Re: Mouse

2013-08-29 Thread tom samson
I have a few but my apple mouse is fantastic- I use the rest for when theMobeebatteries go down. Yeh! AppleOn 29/08/2013, at 3:34 PM, Curtis Peter pe...@augold.com.au wrote:Hi everyoneMy mouse is starting to play up, no problems I'll get a new one!The one I currently have is a wi fi, two button,

Moving files

2013-02-04 Thread tom samson
I have become frustrated with the fact that, when I try to move a file from one file/place to another they are just copied and then I have multiples. Is there a way to have the original trashed upon completion? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

[no subject]

2013-01-20 Thread tom samson
How can I transfer my Google Earth files to another machine? I want both laptop and iMAc to have the same data. tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments

Re: Sharing Google Earth files between Machines

2013-01-20 Thread tom samson
Tried that Save as Ghosted. I am trying to save to Dropbox but that is the problem tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 21/01/2013, at 1:16 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Tom, I've changed the Subject of your query to better reflect the contents. I don't use Google Earth

curious email

2013-01-10 Thread tom samson
I have just received an email via iCloud picture. How on earth can something come through iCloud I have not used my iPhone today so it is not from me. tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http

Wow two anomalies in a row

2013-01-10 Thread tom samson
It has just registered, in my brain of course, that for some reason Safari has just decided to go over to Yahoo!7 How on earth does that happen it is usually on Google tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http

Re: curious email

2013-01-10 Thread tom samson
How stupid of me the picture will not go through of course. it was from Auto..Price..Finder bwxk...@mac.com. This must me a spam or best left and ditched. But how could it come through iCloud? tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 10/01/2013, at 5:26 PM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote

Re: Happy New Year not so happy …but happy because we are Mac

2013-01-08 Thread tom samson
Just out of interest why Applejack? A part from the fact that it can be useful? tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 08/01/2013, at 1:24 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, took Ronnis' advice just ditched the Mail accounts. Google Chrome works well for me. My favourite

Re: Dodgy MacPro HD

2013-01-08 Thread tom samson
Backup and be prepared to change the drive tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 08/01/2013, at 4:17 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Good afternoon Muggers I have spent most of the arvo cleaning out the hard disk on one of my older 15 MBPro (2.16 Core 2 Duo, 2gb Ram 10.4.11

Re: Happy New Year not so happy ...

2013-01-07 Thread tom samson
Even if you do not use it why get rid of it? If you have that little room on HD then there are other things much larger to cull. tom tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 07/01/2013, at 12:27 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Tom, my whole problem was caused

Re: Happy New Year not so happy ...

2013-01-07 Thread tom samson
DONT tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 07/01/2013, at 1:00 PM, Julie Bedford jew...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi folks I too have purchased MacKeeper, but not used it yet, just installed it. I did not get an uninstaller with it though. Any ideas ? Cheers Jewels On 07/01/2013, at 12

Re: Happy New Year not so happy …but happy because we are Mac

2013-01-07 Thread tom samson
things such as Pages then really great please help. tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 07/01/2013, at 9:39 PM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: Even if you do not use it why get rid of it? If you have that little room on HD then there are other things much larger to cull. tom tom

Re: Happy New Year not so happy …but happy because we are Mac

2013-01-07 Thread tom samson
You may be right but I have had no problem and found it invaluable tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 08/01/2013, at 9:17 AM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: I seem to recall that Ronni has advised against Little Snitch in the past. Am I mistaken? Barry On 07/01

Re: Happy New Year not so happy ...

2013-01-06 Thread tom samson
Why 10.6 still? Have you zapped Pram? What does activity monitor tell you? Have you dumped all the foreign language files and unneeded fonts? Clean out the cache files and if necessary preferences tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 04/01/2013, at 12:19 PM, Ken Jackson kenjackson7...@gmail.com

Name

2013-01-03 Thread tom samson
appeared in Governments but they are somewhat slack in their grammar. Don;t trust the Macquarie on this it is cumbersome tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments

Re: FireWire 400 to USB

2012-10-20 Thread tom samson
Dick smith tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au On 20/10/2012, at 4:14 PM, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com wrote: Afternoon all. Does anyone out there know where I can get a FireWire 400 to USB adapter please. Regards, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh

Re: OT - Australia Men's Four (Oarsome Foursome) Rowing for Gold Sat. Night

2012-08-03 Thread tom samson
THank you for not attending the Olympics. You already have the Gold medal for taking us all to Mac olympus. Without you there would be no WAMUG and we would be fighting the Titans of unknown maladies. tom samson On 03/08/2012, at 10:15 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello People

Re: something wicked

2012-07-29 Thread tom samson
: Hi Tom, SideEffects http://macmatrix.blogspot.ca/p/sideeffects.html Cheers, Ronni On 27/07/2012, at 1:53 PM, tom samson wrote: With Lion we had nasty grey icons. With colourful icons installed you could quit finder and upon reload there they are all nice and graphically

Re: Link to make your own bootable Mountain Lion (and Lion) Installer Disk

2012-07-29 Thread tom samson
I used Lion Diskmaker- much easier than all the fluffing around. tom samson On 29/07/2012, at 12:33 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, I've not downloaded ML yet, waiting for 200Gb quota to be reset. When I do get around to doing this, I will create a bootable installer disk

civilization 5

2012-06-28 Thread tom samson
I have Civ 5 that I have enjoyed for years. I reloaded it on new iMac and I get error something about winehq/ How do I get over around under this? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

Re: new machine but?

2012-06-25 Thread tom samson
Sorry colormenue side bar was not what I wanted the offending is ColorfulSidebar. Was running and is running on Macbook Pro 10.7.4 and another iMac 10.7.4 tom tom On 25/06/2012, at 10:33 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: SideEffects -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: new machine but?

2012-06-25 Thread tom samson
Just tried Peter Sealy's SideEffects worked first time . Thanks I am happy again tom On 25/06/2012, at 2:19 PM, tom samson wrote: Sorry colormenue side bar was not what I wanted the offending is ColorfulSidebar. Was running and is running on Macbook Pro 10.7.4 and another iMac 10.7.4 tom

new machine but?

2012-06-24 Thread tom samson
There are, to my experiences always minor problems when upgradinig or buying a new machine. This time it is colormenue side bar 1.01. Same installation as on laptop and older imac. Same everything but color sidebar does not load. Anyone else had this? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group

SMC Kernal Extension

2012-06-23 Thread tom samson
I have had a few Kernal panics with 10.7.4 and the workaround from c|net is to down grade the SMC kernel extension to one in 10.7.3. but I do not have 10.7.3 now. Could someone extract it for me? Big ask I know. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Curious email

2012-06-13 Thread tom samson
this on 13 June 2012 2:12:43 PM AWST the problem is we were at work at the time and this account has been inactive for a long time. Is there a problem here? and how could this have happened? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: Curious email

2012-06-13 Thread tom samson
, at 20:48 , tom samson wrote: I had an undeliverable email notification from: Mail Delivery System mailer-dae...@icp-osb-irony-out9.external.iinet.net.au with the problem 5.1.0 Unknown address error 550-'5.1.1 and the email address of my wife's old big pond account from about 5 years ago

Re: Curious email

2012-06-13 Thread tom samson
Okay some really worthwhile discussion but can I prevent an address being sent? tom On 13/06/2012, at 9:28 PM, tom samson wrote: First you are correct I have been with iinet for about five years second there are no copies of that address on my machine and I cannot find it in spotlight

Re: keyboard

2012-06-11 Thread tom samson
Thank you for all the help. I took the iMac into Xite Logic and the USB -part of the Mother board was the problem. Too costly to fix. So I will have to wait until I can afford a new iMac. Well done for the support tom samson On 10/06/2012, at 9:42 AM, tom samson wrote: yes. maybe it time

keyboard

2012-06-09 Thread tom samson
my iMac can not find keyboard typing from keyboard viewer. need help tom samson -- 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

Re: keyboard

2012-06-09 Thread tom samson
yes. maybe it time to find a tech to fix it . but first i ma looking for a file i can trash that may be corrupted. or go to terminal [a first]. any ideas [sorry cannot get question mark. tom samson On 09/06/2012, at 6:10 PM, tom samson wrote: my iMac can not find keyboard typing from keyboard

Re: Big Problems with iMac

2012-06-06 Thread tom samson
Speed:Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x1a11 / 5 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA):0 On 05/06/2012, at 9:30 PM, tom samson wrote: -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: Big Problems with iMac

2012-06-05 Thread tom samson
USB ports because still no keyboard. tom Samson On 04/06/2012, at 10:33 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tom Have you tried a SMC reset? As if the USB was overpowered then resetting the SMC may help do that. SMC reset can be found here:- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_USlocale

Big Problems with iMac

2012-06-04 Thread tom samson
upon start up. I have erased and rebuilt the drive and tried everything I can think of from Tech tool to trying startups. THings just seem crazy. Cannot zap Pram either. Advice would be very grateful right now. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Techtool Pro 6

2012-05-05 Thread tom samson
I am trying to create an eDrive with techtool. But it fails every time so far Boot drive has 10.7.3Latest Techtool 6. Anyone any idea as to why I cannot create the e drive? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: Techtool Pro 6

2012-05-05 Thread tom samson
be done because there is a recovrey drive from Lion on the machine and Techtool asks for the latest version of Lion. I have that but the edrive can not be created. I find that somewhat odd. tom samson On 05/05/2012, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/05/2012, at 2:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I

a question for photoshop users.

2012-05-05 Thread tom samson
Our daughter has been asked to draw a tree for a wall made up of dots -through which light can be shone when the dots are drilled out. she is using photoshop but working dot by dot is slow laborious and... Does anyone know of a plugin, or solution? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group

mobee mouse charger

2012-04-26 Thread tom samson
I hve a mobee mouse charger and it is good but I want another or a supplementary battery pack -for a less than exorbitant price. Anyone found reasonable priced ones in Aus or on line? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Question For Macboook Pro

2012-03-28 Thread tom samson
I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson

SO sorry another question

2012-03-28 Thread tom samson
I have a degraded WIFI signal in the front of our house the Netgear sits at the back. is there a simple solution of extending the range of the signal to cover the whole house? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: Question For Macboook Pro

2012-03-28 Thread tom samson
it is comforting to know it is there. :-) Probably a good indication that it should be removed for future models that have Thunderbolt. Cheers, Carlo On 28/03/2012, at 20:11 , tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My

Apple mail

2012-03-21 Thread tom samson
Can someone remind me as to how I can delete old addresses in mail? I end up sending some mail to our of date mail addresses by mistake - too quick for my own mind. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Worth reading email tracker programs

2012-03-21 Thread tom samson
tom samson EMail Tracker Programs -- very interesting and a must read!!! The man that sent this information is a computer tech. He spends a lot of time clearing the junk off computers for people and listens to complaints about speed. All forwards are not bad, just some. Be sure you

Re: Apple mail

2012-03-21 Thread tom samson
thanks for the help- I totally forgot about the Previous recipients. What a dummy tom On 21/03/2012, at 4:23 PM, tom samson wrote: Can someone remind me as to how I can delete old addresses in mail? I end up sending some mail to our of date mail addresses by mistake - too quick for my own

Re: 1Password Woes Including ANZ Bank Login

2012-03-18 Thread tom samson
in the main 1PW application vault. Perhaps the Safari browser extension 3.9.0 (which I assumed is essential) is just not compatible with Safari 5.1.2. Back to the 1PW user guide and forums - - -. Cheers Alan On 16/03/2012, at 6:21 AM, tom samson wrote: Push the Safari screen for ANZ

Re: 1Password Woes Including ANZ Bank Login

2012-03-15 Thread tom samson
Push the Safari screen for ANZ to full size (arrows top right) and you get the menu bar and the 1Password icon after the first time fill it in then each time you have to do the same. Annoyingt but them's the breaks tom samson On 15/03/2012, at 9:50 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Using iMac 10.6.8

IPhoto

2011-11-02 Thread tom samson
on three machines. Yet the App store may have had no way of knowing what I had. All my iMac told me was that there was an update 9.2. Have I wasted $16 dollars on a duplication? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Re: IPhoto

2011-11-02 Thread tom samson
I only tweaked this when I down loaded the same update on my Macbook Pro. So I downloaded to one machine and then only realised the duplication when I saw the release number 9.2.1. If anyone is working for apple on the list please note this. On 02/11/2011, at 3:39 PM, tom samson wrote: I

Spam

2011-10-30 Thread tom samson
I had the following Apple iphone_support_sur...@express.medallia.com which seemed odd. And absentmindedly opened. It is not an apple site. Might be cautious here. Tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Re: Lion 10.7.2

