Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread Lloyd White
Hi Ronnie, Yes I have 10.7.1. I have followed your advice and reset the PRAM and removed the desktop plist. I will now give it a few days to see what happens. Fingers crossed. Thanks again. Lloyd Hi Lloyd, Have you installed the Lion update 10.7.1? Some people have found the update

Re: Lion and MS Word Office

2011-08-19 Thread tom samson
What I did is complete a clean reinstall after my first escapade with Lion and then back to Snow Leopard- On my MAcBook Pro. I reinstalled word and when trying to save various documents the word notification box about write protected… disc space… permissions came up frequently and then I could

Re: Lion and MS Word Office

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tom, Don’t change the preferences on WHEEL: Read only What version of MS Word are you using, is it 2011? Version 2004 is not compatible with Lion as it is PowerPC not Intel. If you cannot make changes to a document, your Word program might not be activated, the document might be locked for

Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Lloyd, Have you tried sleeping the iMac and then waking it today, and is it not freezing after ‘wake from sleep’? Wouldn’t hurt to repair permissions again also. Cheers, Ronni On 19/08/2011, at 2:20 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Hi Ronnie, Yes I have 10.7.1. I have followed your advice and

Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread James / Hans Kunz
on my macbook pro (same as Ronni) after a while not using it the macbook goes to sleep (screen is dark) it won't wake up anymore by touching the mouse or keyboard, but closing the lid wait a few seconds opening the lid get the macbook going a gain looks like 1 of the glitches in the

Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread cm
Hi James, Yes, you can right click (Control click) the folder in the Dock and select Open Folder name which is the last item of the pop up menu. Cheers, Carlo PS: I like to use a two finger tap for a right click. On 2011-08-19, at 16:43, James / Hans Kunz wrote: but something else: if you

Record voice to burn on CD

2011-08-19 Thread Marlene Oostryck
Hi All I want to record the times tables on to a CD to help my grandson with maths. He will play back on a Macbook (not sure which one). I have IMac 10.6.8 and also a good quality external microphone (Blue Yeti). Is there an easy way to do this? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards

Re: Record voice to burn on CD

2011-08-19 Thread Eugene
Get a free sound recorder like Audacity. Use it to record to your hearts content. Audacity also has a very easy to use sound editor. Put the edited tracks into iTunes and burn it like you would a normal musical track. Even the internal microphone would suffice.

Re: Record voice to burn on CD

2011-08-19 Thread cm
Hi Marlene, Can I suggest a variation to your plan. Instead of burning a CD, if you can get your Times Tables recording into iTunes, then you can give your grandson a digital copy to import into his copy of iTunes. He will then be able play it on the Mac from iTunes or to sync it with any

Re: Record voice to burn on CD

2011-08-19 Thread Jane Griffiths
Hi Marlene QuickTime Player v10 on OS X 10.6.8 has a built in audio recording facility. Go to FileNew audio recording and a simple audio recorder window opens up. It creates MPEG-4 audio files which are stored by default in your Movies folder. You can then drag the audio file into iTunes as

Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread Lloyd White
Hi Ronnie, So far so good! Today I let it sleep and it woke up with no problems, I also sent it to sleep ­ again with no problems, so I think it might have solved the problem. But seeing I did two things ­ reset the PRAM and trashed the desktop plist, I am not sure what caused the problem. But

Re: Desktop freezes

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 19/08/2011, at 4:43 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: on my macbook pro (same as Ronni) after a while not using it the macbook goes to sleep (screen is dark) it won't wake up anymore by touching the mouse or keyboard, but closing the lid wait a few seconds opening the lid get the macbook

Re: Don’t Look Now—You’re Obsolete

2011-08-19 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 19/08/2011, at 8:31 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Hi New to the list, but a Macophile since the 128K days. Your list was recommended on one of the Filemaker lists... Not really an obsolescence quote bit always amuses me... “There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD

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, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Stephen Wonfor
Hi This is from one of my clients. Hoping someone has the idea. We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu items on mouse-over. The menu works fine across all relevant browsers (safari in 10.6 and under, firefox, chrome, IE) as well as those browsers on windows and

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/08/2011, at 9:21 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Hi This is from one of my clients. Hoping someone has the idea. We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu items on mouse-over. The menu works fine across all relevant browsers (safari in 10.6 and under,

