On 13/06/2006, at 5:04 AM, Mark Secker in the WAMUG Mailing List Digest
1045 wrote:
Gif-87 (as animated giffs are also called) will, and do, run on macs
- however the built in image viewer preview opens them as a series
of individual images.
Running Preview 2.1.1 (v211) in 10.3.9 here and
On 04/05/2006, at 5:05 AM, Natas Porter in the WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
experts..?
please!
http://daringfireball.net/2006/05/good_journalism
That kind of blanket headline without substance is pretty much the new
way of spin-management-via-press-release that big corporations indulge
in
On 20/04/2006, at 5:05 AM, Christian Kotz in the WAMUG Mailing List
Digest wrote:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1114974
and had heard if often occurs to the 240v versions of the device.
Anyone out there have a testimonial to share? I liked this product
but now I'm a
On 18/04/2006, at 5:04 AM, several in the WAMUG Mailing List digest
wrote:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
Good luck
Paul
Thanks Paul,
The test showed download speed of 2.7 KB/s, upload 11.7 KB/s
I think I'm in trouble!
Your upload speed is normal for a 512/128 I think.
My
On 04/04/2006, at 5:04 AM, Severin Crisp in the WAMUG Mailing List
digest wrote:
Help Viewer has a problem (10.4.5). MacHelp gets to opening screen
then no links work. All the other helps available to Help Viewer
seem fine. MacHelp.help is where it should be in Library/
Documentation/Help
Howdy,
Running iTunes 4.8 (v31) in 10.3.9 and absolutely no iPod, Music Store,
or other automatic online processes mediated via iTunes have been
chosen, ever.
I don't connect any device via iTunes and I don't own an iPod, but use
iTunes as my radio and alarm - along with a gazillion other
On 19/03/2006, at 5:04 AM, Brett Carboni in WAMUG Mailing List digest
wrote:
Is there any hack/program/incantation that will stop those ultra
annoying web page animations, similar to something that kills popups?
I'm a supporter of the web advertising sponsor driven model, but the
dancing
In the 18th March 2006 wamug mailing list digest, Robert Howells wrote:
So what is the web address for this. I have looked at the
Macromedia.com site and not found it yet !
Howdy Bob,
The Global settings panel movie that I'm on about is the flash player
prefs mpeg thingy that you have to
Howdy,
Just finished installing the new Flash player per the security
bulletins around the place, and surprise (Not) - Safari 1.3.2 (v132.6)
running in 10.3.9, up to date - still will not display the content of
the macromedia's online Global settings panel movie, although it will
report
On 14/03/2006, at 5:05 AM, Diana in the wamug digest wrote:
I installed again from the new dmg file. The about Firefox window now
has version 1.5.0.1 and two of the problems are cured but there is
still no down arrow in the scroll bar.
Is this the case with other users or is it just me?
Gee, after seeing these reports, I'm happy I'm still schlepping the EA
'mont around with a ten buck tape head adaptor for the mp3 player.
On 28/02/2006, at 5:05 AM, Peter Hinchliffe in the WAMUG Mailing List
digest wrote:
On 26/02/2006, at 8:16 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote:
Warren
I had a HORRIFIC experience with the DLO Transpod for iPod 5G.
It's a brilliant unit, great sound (maybe better than the old Griffin
iTrip), nice
Howdy Ronni,
The ClamX forum is across most of your worries.
There is a sticky thread that covers how to convert the hexadecimal
stuff into ASCII, so you can ferret out those naughty emails - - -
-which **of course** you haven't opened, but which still have the
naughty code in them. Rob
Hi Bill,
Manufacturers usually include a cdrom with software on it that will let
your player get recognised on a computer.
Is there a pdf file on the cdrom? One called manual or
installation instructions? This will usually have instructions on
how to get the machine recognised by a
On 12/02/2006, at 5:04 AM, I wrote:
Howdy Mac,
I get to BBY around 1/10days.
I live in Harvey.
