Re: itunes library

2010-03-25 Thread mince and pud
woo hoo! My library is back from the wilderness. The opt-launch thing was as simple as not holding the key down for long enough (so it stopped working the more impatient I got!) At a loss to find a working library file in the music folder on my external drive, I had a look at my

Re: itunes library

2010-03-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alastair, I was part way through typing an email to you re exactly what you have now found out. iTunes still stores its library data files in your user folder, I think with the change from old Mac to New Mac, the associated Library Data files that were on the Old Mac (that were linking to

Aperture wont start

2010-03-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
I ran the software updater today and now Aperture wont start, the following appears instantly, not even 1 full bounce. Has anyone else had this problem? Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com Process: Aperture [623] Path:/Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture

Re: itunes library

2010-03-25 Thread mince and pud
Hi Ronni Sorry! Old mac is sitting right there - forgot you couldn't see it! (Actually it's not hooked up any more but I still have its clone on the drive) Glad to have saved you the second half of an email - apologies for the first half many thanks alastair On 25/03/2010, at 4:13

Re: Aperture wont start

2010-03-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian, No, I haven't heard of anyone having this happen with this update yet. It did happen to some people using Aperture when they updated to Snow Leopard. The only fix then seemed to be restoring /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework with TimeMachine fixed the crash. I've

Re: Aperture wont start

2010-03-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
Aperture 3, I have re-started and using Snow Leopard since its release. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 25/03/2010, at 4:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, No, I haven't heard of anyone having this happen with this update yet. It did happen to some people using Aperture when

Re: fried

2010-03-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Tim Short answer,..quite important I personally feel. If you don't unplug the phone line and you get a surge on it then bad things can happen. Worst case scenario is if the surge/lightning strike goes through the phone line and doesn't blow out the router/modem then it can carry along the

Re: Aperture wont start

2010-03-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
Thanks again Ronni, I finished up un-installing and re-installing and it seems OK again so far. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 25/03/2010, at 4:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, No, I haven't heard of anyone having this happen with this update yet. It did happen to some

Re: Aperture wont start

2010-03-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Good to hear Adrian, Yes, often a un-install re-install works. Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 25/03/2010, at 6:22 PM, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com wrote: Thanks again Ronni, I finished up un-installing and re-installing and it seems OK again so far. Regards, Adrian

Re: Locked Keychain Problem

2010-03-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Barb, Glad to hear you finally cracked it and unlocked your keychain. From your original post I see you are using OSX 10.3.9, so I expect the differences you now see are due to how Keychain Access has developed from 10.3 to 10.6. Personally, I had a big upgrade from 10.2 straight to 10.5,

Re: Locked Keychain Problem

2010-03-25 Thread Barb Zahari
Hi Neil Something won at least. eh? No don't think so - this older imac (grey/transparent slot loader all-in-one) is running 10.3.9 same as the ethernet-less emac. The version of Keychain installed on here is Keychain Access 3.1.4, installed 13/04/05 - 5.51am - some teacher was up at it

Re: Locked Keychain Problem

2010-03-25 Thread Barb Zahari
Hooray! Finally found a downloadable version of Firefox 2.0.0.20 for the OS10.3.9 running on this older imac - using it now. Got sick of Safari when it wouldn't connect to my bank this afternoon, went Googling again. (This time I've KEPT the installer - just in case!) BarbZ -- The WA

Re: Locked Keychain Problem

2010-03-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Barb, Sorry, when I referred to the differences between 10.3 10.6, I meant the different menu configurations you are describing (on OSX 10.3.9) from what I see (on OSX 10.6.2). The FileVaultMaster stuff is, as you say, probably down to the school IT team changing locking down certain items

Re: fried

2010-03-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Umm,... I wouldn't have thought so, but it depends on the policy and situation I would think. And would depend on how much or what each policy would cover. I know of a situation where a computer died in a power blackout. Western Power would cover it under their policy but it was at a much

Fwd: Financial Advice from the Storm

2010-03-25 Thread Graeme Winters
I received the text below from what I believe to be a reliable source I do not have a claim but others may be interested to know of this Graeme Winters Imac 27 I hope you have survived the storm and enjoy the new speed dimples your car may now possess. You may not be aware that Western

Re: Locked Keychain Problem

2010-03-25 Thread Barb Zahari
Hi Neil Oh dear - asleep on the mac again!! 8-D Ah, I misinterpreted ... thanks! I quite like inspecting/tweaking - taught myself all about using computers on the mac Classic (1998) then the strawberry imac (1999) through OS 7, 8, 9 by opening shutting everything that would open shut.

Re: fried

2010-03-25 Thread Matthew Healey
I am not a lawyer. My thinking behind this is that they are protecting themselves against those cheap-and-nasty extension cords you get for 99c at your local supermarket. Cheap cables use less pure/thinner wires to save on cost. This causes them to heat up when put under load. This is a bad

Re: Financial Advice from the Storm warning about buying a car

2010-03-25 Thread Denise Williams
Hi All Thanks for forwarding this about SYNERGY rebate. We were out for more than 12 hours so I tried to submit my claim but at the end of putting in all my details, the email that should have gone through, via their web page, failed. I also needed a username and password. Might try again

Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
Good morning all, Can some one please advise me how much disk space will be take if I install Windows 7 on an iMac (Intel Snow Leopard) using Boot Camp or other appropriate software. I do not intend installing a lot of windows application as I only require it to run Family Search software

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Adrian, 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software and have room for updates and a bit of processing. You'd probably end up taking around 10 gigs for Windows 7. Personally, I'd put more if you can afford it - resizing the bootcamp partition sucks, and you do

Re: Financial Advice from the Storm warning about buying a car

2010-03-25 Thread David Nicholas
Denise, and others south/east of the river I succeeded in lodging a claim with Western Power. I didn't use Graeme's link, but entered the address manually, as far as / yourPowerSupply/ and then I selected the rest progressively. Our power was off for over 50 hours so I think we will meet

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi Adrian As Gavin said I think you are better off using a virtual machine :) So: Fusion Parallels Virtual Box If you want to buy Parallels there is a good deal on at the moment at http://www.mupromo.com/ Have a look. Roger On 26/03/2010, at 10:42 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Adrian Skehan
Thanks Gavin, I dont want to sacrifice that much space so I will look at using a small external drive. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 26/03/2010, at 10:48 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Adrian, 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software and have

Re: fried

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Risbey
My 2c, I can attest to the replacement of powerboards by Belkin, very obliging, after the switch on the board collapsed/ failed. I had bought a replacement then read the new box - doh - but you can always find something that may need protection. When considering surge protectors - slightly

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Adrian, I haven't tried it but I believe installing boot camp to an external drive is a painful process. If you're doing that, I'd recommend a virtual machine and keeping it on the virtual drive if space is an issue. Gav On 26/03/2010, at 11:17 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Thanks Gavin,

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian, I agree with using a virtual machine. I've been using Parallels from version 3, 4 now 5. I have had WindowsXP Pro, Windows Vista Ultimate (what a CPU user was Vista), now Windows 7 Ultimate installed in Parallels 5. My Windows 7 virtual machine is 11.02GB. The Expanding Disk

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Yes Gav, Windows requires its own partition on your computer's internal startup disk. Boot Camp Assistant creates a second partition on your startup disk … Cheers, Ronni On 26/03/2010, at 11:26 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Adrian, I haven't tried it but I believe installing boot camp to