Re: Login items appearing disappearing; WAS Re: iPhone has stopped opening iTunes

2011-08-17 Thread Neil Houghton
info Ronni. I will remember all these tips for if the problem (or similar) re-occurs. Cheers, Ronni Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com On 18/08/2011, at 11:53 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Login items

Annotations in preview

2011-08-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, I'm probably missing something obvious here but... I've been finding the annotations feature of Preview very useful with my genealogy research when I print out a webpage as pdf (say a census search or free BMD search) and then add some notes of my own - say to put a person in context to

Re: Annotations in preview

2011-08-21 Thread Neil Houghton
-Core i7 ³Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/08/2011, at 2:24 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, I'm probably missing something obvious here but... I've been finding the annotations

Re: Magic Mouse

2011-08-22 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, I got a trackpad recently and bought the Apple rechargeables and charger to go with it ­ the package comes with 6 batteries. So now I have the charger plugged-in and to hand by the computer with: * One pair in the Magic mouse * One pair in the Trackpad * One pair in the charger I

Iphone 4 - how do I increase the ring time

2011-08-23 Thread Neil Houghton
I've checked everything under settings but I can't see how to change how long the phone rings. I have been missing a LOT of calls with the phone in my jeans pocket and me not even hearing the ring (volume is set to full) - then when I was sat in a quiet corner I figured out why - the phone only

Re: Iphone 4 - how do I increase the ring time

2011-08-23 Thread Neil Houghton
you can adjust it from within your voicemail settings as well). Kind regards Daniel On 23/08/2011, at 7:22 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I've checked everything under settings but I can't see how to change how long the phone rings. I have been missing a LOT of calls with the phone in my

10 iconic Steve Jobs moments

2011-08-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Some good clips here on the SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/10-iconic-steve-jobs-momen ts-20110826-1jd2o.html Enjoy! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Unrecognised

2011-08-31 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, Why the same poor quality cable plugged into the hub none the less worked is not clear though. Presumably the hub has it¹s own power supply ­ it could just be down to the limitations of the power output from the iMac port coupled with high cable losses from the long cheap cable and

Finder problems

2011-09-05 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, If you are like me, you often use the finder get info to check the size of large folders prior to moving or copying. If you are like me you believe what it tells you ;o) However, recent events have given me pause to question whether this confidence is misplaced: 27 iMac, 2.8 GHz Intel

Internet application warning won't go away

2011-09-11 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, I just set-up my laptop for our coming holiday I also ended up re-installing Dropbox - but now I keep getting the warning about Dropbox being an application downloaded from the internet - I expect to get this message the FIRST time I open it after downloading - but it keeps coming up

Re: Internet application warning won't go away

2011-09-11 Thread Neil Houghton
...@possumology.com on 12/9/11 7:25 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 11/09/2011, at 4:12 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, I just set-up my laptop for our coming holiday I also ended up re-installing Dropbox - but now I keep getting the warning about

HELP - dead iphone? - in Paris

2011-09-26 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi folks, This is a somewhat forlorn plea - as I think I know the unpalatable answer :o(( We are in Paris. I have been trying to use my iPhone. It has been hard as the so-called wi-fi internet at the apartment is an ibook with a 3G modem in it. I won't go into the details of that - I sort of got

Re: HELP - dead iphone? - in Paris

2011-09-26 Thread Neil Houghton
6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 26/9/11 3:18 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, Have you tried a Hard Reboot? A Hard Reboot : Hold the power and home buttons until you see the display go dark and Apple¹s logo appears. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/09/2011, at 6:34 PM, Neil

Re: HELP - dead iphone? - in Paris

2011-09-30 Thread Neil Houghton
, Have you tried a Hard Reboot? A Hard Reboot : Hold the power and home buttons until you see the display go dark and Apple¹s logo appears. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/09/2011, at 6:34 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi folks, This is a somewhat forlorn plea - as I think

Re: Find my iPhone - Showing 'no device registered'

2011-11-10 Thread Neil Houghton
And hopefully before the finder removes the SIM and puts his/her own in :o( Georgina lost her phone (not an iphone) at KL airport and we tried calling it back (whilst still in the airport) within 30 mins but got a this number cannot be contacted message - we are assuming the SIM was removed

