OT: Skype Phones

2009-05-25 Thread Warwick Gaff
Just wondering how many shops in Perth metro area sell Skype compatible USB phones and if there are any problems associated with these phones? The internet have conflicting results for some of the commonly known brands like Logitech and Netgear but don't depict what the real fault is with the

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Bill Parker
On 26/05/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: WAMUG Mailing List Digest #2118 1) Address Book by Bill Parker re...@westnet.com.au 2) Blank screen by thefrogs thefr...@iinet.net.au 3) Re: Address Book by Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com Subject: Address Book Date:

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
On 26/05/2009, at 6:17 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Subject: Address Book Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 06:56:02 +0800 References: list-481...@wamug.org.au X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) I am trying to add a new email address to my address book and using add sender. does not work. The main address

Re: kind of urgent - any techs in Perth still doing circuit board component repair these days?

2009-05-25 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i can have a look at it, i'm doing pcb repairs for industrial equipment you may visit my webpage cheers James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway

Memory Help

2009-05-25 Thread Nichole Shervington
Hi there. I have a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac purchased Dec 2007 It has 2 x 1GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM inside. I was considering upgrading to 4GB If I purchased 2 x 2GB 1066Mhz DDR3 SDRAM will this work in my machine? Would appreciate some help. Thanks Kind regards Nichole Shervington --

Re: Memory Help

2009-05-25 Thread Malcolm McCallum
If only improving memory was so easy. :-( Mac On 26/05/2009, at 9:38 AM, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi there. I have a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac purchased Dec 2007 It has 2 x 1GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM inside. I was considering upgrading to 4GB If I purchased 2 x 2GB 1066Mhz DDR3 SDRAM

Re: Memory Help

2009-05-25 Thread Robert Howells
On 26/05/2009, at 9:38 AM, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi there. I have a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac purchased Dec 2007 It has 2 x 1GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM inside. I was considering upgrading to 4GB If I purchased 2 x 2GB 1066Mhz DDR3 SDRAM will this work in my machine? Would appreciate

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread John Daniels
Hi Ronni I'm having similar trouble but my Mail General Prefs window seems to be partly hidden. At the top I can just read Following last name immediately beneath the toolbar and then Sort by, Address format etc beneath. It seems that there should be something more above Following last

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, We are talking about Address Book.app General Preferences not Mail General Preferences. I've attached screen shot of the window I am talking about to your email addressas It won't come to WAMUG list. Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 9:55 AM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I'm

Re: Memory Help

2009-05-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Nichole, I upgraded my 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac (also purchased Nov/Dec 2007) from 1GB to 4GB - it was a really easy upgrade. I'm down in Albany and used OWC - although they are in the US they ship worldwide and delivered very promptly. However, whether you want to use them or not,

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, I'll put my reply back on list in case anyone else experiences your problem. Am I correct in understanding that in your Address Book Application Preferences that the Toolbar (Menu) at the top of the Preferences Window does not show? You do not see the toolbar at the top with

Re: 35mm scanner

2009-05-25 Thread Malcolm McCallum
All working well, do not ask me what I was doing wrong but :-( Thanks for the coffee. We have thousands of slides to do so will return scanner when we have finished or when you want it, which ever comes sooner. Mac On 24/05/2009, at 8:14 PM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi Mac Yes

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread John Daniels
Hi Ronni I see General Template phone etc., only the item before last line is missing. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 11:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, I'll put my reply back on list in case anyone else experiences your problem. Am I correct in understanding that in your Address

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
Hi Bill, When I had this problem I finally found that from time to time I had switched entering the names from First name first to last with the result that when I sorted them they were all over the place and re sorting then Last name first just reversed the probble. To fix this I had

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, Are you using Address Book.app version 4.1.2 in Leopard? If you are using a previous version of Address Book.app in Tiger, I don't think it had Show first name: Before last name I can't really remember but it could have just had Show first name: Following last name ... Your

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread John Daniels
Hi Ronni Yes I am using 4.1.2 in Leopard on Power PC table lamp. My wife's Intel has 4.1.1 and it shows the window correctly. Yes only the line show first name is missing. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 12:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, Are you using Address Book.app version 4.1.2 in

