cable internet
Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is not eligible for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions
Hi Ronni On 6/09/10 2:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Rob, Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your MBP. You are not going to particularly like what I have to say … sorry :-( OSX requires plenty of Free Unused Hard Drive space to run well. Also you only have 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard really needs 4GB (I know if only requires 1GB to install, but to run well it needs 4GB). Yeah. In the past I've always maxed out the RAM, but I didn't for this machine, because with Leopard it didn't seem a problem. A hard drive that fills up and turns flaky is nearly impossible to get back to normal without Erasing reformatting. If you run Photoshop it is best to have 100GB of free space. If all you were doing is Microsoft Word and email, I would keep a minimum of 50 GB free unused space available, this allows the operating system vital unused space to write its swap files, virtual memory scratch disk. Full hard drives also tend to fragment system and data files and greatly slow disk access down, too. Left unchecked, the problem will likely spread and corrupt the entire install until the hard drive literally won't mount or the computer won't boot or run without constant crashing. This is where you are at …. (I did warn you that you wouldn't like what I have to say). This was probably my next option, so it isn't too much of a surprise! However, I emailed the same info (plus reports of some recent kernel panics) to the IT people at work, and they are trying to get me a new machine on warranty. That's better news than your suggestion! :-) Rob -- Associate Professor Rob Phillips Educational Development Unit Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia -- 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
excel on an iphone
Two posts in one day! Does anyone have any recommendations for an app that will allow excel spreadsheets sent to an iphone to be edited in a rudimentary way on the iphone? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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: excel on an iphone
you may check this http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/features.php#neomobileiosapp James On 08/09/2010, at 15:17, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Two posts in one day! Does anyone have any recommendations for an app that will allow excel spreadsheets sent to an iphone to be edited in a rudimentary way on the iphone? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 over 40 years in electronics -- 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
Entourage problem
I recently passed my old (and loved) iMac to my daughter and she set up her four email accounts in Entourage. OS 10.4.11 Now when she checks for new mail the following message crops up, but only for one email account. The server for account .. returned the error Your mailbox is already locked. Your username, password or security setting may be incorrect. Would you like to try re-entering your password? We re-enter it correctly but the message comes back. The settings are exactly the same for the other email accounts but only this one gives the error message. What does mailbox already locked mean? I can't find anything checked in the Security preferences or anything else about Security settings. Any help would be appreciated. Lloyd -- 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: Entourage problem
On 08/09/2010, at 4:29 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I recently passed my old (and loved) iMac to my daughter and she set up her four email accounts in Entourage. OS 10.4.11 Now when she checks for new mail the following message crops up, but only for one email account. The server for account .. returned the error Your mailbox is already locked. Your username, password or security setting may be incorrect. Would you like to try re-entering your password? We re-enter it correctly but the message comes back. The settings are exactly the same for the other email accounts but only this one gives the error message. What does mailbox already locked mean? I can't find anything checked in the Security preferences or anything else about Security settings. Any help would be appreciated. Lloyd Hi Lloyd, This error message appears most to people who access their email from two locations, or a personal computer and a mobile phone or data device. Like the queue line at the post office, only one request for email may be handled at the same time. If both your computer and phone attempt to retrieve your mail (or a copy of your mail as noted above), the second one will get a LOCKED error. This error usually resets itself and allows the second device to check mail a moment later. If you get this error a lot, consider adjusting the POP mail check times to different settings, so both devices are not always requesting mail at the exact same time intervals. In your Daughter's case, the server is saying that the mailbox is locked. This is either a temporary server malfunction, or else she is checking her mail too frequently, causing the mailbox to 'hang'. The checking interval should not be shorter than 5 minutes. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 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
Windows can't see the network card
I recently installed a downgrade called Windows XP Service Pack 2 on my iMac OS 10.5.8 using Boot Camp. I have installed Office on the Windows partition and that works fine. Windows can't find my Brother printer connected with Ethernet through a 4 port router even though the Mac and another PC on the home network can. Nor can I access the Internet. I have just spoken to the ISP who think that Windows can't find the network card or the drivers. Where do I find them and how do I get them onto Windows? Thanks in advance. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.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: Entourage problem