Spell out what kind of support you want if this situation fits in with
your plans.
I can't do more than be another amateur with good intentions. You
know: all care taken, no responsibility
Howdy Mac,
I get to BBY around 1/10days.
I live in Harvey.
Spell out what kind of support you want if this situation fits in with
your plans.
I can't do more than be another amateur with good intentions. You
know: all care taken, no responsibility accepted kind of thing.
For myself, I
on Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Lyn Crews wrote:
'what do I need to do so that the DVD player in my G5 is regionless '
Your Apple dealer may have a solution that will suit.
There is a range of solutions, from flashing the hardware to
interposing software before your system gets a chance to impose region
This list rwks.
Thanks for the responses.
Nancy M
Howdy,
I'd like to source a 256MB stick of pc133 168-pin single-sided SDRAM.
It's for an upgraded EpoX board which is still making light of DVD
display and other such basic computerly functions so shouldn't be
relegated for faulty memory.
Can any member recommend a retailer that still
On 23/01/2006, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Well, all being well we'd certainly like to. Looking after people in
the
'country' is a little different to the City and we believe we do it
well.
We're a little more down to earth and a lot more patient.
yep, we're just that much slower
On 15/01/2006, at 5:04 AM, James Devenish in WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
It also states: Telestream shall have the right, upon reasonable
prior notice to You and during Your normal business hours, to audit
Your use of the Licensed Materials and to inspect Your records related
to any copies of
On 01/12/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
However, you should have a legal right to negotiate a remedy with
the retailer (or, if that is unsuccessful, to have a complaint heard)
as part of standard consumer protections: see http://
www.docep.wa.gov.au. Three typical conditions that
Howdy Philippe,
On 22/11/2005, at 5:04 AM, you wrote in the WAMUG Mailing List digest:
So it looks like I'll
have to buy a memory card from another manufacturer, but which one?
I regret I've no idea about new stuff. My PS toy is 6yo with the
original 10Meg card.
It looks like you will
On 21/11/2005, at 5:04 AM, J Philippe Chaperon in WAMUG Mailing List
digest wrote:
I use a SanDisk 512MB (SD Card) in my Lumix LZ30, which seems to works
OK in
the camera, however I just cannot read the card when inserted in my
Transcend' card reader connected to my G5 1.8Mhz dual, running
The following two messages may be meant for the list and not my mailbox:
I have to send text only because the wamug list won't accept ditto
special characters
First message follows:
From: Robert D Miller-Eves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 26 October 2005 10:55:12 PM
To: Nancy McIntyre [EMAIL
On 27/10/2005, at 5:04 AM, Malcolm J McCallum in WAMUG Mailing List
wrote:
BTW how do I archive old mail?
In 10.3.9, I like using the desktop gui; drag mailboxes I want to
archive on to the desktop and tie them up with pink tape there with the
context menu.
Nancy M, still in love
On 26/10/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
How can you help?
We need to do an informal survey of list members to find out who your
ISP is. So...
PLEASE TELL ME WHO YOUR ISP IS.
Just reply to this message and let me know. That's all you need to
do. Thanks for your time
- Matt
On 18/10/2005, at 5:04 AM, Mike Fuller in the WAMUG Digest wrote:
I just wonder how much more before the majority of Windows users
throw in the towel.
I doubt this will worry many Windoze users more than the existing list
of XP security fixes that went wrong; those that have been through
On 08/10/2005, at 5:04 AM, Peter Hinchliffewrote:
Hi All
I've been trying to get myself set up with a Paypal account so as
to buy on
ebay but each time I go to try and 'Setup' while on the paypal
site, I end
with a virtually empty screen. Have tried about 5 times now.
