Re: LP recording software

2010-04-14 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Walter, I have a similar device - I'm sorry but I have not tested it yet nor do I have it with me as it is packed in storage but I do recall instructions mentioned that that the device had to be selected in Audacity as well for it to work. It may have been under Audacity Preferences

Re: Choosing DVDs for archiving of photos

2010-04-06 Thread Gavin Criddle
Regardless of what you choose, I'd still suggest checking these discs every few years, and perhaps burning new copies as you do. Regards, Gav On 06/04/2010, at 5:25 PM, Marlene Oostryck wrote: Hi All I have an extensive collection of digital photos currently backed up on 2 computers

Re: help!! grey screen and whirling ball forever

2010-03-31 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Rosemary, Hold down the mouse button, and then press the power button. Keep holding the mouse button until the disc ejects. Gav On 31/03/2010, at 9:26 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: My macbook pro has died I updated the latest snow leopard updates which failed ..error please re-start

Re: VMWare Fusion v2/CD-ROM

2010-03-27 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Stuart, If the virtual machine has control of the CD, it will not show up in the Finder. Gav On 27/03/2010, at 9:13 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: I'm just getting to know Windows XP with VMWare Fusion v2. I like the concept with VMWare Fusion v2. One thing I've noticed is that when

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Adrian, 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software and have room for updates and a bit of processing. You'd probably end up taking around 10 gigs for Windows 7. Personally, I'd put more if you can afford it - resizing the bootcamp partition sucks, and you do

Re: Windows on a Mac

2010-03-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
, I dont want to sacrifice that much space so I will look at using a small external drive. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 26/03/2010, at 10:48 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Adrian, 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software and have room

Re: DVD region codes

2010-02-24 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Andrew, VLC. www.videolan.org Gav On 24/02/2010, at 6:26 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi all, Is there any way to play DVDs from different regions without invoking that horrible little dialog that only gives you a few chances to change the DVD player's region code? This is on a

Re: e-Waste

2010-02-14 Thread Gavin Criddle
http://www.recycleit.net.au/ are now based in Wangara - I was able to dump a pile of stuff their before Christmas, no probs - UPS, printers, PCs, monitors and individual parts. Gav On 14/02/2010, at 2:47 PM, Allen Gladwell wrote: Ray There used to be a place in Osborne Park at 2/27

Re: Mac Mini

2010-02-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi John, Do you mean to use the iMac as a monitor? Sorry but this isn't possible. A 22 Samsung monitor is around 220 dollars these days. Gav On 01/02/2010, at 11:40 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Wamuggers I would like to update my table lamp iMac possibly to a MacMini. Can I run the

Re: Which Browser?

2010-01-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Diana, If you get the connection back up, IE 8 works fine on this site. Gav On 26/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hi Everyone, Happy Australia Day Graham has been trying to access the on-line ordering site www.almliquor.com.au with no luck. He has tried Safari

Re: Thunderbird

2010-01-24 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Bill, Thunderbird has filters which should be able to achieve this for you. Tools Message Filters will open up the interface. I'm on Thunderbird 3 at the moment so it may be in a different spot but version 2 does have filters. Regards, Gav On 25/01/2010, at 10:39 AM, Bill Parker wrote:

Re: Thunderbird

2010-01-24 Thread Gavin Criddle
and there is nothing i can find that will make that target folder for me. Bill On 25/01/2010, at 10:45 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Bill, Thunderbird has filters which should be able to achieve this for you. Tools Message Filters will open up the interface. I'm on Thunderbird 3 at the moment so

Re: NTFS to mac

2010-01-19 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Peter, If you want the disk to be usable by both Windows and Mac systems, it's best to have the disk in FAT32 mode, which can be done via Disk Utility in Snow Leopard. NTFS is readable by your system, you just won't be able to write to it without third party software. If you are just

Re: NTFS to mac

2010-01-19 Thread Gavin Criddle
Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Gavin Criddle Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 11:10 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: NTFS to mac Hi Peter, If you want the disk to be usable by both Windows and Mac systems, it's best

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-08 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi James, I've got cases from Zytech before. http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=EN25 Good products and good service! Gav On 09/01/2010, at 7:15 AM, James Devenish wrote: Speaking of which, Wishfully thinking, does any know of any economical, portable,

Re: fqm file

2009-12-28 Thread Gavin Criddle
If I'm correct, FQM is the name of the person who provided the release, not a file extension. They are probably renamed zip/rar files. Gav On 29/12/2009, at 10:06 AM, thefrogs wrote: I have just downloaded Stargate universe from last week and it came as a folder of fqm files. But

Re: Upgrading Macbook RAM

2009-12-27 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Callum, www.crucial.com has a nice tool for this - you can install one or use their search tool. If I'm right, you can put up to 4GB in that machine with 2 times PC 5300/667 SODIMM chips. Gav On 28/12/2009, at 10:14 AM, Callum Prior wrote: Hi all, I'm looking at upgrading my