Hi Lloyd If it's who I think it is, that's happened before with her email accounts. (which I'd worked on before to fix) :o) As Ronni has mentioned it's when the Mailbox is being accessed too quickly, or two things (accounts or devices) trying to access it at the same time. It then gets locked from the Server end. Need to wait for it to unlock or ensure two email accounts aren't accessing the same mailbox. Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 8/9/10 4:29 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I recently passed my old (and loved) iMac to my daughter and she set up her four email accounts in Entourage. OS 10.4.11 Now when she checks for new mail the following message crops up, but only for one email account. The server for account .. returned the error Your mailbox is already locked. Your username, password or security setting may be incorrect. Would you like to try re-entering your password? We re-enter it correctly but the message comes back. The settings are exactly the same for the other email accounts but only this one gives the error message. What does mailbox already locked mean? I can't find anything checked in the Security preferences or anything else about Security settings. Any help would be appreciated. Lloyd -- 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: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions
On 08/09/2010, at 3:16 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi Ronni On 6/09/10 2:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Rob, Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your MBP. You are not going to particularly like what I have to say … sorry :-( OSX requires plenty of Free Unused Hard Drive space to run well. Also you only have 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard really needs 4GB (I know if only requires 1GB to install, but to run well it needs 4GB). Yeah. In the past I've always maxed out the RAM, but I didn't for this machine, because with Leopard it didn't seem a problem. A hard drive that fills up and turns flaky is nearly impossible to get back to normal without Erasing reformatting. If you run Photoshop it is best to have 100GB of free space. If all you were doing is Microsoft Word and email, I would keep a minimum of 50 GB free unused space available, this allows the operating system vital unused space to write its swap files, virtual memory scratch disk. Full hard drives also tend to fragment system and data files and greatly slow disk access down, too. Left unchecked, the problem will likely spread and corrupt the entire install until the hard drive literally won't mount or the computer won't boot or run without constant crashing. This is where you are at …. (I did warn you that you wouldn't like what I have to say). This was probably my next option, so it isn't too much of a surprise! However, I emailed the same info (plus reports of some recent kernel panics) to the IT people at work, and they are trying to get me a new machine on warranty. That's better news than your suggestion! :-) Hi Rob, It will be a good win if you get a new MBP on warranty ;-) … ah, the joys of working in Education … I would pay the extra and have more RAM installed though. Also when you have the new replacement MBP, take care to leave plenty of Free Available space on the Hard Drive or you will find yourself in trouble again. I like to keep my computers with at least 20-25% Free Available space on my Hard Drive. There are many different types of problems that can manifest the symptoms you experienced. Insufficient RAM or even hardware failure can be the culprit. But one of the most common causes of the problems you describe is not having enough free space on a startup drive. Filling your hard drive until it's almost full is fraught with issues. First, your Mac needs some free space for creating swap space to manage memory use. Even when you have adequate RAM, OS X will reserve some space at startup for memory swap space. In addition, individual applications usually use some disk space for temporary storage. The point is that many pieces of the OS and many applications use hard drive space, usually without your being aware of it. When it gets your attention, it's usually because of erratic system performance. In general, you should keep as much of your drive free as possible. As I mentioned above, If I had to put a minimum on the amount, I would say keep at least 20% of your startup drive free at all times; more is better. If you're getting to the point where you worry about your hard drive's free space, it's probably time to either spring for a larger hard drive or archive some of the data and get it off the drive. How did I come up with 20% as a bare minimum? I picked this value so that some basic OS X maintenance scripts will have sufficient free drive space to run. This includes OS X's built-in disk defragmentation system, memory swap space, and enough space to create cache and temp files when OS X starts up, while still leaving room for basic applications, such as email and web browsers, to use free space as needed. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 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
Re: Entourage problem
Thanks Ronni and Daniel, for your quick and learned responses. These are good suggestions and we will try quitting Entourage from the other laptop before accessing emails from the iMac. Not sure if her iPhone or iPad are also trying to access the email. I wonder why the other three email accounts are not producing the same error as they are all on the laptop and the iMac. One of life's mysteries Lloyd Hi Lloyd If it's who I think it is, that's happened before with her email accounts. (which I'd worked on before to fix) :o) As Ronni has mentioned it's when the Mailbox is being accessed too quickly, or two things (accounts or devices) trying to access it at the same time. It then gets locked from the Server end. Need to wait for it to unlock or ensure two email accounts aren't accessing the same mailbox. Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 8/9/10 4:29 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I recently passed my old (and loved) iMac to my daughter and she set up her four email accounts in Entourage. OS 10.4.11 Now when she checks for new mail the following message crops up, but only for one email account. The server for account .. returned the error Your mailbox is already locked. Your username, password or security setting may be incorrect. Would you like to try re-entering your password? We re-enter it correctly but the message comes back. The settings are exactly the same for the other email accounts but only this one gives the error message. What does mailbox already locked mean? I can't find anything checked in the Security preferences or anything else about Security settings. Any help would be appreciated. Lloyd -- 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 Lloyd White 22 Challenger Parade City Beach Western Australia 6015 Ph: and Fax: +61893858174 (08) 9385 8174 Skype: lloyd_white Email: lloydwh...@iinet.net.au Write a Winning Job Application 4th Edition. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.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: excel on an iphone
Hi Hugh, James, I note that their site does say: Please note that the NeoOffice Mobile application requires that you have a NeoOffice Mobile account and the application only supports viewing, not editing, of your published documents. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/9/10 3:56 PM, James / Hans Kunz at sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: you may check this http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/features.php#neomobileiosapp James On 08/09/2010, at 15:17, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Two posts in one day! Does anyone have any recommendations for an app that will allow excel spreadsheets sent to an iphone to be edited in a rudimentary way on the iphone? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- 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: excel on an iphone
Hi Hugh A quick google search for Edit excel on iPhone seems to turn up Mariner Calc. http://iphonecto.com/2009/03/06/want-to-edit-excel-spreadsheets-on-iphone-n ow-you-can/ And their site:- http://www.marinersoftware.com/products/calciphone/ Looks to be about USD$4.99 and you can download a lite version to see if you like it. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 8/9/10 3:17 PM, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Two posts in one day! Does anyone have any recommendations for an app that will allow excel spreadsheets sent to an iphone to be edited in a rudimentary way on the iphone? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- 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: Samsung CLP-315
Agree with Daniel. Bought a Brother printer off him back in the 19th century. Still works a treat. Thanks Daniel. Glenn Cardwell On 08/09/2010, at 1:13 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: I agree with Ronni there. Cheap printers,..cheap quality. Also, it's only USB, so only connects to one computer only. Spend a little more and get a Brother. http://www.brother.com.au/products/printers/colour_laser-led_printers.aspx All the colour Brother Laser printers on that page are Networkable, meaning everyone can print to them (if connected to a Network router/hub or one model is wireless). I have a lot of clients with the Brother range and they love them. And they just keep on working,... Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 8/9/10 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Samsung printers are very cheap and they look nice - but the quality of these printers is very bad. Also they don't support Macintosh very well. Do a search in Google for 'Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser in OSX 10.6.4? …. and you will know of problems. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 08/09/2010, at 12:22 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: I had a prior version of one of the CLP. It worked OK for a brief period, then stopped. With a lot of patience, got it replaced under warranty. Then the second one stopped working as well and I gave up on the CLP. The support people seemed to know how to support the CLP on Windows. OSX users seemed to be a minority. Glenn Nicholas On 8 September 2010 12:06, bred...@highway1.biz wrote: Hi there Am thinking of getting Samsung CLP-315 printer. The brochure say that it is compatible with OS 10.5. Is it compatible with 10.6? Stuart Breden http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/print-solutions/print-multifunctions-copie rs/colour-laser-printer/CLP-315/XSA/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail -- 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: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions
Yes, Ronni. I knew about the free disk space, and I try to keep about 20% free. In fact I had about 20% free, but it was fragmented. I still have about 20% free and still have problems. With a replacement machine with more disk space, I should be allright for a while. :-) I'll buy more RAM. For the benefit of others, I'd value your opinion on another technique I used to address possible OS problems. I have a second 15GB partition on my internal MBP disk. This has a bare bones system on it. So, when I was getting Finder corruptions, I was able to boot off the other partition and still access the file system to delete the Finder Prefs file. I don't think you can do this if you boot off the Installation DVD. I'm probably a bit anally-retentive :-) but I like to prepare for all eventualities so I can fix my system myself, especially since I travel a lot. Rob On 8/09/10 5:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/09/2010, at 3:16 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi Ronni On 6/09/10 2:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Rob, Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your MBP. You are not going to particularly like what I have to say … sorry :-( OSX requires plenty of Free Unused Hard Drive space to run well. Also you only have 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard really needs 4GB (I know if only requires 1GB to install, but to run well it needs 4GB). Yeah. In the past I've always maxed out the RAM, but I didn't for this machine, because with Leopard it didn't seem a problem. A hard drive that fills up and turns flaky is nearly impossible to get back to normal without Erasing reformatting. If you run Photoshop it is best to have 100GB of free space. If all you were doing is Microsoft Word and email, I would keep a minimum of 50 GB free unused space available, this allows the operating system vital unused space to write its swap files, virtual memory scratch disk. Full hard drives also tend to fragment system and data files and greatly slow disk access down, too. Left unchecked, the problem will likely spread and corrupt the entire install until the hard drive literally won't mount or the computer won't boot or run without constant crashing. This is where you are at …. (I did warn you that you wouldn't like what I have to say). This was probably my next option, so it isn't too much of a surprise! However, I emailed the same info (plus reports of some recent kernel panics) to the IT people at work, and they are trying to get me a new machine on warranty. That's better news than your suggestion! :-) Hi Rob, It will be a good win if you get a new MBP on warranty ;-) … ah, the joys of working in Education … I would pay the extra and have more RAM installed though. Also when you have the new replacement MBP, take care to leave plenty of Free Available space on the Hard Drive or you will find yourself in trouble again. I like to keep my computers with at least 20-25% Free Available space on my Hard Drive. There are many different types of problems that can manifest the symptoms you experienced. Insufficient RAM or even hardware failure can be the culprit. But one of the most common causes of the problems you describe is not having enough free space on a startup drive. Filling your hard drive until it's almost full is fraught with issues. First, your Mac needs some free space for creating swap space to manage memory use. Even when you have adequate RAM, OS X will reserve some space at startup for memory swap space. In addition, individual applications usually use some disk space for temporary storage. The point is that many pieces of the OS and many applications use hard drive space, usually without your being aware of it. When it gets your attention, it's usually because of erratic system performance. In general, you should keep as much of your drive free as possible. As I mentioned above, If I had to put a
Re: Reunion software package
Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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 iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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: Second hand iMac wanted for single mum
Thanks Ash .. but looking for something a little more up to date. Perhaps I am being too optimistic !! On 07/09/2010, at 10:18 PM, Ashley Mulder wrote: Stephen I have a 17 iMac 4,1 for sale atm specs are: 1.83Ghz Intel Core Duo 1.5GB Ram 165GB HD x1600 128mb vid card Running 10.5 (cheap to upgrade to 10.6) comes with everything including box :) In excellent condition looking at $600 but negotiable, so just ask :) contact me off list if interestedas i may have another party interested in it Ash On 07/09/2010, at 9:38 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, I am looking for a used Intel iMac for a single mum with 2 kids. She currently has an eMac that has now outlived it's expectations. Maximum she can pay is around $600 (less would of course be better). So if anyone has one on offer please let me know ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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 Ashley Mulder Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) (Forensic Science Hons.) Student Ambassador Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.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 Regards, Stephen Chape -- 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: Reunion software package
Its in the chart menu when you create on. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/09/2010, at 7:49 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart.Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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 iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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: Reunion software package
Many thanks Adrian I knew it was in there somewhere and once again the list proved to be so useful Graeme On 08/09/2010, at 8:21 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Its in the chart menu when you create on. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 08/09/2010, at 7:49 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Hi Ronni Sorry I had not come back earlier. You have no idea how quickly the day/weeks fill up when retired I do not fully understand your reply. I have tried/experimented with the formats of both Pedigree and cascading pedigree charts and do see value in both of these. In the second part of your reply you said Pull down the menu, Create then click on Pedigree chart Choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Am happy on all of that What followed is the part I did not understand Then pull the Tree menu---to orientation You will have a choice of Waterfall, left to right etc I could not find those headings. Could you please expand or clarify for for me? Cheers Graeme On 25/08/2010, at 6:30 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Graeme, Does the Cascading Pedigree give you what you want? From the Reunion menu bar at the top of your display go to Create, and near the bottom of the popup list click on Cascading Pedigree. Pull down the menu, Createthen click on Pedigree chart. You can then choose how many generations you want to show on the chart. Then pull down the Tree Menu---to orientation. You will have a choice of Waterfall, Left to Right, Right to Left, Top to Bottom, etc. Cheers, Ronni On 25/08/2010, at 5:38 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Is there anyone within the WAMUG group using Reunion for Mac This is a family tree package designed specifically for the Mac My current issue is this Having entered data for some 7 families or over 650 names, I then opted to print a pedigree chart for my youngest grandchild This printed chart covers 7 generations and when printed covers 12 A4 sheets. In this format the chart is quite readable although it could be reduced in size a little. I then taped and joined the 12 pages into an impressive chart , however the joins were not good and I had to do much trimming to make the chart at all reasonable in appearance. Thinking that I could get a better job done by Office Works ( whose printing costs seem to be better than most ) Office Works were unable to open the .boxchart file I then tried saving this as a pdf file but the system would only allow a pdf.boxchart suffix Again the printer could not open the file When I come to print a descendants chart I see that I will have the same problem. Again this will be up to 7 generations but the chart will spread both north and south as well as east and west Does anyone have any experience with Reunion? Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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 iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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 iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X v 10.6.4 Windows XP for MYOB -- 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: Samsung CLP-315
