Re: [WAMUG] Any fix for a faulty Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad?

2023-11-29 Thread Brian W Scott via WAMUG
Good luck with it but it does sound like it’s time for another KB. > > Cheers, Loz. > > > > > From: WAMUG on behalf of Brian W > Scott via WAMUG > Date: Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:48 pm > To: wamug@wamug.org.au > Cc: Brian W Scott > Su

[WAMUG] Any fix for a faulty Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad?

2023-11-26 Thread Brian W Scott via WAMUG
Keyboard without the Numeric Keypad that I am currently using. I am used to having the keypad and would like it back again. Thanks Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> Guidelines - <http://www.wam

[WAMUG} [WAMUG] Join page??

2022-01-17 Thread Brian W Scott
m something into English. Are these wamug's correct bank details? BSB : 306-075 Account : 4197787 Also it is still showing - General List Membership – $30/yr Cheers Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.sht

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-16 Thread Patricia Scott
list ourselves and, at least for > me, my ageing brain probably needs the challenge ;o) > > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > From: on behalf

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-15 Thread Patricia Scott
this – so I quite > understand that you may be more comfortable just leaving it to an expert like > Daniel. > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > >

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-15 Thread Patricia Scott
> > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > From: on behalf of Patricia > Scott > Reply-To: WAMUG > Date: Thursday, 15 August 2019 at 13:58 > T

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-14 Thread Patricia Scott
> > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > From: on behalf of Patricia > Scott > Reply-To: WAMUG > Date: Thursday, 15 August 20

Re: Serious problem

2019-08-14 Thread Patricia Scott
conds, during which your Mac might > appear to restart. > > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063 > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > >  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 14 Aug 2019, at 3:56 pm, Patricia Scott wrote: >> >>

Serious problem

2019-08-14 Thread Patricia Scott
I have a Wacom pen tablet. Yesterday a message came up on the computer that the firmware for the tablet needed to be updated because in the new Mojave update Apple neglected to classify Wacom as safe software, and it was necessary for users to modify items in the Security Preferences panel. So

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? - Eventually the Huawei E8372 dongle

2019-07-11 Thread Brian W Scott
to have a clue. Thanks for the help Brian Scott > On 1 Jul 2019, at 5:27 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > It is difficult to say what is going on without eyeballing your set-up and > how your network is setup. > > One thought does come to mind –

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

2019-07-01 Thread Brian W Scott
Hi, I’ve discovered a new wrinkle. When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iMac and the Mac Mini both were currently connected to the internet through my home modem/router and I just went to the Network preferences and selected the Huawei when it showed up and tested the internet and it

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

2019-06-30 Thread Brian W Scott
ssumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com> > > -Original Message- > From: on behalf of Brian W > Scott > Reply-To: WAMUG > Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 14:48 > To: WAMUG > Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? > > Well

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

2019-06-30 Thread Brian W Scott
not too keen. I still want to make the external USB drive bootable. Perhaps if I use it to make a clone of my Macmini which has El Capitan on it. Regards Brian > On 30 Jun 2019, at 11:34 am, Brian W Scott wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > Thank you for your reply. > > The short WHY i

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

2019-06-29 Thread Brian W Scott
time spent analysing and planning BEFORE you dive in will often > save problems down the track and save time in the long run. > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@

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

2019-06-29 Thread Brian W Scott
guess. At one time it said it had About 1,102,053,030 hrs 22 mins to go. (That’s 125,722 average Gregorian years) But about a minute later it continued on to it’s next activity. > On 29 Jun 2019, at 1:34 pm, Brian W Scott wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2

Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

2019-06-28 Thread Brian W Scott
was thinking I could use it as an external boot drive while I deal with the MacBook Air’s drive. If it is possible to do the above could someone please point me to some instructions for getting this done. Thank you, Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <h

Re: Best browser for AFL on Mac OS 10.6 or 10.8

2019-04-18 Thread Brian W Scott
More memory often helps in general functionality as well. Cheers Brian Scott > On 18 Apr 2019, at 5:17 pm, Peter Faulks wrote: > > Hello WAMUG > > Please advise which browser works best for some of the latest AFL or Soccer > pages, I have Safari, Chrome, Stainless and

Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server problem

2019-03-08 Thread Brian W Scott
ts.com.au” with Safari & FireFox? Thanks for reading. Brian Scott -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>

password problems

2018-12-19 Thread Patricia Scott
I almost have things sorted out. Apple is chasing me with verification codes but I just don’t know where to find them. They are not in iMessages or on the iPhone app. They have been sent several times. Where else should I look? Pat -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Password problem update