Ipad pre-paid mobile broadband plans vs mobile hotspots

2012-12-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi, I've now (finally) got an iPad 4G and I'm contemplating mobile broadband plans. I have to stick with Telstra for the country coverage. I am probably going to go pre-paid and saw that people recommended the 12GB 365 day option (which should be more than enough for when I'm away from wi-fi)

Re: Ipad pre-paid mobile broadband plans vs mobile hotspots

2012-12-14 Thread Neil Houghton
this and reconnect - but it was a nuisance. Is this likely to be the same with the iPad? Is it just a matter of finding a setting to change? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/12/12 9:20 PM, Neil Houghton at n

Re: Ipad pre-paid mobile broadband plans vs mobile hotspots

2012-12-14 Thread Neil Houghton
to sleep whilst the laptop is connected. Sent from my iPad On 14/12/2012, at 6:10 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi replying (partially) to my own post ;o) It seems I was premature in my assumption: Ideally I would use my iPad as a mobile broadband hotspot but, if I

Ipad - Cellular Data Number unknown - does not receive SMSs

2012-12-17 Thread Neil Houghton
I'm probably missing something obvious here ;o) OK, so I bought my $30 Pre-paid micro SIM for the iPad, installed it in the iPad, activated the SIM, connected to the net, set-up it up as a personal hot-spot and all is working fine (this email was sent from my iMac via the iPad personal hotspot)

Re: Ipad - Cellular Data Number unknown - does not receive SMSs

2012-12-17 Thread Neil Houghton
I should also say that I HAVE tried powering down and restarting the iPad - still no change. on 18/12/12 12:02 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: I'm probably missing something obvious here ;o) OK, so I bought my $30 Pre-paid micro SIM for the iPad, installed it in the iPad

Re: Ipad - Cellular Data Number unknown - does not receive SMSs

2012-12-17 Thread Neil Houghton
messages. You can use apple imessage. --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409 688 004 susanhasti...@mac.com On 18/12/2012, at 12:07 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: I should also say that I HAVE tried powering down and restarting the iPad - still no change. on 18/12/12 12:02

Re: Ipad - Cellular Data Number unknown - does not receive SMSs

2012-12-18 Thread Neil Houghton
...@possumology.com on 18/12/12 4:31 PM, Susan Hastings at susanhasti...@me.com wrote: in body of message --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409 688 004 susanhasti...@mac.com On 18/12/2012, at 1:55 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Thanks for the speedy reply, Susan :o)) OK... so

Re: Ipad - Cellular Data Number unknown - does not receive SMSs

2012-12-18 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Yes, thanks, I already had that. Not too bad for a Telstra app ;o) It is a bit erratic though - sometimes it shows my remaining bonus data (which is all I have until I do my first recharge) and sometimes it doesn't (as in it misses out that section) - but then Telstra My Account will

Re: Help

2012-12-30 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Juliet Bill, not a long Christmas break, Ronni ;o) Ronni's method is, as usual, effective and well explained. As with many things, there are probably several other ways to do it - the best (for you) may depend on how you like to work and, among other things, how many recipes you have. For

Re: dropbox

2013-01-02 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, In actual fact, it is even better than Ronni says - everybody signing up to Dropbox gets 2GB free but using a referral link also gives the person signing up an extra 500MB - so you actually get a free 2.5GB to start. It also gives the person supplying the link an extra 500MB (these

Re: Telstra iPad Recharge

2013-01-04 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rod, I'm in a similar situation I figured the $180/365 day recharge had to be the best: € It works out to only $15/month so it's cheaper than the lowest 30 day recharge € It gives you an AVERAGE of 1GB/month - the same as the lowest 30 day recharge € It allows you to have several low

Re: iTunes sync

2013-01-28 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Ronni, Daniel Peter, I think the thing to remember is that if you and your kids use the same Apple ID then there is no my stuff kids stuff from the iTunes account point of view - it is all associated with that apple ID - so when you are in iTunes and signed into that account it is all

Re: Rant! you have been warned :-).