I'm using OS 9.2 and for
On 07/10/2005, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
does this not
defeat the purpose of a iPod Nano?
it's alright, the iPod flea developers anticipated this - have a go at
the battery mod:
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2675893
**chickle**
Nancy M
For those running Little Snitch who aren't subscribed to the discussion
list, a recent rundown on its problems as perceived by a user could be
useful:
Summary:
**
The Bottom Line
**
LittleSnitch is not currently secure.
killall LittleSnitchDaemon will allow any app to phone home without
On 26/09/2005, Martin Hill in the WAMUG Mailing List Digest wrote:
Darwin Streaming Server or Quicktime Streaming Server sending out
MPEG-4
streams is a win-win for standards and Apple and considering the Darwin
Streaming server is free and runs on Linux and Windows Server
hardware, and
has
On 24/09/2005,Warren Jones in the Wamug digest wrote:
The ABC are currently running a survey on broadband (link from their
homepage at http://www.abc.net.au)
(They seem to be evaluating the demand for extra video content on
their website)
snip
If you can spare a few mins to complete this
On 05/09/2005, at 5:04 AM, Tony Wilson in the WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Restored Address Book files without difficulty but cannot locate iCal
files to copy across
If it's as simple as the default directory, then the path is:
~/library/calendars
Nancy M
On 02/09/2005, Aurora in the WAMUG Mailing List digest wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good computer tool ie screwdrivers and stuff.
I need to get one for work to battle the evil PC's and we are being
left to
buy our own although we will be reimbursed.
Don't forget the Dutch
Thanks to both Jude the Obscure and Bob Howells.
Surely this list must be good enough to order pizza with ;-)
Nancy M
Is any reader able to supply me with a copy of Calculator app v 3.1?
It was last seen with 10.3.8 and I'd like back one of the functions
which v 3.2.1 in 10.3.9 has made unavailable.
The package can be emailed efficiently using http://www.yousendit.com/
if you have a copy.
thanks in
Hi,
On 14/08/2005, at 5:04 AM, Laurie in WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
I've received some attachments from my brother with the suffix .mpe.
When I double click I'm told that Real Player can't open it because I
don't have the right version of QuickTime (v7.0.1 installed).
The file mapping in
Surplus to requirements now that I've cabled the eMac into the big
integrated amp.
1 of Griffin Powerwave
described here:
http://www.streetwise.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1205
The $249.00 tag is bull$h*t. They've always retailed under $229.
I've uploaded a copy of the manual here:
Sold to the earliest bird.
Nancy M
On 06/07/2005, at 5:05 AM, Antony N. Lord in wamug Digest 711 wrote:
I've been listening to a series of radio episodes at work with OS X
and XP machines using Quicktime / iTunes or maybe even WinAmp (PC).
One of these apps let me save the entire show (after it was
downloaded) - I can't for
On 02/07/2005, at 5:04 AM, Severin Crisp wrote:
Where does mail keep received attachments?
In 10.3.9,
attachments aren't separated from the message, unless you do it
manually from within Mail.
The pathway to the inbox is:
~/Library/Mail/POP«account name»/INBOX.mbox, if you want to inspect
Howdy,
On 18/06/2005, at 5:04 AM, Shay in the wamug Digest 693t wrote:
With all this discussion of IP telephony, I thought I'd suggest that
if you're installing an IP phone (ie something that looks like a
normal phone handset) beware that some of the IP services do not
handle emergency call
Howdy,
Mac OS X 10.3.9, hence Safari 1.3 (V312).
In the last week, the other user at home has found a Safari confusion
over identifying secure sites.
This link is to her outline of the problem in the apple forums:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.68b08c01
We both use the
I've been perplexed about people being so sanguine about paying for
regulated downloads.
This article seems to point to it all being very much more complex than
I'd thought.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7383
The article is good for Apple marketing, by the way ;-)
Just finished viewing part I over dinner.
Direction:
straight adherence to the Dogme 95 school.
Screenplay:
no groundbreaking plot departures, but for lovers of the film mac
genre, it has all the elements - right down to the wisecracking
investigator.
Cinematography:
a refreshingly direct
Playing with the Qucksilver right-arrow found me this clever little
thang:
invoke any text file, then right arrow it and you get a line-by line
display, any of which chosen is displayed on the magnification bezel
centre-screen.
