eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Adrian Stevens
I will attach 3 links below. If you can, please view them, and tell me which one is the best I need something that falls within the criteria of: - A good light gaming machine - A great school machine - A HD dvd machine - A HDD big enough for some music, many programs and videos.

Re: eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Adrian, the third link is for someone in NSW only. So, its your choice between the other two. Cheers, Susan. From: Adrian Stevens adrianosbia...@gmail.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:58:31 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au

Re: eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, and link 2 is local pickup only in South Australia. That makes link 1 the only possibility. From: Adrian Stevens adrianosbia...@gmail.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:58:31 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: eBay Macs I

Re: eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Rick Armstrong
Ask the question if they will post, they will only be reluctant (as I will) if they haven't the original packaging to ensue safe arrival. On 16/02/2011, at 5:18 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, and link 2 is local pickup only in South Australia. That makes link 1 the only possibility. From:

Re: eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
As Susan has pointed out, the other 2 are local pickup or overeast only. Also, don't be surprised for them to go higher as it gets closer to the end of the auction. The last few completed 24 models of similar specs sold for $800-$1000 in the last week approximately. You also then have to factor

Re: eBay Macs

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian, Link 1 is located in Melbourne ( not even spelt correctly). And as Daniel has mentioned it does not have the original box. I agree with everything Daniel has mentioned. Item location: melburne, Victoria, Australia Also the Photos are not of the Item for sale but very similar? PHOTOS

Preferences not showing

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Hogarth
Hi I have 2Ghz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM Imac from a few years ago that is running 10.6.6 and for some damned reason I cannot open the Preferences windows Have tried a few of the work-arounds from apple and still nothing any clues would be appreciated however obvious to someone

Re: Preferences not showing

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 16/2/11 9:03 PM, Tom Hogarth twshoga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have 2Ghz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM Imac from a few years ago that is running 10.6.6 and for some damned reason I cannot open the Preferences windows Have tried a few of the work-arounds from apple and

Re: Preferences not showing

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tom, Download the OS X 10.6.6 Combo Update and install it. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349 Sent from Ronni's iPad On 16/02/2011, at 9:03 PM, Tom Hogarth twshoga...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have 2Ghz Intel Core Duo 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM Imac from a few years ago that is running

Re: Preferences not showing

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Hogarth
Thank you both - no answes yet - will have to do things when my game playing son is not online on his ;) appreciate the speedy response - p On 16 February 2011 21:20, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Tom, Download the OS X 10.6.6 Combo Update and install it.

Re: Preferences not showing

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Hogarth
OK I re-read Daniels message - no double up of 2 sys prefs found, but I did go in and deleted the plistfile and turned computer off - and went away from computer just started it up - and problem has been solved - there it is the pref window thank you On 16 February 2011 21:38, Tom Hogarth

How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Knowles
Can anyone tell me how to remove a person from a particular group conversation in Skype 5.0.0.7994 ? There is a drop down menu for each person which allows Call, Send Instant Message, or Show Profile. I can't seem to drag these people off the screen or out of the conversation. I can Add people

Re: How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/02/2011, at 7:59 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Can anyone tell me how to remove a person from a particular group conversation in Skype 5.0.0.7994 ? There is a drop down menu for each person which allows Call, Send Instant Message, or Show Profile. I can't seem to drag these people

Re: How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Knowles
Thanks Ronni. A search on some of the text reveals you probably got it for this page. It doesn't seem to solve my problem though, but I suspect it may be relevant to verbal conversations. My problem involves text based chat for a group (my fault, didn't clarify that in my original question).

