WAMUG Meeting Final Reminder: This Tuesday 3 April 2012 (Please Do Not Reply)
G'day all WAMUGGERS. Have you set your iCals up for April's monthly meeting this Tuesday 3 April 2012? Better still; have you subscribed to the WAMUG iCal calendar? (See list post [WAMUG Committee] Posting for iCal Calendar of 26 March for details) Just don't forget. We're trying something different this meeting. See the website for full details. http://www.wamug.org.au/meetings/. 7 pm start - 9 pm finish. See you there. Regards Pete Smith (Please Do Not Reply) -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Question For Macboook Pro
Hi James What's the issue with hot-swapping Express cards? I've just purchased one for an external e-SATA drive, and I never shutdown my Macbook. Why should I? Will this 'fry' the express card? Rob On 29/03/12 10:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there are a number of express cards available, eg i use it to have 2 firewire400 1 usb port more available, good for video/audio production, the pci express card should only be connected/plugged in when the mac is switched off http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/153961/USB_PCI-EXPRESS_CARDS/Mukii/TIP-PU301CB.asp this link points to a pic of a card with usb ports James U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 28/03/2012, at 8:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Recent book: Evaluating e-learning: Guiding research and practice http://www.routledge.com/9780415881944/ -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
RE: Question For Macboook Pro
That's the whole point of Express card. So don't worry about it :) It's easy to confuse with internal PCIe though. Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:23:02 +0800 From: r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Question For Macboook Pro Hi James What's the issue with hot-swapping Express cards? I've just purchased one for an external e-SATA drive, and I never shutdown my Macbook. Why should I? Will this 'fry' the express card? Rob On 29/03/12 10:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there are a number of express cards available, eg i use it to have 2 firewire400 1 usb port more available, good for video/audio production, the pci express card should only be connected/plugged in when the mac is switched off http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/153961/USB_PCI-EXPRESS_CARDS/Mukii/TIP-PU301CB.asp this link points to a pic of a card with usb ports James U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 28/03/2012, at 8:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Recent book: Evaluating e-learning: Guiding research and practice http://www.routledge.com/9780415881944/ -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Movies on the iPad 3
On 30/03/2012, at 4:09 PM, Pedro wrote: Hi Adrian Awhile back my young fella grabbed a copy of VLC from the app store and uses that to transfer TV shows and movies to his iPad 1. Unfortunately it is no longer available. I am currently trying out Movie Player (from the app store) which allows you to transfer movies using iTunes,dropbox, wifi or direct download from the web. It costs less than a cup of coffee and the best thing is it lets you play those sometimes annoying attachments your friends send to you in an email from the dark side So far it is working fine cheers Pedro THe latest version of VLC is always available for free from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/. It's now at version 2.0.1 (a major upgrade), the main downside being that Handbrake does not yet recognise it at a compatible version (unless something has changed in the last week or so). Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Question For Macboook Pro
Hi Rob, I use a 2 Port Sonnet Firewire 800 Pro ExpressCard|34 giving my MBP 3 FW 800 ports. I don’t turn my MBP off to insert the card. Sonnet do recommend that before inserting the Sonnet card, connect the USB and FireWire cables to it. This will help to prevent the card from popping out accidentally; ExpressCard/34 is a push-to-eject design. Also, when there are no drives mounted and the Sonnet card is plugged into your computer, you may turn it off by clicking on its icon in the menu bar and selecting 'Power off Card' from the drop- down menu. I found back in Leopard OS X 10.5 that sometimes the Sonnet FW 800 ExpressCard|34 would not see a device on my MBP. To fix this issue, perform the following steps: 1. Open Network System Preferences 2. Select PCI Firewire Slot ExpressCard 3. Open the “gear” pop-up menu and select ‘Make Service Inactive” 4. Click Apply Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 02/04/2012, at 7:03 AM, Philip Hoefer wrote: That's the whole point of Express card. So don't worry about it :) It's easy to confuse with internal PCIe though. Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:23:02 +0800 From: r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Question For Macboook Pro Hi James What's the issue with hot-swapping Express cards? I've just purchased one for an external e-SATA drive, and I never shutdown my Macbook. Why should I? Will this 'fry' the express card? Rob On 29/03/12 10:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there are a number of express cards available, eg i use it to have 2 firewire400 1 usb port more available, good for video/audio production, the pci express card should only be connected/plugged in when the mac is switched off http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/153961/USB_PCI-EXPRESS_CARDS/Mukii/TIP-PU301CB.asp this link points to a pic of a card with usb ports James U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 28/03/2012, at 8:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Viruses, Trojans, Malware - and other aspects of Internet Security
On 31/03/2012, at 3:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi WAMUGers, Viruses, Trojans, Malware - and other aspects of Internet Security https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3121 Cheers, Ronni A very useful resource Ronni. Bookmarked! Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Slow URL loading
Thanks once again Ronni, I have followed all your tips, and tips from others and those gleaned from different sites that reference Safari problems. Problem still exists so will have to be content for now sitting and waiting the several minutes for the initial link to open; once that occurs, others open normally until such time as I re-start Safari (Firefox 11 is slightly better but still slower than acceptable). I am not game at the moment Ronni, to attempt a Lion Recovery. Having looked at the recovery site it appears I would have to reset and re-install far too much for me to attempt. Regards John On 01/04/2012, at 11:19 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, Are you sure you are NOT running Safari 5.1.5 in 32-bit mode? Right or control click the Safari icon in your Applications folder then click Get Info. If the box next to: Open in 32 bit mode is selected, deselect, quit then relaunch Safari. Also, since you are running v10.7.3 Lion, you can't reinstall Safari by just redownloading the app from Apple, you have to use Lion Recovery. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 First, try disabling the Lion resume feature which apparently caches pages way too fast. Open System Preferences General Deselect: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps I'm running Lion v10.7.3 with Safar 5.1.5 without any issues what so ever so I hope something works for you. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 01/04/2012, at 10:59 AM, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Hi Adrian, Thanks for the reminder but I have already done that to no avail. Will keep trying. John On 31/03/2012, at 11:13 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Hi John! Reading the hints so far I don't see any mention of deleting the Safari preference com.apple.Safari.plist from the Library Preference Folder. That was once upon a time a cure for a lot of annoying problems. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 31/03/2012, at 10:52 AM, John Thompson wrote: Hi Again, This is still an ongoing problem for me. At the moment I have found an earlier version of Safari (5.1.1) and copied it to my HD. For some of the time this older version appears to work as well as before but after re-starting the computer, it goes back to the same problem encountered with 5.1.5. Firefox does work better but still not as rapidly as it should. I keep going back to my Macbook running SL and all is fine. Something has crept into my setup but as yet, I have not been able to isolate it. I had been away for a week and upon returning last Sunday this problem started. I have followed all the tips given by Ronni and Carlo but the situation has not improved. Regards John On 30/03/2012, at 10:00 AM, cm wrote: Ok. Let us know how things turn out. I would double check the Wifi strength. Failing that it could be a router setup problem when more than one Wifi client is attached. Cheers, Carlo On 30/03/2012, at 9:37 , John Thompson wrote: Carlo, On 30/03/2012, at 8:59 AM, cm wrote: Ah yes, a Mac mini of course. When I glanced at the email trail I saw Ronni's specs by mistake and not yours. In any case if there is no problem with Snow Leopard then your internet connection is likely not the problem. Have you had OS X Lion installed for long? There are a number of processes, Spotlight indexing in particular, that run for a some hours after the install. These can slow down the response of the whole system. Yes, I have had Lion for quite some time so the spotlight indexing would not be a problem at this stage. Is your Mac mini connected by Wifi to your router or is it an ethernet cable? Also how is your Macbook connected to the router? Both the Mac Mini and the Macbook are connected by wireless to the Router. I have tried to connect the mini be ethernet direct to the modem and that has not made a difference. Will preserver for now and use the Macbook when I think