Re: iTunes Update

2011-12-13 Thread David Paul
Thanks Charles Yeah, iTunes 10.5.2 resolves the issue I have had with my iPhone 4s not being recognised as a device in iTunes 10.5.1 (with MacOS10.6.8, 13 MacBook Pro 2.66GHz) Dave On 13/12/11 9:30 PM, David Wood macwo...@mac.com wrote: Apple releases iTunes 10.5.2 with iTunes Match,

Re: How to Prepare for Lion PDF

2011-08-29 Thread David Paul
Thanks Ronni – another clear and useful guide from you. Dave On 30/08/11 8:57 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you are thinking you ‘might’ want to upgrade to Lion OS X 10.7 at some stage, I have prepared a tutorial PDF “Prepare For Lion”; which might be of assistance.

Re: Vietnamese keyboard for Mac

2011-06-02 Thread David Paul
Hi Jon The simple answer is yes you can - I was sitting alongside our Vietnamese interpreter in rural Viet Nam just last month with our respective MBPs tapping away - me in English and our interpreter was typing away on her machine in Vietnamese. To do this on your computer open system

Re: Excel page breaks

2011-04-06 Thread David Paul
Hi Severin Do you have the page layout view tab in the bottom left corner of the window? Or set print area under the File tab? Regards Dave On 6/04/11 3:56 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have Office 2008, OSX 10.5.8. Excel refuses to display page breaks whatever I do.

Re: 7220/200 help/advice

2011-01-20 Thread David Paul
Hi Bill Macfixit.com.au and epowermac.com.au still have them listed as available and on discount. Regards Dave On 21/01/11 9:45 AM, Bill Parker re...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Kevin I have tried USA and UK to get a new PRAM battery. ( listed around $25 AUD)No luck. The next

Re: iPad and overseas travel

2011-01-12 Thread David Paul
Hi Laura Yes a prepaid sim purchased in the country you are travelling in will be the cheapest option – need to check coverage though as in some places, Canada for instance, coverage can be very regional. Dave On 12/01/11 5:58 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi Laura, you

Re: ADS Tech Instant Music for Mac as sound output

2011-01-12 Thread David Paul
Hi Ruben Sorry I am not familiar with the ADS Tech device personally. However, if as you say, what you want is something to improve the sound quality from the computer stored sound files rather than recording from analogue sources to the computer then a USB DAC would be a better option. There

Re: US bought iPhone

2011-01-06 Thread David Paul
Hi Aurora Research is needed as Ronni advises. Last year you could buy an unlocked phone in Canada and with the favourable exchange rate that may be of interest to you. It would be advisabe to check out the options re buying from an Apple store then getting a prepaid sim from one of the telcos

Re: iPhoto 11 - making calenders

2010-12-08 Thread David Paul
Hi Peta Using iphoto11 and 10.6.5 I can create a calendar by choosing an album, then clicking on createcalendar. Is this the process you are following? With the above process there are photos on the right hand side of the window which you can select once you have highlighted where the photo

Re: Qantas Club goes Mac

2010-11-17 Thread David Paul
And they look very flash too! Dave On 17/11/10 11:31 AM, KEVIN Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: A Qantas announcement on their Frequent Flier page says'Qantas Clubs across Australia are moving to an all Apple environment with the introduction of Apple Technology including the latest

Re: Trackpad click pressure on MacBook Pro

2010-11-17 Thread David Paul
Hi Andrew This has happened to some people - occurred with my late 2008 MBP 15 for a while and then resolved. There is some discussion of this as an issue for some users - including unresponsive track pads. Some people have had this resolved with replacement track pads. A temporary work around

Re: Wireless Modem

2010-11-07 Thread David Paul
Hi BarbZ What a great birthday gift! Combined Wireless / Ethernet modems do exist and the benefits and otherwise of different brands regularly appears in the discussions here so a search of the archives may help you here. Have you thought about just getting an Aiport Express or Aiport Extreme

Vibrating MBP

2010-10-13 Thread David Paul
Hi Finally received my new MBP (15” i7) on Tuesday. Came with 10.6.3 installed have installed the 10.6.4 combo update and it is great – faster by miles than my late 2008 unibody 15” MBP BUT 1. It has a really annoying vibration that is uncomfortable to work with that is maximal to the right

Re: Vibrating MBP

2010-10-13 Thread David Paul
Mulder ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.au wrote: To me the vibrating would suggest that the hard drive is constantly spinning up, perhaps unnecessarily Is the hard drive constantly spinning up and then down?? Ash On 14/10/2010, at 6:25 AM, David Paul wrote: Hi Finally received

