Re: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread John Daniels
Hi Mac What about a card reader from K Mart or wherever cost about $25-30. Probably cheaper than a lead. Cheers John On 05/10/2009, at 11:10 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: can anyone suggest where I might get a lead for my sisters camera. Everyone i contact say they will order one for me

Re: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
Mac, I think there are only two types of USB camera leads (?) I have a spare for my Nikon SLR which has the larger (7mm) plug to the camera. The later pocket Nikon cameras have a smaller (4mm) plug. If my spare is what you want, I am happy to let you have it. regards Kevin 94183869

Re: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread Joe Mastrella
I have a card reader here at the house. Let me know if you would like to use it. Joe On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, John Daniels jdani...@westnet.com.auwrote: Hi Mac What about a card reader from K Mart or wherever cost about $25-30. Probably cheaper than a lead. Cheers John On

Re: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread Paul Weaver
If you go to eBay and type in Olympus Cables you'll probably be able to find the right one listed for about eight dollars including airmail post from HK. You'll need to know the model of camera. I've found HK sellers very reliable and fast in the past. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh

RE: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread Hugh Griffiths
Try morley camera repairs, they service both my Olympus cameras and had (in the past) always had spare leads in stock. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an

iPhoto and greyscale

2009-10-05 Thread Severin Crisp
I find it most annoying that iPhoto baulks at importing many, but not all, grayscale images, the embedded profile plays a part and for some images just converting to RGB is not enough. A little research turned up Embed sRGB Profile 2, an Automator action which seems to do the trick.

old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
Hi, I am hoping some listers may have old printers suitable for OS 9. I am loading 9 on some older machines because of their speed and educational software I have. If anyone is cleaning out the storeroom and want to toss a printer my way I will be most grateful. Stylewriters are nice and

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread Bill Parker
Kevin I have an old i455 Canon which I think was OS9 compat. Bill On 05/10/2009, at 2:58 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Hi, I am hoping some listers may have old printers suitable for OS 9. I am loading 9 on some older machines because of their speed and educational software I have. If

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
Bill, Sounds good. Whereabout are you for a pickup? regards Kevin Kevin I have an old i455 Canon which I think was OS9 compat. Bill On 05/10/2009, at 2:58 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Hi, I am hoping some listers may have old printers suitable for OS 9. I am loading 9 on some older

Re: iPhoto and greyscale

2009-10-05 Thread Ronda Brown
On 05/10/2009, at 4:02 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I find it most annoying that iPhoto baulks at importing many, but not all, grayscale images, the embedded profile plays a part and for some images just converting to RGB is not enough. A little research turned up Embed sRGB Profile 2, an

Converying Nikon NEF to Raw file

2009-10-05 Thread John Daniels
Hi Wamuggers Does anyone know of a Mac program available to convert the Nikon NEF (RAW) files to ordinary RAW. It seems that iPhoto will read them but not Photoshop Elements. Cheers John -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: iPhoto and greyscale

2009-10-05 Thread Severin Crisp
Good suggestion, Ronni, I have sent appropriate feedback! Severin On 05/10/2009, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/10/2009, at 4:02 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I find it most annoying that iPhoto baulks at importing many, but not all, grayscale images, the embedded profile plays a part

Re: Converying Nikon NEF to Raw file

2009-10-05 Thread Bill Parker
John, I use Photoshop Elements ( version 6) to convert NIKON RAW (NEF)s. Just go into PE and Command O, select file and you'll get a pre- processing option wherein you can do some basic manipulation like exposure, colour temp etc. Otherwise Bibble Labs offers a free product (which

Re: Converying Nikon NEF to Raw file

2009-10-05 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi John, If you have the latest Adobe Camera RAW 5.5 plugin it should work with all of the recent Nikon camera RAW files. This page has the link I used, but if it doesn't work you could search the Adobe website. cheers, Susan. On 05/10/2009, at 5:04 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Wamuggers

the link I forgot to include

2009-10-05 Thread Susan Hastings
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0909/09091502adobelightroomcamerarawupdate.asp On 05/10/2009, at 5:24 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi John, If you have the latest Adobe Camera RAW 5.5 plugin it should work with all of the recent Nikon camera RAW files. This page has the link I used, but if it

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i have a hp laserjet 6L incl usb to paralell cable, i can dig more if interested maybe i can locate the old serial to paralell cable inc the power print softwareJames On 05/10/2009, at 14:58, KEVIN Lock wrote: Hi, I am hoping some listers may have old printers suitable for OS 9. I

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
James, All the G3s I have, have USB ports and I have a couple of USB to Parallel cables. I would like to give it a try if you care to let me have it. The driver would be handy if you find it. Please let me know when and where would be convenient to do a collect. thanks, Kevin i

Re: Olympus camera download lead

2009-10-05 Thread Malcolm McCallum
Thanks everyone for your advice, I have just had eye surgery (not serious) and will get into your advice when i get my eye patch off. Mac On 05/10/2009, at 1:52 PM, Joe Mastrella wrote: Greetings! What model is it? What type of cable do you need? What does the cable connect to? Joe

Re: HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-05 Thread David Moyle
Evening, Did you have any luck David. Cheers :) David Moyle Systems Technician Apple, Windows, Cisco -- Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 On 03/10/2009, at 3:11 PM, David Noel wrote: -- Thanks so much, Ronni (and David), that sorts me out very well. I have Snow Leopard, and after

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-05 Thread bigredsky
Hi Rob AirTunes works a treat and requires an airport express and some powered speakers. Alternatvely a product from griffin as below... //www.griffintechnology.com/products/evolve If you end up using AirTunes you may wish to explore Airfoil which sends audio content outside of iTunes only

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-05 Thread Rod Blitvich
Thanks Ab and WAMUG people Have looked a bit harder at this. One solution is to run speaker wire to external outdoor speakers. The speaker wire has to plug in to the indoors sound system. (thanks Neil) When I looked at my DVD home theatre system it doesn't seem to have a spare output for a

Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Hawkins
My colleague with the one year old HP Laserjet printer P2014N which will not work now that Snow Leopard has been installed on his latest model iMac wants to uninstall SL and reinstall Leopard. Can that be done by simply installing Leopard as the OS? His iMac has two internal hard-drives, on

Re: iPhone repair

2009-10-05 Thread James Anderson
Hi all, Just to update you all on the best iPhone repair process I've come up with so far, since it is superior to the method Optus offers! (for a small fee). 1. Call Apple 1300 321 456 (put aside 20mins-40mins for being on hold!!) 2. Explain your issue and arrange 'advanced replacement'. Where

Re: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, Reverting to an older system is never pleasant, but if he backed up his Leopard System, before he installed Snow Leopard, it can be relatively straightforward. A) If before upgrading to Snow Leopard, he created a bootable duplicate of his old Leopard System on an external

YouTube to iTunes?

2009-10-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi, A bit of advice regarding loading and playing music videos from non-iTunes store sources into iTunes. I recently found that one of our local singers has posted some videos of her performances on YouTube. (See http://www.simonekeane.com/ if you're interested) I have now downloaded 3 videos

unsubscribe please

2009-10-05 Thread Wietse van der Kooi
I am on holidays and therefore I would like to unsubscribe for the time being. Many thanks, Wietse van der Kooi -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml

Re: unsubscribe please

2009-10-05 Thread Ronda Brown
On 06/10/2009, at 12:17 PM, Wietse van der Kooi wrote: I am on holidays and therefore I would like to unsubscribe for the time being. Many thanks, Wietse van der Kooi Hello Wietse, You need to go here http://www.wamug.org.au/mailing-list/ and then under Mailing List click on

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread James / Hans Kunz
hi Kevin it's ready for pickup: laserjet 6L, paralell to usb cable, powerprint software package (manual, cd, serial number) cheers James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132

Re: old printers for OS 9

2009-10-05 Thread KEVIN Lock
James, Thanks, that will go to a good home! I am heading north to Quinns tomorrow, so will drop by SAD Technic tomorrow morning, if that is convenient? regards Kevin hi Kevin it's ready for pickup: laserjet 6L, paralell to usb cable, powerprint software package (manual, cd, serial

Connecting Mac to Windows broadband modem.

2009-10-05 Thread Lloyd White
Hi everyone. I have a friend with an iMac, OS 9. His wife has a Windoze computer with a BigPond broadband connection. His is upstairs and hers downstairs so they do not want any cables. They have asked for my help. God bless them!! What sort of information would I need to get from her re the

Re: Uninstalling Snow Leopard

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thank you Ronni, I think I'll quietly disappear from the office for 10 days or so. Regards, Michael. On 6/10/09 12:02 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Michael, Reverting to an older system is never pleasant, but if he backed up his Leopard System, before he installed Snow