Re: Mail message won't go away
Hah, yes indeed it does Ronni. Cut makes it disappear without a fuss. Quit mail and reopened to make sure it has stayed away and it has, I suppose we'll never know why it wouldn't delete, Cheers, Graham On 26/05/2009, at 1:49 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graham, Can you highlight the email, then click on Edit and choose Cut. Does it go away then? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 1:24 PM, Graham Byatt wrote: Hi All, OS X 10.5.7 Mail App - I have an email from regular correspondent that i can't delete, tried to change its status, flag it, unflag it, transfer to another mailbox (it doesn't go into them) etc. It just won't go away. Opening the message displays a blank window. It's been here for over 6 months and causes no other problems, just bugs me. Graham -- 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 -- 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
Keyboard - powerbook doesn't recognise it straight away
Hi wamuggers, got a small but frustrating problem - each time I shut down my powerbook or disconnect the external keyboard, I have to connect the keyboard 3 times before it recognises it and allows me to type. The mac mouse which is connected to the keyboard works no problem however. I have a powerbook g4, latest os and it is a mac keyboard. Interestingly I never had this problem with a dell keyboard I used to plug in into the powerbook. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated... Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies -- 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
35mm scanner UP RUNNING!
Hi Mac That's a relief! Did you manage to download the software easily or were you able to get the scanner going with the version you had already downloaded? Oh well. It was nice to share our combined fumbling-around-efforts! I'll let you know when I might need it back. If possible by Friday 5th June - I come to Floreat every Fri morning. Will let you know. Regards Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- 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: address book sorting
From: Ronda Brown ro...@wn.com.au In-Reply-To: list-481...@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: address book Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:14:30 +0800 References: list-481...@wamug.org.au list-481...@wamug.org.au X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) On 26/05/2009, at 6:17 AM, Bill Parker wrote: Hi Bill, In Address Book.app Preferences - under General, do you have Show first Name: Before Last name and Sort By: Last Name selected? Cheers, Ronni I do now! Thanks. Bill -- 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: address book
Thanks Ronni I will do that ASAP and get back to you. May have to be a couple of days. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 1:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, Ok, if you are not having any other problems in Leopard, you could just reinstall the Address Book Application. You will lose all the names you have in Address Book unless you want to Export All your cards out as vcards then Import them in when you have the new Address Book installed. You need your Leopard Installation Disc. 1. Delete Address Book Application from the Applications folder. 2. Insert your Leopard Installation disk into the computer. 3. The disk will appear on your desktop. 4. Double click on the Optional Installs folder. 5. Double click on the Optional Installs.mpkg. 6. Click on (Continue) in Introduction. 7. Click on (Continue) in Software License Agreement. 8. Click on (Agree) to agree to the terms of the software license agreement. 9. Click on the disclosure arrow ▶ next to Applications. 10.. Select (✓) Address Book 11. Click (Continue). 12.. After Address Book has been reinstalled, download and run the 10.5.7 Combo Update http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_7_Combo_Update to bring your system back up to date. Let's know how you get on please. Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 12:44 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi again Ronni This is the only problem. John On 26/05/2009, at 12:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 12:34 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I think you are right. There is no Address Book in the Library although all the other Preferences/com.apple files are there. Did you look in your Home /Library/Preferences/ com.apple.AddressBook.plist NOT your HD/Library? Maybe reinstall part of Leopard again? Are you having any other problems, or is this the only problem you are experiencing in Leopard? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 12:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, This is strange, I haven't heard of this happening. Have you tried the Quit Address Book App moving the ~/Library/ Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist to the desktop. Then restart your Mac, then Open Apple Book.app? The only thing I can think of is a corrupted preference file. Try above and see if that makes a difference. Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 12:21 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni Yes I am using 4.1.2 in Leopard on Power PC table lamp. My wife's Intel has 4.1.1 and it shows the window correctly. Yes only the line show first name is missing. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 12:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, Are you using Address Book.app version 4.1.2 in Leopard? If you are using a previous version of Address Book.app in Tiger, I don't think it had Show first name: Before last name I can't really remember but it could have just had Show first name: Following last name ... Your Window shows everything the same as mine, except for the Show first name: Before last name? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I see General Template phone etc., only the item before last line is missing. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 11:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, I'll put my reply back on list in case anyone else experiences your problem. Am I correct in understanding that in your Address Book Application Preferences that the Toolbar (Menu) at the top of the Preferences Window does not show? You do not see the toolbar at the top with General, Template,Phone etc icons? If this is the case try: Quit Address Book.app Move ~/ Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist to another location (desktop) and then restart Address Book.app. If that fixes your problem you can then trash the plist file on your desktop. Let's know how you get on please. Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 11:31 AM, John Daniels wrote: Sorry Ronni I meant Address Book Prefs. I see now I am missing the top line which says before last line so I don't know how I can expand the window to include it. The corner or zoom doesn't do it. Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 10:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, We are talking about Address Book.app General Preferences not Mail General Preferences. I've attached screen shot of the window I am talking about to your email addressas It won't come to WAMUG list. Cheers, Ronni Picture 3.png On 26/05/2009, at 9:55 AM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Ronni I'm having similar trouble but my Mail General Prefs window seems to be partly hidden. At the top I can just read Following last name immediately beneath the toolbar and then Sort by, Address format etc beneath. It seems that there should be something more above Following last name.. How can I reveal the rest of the window? Cheers John On 26/05/2009, at 7:14 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, In Address Book.app Preferences - under General, do you have Show first Name: Before Last name and Sort By: Last Name selected? Cheers,
Re: Keyboard - powerbook doesn't recognise it straight away
Hi Justin, I'm intrigued ... why are you using an external keyboard on your PowerBook? I can 'sort of' understand why some people prefer to use an external mouse instead of the trackpad, but an external keyboard on a laptop? Were you using the Dell keyboard in Leopard? I think USB drivers aren't loaded until the OS starts up. Are you allowing enough time for the operating system to fully boot up. I wonder if it's not getting power quick enough to the USB port for both keyboard and mouse? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 2:14 PM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi wamuggers, got a small but frustrating problem - each time I shut down my powerbook or disconnect the external keyboard, I have to connect the keyboard 3 times before it recognises it and allows me to type. The mac mouse which is connected to the keyboard works no problem however. I have a powerbook g4, latest os and it is a mac keyboard. Interestingly I never had this problem with a dell keyboard I used to plug in into the powerbook. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated... Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies -- 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: 35mm scanner UP RUNNING!
Used the one I already downloaded. Mac On 26/05/2009, at 12:18 PM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi Mac That's a relief! Did you manage to download the software easily or were you able to get the scanner going with the version you had already downloaded? Oh well. It was nice to share our combined fumbling-around-efforts! I'll let you know when I might need it back. If possible by Friday 5th June - I come to Floreat every Fri morning. Will let you know. Regards Denise Williams-Photographer PH 9447 3468 MOB 0417 184592 chri...@iinet.net.au 55 Duart Rd TRIGG WA 6029 -- 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 -- 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: Keyboard - powerbook doesn't recognise it straight away
maybe the keyboard is power hungry thus it appears unreliable, i have seen that sort of problems on windows machines where on the front only certain memory stick worked, some othere got slow after connecting them to the backside socket they worked on full speed just something: can you borrow a mains powered usb hub try the keyboard with that oneJames On 26/05/2009, at 16:45, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Justin, I'm intrigued ... why are you using an external keyboard on your PowerBook? I can 'sort of' understand why some people prefer to use an external mouse instead of the trackpad, but an external keyboard on a laptop? Were you using the Dell keyboard in Leopard? I think USB drivers aren't loaded until the OS starts up. Are you allowing enough time for the operating system to fully boot up. I wonder if it's not getting power quick enough to the USB port for both keyboard and mouse? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 2:14 PM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi wamuggers, got a small but frustrating problem - each time I shut down my powerbook or disconnect the external keyboard, I have to connect the keyboard 3 times before it recognises it and allows me to type. The mac mouse which is connected to the keyboard works no problem however. I have a powerbook g4, latest os and it is a mac keyboard. Interestingly I never had this problem with a dell keyboard I used to plug in into the powerbook. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated... Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies -- 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 SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- 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
