Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Paul Willemse
Hi Ronni, My machine is the desktop Mac Pro, 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon, 10GB memory, two graphics cards, one for each screen. I am running OS X 10.8.5 (sorry for the butter finger typing). The right hand screen is my main screen with the menus. The left screen is used for the outputs of

Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Paul Have you tried swapping the screens to the opposite graphics card they're on now? Try that and see how it goes. You can also try removing the preference files from your User library (Hold down Option key and click on Go menu in the Finder then choose Library from the drop down menu).

Re: Apple TV, iMac and Sound Preferences

2013-09-17 Thread Marcus F Harris
Thanks Alan, I'm going to try my setup again to pin down when exactly the SOUND preferences window refuses to reveal Internal speakers. It occurs afterI have been playing though Apple Tv but not immediately. I think it could be after the Apple Tv is left on for a day or two and meanwhile I have

Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Paul Daniel, I have been out just got back into my office. Daniel the other plist I would move is: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist Also Paul, check in System Preferences Mission Control Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use - Ensure this is UNTICKED!

Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Thanks Ronni I knew I'd miss something with my flu brain,…thanks. Also Paul, out of interest which graphics cards are you using? As normally one card should be able to run the two screens fine (depending on the card). And this generally holds the settings better. Kind regards Daniel Sent from

Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Paul Willemse
Hi Ronni, Daniel, I found the answer but I do not understand how it got that way or why. While I was looking for the files to move per your instructions I noticed something strange: com.apple.systempreferences.plist and com.apple.spaces.plist both were read only for my UserID. I only have that

Re: Apple TV, iMac and Sound Preferences

2013-09-17 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Marcus A way-out suggestion - - -.Is your iMac output port ever used for headphones or extension speakers? Might be a dirty internal switch contact. Plug in a (clean) headset plug several times and swivel it around to exercise the springs! Cheers Alan On 17/09/2013, at 2:36 PM,

Re: Restart Problem

2013-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Paul, And now back to my paid work grin And same goes for Daniel and myself ;-) Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 17/09/2013, at 3:50 PM, Paul Willemse p...@thelink.to wrote: Hi Ronni, Daniel, I found the answer but I do not understand how it got that way or why. While I was looking for

Re: battery testing

2013-09-17 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Walter Good video, but I think the guy should be marketing his ceramic tiles. I tested some new, middling and old AA and AAA batteries with a voltmeter and the bounce test on several surfaces. Inconsistent results! Cheers Alan On 17/09/2013, at 10:52 AM, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au

Thank goodness for WAMUG !!

2013-09-17 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks .. I feel a great need to tell you this ! A few months ago I joined a Mac Users Group in the UK just out of curiosity I guess. I won't say which one coz that may not be fair. WELL - what an eye opener. I have been besieged by so many email posts inviting me to meet at pubs for a Mac

Re: Apple TV, iMac and Sound Preferences

2013-09-17 Thread Marcus F Harris
NO Alan, I either use Apple TV or the internal Speakers on iMac Thanks, I'll watch to see if I can pin down when it occurs, Cheers Marcus Marcus Harris P.O. Box 7135 Marcus Harris Shenton Park Western Australia 6008 Australia Cryptodome Pty Ltd cryptodo...@me.com Mob: +61 (0) 417965618 On

Re: Failed update

2013-09-17 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Hello Ronni, Yes. I printed off your instructions and believed that I followed them to the letter. I was not in the room where the computer is when the process was (I hoped) going on. Perhaps I should try again tomorrow and see if anything untoward reveals itself. I will report the outcome.

Re: Failed update

2013-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Jennifer, You must keep an eye on the update installation. I never leave a computer when it is updating. You are asked to Restart your Mac near the end of the installation so it can complete the installation process. Run the combo update again and make sure it completes, then follow the

iMac free to good home

2013-09-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
I know there is a member who resets machines and passes them on to a good home as I have passed on a laptop to him in the past. Unfortunately i have lost his contact details. I have an iMac 5.1 circa 2006 which I am willing to pass on if he can contact me either through the group or

Re: iMac free to good home

2013-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Barry, Kevin Lock is the man you are wanting, his email address is: kal...@iinet.net.au Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 17/09/2013, at 7:43 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: I know there is a member who resets machines and passes them on to a good home as I

Re: Apple TV, iMac and Sound Preferences

2013-09-17 Thread Tim Law
Marcus, Out of interest, what options does the sound preferences window show for your sound output? The reason I ask is that somehow I managed to load an odd sound app that corrupted the sound preferences and it took ages to get rid of. It showed up in the sound preference options and also

Re: iMac free to good home

2013-09-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
Very many thanks Ronni. On 17/09/2013, at 8:01 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Barry, Kevin Lock is the man you are wanting, his email address is: kal...@iinet.net.au Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 17/09/2013, at 7:43 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au

Re: battery testing

2013-09-17 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 17/09/2013, at 10:52 AM, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Peter, This time I won't type the URL, I'll copy and paste instead, hopefully that will work ? Cheers, W. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_m6p99l6ME Yep, that worked. Thanks. :-) Peter Hinchliffe

Re: battery testing

2013-09-17 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Walter Alan, Yes, this is a joke...not a way to test batteries ;-)) I like ColtPiggerton's comment: If you believe this, I have a salt lamp I'd like to sell you. And Karl Ream's comment: Lightbulbs can be tested like that too. Drop them from 6 feet onto a concrete floor. If it shatters,

Re: battery testing

2013-09-17 Thread Kevin Lock
It works!It got people all over the world dropping batteries onto a tiled floor. Kev On 18/09/13 10:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Walter Alan, Yes, this is a joke...not a way to test batteries ;-)) I like ColtPiggerton's comment: If you believe this, I have a salt lamp I'd like

Prepare for iOS 7 the Correct Way: What To Do Before Upgrading an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iOS 7

2013-09-17 Thread Ronni Brown
Hello People, http://www.apple.com/ios/ Prepare for iOS 7 the Correct Way: What To Do Before Upgrading an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iOS 7 OS 7 is set for public release on the 18th (could be tomorrow). You need to prepare for this major iOS update on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.