Re: Authorising of computers with Apple ID
Brilliant! Thanks Daniel, I'm back in business now. Pete On 20/02/2012, at 10:38 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Peter You don't actually do it from your iTunes account as such. You open iTunes on the computer you're getting rid of, then go to the Store menu and choose Deauthorise this computer... It will ask for you AppleID which you enter. It will then remove that one from your list. You can then Sign out of the iTunes Store. That's how you remove individual machines, rather then resetting all of them. This link may help http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 20/02/2012, at 10:12 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Thanks Daniel, yes I do have access to the old machine for a short period to help with transitional issues like this, but when I went into my account in iTunes, my only option was to Deauthorise All computers. I dont think I have the choice to deauthorise just one computer. Did I misread? Maybe just contacting Apple is the easiest fix-all solution. Regards Pete... On 20/02/2012, at 9:08 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Peter I'm assuming you no longer have access to the old machine anymore? If so, that would be the easiest way. Just get the old one, open iTunes and de-authorise that one. Then you can authorise the new one. It doesn't even need to have any of your things on it, just a copy of iTunes so you can log on and then deauthorise it. If not, then yes you should be able to contact Apple. Give them a call. They may be able to log one, but they will note it on your account I'm sure to keep a log of it. Hope that helps Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 20/02/2012, at 8:45 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Muggers, I have had my laptop replaced by my employer today to upgrade me to the wonderful world of Windows 7 from Windows XP! I use my laptop for attaching my external drive containing my 230GB Music/Podcast collection. I've carried over the iTunes library ok from the old XP to the new one and the library is all ok, but the new laptop constitutes the 6th computer to use my Apple ID. Understandably, Apple says,to authorise it I must deauthorise all existing computers and then reset them all so that the old one is displaced. My concern is that I did this previously for the same reason inside the last 12 months and I have a sneaking suspicion that I am only allowed to deauthorise once every 12 months. So if I deauthorise them all now, I will be 'locked out' until such time as I get the guys there at Apple to fix it for me. Is this so or do I have to call the Apple guys and ask them nicely to reset it so I can reconfigure my 5 machines to my Apple ID? Hopefully someone has experienced this before. Thanks Pete. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Dad - the internet is down
Ok thanks Ronnie, will check that tonight when back at the home office. Regards Pete On 21/02/2012, at 9:18 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, Another thing to check on your Airport Wireless Network. 1. Open Airport Utility (if you are using Airport Utility v6.0). 2. Select your Time Capsule 3. Click Edit 4. Then under the Network button you have these settings: Router Mode: DHCP and NAT Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol (have this enabled) Cheers, Ronni On 21/02/2012, at 6:38 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Thanks Alex and others. I will put the other modem I have spare (a Netgear i think) in place of the D Link and see how I go there. Regards Pete On 19/02/2012, at 9:44 AM, Alexander Hartner a...@j2anywhere.com wrote: Hi Peter, The next time this happens just unplug your ethernet cable from your Mac and put it back. This has sometimes worked for me. If you on wireless, just disable the WIFI adaptor and re-enable. While this is not a solution is may point the way. I also had a similar problem with my DAP 1522 which I posted about here : http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1795995 What seem to have happened was that traffic was being routed within the network overloading the poor network devices. You might be able to get a dump of the network packets using tcpdump. Run this command in Terminal : sudo tcpdump -nS ~/tcpdump.txt (Press CTRL+C after a couple of seconds [30+]) This creates a lot file on your home folder which shows all the traffic transmitted on your network. Other things you can try is to identify which part of the network is slow / inaccessible ? Maybe it is just DNS resolution not working To test this try the following commands in Terminal: traceroute 203.10.1.244 (Shows the network hops from your network to and external IP address. This can be useful to see where the traffic gets stuck on the way out) dig -x 203.10.1.244 (Tests the DNS configuration) There are other commands which might be useful in diagnosing this issue but it is a good start. Let us know how far you get Alex On 19/02/2012, at 09:23 , Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Muggers, I have a Time capsule running in bridge mode from a D-Link DSL-G604T and its a very reliable combination. It's worked well for some years. I do however sometime need to reboot it all for inexplicable reasons. Of late, since my kids have become Minecraft mad users (on their respective Macbooks), more frequently needed to do this reboot process. It seems to not correct by simply rebooting the D-Link, so I end up rebooting both units which corrects the problem. I hear them calling to me saying Dad, the internet is down - again. The problem is, the internet is unresponsive, from anything on the network, yet the green light remains on with the Time Capsule. Transmit rate can still be showing high at the same time too. I suppose this means comms to the TC from the Macbooks is fine. This isn't a major deal for me, but curious as to how the green light can remain on, yet nothing on the network can get any response from the internet. Any clues anyone? Regards Pete... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Dad - the internet is down
Hi Muggers, I have a Time capsule running in bridge mode from a D-Link DSL-G604T and its a very reliable combination. It's worked well for some years. I do however sometime need to reboot it all for inexplicable reasons. Of late, since my kids have become Minecraft mad users (on their respective Macbooks), more frequently needed to do this reboot process. It seems to not correct by simply rebooting the D-Link, so I end up rebooting both units which corrects the problem. I hear them calling to me saying Dad, the internet is down - again. The problem is, the internet is unresponsive, from anything on the network, yet the green light remains on with the Time Capsule. Transmit rate can still be showing high at the same time too. I suppose this means comms to the TC from the Macbooks is fine. This isn't a major deal for me, but curious as to how the green light can remain on, yet nothing on the network can get any response from the internet. Any clues anyone? Regards Pete... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Shifting iTunes library
Hi all, I keep my iTunes library on a 500GB external drive and just recently upgraded the drive to a 1TB portable external drive to give room for more photos, music, Podcasts etc. I was within 15GB of the 500GB capacity. I have migrated all of the content to the other drive but don't want to rebuild the library given that iTunes will need repathing to the music folder on the new drive. I haven't reset the new path in iTunes yet so will wait till there's some responses to this. Does anyone know how to do this simply? I am using a XP laptop (sorry not Mac) but employer has priority in this case. Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Shifting iTunes library
Thanks Roni, I thought about that after sending. My apologies for leveraging like that. Regards Pete. On 16/01/2012, at 7:36 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hey Peter, This is a Mac Mailing List, not a Windows! iTunes iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364 Go to Edit Preferences Advanced General and reset the path for iTunes Music Folder Location. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 15/01/2012, at 10:32 PM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi all, I keep my iTunes library on a 500GB external drive and just recently upgraded the drive to a 1TB portable external drive to give room for more photos, music, Podcasts etc. I was within 15GB of the 500GB capacity. I have migrated all of the content to the other drive but don't want to rebuild the library given that iTunes will need repathing to the music folder on the new drive. I haven't reset the new path in iTunes yet so will wait till there's some responses to this. Does anyone know how to do this simply? I am using a XP laptop (sorry not Mac) but employer has priority in this case. Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Old contacts to iMac and iPhone
Folks, my wife has had a Macbook for a couple of years now and has finally caught up with the times and has an iPhone 4s. She converted from an old LG phone which had only 1 attribute for any contact, so if a person had a phone number, a mobile number and an email address, there were 3 contacts created. She has migrated those contacts to her micro sim which is now in her 4s and now it seems silly to keep 3 contacts for what is one person with multiple attributes. I dont fully understand myself the process that occurs when one connects the iPhone to the Macbook. Does it update Address book and which is the master and which is the slave or are the contacts managed within iTunes somewhere? Can someone please advise with help about this. I am pretty sure this is not new for you guys. Should she manage her contacts in one place (the Master) and next time they connect it pushes any edits to the other, or can they be managed in either place and any changes are pushed both ways. If the 3 contacts noted above are incorporated into one contact on the iPhone FIRSTLY (to hold all attributes) and then it is connected to the Macbook, which machine has priority? I presume there is a setting somewhere to set one with priority over the other. Please advise. Pete... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Old contacts to iMac and iPhone
Thanks Ronni, a bit of reading to do. We already did the import of contacts to the 4s, but you've given some good leads there which we'll read and digest. Pete On 03/01/2012, at 9:52 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 03/01/2012, at 9:09 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Folks, my wife has had a Macbook for a couple of years now and has finally caught up with the times and has an iPhone 4s. She converted from an old LG phone which had only 1 attribute for any contact, so if a person had a phone number, a mobile number and an email address, there were 3 contacts created. She has migrated those contacts to her micro sim which is now in her 4s and now it seems silly to keep 3 contacts for what is one person with multiple attributes. I dont fully understand myself the process that occurs when one connects the iPhone to the Macbook. Does it update Address book and which is the master and which is the slave or are the contacts managed within iTunes somewhere? Can someone please advise with help about this. I am pretty sure this is not new for you guys. Should she manage her contacts in one place (the Master) and next time they connect it pushes any edits to the other, or can they be managed in either place and any changes are pushed both ways. If the 3 contacts noted above are incorporated into one contact on the iPhone FIRSTLY (to hold all attributes) and then it is connected to the Macbook, which machine has priority? I presume there is a setting somewhere to set one with priority over the other. Hi Peter, Just a quick reply, as I’m finished for the day. Click the link below and download the iPhone User Guide for iOS 5.0. Software PDF. It will give you information on how to setup the iPhone, sync and use the iPhone. iPhone User Guide for iOS 5.0 Software: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf Here for how to setup iCloud on your Mac and iPhone to keep all your devices in sync. http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ The Address Book on your Mac, and Contacts on the iPhone sync. iPhone 4S iOS5 - Contacts are in Utilities folder with Calculator, Compass Voice Memos Contacts lets you easily access and edit your contact lists from personal, business, and organizational accounts. You can search across all of your groups, and the information in Contacts is automatically accessed to make addressing emails quick and easy. You should not sync items on the Info pane of iTunes (such as contacts, calendars, and notes) and also use iCloud to keep that information up to date on your devices. If you do both, duplicated data will result. The iPhone doesn't show contacts on the SIM card, they need to be imported into Contacts. Go to your Settings Mail, Contacts, Calendars Scroll down to Import SIM Contacts”. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iphone 4s bluetooth