A profile query
As part of my operation I record many clips off air to a hard disk recorder and save them on a disk in DVD format to carry upstairs to my computer and save for archive. In the computer I edit and convert to digital video (.dv) using Cinematize 2 Pro. I then view this on Quick Time and save individual frames (Export/ Movie to Picture/ Millions of colours, best quality, no compression) which gives me .pct stills which I open in CS3. Sounds complicated but it is a good working system for me. On opening the .pct file in Photoshop CS3 the dialog notes that the file has no embedded profile and gives the usual options. Whether I choose not to colour manage or to Assign my working space profile (Adobe RGB(1998)) the opened still frame differs significantly from the QT view, usually being significantly darker. This makes sense as it had no profile embedded. Naturally I can tweak to what I want in Photoshop but it would be nice to know what profile it had at an earlier time of life, and which presumably is applied in QT, but which has been lost along the way in saving the frame. If I assigned this profile, then converted to Adobe RGB(1998) I should get back to the QT view. Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- 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: emails
Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a short while ago!! re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at under $200 for 500gb!! thanks again regards chris On 26/05/2009, at 1:57 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Chris, I have several small USB drives, and a larger one. I never bother with formatting them, just plug them in and start using them. You can, as Ronni said, reformat them, but as far as I know, they are all Mac compatible, whether they say so or not. Susan. On 26/05/2009, at 1:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, Re: you not receiving WAMUG emails, have you checked that your ISP is not blocking any emails? Re: The External USB Harddrives. In Disk Utility, what format it is already formatted to? Applications Utilities Disk Utility ... Are you wanting to use the external drive on Windows, or with Time Machine, or just on your Mac? For Windows, you would need to format it MS-DOS (FAT) For Time Machine Mac Computers you need to Format Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) Partition GUID Partition Table or Apple Partition Map. (GUID for Intel Macs or any Mac running 10.4 or later or Apple Partition Map for PowerPC Macs running any version of Mac OS X) Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 1:06 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi wamuggers I dont seem to be receiving many emails from the group and are not sure why. I have had dramas with my isp, oceanbroadband down here in busso over the last month or so. I have a quick question regarding the small usb harddrives. I looked at a couple of 500gb drives at hardly's this morning and neither of them mentioned being compatable with Mac OS. The seagate in particular had no info at all. Will that be a problem at all, or should I just plug it in and use it? I thought I might have to format in OS X? kind regards to all chris -- 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 -- 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 -- 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: Off Topic: Buying A Nikon D90
Hi, Rob Try JB HiFi. I try them after Harvey Norman but as I am in Geraldton. They did not want to give me their best price over the telephone and do not be afraid to ask for best price and other sundries as part of deal. Yes ;-) - you should always see If they are willing to throw something in or a discount -- Regards Kyle -- Kyle Kreusch - Webmaster, (GMUG) Ambassador This e-mail was Dictated Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 (GMUG) - Geraldton Macintosh User Group Website: http://www.gmug.org.au/ E-mail: webmas...@gmug.org.au Direct E-mail:k...@gmug.org.au - -- 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: Memory Help
Thanks to you all for your great help. Much appreciated. The website links are really helpful. Kind regards Nichole On 26/05/09 10:25 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Nichole, I upgraded my 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac (also purchased Nov/Dec 2007) from 1GB to 4GB - it was a really easy upgrade. I'm down in Albany and used OWC - although they are in the US they ship worldwide and delivered very promptly. However, whether you want to use them or not, their website is very good for checking on memory compatibility etc. Their iMac page is http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac with further details when you click on the link for your particular model, eg for the core 2 Duo range: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac/Intel_Core_2_Duo On thing I found very useful was their installation video: http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_mid_2007_mem/ Which re-assured me when I found that you have to be quite firm when seating/unseating the RAM. You may want to buy locally - if so I am sure Daniel Kerr will not only give you a good deal, he will be able to answer any queries regarding models/RAM/installation. HTH Cheers Neil -- 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
Keyboard