What use is that?! It frees me from the desk while I'm
On 28/04/2005, at 3:54 PM, Ronni wrote in the WAMUG digest:
So, I guess we didn't get exactly the answers we wanted, but
WestNet did listen to our concerns, investigated them, and did get=20
back to us with their findings.
Thanks for posting their reply Ronni.
Pfft to their answers
On 28/04/2005, at 6:13 PM, Malcolm Burtenshaw wrote:
On 28/04/2005, at 5:48 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:
On 28/04/2005, at 3:54 PM, Ronni wrote in the WAMUG digest:
So, I guess we didn't get exactly the answers we wanted, but
WestNet did listen to our concerns, investigated them
On 27/04/2005, at 5:04 AM, Ronni wrote in the Digest #636:
By the way, I haven't yet had a reply to their offer to follow up
and in my experience, this usually means that something is getting
investigated.
If people are annoyed by the website stuff like we have pointed out,
maybe an email or
On 26/04/2005, at 7:00 AM, Roger and Rosemary Horton wrote:
On 25/04/2005, at 4:28 PM, Nancy McIntyre wrote:
They needed telling. Their member photo site is basically
inaccessible in Safari and even in Firefox it ain't much chop.
Nor can you use their backup service if you have
Howdy Christof,
Your experience is a lot different to the others.
If you have time, could you say which Flash version you have as a
plug-in?
thanks so much for taking the time so far,
Nancy M
On 25/04/2005, at 11:54 AM, Christof S. wrote:
Hi Nancy,
I tried the web page in Safari and its
Following is copy of correspondence with support desk at westnet.
Westnet used to support macs. They no longer even have a mac running
in their operations centre.
Copy in full follows
Howdy Ryan,
On 25/04/2005, at 5:24 AM, WestNet Support wrote:
Hi Nancy,
I take it this only
Howdy,
Can any reader confirm the near 100 percent cpu activity when viewing
this page:
http://myplace.westnet.com.au/default.aspx
in any or all of Safari, Firefox and Camino? I note that turning off
the big flash phone ad reduces the cpu activity by around 40 percent.
thanks in
Howdy,
The update description here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301382
describes the procedure for restoring the Java Shared Archive.
I am not an intensive Java user - just a plain vanilla few tabs
mainly text surfer and don't use it otherwise.
Can someone geek condense
At 4:53 PM +0800 22/4/05, Rob Davies wrote:
This will provide you with the current version of Java, if installed
on your system.
The next part of the exercise will update your Java configuration in
relation to Safari's problems. So, if this is an issue which one
assumes it possibly is for
At 5:04 AM +0800 20/4/05, there was a series of responses on this list:
Awesome special effects though! And the acting is on par with
Episodes 1 and 2 :-)
that bad eh?
Lucas would be proud of it ;-) Meow, saucer of milk, table 2! Lucas
probably would have sued if there was decent
In wamug digest 14/04, Kevin wrote:
Their man says it will take Telstra 1-2 months to get the correct
line in. The text of the message is below.
Does anyone know of a hurry-up for this?
www.whirlpool.net.au
Has the best collection of data and advice on broadband matters.
The advice is peer
Andrew wrote
Can anyone recommend an easy to use DVD backup program for OSX 10.3 I
use DVD Shrink on WinXP but have no DVD burner only copying to hard
drive. I would like to use something similar on the Mac - preferably
freeware. I have done Google search, but don;t know good from bad and
2001 aso is being broadcast on SBS tonight at 10.
High bitrate
http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2665948bw=200
Low bitrate
http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=2665948bw=56
The name of the clip is Whatever: Apple 1984 Parody.
Apologies if the links didn't get you there.
I picked this up at a Firefox site:
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_idn_spoofing_test/
IE appears to be invulnerable this time ;-)
Until patches get published, I can offer this configuration change
routine for Firefox - don't know any command file manipulation for
Camino or Safari.