Re: Vibrating MBP

2010-10-13 Thread David Paul
(often Western Digital) Ash On 14/10/2010, at 8:37 AM, David Paul wrote: Hi Ash Yes it just spins and spins even when activity monitor shows it is not accessing anything. Does go to sleep though and I do have put the hard disk to sleep when possible in energy saver preferences

Re: Copy paste in MS Word for Mac 2008

2010-10-06 Thread David Paul
Hi Lloyd It would appear you have started to use 'paste special' with text from clipboard being pasted as HTML. I am not sure how you have managed to make this happen when you use command C and command V though. Hopefully others will be able to enlighten you / us! Regards Dave On 6/10/10

Re: WD 1TB My Book World Edition NSA

2010-08-16 Thread David Paul
Hi Merv I use a a Daniel supplied WD MyBook as a back up device and it works a treat in my set up via firewire. Regards Dave On 15/08/10 1:49 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: On 15/8/10 11:08 AM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: Has anyone had experience with this as

Re: 12V MacBook Pro adaptors

2010-08-11 Thread David Paul
Hi Or you can buy one of the Hypermac external batteries and get the car charger for *free* from the Hypermac store. They have both worked well for me ... Regards Dave On 11/08/10 1:47 PM, Phillip McGree p...@phil.net.au wrote: Time for that dreaded four letter word. eBay. I

Re: Patiently waiting

2010-06-27 Thread David Paul
Hi Roger Sure that could be an option but the WAMUG list rules are quite clear on this - no attachments - which is a reasonable position given attachments are not always friendly beasts. This has been a regular issue on the list over the years and to my knowledge there has been no move to change

Re: Patiently waiting

2010-06-25 Thread David Paul
Alexander Please do not include photos or attachments to WAMUG postings. If you really want to share this sort of material put a web link in your email so those who wish to can access it. You might have been waiting patiently for the door to open but I was not patient having to wait for this to

Re: iTunes store across different zones.

2010-06-20 Thread David Paul
Hi I am in Viet Nam at present and iTunes works as normal for me (Aust account) Dave On 21/06/10 12:06 AM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: On 20/06/2010, at 10:05 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: On 20/6/10 9:55 PM, Callum Prior

Re: *** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

2010-05-31 Thread David Paul
Yes Paymate via the WAMUG website worked for me last week as well. Regards Dave On 31/05/10 6:47 PM, Michael Hawkins michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au wrote: I paid $30.00 last week using Paymate via WAMUG url and received an acknowledgment of payment, including date, amount and that it was

Re: 100 or 250 MB SCSI Zip drive + cable, wanting to borrow or buy

2010-04-19 Thread David Paul
Hi Mark I think I still have a SCSI zip drive bouncing around somewhere will search it out and let you know. Regards Dave On 20/04/10 10:59 AM, Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au wrote: I need to transfer some stuff of a couple of very very old macs, system 7 8 LC’s To get the data on to

Re: 100 or 250 MB SCSI Zip drive + cable, wanting to borrow or buy

2010-04-19 Thread David Paul
Hi Mark I have found my 250MB USB Zip Drive but not my 100MB SCSI drive. Did find some zip discs though if they might help to make David Noels unit more useful ... Dave On 20/04/10 11:34 AM, David Noel lis...@aoi.com.au wrote: Hi Mark -- -- I have an old SCSI zip drive which you are

Re: Phone technician required - slightly OT

2010-04-08 Thread David Paul
Brian could try: John Strother Communications P O Box 438, Hamilton Hill, WA 6163 p: 0418 910217 Regards Dave On 9/04/10 12:19 PM, Mike Fuller blis...@tpg.com.au wrote: Brian Scott, a WAMUG list subscriber, has a real problem with his phone line and has not been able to get online

Re: Laser Printer

2010-03-21 Thread David Paul
Hi Frank Daniel Kerr just supplied me with a Brother HL3070CW which seems to work very well with 10.6.2 once you download the current driver (CD version does not work with 10.6) and a firmware update! This is a wireless and ethernet version so the ethernet only is cheaper. I have not had to

Re: Entourage fun

2010-03-05 Thread David Paul
homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 05/03/2010, at 3:51 PM, David Paul wrote: Hi My employer has just forced us onto Entourage because they have shifted to a MS Exchange server. After over a decade of happily using Eudora and then Mail what

Re: Entourage fun

2010-03-05 Thread David Paul
Thanks Paul Yes they have enabled web access. I now have 10.6.2 working smoothly it seems so one more back up and then I will try to set up Mail to access Exchange. I think I can live with having to check the calendar manually (not sure about my colleagues). I will check out Outlook Web Access,

Re: Entourage fun

2010-03-05 Thread David Paul
Thanks Neil Will look into this and thanks for the clear explanation of your troubleshooting. Dave On 6/03/10 9:50 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi David, Regarding the permissions to check external mail - I had much strangeness with this after, I think, a MS Office

