.csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

Hi all, I regularly download my share portfolio details from commsec - which downloads as a .csv file - which I can then open in excel. I generally copy this info into my excel workbooks but leave a copy of the original .csv file in my archive folder - to be sure, to be sure ;) One thing I have

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/11/08 10:46 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/11/2008, at 6:15 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Downloading a new .csv file gives me a file set to open automatically with Excel (which is what I want) but with a file kind of Microsoft Excel

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/11/08 5:09 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ronni, The thing is quicklook has no problem seeing all my .csv files which were downloaded before something' changed when

Re: Sleeping again - but network preference problem

Hi Mike, I saw this repeating message on a neighbours machine. I had pointed out his wireless network was unsecured (I could see it connect from next door) and he had tried to secure it - unfortunately he had tried to set up security on the mac's network prefs whereas the wireless router was a

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

:09 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ronni, The thing is quicklook has no problem seeing all my .csv files which were downloaded before something' changed when I re-installed everything in October. So my Commsec .csv files downloaded previous to the problem appearing show

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

Regards, Eugene On 28/11/2008, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, Anybody got any thoughts on how to get my system back to downloading .csv files as kind = text? Anybody know how, when or by what the file kind of the downloaded file is actually

Re: .csv files - inconsistency with quicklook/icons

, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi all, Anybody got any thoughts on how to get my system back to downloading .csv files as kind = text? Anybody know how, when or by what the file kind of the downloaded file is actually set - because I don't really know where to look for any preferences

Re: Paypal Disputed Transaction ??

All the classic scam hallamrks - the click on the link gives it away - you never do this!! Delete the email immediately. Just for your own peace of mind, you may want to log onto your paypal account - BY DIRECTLY INPUTING THE ADDRESS INTO YOUR BROWSER AND CHECKING THAT YOU HAVE A SECURE

Re: USB flash drive security

Hi Barry, One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all anyone can see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it asks you for the password. No password, no mount. Just use Disk utility to create it. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western

Re: USB flash drive security

image. Barry On 21/12/2008, at 12:56 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Barry, One really easy way is just to use an encrypted disc image - all anyone can see is the image file - you just double click it to mount and it asks you for the password. No password, no mount. Just use Disk

Apple drops copy protection on iTunes

Just one more thing ;) http://business.smh.com.au/business/apple-drops-copy-protection-on-itunes-2 0090107-7bck.html Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

MacBook Pro starts up on power adaptor connection.

MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 2GB RAM, currently running OSX 10.5.2 Despite having both Wake for Ethernet network admin access and Restart automatically after a power failure unchecked in Energy Saver prefs, the MacBook insists on starting up (ie actually switching on from a switched off state) if I connect

Re: FileMaker Question

Hehe... Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking... Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes... Then print in landscape layout... Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;) Cheers Neil (who has never even used Filemaker) -- Neil R. Houghton Albany,

Re: MacBook Pro starts up on power adaptor connection.

No ideas on this? Perhaps some other Macbook Pro users could tell me if it is normal behaviour for their machines. (Model/OSX version would be useful). TIA Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 2/2/09 12:57 PM, Neil

Re: I-tunes

Hi Martin, To use firewire transfer, you need to have started one one the computers in Target mode - that way it just shows up as an external firewire drive on the other machine. For the way you describe, ie to use the iMac to do the work, you need to start the e-mac in target mode. To do that,

Re: I-tunes still not working

from wamug Thanks in advance Martin On 21/02/2009, at 11:13 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Martin, To use firewire transfer, you need to have started one one the computers in Target mode - that way it just shows up as an external firewire drive on the other machine. For the way you

Re: How to save page in html using Safari ?

