Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Jennifer, Did you Repair Permissions again after installing the Combo Update? Sent from Ronni's iPad On 05/02/2012, at 3:53 PM, Jennifer Lefroy lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Both. All done and I used the R search bar on the Apple support site. Regards, Jennifer On 5

Subscription Reminder: WAMUG Members 2012

2012-02-05 Thread Pete Smith
To all WAMUG financial members. Just a reminder that due to the change in the WAMUG Constitution last year, all subscriptions now run from January to December, the calendar year. So payments for this year are now due. See the website for cheque and electronic transfer details;

Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
How do I open a Word Perfect .wpd document? Heaven knows why this long time acquaintance has done this to me! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence,

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Peder Kristensen
Hi Severin, Try this: Opening/Editing – 1. Open Microsoft Word 2. Click File 3. Click Open 4. In the Files of Type: dropdown box change to All Files (*.*) 5. Browse to the file 6. Click it and select OK 7. It should perform the conversion Cheers, Peder On 05/02/2012, at 16:40 PM, Severin

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Severin and All, There is a utility called WordPerfect Viewer ($9.99) which is available on the Apple Apps Store. I believe this will do what you want. Not sure if there is a free utility, but I understand you can use NeoOffice suite if you do have it already to open then file the document

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
I found that and tried it. Converted but much garbage included. Thanks Severin On 05/02/2012, at 5:07 PM, Peder Kristensen wrote: Hi Severin, Try this: Opening/Editing – 1. Open Microsoft Word 2. Click File 3. Click Open 4. In the Files of Type: dropdown box change to All Files

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Severin, OpenOffice.org (free) opens old WordPerfect (.wpd) files. http://www.openoffice.org/ Cheers, Ronni On 05/02/2012, at 5:09 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Severin and All, There is a utility called WordPerfect Viewer ($9.99) which is available on the Apple Apps Store. I

Re: OS X 10.7.3 Lion Update - go Combo!

2012-02-05 Thread Brian Risbey
Thank you for clearing that up, Brian On 05/02/2012, at 2:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian Tim, Unfortunately yes. I found after installing originally using software update I then had to download the 1st Combo 11D50 and then the new build combo 11D50b ... Three times I've downloaded to

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks Philipe, that did the trick. Severin On 05/02/2012, at 5:09 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Severin and All, There is a utility called WordPerfect Viewer ($9.99) which is available on the Apple Apps Store. I believe this will do what you want. Not sure if there is a free

Realplayer Downloader not finding material

2012-02-05 Thread rblit
OS 10.7.2Realplayer 11.1.0 Hi FolksRealplayer downloader no longer seems to find any content that i may chose to download.ie after playing a youtube video, it no longer appears in the RealPlayer Downloader window so i can download it.It used to.Please - any ideas?tablitto -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Neil Houghton
I have a lot of old Wordperfect documents archived which I am not likely to need to open - but occasionally I want to refer to them. I found WordPerfect Spotlight Quick Look Plug-ins http://homepage.mac.com/herr/ This allows spotlight to search the files and gives quicklook the ability to view

Free eMac

2012-02-05 Thread Nichole Shervington
Hi Folks, Thanks for your interest, the eMac has been claimed. Kind regards Nichole -- 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 Unsubscribe -

Re: Realplayer Downloader not finding material

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Blitto, Do you have an alias to the actual plug-in (RealPlayer Plugin) in HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 05/02/2012, at 6:02 PM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote: OS 10.7.2Realplayer 11.1.0 Hi FolksRealplayer downloader no longer seems to find any content

10.7.3 Server upgrade

2012-02-05 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi all, with the requirement to redownload 10.7.3'B' does this include the server version for my MacMini Server? Just checking, Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Hello Ronni, I did indeed! But thank you for the reminder of how important it is. I continue to be gratefully amazed at the support you and others give to us. I will report back if there are any hitches Regards, Jennifer On 5 February 2012 16:01, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Jennifer,

Re: 10.7.3 Server upgrade

2012-02-05 Thread cm
Hi Brian, If you upgraded using the delta update (downloaded using the inbuilt Software Update facility), then according to this article you should install the combo update over the top: http://tidbits.com/article/12764 The relevant passage in this poorly written article is: (As always

Re: 10.7.3 Server upgrade

2012-02-05 Thread Brian Risbey
Thank you for you research Carlo. I have done the first combo update, following Ronnie's format. Brian On 05/02/2012, at 10:07 PM, cm wrote: Hi Brian, If you upgraded using the delta update (downloaded using the inbuilt Software Update facility), then according to this article you should

Re: 10.7.3 Server upgrade

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 (Server) Combo http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1487 Sent from Ronni's iPad On 06/02/2012, at 7:35 AM, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Thank you for you research Carlo. I have done the first combo update, following Ronnie's format. Brian On

Re: OS X 10.7.3 Lion Update - go Combo!

