Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
Thanks Peter. I am interested to know what battery life you get between recharges. Would it measure in days, weeks, months? Depending of course on how long it's used for each day, but if I use it solidly for successive days, the battery life would be no longer than a few days - a week maybe? I was aware of the possibility of frequent battery replacement before buying, and so ran with one of the WAMUG subscribers suggestions to use rechargeable batteries. There does seem to have been some improvement in battery life over time, but I'm saying that without having kept any stats. It's just that when I first bought it the batteries seemed to last only a couple of days, whereas a now much longer. The batteries were new also, so it's probably got more to do with the batteries needing a couple of recharge cycles to reach optimum power. I've just checked my battery level indicator again and it's calling me a liar. Now 57%. Yet it was definitely at 61% for a period long enough to assume it was stuck on that figure. Maybe the batteries had an extra bit of oomph at the 61% level?? But I'm talking about it being there for a few days, and also they went flat shortly after I checked the power level, which had indicated 61%. Unless there's something which needs to be done to refresh the battery level indicator, which maybe I didn't do, like turn the mouse on and off or something? Just before last battery changeover, the cursor started tracking really slowly and unresponsively. Initially I thought it can't be the batteries because I would have received a 'low battery' warning flash up on my screen. I think that was when I checked the level only to see 61%, a level I recalled it being at the last couple of times I'd checked. But the jittery cursor persisted, so I swapped the batteries anyway to see if that changed anything. It did. Problem solved. Some time after that change, I checked the battery level indicator again - 61%. In hindsight, the post changeover check could have been pure coincidence that right at that time the battery life had reduced to 61%. Regards the jittery cursor, it could be that I wasn't looking at the screen at the time a low battery level warning flashed up, but then on previous occasions, once the battery goes flat, the cursor just stops moving (and I think a disconnection messages flashes up?), there has been no period of poor performance. For the time being, no problem. I would be peeved without rechargeables though. Cheers, Steven On 18/04/2010, at 5:00 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Hi Steven, the battery issue with the Magic Mouse is a well documented one - ie excessive consumption of batteries. I have retired my Magic Mouse for the moment, hoping there will be a patch to sort out why the horrendous consumption - at best one week between battery replacement. I am unsure why the indicator in System Preferences should say 61% when in fact flat. Perhaps the Magic Mouse has a high voltage threshold and when the state reaches 61%, they have dropped off the curve far enough to dip below the required threshold. I am interested to know what battery life you get between recharges. Would it measure in days, weeks, months? Since retiring the MM, I got myself a Logitech Nano VX mouse and it is still on the FIRST set of batteries from then! It is a great wireless mouse despite not having the features of the MM - but it was getting a bit tiring replacing batteries less than every week. The MM despite its great features, if they don't work reliably and consistently, it's a dud. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2010 4:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal when using the Mouse with a Macbook Pro and an iMac, so it seems to be a battery or mouse issue rather than a computer issue. 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone - Airplane Mode
Many thanks to all who replied to my query. I will have to try and have an intelligent discussion about it with the powers that be Wendy On 16/04/2010, at 08:07 , Wendy S. Austin wrote: -- 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: Problems with EyeTV
Hi Brian -- -- A good tip about LCD TVs able to report signal strength and quality. My TV can do this and I went through all the channels (27, including 4 audio channels) it could find. -- My TV reports signal strength and quality out of 10. Each network works on its own frequency band, called an RF parameter channel, and results (from lowest to highest frequency) were as follows. Network (No. of stations) / RFP channel No.= MHz / Signal Quality / Signal Strength Channel 7 (5) / 6=177.50 / 10 / 10 Channel 9 (3) / 8=191.50 / 9-10 / 10 Channel 10 (4) / 11=219.50 / 10/ 10 ABC (7) / 12=226.50 / 9-10 / 10 SBS (7) / 29=536.50 / 10 / 10 WTV (1) / 32=557.50 / 10 / 10 -- Since all networks had a signal strength of 10 and a signal quality of 9 or 10 (usually varying between 9 and 10 while observed) this pretty well rules out the broadcasting conditions as a factor in my EyeTV problems. -- A re-test of a second identical Elgato DTT stick gave similar results to the first (signal strength= 65-100%, signal quality= 0-20%). These sticks are quite sensitive to plugging and unplugging, rotating the co-ax antenna connector, and changing the USB port of the connector. -- At present, the only possibilities I can see for my problems are: A: The EyeTV application has faults in its scan of the frequencies (Autotune), or: B: Both EyeTV sticks (one brand-new) have faults in interpretation of signals. -- Maybe someone can suggest other possibilities. Thanks, all. David Noel 2010 Apr 18 === On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Noel, I'm in Subiaco and have the EyeTV Diversity and channel 9 get %100 for strength and quality and SBS gets %96 Strength and %100 quality. Just a thought, I don't know your TV situation but my fairly new LCD can report strength and quality. If your TV has that ability you could compare it with EyeTV. The faults that come to mind with my EyeTV are: • Sometimes EyeTV