what happened to wamug digests?

2010-01-07 Thread choy
I was away from this list for the last 6 months because the wamug digest broke (for those who weren't on this list before then, it's a daily summary of mails sent to this list rather than getting every single email). I remember that it was supposed to be a temporary problem. Fast

Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one device from the way Airport Utility asks for the setup information. Severin Crisp Hi Severin, From Apple's Time

Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

2010-01-07 Thread Severin Crisp
Brilliant, thanks Ronni, I missed that on the Time capsule data Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Can the USB port on Airport Extreme or Time Capsule accommodate a hub?I can see problems in setting up more than one

Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would be ok as it doesn't require much power. Cheers, Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:34 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Brilliant, thanks

Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Forgot to add the link for Uses for the USB port of Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2421 Ronni On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if

Re: USB port on Airport Extreme and Time Capsule

2010-01-07 Thread Severin Crisp
Yes, I am well aware for the need for powered hubs. Severin On 07/01/2010, at 4:42 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Severin, I would suggest only using a Powered USB Hub connected to the Time Capsule's USB Port, if you are connecting an External Drive to the Hub, a printer would be ok as it

Strange error message

2010-01-07 Thread Ian Reid
Good afternoon all Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:- Required dll called convert_stub.dll could not be loaded. Please re- install your product. Can anyone with Windows know-how

Re: Strange error message

2010-01-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ian, Googling your error message gives this post on the Intuit community forum: http://community.intuit.com/post/detail/a7cIz0eBir3zw9abTJhmjm The error message seems to be related to your Quicken product, but I don't know if the solution posted will help you. (I don't use Quicken myself).

Retention of records

2010-01-07 Thread Graeme Winters
I have been working on family history on and off now for about 40 years and more recently have been looking at the question of the preservation of historical records and yet have the ability to have access to these same records in the future. I was referred to an article on this subject of

Re: Retention of records

2010-01-07 Thread James Devenish
Hi Graeme, I thought it was common knowledge that home-made CDs simply do not last. This was common knowledge a few years ago but perhaps people have got too accustomed to them and forgotten their limitations. It is ALWAYS necessary to have a periodical plan to copy all contents from archival

Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Burton
Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox.

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would like to

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Kim Maher
To Archivers I know when one is in Mail, if you hit “Time Machine” it only shows backed-up e-mail, I am not sure if this is what you are seeking? Your Apple Bore Kim iMac 24” Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo iPhone 3GS 32GB iPhone 3G 16GB iTouch 16GB OS X Snow Leopard On

Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

2010-01-07 Thread Bill Parker
Dear All, Yesterday I ran Diskwarrior as a matter of routine. Today I switched on Mail and Microsoft Word. The Mail I can live with = everything double spaced in the mailboxes. Word. Not so. I have lost an important tool = spell check as I go.Looked at the prefs, all as was

Re: Strange error message

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 07/01/2010, at 5:54 PM, Ian Reid wrote: Good afternoon all Using Quicken Home and Business 2009 via Windows Vista in a virtual machine in Parallels 4.0, I received the following strange error message:- Required dll called convert_stub.dll could not be loaded. Please re- install

Re: Retention of records

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 07/01/2010, at 9:14 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Were others aware that CDs had this limited life span Graeme Winters New 27 Imac user We are already faced with the occasional situation where a CD will work fine in one device but not in another. especially those that have been

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Good evening all My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I regularly just copy my Mail

Re: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Bill, What version of Diskwarrior? What version of OS ... Leopard or Snow Leopard? What did you ask Diskwarrior to do? Have you restarted your computer? Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread John Thompson
Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable

Re: what happened to wamug digests?

2010-01-07 Thread Paul Weaver
Hi Dave, This question has been raised a few times, but it's still a mystery. Cheers, Paul. - Original Message - From: choy c...@mac.com To: WAMUG List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 7 January, 2010 3:53:07 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: what

RE: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread Paul Burke
Hi John, Cablechick.com.au are always very competitive price wise. http://www.cablechick.com.au/cables?search_text=firewire+800go.x=0go.y =0 Cheers Paul From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of John

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread Joe Mastrella
Greetings! give Danial Kerr a calll at Mac Wizardry @ 04 1479-5960 and Craig or Rob @ Max Style 80 9367-4691 Cheers, Joe On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread Mark Secker
Dick Smiths should have them I¹ve certainly seen them at the city store a earlier last year. Failing that NextByte will stock them On 8/01/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Interesting article James. As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2

iPhone/Old SIM card

2010-01-07 Thread Stuart Breden
Happy New Year I'm just back from Fitzgerald River National Park and the Stirling Ranges NP. What is the difference between a locked and unlocked iPhone and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Hm Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi John, I¹m surprised the WD drive didn¹t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD drives, so far, came with both FW USB cables). However, I¹ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally carry a good range of cables ­ though their site at present only seems to show FW400 and FW800

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am thinking my 17 MacBook Pro might be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-) Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thankyou so much for the info on the archival

Re: firewire vs usb

2010-01-07 Thread John Thompson
Hi Neil, Thanks for the reply, also thanks to Paul, Joe and Mark for their ideas. My WD did come with one cable, FW400 to FW800, this worked for a short while from my MacBook 400 port but then either the cable or the port stopped functioning. I have been using USB vrom both the Macbook

Re: Unwanted Diskwarrior effects.

2010-01-07 Thread Bill Parker
Hi Ronni, Thinking all sorts of tricky things had been let loose I re- started (twice actually) and Word is now behaving itself as is Mail. So thanks. Bill On 08/01/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Bill, What version of Diskwarrior? What version of OS ... Leopard or

Re: Retention of records

2010-01-07 Thread James / Hans Kunz
yes i agree with Peter papyrus can be read w/o electric power, the power of a candle will do... with cds i had some dead within 9 month others still ok since 1997, slow speed burn seems to be more reliable (eg cd 16x or lower) harddisks are not to bad, mine are still readable after 9

Re: iPhone/Old SIM card

2010-01-07 Thread James / Hans Kunz
locked means the phone works only with the service provider it is locked in, unlocked means you can use any provider if you are travelling you can by el cheapo prepay packs (just the sim card) be online with a local number (cheaper then roaming fees) James On 08/01/2010, at 10:19, Stuart

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Chris, Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8? If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 install it. http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions. Cheers,

Re: Apple Mail archival

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Burton
Hi Ronni Thanks for that reminder, I had completely forgotten about doing an update. I see it is a big file! Best regards Chris On 08/01/2010, at 1:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Chris, Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8? If not, I would suggest you