Re: Epson Stylus Pro 3880
Hello Rosalyn Something similar happened to me last week. My Epson 1270 kept stopping half way through a printed page. I tried all the same things you have, including permissions etc. etc., but to no avail. I went to the epson site and re-installed the recommended software. I then did a software update and installed the Apple recommended update. And it all went back to normal. It may have been that I had not printed a multiple page document since installing 10.6.4 combo update. It may be worth a try. I certainly understand your frustration. Regards Greg Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 14/07/2010, at 11:33 AM, William Crabb wrote: Thanx Ronni, Rob and Merv, Have tried all those things before I put the call outstill NOTHING!! Im sure its gonna be something blindingly simple...but at this stage it has got me stumped. Rosalyn On 14/07/2010 11:14 AM, Rob Findlay r...@teamdigital.com.au wrote: Have you tried simply turning the printer off, unplug the USB cable, turn the printer back on and plug the cable back in? Then start the print queue. On 14/07/2010, at 10:47 AM, William Crabb wrote: Hi All, Just wondering if anyone can help me. I have sent jobs to the printer as normal, and nothing is happening. The jobs are getting stored, but not printing, and it is showing status as stopped. I've been using this same printer for a couple of years and have never seen this status. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, as I have a heap of stuff to print today and this is not a good start... Regards, Rosalyn -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Help please
Hello Laura and others It may also be worth trying a start up and resetting the parameter RAM. Set the system preferences to start from the working external drive (system preferences/startup drive). Then shut the machine down and restart while holding Command + Option + P + R. Wait until the starting chimes sound 3 times. Then let the machine continue the starting process from there. When you are able, reset the start up drive to the internal drive again, then try re-starting. There are a few different ways to achieve this but the object is to reset the parameter RAM, which will not harm anything. You may have already tried this of course of course. If it works, repair permissions then update to 10.6.3 using the Combo update (ask if you need help with where to get that) then repair permissions again. Kind regards Greg On 06/06/2010, at 8:54 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Laura, all is not too bad. The mother board and memory modules are still good otherwise you wouldn't have got going. By the sound of it, it is down to the internal hard drive. Good on you for having a backup drive to boot from and hopefully with all of your essential documents still safe. With the computer now booting is the other drive visible? If yes, it probably has a corrupt file essential for running/starting up the computer, simply reinstall the operating system. (not so likely as it died during operation, as you said) If not then can you see the HD using Disk Utility? (find this in applications/utility or on the install disks) If yes, get Disk Utility to do a repair. If Disk Utility can't see the HD then the HD could have died. Apple had a huge amount of problems with these drives. Is it still under warranty? Even if it is not under warranty I would hassle Apples as there is a implied warranty that HD should not die even after 3 years. If they won't come to the party, 2.5 inch SATA drives are relatively cheap and simple to install on the MB, hopefully this will be the last resort. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au (null) 4.tiff On 06/06/2010, at 8:21 AM, Laura Webb wrote: 13 MacBook 10.6.2 1.83 GHZ Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 5DRAM Last evening the screen froze so I had to switch off, expecting that when re started all would be well. Not so, the chime was there but then a blank whitish screen appeared and after a while a black rectangular object in the middle of the screen with a question mark. I switched off again and hoped everything would be OK this morning but it is not. The only way I could start up was to use my external hard drive that I use for back ups. How glad I am to have that!! And that's how I am connected right now. Please can someone offer some advice? It's a bit like getting sick at the weekend, there are no outside resources available, and then of course we also have a holiday tomorrow. A;though relieved that the external drive has saved the day I still hope someone might be able to tell me what the problem is. I've never seen this happen before. Regards Laura -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: *** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***
Hello Peter Another option might be to ask members and non-members to donate a small amount when the list has been helpful to them. I for one would be happy to send a contribution from time to time. Where can I send it? Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 27/05/2010, at 6:55 PM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: We have reached a watershed moment in the long history of the Western Australian Macintosh Users Group of WA. For many years, WAMUG has enjoyed the use of the facilities provided by Curtin University, most particularly those we currently enjoy in the Geology Seminar Room, but also other rooms, lecture theatres, etc around the campus. For many years we have been able to do so simply by arranging with the Security Department to allow us access, adnd this has not involved a cost. As discussed at the May General Meeting, it seems that we have been living a charmed life for quite some time, and that unbeknown to us, a cost has in fact been due for the use of Curtin's facilities. Consequently, as of the next meeting (June 1) we will be required to pay a fee of $63.00 per hour for the use of the facility we currently enjoy. As our meetings generally run for 90 minutes or so, it won't take very long before our funds become severely depleted at this rate, given the current level of financial membership. It seems our options are limited to the following: 1. increase the Membership Fees to cover costs. Admittedly, the committee has not been vigorous in chasing members for fees, and we are extremely grateful to those who have been diligent and remained financial. This has allowed us to cover such costs as Web Site costs, domain registration, the Annual Barbecue, etc. The members' fees have been our only source of funding. Given that the current membership fee level has been sufficient to allow us to operate comfortably, and that our operating costs have been low for many years, we are reluctant to increase the fees to a level that would cover the future use of Curtin's facilities. 2. Introduce a system of paid membership for belonging to the WAMUG Mailing List WAMUG has never charged anyone for membership of the WAMUG Mailing List, and this is something we guard jealously. We are aware that the WAMUG list has a nation-wide, and even international, reputation for being a friendly, knowledgeable source of reference for all things related to the Macintosh, and more recently of course, Apple's many related products. The logistics of of trying to administer a fee of any sort for belonging to the Mailing List are simply too difficult for us to contemplate, and is a pathway of unnecessary complexity. 3. Introduce a door charge for attendance at the monthly General Meetings This would seem to be the most practical and most easily managed option available to us at the moment, and is the course of action we intend to adopt in the first instance. As from the next meeting on Tuesday, 1 June 2010, we will ask each member attending the meeting for an entrance fee of $5.00 each, and will allow us to continue to use the excellent facilities at Curtin, which I'm sure everyone who regularly attends the meetings will agree, are first class. 4. Find another venue. This is a much less desirable option, but is something will have to explore with some urgency if option 3 does not work, or results in markedly reduced attendance. Curtin University is relatively central, easily accessible with few parking problems, and we are familiar with the facilities it offers. We would have the same problems with admission fees as well, which may well be even higher if we want somewhere with facilities which match those of Curtin. 5. Reduce WAMUG to a Mailing List activity only, doing away with the Monthly Meetings. I sincerely doubt if anyone who is currently a member of WAMUG, either financial or not, would want to see this happen. The monthly meeting is an important WAMUG event both socially and functionally, and greatly looked forward to by those who attend regularly, if the personal feed back I get is anything to go by. This option is offered mainly in the interests of completion, rather than as a point of serious contemplation at this stage. The members of the committee feel that a $5.00 entrance fee would be bearable by everyone who attends, and is not out of proportion to that charged by many similar organisations who have to pay for the use of hired facilities, and is based on the attendance at the meeting of at least 12 people. Of course, if attendance were to increase to the level of, say, thirty people regularly
Re: FOR SALE - 15 Macbook Pro 2.66GHz (Unibody) Core 2 Duo - $1,450
Hello Ben I am interested. Please give me a call. It was me that purchased your machine last year for my sister-in-law. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 26/05/2010, at 10:16 PM, Ben Fong wrote: Hi all, FOR SALE is my 12-month old 15 Macbook Pro 2.66GHz (purchased new May 2009). $1,450 is all I'm asking for it. It's in near new condition and will be sold with its original packaging, cables, manuals and disks. It's critical specs are: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT Graphics Card with 256MB AND a 9400M GPU with 256MB. 320GB Hard drive Superdrive If you are interested, please drop me an email. Thanks Ben -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Camera site?
