Re: OS X 10.7.1 Lion update

2011-08-17 Thread Robert D Miller-Eves
Just installed update. Seems OK except that mouse scroll option doesn't work! (Didn't in previous 10.7 either!) Anybclues? On Wed 17/08/11 9:45 AM , cm cm200...@gmail.com sent: Hi all, OS X 10.7.1 Lion update is available using Software Update. Post if you notice any improvements and I

Re: OS X 10.7.1 Lion update

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/08/2011, at 2:20 PM, Robert D Miller-Eves wrote: Just installed update. Seems OK except that mouse scroll option doesn't work! (Didn't in previous 10.7 either!) Anybclues? System Preferences Mouse Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating. On

Re: Airport Express problems

2011-08-17 Thread Lloyd White
On 16/08/2011, at 1:03 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of the first one. According to Apple's sales blurb that

Re: OS X 10.7.1 Lion update

2011-08-17 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
I did that! Don't work! On 17/08/2011, at 2:29 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/08/2011, at 2:20 PM, Robert D Miller-Eves wrote: Just installed update. Seems OK except that mouse scroll option doesn't work! (Didn't in previous 10.7 either!) Anybclues? System Preferences Mouse Move

Re: OS X 10.7.1 Lion update

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/08/2011, at 2:29 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/08/2011, at 2:20 PM, Robert D Miller-Eves wrote: Just installed update. Seems OK except that mouse scroll option doesn't work! (Didn't in previous 10.7 either!) Anybclues? System Preferences Mouse Move content in the direction

Re: OS X 10.7.1 Lion update

2011-08-17 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
Well,I'll be a Monkey's Uncle! THAT WORKED! Thanks Ronda! On 17/08/2011, at 2:37 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/08/2011, at 2:29 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/08/2011, at 2:20 PM, Robert D Miller-Eves wrote: Just installed update. Seems OK except that mouse scroll option doesn't

Re: Airport Express problems

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/08/2011, at 2:34 PM, Lloyd White wrote: On 16/08/2011, at 1:03 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi everyone, I have an Airport Express connected by ethernet to my modem. Works well but I want to extend the range. I bought a second AirPort Express and plugged it in within range of

Bootable hard discs

2011-08-17 Thread Ian Reid
Good afternoon All After years of backing up the contents of my internal hard disc to an external hard disc I decided to make bootable backup copies, using a WD MyBook Studio 2Tb disc, a product said by WD as suitable for use with SuperDuper. Using Disc Utility, I erased the disc and

Re: Bootable hard discs

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
GUID Partition Table. On 17/08/2011, at 3:45 PM, Ian Reid wrote: Good afternoon All After years of backing up the contents of my internal hard disc to an external hard disc I decided to make bootable backup copies, using a WD MyBook Studio 2Tb disc, a product said by WD as

Video DownloadHelper no longer works in Firefox?

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, Anyone else out there use Firefox with the Video DownloadHelper extension. I've used it for a few years now and it always worked well - though I don't use it that frequently. Today I tried to download a youTube video but it didn't work - basically it seemed like it tried to start (the

Apology, slightly off-topic - TheFunTheory

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Apologies for straying off-topic - I'm going to make the (tenuous) Mac link: Think different ;o) I just thought this was great lateral thinking - compare the percentage on the escalator before after! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany,

Re: MacBook Pro 13

2011-08-17 Thread Susan Hastings
MacBook has sold. On 15/08/2011, at 5:14 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, I have for sale a MacBook Pro with following specifications: 13-inch, Mid 2009 Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB Hard Drive: 250 GB SD

Re: excel on the ipad?

2011-08-17 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Ronnie, Daniel and others Thankyou very much for your suggestions regarding using excel capability on an ipad. I will check through all links and get back to you when I am able (out of action for a week). Kind regards Chris On 15/08/2011, at 11:07 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris,

Font size

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Hawkins
I have installed Lion on my 17 MacBook Pro. The font size as it appears on the screen is too small (by this I mean that all letters on the computer screen are small). How do I increase the size? My other grumble is that Lion has made the computer slow down ­ there's a noticeable delay between

Interesting post re MacKeeper

2011-08-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All A few times people have asked about MacKeeper. Was just having a read through some articles and came across this, which I thought was a interesting post. Worth a read for those wondering about installing or wanting to trial MacKeeper.

Nostalgia / humour question

2011-08-17 Thread James Devenish
Hi, I'm pretty sure, many years ago, an official Apple User Guide had an illustration of an iPod being used by a server administrator as a disk to install software on an Xserve or something. Anyone remember what document this was, or have a link to it online? James -- The WA Macintosh User

Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread John Hatch
I have recieved an email with an image in it. Instead of getting the image I get the code appearing on screen. What is strange is when I delete it to the trash and then open the trash and view the deleted email from within the trash the image appears correctly. Has anybody an explanation?

