Powerpoint not recognising fonts

Hi Guys, I have MS Office 2008 installed on my work MBP but am having some weird issues with fonts. We use VAGRounded for all our corporate communications and as such I need to be able to use it in all Office apps. I seem to have no problems in Word or Excel with it (shows up fine, bolds and

Slow Boot with VMWare

Hi Guys, I upgraded my laptop to Leopard and all was fine for a while. However, as soon as I installed 10.5.2, VMWare started doing weird things at boot time. I booted the computer and it took well over 5 minutes to log in (mostly hanging at the blue screen). I checked console.app and i seems

CRM Systems

Hi All, I'm trying to find a good Application based CRM (not web based) that can handle the following: - Contact Management (and relationships if possible) - Project Management (even as simple as a Project name with To Do items attached to it) - Opportunity/Pipeline management (must be

Re: Phone Records

need a phone line adaptor to get the audio into you line in.. James On 07/11/2007, at 15:04, Chris Watt wrote: Hi Guys, I am looking for a piece of software that will allow me to take records of who I speak to on the phone and then print a report once a week. I need to log

Phone Records

Hi Guys, I am looking for a piece of software that will allow me to take records of who I speak to on the phone and then print a report once a week. I need to log support requests but nothing as complex as a ticket system. Cheers! Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

POS Software

Hi Guys, I am looking for some account software that is easy to use like Checkout (www.checkoutapp.com) but has links into a website. What we want to do is have a webstore that is linked directly into our POS system so that we only have to manage stock in one location, keeps amounts up to date

WANTED: MacMini/MacBook or similar

Hi All I am looking for an Mac Mini or any Laptop, etc. that I can use as a media centre. As such, I am looking for something that is ideally intel based but relatively cheap. I'm willing to have a machine with a broken screen as I do not need this, I only need it to attach to my NAS and then

Firmware Update / Shutdown

Hi Guys, I'm trying to do this firmware update but it won't work on this laptop. It has worked on my other one though. When the computer restarts, it just flashes the screen and then restarts itself again instead of actually doing the update. I also have a problem where the computer won't

Video Editing

Hi Guys, I need to do some video editing but have been running into a lot of problems. I can't use iMovie (06 or 08) because it compresses my screencap footage so badly that it is illegible. My problem is that I need to include both footage from a camera and footage taken from iShowU. Does

Re: Video Editing

frame rates and using totally different codecs and thus avoid re- compression and the generational quality losses that would normally occur. -Mart Martin Hill email: mart at ozmac.com homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 24/09/2007, at 4:05 PM, Chris

VNC Clients

Hi Guys, I am after recommendations for a better VNC client than Chicken of the VNC. While CotV is nice, it doesn't allow me to set what colour depth I want, which is reallly important for me to connect to servers world wide! Does anyone know of something that will allow me to set colour

Mail Import

Hi Guys, I backed up my ~/Library/Mail folder when I reformatted my laptop and I don't seem to be able to re-import it. Anyone know how I can restore this properly? When I use Mails built-in Import it only pulls in some random folders. Cheers Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Mail Import

Yea, this is the one I tried but it doesn't seem to have helped. It is getting quite pressing as this is my business e-mail address. Any other ideas out therE? Cheers Chris On 9/5/07, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/09/2007, at 9:34 PM, Chris Watt wrote: Hi Guys, I

Re: Mail Import

Hi Guys, I followed these instructions: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301239 and that fixed it. The reason it hadn't worked by just copying was that I needed to also copy com.apple.mail.pref (which I backed up as well! luckily! Cheers guys! Chris On 9/5/07, James Devenish

Create Screen Savers

Hi Guys, I have a .m4a that I would like to use as a screen saver, does anyone know of some software that can do this for me? Cheers Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: JVC MG505 with iMovie

have not tested it as yet with my JVC HDD GZ_MG37AA - 30GB HD. When I find some time I will do so. Cheers, Ronni On 18/08/2007, at 5:56 PM, Chris Watt wrote: Sorry guys, I meant iMovie 7 (with iLife 08). Can iMovie 7 handle MPEG-2 on it's own? Cheers Chris On 8/18/07

