Re: [WAMUG] Problem linking one iMac to another iMac

2024-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Hi Matt, I don't have much idea about the smb-gateway stuff - not a method I use - and I have rarely used the Server Address in the Connect to Server method (and that was a long time ago). So I'm just throwing up a couple of ideas here - and apologies if it is not really

Re: [WAMUG] NBN fibre questions

2023-11-28 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
ingle good connection between there and the NBN box – how easy this is to achieve really will depend on the actual physical configuration and accessibility of your existing network/cabling. Just some thoughts HTH. Cheers Neil -- Neil Houghton Albany

Re: [WAMUG] FTTP and ISPs…not Apple

2023-07-14 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Hi Stephen, As an ABB shareholder, I would encourage everyone to change to ABB ;o) Though, I have to admit, I am still loyal to Internode - I switched to them from Telstra when we moved from dial-up to ADSL and have always found their customer support to be very good (even since the iiNet/TPG

Re: [WAMUG] Mac mini

2022-12-08 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
ones and smart tv so I think it’s a problem with the Mac mini. Regards Bill On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 16:02 Neil Houghton via WAMUG <[1]wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote: Thanks for the update, Bill - glad you have now got yo

Re: [WAMUG] Mac mini

2022-12-07 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Regards Bill & Juliet PS I now live in Victoria. On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 6:05 PM Neil Houghton via WAMUG <[1]wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote: Hi Bill, Let's try & clarify your exact problem. From your replies I

Re: [WAMUG] Mac mini

2022-12-06 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Hi Bill, Let's try & clarify your exact problem. From your replies I understand that you do not actually have a password to login - but some sort of network problem which is stopping you from changing/setting the date/time - is that right? To further clarify just what is happening: Can you

Re: [WAMUG] October General Meeting - email saving

2022-10-06 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Hi Marcus, I didn't see the meeting either but often want to save a few emails outside of the email client database. One example, I run my own SMSF and want to keep emails to/from the auditor conveniently filed with my other audit documentation. I just create an audit emails folder within my

Re: [WAMUG] Large Application Support files

2022-08-07 Thread Neil Houghton via WAMUG
Hi Allen, Just a guess here but do you have iphones with backups set to your computer, rather than backup to icloud? Google should give you plenty of answers/options depending on how you want to backup your phones. A real quick search threw up this (relatively) recent article which may offer

Re: [WAMUG] Hi all.

2022-07-13 Thread Neil Houghton
player. On 13 Jul 2022, at 1:47 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Another program that was very popular for ripping and transcoding (converting) DVDs was Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/ So that could be another option. Hi Tony, If you are wanting to forward the video to someone else, it ma

Re: [WAMUG] Hi all.

2022-07-12 Thread Neil Houghton
thankful for any help and advice. Kind Regards Tony Boddington > On 13 Jul 2022, at 13:13, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > I often find with various downloaded videos that OSX (Quicktime) won't play them directly. Whil

Re: [WAMUG] Hi all.

2022-07-12 Thread Neil Houghton
I’ll give it a go, the Video’s that I want to open and forward are of sentimental value to my best friend that recently lost his Wife, so I’m thankful for any help and advice. Kind Regards Tony Boddington > On 13 Jul 2022, at 13:13, Neil Houghton wrote: >

Re: [WAMUG] Hi all.

2022-07-12 Thread Neil Houghton
HI Tony, VIDEO_TS folders are what I used to see on movie DVDs – I think VLC should handle those as well. Cheers Neil From: on behalf of "Anthony (Tony) Francis" Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Wednesday, 13 July 2022 at 13:18 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: [WAMUG] Hi all. Hi All I

Re: [WAMUG] Hi all.