2013-02-06 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Mac, As I see it there are two issues here: 1) what cable would physically connect your turntable to your computer 2) if you make such a connection, will it do what you want (copy your records tracks to your computer) or not - or might it even damage one or both of the devices. 1) is easily

Re: New iMac - Poor Audio Quality?

2013-02-18 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alan, A few thoughts/comments: * I agree with you that the general dumbing down of audio specifications and info is regrettable - and certainly the info given in the audio specifications section of the iMac product page on Apples site http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/ is very basic to say the

Re: SD Card reader/eraser

2013-02-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Well, I have seen wi-fi SD cards advertised, eg: http://www.eye.fi/ Which looks like it might work with another device (eg tablet/smartphone but maybe not a hard drive) since it says: Instantly and safely sends photos to your computer, tablet or smartphone. It also looks like it then erases

Re: Modem Router

2013-02-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, Yes, I'm starting to come to the same conclusion with my modem - reboots seem to get more more frequent. ADSL2 modems are fine with ADSL1 - but, if you are going to get a new modem, you might also like to future-proof it to some extent by getting one that is also NBN ready. I've

Re: Modem Router

2013-02-20 Thread Neil Houghton
length of time. Reg On 20/02/2013, at 6:54 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Severin, Yes, I'm starting to come to the same conclusion with my modem - reboots seem to get more more frequent. ADSL2 modems are fine with ADSL1 - but, if you are going to get a new modem

Iphone refuses to connect to wireless network

2013-02-25 Thread Neil Houghton
A strange problem here. I picked up my iPhone, at home, and noticed that it was not connected to my airport network. The network is working fine and my iMac and iPad are both connected and communicating just fine. I tried turning wifi off and then on again and the phone sees the network but

Re: Iphone refuses to connect to wireless network

2013-02-25 Thread Neil Houghton
Just to add: € The iPhone was previously connecting to the network OK € I have now rebooted both the modem and the Airport Extreme - but with the same result - the iMac and iPad connect fine - the iphone sees the network but gives me a incorrect password dialogue on 26/2/13 11:56 AM, Neil

Re: Iphone refuses to connect to wireless network

2013-02-26 Thread Neil Houghton
self two weeks ago and that resolved it instantly. I am curious if it works or not so please let me know Neil. Regards Pete On 26/02/2013, at 12:36 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Just to add: € The iPhone was previously connecting to the network OK € I have now rebooted

Re: Iphone refuses to connect to wireless network

2013-02-26 Thread Neil Houghton
on your phone? Regards Pete On 26/02/2013, at 6:27 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Peter, Thanks for that - yes that sorted the problem ;o)) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com

Re: Proxy Form for SMG 5 March 2013

2013-03-01 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pete, Hi Laura, All worked fine for me. Pete, I don't know if it will help you track down the problem - but my set-up/action was: OSX 10.6.8, Firefox 18.0.2 with pdf plug-in 2.4.4. When I click on the pdf link in Firefox, it opens in Firefox with the pdf plug-in. I then right-clicked and

Re: Question for the Gurus

2013-03-10 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, To disable Java generally, go to System Preferences Java (it's in the Other group). If your version of Java is recent enough to be the Oracle version (which it should be) the Java Control Panel will open in another window. Click the Java tab, then the View... button. Uncheck the

Re: Question for the Gurus

2013-03-10 Thread Neil Houghton
. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/3/13 9:01 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 11/03/2013, at 8:50 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Peter, To disable Java generally, go to System Preferences

Re: Java issues

2013-03-11 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, The main thing I have to turn Java on for is the landgate mapviewer (much better aerial photos than googlemaps if you select the right set) https://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/bmvf/app/mapviewer/ I also remember that the old ATO CSI software used it - though this is now replaced by Auskey

Re: Family HIstory Search

2013-03-11 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Merv, Not really an answer to your question as I've never tried it ;o) However: My only experience of Just Answer has been when it comes up in the google results when I'm troubleshooting some technical issue - I've never felt the need to cough up to see what an unidentified expert might say

