Re: Line on iMac screen

2012-02-19 Thread Rod Lavington
My father's iMac at work had about 7 lines come up, which is a fault in the LCD and not blown pixels. In the end, it was cheaper to replace it with a new 20 imac than go through the hoohar of getting it fixed (it was an early 17 Intel iMac). Needless to say, he is happier with the new iMac :D

Programming for the rest of us

2012-03-13 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Been a long time since I have posted anything constructive, so here goes! I'm sure there is a few members on the list that has always had an inkling to try programming, but thought it was a bit beyond them. Why not have a look at Code Academy! The site (its free, as in air) is up to

Re: Creative Suite 2 (CS2)

2011-03-16 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Merv, I'm running CS2 on an Intel imac running 10.6.6. Slow to start, but does run. Cheers Rod On Mar 16, 2011 1:46 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: CS2 runs under OS 10.4.11 Will it run under OS 10.5? If not would installing Rosetta do the trick? What is the situation with OS

Re: Creative Suite 2 (CS2)

2011-03-16 Thread Rod Lavington
You could try Bento http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento Its about $80, and I think you can also download a 30 day trial too. Cheers Rod On 17/03/2011 10:19 AM, David Noel lis...@aoi.com.au wrote: Sigh. So there is still nothing out there which can replace the functionality of Appleworks

Need a localtalk cable!

2011-03-18 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All :) Been a while since I've posted here - hope you are all well! I'm on the hunt for an old localtalk cable, the old round pin ones. After all these years of collecting junk in my shed, its the only cable I don't have and I need it! Seeya Rod PS Ronni - Go Freo!! -- The WA Macintosh

Re: Need a localtalk cable!

2011-03-20 Thread Rod Lavington
: Rod On 19/03/2011, at 9:30 AM, Rod Lavington wrote: Been a while since I've posted here - hope you are all well! I'm on the hunt for an old localtalk cable, the old round pin ones. After all these years of collecting junk in my shed, its the only cable I don't have and I need it! We

Re: For those hoping to rush out Friday MORNING to get an iPad 2

2011-03-22 Thread Rod Lavington
Be aware of the backlight problems with the new ipads that are springing up on Apple's discussion forums. Maybe there is a silver lining to the lack of stock. ;) Seeya Rod :) On Mar 23, 2011 9:25 AM, Matthew Healey mat...@mac.com wrote: On 22/03/2011, at 9:38 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: And

Re: For those hoping to rush out Friday MORNING to get an iPad 2

2011-03-23 Thread Rod Lavington
Sales Tax in the US is added on post sale (and Susan is correct in the variation from state to state), whereas I think it is law in Australia that retail prices must include the GST component. Seeya Rod On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.comwrote: I think the

Re: Interesting read on iPhone and iPad tracking

2011-04-21 Thread Rod Lavington
There is a key difference from what that guy has posted compared to Apple - none of those activities involve any form of data collection for advertising. Now that Apple are in the advertising game (with iAds), that data may be used for targeted advertising. I think its a subtle method similar to

Re: new iMac - Follow on - Apple Store down

2011-05-03 Thread Rod Lavington
G5 Powerbooks! :D Seeya Rod On 3 May 2011 18:49, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Just a follow on,. The Apple Store is down now,..so that's sometimes a good sign that strange things are a foot at the Circle K. :o) (Guess the film, win a prize!) :o) So yes,..may see

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I still use my Newton everyday, as its handwriting is still unmatched by any device. But it is different from the iPad - the OS was designed from the ground up as a mobile OS, whereas iOS is a desktop OS with a finger friendly UI. Moreinfo for the Newton is the perfect example of that

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Rod Lavington
the ipad to education. Cheers Rod On May 8, 2011 2:11 PM, Stuart Evans stuart.ev...@t4.com.au wrote: I¹m with you Rod. The Newton was way too far ahead of it¹s time and Apple didn¹t really develop it to it¹s potential. It¹s cool that you are still using it! :-) On 8/05/11 8:27 AM, Rod

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread Rod Lavington
Apple has always had the best tool for tablets. Its hidden in OS X - Inkwell :) Unfortunately they chose to go without a digitizer on the ipad, so handwriting recognition is average at best. Cheers Rod On 9 May 2011 14:32, David de la Hunty da...@visionary.iinet.net.au wrote: Time to wade

Re: Can't replace HD in new iMacs?