2022-07-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Tony, I often find with various downloaded videos that OSX (Quicktime) won't play them directly. Whilst, if you want Quicktime compatibility, there are various programs that will convert from the original format to MP4 (good for Quicktime), I find that the free app VLC will play most

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-18 Thread Neil Houghton
lia 6008 Australia Cryptodome Pty Ltd cryptodo...@me.com Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 On 16 May 2022, at 7:36 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Rod, I’d second what Peter said – I’ve bought a couple of external monitors over the last 14 months and both have just connected and worked with both

Re: [WAMUG] IMPORTANT : WAMUG Mailing List upcoming change

2022-05-16 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, I must admit, like Stephen, I have stayed away from Facebook and Google. In the past, I did set up Facebook, Google and Twitter accounts but only so that, in my previous role as webmaster of Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group, I could setup Facebook and Twitter pages and a  YouTube

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-16 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rod, I’d second what Peter said – I’ve bought a couple of external monitors over the last 14 months and both have just connected and worked with both my late 2009 27” iMac and my new 13” M1 Macbook air. I think the best approach is really to just think about: what sort of display real

Re: [WAMUG] Display cable to connect 2009 27 inch iMac to 2021 M1 MacBook Pro

2022-05-15 Thread Neil Houghton
8:07 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Rod, I was considering using my 2009 iMac as one of my monitors this if/when I buy a Mac Studio – but research suggests that this will not work> This article: https://www.macworld.com/article/348530/want-to-use-an-imac-as-an-external-monitor-y

Re: [WAMUG] Display cable to connect 2009 27 inch iMac to 2021 M1 MacBook Pro

2022-05-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rod, I was considering using my 2009 iMac as one of my monitors this if/when I buy a Mac Studio – but research suggests that this will not work> This article:  https://www.macworld.com/article/348530/want-to-use-an-imac-as-an-external-monitor-you-need-an-old-version-of-macos.html

Re: [WAMUG] iphone setup

2022-03-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi John, The thing to remember is that IOS assumes that a single person uses the device (phone or iPad) so each person has their own Apple ID. Apple recognises that often more than one person uses a computer but expects that each person will have their own account – hence, as Peter says,

Re: [WAMUG] Music - "This device is already associated with an Apple ID"

2022-03-28 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pete, Probably a long shot but, way back in the past, I used two different Apple IDs (long story - one was for things that were only available through the US iTunes store). Is there any way that you possibly have two Apple IDs and you have linked the new  iPad and iPhone to a

Re: [WAMUG] Cannot get external monitor to display full resolution

2022-03-25 Thread Neil Houghton
a late model iMac but I wouldn’t resort to that yet. Pete. On 25 Mar 2022, at 1:48 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: OK, here is the iMac setup: Late 2009 27” iMac – top configuration, 2.8 GHz core i7, Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB iMac has been reconfigured with 250 GB SSD, 3TB

Re: [WAMUG] Cannot get external monitor to display full resolution

2022-03-25 Thread Neil Houghton
resort to that yet. Pete. On 25 Mar 2022, at 1:48 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: OK, here is the iMac setup: Late 2009 27” iMac – top configuration, 2.8 GHz core i7, Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB iMac has been reconfigured with 250 GB SSD, 3TB internal drive and currently 20GB

[WAMUG] Cannot get external monitor to display full resolution

2022-03-24 Thread Neil Houghton
OK, here is the iMac setup: Late 2009 27” iMac – top configuration, 2.8 GHz core i7, Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB iMac has been reconfigured with 250 GB SSD, 3TB internal drive and currently 20GB RAM Currently running El Capitan OSX 10.11.6 With the SSD and RAM upgrade this is

Re: [WAMUG} Unable to Use Numeric pad on my iMac Mini

2022-01-31 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Marcus, Is this article relevant? It’s a bit old, so don’t know if it is still relevant with Monterey, but certainly a quick fix…    if it works! https://osxdaily.com/2014/12/01/number-keys-not-working-mac-keyboard-fix/ Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Marcus

[WAMUG} Subscriptions

2022-01-16 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi, As advised back in June 21, I paid $60 to cover the 2021 & 2022 years. Given the rate for the 2022 year is now reduced to $20, I presume I now have $10 credit -to be applied to the 2023 & later subscriptions? Cheers Neil -Original Message- From: on behalf of Neil

Re: [WAMUG} Are You Receiving??

2021-12-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Just a few thoughts – and bearing in mind that I always bullshit best when not hampered by any knowledge of the facts ;o) I believe some mailing list setups make this behaviour optional – however, since this is only affecting you (not everybody) this doesn’t seem relevant here.

