Re: Deleting emails

2009-06-07 Thread Ian Reid
On 5 Jun 2009, at 8:25 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: Try rebuilding the inbox by selecting it and from the mailbox menu at the top choose rebuild. If that doesn't work you can delete the envelope index file in the mail folder and restart mail to force a rebuild. Thanks Rob Rebuilding was the

Re: [OT] PCs and parts free to good homes

2009-06-07 Thread Murdoch Allen
if there are any left I wouldnt mind 1 machine. I am trying to run diagnostic software that requires proper windows O/ S and wont work under virtual On 06/06/2009, at 5:08 PM, Paul K wrote: Hello, A charitable 'entity' has contacted me with a need to offload a number of PCs for free. Within

G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread Mike Murray
Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but

Re: WAMUG constitution

2009-06-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Geez Daniel, Sorry for stirring all this up! Being a committee member on another community group, I can assure you you are not the only one who is not too familiar with constitution fine print! I would never have thought to look at the WAMUG constitution myself - it was just Ronni's post

Re: WAMUG constitution

2009-06-07 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 7/6/09 7:21 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Geez Daniel, Sorry for stirring all this up! Being a committee member on another community group, I can assure you you are not the only one who is not too familiar with constitution fine print! I would never have thought to

Re: WAMUG constitution

2009-06-07 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 06/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Wow... someone actually read the constitution... I think the committee might want to look at changing that clause... as quite by chance, a good chunk of the Committee is actually made up of Corporate Members. For the past many years I,

Re: [OT] PCs and parts free to good homes

2009-06-07 Thread Paul K
Hi Kevin, His name is Ken, his number is 0415541612 and he lives near Freo. Cheers Paul On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, KEVIN Lockkal...@iinet.net.au wrote: Paul, whilst I am mostly into Mac distribution I have a few people who could use PCs of the type you have. Should no one else have

Re: [OT] PCs and parts free to good homes

2009-06-07 Thread Paul K
Hi All, Please excuse my Monday morning stuff-up ;-) You all know the details now so if you are interested talk to Ken, doh. Cheers Paul ('Reply to list' claims another victim) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread Warwick Gaff
Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread thefrogs
Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have one that has fans running hot. tom samson On 07/06/2009, at 5:23 PM, Mike Murray wrote: Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread rkor...@iinet.net.au
Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger On Mon Jun 8 9:53 , Warwick Gaff cappadonag...@virginbroadband.com.au sent: Can some one

Re: WAMUG constitution

2009-06-07 Thread Martin Hill
Peter, Daniel and Matt, I'm pretty sure that all WAMUG members would agree with me in saying that the hard yakka that you all have put into WAMUG over the years is not taken for granted but very greatly appreciated. I certainly know how difficult it can be at times to organise meetings,

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread Mike Murray
Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program. I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that might just be a function of

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread rkor...@iinet.net.au
Hi Mike I also had a newer G5 at the office that had the same issue as yours and it was just out of the 3 year applecare warranty, I have asked Apple for an extension and am waiting to hear if they will cover it! I personally would never buy a G5 iMac but go for one of the newer intel ones

Re: WAMUG constitution

2009-06-07 Thread Glenn Nicholas
I'd like to add to that sentiment from Martin, I and I would think everyone involved in WAMUG (and for a lot of us this is through the WAMUG mailing list) appreciate the effort that goes into organising the user group. I think the concept behind not having corporate members on the committee might

corrupted account

2009-06-07 Thread gary dorn
Howdy one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted symptoms include: 2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts etc showing up in the apple menu ( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird) frequent kernal locks how do I delete this account? all others

Re: corrupted account

2009-06-07 Thread Glenn Nicholas
Using your Administrator account, go to System Preferences, Accounts. Click the padlock at bottom left and unlock with your admin password. Now you can click the - icon (+ and - at bottom of user list) to delete the account. Glenn Nicholas 2009/6/8 gary dorn garyd...@eepo.com.au: Howdy one

Re: corrupted account

2009-06-07 Thread Robert Howells
On 08/06/2009, at 11:55 AM, gary dorn wrote: Howdy one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted symptoms include: 2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts etc showing up in the apple menu ( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird) frequent kernal

Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

2009-06-07 Thread Robert Howells
On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger But there may be other ways :

Re: corrupted account

2009-06-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Gary, Just to add to Glenn's email. After you click the - icon a window will appear ... you get three options to delete the account ... CLICK OK! If you click OK, Tiger deletes the account and saves its home folder as a disk image in /Users/Deleted Users, so you can recover the data if

Google Earth going black

2009-06-07 Thread David Noel
-- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968 (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea portions go misty blue without a defined boundary). -- I haven't found an answer or a

Re: corrupted account

2009-06-07 Thread gary dorn
On 08/06/2009, at 11:55 AM, gary dorn wrote: Howdy one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted symptoms include: 2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts etc showing up in the apple menu ( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird) frequent kernal

Re: Google Earth going black

2009-06-07 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version (5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan. On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote: -- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968 (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works

Re: Google Earth going black

2009-06-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi David, Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly. Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347 Try the same version as Susan I have, see if that makes any difference. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM,

Re: Google Earth going black

2009-06-07 Thread David Noel
Hi Ronni Susan -- -- Thanks for the suggestions, I did download Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347, and unfortunately I still have the problem with the new version. Any other ideas? Cheers David Noel From: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au Sent: Mon Jun 8 12:56 Re: Google Earth going black