Re: transfer epub book to ipad

Thx for the link. And ABC iView is unmetered if your ISP is Internode. e On 04/05/2012, at 3:11 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: It is on iView. Here is the link. http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/934743 Severin On 04/05/2012, at 10:51 AM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Hi All, I missed

Re: Iphone 4 - how do I increase the ring time

Thanks GURU Ronni. Very helpful. Yesterday we were saying how do we increase our ring time on iPhone 4. You read our mind. Best wishes, Edward+Nes On 23/08/2011, at 9:38 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=2731 Even if your iPhone

LastPass

I just updated Safari to 5.1 but LastPass caused it to crash while opening. The fix - if you have LastPass installed in Safari, download the app again (using another browser, eg Chrome) and use the uninstaller that comes with it to remove LastPass. After this Safari opened for me with no

Re: font furore

Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/05/2011, at 1:23 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Hello I recently installed some fonts from a CD. Since then the fonts in browsers and some other apps appear as almost illegible, blocky type with a dot in the O P D etc

Re: font furore

/2011, at 1:23 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Hello I recently installed some fonts from a CD. Since then the fonts in browsers and some other apps appear as almost illegible, blocky type with a dot in the O P D etc. Restarted as a user in another 'clean' account and fonts there are OK

font furore

Hello I recently installed some fonts from a CD. Since then the fonts in browsers and some other apps appear as almost illegible, blocky type with a dot in the O P D etc. Restarted as a user in another 'clean' account and fonts there are OK. Removed all the fonts that were installed from the

speech and window weirdness

this started windows have a black box around them and sometimes fields or buttons as well. I reinstalled Leopard but weirdness persists. Has anyone experienced something like this or know what to do please? Best wishes edward Edward Arrowsmith Infinity Design Ph:0418 289 851

Re: Airport and Leopard

Thanks Ronni, the Brother driver worked. How do you know all this stuff? You are a wonder :-) Thanks and best wishes edward Edward Arrowsmith Infinity Design Ph:0418 289 851 For a treat, have a look at our beautiful design tips blog!! www.beautifulgraphicdesign.blogspot.com On 28/12

OS X 10.5 - easy

, and thank you all very much for the great support you provide. Best wishes edward Edward Arrowsmith Infinity Design Ph:0418 289 851 For a treat, have a look at our beautiful design tips blog!! www.beautifulgraphicdesign.blogspot.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives

Re: Dead iPod Help

the battery sorted in the 'big' iPod yet. Best wishes edward Edward Arrowsmith Infinity Design Ph:0418 289 851 For a treat, have a look at our beautiful website! www.beautifulgraphicdesign.blogspot.com On 02/11/2007, at 11:46 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote: My 60Gb video iPod is dead

Re: Recommended hard drive for Time Machine ?

I have had bad experiences with LaCie from the pov of the drives and Mac compatibility and customer service (there is none). The drive was one of the Porsche designs - I would advise against them. I am getting a G-Tech drive for Time Machine: http://

garageband

Good morning I want to record a lecture presentation using GarageBand. The external mic inputs to a pre-amp, I patch my MacBook Pro into the pre- amp. What I can't work out is how do I get GarageBand to record. All suggestion appreciated. Thanks and best wishes edward -- The WA

Re: garageband

wow thanks for that great info Jude. Does it have to be a USB mic? Will it work from a line in mic do you know? Thanks and best wishes edward On 01/10/2007, at 12:02 PM, Jude wrote: Here's a quick start 1. Connect your microphone to a USB port. 2. Go to System preferences Sound

Re: CS2-IntelMacs

I was running CS2 on intel core 2duo MacBook Pro and it was very slow, frustratingly slow, running on Rosetta. But I now run CS3 and its much better, better speed and better all round program. CS3 is wonderful. Best wishes edward On 28/09/2007, at 8:44 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond

Re: Changing ISP

I started with Internode this year and have to say its the best provider I have been with. Best wishes edward On 10/09/2007, at 9:52 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Dear Tom and Peter On 10 Sep 2007, at 5:23am, Peter Sealy wrote: On Sun 252 Sep,, at 4:10 PM, tom samson wrote: We are really

Re: desktop image

Thanks Ronni, but it didn't work. A Mac doesn't look very bright without a stunning graphic on the desktop :-( Best wishes edward On 18/08/2007, at 11:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 18/08/2007, at 4:49 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Hi everyone My desktop picture no longer appears

desktop image

Hi everyone My desktop picture no longer appears. When I start up it appears but once all systems are running I have a blank/white desktop. Any clues as to what happened or how it might be rectified please? Thanks and best wishes edward MacBook Pro 2.33 core2duo 2Gb RAM OS 10.4.10 --

activity monitor reveals PPC stuff

Hi everyone I ran a check using activity monitor and discovered that a few 'things' were listed in the kind column of the AM window as PPC. I downloaded updates and they now show intel, however, twp things remain as PPC: ts4Engine in my user account and privoxy which shows as root user.

