Re: [WAMUG} Are You Receiving??

2021-12-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
Received OK > On 7 Dec 2021, at 6:30 pm, Pete Smith wrote: > > Hi all. > > We are trying to work out if there is a problem with the List. > > Can anyone see this message? > > Many thanks in anticipation. > > (For those that can’t see this, no need to reply… Tee Hee Hee) > > Regards, > >

Re: Missing App

2020-01-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
go appears. > > Good luck > Alan > > >> On 11 Jan 2020, at 4:31 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> Tim >> Tried that, one of the first things I tried. No luck. >> Barry >> >>> On 11 Jan 2020, at 3:32 pm, Tim Law wrote: >>

Re: Missing App

2020-01-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
gt; On 11 Jan 2020, at 4:31 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> Tim >> Tried that, one of the first things I tried. No luck. >> Barry >> >>> On 11 Jan 2020, at 3:32 pm, Tim Law wrote: >>> >>> Barry I suggest you go to the App Stor

Re: Missing App

2020-01-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
time. > > It may be the app has been updated and the one you are trying to re download > is not compatible with the latest operating system. > > Tim > >> On 11 Jan 2020, at 2:19 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> On of my Apps has disappeared ( Transperth.app)

Missing App

2020-01-10 Thread Barry Sexstone
On of my Apps has disappeared ( Transperth.app) and I have tried most, if not all, of the suggestions I have found on line such as trying to restore from a backup or from the list of purchased apps. Nothing has worked! When I try to restore from the purchased list I get the rotating circle

Re: RANT WARNING! iiNet NBN

2019-02-16 Thread Barry Sexstone
I made the change to NBN about 12 months ago with iinet and it was a seamless change from ADSL Barry > On 17 Feb 2019, at 9:38 am, Mike Murray wrote: > > We need to make a move to NBN in the next few months. > I did want to keep my email address, but… > Does anyone have nice things to say

Re: Mail

2019-01-09 Thread Barry Sexstone
When the experts are looking at Brett’s problems perhaps they could advise me as to how I can combine Mailboxes. Thanks Barry > On 10 Jan 2019, at 12:31 pm, Brett Curtis wrote: > > I’ve just returned to using Mail after a long break. > My question is regarding opening a new sub folder to my

Re: Second hand iPhone

2019-01-06 Thread Barry Sexstone
A suitable second hand phone has been found. > On 6 Jan 2019, at 12:33 pm, Barry Sexstone wrote: > > Any-one have a secondhand iPhone SE. A replacement for one of my > grand-daughters who seems to specialise in destroying phones, not everyone > can get their phone run ov

Second hand iPhone

2019-01-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
Any-one have a secondhand iPhone SE. A replacement for one of my grand-daughters who seems to specialise in destroying phones, not everyone can get their phone run over! Thanks Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
Dear All Thank-you everyone who had an input but this thread seems to have gone off on a tangent and I think it is best to abandon it. The problem may have been caused by my original email query not being clear enough. Happy New Year Barry > On 31 Dec 2018, at 12:19 pm, Barry Sexst

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 > >> On 30 Dec 2018, at 5:16 pm, Barry Sexstone > <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >> >>

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
tns2965=en_US=iTunes%20HelpPP488> > or Save a copy of a song in a new file format > <https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=link=itns2972=en_US=iTunes%20HelpPP488>. > > Cheers, > > Ronni > > >  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > > On 30

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
018, at 10:33 am, Barry Sexstone > wrote: > > Many thanks Peter, I will probably try this over the weekend. > Barry > >> On 28 Dec 2018, at 7:36 am, Peter Hinchliffe >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:01 pm, Barry Sexstone &

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-27 Thread Barry Sexstone
Many thanks Peter, I will probably try this over the weekend. Barry > On 28 Dec 2018, at 7:36 am, Peter Hinchliffe > wrote: > > > >> On 27 Dec 2018, at 12:01 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> Progress (of a sort). I have borrowed a Macbook Air