2011-05-13 Thread Rod Lavington
Easy answer - $$$ :) Seeya Rod On 13 May 2011 18:14, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: On 13/5/11 6:35 AM, Rod Blitvich rb...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/12/owc-replacing-main-hard-drive-with-third-party- is-not-an-option/ OWC: Replacing main hard drive

Re: Can't replace HD in new iMacs?

2011-05-13 Thread Rod Lavington
what goes in their hardware? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/05/2011, at 8:27 PM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Well yes, apart from that Mr Smartie :P lol :) Kind regards Daniel On 13/5/11 7:29 PM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: Easy answer

Chasing old OS9 Keyspan driver

2011-05-16 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I'm on the hunt for the older OS9 Keyspan driver to suit the white USA-28 twin serial adapter (not the clear USA-28x one). There is a driver on the Tripplite site (which now own the keyspan brand), but it does not work with mine. I'm after the earlier version of that driver. Does

Re: Chasing old OS9 Keyspan driver

2011-05-16 Thread Rod Lavington
:) Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry.com.au Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For Everything Macintosh** On 17/05/2011, at 9:48 AM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All! I'm

Re: Chasing old OS9 Keyspan driver

2011-05-16 Thread Rod Lavington
:) Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry.com.au Web:http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For Everything Macintosh** On 17/05/2011, at 9:48 AM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Keyspan drivers - thanks!

2011-05-17 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Thank you for help in sourcing a driver today. My clamshell iBook running 9.2 and my Newt are now happily talking to each other :) Cheers Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: powerbook G4 15in

2011-05-27 Thread Rod Lavington
The internal pram battery might be flat. You can try leaving it plugged in for 12 hours and see if a trickle charge to the battery kicks it over :) Cheers Rod On May 27, 2011 4:09 PM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have a 15inch 2005 powerbook that will not turn on- power gets to

Re: powerbook G4 15in

2011-05-27 Thread Rod Lavington
Samson On 27/05/2011, at 4:11 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: The internal pram battery might be flat. You can try leaving it plugged in for 12 hours and see if a trickle charge to the battery kicks it over :) Cheers Rod On May 27, 2011 4:09 PM, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have

Re: Lion available in July

2011-06-06 Thread Rod Lavington
It was always on the cards.the App Store is a cash cow for Apple, plus there is the environmental benefits and cash savings for going digital distribution. Don't forget Apple is predominantly a US-centric companythey couldn't care less if Mrs Smith of Nannup only has a 512k adsl link with

Re: Civilization 5 and Wine Problems

2011-06-11 Thread Rod Lavington
Purchase Windows 7 and run it either natively via bootcamp or in a virtual OS program on your Mac. Wine is not perfect by a long shotI've never had a complete experience using it in Ubuntu Linux. Cheers Rod On 11 Jun 2011 15:40, tom samson thefr...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have been able to

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Rod Lavington
Go to iTunes and subscribe to the keynote podcast :) Cheers Rod On Jun 12, 2011 6:58 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I like watching Apple Special Events. The latest is no exception. I can't watch them at home as as yet my bandwidth is to narrow so i watch them at work.

Re: Apple Special Event, june 06, 2011

2011-06-12 Thread Rod Lavington
and it is downloaded, is it downloaded to iTunes or hard drive? Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 On 12/06/2011, at 6:59 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: Go to iTunes and subscribe to the keynote podcast :) Cheers Rod On Jun 12, 2011 6:58 PM, Stuart

Needing a MYOB Specialist for Macs in Perth

2011-06-15 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! We are looking for a MYOB specialist to visit our premises, as we are having problems with AccountEdge NE and the 4 iMacs we have here. Anyone know of such a person in Perth? Cheers Rod -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

[FS] Powerbook G4 15 1.67Ghz

2011-07-05 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have my old Powerbook for sale, seeing as Dan is helping me get a more modern one :) Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz 2gig Ram 80Gb Hard drive Superdrive 15 Display Airport/BT New Battery (good for ~3hrs) Good condition, no deep gouges in the casing Looking for $200 or best offer! (Can email a

Re: Phishing warning on WAMUG messages.

