iOS 7 are not the same format as Alert Sounds on your OS X 
 System.
 
 On your Mac:
 A) You want to create  add a 'Custom Alert Sound file to your System 
 Alert Sounds 
 As I mentioned previously in my email below:
 The Basic alert sound files are contained in a Sounds folder inside the 
 System  Library folder of the disk. 
 They are in AIFF format with sample rates of 44,100 or 22,050 and time 
 duration of less than a second.
 
 Create custom alert sounds for your Mac:
 Mac OS X demands that all alert sounds be AIFF (the uncompressed Audio 
 Interchange File Format). 
 
 This means you’ll need to convert your audio files through another 
 application before they can be used by the system.
 
 You can convert your sound files with iTunes: 
 1. First, drag the Audio Files into iTunes to add them to your Library. 
 2. Choose iTunes  Preferences. 
 3. Under General, you will see a section for “When you insert a CD.” 
 Adjacent to it is a button called Import Settings, and clicking it allows 
 you to change the app’s audio conversion method. 
 4. Choose AIFF Encoder from the first pop-up menu, click OK, and then click 
 OK once more to return to your library. 
 5. Find the newly-added audio file
 6. Choose Advanced  Create AIFF Version. 
 
 The AIFF duplicates of your files will appear in seconds, and will be 
 identifiable by their somewhat larger file size. 
 Drag these files to the Desktop. (Once there, you’ll see that the files 
 have an .aiff extension.)
 
 Depending on the time duration of your original 'Sound Effects' files you 
 might need to shorten the time duration.
 You can change the time duration on the audio file in iTunes.
  
 Adding sounds to your system
 
 Home Library Sounds Folder
 1. Go to the Finder (if you’re not already there) Hold down the Option key 
 while choosing Library from the Finder’s Go menu.
 2. Double-click your Library folder, and once inside, find and open the 
 folder called Sounds. 
 3. Drag and drop the audio files into this folder; once there, they’ll be 
 available to all applications that use alert sounds.
 
 The one caveat with this approach is that the custom alert sounds are only 
 available within your own user account. 
 
 Library Sounds Folder
 If you share your Mac with family members and want the sounds to be 
 available within their user accounts:
 1. Create a NEW Sounds folder in the Main Hard Drive window’s Library 
 folder.
 2.Then Drag the custom sound files into Macintosh HD  Library - Sounds. 
 
 Any sound files you put there now appear in every account holder’s list of 
 alert sounds.
 **
 
 B) Alert Sounds on iOS 7 are not the same format as Alert Sounds on your OS 
 X System.
 
 Custom Ringtone  Custom Alert Tone originate from .m4r sound files and 
 when added to iTunes will all appear in Tones.
 
 You might

Re: using sound effect files

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Yes my apologies on the lack of detail, my brain is fried after quite a 
stressful day.

They are small Waveform audio files of various sound effects I found in old 
software when I was cleaning up my mac! 

I was thinking of including a couple of them on my iphone (and mac) to use as 
extra choices for the various functions the phone (and mac applications )do, 
like receiving a text or sending an email?

Many thanks again

Chris


On 24/07/2014, at 2:37 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I don't understand your question. What format are the files in, and what do 
 you want to use them for?
 
 Are you referring to the System alert sound files  that are contained in a 
 Sounds folder inside the System  Library.
 They are in AIFF format with sample rates of 44,100 or 22,050 and time 
 duration of less than a second. 
 Dropping a suitable file into the folder, then restarting System Preferences, 
 will make the new sound available in the list as Built-in.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 24 Jul 2014, at 1:46 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi muggers
 
 I have found some small sound effects files on my Mac that I would like to 
 use both on my phone and also my mac and am wondering how on earth do I go 
 about it, if it is at all possible to do!?
 
 Can someone please advise me on this?
 
 Many thanks and best regards
 
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 www.souwest.org
 
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using sound effect files

[Chris Burton]

Hi muggers

I have found some small sound effects files on my Mac that I would like to use 
both on my phone and also my mac and am wondering how on earth do I go about 
it, if it is at all possible to do!?

Can someone please advise me on this?

Many thanks and best regards


Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 
www.souwest.org

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Re: Downloading Maverick using time machine

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

I would really like to thank you very much for your advice and tutorials on the 
migration from my mbpro to the new imac.

I was able to complete the migration process yesterday without a hitch (taking 
just over 5hrs using the thunderbolt cable), and I am so impressed with the 
imac; what a great piece of technology...although I think I need a bigger desk!!

I recall that you had mentioned that using Time machine as a very good backup 
system and i would like to try it (I havnt used it before), however Im not sure 
how to begin as I already use three external 3tb drives which each contain 
about 2tb of all my data and images etc, being more than what I have on my imac 
(about 500gb from my MBPro).

I thought that I could use one of these external 3tb drives and begin by doing 
a back-up of the imac on it, and want to know if I should firstly erase that 
drive and start from scratch with the backup, then as I add more files to my 
imac (from the other drives), Time machine would back that up? Or, do I just 
attach it to the imac and let time machine work out which files need to be 
upgraded on the external drive?

I will have a look online and I guess apple also has some resources?

Many thanks for any advice

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 
www.souwest.org

On 07/07/2014, at 5:20 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

 Hi Ronni
 
 I have downloaded Appcleaner to assist with the uninstalls for any apps that 
 need it. Would it be right to uninstall those that are 'classic' and ' 
 PowerPC' in addition to the 'intel' apps that I dont really need any more? If 
 so I could use the list shown by the System Profiler, sort by kind then use 
 Appcleaner to uninstall? Would that be right?
 
 Many thanks again
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 07/07/2014, at 1:52 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 My comments in situ below
 
 On 7 Jul 2014, at 12:11 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thanks so much for your very helpful reply email, and my apologies for the 
 delay, I have been just flat out with some work finally arriving after a 
 long 14 mnths!
 
 I have a couple of questions and comments for you;
 
 I cant find your 'offlist' email, so can you send it to me please Ronni?
 
 I will email to you Offlist (as WAMUG does not allow attachments to be 
 included in emails), my 'Tutorial Prepare For Mavericks' which I mentioned 
 previously.
  
 I havnt checked your website for the tutorial you mention.
 Migration Assistant - 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/migration-assistant-transfe/index.html
 
 I dont have a FW800 to Thunderbolt connector, but will contact the apple 
 shop in Busso to see if they have one, otherwise I will need to order one. 
 Bummer about that as I could have ordered one with the iMac!
 
 You have not mentioned which MacBook Pro you are going to be migrating from 
 -  If your MBP has a Thunderbolt Port you can use a Thunderbolt cable to 
 connect MBP to iMac and use Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant - in 
 Firewire Target Disk Mode.
  
 Im a bit confused about a few things;
 
 You mention I have to update my 'non-generic apps and add-ons' in Snow 
 leopard before doing anything. 
 I assume that running Software update only does the Mac (generic) apps for 
 the OS (Snow Leopard), and I have to actually run each non-generic app (ie 
 PS6, Lr, Office etc etc) and then check for updates, is that right?
 
 Software Update only does Apple generic applications... You check for 
 updates of non-generic applications  add-ons before you do the Transfer to 
 your new Mavericks iMac -  My tutorial that I will send you offlist 
 explains this.
 
 Will these updates mean that they should run on Mavericks when I transfer 
 them over to the iMac?
 
 NO... but you can check on the link that is included in my Tutorial whether 
 they are compatible with Mavericks.
 
 For Lr4 I have the latest version (V 4.4) but did download Lr5 about 6 
 months ago only to realise afterwards that it only runs on Mavericks!! So 
 with this software I might be in a jam, as Im not sure if my Lr4 catalogues 
 will go over to the imac before I install Lr5 on it?
 
 Adobe Lr4 is compatible with Mavericks 
 
 I dont run Time Machine at the moment but I think I should do that once I 
 have the iMac up and running as I have upgraded the machine to the i7 
 processor and a 3tb Fusion drive in anticipation of the huge number of 
 images I have, both for my whale research and photography! All my data and 
 images are on 3x3tb external HD backups with one always offsite in the Bank 
 vault!!
 
 GOOD! As long as you keep current good backups. I have a good Backup 
 Strategy in place (which I have mentioned numerous times on WAMUG ;-) 
 
 I will still be using my MBPro

Techtool Pro 7

[Chris Burton]

Hi wamuggers

I have literally just opened my mail this morning and received an email from 
Micromat with an offer of $25 to buy one of their products including TT Pro 7.

This does interest me as I have been going through my MBPro checking and 
updating applications prior to migrating to my new imac and found TT Pro 4 
sitting there, which I had used with some on my previous macs.

Does anyone use this new version 7 or have any advice as to its benefit (or 
lack of)? 
I recall previous posts mentioning that the Mac OS does a pretty good job of 
keeping its system files in order, so am not sure if it is worth buying and 
using this app?

Many thanks for any comments

Best regards

Chris


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Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 
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Re: Downloading Maverick.

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

I have downloaded Appcleaner to assist with the uninstalls for any apps that 
need it. Would it be right to uninstall those that are 'classic' and ' PowerPC' 
in addition to the 'intel' apps that I dont really need any more? If so I could 
use the list shown by the System Profiler, sort by kind then use Appcleaner to 
uninstall? Would that be right?

Many thanks again

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 07/07/2014, at 1:52 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 My comments in situ below
 
 On 7 Jul 2014, at 12:11 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thanks so much for your very helpful reply email, and my apologies for the 
 delay, I have been just flat out with some work finally arriving after a 
 long 14 mnths!
 
 I have a couple of questions and comments for you;
 
 I cant find your 'offlist' email, so can you send it to me please Ronni?
 
 I will email to you Offlist (as WAMUG does not allow attachments to be 
 included in emails), my 'Tutorial Prepare For Mavericks' which I mentioned 
 previously.
  
 I havnt checked your website for the tutorial you mention.
 Migration Assistant - 
 http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/migration-assistant-transfe/index.html
 
 I dont have a FW800 to Thunderbolt connector, but will contact the apple 
 shop in Busso to see if they have one, otherwise I will need to order one. 
 Bummer about that as I could have ordered one with the iMac!
 
 You have not mentioned which MacBook Pro you are going to be migrating from - 
  If your MBP has a Thunderbolt Port you can use a Thunderbolt cable to 
 connect MBP to iMac and use Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant - in 
 Firewire Target Disk Mode.
  
 Im a bit confused about a few things;
 
 You mention I have to update my 'non-generic apps and add-ons' in Snow 
 leopard before doing anything. 
 I assume that running Software update only does the Mac (generic) apps for 
 the OS (Snow Leopard), and I have to actually run each non-generic app (ie 
 PS6, Lr, Office etc etc) and then check for updates, is that right?
 
 Software Update only does Apple generic applications... You check for updates 
 of non-generic applications  add-ons before you do the Transfer to your new 
 Mavericks iMac -  My tutorial that I will send you offlist explains this.
 
 Will these updates mean that they should run on Mavericks when I transfer 
 them over to the iMac?
 
 NO... but you can check on the link that is included in my Tutorial whether 
 they are compatible with Mavericks.
 
 For Lr4 I have the latest version (V 4.4) but did download Lr5 about 6 
 months ago only to realise afterwards that it only runs on Mavericks!! So 
 with this software I might be in a jam, as Im not sure if my Lr4 catalogues 
 will go over to the imac before I install Lr5 on it?
 
 Adobe Lr4 is compatible with Mavericks 
 
 I dont run Time Machine at the moment but I think I should do that once I 
 have the iMac up and running as I have upgraded the machine to the i7 
 processor and a 3tb Fusion drive in anticipation of the huge number of 
 images I have, both for my whale research and photography! All my data and 
 images are on 3x3tb external HD backups with one always offsite in the Bank 
 vault!!
 
 GOOD! As long as you keep current good backups. I have a good Backup Strategy 
 in place (which I have mentioned numerous times on WAMUG ;-) 
 
 I will still be using my MBPro mainly for my whale research data analysis 
 when out of the office and offshore for work.
 
 I gather there are issues with the Mail app on Mavericks as others have 
 experienced?
 
 I have not encountered the issues that others have experienced. And when I 
 did the Transfer  Setup (similar to what you are going to do from SL to ML) 
 for a client we did not experience any problems at all. If you do the correct 
 preparation and do the correct 'After' starting up the first time in either 
 ML or Mavericks you should not experience any real problems...you might need 
 to make some adjustments but that should be all.
 
 You can't rush an upgrade!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 
 Many thanks once again Ronni and I will follow your directions in your 
 previous email.
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 PS Just had a txt from Apple saying it is due here today, not tomorrow!! 
 Amazing as it has been extremely rough weather down here this morning!
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 06/07/2014, at 11:31 AM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 When your new iMac arrives... resist the urge to boot it up... DON'T start 
 the new iMac. 
 It is preferred that migration be performed the first time you boot up a 
 new Mac when Setup Assistant opens.
 
 Then - If you have updated your Non-Generic Applications and Add-Ons in 
 Snow Leopard

Re: Downloading Maverick.

[Chris Burton]

, 
 somewhat sluggish overall performance), and you’ll see a pulsing dot in the 
 centre of Spotlight’s magnifying glass icon on the right side of your menu 
 bar. (Clicking this icon during indexing displays an estimate of the time 
 remaining for each volume.)
 
 Software Update
 
 2. After Spotlight has finished indexing the Volume: Run Software Update
 The next thing you should do is to update Mac OS X itself (and any other 
 crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug 
 fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if 
 any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install 
 them right away.
 
 Shortly after your Mac starts up under Lion / Mountain Lion / Mavericks for 
 the first time, Software Update should run automatically; if it finds updated 
 software, it displays an alert “Software updates are available for your 
 computer..”
 
 If Software Update does not run, choose Apple   Software Update. Software 
 Update checks if a newer version of Mac OS X (or any of the software 
 installed with it) is available—and if so, offers to download and install it.
 
 Repair Permissions
 
 3. Repair Permissions
 
 Let Apple Applications Update their Databases
 
 4. Open Apple Mail from the Applications folder and let it update the Mail 
 Database 
 
 5. Open iPhoto from the Applications folder and let it update the iPhoto 
 Database 
 
 6. Open iTunes from the Applications folder and let it update the database
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 On 5 Jul 2014, at 9:42 am, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Did you use my Tutorial mentioned in my previous email below and have done 
 the Preparations:
 How To Check Your Applications Are Compatible With Mavericks' - 
 'Explanation of 'Classic', 'Power PC', 'Intel'  Universal' Applications - 
 'Clean Up Your Computer' - 'Check for Mavericks-Compatible Update to 
 Third-Party Software'.
 
 IF you have already updated your Non-Generic Applications and Add-Ons in 
 Snow Leopard (or as many as possible).
 I can give further details from my tutorials or send you the Tutorials 
 Offlist.
 
 1. The Final Steps you need to do before shutting down your old Mac Snow 
 Leopard for the Transfer  Setup to New iMac.
 2. How to Use Migration Assistant to Transfer from old Mac (FW800) to a new 
 Mac (Thunderbolt) using Thunderbolt to Firewire in Target Disk Mode.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 5 Jul 2014, at 8:30 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi WA Muggers
 
 I hope everyone is well this very foggy Saturday morning (down south!).
 
 I have 'bitten the bullet' and purchased a new iMac, hopefully arriving 
 this coming week. This machine will be my main image processing machine and 
 my trusty MBPro will be my travel and whale work machine.
 
 However I would like to ask you what is the best way to transfer both my 
 data and applications from my MBPro to the new iMac as I havnt done this 
 for a long time. I recall there was a 'transfer' operation but I cant 
 remember how?
 
 I need to get all my images over as well as PS6, Lightroom and Office 11. I 
 did check that these apps will run on Mavericks. Im also expecting a 
 learning curve with Mavericks compared with 10.6.8!!
 
 Many thanks for any advice.
 
 Best regards to all
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 29/05/2014, at 9:51 AM, Ronni Brown wrote:
 
 
 On 29 May 2014, at 8:46 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 
 Thankyou so much for your very informative description on why and how to 
 clean up the Desktop, it was very useful for me and now I know why I 
 should keep it clean.
 
 In regards to your comments on using various apps with Mavericks, I 
 recall sometime ago you mentioning a website that provides info on which 
 apps will or will not work, is that right? If so could you please let me 
 know what that is. Im hoping that PS6 and Lr4 will work at a minimum for 
 me (although I did buy Lr5 last year and I know it does, but 
 unfortunately doesnt work on 10.6.8!).
 
 I have the link to the website I mentioned some time ago is in my 
 Tutorial. I recommend you read my 6 Page Tutorial Prepare For  
 Installation of Mavericks OS X 10.9 which gives you all the information 
 required to have a successful Mavericks installation.
 The Tutorial explains the preparation you need to do before installing - 
 how to install the Mavericks upgrade - then what you need to do 
 immediately after installation of Mavericks completes and your Mac 
 restarts.
 
 How To Prepare for Mavericks:
  'Can Your Mac Run Mavericks' - 'How To Check Your Applications Are 
 Compatible With Mavericks' - 'Explanation of 'Classic', 'Power PC', 
 'Intel

Re: Downloading Maverick.

[Chris Burton]

Hi WA Muggers

I hope everyone is well this very foggy Saturday morning (down south!).

I have 'bitten the bullet' and purchased a new iMac, hopefully arriving this 
coming week. This machine will be my main image processing machine and my 
trusty MBPro will be my travel and whale work machine.

However I would like to ask you what is the best way to transfer both my data 
and applications from my MBPro to the new iMac as I havnt done this for a long 
time. I recall there was a 'transfer' operation but I cant remember how?

I need to get all my images over as well as PS6, Lightroom and Office 11. I did 
check that these apps will run on Mavericks. Im also expecting a learning curve 
with Mavericks compared with 10.6.8!!

Many thanks for any advice.

Best regards to all

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 29/05/2014, at 9:51 AM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 
 On 29 May 2014, at 8:46 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 
 Thankyou so much for your very informative description on why and how to 
 clean up the Desktop, it was very useful for me and now I know why I should 
 keep it clean.
 
 In regards to your comments on using various apps with Mavericks, I recall 
 sometime ago you mentioning a website that provides info on which apps will 
 or will not work, is that right? If so could you please let me know what 
 that is. Im hoping that PS6 and Lr4 will work at a minimum for me (although 
 I did buy Lr5 last year and I know it does, but unfortunately doesnt work on 
 10.6.8!).
 
 I have the link to the website I mentioned some time ago is in my Tutorial. I 
 recommend you read my 6 Page Tutorial Prepare For  Installation of 
 Mavericks OS X 10.9 which gives you all the information required to have a 
 successful Mavericks installation.
 The Tutorial explains the preparation you need to do before installing - how 
 to install the Mavericks upgrade - then what you need to do immediately after 
 installation of Mavericks completes and your Mac restarts.
 
 How To Prepare for Mavericks:
  'Can Your Mac Run Mavericks' - 'How To Check Your Applications Are 
 Compatible With Mavericks' - 'Explanation of 'Classic', 'Power PC', 'Intel'  
 Universal' Applications - 'Clean Up Your Computer' - 'Check for 
 Mavericks-Compatible Update to Third-Party Software'.
  
 Installing Mavericks OS X 10.9 and then What To Do After Installation of 
 Mavericks Completes And Your Mac Restarts.
 
 I have not uploaded this Tutorial to my Website, but if any member wishes to 
 have a copy email me Offlist and I will email the PDF to you.
 Please note that I would appreciate a donation for my Tutorial. You would 
 appreciate that these Tutorials take a lot of my time and I do a lot of 
 'Free' work for WAMUG members (as others also do) and have given my Tutorials 
 freely as well. There are a few members who have kindly donated for some of 
 my previous Tutorials which I very much appreciated. 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
  
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 
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Re: Downloading Maverick.

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thankyou so much for your very informative description on why and how to clean 
up the Desktop, it was very useful for me and now I know why I should keep it 
clean.

In regards to your comments on using various apps with Mavericks, I recall 
sometime ago you mentioning a website that provides info on which apps will or 
will not work, is that right? If so could you please let me know what that is. 
Im hoping that PS6 and Lr4 will work at a minimum for me (although I did buy 
Lr5 last year and I know it does, but unfortunately doesnt work on 10.6.8!).

Many thanks

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 28/05/2014, at 1:06 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 Hi Bill,
 
 Most things are fully functional except Filemaker Pro 10.  I will have to 
 get help help from FM.   ( the upgrade tells me I do not have a valid 
 version of FM P 10!) Unless anyone reading this has an answer.
 
 FileMake Pro 10 is NOT compatible with Mavericks.
 http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12643
 
 As I mentioned previously on WAMUG  again in one of my replies regarding 
 Tony's problems today.
 
 I have done a 6 Page Tutorial Prepare For  Installation of Mavericks OS X 
 10.9 which explains the preparation you need to do before installing - how 
 to install the Mavericks upgrade - then what you need to do immediately after 
 installation of Mavericks completes and your Mac restarts.
 I have not as yet uploaded this Tutorial to my Website, but if any member 
 wishes to have a copy email me Offlist and I will email the PDF to you.
 I would appreciate a donation for my Tutorial.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 On 28 May 2014, at 12:10 pm, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote:
 
 I cannot answer your problem directly but I warn Mac users to beware!
 
 Because of a rush to get Pages operational for an urgent job for a client I 
 installed Mavericks 10.9.1 without updating software before.  Got that job 
 done.
 
 After a major hard drive problem  I had a new one installed yesterday.  We 
 upgraded to 10.9.3.   
 
 Most things are fully functional except Filemaker Pro 10.  I will have to 
 get help help from FM.   ( the upgrade tells me I do not have a valid 
 version of FM P 10!) Unless anyone reading this has an answer.  I will also 
 have BUY a new version of Photoshop elements it seems.
 
 Bill
 
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iMac 17 intel core duo 1.83ghz

[Chris Burton]

Good morning wamuggers

I have an early iMac model for sale and have been asked by an interested person 
if it can be 'upgraded'. I assume this means what is the latest version OS that 
it can run? Im not sure, and would like to know if someone could please let me 
know as I cant find anything online? 
I do recall I think Ronni mentioning a website that has this kind of info for 
macs, but I just cant remember.

Many thanks for any advice

Chris

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Re: iMac 17 intel core duo 1.83ghz

[Chris Burton]

HI Tim and Ronni

Thanks very much for the details and links. The appleserialnumberinfo link is 
just amazing as it shows just about everything on this machine !! 

Here are the details I need from that site:

iMac 4,1
No Model number given
Built in China in March 2006
OS is Tiger with max upgrade to Snow Leopard
Ram upgrade to 2gb
With lots more...

Thanks once again, I will remember this site!!

Best regards to all

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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On 27/05/2014, at 7:31 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 As Tim has mentioned - Under the Apple symbol  Apple This Mac - then look at 
 Hardware Overview: Model Identifier: iMac7,1(7,1 is just example)
 Model No A1224 (for example)
 
 Post back with all details of the iMac - hard Drive size about of RAM etc.
 Then we can advise you better.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 27 May 2014, at 7:16 am, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 This looks useful
 
 https://discussions.apple.com/message/19302194#19302194
 
 Also, look in your About This Mac to get the build date. Or find the serial 
 number and enter it at http://appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
 
 Then work from there checking out the specifications of the more recent Mac 
 OS that you might be interested in.
 
 Tim
 
 On 27 May 2014, at 7:03 am, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Good morning wamuggers
 
 I have an early iMac model for sale and have been asked by an interested 
 person if it can be 'upgraded'. I assume this means what is the latest 
 version OS that it can run? Im not sure, and would like to know if someone 
 could please let me know as I cant find anything online? 
 I do recall I think Ronni mentioning a website that has this kind of info 
 for macs, but I just cant remember.
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
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Re: iMac 17 intel core duo 1.83ghz

[Chris Burton]

Hi Robin

Many thanks for this link for this app, as it too is just a great resource that 
I will bookmark and use!

Best regards

Chris


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PO Box 1076
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Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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On 27/05/2014, at 11:41 AM, Robin wrote:

 http://mactracker.ca/
 
 Everything you bed to know is in these apps, for iOS or Mac OSX. 
 
 Robin
 
 On 27 May 2014, at 1:03, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Good morning wamuggers
 
 I have an early iMac model for sale and have been asked by an interested 
 person if it can be 'upgraded'. I assume this means what is the latest 
 version OS that it can run? Im not sure, and would like to know if someone 
 could please let me know as I cant find anything online? 
 I do recall I think Ronni mentioning a website that has this kind of info 
 for macs, but I just cant remember.
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
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 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
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Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni,

Yes I re started mbpro and a dialogue box appeared with Telstra 1438; I 
selected then typed in password and it showed not connected. I repeated with no 
change.

Still no ability to select from the airport menu or to close it?

Many thanks Ronni

Chris

PS I'm on my iPad now connected to the modem

Sent from my iPad

On 21/05/2014, at 15:10, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Chris,
 
 You did Select the Wi-Fi Telstra 1438 Network in the list under the Wi-Fi 
 icon in the Menu Bar?
 It must have a tick beside it for you to connect.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:51 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Did you restart your MBP after the Modem connected?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks ronni,
 
 I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but 
 airport remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still 
 cant turn airport off either. Something's not right.
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 12:49, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Power cycle your Modem - Turn if OFF leave for a few seconds and the Turn 
 it on again and allow it to connect to your ISP.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 12:23 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wa muggers
 
 I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to either 
 my wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant actually 
 turn airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  chkd again to no 
 avail  now im worried  seeking advice. 
 
 Is there something im missing or is the airport shot?
 
 Many thanks
 Chris
 
 (MBPro 2.2ghz i7 10.6.8)
 
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Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni,

I have answered your questions below.

I will wait to hear back before I try your suggestion to delete the Wifi option

Thanks heaps Ronni

Chris

Sent from my iPad

On 21/05/2014, at 15:38, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Have you connected to this Telstra wireless network before without any 
 problems?
Yes this has been my main Internet connection.

 You don't have an Airport device attached to the Telstra modem/router?
No
 Is the Telstra Wi-Fi Network showing in System Preferences  Network - 
 Network Name?
Yes it showing but has a Lock symbol next to it?

 If so click on Advanced - then TCP/IP , let me know what info is there please.
Configure IPv4:  using DHCP

Configure IPv6:  Automatically

 Are you sure you have the Wi-Fi Service Active in System Preferences  
 Network?
Yes, Status: On
 
 You could try below:
 
 1. Go to System Preferences and open 'Network' - or click your Wi-FI icon in 
 Menu  bar and select 'Open Network Preferences'.
 2. Click your Wi-Fi on the left hand side list, and then click the small cog 
 at the bottom of that box, and click 'Make Service Inactive'.
 3. Once you've done that, click the minus to delete your Wi-Fi as an option 
 from this box.
 4. APPLY!!
 5. Restart your computer, without any Wi-Fi configuration setup
 6. Once restarted, go back into System Preferences  Network, and use the + 
 button to add a Wi-Fi connection back into your computer.  
 
 With any luck, you will be able to click on 'Turn Wi-Fi on' and it will 
 actually work!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 3:18 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 Yes I re started mbpro and a dialogue box appeared with Telstra 1438; I 
 selected then typed in password and it showed not connected. I repeated with 
 no change.
 
 Still no ability to select from the airport menu or to close it?
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 PS I'm on my iPad now connected to the modem
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:10, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 You did Select the Wi-Fi Telstra 1438 Network in the list under the Wi-Fi 
 icon in the Menu Bar?
 It must have a tick beside it for you to connect.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:51 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Did you restart your MBP after the Modem connected?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks ronni,
 
 I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but 
 airport remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still 
 cant turn airport off either. Something's not right.
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 12:49, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Power cycle your Modem - Turn if OFF leave for a few seconds and the 
 Turn it on again and allow it to connect to your ISP.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 12:23 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wa muggers
 
 I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to 
 either my wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant 
 actually turn airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  chkd 
 again to no avail  now im worried  seeking advice. 
 
 Is there something im missing or is the airport shot?
 
 Many thanks
 Chris
 
 (MBPro 2.2ghz i7 10.6.8)
 
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Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

I tried your suggestion to delete then add a new wifi option and that went 
well. It shows the greyed-out icon in menu bar. I then turned on the modem and 
1438 showed in the top menu list  the Network preferences list.

However when I go to select it in the Network preferences pull down menu 
adjacent to 'Network Name' it doesn't or can't actually select it. It just 
shows 'No network selected' which is weird?

Something is not right!?

What do you think?

Many thanks

Chris

Sent from my iPad

On 21/05/2014, at 15:38, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Have you connected to this Telstra wireless network before without any 
 problems?
 You don't have an Airport device attached to the Telstra modem/router?
 Is the Telstra Wi-Fi Network showing in System Preferences  Network - 
 Network Name?
 If so click on Advanced - then TCP/IP , let me know what info is there please.
 Are you sure you have the Wi-Fi Service Active in System Preferences  
 Network?
 
 You could try below:
 
 1. Go to System Preferences and open 'Network' - or click your Wi-FI icon in 
 Menu  bar and select 'Open Network Preferences'.
 2. Click your Wi-Fi on the left hand side list, and then click the small cog 
 at the bottom of that box, and click 'Make Service Inactive'.
 3. Once you've done that, click the minus to delete your Wi-Fi as an option 
 from this box.
 4. APPLY!!
 5. Restart your computer, without any Wi-Fi configuration setup
 6. Once restarted, go back into System Preferences  Network, and use the + 
 button to add a Wi-Fi connection back into your computer.  
 
 With any luck, you will be able to click on 'Turn Wi-Fi on' and it will 
 actually work!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 3:18 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 Yes I re started mbpro and a dialogue box appeared with Telstra 1438; I 
 selected then typed in password and it showed not connected. I repeated with 
 no change.
 
 Still no ability to select from the airport menu or to close it?
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 PS I'm on my iPad now connected to the modem
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:10, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 You did Select the Wi-Fi Telstra 1438 Network in the list under the Wi-Fi 
 icon in the Menu Bar?
 It must have a tick beside it for you to connect.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:51 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Did you restart your MBP after the Modem connected?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks ronni,
 
 I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but 
 airport remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still 
 cant turn airport off either. Something's not right.
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 12:49, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Power cycle your Modem - Turn if OFF leave for a few seconds and the 
 Turn it on again and allow it to connect to your ISP.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 12:23 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wa muggers
 
 I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to 
 either my wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant 
 actually turn airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  chkd 
 again to no avail  now im worried  seeking advice. 
 
 Is there something im missing or is the airport shot?
 
 Many thanks
 Chris
 
 (MBPro 2.2ghz i7 10.6.8)
 
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Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks so much for sticking with me on this, I really appreciate your effort as 
it is bad timing with possible work coming up!

In answer to your recent question, yes I have selected Make service active.

I know the modem/router is working as can access it with this iPad and my 
iPhone, as I was wondering the same thing as you.

It really is mysterious Ronni and I'm now wondering if the Airport system needs 
fixing/replacing? I hope not as I haven't got a lot of time. Would things 
improve if I updated to Mavericks?

I just noticed midway in the Network Preferences window: '802.1X: WPA: Health' 
and a button with 'Connect'! Should I click this or leave as is?

Best regards

Chris

Sent from my iPad

On 21/05/2014, at 16:43, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 My comments in situ below:
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 3:56 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 I have answered your questions below.
 
 I will wait to hear back before I try your suggestion to delete the Wifi 
 option
 
 Thanks heaps Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:38, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Have you connected to this Telstra wireless network before without any 
 problems?
 Yes this has been my main Internet connection.
 
 You don't have an Airport device attached to the Telstra modem/router?
 No
 Is the Telstra Wi-Fi Network showing in System Preferences  Network - 
 Network Name?
 Yes it showing but has a Lock symbol next to it?
 There is a padlock symbol at the bottom of the Network window, that you need 
 to type your Admin? User Account Password to unlock. But beside the Network 
 Name: there should be the name  arrows (to select any other Wi-Fi network 
 within range)
 
 If so click on Advanced - then TCP/IP , let me know what info is there 
 please.
 Configure IPv4:  using DHCP
 Is there nothing showing next to -
 IPv4 Address: 
 Subnet Mask:
 Router:
 
 Configure IPv6:  Automatically
 
 Are you sure you have the Wi-Fi Service Active in System Preferences  
 Network?
 Yes, Status: On
 You selected the Wi-Fi in the left column of Network window, then clicked on 
 the small cog at the bottom - Make Service Active is selected?
 
 What model Telstra Modem/Router is it?
 Can you login to the Telstra Network via Ethernet cable connection to check 
 it is working?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 You could try below:
 
 1. Go to System Preferences and open 'Network' - or click your Wi-FI icon 
 in Menu  bar and select 'Open Network Preferences'.
 2. Click your Wi-Fi on the left hand side list, and then click the small 
 cog at the bottom of that box, and click 'Make Service Inactive'.
 3. Once you've done that, click the minus to delete your Wi-Fi as an option 
 from this box.
 4. APPLY!!
 5. Restart your computer, without any Wi-Fi configuration setup
 6. Once restarted, go back into System Preferences  Network, and use the + 
 button to add a Wi-Fi connection back into your computer.  
 
 With any luck, you will be able to click on 'Turn Wi-Fi on' and it will 
 actually work!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 3:18 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 Yes I re started mbpro and a dialogue box appeared with Telstra 1438; I 
 selected then typed in password and it showed not connected. I repeated 
 with no change.
 
 Still no ability to select from the airport menu or to close it?
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 PS I'm on my iPad now connected to the modem
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:10, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 You did Select the Wi-Fi Telstra 1438 Network in the list under the 
 Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar?
 It must have a tick beside it for you to connect.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:51 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Did you restart your MBP after the Modem connected?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks ronni,
 
 I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but 
 airport remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still 
 cant turn airport off either. Something's not right.
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 12:49, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Power cycle your Modem - Turn if OFF leave for a few seconds and the 
 Turn it on again and allow it to connect to your ISP.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 12:23 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wa muggers
 
 I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to 
 either my wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant 
 actually turn airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  
 chkd again to no avail  now im worried  seeking advice. 
 
 Is there something im missing

Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel  Ronni

I have just deleted the System Prefs file as Daniel suggested then restarted 
with success! I was able to turn off Airport, started the modem then turned on 
Airport and connected to the wireless network!! Yay I can now do my work

Thank you both very much for your great support for this problem and many 
others that you assist with. It has made my day!

Best regards

Chris

Sent from my iPad

On 21/05/2014, at 20:18, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:

 Hi Chris
 
 Another thing you can try to see if it corrects it, is the following.
 (Please note. Removing this folder will reset your Wireless networks, so it 
 will clear the list if you have any other wireless networks that you used to 
 join automatically. The passwords should still be there (in Keychain) but the 
 list of networks, will be gone. So you may need to join them again manually 
 down the track).
 
 Go to Macintosh HD then Library. (note, this is the main Library, not your 
 User Library).
 Go to Preferences.
 Look for a folder called SystemConfiguration.
 Move this to the Desktop. Note it will make a Copy of it more then likely, so 
 once you know there is one on the Desktop, Drag the one in Preferences folder 
 to the Trash.
 Once it's gone from that folder, Restart the computer from the Apple menu.
 Then try joining your Wireless Network as per normal.
 
 See how that goes and let us know.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: danielATmacwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
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 NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and 
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 Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or 
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 author be requested.
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 4:53 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I tried your suggestion to delete then add a new wifi option and that went 
 well. It shows the greyed-out icon in menu bar. I then turned on the modem 
 and 1438 showed in the top menu list  the Network preferences list.
 
 However when I go to select it in the Network preferences pull down menu 
 adjacent to 'Network Name' it doesn't or can't actually select it. It just 
 shows 'No network selected' which is weird?
 
 Something is not right!?
 
 What do you think?
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:38, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Have you connected to this Telstra wireless network before without any 
 problems?
 You don't have an Airport device attached to the Telstra modem/router?
 Is the Telstra Wi-Fi Network showing in System Preferences  Network - 
 Network Name?
 If so click on Advanced - then TCP/IP , let me know what info is there 
 please.
 Are you sure you have the Wi-Fi Service Active in System Preferences  
 Network?
 
 You could try below:
 
 1. Go to System Preferences and open 'Network' - or click your Wi-FI icon 
 in Menu  bar and select 'Open Network Preferences'.
 2. Click your Wi-Fi on the left hand side list, and then click the small 
 cog at the bottom of that box, and click 'Make Service Inactive'.
 3. Once you've done that, click the minus to delete your Wi-Fi as an option 
 from this box.
 4. APPLY!!
 5. Restart your computer, without any Wi-Fi configuration setup
 6. Once restarted, go back into System Preferences  Network, and use the + 
 button to add a Wi-Fi connection back into your computer.  
 
 With any luck, you will be able to click on 'Turn Wi-Fi on' and it will 
 actually work!
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 3:18 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni,
 
 Yes I re started mbpro and a dialogue box appeared with Telstra 1438; I 
 selected then typed in password and it showed not connected. I repeated 
 with no change.
 
 Still no ability to select from the airport menu or to close it?
 
 Many thanks Ronni
 
 Chris
 
 PS I'm on my iPad now connected to the modem
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:10, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris,
 
 You did Select the Wi-Fi Telstra 1438 Network in the list under the 
 Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar?
 It must have a tick beside it for you to connect.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:51 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Did you restart your MBP after the Modem connected?
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 1:45 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks ronni,
 
 I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but 
 airport remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still 
 cant turn airport off either. Something's not right.
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 21/05

Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

HI Daniel

Yes I am very grateful for your help, thanks very much.

One thing that Im not sure about is my 'outgoing mail server' setting as I just 
tried to send an email and it says cant do. I just cant remember what it was as 
I didnt check beforehand. It is trying with 'Bigpond' but Im not sure if that 
was it as my account is now with Telstra?

Would the details be in the copy of the config settings on my desktop or 
perhaps on my ipad where I had sent the email to you?

Best regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 22/05/2014, at 8:44 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Thanks Chris for the update. Glad that worked.
 Sounds like you just had a corrupted network setting, so removing those files 
 has fixed it.
 That's always good when that one works, as it then means you don't have a 
 faulty Wireless card (never good fun) :o)
 Glad you can do your work again,..always important :))
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
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 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 22/05/2014, at 8:26 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Daniel  Ronni
 
 I have just deleted the System Prefs file as Daniel suggested then restarted 
 with success! I was able to turn off Airport, started the modem then turned 
 on Airport and connected to the wireless network!! Yay I can now do my work
 
 Thank you both very much for your great support for this problem and many 
 others that you assist with. It has made my day!
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 20:18, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Chris
 
 Another thing you can try to see if it corrects it, is the following.
 (Please note. Removing this folder will reset your Wireless networks, so 
 it will clear the list if you have any other wireless networks that you 
 used to join automatically. The passwords should still be there (in 
 Keychain) but the list of networks, will be gone. So you may need to join 
 them again manually down the track).
 
 Go to Macintosh HD then Library. (note, this is the main Library, not your 
 User Library).
 Go to Preferences.
 Look for a folder called SystemConfiguration.
 Move this to the Desktop. Note it will make a Copy of it more then likely, 
 so once you know there is one on the Desktop, Drag the one in Preferences 
 folder to the Trash.
 Once it's gone from that folder, Restart the computer from the Apple menu.
 Then try joining your Wireless Network as per normal.
 
 See how that goes and let us know.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: danielATmacwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 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 21/05/2014, at 4:53 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I tried your suggestion to delete then add a new wifi option and that went 
 well. It shows the greyed-out icon in menu bar. I then turned on the modem 
 and 1438 showed in the top menu list  the Network preferences list.
 
 However when I go to select it in the Network preferences pull down menu 
 adjacent to 'Network Name' it doesn't or can't actually select it. It just 
 shows 'No network selected' which is weird?
 
 Something is not right!?
 
 What do you think?
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 21/05/2014, at 15:38, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Have you connected to this Telstra wireless network before without any 
 problems?
 You don't have an Airport device attached to the Telstra modem/router?
 Is the Telstra Wi-Fi Network showing in System Preferences  Network - 
 Network Name?
 If so click on Advanced - then TCP/IP , let me know what info is there 
 please.
 Are you sure you have the Wi-Fi Service Active in System Preferences  
 Network?
 
 You could try below:
 
 1. Go to System Preferences and open 'Network' - or click your Wi-FI icon 
 in Menu  bar and select 'Open Network Preferences'.
 2. Click your Wi-Fi on the left hand

Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Hi wa muggers

I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to either my 
wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant actually turn 
airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  chkd again to no avail  
now im worried  seeking advice. 

Is there something im missing or is the airport shot?

Many thanks
Chris

(MBPro 2.2ghz i7 10.6.8)

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Re: Macbook pro Airport

[Chris Burton]

Thanks ronni,

I did what you suggested. Telstra 1438 shows in the pull down list but airport 
remains ghosted out after it scans. The signal is good. I still cant turn 
airport off either. Something's not right.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 21/05/2014, at 12:49, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Power cycle your Modem - Turn if OFF leave for a few seconds and the Turn it 
 on again and allow it to connect to your ISP.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9.3 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 On 21 May 2014, at 12:23 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wa muggers
 
 I have just opened my mbpro to find my airport does not connect to either my 
 wireless telstra modem or my iphone hotspot! Further i cant actually turn 
 airport off from menu or sys prefs! Ive restarted  chkd again to no avail  
 now im worried  seeking advice. 
 
 Is there something im missing or is the airport shot?
 
 Many thanks
 Chris
 
 (MBPro 2.2ghz i7 10.6.8)
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
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Re: Memory Usage

[Chris Burton]

HI Muggers

This thread comes at the time when I too have memory issues with my MBPro8,2:

(OS 10.6.8
Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3)

Im at a bit of a 'life crossroads' situation at the moment with my offshore 
cetacean work drying up very quickly over the past year so I am preparing to 
give my passion for photography a good go: developing a website, doing more 
photo shoots, organising my images and using and learning Lr4 and PS6. The 
latter combination is where I am experiencing the memory problems with my 
trusty MBPro!

My machine heats up quite quickly when using both Lr4 and PS6 and the fan comes 
on to cool things down. The files I use are generally in the range of 100-500mb 
and I have been using Activity Monitor all the time to watch and learn, after 
some previous advice from Ronni. 

I usually have to shut down most other apps, including Mail and the browsers 
where I found Firefox was also a memory hog culprit so tend not to use it. 
Instead I am finding Safari and now Chrome the least worry in regard to memory 
use. I also tried Opera but it is less stable.

Im thinking a memory upgrade to 16gb would help and/or going to Mavericks, as 
Ronni has suggested with its better memory management? However I then need to 
consider that most of my apps may or may not work and also look into her other 
recommendations below. Im not sure how to install the ram but could go see the 
local Mac guys in Busselton.

I did a system re-install including X-code (so I could use the Purge command 
with Terminal) about 2 weeks ago and things went ok for a short time but are 
back to 'normal' now, so Im thought I better ask for some advice from this 
wonderful community.

My other option that keeps me awake at night is to upgrade to either a new 
MBPro or an iMac with lots of ram and that beautiful big screen!!

Any advice is most welcome and I send thanks to all

Chris



Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 28/04/2014, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Bill,
 
 I would recommend at least 8GB RAM to run Mavericks... the more RAM the 
 better.
 4GB of RAM has been the minimum on Apple machines, it doesn't mean it's the 
 best for all users, just the minimum.
 There are many reasons (as well as not enough RAM) why your upgrade to 
 Mavericks could be slow.
 Did you do the Before Mavericks Installation preparations and then the Post 
 installation tasks properly. Allow Spotlight to Reindex, Apple Applications 
 to update their databases to the new formats. Update third party 
 Applications...
 Are you running the latest version of Photoshop Elements?
 
 Take a look at the third party software via an EtreCheck report. Especially 
 if you haven't clean installed Mavericks 10.9 or have accumulated years of 
 installed  semi removed/ updated software. Migration Assistant brings over 
 all the old apps, so they may still be running years old code inside the 
 system.
 http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
  EtreCheck is a simple little App to display the important details of your 
 system configuration.
 
 Also Safe mode can help to isolate the system from 3rd party extensions, can 
 you reproduce the issue in a safe boot?
 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
 Safe mode also clears the kernel extension caches so a slow login after using 
 it is normal.
  
 Apple Hardware Test will also verify the installed RAM modules. 
 See using Apple Hardware Test…
 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 28 Apr 2014, at 7:18 pm, Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au wrote:
 
 Ronni,
 
 I might be grumbling about Mavericks a bit but I see only slow downs across 
 the board.   I keep things mean and clean, but now when I use pHotoshop 
 (elements) things really grind to a snail’s pace!  Memory = 4GB 1333MHz 
 DDR3.  Maybe that’s the reason?
 
 Bill
 
 On 28 Apr 2014, at 15:45, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi All,
 
 I have a new problem. I have 10GB of memory installed in my Mac Pro 
 desktop. After a short time all apps will be listed as suspended for lack 
 of memory. 
 
 OSX 10.9.2
 Processor  2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
 Memory  10 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC
 
 I can watch the Memory Used on the Activity monitor, it starts off OK then 
 starts counting up and no memory appears to be ever freed up or released.
 
 Is there a memory test I can run, I recall such an App but can not seem to 
 locate it before my system locks up.
 
 Regards,
 
 Paul
 
 
 Dr Bill Parker
 Editor SOLAR PROGRESS
 
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Re: Mail

[Chris Burton]

Hi muggers

Im amazed to hear that there are now 1TB SSD's available for laptops and it is 
great to hear that they make a big difference for people who are using MBPros 
etc!?

Are these expensive to buy and install? Would this be a useful way to improve 
overall efficiency and speed of my MBPro (for example using PS6 and Lightroom) 
as well as installing Mavericks on to it?

I had raised the issue of upgrading my present system (MBPRo 15, OSX 10.6.8 
with 8gb Ram) with the group and Ronni had mentioned I could upgrade to 
Mavericks, but just havnt had time to do much at all.

Best regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 28/02/2014, at 12:42 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Glad you're both enjoying them Brian and Susan.
 It does add a new lease of life to the machine. And SSD makes a massive 
 difference. (I've done about 4 this past week I think!).
 After using one myself, I certainly wouldn't want to go back!!
 
 Thanks. Glad I could help.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
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 author be requested. 
 
 On 27/02/2014, at 9:27 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Yes, mine feels like a new machine.
 
 On 27 Feb 2014, at 9:19 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote:
 
 Thank you Susan,
 
 I recently had the same thing done to my MacBookPro17.
 
 Could be that, I was trying to be good and reduce used space on the drive. 
 spring clean and all that.
 So, I should look for the setting about removing the messages from the 
 server. Bigpond must love me if I have 92 000 messages sitting there, I 
 thought they were removed after downloading or after a specified period. 
 Time to check preferences.
 
 
 The Samsung SSD 1Tb is making a big difference in performance, even in this 
 old beastie. :-) Thank You Daniel if you're 'listening'.
 
 Brian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On 27 Feb 2014, at 9:07 pm, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Brian, A possibility is that you have left all of your messages on the 
 server, when you open Mail again it may go through the process of 
 redownloading them.
 
 I have three email accounts and have just set up my Macbook Pro after 
 Daniel put an SSD drive in it. It took many hours for all the messages to 
 sync to my computer. I like to keep them because every now and then I need 
 to search for something and it’s a big relief when I find it.
 
 cheers, Susan.
 
 
 On 27 Feb 2014, at 8:58 pm, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote:
 
 Hi All, Mail question,
 
 Mail is still dragging its feet, I checked Mail Activity Monitor and it 
 says it is moving 92 407 messages, yes - maybe about 10 years worth...
 I have been through all my Mail folders - 'On My Mac' and had a massive 
 throw out, removing 5300 messages to Trash, emptied Trash but still the 
 Activity monitor says it is dealing with the 92 000 messages, writing to 
 disk...
 Where do I need to look for these 92 000+ messages?
 Do I need to deal with them?
 
 or just leave it all alone?
 OSX 10.9.2
 Mail Version 7.2 (1874)
 
 thank you
 Brian
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Re: Mavericks Update

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks very much for your great summary of what to do for the update to 
Mavericks, as I too have been thinking about this for the last few weeks!

However Im not sure I can as my MBPro is running 10.6.8 and I have another 
older machine which Cath uses, running even earlier OSX!

Is this the case Ronni? Would I have to first update to Lion? Is it worth doing 
this or should I persist until I upgrade my machines?

Many thanks and best regards

Chris

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PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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On 02/02/2014, at 3:45 PM, Ronni Brown wrote:

 On 2 Feb 2014, at 2:42 pm, Paul Willemse pjwille...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I have not yet updated to Mavericks as before I left there were apparently 
 still problems. I did a search on the mailing list but did not find anything 
 that indicated a specific fix or update.
 
 So it looks like the only way will be to upgrade and see, I was not even 
 aware that Mavericks had been updated.
 
 Hi Paul,
 
 Mavericks OS X 10.9 has had an Update to Mail plus an update to OS X 10.9.1
 
 If you make sure you do the Preparation before upgrading to Mavericks and 
 then follow the 'Installing  After Installation completes' as below you 
 should not experience problems.
 
 First thing to do is: 
 
 Get your Mac ready for Mavericks OS X 10.9
 
 INSTALLING MAVERICKS OS X 10.9
 DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST:
 
 1. Backup your system BEFORE installing
 2. Repair Permissions before installing
 3. Turn OFF Time Machine in System Preferences
 4. Unmount  Disconnect any External USB  Firewire Drives /TimeMachine
 5. Download the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app from the Mac App Store.
 6. Run the Mavericks OS X 10.9 upgrade app to Install Mavericks
 ** Apple warning for installing Updates:
 Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update 
 your system.
 
 What to do after installation of Lion-Mountain Lion-or Mavericks completes 
 and your Mac restarts
 Spotlight
 
 1. In most cases, as soon as Lion or Mountain Lion or Mavericks starts up the 
 first time, Spotlight begins indexing (or re-indexing) all the files on all 
 mounted volumes.
 This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending 
 on how many files you have and the speed of your CPU and disk.
 
 During this time, you’ll notice a lot of disk activity (along with, perhaps, 
 somewhat sluggish overall performance), and you’ll see a pulsing dot in the 
 center of Spotlight’s magnifying glass icon on the right side of your menu 
 bar. (Clicking this icon during indexing displays an estimate of the time 
 remaining for each volume.)
 
 Software Update
 
 2. After Spotlight has finished indexing the Volume: Run Software Update
 The next thing you should do is to update Mac OS X itself (and any other 
 crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug 
 fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if 
 any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install 
 them right away.
 
 Shortly after your Mac starts up under Lion or Mountain Lion for the first 
 time, Software Update should run automatically; if it finds updated software, 
 it displays an alert “Software updates are available for your computer..”
 
 If Software Update does not run, choose Apple   Software Update. Software 
 Update checks if a newer version of Mac OS X (or any of the software 
 installed with it) is available—and if so, offers to download and install it.
 
 Repair Permissions
 
 3. Repair Permissions
 
 Let Apple Applications Update their Databases
 
 4. Open Apple Mail from the Applications folder and let it update the Mail 
 Database 
 
 5. Open iPhoto from the Applications folder and let it update the iPhoto 
 Database 
 
 6. Open iTunes from the Applications folder and let it update the database
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt
 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
 
 OS X 10.9 Mavericks
 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I was away for a long time, doing wine tours in Australia and the US, good 
 stuff if you have the time!
 
 Regards,
 
 Paul 
 
 
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Re: converting fmpro 6 database to 11

[Chris Burton]

Hi Pete

Thanks very much for your continued help on this. You were right re the images 
not showing up. I realised I had created the folder for the new converted files 
outside of the original one where the folder with the images were located. I 
have since moved the 'files' folder back, and redone the conversions, a file at 
a time, into that folder and bingo, the images have been returned into the 
converted db! Yippee!

I still have a problem with a few of the scripts like Sort and a couple of 
others that are linked to a few tabs, and you are right the whole look and feel 
of FM 11 is different from FM6, and I imagine FM13 is different again? 

Its amazing how quickly I forget things when I havnt used it for 6 months or 
more but I do enjoy using FMPro.

I think I will spend some time and go through the database and check everything 
before I begin the input process of images for the past couple of years so I 
can become familiar once again.

I had a look online at FM aus and can see what you mean regarding the use of 13 
for the web and iOS devices! Im thinking about using an ipad for data entry in 
the field, so this might well do that? Im assuming there is an upgrade path 
from 11 advanced? I see they have gone the path of subscription now, similar to 
Adobe with PS?

I will let you know how things go

Many thanks Pete

Chris



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PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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On 01/01/2014, at 6:05 PM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

 
 On 1 Jan 2014, at 3:31 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Pete
 
 Many thanks indeed for your response to my query, I really appreciate it. 
 You are correct I have a huge amount of ground to cover to be up to speed 
 with the latest versions, let along just fmp 11!!! Ive hardly looked at it 
 since I upgraded 2 years ago!
 
 I followed your instructions but still have issues with the database losing 
 a lot of the images and also the sort script not working, for the reason you 
 mentioned I assume? Also when I dragged the folder onto fmp11, it came up 
 with a dialog box to do the conversion but not the one to rename the files 
 which I had seen previously?
 
 I will have another play around with this later this arvo
 
 Would it be worth while me upgrading to FM13 so I can use the latest 
 improvements with this db?
 
 
 
 On the grounds that it's always best to use the latest version of any 
 software (advice perhaps tempered by some of Apple's latest efforts, eg 
 iWork) I would say Yes, it's worth the upgrade (assuming compatibility issues 
 are all OK) but be aware that your new .fp7 files are going to need a further 
 conversion to .fp12 format. Since Filemaker 13 isn't going anywhere soon, I'd 
 suggest you get your solution working properly in FMP 11 first, then worry 
 about FMP 13. The main differences between FMP 12 and pervious versions are 
 mainly in the interests of interface design. The changes were essential and 
 long overdue, but the underlying structural features (eg scripts, functions, 
 etc) hardly changed between .fp7 and .fp12. Your biggest challenges will be 
 coming to grips with how File References work, the use of variables in your 
 scripting, and the Relationships Graph. These are nuts and bolts issues which 
 have not changed in Filemaker 13. The changes in FMP 13 are mostly about 
 creatin
 g solutions which are easily deployed to the Web and to iOS devices.
 
 It's not clear why you have lost images in your conversion. The only reason I 
 can think of off the top of my head is that the Container Fields contained 
 relative references to their contents, which may have moved recently. That's 
 a difficult one without having reference to your database. I wish I could be 
 of more help there.
 
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 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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converting fmpro 6 database to 11

[Chris Burton]

Hi Way muggers (with filemaker knowledge),

I have been trying all day online to find out how to successfully migrate my 
old .fp5 blue whale database to be useable by fmpro 11 advanced with varying 
amounts of success. The database has 5 tables linked together and a number of 
scripts that are used. I have been using the 'developer utilities' in FMPro 11 
Adv to do this renaming and transfer with the resulting files having the .fp7 
extension. 

The database seems to be all there including the photos for identification. 
However when I want to do a sort, things dont work to well, and I can see in 
some of the scripts that they are still looking for the old filenames (as a 
error box pops up). I assume this means that all the file references were not 
adjusted during the transfer? Is this right? It is driving me nuts and I dont 
know what to do now?

Im not sure how to fix this and if I have done the migration correctly in the 
first place. Im pretty much a novice on FM and it has been quite hard to find 
any detailed explanation online, so I would be most appreciative for any advice 
on this?

I wish everyone a very good year to come

Best regards

Chris


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Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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Re: converting fmpro 6 database to 11

[Chris Burton]

Hi Pete

Many thanks indeed for your response to my query, I really appreciate it. You 
are correct I have a huge amount of ground to cover to be up to speed with the 
latest versions, let along just fmp 11!!! Ive hardly looked at it since I 
upgraded 2 years ago!

I followed your instructions but still have issues with the database losing a 
lot of the images and also the sort script not working, for the reason you 
mentioned I assume? Also when I dragged the folder onto fmp11, it came up with 
a dialog box to do the conversion but not the one to rename the files which I 
had seen previously?

I will have another play around with this later this arvo

Would it be worth while me upgrading to FM13 so I can use the latest 
improvements with this db?

Best regards and thanks heaps Pete

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 01/01/2014, at 11:30 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

 
 On 31 Dec 2013, at 5:03 pm, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Way muggers (with filemaker knowledge),
 
 I have been trying all day online to find out how to successfully migrate my 
 old .fp5 blue whale database to be useable by fmpro 11 advanced with varying 
 amounts of success. The database has 5 tables linked together and a number 
 of scripts that are used. I have been using the 'developer utilities' in 
 FMPro 11 Adv to do this renaming and transfer with the resulting files 
 having the .fp7 extension. 
 
 The database seems to be all there including the photos for identification. 
 However when I want to do a sort, things dont work to well, and I can see in 
 some of the scripts that they are still looking for the old filenames (as a 
 error box pops up). I assume this means that all the file references were 
 not adjusted during the transfer? Is this right? It is driving me nuts and I 
 dont know what to do now?
 
 Im not sure how to fix this and if I have done the migration correctly in 
 the first place. Im pretty much a novice on FM and it has been quite hard to 
 find any detailed explanation online, so I would be most appreciative for 
 any advice on this?
 
 I wish everyone a very good year to come
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 The best practice here is to make sure all the files are converted at once, 
 not one at a time. The Developer Tools are not necessary for this process. 
 Make sure that all your original files are grouped together. Presumably you 
 have them all in one folder. The best ting to do is to have Filemaker 11 
 running, then drag your folder containing the .fp5 files onto the Filemaker 
 in in the dock. You will be asked to rename your original files, and to 
 nominate a location for your converted files.
 
 You should find, in you do the conversion this way, that all your 
 relationships should be preserved, and your file references should be correct.
 
 You have a lot of ground to cover, moving from .fp5 to .fp7, especially 
 considering that we are now up to .fp12 as of last year, and that Filemaker 
 13 has just been released. One of the important changes since Filemaker 7 is 
 that there is a discrete mechanism for handling File References which was not 
 available in previous versions. There is so much ground to cover it is 
 difficult to cover anything in any detail. Perhaps if you post specific 
 questions it might be more useful. 
 
 I have copies of Using Filemaker 7 by Lane, Bowers, Love and Moyer, and Ray 
 Cologon's Filemaker Pro 10 Bible (he never produced one for 11). The 
 Filemaker 7 book is now quite ancient, but will be of tremendous value in 
 making the transition from .fp5 to .fp7. You're welcome to either or both of 
 them of you like. They are surplus to my requirements now.
 
 Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
 FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
 Perth, Western Australia
 Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
 
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Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

[Chris Burton]

Hi Neil, Brian and Ronni

Thankyou all very much for this very informative info on the use of Flash and 
how to disable it: I had no idea about all this! 

I have been using Activity Monitor to see what is happening as i progressively 
reduced both the number of open Firefox windows and also tabs while using other 
apps. An immediate reduction in Firefox hogging all resources! The machine has 
returned to normal operation, with only short and occasional increase in 
heat/fan noise while using Lr4.

Activity monitor is great to watch and I can see that Firefox tends to 
progressively occupy more ram when it is used more often and doesnt reliquish 
any either!

I will download the flash blockers as well and try them out

Many thanks for your great assistance

Chris


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Director
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PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 09/08/2013, at 12:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Flash is on the way out and you probably know about Apple's aversion to 
 Adobe's Flash Player Plugin. Steve Jobs went on record to say that it is a 
 dying technology and Apple actively prevents Flash in any form from appearing 
 on any iOS-based devices.
 HTML5 is the new technology.
 
 In Mac OS X 10.7  10.8 operating system, the Flash Player plugin is not part 
 of the default install.
 If you visit a website like YouTube using Safari in Lion or Mountain Lion, it 
 will warn you to 'upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to watch this video'.
 Should you though? The answer depends on how often you intend to use the 
 plugin and how resource-constricted, particularly in the CPU department your 
 Mac is.
 
 Three ways to block, or reduce, Flash usage on your Mac.
 1. Leave it uninstalled
 2. Use it on an 'As-required basis
 Extensions like 'ClickToFlash' for Safari, FlashBlock for Google Chrome  
 Firefox make sure that any Flash content you come across is blocked UNTIL you 
 explicitly give it permission to load.
 
 Or 3. Block it whenever you feel like it.
 If you want even more control over Flash playback, consider using a Menubar 
 app like FlashBlock or FlashFrozen, both of which are available on the Mac 
 App Store for $1. These plugins sit in your Mac's menubar and take the reins 
 of the systemwide Flash plugin in their virtual hands, ready to stop it short 
 on your command.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 11:38 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Thanks Robin
 
 I guess other browsers will also use Flash in their addons? Is it necessary 
 to run video or other animations etc on web sites? Is there an alternative 
 that is not so resource hungry?
 
 I have closed a number of Firefox windows and reduced tabs in the remaining 
 couple so will see how things go when I begin the image work. I will then 
 close firefox and restart to see if it makes a difference. 
 
 Best regards and thanks very much
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 11:08 AM, Robin wrote:
 
 The problem is almost certainly related to Firefox running Flash. 
 Flash is bad on may fronts, not the least is its excessive CPU usage. 
 Closing Firefox will fix it, if you can't close it try too minimise the 
 number of tabbed windows you have open in Firefox at one time. 
 
 robin
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 10:51, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 Thanks heaps for your description on the Activity monitor; it does look 
 quite complicated and I havnt really taken time to understand everything 
 in the displays.
 
 The number in the 'Page Outs' is 34mb, and has remained so for the past 
 hour while I have been doing various things.
 (I can send you a screen grab of Activity Monitor to have a look at if you 
 like?)
 It shows that 4.4gb (of 8gb) ram is being used, and the VM size is 124gb 
 and Swap used is 187mb. Im not sure what the last 2 of these mean!
 
 I have not done a big clean up yet, but the work Im doing on the images is 
 part of the process of reducing the number I have on the drive. I have 
 cleaned out some space (to 80gb) at present and will keep going on this. 
 Im hoping to have about 150gb spare when finished. (the drive is a 750gb 
 7200 drive).
 
 I will also reduce the number of open apps and pages in Firefox.
 
 I do use Safari occasionally as well, but do you think either Opera or 
 Chrome (or others) are worth considering as alternatives to the hog 
 Firefox?
 
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 9:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Yes, any application using 100% CPU will heat up you computer!
 Running at 100% Sheezs... Not good!
 As well as overheating your computer

MBPro rapidly heating up

[Chris Burton]

Hi Muggers

Things just keep happening for no apparent reason and I just cant work it out!

My MBP has been heating up quite fast of late, the past week I would say. 

It has coincided with me doing work with Lr4 and Preview: I have been sorting 
through loads of travel images. However at the same time I have Firefox, Mail, 
iCal and occasionally Word or Excel open.

I did some searching online and found a few links to the heating problem and 
one suggested I check Activity Monitor: 

it shows Firefox using 100% of CPU!!? Specifically it was Firefox Plugin 
Process (Shockwave Flash).

Do you think this would be the cause of the problem? If so can I get rid of it, 
or just close Firefox and not use it?