There is one of these printers (or similar model) collecting dust at my workplace. It was cheaper to buy a new Dell printer than to replace the colour cartridges in the Samsung apparently. Regards Shayne On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Glenn Cardwell gl...@glenncardwell.comwrote: Agree with Daniel. Bought a Brother printer off him back in the 19th century. Still works a treat. Thanks Daniel. Glenn Cardwell On 08/09/2010, at 1:13 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: I agree with Ronni there. Cheap printers,..cheap quality. Also, it's only USB, so only connects to one computer only. Spend a little more and get a Brother. http://www.brother.com.au/products/printers/colour_laser-led_printers.aspx All the colour Brother Laser printers on that page are Networkable, meaning everyone can print to them (if connected to a Network router/hub or one model is wireless). I have a lot of clients with the Brother range and they love them. And they just keep on working,... Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 8/9/10 12:57 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Samsung printers are very cheap and they look nice - but the quality of these printers is very bad. Also they don't support Macintosh very well. Do a search in Google for 'Samsung CLP-315 Color Laser in OSX 10.6.4? …. and you will know of problems. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 08/09/2010, at 12:22 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: I had a prior version of one of the CLP. It worked OK for a brief period, then stopped. With a lot of patience, got it replaced under warranty. Then the second one stopped working as well and I gave up on the CLP. The support people seemed to know how to support the CLP on Windows. OSX users seemed to be a minority. Glenn Nicholas On 8 September 2010 12:06, bred...@highway1.biz wrote: Hi there Am thinking of getting Samsung CLP-315 printer. The brochure say that it is compatible with OS 10.5. Is it compatible with 10.6? Stuart Breden http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/print-solutions/print-multifunctions-copie rs/colour-laser-printer/CLP-315/XSA/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail -- 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 -- 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: cable internet
I have an ADSL2 account with an ISP who provide ADSL2+ with apparent 24 mb/sec download / 1 mb/sec upload rates at competitive price BUT I cannot get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload. From weeks long investigation including changing modems, I conclude that that I am getting as much as the Subiaco exchange and line will allow, even though I live within 3 kms of the exchange. Can anyone confirm that they get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload wit ADSL2+ under similar circumstances. iMac 27 10.6.4 apple mail and safari Marcus Marcus F Harris woom...@cryptodome.com.au mob: [+61] 0417965618 On 08/09/2010, at 2:16 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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: Entourage problem
iphones lock out mailboxes for some ridiculous length of time after popping. Best if the iphone is set to get mail to set it to manual, turn push or automatic setting off. On 08/09/2010, at 5:48 PM, Lloyd White wrote: Thanks Ronni and Daniel, for your quick and learned responses. These are good suggestions and we will try quitting Entourage from the other laptop before accessing emails from the iMac. Not sure if her iPhone or iPad are also trying to access the email. I wonder why the other three email accounts are not producing the same error as they are all on the laptop and the iMac. One of life's mysteries Lloyd Hi Lloyd If it's who I think it is, that's happened before with her email accounts. (which I'd worked on before to fix) :o) As Ronni has mentioned it's when the Mailbox is being accessed too quickly, or two things (accounts or devices) trying to access it at the same time. It then gets locked from the Server end. Need to wait for it to unlock or ensure two email accounts aren't accessing the same mailbox. Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 8/9/10 4:29 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I recently passed my old (and loved) iMac to my daughter and she set up her four email accounts in Entourage. OS 10.4.11 Now when she checks for new mail the following message crops up, but only for one email account. The server for account .. returned the error Your mailbox is already locked. Your username, password or security setting may be incorrect. Would you like to try re-entering your password? We re-enter it correctly but the message comes back. The settings are exactly the same for the other email accounts but only this one gives the error message. What does mailbox already locked mean? I can't find anything checked in the Security preferences or anything else about Security settings. Any help would be appreciated. Lloyd -- 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 Lloyd White 22 Challenger Parade City Beach Western Australia 6015 Ph: and Fax: +61893858174 (08) 9385 8174 Skype: lloyd_white Email: lloydwh...@iinet.net.au Write a Winning Job Application 4th Edition. http://lloydwhite.iinet.net.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: cable internet
i'm in bayswater have 2.8mb/s a friend in bicton has 0.5mb/s telstra ruling says from 0.064mb/s it's broad band, that's the reason why we never get a prober internet in WA James On 08/09/2010, at 21:54, Woomara wrote: I have an ADSL2 account with an ISP who provide ADSL2+ with apparent 24 mb/sec download / 1 mb/sec upload rates at competitive price BUT I cannot get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload. From weeks long investigation including changing modems, I conclude that that I am getting as much as the Subiaco exchange and line will allow, even though I live within 3 kms of the exchange. Can anyone confirm that they get more than ~7mb/sec download and 0.7 mb/sec upload wit ADSL2+ under similar circumstances. iMac 27 10.6.4 apple mail and safari Marcus Marcus F Harris woom...@cryptodome.com.au mob: [+61] 0417965618 On 08/09/2010, at 2:16 PM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 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 over 40 years in electronics -- 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: Windows can't see the network card
Hi Peter Have you installed the Boot Camp drivers from the OS X Install DVD? That DVD contains all the drivers for things like your network card and video card so Windows can use them. You can also get the latest copy of the Boot Camp drivers from the Apple website: http://support.apple.com/downloads Patrick On 8/09/10 4:46 PM, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au wrote: I recently installed a downgrade called Windows XP Service Pack 2 on my iMac OS 10.5.8 using Boot Camp. I have installed Office on the Windows partition and that works fine. Windows can't find my Brother printer connected with Ethernet through a 4 port router even though the Mac and another PC on the home network can. Nor can I access the Internet. I have just spoken to the ISP who think that Windows can't find the network card or the drivers. Where do I find them and how do I get them onto Windows? Thanks in advance. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.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 Kind Regards Patrick Lawrence Systems Administrator Christ Church Grammar School Queenslea Drive Claremont WA 6010 Phone: (08) 9442-1660 Fax: (08) 9442-1690 plawre...@ccgs.wa.edu.au www.ccgs.wa.edu.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: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions
On 08/09/2010, at 5:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: This includes OS X's built-in disk defragmentation system, Excellent link! I haven't seen OS X's defragmentation schemes explained quite this easily before. 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
Re: The passing of an era
On 08/09/2010, at 10:01 AM, Alexander Hartner wrote: There is always still http://www.macupdate.com/ Yes, this at least is closer to the familiar VersionTracker look and feel. I'll be going there instead of the CNET site from now on. 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
Re: Strange Finder and OS behaviour and some resolutions
On 08/09/2010, at 6:41 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Yes, Ronni. I knew about the free disk space, and I try to keep about 20% free. In fact I had about 20% free, but it was fragmented. I still have about 20% free and still have problems. 20% is the bare minimum as I mentioned previously. Fragmentation will happen if you don't have enough free space on your Hard Drive. To explain Fragmentation in OS X would require more space than available in this email. If you have low hard drive space, the system may not have adequate virtual memory space available for paging out memory. Paging happens all the time to keep memory optimised for performance, and if the hard drive space is low then the efficiency of this process will be reduced. If you are also low on available RAM for your active processes, then your system may go so slow that it will seem to fully lock up. When it comes to hard drive space, the more the better, though keep at least 20% free as a rule of thumb. This will help prevent drive fragmentation that can lead to degraded virtual memory performance. I personally like to keep much more than 20% 'Free Available' Hard Drive space on my computers. I like my computers to run fast and clean. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375 With a replacement machine with more disk space, I should be allright for a while. :-) I'll buy more RAM. Good. For the benefit of others, I'd value your opinion on another technique I used to address possible OS problems. I have a second 15GB partition on my internal MBP disk. This has a bare bones system on it. So, when I was getting Finder corruptions, I was able to boot off the other partition and still access the file system to delete the Finder Prefs file. I don't think you can do this if you boot off the Installation DVD. Correct, you cannot access the ~Library Preference file system from the Installation DVD. You can Repair Disk Repair Permissions. I'm probably a bit anally-retentive :-) but I like to prepare for all eventualities so I can fix my system myself, especially since I travel a lot. A good Back Up Strategy and regular Maintenance are the two most important things. Cheers, Ronni Rob On 8/09/10 5:36 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 08/09/2010, at 3:16 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi Ronni On 6/09/10 2:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Rob, Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your MBP. You are not going to particularly like what I have to say … sorry :-( OSX requires plenty of Free Unused Hard Drive space to run well. Also you only have 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard really needs 4GB (I know if only requires 1GB to install, but to run well it needs 4GB). Yeah. In the past I've always maxed out the RAM, but I didn't for this machine, because with Leopard it didn't seem a problem. A hard drive that fills up and turns flaky is nearly impossible to get back to normal without Erasing reformatting. If you run Photoshop it is best to have 100GB of free space. If all you were doing is Microsoft Word and email, I would keep a minimum of 50 GB free unused space available, this allows the operating system vital unused space to write its swap files, virtual memory scratch disk. Full hard drives also tend to fragment system and data files and greatly slow disk access down, too. Left unchecked, the problem will likely spread and corrupt the entire install until the hard drive literally won't mount or the computer won't boot or run without constant crashing. This is where you are at …. (I did warn you that you wouldn't like what I have to say). This was probably my next option, so it isn't too much of a surprise! However, I emailed the same info (plus reports of some recent kernel panics) to the IT people at work, and they are trying to get me a new machine on warranty. That's better news than your suggestion! :-) Hi Rob, It will be a good win if you get a new MBP on warranty ;-) … ah, the joys of working in Education … I would pay the extra and have more RAM installed though. Also when you have the new replacement MBP, take care to leave plenty of Free Available space on the Hard Drive or you will find yourself in trouble again. I like to keep my computers with at least 20-25% Free Available space on my Hard Drive. There are many different types of problems that can manifest the symptoms you experienced. Insufficient RAM or even hardware failure can be the culprit. But one of the most common causes of the problems you describe is not having enough free space on a startup drive. Filling your hard drive until it's almost full is fraught with issues. First, your Mac needs some free space for creating swap space to manage memory use. Even when you have adequate RAM, OS X will reserve some space at startup for memory swap space. In addition, individual applications usually use some disk space for temporary storage.