IP address

2009-05-25 Thread Paul Weaver
I was under the impression that every computer can be identified by a unique IP address which doesn't change. If this is the case how can I check the individual iMacs on our house ethernet system. They all pop up the same IP number when I use an online checker. Paul. -- The WA Macintosh

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, This is strange, I haven't heard of this happening. Have you tried the Quit Address Book App moving the ~/Library/ Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist to the desktop. Then restart your Mac, then Open Apple Book.app? The only thing I can think of is a corrupted preference file.

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread John Daniels
Hi Ronni I think you are right. There is no Address Book in the Library although all the other Preferences/com.apple files are there. Maybe reinstall part of Leopard again? On 26/05/2009, at 12:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, This is strange, I haven't heard of this happening. Have you

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
On 26/05/2009, at 12:34 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I think you are right. There is no Address Book in the Library although all the other Preferences/com.apple files are there. Did you look in your Home /Library/Preferences/ com.apple.AddressBook.plist NOT your HD/Library? Maybe

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread John Daniels
Hi again Ronni This is the only problem. John On 26/05/2009, at 12:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 12:34 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I think you are right. There is no Address Book in the Library although all the other Preferences/com.apple files are there. Did you look

Re: address book

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, Ok, if you are not having any other problems in Leopard, you could just reinstall the Address Book Application. You will lose all the names you have in Address Book unless you want to Export All your cards out as vcards then Import them in when you have the new Address Book

emails

2009-05-25 Thread Chris Burton
Hi wamuggers I dont seem to be receiving many emails from the group and are not sure why. I have had dramas with my isp, oceanbroadband down here in busso over the last month or so. I have a quick question regarding the small usb harddrives. I looked at a couple of 500gb drives at

Re: IP address

2009-05-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Paul, I'm no network guru, so this is just my thoughts rather than real knowledge! I think an online check would probably come up with the IP address of your internet router. The IP addresses for each computer may or may not change depending on how your network is set-up. If you go to the

Re: IP address

2009-05-25 Thread Robert Howells
On 26/05/2009, at 12:28 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I was under the impression that every computer can be identified by a unique IP address which doesn't change. You have one line to your isp and it has just the one IP address . So the online checker shows that address . Your ethernet home

Re: IP address

2009-05-25 Thread David Moyle
Afternoon, Ditto to below! Dead correct. The IP address with be either 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x on all of the computers internally on your network. Thanks, - Original Message - From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009

Mail message won't go away

2009-05-25 Thread Graham Byatt
Hi All, OS X 10.5.7 Mail App - I have an email from regular correspondent that i can't delete, tried to change its status, flag it, unflag it, transfer to another mailbox (it doesn't go into them) etc. It just won't go away. Opening the message displays a blank window. It's been here

Re: emails

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Chris, Re: you not receiving WAMUG emails, have you checked that your ISP is not blocking any emails? Re: The External USB Harddrives. In Disk Utility, what format it is already formatted to? Applications Utilities Disk Utility ... Are you wanting to use the external drive on

Re: Mail message won't go away

2009-05-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Graham, Can you highlight the email, then click on Edit and choose Cut. Does it go away then? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 1:24 PM, Graham Byatt wrote: Hi All, OS X 10.5.7 Mail App - I have an email from regular correspondent that i can't delete, tried to change its status, flag it,

Re: emails

2009-05-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Chris, I have several small USB drives, and a larger one. I never bother with formatting them, just plug them in and start using them. You can, as Ronni said, reformat them, but as far as I know, they are all Mac compatible, whether they say so or not. Susan. On 26/05/2009, at 1:39 PM,

Re: Mail message won't go away

2009-05-25 Thread Geoffrey Barbara Maidment
Hi Graham I had something similar using Entourage. I tried everything but nothing worked to delete the message, which kept showing up as an 'unread message'. I finally had to take the computer to my local tech shop where they reloaded Entourage and updated it. Has worked fine ever since. It