G'day Chris, I have the Blueant device as well. You must put the BLUEANT into pairing mode first. You do this by holding the green answering button at the same time as turning it on. Whilst it is in pairing mode, then on your iPhone go to Bluetooth devices and it should permit it to pair up successfully. Advise if further issues. Pete. On 30/12/2011, at 3:44 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Afternoon all I dont seem to be able to get my new iphone 4s to pair with my Blueant Supertooth 3 hands free set (which worked well in my car with my previous telstra T90). I have turned the iPhone Bluetooth on, and it shows the BlueAnt device, but when I click on it, it shows a msg saying unable to Pair? Can anyone advise if I have missed something here, either on the phone or Blueant? I usually have to enter a numeric code so the other device can see it, but I have not seen a request to do this? Thanks for any help Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iphone 4s bluetooth
No problem Chris. Just opened a nice '96 Cab Sauv. Anyway, I think the pre emotive is extremely good having never gotten used to it in previous Blackberry and Nokias I think it's great on the iPhone. But as its a personal thing, for you if off is better, then you'll be a happy user. Bye for now. Pete. On 30/12/2011, at 5:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Sorry Chris left out one move ;-) Time I stopped and had a glass of wine. Settings General KEYBOARD Auto-Correction … turn it OFF On 30/12/2011, at 5:21 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 30/12/2011, at 5:21 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni Peter Merry Christmas, and thanks very much for your advice on this. The very sparse (1 page) manual which came with the device has no mention of what you suggest! I will give it a go tomorrow and let you know what happens! Another frustrating thing I have with using the iPhone, is how to turn off the 'pre-empting of words' while writing a message to send. I have looked through Settings and cant find where (and if) I can turn it off? Settings General Auto-Correction turn it to OFF. Thanks heaps for your very timely help Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au On 30/12/2011, at 4:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, As you have paired the BlueAnt Supertooth 3 before with your TelstraT90, you must delete all info on the BlueAnt ST3 before trying to Pair it with your new iPhone 4S. If you have not done this, delete all info before following the instructions below: 1. Make sure the Supertooth 3 is turned off. You can tell if the Supertooth 3 is on or off by looking at the light on the front. If the light is on or flashing, then the Supertooth 3 is on: turn it off by holding down the Multi-Function button (the green button) for about 5 seconds, until you hear the voice announce that the Supertooth 3 is powering down. 2. With the Supertooth 3 off, hold down the Multi-Function button for about 6 seconds, until the light on the front of the unit starts flashing red and blue. 3. The Supertooth 3 will now prompt you to select your language: press the Multi-Function button when you hear your language spoken. 4. The Supertooth 3 is now in pairing mode. You now need to activate Bluetooth on your phone, and use your phone's Bluetooth menu to search for devices. Now you need to use your iPhone to search for Bluetooth devices: 1. Select Settings. 2. Select General. 3. Select Bluetooth. 4. Wait for your phone to search for devices, then select your BlueAnt device from the list. 5. If you are prompted for a PIN, enter (four zeros). 6. Select Connect. Your BlueAnt device is now paired… hopefully ;-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 30/12/2011, at 3:44 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Afternoon all I dont seem to be able to get my new iphone 4s to pair with my Blueant Supertooth 3 hands free set (which worked well in my car with my previous telstra T90). I have turned the iPhone Bluetooth on, and it shows the BlueAnt device, but when I click on it, it shows a msg saying unable to Pair? Can anyone advise if I have missed something here, either on the phone or Blueant? I usually have to enter a numeric code so the other device can see it, but I have not seen a request to do this? Thanks for any help Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -
Re: Weatherzone
Thanks for this one. I see the weather widget in Dashboard, but how do I keep it permanently on the MBP desktop or do I have to continuously go looking for Dashboard to see the weather widget? Regards Pete On 10/12/2011, at 6:15 PM, David Wood macwo...@mac.com wrote: Hey all, This is what I love about WAMUG.. Weatherzone link/App Ronni supplied was an unknown to me... love itthanks Ronni! Just sorry we can't make the BBQ to say thanks to more of you in person for all the knowledge and tips you have imparted during the course of the year long haul from Yallingup but hope all of you have a great day. D. On 10/12/2011, at 11:15 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni and Carlo for your advice, I'm sure I'll get out of trouble and be up to date with weather watching again very soon. Pete On 10/12/2011, at 5:45 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Like Carlo I use everyday Pocket Weather AU HD for iPad. The Radar is very handy as well. And on my MBP I use the standard weather widget in Dashboard. I have quite a few cities I watch weather. http://shiftyjelly.com.au/products/pocket-weather-au-hd Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/12/2011, at 12:38 AM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to work on WeatherZone, there is every chance that you will be able to rehabilitate it because you still have the app file. If you can move the window around, there should be a preferences file somewhere to record the starting location of the window. You could also try right-clicking (or control-click) the Dock icon of the running WeatherZone app and see what options can be set there. But, if you feel wanderlust for new unexplored software -- a whim that I quite understand... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Find my iPhone
Hi, I've got a few issues with this app. Myself and wife both have iPhones and each of 3 kids have have 8GB iPods all with the app installed and all with latest 5.0.1 iOS. Find my iPhone works well with the iPhones 100% reliably. Trying to locate the iPods is about 5% reliable. Generally I get the red dot can't locate message for the iPods and iPhones locate perfectly each time. Not surprisingly because of their 3G positioning no doubt. An observation I've made is on my iPhone (and not my Wife's) the purple location service indicator is on 100% of the time but only comes on with the others when location services are required eg when using Maps. The kids often misplace their iPods so that is why largely I want to use this app but highly unreliable to have faith in it and I'm not aware of any options so nowhere to turn in any case. Does anyone or do you have similar experience per above? Have used the iCloud web site too and no different experience there too. Tried uninstall and reinstall the app as well, done Restore on iPods too and spent lots of time on the phone to the Apple guys. Thanks if any feedback re this. Pete. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Find my iPhone
Thanks Eugene, yes I'm aware of the 3G versus WiFi methods of location determination but the problem with the iPods is the complete lack of ANY location determination. They just don't reach a state of connection. The red dot indicates can't find despite them being connected to the WiFi network. I'd be happy if they were located within say 1km or more. Thanks Pete. On 29/12/2011, at 10:11 AM, Eugene edeg...@helena.wa.edu.au wrote: Pete, The iPhone has a built in GPS. It is accurate within a few meters. It also use assisted GPS meaning a combination of cell towers and triangulation to quickly assist in finding an approximate location. Thirdly it can use the WiFi/internet to find an approximate based around the IP addresses, this is the least accurate method of finding a position. The iPod ONLY uses the last method of location. Do not expect anything very accurate. Regards, Eugene On 29/12/2011, at 10:01 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I've got a few issues with this app. Myself and wife both have iPhones and each of 3 kids have have 8GB iPods all with the app installed and all with latest 5.0.1 iOS. Find my iPhone works well with the iPhones 100% reliably. Trying to locate the iPods is about 5% reliable. Generally I get the red dot can't locate message for the iPods and iPhones locate perfectly each time. Not surprisingly because of their 3G positioning no doubt. An observation I've made is on my iPhone (and not my Wife's) the purple location service indicator is on 100% of the time but only comes on with the others when location services are required eg when using Maps. The kids often misplace their iPods so that is why largely I want to use this app but highly unreliable to have faith in it and I'm not aware of any options so nowhere to turn in any case. Does anyone or do you have similar experience per above? Have used the iCloud web site too and no different experience there too. Tried uninstall and reinstall the app as well, done Restore on iPods too and spent lots of time on the phone to the Apple guys. Thanks if any feedback re this. Pete. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Find my iPhone
Thanks Ronni, you noted iOS 4.2 is required. Did you mean iOS 4.2 or later? Pete On 29/12/2011, at 10:18 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, I was typing my reply when Eugene’s response came in, so I’ll just send this ;-) Find My iPhone uses a mix of GPS, Wi-Fi data, and cell tower data to locate the phone. The use of all of these services is helpful when you need to locate a missing phone and a GPS signal can't be established--for example, inside a building. You do have to have Location Services enabled on your iPhone to use all three services. Note: If you are using Find My iPhone for free, iOS 4.2 is required. By default it only works on the iPhone 4, fourth generation iPod touch, and iPad. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2734 Cheers, Ronni On 29/12/2011, at 10:11 AM, Eugene wrote: Pete, The iPhone has a built in GPS. It is accurate within a few meters. It also use assisted GPS meaning a combination of cell towers and triangulation to quickly assist in finding an approximate location. Thirdly it can use the WiFi/internet to find an approximate based around the IP addresses, this is the least accurate method of finding a position. The iPod ONLY uses the last method of location. Do not expect anything very accurate. Regards, Eugene On 29/12/2011, at 10:01 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I've got a few issues with this app. Myself and wife both have iPhones and each of 3 kids have have 8GB iPods all with the app installed and all with latest 5.0.1 iOS. Find my iPhone works well with the iPhones 100% reliably. Trying to locate the iPods is about 5% reliable. Generally I get the red dot can't locate message for the iPods and iPhones locate perfectly each time. Not surprisingly because of their 3G positioning no doubt. An observation I've made is on my iPhone (and not my Wife's) the purple location service indicator is on 100% of the time but only comes on with the others when location services are required eg when using Maps. The kids often misplace their iPods so that is why largely I want to use this app but highly unreliable to have faith in it and I'm not aware of any options so nowhere to turn in any case. Does anyone or do you have similar experience per above? Have used the iCloud web site too and no different experience there too. Tried uninstall and reinstall the app as well, done Restore on iPods too and spent lots of time on the phone to the Apple guys. Thanks if any feedback re this. Pete. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPod not Recognised
Hi Warwick, I suggest you do a sync, backup then restore. It'll take a bit of
time but worth it.
As it is a new unit, did you do the set up process in configuring with the Mac?
I suppose in my first paragraph that it is all set up on the Mac as a
recognised iPod.
In the process of restoring, it may request to do an iOS update, if it isn't
already the most current (5.0.2 I think). The iOS update took me 3 hours to
download the other day on one of my (kids') 3 iPod Touch's. It's around 750MB.
Regards
Peter Crisp
Project Services Manager (A)
GHD
T: 61 8 6222 8365 | V: 618365 | M: 0402 001019 | E: peter.cr...@ghd.com
221 St Georges Tce, Perth WA 6019, Australia | www.ghd.com
On 23/12/2011, at 12:21 PM, Warwick L Smith siro...@highway1.com.au wrote:
Seasons Greetings all ...
My nephew bought an 8Gb iPod Touch from Harvey Norman last week but we have
not been able to transfer any music to it from CDs. The Mac recognises the
iPod as it asks if we want to transfer photos from the camera, but comes up
with the following error message: iTunes could not connect to this iPod
because an unknown error occurred (0xE803). Nothing in the Help or in a
Google search seems to help as the error code apparently relates to a PC.
The iPod has no apps (unlicensed or otherwise).