Re: cable internet
Hugh, You say you have Telstra cable to your house. That means that you can get Foxtel, and Telstra-only Internet trough that cable. That Internet should have very satisfactory speed. The national telecommunication competition arrangement forces Telstra to allow other providers to use its landline network where there is enough space in an exchange for other providers' DSLAMs. However, the arrangement does not include Telstra's cable network, so Telstra maintains a monopoly over its cable network. The result is that providers other than Telstra can only provide you with ADLS+ services through Telstra's landlines, and not through Telstra cable. Telstra sometimes claims that some of its exchanges are too full to allow other providers to rent space for their DSLAMs. Such exchanges are therefore 'not eligible' for other providers to use. However, I have heard of several cases where Telstra suddenly 'found' space for other providers' DSLAMS in an exchange soon after subscribers contacted their local federal MPs about their problems. You may wish to contact your local MHR, or any of the 12 senators that represent you to see if they can organise a bit of telecom competition in your area. If you can get together with some other similarly-effected residents from your area you will have greater success. Good luck. Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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 Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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: Samsung CLP-315
Glenn, Daniel is definitely not old enough to have been around in the 19th century, nor did anyone except Jacquard even dream about computers and printers during that century. Did you mean that Daniel supplied your printer in the 20th Century? On 08/09/2010, at 18:04 , Glenn Cardwell wrote: Agree with Daniel. Bought a Brother printer off him back in the 19th century. Still works a treat. Thanks Daniel. Glenn Cardwell On 08/09/2010, at 1:13 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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
M/sot Office Apple Scripts
Good morning all, A friend of mine is having an annoying episode with M/soft Office applications, while Word etc functions OK the Apple Scripts Icon just hangs there, on its own, at the left end of the menu bar (all other menus etc disappear) until he clicks on the screen (anywhere) before it will go away and the normal menu bar re-appears. He has tried trashing every .plist associated with Office and Apple Scripts including the Office Application Support folder and its contents, Office has been uninstalled using the uninstaller all to no avail. Does anyone have any clues as to a fix for the problem please. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.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
Ethernet drivers
I recently installed a downgrade called Windows XP Service Pack 2 on my iMac OS 10.5.8 using Boot Camp. I have installed Office on the Windows partition and that works fine. Windows can't find my Brother printer connected with Ethernet through a 4 port router even though the Mac and another PC on the home network can. Nor can I access the Internet. I have just spoken to the ISP who think that Windows can't find the network card or the drivers. Where do I find them and how do I get them onto Windows? Thanks in advance. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.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: Samsung CLP-315
Hi Ray I think it was meant more that I sold it to him a long time ago, and it's still going strong :o) That was my take on it anyway. Either that, or I just hide my age well :o) hehehe. (And thanks Glen) :O) Kind Regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 9/9/10 8:57 AM, Ray Forma r...@smartchat.net.au wrote: Glenn, Daniel is definitely not old enough to have been around in the 19th century, nor did anyone except Jacquard even dream about computers and printers during that century. Did you mean that Daniel supplied your printer in the 20th Century? On 08/09/2010, at 18:04 , Glenn Cardwell wrote: Agree with Daniel. Bought a Brother printer off him back in the 19th century. Still works a treat. Thanks Daniel. Glenn Cardwell On 08/09/2010, at 1:13 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Regards, Ray Forma 50 Harvest Road, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia Tel Fax +61 (0)8 9335 6568 Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- 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
Accessing Entourage from separate mac
Can Entourage messages be accessed from another Mac? The other Mac is connected by network cable, 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: cable internet
Hi Hugh, I've got Telstra Cable, pretty much for the same reason you're looking at it. Even though I was eligible for ADSL, the speed was terrible (2-3Mbps if I was lucky) and it would constantly drop out and be generally unstable, requiring many reboots of the router. Telstra Cable on the other hand has been great (even if it is a bit pricey) and is very stable. Using Speedtest.net I consistently get speed of around 11-12Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. You're probably unlikely to ever get the theoretical 30Mbps in the same way that you're unlikely to ever get ADSL2+'s theoretical 25Mbps, but I would guess that you'll probably get a good service. I'm very happy with it. A tip though, the Netgear combined modem/router that they offer (Bigpond Home Gateway they call it I think) is not very good at all. Go for the Motorola modem instead and hook it up to your own router or a computer setup with Internet sharing. Gordon On 8 September 2010 14:16, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is “not eligible” for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. -- 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: cable internet