Re: WAMUG Mailing List Archives

wishes edward Edward Arrowsmith Infinity Design 0418 289 851 On 29/06/2007, at 8:02 AM, Mike Fuller wrote: Well done! Looks and works great, Matt. Mike On 28/06/2007, at 11:02 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi Everyone, I would like to take this opportunity to plug the new WAMUG

dvd to video

To everyone who help with my query of ripping from dvd to video thanks very much - Reg, Ronni, James, Peter. I tried all the suggestions but the one that worked was Handbrake - what a great program. Open source. Speaking of open source programs I highly recommend NeoOffice. It has

dvd to video

Hi everyone I want to rip some footage from a DVD (non-commercial) to make a short iMovie. Is there a free program that will rip the footage in a format that iMovie can use. At present the DVD files are .VOB Thanks and best wishes edward -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: PDFs Safari

Bob, thanks very much, it did the trick. Thanks and best wishes edward On 21/06/2007, at 6:31 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 21/06/2007, at 8:14 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 20/06/2007, at 9:16 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Hi I updated my Adobe programs and now Safari opens PDF

PDFs Safari

Hi I updated my Adobe programs and now Safari opens PDF files in the browser. How do I get it to download PDFs instead? Thanks and best wishes edward -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Future of WAMUG

In response to Norm's suprise… Janis and I live in Melbourne and read the forum daily. It has been indispensable for many years. Its the best forum for macs on the net because its like a family. A similar issue has been brought up in the Melbourne group which is big and unwieldily - AUSOM.

Re: airport 802.11n

Hi David Thanks for the info. Does this mean there is no point in getting the enabler for my Intel based MacBook Pro unless I am going to purchase a new airport extreme? It will have no effect on my 'old' extreme base station? Best wishes edward On 30/03/2007, at 8:09 PM, David

airport 802.11n

Hi Can someone explain please how to enable 802.11n on a MacBook Pro? Does it require purchasing a 'key' to activate it? Will doing this improve the quality of the connection to an airport base station? Thanks and best wishes edward -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives

Re: zip pdf

.. via you send it ... that is On 18/01/2007, at 8:33 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. As it's wanted to print I didn't want to lower resolution. A couple of people suggested www.yousendit.com What a nifty idea! I just have to hope the printer likes the idea

Re: airport strangeness

modem from your Mac to see if the Airport has a connection to the DSL modem. Regards Greg From: Edward Arrowsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:38:01 +1100 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: airport strangeness I had no problem connecting to the Internet wirelessly

PowerBook G4 going cheap

I am moving to a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo and want to sell the following: PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz 1 Gb RAM 80 Gb Super Drive No battery recall Great computer $1450 Please reply off list. Best wishes edward

MacBook Pro RAM config

I am waiting for the next iteration of the 15 MacBook Pro. Its getting expensive as I add maximum RAM and AppleCare Protection Plan so in trying to cut the cost a bit I thought purchasing non-Apple RAM would help. Has anyone maxed out a MacBook Pro with non-Apple RAM? If so what brand,

LaCie external Hard Drive

For sale: LaCie External Hard Drive 160Gb USB2 FAPorche design - new/unused $175

switch

http://www.theage.com.au/news/perspectives/im-a-believer-mac-convert/ 2006/08/14/1155407745917.html enjoy :-)

LaCie external hard drive for mac

Hi everyone I purchased a LaCie 160Gb USB external hard drive - the FAPorsche design. My 15 G4 1.5MHz PowerBook does not recognise the drive. I sent it back to LaCie and they sent it back to me saying it was OK. I tried it another Mac and it showed up. I ran DiskWarrior and it didn't

iTunes and WMP

Hi everyone A friend is running iTunes v6 on XP. When she puts a CD in the drive it automatically opens in Windows Media Player. WMP has been told that iTunes id the default player and iTunes has been told it is the default player but WMP insists on opening CDs. Any thoughts on what has

Can a RAM slot bad?

