Re: Dr Who to MP3?
Thanks for the replies on and off the list. I've just tried Wiretap Pro. Terrific. Cheers, Paul. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Free: 400Mhz 450Mhz G4 towers + 1x 17 Studio display (CRT)
about to bin so if anyone has a need for these please let me know Free: 2 x G4 towers with a single 17 (Mitsubishi) CRT Apple Studio Display working a year or so ago when last fired up but they no longer have hard drives (if you don't have spare drives floating around 120GB IDE drive will set you back about $80 from PLE or Netplus) No keyboards or mice No OS disks Must be taken as a job lot and collected from the School of Business UWA e-mail me if your wanting them - first in gets them or they get binned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Free: 400Mhz 450Mhz G4 towers + 1x 17 Studio display (CRT)
Could I please pick these up tomorrow? Ken 9470 4950 On 28/07/2008, at 2:47 PM, Mark Secker wrote: about to bin so if anyone has a need for these please let me know Free: 2 x G4 towers with a single 17 (Mitsubishi) CRT Apple Studio Display working a year or so ago when last fired up but they no longer have hard drives (if you don't have spare drives floating around 120GB IDE drive will set you back about $80 from PLE or Netplus) No keyboards or mice No OS disks Must be taken as a job lot and collected from the School of Business UWA e-mail me if your wanting them - first in gets them or they get binned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
gone: re:Free: 400Mhz 450Mhz G4 towers + 1x 17 Studio display (CRT)
these are now gone, thanks for your time. about to bin so if anyone has a need for these please let me know Free: 2 x G4 towers with a single 17 (Mitsubishi) CRT Apple Studio Display working a year or so ago when last fired up but they no longer have hard drives (if you don't have spare drives floating around 120GB IDE drive will set you back about $80 from PLE or Netplus) No keyboards or mice No OS disks Must be taken as a job lot and collected from the School of Business UWA e-mail me if your wanting them - first in gets them or they get binned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Free: 400Mhz 450Mhz G4 towers + 1x 17 Studio display (CRT)
sorry, already gone :( On 28/07/2008, at 2:55 PM, Ken Houghton wrote: Could I please pick these up tomorrow? Ken 9470 4950 On 28/07/2008, at 2:47 PM, Mark Secker wrote: about to bin so if anyone has a need for these please let me know Free: 2 x G4 towers with a single 17 (Mitsubishi) CRT Apple Studio Display working a year or so ago when last fired up but they no longer have hard drives (if you don't have spare drives floating around 120GB IDE drive will set you back about $80 from PLE or Netplus) No keyboards or mice No OS disks Must be taken as a job lot and collected from the School of Business UWA e-mail me if your wanting them - first in gets them or they get binned. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: customs
The music capitalists have been using civil court processes for quite some time now to avoid having to prove guilt beyond all reasonable doubt but yeah it's probably still alot of hype that they are probably behind in the hopes that it will scare people off. Ruben I would have thought that its up to them to prove any illegality, or doesn't innocence until proven guilty count any more. Regards, Adrian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skehan.id.au/ On 28/07/2008, at 8:40 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 27/07/2008, at 4:59 PM, Skehan Adrian wrote: I see in the paper this morning that there is a move afoot to empower customs officers to confiscate your iPod and or Laptop and destroy them if you have pirated music on them. How the hell do they imagine that they are going to be able to identify the origin of any music you have on them? Or, is this just the ramblings of another feeble mind somewhere in the bowls of the bureaucracy? Very simple! You simply make sure that you carefully record and make copies of all your iTunes receipts, together with all the receipts for all the music you have ever purchased on the CDs or vinyl disks you have bought over the past 30 years or so and might have copied to your iPod for your own personal enjoyment , and make sure you take them with you wherever you go - perhaps in your Passport wallet. What a ridiculous proposition!! -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')[EMAIL PROTECTED] ) -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Leopard Update Problems - hidden files not hidden?