JVC MG505 with iMovie

Hi Guys, Has anyone had any experience with the JVC MG505 with iMovie 6? It is an MPEG-2 camera (one of teh Everio series). It uses USB 2.0 to conenct to the computer. As far as I can see if shouldn't be a problem, but just wanted to check with everyone what they experience has been with

Re: JVC MG505 with iMovie

Sorry guys, I meant iMovie 7 (with iLife 08). Can iMovie 7 handle MPEG-2 on it's own? Cheers Chris On 8/18/07, Susan Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris, I did a google and found a website that clarified that the JVC MG505, like other JVC models, needs a special program to import to

AppleScripts

Hi Guys, I have an applescript in my user library Address Book Plug-ins folder. How do I run this from Address book?? This has me absolutely baffled. Cheers. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: AppleScripts

Hi Guys, I just noticed that when I right click on a number, I get a bunch of options for dialing and and so on. Is it possible to add my script there? It dials the number using the snom phone I have. cheers Chris On 8/13/07, Chris Watt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I have

Group Mail Equiv.

Hi Guys, I'm after an OS X appl equivalent to Group Mail (http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common/default.asp) for sending out our company newsletter. Any idea what I can use? It only has to be very simple, a to name and the e-mail text. Cheers. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

DWG Files

Hi Guys, I have some DWG files that where sent to me by a customer in Dubai from AutoCAD. He is unfortunately unable to provide them to me in any other format so I need to work out something to convert them with. So far, I have been able to find a few XP programs, but they either crash on

Address Book Sync

Hi Guys, Does anyone know of somewhere on the net I could read about the posibiltiies of syncronising address book and a MySQL database? I have a CRM that I was to re-develop to allow us ot sync the contact data with our address books (OS X only, or other similar based services perhaps). Does

CRM Software

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a CRM system for Mac (obviously!) that is networkable for multiple users from a server and able to perform all of my standard business transactions in. I.e.: General Ledger, Customer Details and Relationships, Debtors, Creditors, Invoicing, etc. etc. Basically I would

3D Design Software

Hi Guys, I'm after a pretty simple to use 3D rendering program for OS X that will run on my MBP. Any chance anyone has had any experience with one? Cheers! ~Chris

Mail Signature

Hi Guys, Whenever I create a signature in Mail it doesn't seem to handle blank lines correctly. Basically, if I try to create a signature with a single line space before the signature (i.e. when Mail loads a Black message it has a line to start typing and hten one blank line before the

Delete Folder

Hi Guys, I have been trying to delte media player but it just will not uninstall. Recycle bin just throws up a bunch of errors and won;t delete anything. I have also trying using sudo rm -R folder but it gives me permission queries adn then does nothing after yessing them all. Any ideas?

Safari and Transparencies

Hi Guys, Safari doesn't seem to be handling transparencies very well. Whenever a page has a bit of transparent areas, it goes very very slow and jolts as it scrolls. Is it possible to tell Safari to ignore transparencies and have them just show up as normal, solid colour? Incidently, I don't

iMAc G5 For Sale

Hi Guys, I have my 20 iMac G5 (with 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD, bluetooth, airport, etc.) for sale now that I am moving to Sydney. The freight costs are just too high. Taking pretty much all offers but I would like to keep it around the $1,200 mark if possible. I am in Mandurah. Cheers ~Chris

Un-delete

Hi Guys, I accidently overwrote a file when I only intended to replace a file within it. I unfortunately did one more action afterwards so I couldn't use command-z. Does anyone know of a way to recover the files? I haven't done anything since to ensure I don;t overwrite hte actual physical

Applescript automation

Hi Guys, I need to run an applescript that interacts with Mail every day. Is there a way I can force this or not? Presently it only runs when I receive mail, but that isn't very helpful is I don;t get any e-mail for that day. Cheers ~Chris

iCal Online Editors

Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone knows of an ical file editor that will work online with php. Basically I want this (http://phpicalendar.net/phpicalendar/day.php) but with teh ability to add and edit appointments. If I can't do that, then does anyone know of a php calendaring program that can