The lower slot in my 15 PowerBook shows up in the profiler as empty. I moved the module to the upper slot and it was OK. A module I know is good RAM did not show up in the lower slot. It indicates that the lower slot is bad. Can a RAM slot go bad? If so is there a way of making it

Tiger stuck

Hello everyone I have just installed Tiger on a G3 iMac and done a combo update to 10.4.6. The computer starts OK but gets to a point when loading the Finder where Spotlight icon appears in top right corner of screen but nothing else happens. The cursor is the arrow but when moved over the

A3 printer

Anyone recommend an A3 colour inkjet printer that will print double sided please?

Keyboard backlighting

Even though I have illuminate keyboard in low light conditions turned in in the system preferences my backlighting is not working. It was happening prior to updating to 10.4.4 Any ideas please? 15 PowerBook 1.5GHz 1G RAM 10.4.4 thanks and Best wishes edward

InDesign

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request about reading CS2 files with CS. Best wishes edward

Items 4 sale

Must sell immediately: LaserWriter Select 360F with fax card and two toner cartridges, one brand new Good office desk Microtech USB XpressSCSI USB to SCSI converter Anyone want to make an offer on all or any of these things? Thanks and Best wishes edward

InDesign

Does anyone know how to open an InDesign CS2 file with InDesign CS please? Best wishes edward

USB failure

Good morning Is it possible that a USB port can suddenly stop working? My PowerBook has two USB ports, one has decided to stop working but the other is fine. Any clues please? Thanks and Best wishes edward

LaserWriter

Moving to Melbourne and need to sell a LaserWriter Select 360F with fax card and two toner cartridges, one brand new. Also have a really good office desk for sale. Printer $60 Desk $55 Thanks and Best wishes edward

Re: backup software

iBackup is free and works well. Easy to use. http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup/index.html On 07/12/2005, at 11:53 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi can anyone recommend a cheap ( read free) backup system, I just want to copy users home files to a firewire disk automatically ( say twice a

Re: Firefox 1.5

Looks like Apple is going to have to do a lot of work to lure me back to Safari. Likewise. I grew tired of the beach ball and Safari crashes, its like being on holidays with the new Firefox. I find Camino to be pretty good as well. On 07/12/2005, at 5:07 PM, Martin Hill wrote:

iPhoto reinstall

Good afternoon WAMUGGERS A friend has Tiger installed on a 350 MHz iMac. iPhoto is not installed for some reason. She has updated to 10.4.3. How can I reinstall iPhoto for her after a couple of OS updates please? Thanks and Best wishes edward

Re: SuperDuper

OK, thanks Peter. I do have an *old fashioned* iPod. Its a decrepit 6 months old! Best wishes edward On 28/11/2005, at 8:20 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 27/11/2005, at 8:41 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Does anyone know if its possible to make a bootable back up to an ipod using

SuperDuper

Does anyone know if its possible to make a bootable back up to an ipod using SuperDuper? Thanks and Best wishes edward

Re: Harvey Norman dummy spit about iPod stocks

I had the same thing happen at Dick Smith in Fremantle. I went in to buy an iPod for a friend and the sales person tried to talk me out of it saying they were no good, the software was rubbish, Creative were far better. I left and got the iPod at Myer instead. Best wishes edward On

Re: Digital Video Camera

I just purchased the Panasonic GS250. I did a lot of research and was in the same prcie range as you. It came out the very good value in most reviews. I had previously used a Sony which I liked, they are more expensive but solid. The panasonic feels plastic-y but it was easier to use

Mellel

good evening Does anyone have experience with the OS X word processor Mellel? Are there any recommendations from users please? www.redlers.com thanks and Best wishes edward

iBook or PowerBook

Hello WAMUGGERS Looking to purchase a 12 or 14 G4 iBook with burner or 15 G4 PowerBook. Thanks and Best wishes edward

PDFs in browser

Is it possible to stop Safari from loading pdf files in a tab or browser window? Its ok when I know the file is a pdf, I can right click and download the it. Thanks in anticipation. Best wishes edward

Spotlight

My HD was indexed by Spotlight when I installed Tiger but when I do a search for documents by title there are many not identified by Spotlight and I have to get them 'manually'. Am I missing something with Spotlight prefs? Thanks and Best wishes edward

Gmail

Does anybody use Google's Gmail enough to recommend it? Or have stories to tell? Thanks and Best wishes edward

Gmail

Thank you Paul Glen Kelly Ronni

ear things for iPod

Does anyone know where I can buy the black sponge ear things that cover the iPOD ear buds. They are very effective for keeping the ear buds in place but they are also easy to lose as they slip off the ear buds. Thanks and Best wishes edward

JL iPod?