Gordon, thanks for that, what is wrong with the NetGear? I as you have, have been by and large very happy with Telstra, even though they don't theoretically support mac for self install of the modem, the Telstra guy talked me through it and was very patient. I have a Motorola surfboard sbg900 and am seeing speeds of 9-10 up and 1-1.2 down but Telstra have told me if I get the netgear ( which I have but not installed yet) I should see a marked improvement on that as the SBG is only rated to 17 Mbps, but the other one is rated to 30Mbps? Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Gordon Campbell Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 9:51 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: cable internet Hi Hugh, I've got Telstra Cable, pretty much for the same reason you're looking at it. Even though I was eligible for ADSL, the speed was terrible (2-3Mbps if I was lucky) and it would constantly drop out and be generally unstable, requiring many reboots of the router. Telstra Cable on the other hand has been great (even if it is a bit pricey) and is very stable. Using Speedtest.net I consistently get speed of around 11-12Mbps download and 1Mbps upload. You're probably unlikely to ever get the theoretical 30Mbps in the same way that you're unlikely to ever get ADSL2+'s theoretical 25Mbps, but I would guess that you'll probably get a good service. I'm very happy with it. A tip though, the Netgear combined modem/router that they offer (Bigpond Home Gateway they call it I think) is not very good at all. Go for the Motorola modem instead and hook it up to your own router or a computer setup with Internet sharing. Gordon On 8 September 2010 14:16, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Hi, I am with Telstra and have been for many year mostly because my phone line is not eligible for asdl through some other providers and I have a Telstra cable to my house. I have had no problems with Telstra but want to know what my options are for other providers using cable, and who might approximate the 30Mbps that Telstra claim from the new modems. -- 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 -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- 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: cable internet
On 9 September 2010 10:41, Hugh Griffiths hgriffi...@lgc.com wrote: Gordon, thanks for that, what is wrong with the NetGear? The issue I had with the Netgear was regular rebooting. There's quite a bit of discussion about this on Whirlpool and it has been traced back to issues with the number of simultaneous connections that the device can handle (a common issue with cheap routers). Basically, think of P2P software or games that scan through a list of servers. These open up a a huge number of connections to many different IP addresses all at the same time, in the case of BitTorrent software it could be hundreds of them. The routers have limited memory and resources and they usually crap out if too many connections are opened up too fast. Some of them react by seizing up and some by rebooting. The Netgear that Bigpond initially supplied me would reboot, which was pretty annoying. So now I have a Motorola SB5101U modem connected to a Billion 7404VGO that I've modified to use an ethernet port for WAN. This setup has worked great for me. Gordon -- 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
Iwork 10?
I know I asked this question months ago but I have been waiting for Apple to do something. Is there going to be a new version of iWork for 2010? My version is 2008 and I am reluctant to buy the 2009 version because, according to Murphy's Rule, the day after I do, the new version will be released. :-)) Are there any reliable rumours about this? Lloyd -- 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: Iwork 10?
Hey Lloyd Hurry up and buy iWork 2009 so Apple can release a new version the day after for the rest of us :-) Regards Shayne On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I know I asked this question months ago but I have been waiting for Apple to do something. Is there going to be a new version of iWork for 2010? My version is 2008 and I am reluctant to buy the 2009 version because, according to Murphy's Rule, the day after I do, the new version will be released. :-)) Are there any reliable rumours about this? Lloyd -- 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: Iwork 10?
Yes Lloyd, Apple is waiting on you to pull out your credit card. Unfortunately I have not heard of such a thing as a reliable rumour. In seriousness, I looked on the Macrumours site and it didn't give me any tips on this coming soon. Maybe some others have some other sources. Regards Peter. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of S Beach Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 1:18 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Iwork 10? Hey Lloyd Hurry up and buy iWork 2009 so Apple can release a new version the day after for the rest of us :-) Regards Shayne On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Lloyd White lloydwh...@iinet.net.au wrote: I know I asked this question months ago but I have been waiting for Apple to do something. Is there going to be a new version of iWork for 2010? My version is 2008 and I am reluctant to buy the 2009 version because, according to Murphy's Rule, the day after I do, the new version will be released. :-)) Are there any reliable rumours about this? Lloyd -- 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 * NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, information) contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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