Hello Paul, Susan and Mark I don't disagree with any of these comments and I should have added the same caveat. Still worth looking at though in my opinion. He covers a lot of much older equipment and lenses. I also support dpreview and go there regularly. Kind regards Greg Manzie On 06/05/2010, at 5:03 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Now there was me being polite about Ken Rockwell because Greg had recommended him - actually, I totally agree with you Mark. On 06/05/2010, at 4:50 PM, Mark Secker wrote: Rolls eyes.. Remember Ken's site must be read with a sense of humour or while sedated to suppress righteous indignation On 6/05/10 4:23 PM, Greg Manzie gman...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hello Paul This site is very comprehensive and is my first port of call. It is also addictive. http://www.kenrockwell.com/ Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 06/05/2010, at 3:40 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: Can someone suggest a digital camera review/test site which enables unbiased brand comparisons. I'm going nuts trying to find a good one Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Computer officer, Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Emptying Trash
Hello Jon For question 2. Have you tried downloading the 10.5.8 Combo Update and installing that manually. You can download it from here http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx1058comboupdate.html. You can still do an archive and install to save your important settings etc. Just follow the prompts after running the disk image file. Question 1. I should leave to someone with more experience, but have you considered reformatting the external drive after saving anything you want to keep, to another drive? Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 18/03/2010, at 2:25 PM, Jon Davison wrote: Two items here that I could do with some help with: 1. How do you force the Trash to empty? I want to delete about 6 months of Time Machine backups, and of course there will be hundreds of files. It takes the Trash hours to even calculate the amount. So I am wondering if there is a way of forcing it to do this either on shutdown or startup? 2. I can't seem to do an update to the software, say to 10.5.8. Software Update just sticks and does nothing. Any advice would be welcome MacPro 2 x 2.66 GHz/2Gb/10.5.1 Thanks Jon Eye in the Sky Productions Image makers to the Aviation Industry Unit 5 / 78 Marine Tce, Fremantle Western Australia 6160 • Air-to-air photography • Print web design/production • VR panoramas • Book production • Copywriting • Corporate ID T: 08 94335541 M: 0403 235938 E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au W: http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Moneydance
Hello Rosemary We've had a lot of success with MoneyWorks. It's not free but is very user friendly, cross platform and understands GST etc. You can import and export data to most other Book keeping apps. Your accountant gets a free copy too. Look here http://www.cognito.co.nz/index.php Made in New Zealand. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 29/01/2010, at 4:58 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Hi there, I have a problem. I've been using Moneydance for quite a few years an have just discovered that when I so carefully archived off the last tax years that in fact only a few of the records were archived to the archive copy..so I have no accurate records of transactions etc. I have no idea where everything went if it wasn't archived... If I'd known that it lost everything I would not have archived it. That is water under the bridge so to speak, but has anyone done this and have it work? There are no instructions..the help file merely points to the menu item What;'s lost is gone, but how do I do it so it works? How do I make a a copy that can be read by other systems with categories etc? qif backups I discovered only coped the current account..so year of work are gone. Does anyone know financial software that doesn't require an accounting degree, but will import transactions from the bank and allow categorisation? What about a program like the old Windows 3 Quicken? I'm a bit upset about this. -- Rosemary Horton rosemary.hor...@gmail.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Unexpected forced restart
Hello David My MB Pro did the same last night. I also think it is temperature related. Kind regards Greg Manzie Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.48f2 Serial Number (system): W892622M642 Hardware UUID: 4490873B-939A-5DD8-A191-B6C89F754F67 Sudden Motion Sensor: Enabled OS: 10.6.1 On 18/01/2010, at 12:25 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi Gang -- -- A surprise this morning. I was working on my iMac when a grey tint came over my screen, and a message came up that I had to restart the machine by pressing the power button till it closed, then pressing again till it restarted. This worked OK, but I am puzzled by what caused it. The temperature is 42 deg here, could this have any bearing? David Noel / Jan (Intel iMac, 10.6.2) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: 10.6.2
Hello Hugh I also upgraded with 10.6.2 combo yesterday and my firewire external drives are behaving normally. Have you tried upgrading a second time from the same combo or another download of the same combo? You may have an interrupted or corrupted file. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.48f2 Serial Number (system): W892622M642 Hardware UUID: 4490873B-939A-5DD8-A191-B6C89F754F67 Sudden Motion Sensor: Enabled OS: 10.6.2 On 11/11/2009, at 8:31 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I updated both my computers yesterday to 10.6.2 using the combo updater, now none of my firewire disks are recognised, help!!, how do I go back to 10.6.1?, can I just download the 10.6.1 combo updater and reinstall? Hugh Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Epson Copy Utility
Hello again Severin This is from Viewscan's Help facility. Turn VueScan into a 'photocopier' VueScan can be used to send images and documents directly to your printer, effectively turning it into a photocopier. Here's how to do it: Change input mode Select the Input tab on the Option panel Set Input | Task to Copy to printer snip Etc. Etc. http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc5.htm#topic2 Is Epson's app better? I'll have to have a look. Regards Greg On 02/10/2009, at 2:26 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks for that Greg. I have used Vuescan in the past and am currently using SilverFast AI Studio for all my regular scanning. In fact the Epson software works well too. However, Copy Utility is especially useful as it makes the scanner behave like a photocopier, which is very convenient for documents, multiple copies and the like. I would be surprised if Epson do not have a specific Leopard or Snow Leopard version but am unable to access it. Regards Severin On 02/10/2009, at 12:35 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello Severin Third party software offers many advantages in this area. Two products come to mind. I use Vuescan and am very happy with it. Silverfast is also used by many professionals. A little more complicated than Epson software at first, but you get used to it. There are free demos of both available. Vuescan http://www.hamrick.com/ Silverfast http://www.silverfast.com/product/Epson/en.html http://www.silverfast.com/scanner-software/ Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 02/10/2009, at 10:57 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: My Epson perfection 3200 Photo scanner was bundled with Epson Copy Utility which has been patched to 2.16A but is still 5 years out of date. It works fine with Leopard and is most useful but it would nice to modernise it. Though there is a lot of information out there 2.16A seems to be the latest and Epson are very silent on this. Has anyone anything to offer? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Epson Copy Utility
Hello Severin Third party software offers many advantages in this area. Two products come to mind. I use Vuescan and am very happy with it. Silverfast is also used by many professionals. A little more complicated than Epson software at first, but you get used to it. There are free demos of both available. Vuescan http://www.hamrick.com/ Silverfast http://www.silverfast.com/product/Epson/en.html http:// www.silverfast.com/scanner-software/ Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 02/10/2009, at 10:57 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: My Epson perfection 3200 Photo scanner was bundled with Epson Copy Utility which has been patched to 2.16A but is still 5 years out of date. It works fine with Leopard and is most useful but it would nice to modernise it. Though there is a lot of information out there 2.16A seems to be the latest and Epson are very silent on this. Has anyone anything to offer? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Mail App. Nuisance.
Hello David These suggestions did not make any difference to my problem, but I do appreciate your help anyway. I am trying out Letterbox and may keep it. So may I say thank you for your input. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 21/09/2009, at 5:20 PM, David Moyle wrote: Evening all, I didn't see this discussion previously but thought I would make you all aware of two pieces of software that can make the Mail experience a little nicer. WideMail Letterbox Both of these bits of software allow the layout of Mail to be modified which is of great benefit when using a widescreen computer. Neither pieces of software have been fully updated for Snow Leopard as I write this but I can tell you I am waiting for this to occur! :) Thanks, On 21/09/2009, at 3:40 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello List Just to let anyone know who may have been following this thread, The column behavior in Mail is normal (but still a bit of a nuisance). Anyway we got to the bottom of it. Thanks again to Ronni. Kind regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au You're welcome Greg, We should let the list know. Perhaps you could post my last reply to you. It explains what your problem was and an explanation. If you prefer I do it, that is fine. Whatever you prefer to do is ok with me. Kind regards, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 3:00 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Thank you very much Ronni I've lived with this for years and can continue to do so. It's only a mild nuisance really. At least now I know it's not just me. Do we need to let the list know. Or should we just let the thread die. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 21/09/2009, at 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Greg, I'm back from fixing the Wireless Network. The clients are happy to have their Wireless Network up running, working as it should again. Of course as always they wanted a While you're here Ronni would you mind checking this for us ;-) Ok, on to your Mail App. Nuisance. First thanks for sending your screenshots, I can now see what you mean. Unfortunately you are probably not going to like what I am going to tell you. The width of columns in the Address Book pane in Mail can only be changed on a per-session basis; after you quit Mail, they will revert to their original values. There is no way to set the default width of columns for Address Book. The same applies to the Signature Prefs columns. You can't set the default column widths in the Address Book pane used by Mail or the Signature Prefs; any changes you make are for that session only. You could possibly experiment with a different font size. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. This little tip might help you: An easy way to add recipients to the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is to click in the desired field (in a new email) and click Address Book in the toolbar. That opens the Address (Book) panel, from which you can 'double click' a person to have his or her e-mail address inserted. I'm using Mail v4.1 in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 I notice my AddressBook opens with a wider 'Group' column than your AddressBook 'Group' column. I've attached screenshots of my AddressBook from Mail Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail for you to see the slight difference (which is probably due to updated version of Mail). If I find a plugin or something that might be able to change the default I will let you know. Kind Regards, Ronni Ron's AddressBook from Mail at opening of Mail app.png Ron's Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail.png On 21/09/2009, at 10:03 AM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello Ronni Sorry for the tardy reply. I have been at a training course all weekend. Also, thank you for your interest. Your input is so valuable to everyone. Here are the screen shots from my G4 using the Grab app. My MacBook Pro has a similar look but not identical. Maybe this is normal. After all the phenomenon has survived years of upgrades and OS changes, plus many attempts at preference resetting etc. Maybe everyone's Mac does this. I am not aware of any other Apple application that does it though. Or if it does, it is not one that I use often enough to notice. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest
Re: Mail App. Nuisance.
Hello List Just to let anyone know who may have been following this thread, The column behavior in Mail is normal (but still a bit of a nuisance). Anyway we got to the bottom of it. Thanks again to Ronni. Kind regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au You're welcome Greg, We should let the list know. Perhaps you could post my last reply to you. It explains what your problem was and an explanation. If you prefer I do it, that is fine. Whatever you prefer to do is ok with me. Kind regards, Ronni On 21/09/2009, at 3:00 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Thank you very much Ronni I've lived with this for years and can continue to do so. It's only a mild nuisance really. At least now I know it's not just me. Do we need to let the list know. Or should we just let the thread die. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 21/09/2009, at 1:48 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Greg, I'm back from fixing the Wireless Network. The clients are happy to have their Wireless Network up running, working as it should again. Of course as always they wanted a While you're here Ronni would you mind checking this for us ;-) Ok, on to your Mail App. Nuisance. First thanks for sending your screenshots, I can now see what you mean. Unfortunately you are probably not going to like what I am going to tell you. The width of columns in the Address Book pane in Mail can only be changed on a per-session basis; after you quit Mail, they will revert to their original values. There is no way to set the default width of columns for Address Book. The same applies to the Signature Prefs columns. You can't set the default column widths in the Address Book pane used by Mail or the Signature Prefs; any changes you make are for that session only. You could possibly experiment with a different font size. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. This little tip might help you: An easy way to add recipients to the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is to click in the desired field (in a new email) and click Address Book in the toolbar. That opens the Address (Book) panel, from which you can 'double click' a person to have his or her e-mail address inserted. I'm using Mail v4.1 in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1 I notice my AddressBook opens with a wider 'Group' column than your AddressBook 'Group' column. I've attached screenshots of my AddressBook from Mail Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail for you to see the slight difference (which is probably due to updated version of Mail). If I find a plugin or something that might be able to change the default I will let you know. Kind Regards, Ronni Ron's AddressBook from Mail at opening of Mail app.png Ron's Signature Prefs for Mail at opening of Mail.png On 21/09/2009, at 10:03 AM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello Ronni Sorry for the tardy reply. I have been at a training course all weekend. Also, thank you for your interest. Your input is so valuable to everyone. Here are the screen shots from my G4 using the Grab app. My MacBook Pro has a similar look but not identical. Maybe this is normal. After all the phenomenon has survived years of upgrades and OS changes, plus many attempts at preference resetting etc. Maybe everyone's Mac does this. I am not aware of any other Apple application that does it though. Or if it does, it is not one that I use often enough to notice. The Address pane is the one that is the biggest nuisance, as I use it several times a day. Thanks again. I look forward to your response. Screen Grabs Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name
Mail App. Nuisance.
