Re: Modem recommendations ?

2011-06-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, I was wondering ­ are these freeze-ups something that started happening in the last year or so? I know when I first got Broadband in Albany around 4 years ago, my connection would stay up for many months on end without re-connecting ­ then I would get the occasional lock-up which

Re: Modem recommendations ?

2011-06-12 Thread Severin Crisp
Neil, I can not put a time to when this started happening, it was way back and never very frequent, average perhaps every two months at most. It has never happened when I am working, only when I am away and the computer is or is not asleep. I have always thought of power glitches or some

Re: How to Download Photos from samsung galaxy

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Blitto, Are you using OS X 10.6.7? If you cannot see the memory card of the phone on the Mac, how are you sending photos from the computer to the phone? Is it by bluetooth? If so, you can use the same technique to send photos (or any file) on the phone back to the Mac. If you are usng

Re: Apple TV

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter Chris, 10 Mbs connection speed seems to be a requirement for Rental Movies. For the best viewing experience when renting iTunes movies and TV shows on Apple TV (2nd generation), you need a broadband Internet connection. A sustained 6 Mbit/s or faster Internet connection is

Re: Modem recommendations ?

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, Have you check that you have the latest firmware version on the D-Link DSL-504T Modem? Make sure you get the correct firmware for your generation D-Link DSL-504T Modem. You don’t mention what revision your Modem is … Revision A or Revision C http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/Default.asp

Re: Apple TV

2011-06-12 Thread Chris Stocks
On 12/06/11 5:14 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Peter Chris, 10 Mbs connection speed seems to be a requirement for Rental Movies. For the best viewing experience when renting iTunes movies and TV shows on Apple TV (2nd generation), you need a broadband Internet connection. A sustained 6 Mbit/s

Re: Modem recommendations ?

2011-06-12 Thread Stephen Chape
Good point Ronni, That is something that never occurred to me. I will take a look at that. Regards, Stephen Chape From: Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:31:28 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re:

Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
I like watching Apple Special Events. The latest is no exception. I can't watch them at home as as yet my bandwidth is to narrow so i watch them at work. However I can't find any way to save the keynote to my hard drive. Now can I seem to be able to stop and start them even though I've

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Rod Lavington
Go to iTunes and subscribe to the keynote podcast :) Cheers Rod On Jun 12, 2011 6:58 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I like watching Apple Special Events. The latest is no exception. I can't watch them at home as as yet my bandwidth is to narrow so i watch them at work.

Re: iPhone/GPS

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
Carlo, what you are saying is that the GPS on the iPhone was working but the application Maps was not? Interesting the I can pre-load the map concerned. I note the other posting answer the other aspect of the question i.e. you have to have a GPS application to use the GPS of the iPhone

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread cm
Hi Stuart, If you don't want to make any extra effort, Apple usually releases a podcast of the keynote a week or so after the fact on both iTunes and the apple.com website. I'll post to the group, if you like, when it is available. There are also ways to capture the current stream of the

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread cm
I guess I should read ahead to the next post :-} As Rod has pointed out, the podcast is already on iTunes. C On 2011-06-12, at 18:59, Rod Lavington wrote: Go to iTunes and subscribe to the keynote podcast :) Cheers Rod On Jun 12, 2011 6:58 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
Had a look at that, Rod. When you subscribe and it is downloaded, is it downloaded to iTunes or hard drive? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 12/06/2011, at 6:59 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: Go to iTunes and subscribe to the keynote podcast :)

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Rod Lavington
It would be in your podcasts.folder, within Music,on your hard drive. You should be able to transfer it to any decice, as being a podcast it *should* be drm free. Cheers Rod! On 12 Jun 2011 19:27, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: Had a look at that, Rod. When you subscribe and it

Re: iPhone/GPS

2011-06-12 Thread cm
Hi Stuart, That is almost what I was trying to say, perhaps not clearly enough. The Maps application works by finding your location using the GPS (or failing that a cell tower signal or a Wi-Fi signal) and the then downloads the map to display you current location on the map. The problem is

Re: Modem recommendations ?