Any ideas would be most welcome, as he'd like to set it up before Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Warwick
~~~{~@
~~~{~@
~~~{~@
Warwick Smith
E: siro...@highway1.com.au
M: 0419 967 628
PO Box 411 Melville WA 6156
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml
Settings Unsubscribe -
http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml
Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml
Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPod touch software update 5.0.1
I concur with Ronni on this Chris. I've done the update to iOS 5.0.1 on three iPod Touch's in my house via iTunes on MacBooks, seamless with each one and restored without issue. Just make sure you've done a full sync FIRST. Pete On 20/12/2011, at 11:59 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: You’re welcome Chris, You won’t have any problems, iTunes will do it all for you, just follow along and let it complete the backup restore and update for you ;-) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 20/12/2011, at 11:55 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks very much for the link to Apple support for the backup, it is very useful. I will be doing the update via my MBPro that I have previously synced the Touch using itunes, so all should be ok Best regards Chris On 20/12/2011, at 11:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, I've been using iOS 5.0.1 since it was released on November 10 on both my iPhone 4S iPad without any problems. iOS 5 has many improvements and functions to iOS 4 which you are still using on your iPod Touch. As you will be updating your iPod Touch to iOS 5 from iOS 4, read the instructions found at the Apple Support link before so you are aware what will happen. Updating your device to iOS 5 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972 Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20/12/2011, at 11:12 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I plugged my ipod touch into MBPro with itunes and a msg appears asking if I want to update from 4.3.1 to 5.0.1. I thought, I had better ask around the good wamug folk to see if I should do this or leave as is, depending on people's experience? Many thanks for any advice Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Weatherzone
I've had a little app which boots up on start up for about a year on SWMBO's Macbook (White plastic one with Snow leopard). It's been very reliable and informative. It is a Mac OSX app I grabbed off the Weatherzone website way back then. Just today it bounces on the dock on startup and then stops bouncing as it would if all were normal, other than that the widget is not visible. So either it is there somewhere just off screen, I've tried shifting the dock and a 4 finger swipe etc but can't get it to show or it isn't there. I don't think the weatherzone website has the OSX app any more. Any clues on how I might get it to reappear. It is still there listed in Applications folder and it sits there on the dock with the light under it indicating its running - but no show. I've tried numerous reboot from full shut down as it's set to start on boot up. Does anyone have a link to a known good aussie app for weather info with specific location locked in? Thanks in advance for any tips. SWMBO will be most appreciative. Pete -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Weatherzone
Hi Carlo, it is an icon which sit is the dock at bottom of screen. When selected, the menu bar shows Weather tracker as main menu bar. I am happy to write it off and pick up something that someone recommends as a good desktop weather app. I was unable to locate a plist file reflecting the Weatherzone app. Maybe that suggests a specific issue. Thanks Carlo. PEte. On 09/12/2011, at 11:45 PM, cm wrote: Hi Peter, When you say it is a widget do you mean that it resided in Dashboard? Or alternatively did it used to show up in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen, as an icon on the Dock, or as a fixed display area on your Desktop? Or finally, was it a full fledged window that you could drag around on the desktop? (Phew! :-) If it is a standard window you should see it when you run Exposé, which shows all running windows in miniaturised form, although it sounds as though you have done that with the four-finger swipe. Another alternative is to delete the preferences file and restart the app: 1) Stop the app by right clicking the icon and selecting Quit. 2) Delete the preferences file that will be something like ~/Library/Preferences/com.weatherzone.app-name.plist Where ~ represents the path /Users/SWMBO-account-name and app-name could be something like weather-tracker 3) Restart the app by clicking on the icon in the dock. Let me know. Cheers, Carlo On 09/12/2011, at 23:21 , Peter Crisp wrote: I've had a little app which boots up on start up for about a year on SWMBO's Macbook (White plastic one with Snow leopard). It's been very reliable and informative. It is a Mac OSX app I grabbed off the Weatherzone website way back then. Just today it bounces on the dock on startup and then stops bouncing as it would if all were normal, other than that the widget is not visible. So either it is there somewhere just off screen, I've tried shifting the dock and a 4 finger swipe etc but can't get it to show or it isn't there. I don't think the weatherzone website has the OSX app any more. Any clues on how I might get it to reappear. It is still there listed in Applications folder and it sits there on the dock with the light under it indicating its running - but no show. I've tried numerous reboot from full shut down as it's set to start on boot up. Does anyone have a link to a known good aussie app for weather info with specific location locked in? Thanks in advance for any tips. SWMBO will be most appreciative. Pete -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Weatherzone
Thanks Ronni and Carlo for your advice, I'm sure I'll get out of trouble and be up to date with weather watching again very soon. Pete On 10/12/2011, at 5:45 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Like Carlo I use everyday Pocket Weather AU HD for iPad. The Radar is very handy as well. And on my MBP I use the standard weather widget in Dashboard. I have quite a few cities I watch weather. http://shiftyjelly.com.au/products/pocket-weather-au-hd Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/12/2011, at 12:38 AM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to work on WeatherZone, there is every chance that you will be able to rehabilitate it because you still have the app file. If you can move the window around, there should be a preferences file somewhere to record the starting location of the window. You could also try right-clicking (or control-click) the Dock icon of the running WeatherZone app and see what options can be set there. But, if you feel wanderlust for new unexplored software -- a whim that I quite understand... There are some very good iPad and iPhone apps: in fact WeatherZone itself is popular. Or there is Pocket Weather Au HD which I use most every day. It, like WeatherZone, gets its information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. For the Mac I use the standard weather widget in Dashboard which can be configured to point to Perth. I usually run multiple copies, one for each of the cities that I follow (at the moment Toronto, Melbourne, and Chiang Mai). There are also some offerings in the Mac App Store that I have not tried. Just bring up the App Store application on your Mac and search on weather. You'll see Weather Dock, Weather+, a free WeatherEye, and Weather HD among other. Of course unlike WeatherZone or Pocket Weather AU, these apps may not get their data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Apart for that I will leave it up to others to chime in with their favourite weather apps. Cheers, Carlo On 09/12/2011, at 23:59 , Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Carlo, it is an icon which sit is the dock at bottom of screen. When selected, the menu bar shows Weather tracker as main menu bar. I am happy to write it off and pick up something that someone recommends as a good desktop weather app. I was unable to locate a plist file reflecting the Weatherzone app. Maybe that suggests a specific issue. Thanks Carlo. PEte. On 09/12/2011, at 11:45 PM, cm wrote: Hi Peter, When you say it is a widget do you mean that it resided in Dashboard? Or alternatively did it used to show up in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen, as an icon on the Dock, or as a fixed display area on your Desktop? Or finally, was it a full fledged window that you could drag around on the desktop? (Phew! :-) If it is a standard window you should see it when you run Exposé, which shows all running windows in miniaturised form, although it sounds as though you have done that with the four-finger swipe. Another alternative is to delete the preferences file and restart the app: 1) Stop the app by right clicking the icon and selecting Quit. 2) Delete the preferences file that will be something like ~/Library/Preferences/com.weatherzone.app-name.plist Where ~ represents the path /Users/SWMBO-account-name and app-name could be something like weather-tracker 3) Restart the app by clicking on the icon in the dock. Let me know. Cheers, Carlo On 09/12/2011, at 23:21 , Peter Crisp wrote: I've had a little app which boots up on start up for about a year on SWMBO's Macbook (White plastic one with Snow leopard). It's been very reliable and informative. It is a Mac OSX app I grabbed off the Weatherzone website way back then. Just today it bounces on the dock on startup and then stops bouncing as it would if all were normal, other than that the widget is not visible. So either it is there somewhere just off screen, I've tried shifting the dock and a 4 finger swipe etc but can't get it to show or it isn't there. I don't think the weatherzone website has the OSX app any more. Any clues on how I might get it to reappear. It is still there listed in Applications folder and it sits there on the dock with the light under it indicating its running - but no show. I've tried numerous reboot from full shut down as it's set to start on boot up. Does anyone have a link to a known good aussie app for weather info with specific location locked in? Thanks in advance for any tips. SWMBO will be most appreciative. Pete -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines
Re: HyperDrive iFlashDrive HyperDrive HardDrive for iPad
Yep, I got it plenty of times too I lost count, but it was interesting to read it over and over and over again Ronni. Regards Pete On 15/11/2011, at 2:44 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Stuart, No, I did not have a book resting on the send button …. Entirely out of my control,not sure exactly what has been happening all day. I have not received any WAMUG messages until now, and by checking the WAMUG Archives, I still have not received all messages. The iCloud Mail Server 'p99-imap.mail.me.com' has been down ... ‘Down Up’ ‘Up Down’ all day, and doing weird things. When it came back on it sent some of my messages, then went down and when it kept coming back on intermittently it must have been sending my previously sent message ‘again' to WAMUG. I could not access my iCloud email on the web interface either. Hell, 6 you say Stuart … my goodness that is a mess!!! Also the Apple Discussions were down around the same time, so think Apple were ‘fiddling’ ;-) We will see if this message gets through to WAMUG Mailing list … and lets hope ONLY ONCE this time! Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2011, at 10:18 AM, stuart.ev...@t4.com.au wrote: Hi Ronni, Do you have a book resting on the send button ;-) This email has come through about 6 times now might be stuck in your outbox? Cheers, Stuart Quoting Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com: Hi WAMUGers, I'm always on the lookout for cool stuff for my iDevices I found the HYPERSHOP ... and it has some really cool stuff for iPhone iPad. Hey Daniel, do you know where we can source these in Australia ;-) HyperDrive iFlashDrive http://www.hypershop.com/iFlashDrive-s/200.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
iPhone 4 and iPod Touch Find my iPhone app
Hi all, I have an anomaly occurring and not sure if it is something I am/ am not doing or otherwise. I have an iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3.7) and kids each have an iPod Touch 4th generation (all iOS5). all 4 machines have Find My iPhone app installed. The iPhone for the moment cannot be upgraded to iOS5 (company phone) and the iPod Touch's are all iOS5. I have reviewed the troubleshooting page on the Apple site for issues and reviewed them over and over and verified settings on all units. The issue is this. when I do a search for units in the app (on any one of the 4 units) - it ALWAYS locates the iPhone - never fails, but one of the iPod Touch units doesn't exist and the other two report on the screen, but location cannot be found (red dot). I have confirmed date setting, Location services ON, units connected to WiFi. Still unable to locate the two units (that exist) and cannot get the 4th unit to report as existing on the other units' screens. Not a train wreck for me yet, but a friend recently lost their iPhone and successfully locked it remotely and others have found theirs using this app. So I am keen to get it sorted and operating reliably. Many of the reviews rate the app very poorly as flaky and not reliable. It seems that way to me, but I am sure there must be something (or a number of things) resulting in the status I have here. Does anyone have any experience with this app and suffered these issues and subsequently resolved them? Grateful for any feedback on this. Regards Pete -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Toolbar disappearing
Hi there, I have for no apparent reason had the toolbars for MS Word (Macbook with Office for Mac 2008 installed - Snow Leopard) and Safari disappearing. as the problem is across more than one application, I figured it relates to some global setting. But I haven't actually changed anything knowingly. Mail is fine, Excel is fine, Powerpoint is fine. Very odd. I can bring the toolbars back by untagging the relevant toolbar in Word then reactivating, and also by selecting ViewToolbar in Safari it comes back ok. Has anyone had this and any tips on a cure? Kind Regards Peter Crisp -- 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: Apple TV