Re: airport extreme

2009-12-27 Thread Gavin Criddle
A quick and easy answer - yep! Gav On 28/12/2009, at 11:20 AM, mince and pud wrote: A quick and easy one (I hope) If I get an airport extreme card for my wife's iMac - the one with the broken ethernet port - will it talk to the belkin wireless router or does it have to have an

Re: Photo Scanner

2009-11-30 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Gordon, What problems have you had with PSE6 with 10.6.2? My copy seems to work fine. Gav On 30/11/2009, at 4:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 30/11/2009, at 12:57 PM, Gordon Wilson wrote: I have about 150 Kodachrome 35mm slides to digitise and add to iPhoto. The best machine seems

RE: Extracting audio from iTunes video

2009-11-25 Thread Gavin Criddle
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Re: optus wireless broadband

2009-11-21 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Janis, It could be new software run but it could be a faulty fan - I've had a couple of fans replaced in my MacBook Pro - basically the heat sensor didn't know how hot the machine was so cranked them on full by default. Gav On 22/11/2009, at 11:03 AM, Janis Lynn wrote: Dear People

Re: Firefox Bookmarks

2009-11-19 Thread Gavin Criddle
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Re: Tools of the Devil

2009-11-06 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Rob, If the builtin backup feature of Windows (under Accessories I believe or maybe System Tools) is good enough for my father, it's good enough for anyone (: It can select folders and schedule backup times. Gav On 06/11/2009, at 4:43 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: Excuse my posting a

Re: Tools of the Devil

2009-11-06 Thread Gavin Criddle
Here's a link about it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx Sorry, forgot to post earlier. Gav On 06/11/2009, at 4:50 PM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Rob, If the builtin backup feature of Windows (under Accessories I believe or maybe System Tools

Re: Stuck CD

2009-10-03 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Peter, The CD may just be getting stuck on the side of the drive - I've removed a stuck disc like this before with some thin tweezers and I was able to to push the disc in the correct direction as it was trying to eject. In the end, I had to replace the drive as the mechanism was

Re: HP LaserJet driver

2009-10-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Michael, I don't think it's cynical advice to wait 6 months before installing a new OS. I've waited a year before switching people to a new OS on a production machine - it is just too costly in time and money to switch people over for the sake of a new OS being there and risk

Re: Anyone have MS Office 2004 for Mac ?

2009-09-07 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Stephen, What version of OpenOffice have you got installed? I'm assuming version 3 but I found 1 and 2 quite slow whereas version 3 seemed to sort this out. If you're after a cheap webcam, www.zazz.com.au has a cheap one today that apparently works with a Mac, mind this was tested

Re: Windows

2009-09-02 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Adrian, Bootcamp doesn't like anything below XP - I'd say the best trick would be to use Fusion or Parallels and make a virtual machine - that shouldn't take up much space. Gav On 03/09/2009, at 9:43 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, I have an old (very old) windows

Re: startup

2009-08-13 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Chris, If Numbers is on your Dock, right click and check that Open at Login is not ticked. Gav On 14/08/09 10:27 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I recently purchased iWork 09 and installed it. Now, when I do a restart (MacBook Pro 2.2 10.5.6) the iWork software,

Re: A good idea?

2009-08-07 Thread Gavin Criddle
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Re: Bluetooth mouse

2009-07-29 Thread Gavin Criddle
all day. Excellent device. -- Gavin Criddle IT Support Officer Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Medical Research Foundation, Royal Perth Hospital, M570 University of Western Australia P: (08) 9224 0311 F: (08) 9224 0246 E: gavin.crid...@uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?

2009-07-22 Thread Gavin Criddle
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Re: macbookpro overheating

2009-07-14 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi David, Boot from your install DVD and see if a repair via Disk Utility will help - sounds like a kernel panic. You may need to backup your data and try a complete reinstall - if the problem reoccurs, you may have a hardware fault. If your Mac is overheating and your fans are turning

Re: Problem with WD My Book drive

2009-04-02 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Graham, Be careful if you decide to put this drive in an external enclosure - I did that with a WD drive from one of these units and it blew the enclosure power supply - and smoke came out of the molex adaptor. It was kinda cool looking, bar the data loss. The odd thing is though, attaching

Re: windows virus scanner

2008-10-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
that needs fixing. I always enjoy the experience of helping someone at home with think I have a virus type queries and discovering a 30 day trial version of Norton Security Suite 2005 - no really. Anyhow, YMMV. Gav -- Gavin Criddle IT Support Officer Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health

Re: recovering data from External HD

2008-09-28 Thread Gavin Criddle
the info. Is there a secure Perth-based outfit that can do the job? I don't think that money is a problem. Any advice appreciated. Regards Kevin -- End of WAMUG Mailing List Digest #1873 ** -- Gavin Criddle

Re: VMWare problems

2008-05-04 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Peter, I am presently using 1.1.2 with no problems with the NAT setting - works fine with wireless or Ethernet. Regards, Gavin From: Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VMWare problems Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:47:19 +0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) I'm keen to hear from

For Sale: Powermac G5 and monitor

2007-11-16 Thread Gavin Criddle
Powermac G5 DP 1.8GHZ 3.5 Gig of RAM Superdrive 160GB hard drive Keyboard + Mouse OS 10.2 installed (this is the OS the machine came with) Apple 20 Cinema Display (ADC) Airport Extreme Third party USB Bluetooth adapter - works without drivers on 10.4 and 10.5 $1400 ono Selling as is, have

For Sale: Powermac G5 and monitor - sold

2007-05-05 Thread Gavin Criddle
Thanks for the interest and replies; this has been sold. Gavin -- 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 Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

For Sale: Powermac G5 and monitor

2007-05-04 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi everyone, I have the following for sale: Powermac G5 DP 1.8GHZ 1 Gig of RAM Superdrive 160GB hard drive Keyboard + Mouse OS 10.2 restore disk Apple 20 Cinema Display (ADC) $800 Selling as is, have tested the machine and it is working fine. Happy to deliver to Perth metro area (Joondalup

Ibook for sale

2006-10-20 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi everyone, I'm selling off my iBook as I don't have much use for a laptop these days, so here it is if anyone is interested. Apple iBook 12 G4 1.2GHZ 1.25 GB RAM 30 Gig hard disk Combo drive (DVD ROM/CD RW) Built in Aiport New battery (replaced via Apple battery recall recently) VGA Adapter

Number for Michelle S - regarding cheap laser printers

2005-11-16 Thread Gavin Criddle
Can someone please email the number for Michelle that was posted in the latest digest email, regarding cheap laser printers? Thanks, Gav Gavin Criddle IT Officer Humanities IT Services Curtin University of Technology t: +61 08 9266 7237 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

12 RGB Macintosh Display

2005-11-09 Thread Gavin Criddle
Old school! Taken from an LCIII, works fine - going to bin, unless anyone wants it? Gav

G4 Power adapter

2005-11-04 Thread Gavin Criddle
Has anyone got a g4 power adapter cable for the yo yo style model for sale? Part number M7332. I've an adapter here but not the actual cable. Gav

Tool kits

2005-09-02 Thread Gavin Criddle
and a hard disk - if only all computers could boot in firewire target disk mode, all I'd need is my ibook (: Gavin Criddle Helpdesk Officer Humanities IT Services Curtin University of Technology t: +61 08 9266 7237 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tool kits From: Aurora [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL

Ibook 3rd party flash

2005-07-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi Mark, This is probably a silly question but have you ever had issues with this flash? I probably won't use the external video feature much but I figure I may as well should I ever need it one day. Gavin Gavin Criddle Helpdesk Officer Humanities IT Services Curtin University of Technology t

Strawberry Imac for sale

2005-06-10 Thread Gavin Criddle
up a 12 ibook - which really offended me - laptops are not allowed to be working, fully patched and working wirelessly 30 mins out of the box - that's just not on. Murphy must have a cold or something. Regards, Gavin Gavin Criddle Helpdesk Officer Humanities IT Services Curtin University

free memory bits

2005-06-01 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi all, I have 3 times 64MB SODIMM chips (suitable for old laptops/Imacs) - they were working when I last used them - free if anyone wants them, I'm happy to mail them to you (provided you don't live in ie the Arctic Circle). Regards, Gavin

Re: Stupid question about thumbdrives

2005-04-29 Thread Gavin Criddle
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??? I personally use Astone USB keys - they work well on my XP + OSX/9 machines - they have a nice form factor too - don't get stuck on cases with irritating bezels ie

Backup Disk Ideas?

2005-02-08 Thread Gavin Criddle
A cheapish idea would be to buy two 3.5 IDE drives and then buy external USB drive cases for them - I think a 120/160GB drive is about around 100 dollars these days and a USB case should cost around the same - I used one of these setups once at an old workplace - a nice cheap solution. Oh, and a

Any Garageband users out there?

2005-02-08 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi everyone, Does anyone on the list use Garageband? I'm in the process of deciding what sort of specs I'll need to be using this effectively - I'm quite impressed with this bit of software. I've had a play with a G5 1.8, a G4 Powerbook 12 and 15 and a G4 12 ibook - all of which had 256MB which

Out of Office AutoReply: wamug Digest #512

2004-12-23 Thread Gavin Criddle
I will be out of the office until the 23rd of December 2004. If you require assistance, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact the HITS Helpdesk on 9266 7237.

Norton AV Issues

2004-12-20 Thread Gavin Criddle
I'll add my two cents to this - I recently removed NAV from my girlfriends XP PC (to upgrade to a new version of AV no less) and I had some serious problems with this - Instantly lost all wireless network connectivity - tried add and remove the network adapter - no luck. In the end, I had to

Out of Office AutoReply: wamug Digest #499

2004-12-10 Thread Gavin Criddle
I am currently on leave - I will be out of the office until the 14th of December 2004. If you require assistance, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact the HITS Helpdesk on 9266 7237.

iBook vs Powerbook

2004-11-30 Thread Gavin Criddle
Hi everyone, I've had the rather enjoyable experience of my faithful Compaq laptop giving up the ghost and I'm in the market for a replacement. While shopping around, I thought I might try a Mac laptop for something different, as I don't need to rely on anything PC specific. It would also make