Keyboard powers off, not recognised

2006-05-03 Thread Michael Anderson
Hi, Running 10.4.6 PowerMac 867 My full size keyboard, which is attached to one of the two USB ports on the Apple 15 monitor, has been powering off. The mouse is connected separately to the Tower, and continues to work fine. I've replaced the keyboard - no change. It seems to be a power

Re: OSX shivers

2006-05-03 Thread Paul
On 02/05/2006, at 2:22 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I have just read an interesting article on the Washington Post which is not very optimistic about Mac security. See it at http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/ a_time_to_patch_iii_apple _2.html The author of this article seems

Re: OSX shivers

2006-05-03 Thread Ronda Brown
On 03/05/2006, at 10:02 AM, Paul wrote: On 02/05/2006, at 2:22 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I have just read an interesting article on the Washington Post which is not very optimistic about Mac security. See it at http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/ a_time_to_patch_iii_apple

Lots of Old Mac Gear - Free

2006-05-03 Thread Daniel Kerr
-- Forwarded Message From: Rod Kevill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Lots of Old Mac Gear - Free I'm having a long awaited (by my wife) Great Mac Cleanout of miscellaneous Mac gear we have accumulated over the

iConnectAccess624w ADSL Modem

2006-05-03 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi WAMUGers, Shortly, I will be setting up a ADSL Wireless connection with WestNet for a friend. I notice WestNet have gone away from using NetComm Modems now have Open Networks - iConnectAccess Modems. Is anyone using the iConnectAccess624w ADSL modem? If so, any problems with setting up

test - pls ignore

2006-05-03 Thread Rod Kevill
TEST ­ Pls ignore

Macs Are Virus Targets, Some Experts Warn”

2006-05-03 Thread Natas Porter
experts..? please! http://daringfireball.net/2006/05/good_journalism cheers Nat

File 'Comments' on OS 9 and OS X

2006-05-03 Thread David Noel
Using OS 9.2 on an iMac, I used the 'Comment' box in a heap of digital image files to store a description of each image. By including a Comment column in Finder views for the folders containing these images, I could show lists of these JPEGs with a description for each. Now I've switched to

DVD-ROM: PC Version to Mac Version

2006-05-03 Thread Paul Chong
Is there a way of converting a DVD-Rom from its PC Version to Mac Version? System Requirements:Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Pentium 4 - 1.4GHz 256 MB RAM DVD ROM Drive Min 500 MB free space Sometimes, as a Mac User, I feel so deprived by way of the abundance of softwares that are

Groups, permissions, sharing

2006-05-03 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all - OSX Tiger 10.4.6 - I'm having a bit of a problem getting to grips with setting folder permissions to get the results I want. I have set up a number of user accounts eg € an admin account for setting things up but not used day to day € my main user account € account for the other

Re: Groups, permissions, sharing

2006-05-03 Thread Spin
Neil, You need to use Access Control Lists (ACLs) to do what you want. Not difficult, but does require Tiger and the use of Terminal. ACLs override standard file permissions, and give you the ability to assign access permissions by user. John Siracusa explains ACLs vs file permissions

Re: Groups, permissions, sharing

2006-05-03 Thread Dark1
Hi Neil. I don't run multiple users on my computer so I'm not an expert on this. You might find that OS X doesn't provide quite as much as the functionality as you'd like. If this is the case I'm sure you could find some software to fill the gap from versiontracker by typing a search

Re: iConnectAccess624w ADSL Modem

2006-05-03 Thread Malcolm Burtenshaw
Hi Ronnie, The 624w supports WPA and there shouldn't be any problems with using the modem so long as it was shipped in the last week or so. If its 2-3 weeks old there may be a known problem with the modem and a particular firmware version. Westnet should be able to help you with any