2011-07-05 Thread Rod Lavington
I definitely sent that Powerbook for sale message, so it wasn't phishing in that instance. As you can see, I also use gmail, but I am not getting any of those warnings. Seeya Rod On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:11 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, I had a look at my setup when you

Re: Phishing warning on WAMUG messages.

2011-07-05 Thread Rod Lavington
Whoops, on that particular email thread I do also have the phishing warnings in gmail. Cheers Rod On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: I definitely sent that Powerbook for sale message, so it wasn't phishing in that instance. As you can see, I also use

Re: Google+ Invites [First 15]

2011-07-10 Thread Rod Lavington
I'm of the opinion you put online the things you are quite willing for the rest of the world to see or read. All those social networks are fine if you keep that in mind.hence I have hardly any pictures on my facebook page anymore, and rarely post anything of real interest except for silly

Re: Don't be evil my eye! (was: Google+ Invites)

2011-07-10 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Carlo, Have to take issue with the second article. Anyone that has followed Android through its many versions will understand why Google don't want to open up Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich is on target to be released later on this year, that will reunite both the phone and tablet OS versions

Re: Don't be evil my eye!

2011-07-11 Thread Rod Lavington
of. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-11, at 13:09, Rod Lavington wrote: Hi Carlo, Have to take issue with the second article. Anyone that has followed Android through its many versions will understand why Google don't want to open up Honeycomb. Ice Cream Sandwich is on target to be released later

Re: Don't be evil my eye!

2011-07-11 Thread Rod Lavington
On 2011-07-11, at 13:52, Rod Lavington wrote: So this quote from the second article: Android boss Andy Rubin says Honeycomb is not ready for phones. If Google were to open it up to the world at large, it could end up on smartphones and users might end up with some crappy experiences. does

Re: Don't be evil my eye!

2011-07-11 Thread Rod Lavington
appeared on the wamug mailing liat, and I headed off to the next meeting to smooth things over. I too, am an Apple fanatic :D Seeya Rod :) On Jul 11, 2011 2:27 PM, Rod Lavington rodl...@gmail.com wrote: You win Carlo. Cheers Rod :) On Jul 11, 2011 2:19 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rod

Re: Google+: And You Thought Facebook Is a Privacy Nightmare - Business - Motley Fool - msnbc.com

2011-07-11 Thread Rod Lavington
In other words, only share online what you are willing for the world to see. It han't changed since the days of 300 Baud modems and logging into FIDONet :) Seeya Rod! On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: On 12/07/2011, at 8:20 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On

Re: Lion - step backwards?

2011-07-21 Thread Rod Lavington
Unless you have a magic trackpad :) Cheers Rod On Jul 22, 2011 11:46 AM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Do I assume that the swiping and dragging feature is only relevant to laptop users? And that desktop users don't get any benefit from this particular part of Lion? Tim On

Re: Updates for things under Lion

2011-07-21 Thread Rod Lavington
Appleworks will never work as it is a PowerPC app, and Rosetta is not in Lion. You either have to set up.a dual boot system with 10.6 and 10.7, or look for alternatives such as iwork and bento. Seeya Rod! On Jul 22, 2011 12:58 PM, localadmin lloy...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi everybody out there

Re: Updates for things under Lion

2011-07-21 Thread Rod Lavington
Buy an old PowerBook :) its cheaper and far less hassle get appleworks to run than your Intel mac with lion :) Seeya Rod On Jul 22, 2011 1:12 PM, localadmin lloy...@iinet.net.au wrote: Yes Office 2004 so we are out of that not really that sad as I use iWorks mostly BUT would love to be able