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
do you have the iTunes volume up? There are two volume >>> controls. One on the computer itself, and one in iTunes. beside the >>> play/pause button. You need to ensure this is turned right up to a higher >>> volume. >>> Secondly, also ensure that the “speakers” are

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
gt; appears to import as that track appears in the library but also doesn’t >>> play. It looks to me to be possibly an encoding problem but I am not sure. >>> Barry >>> >>>> On 27 Dec 2018, at 10:31 am, Peter Hinchliffe >>> <mailto:hinch...@multiline.com.au>

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
. Any advice on how to reinstall iTunes without having to reinstall the OS. Thanks Barry > On 27 Dec 2018, at 11:06 am, Barry Sexstone > wrote: > > Yes Peter it does offer to import. I have tried importing one track, it > appears to import as that track appears in the library but al

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
wrote: > > Does iTunes offer to import the tracks when you insert the CD? > >> On 26 Dec 2018, at 2:59 pm, kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: >> >> Barry, >> >> guess you have tried a different CD? >> >> Kevin Lock >> >>> On 26 Dec 2018, at 2:

Re: CDs not playing

2018-12-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
Yes Kevin several. > On 26 Dec 2018, at 2:59 pm, kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > Barry, > > guess you have tried a different CD? > > Kevin Lock > >> On 26 Dec 2018, at 2:15 pm, Barry Sexstone >> wrote: >> >> Suddenly I am unable to p

CDs not playing

2018-12-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
Suddenly I am unable to play music CDs through my Mac. On inserting a CD into the external drive Itunes opens and the track list of the CD is shown but iTunes will not play any of the tracks. Previously I have had no problems playing CDs. I doubt the problem is the player as it happily plays

Re: Strange Battery notices on my iPhone 6S ?

2018-06-24 Thread Barry Sexstone
I have never managed to get my iPhone 5S to show battery health. It is now running ios 11.4 and will give me usage and standby times but not health. My son’s iPhone 6 does give the health using the samr proceedure I have tried on y 5S so perhaps it it model dependant. Barry iMac Retina 5K

Re: Changing ISP and porting email address

2018-04-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
Hi All My experience with iinet changing to NBN (FTN) was excellent. All changed seamlessly including land line to Net phone with number porting. I was told this could take up to a week bu in the event it was less than 24Hrs. Initially I signed for 25 Mbs and regularly achieved 24. I

Re: Keyboard

2018-01-09 Thread Barry Sexstone
and don’t let the cat eat biscuits on it. Barry > On 10 Jan 2018, at 1:33 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Sev, > > > and to keep it pristine – maybe a surgical mask and gloves? ;o) > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western

Re: Malware removal

2017-11-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni Sophos reports no threats in a full scan. I think I must have cleaned up the threats but Sophos’s dashboard was still reporting the threats until I worked out how to reset that, not a very intuitive task. Thanks for your help Cheers Barry > On 23 Nov 2017, at 5:13 pm, Barry Sexst

Re: Malware removal

2017-11-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
la. This gives you a listing of what is in that directory. If it's not in > there, you have probably already ejected the install disk. > > Cheers, > > Ronni > > >  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > > On 23 Nov 2017, at 3:24 pm, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspac

Malware removal

2017-11-22 Thread Barry Sexstone
Sophos has detected a threat on my iMac running Sierra and has given the following report Manual PUA cleanup required: 'Bundlore' at '/Volumes/Install/Install.app/Contents/MacOS/appleinstaller’ I have searched Sophos help and tried the suggested but with no success. I have also run

Re: Time Capsule green light

2017-01-04 Thread Barry Sexstone
I download the update and then it > goes back to green. Hope that helps > > Cheers > Jewels > >> On 4 Jan 2017, at 4:24 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Peter >> >> I have an