Put
about:config
into the address bar of Firefox and return
Put
network.enableIDN
into the filter box and return
control-click on the configuration line and use
the 'toggle' to go to 'false' from 'true'
Nope,
At 5:05 AM +0800 8/2/05, Mark Secker in WAMUG digest wrote:
Looking at getting the something like the EOS 300D but if anybody has
any horror stories of this model or possible significant advantages
of other models by, say, Fuji or Nikon
I'm wanting to get in the door (body, lens, battery pack
At 5:04 AM +0800 1/1/05, Craig Ringer in WAMUG digest 520 wrote:
I'm not sure its worth having a bunch of people reply on-list to say
I'd love to help, but I don't know, though.
Seconded. There are many tech mailing lists - I subscribe to a few
in my own field - which are spoiled by having
http://www.davidmccandless.com/funny/applestore.htm
ilaughed
Nancy M
--
eMac 10.3.7 (7S215) 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 768 MB DDR SDRAM
At 5:04 AM +0800 9/12/04, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/changingapps.html
the last part of this explains:
Want to cruise through the applications in this window in reverse
(from right to left)? Just press Shift-Command-Tab. Hey, somebody
might want to do this. Really
Update.
Real confirmed that the quicktime update mungled the configuration
for SMIL 1.0 file types.
If you want to return correct handling of smil files:
Removing SMIL 1.0 from quicktime's file preferences won't fix the problem.
However, you will note in your realplayer 'Media Types'
At 5:04 AM +0800 7/12/04, Nancy McIntyre in WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
Is there anyone with the latest Quicktime - 6.5.2 with time to go to
this page and see how their Firefox 1.0 handles the RealPlayer
downloads at the top of the page?
Thanks to those who responded. It is not a 100 percent
Howdy,
Is there anyone with the latest Quicktime - 6.5.2 with time to go to
this page and see how their Firefox 1.0 handles the RealPlayer
downloads at the top of the page?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4184261
My setup allowed me full choice of media players before I
Shay Telfer wrote in 28nov digest
Possibly the ModemOnHold is always loaded anyway as part of the
internal modem support and is just told to do nothing if the option
isn't selected.
Howdy Shay,
the evidence of the sysem log says not. It shows that the MoH
service was begun loading only a
At 5:04 AM +0800 28/11/04, Robert Howells in the digest wrote:
The Modem software in the Modem has a Guard feature
to try and avoid falsely interpreting ordinary Data passing through it ,
as a Disconnect signal.
Sometimes it is possible to improve that guard feature !
There are also other
howdy,
Could anyone give me a clue about why my system wants to load this
modem on hold service when I have not selected the option in the UI?
I am investigating because the modem has decided to hang up without
my permission a couple of times.
###Running 10.3.6 (delta over 10.3.5 combo over
Copy message sent to Robert Howells
At 6:09 PM +0800 27/11/04, Robert Howells wrote:
If you are using a Dialup, the following is relevant:
Odd disconnections :
It is not generally understood that Data going down a line can
cause a disconnection !
When you start an Internet connection your
At 5:05 AM +0800 15/11/04, Brett Carboni wrote:
For those who are interested (subscription required - but it's free).
This is a useful url to remember for when you can't remember a
long-ago registered single-view password.
Or when you don't have time to stop and go through registration steps
I have found one. And a spare.
Or I should say they found me - thanks for all the generous responses :-)
Nancy M
Howdy Paul, your PDF very useful for confirming a newbie's
understanding of a standalone setup - thanks very much.
May I ask you to clarify the default password picture given in:
2.10.2 - Checking system user accounts on p19?
In my installation, only myself as single user, every user listed in
Howdy,
Google hasn't helped me source the original iMac G3 G4 round usb
mouse - the reviled hockey puck - part number 922-3806, replaced by
part number 922-4076 - within Australia.
I will not deal on eBay because of a pending settlement of a PayPal dispute.
Is there an apple/mac market for
At 5:04 AM +0800 11/11/04, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
*from Paul Day*
Excuse the spam...