2011-10-26 Thread tom samson
hide stuff from my eyes it would be great I do have colored icons in sidebar but not in iTunes or mail and in some other instances Can we colorise all? tom samson On 26/10/2011, at 8:09 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, I’m ‘starting’ to like certain things about Lion, I think it’s mainly

Wordsmith

2011-10-23 Thread tom samson
I subscribe to word smith and have about 600 emailed word of the day so far. I would like yo slim my mail box and make the Word of the day still as accessible- with all features. Can this be done? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au

iCloud

2011-10-23 Thread tom samson
I have just returned home and upgraded to iCloud but it will only let me have a 21 character email address ,ime is 21 characters. Why then will it not recognise this? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

iPhone simply blank

2011-09-27 Thread tom samson
My iPhone 4 was fine then I picked it up and nothing. I thought it was out of battery but it will not charge up. Tried charging from iMac Different cords. Tried starting by holding on off button and button on bottom face. Tried charging from wall. Nothing. Any one any other good ideas. Phone

iPhone as Hard Disc

2011-09-24 Thread tom samson
Has anyone a good suggestion as to how I can make my iPhone Seeable on my desktop so that I can use the extra space as a HDD. tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: iPhone as Hard Disc

2011-09-24 Thread tom samson
Thank you On 25/09/2011, at 12:56 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/09/2011, at 12:41 PM, tom samson wrote: Has anyone a good suggestion as to how I can make my iPhone Seeable on my desktop so that I can use the extra space as a HDD. tom Samson Hi Tom, Phone Disk: iPad, iTouch

Re: Micro Card

2011-09-22 Thread tom samson
Following on from this. I have a Micro slot that sits vacantly on the die of my MBP. Is there a Card out there that would sit flush in the drive so that it would not break off when slid into the MBP sleeve? tom Samson On 19/09/2011, at 9:28 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Everyone Please excuse

Re: Menubar

2011-09-06 Thread tom samson
Ronni's iPad On 06/09/2011, at 6:01 AM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yep I know that part but I want to shift the position of the clock in I stat to nearer the right side- just accustom to having it there. I remember seeing it done somewhere. tom On 05/09/2011, at 7:44 PM

Menubar

2011-09-05 Thread tom samson
Is it possible to change the position on the menu bar in Lion? I like the clock app in iStat Menu more than the apple so I wanted to replace it. tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

Re: Menubar

2011-09-05 Thread tom samson
Yep I know that part but I want to shift the position of the clock in I stat to nearer the right side- just accustom to having it there. I remember seeing it done somewhere. tom On 05/09/2011, at 7:44 PM, tom samson wrote: Is it possible to change the position on the menu bar in Lion? I

unwanted items in finder sidebar Lion

2011-08-30 Thread tom samson
I have some unwanted items- old folders files that are recalcitrant and refuse to be moved from the side bar. nothing so far has moved them any ideas? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

Re: Lion and MS Word Office

2011-08-19 Thread tom samson
know I should be using Pages) I tried to change the permissions on my HD to System read write Wheel (group) read write. Still problems though. tom samson Oh I did take notice of Ronnie's ditch the DIVX and codex from Quick time that worked right away. For that I thank you. tom Samson On 18/08

Recording sound on iPhone4

2011-08-19 Thread tom samson
Which app is recommended for recording sound on iPhone4 tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

Lion and MS Word Office

2011-08-18 Thread tom samson
name (Me) Read and write? Something has changed somewhere. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

Re: More Lion Woes

2011-07-29 Thread tom samson
are. Still perplexed Tom Samson Still no AVi files loading in Lion Mail- they do in Entourage School still cannot get Outlook in 2011 to work so we backtrack to Entourage. Frustrated now. tom Samson On 27/07/2011, at 9:12 PM, tom samson wrote: Using 1Password I used to be able to go straight

Re: More Lion Woes

2011-07-29 Thread tom samson
on that and the Customer Registration Number and Password fields will be auto-completed by 1Password just as it always used to. Hope this help. Jane On 29/07/2011, at 3:48 PM, tom samson wrote: I have upgraded to the latest 1Password WHen going to ANZ Safari and Firefox I flick

More Lion Woes

2011-07-27 Thread tom samson
Using 1Password I used to be able to go straight to my bank ANZ and click login in and 1 Password would automatically fill. Now I am reduced to doing this only by opening 1Password and manually inserting. Another backward step. Tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: problem with new mail in Lion

