Re: TechTool Protection Alert!

2012-01-22 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Adrian, I only have my 3G network on my iPhone as our area got hit with a lot of lighting strikes our ADSL Networks went down @ 4AM Friday. if your S.M.A.R.T. status says your drive is failing, believe it. Back-up immediately. Run the SMART Check in the Tests category to get more detailed

Re: TechTool Protection Alert!

2012-01-22 Thread Adrian Skehan
Thanks Ronni, Checked it with Apple Care first thing this morning and they have arranged for a Technician to come out to my place and replace the HD. How good is that!!! Apple Care and TimeMachine are great stress relievers. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 22/01/2012, at 9:17

ipad dock to DVI connection

2012-01-22 Thread David de la Hunty
Hi, Anyone seen or heard of a connector to change the 30 pin ipod/pad dock port to a standard DVI? Apple have one which goes to VGA, and one which goes to HDMI but no mention of DVI. My projector is a little older so no HDMI, and I'd like a bit better res than VGA. Dodgy Brothers version

Re: ipad dock to DVI connection

2012-01-22 Thread Mark Secker
HDMI supports single channel DVI signal so a HDMI to DVI convert /should/ work. mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Teaching Facilities Administrator Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35

Re: ipad dock to DVI connection

2012-01-22 Thread Mark Secker
Or to clarify HDMI supports single channel DVI-D so So long as the projector/display supports digital input a HDMI to DVI-D converter should work. mark.sec...@uwa.edu.au Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Teaching Facilities Administrator Business School IT Services The

Re: ipad dock to DVI connection

2012-01-22 Thread cm
Hi David, It won't be multiple cables as such. There is a cable from the 30 pin connector to HDMI but then an adaptor (a matchbox sized double ended piece of plastic) to convert from HDMI to DVI. I needed a similar setup on one occasion and picked up the adaptor for Dick Smiths. Cheers, Carlo

Re: Fans running continuously.

2012-01-22 Thread Tony Francis
Hi Everyone. I have just purchased a new iMac, 27. Late yesterday afternoon I started the Computer and the Fans started as well, they are extremely noisy. This morning when I started the Computer It basically just sat there with the wall of death going but nothing happened, just a white Apple

Re: Fans running continuously.

2012-01-22 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tony, If you press the iMac power button while you are inserting the power cord, the iMac will enter a mode in which the fans (blowers) run at full speed. In order to correct the issue, reset the SMC and then start the computer by pressing the power button after the power cord has been

Re: A few questions

2012-01-22 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Mac Pro has 4 internal drives, OS X Boot disk irrelevant as too where installation is placed in this collection. Windows drive or partition has to be Drive Bay 1? My Regime for Mac Pro is: Drive 1 OS X and relevant Software, Users etc, This Drive is Cloned once installation complete

Re: A few questions

2012-01-22 Thread Pat
Hi, Rob, Thanks very much for your reply. I think I will go ahead and try to put Lion on the large empty partition and keep SL on Drive 1. If it doesn't work, I will let the list know, and thus add to the knowledge base. I think I can restore everything pre-Lion from backups if it doesn't

Check the cupboards!

2012-01-22 Thread David Peake
Hi folks, Haven't made a post to the group for a long time now but still reading in the background... I've got an old Macintosh SE and a Macintosh Classic which I'm looking to connect up to re-live some old black-and-white games. Since moving house I've lost a few bits and pieces it seems