I bought my current machine (24 2.4 GHz AL Intel iMac) shortly after Leopard was released and so it came with Tiger pre-installed and a Leopard installation disc. At the time I was very busy (accounts, tax etc) and did not want to have the added complication of dealing with a new OS so I just migrated all my applications and accounts over from my 20 G5 iMac (also running Tiger). That was fine - no problems and I just continued with Tiger for the next 6+ months, never quite getting round to updating. Having recently returned from 6 weeks away, I decided it was finally time to upgrade - I decided against the archive install because my computer is cluttered enough without previous systems to contend with. I preferred instead to just try the basic upgrade and rely on my SuperDuper bootable clone in the event of problems - which I trial booted and generally checked out prior to proceeding. Happy that I had a working bootable clone, I disconnected everything (except the mouse!) from the computer and ran the Leopard installation as an upgrade. All appeared to go fine, I was told the installation was successful and I restarted the computer. That's when the problems started... Leopard started up OK but instead of presenting me with a list of accounts to select from, there was just a single login box with blank username and password boxes. I thought this a bit strange but put in a username/password combination - Leopard just shook its head. I tried the username/password for both password enabled accounts but no go. I had also had a couple of little accounts set-up with no password required to log-in - but I couldn't even log-in to those. Also, if I clicked the Back button - instead of a list of accounts there was just one called other listed! As a first quick check, I restarted the machine in Target mode and inspected it from the old iMac - superficially all seemed OK, all the account folders were in place and named as before, I also used Disk Utility to verify the disc - it checked out OK. My second approach was to restart from the install DVD. First I verified permissions - again all OK, then I used the reset password utility - all my accounts DID show up so I tried resetting the passwords (using the same original passwords) just in case the passwords had some how been lost. I was advised that the passwords had been successfully reset, however on restarting the computer, Leopard still refused to let me login (to any account). At this point I fired up the old computer and went Googling: There was a similar documented problem on the apple knowledge base: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1543 However: - I had updated from Tiger, not 10.2.8 or earlier (though the accounts may have been progressively migrated from my original 10.2 G4 iMac - I don't remember that far back). - None of my passwords were 8 characters or more. So it didn't seem to exactly apply. I did actually fire up in single user mode - but the black screen and white text brought back nightmares of DOS and I chickened out of that!! There seemed to be quite a lot of info in the forums of people who had had similar problems, but the only solutions seemed to involve delving deeper into the system than I wanted to go - also seemed to be a lot of variations/degrees of success. At this point, I decided that I had spent more than enough time looking how to fix my broken installation and that I would feel much more comfortable to wipe everything and start with a clean installation. Feeling a little vulnerable that when I erased the disc my SuperDuper clone would be my only backup (and I would need to access it to migrate my accounts) I opted for some more insurance by using super Duper to backup my bootable clone from the external drive to a sparse disk image on my old G5 iMac. So, then I went ahead with a new Erase and install, created a new Intel Admin account (for admin purposes only) updated to 10.5.4 (using the downloaded combo updater) and then let Software Update bring everything else up to speed until it told me Your software is up to date. I then used the Migration Assistant utility to import all my accounts and applications from my bootable clone. This all seemed to go OK and on re-starting all my old accounts were available (with their original passwords). I tried out all the applications I use most often, had a general look around, did some browsing, sent received some emails and generally convinced myself that all was now OK. I then erased my external firewire drive and cloned the new system over as my new bootable clone. As added insurance, I am keeping my old Tiger sparse image clone for a little while longer. OK. The point of all the above? Well, 1) To re-iterate what many people on the list have already said regarding the importance of ALWAYS having an up to date back-up. 2) To give the background info as to where my system is currently at, for my current problem/query: I just looking at the / level in finder (I guess I
Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to employers always operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony being a Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too inconvenient, ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a contact, which is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until I can get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with one of the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the iPhone sync with MS Outlook running on my Mac? Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing contacts - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? Cheers, Steven -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Leopard Update Problems - hidden files not hidden?