Hello WAMUGers There is something that has been an annoyance to me for quite some time. When I am using Apple Mail (Version 2.1.3 (753.1) on my old G4 (which I use for emails, see specs below), I have trouble getting the window settings in the Mailpreferences and Mailaddress book areas of Mail to hold. I go to Address Book from the Mail tool Bar and the columns are all squashed up to the left of the window. I reset them but the next time I go there, with or without a re-start/log-out/re-boot, they're all squashed up again. This means that I can't see the full email address or signatures panes. So I have to re-size each and every time. Not the end of the world but a damn nuisance. This has been going on for a few years now, through Panther, Tiger and Leopard on a G5. I've trashed preferences and plists, upgraded the Operating system many times, searched google, etc., etc. But this has me stumped. Am I missing something or is this the way things are supposed to be? I've never actually checked on someone else's system. Could some kind person please check their machine to see if this is normal. Sorry to bother you all with this. Now I am the nuisance. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.48f2 Serial Number (system): W892622M642 Hardware UUID: 4490873B-939A-5DD8-A191-B6C89F754F67 Sudden Motion Sensor: Enabled OS: 10.6.1 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: speaker on i-mac 17 2GH intel
Hello Martin Do you get sound if you insert earphones? If yes, then the operating system is probably OK. Your start-up chime should also work if there is no hardware problem. And that is independent of the operating system. Try using some headphones or an external amplifier and re-boot. Sometimes the earphone jack (female) can be faulty or starting to corrode and the switch turning on and off the internal speakers just needs a clean. If this is the case inserting the earphone plug and withdrawing it a few times can get it working. Good luck. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 18/09/2009, at 7:22 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: Yes it is set to internal speakers Martin From: craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au Subject: Re: speaker on i-mac 17 2GH intel Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:08:24 +0800 To: wamug@wamug.org.au Well double check to make sure the volume is at full and not muted then go into applications/utilites/ audio midi setup and check that built in output is set to internal speakers -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 18/09/2009, at 4:45 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: HEEELL My speaker suddenly stoped working...listened to some music ...workeed on the macand it was gone...could I have hit a wrong button?I was moving between i-tunes and safari back and forth. Even downloads like about bento have no soundor is it too simple and the speaker is simply gone. Martin Check out The Great Australian Pay Check Take a peek at other people's pay and perks -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Find out how here Get Hotmail on your iPhone -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Mail App. Nuisance.
Thank you Brett, Eugene and Ronni I have tried moving the preferences to the desktop and the trash many times before, on the G4 and G5 (I no longer have the G5) but I'm not 100% certain that I quit mail first. So I'll try again on the G4 tomorrow. I moved the prefs from the system library as well but to no avail. I am writing this from my new MacBook Pro (see below for specs) and it has the same problem. Although the default type setting that it reverts too is slightly different. That could be because I have saved my preferences from previous computers to new machines in the past. I'll try the suggested prefs move on the MacBook next. Then I'll get back to you. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 18/09/2009, at 6:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Greg, Could I just add to Eugene's suggestion please. Make sure you: 1. Quit Mail first 2. Drag the com.apple.mail.plist from your /Users/yourusername/ Library/Preferences/ to your desktop 3. Set things in Mail the way you like, then quit Mail. Does it properly save it this time? If so, your Mail prefs is corrupted. If not, you can drag the prefs file from the Desktop back to the appropriate folder, replacing the new one that was created. Cheers, Ronni who is logging off to watch The Footy On 18/09/2009, at 6:31 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Greg, I'm not certain but I'm guessing the preference you will have to delete is com.apple.mail.plist from your preference folder as the addressbook within mail would utilise this plist. (I checked it by redefining the column widths and it was the preference that immediately updated itself when I closed the window) My only concern would be that in deleting this preference you would lose some of your valuable mail settings. I guess you should back it up before deleting. Regards, Eugene On 18/09/2009, at 5:05 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello WAMUGers There is something that has been an annoyance to me for quite some time. When I am using Apple Mail (Version 2.1.3 (753.1) on my old G4 (which I use for emails, see specs below), I have trouble getting the window settings in the Mailpreferences and Mailaddress book areas of Mail to hold. I go to Address Book from the Mail tool Bar and the columns are all squashed up to the left of the window. I reset them but the next time I go there, with or without a re-start/log-out/re-boot, they're all squashed up again. This means that I can't see the full email address or signatures panes. So I have to re-size each and every time. Not the end of the world but a damn nuisance. This has been going on for a few years now, through Panther, Tiger and Leopard on a G5. I've trashed preferences and plists, upgraded the Operating system many times, searched google, etc., etc. But this has me stumped. Am I missing something or is this the way things are supposed to be? I've never actually checked on someone else's system. Could some kind person please check their machine to see if this is normal. Sorry to bother you all with this. Now I am the nuisance. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.48f2 Serial Number (system): W892622M642 Hardware UUID: 4490873B-939A-5DD8-A191-B6C89F754F67 Sudden Motion Sensor: Enabled OS: 10.6.1 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing
Re: Mail App. Nuisance.
Thank you Brett, Eugene and Ron No it's still the same problem. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 18/09/2009, at 11:09 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Thank you Brett, Eugene and Ronni I have tried moving the preferences to the desktop and the trash many times before, on the G4 and G5 (I no longer have the G5) but I'm not 100% certain that I quit mail first. So I'll try again on the G4 tomorrow. I moved the prefs from the system library as well but to no avail. I am writing this from my new MacBook Pro (see below for specs) and it has the same problem. Although the default type setting that it reverts too is slightly different. That could be because I have saved my preferences from previous computers to new machines in the past. I'll try the suggested prefs move on the MacBook next. Then I'll get back to you. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 18/09/2009, at 6:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Greg, Could I just add to Eugene's suggestion please. Make sure you: 1. Quit Mail first 2. Drag the com.apple.mail.plist from your /Users/yourusername/ Library/Preferences/ to your desktop 3. Set things in Mail the way you like, then quit Mail. Does it properly save it this time? If so, your Mail prefs is corrupted. If not, you can drag the prefs file from the Desktop back to the appropriate folder, replacing the new one that was created. Cheers, Ronni who is logging off to watch The Footy On 18/09/2009, at 6:31 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Greg, I'm not certain but I'm guessing the preference you will have to delete is com.apple.mail.plist from your preference folder as the addressbook within mail would utilise this plist. (I checked it by redefining the column widths and it was the preference that immediately updated itself when I closed the window) My only concern would be that in deleting this preference you would lose some of your valuable mail settings. I guess you should back it up before deleting. Regards, Eugene On 18/09/2009, at 5:05 PM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello WAMUGers There is something that has been an annoyance to me for quite some time. When I am using Apple Mail (Version 2.1.3 (753.1) on my old G4 (which I use for emails, see specs below), I have trouble getting the window settings in the Mailpreferences and Mailaddress book areas of Mail to hold. I go to Address Book from the Mail tool Bar and the columns are all squashed up to the left of the window. I reset them but the next time I go there, with or without a re-start/log-out/re-boot, they're all squashed up again. This means that I can't see the full email address or signatures panes. So I have to re-size each and every time. Not the end of the world but a damn nuisance. This has been going on for a few years now, through Panther, Tiger and Leopard on a G5. I've trashed preferences and plists, upgraded the Operating system many times, searched google, etc., etc. But this has me stumped. Am I missing something or is this the way things are supposed to be? I've never actually checked on someone else's system. Could some kind person please check their machine to see if this is normal. Sorry to bother you all with this. Now I am the nuisance. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers, for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors. 5 Glyde Street, Mosman Park. Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au My Macs: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 (PCI graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac1,2 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.6) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 400 MHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 100 MHz Boot ROM Version: 1.1.2f2 Upgraded: 2 x 120GB Hard drives, Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-107D OS: 10.4.11 Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache
Re: Mail playing up
Hello Bill and Ronni Another thing that can happen to cause this is if you remove your mail account and then re-install it with the same details, the signature shows up but isn't attached correctly. It shows in your mail signatures pane but not when you go to create an email. This happened to me in Tiger 10.4.11 only this morning after a sync with Mobile.Me from Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and a subsequent clean up. I got it sorted out eventually, only to find out later that you had a similar issue. As usual, Ronni's sound advice will fix it. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 15/09/2009, at 1:37 PM, Bill Parker wrote: That's got it. Thanks. Bill On 15/09/2009, at 1:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/09/2009, at 12:07 PM, Bill Parker wrote: Hello folks, I have been experiencing signature problems with MAIL. I have four sig files, and they are stored in All signatures and Main. Trouble is that I switch my computer and I find NO signatures left in Main when I re - start. I have to go back and drag and drop all four every time. Any help appreciated. Dr Bill Parker re...@westnet.com.au MacBook Pro / 10.5.7 Hello Bill, Were your signatures ever working in Mail? If I have understood your problem correctly, and they have never worked in Mail, you have not set up the signatures correctly. When you created the signatures, did you add them to your particular accounts? They won't show up in the pull down menus without that. After you create a signature drag it to a particular account right there in the signatures pane. Then it should become available in the pull down menu for that account. 1. First create a signature in Mail. 2. Then in Mail preferences Signatures go to All Signatures section, your signature will be there. 3. Drag and drop it on every account you want to use it with. You can also make a signature default so that you don't have to use the pull down menu every time. Let us know if you need further help with this problem. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone/Tripod
Hello Stuart I don't know if this helps, but I saw some similar items at the Fremantle markets yesterday. They were in the phone stall. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 23/08/2009, at 11:16 AM, Pedro wrote: On 22/08/2009, at 8:07 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Has anyone seen a tripod that is compatible with the iPhone? This would help with those who have a tremor from say Parkinson's Disease. Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599 Mbl: 0417 053 266 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Hi Stuart, Depends on how much you want to spend or how handy you are with the tools. Check out the following links:- http://store.zacuto.com/zgrip-iphone-jr..html http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=iphone +tripodsearch_type=aq=f regards Pedro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: In need of some help - MacBook
Hello Yvonne Not sure if this will work but try Zapping the PRAM. (slang for resetting the Parameter RAM) To do this re-start and hold the Command (Apple) key + Option key + p + r. That is apple + option + p + r. Wait for the start up chimes to sound more than twice. three times is good. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 Also look here. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 01/08/2009, at 4:48 PM, Yvonne Harrison wrote: Hi all - I am not sure where to go on this one. My MacBook 1.83G Hz Intel Core Duo running Mac OS 10.4.11 (2007 or so NoteBooks for Teachers W.A. model) starts up with only part of the log in screen showing. Funnily enough - if I put in my username and password then wait till it loads and put it to sleep - when I wake it again it will come around to showing the normal screen resolution. I am not sure if this was an issue with this model but if anyone can point me in the right direction for further information so I can develop a plan of action I would really appreciate it! Kind regards Yvonne Harrison Singleton Primary School -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Bluetooth mouse
Hello Peter and WAMUGGERS I love my Logitech LX7 5 button cordless mouse. It is designed for both left handed and right handed people, which is very important at our house. The mouse scrolls left and right, up and down etc. I have the buttons programmed for Expose and was very put out recently when I had to go back to a 3 button model for a while as my LX7 was stolen. The LX7 has be superseded and I was not as impressed with the replacement, so I managed to buy two from an American ebay site. Crispin Zinsmeister is the owner of Reforger.com and was very friendly and helpful. They recycle new and rebuilt equipment and I was able to buy them for AUD $86.00, delivered to Mosman Park, for the two. ie $43.00 each. I am very happy with this. Here is a link to the ebay site http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=370222444296ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123. PS. I have taught myself to use the mouse with my left hand (I am right handed) as my wife is a leftie (work of the devil). It took about a week but I now prefer it, as I can mouse with the left and type with the right. Sometimes when I use two computers at once, I mouse with a one in each hand. This is very useful when performing maintenance tasks. Anyone trying to learn to use the opposite hand will be very frustrated at first but believe me, it's well worth the effort. Kind regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 30/07/2009, at 8:50 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: I've used a Microsoft Bluetooth 5000 model - worked great and lasted ages - mind, I found the mouse a little small for my hand and I did experience a bit of physical pain so I had to stop that one. Gav On 30/07/09 8:39 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 30/07/2009, at 7:58 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: Anyone using a bluetooth mouse? Roadtest reports? I have a Logitech mouse which I bought in March 2007. It has never failed me, and I think I've changed the batteries twice in that time. Certainly no more than that. It always pairs within seconds and runs all day. Excellent device. -- Gavin Criddle IT Support Officer Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Medical Research Foundation, Royal Perth Hospital, M570 University of Western Australia P: (08) 9224 0311 F: (08) 9224 0246 E: gavin.crid...@uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: WARNING ... Safari beta users
Hello Everyone I just successfully installed Safari 4 on a G4 400 running 10.4.11. I used software update and had no problems. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 09/06/2009, at 1:42 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello list Just a warning for those on the list who have NOTupgraded to OS 10 .5.7 IF you are usingSafari 4 Beta ( as I am ) on OS 10.5.6 or less theNEWSAFARI 4 installer willNOT let you instal unless you have 10.5.7 SO if you wish to continue to use Safari 4 Beta do NOT delete it in anticipation of installing the New Safari 4 . Have fun then Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: emails
Hello Ken Talk to Daniel Kerr at Macwizardry. He sells the Sarotech brand of external cases. I've had 5 of them and only one ever failed. My 1TB is going strong. They come in various configurations for USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800 and SATA or all of the above. You can remove the hard drive and fit another one too. Daniel's details are ; 0414 795 960 dan...@macwizardry.com.au Daniel is a great asset to the Perth Mac community and I have no hesitation in recommending him. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 27/05/2009, at 5:08 PM, Peter Fowler wrote: Hi Ken Can't help you with the firewire but awhile back I picked up a Doro VOIP + landline cordless phone for my other half to chat with her friends interstate via skype. It is still available from Dealsdirect and is very easy to set up and use. As well as being able to use it for voip it doubles as a landline phone www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/doro-voip-landline-cordless-telephone cheers Peter F On 27/05/2009, at 3:01 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: Speaking of that..Hi everyone, can someone tell me where I might find a 1TB Firewire drive for a G5 running 104.11 please. They all seem very expensive? Also has anyone experience with a Wireless USB headset for Skype use? regards all, Ken On 27/05/2009, at 11:58 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a short while ago!! re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at under $200 for 500gb!! thanks again regards chris Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining a transfer rate. -- I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files. Firewire is faster and more stable. Which makes it even more annoying that Apple is now pushing you more more to USB: - Want to plug a drive to an airport extreme for network access - it has to be USB. - Macbooks no longer have firewire ports Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: What accounting software ?
