Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

2009-03-12 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi Ronni I don't know about this but could he set the Mac to remote log-in in File sharing and you do the brain surgery from home? Reg On 12/03/2009, at 2:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Darrel for your offer, But I'll sort him out eventually. If my last email to him with more

Alien object in 'shared'

2009-03-12 Thread Paul Weaver
I've been getting an alien object with a slightly different 'computer icon' in the 'shared' column of my 'Finder' Its name-ID is mac0022411fcdab. Its been visible on my machine when I've taken the iMac offline and turned off the modem router to all the other machines in our family ethernet

Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Reg, I have Apple Remote Desktop v3.2.2 (Unlimited Managed Systems License) on my MacBook Pro and I have setup all my Family, Friends and a few Clients so I can Take Control of their computers and do Troubleshooting, Installs etc. Once its setup on their Macs and Ports are opened on

Re: Cannot move or delete an Incomplete Download

2009-03-12 Thread Reg Whitely
Aha, not the old port forwarding trick 22, 99! Now you're talking, Cloe! ;-) Reg On 12/03/2009, at 5:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: To do what you are suggesting I would need to get him to Enable Remote Login in System Preferences (that's no problem for him) require him to enable port

Re: Music CD catalog app - delicious library

2009-03-12 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Gary I use BookPedia to keep track of my books. They also have a programme for CDs, DVDs and Games. Website - http://www.bruji.com/ Wendy On 12/03/2009, at 9:58 AM, gary dorn wrote: I am looking for a simple app to catalog my music CDs. I do not play any music on my iMac [24

Re: Alien object in 'shared'

2009-03-12 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 12/03/2009, at 5:16 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I've been getting an alien object with a slightly different 'computer icon' in the 'shared' column of my 'Finder' Its name-ID is mac0022411fcdab. Its been visible on my machine when I've taken the iMac offline and turned off the modem router

Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Good morning Email messages have started bouncing returning the message below to an addressee in Hobart with whom we have regular Email contact.This started happening yesterday afternoon on two laptops using Apple Mail. I also tried sending the Email via Apple MobileMe web mail and

Avi's, Mp4v's and subtitling...

2009-03-12 Thread Mark Heeler
I have a couple of files I wish to prepare to play on a (unhacked) AppleTV so they need to be in mp4v format. I usually use MPEGStreamclip to convert avis's - works fine. But these (Russian) video files have subtitles (that reside in a separate file that Quicktime player and VLC use when

Re: Avi's, Mp4v's and subtitling...

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Mark, To convert the files to mp4v then combine the mp4v's into one movie. If you have Quicktime Pro, use it to convert the avi's to mpeg4 and then use Quicktime Pro to combine the converted mp4v's. Oops, I was presuming these are unprotected video files, I might be wrong in my

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Good morning Wendy, Looks like their email address has been removed. Would they have changed their email address lately and forgotten to inform you of their new address? Cheers, Ronni On 13/03/2009, at 8:36 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote: Good morning Email messages have started bouncing

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Wendy, Disclaimer: I am not an email server guru - the following is my understanding of a similar problem I had: I recently had cause to become overly familiar with this (or a very similar) error message!! First-off - the problem is not with your end but with the email recipient's email

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Wendy, I agree with Neil, The remote host is either blocking you in particular or a whole scope. You would need to take it up with that hosts mail admin. i.e.. cronos.instanthosting.com.au. They have been known to block certain ISP's. Cheers, Ronni On 13/03/2009, at 9:51 AM, Neil

Re: Music CD catalog app

2009-03-12 Thread Peter Sealy
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Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Hello Everyone Sorry, I did this message at 0300 ... I forgot to mention that I removed the Email address for privacy. Sorry! Wendy On 13/03/2009, at 5:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Good morning Wendy, Looks like their email address has been removed. Would they have changed their

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Hello Neil and Ronni Many thanks.We sent Emails to this address yesterday morning, chatted with the recipient twice during the day (he is an architect friend overseeing some work on our house) and then when we tried to send another Email in the afternoon, the blocking started. Many

Mail problem

2009-03-12 Thread Adrian Skehan
In case anyone is interested here is the final outcome of my Mail/ Safari problem. As the saga progressed I could not install Safari V 3 as the installer reckoned a later version was present (I couldn't find any trace of it) and Mail started to crash as soon as it started to receive a new

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Wendy, Were you sending a large file by any chance, if you were it might have put his mail account over the limit, especially if he had been sent lots of mail with large files attached hadn't yet downloaded. That would also block his emails getting through. Cheers, Ronni On 13/03/2009,

Re: Mail problem

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/03/2009, at 1:21 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: In case anyone is interested here is the final outcome of my Mail/ Safari problem. As the saga progressed I could not install Safari V 3 as the installer reckoned a later version was present (I couldn't find any trace of it) and Mail started

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Wendy S. Austin
Hi Ronni (and Miss Cloe who I am sure is watching over your shoulder) No, they were just small Emails.We had a similar problem with someone else in Tasmania a couple of weeks ago.His ISP has blocked us too but luckily he has another Email address which we can still send to. Wendy

Re: Email being rejected

2009-03-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Wendy ( Co.), Actually Miss Cloe has nodded off under my computer desk. She feels she has helped me enough today and has decided ... it is her rest period! she is not going to be too happy in a few minutes, when I put her upstairs as I'm off to Perth , and Miss Cloe has to stay at home.