2011-06-12 Thread Neil Houghton
Ok, thanks for that Bob. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 12/6/11 4:46 PM, Robert Howells at rhowe...@arach.net.au wrote: Neil, You said Telstra playing silly buggers down at the exchange! Because it

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
Thanks a lot Carlo. Have you had your gruppa this evening as a night cap. I was given some by a patient. It came in a soda water bottle, crystal clear and it packed a punch. Can't remember if I tried it in coffee. Would not waste it in instant. Next time I take some when I have an

Re: Ping

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
These posts were done while I was away. Just catching up now. Followed the thread no stopping Ping. What is Ping and why should I use or not use it? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 20/05/2011, at 4:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Pat, In

Re: Dragon dictate

2011-06-12 Thread Stuart Breden
I am trailing Dragon Dictate but not with much success. What other voice recognition software is comparable? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 21/05/2011, at 9:31 AM, cm wrote: Thanks for the warning Justin, few things lower the value of a

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread cm
Hi Stuart, Grappa is certainly bracing. I like the Italian expression for when it is added to espresso -- caffè corretto meaning corrected coffee, as though it's a mistake to have the coffee without it. :-) I haven't had grappa for quite some time. saluti, Carlo On 2011-06-12, at 20:37,

Re: Ping

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Ping is Apple’s music social network that lives inside of iTunes—it’s all about music discovery. Like Twitter, you can follow and be followed—your friends to see what they’re listening to, or artists like Lady Gaga. It’s totally optional, and only as public as you want—you can post about

Re: Dragon dictate

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Schox
Hi Stuart, Have you tried MacSpeech? I have heard that it is very good (and has a medical module too), but of course, that may just be the marketing people doing their job well. We are almost ready to purchase MacPractice, and they recommend MacSpeech as their voice recognition software.

Re: Dragon dictate

2011-06-12 Thread Justin Davies
Hi all, a quick update on this I complained to nuance about their support, and they relented and provided assistance. I found eventually after plenty of backwards and forwards that getting the volume on the microphone right in system preferences made a difference and I'm now getting good

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665 Sent from Ronni's iPad On 12/06/2011, at 6:55 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I like watching Apple Special Events. The latest is no exception. I can't watch them at home as as yet my bandwidth is to narrow so i watch

Re: Dragon dictate

2011-06-12 Thread Andrew Schox
Hi all, I guess I should have read the rest of the email (other than Stuart's bit) before posting my reply! Back in my box now... Andrew On 12/06/2011, at 9:09 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi Stuart, Have you tried MacSpeech? I have heard that it is very good (and has a medical module too),

Re: OCR via iPhone

2011-06-12 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10/06/2011, at 9:49 AM, cm wrote: Hi Peter, I believe they are using the open-source JavaScript library called Modernizr. http://www.modernizr.com/ Cheers, Carlo Intriguing. The interesting thing is that I would have thought that the appearance and/or behaviour of the

Re: PowerBook G4 HD

2011-06-12 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10/06/2011, at 2:41 PM, Kevin Lock wrote: Hi, I am trying to resurrect a G4 Powerbook for a high school student in Denmark (That's the Denmark in W.A.). The IDE hard disk is US. I am hoping that someone on the list might sell or donate one. Capacity is not important and 20GB

Spotlight Search Problem

2011-06-12 Thread Rick Armstrong
Hi Rhonda, As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly, that Spotlight may nave some corruption. I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again. When I go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E / After I have done this it shows (after a few

Re: PowerBook G4 HD

2011-06-12 Thread Kevin Lock
Thanks for your reply Peter. I am about to visit a mate at his school where he thinks he has a couple of 16Gb drives. I will certainly get back to you if he cannot find them. Thanks again, Kevin On 13/06/2011, at 8:10 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 10/06/2011, at 2:41 PM, Kevin