Run Scripts Daily

Hi Guys, How do I set a script to run every day in Mail? I need it to Tickle my email daily. Cheers ~Chris

Keyboard Mouse

Hi Guys, After purchasing 2 Apple wireless keyboards and mice, I have to say I have finally given up on their wireless gear. I haven't even gotten a full year out of a device that doesn't stop working randomly or cease to pair after a battery replacement. So I'm after a wired keyboard and

Finder icon in Dock

Hi Guys, I somehow managed to delete the finder icon form my dock (don't ask, I don't even know!) and for the life of me I can't work out how to get it back. Any ideas? Cheers ~Chris

iMac Bluetooth

Hi Guys, My bluetoth mouse batteries went flat this afternon so I put them on the charger, like normal. Not when I went to reconnect them my imac thinks it has to bluetooth module installed. I have tries a restart and have a search around for bluetooth but no joy. any ideas? rather hard to

Training in Mandurah

Hi Guys, Anyone know of any good training happening in the Mandurah/Rockingham area on Macs. Predominately iLife, OSX, etc. The general apps. Cheers ~Chris

Mpeg File Catalogue

Hi Guys, Got that Panasonic camera working at last ^_^ go me! :P On a related note - I will be setting up a home server for my customer so that he can keep all his videos in a single location. This way he can access it all form his Media Centre (WINDOWS), laptops and other pc's around the

VDR-D300 Cam

Hi Guys, I'm having trouble getting the Panasonic VDR-D300 cam here to even come up as an external hdd on my mac. Has anyone successfully used this camera? I posted before about needing to get it to import into iMovie, so if anyone can help i'd be very appreciative!! Cheers ~Chris

iMac Values

Hey Guys, I have a 20 iMac that I'm contemplating selling. What average prices are they fetching these days? The iMac has: 20 Screen. 250GB HDD. 1GB RAM. 1.8GHz G5. Fresh install of Tiger and iLife 6. Any idea what I can expect as I rarely use it now that I have a MacBook and could use

MacBook Logic Boards

Hi Guys, I've been unfortunate enough to get a MacBook with the perenial booting issues that some Logic Boards have been causing. I had it replaced under warranty and managed to use the laptop for two days before the same problem cropped up againa nd once again I can't get the laptop to make a

Panasonic VDR-D300

Hi Guys, I need to import the video from a Panasonic VDR-D300 into iMovie for one of my clients. It's need to be as simple a way as possible, with his old Sony cam, he used to just import it from within iMovie. Is there a known way I can do this with the Panasonic? I've not been able to

Parallels

Hi Guys, Got parallels and Suse/XP MCE installed on my MacBook but am having a little trouble with the VirtueDesktops setup. When I take focus away from an OS to another desktiop, it drops back into a Window, when I want it to stay Full Screen. Any Idea how to fix this? Cheers ~chris

Mac Media Centre

Hi Guys, I want to create a Mac Media centre (I plan to buy a case I like and put the guts of a mac inside it) that has TV, DVD, Pictures, etc. Basically I want to do the main features of Windows Media Centre Edition but as a Mac. I want to use an internal IR receiver so that one remote

HDD Crashed

Hey Guys, I have a 60GB Laptop IDE HDD which is formatted as Mac OS Journaled. Something has caused the OS (OSX 10.4.6) to have some kind of problem. I'm unsure whether the boot sector is buggered or the os is the only problem. I need to get some data off of it if I can. I've tried repairing

iPhoto Slideshows

Hi Guys, I've been trying to acomplish this with Automator today while I was sitting on the bus to the city but haven't been able to come up with an idea that works yet. What I want to do is every 2 to 5 minutes I want a folder of images to be imported into iPhoto as a slideshow with the

Machine Specs

Hi Guys, Does anyone know where the best place is to find out about specs for each of apple recents machines. I need to order things like RAM and wifi cards. Cheers ~Chris