Steve Jobs figurine legal in most us states, begins to hit eBay

2012-01-07 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi All, Steve Jobs figurine - very detailed, They have also landed on the Australian eBay here. Brian -- 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 Settings

Power Failure Computer Demise

2012-01-07 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hi LIst A Happy New Year to all. Not so happy here at present and we are puzzled about exactly what happened. I hope someone may be able to provide an explanation, this is what we observed. We were outside in the garden for about an hour. When we came back there was a high pitched

Re: WIFI extension - NetComm NP206 Wireless Powerline Kit - bridge - 802.11b/g/n - desktop

2012-01-07 Thread Lloyd White
Thanks Ruben, I found a number os such devices when checking the Whirlpool site. Still working through them. Lloyd On 6/01/12 12:51 PM, Dark1 da...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Lloyd I haven't used that bridge before but it should be mac compatible since all devices like that operate to a standard

Re: Power Failure Computer Demise

2012-01-07 Thread cm
Hi Diana, I will start off with the caveat IANAE (I am not an electrician). I write that to imitate posters in the blogoshpere who start off with IANAL (I am not a lawyer) and then go on to give all kinds of legal advice. :-) If I have interpreted your post correctly an electrician installed a

Re: Power Failure Computer Demise

2012-01-07 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hi Carlo Even if you ANAE your explanation sounds very reasonable. I shall get in touch with the electrician on Monday. I have never really thought about how RCDs work but as it is to stop one being used as the earth I can see why it would not be tripped if the current is balanced. I do

Re: Power Failure Computer Demise

2012-01-07 Thread cm
Hi Diana, We all hope for your sake that the damage is confined to just the power supply. It's bad enough being without a computer for a week or so but then to have to reconstruct your old system from fragmented backups is a trying task that can stretch over months. Let's hope it doesn't come

Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Hawkins
I use latest version of Mail for business purposes, OS Lion. A picture of a butterfly appears on emails I send to Mac using contacts in my Address Book. How can I stop that happening? Regards, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Fwd: [Nolobe News] A great Interarchy deal, the year ahead, and beta testing

2012-01-07 Thread Merv Bond
Hi If anyone has Interarchy 10 and is running 10.7 then please read on for information about a beta test. I have Interarchy 10 but I am running 10.5 so of no help. Merv Original Message Subject: [Nolobe News] A great Interarchy deal, the year ahead, and beta testing Date: Sat,

Re: Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, Only you see that photo. Its your profile photo selected when you set up the Mac. It appears on your vCard in Address Book. The photo is not attached to the mail and the person receiving the mail does not see it. It's purely a display thing within Mail for your benefit. So unless

Re: Mail

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Hawkins
Thanks Ronda. That's a relief. That picture must be a default picture in the vCard. As a barrister,I wouldn't want to portray myself as having a butterfly mentality! Regards, Michael. On 07/01/2012, at 8:50 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Michael, Only you see that photo. Its

An unwell iMac G5

2012-01-07 Thread Jane Griffiths
Good day fellow WAMUGers I spent most of yesterday trying to sort out a problem with my elderly aunt's 2005 iMac G5 and thought I'd coaxed it back to health, but this morning it appears to have suffered another attack. I wonder if anyone has further advice. The (long) story so far: Machine:

Re: An unwell iMac G5

2012-01-07 Thread Adrian Skehan
Hi Jane, This is an off list reply as I would rather keep the offer private at he moment. I have an iMac of the same vintage with a broken screen which was passed on to me for spares. You are welcome to bring it over and I can try swopping the drive and Ram etc. to see if it will go again, it

Re: An unwell iMac G5

2012-01-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hehe, No, it's not Adrian. Good luck, anyway ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/1/12 3:24 PM, Adrian Skehan at adrianske...@me.com wrote: Hi Jane, This is an off list reply as I would rather keep the