2012-02-05 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 05/02/2012, at 9:44 AM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi all this was on 9to5 Mac: Apple’s latest Mac OS X 10.7.3 release is a pain for some users due to its bugs surrounding CUI issues and the crashing of applications. Apple has already been investigating the issues with test groups, and it

Re: Subscription Reminder: WAMUG Members 2012

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Hawkins
Hi Pete, Subscription paid from my iPhone by using ANZgoMoney app Works better than listening to TI on a Mac. Now, get back to policing and prosecuting errant members of the non-Mac community! Michael. On 05/02/2012, at 4:05 PM, Pete Smith wrote: To all WAMUG financial members. Just a

Re: Old Mac for good home

2012-02-05 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 02/02/2012, at 8:38 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I have an old G4 tower (silver doors) looking for a good home, if anyone wants it for parts. If not, it's going out with the next verge pickup. Apologies to all those who responded. The G4 Mac has gone... Peter HinchliffeApwin

Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i have the same blue screen sometimes after quitting applications, in my case skype some 3rd party apps are most likely to produce that problem it seems to connect to a firmware update i have done last october, because on crash there is no report produced so apple never will know about this

Re: Realplayer Downloader not finding material

2012-02-05 Thread Ray Forma
Rod, DownloadHelper, a free extension on Firefox V10 captures nearly every kind of video off the net. http://www.downloadhelper.net/ Real software is well and truly on the way out, and not before time. The BBC has stopped offering this format, but the dear old ABC still offers Real format on

Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi James, This will happen if you have some software running that has crashed and will not properly Quit at Shutdown. Do this prior to the next attempt to shutdown: Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processesdropdown menu. Click twice on the

Re: Subscription Reminder: WAMUG Members 2012

2012-02-05 Thread Tony Francis
Thanks for the reminder Pete, all paid up, Receipt # 256491228. Kind regards to all Tony Boddington Tony Francis antne...@mac.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

MacBook Pro Lion to Snow Leopard

2012-02-05 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hi Muggers I have Snow Leopard on my MBP, I asked Daniel not to give me Lion as I still need to run Rosetta. A friend in Melbourne got a MBP later with Lion and hates it. I know some people who installed Lion have reverted but is this possible on a MBP that came with Lion pre-loaded? Best

Re: MacBook Pro Lion to Snow Leopard

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Diana, Short Answer: NO! As the new MBP came with Lion installed, Snow Leopard will NOT install as you cannot install an older operating system. You can always upgrade but not go backwards on a new computer. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB

How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Alan Smith
How can I open a .bin file on my iMac 10.6.8? I downloaded a firmware upgrade for my Zoom H1 microphone from the manufacturers website. The downloaded folder has a .00E extension. Finder shows it contains a .pdf file (which I can read OK) plus a .bin file. Double clicking the .bin file

Re: MacBook Pro Lion to Snow Leopard

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Diana, Actually, IF your friend has NOT had a firmware upgrade on her new MBP she would be able to install Snow Leopard using a Snow Leopard Retail installation DVD. If the MBP is the same model you purchased from Daniel, then it would be the same firmware. So if it has not done a firmware

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, Do you have ‘The Unarchiver.app’ on your Mac? If so, starting with the original archive (not the CPGZ Archive Utility creates when it tries to extract it), use 'The Unarchiver' to open it. It's a lot more capable, and is usually able to figure out how to unpack it. I’ve used it for

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni Thanks, I will download The Unarchiver app shortly. I don't want to resurrect the old PC and then use WinZip or whatever! Cheers Alan On 06/02/2012, at 1:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alan, Do you have ‘The Unarchiver.app’ on your Mac? If so, starting with the original archive

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni (again) Unfortunately, I got a caution info message to the effect that The Unarchiver could not extract the content of the file. Would the .bin file be the actual working firmware that just needs to be copied to the Zoom device? The Japanese website said to download the 0.3 MB ZIP

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, Taken from the website: There should be a SYSTEM.BIN file after unzipping the file and should show as a drive on your desktop. http://www.samsontech.com/support/zoom/servicequestionanswer/view/i-am-having-trouble-update-how-done/ First you will need to download the Firmware update.

Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread James / Hans Kunz
hello Ronni thanks for all the tips tricks, the problem is when it crashes it's not always blue screen, but always the situation that the mouse/trackpad cursor can be moved around the buttons also the whole keyboard is locked up, the only button that works is the power button force shutdown

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, I downloaded the H1 System Version 2.00 ZIP 0.3MB file from: http://www.zoom.co.jp/downloads/h1/software/ Used Stufflt Expander to open the file I receive this message: The file /Users/ronni/Desktop/H1_v2.00E/H1MAIN.bin does not appear to be compressed or encoded. It is advised

Re: ? Ominous signs

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi James, Have you tried quitting the Applications causing problems in Activity Monitor and also check in Console the logs, as I mentioned previously? If no process stands out then one at a time select an opened application (one you started) and try to quit the application via Activity Monitor

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni I have an H1 which is a very much poorer relation to the H4n. The H1 uses a micro SDHC card which is the only drive (no pre-existing folders) that shows in Finder. I copied the file H1MAIN.bin to the Zoom to see if the iMac had automatically extracted the zipped file I was expecting.

Re: MacBook Pro Lion to Snow Leopard

2012-02-05 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hi Ronda Thanks for the info, I've forwarded the email to my friend. She is active in AUSOM and they should know what is possible. Not sure they are as good as WAMUG though! Regards Diana On 06/02/2012, at 1:35 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Diana, Actually, IF your friend has NOT had a

Re: How to uncompress a .bin file

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Alan, Yes, I know what you mean, I downloaded the 'How to Update The Firmware’, and anything else I could find on their website. Updating the firmware only gave instructions for H4n, but I felt it would be the same for H1. So at least after all this we have the result you wanted ... your H1

Re: RAM for MAC PRO

2012-02-05 Thread Jon Davison
Hi everyone, I am looking to expand my older Mac Pro with more RAM and wondering if anyone has any they wish to sell? I currently have 2, but would like another 2GB or 4 if poss? I am running the CS5 suite on this OS and it is painfully slow, almost like the old Performa! so I figured that more

Re: MacBook Pro Lion to Snow Leopard

2012-02-05 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Diana, If your friend is an active member of AUSOM, why didn’t she ask them? I suspect I know the answer :-) If we had all the information on her MBP, we would be able to give her the correct advice. This will show your friend how to find the information that is required. EFI and SMC