Re: Launchpad

2012-07-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni Carlo Apparently dragging the apps has been successful and there is now a second page of apps where previously there was only one. Why the apps were not originally shown is anyones guess. Thank you both. Barry On 24/07/2012, at 9:54 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Many thanks Ronni I

Re: pasting text into pages document

2012-07-25 Thread alastair taylor
Many thanks Ronni. I'll try that tonight Sent from Samsung Mobile Original message Subject: Re: pasting text into pages document From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com To: wamug@wamug.org.au wamug@wamug.org.au CC: Hi Alastair, To paste and match the style you have in the Pages

Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All As guessed 10.8 is available for purchase and download now. It's AUD $20.99 and you can get it from the Mac App Store. Link - http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12 Its 4.05GB. If you want a copy make sure to save the file before it installs. (ie download it

Re: file sharing

2012-07-25 Thread Stuart Breden
Been using DropBox for some time. Easy! Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 25/07/2012, at 9:05 AM, Tim Law wrote: Stephanie Thanks for the suggestion of doc vs docx. If you all

Re: Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Getting item unavailable. Too many people trying to access the server? On 25/07/2012, at 8:43 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All As guessed 10.8 is available for purchase and download now. It's AUD $20.99 and you can get it from the Mac App Store. Link -

Re: Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au
Yes we may have to wait until Mac users in the US are asleep -- tomorrow morning our time perhaps. This from MacRumors Update: Many users are reporting difficulties purchasing and downloading OS X Mountain Lion, undoubtedly due to heavy load on Apple's servers. Regards, Carlo On

Re: Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yeh I'd think so. I think their servers are getting hammered. Mine started then stopped then error-ed out and is now unavailable error 100. ANd looks like lots of people are getting the same. I'd say give it some time and it should come back up...lol. Guess the servers just can't handle the

Re: Link to make your own bootable Mountain Lion (and Lion) Installer Disk

2012-07-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Thanks for the link Daniel. As we can install on 5 computers its worthwhile to just have to download it once. On 25/07/2012, at 8:50 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All Just thought I'd forward through a link that helps you make a Mountain Lion installer disk, for those that aren't sure and

Safari Update

2012-07-25 Thread wamug
For those you staying with Lion, there is a Safari update available. It has the same unified address / search bar that Safari has in Mountain Lion. Regards, Carlo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread Daniel Kerr
Mine started downloading about 10mins ago now,..so should be working hopefully. (though it was heaps of errors before that). Says it will be done in about 30-45mins (as it changes up and down). So all going well you should be able to get it soon. At least I'll have it and make an image of it.

Re: Mac OS X Mountain Lion available on Mac App Store now

2012-07-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Mine just started downloading too. On 25/07/2012, at 10:17 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Mine started downloading about 10mins ago now,..so should be working hopefully. (though it was heaps of errors before that). Says it will be done in about 30-45mins (as it changes up and down). So all going

iPhoto'11 9.3.2 iMovie'11 9.0.6 updates

2012-07-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi People, Apple has released iPhoto ’11 9.3.2, a small update that brings that brings compatibility to the sharing new features in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. In addition to performance and stability improvements, the update now enables you to share photos via Twitter as well as Messages

Mountain Lion - 'Save As' is back!

2012-07-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi People, Save As is back... Yes! Automatic lock feature is gone. You can still lock a document manually: position the mouse pointer over a document’s title bar, click the little triangle that appears, and choose Lock from the menu. You can read all the changes here. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion,

Apple Updates iWork Suite for Mountain Lion

2012-07-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Apple Updates iWork Suite for Mountain Lion By Agen G. N. Schmitz http://tidbits.com/article/13149 To complement the release its latest big cat into the wild, Apple has updated its iWork suite of office apps to version 9.2, as well as individual apps purchased through the Mac App Store (Keynote

Re: Drawing software

2012-07-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, Yes it is good. It’s Free ... (for a time) It expires on January 1, 2013. The product is currently in a “Technical Preview,” which means you can download it for free until the end of the year. Inventor Fusion Technology Preview 2013 is fully interoperable with AutoCAD and Autodesk

Mountain Lion download problem

2012-07-25 Thread iCloud
Good afternoon all, I have gone through the process of purchasing Mountain Lion, including ticking the new Agreement box etc. but I have been unable to get it to download, when I click on the download button the little rotating wheel comes up for a couple of seconds then nothing. I tried to

Re: Mountain Lion download problem

2012-07-25 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian, Sounds like the Apple Servers are still over loaded. Might pay to wait awhile longer to download. Cheers, Ronni On 26/07/2012, at 12:12 PM, iCloud wrote: Good afternoon all, I have gone through the process of purchasing Mountain Lion, including ticking the new Agreement box

Re: Mountain Lion download problem

2012-07-25 Thread iCloud
Thanks Ronni, I never thought of that. I'll try again later in the day. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 26/07/2012, at 12:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, Sounds like the Apple Servers are still over loaded. Might pay to wait awhile longer to

Re: Drawing software

2012-07-25 Thread Bill Parker
I'd hate to get used to it and then get slugged for 100s$ On 26/07/2012, at 11:49 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, Yes it is good. It’s Free ... (for a time) It expires on January 1, 2013. The product is currently in a “Technical Preview,” which means you can download it for free until

Re: Drawing software

2012-07-25 Thread wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au
Hi Bill, For elaborate diagrams I use Photoshop but for quick sketches I have taken to using SketchBook Express. It is free on the Mac App Store. There is also a paid version, SketchBook Pro for $31. I have also heard good things about Skitch -- also available for free on the Mac App Store --

Re: Mountain Lion download problem

2012-07-25 Thread wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au
Hi Adrian, Give it another try. If it does not download by now there must be a problem somewhere so post back. I managed to download last night and am now using Mountain Lion OS X 10.8. Regards, Carlo On 26/07/2012, at 12:18 , iCloud adrianske...@me.com wrote: Thanks Ronni, I never thought

Re: Drawing software

2012-07-25 Thread Bill Parker
Thanks for that advice. Bill On 26/07/2012, at 12:58 PM, wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote: Hi Bill, For elaborate diagrams I use Photoshop but for quick sketches I have taken to using SketchBook Express. It is free on the Mac App Store. There is also a paid version, SketchBook Pro

Re: Mountain Lion download problem

2012-07-25 Thread iCloud
Thanks Carlo Ronni Seeing that I have apple care I gave them a ring. The problem was with the firewall, once that was off the download started OK. interestingly they told that I can happily leave the firewall off and I can uninstall ClamXav off I like as its not really necessary. Regards,