Re: Time Capsule green light

2017-01-04 Thread Barry Sexstone
Peter I have an Airport Express which has been exhibited a similar problem over the last couple of months. The green light changes to a flashing orange but everything else behaves normally. Sometimes I get fed up with it flashing and reset it by turning it off and then on again but it seems

Re: Time Machine Editor App

2016-12-20 Thread Barry Sexstone
Alan I have been using Time Machine Editor for some time now and have had no problems with it. It allows me to schedule backups less frequently than the standard resulting in a longer period before the backup disk is full. This suits me as I generally make few changes during the day so fewer

Re: iPhone 4

2016-12-10 Thread Barry Sexstone
Peter I think I can find a home for one of them if you can let me know how I can get hold of it. Thanks Barry iMac Retina 5K 27" Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz 8 GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.12.1 > On 11 Dec. 2016, at 1:07 pm, Peter Curtis wrote: > > Hi

Re: IOS 10 and Battery Life

2016-09-19 Thread Barry Sexstone
Mine seems worse but early days yet. Barry iMac Retina 5K 27" Intel Core i5 3.5 GHz 8 GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.10.2 > On 19 Sep 2016, at 5:49 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: > > Has anyone noticed an improvement in battery life since upgrading to IOS 10? > My iPhone 5

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-24 Thread Barry Sexstone
patience and time at the moment. Many thanks for your help,have a good Easter. Regards Barry > On 24 Mar 2016, at 4:58 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > > Thanks Ronni > > I am pretty sure spotlight had sufficient time to index, probably a couple > of

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-24 Thread Barry Sexstone
: > > Hi Barry, > >> On 24 Mar 2016, at 2:03 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni >> >> I think there should have been enough time for spotlight but how does one

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-24 Thread Barry Sexstone
Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > El Capitan OS X 10.11.4 > > >> On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:28 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au >> <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: >> >>

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
> Have you tried restarting your Mac? > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:04 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au > <mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au>> wrote: > >> I have just updated my iMac to 10.11.4 via the App Store.

Re: Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
Hi Ronni Yes The first thing I did Barry > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:18 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Barry, > > Have you tried restarting your Mac? > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > > On 24 Mar 2016, at 1:04 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexs

Applications missing after update to 10.8.4

2016-03-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
I have just updated my iMac to 10.11.4 via the App Store. All appeared to go normally until I tried to open Safari from the dock after the update when I got the message “Safari cannot be opened as the application may be damaged or incomplete” The same problem occurs with all the other

Re: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac Users: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

2015-09-16 Thread Barry Sexstone
Desktop 8 for Mac End-of-Life statement is located at KB123274 > <http://kb.parallels.com/au/123274><http://www.parallels.com/au/products/desktop/support/ > <http://www.parallels.com/au/products/desktop/support/>> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni'

Re: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac Users: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

2015-09-16 Thread Barry Sexstone
Thanks Peter, I note that they hedge their bets a bit by not saying 10 is fully compatible just that you can continue to use it. Barry > On 17 Sep 2015, at 7:49 am, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> > wrote: > > >> On 16 Sep 2015, at 8:29 am,

Re: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac Users: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

2015-09-15 Thread Barry Sexstone
Will Parallels 10 work with El Capitan? Regards Barry > On 16 Sep 2015, at 7:23 am, Peter Hinchliffe > wrote: > > >> On 15 Sep 2015, at 3:55 pm, Ronda Brown > > wrote: >> >> Notice for Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac Users: OS X

Re: Mirroring problems

2015-03-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
machine which has been used by my Grand children as well as myself. Cheers Barry On 27 Mar 2015, at 7:51 am, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Thanks Daniel I had already read these articles. To my knowledge Air Parrot has never been installed on this machine, it may however

Re: Mirroring problems

2015-03-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
by the author be requested. On 26/03/2015, at 4:02 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: I am having problems mirroring my iMac Retina through Apple TV. I am happy that my Apple TV setup is OK as I have no problems with mirroring my Macbook Air. I am also happy that my network