On 28/07/2008, at 3:24 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: (A) On my G5 iMac, with a fairly new Leopard installation (currently updated to 10.5.3) and just one user, I see 4 folders and one alias: Applications Library System User Guides and Information (alias) Users (B) On the final Tiger clone of my 24 Intel iMac prior to installing Leopard, I see the same plus 3 additional folders Software Downloads (user added folder) To Sort (user added folder) dev - seems to be empty (or contents hidden) I don't know what the dev folder is or does (Sharing and Permissions shows system, wheel everyone - all as read only). (C) Currently the upgraded 24 Intel iMac shows the 4 folders + one alias that I can see on the G5, plus the two user added folders that I can see on the Tiger clone (presumably imported by Migration Assistant) PLUS folders: bin cores Developer private sbin usr Volumes PLUS aliases (all to folders in private): etc tmp var (D) The bootable clone of (C) shows all the visible files/aliases as (C) PLUS folders: dev (as on B) home net Now, my current thinking is that: 1) Various system folders/files which are normally hidden in Finder view show in the view of the bootable clone on the external firewire drive - which is why I see dev, home net on (D) but not (C). I think this is pretty normal? Not unusual ! 2) Developer and Volumes have the capitalised first letter and Developer has a custom folder icon, so I'm assuming that they SHOULD actually be visible. err No ! Not on my 10.5.2 3) I'm assuming that bin, cores, private, sbin, usr, etc, tmp var are system folders/files which should normally be hidden (like dev, home net) - ie I could expect to see them on (D) but not (C) - but that somehow the updgrade/migration has rendered them visible. I guess the real question is ... are these duplicates ? or are they working files ? ( which I would not expect . I think you have copied them ) AND are your working files hidden now like they should be . There is an App Invisibles which can make your invisible . files .. visible and then make them Invisible when you require it . http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14722 You could use that to expose the currently invisible files , but identify the current files so you know which is what . Bob I should say that I HAVE repaired permissions to no effect. It strikes me that not only is having these files visible confusing, it is potentially dangerous (easier for accidents to happen!). Any ideas how to restore the default visibilities for these files - or is it a sign of deeper problems? TIA (hopefully!) Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to employers always operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony being a Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too inconvenient, ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a contact, which is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until I can get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with one of the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the iPhone sync with MS Outlook running on my Mac? Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing contacts - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? Sorry , but that is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string ? Question for you What would you like to do ? Do you need to have these contacts portable ? On what sort of device ? Do you need them also on your Mac ? They probably need to sync ! ? What Mac software would you prefer ? Bob Cheers, Steven -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
Thanks Bob. I guess you're right. I do need the contacts on both my Mac, and on a portable device, ideally an iPhone which I'm yet to get, and if the iPhone won't sync contacts then I'll probably have to get a Blackberry. I use MS Office on Mac, including Entourage, but I just don't think Entourage would cut it for business grade contact maintenance. Or am I way off on that? I have about 3,000 contacts in my file at the moment. Cheers, Steven On 28/7/08 4:23 PM, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to employers always operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony being a Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too inconvenient, ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a contact, which is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until I can get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with one of the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the iPhone sync with MS Outlook running on my Mac? Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing contacts - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? Sorry , but that is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string ? Question for you What would you like to do ? Do you need to have these contacts portable ? On what sort of device ? Do you need them also on your Mac ? They probably need to sync ! ? What Mac software would you prefer ? Bob -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
Hi Steven, This might be a good start: http://designdepartment.wordpress.com/2007/05/14/import-contacts-from-outlook-to-entourage-2004/ and here: http://www.davidalison.com/2008/05/outlook-pst-files-and-mac-conversion.html Seeya Rod! On 28/07/2008, at 4:28 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Bob. I guess you're right. I do need the contacts on both my Mac, and on a portable device, ideally an iPhone which I'm yet to get, and if the iPhone won't sync contacts then I'll probably have to get a Blackberry. I use MS Office on Mac, including Entourage, but I just don't think Entourage would cut it for business grade contact maintenance. Or am I way off on that? I have about 3,000 contacts in my file at the moment. Cheers, Steven On 28/7/08 4:23 PM, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to employers always operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony being a Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too inconvenient, ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a contact, which is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until I can get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with one of the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the iPhone sync with MS Outlook running on my Mac? Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing contacts - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? Sorry , but that is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string ? Question for you What would you like to do ? Do you need to have these contacts portable ? On what sort of device ? Do you need them also on your Mac ? They probably need to sync ! ? What Mac software would you prefer ? Bob -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