pretends channels aren't available and the only fix seems to be to quit EyeTV and restart it. • And sometimes in Edit mode I'll have frames off to the left of the beginning that I can't access. • Also I remember a time when EyeTV could start a recording without waking the computer screen but now the screen always comes on. Hopefully future updates will sort these out. Cheers Brian On 15/04/2010, at 4:24 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- I've found the following comment on how you can get signal strength=100% but signal quality=0% with an Elgato EyeTV tuner. Can anyone suggest what might be done to correct the situation, or even test for why signal quality is 0%? -- Thanks for your comments received, these are mostly on signal strength, not signal quality. I can understand reasons for loss of strength, but that does not appear to be happening to me, as digital TV programs received from the same antenna are of excellent quality, no pixelating etc. Also, I don't believe the problem is tied up with my (new roof-mounted) antenna, since with the EyeTV tuner you get a small indoor antenna, and plugging the tuner into this still gives 92.5% signal strength, but signal quality=0%. -- Have any other WAMUG members with EyeTV tuners had problems like mine, especially if in the Shenton Park area? (Visions of secret government jamming equipment??). Cheers -- David Noel 2010 Apr 15 Re: Why 100% signal strength but 0% signal quality? http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=86t=3157 It's possible to have a strong signal, but one that afflicted is with multipath distortions (signal bouncing around off various external objects such as trees and buildings, each arriving at a slightly different time)this is a poor quality, but strong signal. It's also why your strength may go from 100 to 0 in a split second...trees moving in the breeze can cause this...or an airplane crossing your signal path. If I remember correctly quality is a measurment of bitrate receivedbut if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me on that. Curmudgeon === On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, thefrogs thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: Have you tried shifting the arial around- it may have blown off target. I had no SBS and ABC for a while then I cleaned the coax contacts and went up on roof that did it- take Vaseline to cover contacts -it stops salt and dirt tom samson On 14/04/2010, at 3:05 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- I'm hoping someone can help me with the following problems, which are proving intractable. I've got a 20 intel iMac running SL 10.6.3. Application is EyeTV v. 3.3.3(6040) [at time of first problem, 3.3 (5854)]. -- Since the Great Hailstorm (though not necessarily due to that), I have been unable to schedule and effect EyeTV recordings of TV programs through my Elgato DTT tuner. Early symptoms were that a scheduled program would show up empty in the Recordings list (0 secs recorded). -- Under
Re: ipod transfers
Many thanks Ronni !!! Gerry Lloyd Manager Student Services Safety Bay SHS __ From Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com Sent Sun 4/18/2010 1:02 PM To WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject Re: ipod transfers On 18/04/2010, at 11:43 AM, LLOYD Gerald [Safety Bay Senior High School] wrote: Hi Anybody out there know how to transfer/back up music on one of the old 20g ipods to itunes or a hard disk?? Gerry Lloyd Manager Student Services Safety Bay SHS Hi Gerald, You don't say what version of iTunes OSX are you using. You can use iPod Rip. It will not only copy all the music from your iPod to your Mac — including music purchased from the iTunes Music Store and audiobooks — but do so while maintaining the playlists you’ve created. http://www.ipodrip.com/ (http://www.ipodrip.com/) Put control of the iPod back in your hands with the ultimate iPod companion. iPodRip supports recovering your songs and playlists, playback of audio files and much more. Just take care ... NB: To STOP iTunes from auto-syncing with the iPod: While connecting the iPod to your computer, be sure to hold down the Command + Option keys to prevent iTunes from auto-syncing with your iPod. If you don't do so, iTunes may automatically erase the contents of your iPod! Then use iPod Rip to Automatic Recovery Add all original songs and playlists to your iTunes Library from your device. 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 sufferance) __ -- 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: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
There must have been a patch recently. I've had two Magic Mice for around a month. One's linked to my 24 iMac and the other is linked to my unibody MacBook Pro. The iMac one is used every day for at least a couple of hours, often for much longer. The MacBook Pro one is used very occasionally. I haven't had to recharge the batteries yet. The battery level for the iMac one is currently 56% and the other one is 87%. I had heard that they eat up batteries, so I'm using Varta 2100mAh rechargeable batteries, which seem to be lasting pretty well. Kevin Kevin Warner www.kcwarner.com __ Press CTRL-ALT-DEL now for an IQ test. Why do we want intelligent terminals when there are so many stupid users ? Life would be so much easier if we only had the source code. There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. Microsoft: You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips. The box said 'Required Windows XP or better'. So, I installed LINUX. I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said: 'Outlook not so good'. I said: 'Sure, but Microsoft ships it anyway'. Mac users swear by their Mac... PC users swear at their PC. On 18/04/2010, at 4:16 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal when using the Mouse with a Macbook Pro and an iMac, so it seems to be a battery or mouse issue rather than a computer issue. 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: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: Problems with EyeTV