Re: Application types

2011-06-12 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10/06/2011, at 4:28 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Following Ronni's words of wisdom on preparing for Lion I had a look at my applications with System Profiler. A number are marked as Native (preferred) or Classic What exactly does this mean? For example, Corel Painter 8 is so marked

Re: Spotlight Search Problem

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
On 13/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: Hi Rhonda, As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly, that Spotlight may nave some corruption. I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again. When I go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E

Re: Spotlight Search Problem

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Rick, I probably should have warned you, that Spotlight 'Re-Indexing’ your Hard Drive, depending on how many and what kind of files you have it can take upwards of an hour or two to re-index. Let it complete the re-indexing before you test it. Cheers, Ronni On 13/06/2011, at 8:35

stuff

2011-06-12 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi Kevin Just going through all my stuff at home again and found a few things that might be of use to you? MBP G4 in bits sorry no HD but the screen was good, some 1 and 2 gb so-dimms, Belkin USB video thingy, 3.5 USB external drive case maybe able to find a spare HD also, Canon USB scanner

Re: Westnet Invoices

2011-06-12 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i'm using voip for the last 4 years, in the beginning it appeared unreliable, but for the last3 years its fine, in the router the quality of service (qos) has to be set, so disruption through downloads are minimized, if you are on a slow line ( 2mbit/s) then yes you may have probs on going i'm

Re: Spotlight Search Problem

2011-06-12 Thread Rick Armstrong
Hi Rhonda, I have done that and Spolight is now working but no Mail Search as before so I did the Terminal Commands but still no Mail search available. (Thunderbird search works fine but I feel more comfortable with Mail) Regards, Rick. On 13/06/2011, at 8:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi

Re: PowerBook G4 HD

2011-06-12 Thread David de la Hunty
flick me an email Kevin if you have no luck, I have two dead G4 ibooks which I am scavenging parts from - I'm sure you can have a HDD out of one of them and it should be at least 20 gig dd On 13/06/2011, at 8:25, Kevin Lock wrote: Thanks for your reply Peter. I am about to visit a mate

Re: Spotlight Search Problem

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Rick, I’m pretty busy on Clients work, but a couple of quick questions. Are you sure you have “Mail Messages” selected in Spotlight Preferences - 'Search Results’? Also, you don’t have a “Previous System Folder” on your Computer which has an older Mail Application in it? Not a bad idea

Re: PowerBook G4 HD

2011-06-12 Thread Kevin
Peter, My mate gave me an iBook and after pulling it apart had a 30Gb HD which unfortunately doesn't boot, so I would appreciate your kind offer. I have found the iBooks are bit of a nightmare if you have to reassemble them. Please let me know when I can visit. All my computer

Re: stuff

2011-06-12 Thread Kevin
Roger, Some of that gear sounds interesting. I'm up for it! Please let me know when it is convenient to visit. regards Kevin Hi Kevin Just going through all my stuff at home again and found a few things that might be of use to you? MBP G4 in bits sorry no HD but the screen was

Re: PowerBook G4 HD

2011-06-12 Thread Kevin
Oops, in my post re the above, I addressed my post to Peter rather than David. Senior moment! Kev -- 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 -

Annual Dues

2011-06-12 Thread Barry Sexstone
I hope one of the wise committee members may be able to help me. I believe my membership payment is due as it is 12 months since I last paid. The Constitution says renewal is due on the anniversary of being admitted as a member. However I seem to recall that is was proposed that all

Re: Annual Dues

2011-06-12 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello Barry, On 13/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I hope one of the wise committee members may be able to help me. I believe my membership payment is due as it is 12 months since I last paid. The Constitution says renewal is due on the anniversary of being admitted as a

Re: Annual Dues

2011-06-12 Thread Barry Sexstone
Many thanks Ronni, this answers my query. On 13/06/2011, at 1:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Barry, On 13/06/2011, at 12:56 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I hope one of the wise committee members may be able to help me. I believe my membership payment is due as it is 12 months since I