Hi James, Ronnie, thanks very much for your responses. The keyboard could be power hungry as I have a mouse plugged in to the left usb socket in the keyboard and a printer plugged into the right. I only connect the keyboard when I have the laptop connected to mains power. I had no trouble with the Dell keyboard on currently os. As to why I use an external keyboard, it is a question of ergonomics. Any ergonomist will tell you that typing directly onto a laptop keyboard for extended periods of time eg all day, and particularly looking down at the laptop screen will eventually lead to posture problems, loads of back and neck pain, and forearm soreness as well. You don't see laptop only setups often in corporates any more as a result. For the small amount that they cost, you should get one too. Definitely better to type on IMHO. Thanks for input thus far... Justin maybe the keyboard is power hungry thus it appears unreliable, i have seen that sort of problems on windows machines where on the front only certain memory stick worked, some othere got slow after connecting them to the backside socket they worked on full speed just something: can you borrow a mains powered usb hub try the keyboard with that oneJames On 26/05/2009, at 16:45, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Justin, I'm intrigued ... why are you using an external keyboard on your PowerBook? I can 'sort of' understand why some people prefer to use an external mouse instead of the trackpad, but an external keyboard on a laptop? Were you using the Dell keyboard in Leopard? I think USB drivers aren't loaded until the OS starts up. Are you allowing enough time for the operating system to fully boot up. I wonder if it's not getting power quick enough to the USB port for both keyboard and mouse? Cheers, Ronni On 26/05/2009, at 2:14 PM, Justin Davies wrote: Hi wamuggers, got a small but frustrating problem - each time I shut down my powerbook or disconnect the external keyboard, I have to connect the keyboard 3 times before it recognises it and allows me to type. The mac mouse which is connected to the keyboard works no problem however. I have a powerbook g4, latest os and it is a mac keyboard. Interestingly I never had this problem with a dell keyboard I used to plug in into the powerbook. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated... Best regards Justin Davies m...@justindavies.com.au www.justindavies.com.au 0414 567 638 9309 9309 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/justinkdavies Business website: www.emergination.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/justinkdavies -- 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: emails
On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a short while ago!! re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at under $200 for 500gb!! thanks again regards chris Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining a transfer rate. -- I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files. Firewire is faster and more stable. 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: emails
i'm using firewire drives (8 of them daisy chained) it works great i can do tapeless video/audio shooting without loosing a single frame, try this on a usb port...James On 27/05/2009, at 8:32, Ronda Brown wrote: On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a short while ago!! re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at under $200 for 500gb!! thanks again regards chris Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic repairs U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas skype: barleeway The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners -- 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
G5 imac won't start
Hi all Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- 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: A profile query
Hi Severin, Since I don't export from Quicktime, I don't know the exact answer to your question, but typical default profiles are (a) sRGB (which is like a lowest common denominator) and (b) the source device profile. I'd assume that QT passes along the colour values provided by your recorder software, and if that was recording PAL TV (e.g., DVB-T MPEG), then I'd assume the closest profile is would be the PAL/SECAM RGB profile in Photoshop. But if you have edited them as DV in Cinematize, you'd better check the specifics of DV/Cinematize. Also, in Photoshop, be aware that you may have Proof Colours turned OFF or turned ON. Depending on where the images are going to be used, the best strategy could be to assign PAL/SECAM to the images and them CONVERT the colours to sRGB as your working space (pretty much the default for JPEG). James. -- 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: emails
on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only twigged a short while ago!! re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at under $200 for 500gb!! thanks again regards chris Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining a transfer rate. -- I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files. Firewire is faster and more stable. Which makes it even more annoying that Apple is now pushing you more more to USB: - Want to plug a drive to an airport extreme for network access - it has to be USB. - Macbooks no longer have firewire ports Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Ghostscript
For business reasons many Mac people are also Windows users. Have any of you in the bi-platform mode used Ghostscript in Windows? What issues arose? Thank you. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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: Ghostscript
Hi Guys Ghostscript does work but the quality of the PDF hasn't always been good, we have had some issues with ghostscript where we have had to put the file back through Acrobat to get it working. But as always everyone has different thoughts. Regards roger On Wed May 27 13:08 , Mervyn Giuliana Bond m...@iinet.net.au sent: For business reasons many Mac people are also Windows users. Have any of you in the bi-platform mode used Ghostscript in Windows? What issues arose? Thank you. Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- 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 - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- 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