Re: [WAMUG} Are You Receiving??

2021-12-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, I received the original message from Pete and can also see your replies Ronni (to Pete and to Tim) – so not sure why you think they are not showing? (also other replies from Barry & Tim show OK) Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Ronda Brown Reply-To: WAMUG

[WAMUG} Subscriptions

2021-06-01 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi, I tend to renew 2 years at a time and I see that my last $60 was paid on 27-Mar-19 - so covered the 2019 and 2020 years. I have today (01-Jun-21) paid another $60 to cover the 2021 (current) year and 2022 (next) year. I hope that matches your membership list. Let me know if I need to

Re: [WAMUG} MS Office for Mac

2021-03-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pete, OK you bit the bullet. Being retired, I don’t have the option of employee discount OR tax deductibility – but even at Officeworks $113 to renew for a year, I reckon I can afford 30c/day! $55 sounds like more than a 30% discount – presumable that’s also after the tax

Re: [WAMUG} MS Office for Mac

2021-03-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pete, As I mentioned last time, despite a long-held preference for stand-alone software and an aversion to subscription models, I finally decided that a family MS365 subscription was the best for Georgie & I. Other factors which came into play - the one subscription covers: up to 6

[WAMUG} OSX mail - very weird problem!!!

2021-02-09 Thread Neil Houghton
OK – I’m very open to any insight on this – it’s got me baffled. Georgie mentioned to me a few days ago that whenever she opened Mail on the laptop it would start to open and then crash. When pressed, she could not remember when the problem started – but “several months ago!” We have a

Re: Apple Watch

2020-10-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Tim, Depending on your confidence/hand steadiness you could always try replacing the screen yourself! I replaced the rear glass on my old iphone4 - but that was a $10 passive component so I was quite happy to give it a punt and it turned out to be pretty easy. Obviously an Apple Watch

Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

2020-10-14 Thread Neil Houghton
inal Message- From: on behalf of Peter Hinchliffe Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 08:09 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive     > On 14 Oct 2020, at 9:00 pm, Neil Houghton wrote:     > > > This page specif

Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

2020-10-14 Thread Neil Houghton
to set up on the Mac? Thanks Adam > On 9 Oct 2020, at 2:15 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Adam, Hi Peter. > > Some experiences: > > On my main computer I use directly connected disks for TM backups and Superdu

Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

2020-10-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Adam, Hi Peter. Some experiences: On my main computer I use directly connected disks for TM backups and Superduper clones - USB & FW respectively but since almost all my important stuff is also in the cloud, on either Dropbox or OneDrive, I have TM set to manual and just connect the drives

Re: Migration from 2011 MBP to 2016 MBP

2020-09-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter(s), Each to their own of course but, personally, I prefer to keep TM for use on a file/folder basis to find old versions, restore a file I stuff-up (or lose) etc and prefer to use clones to deal at the disk level. In your case, I would probably clone the 2016 MBP to an external drive

Re: iTunes

2020-08-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, As I previously mentioned, I have gone the Office 365 route and have always used Officeworks to get a cheaper (than MS) subscription renewal price. Officeworks also sell the standalone software – but their price is significantly higher – HOWEVER they also have a “best price

Re: Finding attachments.

2020-08-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Tony, Couple of things to try: If disk is recognised but not “mounted” it will show up in disk utility – fire up disk utility, look for the disk, if it is showing but “greyed out” select it and hit the “mount” button. If the drive is not even showing, I would always first try just

Re: I have 10.6.8 what can I upgrade to on iMac 9

2020-07-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, I upgraded straight from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to El Capitan 10.11.6 on two IMacs and a laptop. I am currently writing this on the older iMac - a mid 2007 24" Model identifier 7.1 - so older than your machine -though I do have a bit more RAM fitted - 6GB (which is the max for this

Re: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

2020-06-16 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Adam, Yes, I use Outlook – not because I actually have any problem with Apple Mail but more because I have stuck with Entourage & then Outlook since the days when Apple Mail wasn’t as good an option. Mainly though, back in the day, I used email much more at work than at home - and work

Re: Ext drive connectivity

2020-06-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Not directly relevant, but I found this article on the CCC website, regarding Catalina Issues, interesting https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues Remember when "it just works" was uttered with a (relatively) straight face - though never completely accurate ;o)

Re: internet connectivity problems

2020-06-14 Thread Neil Houghton
n Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 19:33, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Rosemary, I think the first thing to work out is whether your problem is with the actual internet connection (eg the Westnet cable problems or just NBN congestion) or with your own wireless network. To check out the internet connec

Re: I need some suggestions

2020-06-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, Something you could try is running the inbuilt Mac hardware testing diagnostics - depending on what the problem is it may or may not work/help - but worth a try. I don't know what the age or OSX version is for your MacPro but: For Macs released before June 2013 run Apple

Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors

2020-06-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pete, I don't think you can drive a display from the firewire port - I've never seen a cable or adaptor that would achieve this. This guy used a usb video adaptor https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25=vIVZI1cFiAw=emb_logo to drive 2 monitors from a 2011 Macbook Pro (that was back

Re: internet connectivity problems

2020-06-06 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rosemary, I think the first thing to work out is whether your problem is with the actual internet connection (eg the Westnet cable problems or just NBN congestion) or with your own wireless network. To check out the internet connection try running SpeedTest

Re: Canon scanner

2020-05-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi John, Hi Alan, Yes, like Alan, I also use Image Capture for both scanning and importing photos from my iPhone. I find Image capture works well with an old HP PhotoSmart multifunction printer. Occasionally the HP gets "lost" from the "Devices" sidebar and the main window shows "No camera or

Re: Auto Starting Mac

2020-05-27 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Kaye, Hmmm – at this point I would be wondering about some hardware/circuit intermittent or strange fault/problem. In a previous life I worked with ROVs  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle  offshore – and I well remember a fault which defied my trouble

Re: auto-starting iMac

2020-05-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hehe Where are Fox Mulder & Dana Scully when you need them? Cheers Neil From: on behalf of kaye and geoff Reply-To: Date: Thursday, 21 May 2020 at 17:08 To: Subject: Re: auto-starting iMac Are you plugged directly into the NBN termination box? Is the system status

Re: auto-starting iMac

2020-05-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Kaye, Not sure it is relevant but I often notice my iMac waking from sleep when I enter the room. Whilst it is nice to imagine I have such a commanding presence that even inanimate objects feel compelled to acknowledge my entry, I suspect the reason is more mundane ;o) Our old

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
. I shall go to my daughter’s again tomorrow and try that. If my guesses do not work. Although if I was asked for it twice at the start of transfer, it would be hard to type the wrong one twice ? On 19 May 2020, at 7:24 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Stephen, First off I would probably

Re: New iMac will not accept Login ?

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, First off I would probably try any of the obvious ways you might have mis-entered it – it will be simpler/easier to correct the wrong password if you can actually log in with the wrong password to correct your error. However,I think you only get three tries… Assuming you

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Neil and Alan for all of your help on this one. Matt. 1. Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's (Daniel Kerr) 2. Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's (Neil Houghton) 3. Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's (Daniel

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-19 Thread Neil Houghton
-account-permissions/index.html Kind Regards, Ronni  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB On 19 May 2020, at 1:56 pm, Neil Houghton wrote:  Hi Daniel, Thanks for that info - that is all interesting & good to know. Things may well be different in later operating systems

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-18 Thread Neil Houghton
s not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 18 May 2020, at 7:46 pm, Neil Houghton wrote:     >

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-18 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Daniel, Hi Matt, I guess it all boils down to just what you are trying to achieve and how you want to setup the new iMac and use it with the 2 older iMacs. As Daniel says, and as I previously mentioned, you can certainly setup file sharing to work between different computers, different

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-18 Thread Neil Houghton
: Monday, 18 May 2020 at 14:16 To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's Hi Matt, more thoughts: I will be interested in reading the conversation between you and Neil Houghton about resolving User ID 501/502 and permissions. I had problems with unmatched

Re: iMac not connecting to other iMac's

2020-05-15 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Matt, I suspect that this is indeed connected to your previous problem and is down to file/folder permissions issues. I have had similar issues in the past and resolved them but all the following is through the foggy filter of an aged brain/memory! As you will be aware, all files

Re: Can you zoom into help?