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 18/08/2011, at 6:47 AM, John Hatch wrote: I have recieved an email with an image in it. Instead of getting the image I get the code appearing on screen. What is strange is when I delete it to the trash and then open the trash and view the deleted email from within the trash the

Re: Font size

2011-08-17 Thread cm
Hi Michael, After a new install of Lion, Spotlight will do a complete reindex. Has the reindex finished yet? You can tell by clicking on the magnifying glass on the right hand side of the top menu bar (or without clicking on it, it has a spot in the middle of the glass when it is indexing).

Re: Font size

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, On 17/08/2011, at 8:36 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I have installed Lion on my 17 MacBook Pro. The font size as it appears on the screen is too small (by this I mean that all letters on the computer screen are small). How do I increase the size? Are you using the correct screen

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread j...@iinet.net.au
Peter, Receiving and sending from my ipad John On Thu Aug 18 7:33 , Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au sent: On 18/08/2011, at 6:47 AM, John Hatch wrote: I have recieved an email with an image in it. Instead of getting the image I get the code appearing on screen. What is

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi John, First check this setting on your iPad, Settings -- General --- Accessibility: set White on Black --- “OFF” There is a problem with JPEG2000 images viewed on iPhones iPads. JPEG is fine, but JPEG2000 image compression is not. This compression used in some PDF files can't be

Re: Video DownloadHelper no longer works in Firefox?

2011-08-17 Thread Ray Forma
Neil, You possibly need to update several items to get a combination that works. A few of these updates, such as FireFox V 6, have only appeared in the last few hours and days. No problems downloading here; MacOS 10.6.8, MacPro 5,1, FireFox 6.0, Download helper 4.9.5. The download is much

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread John Hatch
Roni, Thanks. Accessiblity is off. This more a burr under my skin. Especially when it reads OK from the trash. The pdf from club is generated in publisher and i suspect that there are some setttings there that need changing. A fiend sent a newsletter in pdf from word no problems. As you say

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
You¹ve got to watch those fiends ­ they can be, well, fiendish ;o) on 18/8/11 10:23 AM, John Hatch at j...@iinet.net.au wrote: A fiend sent a newsletter in pdf from word -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Video DownloadHelper no longer works in Firefox?

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
OK, thanks for that Ray. It's good to know someone has it working OK in Snow Leopard. - I'm planning on doing a bit of an upgrade/clean-up session in the near future - hopefully that will clear it all up. Though it doesn't explain why Tooble isn't working either - I wouldn't have thought that

Re: Font size

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thank you Ronni and Carlo. Yes, I was guilty of taking the Lion out for a walk before I'd let it settle in to its new habitat, explore its surroundings, and change and adapt the environment that previous Big Cat occupants had created. Things are much better now that the Lion has had a bit of a

Re: Images problem

2011-08-17 Thread John Hatch
Good spot. Brain not turned on before i act Sent from my iPad On 18/08/2011, at 10:54 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: You’ve got to watch those fiends – they can be, well, fiendish ;o) on 18/8/11 10:23 AM, John Hatch at j...@iinet.net.au wrote: A fiend sent a newsletter

Login items appearing disappearing; WAS Re: iPhone has stopped opening iTunes

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni any other interested watchers, I had a very strange occurrence today ­ which seems somehow related to this problem. I don¹t normally shut my iMac down unless I¹m planning on being away a day or two ­ I just put it to sleep. However, every now and then, when it seems like a long time

Re: Video DownloadHelper no longer works in Firefox?

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, I find if Tooble doesn’t download some videos, Videobox will. I have both Tooble Videobox installed. I find Videobox seems to be able to handle the latest videos better. I tried both Tooble Videobox with the link you supplied below (wonderful movie by the way), to download and

Re: Login items appearing disappearing; WAS Re: iPhone has stopped opening iTunes

2011-08-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Neil, Update your system and applications, do some maintenance ;-) Sounds like you could have carried over some old system files. Your login items are controlled by the “ loginwindow.plist file located in your ~/Library/Preferences folder. Sounds like you loginwindow is not locking. Once

Re: Video DownloadHelper no longer works in Firefox?

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, That's very interesting - I'm wondering if it is the same (very recent) YouTube changes which have affected both Tooble and Video DownloadHelper but not, from what you say, Videobox. I will have to have look at videobox. What I just found, however, was that Tooble was no longer

Re: Font size

2011-08-17 Thread cm
Nice analogy Michael. :-D Just curious, which model of MacBook Pro do you have. The October 2006 model has a maximum resolution of 1680 x 1050. To check click on the Apple logo top left of the menu bar and select About this Mac. Then in the popup window select More Info... Cheers, Carlo On

Re: Login items appearing disappearing; WAS Re: iPhone has stopped opening iTunes

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
on 18/8/11 12:35 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, Update your system and applications, do some maintenance ;-) Yes, I am planning on that soon! Sounds like you could have carried over some old system files. Well, when I got the new iMac and I wanted to ease into SL