Yes, Moneyworks is very reliable and if you buy it they give a free copy to your accountant. My accountant is very impressed and has started to recommend it to others. Also it is very reliable and cross platform. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au On 01/05/2009, at 8:05 AM, John Thompson wrote: You may want to have a look at Moneyworks Express. It is a New Zealand product but handles Aussie GST and Payroll, invoicing, etc. Very simple to use in comparison with MYOB. www.cognito.co.nz. I have been using it for years to handle sporting club and association finances. On 30/04/2009, at 3:53 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: No doubt some of you have been down the path of exploring which accounting software to use on the Mac. I've looked at the Mac products on offer from MYOB http:// tinyurl.com/dx8dfm, however all seem to limit staff to a maximum of 20, which doesn't accommodate our planned growth. Can I bother people for recommendations and reasons? Things that are important to me are ... • Something that handles invoicing well, as well as debtors and creditor ageing. • Don't really envisage a need for inventory management capability (other than the basic company owned assets). • Handles foreign currency well, and any cross-border aspects of accounting. • Basic payroll functionality. • If such a beast existed, something that accommodates commission payments to 3rd partys, but we may need to buy or build separate software for that. • Solid support generally / ongoing RD. • Allows multi-user access - I don't think it necessarily needs to be server based, so I guess just allowing access over internet sharing would be good enough. Cheers, Steve -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Stolen G5 Tower and Apple Monitor
Hello Wamuggers Unfortunately my G5 Tower was stolen in a smash and grab raid on Monday. The items stolen are listed as follows. The serial numbers are on my back up hard drives and they are safe but not accessible until next week. Could you please let me know if anything comes your way. Powermac G5 DP 1.8GHZ 1 Gig of RAM Superdrive 160GB hard driveKeyboard + Mouse Apple 20 Cinema Display (ADC) OS 10 Leopard instslled Please note in particular the ADC monitor connection. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email gman...@bigpond.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: On the scrounge... ! ?
Hello Bob I have the original disks for an Epson Perfection 2450 Photo scanner if that helps. On 28/07/2007, at 4:36 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hi Everybody , Is there anybody with the Instal Disk for and Epson Perfection 2400 Photo scannerthat I can borrow for a short time . I am on a special project comparing OS9 boot , Classic and OSX tiger operation of that Scanner . I think I have all the bits of the necessary software but either there is a missing bit or it needs the Installer to put it together in the right sequence . TIA Bob Yes I know we can use it in Vuescan , but trying to make Epson Smart Panel work . -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac book Pro
Hello Ray We have a MacBook pro with BigPond USB, ADSL Wireless modem. Setting it up was a drama as Telstra did not have the proper drivers. But once we got it working it was just great. A bit expensive but quite versatile. See the WAMUG archives for details about setting up. Or contact me again if needs be. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 18/07/2007, at 4:44 PM, X.ray.Wa wrote: G'day all Thinking about getting a MacBook pro in a few weeks with Windows XP or Vista installed using Bootcamp how compatible is it with anything is there any known problems or is there some hardware/programs that wont work properly. or is everyrhing 100% compatible in windows ( as we know windows:-) ) Will be using OSX 96.45% of the time and possible will be using some USB devices like Telstra Blue wifi modem Thanks in advance Ray -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next G and broadband
Hello Darrel We purchased a BigPond blue wireless broadband card (it's more like a plug in dongle) from a Telstra agent a few weeks ago. We initially had major problems and actually returned the unit (see below). But after good advice from Daniel Kerr and others on WAMUG we were able to get things working. Telstra were very helpful but were having endless problems with Vista and could not contribute much with Mac connection problems. I phoned Maxon the manufacturers and was told that they could provide the software but were not able to sell the units directly until their agreement with Telstra runs out. We ended up purchasing a second unit at a $50 discount from Australia Post. ($249 not $299) Our computers recognized the card immediately. The software on the provided CD was of no use but you can download (BigPond Wireless Broadband 2.5.3.dmg) on the Bigpond site www.bigpond.com/help/ downloads but definitely do not use (2.5.4) it is for something else altogether. With 2.5.3 you can see the card, register the account but not get connected after you have registered. The software carries a warning that it is beta only and may contain bugs. That is a gross understatement. While talking to the BigPond tech, we were able to report 3 major faults. However after registration, I then installed the software from Maxon (MaxonHSDPA_v1.0b2.10.4.dmg) and the unit has worked flawlessly since. Speeds are fairly good if you have 3 or more bars of signal and you need to choose a location with 4 bars of signal to get through the registration process. I was also told that you can register on a PC using Windows XP and then use the Maxon software on the Mac. The whole thing was a bit of a nightmare but certainly worth the effort in the end. Feel free to contact me directly if you need any more help or some sympathy. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Greg If you use the Maxon drivers for the NextG wireless card it works fine. I know, as one of my clients has one, and he's lent it to me when I was in Sydney recently. I just download the Mac drivers from the Maxon website http://www.maxon.com.au When I was in Sydney , I plugged in the card, waited a minute or two and it made a connection (the green light flashes) and I'm on the internet. No problem at all. Although, it was set up when I had it. We also borrow one from one of the Telstra reps to use for Internet at the WAMUG meetings at Curtin. Again, it just works. I may be able to get you the rep's name or can help you a bit more with this if you like. I'd need to find out that info, but drop me an email if you're interested, otherwise others may also be able to provide it to you as well. But I know they definitely work. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/05/2007 3:33 PM, Greg Manzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello WAMUGers My Wife works in the mining industry and needs wireless broadband. She has a 17 MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo/2GB/256MB VRAM 2GB SDRAM. With OS 10.4.9. We recently tried out a Bigpond Next G, wireless broadband USB mobile card, recommended by a Fonezone shop (Plan name: BigPond Wireless Super G Fast 20Hrs - Mobile). The management software that came in the box didn't even show the USB mobile card as an option on it's list of devices. After loading the latest recommended Beta connection manager, from BigPond, we were able to go on line up until we completed registration. After that we were unable to go on line to anywhere other than the start of the BigPond registration page. A Bigpond representative who was very helpful and knowledgeable about Apple, spent an hour and a half on the phone with me to try to get it going. We found and reported a few bugs in their beta software (which they advertise will probably be the case). But in the end we established that the Mac beta software would only let us go to the Bigpond registration site and no further until the software is developed further. This may take some time. So we sent the device back for a credit. The devices have dropped in price by $50 in the last few days, which may be telling us something. For what it's worth, apparently Vista users have similar problems and can only make the wireless broadband work after a 20 minute phone call to BigPond. Thats why it takes so looong to get through to BigPond tech help at the moment. The MacBook pro has no built in modem so we are now in a situation where my wife has no internet connection at all. All the PC people think this is a great joke. She has just spent over four grand on the latest and greatest and can't even send an email. We could buy an external modem
Wireless Broadband
Hello WAMUGers My Wife works in the mining industry and needs wireless broadband. She has a 17 MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo/2GB/256MB VRAM 2GB SDRAM. With OS 10.4.9. We recently tried out a Bigpond Next G, wireless broadband USB mobile card, recommended by a Fonezone shop (Plan name: BigPond Wireless Super G Fast 20Hrs - Mobile). The management software that came in the box didn't even show the USB mobile card as an option on it's list of devices. After loading the latest recommended Beta connection manager, from BigPond, we were able to go on line up until we completed registration. After that we were unable to go on line to anywhere other than the start of the BigPond registration page. A Bigpond representative who was very helpful and knowledgeable about Apple, spent an hour and a half on the phone with me to try to get it going. We found and reported a few bugs in their beta software (which they advertise will probably be the case). But in the end we established that the Mac beta software would only let us go to the Bigpond registration site and no further until the software is developed further. This may take some time. So we sent the device back for a credit. The devices have dropped in price by $50 in the last few days, which may be telling us something. For what it's worth, apparently Vista users have similar problems and can only make the wireless broadband work after a 20 minute phone call to BigPond. Thats why it takes so looong to get through to BigPond tech help at the moment. The MacBook pro has no built in modem so we are now in a situation where my wife has no internet connection at all. All the PC people think this is a great joke. She has just spent over four grand on the latest and greatest and can't even send an email. We could buy an external modem but that is just one more bit of gear to carry on the plane and probably has a multitude of cables and wall warts to go with it. Plus the idea is to be able to use the machine on a mine site without the need for a phone line or 240V access if possible. She has a Sony Erickson 750i phone which may be able to be used somehow, but before spending another day and a half on fruitless phone calls, I thought we would ask the group for some wisdom and guidance please. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 ABN 89 154 124 265 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sony Network digital player NWE 107L
Hello WAMUGers. Can anyone please tell me if Mac OS 10.4.6 can interface with the above unit on a G4 400 Yikes. A friend is thinking of buying one but needs to use it with my Mac. The demo (on approval until tomorrow) mounts on the desk top and seems to accept Mp3 files, but does not recognise them or see them when disconnected from the computer. Google seems fruitless. The Walkman packaging only refers to Windows. I will continue my search on Google and Version Tracker. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Greg Manzie 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Looking for an AC Adaptor
