Re: Aged iPhoto / iTunes Novice Needs Help

2012-02-21 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, No, iLife ’11 is an Upgrade not an Update. You need to purchase iLife ’11 I think now you can only purchase and download the iLife iWork Apps through the App Store. I don’t think Apple have the DVD for purchase anymore. I have the physical DVD as I prefer to have the disc. There

Re: Aged iPhoto / iTunes Novice Needs Help

2012-02-21 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hello Ronni Thanks for taking so much trouble. I am not the brightest pebble on the beach at present! I have just come home and now I have a visitor so I shall have to get back to you later. Best regards Diana On 21/02/2012, at 1:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Diana, Where do I start… I

Thorough clean and tidy

2012-02-21 Thread Severin Crisp
I am running Lion 10.7.3 on a 21 iMac and apart from a couple of minor annoying but not life threatening ongoing glitches everything is perfect. However, I am aware that everything on my iMac is the result of ongoing update installs and runs of Migration Assistant dating back to 10.3 Tiger on

Re: Aged iPhoto / iTunes Novice Needs Help

2012-02-21 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Hello Again Ronni Yes I am using iPhoto 9.2.1 (iLife’11). Your explanation, as ever, is wonderfully clear. I have only imported one batch of photos and I shall now organise them properly and hopefully get it right next time.! Yes I am using iTunes 10.5.3. After dinner I shall work through your

Re: Thorough clean and tidy

2012-02-21 Thread cm
Hi Severin, App cleaners can only go so far. If they are two aggressive they may disable software other than than being uninstalled and if they are too conservative they do little more than you could do by dragging the app and the preferences to the garbage can. I was in exactly the same

Re: Keylogger on Mac?

2012-02-21 Thread Dark1
My wireless g network seemed to have pretty low range (get 1 or 2 bars at the extremities of the house) and the neighbours are older more responsible looking people who would be very unlikely hackers but now you've mentioned it I realise I didn't consider the possibility of someone accessing my

Re: Aged iPhoto / iTunes Novice Needs Help

2012-02-21 Thread Winters John
Hello Diana, After that dissertation, I'm sure Ronni needs a rest! For your other question… You get a discount for buying a whole album off iTunes. That's why the album price is $8.99 but the total of the individual tracks is $27.97. You will get ALL the tracks if you buy the album (and

Re: Aged iPhoto / iTunes Novice Needs Help

2012-02-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Diana, If you still think iPhoto is unnecessarily complicated, have you tried opening Image Capture with the camera connected by usb and seeing if Image Capture sees the Canon camera? I also prefer to organise my photos how I want to file them - rather than the way iPhoto wants to file them -

Transferring movies to an iPad2

2012-02-21 Thread Allen Gladwell
My wife,Carolyn,recently received an iPad2 for her birthday and we would appreciate advice on the most graceful way to transfer DVDs (movies) on our shelf, that we own, onto her iPad2 presumably via her MacBook Pro Thank you Allen iPad2,32GB,wi-fi 15 MBP 2.2 Core 2 Duo OS 10.6.8 or we may use

Re: Thorough clean and tidy

2012-02-21 Thread Rob Phillips
Sev I think the complete reinstall of everything is the best way to go, even if it is a hassle, and it will take you more than a week of elapsed time. I've just got a new machine after years of one which was really clunky. I have made sure that I reinstalled everything, and copied only the

Re: Transferring movies to an iPad2

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi Allen there are various 'ripping' programs available, some free, I have used HandBrake, MacX DVD Ripper Pro RipIt. A quick search should show these. Brian On 21/02/2012, at 7:08 PM, Allen Gladwell wrote: My wife,Carolyn,recently received an iPad2 for her birthday and we would

Thorough Clean and Tidy

2012-02-21 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks to Carlo, Robert H and Rob. You all confirm what I believed I would need to do. Ho hum, so be it. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany,

Re: Dad - the internet is down

2012-02-21 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Ronni, I have Airport Utility v5.5.3 (553.20) plus the first panel indicates the need to update the firmware of the TC as well. There is a button for firmware update so that seems easy but should I update the Airport Utility version whilst at it and how? Then presumably I can apply the

Freehand MX not Launching

2012-02-21 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
I've been using Freehand MX for several years as the design tool for my Stained Glass/Leadlight business (North Fremantle Leadlights) and I keep 10.68 on my computer to run it as it is not supported by Lion. This morning,horror of horrors. it won't launch and I get the Problem report window

Re Previous Post-Freehand MX

2012-02-21 Thread Robert Miller-Eves
I've just googled the problem and it appears that the latest 10.6.8 security update has Gummed up the Works! I've got the original Install discs (10.6.4) that came with the iMac (27 3.2GHz Intel Core i3). Should I do a reinstall and avoid updates? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: Re Previous Post-Freehand MX

2012-02-21 Thread Daniel Kerr
Generally only if you installed 10.6.8 the first one, they released 10.6.8 v1.1 Security update. If you check Software Update does it show again as another Security Update? Or try downloading from here:- http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1489?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US I'd try reinstalling that

Re: Dad - the internet is down

2012-02-21 Thread Daniel Kerr
Yes Firmware update is fine. Click the Update button, it will do the rest. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 22/02/2012, at 6:31

Re: Dad - the internet is down

2012-02-21 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, Yes, update the firmware as Daniel has mentioned. Re. Airport Utility: Are you on Snow Leopard or Lion, I thought you had upgraded to Lion. Airport Utility v 6.0 is ONLY for Lion. Airport Utility (vs) 5.6 and 6.0 are for Lion (10.7.2 or 10.7.3)... not for Snow Leopard. Airport

Re: time machine -disk repair failed

2012-02-21 Thread gary dorn
Hi repairing disk keeps coming up with Error: Could not unmount disk I did a web search about this error message, and it was suggested that I eject the disk from Finder http://hintsforums.macworld.com/archive/index.php/t-91030.html which I did then started repair got this message Verify and

Re: Dad - the internet is down

2012-02-21 Thread Peter Crisp
Ok, thanks that's clear both Ronnie and Daniel. We have Snow Leopard on the MacBook in question. Will proceed with these steps tonight. Regards Pete On 22/02/2012, at 8:28 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Peter, Yes, update the firmware as Daniel has mentioned. Re. Airport

Re: Transferring movies to an iPad2

2012-02-21 Thread Allen Gladwell
Thanks for that Brian. It got us started and we have now bought WinX DVD ripper and used it to put a movie on the iPad. The clarity on the iPad is marvellous Regards Allen On 21/02/2012, at 8:59 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: Hi Allen there are various 'ripping' programs available, some free, I