I have done the restart, shutdown, SMC with no change

Many thanks for any advice

Chris


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PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

[Chris Burton]

Hey Ronni

Thanks heaps for your description on the Activity monitor; it does look quite 
complicated and I havnt really taken time to understand everything in the 
displays.

The number in the 'Page Outs' is 34mb, and has remained so for the past hour 
while I have been doing various things.
(I can send you a screen grab of Activity Monitor to have a look at if you 
like?)
It shows that 4.4gb (of 8gb) ram is being used, and the VM size is 124gb and 
Swap used is 187mb. Im not sure what the last 2 of these mean!

I have not done a big clean up yet, but the work Im doing on the images is part 
of the process of reducing the number I have on the drive. I have cleaned out 
some space (to 80gb) at present and will keep going on this. Im hoping to have 
about 150gb spare when finished. (the drive is a 750gb 7200 drive).

I will also reduce the number of open apps and pages in Firefox.

I do use Safari occasionally as well, but do you think either Opera or Chrome 
(or others) are worth considering as alternatives to the hog Firefox?


Many thanks

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 09/08/2013, at 9:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Yes, any application using 100% CPU will heat up you computer!
 Running at 100% Sheezs... Not good!
 As well as overheating your computer, heavy CPU (the computer's brains) use 
 will slow your computer down.
 
 Quit Firefox and any other application that is using a lot of CPU.
 Quit Applications that aren't actively in use, (try to run fewer applications 
 at once).
 In some cases, seemingly idle applications continue to hammer on your CPU and 
 suck up increasing amounts of RAM- even when you see no evidence of activity 
 on the screen.
 
 Firefox is a resources hog, I would only use Firefox if you really need to, 
 use Safari for everyday use.
 
 Open Activity Menu, click System Memory at the bottom of the Activity Monitor 
 window.
 Use you computer as you normally do. 
 As you are working, look at the number in the parentheses beside Page Outs 
 The larger this number becomes, the more actively virtual memory is relying 
 on slow disk-based swap files.
 
 Did you do the maintenance you mentioned of uninstalling old applications and 
 cleaning up your MBP, freeing up more Free Space on your Hard Drive?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 7:44 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Muggers
 
 Things just keep happening for no apparent reason and I just cant work it 
 out!
 
 My MBP has been heating up quite fast of late, the past week I would say. 
 
 It has coincided with me doing work with Lr4 and Preview: I have been 
 sorting through loads of travel images. However at the same time I have 
 Firefox, Mail, iCal and occasionally Word or Excel open.
 
 I did some searching online and found a few links to the heating problem and 
 one suggested I check Activity Monitor: 
 
 it shows Firefox using 100% of CPU!!? Specifically it was Firefox Plugin 
 Process (Shockwave Flash).
 
 Do you think this would be the cause of the problem? If so can I get rid of 
 it, or just close Firefox and not use it?
 
 I have done the restart, shutdown, SMC with no change
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
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Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

[Chris Burton]

Thanks Robin

I guess other browsers will also use Flash in their addons? Is it necessary to 
run video or other animations etc on web sites? Is there an alternative that is 
not so resource hungry?

I have closed a number of Firefox windows and reduced tabs in the remaining 
couple so will see how things go when I begin the image work. I will then close 
firefox and restart to see if it makes a difference. 

Best regards and thanks very much

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 09/08/2013, at 11:08 AM, Robin wrote:

 The problem is almost certainly related to Firefox running Flash. 
 Flash is bad on may fronts, not the least is its excessive CPU usage. 
 Closing Firefox will fix it, if you can't close it try too minimise the 
 number of tabbed windows you have open in Firefox at one time. 
 
 robin
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 10:51, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Ronni
 
 Thanks heaps for your description on the Activity monitor; it does look 
 quite complicated and I havnt really taken time to understand everything in 
 the displays.
 
 The number in the 'Page Outs' is 34mb, and has remained so for the past hour 
 while I have been doing various things.
 (I can send you a screen grab of Activity Monitor to have a look at if you 
 like?)
 It shows that 4.4gb (of 8gb) ram is being used, and the VM size is 124gb and 
 Swap used is 187mb. Im not sure what the last 2 of these mean!
 
 I have not done a big clean up yet, but the work Im doing on the images is 
 part of the process of reducing the number I have on the drive. I have 
 cleaned out some space (to 80gb) at present and will keep going on this. Im 
 hoping to have about 150gb spare when finished. (the drive is a 750gb 7200 
 drive).
 
 I will also reduce the number of open apps and pages in Firefox.
 
 I do use Safari occasionally as well, but do you think either Opera or 
 Chrome (or others) are worth considering as alternatives to the hog Firefox?
 
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 9:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Yes, any application using 100% CPU will heat up you computer!
 Running at 100% Sheezs... Not good!
 As well as overheating your computer, heavy CPU (the computer's brains) use 
 will slow your computer down.
 
 Quit Firefox and any other application that is using a lot of CPU.
 Quit Applications that aren't actively in use, (try to run fewer 
 applications at once).
 In some cases, seemingly idle applications continue to hammer on your CPU 
 and suck up increasing amounts of RAM- even when you see no evidence of 
 activity on the screen.
 
 Firefox is a resources hog, I would only use Firefox if you really need to, 
 use Safari for everyday use.
 
 Open Activity Menu, click System Memory at the bottom of the Activity 
 Monitor window.
 Use you computer as you normally do. 
 As you are working, look at the number in the parentheses beside Page 
 Outs 
 The larger this number becomes, the more actively virtual memory is relying 
 on slow disk-based swap files.
 
 Did you do the maintenance you mentioned of uninstalling old applications 
 and cleaning up your MBP, freeing up more Free Space on your Hard Drive?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 09/08/2013, at 7:44 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Muggers
 
 Things just keep happening for no apparent reason and I just cant work it 
 out!
 
 My MBP has been heating up quite fast of late, the past week I would say. 
 
 It has coincided with me doing work with Lr4 and Preview: I have been 
 sorting through loads of travel images. However at the same time I have 
 Firefox, Mail, iCal and occasionally Word or Excel open.
 
 I did some searching online and found a few links to the heating problem 
 and one suggested I check Activity Monitor: 
 
 it shows Firefox using 100% of CPU!!? Specifically it was Firefox Plugin 
 Process (Shockwave Flash).
 
 Do you think this would be the cause of the problem? If so can I get rid 
 of it, or just close Firefox and not use it?
 
 I have done the restart, shutdown, SMC with no change
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
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Re: Parallels and XP upgrade OX

[Chris Burton]

 also have to pay my HostingServices fees.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 31/07/2013, at 9:25 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Well the GIS workshop was very good, very intensive and enjoyable. And, 
 Parallels with XP and SP3 on the mac worked perfectly!!
  
 In fact of the 20 participants, 5 were using macs, and it seemed while some 
 of the PC's in the room had troubles the macs just kept working!
 
 Thanks very much for all your help on this. 
 
 I do have another slight dilemma as I may need to upgrade my MBPro from 
 10.6.8 to 10.7 (or 10.8) to run some new software I purchased, and that I 
 had assumed would run on my present system: Lr 5 only runs on 10.7 and 
 10.8!!
 
 Would you please advise on what I need to do to successfully upgrade my 
 MBPro8,2 (OX 10.6.8, 2.2 ghz, 8gb RAM, i7 quad)? 
 I had thought of purchasing a new one but things are a bit tight as I am 
 sure tempted after seeing the new 15 models with SSD's now and 500gb at 
 that!! They must really fly along?
 
 Many thanks for your advice
 
 Kindest regards
 
 Chris
 
 
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 Western Whale Research
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 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
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Re: Parallels and XP upgrade OX

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Well the GIS workshop was very good, very intensive and enjoyable. And, 
Parallels with XP and SP3 on the mac worked perfectly!!
 
In fact of the 20 participants, 5 were using macs, and it seemed while some of 
the PC's in the room had troubles the macs just kept working!

Thanks very much for all your help on this. 

I do have another slight dilemma as I may need to upgrade my MBPro from 10.6.8 
to 10.7 (or 10.8) to run some new software I purchased, and that I had assumed 
would run on my present system: Lr 5 only runs on 10.7 and 10.8!!

Would you please advise on what I need to do to successfully upgrade my 
MBPro8,2 (OX 10.6.8, 2.2 ghz, 8gb RAM, i7 quad)? 
I had thought of purchasing a new one but things are a bit tight as I am sure 
tempted after seeing the new 15 models with SSD's now and 500gb at that!! They 
must really fly along?

Many thanks for your advice

Kindest regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 21/07/2013, at 6:13 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

 Hi Ronni
 
 Thanks very much for the info on parallels, I will take time to do the 
 update: about 350mb. Also will then look at expanding my virtual disk which I 
 think is only 25gb when I set it up?
 
 Hopefully this week-long workshop on GIS in marine ecology will improve my 
 understanding of using ArcGIS!? It seems like a huge program with a steep 
 learning curve. So much to cram into the brain these days!!
 
 I only have about 75gb on my MBPro and are looking to increase that to 100gb 
 by deleting some of my photographs after I do another backup!
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 4:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
  
 If Parallels is saying Update Now... Yes it is imperative the update is 
 done now.
 In Parallels Desktop if you use an expanding virtual hard disk in your 
 virtual machine, its image file size on the physical hard disk increases as 
 you add new data to the virtual hard disk.
 
 If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine hard disk does not fit 
 your needs anymore, you can change its size. Click the Edit button and the 
 dialog for changing the disk size will appear.
 Note: if your virtual machine is running, its virtual hard disks cannot be 
 resized
 
 In Parallels Desktop if Windows is running Go to Virtual Machine  Shutdown
 Then Virtual Machine  configure - Hard Disk 1 (in left column)
 You will see If you are using Expanding disk, 64.0 GB 
 Click Edit, then drag the slider or type the new size in the size field. 
 Select the 'Resize file system' option if you want to change the file system 
 size:
 Note: if you select 'Resize file system' option when increasing the disk 
 size, the additional disk space will be added to the last volume. 
 
 
 No, I have never used ArcGIS or similar software.
 I would imagine it would be installed in All Programs.
 
 http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Welcome_to_the_ArcGIS_Help_Library/00qn001p00/
 
 How much free space do you have on your MacBook Pro?
 
 cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 3:13 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thanks very much Ronni. I now have ArcGIS 10.1 installed after about 2 
 hours of pain!
 
 Have you used this software before Ronni? I havnt, so am not even sure how 
 to start it as there were no icons installed in the start menu or on the 
 desktop. I will have a look online and at the Esri website.
 
 My available HD space is limited now in XP and Im not too sure how to 
 increase it in Parallels; do you know how I go about this Ronni?
 
 Also, while doing this ArcGIS install, I had an update message from 
 Parallels saying I need to update version 8, NOW!! 
 Is it imperative this is done?
 
 Many thanks for your great help on this
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 12:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Did you check it was WindowsXP Professional you already had installed?
 And you now have WindowsXP Professional SP3?
 
 Also Run Windows Update and install all updates... Security updates etc.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 12:49 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I now have SP3 installed on Windows XP: Thanks heaps Ronni and Tim
 
 I will now try to install ArcGIS 10.1 and see what happens...
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:35 AM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 You read my mind as I was literally typing my reply!!
 
 I just checked and I have XP but with only SP2!
 
 I will follow your advice and download and install the SP3 and let you 
 know how it goes

Re: Parallels and XP

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks very much Ronni. I now have ArcGIS 10.1 installed after about 2 hours of 
pain!

Have you used this software before Ronni? I havnt, so am not even sure how to 
start it as there were no icons installed in the start menu or on the desktop. 
I will have a look online and at the Esri website.

My available HD space is limited now in XP and Im not too sure how to increase 
it in Parallels; do you know how I go about this Ronni?

Also, while doing this ArcGIS install, I had an update message from Parallels 
saying I need to update version 8, NOW!! 
Is it imperative this is done?

Many thanks for your great help on this

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 21/07/2013, at 12:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Did you check it was WindowsXP Professional you already had installed?
 And you now have WindowsXP Professional SP3?
 
 Also Run Windows Update and install all updates... Security updates etc.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 12:49 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I now have SP3 installed on Windows XP: Thanks heaps Ronni and Tim
 
 I will now try to install ArcGIS 10.1 and see what happens...
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:35 AM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 You read my mind as I was literally typing my reply!!
 
 I just checked and I have XP but with only SP2!
 
 I will follow your advice and download and install the SP3 and let you know 
 how it goes
 
 Thanks heaps for your advice on this Ronni
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi again Chris,
 
 Sorry, as I presumed you were in a rush to get a reply, I had not read all 
 your email thoroughly.
 My Reply in Situ below
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 10:04 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 The software is large (ArcGIS) and system requirements say anything from 
 XP professional home edition with service pack 3, and up wards is 
 required for it to run. I have tried installing it but an error appears 
 saying a service pack is required?
 
 Ok, still check what version of WindowsXP you do have installed by 
 following instructions in my previous reply. But if you are receiving that 
 message I would think you don't have SP3 installed and also don't have 
 Automatic Updates turned on.
 
 I have XP, but Im not sure if it is Professional and if it has the SP3? 
 I have tried looking online and with Microsoft and only found SP3 for 
 network and developers, so am not sure if this is what I need?
 
 Yes. Go here and download the stand-alone Windows XP SP3 package from the 
 following Microsoft Download Center page.
 Although this page says that the installation package is intended for IT 
 professionals and developers, you can safely download and install this 
 file.
 
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24
 More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
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Re: Parallels and XP

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thanks very much for the info on parallels, I will take time to do the update: 
about 350mb. Also will then look at expanding my virtual disk which I think is 
only 25gb when I set it up?

Hopefully this week-long workshop on GIS in marine ecology will improve my 
understanding of using ArcGIS!? It seems like a huge program with a steep 
learning curve. So much to cram into the brain these days!!

I only have about 75gb on my MBPro and are looking to increase that to 100gb by 
deleting some of my photographs after I do another backup!

Best regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 21/07/2013, at 4:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
  
 If Parallels is saying Update Now... Yes it is imperative the update is 
 done now.
 In Parallels Desktop if you use an expanding virtual hard disk in your 
 virtual machine, its image file size on the physical hard disk increases as 
 you add new data to the virtual hard disk.
 
 If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine hard disk does not fit 
 your needs anymore, you can change its size. Click the Edit button and the 
 dialog for changing the disk size will appear.
 Note: if your virtual machine is running, its virtual hard disks cannot be 
 resized
 
 In Parallels Desktop if Windows is running Go to Virtual Machine  Shutdown
 Then Virtual Machine  configure - Hard Disk 1 (in left column)
 You will see If you are using Expanding disk, 64.0 GB 
 Click Edit, then drag the slider or type the new size in the size field. 
 Select the 'Resize file system' option if you want to change the file system 
 size:
 Note: if you select 'Resize file system' option when increasing the disk 
 size, the additional disk space will be added to the last volume. 
 
 
 No, I have never used ArcGIS or similar software.
 I would imagine it would be installed in All Programs.
 
 http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Welcome_to_the_ArcGIS_Help_Library/00qn001p00/
 
 How much free space do you have on your MacBook Pro?
 
 cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 3:13 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thanks very much Ronni. I now have ArcGIS 10.1 installed after about 2 hours 
 of pain!
 
 Have you used this software before Ronni? I havnt, so am not even sure how 
 to start it as there were no icons installed in the start menu or on the 
 desktop. I will have a look online and at the Esri website.
 
 My available HD space is limited now in XP and Im not too sure how to 
 increase it in Parallels; do you know how I go about this Ronni?
 
 Also, while doing this ArcGIS install, I had an update message from 
 Parallels saying I need to update version 8, NOW!! 
 Is it imperative this is done?
 
 Many thanks for your great help on this
 
 Chris
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 12:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Did you check it was WindowsXP Professional you already had installed?
 And you now have WindowsXP Professional SP3?
 
 Also Run Windows Update and install all updates... Security updates etc.
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 12:49 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 I now have SP3 installed on Windows XP: Thanks heaps Ronni and Tim
 
 I will now try to install ArcGIS 10.1 and see what happens...
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:35 AM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 You read my mind as I was literally typing my reply!!
 