Hello Stephen I have something you could try but would not be suitable for long term use. Input; 100 - 240V~ 1.5A 50 - 60 Hz. Output 19V DC 2.6A (Max). Not sure what Motorola plug looks like. This has - ---C• -- + (The dot should be inside the letter C). A common connector that can probably rigged for a test. Hope this helps. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21/05/2006, at 7:28 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hello folks, I grabbed an old Sharp laptop (must be about a Pentium 1) - SORRY NOT A MAC !! that was being discarded at work. Thought I might set it up for my grandson (6 year old). Even thought I might install a version of Linux on it. I was told that the laptop works but that the AC Adaptor is KAPUT !! I had the adaptor tested and sure enough it is dead. I have been scouting around for an old adaptor that works without any success. Specs are as follows:- Input 100 - 240 volt 1.5A 50-60Hz 75W Output 19.0 volt 3.2A It has a single plug (for the laptop end) that looks virtually the same as a motorola charger plug. Does anyone have one of these that they do not want any more ? I am reluctant to pay $69 for a new one when the laptop was a freeby and might not work anyway. I am prepared to pay $20 for a second hand one. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Market Opportunity
Gratitudeders mad/sir Reg Created my ineducated dawning. PS even the address was a hoot. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0448 844 381 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/04/2006, at 6:55 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Dear WAMUGgers This is a little bit OT but as it's only a day to go until the big holidays for us teachers, here's something to bring a smile to your face. snip
Small Business Accounts App
Hello WAMUGgers, Can anyone please recommend a small business accounts application for my mac? Details are roughly as follows; Running OS 10.4.2 on a G4 400 Yikes PCI graphics, 1 Gig RAM. 30 Gig internal HD and 128 Gig firewire HD. A small one person business with about 30 cash sales transactions per month. Similar number of purchases, mainly petty cash, but including some accounts. Registered for GST and have a turnover around $50,000 per annum. Two bank accounts. Currently using Kalamazoo one write system (a manual system like dentists used to use). This has served me very well for 20 years. The simplicity of the system is very attractive. But it is difficult to correct mistaken entries. No staff wages. Sole trader status. GST is the only complicating factor. I have looked briefly at MYOB (seems too sophisticated), iBank (may be the answer) and a couple of others. Have asked accountants, but they are PC users. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you in anticipation. Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Small Business Accounts App
Hello Dudley. Thank you very much for your suggestion. I have downloaded the free 30 day trial of Moneyworks and so far it looks like the answer to my problem. They offer to send a compatible version, free, to my accountant, if I purchase. That seems very generous. The software comes from Newzealand but is aware of Australian GST rules. Well done Kiwis. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 31/10/2005, at 11:13 AM, Dudley Gager wrote: On 31/10/2005, at 10:43 AM, Greg Manzie wrote: Hello WAMUGgers, Can anyone please recommend a small business accounts application for my mac? snip No staff wages. Sole trader status. GST is the only complicating factor. I have looked briefly at MYOB (seems too sophisticated), iBank (may be the answer) and a couple of others. Have asked accountants, but they are PC users. Greg Manzie Have you looked at Moneyworks? They have 3 levels of product. http://www.cognito.co.nz/index.php I use MYOB (which I agree would be overkill in your case) but I have always liked to look of Moneyworks. Dudley Gager -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: weather widget not working
Hello Everyone No, my weather widget stopped updating from Sunday. I have tried a few things but figured out that the problem may be at their end. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 14/06/2005, at 6:00 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: The weather widget not working for me. Is it working for anyone else? Roger and Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Non Reply To Posts
Hello Everyone Another idea which might help. Create a new netiquette page or modify an existing one. Publish it on the list from time to time (say every 3 months). Include concise explanations about using and joining the group. Include messages about the benefits of membership, but keep it short. Publish and sing the praises of outstanding contributions. ie; The selfless dedication of some contributors when answering questions. The generous, humanitarian aid from those working on the Bali Macs Project. Include useful links. Newbies will be grateful and encouraged to participate in the 'community'. Experienced users can delete it after a quick perusal for new info. I understand that some of this is covered elsewhere, but out of site is out of mind. This document should be aimed at both members and non-members. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 07/01/2005, at 1:02 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, well, my opinion as someone who has been on the list for many years, and seen how the old system works, is that this system does work better as Shay says. Many people hit reply to without thinking where it is going because they are thinking about the problem they are responding to. Cheers, Susan On 6/1/05 8:24 PM, Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shay. Thanks for the explanation, although please forgive me if I still don't agree with the system and think the reasons are a bit thin. Maybe some of us don't have to think too much or carefully about writing and are perfectly capable of responding or posting correctly and can actually hold the responsibility of just hitting reply. I don't experience the 'problem' on any other list apart from maybe a very rare occasion, but maybe you get more of your fair share of knuckle draggers in this neck of the woods.:-) Just my opinion. Not trying to change anything, just asked why. Cheers, Matt. On 5 Jan 2005, at 15:36, Shay Telfer wrote: The problem with 'reply to sender' as the default is that many (particularly novice) users intend to reply to the poster, and don't realise it's actually going via the list. This of course is then usually followed by a post which says I'm sorry about that. And then possibly a post from someone else which says That's ok etc. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: re museums multimedia
Hello Christopher I work and teach in the museum industry and have several museum projects that would fit the bill. There are also possibilities for Lotterywest funding. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 03/01/2005, at 12:32 PM, Christopher Watt wrote: Dear All, This email may not be relevant to all and I apologise for any inconvenience. I recently spoke with Mark Cypher, the Multimedia Program Chair at Murdoch University about student projects for this coming year. He is looking for not for profit organisations including Museums to develop multimedia projects for. This may present an opportunity to have some multimedia work developed at a price which suits cash strapped museums – free! Having previously studied this unit I would suggest that the projects not be too ambitious – better to have a smaller project developed well than a larger project not fully developed. I am happy to provide any input into ideas where my time permits. All the best for the New Year! Christopher Watt -Original Message- From: Mark Cypher Sent: Wed 8/12/2004 3:21 PM To: Christopher Watt Cc: Subject: re museums multimedia Hi, In early 2005, Murdoch Multimedia will be running a course which involves 3rd yr Bachelor of Multimedia students having to work with clients towards the development of multimedia content/products. This might include website design and construction, interactive DVD / CDrom authoring and educational product development. The production and design comes at zero cost. I was hoping that a not for profit, social service organisation or museum may benefit from this exercise. So I am wondering if you could forward this onto any organisations, or, could you let me know about any worthy organisations who would benefit. Kind Regards Mark Cypher Co-Program Chair, Senior Lecturer, Multimedia School of Media, Communications and Culture Division of the Arts Murdoch University Rm, E/H 3.79 South St, Murdoch, WA. 6150 tel:(08) 9360 2240 fax:(08) 9360 6570 http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/multimedia/mark/ Board Director, Media-Space http://www.media-space.org.au NOTICE - This message and any attached files contain information that is confidential and/or subject of legal privileged intended only for use by the intended recipient. Be advised that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message.
Re: Partitions - do I need them?
Hello Diana Since changing to Panther and un-installing OS9, I have found no need for partitions. I have 2 internal drives (10G and 20G) and 1 external Firewire drive (120G) for back up etc. At first I had a 5G partition for the OS, then a separate 10G. They both became too small after a while and I got the disk full messages. Now I use the internal 20G and that seems comfortable. If the disk becomes overloaded and there is not enough extra room for the memory management system, all sorts of horrible things happen. (See archives or contact me for details if required). Regards Greg Manzie G4 400 PCI Yikes OS 10.3.6 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 14/12/2004, at 4:59 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: I have had partitioned hard drives for years, in the old days there were good reasons such as blocking factor. I always liked to have my system on a separate partition so that I could wipe it clean and start again. But now with the later versions of OS X this does not seem so necessary. At present I have OS 10.3.3 on a 5 gig partition of my 60 gig drive and I am getting messages about my startup drive being full. The partition was quite adequate with 10.1 but even though I don't install any software on it the updates etc have filled it and there is only 650 M left. I need to do something urgently before it falls over. I am tempted to go back to having just one partition. Anyone got any advice or suggestions before I do it? Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Can't open links
Hello Denise Same result here. G4/400, 10.3.6, ADSL Mail, Safari. Regards Greg Manzie Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/12/2004, at 8:16 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 12/12/2004, at 2:55 AM, Denise Williams wrote: Can anyone please offer a suggestion as to why I can't open some links directly from my mail (Entourage 2001). The only way I can use these links is to copy paste the address into Internet Explorer (5.1.6). The links are highlighted in blue, as normal. I'm on a G4 using OS 9.2. I'm also having trouble opening some PDF's (have Acrobat Reader 5.0) Two sample links are as follows: http://testdime.onlinepublicity.net/redirect/redirect.php? redirect=dHRwOi8vd 3d3LnN1YmlhY29jaXR5LmNvbS9vbmUvY29udGFjdC5hc3A=cid=73uid=442campid= 26 http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/ rsearch%3fa%3ds%26cu%3d%26o%3ddef%26pm% 3d50%26s%3dwa%26cat%3dHouse%26u%3dCITY%2520BEACH%26minlandsize%3d6 00%26i s%3d1%26px%3d85%26t%3dre TIA Denise Williams-Photographer HI Denise , So what happens when you try ? From Apple Mail they both open Safari for me. The first goes to http://www.subiacocity.com/one/contact.asp and the second goes to the RealEstate.com.au but says page unavailable at present Same result if I paste in the link. Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Transaction authorization required.