Why not bite the bullet and shift to the web. Use Google Apps (basic edition free) with mail and calendar and address book. Your address book is in Google Apps, so you can use from your laptop and iPhone. No sync required, and that simplifies everything. If you want to know what you are getting into, Lifehacker has a good Outlook vs Gmail article: http://lifehacker.com/398778/outlook-vs-gmail++the-definitive-comparision Google mail supports both POP and IMAP, so you could still use Outlook if you were really wanting to. But it is worth checking out the Google webmail interface, you may find (like many) it an improvement over both Mail.app and Outlook. Glenn. 2008/7/28 Steven Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Bob. I guess you're right. I do need the contacts on both my Mac, and on a portable device, ideally an iPhone which I'm yet to get, and if the iPhone won't sync contacts then I'll probably have to get a Blackberry. I use MS Office on Mac, including Entourage, but I just don't think Entourage would cut it for business grade contact maintenance. Or am I way off on that? I have about 3,000 contacts in my file at the moment. Cheers, Steven On 28/7/08 4:23 PM, Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to employers always operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony being a Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too inconvenient, ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a contact, which is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until I can get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with one of the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the iPhone sync with MS Outlook running on my Mac? Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing contacts - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? Sorry , but that is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string ? Question for you What would you like to do ? Do you need to have these contacts portable ? On what sort of device ? Do you need them also on your Mac ? They probably need to sync ! ? What Mac software would you prefer ? Bob -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Glenn Nicholas OM4.com.au | OM4Tourism.com | OM4Business.com -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Leopard Web cams
I have a Canon MV920 video camera. It works as a web cam when connected to my aged G3 PowerBook 400 OS 10.4.11, but does not show up at all when I connect it to my MacBook Pro 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo running OS 10.5.4. I can't find any preferences that seem to affect it, even in QuickTime Pro. I had hoped to use the camera as a web cam in Skype and in Yahoo! Messenger. Any suggestions? And if this camera can't be used as a web cam with Leopard, are there any that can be used as a web cam? iSight is too inflexible. Thank you, Michael Hawkins. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Leopard Web cams
Plugged in my Canon yet again and lo and behold it is functioning as a web cam in Skype and in Yahoo! Messenger. Some days I should just stay in bed. Michael Hawkins. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Outlook Contacts solution on a Mac ?
On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently sitting on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing a copy of MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense just to solve my Contacts problem. Try here: http://www.littlemachines.com/ I've used this before with great success. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New search engine site
After the reading the article in The West Australian this morning I decided to visit http://www.cuil.com and try it out for myself. Not bad. Among the creators of Cuil is Anna Patterson, who was the technical lead of one of the two Web ranking groups at Google. A couple of other former Google engineers are involved as well. You can fin out more at http://www.cuil.com/info/. What do others think? Should Google be worried? Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New search engine site
Hi Peter, no Google doesn't have to be worried yet. Did a search on the same obscure topic and Cuil came back with 3 hits whilst Google cam back with 110 hits. I think Google is safe for a little while. Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 8:15 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: After the reading the article in The West Australian this morning I decided to visit http://www.cuil.com and try it out for myself. Not bad. Among the creators of Cuil is Anna Patterson, who was the technical lead of one of the two Web ranking groups at Google. A couple of other former Google engineers are involved as well. You can fin out more at http://www.cuil.com/info/. What do others think? Should Google be worried? Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Something for the font nerds
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766 suddenly Ransom is my favorite font :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) User Support Officer Laboratory Manager Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Office 2004 Windows Mac
Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New search engine site
On 29/07/2008, at 8:15 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: After the reading the article in The West Australian this morning I decided to visit http://www.cuil.com and try it out for myself. Not bad. Among the creators of Cuil is Anna Patterson, who was the technical lead of one of the two Web ranking groups at Google. A couple of other former Google engineers are involved as well. You can fin out more at http://www.cuil.com/info/. What do others think? Should Google be worried? People must be hitting this site pretty hard Peter. I just gave it a try and my search came back with this result ;-) No results because of high load... Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Leopard Update Problems - hidden files not hidden?