just my 2c america has the ntsc australia has pal color coding, i'm wondering if that still can make a difference, the digital technology should go around this.. James On 18/04/2010, at 18:05, David Noel wrote: Hi Brian -- -- A good tip about LCD TVs able to report signal strength and quality. My TV can do this and I went through all the channels (27, including 4 audio channels) it could find. -- My TV reports signal strength and quality out of 10. Each network works on its own frequency band, called an RF parameter channel, and results (from lowest to highest frequency) were as follows. Network (No. of stations) / RFP channel No.= MHz / Signal Quality / Signal Strength Channel 7 (5) / 6=177.50 / 10 / 10 Channel 9 (3) / 8=191.50 / 9-10 / 10 Channel 10 (4) / 11=219.50 / 10/ 10 ABC (7) / 12=226.50 / 9-10 / 10 SBS (7) / 29=536.50 / 10 / 10 WTV (1) / 32=557.50 / 10 / 10 -- Since all networks had a signal strength of 10 and a signal quality of 9 or 10 (usually varying between 9 and 10 while observed) this pretty well rules out the broadcasting conditions as a factor in my EyeTV problems. -- A re-test of a second identical Elgato DTT stick gave similar results to the first (signal strength= 65-100%, signal quality= 0-20%). These sticks are quite sensitive to plugging and unplugging, rotating the co-ax antenna connector, and changing the USB port of the connector. -- At present, the only possibilities I can see for my problems are: A: The EyeTV application has faults in its scan of the frequencies (Autotune), or: B: Both EyeTV sticks (one brand-new) have faults in interpretation of signals. -- Maybe someone can suggest other possibilities. Thanks, all. David Noel 2010 Apr 18 === On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Brian Scott scot...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Hi Noel, I'm in Subiaco and have the EyeTV Diversity and channel 9 get %100 for strength and quality and SBS gets %96 Strength and %100 quality. Just a thought, I don't know your TV situation but my fairly new LCD can report strength and quality. If your TV has that ability you could compare it with EyeTV. The faults that come to mind with my EyeTV are: • Sometimes EyeTV pretends channels aren't available and the only fix seems to be to quit EyeTV and restart it. • And sometimes in Edit mode I'll have frames off to the left of the beginning that I can't access. • Also I remember a time when EyeTV could start a recording without waking the computer screen but now the screen always comes on. Hopefully future updates will sort these out. Cheers Brian On 15/04/2010, at 4:24 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- I've found the following comment on how you can get signal strength=100% but signal quality=0% with an Elgato EyeTV tuner. Can anyone suggest what might be done to correct the situation, or even test for why signal quality is 0%? -- Thanks for your comments received, these are mostly on signal strength, not signal quality. I can understand reasons for loss of strength, but that does not appear to be happening to me, as digital TV programs received from the same antenna are of excellent quality, no pixelating etc. Also, I don't believe the problem is tied up with my (new roof-mounted) antenna, since with the EyeTV tuner you get a small indoor antenna, and plugging the tuner into this still gives 92.5% signal strength, but signal quality=0%. -- Have any other WAMUG members with EyeTV tuners had problems like mine, especially if in the Shenton Park area? (Visions of secret government jamming equipment??). Cheers -- David Noel 2010 Apr 15 Re: Why 100% signal strength but 0% signal quality? http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=86t=3157 It's possible to have a strong signal, but one that afflicted is with multipath distortions (signal bouncing around off various external objects such as trees and buildings, each arriving at a slightly different time)this is a poor quality, but strong signal. It's also why your strength may go from 100 to 0 in a split second...trees moving in the breeze can cause this...or an airplane crossing your signal path. If I remember correctly quality is a measurment of bitrate receivedbut if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me on that. Curmudgeon === On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, thefrogs thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: Have you tried shifting the arial around- it may have blown off target. I had no SBS and ABC for a while then I cleaned the coax contacts and went up on roof that did it- take Vaseline to cover contacts -it stops salt and dirt tom samson On 14/04/2010, at 3:05 PM, David Noel wrote: Hi All -- -- I'm hoping someone can help me with the following problems, which are proving intractable. I've got a 20 intel iMac running SL 10.6.3. Application is EyeTV v. 3.3.3(6040) [at time of first problem, 3.3 (5854)]. -- Since the Great Hailstorm (though not necessarily due to that), I have been unable
Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%
On 18/04/2010, at 9:00 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Since retiring the MM, I got myself a Logitech Nano VX mouse and it is still on the FIRST set of batteries from then! It is a great wireless mouse despite not having the features of the MM - but it was getting a bit tiring replacing batteries less than every week. The MM despite its great features, if they don't work reliably and consistently, it's a dud. I agree. I have to say that as much as I like the design and philosophy of the Magic Mouse, I'm still not sure that I'm the market for an off-the-shelf purchase of one. I'm still waiting to be convinced of the need for wireless mice and keyboards on desktop computers in general use (if I'm that far away from the computer that wireless devices become necessary, I can't see the screen anyway!), the Logitech Bluetooth mouse I bought over three years ago for use with my Macbook Pro is still on its second change of batteries. It just never stops. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