Mirroring problems

2015-03-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
I am having problems mirroring my iMac Retina through Apple TV. I am happy that my Apple TV setup is OK as I have no problems with mirroring my Macbook Air. I am also happy that my network is OK as I can watch iTunes content on my iMac through the Apple TV. When I open airplay I appear to have

Re: Batteries

2015-03-14 Thread Barry Sexstone
Severin I use “Eneloop” rechargable batteries which are more expensive than some but have an extremely low self discharge rate and I have some that are over 8 years old and still perform well in a variety of situations. Barry On 14 Mar 2015, at 4:10 pm, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com

Re: AGM today

2015-03-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
I have never found it difficult to pay annual membership but I have never had any success sending a copy of the bank acknowledgement through, it seems to always get bounced and as a result I never know whether all has been accepted until I next check with my bank. Barry iMac Retina 5K 27

Re: Committee News

2015-01-27 Thread Barry Sexstone
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 28 Jan 2015, at 7:24 am, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Maureen My Calendar show the 11th March to be a Wednesday? Regards Barry On 27 Jan 2015, at 8:36 pm, Maureen Smith topsm...@internode.on.net

Re: Committee News

2015-01-27 Thread Barry Sexstone
Maureen My Calendar show the 11th March to be a Wednesday? Regards Barry On 27 Jan 2015, at 8:36 pm, Maureen Smith topsm...@internode.on.net wrote: Hello WWW’s, Your committee recently had its first meeting for 2015. We were all still coming out of holiday mode so it was a bit of a

Re: OS X 10.10.1 update problem

2014-11-18 Thread Barry Sexstone
Utility and Repair your startup disk. At least then you can be 'reasonably' certain that your system does not contain any obvious faults that might cause an update/upgrade to fail. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 18 Nov 2014, at 3:11 pm, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au

OS X 10.10.1 update problem

2014-11-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
My MacBook air 2012 appears to be hanging after an attempt to up date from 10.10 to 10.10.1. Update was done via app store and all appeared to go routinely until the restart. The machine appeared to shutdown normally and the initial restart appeared normal with the advice “restarting”

Re: OS X 10.10.1 update problem

2014-11-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
On 18 Nov 2014, at 8:15 am, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: My MacBook air 2012 appears to be hanging after an attempt to up date from 10.10 to 10.10.1. Update was done via app store and all appeared to go routinely until the restart. The machine appeared to shutdown

Re: OS X 10.10.1 update problem

2014-11-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
2014, at 8:48 am, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: In the absence of other advice I have shut down the Air by powering down, a procedure I hate to use. Start up now seems OK. I would still like to know if anyone has suggestions as to how

Re: OS X 10.10.1 update problem

2014-11-17 Thread Barry Sexstone
gear or spinning earth icon below the Apple logo” ? Cheers, Ronni On 18 Nov 2014, at 11:59 am, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au mailto:bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Ronni Installation is complete and OS is 10.10.1 Disk was repaired prior to updating. As I mentioned

Re: iMac RAM

2014-06-09 Thread Barry Sexstone
Severin I got my last lot of RAM from Daniel. His price was very competitive and I would recommend at least contacting him to get advice. Regards Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 16GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.9.3 On 9 Jun 2014, at 1:21 pm, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au

Re: Problems following update to OS X 10.9.2

2014-03-02 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni I have now updated using the combo update. There were no problems and the whole exercise took about 20 minutes. I have no idea what happened last time when completion had not occurred after over an hour. Barry On 26 Feb 2014, at 5:34 pm, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au

Re: Problems following update to OS X 10.9.2

2014-02-26 Thread Barry Sexstone
the combo update, meanwhile I have reinstalled 10.9 from my thumb drive and all appears well. Barry On 26 Feb 2014, at 4:35 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 26 Feb 2014, at 2:10 pm, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: This morning i attempted to update my iMac OS from 10.9.1