Hello Everyone Thank you for the warning. Over the last 3 months I have had 3 dubious Ebay messages which look to me like scams. I have written back to them for confirmation (no reply) I am still suspicious. [Example] Hello Ebay Thank you for your Email. I am totally mystified by this correspondence. I have not done what you accuse me of, there must be some mistake. Perhaps someone else has tried to use my name or something. My account still seems to work. However this may be temporary. If the service is terminated, I will not renew it unless you contact me. Security is very important to me too. PS Violation and falsification are very strong words for someone who produces no evidence of wrong doing. Regards etc. On 04/12/2004, at 9:50 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear eBay Member , We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to the violation of our site policy below: False or missing contact information - Falsifying or omitting your name, address, and/or telephone number (including use of fax machines pager numbers, modems or disconnected numbers). Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are prohibited from using eBay in any way. This prohibition includes the registering of a new account. Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become due and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously disputed to the billing method currently on file. If you would like your account to be considered for reinstatement, please click on the link below, and provide us additional information. [possibly nasty bit removed] Regards, SafeHarbor Department eBay Inc. The message looked graphically legitimate, not in plain text as above. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Western Australia 6012 Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/12/2004, at 9:44 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: No Matt, they definitely do not. Ignore the scam. On 10/12/04 9:35 AM, Matt Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How weird, I was just going to post the following as it seemed strange to me. My concern is that there has been major fraud in the UK, particularly with Barclays Bank, where account details have been asked for on-line. Lot of press about it. Now, companies say they will never ask for any account details on line. So, we have just opened a new ANZ account in the past few days. This morning I get this e-mail: Dear valued ANZ Customer! For security purposes your account has been randomly chosen for verification. To verify your account information we are asking you to provide us with all the data we are requesting. Otherwise we will not be able to verify your identity and access to your account will be denied. Please click on the link below to get to the ANZ secure page and verify your account details. Thank you. It then gives a weblink to a https://anx site which I haven't clicked. I'll call ANZ to ask about this, but has anyone seen this before? Do they do this in Australia? Thanks, Matt On 10 Dec 2004, at 9:13, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi WAMUGers, I received the following email today. As I have never been to the Putumayo website definitely never purchased anything from them, I was very suspicious. On doing some investigating I find that this is a Scam. This message is on the Putumayo website : Please be aware that individuals impersonating Putumayo are requesting confidential credit card information from consumers via email. Please DO NOT provide information to these individuals. Contact Putumayo World Music for further questions: 212-625-1400, ext. 200. Begin forwarded message: From: no_fraund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 December 2004 9:29:58 PM To: preventions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Transaction authorization required. Reply-To: no_fraund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear KeyBank Member, Due to concerns, for the safety and the integrity of your Key Bank account, we have issued this warning message. We recently received a request from: http://www.putumayo.com/ Putumayo World Music 411 Lafayette, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10003 fax (212) 460-0095 to enable the charge to your card in amount of $59,65 THE PAYMENT IS PENDING FOR THE MOMENT. If the purchase was made by yourself, please ignore or remove this email message. If you authorize the purchase, the billing will be approved and it will be shown in your monthly statement as Putumayo World Music, NY, USA. If the purchase was not made by you and would like to decline the $59,65 billing to your card, please follow the secured link below to decline the transaction: HTTPS://online-access.KeyBank.com/SSL/DeclineTransaction Our secured web site keeps your personal information strict and confidential! Complete the form with the correct information, so we can identify you as the rightful owner of the credit card to decline the transaction. We
Re: Disk is full alert
Hello Paul I had a similar problem about 2 months ago. My partner imported lots of images into iPhoto and used up most of the spare HD space on my (then) OS10.3.5 partition. I had quite a few warnings even though I had about 1Gb of spare space left on the partition and 1GB of RAM. The long story should be on WAMUG archives as Keyboard Address Book Help Please Help for Help (last message 5 October, 2004). The root of all my problems was a shortage of disk space for use by the memory manager (similar to virtual memory, pre OSX). Another poster had trouble with 'help' and directed people to an article about the issue (see archives). If there is not enough RAM/ Virtual RAM, the computer goes into damage control and cuts out the least important parts of its processing as memory becomes scarce. Address Book, Mail, iCal and Safari all had problems and preference files became corrupted. The only remedy in the end was to create a much larger partition and re-install OS 10.3. The problem with Address Book and the Keyboard were completely resolved by this action. By all means phone me if you need more information. Regards, Greg Manzie Phone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 01/12/2004, at 6:56 AM, Paul Kitchener wrote: Hi all Just thought I'd add(sadly) that there was another Alert this morn, doh. The only common culprit, if it is an app that is, is BitTorrent, however this has been used here for quite a while without this prob... Safari was not open this time. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
4 Sale G4 933Mhz QuickSilver 8xDVD-R
Hello Everyone Selling my just checked over by Apple QuickSilver G4 The 933mhz came with a Pinoeer 103A a 1 X Burn DVD-R superDrive This is Now a Pioneer 107D 12X Burn DVD-R SuperDrive Plus a Second Optical DVD rom drive The Ram is at 1Gig The HD is 120Gig Plus much software. Just ask me. Asking $2000 Conract Peter Clemesha, Fremantle, 08 93191743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards Best wishes Peter
Re: Keyboard Address Book Help Please Help for Help
Thank you to all for the support and help. This posting is for those who are interested in the solution to my previous problems. To everyone else. Sorry for the long post. I have had a lot of drama and great deal of hair pulling over the last few weeks, but the problems turned out to be similar and operating system related. 1. The Keyboard problem; My first posting. Good Morning Can someone help me with this problem please. Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 1 Gig RAM, OS10.3.5, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's,120 Gig external HD, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, When OS 10.3.4 first came out I dutifully updated. At about the same time I purchased a cordless Logitech mouse. About the same time I also started having intermittent problems with my keyboard entries. It is a standard Apple keyboard, that came with the G4. The e, d, c and enter keys would hang and sometimes not work at all. This happens in Finder, Mail, Safari and Appleworks (possibly others) but not all of the time. I waited until O S 10.3.5 came out, then undated again, but with no change. The problem occurs at some stage every day but not every time I use those apps. (for instance it is not happening right now thank goodness. It can be a real pain when your on line or trying to communicate with the bank). I do regular back ups and maintenance checks and have tried the following at various times; Reboot almost every day Run Diskwarrior (every month) Run Yasu (every week) Repair permissions using disk utility (even though Yasu does that anyway) Re fitted the original Puk mouse Changed the Logitech mouse batteries Changed the keyboard settings Sometimes if I disconnect and re connect the USB mouse port on the keyboard the problem disappears for a while. The only other USB devise is a Sarotech external HD connected to the Tower USB port. (this is usually switched off). The problem only occurs during a particular session. The next time I use the app it may be normal. This happens even if I leave the app running in the background. If the problem was mechanical and related to the keyboard itself, the pattern of intermittence would be different (I think). When the fault occurs, it consistently occurs (if that makes sense). I recently fitted some second hand, but genuine Apple RAM, but that was working perfectly before the problem started. Thank you for your attention Regards Greg Manzie Selected answers; I have a user here with a standard corded G4 keyboard - at some stage around upgrading to 10.3 he lost the volume up / volume down and eject buttons on the keypad. The fault is certainly not mechanical and posts to other lists to date have been fruitless... Cheers, Antony. Thanks for providing such a complete description of your situation. However, unless there is something special going on, the first thing you should suspect is a hardware problem within the keyboard (which is never going to be resolved by a software upgrade). Depending on the model of keyboard, and its physical environment, you could suspect either a mechanical issue or an electrical issue. Sometimes, built-up grime is enough to jam the mechanical response of keys, and this can be resolved easily. If it were a software problem, it would normally be deliberately caused by special input methods (e.g. non-Roman writing systems or 'accessibility' features), and would have a consistent trigger pattern, and would not affect such a peculiar assortment of keys. If you are in a physically clean environment (e.g. you do not spill drinks into your keyboard), it is probably a bit hard to explain why so many keys have failed, but for all I know it might be a consequence of the arrangement of electrical conductors in the keyboard. Things like cracks in electrical conductors can cause intermittent problems that resolve themselves if you physically handle the keyboard. It is also possible that there's a permanent degradation of a discrete component or integrated circuit (in the keyboard) that is causing these problems. If you suspect a software problem, one approach might be to borrow a second keyboard for a while. Whenever your current keyboard misbehaves, try pressing the equivalent keys on the second keyboard. If the second keyboard always works, then replace your current keyboard. You could also simply try unplugging (and then replugging) your keyboard each time this happens, to effect a power cycle. If the problem applies to both keyboards, however...um... from James. Actually: note that 'e', 'd' and 'c' all form a column on the keyboard. Generally, the natural arrangement of buttons in keyboards and keypads is as a 'matrix'. While I don't know about Apple keyboards, a traditional construction and operation of matrices is based around a row/column design. Therefore, failures affecting a column or failures affecting a row would be a veritable 'calling card' of hardware failure. again from me; Thank you
Address Book Help Please
Something in my Address Book is not as it should be. (See OS and machine details below). The application does not want to start up and hangs, then needs to be forced to quit. I have run Yasu, DiskWarrior and Disk Utilities (which I do regularly). There were no problems, but it made no difference. I have temporarily removed all of the various files and folders from the user library and replaced them with back ups from a week or so ago, but there is still little difference. Strangely (at least at first) the Address book in Safari still functions normally. Also when my partners login window is active, her address book works normally. (almost identical lists) By completely removing the Address book folder from the user library, I can get the application to start. But it does not run well. If I then revert to the database backup, it imports it, but hangs again. Perhaps there is a strange .plist file somewhere that is corrupt. I think it is time for me to stop guessing and ask someone with more experience. Thank you in anticipation. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 1 Gig RAM, OS10.3.5, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's,120 Gig external HD, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet.