Protective Plastic Case for 3.5 SATA HDD

2011-02-16 Thread Pete Smith
G'day all. This may interest any of you who have invested or are going to invest in bare external hard disks for use in devices such as the Voyager Q. I have had three on the go plus some more I've just bought ($63 for 1TB from Austin computers online) and have just been storing them in the

Re: How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Steven, however the problem is that the person we want to remove, it's an old Skype name which she no longer uses, and has long since forgotten the password. I’m obviously missing something here ;-) Otherwise, why can’t you just Select the ’old’ contact in the Contacts list and hit

iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Alan Smith
What is the short list of iMac good practices? I have been trying to trace my iMac sleep apnoea problem by noting setup changes and their effect. (iMac wakes from sleep after a short period - usually less than 30 minutes.) I am finding lots of red herrings in my pursuit of the cure! Some of

Re: Protective Plastic Case for 3.5 SATA HDD

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Thanks Pete, they will be very handy. I think I'll order about 15 just for myself! :o) Was looking for something similar to that, that works out well. :)) Good find. Kind Regards Daniel On 17/2/11 11:35 AM, Pete Smith smudd...@internode.on.net wrote: G'day all. This may interest any of

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Alan Some answers may be different for different people, but here's my opinion. (Each answer below your question) On 17/2/11 1:52 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: What is the short list of iMac good practices? I have been trying to trace my iMac sleep apnoea problem by

iPad purchase HK?

2011-02-16 Thread Glenn Nicholas
Does anyone have any suggestions re the pros/cons of buying an iPad in Hong Kong or Shanghai and bringing it back to Australia? Have a friend who is travelling and considering a purchase. Regards, Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, I will only add one comment to Daniel’s excellent (as always) post. My comment is in regard to Q4 ‘Files on the Desktop’ and is in the colour ‘purple’. On 17/02/2011, at 2:03 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Alan Some answers may be different for different people, but here's my

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Tim Law
Keeping your desktop clean is really important because every icon, folder or alias on it is loaded into the RAM, slowing your system down. So Ronni, are you saying that even tho an alias is just 'an alias' and only takes up a few kb, that it still takes enough RAM to make a difference? I

RE: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Alan Smith
Thanks Daniel and Ronni Love your responses and explanations. I like my rules in black and white as you can guess - though purple addendums aren't bad! I've got two of David Pogue's missing manual books for Snow Leopard. Very good explanations when the base system is working properly.

Application startup problem

2011-02-16 Thread Severin Crisp
I am observing ongoing problems with applications starting or not starting. The dock icon bounces forever and gets nowhere. A Force Quit followed by a try again usually fixes things. I believe that the problem is more frequent when I click on an icon in the dock rather than on the

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tim, Aliases on the Desktop would not make much difference. Perhaps I should have included a few more words like below, but I did not want Alan again accusing me of being Intimidating. The larger the files, the longer the Mac will take to read them when it loads up, slowing down other

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Also, just to add to Ronni's as well, which she did mention about it slowing down, is that if you also have Show icon preview ticked (in Finder - View menu - Show View Options) then the more items you have on the desktop the computer has to draw all those little pictures while it starts up.

Re: Application startup problem

2011-02-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/02/2011, at 3:06 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am observing ongoing problems with applications starting or not starting. The dock icon bounces forever and gets nowhere. A Force Quit followed by a try again usually fixes things. I believe that the problem is more frequent when I

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Tim Law
Thanks Ronni, I had wondered if the OSX went and found the original to the alias and loaded that file into RAM, hence your concerns. But now I understand that better - ie. if anything NEEDS to be on the desktop, best be aliases. Ta Tim On 17/02/2011, at 3:02 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi

Re: iMac Good Practices

2011-02-16 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Ronni and others This is really interesting and thanks heaps for speaking about it. I wasnt aware that files, folders and aliases on the desktop would take up ram and system efficiency. I also wasnt aware that it would be most efficient to use the Mac's folder system like you say Ronni.

Re: Application startup problem

2011-02-16 Thread Severin Crisp
4GB RAM and 470GB of free space on the startup drive. The RAM checks out OK with Tech Tool Pro. Severin On 17/02/2011, at 3:16 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/02/2011, at 3:06 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am observing ongoing problems with applications starting or not starting. The dock