Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread James / Hans Kunz
there is a strong possibility that the usb port you are using delivers only 100ma which is not enough for recharge, it has nothing to do with speed only with the 5v power coming out of the usb, high powered equipment (chargers, harddisks) should not run directly of a usb port any

Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi James, This is why I suggested to Kevin to check in System Profiler all his USB ports. System Profiler will show him what the Current Available, Current Required speed. Similar to this: Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec

'Accounts' in System prefs not opening

2010-01-16 Thread Paul Weaver
On another iMac here with up-to-date Snow Leopard I have been unable open 'Accounts' in System Preferences. I ran permissions repair but there was no fix. I can open the other user accounts but 'Accounts' in System Preferences still fails to open for all of them. Any suggestions would be

Re: 'Accounts' in System prefs not opening

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 16/01/2010, at 6:44 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: On another iMac here with up-to-date Snow Leopard I have been unable open 'Accounts' in System Preferences. I ran permissions repair but there was no fix. I can open the other user accounts but 'Accounts' in System Preferences still fails

Re: Acrobat Pro 9 print problem

2010-01-16 Thread Mike Fuller
Thanks again Ronni and also James for your suggestions. I'm not sure what happened, and I may have subconsciously done just as you suggested Ronni, but now Acrobat is showing the printers in the Page Setup requester. This after almost 3 days of trying all sorts of things to get it

Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Laura Webb
Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD to the test, something I've not been able to do

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Laura, did you burn the presentation as a Keynote document or did you first export it from Keynote in Movie format? It needs to be burned as a playable DVD from a movie format. Also, when playing it on the TV do you want to be able to control the slides or just play them through as a

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie user of Keynote I've managed to sort out how to create a basic presentation. I've made good use of the on line tutorials. A good project for a hot day!! With a very new superdrive I wanted to put burning a DVD

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Rod Blitvich
Try this:File: ExportQuicktimePlayback uses fixed timimgselect the time for each slide eg 5 secstry "Enter Full screen mode when opening"this will create a .mov file. (Quicktime movie)Then open iDVDFile Newname it and Createchoose a themeProject Info - Video Mode = PALView Menu - Show MapDrag your

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Ronni, I actually didn't know how to do this myself so your instructions will be very useful. Thankyou. Susan --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 17/01/2010, at 8:11 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 17/01/2010, at 7:16 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all As a newbie

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Laura, If you have included an Audio Soundtrack in your Keynote Slideshow, post back to WAMUG and I'll give you slightly different instructions. I don't use Share Send To iDVD when I have an Audio Soundtrack in my Keynote Slideshow, as I've found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
You're welcome Susan, My Keynote slideshows normally have an Audio Sound Track and I found using the Share-Send to-iDVD the sound track was all out of sync when played in iDVD. So I decided to Share Export to Quicktime. Playback Uses: Fixed Timing Slide Duration: 4.0 seconds Build Duration:

Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread James / Hans Kunz
hi Ronni 500ma av 500ma req that's really is a tight fit so i'm not suprised if there is a on/off/on/off effect.. the required power should be clearly below of what's available for reliable steady work you say at least which would confirm that my guess is right, then in the beginning

Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi James, My MacBook Pro, has 3 USB Ports. The one I mentioned below is the High Speed USB Port 'Built-in iSight'. This Port has 500 (mA) Current Available 500 (mA) Current Required. The USB Port - Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad / IR Receiver has 500 (mA) Current Available 40 (mA)

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Laura Webb
Hi Susan, Ronni Rod Thank you for your input. I did, I think, use Share-Send-iDVD and followed all the other steps through to Export but then could not work out what happened after that! Perhaps I should have done the burn from there rather than Finder. iDVD certainly did not launch

Re: Keynote DVD

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Laura, When you add a soundtrack to your slideshow, the audio starts playing when the slideshow starts and plays through to its end, or to the end of the slideshow (depending on which is longer). You can also choose to have it play through only once, loop, or play forward and then backward,

usb, drives won't load

2010-01-16 Thread Rosemary Horton
For a while now usb and external drives have not appeared in Finder even though the preference to show them is turned on. Now both don't appear on the desktop. They appeared yesterday..just not today. Also Disk Utility refuses to load. Anyone any ideas? Model Name: MacBook Pro Model

Re: usb, drives won't load

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Rosemary, What version of Disk Utility are you using? It should be version 11.5 If it isn't download install the Combo version overtop of your system. Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (Combo) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 If you do have the correct version of Disk Utility, I would suggest you

Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread James / Hans Kunz
hi Ronni thanks for that info it looks alike the keyboeard/ir/trackpad are using only 40ma of the 500ma available, i can imagine that a camera suck the 500ma which means no further power avaiable on this port, it seems the bluetooth is switched off thus the 0ma = no load generally yes not

RE: Bluetooth Magic Mouse

2010-01-16 Thread Crisp, Peter
HI all, I've followed Wendy's tips here and managed to locate and delete the Bluetooth plist file and then a restart. First time i did this, functionality was good (Left and Right mouse commands were working). I still haven't explored the functions of the mouse beyond standard pointing and Left

Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, As Wendy said in her reply, deleting the bluetooth plist in MacIntosh HD LibraryPreferences and restarting computer. The Magic Mouse then works properly however, this annoying fix needs to be done every time I shut down and restart the computer. Hopefully Apple will have a

Re: charging iPod Touch

2010-01-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Thanks James, With the iPod Touch ... Inside the ipod Touch is its own charging regulator circuit. It will only take as much amperage as the battery/regulator will allow. Any USB port that can supply at least the correct amount specified current at the proper regulated voltage will work. I