2020-05-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, Being down here in Albany, I could never attend meetings in Perth – so I would definitely be interested in online meetings - but are you all happy with the security issues of Zoom? eg these articles: Who has banned Zoom? Google, NASA, and more

Re: Horrible Catalina

2020-04-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, I must admit that, like you, I stayed away from subscription software until very recently – I just wanted a one-off purchase that I could use until it either stopped working or a new version had a “must-have” feature – and I think Apple introducing Time Machine was the last time I

Re: Copying Photos library to new external drive

2020-04-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Hi Daniel, Peter – I just use Image Capture to extract my photos from the phone/camera/whatever - then I don’t actually do too much to my photos other than file them using Finder! In the past, I had wondered about Adobe Lightroom – but I never got around to really

Re: Copying Photos library to new external drive

2020-04-06 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, First off, I do not use Apple’s photo app and I am still at El Capitan (the latest OSX THIS machine can run) – so all I can offer is a more general thought/approach – rather than hands-on experience with your problem. The first thing I would probably do – just to be sure – is

Re: Apple TV - Computer App - video thumbnails truncated

2020-02-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alan, Without being familiar with your specific gear and setup, the following is fairly general. If the truncation is happening on your TV screen it may be down to your TV's screen setting. Different TVs seem to do this differently but generally somewhere in the Smart TV menu there will be

Re: Netgear D62 00 Router

2020-01-21 Thread Neil Houghton
I am by no means a networking expert but here are a few comments/thoughts: I’m presuming that your question arises because you recently connected to the NBN and got a new NBN compatible modem/router? The Netgear modem/routers could still be used as routers for either ethernet or wifi

Re: Malware

2019-12-13 Thread Neil Houghton
I’ve also been happy with Malwarebytes – I just have the free version. Though I guess we will all be happy with whatever we use – until something bad makes it past whatever we use  ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email:

Re: Time to Upgrade to Catalina Yet?

2019-11-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Hehe, Well I actually prefer Snow leopard as the most ‘sorted” OS that met all my needs!  -   however ongoing compatibility constraints  meant that I galloped into the future that was El Capitan! No doubt, at some time, I will need to buy new hardware and upgrade to a more “modern” OS –

Re: MAIL BOX

2019-11-22 Thread Neil Houghton
the case. I do have a good email backup software - Mailer Archiver X - so I guess I could use that to fall back on if all else fails. If nothing else, I’ve learnt from this exercise. Thanks again Neil Jewels > On 20 Nov 2019, at 5:46 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: &

Re: Is This Safe? Multi-function data line

2019-11-22 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rod, Hmmm, “Multi-function data line” seems to mean different things to different people but typically seems to be a connection cable & multi adaptor set-up to replace a number of different individual cable configurations. If you feel you have the need for one, I would suggest doing your

Re: Printer to NBN router

2019-11-22 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Jennifer, You asked this question back on the 14th and Ronni suggested this site: https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Modems-Hardware/Canon-printer-not-wirelessly-connecting-to-new-TELSTRA-router/td-p/541786 which shows quite a few people having similar problems and a couple of

Re: MAIL BOX

2019-11-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Jewels, I think that, as Daniel says, your basic problem is down to accessing this email account via POP on one computer and via IMAP on the other. You CAN do this (as you are) but, to avoid losing emails, you really need to have a strategy that considers where/how the emails are stored and

Re: A macOS Catalina tip from my experience

2019-10-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, I must get back to my genealogy soon - it’s been far too long!! Out of interest, what is your reason for wanting to move from Reunion to MacFamilyTree. Having been a Reunion user since (I think) Reunion 3 (when you got a disk and a manual in the post!) I have always been

Re: Changing passcode

2019-09-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, Sorry, if you have not previously backed the phone up to either your computer or the cloud, I would hope that this is not possible! I you could do this then, surely, it would mean that anyone else who got hold of the phone could do this and access all your data! Sort of a catch22