Problems following update to OS X 10.9.2

2014-02-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
This morning i attempted to update my iMac OS from 10.9.1 to 10.9.2 It appeared to go through the normal update procedure and shutdown as expected for a restart. The restart was unsuccessful and went only as far as the Apple logo and spinning gear wheel and no further. The machine would

Re: Problems following update to OS X 10.9.2

2014-02-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
My apologies for some of the obvious typos in my previous. It was sent from an iPhone and my thumbs and fingers are not as nimble as they were and in my frustration over my earlier problems meant I was not proof reading very well. Barry On 26 Feb 2014, at 2:10 pm, Barry Sexstone bjsexst

Re: map app

2014-02-01 Thread Barry Sexstone
Rod Have you looked at Memory Maps and access to Hema maps through them. It has the advantage that you can trial maps for a short while for evaluation, the app is free but there is a charge for maps. Barry On 1 Feb 2014, at 6:35 pm, F.W. Hänel whae...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Rod, I

Re: iOS 7.0.2 Update

2013-09-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni I can understand your frustration. However, I am sure that the majority of people follow your instructions and are very grateful for them. Hopefully, this may give you a reason to continue. I have always been very grateful for any help provided by you and others of the group and

Help neded

2013-09-18 Thread Barry Sexstone
The following is from the U3A (University of the Third Age) newsletter. Perhaps some member of WAMUG in the Wanneroo area may be able to help. MAC COMPUTER HELP NEEDED A Joondalup region member has asked if anyone can assist her. She has purchased a new iMac desktop computer and needs some

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 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: Repeats in Calendar

2013-08-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
the repetition of events I have already created. Once again thanks for your help and interest. Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.8.4 On 06/08/2013, at 10:01 AM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Bill?? Not an iCloud purely

Repeats in Calendar

2013-08-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
I am having problems with making events repetitive. I seem to recall it being easy. Help says double click on the event, go to edit and access the pop-up repeat menu and select. I don't seem to have the repeat pop up, I suspect I am missing something very basic here but old age etc

Re: Repeats in Calendar

2013-08-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
the pop-up menu after you double-click an event , go to Edit Show Inspector. Also check I. Calendar Preferences Advanced that you have Open events in separate windows. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 05/08/2013, at 5:40 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au

Re: Repeats in Calendar

2013-08-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
: Show as: etc? If you still cannot see these windows check whether it is happening in another User Account on your Mac. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 05/08/2013, at 7:12 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Many thanks Ronni but neither of these things

Re: Repeats in Calendar

2013-08-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
. If this is working as it should, there is something wrong with your desktop Calendar data that will need further investigation. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 05/08/2013, at 9:22 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Calendar V 6.0 (1648) OS 10.8.4

Airport Express amber flashing

2013-07-22 Thread Barry Sexstone
Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed the instructions plugging everything in prior to turning on the power, set up the base station password etc, at this stage Airport Utility reported

Re: Airport Express amber flashing

2013-07-22 Thread Barry Sexstone
and post back. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 3:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I have just purchased a new Airport Express and I am having some odd problems which I am sure someone will solve for me. I followed

Re: Airport Express amber flashing

2013-07-22 Thread Barry Sexstone
Port on your iMac? Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 22/07/2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I Tried the power/off trick as one of the earlier checks, Airport Utility reports ethernet cable not connected. I should have mentioned in my first post

Re: Airport Express amber flashing

2013-07-22 Thread Barry Sexstone
PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Ronni Ethernet cable connected WAN on EA to modem. No physical connection from computer. I have been using an Mk2 AE as my router but I was hoping to eventually use this to extend my network so I bought the new AE and have been

Upgrade to 10.8 Mountain Lion

2013-06-14 Thread Barry Sexstone
At long last I am thinking of upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion. Prior to doing that I would appreciate advice/comments from the group as well as the following specific queries. Is my current machine - 27inch late 2009 3.06GHz Intel core 2 Duo 12GB 1067MHz DDR3 - suitable for an update?