2011-07-25 Thread tom samson
Perian when it asks to replace the existing one in System Preferences, click ‘yes’ and restart your computer. Make sure you have the latest versions of Flip4Mac and Perian. Cheers, Ronni On 24/07/2011, at 6:16 PM, tom samson wrote: Everything is up to date still cannot run avi files

Re: problem with new mail in Lion

2011-07-24 Thread tom samson
for an answer (if there is none from here). Cheers Rod On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have just been using the new mail program in Lion. I like but avi files from other people do mot load properly. I get sound only or I have to try and load

problem with new mail in Lion

2011-07-22 Thread tom samson
I have just been using the new mail program in Lion. I like but avi files from other people do mot load properly. I get sound only or I have to try and load them via quicktime and then sound only. Any ideas Tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Making system Library folders invisible

2011-07-22 Thread tom samson
How can I make the system folders invisible yet accessible in Lion? I don't want to see them in Finder but sometimes I have to go in there for various reasons. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Phones and iinet naked

2011-06-13 Thread tom samson
we are on iinet naked and we are unhappy with our panasonic phone because it has never recorded messages. So the question is what is a reliable hone to go with our Netcomm modem? We need it to record and not interfere with the modem. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Phones and iinet naked

2011-06-13 Thread tom samson
which is to record messages and e-mail it to you. This doesn't require a phone with an answering machine and has the added advantage that you can receive your messages anywhere in the world. Eugene On 13/06/2011, at 8:20 PM, tom samson wrote: we are on iinet naked and we are unhappy

Civilization 5 and Wine Problems

2011-06-11 Thread tom samson
in a foreign language. Has anyone any ideas? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

More questions

2011-06-01 Thread tom samson
I see that our iMacs -we now have one each 2.8 intel 21 and 24 inch can max the Ram at 6 GB but Apple says 4 GB. If I bought 2 x 4 Gb what happens to the iMac seeing them and which way round should the Ram go if I have a 4 GB and a 2 GB - to equal the theoretical maximum? tom samson

Questions

2011-05-30 Thread tom samson
that I can take iMac to its max 6gb tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

powerbook G4 15in

2011-05-27 Thread tom samson
I have a 15inch 2005 powerbook that will not turn on- power gets to the plug in but no life in laptop. Any ideas? tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: powerbook G4 15in

2011-05-27 Thread tom samson
How do you change the PRAM battery on a 15inch G5 Is it soldering or simply unscrewing the back? tom Samson On 27/05/2011, at 4:11 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: The internal pram battery might be flat. You can try leaving it plugged in for 12 hours and see if a trickle charge to the battery kicks

Safari problems

2011-05-23 Thread tom samson
is going on tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

Eye TV

2011-05-22 Thread tom samson
Has anyone else out there who uses Eyetv lost ABC signal recently. For the last couple of weeks I cannot get a picture and nothing has changed in my home set up. WHere is the best source for DDR 2 RAM for our newly acquired 21inch iMac? tom Samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Off topic: Sean Tan's animated video

2011-04-03 Thread tom samson
Just a bit more. I have ivew on Fox but how do you save a program? I have tried most things , I have missed doing something. tom samson On 03/04/2011, at 10:47 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Thanks Susan I was doing the mediator thing and bringing it back on topic. I thought I did quite well

iphone 4

2011-04-03 Thread tom samson
I am just about on delivery date for iPhone. I have questions 1. Which company plan for small user is best- I know there are differences of opinions but experience tells the best story. 2. Which apps do people recommend. Consensus will show again. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group

apple mail

2011-03-31 Thread tom samson
for some reason some messages refuse to quit in Mail 4.5. Before I poke around any fixes? tom Samson P.s.After walking to work every morning I saw quite a lot of P.C.s on the verge for pick up-they were still there days later when the trucks came and not one Mac. I guess they still keep

Re: Your opinions oregarding 1Password

2011-03-28 Thread tom samson
I use it all the time with the depository in Dropbox. Once past the setup it is a doddle. tom samson On 28/03/2011, at 4:19 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi there folks, I am getting weighed down with logins and passwords, to the point that I am having to write them down. This concerns me