on 28/7/08 4:15 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 28/07/2008, at 3:24 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: (A) On my G5 iMac, with a fairly new Leopard installation (currently updated to 10.5.3) and just one user, I see 4 folders and one alias: Applications Library System User Guides and Information (alias) Users (B) On the final Tiger clone of my 24 Intel iMac prior to installing Leopard, I see the same plus 3 additional folders Software Downloads (user added folder) To Sort (user added folder) dev - seems to be empty (or contents hidden) I don't know what the dev folder is or does (Sharing and Permissions shows system, wheel everyone - all as read only). (C) Currently the upgraded 24 Intel iMac shows the 4 folders + one alias that I can see on the G5, plus the two user added folders that I can see on the Tiger clone (presumably imported by Migration Assistant) PLUS folders: bin cores Developer private sbin usr Volumes PLUS aliases (all to folders in private): etc tmp var (D) The bootable clone of (C) shows all the visible files/aliases as (C) PLUS folders: dev (as on B) home net Now, my current thinking is that: 1) Various system folders/files which are normally hidden in Finder view show in the view of the bootable clone on the external firewire drive - which is why I see dev, home net on (D) but not (C). I think this is pretty normal? Not unusual ! Good! That's what I thought! 2) Developer and Volumes have the capitalised first letter and Developer has a custom folder icon, so I'm assuming that they SHOULD actually be visible. err No ! Not on my 10.5.2 Well, no, they weren't on my original Tiger installation nor on my PPC 10.5.3 (on the G5 iMac. I was assuming they had been installed, perhaps, as part of the 10.5.4 update? I figured the Developer folder was meant to be visible not only because it was first letter capitalised but also because it had one of those custom folder icons (like Applications, Library, System Users - except that the logo on this folder icon is a little hammer) - why give it a pretty custom icon if its meant to be hidden? With the Volumes folder I wasn't so confident except for the first letter capitalisation - all the other hidden files seem to be just lowercase names. If it helps: The contents of Developer is a folder called Applications containing a folder called Utilities containing aliases to two applications; Applet Launcher and Jar Bundler both original application files reside at /usr/share/java/Tools - so I figure the Developer path to the aliases is just provided for convenience to let you get at the applications since the direct path would be hidden if usr was hidden. The contents of Volumes is just two aliases to the mounted volumes - in my case, at present, the computer hard drive and the external firewire drive. Seems kind of pointless when they are in the Finder sidebar but it could be useful if you have unchecked the option to show them in the sidebar and don't choose to display them on the desktop. Anyway, I'm not too bothered about Developer or Volumes (provided them appearing is not associated with some deeper problem) as their contents do not seem to invite trouble! 3) I'm assuming that bin, cores, private, sbin, usr, etc, tmp var are system folders/files which should normally be hidden (like dev, home net) - ie I could expect to see them on (D) but not (C) - but that somehow the updgrade/migration has rendered them visible. I guess the real question is ... are these duplicates ? or are they working files ? ( which I would not expect . I think you have copied them ) AND are your working files hidden now like they should be . Yes, the million dollar question! I was assuming they were not duplicates because of the straight name (as opposed to, say, bin(1) or something) I did think, as you do, that I HAD copied them - but that they had overwritten the original files and, in the process somehow become visible. - however, I have no factual basis for this opinion!! There is an App Invisibles which can make your invisible . files .. visible and then make them Invisible when you require it . http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14722 You could use that to expose the currently invisible files , but identify the current files so you know which is what . Hmmm, thanks Bob, I'll check that out. Maybe it will just let me make the offending files invisible... But is that really what I want to do? Is the visibility the problem or the symptom?! Bob I should say that I HAVE repaired permissions to no effect. It strikes me that not only is having these files visible confusing, it is potentially dangerous (easier for accidents to happen!). Any ideas how to restore the default visibilities for these files - or is it
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Hi Eugene, Would this also be the case if using 'Office 2003 for Windows' 'Office 2004 for Mac'? Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Update problems AGAIN
Hi Bob, Yes, as I said in my first post, I DID use Migration Assistant to transfer both user file and applications. Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/7/08 4:59 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil , When you returned your backup using Superduper back into your new installation did you copy back only USER files ? ** Actually that was a bit of a silly question ! Yes you have all the data in your clone ... BUT you are going from Tiger to Leopard and there are some different versions of various software . You probably need to use something like Migration Assistant ( it should be in the Utilities Folder ) to pick up the relevant files out of your Clone User folders Bob -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Hi Ronni, Should be no problem - MS changed their Word format many years back (not sure exactly when - maybe Office 98?) and since then the .doc format has been interchangeable (up to the latest .docx change). I have regularly used Word 2004 and Word 2000 on the mac and interchanged files with Windows users using various vintages of Word ( edit return). Even the earlier (pre 98?) files could be converted with a free MS converter - but I'm stretching my memory now! HTH Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/7/08 10:45 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Eugene, Would this also be the case if using 'Office 2003 for Windows' 'Office 2004 for Mac'? Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Leopard Update Problems - hidden files not hidden?