Re: Upgrade to 10.8 Mountain Lion

2013-06-14 Thread Barry Sexstone
Thanks Ronni On 14/06/2013, at 2:57 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 14/06/2013, at 2:15 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: At long last I am thinking of upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion. Prior to doing that I would appreciate advice/comments from the group as well

Re: Upgrade to 10.8 Mountain Lion

2013-06-14 Thread Barry Sexstone
is with iPhoto. I need to correspond further with Ronni to sort this out when I get back to my desk. Cheers Marcus Harris Message sent from Marcus's iPhone4 Go Eagles On 14/06/2013, at 2:15 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: At long last I am thinking of upgrading

Backup problems

2013-06-11 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni You may be interested to learn that with a new external disk all my backup strategies and those I have been trying to try to find the cause of my previous problem are working without a hitch. This probably confirms the problem was the disk I was interested in your comments about

Re: Continuing disk problems

2013-06-06 Thread Barry Sexstone
as excess to his needs. Many thanks for your input and help. Barry iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.7.5 On 06/06/2013, at 11:26 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Ronni Hope all goes well with your appointment. Box was and is now UNticket so I am

Continuing disk problems

2013-06-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
I am still having problems with my Seagate 2TB external disk my and back up regime as I mentioned in my email of 3rd June. My usual method is to have Carbon Copy Cloner run an incremental backup daily. The initial backup runs OK but 24Hrs later the incremental backup does not run with an

Re: Continuing disk problems

2013-06-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
On 06/06/2013, at 7:52 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: I am still having problems with my Seagate 2TB external disk my and back up regime as I mentioned in my email of 3rd June. My usual method is to have Carbon Copy Cloner run an incremental backup daily. The initial backup runs OK

Re: Continuing disk problems

2013-06-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
. Regards Barry On 06/06/2013, at 8:00 AM, Barry Sexstone wrote: iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.7.5 I notice my signature block showing my system set up was not appended to this, I don,t know why so I will give it here and also try to append it iMac

Re: Continuing disk problems

2013-06-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
of that window you will see Ignore ownership on this volume Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 06/06/2013, at 10:05 AM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks for the emails. For some reason I did not get your first one. The Seagate is formatted as you say

Re: Continuing disk problems

2013-06-05 Thread Barry Sexstone
Then - Go to File Get Info At the bottom of that window you will see Ignore ownership on this volume Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 06/06/2013, at 10:05 AM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks for the emails. For some reason I did not get your

Backup problems

2013-06-03 Thread Barry Sexstone
Good Evening (or whatever time you read this) I have recently been given a seagate 2TB external drive which I am attempting to use ad my daily backup in addition to a separate drive for time Machine. I have set up Carbon Copy Cloner to do a full backup of my hard drive and then do an

Re: Backup problems

2013-06-03 Thread Barry Sexstone
On further investigation (playing?) I have found that I can run the incremental backup manually by opening the scheduled tasks and clicking run but get an error when trying to run automatically at the set time. On 03/06/2013, at 7:23 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Good Evening (or whatever time

1Password problem

2013-03-09 Thread Barry Sexstone
When I tried to open 1Password I got the following:- Exception The encryption keys file does not exist at 'file://localhost/Users/BJS/Dropbox/1Password.agilekeychain/data/default/1password.keys' 1Password would not open. Any advice? Regards Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

1Password problem

2013-03-09 Thread Barry Sexstone
Please ignore my recent plea for help.I found the solution in 1Password's help and it was merely a case of accessing the backup file. Many thanks Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Home folder icon disappearing from dock

2013-02-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
G'Day all I am sure I am missing something very obvious I have been away for a short time and one of my Grand-children has had access to the computer although there is no proof they have caused the problem. The icon for my home folder (the house symbol) has disappeared from the dock. How do

Re: Home folder icon disappearing from dock

2013-02-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
. If you hover your cursor over the dock you will see the divider symbol (white vertical line with arrow top bottom) Cheers, Ronni On 07/02/2013, at 4:50 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: G'Day all I am sure I am missing something very obvious I have been away