Google

2011-03-13 Thread tom samson
is that this is not a google site and that it is potentially dangerous. Is this right and what is the work around tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe

scanner driver

2009-05-14 Thread tom samson
tried. Need the scanner to work again- damn good scanner tom samson HELP -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr

Time machine

2009-05-07 Thread tom samson
I had an application that gave me more control over Timemachine a short while ago but cannot remember what it was. Can anyone remind me tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au

Re: Time machine

2009-05-07 Thread tom samson
, Ronni On 08/05/2009, at 1:01 PM, tom samson wrote: I had an application that gave me more control over Timemachine a short while ago but cannot remember what it was. Can anyone remind me tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

re telstra

2009-05-06 Thread tom samson
In the considering moving to iinet. we wouold like to know what the connections on VOIP are. There used to be drop outs has this been overcome. Is it reliable tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Glitches

2009-05-05 Thread tom samson
we may go over to iiNet tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

Re: Glitches

2009-05-05 Thread tom samson
I can get into info but the sharing permissions (all three) come up with custom) and I cannot change them they are greyed out I have not seen this before and they are my backup disks tom On 05/05/2009, at 8:26 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 05/05/2009, at 7:57 PM, tom samson wrote: Just had

Re: Glitches

2009-05-05 Thread tom samson
undo this Custom permissions thing. Any other suggestions would be very much appreciated. tom samson On 05/05/2009, at 9:50 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tom I've come across this once before for a client and a Leopard install as well. It ended up the only way to fix it was using Terminal

Re: Glitches

2009-05-05 Thread tom samson
Not for all items WALLAH! I am happy again Happier when I go away from BoggyPond tom samson On 06/05/2009, at 11:39 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tom, Applications Utilities Terminal Then enter this command sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` /Volumes/name of the external hard disk

Telstra Or

2009-05-03 Thread tom samson
of changing to iinet or westnet from Telstra. It seems that someone menttioned the benefits of free downloading of ABC and other services. SHOPULD WE CONSIDER MOVING TO EITHER OF THE ABOVE tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: URGENT Techtool Pro

2009-03-08 Thread tom samson
I still have not heard a thing. Mine still sits here but after losing a hard drive I am not game to touch it. If someone else has any luck I would like to hear otherwise my weekly annoyance email to Micromat will continue tom samson On 07/03/2009, at 4:04 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Any

Re: URGENT Techtool Pro

2009-03-08 Thread tom samson
in but SMART gave no indication of this. So My presumption, right or wrong was that Techtool was the culprit. It may be then that something else was afoot. If the concensus is that TTP5 is stable then I shall try again. If not I will wait. tom samson Welcome back Ronnie and thanks for the imput On 08

Britannica Again

2009-03-03 Thread tom samson
need it Can someone help please. tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au

Re: css encoded dvd's to ipod

2009-02-18 Thread tom samson
MSC THE RIPPER IS BRILLIANT tom samson On 19/02/2009, at 7:42 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi I have been using DVDxDV for many years to rip dvd's to my ipod, but it doesn't do CSS encoded dvd's. Is there a way to get CSS encoded DVD's onto my ipod? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths

Re: css encoded dvd's to ipod

2009-02-18 Thread tom samson
Sorry that should have beeen Mac the Ripper is Brilliant then either PopCorn of Handbreak tom samson On 19/02/2009, at 7:42 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi I have been using DVDxDV for many years to rip dvd's to my ipod, but it doesn't do CSS encoded dvd's. Is there a way to get CSS encoded

Query re Britannica

2009-02-16 Thread tom samson
work THIS IS THE ERROR MESSAGE Cannot Launch Java Application Uncaught exception in main method: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredElementImpl.getText Content()Ljava/lang/String Tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http

Re: academic pricing same as non-academic?

2009-02-12 Thread tom samson
I had a much better Deal with JB HiFi They beat the education prices and offered better deals with accompanying hardware and Apple Support. Grab a price and they will beat it. IT is all about sales figures right now. tom samson On 13/02/2009, at 6:55 AM, Peder Kristensen wrote: Hi Susan

Re: URGENT Techtool Pro

2009-02-09 Thread tom samson
Yes let them know why you feel this way. tom samson On 09/02/2009, at 5:26 PM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote: Have any other members received their copies of TTP? Mine arrived from Micrimat US this afternoon and I am looking at the disk with some trepidation! Any advice, apart from don't touch

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