Re: Warning: MS Word 14 fails with old Word documents

2011-07-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/07/2011, at 10:57 AM, Ray Forma wrote: Beware; if you are thinking about upgrading to M$ Word V14, also known as Word:Mac 2011, then, before updating, do update any older Word documents that you may have. I tried to open Word 97 documents with the current Word V14 and they all

FW: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread Daniel Kerr
Begin forwarded message: From: peta petabelczow...@me.com Date: 12 July 2011 7:40:32 PM AWST To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Apple TV slide shows Hullo All Happy Apple TV Users At the urging of my brother and my son, I bought an Apple TV, not sure if I really

Final Cut advice

2011-07-13 Thread wyvern
Hi Guys, i am looking for a bit of advice. I am currently using Final Cut Express HD 3.5.1 and may soon have to upgrade my video camera from current using mini dv tapes to one using hard drive so would need to upgrade my Final Cut for capture. I would appreciate advice on whether to upgrade

Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Hi Peta Video/movie clips will normally have to be imported into iTunes for AppleTV to access them. I do not believe It can access or play video clips that are stored within iPhoto. Regards Daniel Forsdyke -- An Apple iPhone4 creation On 13/07/2011, at 16:04, Daniel Kerr

Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peta, As Daniel has suggested. You can export the slideshow as a m4v file through iPhoto to itunes itself, then it is a movie file as any other and you can play it through the Apple TV2. Or you could try, but from reading what you posted looks like you might have it doesn’t work ;-) :

Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Peta, I just found my notes on this in my documents folder … my filing system is not the easiest quickest to follow ;-) This is more detailed instructions than I posted before. To export your iPhoto slideshows for iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, follow these steps: 1.

Re: Final Cut advice

2011-07-13 Thread Rob Davies
Evening, Final Cut Pro X would be weapon of choice as you pointed out previous version does not seem to be continuing. Apple is putting eggs in one basket moving editing to prosumer, hence your camera market. I have not used program within a full on project, and I do not wish to. It seems to

Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread peta
Thank you Daniel and thank you Ronni for your prompt replies to my query re the Apple TV slide shows. I will make myself a time slot tomorrow and follow your advice. Your time to reply to this little problem is much appreciated. The slide shows do look great on the Apple TV. It will be

Re: Final Cut advice

2011-07-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Yvonne, I purchased Final Cut Express 4 when it was released and find it very good. But as of June 21, 2011, Final Cut Express is discontinued, in favor of Final Cut Pro X. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/07/2011, at 7:14 PM, Rob Davies rjda...@gmail.com wrote: Evening, Final Cut Pro X

Re: Apple TV slide shows

2011-07-13 Thread peta
Good morning Ronni I am delighted! Thank you again for your easy to follow instructions as below, To export your iPhoto slideshows for iPad, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, follow these steps: When re-read your instructions last night, and I saw in your Point 5 may take quite a bit of time, I

Re: Google+: And You Thought Facebook Is a Privacy Nightmare - Business - Motley Fool - msnbc.com

2011-07-13 Thread Paul K
Ronni, That hardly comes across as amicable. Please let it go. If you need me to be wrong then so be it. I shall take my wrong self off to somewhere ill-advised and dangerous. Like the shops. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Google+ Invites [First 15]

2011-07-13 Thread Kyle Kreusch
I've got about 17 more invites to take care of today, you interested e-mail me following the instructions below and I'll add you to the list. -- Regards Kyle

Apple Australia slashes app prices by up to 25%

2011-07-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Prices on Apple's iTunes App Store in Australia have been slashed to take into account the recent surge in the Australian dollar. Apple Australia confirmed today that for Australia and some other countries, pricing on apps - but not music, books or movies - had been adjusted due to changes

Re: Apple Australia slashes app prices by up to 25%

2011-07-13 Thread cm
Hi Neil, Yes, your email arrived partway through a similar post on my part. I was going to post.. Apple has adjusted the exchange rate that it uses to price items on international App Stores. For example Final Cut Pro X is now AUS$320 instead of AUS$350.

Re: Final Cut advice

2011-07-13 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i'm staying with fcp7 my sony camera (HVR-Z7 series) is using cf cards 74min hd recording per 16gig fcp7 can load/import directly from the cf card in 25% on the play time James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132)

Apple TV - Multiple iTunes Libraries

2011-07-13 Thread Alan Smith
I have two iTunes libraries on my iMac. Can these be accessed via Apple TV2 directly? That is, under the ATV main menu for Computer I want a choice of Library 1 or Library 2.I don't want to reload iTunes via the Option-Select route each time I want to access something from the other