Keyboard Help Please
Good Morning Can someone help me with this problem please. Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 1 Gig RAM, OS10.3.5, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's,120 Gig external HD, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, When OS 10.3.4 first came out I dutifully updated. At about the same time I purchased a cordless Logitech mouse. About the same time I also started having intermittent problems with my keyboard entries. It is a standard Apple keyboard, that came with the G4. The e, d, c and enter keys would hang and sometimes not work at all. This happens in Finder, Mail, Safari and Appleworks (possibly others) but not all of the time. I waited until O S 10.3.5 came out, then undated again, but with no change. The problem occurs at some stage every day but not every time I use those apps. (for instance it is not happening right now thank goodness. It can be a real pain when your on line or trying to communicate with the bank). I do regular back ups and maintenance checks and have tried the following at various times; Reboot almost every day Run Diskwarrior (every month) Run Yasu (every week) Repair permissions using disk utility (even though Yasu does that anyway) Re fitted the original Puk mouse Changed the Logitech mouse batteries Changed the keyboard settings Sometimes if I disconnect and re connect the USB mouse port on the keyboard the problem disappears for a while. The only other USB devise is a Sarotech external HD connected to the Tower USB port. (this is usually switched off). The problem only occurs during a particular session. The next time I use the app it may be normal. This happens even if I leave the app running in the background. If the problem was mechanical and related to the keyboard itself, the pattern of intermittence would be different (I think). When the fault occurs, it consistently occurs (if that makes sense). I recently fitted some second hand, but genuine Apple RAM, but that was working perfectly before the problem started. Thank you for your attention Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet.
Re: Keyboard Help Please
Thank you James, for your excellent input. I now remember that at one stage the space bar was affected which is almost in the same row. I will borrow another keyboard and see if the problem recurs. It also seems strange that the enter key is faulty, but never the return key. The environment is clean and stable. A new keyboard is looking more like the answer. The next time it happens I will make more observations and post the eventual answer to the list. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265 On 06 Sep 2004, at 11:10 AM, James Devenish wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 10:59:49AM +0800, James Devenish wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 10:40:05AM +0800, Greg Manzie wrote: The e, d, c and enter keys would hang and sometimes not work at all. [...] it is probably a bit hard to explain why so many keys have failed Actually: note that 'e', 'd' and 'c' all form a column on the keyboard. Generally, the natural arrangement of buttons in keyboards and keypads is as a 'matrix'. While I don't know about Apple keyboards, a traditional construction and operation of matrices is based around a row/column design. Therefore, failures affecting a column or failures affecting a row would be a veritable 'calling card' of hardware failure. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Voodoo Cards and large monitors
Hello All I have a 21 Apple monitor (sharp picture good colour, but part of the image wraps around on itself) and an NEC MultiSync 6FG also 21 (works well but picture is soft, as in slightly out of focus with one colour). The monitor techs tell me they are not worth repairing. I would love to keep using them if anyone can repair them at an affordable price. Otherwise they will be free to a good home in a months time and sadly out on the verge in August (our next junk pick up). Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.3, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet. On 17 Jun 2004, at 11:15 AM, Mark Secker wrote: I think you mean Stairways' Assimilator yeh it's been more than 10 years but now you've jolted my memory I think it was Rev R Dis we were using at the time but replaced it with assimilator some time later. early last year in my (now not so) new job we had a clean up and hired a mini skip bin. Of course putting a min skip out at UWA is a red rag to a bull and every Joe Blow with computer to trash tries to slip it in to our bin. Usually I thought it was every Joe Blow turns up and tries to grab stuff out of the bin :) that would probably be why I have a Mac II wth 6 graphics cards sitting in my shed - unfortunately the 21 monitors (heavy suckers that they were) were all dead :( 1 kind of worked but it gave off a rather noxious burning plastic smell then made a POP noise (literally) and died so i ended up putting it out on the verge for a curb side rubbish collection... by the time I'd turned around and got back to my front door someone had pulled up , thrown it in their car and driven off. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Safari problem after 10.3.4 upgrade
Hello everyone Can you help me please? Since updating the OS to 10.3.4 (including Safari and mail updates) through Software update on my G4, I cannot successfully download PDFs or other files through safari download. The internet and Mail work well, as does Software update and some other on line updaters like Speed Download 2 and Safari Enhancer. (I updated Security update this morning) I have run Yasu and DiskWarrior regularly and all is normal. I've looked at Safari Help without success. Also I've been right through Safari Preferences several times. I use Telstra BigPond ADSL and they say everything seems normal their end. Before I start meddling with things I don't properly understand, I thought I should ask. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.3, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet.
Re: Safari problem after 10.3.4 upgrade
Thank you for your reply Shay. They show up in the downloads window, but show a message - cannot create file or sometimes - cannot read file. This one http://www.mackie.com/pdf/archive/lm3204_om.pdf shows - cannot create File. They appear in the downloads folder as part files. I have always kept open automatically disabled, but the same thing happens either way. Regards Greg Manzie On 08 Jun 2004, at 1:41 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hello everyone Can you help me please? Since updating the OS to 10.3.4 (including Safari and mail updates) through Software update on my G4, I cannot successfully download PDFs or other files through safari download. What happens when you try to download them? Do they appear in Safari's Download window? You may have installed the latest security patch, which means documents may not necessarily open automatically, but you should be able to open them via the download window. Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265
Re: Safari problem after 10.3.4 upgrade
Hi Shay The OS 10 partition shows as 7.5 GB, 5.68 GB used, 1.82 GB available. However you are right, the downloads folder was on a separate partition which proved to be full. Thats why the direct upgrades were working, as they go to the OS 10 partition. I moved the downloads folder and now all is well. Thank you very much for your time and trouble. As someone else said, there are no silly questions, just a lot of uninformed dingbats. Regards Greg Manzie On 08 Jun 2004, at 2:09 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Thank you for your reply Shay. They show up in the downloads window, but show a message - cannot create file or sometimes - cannot read file. How much disk space is spare on that drive? It sounds like it might be running out of space before it can save the complete file. It downloads fine for me. Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265
Re: Opening dbx file
Hi Faye Sorry I was not able to help more. I had a similar problem with an Atari database recently (dmf files). I had to convert the files to a more generic type of spreadsheet file (dif) in the Atari program, then transfer them to the Mac where I could read them in a free download of Filemaker Pro 7 ( a database). I have checked into MacLink Plus Deluxe (very good program) and FileMaker and they can deal with (dbf). ABCdbx says it will convert to a .dbf but as you say it is PC only. There must be a way. Feel free to send more details of what you are trying to do, with what and how often. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.3, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet. On 29 Apr 2004, at 11:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg, Thanks for your reply I downloaded Mail Navigator but it appears to be a PC only (.exe ) software. I have searched through Google found some readers such as abcdbx Emailchemy but no success. What file type would I have to convert to for me to read Faye Hi Faye Google is your friend. Reading Outlook Express DBX files Reading messages in Outlook Express 5, 6 DBX files. Mailbox Reader for Outlook Express DBX file format. ... Search of messages in dbx files. Messages navigator. ... www.mailnavigator.com/ read_outlook_express_dbx_files.html - 7k - 26 Apr 2004 - Cached - Similar pages On 26 Apr 2004, at 5:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening WAMUGers, Is there any way that I can read info on a CD (the file is called Database.DBX) The instructions, given to open, are for windows users (of course) using OE I use Eudora) RegardsFaye
Re: default app selection
Click on the file then Get InfoOpen With Happy Easter, Regards Greg Manzie Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.3, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet. On 09/04/2004, at 3:04 PM, Chris Burton wrote: HI everyone Could someone please advise me how to select the default application that is used by the OS when new documents, pictures, sound files, etc etc are copied or downloaded to the hard drive? For example, I have a Powerbook 15 G4 1000 running 10.3.3. I have downloaded some reference papers that are pdf's. The icon of these papers in the folder on the HD does not show the red Acrobat reader icon indicating they are pdf's? I have reader version 5 on the drive but have to open it then open the pdf paper, rather than clicking directly on the pdf. thanks for any help. It has got to be a simple one, but I just cant remember how to tell OSX how to do it Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265 Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265 Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Conservators, Consultants and Picture Framers for Museums, Art Galleries and Collectors 5 Glyde Street MOSMAN PARK Western Australia 6012 Telephone (08) 9383 3929 Mobile 0438 833 144 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABN 89 154 124 265
[OT] Atari stuff available
Hi Nostalgiacs, I have some old Atari stuff that I have just about finished with. 2 x Mega 2 boxes with extra RAM, 1 with 12 Meg, the other with 4 Meg. There are 2 small black and white monitors SM 124 and an SLM 605 laser printer. Spare cartridges, office software and other bits, not many games though. Please call if this stuff is of any interest. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.2, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet.