 I just checked and I have XP but with only SP2!
 
 I will follow your advice and download and install the SP3 and let you 
 know how it goes
 
 Thanks heaps for your advice on this Ronni
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi again Chris,
 
 Sorry, as I presumed you were in a rush to get a reply, I had not read 
 all your email thoroughly.
 My Reply in Situ below
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 10:04 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 The software is large (ArcGIS) and system requirements say anything 
 from XP professional home edition with service pack 3, and up wards is 
 required for it to run. I have tried installing it but an error appears 
 saying a service pack is required?
 
 Ok, still check what version of WindowsXP you do have installed by 
 following instructions in my previous reply. But if you are receiving 
 that message I would think you don't have SP3 installed and also don't 
 have Automatic Updates turned on.
 
 I have XP, but Im not sure if it is Professional and if it has the SP3? 
 I have tried looking online and with Microsoft and only found SP3

Parallels and XP

[Chris Burton]

Morning muggers

Its been awhile and I hope everyone are well

I have a dilemma that is now quite urgent regarding running new GIS software on 
parallels (updated to version 8) which has XP.

The software is large (ArcGIS) and system requirements say anything from XP 
professional home edition with service pack 3, and up wards is required for it 
to run. I have tried installing it but an error appears saying a service pack 
is required?

I have XP, but Im not sure if it is Professional and if it has the SP3? 
I have tried looking online and with Microsoft and only found SP3 for network 
and developers, so am not sure if this is what I need?

My only other avenue it seems is to obtain a new version of windows, probably 
Windows 7, or buy a PC laptop, as I will need everything up and running by 
tomorrow!!

I would appreciate any advice from someone who may be familiar with this 
situation?

Many thanks and best regards

Chris

PS Im using a macbook with OS 10 6.8 at 2.2ghz and 8gb of ram. These specs are 
within the limits required for the GIS.
 
Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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Re: Parallels and XP

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

You read my mind as I was literally typing my reply!!

I just checked and I have XP but with only SP2!

I will follow your advice and download and install the SP3 and let you know how 
it goes

Thanks heaps for your advice on this Ronni

Best regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

www.souwest.org

On 21/07/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi again Chris,
 
 Sorry, as I presumed you were in a rush to get a reply, I had not read all 
 your email thoroughly.
 My Reply in Situ below
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 10:04 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 The software is large (ArcGIS) and system requirements say anything from XP 
 professional home edition with service pack 3, and up wards is required for 
 it to run. I have tried installing it but an error appears saying a service 
 pack is required?
 
 Ok, still check what version of WindowsXP you do have installed by following 
 instructions in my previous reply. But if you are receiving that message I 
 would think you don't have SP3 installed and also don't have Automatic 
 Updates turned on.
 
 I have XP, but Im not sure if it is Professional and if it has the SP3? 
 I have tried looking online and with Microsoft and only found SP3 for 
 network and developers, so am not sure if this is what I need?
 
 Yes. Go here and download the stand-alone Windows XP SP3 package from the 
 following Microsoft Download Center page.
 Although this page says that the installation package is intended for IT 
 professionals and developers, you can safely download and install this file.
 
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24
 More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
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Re: Parallels and XP

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

I now have SP3 installed on Windows XP: Thanks heaps Ronni and Tim

I will now try to install ArcGIS 10.1 and see what happens...

Best regards

Chris

On 21/07/2013, at 11:35 AM, Chris Burton wrote:

 Hi Ronni
 
 You read my mind as I was literally typing my reply!!
 
 I just checked and I have XP but with only SP2!
 
 I will follow your advice and download and install the SP3 and let you know 
 how it goes
 
 Thanks heaps for your advice on this Ronni
 
 Best regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 www.souwest.org
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi again Chris,
 
 Sorry, as I presumed you were in a rush to get a reply, I had not read all 
 your email thoroughly.
 My Reply in Situ below
 
 On 21/07/2013, at 10:04 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 The software is large (ArcGIS) and system requirements say anything from XP 
 professional home edition with service pack 3, and up wards is required for 
 it to run. I have tried installing it but an error appears saying a service 
 pack is required?
 
 Ok, still check what version of WindowsXP you do have installed by following 
 instructions in my previous reply. But if you are receiving that message I 
 would think you don't have SP3 installed and also don't have Automatic 
 Updates turned on.
 
 I have XP, but Im not sure if it is Professional and if it has the SP3? 
 I have tried looking online and with Microsoft and only found SP3 for 
 network and developers, so am not sure if this is what I need?
 
 Yes. Go here and download the stand-alone Windows XP SP3 package from the 
 following Microsoft Download Center page.
 Although this page says that the installation package is intended for IT 
 professionals and developers, you can safely download and install this file.
 
 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24
 More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
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Re: MacBook Pro connection to projector

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni and Rod

Thankyou both very much for your advice on the adapter. I was able to buy one 
locally from the computer store in Busselton late this arvo as they are 
accredited apple service providers now.

Thanks Ronni for your tips on how to do the connections as well, they will be 
invaluable when I do the set up.

Best regards to all

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 29/05/2013, at 2:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 The Thunderbolt port is backwards compatible with Mini DisplayPort and, 
 likewise, supports an external display at 2560x1600 and passes an audio 
 signal.
 
 Do you know what connection the Projector has... Is it a VGA connector or 
 HDMI?
 
 Use the Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect your MacBook, MacBook 
 Pro, or MacBook Air to a standard analog monitor, projector, or LCD that uses 
 a VGA connector or cable.
 
 TIP: FIRST attach the VGA end (or HDMI) to the projector, then the other end 
 to the Mac. This order helps the computer to detect the projector properly.
 
 And, make sure your MacBook Pro is connected to Power. Don't use it on 
 battery.
 
 Rod gave you the US store link, this is the AU store link:
 http://store.apple.com/au/product/MB572Z/B/mini-displayport-to-vga-adaptor
 
 Cheers,
 
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 29/05/2013, at 12:17 PM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote:
 
 i think you need this:
 
 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/B/mini-displayport-to-vga-adaptor?fnode=53
  
 
 
 
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 From:
 wamug@wamug.org.au
 
 To:
 WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au
 Cc:
 
 Sent:
 Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:08 +0800
 Subject:
 MacBook Pro connection to projector
 
 
 Hi Waymuggers
 
 I have been asked at short notice to give a presentation on whales of the SW 
 this Saturday in Augusta for the beginning of the whale watching season 
 which is great. 
 
 However I have just checked my MBPro (8,2 i7 2.2 GHz) and see the connector 
 is different from my earlier models: Im assuming it is Thunderbolt (shows up 
 in the info screen with Ethernet and Firewire 800) as I have a connector to 
 Hdmi I have used for the TV. 
 
 I would imagine that the projector provided would not have Thunderbolt or 
 HDMI. They have asked me to send a pic of my connections so they can check.
 
 Would I need to get an adapter cable to fit the old style projector 
 connection?
 
 Many thanks for any advice
 
 Kind regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
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MacBook Pro connection to projector

[Chris Burton]

Hi Waymuggers

I have been asked at short notice to give a presentation on whales of the SW 
this Saturday in Augusta for the beginning of the whale watching season which 
is great. 

However I have just checked my MBPro (8,2 i7 2.2 GHz) and see the connector is 
different from my earlier models: Im assuming it is Thunderbolt (shows up in 
the info screen with Ethernet and Firewire 800) as I have a connector to Hdmi I 
have used for the TV. 

I would imagine that the projector provided would not have Thunderbolt or HDMI. 
They have asked me to send a pic of my connections so they can check.

Would I need to get an adapter cable to fit the old style projector connection?

Many thanks for any advice

Kind regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni and Daniel

Thankyou both very much for your support with this WiFi thing. 

I have been able to book into see Apple Support at the Garden City store on 
Friday on my way to fly out for work. 
Hopefully they will be able to sort it out before I have to leave!?

When I do get a solution I will let everyone know just in case it happens to 
others.

Best regards

Chris

Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 16/04/2013, at 1:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Yes, I tend to agree with Daniel, I think we have probably tried everything.
 You could have a look at:
  Apple Official solution listed for the grayed out Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues 
 http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US
 Might be lucky and find something works to solve the issue.
 ---
 Another suggestion that did work for someone so might be worth a try:
 But first - a warning that this will delete all Network Settings, returning 
 them to factory defaults.
  1) Turn ON the airplane mode 
 
 2) Reset the network  Settings  General  Reset  Reset network settings
 
 Kind Regards
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 16/04/2013, at 12:22 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Chris
 
 Given the type of issue and that you've done a restore and wifi still isn't 
 showing then it could be either a bug in the current iOS version or a 
 hardware issue.
 I note that when you google the issue one of the top hits has about 204 
 pages but the actual link is no longer available to view on the apple 
 support site. 
 
 So it may be worth a call to Apple Support to query it with them. Otherwise 
 yes, worth getting it looked at, as may be a hardware issue. 
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
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 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 16/04/2013, at 11:57 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 No the iphone cant connect to any Wi-Fi network because it seems impossible 
 to actually turn on Wifi on the phone: it remains completely ghosted out!! 
 Telstra 3G is my normal wifi network I use with my mac.
 
 Perhaps it is a hardware problem?
 
 Regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 16/04/2013, at 7:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 When you are home, can the iPhone connect via Wi-Fi to your Home Wi-Fi 
 Network?
 
 Is the problem only when trying to connect via Wi-Fi using your Telco 
 (Cellular Data Network)?
 Is Telstra your carrier?
 
 Regards,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 16/04/2013, at 5:57 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thank you very much for your email with help on this problem
 
 I have followed your advice line by line below:
 
 Thanks very much Ronni, the situation for my phone does not look good 
 after your very thorough approach
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 15/04/2013, at 4:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I feel you might not have all settings correctly setup on your iPhone4S 
 or MBP.
 I think you could have only USB enabled.
 
 A) On your iPhone... Are you sure you don't have Wi-Fi  Bluetooth 
 disabled?
 They both show that they are off in the Settings screen
 
 Turn 'Cellular' ON   'Cellular Data' ON  'Enable 3G' in 
 General  Cellular  Cellular Data.
 Yes all are on
 
 Then in Settings  Bluetooth turn ON 
 Once I tap Bluetooth, the screen opens and only shows the word Bluetooth 
 on the left and a little grey spinning wheel, and with no Slider for me 
 to turn on or off!! This is a real mystery?
 
 Settings  Wi-Fi ON
 Wi-Fi is off. When I tap the Wi-Fi row the screen opens and shows 'Wi-Fi 
 Off' but is completely greyed out. I cannot push the slider to open
 
 Then in Settings  Personal Hotspot ON
 
 I can turn on Personal Hotspot but there is no Wi'Fi only Bluetooth and 
 USB. Under the Slider it say 'iphones internet connection is being shared 
 over USB'
 
 And leave this Window OPEN
 
 B) On your MacBook Pro...
 
 Turn Wi-Fi ON
 Go to System Preferences  Network (if the padlock is locked, unlock it)
 
 Network Name: wait until your iPhone 4S Network appears (use the arrows 
 to locate)
 As the Wi-Fi on the iphone cannot being turned on there is no iphone 
 network appearing on the mac.
 
 Select your iPhone Network
 Type the password for this network (if asked) to join.
 
 Chris if you are still unable to get the iPhone4S Network to show or 
 unable are unable to join click on Advanced - Preferred Networks:
 Select your iPhone 4S Network
 Then click on the minus - to delete it from Preferred Networks
 
 Then try Re-adding it again.
 
 I have no problem using Personal Hotspot on my iPhone4S  iOS 6.1.3 to 
 share my connection with my MacBook Pro OS X

Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel

Thanks very much for your detailed explanation of what I need to do for this 
Backup and Restore for my iphone issue with Wifii. 
Unfortunately it just didnt work!!  The wifi is still greyed out and I cant use 
it.  

When I try Personal Hotspot there is no wifi choice (with Bluetooth and USB) as 
there used to be? 
However it does say that it is presently connected using USB!?? What is going 
on there?

I might have a mal-functioning iPhone and need to tell Apple?
What is the best way to do this?

Many thanks and kind regards to all those who have offered a solution to this 
problem

Regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 11/04/2013, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Hi Chris
 
 Seeing as you've had no success with getting ti working, I'd suggest a Backup 
 and Restore of the iPhone. This will put back a clean install of the iOS and 
 then your data.
 NOTE. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone.
 Photos can be backed up to iPhoto when you plug the iPhone in. Other Data can 
 be backed up into iTunes when you plug the iPhone in. To check if you plug it 
 in and then in the iTunes window it will say what time the last backup was. 
 If you just do a sync, it should change the Backup data to the current 
 day/time you've just down it.
 Once you're happy it's backed up then you can do a Restore.
 This is also down from the same iTunes window by Clicking Restore. It will 
 then download the full current iOS again (at the moment this is iOS 6.13  as 
 you know). Once installed from scratch it will restore your data back.
 It can take a while to do it all.
 
 These links may help as well
 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
 http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/ss/restore-iphone.htm
 
 That would be next course of action given the others have worked.
 
 Try that and see how it goes.
 As noted above…. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone. !!
 
 Sorry, would have replied earlier but just been mad crazy and had to finish 8 
 machines in a night to go out to a job today,…so yeh.
 
 Let us know how that goes,…
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 9:46 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey ronnie
 
 Great to from u  i hope u  ur mac r getting some rest!
 Thanks for ur tips:
 Ur correct i do have 6.1.3
 I have done several network resets to no avail
 Im not sure where to enter personal wifi  access info or finding the 
 preferred list on mbpro?
 Thanx heaps for ur help on this it seems to be abig mystry for all
 
 Best regards a restful recovery
 Chris
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 21:05, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I'm still on enforced medical break, but as you don't seem to be getting 
 anywhere I will give a couple of suggestions.
 
 iOS 6.1.3 is the current version not iOS 6.0.3 update to version 6.1.3
 
 You may also want to try resetting your network settings on your iPhone. 
 
 Go to Settings - General - Reset - Reset Network Settings 
 See if that helps. 
 
 You might have to re-enter any personal WiFi access point info again, but 
 this might help when the iPhone creates the hotspot. 
 
 On the MacBook Pro, you might want to delete the iPhone from your 
 preferred list, and re-add it back to the list with the new connection. 
 
 If it was a preferred network before, it might be trying to connect with 
 old settings. Removing and Re-Adding it is the same as manually resetting 
 the connection. 
 
 This is all just speculation, as I don't know your setup, but it may prove 
 helpful. 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 4:45 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi susan
 Thanks for your help. Im home now  have updated to 6.0.3  still no fix. 
 I googled  found heaps of people have this occuring but no definite 
 solution
 
 Best regards
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 09/04/2013, at 7:23, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris, I found I had to connect by Bluetooth to use my iPad as a hot spot 
 recently. In my case it seemed to be that there were too many wireless 
 networks causing interference. So Bluetooth or even 'gasp' USB are 
 certainly options in your situation. Bluetooth still gives you the option 
 of more than one device using the network.
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 On 09/04/2013, at 5:39 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 iPhone
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Re: iPhone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel

Many thanks for your email.
I have answered your questions below:

Best regards

Chris

On 15/04/2013, at 4:08 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Hi Chris
 
 Just to clarify.
 On the iPhone, when you go to Personal Hotspot and go to turn it on, there is 
 no Wi-Fi Password line?
 Is that correct?
Yes there is no Wi-Fi line and that is without the phone being connected to the 
mac.
 (unplug the iPhone if you have it connected via usb cable and try without). 
 Which wifi is greyed out? In the iPhone setting?
When I open the phone and tap Settings, then tap Wi-Fi (which shows Off) it 
opens to Wi-Fi and this is all Greyed out and shows as 'Off'. It shows a line 
saying' Location accuracy is improved when Wi-FI is turned on'. This line is 
greyed out to.