Re: Family HIstory Search

2013-03-11 Thread Neil Houghton
and/or have a chat. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/3/13 6:40 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Merv, Not really an answer to your question as I've never tried it ;o) However: My only

Re: Strange iPhone messages

2013-03-15 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Pat, +44 is the UK prefix - so perhaps not as strange as Kosovo ;o)) If you are really interested in who the phone numbers belong to you could always try a reverse look-up eg http://www.reverseaustralia.com/ for Australia Or for the UK http://www.nnh.co.uk/reverse-phone-lookup.html Thought

Re: Strange iPhone messages

2013-03-15 Thread Neil Houghton
Sorry, I really should have checked the links before posting - the UK apparently on longer allows this due to privacy reasons. on 15/3/13 7:53 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Pat, +44 is the UK prefix - so perhaps not as strange as Kosovo ;o)) If you are really

Re: Westpac with iPad

2013-03-24 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, I do online bank with Westpac but don't use the ipad - so can't actually answer your question. BUT Thinking laterally... Why don't you just change your password to avoid uppercase ;o) Just a thought ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8

Re: Dropbox !

2013-03-31 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, My experience is that everything that is in the ³dropbox² folder on your computer is indeed automatically uploaded to your dropbox online storage. Not only that but if you open your dropbox account in a browser you can see each version that has been uploaded as you change/edit them

Re: Dropbox !

2013-03-31 Thread Neil Houghton
Chape at chap...@bigpond.com wrote: Thank you Neil, There must be a time lag then. I checked an Excel file that I adjusted this afternoon and the changes were NOT reflected about 5 minutes later. I will keep an eye on it in future ! On 31/03/2013, at 5:54 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com

Amazing old map site

2013-04-07 Thread Neil Houghton
OK, I'm going to maintain this isn't off-topic because: 1) His list of equipment he uses includes several macs AND 2) The best computer to enjoy this has to be a nice 27 iMac ;o)) I love old maps and there are many sites with extensive collections and great free downloads - but I just found this

Re: Green Coffee Bean spam

2013-04-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Jennifer, And don't forget: Even if the from exactly matches one of your actual friends/relatives, it does not mean that either your or their email accounts have been compromised - it is easy to send an email with any from address you choose (I demonstrated this in a WAMUG post quite a while

Re: problems with macbook pro restore help help please!!!!

2013-04-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rosemary, I am by no means a Time machine expert ­ so these are just a few of my thoughts: The good: the fact that you can see the sparsebundle from your old TM backup means you have not somehow accidentally erased it ­ so all your data is there (at the moment). Since your clone is not

Re: Extra storage via SD Card reader (v3)

2013-05-10 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni Rod, For me, Rod's recent posts (formatted versions) only display the signature - as did Ronni's last post (see below). I can see what the message should be if I go to view the source. When Rod resent the posts as plain text they displayed fine. Is this something to do with the recent

Re: Dropbox question ?

2013-05-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, When you install Dropbox it creates a folder on your mac (in your user folder) called ³Dropbox² it is this folder, and its contents, which Dropbox keeps synched. Place any folders/subfolders/files which you wish to keep synched into this ³Dropbox² folder. Easy as! The Dropbox

Ical - how to set 24 hour clock?

2013-05-13 Thread Neil Houghton
OSX 10.6.8, iCal 4.0.4 (1395.7) I haven't really used iCal before - but thought I would give it a try. I have system preferences (Date Time) set to use a 24 hour clock - which is how I'm used to working - but iCal would not accept a time like 17:30. I looked through iCal prefs and help, but I

Re: Ical - how to set 24 hour clock?

2013-05-13 Thread Neil Houghton
, at 11:14 AM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: OSX 10.6.8, iCal 4.0.4 (1395.7) I haven't really used iCal before - but thought I would give it a try. I have system preferences (Date Time) set to use a 24 hour clock - which is how I'm used to working - but iCal would not accept a time

Re: spam

2013-05-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Brett, Just a thought ­ may not even be relevant since I use Entourage, rather than Mail, as my email client. I use a lot of mailing rules to sort my mail into different folders, as it arrives, and sometimes find things where I don¹t expect them. Generally, I find that this is due to the

Re: Airport

2013-05-21 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Brett, As Tim said, migration assistant is the way to go here ­ and ­ if both machines have firewire and can be positioned to allow a firewire connection then that allows you to use Target mode. Whilst you CAN move data around manually, migration assistant is a much better tool to use ­

Re: Safari handicap?