Ok, thanks for all the feedback re this. I did a speedtest of my network - both wireless and hard connection with a LAN cable. ranged from 0.32 Mbit/s to 1.2 Mbit/s - so clearly I will have to wait for the NBN!!! So i sought the refund per the Apple site thanks to Chris's advice. I did download the movie to my laptop iTunes which took around 4 hours and will watch that. I don't think there is much else I can do. Perhaps my modem (DLink DSL-G604T) is in need of upgrade. Is anyone with an Apple TV out there able to get HD with a DLink G604T? Thanks. Peter On 12/06/2011, at 5:37 PM, Chris Stocks wrote: On 12/06/11 5:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter Chris, 10 Mbs connection speed seems to be a requirement for Rental Movies. For the best viewing experience when renting iTunes movies and TV shows on Apple TV (2nd generation), you need a broadband Internet connection. A sustained 6 Mbit/s or faster Internet connection is recommended for viewing High Definition movies and TV shows, and a sustained 2.5 Mbit/s or faster Internet connection is recommended for Standard Definition content. Internet connection speeds may vary depending on your ISP and other factors.” http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3623 Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 12/06/2011, at 10:48 AM, Chris Stocks wrote: On 12/06/11 8:28 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: For the first time last night I purchased a movie to watch on the Apple TV. It was fine to watch through the preview which is no charge of course. But when I purchased the movie it says Rented up the top of screen but when pressing 'Play' it says after a moment An error has occurred with this - try again later. So I did try again later quite a number of times both last night and this morning. I also tried with a second movie and just the same problem so I could eliminate the first movie as being the problem. Is there a help number to call for this or can someone extrapolate a setting I may not have set properly? Regards Peter. -- 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 I've found renting movies hit and miss, sometimes works almost straight away and other times takes hours to download and once didn't receive anything at all but was charged. If you log into your ITunes account and go to purchase history you'll see a report a problem button press on this to send an email with the problem your having, they'll get back to you in one to two days and probably refund the money within 7 days. I'm starting to think it's easier to rent from a video shop 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Thanks for the info Ronda, I presumed it was my internet speed, mine is reliably 2.5-3Mbps but not fast enough obviously for HD content. With my connection speed, renting from Apple needs to be planned ahead and that combined with their way of testing your cc account with an additional $3.99 charge and Sony's recent hacker troubles has seen me go back to the video shop. 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: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
Apple TV
For the first time last night I purchased a movie to watch on the Apple TV. It was fine to watch through the preview which is no charge of course. But when I purchased the movie it says Rented up the top of screen but when pressing 'Play' it says after a moment An error has occurred with this - try again later. So I did try again later quite a number of times both last night and this morning. I also tried with a second movie and just the same problem so I could eliminate the first movie as being the problem. Is there a help number to call for this or can someone extrapolate a setting I may not have set properly? Regards Peter. -- 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
Airport express setup
I was asked to help a friend of my wife's to debug a problem he had in getting his Airport Express (few months old) to work stably with his Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) about 1 year old. The network worked fine for his wife's Toshiba Windows laptop, but he couldn't get to any web site on the MBP - however email worked. The Airport is connected to a DLink Modem set to be a DHCP server. It took a while to troll through the various settings for Airport and the Network and as I am not a wireless network expert by any stretch I was going form memory, in fact it was by fluke that I have managed to get my own network set up. In browsing through the settings, which had been set up by the Local Apple dealer specifically in his own house and following hours on the phone to Apple 'Help'. I noticed of the two mode settings it was set up in the mode that WASN'T Bridge Mode (I cant recall the name of it). So we made the change to Bridge Mode and now it works fine. The Transmit rate is around 70-130 max which seems low as I get around 240-300 on my Time Capsule. Maybe that is due to being 5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz. There was however one other facet in the setup I am puzzled by. in the Internet tab, it said Connect to the Internet using - Ethernet or PPPoE - it was set to Ethernet. In fact I had noticed this first before the Bridge Mode setting. So which should it be set to? Regards Peter... -- 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: Office for Mac
Thanks for the kind offer Shayne, there is no certainty on the iMac at this point so timing isn't clear. I would probably go for latest version when the time does come around though. Thanks. Peter On 21/05/2011, at 12:38 PM, S Beach wrote: Hi Peter If you don't necessarily want the latest version I have a copy of Office 2008 Home Student (3 users) for Mac that I no longer need. I have unregistered it from the one Mac I had it on. So the 3 licenses are usable. In original box with original disk and licenses keys. It looks like the new version (office 2011 HS 3 user) is selling on special for ~$165 and the single license is around $139. I am willing to part with this for $90 or near fair offer. This offer is open if Peter is not interested. Shayne On Friday, May 20, 2011, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have three Macbooks in the house here (SWMBO + son1 + son2) and soon to add an iMac 27 I hope. I bought office for Mac which comes with three licences and they are all naturally loaded on the three current machines. Rather than just going and buying Office for Mac all over again - which would give me three more licences when I only will need one more, is there a way to extend the original purchase form three to four licences? Thanks if anyone has any tips. Regards Peter. -- 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
Office for Mac
I have three Macbooks in the house here (SWMBO + son1 + son2) and soon to add an iMac 27 I hope. I bought office for Mac which comes with three licences and they are all naturally loaded on the three current machines. Rather than just going and buying Office for Mac all over again - which would give me three more licences when I only will need one more, is there a way to extend the original purchase form three to four licences? Thanks if anyone has any tips. Regards Peter. -- 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: Moving files in Finder
Ok, I tried that and it worked fine. managed to shift 183 jpg files (each 3MB in size approx) - around 1.4GB total I think all in one hit. thanks for the easy fix. Regards Peter. On 14/05/2011, at 10:26 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, i will try that Ronda. that sounds like a solution along the lines of Neil's earlier. Will test and report. Regards Peter... On 14/05/2011, at 6:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, If Finder is trying to create the preview for the item (when you click on it to move it) you can receive the message ’the file is in use' To solve it, change your Finder view to list, as opposed to anything else, then click and drag. Cheers, Ronni On 14/05/2011, at 2:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, Is your external drive formatted as HFS+ (Mac format) or FAT32 (old PC format)? What is the size of the 30 selected jpgs”? Cheers, Ronni On 14/05/2011, at 2:43 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message pop up saying The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg is in use. so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up to the one before the one in use but the rest don't copy over. I dont know what in use means in this context. I don't have iPhoto running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time for each drop operation. Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with no faults, so it can drop as expected. Thanks Peter… -- 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
Moving files in Finder
Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message pop up saying The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg is in use. so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up to the one before the one in use but the rest don't copy over. I dont know what in use means in this context. I don't have iPhoto running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time for each drop operation. Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with no faults, so it can drop as expected. Thanks Peter... -- 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: Moving files in Finder
Hi Ronda, the external drive is FAT32 formatted so that I can use it between the Windows laptop i have to endure as well as the Macbook. the 30 jpgs would be around 90MB but it also happens with smaller totals. I am able to drop 750MB AVI movie files over too though so size in aggregate wouldn't appear to be a hold up. Regards Peter. On 14/05/2011, at 2:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, Is your external drive formatted as HFS+ (Mac format) or FAT32 (old PC format)? What is the size of the 30 selected jpgs”? Cheers, Ronni On 14/05/2011, at 2:43 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message pop up saying The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg is in use. so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up to the one before the one in use but the rest don't copy over. I dont know what in use means in this context. I don't have iPhoto running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time for each drop operation. Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with no faults, so it can drop as expected. Thanks Peter… -- 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: Moving files in Finder
Thank for the tip Neil, certainly sounds plausible. I will test when I have a moment. Regards Peter... On 14/05/2011, at 6:14 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Peter, Did you have a quicklook window open showing one of the photos in question? I'm very vague on this - just going on a memory of something that I might have noticed. I think I was emptying the trash and, before doing so, had checked out just what I was throwing out by cycling through the files in quicklook and then when hitting the empty trash I got the same message -as you do if the file is open in an application. As I say, I'm not 100% on this - but I think that the problem was the quicklook window and that closing it solved the problem. Sort of like although quicklook seems like part of finder - it was acting as an application and holding on to the file. I find quicklook so useful that I often just leave a quicklook window open as I do other things. I haven't got time, at present, to test my hypothesis - but you could check and see if it applies in your case. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 14/5/11 2:43 PM, Peter Crisp at petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message pop up saying The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg is in use. so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up to the one before the one in use but the rest don't copy over. I dont know what in use means in this context. I don't have iPhoto running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time for each drop operation. Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with no faults, so it can drop as expected. Thanks Peter... -- 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: Moving files in Finder
Ok, i will try that Ronda. that sounds like a solution along the lines of Neil's earlier. Will test and report. Regards Peter... On 14/05/2011, at 6:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, If Finder is trying to create the preview for the item (when you click on it to move it) you can receive the message ’the file is in use' To solve it, change your Finder view to list, as opposed to anything else, then click and drag. Cheers, Ronni On 14/05/2011, at 2:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, Is your external drive formatted as HFS+ (Mac format) or FAT32 (old PC format)? What is the size of the 30 selected jpgs”? Cheers, Ronni On 14/05/2011, at 2:43 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message pop up saying The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg is in use. so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up to the one before the one in use but the rest don't copy over. I dont know what in use means in this context. I don't have iPhoto running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time for each drop operation. Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with no faults, so it can drop as expected. Thanks Peter… -- 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
new iMac
I have noted a couple of outlets in Perth (Dick Smit, JB Hi Fi et al) have been discounting the iMac - a friend last weekend bought a 27 iMac. Is this a precursor to an update or is it just cyclic discounting. I am on the lookout for the next edition of the iMac and wondering when I'll see it. Regards Peter.. -- 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: Rumoured iMac specs,...wonder where iWork '11 is,...lol
Thanks Daniel, seems to be sooner than I was expecting. is Lion around the corner too? Peter On 03/05/2011, at 7:28 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Here is the rumoured iMac specs apparently:- (And price appears to have dropped maybe $100 too,time will tell) http://www.9to5mac.com/65025/apple-store-down-here-are-your-quadcore-imacs/ /quote We’ve just heard that these are the new Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt-equipped iMacs: MC812LL/A - iMac 21.5/2.7QC/2x2GB/1TB/6770M-USA MC813LL/A - iMac 27/2.7QC/2x2GB/1TB/6770M-USA MC814LL/A - iMac 27/3.1QC/2x2GB/1TB/6970M-USA MD063LL/A - iMac 27/3.4QC/2x2GB/1TB/6970M-USA So there is only one 21.5-inch iMac now which starts with a Quad-Core Sandy Bridge processor and 4GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive. The 27-inch iMacs come in three varieties starting with a 2.7GHz Quad core and going up to a 3.4GHZ Quad-Core. All three have 4GB of RAM (starting at) and 1TB hard drives. /end quote Wonder if we'll see iWork '11 anytime soon. It seems to be Missing In Action it would appear,lol Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: Rumoured iMac specs,...wonder where iWork '11 is,...lol
So I just googled Ronni Wrong - only 4 hits. seems it can't happen! Peter. On 03/05/2011, at 8:11 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Ronni wrong??? Doesn't happen,... /goes check iCal,..arr yes,..there it is,..March 18th 2009, :o) Time to go rest again for a bit,... Kind Regards Daniel On 3/5/11 8:04 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Wonder if we'll see iWork '11 anytime soon. It seems to be Missing In Action it would appear,lol Grrr, I've been waiting on iWork '11 have made statements that is is just around the corner? Oh I hate being wrong ;-( Sent from Ronni's iPad On 03/05/2011, at 7:28 PM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Wonder if we'll see iWork '11 anytime soon. It seems to be Missing In Action it would appear,lol -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: Apple TV and movie hire ?