Re: Odd things

2019-08-27 Thread Neil Houghton
things Hi Neil. How do you set photos to NOT auto open please? It annoys me too, but I cannot find in preferences. On 27 Aug 2019, at 1:05 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Bill, If you want to avoid similar problems in the future you should be able to set photos to NOT open

Re: Odd things

2019-08-26 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Bill, If you want to avoid similar problems in the future you should be able to set photos to NOT open automatically when you plug in something that would otherwise trigger it (card/camera/phone/ipad). I remember I did this back when I used to plug my iphone into my iMac to sync

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-16 Thread Neil Houghton
like the weather is going to be dreadful, so more waiting. Many thanks for your advice. It has been much appreciated. Cheers, Pat On 16 Aug 2019, at 2:59 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Pat, Could you clarify what you mean by “had no effect? As I see it there are 3 possible

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-16 Thread Neil Houghton
suggested, but sadly, that also had no effect. (My ‘puter is a late 2013 Mac Pro.) I do appreciate your time and effort to help, and I thank you very much. Cheers, Pat On 15 Aug 2019, at 6:26 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Pat, OK maybe I hadn’t explained the hardware test

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-15 Thread Neil Houghton
rocks! Cheers, Pat On 15 Aug 2019, at 3:12 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Pat, When you say “it didn’t work” are you saying that following the instructions for the hardware test/diagnostics failed to initiate the hardware tests (ie the hardware tests did not run) – or are you saying

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-15 Thread Neil Houghton
that the problem is the botched changes to the security panel: it has locked down the whole computer and will need the attention of a trained person. Thanks,again, Pat On 15 Aug 2019, at 1:19 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Pat, If it was me, I would first try and ascertain whether

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, If it was me, I would first try and ascertain whether it was a hardware problem or just the OSX installation which had got messed up. I am assuming that you don’t have a bootable clone of the Mac that predates your problem? If you did you could just try booting up from the clone

Re: Photos

2019-08-06 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Guys, I may be missing something here as I use Dropbox but not the Photos app – however, I just tried this: Open the Photos app on my iMac Go to File menu: import The browser window opens – Navigate to my Dropbox folder and then to the required photos (I selected 5) Click “review for

Re: Apple TV 4K - possible new model in September

2019-08-05 Thread Neil Houghton
would like to buy and keep. ?? On 5 Aug 2019, at 1:03 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Stephen, Been out of town so sorry for the late reply. “I just feel that we are under-using our LG UHD TV.” I’m not sure what features your LG UHD TV has – how “smart” of a SMART TV

Re: Apple TV 4K - possible new model in September

2019-08-04 Thread Neil Houghton
doesn’t our picture look that good?” I have to explain that they are playing UHD and we don’t yet make use of that on ours. Oh dear …. more pondering to do On 21 Jul 2019, at 12:50 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Stephen, I think it will all depend on what you want to watch, how you

Re: Apple TV 4K - possible new model in September

2019-07-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, I think it will all depend on what you want to watch, how you want to watch it and how many times you want to watch it. Back in the day I had a DVD player and an Apple TV (whatever version sold in late 2010) hooked up to my TV. Once the initial enthusiasm for playing with

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
mething I can read with out needing a magnifying glass. Well keep warm tonight folks they are turning it down to 8 degrees in Perth. Brian On 1 Jul 2019, at 2:21 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Huawei E8372 Drivers for El Capitan -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
is stopping this Huawei stick from working on it. It is as you guessed a Huawei E8372. I’ll take a look at the pdf for it when I’ve done a bit of shopping and some other stuff, dealing with these computer problems does come with a certain stress factor. Thanks again Brian On 30 Jun 2019, at

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-07-01 Thread Neil Houghton
a look at the pdf for it when I’ve done a bit of shopping and some other stuff, dealing with these computer problems does come with a certain stress factor. Thanks again Brian On 30 Jun 2019, at 3:21 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Brian, 1. First off a clone of your Mac mini