2013-05-23 Thread Neil Houghton
Just one of the reasons I always like to have at least 2 browsers available. Sometimes it may be down to websites using non-standard code which breaks more or less gracefully on different browsers. Sometimes it could be due to browser add-ons interfering. I recently had a similar experience in

Re: International date line

2013-06-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Well, your phone has inbuilt GPS and will automatically check for network access and soon obtain the info to know where it is ­ the macbook has to get that info from somewhere. According to this http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/automatically-set-time-zone-by-loca tion.php Generally your

Re: SBS Television Frequency

2013-06-10 Thread Neil Houghton
What has this to do with ³SBS Television Frequency² ?? -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 10/6/13 14:57, Marcus F Harris at cryptodo...@me.com wrote: Hi, Could someone assist me to resolve an issue with downloading updates Apps

Re: Slow down

2013-07-06 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, I was interested in your comment (below) - do you still get this overhead from aliases to items filed away (ie originals not on the desktop) - I had assumed aliases were not really causing much desktop overhead ­ but they have their icons like any other item? Cheers Neil (who is

No wireless synch for iPhone?

2013-07-21 Thread Neil Houghton
A strange one, not sure what I'm missing. I had my iPhone and iPad set-up for wireless synching to iTunes and all was fine - though I seem to remember that maybe the iPhone was sometimes a little erratic in showing up in the iTunes sidebar. I think maybe I had to occasionally disconnect and

Re: No wireless synch for iPhone?

2013-07-23 Thread Neil Houghton
8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com On 21/07/2013, at 3:18 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: A strange one, not sure what I'm missing. I had my iPhone and iPad set-up for wireless synching to iTunes and all was fine - though I seem to remember that maybe the iPhone

Re: No wireless synch for iPhone?

2013-07-23 Thread Neil Houghton
any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. On 23/07/2013, at 2:59 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Comments below

Re: No wireless synch for iPhone?

2013-07-23 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, I'd just replied to Daniel when your email came through - so restarting network has no effect. As per my previous email, restarting the iMac is not an option for me at the moment (whilst the iMac is sent to sleep regularly, it and the software I need to keep running have now been

Re: No wireless synch for iPhone?

2013-07-23 Thread Neil Houghton
the problem was. Many thanks for all the suggestions. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/7/13 16:30, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, I'd just replied to Daniel when your email came through

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

2013-08-08 Thread Neil Houghton
I like Firefox because of various extensions I use with it ­ particularly Adblock and Flashblock which cuts out a lot of the visual advertorial pollution on many sites. With Flashblock you just get an icon everywhere there would be flash content and if you actually want to see the flash content

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

2013-08-08 Thread Neil Houghton
I forgot, if you want to know more about Flashblock: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ I like Firefox because of various extensions I use with it ­ particularly Adblock and Flashblock which cuts out a lot of the visual advertorial pollution on many sites. With Flashblock you just get an icon

Re: Itunes

2013-08-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Bill, If you are just wanting to add/change info for a number of tracks in one go ­ say you have a penchant for Georgian Harp music and want to set that as a specific genre for a number of tracks ;o) You can shift select (or command select for non sequential) any number of tracks and then

Re: Accessing US Store

2013-08-20 Thread Neil Houghton
I know I have a US iTunes account that I opened several years ago when there was lots of free stuff on the US store but not the Oz store ­ but I don¹t actually remember how I went about it ;o( It does let me access apps that aren¹t available on the Oz store ­ but I think I¹ve only used it for

Re: Accessing US Store

2013-08-20 Thread Neil Houghton
) You can change your account from one country to another as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311 . Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 20/08/2013, at 7:16 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Re: Accessing US Store I know I have a US iTunes account that I opened