Hi all, I have been through a couple of iterations since getting my Apple TV V2. I too had an amplifier that was built not long after the ark, but it did have an optical input. So when I had the 'old' amp, I had an HDMI cable directly from the ATV to the Plasma set AND the optical connection from the ATV to the amp. This allowed me to listen in 5.1 audio and still have the video signal to the Plasma. you could of course also used the HDMI only and listened to the speakers in the Plasma set. HDMI carries audio and video together. So when I was listening to audio, I just turned the Plasma volume to zero, and it was all good. But my plan had always been to upgrade to an HDMI capable amp and I have just done that a few weeks back. A 3 zone Yamaha unit. So the HDMI cable from the ATV goes to the amp and thats it from the ATV and then another HDMI cable from AMP to Plasma to carry either ATV video signal or video signal from the Panasonic HD recorder - being the only other input to the amp I have. So basically, you can get away with audio and video direct to your flat screen with the HDMI cable but you wont get the benefit of a good audio system that way. Unless your amp has an optical input for the audio signal, you'll need to upgrade to a current spec amp with HDMI inputs. There is no RCA output from the ATV for audio signal. The ATV has been very good for me, cheap @ $129 and at that price really not a lot of vacillating in coming to the decision to get it. Stephen, you will not regret it, and the music and photo sharing that it enables brings a huge benefit of easy accessibility to your libraries - let alone podcast downloads and movies etc which is the main intended market penetration of this unit. Of course the set up of the ATV is just bulletproof basic. I was nervous as I am with most wireless devices and setting up with WPA codes, network details et al, usually having me trembling before the event!!! But it was all for nothing with this little beauty!! Regards Peter... On 19/04/2011, at 10:28 PM, cm wrote: Hi Stephen, As Alan mentioned, the Apple TV only has one HDMI video out port (it also has a digital audio out or TOSLINK for sound only, incase you have the older version of HDMI that does not carry sound). The expected layout is that the Apple TV connects to your TV and then your amplifier or home theatre gets its sound from the TV audio out sockets -- be they RCA, HDMI or TOSLINK. If you can connect your amplifier to your TV's audio out connection then there will be no problem. As for movie rentals, yes you can download your movies to your Mac and then stream them to your Apple TV. A caveat though is that the reverse does not apply. If you download a movie rental on your Apple TV, you cannot watch it on your Mac. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-04-19, at 22:11, Stephen Chape wrote: Sorry Alan, my TV is a new Sony 46 inch HD 1080 LCD. However in order to play music I would need to connect the Apple TV to my Pioneer receiver. It is the receiver that does is 20 years old and does not have an HDMI connection. My BluRay player is connected to the TV using HDMI, but also to the Pioneer receiver using the old twin (I think they are called Phillips) audio cables. I don't think I can do the same with the Apple TV ? I think the only option is HDMI ? On 19/04/2011, at 9:53 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Stephen The new Apple TV is a fantastic device - but it needs an HDMI connection to the TV receiver, there is no other connection option.I assume your Pioneer TV in an analog device: time to bite the bullet and go digital! I think Apple Corp is juggling different contracts with movie-makers. A movie stored in iTunes will play on ATV2. There has been a lot of discussion on the user forums about the different iTunes, ATV, iPhone and IPad movie downloads and self-destruct times. I only use my old iTunes movies and haven't bought or rented one recently from Apple. Cheers, Alan On 19/04/2011, at 9:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, I have been thinking of getting an Apple TV. Seems pretty convenient to able to play music, view photos and hire movies that way. However I have some reservations about a couple of things. I have a 20 year old Pioneer receiver without HDMI connections. Does this mean I cannot use it for music with the Apple TV unless I upgrade the receiver ? My internet speed is not usable for streaming movie downloads. The Jane Brook sub-exchange was built when the first fleet landed. It is painful watching any live video feed on my Mac. I have to go away and come back after dinner when it's finished downloading ! So can movie hires be downloaded first to the Mac and then streamed through the Apple TV ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines
iTunes Home Sharing
Hi, I have all Macs (3 of them) and one Windows laptop in the house set up with home sharing under the one Apple ID. I have iTunes on my laptop open at all times but not always the case on the others. when I open up iTunes on one of the others, the Home sharing on the laptop does not report the presence of the other shared Mac with iTunes open (also with same Apple ID and Home sharing turned on). Is there a refresh process for this in iTunes? I was able to get it to show up by Turn Home Share Off then Turn Home Share On again, but not a very elegant solution. There has to be something smarter than that I'd reckon. Any clues anyone? Thanks. Peter... -- 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: iTunes Home Sharing
Hi Ronni, I have all set for sharing as I wish to share in all directions and not just me as the only sharer. Is this not an option for me? Regards Peter. On 17/04/2011, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, We covered this with you back on 29 January 2011 Subject: iTunes sharing I’ve pasted part of the email below FYI /Pasted email: From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Date: 29 January 2011 10:22:41 AM AWST To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” iTunes. I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was sharing its iTunes Library. I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) Cheers, Ronni / End pasted email On 17/04/2011, at 5:31 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have all Macs (3 of them) and one Windows laptop in the house set up with home sharing under the one Apple ID. I have iTunes on my laptop open at all times but not always the case on the others. when I open up iTunes on one of the others, the Home sharing on the laptop does not report the presence of the other shared Mac with iTunes open (also with same Apple ID and Home sharing turned on). Is there a refresh process for this in iTunes? I was able to get it to show up by Turn Home Share Off then Turn Home Share On again, but not a very elegant solution. There has to be something smarter than that I'd reckon. Any clues anyone? Thanks. Peter… Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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: iTunes Home Sharing
Ok, will study further, thanks Ronni. Regards Peter On 17/04/2011, at 8:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, You are confused with iTunes “Sharing” iTunes “Home Sharing” … again! Read the Archives thread back on 28 29th January 2011 From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Subject:Re: iTunes sharing Date: 29 January 2011 11:44:36 AM AWST To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Hi Peter, If the kids have selected in their iTunes Preferences Sharing - “look for shared libraries” “Share my Library on my local network” on their Macs, each library will show under shared in each of their iTunes and they can click on a track and play it. They don’t need to have “Home Sharing” turned on under “Advanced” just to share and play each others music. “Home Sharing” allows more than just “Sharing” iTunes includes another sharing feature called “Home Sharing”. With this feature, you can share content across Macs or PCs in your home, copying files from one computer to another so each user has files locally to play and to sync to their iOS devices. Using Home Sharing is much easier than transferring files over a network and manually adding them to your iTunes library; just select, click and copy. There is a condition required for this feature: all the users must set it up using the same iTunes Store account. (This is obviously to dissuade people from setting Home Sharing up with friends.) Perhaps these links might help: http://www.macworld.com.au/help/sharing-itunes-libraries-2-16691/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819 http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-Home-Sharing-in-iTunes Windows 7 iTunes Home Sharing: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/77534.aspx Cheers, Ronni — AND From: Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au Date: 29 January 2011 9:59:51 AM AWST To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: RE: iTunes sharing Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and playable. So I went AdvancedTurn Off Home Sharing on one of the kids Macbooks. This still left Peters Library showing (but undocked) and when I selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible Kids Playlist from Peter's library. So while still in the Home Sharing Turned Off mode the sharing still seems to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the Kids Playlist on Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent addition - instantaneously. So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the Sharing Off mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing capability state. If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the security I wanted. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, Under SHARED on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside Peter's Library Open the arrow and they should see Playlists . the Kids Playlist should be showing there? On the other computers that are sharing Peter's Library what do their iTunes Preferences Sharing have selected? Cheers, Ronni On 17/04/2011, at 7:23 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Ronni, I have all set for sharing as I wish to share in all directions and not just me as the only sharer. Is this not an option for me? Regards Peter. On 17/04/2011, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, We covered this with you back on 29 January 2011 Subject: iTunes sharing I’ve pasted part of the email below FYI /Pasted email: From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Date: 29 January 2011 10:22:41 AM AWST To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” iTunes. I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was sharing its iTunes Library. I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) Cheers, Ronni / End pasted email On 17/04/2011, at 5:31 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have all Macs (3 of them) and one Windows laptop in the house set up with home sharing under the one Apple ID. I have iTunes on my laptop open at all times but not always the case on the others. when I open up iTunes on one of the others, the Home sharing on the laptop does not report the presence of the other shared Mac with iTunes open (also with same Apple ID
Wireless network range extender
Hi, I have a house which necessarily has my Time capsule up one end of the house where the study is located. This makes the wireless signal pretty weak up the other end and I want to correct this. I happen to have a surplus and unused Linksys 'N' modem-router bought at a time when I thought my existing D-Link modem router was playing up. It turned out my DNS server assignments had never been set up but I digress. I hope to use the Linksys as an extender by plugging a network cable into one of the router ports of the Time Capsule and then down the other end of the house into the Linksys unit (router port or phone port not sure) but more concerning is the set up procedure to get the Linksys working as another wireless network down the far end of the house. I presume others have done this and may have some experiences or comments about how to do this. I skimmed through the set up instructions and noted a Bridge mode set up and maybe this is it but generally the manual assumes it is the only modem/router in the house. Thanks if anyone has any advice or wisdom on this. Peter... -- 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: Wireless network range extender
Hi Rob, thanks for this. Are you able to make the notes more idiot proof - ie step by step connection and configuration process? I googled each of the acronyms you noted here and now have a basic understanding of what they mean but I have never been comfortable in getting networks established. Lots of trouble in the past for me. I will have a look at it now and see how I go. Regards Peter... On 02/04/2011, at 8:27 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Cable connecting AP's. WPA2 Personnel Shared Key with AES algorithms same for both AP's. SSID again same for both machines, do not worry about hiding actually slows down network whilst achieving nothing. Different IP address, but on same subnet. i.e 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with 255.255.255.0 this you can play to determine how many IP's you require to connect with AP's. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/ WDS can be utilised without cable connecting routers, but come with overheads approximately half bandwidth. Very simplified explanation, more information if required. Cheers! `RobD... On 02Apr2011, at 7:40 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have a house which necessarily has my Time capsule up one end of the house where the study is located. This makes the wireless signal pretty weak up the other end and I want to correct this. I happen to have a surplus and unused Linksys 'N' modem-router bought at a time when I thought my existing D-Link modem router was playing up. It turned out my DNS server assignments had never been set up but I digress. I hope to use the Linksys as an extender by plugging a network cable into one of the router ports of the Time Capsule and then down the other end of the house into the Linksys unit (router port or phone port not sure) but more concerning is the set up procedure to get the Linksys working as another wireless network down the far end of the house. I presume others have done this and may have some experiences or comments about how to do this. I skimmed through the set up instructions and noted a Bridge mode set up and maybe this is it but generally the manual assumes it is the only modem/router in the house. Thanks if anyone has any advice or wisdom on this. Peter... -- 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: Wireless network range extender
OFF the setting that says 'find DNS automatically' this may be 'find IP Address automatically' Set a new IP address as per Rod's suggestion. I think I set the second router to 192.168.0.100 Then you can turn on the wireless on the second router, set it's password and away you go. This requires the second router to still be connected to the network via an ethernet cable, but it given the placement in the house, it extends the wireless for the kids bedrooms instead of me having to hard wire every bedroom. Wireless is 'okay', but for reliability, I'd go for hard wire. I think your query may be how to set up your new router to receive the signals wirelessly, and then retransmit. Can't help with that, sorry. Some one else might give a more technically correct step by step process. Tim On 03/04/2011, at 7:45 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Rob, thanks for this. Are you able to make the notes more idiot proof - ie step by step connection and configuration process? I googled each of the acronyms you noted here and now have a basic understanding of what they mean but I have never been comfortable in getting networks established. Lots of trouble in the past for me. I will have a look at it now and see how I go. Regards Peter... On 02/04/2011, at 8:27 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Morning, Cable connecting AP's. WPA2 Personnel Shared Key with AES algorithms same for both AP's. SSID again same for both machines, do not worry about hiding actually slows down network whilst achieving nothing. Different IP address, but on same subnet. i.e 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with 255.255.255.0 this you can play to determine how many IP's you require to connect with AP's. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/ WDS can be utilised without cable connecting routers, but come with overheads approximately half bandwidth. Very simplified explanation, more information if required. Cheers! `RobD... On 02Apr2011, at 7:40 pm, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi, I have a house which necessarily has my Time capsule up one end of the house where the study is located. This makes the wireless signal pretty weak up the other end and I want to correct this. I happen to have a surplus and unused Linksys 'N' modem-router bought at a time when I thought my existing D-Link modem router was playing up. It turned out my DNS server assignments had never been set up but I digress. I hope to use the Linksys as an extender by plugging a network cable into one of the router ports of the Time Capsule and then down the other end of the house into the Linksys unit (router port or phone port not sure) but more concerning is the set up procedure to get the Linksys working as another wireless network down the far end of the house. I presume others have done this and may have some experiences or comments about how to do this. I skimmed through the set up instructions and noted a Bridge mode set up and maybe this is it but generally the manual assumes it is the only modem/router in the house. Thanks if anyone has any advice or wisdom on this. Peter... -- 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: Telephone scam - your computer has viruses etc.
Yes, I have personally tried this approach I use Windows 3.11 which results in the same confusion and you can't use that, it's not on my list!! Much enjoyment for me during this windup. Regards Peter. On 26/03/2011, at 5:43 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I have not had any of these calls. I read somewhere of an amusing response to take if you so wish. Allow the caller to rabbit on till they reach the point of asking you which Windows version you have. Then answer 'WIN 95'. This apparently is not included in the caller's written script and results in confusion and abrupt end of the call. . Peter Sealy Thurgoona 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: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: Incomplete Mail Import from Thunderbird
Hi Alan, having taken lots of advice from others on this forum in the last 14 months of Mac-dom, I am only too glad to be able to give a little back to others. I'm glad it worked for you. Regards Peter. _ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Alan Smith Sent: Friday, 18 March 2011 1:34 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Incomplete Mail Import from Thunderbird Thanks to Peter C, Peter H and Ronni I used O2M for email and contacts transfer. It worked well. O2M was not really faster than Thunderbird: it just worked a lot better! Cheers, Alan On 18/03/2011, at 8:28 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Extract from a previous email from myself to WAMUG: O2M is for transferring from Windows Outlook Mail Address Book and converting to Apple Mail (or Entourage) Address Book format. O2M --- 'Outlook2Mac' http://www.littlemachines.com/ On 18/03/2011, at 5:37 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: G'day Alan, a while back I had reason to be doing this and I used O2M on Ronni's recommendation. It is a $10 download and worked flawlessly, with all emails transferred, with attachments, subject line and folderising (not sure if that's a kosher word but gets the message I think) as you'd expect. perhaps this is worth a try. If you google O2M it is the first hit returned and their is a free trial version which will demo the process. Regards Peter. I'll second that. I have often used O2M with great effect over the years. It will be interesting to see how the new Migration Assistant in Lion handles this (supports migration directly from a Windows PC). Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. _ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3514 - Release Date: 03/18/11 07:34:00 -- 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: Incomplete Mail Import from Thunderbird
G'day Alan, a while back I had reason to be doing this and I used O2M on Ronni's recommendation. It is a $10 download and worked flawlessly, with all emails transferred, with attachments, subject line and folderising (not sure if that's a kosher word but gets the message I think) as you'd expect. perhaps this is worth a try. If you google O2M it is the first hit returned and their is a free trial version which will demo the process. Regards Peter. On 17/03/2011, at 8:17 PM, Alan Smith wrote: I cannot transfer my full email history from PC to iMac. Any suggestions for a remedy? I converted my Microsoft Outlook emails to Thunderbird (3.1.9) on my WinXP machine. I copied the resultant mail file to my iMac and then used Mail (4.4) to import the data. All folders are imported but no folder has the full tally of emails it should have - say only 10 percent overall. Some folders are completely empty, some have a few emails, and others very precise numbers of 100, 200 and 400 emails. On comparing a block of transferred emails with the source there are individual emails missing as well as from beginning and end. Within Mail I deleted the Import mailbox several times. I copied the Thunderbird mail file to two different USB thumb drives. I copied the USB file to desktop for another Import test. It seems that I'm getting a consistent data transfer whatever the method. Even USB is too fast to read the individual email subject as it is being imported, but I'm sure I recognised some names that belonged inside a subsequent empty folder. I cleaned up the Outlook emails and folders before converting to Thunderbird. Including the Archive files, total mail folder is about 650MB. I only want the Personal files, but I did one test with both Archive and Personal streams - the same incomplete pattern of emails happened. Regards, Alan Alan Smith iMac 21.5 Nov 2009 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz/4 MB OSX 10.6.6 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
iPhone as an Apple TV Version 2 remote
I've figured out how to do the above, at least found the instructions - but no iPhone yet. So question I have is the following. If the iPhone is commanding the Apple TV to do something - is it a wireless based command (ie over the network) or does it need to be line of sight to the black box (ie UV signal)? Anyone having experience I am interested to hear their learnings. An iPhone in my house is an inevitable thing but this might expedite plans in this direction. Also I suppose an iPad would communicate with the same protocols. Ronni, I am sure you know the answers to this one. Regards Pete... -- 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
Apple Tv web browser
Hi, I've had my Apple tv (version 2) for about a month now and its great, home sharing around 3 Macbooks and one PC in the house all working nicely. I've used (or at least kids have) most features inc You Tube and so therefore this device has web access and capability. Even though I new it didn't have it on board when i got it, it doesn't have web browsing ability (or at least as far as I'm aware. Does anyone know if it will some time come along with a Safari patch into it? Just curious if anyone knows. Regards Peter -- 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: Apple Tv web browser
Cheers Ronni I might have known some hacks coming. Will Apple introduce a Safari app within the Apple TV sometime perhaps - or will that come with version 3? No bother, plenty to amuse with all the tricks and toys. Peter.. On 12/03/2011, at 11:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, http://blog.firecore.com/3371 TV Flash http://www.appletvhacks.net/2010/12/02/atv-flash-black-for-apple-tv-2g-now-available/ Sent from Ronni's iPad On 12/03/2011, at 10:43 PM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi, I've had my Apple tv (version 2) for about a month now and its great, home sharing around 3 Macbooks and one PC in the house all working nicely. I've used (or at least kids have) most features inc You Tube and so therefore this device has web access and capability. Even though I new it didn't have it on board when i got it, it doesn't have web browsing ability (or at least as far as I'm aware. Does anyone know if it will some time come along with a Safari patch into it? Just curious if anyone knows. Regards Peter -- 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: Lion OSX
Thanks Derek and others for feedback on this. I am going to hold out for now. nothing really pressing me to act at the moment. I am surviving with my old Windows PC for now! I think it has a major infection which I am unable to resolve - about 2 minutes to open up iTunes is typical at the moment. Bye. Pete... On 22/02/2011, at 10:29 AM, Derek Perry wrote: Maybe the new iMacs will have the 2nd generation Sandybridge chip in them, which will make them faster, as well as LION OSX. Derek - Original Message - From: Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:31 PM Subject: RE: Lion OSX Ok thanks Carlo, either way then $29 or $129 or even a bit more, it's a trivial consideration in a circa $3,000 total cost iMac 27 with upgrades. No point waiting then it seems unless anyone has any last comments on this? Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:51 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX Hi Peter, No one can say with certainty what the upgrade to Lion will cost. The upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard was just US$29. But that from Tiger to Leopard was, from memory, US$129. I have applied upgrades many times in past and they usually runs without a hitch. Some software and drivers may be fagged as not running under the new version of the OS but this was more a problem with programs that ran in Classic mode. So there are two schools of though on what the upgrade to Lion will cost. Some think that US$29 may be Apple's new price point for OS upgrades so as to keep their user base on the most recent version possible. Others think that the US$29 was a one off lower cost because Snow Leopard was billed as having few new features compared to Leopard -- in actuality there were enourmous changes under the hood including 64 bit. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-02-21, at 21:11, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok then, given that it might be September, what would a SL to Lion upgrade likely cost me and is this a pretty seamless exercise to those who have done OS upgrades in the past? Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Nicholas Pyers Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:03 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX On 21/02/2011, at 11:35 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i am itching to get a 27 imac but patient enough to hold out for Lion to hit the stores. Does anyone have any inclination about when it is due? I gather June approx is likely but in typical Apple fashion it is a highly covert exercise up till the day it is released. Are there any hardware updates on the horizon for these machines too? I think the iMac was updated around 4-5 months ago (in a hardware sense) so it is unlikely to be physically updated prior to June. It won't be released to the consumers at WWDC (aka sometime early June) It will be released to DEVELOPERS at that time so they have time to test the new OS with their products and issue their own updates and enhancements... So, I personally suspect consumers will most likely get it around September/October I would be happy with Snow Leopard but not that urgent that I wont hang out for Lion. Regards Peter... -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List
Lion OSX
Hi all, i am itching to get a 27 imac but patient enough to hold out for Lion to hit the stores. Does anyone have any inclination about when it is due? I gather June approx is likely but in typical Apple fashion it is a highly covert exercise up till the day it is released. Are there any hardware updates on the horizon for these machines too? I think the iMac was updated around 4-5 months ago (in a hardware sense) so it is unlikely to be physically updated prior to June. I would be happy with Snow Leopard but not that urgent that I wont hang out for Lion. Regards Peter... -- 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: Home sharing in iTunes
Ok, thanks Nicholas; your instructions seem pretty straight forward and understandable given how databases work. Thanks I'll keep this for when I hit the brick wall. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Nicholas Pyers Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 8:59 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Home sharing in iTunes On 21/02/2011, at 11:25 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, I understand from using the iTunes Home Sharing function recently, that iTunes permits up to a maximum of 5 machines to be connected on the one network. i have used up 4 of my 5 allowed home machines for iTunes home sharing - one of those 4 is for a machine I no longer have (a work laptop form previous employer) and I have 2 more home machines I wish to connect in. how do I blow away the one I no longer want in the list so I can connect the other two in? Do I just march on and connect them in one by one and wait for iTunes to say you have 5 machines connected - do you wish to delete a previous one? or words to that effect. I hope someone has experienced this directly. All too frequently :( The solution is a bit harsh, but easily applied and fixed... Authorise one of the machines... filling your five slots. Then log in to your iTunes account (top right of iTunes screen) Under Computer Authorizations you should now see an De-authorize all machines (This will ONLY appear IF you have FIVE machines authorized AND you have not done this in the last six months). Click on this button It will ask you some confirmation Now you have to re-authorise ALL the machines you now wanted to be authorized Hope this helps -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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: Lion OSX
Ok then, given that it might be September, what would a SL to Lion upgrade likely cost me and is this a pretty seamless exercise to those who have done OS upgrades in the past? Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Nicholas Pyers Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:03 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX On 21/02/2011, at 11:35 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i am itching to get a 27 imac but patient enough to hold out for Lion to hit the stores. Does anyone have any inclination about when it is due? I gather June approx is likely but in typical Apple fashion it is a highly covert exercise up till the day it is released. Are there any hardware updates on the horizon for these machines too? I think the iMac was updated around 4-5 months ago (in a hardware sense) so it is unlikely to be physically updated prior to June. It won't be released to the consumers at WWDC (aka sometime early June) It will be released to DEVELOPERS at that time so they have time to test the new OS with their products and issue their own updates and enhancements... So, I personally suspect consumers will most likely get it around September/October I would be happy with Snow Leopard but not that urgent that I wont hang out for Lion. Regards Peter... -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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: Lion OSX
Ok thanks Carlo, either way then $29 or $129 or even a bit more, it's a trivial consideration in a circa $3,000 total cost iMac 27 with upgrades. No point waiting then it seems unless anyone has any last comments on this? Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of cm Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:51 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX Hi Peter, No one can say with certainty what the upgrade to Lion will cost. The upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard was just US$29. But that from Tiger to Leopard was, from memory, US$129. I have applied upgrades many times in past and they usually runs without a hitch. Some software and drivers may be fagged as not running under the new version of the OS but this was more a problem with programs that ran in Classic mode. So there are two schools of though on what the upgrade to Lion will cost. Some think that US$29 may be Apple's new price point for OS upgrades so as to keep their user base on the most recent version possible. Others think that the US$29 was a one off lower cost because Snow Leopard was billed as having few new features compared to Leopard -- in actuality there were enourmous changes under the hood including 64 bit. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-02-21, at 21:11, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok then, given that it might be September, what would a SL to Lion upgrade likely cost me and is this a pretty seamless exercise to those who have done OS upgrades in the past? Regards Pete... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Nicholas Pyers Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011 9:03 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Lion OSX On 21/02/2011, at 11:35 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i am itching to get a 27 imac but patient enough to hold out for Lion to hit the stores. Does anyone have any inclination about when it is due? I gather June approx is likely but in typical Apple fashion it is a highly covert exercise up till the day it is released. Are there any hardware updates on the horizon for these machines too? I think the iMac was updated around 4-5 months ago (in a hardware sense) so it is unlikely to be physically updated prior to June. It won't be released to the consumers at WWDC (aka sometime early June) It will be released to DEVELOPERS at that time so they have time to test the new OS with their products and issue their own updates and enhancements... So, I personally suspect consumers will most likely get it around September/October I would be happy with Snow Leopard but not that urgent that I wont hang out for Lion. Regards Peter... -- Nicholas Pyers (nicho...@appleusers.org) Founder Publisher, AppleUsers.org http://www.appleusers.org/ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3456 - Release Date: 02/20/11 19:34:00 -- 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