Entourage fun

2010-03-04 Thread David Paul
Hi My employer has just forced us onto Entourage because they have shifted to a MS Exchange server. After over a decade of happily using Eudora and then Mail what a backward step! Apart from a headache from trying to work out which is THE inbox (why have two???) having to repeatedly give

Re: Change of email address

2010-01-25 Thread David Paul
Hi Denise You could perhaps do this yourself by unsubscribing your old address and then subscribing with your new address - should be a lot quicker than having someone from WAMUG do it - see links at the end of each post for more details. Regards Dave On 25/01/2010, at 1:22 PM, Denise

Re: Images in MS Word

2009-12-14 Thread David Paul
Hi Severin Pages does it for me too. Regards Dave On 14/12/2009, at 5:28 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Hello Severin I have been helping my wife with her family history which includes many many pictures. We did the text in Word, but once I started to try to embed the pix I came up

Re: Printing

2009-11-24 Thread David Paul
Churchill Colour Labs 288 Railway Parade Leederville W.A. 6007. Ph: +61 8 9381- 9756 Have always been helpful to me in the past. On 25/11/2009, at 6:55 AM, David Wood wrote: Hi Wamuggers, Slightly off topic. can anyone recommend in Perth or maybe Bunbury, a printer of digital

Re: Macbook vs Low End Macbook Pro?

2009-11-23 Thread David Paul
Macbook - does not have firewire connection and nor SD card slot On 24/11/2009, at 2:27 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi Wamuggers, Is there any difference between the Macbook and the low end 13inch Macbook Pro (apart from the case)? I can't see any (but I am happy to be corrected). Cheers,

Re: Safari/Firefox internet problem

2009-10-27 Thread David Paul
Works for me - Safari 4.0.3 and MacOS 10.5.8 On 27/10/2009, at 1:51 PM, Peter Bull wrote: I have been regularly using the site www.woodworkforums.com for a couple of years and on Saturday I could not log on to it. I still can't logon with Safari or Firefox, but I can get any other site.

Superduper update

2009-09-01 Thread David Paul
For those who use Superduper, it has just been updated to version 2.6.1(v86) and is Snow Leopard friendly according its developers. Dave -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Battery not charging

2009-08-11 Thread David Paul
Hi Today my MacBook pro 15 unibody late 2008 running MacOS10.5.7 decided to stop charging the battery (only 20% charge). Computer works when plugged into AC but green light stays on all the time on the plug and not charging appears in the menu bar. Have tried restarting, full shut down,

Re: Battery not charging

2009-08-11 Thread David Paul
:) -- Craig Bruce Director On 11/08/2009, at 5:45 PM, David Paul wrote: Hi Today my MacBook pro 15 unibody late 2008 running MacOS10.5.7 decided to stop charging the battery (only 20% charge). Computer works when plugged into AC but green light stays on all the time on the plug

Re: Battery not charging

2009-08-11 Thread David Paul
On 12/08/2009, at 8:16 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 11/08/2009, at 5:45 PM, David Paul wrote: Hi Today my MacBook pro 15 unibody late 2008 running MacOS10.5.7 decided to stop charging the battery (only 20% charge). Computer works when plugged into AC but green light stays on all

Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

2009-04-09 Thread David Paul
/addon/59 On Wed Apr 8 15:16 , David Paul dp...@cyllene.uwa.edu.au sent: Thanks Roger but this site still will not let me register even after=20=20 upgrading to Firefox3! Perhaps I am missing a basic step. Dave On 08/04/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Subject: Re: Agriculture WA

Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

2009-04-08 Thread David Paul
Thanks Roger but this site still will not let me register even after upgrading to Firefox3! Perhaps I am missing a basic step. Dave On 08/04/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Subject: Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only? Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:33:53 +0800 References:

Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

2009-04-07 Thread David Paul
Thanks Ronni, Bob and Merv Unfortunately the Safari - user agent - IE made no difference to registering or access. Have tried the SLIP registration which is a Landgate web service so not sure if it will influence the Ag Depts service access - will keep you posted. Dave On 07/04/2009, at

Fwd: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

2009-04-06 Thread David Paul
parties is not allowed by the licence. http://www.svg.org/story/2006/11/10/174554/10 Adobe SVG Viewer Download Area: http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html Cheers, Ronni On 06/04/2009, at 3:06 PM, David Paul wrote: Hi Agriculture WA has a fantastic web site for farm owners

Fwd: Agriculture WA Explorer only?