Re: iphoto tip
Hi everyone, Thank you Garry, we down loaded photorescue immediately. A friend of mine had this happen here in Perth just last week. 230 professional portraits loading and iPhoto crashed (possibly over full HD or a dodgy memory card?). Big panic. Urgent phone calls. Do we force quit or what? We searched the HD with the finder and luckily they were there. Whew! An anxious night while we checked and then the usual tut tut, you should always back up lecture. But I'll bet it happens again, as everyone in the studio is usually in rush mode. Regards Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 08 9383 3929 0438 833 144 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.2, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet. On 26/02/2004, at 11:52 AM, gary dorn wrote: yellowmug software says http://www.yellowmug.com/tips/iphoto.html -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: WAMUG CD updater Appleworks
You can download the international english version from the Apple Australian site. I had a little trouble finding it after a friend tipped me off. So go to http://www.apple.com.au/appleworks/ Not the most efficient communicators sometimes. Thank goodness for the WAMUG list. On 13/02/2004, at 4:45 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Appleworks update http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/appleworksformacosx.html The annoying thing about this is that once again it's for North American English AppleWorks, not the international version, which Apple seems to have given up on updating. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia TechnomancerJoin WA's annual Opinions for hire [POQ] Speculative Fiction festival [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://chronopolis.sf.org.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Big Pond Broadband
Hi Everyone I must admit (sheepishly) that I have Bigpond Broadband ADSL. Yes, it is expensive, but I was able to cancel one of our office phone lines by having it. As well, by having all plans, ie. mobile, landline, long distance calls etc. with Telstra, I get 15% off all bills. So pricing should be considered as a package. As well as competitive prices on most things. If there is a better plan for your business, they will ring you and give you the cheaper price, even if your old plan has not expired. No dial up cost, almost never a denial of service in 2 years, Reasonable 24 x 7 help line (they are not all Mac literate but they usually can find someone on duty who can answer my dumb questions). I have used a Macintosh PM 6200, 64 Meg RAM OS 8.6 with ADSL (slow). But now use G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 128 Meg RAM, OS10.3.2, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet. I don't have many issues with this service. It just works, which is more than I can say for some things on my Macs. If there are any questions that you have, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Greg Manzie Director Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants 5 Glyde Street Mosman Park Perth, Western Australia 6012 Phone 08 9383 3929 or 0438 833 144 PS. At least I avoid the use of anything by Microsloth (Microsoft Works is a contradiction in terms). On 06/02/2004, at 1:19 PM, Bob Jackson wrote: At 11:26 AM 6/2/04, Matthew Healey eloquently proclaimed... On 06/02/2004, at 10:49 AM, Bob Jackson wrote: Generally, the WAMUG list is not a good place to get advice about Bigpond ADSL or cable because not many members are on Bigpond broadband. That statement on it's own should throw up a big red flag! - Matt It is also a reflection that not many members - *can afford broadband *live in locations where cable is available *have current experience of Bigpond ADSL and are referring to its previous bad history (which was then justified). Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Strange iMac Problems
Hi Anthony, Don't you just hate computers sometimes. You probably do not have a doorstop. Try the following; Temporarily disconnect all peripherals. Restart with either the OS9, Disk Warrior, or OS 10 CD by holding down the 'c' Key during re-start. If you can re-install OS9 it will prove that your problem is with the OS 10.2 software install. Did you check for firmware updates before installing OS 10? Use another computer to check with Apple if you can. If a firmware update was needed but not done, someone with more experience than I will need to help. On 31/01/2004, at 3:57 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: Machine : 400Mhz iMac DV (Graphite) Machine was working fine with OS 9, decide to do a fresh install [with no OS 9], erase HD, partition, install 10.2 (with view to install 10.3) OS X works fine but machine hangs a few hours later. Restart it and it does this : Chimes, powers up (green power switch visible), sound of screen energizing, HD spins up then about 5-6 seconds in (before anything visible appears on screen) the machine partially powers down. Thanks to the service manual I have checked the power supply flow - the right voltages on the right pins (of the down converter board) are present in the few seconds before it all seems to sag. The machine doesn't actually go off, the power light remains on but the power being supplied is less than the specification. Flaky PSU or something else? Have tried resetting PRAM, checking PRAM battery, reseating components, resetting PMU. Any ideas here or do I have a nice pretty door stop all of a sudden? Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = == -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards, Greg Manzie 08 9383 3929 Macintosh G4 400 MHz (PCI graphics), 640 Meg RAM, OS10.3.2, 10 Gig 20 Gig internal HD's, SCSI card, Netgear RP 614 Router, Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL Modem through built in Ethernet.
Re: Junk
Hi Brett, I am sure there is more than one way to skin a cat, but this is what I do. Running Mail 1.3.2 on OS 10.3.2 with the In mail box open, select ViewCustomise Toolbar. There are several tools that you can drag up to the tool bar that will help. The Junk tool sets up a Junk Box that can be trained to automatically filter out known Junk as well as all mail from sources not recorded in your Address Book etc. There are many controllable options for this as you may already know. For more details go to the Mail Help Menu. Next, in the tool options there are Go Offline and Go Online tools. They can allow you to sort Junk without automatically opening it. Drag them into your Toolbar. When your new mail is delivered, select Offline and sort anything to Junk that is suspect. This teaches Junk what you think is Spam. Next (still Offline) open the Junk Mailbox and open anything you think is OK and tell Junk that it is OK by clicking the Junk tool again (which has now changed to a Not Junk Tool). You can tell Junk when and how to delete the real Junk by opening MailPreferencesJunk Mail. You can also open MailboxErase Junk Mail and delete it manually. This should help solve your problem. However, I also use Little Snitch 1.1rc1 which tells you who wants to phone home to mother. It won't let them until you approve. It's interesting to see how often applications like Stuffit check automatically for upgrades etc. (fair enough but it's nice to Know). A Little Snitch demo can be acquired at http://www.obdev.at. Good Luck Greg Manzie Glyde Gallery Conservation Fine Art Conservators and Museum Consultants On 22/01/2004, at 12:32 PM, Brett Curtis wrote: I , like a lot of others, receive a increasing amount of spam and have heard that simply by opening a spam, the sender knows that you've opened it and are therefore interested and redoubles the spam to your address. In Mail by apple, I have to click on the message to delete it or mark it as junk. Of course multiple messages can be deleted but You still have to click on the 1st message and also, if they're not together, they have to be deleted individually. I have set up rules for viagra etc but they're smarter than that. Can anyone advise me how to delete without opening? Brett Curtis Master Window Cleaners Perth, Western Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.masterwindowcleaners.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: people should be more up to date than.....
I have 3 x Syquest SCSI Drives that I sometimes use. Syquest 44 (working) Syquest 135 Ezydrive (working) Syquest 200 (not working Ok for some parts) Perth phone 9383 3929 or email if I can help. Anyone with removable media for them that they don't want? Regards Greg Manzie On 8 Jan 2004, at 11:59 PM, Brenton Kotz wrote: Hi Anyone know where one of these Syquest drives can be found. Mine kaput a while ago I need to get data off it. Regards Christian (Techological Historian) On 6/1/04 4:26 PM, Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SyQuest stuff and floppy disks are sort of like nuclear contamination...there's a half life, and it takes thousands of years for it to vanish to an unnoticeable level. Very good Phil, I had quit a chuckle at your comparison. Ken W
Panther installation was - Word problems
Hi Rod and others I upgraded a G4 400 PCI Graphics with 128 M RAM (soon to be much more), from OS 10.2.8 to 10.3.1 and then 10.3.2, along with other apps like AppleWorks 6.2.7. I used Software Update with ADSL internet direct upgrades. I did this over a few weeks and had almost no problems. Panther is by far the most stable OS, I have ever used. The only issue of consequence was a repetitive minor error when repairing permissions with Disk Utility. Over the holiday break I decided to have a good clean up of the whole system, re-format the two hard drives (1 x 10 Gig and 1 x 20 Gig), clean install the OS (10.3.2 and 9.2.2). After installing Panther on its own drive partition, for the first time I had problems with the finder being a little erratic and AppleWorks upgrade (6.2.7) not being able to find AppleWorks 6.2.0 even when guided or freshly installed several times from the original CD. There were some annoying issues with Mail, Safari and others but nothing too bad. After some more cleaning up I decided to dump Panther and re-install it again. I did everything the same way running Disk Utility Repair Permissions, re-format and partition the hard drive, check result with Disk Warrior from CD, re-install OS 10.3 upgrade to 10.3.2 (this time from a downloaded package). All problems have now been resolved including the original minor permissions error. The machine has never been better. The only thing I can think of, that may have caused these stupid little problems, is the installation process itself making a small error, or stupid little me somehow. It is a lot of work, but I strongly recommend a good clean install. On 8 Jan 2004, at 3:01 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On 8/1/04 9:44 AM, Lloyd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read that some members have had strange things happening with MS Word. This has happened to me yesterday when I upgraded my version of CopyPaste X from v 1.6.1 to v 2. I am using OSX 10.3.2 Control clicking on a word for spell-checking resulted in the spinning wheel and the MS Word quitting. I reverted to the older version of Copy Paste and the problem stopped. Has this occurred to others? Lloyd A lot of spinning wheels and sudden quits have popped up since 10.3.2 came on the scene. Not sure what Apple have changed, but it has killed quite a number of programs! I have had sudden quits in Safari, Word, iTunes and iChat to name a few Hopefully 10.3.3 will be out soon that will fix some of these bugs. (and yes, I have sent off Apple Support Submissions when prompted!) Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Fwd: Re: Spam
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 13:07:05 +0800 To: KEVIN Lock [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Greg Manzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spam Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: Our ISP is iinet. I use Eudora and my wife has an Echidna account. I receive about 10-15 spam messages a day (not yet received the Bioresonance Therapy) but get a wide variety ranging from invitations to make cash from home, penis enlargement, refinancing deals, PC checkups, samples of Coral Calcium (the latest cancer cure), securement of my job future and various sites offering details of family fun??? My wife belongs to several Yahoo groups and gets no spam whatsoever. Is it possible that the rumour that Eudora is spyware is true. The way this is going I think I will have to change my email address. Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ We use Big Pond ADSL with Eudora. We get all Wamug mail but otherwise use the system for only about 10 private Emails per week. We subscribe to no other lists. In one year we have only received about 5 spams all from the 'see your favourite movie star in the nick' mob. I opened one and unsubscibed and havn't been bothered since. The Eudora we use is the free one with advertising. As we have a 17 monitor, we put the ads out of the way in the corner where they are not a bother. We didn't reply earlier as we did not want to add to the problem. Regards Greg Manzie
FW: largest hard drive for 6200
-- -- From: Greg Manzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 21:28:57 +0800 To: sonic_echidna [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: largest hard drive for 6200 on 9/7/02 10:05 AM, sonic_echidna at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I just don't know where to look... Can anyone tell me (or tell me where to find out) the largest size of hard drive that I can put in a 6200? 20 gig perhaps?? I think it's time to turn it into a file server or else just retire it. Thanks :-) Meg Hello Meg and Everyone, I am new to all this and didn't think I could help anyone yet. But here goes. We reluctently retired our old much loved Atari Mega ST4 machine which is still a very user friendly office workhorse. To replace it and move into serious graphics, we need a state of the art G4 but can't yet afford one yet. In order to learn the Mac system and come into the twentieth century if not the twenty first, we purchaced 3 x 6200/6300 series machines with many extras and upgraded them with help from long suffering Guru/friends. We currently run each of them with 64MB Ram, OS 8.6, 1Gig Jaz Drives, plus; 1. PowerPC 603/75MHz, Fujitsu 6 GB inbuilt Hard drive with 6 partitions, Telstra ADSL Broadband Internet. This is our communication machine (hoping to keep all other machines isolated for security). 2. PowerPC 603e/120MHz, IC35LO2OAVERO7-O 20 GB inbuilt Hard drive with 6 partitions. This is our word processor and office data base. Someone told us that we needed to partition the hard drive for the older Mac to recognise it, but this is not the case with OS 8.6. The machines are, as you would expect, very slow by today's standards. But having them side by side means you can work on one while the other is thinking. (not quite dual processing, but we can dream) The Jaz drives and hard drives give no trouble whatsoever. We did blow the fuse in one power supply but this was on the third machine with factory fitted 500 MB internal drive. (probably an unrelated problem) Greg Gregory at MacWare International in Lesmurdie WA (08) 9291 0600 and Robert Zatta at Xpress PowerMac Solutions (07) 5593 1912 have both been very helpful. If you would like further details you can contact us on (08) 9383 3929. I read the WAMUG Emails every day and must say that I appreciate both the questions and answers very much and learn heaps by doing so. Regards, Greg Manzie Glyde Gallery Conservation (Art and photographic restorers) PS Telstra's Broadband ADSL is a very good service and they have staff who understand and love Macs.