There is an App Invisibles which can make your invisible . files .. visible and then make them Invisible when you require it . http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14722 You could use that to expose the currently invisible files , but identify the current files so you know which is what . Hmmm, thanks Bob, I'll check that out. Maybe it will just let me make the offending files invisible... But is that really what I want to do? Is the visibility the problem or the symptom?! OR Are these visible only because they are some sort of duplicates ? I rather thought that if you can give them an identity so you know which files they are when you applied the visible option with that App you would see the real files plus these files and thus confirm these are only copies , ??? non working copies ??? Bob Bob Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Many thanks Neil. Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:57 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, Should be no problem - MS changed their Word format many years back (not sure exactly when - maybe Office 98?) and since then the .doc format has been interchangeable (up to the latest .docx change). I have regularly used Word 2004 and Word 2000 on the mac and interchanged files with Windows users using various vintages of Word ( edit return). Even the earlier (pre 98?) files could be converted with a free MS converter - but I'm stretching my memory now! HTH Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 29/7/08 10:45 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Eugene, Would this also be the case if using 'Office 2003 for Windows' 'Office 2004 for Mac'? Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Hi Ronni, when you said Windows 2004 I knew you meant Windows Office 2003, as it was only release in '03 and '07. Yep you are safe to assume that they are file compatible for both Windows Office 03 and Mac Office 04. Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:45 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Eugene, Would this also be the case if using 'Office 2003 for Windows' 'Office 2004 for Mac'? Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Office 2004 Windows Mac
Thanks Eugene, You can see how much I like MS applications ... I don't even know their correct names ;0) Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 11:22 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronni, when you said Windows 2004 I knew you meant Windows Office 2003, as it was only release in '03 and '07. Yep you are safe to assume that they are file compatible for both Windows Office 03 and Mac Office 04. Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:45 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Eugene, Would this also be the case if using 'Office 2003 for Windows' 'Office 2004 for Mac'? Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Many thanks Eugene, Your answer was what I expected, I needed it clarified by someone who works in both platforms. Thanks again, I can now re-assure my Son in Law that he has made the right decision in following my advice in buying a Mac! Cheers, Ronni On 29/07/2008, at 10:14 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi Ronnie, a colleague and I who both work on the 2 platforms swap .doc files all the time. We edit and send back without any problems. Now that I use 2008 and she uses Windows 2007 version we continue to swap even changing between .doc and .docx Regards, Eugene On 29/07/2008, at 10:00 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello WAMUGers, If you edit a Word .doc file in 'Office 2004 for Mac' that was originally created in 'Office 2004' on a Windows computer, can the edited .doc file be opened and edited again back in Office 2004 on the Windows Computer? In other words can you cross platform with the same document in both Windows Mac versions of Office 2004? Work on the document at work on the Windows Computer and then work on the same document at home on the Mac. I've never used MS Office hence this question to people who do use Office 2004 on both platforms. Many thanks. Cheers, Ronni -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New search engine site
I tried it yesterday and twice it came up with 0 results whereas Google came up with what I wanted. Wendy On 29 Jul 2008, at 04:15, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: What do others think? Should Google be worried? -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