I'm doing a presentation on securing Mac OS X (and releasing a paper) this
Friday morning at UWA. Anyone interested is more than welcome to attend
and feedback/corrections/additions to the paper are more
Wll, it appears from my system log that I am given no option on
DNS by my ISP - the wonderful Westnet.
I have 10.3.5 running (always a bit scared to do a major update until
I see what happens to others out there - Windoze habit of many
ouches) and I have **no** DNS specified in the
At 1:04 PM +0800 9/11/04, Craig Ringer wrote:
So this may be the reason that I haven't found any consistent
behaviour with the Safari stutter :-)
Do other ISPs serve you up their DNS like this?
Yes, almost without exception. You can override it if you really feel
the need, but it's
At 2:24 PM +0800 9/11/04, Robert Howells wrote:
The alternative to inserting the DNS numbers is to insert the Domain
name and let the server work from that.
Some people just do that ! I usually enter both from old habits !
Bob
Thanks for the DNS 101 :-) Good to know about **all** the boxes.
At 5:04 AM +0800 7/11/04, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
digest auth. Robert Howells wrote
Not true, according to Paul Murphy.
Read here :-
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/But-Theres-No-Software-for-the-Mac-
Right-37806.html
I got a 'sorry 404,file not on this server' returned for that url
from the article:
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/But-Theres-No-Software-for-the-Mac-Right-37806.html
Those developers, for example, who focused on replacing the player's
imagination or intelligence with interactive graphics simply found no
market among Mac buyers -- *most of whom are
At 5:04 AM +0800 6/11/04, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
in Daniel Kerr's notes:
A wider problem? Of interesting note is that we are beginning to receive
reports from some users who have recently had to manually enter DNS server
addresses on non-Macs to resolve connectivity issues. This may be
Howdy wamuggers
,
I am new to macs from Windoze.
I've now had a new emac installation running for
more than a month without any loss of
functionality.
I have trashed OS9 because there have been no
utilites in my armory which have needed it and I
want to have the most secure stand-alone
From: Oldham, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Skype CPU usage usage on older macs
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:15:03 +0800
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72)
Hi all, this is as much a tech note for when someone searches their archives
as anything else ... it may elicit a 'well dh'
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:33:32 +0800 Craig Ringer wrote
One thing you mac folks can do to help stranded WinXP users (Can't
connect to the 'net to get the updates they need to make it possible to
use the 'net - hehe) you run into is keep the odd CD around with WinXP
Service Pack 2, ZoneAlarm, AVG,
On 27/10/2004, at 5:06 AM, Richard Kay wrote:
Notably absent from the list of newly-included countries are Japan and
Australia
Does anyone else find it even more notable that Eire isn't on the list?
/slightly TIC
me, Nancy
Read in the digest 2/10/04 - from Peter Sealy
Has anyone been able to write a Keyboard Shortcut using System
PrefsKeyboard MouseKeyboard Shortcuts?
Howdy Peter,
I tried to duplicate your problem on 10.3.5 - fairly new on emac out of
the box - and found that the dialog box won't accept
Howdy Shay,
On 01/10/2004, at 1:54 PM, Shay Telfer wrote:
Have you tried the javascript under Safari? Firefox on the Mac has a
'Get Info' option from its 'View' menu which displays the
modification date of the current page.
Just plugged the js string in again on a few more pages and
And thanks for the other welcomes. You seem a happy lot - must be the
macs ay.
I will correspond on list only, for the meantime, if that's alright.
:-)
Howdy Mac,
On 01/10/2004, at 5:42 PM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote:
Hi Nancy, You even got the ISP right ;-)
Is there any other ? .-) one-eyed? me?
Howdy,
I am new to the list and have been lurking and learning for a few days.
I live in Harvey and have recently retired from a gardening business.
I am 54 and still feel around 18 :-)
I am a refugee from the broken windoze neighbourhood. Just got sick of
all the having to be careful stepping
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