Re: time machine - failed

Hi Gary, If you get the following error message: ERROR: Could not unmount disk. Close all applications except Disk Utility, switch Time Machine off, and try again. Don’t click Verify, just run Repair and hope Dick Utility can repair the Time Machine partition. Run DU Reapair until you don’t rec

Re: time machine - failed

>If the drives not showing in Finder, I'd try shutting the computer >down and checking the drives connections. Could have a bit of dust >between connectors and making it show/not show. > >Pull it out, check and reseat it. Then power up again and see how it goes. Hi as Suggested by Daniel I remo

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Jewels, So Daniel's research has highlighted the issue which seems to be causing the problem. Is your computer PPC or Intel. If it is PPC then you are stuck at Leopard and would probably have to look at one of the third party solutions Daniel mentions, eg Spark. If it is Intel then you can up

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Jewels, It is as I suspected, on your keyboard F12 is capable of 2 functions... a short tap on F12 will open Dashboard and a longer tap on F12 will open the DVD tray. You also have an eject key that also opens the DVD tray. I suspect it only works this way in Leopard and may not on a Snow Le

Re: Shift Key Problems

lol yes,...20+ hour days are starting to be the "norm" now,..lol. I think my body is just used to it, that it tends to think that's normal,..so it keeps on going. But yes, thanks. Will try not work too late,..lol And hopefully something in there may shed some light. Will post back if I turn up s

Re: Shift Key Problems

Thanks Daniel, You really are a night owl - I'll have a look at your suggestions tomorrow, as my eyes too are shrinking. Don't work too late Cheers Jewels On 15/02/2012, at 1:25 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > Hi Jewels > > Yes, saw that come in after my forward of the other one. Wasn't sure > if

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Jewels Yes, saw that come in after my forward of the other one. Wasn't sure if you'd seen it, so just in case,.. All good. After flicking over a few more forum posts, I would think yes it has to do with 10.5.8 and the mapping of the keyboard versus the "new keyboard" layout. From some of the

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Daniel, I was just answering all the help emails I had received, you should have received my reply by now? CHeers Jewels On 15/02/2012, at 1:00 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > hi Jewels > > You may not have seen my post in regards to this as well, so have > reposted it again, below. > > > Kind r

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Ronni, Yes the keyboard has an eject key (stubby upward pointing arrow) and acts as an eject key - the same as the F12. However, as you made mention, when I just softly touch the F12 key, dashboard appears. When I hit the F12 key firmly, the eject tray works. Have tried the keyboard on m

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Daniel, Yes, did try the keyboard on my laptop, running same software - Leopard. Worked exactly the same. Under Others in Systems Prefs - have Application Enhancer, CNET Tech Tracker, Default Folder X, DIVX, Earthdesk, FlashPlayer, FLip4Mac WMV, Growl, IPliz, MacFuse NetUpdate, NTFS for

Fwd: Shift Key Problems

hi Jewels You may not have seen my post in regards to this as well, so have reposted it again, below. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: Web: **For everything Macintosh** Begin forwarded message: > From: Daniel Kerr

Re: Shift Key Problems

Hi Neil & Ronni, Sorry for my silence, I came down with a nasty bug just before the weekend and the shift key was the last of my worries ! It may be easier if I paste your instructions in some instances, Neil >> If I understand you, the F12 key is acting as DVD eject under all 4 >> scenarios i

Re: Download Error Message

Hi Ronni Thanks for the instructions. I had to go out and have just collected them. I shall transfer the Bookmarks tomorrow. Regards Diana On 14/02/2012, at 4:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Diana, > > Sorry to hear about the adverse drug reaction, I hope you recover soon. > > I prefer to use

Re: A "feature" in Preview

Hi Ronni I believe you. :o) I had all the same settings though, and Preview still did it, Ive run it on both computers now, so I can't see if I can repeat it without working out how to "Reverse" the Terminal commands. lol. And at the moment, too much like hard work. And given the workload thi

Changing video dimensions with Toast

-- Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has advice about handling non-720x576 EyeTV video items when burning to disc with Toast. -- Standard items broadcast from all the local TV stations are at 720x576 pixels. These can be recorded with EyeTV and burnt to DVD quickly and routinely using Toast. I prefer to

Re: Disk image difficulty

Hi Pat, Restarting your Mac would have sorted it out ;-) When you booted from the SL installation disk and ran ‘Repair Disk’ on your Volume if you did not get any errors, you should be ok now. Cheers, Ronni On 14/02/2012, at 4:07 PM, Pat wrote: > More confusing yet! I started checking disk

Re: Download Error Message

Hi Diana, Sorry to hear about the adverse drug reaction, I hope you recover soon. I prefer to use Safari, but it is a personal choice. To Import your Firefox Bookmarks into Safari, you first need to Export your Firefox Bookmarks. A) Export bookmarks from Firefox: 1.On the menu bar, click

Re: Disk image difficulty

More confusing yet! I started checking disk images and they are all set to be opened with DiskImageMounter, including the ones where it had been greyed out before. Perhaps the best explanation is that I restarted in the interval. In repairing the disk, there were no errors reported. The only