Re: Bento on iMac and iPad

2013-08-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hehe, I reckon I can identify with ³my brain is full². However, since I still enjoy learning more more new things, I just use that as an excuse for the old ( not so old) stuff I keep forgetting - it just got pushed out by the new stuff coming in ;o)) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton

Re: iOS 7.0.2 Update

2013-09-29 Thread Neil Houghton
Double oops ­ my first reply included Rick¹s pictures - may not make it through ­ my apologies ;o( Previous reply Oooh, adding pictures, you will be in trouble Rick ;o) I must admit, after looking at your screenshots, I will probably postpone upgrading to IOS7 ­ I prefer the

Re: Vault File for 1Password ?

2013-10-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Stephen, Just to mention that, for me using 1Password 3 at least, the actual file name you are looking for is: 1Password.agilekeychain HTH Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/10/13 11:56, Daniel Kerr at

Re: Vault File for 1Password ?

2013-10-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Tim, A big +1 for 1Password from me too. I must admit when Peter talked about the problems that this type of software creates - I thought he was talking about AppCleaner (which deleted the keychain) rather than 1Password - though I now see it could be read either way ;o) Cheers Neil --

Itunes not responding

2013-10-13 Thread Neil Houghton
I've got a problem with iTunes since my last (iTunes) update. 27 iMac, 2.8GHz Core I7, OSX 10.6.8 running iTunes 11.1.1 I seem to remember that on first running iTunes after the 11.1.1 update some dialogue box came up - but I had also started iTunes downloading some app upgrades including a

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi ronni, First off, I unplugged the AppleTV and let it sit for a while so that everything had a chance to recognise that. So the AppleTV itself is now out of the picture. Then I used Console to monitor messages whilst I restarted iTunes, it again locked up and I force quit - messages below:

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-14 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Ronni, Due to all the console verbiage, I have trimmed the earlier responses from this reply and just addressed your last email. This response was generated over time, as I progressed through various steps and reported as I went: Cleared Console display and restarted iTunes. Console messages

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-15 Thread Neil Houghton
wrote: On 15/10/2013, at 2:03 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 15 Oct 2013, at 12:28 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Well, Ronni, you DID say you were curious ;o) For myself, I'm happy that it all seems to be working OK and don't really want to spend any more time

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-15 Thread Neil Houghton
:47, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, That¹s interesting. I will follow your procedure for clearing the DNS cache sometime in the next few days (I¹ve a few more things I need to attend to first) and report back. A couple of points worth noting: The message: 14/10

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-16 Thread Neil Houghton
...@possumology.com Cheers, Ronni On 15/10/2013, at 7:54 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Re: Itunes not responding Aaargh! I spoke to soon. I just noticed that I had the console messages filtered for mDNS. When I removed the filter, I see that the usbmuxd crash

Re: Itunes not responding

2013-10-17 Thread Neil Houghton
Oct 2013, at 7:51 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Re: Itunes not responding Hi Ronni, Replies against your questions in message body. on 16/10/13 16:54, Ronni Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, So something else is the culprit :o(( Well, certainly something

Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.

2013-10-26 Thread Neil Houghton
OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion, Snow Leopard provides a constant OSX across our 4 machines (desktops and laptop across 2 locations) including a

Re: Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.

2013-10-27 Thread Neil Houghton
, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 26 Oct 2013, at 8:26 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion

Re: Screen Grab on iPad mini

2013-10-27 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Severin, I just tried it on my iPad (not mini ­ but should be same) and it shows up straight away in photos. Now I had not previously taken any photos with the iPad ­ so, as the only photo on my iPad, it was easy to find ;o) When I opened photos, it opened straight to ³Moments², ³Today² - and

Re: Screen Grab on iPad mini

2013-10-28 Thread Neil Houghton
of the albums. Severin On 28 Oct 2013, at 11:05 am, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Severin, The Screenshots appear in Photos Camera Roll and then also appear in 'Photo Stream'. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 28 Oct 2013, at 11:01 am, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com