This picture of Justin Langer during the 5th test shows he uses an iPod. www.abc.net.au/

Video cams

Any recommendations for Digital Video Cameras in the low to medium price range please? Best wishes edward

photocopy v laser print

Does anyone know if its cheaper to photocopy BW pages or to laser print? Thanks and best wishes edward

zip

A web designer has asked me to zip the files that comprise a web site and send them. What is the best way to zip files on Mac please? Thanks and best wishes edward 10.4.2 1Gb 15PowerBook 1.5MHz

Stuffit stuffed

How does one open .sit files in 10.4.2. Stuffit expander no longer works. Thanks and best wishes edward

Lost Gbs

iBook G4 800MHz 30Gb 1Gb RAM 10.4 There is just the bare system and a few files on this set up but it shows only 5 gigs out of 30 available. Where could the rest of the storage capacity on the HD be? Thanks and Best wishes edward

Persistent permissions

When running Disk Permissions the following message always appears. I have tried finding the offending files, tried turning on invisibles and found that these files may reside in an archived folder which has been trashed but still these two files appear every time Disk Permissions is run.

Airport

iBook G3 10.3.9 with Airport (not Extreme) detects base station with good signal but cannot make internet connection. Done Airport updates. Any ideas please? thanks and Best wishes edward

Spinning beach ball of insanity

Friend has a 1.25 G4 768 RAM. Under 10.3.8 suffered interminable spinning beach ball. Installed 10.4.2, spinning beach ball better but still occurs when switching between apps. SBB only appears in top right corner near menu bar. Switched RAM, no joy. Force quit won't work, must turn off at

Re: New method for iLife Poster

... or the book through iPhoto! At an Apple presentation at Burswood two years ago I publicly asked the presenter when would we in Australia be able to order the book. He didn't want to hear that question and fobbed it off by saying probably in about three months. Apple Australia ...? On

iBook G3

Any G3 iBooks for sale please?

PowerBook keyboard back lighting

The back lighting on my 15 PowerBook has faded to the point where its non-functional. The fringe keys such as caps lock delete are not bad but the rest are very dim. Is there something I can do. I have illuminate keyboard in low light conditions checked in the system preferences. Thanks for

PDF question

Thanks Rob, much appreciated. Best wishes edward On 19/07/2005, at 7:28 PM, Rob Davies wrote: Predefined PDF presets http://www.pdfsolutions.co.uk/pdfx.htm

Re: Size of PDFs created under OSX

Try 'you send it' for sending large files, its non-pedantically free: www.yousendit.com

exe files

Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please?

Re: exe files

could run Virtual PC or another emulator but It may well be a Virus if it is not a legit program. So be careful. tom samson On 05/07/2005, at 7:51 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: Good morning all Is there any way of viewing animated .exe files in OS X please?

InDesign missing fonts

When I open a document in InDesign I get a message that a particular font is not available. Is there some way to turn that off please? I have checked the preferences. thanks and Best wishes edward

Install OS 10.4

Good morning If someone has the time and knowhow, please provide a simple step by step method for installing Tiger over 10.3.8. Thanks and Best wishes edward

iBook

Anybody got an iBook (or two) for sale please? Best wishes edward

Apple warranty

If a new (still shrink wrapped) Apple product is purchased on ebay is there a way of accessing the warranty? thanks and Best wishes edward

Re: Itunes 4

Hi Daniel A colleague is using an iPod on Windows. She needs to use MusicMatch as the default media player because she has to daily download audio files for study from the UK. Quicktime was interfering with this process so (at my suggestion) she got rid of QT. Unfortunately it took iTunes

Fwd: RAM

Does anyone have experience of MRD HyperVelocity RAM for PowerBooks please?

services:summarise

This is the best thing in OS X that I've seen for ages: http://www.macworld.com/2005/05/secrets/juneosxhints/index.php *Clean up text using services:summarise* Have you ever come across a selection of text you’d like to keep—for example, a how-to on a Web page or an article on your local

Re: Streaming Video recording of tonight's meeting

When i go to the site and click on QT, select the bandwidth, all I get is a negotiating message for a long time. Is there something obvious I am not doing please? On 03/05/2005, at 11:03 PM, Martin Hill wrote: You'll find the streaming video recordings of part 1 of the WAMUG meeting

iPod for back up

When using SuperDuper to back prior to installing Tiger, is it possible to back up to a 20Gb iPod as an external hard drive?

Re: iPod for back up

Thats what I was hoping to hear Bob, thanks so much. On 04/05/2005, at 8:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 04/05/2005, at 7:11 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: When using SuperDuper to backup prior to installing Tiger, is it possible to back up to a 20Gb iPod as an external hard drive? Edward

want to buy PowerBook or iBook

A (switching) colleague wishes to purchase a 2nd hand G4 iBook or PowerBook. Any out there please? Thanks and Best wishes edward

wanted: G4 iMac

Anybody got a G4 iMac for sale please?

Re: new Mac time lag

Tara finally received her new computer. She is so pleased with it she has forgotten about switching back to Windows. She is thrilled with the ease of things and how much fun it is to use, and how good things look. Another day and it would have been all over I think. All's well that ends well

new Mac time lag

In this case, Roger, Tara is new to Macs. She wanted to see and feel what she was was getting for her money, and to talk to a human about it. This is not possible at the Apple Store. Its not easy for a non Mac person to shop around for Macs in Perth and not all their web sites are helpful,

new Mac time lag

Yeah I agree with your comment Toby, its not fair, I have extended the original comment, but its what greets someone when they go looking ... I purchased my 15 PowerBook from Team Digital and had a good time of it (considering I spent $4,000+ in cash). The reason I purchased from TD is

new Mac time lag

This is not necessarily a complaint but a description of utter frsutration on behalf of someone who orded a G4 iBook over a month ago. A young person named (lets say, Tara) wanted to buy a new computer. She knew how happy we were with our iBook and PowerBook. She had a play with these

disk utility permissions

Is there a difference between verify disk permissions and repair disk permissions? I notice when running VDP a repair is carried out if needed. Is there a need to run VDP and RDP or is VDP sufficient? In lay terms, what does this stuff mean/do? Thanks Ignorant edward

Re: disk utility permissions

Thanks Shay, Mark and Ronni for your replies. My mind is now at ease. And special Thanks Ronni for the link to http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/durepairfns.html Best wishes edward

modifying default text

My next quandary is how to change the default text in Photoshop and InDesign. When a new text frame is applied the default text is Times size 12. In MS Word, too. Is there a way to change this please? I've done the help thing in these apps. thanks Still ignorant edward

Re: Talking point - apps that enhance OS X

The one I can't do without is TypeIt4Me: typeit4me.com By typing the first (or more) letter of a word or URL or sentence or whatever ... this great program expands to write the entire thing.

Re: Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you ... For a couple of years I have had to record in real time the movies made with my Sony digital still camera to get an audio track. As a result of reading your post I just downloaded bbDEMUX and it separates audio and video instantly. How wonderful!!! Best

Re: Tuesday Talking point - apps that enhance OS X

BTW those files are MPG On 05/04/2005, at 3:59 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: For a couple of years I have had to record in real time the movies made with my Sony digital still camera to get an audio track.

Re: Hard Drive/Server names (was Re: Gimp Shop)

My PowerBook HD is called Maitreya. Other drives are Amitayus, Tara and Avalokiteshvara. :-) On 01/04/2005, at 2:17 PM, Onno Benschop wrote: For a bit of Friday fun, what do WAMUGgers call their hard drives or servers? To get the ball rolling, my G4 MDD drives are John, Paul, George and

iPod for sale

For sale: 20 Gb iPod for sale. Still in warranty, hardly used. Griffin iTalk adaptor to enable voice recording on iPod 12 G3 iBook 700MHz 20Gb HD 384RAM Please contact Janis off list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

GarageBand missing folder

When I run GarageBand lately it fails to launch and I get the following message: The Instrument Library is invalid. GarageBand expects a valid Instrument Library folder in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand. Please choose a valid Instrument Library folder or quit and re-install

require 2nd hand iBook

Does anyone have a G3 or G4 12 iBook for sale, or know of one? Please email off list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks and Best wishes edward

iLife

If I bought a new IBook tomorrow would iLife (iPhoto 5, GarageBand 2) come preinstalled?

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