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/08/2011, at 9:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 20/08/2011, at 9:21 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Hi This is from one of my clients. Hoping someone has the idea. We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu items on mouse-over. The menu works fine across all

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/08/2011, at 9:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 20/08/2011, at 9:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 20/08/2011, at 9:21 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Hi This is from one of my clients. Hoping someone has the idea. We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu

Re: Recording sound on iPhone4

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
On 20/08/2011, at 9:14 AM, tom samson wrote: Which app is recommended for recording sound on iPhone4 tom samson Hi Tom, I’m not sure what you mean, do you wish to record phone conversations or, Voice Memos: Capture a thought, a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording with Voice Memos.

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Stephen Wonfor
Ronda We did the full Java enable via Utilities/Java Prefs and did all suggested updates. The menus still do not appear. Software Update will update no more - 10.7.1 + dodads. We are as current as we can get... Stephen -- Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Stephen Wonfor
Ronni If you go to www.fitter1.com do you see dynamic menus below the header? Perhaps we need one more tweak at our end. Then a comprehensive user-tutorial wrt if you are using OSX 10.7 please do the following Stephen -- I want WYSIWYG... I want it to support major browsers...

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi Stephen It works in Camino 2.1b1, Firefox 5.0.1 but not Safari 5.1 (with Java and Javascript activated), using OS X 10.6.8. (Except no drop-downs in 'New' and 'Sale') Up here in sunny Geraldton Reg Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net On

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Geoff and Kaye
Hi Stephen On 20/08/2011, at 9:21 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: This is from one of my clients. Hoping someone has the idea. We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu items on mouse-over. The menu works fine across all relevant browsers (safari in 10.6 and under,

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ashley Mulder
Just tried the website myself No dynamic menus in current Safari (5.1) running 10.6.8 But works fine in current Firefox (6.0) Ash On 20/08/2011, at 10:25 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: Ronda We did the full Java enable via Utilities/Java Prefs and did all suggested updates. The menus

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Geoff and Kaye
Stephen On 20/08/2011, at 9:21 AM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: We have a menu that uses javascript to reveal the drop-down menu items on mouse-over. The menu works fine across all relevant browsers (safari in 10.6 and under, firefox, chrome, IE) as well as those browsers on windows and OSX.

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I don’t have Lion installed on my work machine, I Lion installed on an external FW drive. I booted into Lion and tested the website. I find the website is working exactly the same in Safari in Snow Leopard as it does in Safari in Lion.

Re: Recording sound on iPhone4

2011-08-19 Thread Kevin
Voice Memos is a nice free iPhone App. Kevin 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 -

Re: Lion, Safari and Javascript?

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Stephen, After seeing Ashley’s reply, I now understand what you are referring to and my results are the same as Ashley. NO dynamic menus show in Safari in Snow Leopard or in Safari in Lion, but do appear in Firefox in Snow Leopard Lion. Cheers, Ronni On 20/08/2011, at 11:22 AM,

connect 2011 MBP to Panasonic VIERA tv

2011-08-19 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Muggers I will soon be going east to spends some time with mum, and want to show her some family pics and vids that I have on my 2011 MBPro. With my previous MBP I used a DVi to HDMI cable to easily connect to the HDMI on my tele. The new MBP does not have that DVI port, and Im not sure

Extracting only some images from .toast file?

2011-08-19 Thread David Noel
Hi All -- -- If I've made an image of, say, 6 episodes of a program with Toast (info says DVD/CD-R Master Image), by using Write To Disk Image under Video, can I extract only some of those episodes and write them to a new disk image? Advice gratefully received. David Noel 2011 Aug 20 -- The

Re: Recording sound on iPhone4

2011-08-19 Thread Eugene
Yep, I use Voice Memo. When you're finished, you connect it to your computer via iTunes, it places the recording into your music folder under the name 'date/time' of recording. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: connect 2011 MBP to Panasonic VIERA tv

2011-08-19 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Chris, You use the ’Thunderbolt’ Port on your MBP. The thunderbolt port doubles as a mini display port. Thunderbolt port will let you connect any kind of high-resolution peripheral hardware such as Plasma TV, HD monitors. In your little box that came with your MBP it explains the Ports: