Re: .dat

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 12/02/2005, at 11:39 AM, Lloyd White wrote: I have received an email with two attachments of 227k each in a format with .dat It comes from a business in South America I am dealing with. Not spam. Can this be opened on a Mac and if so, what is the program to use? Thanks Lloyd -- .dat

MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I find that the Software Update button in About This Mac is permanently greyed out and inactive. Likewise, the Sofware Update... option under the

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Meyer
On 14/02/2005, at 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I find that the Software Update button in About This Mac is permanently greyed out and

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Rob Findlay
On 11/02/2005, at 5:14 PM, Chris Burton wrote: HI everyone I would be grateful for advice regarding the use of bluetooth phones with the mac. Does the phone need to be isync compatible for use with the mac. ie to transfer address book and ical info to and from the phone and to send sms etc

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Rob Findlay
answering my own question I see this thread: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=296874 On 11/02/2005, at 5:14 PM, Chris Burton wrote: HI everyone I would be grateful for advice regarding the use of bluetooth phones with the mac. Does the phone need to be isync compatible

10.3.8 Update and Customised Login Screen

2005-02-14 Thread Duncan Hardman
We have found that if you have customised the login screen and you update to 10.3.8 using either combo update or the delta update that you loose that custom window and get the default one back. I am sure this does not affect all of you but thought I would warn anyway. Here at Curtin with out

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

2005-02-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14/02/2005, at 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I find that the Software Update button in About This Mac is permanently greyed out and

a little ot, palm III

2005-02-14 Thread Hugh Griffiths
Hi my son has been using a palm III for a little while now, and after a nasty accident on his bike, he has managed to mangle the screen. The palm was a second hand purchase and he doesn't really want to buy a new palm as all he really uses in the notes/addresses and calendar function. He doesn't

Re: .dat

2005-02-14 Thread Craig Ringer
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 08:28 +0800, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: .dat files are just as much a mystery on Windows machines as they are on Macs. Lots of Windows software produces .dat files, from MYOB through to music programs and even viruses. There's really no guarantee on a Windows machine

Re: Skype-Voip Report

2005-02-14 Thread Adam Yap
I'm also enjoying the new Skype, but do tell me, what USB phone are you using? Adam On 12/02/2005, at 5:59 PM, P Trouchet wrote: Just to advise seems to be working well now fixed early problems. Ring son in Japan Friends interstate on my Mac. Minimal echo voice delay @ no cost. Worth

Re: Palm M500 Replacement Battery

2005-02-14 Thread Adam Yap
You might want to try auspug.org. There used to be a repairer there. Adam On 09/02/2005, at 1:21 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi WAMUGgers Does anyone know where I can get a replacement battery for my M500? Local Geraldton IT shop phoned Palm and they don't sell them but invited me to send Palm

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Rob Davies
Sony Ericson T630 Blue Phone Elite http://www.reelintelligence.com/BluePhoneElite/ A great piece of software for answering your phone or sending SMS'S and more! Have been running this with my PB for past 12 months now without a hitch, great for keeping track of appointments as it updates

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch (Safari vs Firefox revisited inc. rant)

2005-02-14 Thread Paul Kitchener
On 14/02/2005, at 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I find that the Software Update button in About This Mac is permanently greyed out and

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Burton
Thanks to Rob and Rob and Rod for the links. The whirlpool forum is really good and highlighted some points that I had picked from doing a google search. At least the manager of the Fone Zone store up here at Whitfords is willing to look into my situation: The motorola V620 does not want

Re: ADSL and OS8.6

2005-02-14 Thread wyvern
hey Severin, I have 8.6, 9.2, 10.2.8 and 10.3.6 all linked via ethernet to a Dynalink TRA100 router/modem and all connect perfectly using DHCP Yvonne On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 03:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have a friend looking to move to ADSL. He has an older Mac, with USB and

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Chris, not sure what happened with your setup, but went through the same steps with my K700i and desktop, and it had the option to isync when I paired it. Going to isync, it took about 6 seconds to show up, and gives me a dialogue box ready to sync with my contacts and calendar. So, the K700i

Re: bluetooth phones and macs

2005-02-14 Thread Rod
On 14/2/05 4:56 PM, Chris Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Back to square one. Even though SE phones are supposed to use 'apple isync' this one does not. HELP anyone kind regards chris Except for the very first phone I had, I have always used Nokias. The 3260 I have works

FW: Posting on Scanners

2005-02-14 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All Posting this to the list on behalf of Carol, if anyone can offer any comments! Thanks! -- Forwarded Message On 14/02/2005 4:53 PM, Carol Southern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, below is a posting that I tried to send to the group and it never appeared. I've tried a couple of

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

2005-02-14 Thread Stephen Chape
No problems for me with my eMac 1.25 I used the normal Apple Updater in System Preferences. On 14/02/2005, at 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I

Hard Drive space disapearance

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Kotz
Hi All Just emailing because as of last night my iBook is losing HD space. It got down to zero KB and I had a word doc to save so I deleted 400MB of space but as I did it was chewed up instantly. I then attacked my music direct from the itunes folder and did a secure delete which liberated

Re: Hard Drive space disapearance

2005-02-14 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:16:53PM +0800, Christian Kotz wrote: Just emailing because as of last night my iBook is losing HD space. This might be due to a memory leak: a situation where software keeps trying to grab more and more memory. When the computer runs out of

Re: Hard Drive space disapearance

2005-02-14 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 14/02/2005 8:16 PM, Christian Kotz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Just emailing because as of last night my iBook is losing HD space. It got down to zero KB and I had a word doc to save so I deleted 400MB of space but as I did it was chewed up instantly. I then attacked my music direct

Free to a good home

2005-02-14 Thread Ray Forma
3 sticks 64MB PC100 memory, suit B/W G3 etc. Collect from North Fremantle. Tel (08) 93356568 or 0428596938 --

Re: Hard Drive space disapearance

2005-02-14 Thread Jude
There is a also conflict with a driver from iShock that causes this. If you've got iShock I would be very suspicious it was this. Check the Apple discussion boards for more info. cheers Jude

.Mac query

2005-02-14 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All Just wondered if any one is having problems with .Mac, email specifically. I have 2 .mac email addresses. I find one works fine and I get email sent to that pretty much straight away. The other (which is actually the main paid account) doesn't seem to come in. I have to go and log in to

Re: .Mac query

2005-02-14 Thread Claire Forsdyke
No problems with my .mac email. Daniel F. On 14/02/2005, at 22:02, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All Just wondered if any one is having problems with .Mac, email specifically. I have 2 .mac email addresses. I find one works fine and I get email sent to that pretty much straight away. The other

Re: MacOS X 10.3.8 glitch

2005-02-14 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
on 14/2/05 9:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a very minor problem, but a slight nuisance nonetheless. Ever since updating to 10.3.8 (using the combo updater after checking permissions) I find that the Software Update button in About This Mac is permanently greyed