2009-04-06 Thread David Paul
Begin forwarded message: From: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au Date: 6 April 2009 4:59:18 PM To: David Paul dp...@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: Agriculture WA Explorer only? Hi David, Actually they are not allowed design website that are for specific browsers, but WA Govt has had a few like

MacBook Pro (late 2008) firmware update

2008-12-10 Thread David Paul
Hi For those who have problems with external screens not waking from sleep with their late 2008 MacBook Pro's this firmware update is reported to help resolve this issue. For some more information go to: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3260 Regards Dave -- The WA Macintosh User Group

External screen on MBP wont wake from sleep

2008-11-24 Thread David Paul
Hi My new MBP (late 2008) MacOS 10.5.5 and my Apple 20in cinema display do not like each other at times - the display will not wake up from sleep frequently or will only give brief flashes of a disjointed screen. This is fixed by disconnecting then reconnecting the display. It would seem

Re: iMac to hi-fi

2008-11-04 Thread David Paul
Hi Rob Not sure what you are aiming for in the good stakes but the people at Simply HiFi at 319 Hay St Subiaco have a range of small powered speakers and you are sure to find a pair that sound good to you. Regards Dave Subject: Re: iMac to hi-fi References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: 7600 to give away

2006-12-06 Thread David Paul
the 7600 has found a new home

Re: (Powerbook Titanium G4 15) Battery

2005-05-23 Thread David Paul
Have you tried the Curtin Computer shop? They have good pricing on batteries in the past. DAve

Re: MFC printer

2005-05-17 Thread David Paul
On 17/05/2005, at 9:23 AM, Martin Hill wrote: The Brother MFC is very nice as long as you don't already have a Brother Laser printer. If you do, your Brother laser will stop working as soon as you install the MFC. Damn! It was starting to look like a good option, pity I already have a

winmail.dat attachments

2005-05-16 Thread David Paul
Hi For the last month each time three people send me emails with word attachments the attachments arrive as winmail.dat files that I can not open or access. This is usually when the sender sends to a group and is usually resolved (they arrive as word documents) when the sender resends

MFC printer

2005-05-16 Thread David Paul
Hi I have been thinking of getting a Brother MFC-620CN for my home use due to its small foot print and ethernet connectivity. Have any on the list had good or bad experiences with this or suggestions of a better alternative? Thanks Dave

Re: winmail.dat attachments

2005-05-16 Thread David Paul
You can open winmail.dat attachments with TNEF's Enough: http://www.joshjacob.com/macdev/tnef/download.html So simple!! Thanks to those who let me know how to do this

Re: Stupid question about thumbdrives

2005-04-29 Thread David Paul
On 28/04/2005, at 6:50 AM, aurora wrote: My machine is running OS9.2 and I was wondering which is a good brand to pick up. Is there any that can't run on that config??? Zytech prices have been reasonable and their USB drives have been reliable for me and others I know in the past. Fast and

Powerbook fan

2005-04-20 Thread David Paul
My ten day old 1.67 Powerbook (15inch) fan runs all the time and battery life has reduced from 4hours to just over 2 hours. Any suggestions to fixes for this that list members know of? Running 10.3.8 Thanks Dave

Word 2004 and Endnote8

2005-04-14 Thread David Paul
Hi I am chasing some advise regarding a particularly unstable installation of Office 2004 and Endnote 8 - on a one week old 15inch PB 1.67GHz running 10.3.8. Office is the latest version with the updates, clean install has been done. The report I am writing freezes Word every minute of so

web page advice

2004-04-22 Thread David Paul
Hi A friend has updated his web pages and now they are unreadable to my collection of Macs (G3 PB MacOS9.1 and IE; G4 iMac MacOS 10.2.8 IE and Safari). The home page now just has empty text boxes rather than the content that used to be there. He is using a windows system. Would anyone

databinding and dynamic html

2003-10-20 Thread David Paul
Hi I am trying to use an Agriculture Dept CD (Land profiler in the AGMAPS series). This does not work on my 17 inch G4 Imac running MacOS10.2.8 or PB G3 running 9.1 both using IE 5.2.2 The CD uses IE and pdf files to provide linked information about land areas and information of relevance

databinding and dynamic html

2003-10-17 Thread David Paul
Hi I am trying to use an Agriculture Dept CD (Land profiler in the AGMAPS series). This does not work on my 17 inch G4 Imac running MacOS10.2.8 or PB G3 running 9.1 both using IE 5.2.2 The developers say this is because of a foible of Internet Explorer which has a databinding function

Re: Remove Endnote v3 citation markers

2002-08-17 Thread david paul
(iii) If you do upgrade to new Word and New EN take INTENSE care of your Word5 files (and make a backup) before you start any conversion to the new environment. Read the manual very carefully etc. As far as I can see you have to format the bibliography in 5.1, then open that file in Word98, then