Re: eyetv hybrid

2013-11-16 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Kevin, Down here in albania we have two different transmitters covering us (Albany Mt.Barker). My digital TV had both sets of channels tuned in (courtesy of auto-tune) - so I had 2 versions of all the SBS channels. The reason this is relevant is that a few weeks ago half these channels

Re: Ring tones

2013-12-01 Thread Neil Houghton
I see that the Australian National Botanic Gardens has (FREE) downloadable Australian birdsong files at: http://www.anbg.gov.au/sounds/ - they include magpies and currawong - the currawong almost sound like a telephone ring ;o) Then just follow Ronni's instructions to create the ringtone. HTH

Re: Ring tones

2013-12-01 Thread Neil Houghton
And here's another site with downloadable birdsongs: http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/birds/featured/Top-40-Bird-Songs Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 1/12/13 18:52, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote

Ipad problem or charger problem??

2013-12-01 Thread Neil Houghton
We had a power outage down here in Albania this morning. My iPad was connected to it's charger - which was plugged in. I was not in the same room when the power went out (I was asleep!) or when the power came back on - so I did not notice anything happening on way or the other. Later, whilst

Re: Ipad problem or charger problem??

2013-12-01 Thread Neil Houghton
with more ASAP Kind Regards, Ronni On 2 Dec 2013, at 12:45 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: We had a power outage down here in Albania this morning. My iPad was connected to it's charger - which was plugged in. I was not in the same room when the power went out (I was asleep

Re: Ipad problem or charger problem??

2013-12-03 Thread Neil Houghton
is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. On 02/12/2013, at 1:40 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Yep, one of the first things I tried ;o) Everything else about the ipad seems to be just fine (as far as I've noticed) I look forward

Re: Ipad problem or charger problem??

2013-12-03 Thread Neil Houghton
2013, at 12:20 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Re: Ipad problem or charger problem?? Hi Daniel, Hi Ronni, I can now report that the problem was the iPad charger failing ­ it has now totally failed and gives no ³beep¹ or other indication of charging when connected to either

What is the purpose/method of this spam?

2014-01-11 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi all, Like everyone, I suspect, I get some spam that slips through the junk mail filtering. Generally they are soliciting some response or trying to get you to click some link ­ so it is easy to imagine some nefarious purpose or other being behind the spam generation. Then there are the

Re: What is the purpose/method of this spam?

2014-01-12 Thread Neil Houghton
, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 13/1/14 7:45, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 12 Jan 2014, at 12:22 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: What is the purpose/method of this spam? Hi all, Like everyone, I suspect

Re: Off topic UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply

2014-01-23 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Brian, 1) Yes 2) I used to do this when computer, modem and home phone base station were all in close proximity. Currently, computer is relocated and UPS has moved with it - so modem etc now go down with power :o( I'm even thinking off second UPS to regain the functionality. 3) I've been

Facetime strangeness

2014-01-23 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi, Hope someone with more experience of Facetime can explain this for me. We've recently been setting up Facetime on our phones/computers/ipad - including georgie's 93 yr old Mum ;o) Our iPhones are model4 (not 4s) so we understand that they will only Facetime over wifi, not 3G. The iPad is

Re: Facetime strangeness

2014-01-24 Thread Neil Houghton
phones on the same wifi network. Curioser curioser ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 24 Jan 2014, at 1:31 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi

Re: Facetime strangeness

2014-01-24 Thread Neil Houghton
use certain background services can be restarted automatically after a hard reset. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 24 Jan 2014, at 6:58 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, Comments in situ: on 24/1/14 15:11, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, Have

Fun exercise - make your own Quicklook preview service.

2014-01-27 Thread Neil Houghton
First-off, a disclaimer - this is all as done on my set-up on OSX 10.6.8 - things may have changed in later operating systems. I use Quicklook a LOT - checking back through older documents or newer downloads - whether to just check something without having to open the associated application or

Re: Streaming movies

2014-02-26 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Sev, I watch a lot of streaming video on a variety of sites. My first impressions: * In either firefox or safari, clicking the QT preview image opens another small window to play the movie in ­ why do this, why not embed whatever player you use directly in the page? * With either browser

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