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Neil Houghton
rks on other computers they figured the fault lay with the MacBook Air.     > > I’ve not tried to contact Huawei and I am not sure if that’s even practical except to maybe to find what was installed and where.     > > Thanks for your help.     > > Brian     &

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Huawei and I am not sure if that’s even practical except to maybe to find what was installed and where.     Thanks for your help.     Brian     > On 29 Jun 2019, at 6:18 pm, Neil Houghton wrote:     > > Hi Brian,     >  > Before starting anything,

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Brian, Before starting anything, I assume that you have at least one full up-to date backup of your existing system! I think you need to be a bit clearer on what you are trying to do and why. Some thoughts: If you just want to have a temporary external USB boot drive then you

Re: Has Anyone Any Suggestions? MYOB AccountEdge

2019-06-19 Thread Neil Houghton
lso, I really do not have time on my hands to learn a different system before the end of this month. I guess I’ll continue hunting for someone to assist me. Many thanks again for taking the time to reply to me Neil. Cheers Jewels > On 19 Jun 2019, at

Re: Upgrading many thanks

2019-06-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, I’ve taken the liberty of replying back through the list – it works better to keep these discussions “on list” as lots of others find these issues interesting too. So, a couple more comments: I actually preferred Snow Leopard as the last OS where Apple & I seemed to be on

Re: Has Anyone Any Suggestions?

2019-06-18 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Jewels, First off - I do not have any experience of MYOB - so this is just more general thoughts on your problem. I run my own SMSF and do my own investing and accounting (except I need an independent audit) but I am not an accountant (pre-retirement I was an engineer.) Since I try and do

Re: Upgrading mac 10.6 to newer version

2019-06-18 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, I just went through a similar exercise (but with the added complications of a hardware rebuild/upgrade). I have a few comments: Whatever you do – make sure you have everything backed up!! Personally, as a minimum I would have both a bootable clone of the HD AND a full Time

Re: Trouble with Music Alias

2019-05-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alan, Before I start, a disclaimer - I am still running El Capitan (OSX 10.11) so some things may have changed in High Sierra - up to you to see if my comments remain valid  ;o) In the past I have had my iTunes library on a separate disk without problems. My current setup also has it

Re: Something I didn't buy

2019-05-12 Thread Neil Houghton
t possibly someone turned off the old phone lines by mistake. Anyway, thanks again. Pat > On 10 May 2019, at 20:09, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > Just a thought - are the iPhones on post-paid plans with the same service

Re: System migration to new computer

2019-05-10 Thread Neil Houghton
Not least to clarify the problems and options. I will be visiting brother in law later this morning when we can finalise plans and perhaps start the migration process. Cheers Alan On 8 May 2019, at 9:58 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Alan, Hmmm - not really what I have found.

Re: Something I didn't buy

2019-05-10 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, Just a thought - are the iPhones on post-paid plans with the same service supplier as the landline? If they are then it is possibly all the same problem - the supplier (or their automated account software) has shut/paused the account for some reason - should be easy to check with

Re: System migration to new computer

2019-05-09 Thread Neil Houghton
the migration process. Cheers Alan On 8 May 2019, at 9:58 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Alan, Hmmm - not really what I have found. Obviously you cannot just clone the HD from one machine to a different computer model/vintage as many configuration files/systems are different

Re: Something I didn't buy

2019-05-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, I know this has been covered before but probably bears repeating: When Peter says check the sending address - you need to actually examine the headers in the message source - it is very easy to just "SPOOF" the "From" address to match any address. This is a common spamming technique to

Re: System migration to new computer

2019-05-08 Thread Neil Houghton
rsion of Mojave before proceeding. Reminder: turn OFF automatic updates of the MBA OS before the migration task begins! Cheers Alan On 8 May 2019, at 2:23 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Alan, Hi Peter, I can sympathise with your predicaments – I recently upgraded two iMacs and a l

Re: System migration to new computer

2019-05-08 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alan, Hi Peter, I can sympathise with your predicaments – I recently upgraded two iMacs and a laptop from Snow Leopard 10.6 to El Capitan 10.11 and, just to complicate things, the main iMac was running from an external drive since the internal hard drive had previously died (the external

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