Hi Merv, Typically a web page which you view may contain stuff which isn't actually part of the HTML code, but which is called up by instructions in the code - the most obvious example being an image - where the html code will include the source address of the image file. If you save as a web

Re: Multi page scan

Hi Peter, I'm not sure if it is possible in a single scan step but, if not, it is really easy to combine the pages in preview - just save all of the pages as pdfs - give one of them the name you want to end up with and open that file in preview and open the sidebar - then drag the pdfs of the

Re: Email being rejected

Hi Wendy, Disclaimer: I am not an email server guru - the following is my understanding of a similar problem I had: I recently had cause to become overly familiar with this (or a very similar) error message!! First-off - the problem is not with your end but with the email recipient's email

LCD screen cleaning

Hi all, After rearranging my office, my iMac now has a number of greasy fingerprints on the screen. I was just wondering what people find to be the best/safest/easiest screen cleaning methods. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email:

Re: LCD screen cleaning

, and the screen does not show any sign of grease spots or other food particles There are many commercial products available, but they seem quite pricey. Kind regards, Philippe Chaperon 2009/3/17 Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com: Hi all, After rearranging my office, my iMac

Re:

Hi Gerry, Now that you mention Parallels - this rings a bell! I seem to remember I was printing OK from Parallels (but I use it infrequently) - then it stopped working - probably after upgrading either OSX or Parallels - I don't really remember. At the time, I did a lot of Googling and found

Re: Firewire hub

Hi Severin, I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my firewire devices have a couple of firewire sockets... and you are supposed to be able to daisy-chain firewire devices - so why don't you just do that? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel:

Re: Firewire hub

: Yes, but I do not use all of them all the time and everything upstream of the one you are interested must be powered on. Short term, I am doing just that. Severin On 27/03/2009, at 6:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Severin, I don't know if it is practical for you or not but nearly all my

Re: Slightly OT - Broadband question

Hi Wendy, Like Reg we are very happy with internode. Like Reg we were limited to standard ADSL down here in Albany when we signed up and are still happy with the speed/download limits. Internode have rolled out some new plans and some are due to be available in Albany soon - so I may look at

Re: Installing Leopard on G4 iMac

Hi Walter, If you have the full retail version of Leopard, then you should be able to boot from the install disk and do the erase and install. BUT many of the G4 iMacs (eg mine!) are not supported for Leopard (processor too slow) - in which case you will not be able to install from the Leopard

Re: Installing Leopard on G4 iMac

found a Mac OS X Tiger upgrade DVD I probably will have to install Panther first ? Thanks Walter On 01/04/2009, at 12:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Walter, If you have the full retail version of Leopard, then you should be able to boot from the install disk and do the erase

Nagging Excel Word

Hi all, This problem seems to have arisen since I recently updated Office 2004. I have the OSX firewall set to Set access for specific services and applications - so when an application wants to accept an incoming connection a dialog box pops up asking if I want to allow or deny connections for

Re: Nagging Excel Word

...@possumology.com on 17/4/09 7:41 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: Hello Neil, On 17/04/2009, at 2:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: So, a couple of queries: 1) Is this just normal behaviour (ie normal MS annoying feature) - do other users find this happens for them (assuming you

Re: Nagging Excel Word

/2009, at 8:13 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, No, there is a little application called Microsoft AutoUpdate which takes care of all the applications in the Office package - but I have it set to check manually to avoid this sort of thing :( Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton

Re: MacResolve Spam

Me too -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/4/09 12:22 PM, Matthew Healey at mat...@mac.com wrote: Did anyone else get spammed by Tony Mike from MacResolve? I got an email from them and would like to see where they got their

Re: MacResolve Spam

It can't just be an old list as mine came to an address on a domain I didn't register till 2007 - but it IS my WAMUG list address. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/4/09 1:32 PM, James Devenish at

Re: MacResolve Spam

Hi Digilife could also be the connection for me - I was on their mailing list with that address. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 23/4/09 1:43 PM, rkor...@iinet.net.au at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Digilife

Re: Telstra. More

I have internode VOIP and can vouch for the quality of the calls - I couldn't pick it from the landline. Down here in Albany we don't have the full internode range available yet - if I run the coverage check on: https://secure.internode.on.net/webtools/internode-dsl-finder only the bottom 2 of

Re: Virtual PC 7

Hi Bill, Is your machine intel or PPC If intel you need something like Parallels or VM Fusion or VirtualBox (free). Virtual PC is what you use with a PPC mac - but it is a dog, very slow. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email:

Re: Entourage freezing

Hi John, Susan I think John's problem is that the message is already downloaded from the mail server to his computer, but crashing entourage before he can delete it (in entourage). John, do you have the preview of the messages on in the main window - if so, I suspect that it is the attempt to

Re: Blank screen

Yes, I'd agree with Susan here - try to narrow down the problem. If you don't have another screen to try, can you find another computer to try your screen on. € If another screen works on your G5, it points to a problem with your screen. € If another (known working) screen doesn't work on

Re: Memory Help

Hi Nichole, I upgraded my 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac (also purchased Nov/Dec 2007) from 1GB to 4GB - it was a really easy upgrade. I'm down in Albany and used OWC - although they are in the US they ship worldwide and delivered very promptly. However, whether you want to use them or not,

Re: IP address

Hi Paul, I'm no network guru, so this is just my thoughts rather than real knowledge! I think an online check would probably come up with the IP address of your internet router. The IP addresses for each computer may or may not change depending on how your network is set-up. If you go to the

Re: emails

on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@wn.com.au wrote: On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Ronni and Sue Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was kind of weird not having all the wamug emails

Re: a drawing - not showing on Acrobat

Hi Gary, Sorry, no idea what you are doing wrong - but a couple of ideas. It may be that the pdf created has some problem that preview can handle but acrobat can't - in the past I have had similar problems with jpg files that graphic converter could handle but other applications couldn't - I

Re: BW photo help

Hi Laura, Not sure if this will help but here goes. You probably know that jpg files are compressed (to varying degrees depending on the quality chosen) the trouble with editing these files is that every time you change and save them they get re-compressed and each time you lose a bit of quality

Re: add file extension to a filename

Hi Roger, In the finder get info window, under name and extension, you have the Hide extension checkbox - if you uncheck this the extension should reappear. Of course doing this on an individual file basis would be a pain! Two approaches come to mind (just ideas - I've never tried this) - See

Re: BW photo help

embed ICC Profile means!!! Thanks again Kind regards Laura On 29/05/2009, at 2:50 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Not sure if this will help but here goes. You probably know that jpg files are compressed (to varying degrees depending on the quality chosen) the trouble

Re: MaxStyle Opens South Perth Retail Store! (10% off all stock opening day sat 6th)

Hi Craig, As you have found out WAMUG really are passionate about all things mac ;) Hey Guys, Since Craig: - is new to the list - was informing us about a specific event (happening very soon) - has apologised several times - has said that he is quite happy to pay to be a corporate sponsor Why

WAMUG constitution

Hi guys, I don't want to stir things up again and, as the first poster to suggest we cut Craig some slack, I am more than happy to move on from that subject. During the postings, however, I did notice a possible constitutional problem: From Ronni: WAMUG Constitution: .. 4.11.2

Re: WAMUG constitution

! Arrrgghhh time to hide,... ;o) Will have to talk to Peter H about that one to rectify the problem either way. Thanks for pointing that out, wasn't aware of it. Must have passed over that in reading. Kind Regards Daniel On 6/6/09 12:19 PM, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi

Re: Windows on Mac security

Hi Peter Severin, Now you have got me thinking ;) My main use of windows is to use a specialised SMSF (DIY super) management package. I run XP pro under parallels. Whilst I do all of my general internet/email in OSX, the MySF software connects over the web to check for software updates but

Re: Photo albums et al

Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still constantly amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this

Re: Photo albums et al

that Shift+Option+K =  but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about

Re: Photo albums et al

? ;) On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be creative and even makes it fun :) I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still

Re: Photo albums et al

on 15/6/09 1:14 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Laura, No it's not just a leopard thing. I think you may have misunderstood the command thing. You don't have to type the Command symbol just press the command key. So when I say ⌘tab or Command-tab it means to hold

Re: Photo albums et al

know that Shift+Option+K =  but how do I type the Command symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it works. Regards Laura On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Laura, Congratulations on your successful publication! One of the things I

Re: Of Interest ?

Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel and which might be PPC applications running under Rosetta! Out of interest, do you know any trick to scan the applications folder and list which applications are Intel or PPC? Cheers Neil --

Re: Of Interest ?

in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni, That's got me thinking - I have no idea which of my applications are written for Intel

Re: Of Interest ?

AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Neil, I don't know of any trick other than checking in System Profiler Software - Applications. In the Kind column. It lists all your applications kind as Universal or PowerPC . Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 10:46 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni

Re: Of Interest ?

Actually, on inspection, it seems to be part of the installed Apple system. on 16/6/09 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library

Re: Of Interest ?

computer. Cheers, Ronni On 16/06/2009, at 11:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: And yet in my Intel iMac it shows one: DesktopDB: Last Modified:10/10/07 12:48 PM Kind:Classic Location:/System/Library/CoreServices/SKPlugins/ DesktopDB.service No idea what

Re: Telstra NextG tethering does work already

Hi Susan, Yes, best to wait till you know what it costs - you might lose your house :o) http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/pensioner-risks-losing-home-over- unpaid-bigpond-account-20090618-cj7k.html Cheers Neil on 18/6/09 2:57 PM, Susan Hastings at susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi,

Re: Iphone 3.0 firmware is out

Optus is $9.99/month for tethering according to this: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/optus-iphone-tethering-comes-at- a-price-20090618-cizn.html Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 18/6/09 6:21 PM,

Re: try this

Maybe But its FUN!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/7/09 11:36 AM, KEVIN Lock at kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: Oops, sorry! Meant to go to a mate. Kevin -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: try this

Frans J. Hugo Mobile: +61 040 6996 596 frans.h...@gmail.com On 04/07/2009, at 6:38 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Maybe But its FUN!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/7/09 11:36 AM

Create a tab-switching gesture shortcut in Firefox 3.5

For all those firefox users with a trackpad macbook, this looks like a handy tip: http://www.macworld.com.au/help/view/create-a-tab-switching-gesture-shortcu t-in-firefox-3-5-3030 I haven't upgraded to Firefox 3.5 myself yet, but probably will fairly soon. Have fun! Neil -- Neil R. Houghton

Re: Prism

Fluid is another, OSX only, approach to this: http://fluidapp.com Fluid was inspired by the excellent Prism (formerly WebRunner) project by Mozilla Labs. Check out Prism for much more information about SSBs and the benefits they provide to WebApp lovers. Fluid is very similar in nature to

Re: File not saving?

Hi Gary, have you tried doing save as to create a duplicate file rather than just save to save to the existing file. It might help if there is some problem with your existing file - it could also help if the problem is a locked folder - just select a different (unlocked) folder to save to.

Re: I Photo

Hi Barry, Whilst you could obviously use photo-editing software to manually write the data (exif date) onto the photos, this would be very tedious and time-consuming unless you only have a few photos to deal with. You probably need to look for some software that will extract the exif data and

Re: Snow Leopard

Hi Bob, I think you may have missed the point of Peter¹s question. Ronni¹s email and link covers setting up and installing Snow Leopard ­so as Ronni says: !!! VERY IMPORTANT !!! The computer you are going to install Snow Leopard on MUST be setup with the GUID partitioning scheme. However,

Re: Snow Leopard compatibility

Hi Pedro Ronni, With regard to DesktopDB - as I noted a while back, although DesktopDB is listed as a Classic application it seems to be part of the standard Leopard installation: on 16/6/09 1:00 PM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Ronni, No, I've never had classic/OS9

Re: Microsoft Office 2004

Hi Tony, I can't help you with Office 2004 - I still use mine on a daily basis ;o) However, if you can hang on for a while MS say they will be re-introducing VBA in the next major release of Office for Mac: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/mac-bu-talks-office-2008-sp1-vbas

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

Yes this change seems to have upset a few people! I must admit I preferred the old behaviour where, for example: General html files were handled by my browser (Firefox) by default - but if I was creating or editing a html file in BBEdit it would open back up in BBEdit. Similarly, Preview was

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

...@possumology.com on 10/9/09 3:13 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: On 10/09/2009, at 2:09 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: NEW (RELATED) QUESTION: Hello Neil, Well, I never did find a way to change the download behaviour but now, given SL's different take on creator and type codes, I am

Re: Built-in FM tuner

Well, there will probably be several more iPod models before we see digital radio down here in Albany - there is still no sign of commercial digital TV yet!! (Though with ABC1, ABC2, SBS1 now SBS2 I'm not really missing GWN WIN!) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia

Re: Built-in FM tuner

. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/9/09 10:14 AM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Neil, with my settop box I also get several ABC and SBS digital radio channels Severin On 11/09/2009, at 9:51 AM, Neil Houghton wrote

³Homegrown Terra-rists² Ignite Video

Put you computer to good use - keep an eye on those sneaky plants!! Botanicalls opens a new channel of communication between plants and humans, in an effort to promote successful inter-species understanding. I thought this video was pretty good - as they say on the webpage You may want to

Re: .tif and Snow Leopard

Yes, thanks for that James. I¹ve now downloaded installed the plug-in and it is certainly easier than running the Automator script for each file! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 16/9/09 6:16 AM, David Nicholas

Re: A Photoshop hitch

Hi Severin, The cause is, as Ronni says, more than likely corrupt metadata - since it seems to effect lots of these files it could be due to a problem with the original image processing/saving that created the jpgs. With regard to opening the files some programs seem to be a lot more fussy

Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today

Hi Peter, Out of interest, did you use all three just to compare the different applications - or do you use different VMs for different tasks. What, if any, would you rate as the particular pros/cons or points of difference of the three approaches - other than the obvious cost advantage of

Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today

Sorry, this obviously should have been directed to Chris, rather than Peter. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/9/09 10:47 AM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote: Hi Peter, Out of interest, did

Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today

. Regards, Chris. From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:47:44 +0800 To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi Peter, Out of interest, did you use all three just

Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today

if your image is big. Regards, Chris. From: Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:31:01 +0800 To: WAMUG wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion $41 till 11.30am today Hi Chris, Thanks very much

Re: Backup Strategy

Hi Ronni, Interesting that you use two different programs to clone to external FW drives - Déjà Vu for your weekly clone and Superduper for your monthly clone. Do you have a particular reason for this? - I can see the reason for two different drives in two different locations with two different

Re: Backup Strategy

Hi Ronni, For me, it still asks me for a password. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 25/9/09 4:43 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hello WAMUGers, I have created uploaded a PDF version of Don't Scream

Re: Backup Strategy

I should have added that it only asks for the password for that particular pdf the other pdf (internet connection) IS accessible. Hi Ronni, For me, it still asks me for a password. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com

Re: Backup Strategy

not sure of the password. Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 25/09/2009, at 5:31 PM, Darrel McGuiness mailto:dmcguin...@tawarri.id.au dmcguin...@tawarri.id.au wrote: Hi Ronni, Many thanks, but it is me too. Regards Darrel On 25/09/2009, at 5:17 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Ronni

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

Hi Rod, The bit that is missing is an amplifier. The audio output from the airport express is meant to drive the input of an amplifier/receiver/music centre (typically via an ³Aux in² input port). There is no amplifier in the Airport Express and the output is insufficient to drive the speakers

Re: Connecting a Laptop to TV

Hi Adrian, The 3 RCA jacks should be video (yellow) and audio (red white). With my old G4 Ti laptop you used a SVHS to RCA lead (which came with the computer) to connect the video and then a minijack to RCAx2 lead to connect the audio. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western

YouTube to iTunes?

Hi, A bit of advice regarding loading and playing music videos from non-iTunes store sources into iTunes. I recently found that one of our local singers has posted some videos of her performances on YouTube. (See http://www.simonekeane.com/ if you're interested) I have now downloaded 3 videos

Re: YouTube to iTunes?

have to individually set them in each file¹s properties under the Video tab.) Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard On 06/10/2009, at 12:16 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi, A bit of advice regarding loading

Superduper tip

Hi all, Not sure if this has been mentioned before - if not it might save someone some time! Although I generally use SuperDuper to clone to a whole external disc or partition thereof, occasionally I clone to a disc image - today, for example, I am going to do a clean install on a secondary

Re: Computer name

Hehe - thanks for that - very good timing. I had just re-set-up my MacBook Pro and migrated over from my iMac - I would have been very confused if I had tried to share and only found iMacs 1 2 on the network!! Now renamed - so the poor confused machine knows it's a MacBook again! Cheers

Re: mail

Hi Martin, In Entourage, I just use ³rules² - I set up folders (and sub-folders where appropriate) and just set-up rules to file as appropriate ­ eg: If ³from² is *...@acme.com, move to folder ³acme² (same with ³to² *...@acme.com) The mail is filed even before I read it - so at a glance I can

Re: Excel quits, machine logs off after Snow Leopard install

on 27/10/09 8:21 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: snip Hi Peter, Are you using the latest Office 2008 for Mac? Using obsolete software in Snow Leopard can cause slow downs quits. snip Hehe The trouble for me is that Office 2008 was obsolete from release since they took out

Re: Excel quits, machine logs off after Snow Leopard install

ensure that Rosetta is installed by Snow Leopard. Bob At 9:38 AM 27/10/09, Neil Houghton eloquently proclaimed... on 27/10/09 8:21 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: snip Hi Peter, Are you using the latest Office 2008 for Mac? Using obsolete software in Snow

Re: Memory supplier - current model Mac Pro

Hi Ray Rob I can also vouch for OWC - very good price (when the aussie $ is up!) and delivered in a few days (less than a week) well packed. They also have instructions on their website including videos, which I found re-assuring cause the iMac required a certain positive touch to seat the

Re: iMac 20 G5 screen repair

Hi Glen, Another option if you want to move up to a nice intel iMac but can't quite spring for the price of the new models (beautiful excellent value as they are!) is that stock of the previous model iMacs seems to being cleared at much reduced prices (I noticed a 24 was $2499 now $1699

Re: 4Sale: Software For Sale

Hi Denise, I originally had Elements 3.0 (came bundled with a scanner) which I used occasionally until I left classic behind. When Elements 6.0 came out I bought it so I could run it on my new intel iMac ­ however, since it has sat on my shelf for well over a year now and I still haven¹t got

Re: Animated gifs

Hi Severin, I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be a Safari problem - I tried just loading the gif directly: http://www.paperartzi.org.au/Resources/worksshow09.gif In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the animation starts almost immediately In Safari (ver 4.0.3) the first image

Re: Animated gifs

Should also have said - 24 iMac, 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo running Leopard 10.5.8 Hi Severin, I don't think it is a bandwidth problem, it definitely seems to be a Safari problem - I tried just loading the gif directly: http://www.paperartzi.org.au/Resources/worksshow09.gif In firefox (ver 3.5.2) the

Re: Animated gifs

Hi James, Thanks for the clarification calcs re bandwidth download speed. If the problem was just the bandwidth/download time however, surely it would affect both Firefox and Safari. The 1.3 MB gif I was looking at: http://www.paperartzi.org.au/Resources/worksshow09.gif actually has 29

Re: Networked computers not showing in Finder?

Hi Brian, First, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebare, go to the finder preferences and in the sidebar pane make sure you have got the shared options (eg connected servers) ticked. Another way to connect, if the computer isn't showing in the sidebar, is to go to the finder GO menu and

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