Handbrake conversion of AVI for iTunes
Hi all, I converted an AVI file using the latest version of Handbrake. My intention was to use my Apple tv to view it after importing into iTunes. I was hoping the resulting file was iTunes compatible but it wouldn't import. the M-PEG4 file would not import. What have I done wrong? Has anyone had previous experience of this and the most elegant process with converting AVI files into iTunes compatible files for Apple TV use. Thanks. Peter... -- 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: Handbrake conversion of AVI for iTunes
Thanks for the tips there all. I did select the Apple TV2 preset from the toggle panel out to the right side but not sure what went wrong. I will repeat and see what happens again. Regards Peter. On 20/02/2011, at 7:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, Carlo has given instructions how to get the AVI into a format that iTunes will play. If you can play a movie in iTunes but you can't sync it or stream it to Apple TV, select the movie and then choose Advanced Convert selection for Apple TV. This will create a new copy of the video in your iTunes library that is compatible with Apple TV. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 20/02/2011, at 7:06 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, Yes this is an operation I have done many times usually without a hitch. Before an mp4 imports into iTunes it must meet certain criteria for the audio and video codecs used and for the screen resolution. The easiest way to get all of these right is to use one of Handbrake's presets -- available in the slide out drawer on the right hand side of the application. The right most button of the tool bar will slide the drawer in and out. Once a movie is in iTunes it still may not be suitable for Apple TV or an iPhone because the resolution is too high. There are two solutions to this. iTunes itself has menu items under the Advanced heading of the menubar to convert a move to a lower resolution, or alternatively you can choose the Handbrake preset for Apple TV or iPhone from the outset. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-02-20, at 18:44, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, I converted an AVI file using the latest version of Handbrake. My intention was to use my Apple tv to view it after importing into iTunes. I was hoping the resulting file was iTunes compatible but it wouldn't import. the M-PEG4 file would not import. What have I done wrong? Has anyone had previous experience of this and the most elegant process with converting AVI files into iTunes compatible files for Apple TV use. Thanks. Peter... -- 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: iTunes Determining Gapless Playback
OK, cheers for that Ronni, I shall try it out. Regards Peter _ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 1:49 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes Determining Gapless Playback Hi Peter, I've changed your subject from RE: iTunes 10.1.2 to above Subject. On 13/02/2011, at 8:56 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: The problem I have now is during the Determining Gapless Playback it reaches a point part way through that where it says something like register error, shutting the application down. SO it shuts down on its own. Then to continue using iTunes, I have to start it again and around a minute after starting again - it heads off to determine its gapless playback stuff again. Is there a way to immobilize the gapless exercise? I find no benefit with it anyway - for me at least though some might. Have you tried this? 1. In iTunes 2. Select Music 3. Edit Select All or Command-A (on a Mac) Ctrl-A (on a PC) 4. File Get Info or Command-I You will receive a message Are you sure you want to edit information for multiple items 5. Click yes 6. Then in the resulting window click on Options 7. Check Gapless Album and set it to No 8. Click OK and you files should quickly update Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) _ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3444 - Release Date: 02/14/11 19:34:00 -- 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: iTunes Determining Gapless Playback
Once again legendary stuff Ronni. Thanks Peter. _ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 1:49 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes Determining Gapless Playback Hi Peter, I've changed your subject from RE: iTunes 10.1.2 to above Subject. On 13/02/2011, at 8:56 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: The problem I have now is during the Determining Gapless Playback it reaches a point part way through that where it says something like register error, shutting the application down. SO it shuts down on its own. Then to continue using iTunes, I have to start it again and around a minute after starting again - it heads off to determine its gapless playback stuff again. Is there a way to immobilize the gapless exercise? I find no benefit with it anyway - for me at least though some might. Have you tried this? 1. In iTunes 2. Select Music 3. Edit Select All or Command-A (on a Mac) Ctrl-A (on a PC) 4. File Get Info or Command-I You will receive a message Are you sure you want to edit information for multiple items 5. Click yes 6. Then in the resulting window click on Options 7. Check Gapless Album and set it to No 8. Click OK and you files should quickly update Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) _ -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3444 - Release Date: 02/14/11 19:34:00 -- 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: iTunes 10.1.2 - file moving
Hi Ronni and other's here. I have a similar but not identical predicament with my media management. I want the portability of my media so have to have an external drive to do that - a 500GB WD formatted to be Mac and Windows compatible. I have approx 200GB of music + more in movies,etc. I have iTunes on the various machines all mapped to the path relating to the external drive when it's connected. I have no music in the local iTunes predetermined C:\ location at all - this is only on Windows machines I might add. The concept works reasonably well. I just got an Apple tv this weekend - best $128 I've spent in a long time. It just works - brilliantly too - great intuitive interface and hugely increases the accessibility to my media. The kids love it too. My specific issue is I had to rebuild it all this weekend after a 'mate' at work moved one of the subfolders within my Music directory, when I couldn't find something after iTunes said can't locate I had to do a Windows search to locate the file then I uncovered what had been done. Moral - don't loan hard drives for others to copy your stuff without looking over their shoulder. Anyway. I could have maybe solved the problem a bit more elegantly but figured I'd uninstall iTunes (my Windows PC), clobber the itunes library files and then reinstall and do a fresh import of the root Music folder into iTunes. All going well and nicely settled. The problem I have now is during the Determining Gapless Playback it reaches a point part way through that where it says something like register error, shutting the application down. SO it shuts down on its own. Then to continue using iTunes, I have to start it again and around a minute after starting again - it heads off to determine its gapless playback stuff again. Is there a way to immobilize the gapless exercise? I find no benefit with it anyway - for me at least though some might. Any thoughts welcomed. I'm looking to get a 27imac shortly whereupon I will have (1TB) the media held on board so the portable will in effect be a back up of what's on the imac. Regards Pete. _ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Sunday, 13 February 2011 4:41 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes 10.1.2 - file moving Hi Alan, Boy, you think like a 'Windows Person', you seem to like making hard work for yourself ;-) Macs make things easy, Apple Software Applications 'just work' and work well, without 'User Interference' . Once you set the Preferences for an Application it will do its job. OS X likes everything kept in its correct place, Applications in Applications, Documents in Documents, Movies in Movies, Music in Music (which also includes iTunes folder) Pictures in Pictures. On 12/02/2011, at 4:53 PM, Alan Smith wrote: I am using iTunes 10.1.2 with OS 10.6.6. I want to make space on my iMac internal drive and ease the work load of Time Machine. What is the size of your internal hard drive? Might be worth getting a larger drive if you are worried about space. Your Time Machine Drive is 1TB ( I hope it is formatted correctly). i.e for Intel Machines - Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table. If you require details how to do this I can send you my Tutorial How To: Format Partition External Drive for Time Machine. Question 1: Concept is to move the MOVIES component off iTunes to an external Firewire drive and NOT make automatic backups (but leave MUSIC internally with Time Machine backup). Is this possible with iTunes 10.1 with (or without) Home Sharing activated? NO . DON'T! Messing around inside the iTunes Music folder is not a smart thing to do. The first and most important point is that iTunes is designed to handle all of the details of the underlying file system for you. By design, the user manages their content through iTunes, and ideally you never need to even look at the underlying file system, much less worry about moving files around. The other most important point to keep in mind is that once a media file is listed in the iTunes library, it is referenced from iTunes by the specific location (ie, full pathname) of where this file is located. Therefore, if you move a file, iTunes will almost certainly lose track of that file, and the result will be a broken link in the iTunes library. This means that you cannot simply move your files manually to a new location and expect iTunes to find them after you've moved them, as it will still look for those files in their original locations. This one point alone has caused many users a great deal of grief, since repairing this situation can often be a tedious process of either manually adjusting the paths to hundreds of files or manually putting those files back into their original locations so that iTunes can find them again. Fortunately, if you understand this and use
RE: iTunes sharing
Hi Ronni, thanks for your response. Yes I checked and I have just one item kids playlist checked in the list of items. It is the only item I have ticked. The rest are blank, yet they can still see all content. It is from a Windows PC to a Macbook on the same network. I'll investigate further in the luxury of daytime with all computers running. Thanks for your help again. I'll report back with my findings. Regards Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 3:56 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing On 26/01/2011, at 5:14 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter. Hi Peter, I just noticed this has not been answered, must have slipped under everyones radar ;-) In iTunes Preferences Sharing do you have selected: Look for shared libraries Share my library on my local network Share selected playlists Have you selected some 'playlists', 'Music Videos' etc? I have my iTunes Preferences setup this way with 'Movies' selected and a few Playlists. Other computers on my Network only see what I have selected as above. They don't see everything in my Entire Library. On the other computers under 'Shared' they see 'Movies' then 'Playlists' - Music Videos the playlists I have selected. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3407 - Release Date: 01/27/11 19:34:00 -- 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: iTunes sharing
Ok, Ronni and others with iTunes sharing experience. I have a Windows PC with just a small library on it - approx 40 songs. From this library, I created a playlist called Kids Playlist where I placed 4 random songs so I could test the security around future sharing of my 110GB+ iTunes library. All machines have the current versions of iTunes installed (V10.x.x.x). Currently both of the kids Macbooks can see the full library (40 songs) when selecting Peters library on 'their' Macbook itunes. Can anyone give me any tips as to what might be the cause for this breach of security into my Windows PC iTunes library? Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: Peter Crisp [mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 9:16 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: iTunes sharing Hi Ronni, thanks for your response. Yes I checked and I have just one item kids playlist checked in the list of items. It is the only item I have ticked. The rest are blank, yet they can still see all content. It is from a Windows PC to a Macbook on the same network. I'll investigate further in the luxury of daytime with all computers running. Thanks for your help again. I'll report back with my findings. Regards Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 3:56 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing On 26/01/2011, at 5:14 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter. Hi Peter, I just noticed this has not been answered, must have slipped under everyones radar ;-) In iTunes Preferences Sharing do you have selected: Look for shared libraries Share my library on my local network Share selected playlists Have you selected some 'playlists', 'Music Videos' etc? I have my iTunes Preferences setup this way with 'Movies' selected and a few Playlists. Other computers on my Network only see what I have selected as above. They don't see everything in my Entire Library. On the other computers under 'Shared' they see 'Movies' then 'Playlists' - Music Videos the playlists I have selected. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3407 - Release Date: 01/27/11 19:34:00 -- 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: iTunes sharing
Ok, further to this. another test between the two Macbooks revealed the same issue. The full library was visible despite selecting only one playlist for visibility to others. at least that proves that Windows is not soley the culprit. Regards Peter.. On 29/01/2011, at 8:05 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, Ronni and others with iTunes sharing experience. I have a Windows PC with just a small library on it - approx 40 songs. From this library, I created a playlist called Kids Playlist where I placed 4 random songs so I could test the security around future sharing of my 110GB+ iTunes library. All machines have the current versions of iTunes installed (V10.x.x.x). Currently both of the kids Macbooks can see the full library (40 songs) when selecting Peters library on 'their' Macbook itunes. Can anyone give me any tips as to what might be the cause for this breach of security into my Windows PC iTunes library? Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: Peter Crisp [mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 9:16 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: iTunes sharing Hi Ronni, thanks for your response. Yes I checked and I have just one item kids playlist checked in the list of items. It is the only item I have ticked. The rest are blank, yet they can still see all content. It is from a Windows PC to a Macbook on the same network. I'll investigate further in the luxury of daytime with all computers running. Thanks for your help again. I'll report back with my findings. Regards Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 3:56 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing On 26/01/2011, at 5:14 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter. Hi Peter, I just noticed this has not been answered, must have slipped under everyones radar ;-) In iTunes Preferences Sharing do you have selected: Look for shared libraries Share my library on my local network Share selected playlists Have you selected some 'playlists', 'Music Videos' etc? I have my iTunes Preferences setup this way with 'Movies' selected and a few Playlists. Other computers on my Network only see what I have selected as above. They don't see everything in my Entire Library. On the other computers under 'Shared' they see 'Movies' then 'Playlists' - Music Videos the playlists I have selected. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3407 - Release Date: 01/27/11 19:34:00 -- 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: iTunes sharing
Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and playable. So I went AdvancedTurn Off Home Sharing on one of the kids Macbooks. This still left Peters Library showing (but undocked) and when I selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible Kids Playlist from Peter's library. So while still in the Home Sharing Turned Off mode the sharing still seems to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the Kids Playlist on Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent addition - instantaneously. So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the Sharing Off mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing capability state. If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the security I wanted. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, Under SHARED on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside Peter's Library Open the arrow and they should see Playlists . the Kids Playlist should be showing there? On the other computers that are sharing Peter's Library what do their iTunes Preferences Sharing have selected? Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 8:23 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, further to this. another test between the two Macbooks revealed the same issue. The full library was visible despite selecting only one playlist for visibility to others. at least that proves that Windows is not soley the culprit. Regards Peter.. On 29/01/2011, at 8:05 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, Ronni and others with iTunes sharing experience. I have a Windows PC with just a small library on it - approx 40 songs. From this library, I created a playlist called Kids Playlist where I placed 4 random songs so I could test the security around future sharing of my 110GB+ iTunes library. All machines have the current versions of iTunes installed (V10.x.x.x). Currently both of the kids Macbooks can see the full library (40 songs) when selecting Peters library on 'their' Macbook itunes. Can anyone give me any tips as to what might be the cause for this breach of security into my Windows PC iTunes library? Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: Peter Crisp [mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 9:16 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: iTunes sharing Hi Ronni, thanks for your response. Yes I checked and I have just one item kids playlist checked in the list of items. It is the only item I have ticked. The rest are blank, yet they can still see all content. It is from a Windows PC to a Macbook on the same network. I'll investigate further in the luxury of daytime with all computers running. Thanks for your help again. I'll report back with my findings. Regards Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 3:56 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing On 26/01/2011, at 5:14 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter. Hi Peter, I just noticed this has not been answered, must have slipped under everyones radar ;-) In iTunes Preferences Sharing do you have selected: Look for shared libraries Share my library on my local network Share selected playlists Have you selected some 'playlists', 'Music Videos' etc? I have my iTunes Preferences setup this way with 'Movies' selected and a few Playlists. Other computers on my Network only see what I have selected as above. They don't see everything in my Entire Library. On the other computers under 'Shared' they see 'Movies' then 'Playlists' - Music Videos the playlists I have selected. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au
Re: iTunes sharing
Ok, thanks for that Ronni. however, the kids also want to share their libraries between themselves - whether I agree with the need for them to share or not isn't relevant apparently but i have no specific reason to inhibit their cross sharing. So that means therefore that between them they wont be able to see each others libraries I presume when in Sharing Off mode. Anyway, thanks for the help again. Cheers Peter. On 29/01/2011, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” iTunes. I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was sharing its iTunes Library. I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 9:59 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and playable. So I went AdvancedTurn Off Home Sharing on one of the kids Macbooks. This still left Peters Library showing (but undocked) and when I selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible Kids Playlist from Peter's library. So while still in the Home Sharing Turned Off mode the sharing still seems to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the Kids Playlist on Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent addition - instantaneously. So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the Sharing Off mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing capability state. If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the security I wanted. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, Under SHARED on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside Peter's Library Open the arrow and they should see Playlists . the Kids Playlist should be showing there? On the other computers that are sharing Peter's Library what do their iTunes Preferences Sharing have selected? Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 8:23 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, further to this. another test between the two Macbooks revealed the same issue. The full library was visible despite selecting only one playlist for visibility to others. at least that proves that Windows is not soley the culprit. Regards Peter.. On 29/01/2011, at 8:05 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, Ronni and others with iTunes sharing experience. I have a Windows PC with just a small library on it - approx 40 songs. From this library, I created a playlist called Kids Playlist where I placed 4 random songs so I could test the security around future sharing of my 110GB+ iTunes library. All machines have the current versions of iTunes installed (V10.x.x.x). Currently both of the kids Macbooks can see the full library (40 songs) when selecting Peters library on 'their' Macbook itunes. Can anyone give me any tips as to what might be the cause for this breach of security into my Windows PC iTunes library? Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: Peter Crisp [mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 9:16 PM To: 'WAMUG Mailing List' Subject: RE: iTunes sharing Hi Ronni, thanks for your response. Yes I checked and I have just one item kids playlist checked in the list of items. It is the only item I have ticked. The rest are blank, yet they can still see all content. It is from a Windows PC to a Macbook on the same network. I'll investigate further in the luxury of daytime with all computers running. Thanks for your help again. I'll report back with my findings. Regards Peter -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Friday, 28 January 2011 3:56 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing On 26/01/2011, at 5:14 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards
Re: iTunes sharing
Ok, that seems to make sense. i'll have a look through the links so I understand a bit clearer. It seems then to be behaving as it should. Cheers. PEter... On 29/01/2011, at 11:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, If the kids have selected in their iTunes Preferences Sharing - “look for shared libraries” “Share my Library on my local network” on their Macs, each library will show under shared in each of their iTunes and they can click on a track and play it. They don’t need to have “Home Sharing” turned on under “Advanced” just to share and play each others music. Home Sharing” allows more than just “Sharing iTunes includes another sharing feature called Home Sharing. With this feature, you can share content across Macs or PCs in your home, copying files from one computer to another so each user has files locally to play and to sync to their iOS devices. Using Home Sharing is much easier than transferring files over a network and manually adding them to your iTunes library; just select, click and copy. There is a condition required for this feature: all the users must set it up using the same iTunes Store account. (This is obviously to dissuade people from setting Home Sharing up with friends.) Perhaps these links might help: http://www.macworld.com.au/help/sharing-itunes-libraries-2-16691/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819 http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-Home-Sharing-in-iTunes Windows 7 iTunes Home Sharing: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/77534.aspx Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 10:33 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, thanks for that Ronni. however, the kids also want to share their libraries between themselves - whether I agree with the need for them to share or not isn't relevant apparently but i have no specific reason to inhibit their cross sharing. So that means therefore that between them they wont be able to see each others libraries I presume when in Sharing Off mode. Anyway, thanks for the help again. Cheers Peter. On 29/01/2011, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” iTunes. I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was sharing its iTunes Library. I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 9:59 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and playable. So I went AdvancedTurn Off Home Sharing on one of the kids Macbooks. This still left Peters Library showing (but undocked) and when I selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible Kids Playlist from Peter's library. So while still in the Home Sharing Turned Off mode the sharing still seems to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the Kids Playlist on Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent addition - instantaneously. So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the Sharing Off mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain in an apparent Sharing capability state. If there are any closing comments that would be interesting, I am happy for the moment for it to go down as a mystery as the result is I now have the security I wanted. Regards Peter. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Saturday, 29 January 2011 9:04 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iTunes sharing Hi Peter, Under SHARED on the kids computers there should be an arrow beside Peter's Library Open the arrow and they should see Playlists . the Kids Playlist should be showing there? On the other computers that are sharing Peter's Library what do their iTunes Preferences Sharing have selected? Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 8:23 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, further to this. another test between the two Macbooks revealed the same issue. The full library was visible despite selecting only one playlist for visibility to others. at least that proves that Windows is not soley the culprit. Regards Peter.. On 29/01/2011, at 8:05 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, Ronni and others with iTunes sharing experience. I have a Windows PC with just a small library on it - approx 40 songs. From this library, I created a playlist called Kids Playlist where I placed 4 random songs so I could test the security around future sharing of my 110GB+ iTunes library. All machines have the current versions of iTunes installed (V10.x.x.x). Currently both of the kids Macbooks can see the full library (40 songs) when selecting Peters library
Re: iTunes sharing
Ok good luck with all that and thanks for the help. i hope you don't suffer from Bianca's anger. I am in Mandurah where she is allegedly heading for. All battened down as best we can. Regards Peter... On 29/01/2011, at 12:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Ok Peter, I’m glad that has made sense to you, as I won’t be able to help anymore today. I’ve been busy lowering furniture to the ground using ’A Rope’, all the furniture on the South, west north balconies of my house which sits on the highest hill overlooking the ocean (which Cyclone Bianca is heading for)! After each item I have to go downstairs and disconnect, go back up and connect another … all good exercise :-) I’ve now put all these items in “Ron’s Shed”. The furniture on the East balcony is too heavy and I’m sure the cyclone winds will come from either the North/West or South/West or from straight across the ocean ‘West’. I’ve arranged for someone to come this afternoon with his chain saw to cut a few branches off the front tree (as it is close to my power line). Hope he doesn’t let me down. I’m in the process now of getting documents etc together “Emergency Evacuation - What to Take” just in case things get really bad. I’ll put all this in the boot of “Tigger” (my car … I can’t think of a safer place). If I have to evacuate, I will take my MacBook Pro and a current BackUp Drive … most of my life is on this backup drive ;-) Hope to be back “Online” after Bianca hopefully passes, or heads out to sea where it won’t do as much damage. Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 12:21 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, that seems to make sense. i'll have a look through the links so I understand a bit clearer. It seems then to be behaving as it should. Cheers. PEter... On 29/01/2011, at 11:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, If the kids have selected in their iTunes Preferences Sharing - “look for shared libraries” “Share my Library on my local network” on their Macs, each library will show under shared in each of their iTunes and they can click on a track and play it. They don’t need to have “Home Sharing” turned on under “Advanced” just to share and play each others music. Home Sharing” allows more than just “Sharing iTunes includes another sharing feature called Home Sharing. With this feature, you can share content across Macs or PCs in your home, copying files from one computer to another so each user has files locally to play and to sync to their iOS devices. Using Home Sharing is much easier than transferring files over a network and manually adding them to your iTunes library; just select, click and copy. There is a condition required for this feature: all the users must set it up using the same iTunes Store account. (This is obviously to dissuade people from setting Home Sharing up with friends.) Perhaps these links might help: http://www.macworld.com.au/help/sharing-itunes-libraries-2-16691/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819 http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-Home-Sharing-in-iTunes Windows 7 iTunes Home Sharing: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/77534.aspx Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 10:33 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Ok, thanks for that Ronni. however, the kids also want to share their libraries between themselves - whether I agree with the need for them to share or not isn't relevant apparently but i have no specific reason to inhibit their cross sharing. So that means therefore that between them they wont be able to see each others libraries I presume when in Sharing Off mode. Anyway, thanks for the help again. Cheers Peter. On 29/01/2011, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter, That’s correct … Home Sharing should NOT be turned on the other computers iTunes … they are not Sharing their iTunes Library! Home Sharing is being handled via the computer that has “Peter’s Library” iTunes. I presumed you had Home Sharing only set on the one computer that was sharing its iTunes Library. I should know by now “Never Assume Anything” ;-) Cheers, Ronni On 29/01/2011, at 9:59 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: Hi Ronni, I have accidentally made some progress with this. I did as you suggested by tilting the arrow, and still the whole library visible and playable. So I went AdvancedTurn Off Home Sharing on one of the kids Macbooks. This still left Peters Library showing (but undocked) and when I selected it, it refreshed and only showed the permissible Kids Playlist from Peter's library. So while still in the Home Sharing Turned Off mode the sharing still seems to be functioning - eg when another song is added to the Kids Playlist on Peters PC, the Kids Macbooks update automatically to reflect the recent addition - instantaneously. So provisionally this issue is resolved, but I am puzzled how in the Sharing Off mode, the Kids Macbooks' remain
iTunes sharing
Hi all, i set up the iTunes sharing with the Windows PC, and 3 Macbooks in the house. it all works fine and i can see any of others' libraries IN FULL. which was fine to begin with but i wanted to regulate who could see what on other libraries in the house. so i went into Sharing on the Preferences tab and set the 'only share specific' and selected some specifics for sharing only. i went to check what was visible fmor the others and could still see ALL content and not the 'as set' playlist for sharing by others. what have i missed? Any tips appreciated. Regards Peter. -- 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