2018-11-20 Thread Patricia Scott
I have now supposedly reset my password 3 times, except none of them have worked. Apple ‘support’ has not helped at all. The automated system does not target the right objectives. It drags in my phone and iPad and tries to make new passwords for them, when it is the computer that needs it. I

Need password help

2018-11-19 Thread Patricia Scott
Dear WAmuggers, I changed the PW for my desktop computer yesterday. Today I tried to start the computer, but the PW was ‘wrong’. I looked for help on the Apple website, and followed the convoluted instructions to make a new PW. But the new PW doesn’t work — or does it take more time? My

Re: Photos

2018-04-28 Thread Brian W Scott
Have a look at Affinity Photo I have it but haven’t used it yet as Capture One 11 is doing all I need at the moment. > On 28 Apr 2018, at 5:41 PM, FW wrote: > > I still use iPhoto - I find it more user friendly > > ** > >>

Re: Blocked iPhone

2017-07-05 Thread Patricia Scott
Hi, Ronni, This has been an on-going comedy of problems. I went back to the Telstra shop and they said it was Apple that did the blocking, and that they would notify Apple to unblock in 72 hours -- that was 2weeks ago. When I next connected the phone to the computer, I was asked for the

Re: Eyetv3

2015-05-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Bill, When I had issues with my Eyetv3 Elgato suggested I use their software to uninstall it before re-installing. Anyway, this was their reply .. Daniel Landsberg replied: Brian, Thank you for contacting Elgato Systems. We are sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Elgato

Mail problems again

2014-11-22 Thread Pat Scott
For no apparent reason, suddenly Mail on my Mac is not connecting to the wifi. I can't send or receive anything. This letter is being written on the iPad. The wifi is working properly: the iPad and my husband's laptop have no difficulty with it. There are apps on the iPad that interact with the

Re: Mail problems again

2014-11-22 Thread Pat Scott
any Proxy Server in System Preferences Network Wi-Fi 'Advanced' Proxies Nothing selected under Proxies Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 23 Nov 2014, at 11:12 am, Pat Scott clamsh...@iinet.net.au wrote: For no apparent reason, suddenly Mail on my Mac is not connecting to the wifi. I

Re: compressed pst file

2012-02-12 Thread Brian Scott
A search on http://download.cnet.com/mac/ found some converters. PST Converter Pro for Mac looks good, though it's $19 http://download.cnet.com/PST-Converter-Pro/3000-2369_4-75449744.html I can't vouch for any of them as I'm never likely to acquire pst files. Cheers On 13/02/2012, at 10:57 AM,

Re: Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-29 Thread Brian Scott
for long ID 0 (pBase = 0x1002328b0, p = 0x1002328b4, pEnd = 0x1002328b8) As you can see there what appear to faults of some kind such as Unknown keys and other errors. Thank you Brian On 29/12/2011, at 2:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 29/12/2011, at 12:04 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I

Re: Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-29 Thread Brian Scott
;-( Cheers, Ronni On 29/12/2011, at 5:08 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Thank you Ronda. I have OS 10.5.8 on a 24 iMac 3.06 Intel Core 2 Duo. 4 GB. Getting rid of that pesky .plist file stopped that non-stop message. It has allowed me to focus on some other errors on restart. I've managed clean

Is this Console Message a runaway process?

2011-12-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I keep getting these same messages in the Console Message pane.. These are some samples I dragged into Mail.. 29/12/11 11:58:00 AM com.apple.launchd[120] (com.epson.epw.agent[13354]) posix_spawnp(/Library/Printers/EPSON/ InkjetPrinter/EPW/IJEPWAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/IJEPWAgent, ...):

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-05 Thread Brian Scott
the iMac can accommodate. Cheers, Ronni On 05/10/2011, at 11:41 AM, Brian Scott wrote: On 04/10/2011, at 1:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, Have you tried: Unplug the Power for 5min to your computer and drives and then restart? The other thing that can happen is an external drive won't

Re: WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-04 Thread Brian Scott
to be faulty. The relief of finding that and getting my drives up and working again was like having a boil lanced. Cheers Brian Scott On 04/10/2011, at 12:51 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've had these two WD drives (4 TB 2 TB) hooked up (daisy-chained) to my iMac 24 for a while now. First

WD FW800 HDD won't work with iMac anymore but will with MacMini

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Scott
computer (not the drives) into NextByte where they ran some tests on it and hooked up a laptop to it via FW800 with no problems and declared the iMac to have no issues. Is there a way of getting my iMac to recognize these drives again? Thanks Brian Scott - Here are each drive's info.. The 2 TB

Serious problem

2011-07-02 Thread Pat Scott
Yesterday the boot disk of my Mac Pro suddenly began filling up with something unknown. Tech tool Pro put up messages saying the disk had only 13% free space left, out of 320 GB. The only thing I could think to do was try to find out where the excess was accumulating. This seemed to be the

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
? Anything I might restore from backup? Any more ideas? (Hope, hope). Pat On 20/06/2011, at 8:48 AM, Frank Salleo wrote: A message from Pat Scott To WAMUG, I'm having a very bad day. It started by not being able to access the internet. Had a long chat with iiNet and established

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
. Cheers, Ronni Thanks very much, Pat On 20/06/2011, at 6:27 PM, Pat Scott wrote: Thanks, Ronni and Ray. The answer to Ray's question about disk space is that almost half of the disk is free. And thanks very much, Frank, for getting my letter to the right place. Sometimes

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
Configure IPv6: Automatically Cheers, Ronni Hi, Ronni, Yes, it is exactly like that. Cheers, Pat On 21/06/2011, at 8:19 AM, Pat Scott wrote: Hi, Ronni, On 21/06/2011, at 7:58, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pat, You can’t send or receive Mail if you are not connected

Re: Corrupt files on Mac Pro

2011-06-20 Thread Pat Scott
. Thanks very much indeed. Very gratefully, Pat Cheers, Ronni On 21/06/2011, at 10:23 AM, Pat Scott wrote: On 21/06/2011, at 8:45, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pat, I have checked everything in the Network setup - I can't see anything amiss. Ok thanks. The Netgear

Re: Text-recognition software recommendation

2011-04-12 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Ray, You could look at ABBYY FineReader Express. |http://download.cnet.com/ABBYY-FineReader-Express-Edition/3000-2079_4-75146983.html?tag=mncol;1 | Works on Mac OS X 10.4 PPC/Intel/10.5 PPC/Intel/10.6 Intel I'm still on OS 10.5.8. I've been using it on old newspaper scans and it works

Re: Calculating dates

2011-04-05 Thread Brian Scott
I do most of my date calculations (among others) on http://www.wolframalpha.com/ Brian On 05/04/2011, at 4:34 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Have just been looking at the application that calculate dates. Am trailing one of the freebies. There are applications ranging from free to $99 and

Finder keyboard short-cuts

2010-12-13 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, For the Finder windows, Command W works for the red close button Command M works for the yellow button Is there a keyboard short-cut for the green button? TIA Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: Finder keyboard short-cuts

2010-12-13 Thread Brian Scott
On 13/12/2010, at 5:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 13/12/2010, at 5:12 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, For the Finder windows, Command W works for the red close button Command M works for the yellow button Is there a keyboard short-cut for the green button? Hi Brian, There isn't

iTunes update failed

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I was notified that iTunes has an update so I went ahead with it as usual. But half way through the upgrade script failed giving this message .. The update iTunes can't be installed. The following install step failed: run upgrade script for iTunesX. Contact the software manufacturer

Re: iTunes update failed

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Scott
Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi, I was notified that iTunes has an update so I went ahead with it as usual. But half way through the upgrade script failed giving this message .. The update iTunes can't be installed. The following install step failed: run upgrade script

Re: Mail problem

2010-09-14 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I'm not sure if this is relevant to the troubles people have been experiencing - perhaps all ISPs are performing modem firmware upgrades. I got this from Optus this morning .. Optus is introducing the capability to upgrade the firmware in your DSL Direct modem remotely. What is

A Vuvuzela Filter for EyeTV 3.4

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi World Cup football fans, Elgato have built in a filter you can switch on or off to take out the worst of the drone of trumpets. I've tried it and it's quite effective. Go here to get the free update.. http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/news.en.html There is also a quick

Re: Download Managers

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Shane, Try typing Download Manager into version tracker |http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/ | I've used iGetter in the past but not for a while now, it still gets a good review though it is a $25 shareware. Cheers Brian On 28/06/2010, at 10:37 PM, S Beach wrote: Download

Re: NEW MacMin has a HDMI Port!

2010-06-18 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Susan, I purchased the $9.95 1.8m HDMI cable from Jacar for my new MacMini and it's working fine, sound and all. |http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productResults.asp?keywords=HDMI+cablekeyform=KEYWORDSUBMIT.x=0SUBMIT.y=0 | Cheers Brian On 17/06/2010, at 11:05 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Re: Problems with EyeTV

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Noel, I'm in Subiaco and have the EyeTV Diversity and channel 9 get %100 for strength and quality and SBS gets %96 Strength and %100 quality. Just a thought, I don't know your TV situation but my fairly new LCD can report strength and quality. If your TV has that ability you could

Re: Phone technician required - slightly OT

2010-04-15 Thread Brian Scott
438, Hamilton Hill, WA 6163 p: 0418 910217 Regards Dave On 9/04/10 12:19 PM, Mike Fuller blis...@tpg.com.au wrote: Brian Scott, a WAMUG list subscriber, has a real problem with his phone line and has not been able to get online since the storm that passed through Perth recently. He lives

Is this dubious?

2010-04-15 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I've received this post 'From: k...@littleriverstudios.com.au' supposedly 'To: miaj...@gmail.com' with 'Reply-To: wamug@wamug.org.au' I don't mind the content (a .wmv of some crane toppling over I think) though I'm weary of mail bearing gifts of .wmv files. Thanks Brian P. S.

text files turning into executables after copying to PC Thumb drive

2010-02-10 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I have an 8 G thumb drive formated to MS-DOS (FAT32), when I copy a plain text file (no .txt extension) to it the text file becomes a Unix Executable file when it gets there. Text files with extensions e.g. .rtf .txt remain unchanged. Is there some quick way of getting these pseudo

Is this some graphics controller fault on my PowerBook ?

2009-12-12 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I was was about to setup EYeTV to record a show yesterday when my screen started getting a mess/mesh of dots and lines. Not just on the PowerBook 15 but on my TV (CRT) that it is connected to also. The external HDD started unexpectedly removing itself invoking Device Removal

Re: Is this some graphics controller fault on my Pow erBook?

2009-12-12 Thread Brian Scott
If the link to the picture of the faulty screen didn't work, try this one.. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt99/walfau/Computer/Faulty-PB-screen1.jpg Thanks Brian On 13/12/2009, at 12:26 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I was was about to setup EYeTV to record a show yesterday when my

Re: optus wireless broadband -Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem

2009-11-22 Thread Brian Scott
On 22/11/2009, at 11:03 AM, Janis Lynn wrote: Dear People I recently bought a optus USB wireless broadband, when I log on my Macbook fan immediately comes on revs around 6200 the whole time I am connected. Has anyone else had this problem? Also, is ok, I mean is it doing any

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder? Att : Ronni

2009-11-16 Thread Brian Scott
Thanks for the info and the links Ronni Education sure hurts the head when you get over 60 ;) Brian On 16/11/2009, at 1:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 15/11/2009, at 6:10 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Like you say below purchasing an Airport Express would probably make things more predictable

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder? Att : Ronni

2009-11-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Kyle, Thank you for that clear explanation. I'll get the hang of it the more I use it. Brian On 16/11/2009, at 5:29 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi, Brian There is three waves you can share files Wirelessly between computers on a Mac 1. Internet sharing - this is set up in system

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder? Att : Ronni

2009-11-15 Thread Brian Scott
On 15/11/2009, at 4:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, On 15/11/2009, at 3:43 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 13/11/2009, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, I will send you Offlist a PDF that I have quickly done for you with screen shots. It might help you. I'll do a more

Re: Eye TV burning

2009-11-14 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Walter, Try using DVD Player in your Applications folder. Cheers Brian On 14/11/2009, at 6:20 PM, F.W. Hänel wrote: Thanks Ray, Have done it like you suggested and it burned ok, however I can play the disc only using EyeTV or Toast video player app. It won't play using VLC or WMP

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder? Att : Ronni

2009-11-14 Thread Brian Scott
On 13/11/2009, at 5:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, I will send you Offlist a PDF that I have quickly done for you with screen shots. It might help you. I'll do a more professional one when I find some time. You would be better off purchasing an Airport Express or Airport Extreme

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-13 Thread Brian Scott
On 13/11/2009, at 2:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Brian, For future reference for you. Creating a computer-to-computer network: You can create a wireless network between two or more AirPort- enabled computers without using an AirPort Base Station. Using what is known as a

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-13 Thread Brian Scott
On 13/11/2009, at 2:49 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi Brian As I do this on a fairly regular basis as The network at (GMUG) monthly meetings run this way Let you know of some of the problems that I have experienced while running Internet sharing In the airport menu bar I am guessing your

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-13 Thread Brian Scott
be better off purchasing an Airport Express or Airport Extreme or an all in one Netgear DG834G wireless modem. Then all your computers can share the internet and you'll find sharing so much easier. Cheers, Ronni On 13/11/2009, at 3:59 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 13/11/2009, at 2:53 PM

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 2:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:40 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
on 12/11/09 1:40 PM, Brian Scott at scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 4:18 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 2:34 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Brian, First, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebare, go to the finder preferences and in the sidebar pane make sure you have got the shared options (eg connected servers) ticked

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 4:18 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 2:34 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Brian, First, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebare, go to the finder preferences and in the sidebar pane make sure you have got the shared options (eg connected servers) ticked

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
I've been at this for several hours off and on. I've got feeling the answer lies in the rest of your post but I can't concentrate. Thank you very much for your help Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
and the like you can run into issues with some see it and some not for different networks. Once it's set up, it'll just work all the time :) Hope that all makes sense and helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 12/11/09 8:14 PM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 7:01 PM

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 10:18 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi All WAMUG and Brian First this is for everyone I believe what Brian is trying to do is Make a wireless network with his iMacs built in airport card I'm trying to get to a situation where I can copy files to from my PowerBook iMac

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-12 Thread Brian Scott
scratching when I come to do it again. I'll keep this latest batch of emails for future reference. Thank you one and all for your help Brian On 13/11/2009, at 2:02 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 10:18 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote: Hi All WAMUG and Brian First this is for everyone

Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-11 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.11 and iMac Intel, OS 10.5.8 but the remote computers aren't showing up in Finder. I've done this successfully once before a couple of months ago but there

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

2009-11-11 Thread Brian Scott
On 12/11/2009, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 12/11/2009, at 12:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I've created an AirPort WEP network in the hope of exchanging some files between my 2 computers i.e. PowerBook G4, OS 10.4.11 and iMac Intel, OS 10.5.8 but the remote computers aren't

Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-10 Thread Brian Scott
use for them after all. Thank you Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-09 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but it don't work in his player (or mine). I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs. Is there a way of getting them to play in CD players? Thanks Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --

Re: How to get rewritable CDs to play

2009-11-09 Thread Brian Scott
On 10/11/2009, at 1:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 10/11/2009, at 12:52 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, A friend has purchased a spindle of 25 rewritable CDs I burnt one but it don't work in his player (or mine). I had no idea there were such things as rewritable CDs. Is there a way

Re: Sorting

2009-09-18 Thread Brian Scott
On 18/09/2009, at 4:04 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi Can I sort a list on numbers without getting 1, 10, 11, ...2, 20, 21 for example? instead of 1, 2, 3, ..10, 11, 12, and so on? Regards Peter Stick zero (0) in front of the single numbers 1 - 9 Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06

Re: Copying extracts from pdf

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Scott
down the Option key as you mark you can copy any piece text from any column in Preview. Cheers Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Epson Stylus PHOTO RX650 All-In-One compatibility with Snow Leopard

2009-09-01 Thread Brian Scott
to 10.6 Thanks Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

What's using my external hard drive preventing it fr om ejecting?

2009-08-30 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I have tried selecting the eject triangle in Finder, selecting the drives icon and pressing ⌘-E and ejecting from Disk Utility but I keep getting The disk is in use and could not be ejected Try quitting applications and try again. I only use it as a kind scratch-back-up drive where I

Re: What's using my external hard drive preventing it from ejecting?

2009-08-30 Thread Brian Scott
On 31/08/2009, at 12:14 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 31/8/09 11:51 AM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi, I have tried selecting the eject triangle in Finder, selecting the drives icon and pressing ⌘-E and ejecting from Disk Utility but I keep getting The disk is in use and could

Controlling Errors shown in Console Log List

2009-08-16 Thread Brian Scott
/ DVCPROHDAudio: mach-o, but wrong architecture Cheers Brian Scott iMac 24 3.06 2 Duo 3.06 GHz/4GB/NVIDIA 512 MB OS X 10.5.8 Sitting on a empty 1975 Burroughs-B800 console -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Re: Recording DVD

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/21888 Cheers Brian On 23/06/2009, at 1:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Further to my earlier posting one of my

Re: Recording DVD

2009-06-23 Thread Brian Scott
It still works though ;) Brian On 23/06/2009, at 9:46 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Brian VisualHub appears to have been discontinued. Merv Hi Merv, I've used VisualHub to convert VOB's to DV avi plus you can elect to join the VOB's if you need to. VisualHub is free

External DVD burner for my iMac?

2009-06-15 Thread Brian Scott
Hi all, My external DVD burner is about to get the sack so I thought I'd check with the group to see if there a preferred model to hook up to my 24 iMac 3 Ghz, OS 10.5.7 Perhaps one that lasts a bit longer than the couple of years I got out of this one a Pioneer DVR-111D. Suggestions

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents of the file it has.. (I don't know how this will show

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
listen to in iTunes) is http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/classic/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
) is http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/classic/classicfm.m3u in iTunes. Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio-sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-20 Thread Brian Scott
Brown wrote: Hi Brian, On 20/05/2009, at 2:32 PM, Brian Scott wrote: I tried loading http://www.radiosport.co.nz/listenlive/ radiosport.asx into iTunes but it's not recognized. But it works in QT. They're streaming in Windows Media Format. The stream will play in QuickTime Player if you

Robbers steal 70 iPhones in daring daylight heist

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
goes on to say.. Apple is reportedly working on ways to help individuals find lost or stolen iPhones using its MobileMe service. That feature will be available when the next generation operating system is released this summer Cheers Brian Scott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Recording sound from a Mac

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, I regularly listen the rugby by loading a little file called 'radio- sport-wellington.asx' into QuickTime (double-clicking loads it). Examining the contents of the file it has.. (I don't know how this will show on wamug) ASX version = 3.0 Entry TitleRadio Sport

Re: Drives

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book a while ago and it has worked flawlessly since I formatted it using the GUID option on my intel iMac. I don't remember having to use any software from WD. Just formatted it with Disk Utility. Cheers Brian Scott On 20/05/2009, at 12:57 PM, Ken

Re: Drives

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Scott
On 20 May 2009, at 06:23, Ken Jackson wrote: Thanks Brian, I'm running 10.4.11 on a Power Mac G5. It wasn't a good result for me. Should it be any different on an Intel model? regards, Ken On 20/05/2009, at 1:14 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, Daniel Kerr supplied me with a WD My Book

Re: 10.5.7 Update: what experiences?

2009-05-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi Reg, I Repaired Permissions before and after installing the Combo and the only problem I'm getting on my iMac is Mail's Rules seem to be playing up. Emails aren't being moved to appropriate folders as before, but it only means having to re-set a rule for each faulty one as they come in

Re: MobleMe/Smart phones

2009-04-28 Thread Brian Scott
On 28/04/2009, at 8:00 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: Hi there I have a Mac Book but not an iPhone but another smart phone. Can I sync my iCal events and Address Book contacts etc from my Mac to my Nokia using MobileMe? Hi Stuart, I've used FoneLink with my Nokia 6131 connected via USB to

Dealing with PVR files from set top box HDD

2009-03-25 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, My set top box has died so I put the 250 HDD out of it into a Lacie box. It mounts OK on my iMac (OS 10.5.6). There are 195 files on it alternatively titled .INF, .PVR e.g. 0ABC2000.INF 0ABC2000.PVR 0ABC2001.INF 0ABC2001.PVR 0ABCA001.INF ..etc And one 32 KB file called

Re: Multi page scan

2009-03-09 Thread Brian Scott
Hi I've used iCombiner to turn a bunch pics into a pdf. Cheers Brian On 10/03/2009, at 8:47 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 10/03/2009, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 09/03/2009, at 6:17 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 09/03/2009, at 5:26 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi I wonder if

Re: Safari faulure

2009-02-10 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, Safari used to crash on me also but this clue below (I think from Ronda) got it going again.. Do you have any third party plugins installed that might be incompatible? Safari Enhancer (which only works with Safari 2). Asking Safari Enhancer to restore default settings will allow

Re: CD printing (EPSON SP RX650) problems with Leopard

2009-01-17 Thread Brian Scott
not print. I ditched it and went to our Canon. I am still looking for a work around if I find anything I will email you tom samson On 17/01/2009, at 3:17 PM, Brian Scott wrote: On 17/01/2009, at 1:13 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Hi, When trying to use EPSON Print CD I've been getting the error msg

CD printing (EPSON SP RX650) problems with Leopard

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Scott
Hi, When trying to use EPSON Print CD I've been getting the error msg 'The EPSON printer driver dealing with CD printing is not installed'. The latest drivers from Apple don't include the RX650 only the RX600, RX620 and the RX680 Installing the latest drivers off the Leopard install disc

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