Re: Home folder icon disappearing from dock

2013-02-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz 12GB RAM 1.0 TB HD OS X 10.7.5 On 07/02/2013, at 6:18 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Many thanks Ronni That worked BUT. the icon is now that of the first of my home folders. I can live with that but it seems odd that now behaves like any other folder

Re: Happy New Year not so happy …but happy because we are Mac

2013-01-07 Thread Barry Sexstone
I seem to recall that Ronni has advised against Little Snitch in the past. Am I mistaken? Barry On 07/01/2013, at 11:23 PM, tom samson wrote: The thing that gets me about all the changes is not the programs and whether or not we can afford to change them but our mindsets and what happens

DAB+ Radio

2012-11-20 Thread Barry Sexstone
Apologies to the group if this is too far off Mac/Apple subject but I know there have been some helpful comments on DAB radio in the past. I have been using a DAB+ radio for some time now (Pure One Classic). Up until very recently reception has been good but now I am getting variable signal

Re: DAB+ Radio

2012-11-20 Thread Barry Sexstone
which is theoretically an excellent reception area. I think it is a harbinger of this afternoon's predicted thunderstorm. Alan On 21/11/2012, at 12:55 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Apologies to the group if this is too far off Mac/Apple subject but I know

Re: DAB+ Radio

2012-11-20 Thread Barry Sexstone
. When my next door neighbour does engine testing on his boat there is some interference in reception. Is there a house nearby undergoing renovations with someone using a welder or similar tool? Merv On 21/11/12 1:19 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Thanks Alan, I have had the problem for two

Re: Setting up wireless internet for my Step Daughter ?

2012-09-23 Thread Barry Sexstone
Stephen I have an early model Airport Express (b/g only) going free if it is of any use. Barry On 24/09/2012, at 8:02 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/09/2012, at 10:42 PM, Stephen Chape chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I am just hoping for some advice with this. She currently

Re: USB properties

2012-08-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
Many thanks to all. The problem has been fixed with a new driver. It was only after threatening to return the device that I got some action from the supplier on this. Regards and thanks again. Barry On 30/08/2012, at 1:45 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Hi Ronni The program is Weather

Re: USB properties

2012-08-30 Thread Barry Sexstone
://www.weathersnoop.com/home/ or WeatherCat http://trixology.com Cheers, Ronni On 30/08/2012, at 1:45 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni The program is Weather Link for Mac. Unfortunately in the dropbox for communication setup there is only Bluetooth-PDA-sync

Re: Transperth

2012-08-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
G'Day Mac I have consistently had problems with transperth maps, not that that helps at all. If you find a good solution let us all know. regards Barry On 30/08/2012, at 11:54 AM, Merv Bond wrote: Hi Mac I had no success with the maps. However after going to the home page:

USB properties

2012-08-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
G'Day All I am investigating a program which collects and displays weather data from a weather station. The supplier says that the connection needs to be through a UART USB Port and not a Bluetoothport as he seems to think mine are. He says that in the other operating system it is possible

Re: USB properties

2012-08-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
/ 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.4 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 30/08/2012, at 12:58 PM, Barry Sexstone bjsexst...@netspace.net.au wrote: G'Day All I am investigating a program which collects and displays weather data from a weather station. The supplier says

Re: Launchpad

2012-07-25 Thread Barry Sexstone
Ronni Carlo Apparently dragging the apps has been successful and there is now a second page of apps where previously there was only one. Why the apps were not originally shown is anyones guess. Thank you both. Barry On 24/07/2012, at 9:54 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Many thanks Ronni I

Launchpad

2012-07-24 Thread Barry Sexstone
I have had a query about launchpad from a friend of mine. As it is not something I usually use I thought I would handball it straight to the experts! She has both n iMac (27 2009) and an 13 Air (2011) both running 10.7.4. On the iMac all her applications both those downloaded through App.

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