the mini is too slow. John Cheers, Carlo On 30/03/2012, at 8:50 , John Thompson wrote: Thanks for the response Carlo. On 30/03/2012, at 8:27 AM, cm wrote: Hi John, I was a bit suspicious of the solution because you said you had tried Firefox and it also had a problem. So it was not clear to me why two different browser would have a problem at the same time. If it is a problem with Lion that slows down internet connections you would be the first one to find such. So I guess I have a couple of questions that may help identify the source (or not). Are, in fact, both Safari and Firefox slow on your Lion installation? Yes. But Safari is slightly slower that Firefox Are either slow on a Snow Leopard installation if you still have one? I have Snow Leopard on my Macbook and both browsers work fine Try connecting you MacBook Pro up to someone else's internet / router and see if
Re: Question For Macboook Pro
hello Rob i did this hot swap my macs (powerbook macbook pro) died with a multilingual message that i have to shut down restart, the express card connects directly to the processor/memory bus system may be it works fine if you can access a card menue and switch off the card first then unplug it James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 01/04/2012, at 10:23 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi James What's the issue with hot-swapping Express cards? I've just purchased one for an external e-SATA drive, and I never shutdown my Macbook. Why should I? Will this 'fry' the express card? Rob On 29/03/12 10:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there are a number of express cards available, eg i use it to have 2 firewire400 1 usb port more available, good for video/audio production, the pci express card should only be connected/plugged in when the mac is switched off http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/153961/USB_PCI-EXPRESS_CARDS/Mukii/TIP-PU301CB.asp this link points to a pic of a card with usb ports James U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 28/03/2012, at 8:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Recent book: Evaluating e-learning: Guiding research and practice http://www.routledge.com/9780415881944/ -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Question For Macboook Pro
Hi James, Did you first unmount / dismount the Drive? Hot-Swap functionality enables you to connect and disconnect drives without having to power down your computer. This does not mean you can simply pull out a drive at any time; you must put away (“eject”, “unmount”, “dismount”) the drive volume. Only after the drives are ejected (unmounted) is it safe for you to disconnect the drives or cables. If you do not follow this procedure, data on your drives may be corrupted. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 02/04/2012, at 11:56 AM, James / Hans Kunz sad...@iinet.net.au wrote: hello Rob i did this hot swap my macs (powerbook macbook pro) died with a multilingual message that i have to shut down restart, the express card connects directly to the processor/memory bus system may be it works fine if you can access a card menue and switch off the card first then unplug it James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 01/04/2012, at 10:23 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi James What's the issue with hot-swapping Express cards? I've just purchased one for an external e-SATA drive, and I never shutdown my Macbook. Why should I? Will this 'fry' the express card? Rob On 29/03/12 10:06 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: there are a number of express cards available, eg i use it to have 2 firewire400 1 usb port more available, good for video/audio production, the pci express card should only be connected/plugged in when the mac is switched off http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/153961/USB_PCI-EXPRESS_CARDS/Mukii/TIP-PU301CB.asp this link points to a pic of a card with usb ports James U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. On 28/03/2012, at 8:11 PM, tom samson wrote: I have a Macbook Pro and there is a Card slot on the left side. It has never been used. My question is what could the best way be to use it. I am really thinking about plugging in a semi permanent sd card as a digital drive but the cards sit proud of the port So what else is there. tom samson -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe -http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Recent book: Evaluating e-learning: Guiding research and practice http://www.routledge.com/9780415881944/ -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Siri personified
Hi Muggers, I though that those of you with access to Siri might be entertained by artistic impressions of how Siri would look. Here are the winners of a contest with two categories: 3D and inspiring design. http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1236-Announcing-Contest-Winners!-Siri-comes-to-life-in-3D.html Cheers, Carlo -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