I then go back to the Settings screen and tap on the 'Personal Hotspot' row 
which is showing off, and it opens to the Persoanl Hotspot screen.
There is only Bluetooth and USB to select. There is no Wi-Fi icon.

Once open, I push the on-off slider to 'on' then just under this it shows 'Your 
iphones' internet connection is being shared over USB'
 
 Which says it's presently connected using usb?
 
 On the iPhone - Settings - WiFI - can it join a wireless network, or show 
 names of wireless networks in range?
No , I cant push the Wi-Fi slider to 'On' and there is no list of networks
 
 Does the laptop join wireless networks ok at the moment?
Yes, the laptop works perfectly with my Telstra router using wifi

 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 15/04/2013, at 2:34 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Daniel
 
 Thanks very much for your detailed explanation of what I need to do for this 
 Backup and Restore for my iphone issue with Wifii. 
 Unfortunately it just didnt work!!  The wifi is still greyed out and I cant 
 use it.  
 
 When I try Personal Hotspot there is no wifi choice (with Bluetooth and USB) 
 as there used to be? 
 However it does say that it is presently connected using USB!?? What is 
 going on there?
 
 I might have a mal-functioning iPhone and need to tell Apple?
 What is the best way to do this?
 
 Many thanks and kind regards to all those who have offered a solution to 
 this problem
 
 Regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 11/04/2013, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi Chris
 
 Seeing as you've had no success with getting ti working, I'd suggest a 
 Backup and Restore of the iPhone. This will put back a clean install of the 
 iOS and then your data.
 NOTE. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone.
 Photos can be backed up to iPhoto when you plug the iPhone in. Other Data 
 can be backed up into iTunes when you plug the iPhone in. To check if you 
 plug it in and then in the iTunes window it will say what time the last 
 backup was. If you just do a sync, it should change the Backup data to the 
 current day/time you've just down it.
 Once you're happy it's backed up then you can do a Restore.
 This is also down from the same iTunes window by Clicking Restore. It will 
 then download the full current iOS again (at the moment this is iOS 6.13  
 as you know). Once installed from scratch it will restore your data back.
 It can take a while to do it all.
 
 These links may help as well
 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
 http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/ss/restore-iphone.htm
 
 That would be next course of action given the others have worked.
 
 Try that and see how it goes.
 As noted above…. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone. 
 !!
 
 Sorry, would have replied earlier but just been mad crazy and had to finish 
 8 machines in a night to go out to a job today,…so yeh.
 
 Let us know how that goes,…
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 9:46 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey ronnie
 
 Great to from u  i hope u  ur mac r getting some rest!
 Thanks for ur tips:
 Ur correct i do have 6.1.3
 I have done several network resets to no avail
 Im not sure where to enter personal wifi  access info or finding the 
 preferred list on mbpro?
 Thanx heaps for ur help on this it seems to be abig mystry for all
 
 Best regards a restful recovery
 Chris
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 21:05, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I'm still on enforced medical break, but as you don't seem to be getting 
 anywhere I will give a couple of suggestions.
 
 iOS 6.1.3 is the current version not iOS 6.0.3 update to version 6.1.3
 
 You may also want to try resetting your

Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Thank you very much for your email with help on this problem

I have followed your advice line by line below:

Thanks very much Ronni, the situation for my phone does not look good after 
your very thorough approach

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 15/04/2013, at 4:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I feel you might not have all settings correctly setup on your iPhone4S or 
 MBP.
 I think you could have only USB enabled.
 
 A) On your iPhone... Are you sure you don't have Wi-Fi  Bluetooth disabled?
They both show that they are off in the Settings screen
 
 Turn 'Cellular' ON   'Cellular Data' ON  'Enable 3G' in 
 General  Cellular  Cellular Data.
Yes all are on
 
 Then in Settings  Bluetooth turn ON 
Once I tap Bluetooth, the screen opens and only shows the word Bluetooth on the 
left and a little grey spinning wheel, and with no Slider for me to turn on or 
off!! This is a real mystery?

 Settings  Wi-Fi ON
Wi-Fi is off. When I tap the Wi-Fi row the screen opens and shows 'Wi-Fi Off' 
but is completely greyed out. I cannot push the slider to open
 
 Then in Settings  Personal Hotspot ON

I can turn on Personal Hotspot but there is no Wi'Fi only Bluetooth and USB. 
Under the Slider it say 'iphones internet connection is being shared over USB'

 And leave this Window OPEN
 
 B) On your MacBook Pro...
 
 Turn Wi-Fi ON
 Go to System Preferences  Network (if the padlock is locked, unlock it)

 Network Name: wait until your iPhone 4S Network appears (use the arrows to 
 locate)
As the Wi-Fi on the iphone cannot being turned on there is no iphone network 
appearing on the mac.

 Select your iPhone Network
 Type the password for this network (if asked) to join.
 
 Chris if you are still unable to get the iPhone4S Network to show or unable 
 are unable to join click on Advanced - Preferred Networks:
 Select your iPhone 4S Network
 Then click on the minus - to delete it from Preferred Networks
 
 Then try Re-adding it again.
 
 I have no problem using Personal Hotspot on my iPhone4S  iOS 6.1.3 to share 
 my connection with my MacBook Pro OS X 10.8.3 or my iPad4
 
 Let us know how you get on please.
 I am only giving very limited help as my recovery continues.
 
 Regards,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 15/04/2013, at 2:34 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Daniel
 
 Thanks very much for your detailed explanation of what I need to do for this 
 Backup and Restore for my iphone issue with Wifii. 
 Unfortunately it just didnt work!!  The wifi is still greyed out and I cant 
 use it.  
 
 When I try Personal Hotspot there is no wifi choice (with Bluetooth and USB) 
 as there used to be? 
 However it does say that it is presently connected using USB!?? What is 
 going on there?
 
 I might have a mal-functioning iPhone and need to tell Apple?
 What is the best way to do this?
 
 Many thanks and kind regards to all those who have offered a solution to 
 this problem
 
 Regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 11/04/2013, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi Chris
 
 Seeing as you've had no success with getting ti working, I'd suggest a 
 Backup and Restore of the iPhone. This will put back a clean install of the 
 iOS and then your data.
 NOTE. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone.
 Photos can be backed up to iPhoto when you plug the iPhone in. Other Data 
 can be backed up into iTunes when you plug the iPhone in. To check if you 
 plug it in and then in the iTunes window it will say what time the last 
 backup was. If you just do a sync, it should change the Backup data to the 
 current day/time you've just down it.
 Once you're happy it's backed up then you can do a Restore.
 This is also down from the same iTunes window by Clicking Restore. It will 
 then download the full current iOS again (at the moment this is iOS 6.13  
 as you know). Once installed from scratch it will restore your data back.
 It can take a while to do it all.
 
 These links may help as well
 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
 http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/ss/restore-iphone.htm
 
 That would be next course of action given the others have worked.
 
 Try that and see how it goes.
 As noted above…. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone. 
 !!
 
 Sorry, would have replied earlier but just been mad crazy and had to finish 
 8 machines in a night to go out to a job today,…so yeh.
 
 Let us know how that goes,…
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
 Sent from my iPhone 5
 
 ---
 Daniel Kerr
 MacWizardry
 
 Phone: 0414 795 960
 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au
 Web:   http://www.macwizardry.com.au
 
 
 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 9:46 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey ronnie
 
 Great to from u  i hope u  ur mac

Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

No the iphone cant connect to any Wi-Fi network because it seems impossible to 
actually turn on Wifi on the phone: it remains completely ghosted out!! Telstra 
3G is my normal wifi network I use with my mac.

Perhaps it is a hardware problem?

Regards

Chris


On 16/04/2013, at 7:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 When you are home, can the iPhone connect via Wi-Fi to your Home Wi-Fi 
 Network?
 
 Is the problem only when trying to connect via Wi-Fi using your Telco 
 (Cellular Data Network)?
 Is Telstra your carrier?
 
 Regards,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 16/04/2013, at 5:57 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Thank you very much for your email with help on this problem
 
 I have followed your advice line by line below:
 
 Thanks very much Ronni, the situation for my phone does not look good after 
 your very thorough approach
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 15/04/2013, at 4:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 I feel you might not have all settings correctly setup on your iPhone4S or 
 MBP.
 I think you could have only USB enabled.
 
 A) On your iPhone... Are you sure you don't have Wi-Fi  Bluetooth disabled?
 They both show that they are off in the Settings screen
 
 Turn 'Cellular' ON   'Cellular Data' ON  'Enable 3G' in 
 General  Cellular  Cellular Data.
 Yes all are on
 
 Then in Settings  Bluetooth turn ON 
 Once I tap Bluetooth, the screen opens and only shows the word Bluetooth on 
 the left and a little grey spinning wheel, and with no Slider for me to turn 
 on or off!! This is a real mystery?
 
 Settings  Wi-Fi ON
 Wi-Fi is off. When I tap the Wi-Fi row the screen opens and shows 'Wi-Fi 
 Off' but is completely greyed out. I cannot push the slider to open
 
 Then in Settings  Personal Hotspot ON
 
 I can turn on Personal Hotspot but there is no Wi'Fi only Bluetooth and USB. 
 Under the Slider it say 'iphones internet connection is being shared over 
 USB'
 
 And leave this Window OPEN
 
 B) On your MacBook Pro...
 
 Turn Wi-Fi ON
 Go to System Preferences  Network (if the padlock is locked, unlock it)
 
 Network Name: wait until your iPhone 4S Network appears (use the arrows to 
 locate)
 As the Wi-Fi on the iphone cannot being turned on there is no iphone network 
 appearing on the mac.
 
 Select your iPhone Network
 Type the password for this network (if asked) to join.
 
 Chris if you are still unable to get the iPhone4S Network to show or unable 
 are unable to join click on Advanced - Preferred Networks:
 Select your iPhone 4S Network
 Then click on the minus - to delete it from Preferred Networks
 
 Then try Re-adding it again.
 
 I have no problem using Personal Hotspot on my iPhone4S  iOS 6.1.3 to share 
 my connection with my MacBook Pro OS X 10.8.3 or my iPad4
 
 Let us know how you get on please.
 I am only giving very limited help as my recovery continues.
 
 Regards,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 15/04/2013, at 2:34 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Daniel
 
 Thanks very much for your detailed explanation of what I need to do for 
 this Backup and Restore for my iphone issue with Wifii. 
 Unfortunately it just didnt work!!  The wifi is still greyed out and I 
 cant use it.  
 
 When I try Personal Hotspot there is no wifi choice (with Bluetooth and 
 USB) as there used to be? 
 However it does say that it is presently connected using USB!?? What is 
 going on there?
 
 I might have a mal-functioning iPhone and need to tell Apple?
 What is the best way to do this?
 
 Many thanks and kind regards to all those who have offered a solution to 
 this problem
 
 Regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 11/04/2013, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
 
 Hi Chris
 
 Seeing as you've had no success with getting ti working, I'd suggest a 
 Backup and Restore of the iPhone. This will put back a clean install of 
 the iOS and then your data.
 NOTE. Make you've backed up your data and photos for the iPhone.
 Photos can be backed up to iPhoto when you plug the iPhone in. Other Data 
 can be backed up into iTunes when you plug the iPhone in. To check if you 
 plug it in and then in the iTunes window it will say what time the last 
 backup was. If you just do a sync, it should change the Backup data to 
 the current day/time you've just down it.
 Once you're happy it's backed up then you can do a Restore.
 This is also down from the same iTunes window by Clicking Restore. It 
 will then download the full current iOS again (at the moment this is iOS 
 6.13  as you know). Once installed from scratch it will restore your data 
 back.
 It can take a while to do it all.
 
 These links may help as well
 http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
 http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/ss

Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi susan
Thanks for your help. Im home now  have updated to 6.0.3  still no fix. I 
googled  found heaps of people have this occuring but no definite solution

Best regards
Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 09/04/2013, at 7:23, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote:

 Chris, I found I had to connect by Bluetooth to use my iPad as a hot spot 
 recently. In my case it seemed to be that there were too many wireless 
 networks causing interference. So Bluetooth or even 'gasp' USB are certainly 
 options in your situation. Bluetooth still gives you the option of more than 
 one device using the network.
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
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Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hey ronnie

Great to from u  i hope u  ur mac r getting some rest!
Thanks for ur tips:
Ur correct i do have 6.1.3
I have done several network resets to no avail
Im not sure where to enter personal wifi  access info or finding the preferred 
list on mbpro?
Thanx heaps for ur help on this it seems to be abig mystry for all

Best regards a restful recovery
Chris


Sent from my iPhone

On 10/04/2013, at 21:05, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 I'm still on enforced medical break, but as you don't seem to be getting 
 anywhere I will give a couple of suggestions.
 
 iOS 6.1.3 is the current version not iOS 6.0.3 update to version 6.1.3
 
 You may also want to try resetting your network settings on your iPhone. 
 
 Go to Settings - General - Reset - Reset Network Settings 
 See if that helps. 
 
 You might have to re-enter any personal WiFi access point info again, but 
 this might help when the iPhone creates the hotspot. 
 
 On the MacBook Pro, you might want to delete the iPhone from your preferred 
 list, and re-add it back to the list with the new connection. 
 
 If it was a preferred network before, it might be trying to connect with 
 old settings. Removing and Re-Adding it is the same as manually resetting the 
 connection. 
 
 This is all just speculation, as I don't know your setup, but it may prove 
 helpful. 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 10/04/2013, at 4:45 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi susan
 Thanks for your help. Im home now  have updated to 6.0.3  still no fix. I 
 googled  found heaps of people have this occuring but no definite solution
 
 Best regards
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 09/04/2013, at 7:23, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote:
 
 Chris, I found I had to connect by Bluetooth to use my iPad as a hot spot 
 recently. In my case it seemed to be that there were too many wireless 
 networks causing interference. So Bluetooth or even 'gasp' USB are 
 certainly options in your situation. Bluetooth still gives you the option 
 of more than one device using the network.
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
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Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hi wamuggers
I hope everyone is well. Im presently out bush with no internet  went to use 
iphone 4s as personsal hotspot with 3g  i cant get my wireless to work? Can 
someone pls help me? I chkd again  it says internet is presently shared over 
usb!! I just dont understand whats going on?
Thanks for any advice

Chris

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Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Hey Tim
Thanks for your tips. I have had no trouble before connecting to my Mbpro 
except for tonight!

I will try ur suggestions

Many thanks

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 08/04/2013, at 21:00, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 Hot Spot is not really reliable I've found.
 
 Try turning Hot Spot off and on again.
 And/or the phone off and on again.
 and see what happens. 
 In my experience, this can help get the connection going. 
 
 Have you got HotSpot to work effectively before?
 What are you sharing the connection with?
 Could that be the problem? 
 Can you try to connect using something else, and/or turning it off and on 
 again too. 
 
 Sorry I can't be more technical in my response, but as I say, HotSpot hasn't 
 been as reliable as I would expect. Even once connected, it drops out. 
 
 Tim
 
 
 On 08/04/2013, at 8:49 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wamuggers
 I hope everyone is well. Im presently out bush with no internet  went to 
 use iphone 4s as personsal hotspot with 3g  i cant get my wireless to work? 
 Can someone pls help me? I chkd again  it says internet is presently shared 
 over usb!! I just dont understand whats going on?
 Thanks for any advice
 
 Chris
 
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Re: Iphone wireless ghosted out

[Chris Burton]

Tim, you are absolutely right... nothing works! The actual wireless is even 
ghosted out i cant even turn it on or off! I might have to install the OS 
upgrade  send a msg to the Steve as well!
Thnks for great tips
Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On 08/04/2013, at 21:37, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote:

 Wait til the moon rises Chris, spin around three times holding the iPhone in 
 the air and chant Steve, Steve, Steve.
 
 That might help
 
 Sorry, best I can think of  :-)
 
 Tim
 
 
 
 On 08/04/2013, at 9:17 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hey Tim
 Thanks for your tips. I have had no trouble before connecting to my Mbpro 
 except for tonight!
 
 I will try ur suggestions
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On 08/04/2013, at 21:00, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 Hot Spot is not really reliable I've found.
 
 Try turning Hot Spot off and on again.
 And/or the phone off and on again.
 and see what happens. 
 In my experience, this can help get the connection going. 
 
 Have you got HotSpot to work effectively before?
 What are you sharing the connection with?
 Could that be the problem? 
 Can you try to connect using something else, and/or turning it off and on 
 again too. 
 
 Sorry I can't be more technical in my response, but as I say, HotSpot 
 hasn't been as reliable as I would expect. Even once connected, it drops 
 out. 
 
 Tim
 
 
 On 08/04/2013, at 8:49 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi wamuggers
 I hope everyone is well. Im presently out bush with no internet  went to 
 use iphone 4s as personsal hotspot with 3g  i cant get my wireless to 
 work? Can someone pls help me? I chkd again  it says internet is 
 presently shared over usb!! I just dont understand whats going on?
 Thanks for any advice
 
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Re: New MS Office

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Wow, that is amazing. I guess that will only be useful if I actually use Cloud 
for much of my other work and storage commitments? I have no plan soon to do 
that and only need excel and word for my documents and data analysis.

I do have MS Office 2011 on this MBPRo which I use every day.

I could probably get away with using the present old version of Excel as it is 
on my older MBPro but will need a new version on the Compaq with XP, as it is 
the only way I can run a required Federal Government database used for 
recording all whale sightings during the surveys, and it is a proverbial pain 
in the.. to use. I will be needing to use the new Execl (.xlsx file format) 
with some other files that I use to access the report out puts from the 
database for analysis.

Thanks very much for your very informative wrap up on this Ronni. 

It all makes sense now: MS are trying to make some serious cash out it!!

Best regards

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 08/02/2013, at 11:04 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 There is NO Mac version of Microsoft Office 2013.
 The current version for Mac is Office for Mac 2011.
 http://www.microsoft.com/australia/mac/products
 
 Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365, are the Windows maker's big push to 
 bring its suite of software and services into the cloud with 
 subscription-based pricing.
 
 While the company continues to offer boxed versions of the Office software, 
 they're clearly hoping you'll ditch this old-school way of buying and plunk 
 down $99.99 per year for an Office 365 Home Premium subscription instead. In 
 doing so, consumers will be able to install the full suite on up to five Macs 
 or PCs at once.
 http://www.maclife.com/article/news/microsoft_office_2013_now_available_new_mac_version_still_missing_action
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 
 On 07/02/2013, at 10:27 AM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Hi Muggers
 
 I recently noted an ad in the paper showing the new MS office 2013 (I think 
 it was 365) for quite a low price, but saying it was by subscription for 1 
 year!? Does it apply to both PC's and Macs?
 
 Is someone able to explain this, as I see it that you only get to use it 
 for a year then have to pay for another, is that correct? This is a 
 different approach to just buying it outright or am I missing something?
 
 The reason I ask is I only have Excel:Mac vX (Service release 1) on my 
 older MBPro and Excel 2002 on my old Compaq laptop with XP with some of my 
 important and newer excel files being .xlsx which is not read by earlier 
 versions. 
 
 Is there a work-around for this situation on both machines, or would it be 
 best if I just buy the newer version of Excel and Word? I dont need the 
 full Office software.
 
 I have finally been successful finding work after 8 months, and these 
 computers will be going to work offshore soon and I would like to get them 
 running properly before they do.
 
 Many thanks for any of your help I appreciate it greatly.
 
 Chris
 
 
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 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
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New MS Office

[Chris Burton]

Hi Muggers

I recently noted an ad in the paper showing the new MS office 2013 (I think it 
was 365) for quite a low price, but saying it was by subscription for 1 year!? 
Does it apply to both PC's and Macs?

Is someone able to explain this, as I see it that you only get to use it for a 
year then have to pay for another, is that correct? This is a different 
approach to just buying it outright or am I missing something?

The reason I ask is I only have Excel:Mac vX (Service release 1) on my older 
MBPro and Excel 2002 on my old Compaq laptop with XP with some of my important 
and newer excel files being .xlsx which is not read by earlier versions. 

Is there a work-around for this situation on both machines, or would it be best 
if I just buy the newer version of Excel and Word? I dont need the full Office 
software.

I have finally been successful finding work after 8 months, and these computers 
will be going to work offshore soon and I would like to get them running 
properly before they do.

Many thanks for any of your help I appreciate it greatly.

Chris


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Director
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PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

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Re: Dodgy MacPro HD

[Chris Burton]

Hi Daniel and Ronni

I thankyou both very much for your time and advice on this issue, I appreciate 
it immensely.

Kindest regards

chris



On 11/01/2013, at 5:40 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:

 Hi Chris
 
 Yes, will run up to 10.7.5, so will indeed take 10.5.8 or 10.6.8.
 Archive and Install will keep the partition for Bootcamp. All it will do is 
 upgrade the operating system, keeping all your Mac data there.
 You can choose to either import like Ronni said (and then once it's imported 
 into Parallels delete it). Or you can choose to run Parallels directly with 
 the same Bootcamp partition, but still keep the option to boot off it if you 
 need to.
 One thing to bear in mind with Parallels and if you're using Time Machine. 
 EXCLUDE IT from Time Machine backups. (Ok, you don't have to, but here's why 
 I recommend you do).
 Why? I hear you ask.
 OK,..here goes,….
 Lets say your VM of Windows is 12GB within Parallels. (just roughly from your 
 email). Lets say you open up Parallels and modify a file,..which is say a 20k 
 change. The whole 12GB VM now gets modified, so when Time Machine looks at 
 it,….it backups the whole VM again,..all 12GB of it. Even if you just opened 
 it and looked and something,..the file still gets modified,..so ti backs it 
 all up again,…the whole 12GB again…and again and again. And so what happens 
 is your Time Machine space gets eaten up with just this file alone!
 There are ways around it, and better means to backup your files etc. (e.g. 
 USB drive for any of your Windows files or sharing the VM with the Mac side 
 and saving the files there.) But it's just something to be wary of.
 I don't think it's been fixed as yet,..or if it will be, given the way the 
 file structure works and how Time Machine reads what's changed.
 Just something to bear in mind.
 
 
 Hope the above all helps.
 
 Kind regards
 Daniel
 
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 Phone: 0414 795 960
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 **For everything Apple**
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 4:53 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Sorry I had to dash into town to do some things.
 
 Model Identifier: Macbook Pro 2,2
 
 It has 42gb of free space on a 110 gb drive.
 
 The bootcamp partition is 22gb with 10 gb free
 
 Ronni, if I do the Archive and Install will that keep the partition?
 
 If so and like you mention, I import it into parallels then delete it from 
 the HD. I didnt realise I could reclaim the space (using Disk Utility I 
 assume?) once deleted; I thought I would have to it during the install 
 process?
 
 Many thanks 
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 What MacBook Pro Model Identifier is this please?
 Open System Profiler in Applications  Utilities - System Profiler
 Then select  'Hardware' and you will see under Hardware Overview:
 Model Identifier:  MacBookPro2,2 or whatever your MBP is.
 
 Also how much free space do you have on the Hard Drive?
 If you are going to do an Archive  Install - Preserve Users  Network 
 Settings' you will need plenty of free space on your hard drive.
 
 You only have 2GB RAM, which is enough to install Leopard, but it won't run 
 very fast.
 
 When you install Parallels 6, you will probably want to Import your Boot 
 Camp Windows installation into Parallels and then delete it from the 
 Bootcamp partition and reclaim the HD space for your Mac.
 
 I won't be available over the week-end and until after Wednesday next week 
 for WAMUG support if you need my assistance. 
 If you do require my assistance over this time, you can email me at my 
 supp...@ronnibrown.net email address but I do charge for email support at 
 $30 per 20mins work.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 3:11 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Just a quick query; I was about to instal parallels 6 onto the MBPro I 
 have just repaired and noticed that the minimum software requirements are 
 OS 10.5.8. Would it be ok to install 10.5 onto this machine given its 
 specs?
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Thanks Rhonda
 
 I have been able to repair the hard disk on my MBPro as you had advised. 
 I checked three times and all is in order. The HD was repaired.
 
 The machine actually boots faster and seems much quicker overall.
 
 I really appreciate your fantastic and informed assistance,
 
 Sincere thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 09/01/2013, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 No good backing up the drive until you repair it.
 
 Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility?
 
 You have OS X

Re: Dodgy MacPro HD

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Sorry I had to dash into town to do some things.

Model Identifier: Macbook Pro 2,2

It has 42gb of free space on a 110 gb drive.

The bootcamp partition is 22gb with 10 gb free

Ronni, if I do the Archive and Install will that keep the partition?

If so and like you mention, I import it into parallels then delete it from the 
HD. I didnt realise I could reclaim the space (using Disk Utility I assume?) 
once deleted; I thought I would have to it during the install process?

Many thanks 

Chris



On 11/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Chris,
 
 What MacBook Pro Model Identifier is this please?
 Open System Profiler in Applications  Utilities - System Profiler
 Then select  'Hardware' and you will see under Hardware Overview:
 Model Identifier:  MacBookPro2,2 or whatever your MBP is.
 
 Also how much free space do you have on the Hard Drive?
 If you are going to do an Archive  Install - Preserve Users  Network 
 Settings' you will need plenty of free space on your hard drive.
 
 You only have 2GB RAM, which is enough to install Leopard, but it won't run 
 very fast.
 
 When you install Parallels 6, you will probably want to Import your Boot 
 Camp Windows installation into Parallels and then delete it from the 
 Bootcamp partition and reclaim the HD space for your Mac.
 
 I won't be available over the week-end and until after Wednesday next week 
 for WAMUG support if you need my assistance. 
 If you do require my assistance over this time, you can email me at my 
 supp...@ronnibrown.net email address but I do charge for email support at $30 
 per 20mins work.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 11/01/2013, at 3:11 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 Just a quick query; I was about to instal parallels 6 onto the MBPro I have 
 just repaired and noticed that the minimum software requirements are OS 
 10.5.8. Would it be ok to install 10.5 onto this machine given its specs?
 
 Many thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 10/01/2013, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
 
 Thanks Rhonda
 
 I have been able to repair the hard disk on my MBPro as you had advised. I 
 checked three times and all is in order. The HD was repaired.
 
 The machine actually boots faster and seems much quicker overall.
 
 I really appreciate your fantastic and informed assistance,
 
 Sincere thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 09/01/2013, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 No good backing up the drive until you repair it.
 
 Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility?
 
 You have OS X 10.4.11 installed on your MacBook Pro, so you need to use 
 the OS X 10.4 install disc to repair the drive.
 Repair Disk  won't worry your Bootcamp partition.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 09/01/2013, at 3:09 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 You are a legend! 
 
 Thankyou once again for your advice, as my brain was not working too well 
 yesterday on account of not much sleep.
 
 Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility?
 
 As an after thought, this particular mac does have 2 partitions on the 
 disk; 1 for Mac (100gb) and the other, a Bootcamp partition with XP on it 
 (20gb) so I could do my GIS and other PC work on it. 
 
 Would this influence how Disk Utility would repair it?
 
 Im thinking I should back it up then erase the disk and install 10.5 on 
 the machine?
 
 I will also need to still run my PC software but thought I would instal 
 my Parallels 6 on the machine instead of the Bootcamp?
 What do you think?
 
 Kindest regards and many thanks 
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 08/01/2013, at 6:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 You cannot Repair a Drive you are booted from. 
 
 You need to Reboot from the OSX installer DVD (hold down C key as you 
 start up, and continue holding it until it boots from the DVD). Choose 
 your languarge, and then under the Installer or the Utilities menu, 
 launch Disk Utility.
 
 Then select  Repair Disk
 You might need to run Repair Disk more than once, until you see Disk 
 Appears Ok
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 08/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Good afternoon Muggers
 
 I have spent most of the arvo cleaning out the hard disk on one of my 
 older 15 MBPro (2.16 Core 2 Duo, 2gb Ram 10.4.11) and then ran Disk 
 Utility on it. 
 
 I have received a 'First Aid failed' box with the error 'Volume Header 
 needs minor repair' appearing. I did the check three times with the 
 same result
 
 Unfortunately for some reason the 'Repair Disk' button is ghosted out, 
 so I cant actually repair it using Disk Utility!? 
 
 Can someone please provide me with some advice on what to do

Re: Dodgy MacPro HD

[Chris Burton]

Hi Ronni

Just a quick query; I was about to instal parallels 6 onto the MBPro I have 
just repaired and noticed that the minimum software requirements are OS 10.5.8. 
Would it be ok to install 10.5 onto this machine given its specs?

Many thanks

Chris


Christopher L.K. Burton
Director
Western Whale Research
PO Box 1076
Dunsborough WA 6281
Mobile: 0419 199 120
Email: c...@it.net.au 

On 10/01/2013, at 2:37 PM, Chris Burton wrote:

 Thanks Rhonda
 
 I have been able to repair the hard disk on my MBPro as you had advised. I 
 checked three times and all is in order. The HD was repaired.
 
 The machine actually boots faster and seems much quicker overall.
 
 I really appreciate your fantastic and informed assistance,
 
 Sincere thanks
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
 
 On 09/01/2013, at 3:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 No good backing up the drive until you repair it.
 
 Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility?
 
 You have OS X 10.4.11 installed on your MacBook Pro, so you need to use the 
 OS X 10.4 install disc to repair the drive.
 Repair Disk  won't worry your Bootcamp partition.
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 09/01/2013, at 3:09 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Hi Ronni
 
 You are a legend! 
 
 Thankyou once again for your advice, as my brain was not working too well 
 yesterday on account of not much sleep.
 
 Could I use either the OS 10.4 or the 10.5 disk to use Disk Utility?
 
 As an after thought, this particular mac does have 2 partitions on the 
 disk; 1 for Mac (100gb) and the other, a Bootcamp partition with XP on it 
 (20gb) so I could do my GIS and other PC work on it. 
 
 Would this influence how Disk Utility would repair it?
 
 Im thinking I should back it up then erase the disk and install 10.5 on the 
 machine?
 
 I will also need to still run my PC software but thought I would instal my 
 Parallels 6 on the machine instead of the Bootcamp?
 What do you think?
 
 Kindest regards and many thanks 
 
 Chris
 
 
 On 08/01/2013, at 6:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
 
 Hi Chris,
 
 You cannot Repair a Drive you are booted from. 
 
 You need to Reboot from the OSX installer DVD (hold down C key as you 
 start up, and continue holding it until it boots from the DVD). Choose 
 your languarge, and then under the Installer or the Utilities menu, launch 
 Disk Utility.
 
 Then select  Repair Disk
 You might need to run Repair Disk more than once, until you see Disk 
 Appears Ok
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Sent from Ronni's iPad4
 
 On 08/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote:
 
 Good afternoon Muggers
 
 I have spent most of the arvo cleaning out the hard disk on one of my 
 older 15 MBPro (2.16 Core 2 Duo, 2gb Ram 10.4.11) and then ran Disk 
 Utility on it. 
 
 I have received a 'First Aid failed' box with the error 'Volume Header 
 needs minor repair' appearing. I did the check three times with the same 
 result
 
 Unfortunately for some reason the 'Repair Disk' button is ghosted out, so 
 I cant actually repair it using Disk Utility!? 
 
 Can someone please provide me with some advice on what to do next? 
 
 Is it worth downloading the App 'AppleJack' that others have recently 
 mentioned is very good, or use some other software to do the repair?
 
 Maybe I could also check the CMS as Ronni has previous explained a while 
 ago?
 
 I have also thought it might be worth upgrading the OS on this machine 
 but am not sure to what level this will be possible?
 
 Many thanks to any assistance
 
 Kind regards
 
 Chris
 
 
 Christopher L.K. Burton
 Director
 Western Whale Research
 PO Box 1076
 Dunsborough WA 6281
 Mobile: 0419 199 120
 Email: c...@it.net.au 
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