Re: problem with new mail in Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Rod Lavington
You probably need an updated version of Perian, or something similar that has the plugins for other media types for Quicktime. Whether there is something 10.7 compatible though, is another story.Google or Mac forums might be your best bet for an answer (if there is none from here). Cheers

Re: Mac App Store / Lion - hmmm

2011-08-31 Thread Rod Lavington
I think its a very dangerous path that Apple are heading down. What has worked well on iOS does not necessarily translate to the desktop. Security updates are much more critical in the desktop environment, as Apple by large has much less control over what you can install or visit (via web

FS: Current 21 iMac ($1999 model)

2010-05-17 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have my iMac for sale (its available tomorrow, after I remove docs/apps and reformat tonight). Specs are: 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB 1TB Serial ATA Drive ATI Radeon HD 4670 256MB Apple Wireless Keyboard (International English) and User Guide (English) 8x

For Sale: Powermac 500 Dual + Screen

2010-06-17 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have a dual processor G4 500 Powermac for sale. 768 meg ram, 60 gig hd, upgraded video card, 17 lcd screen, keyboard and mouse. $50 if picked up by Saturday lunchtime! Seeya Rod :-) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

WTD: Hard drive form dead iPod

2008-12-15 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Merry Christmas! Just wondering if someone might have a dead iPod floating around that has a working 20+ gig hard drive in it. I need to convert a SSD netbook to something with a hard drive. SSD performance is pretty woeful :-( Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

MYOB AccuntEdge Network Edition for Mac finally released!

2009-03-24 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Good news for those of us who have been struggling with Parallels to run MYOB Premier - MYOB have just released the network edition of AccountEdge. http://myob.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227834336027pagename=MYOB%2FProduct%2FBusinessProductsite=en_AUc=Product We will be swapping over

Re: Broadband on overhead cables ? ? ?

2009-07-06 Thread Rod Lavington
So what happens if you live in a suburb that does have underground power (like where I am in Leeming)? We miss out on the new broadband? On Tuesday, 07 July, 2009, at 10:20AM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Apple Store finally coming to Perth!

2009-07-15 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Folks! WA is now listed in the retail locations for Australia when looking under Job Opportunities at Apple :-) http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=2method=mHvexternal.showPositionLocations (I hope that works!) Let the speculation begin where the store will be located :-) Seeya Rod!

[For Sale] Powermac G4 500DP + 17 Display

2009-08-31 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I had grand plans for this powermac, but its just taking up precious space in my house! PowerMac G4 500Mhz Dual Processor (1Gig Ethernet Model) 896Meg Ram 40+80 Gb Hard drive DVD-ROM (will also include the DVD-Ram drive it had) 32meg NVidia Graphics card (good for Core Image, replaced

Re: [For Sale] Powermac G4 500DP + 17 Display

2009-09-03 Thread Rod Lavington
This is still up for sale folks :-) Willing to take $150 for the Powermac on its own (with keyb and mouse) Seeya Rod! On Tuesday, 01 September, 2009, at 02:23PM, Rod Lavington l...@mac.com wrote: Hi All! I had grand plans for this powermac, but its just taking up precious space in my

Re: cd v mp3

2003-06-06 Thread Rod Lavington
On Thursday, June 05, 2003, at 10:12PM, Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you plug an iPod into a car CD player? Is there a player which allows this? Then for 30GB, 7500 songs in your dashboard should keep you amused to death! :-)) Reg You can get FM Transmitters that plug into the

STOLEN: Nokia 3650 Symbian phone

2003-06-06 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All, Just to let those know that live in the Mt Hawthorn area, I have had my phone stolen. I know it is not a Mac, but this is a rare phone in this part ofthe world. It has a digital camera, pda, and large colour screen. I'm mainly ticked off, as it is a week old and I have photos that I

Re: Pismo 500MHz motherboard...

2003-06-13 Thread Rod Lavington
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 08:58AM, dtac666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shay, I daresay that will not come cheap. My (now declared dead) Pismo was diagnosed with a faulty processor card and logic board - replacement parts were quoted at more than $2.000. Apparently since the machine is no

Re: pricing Re: Pismo 500MHz motherboard...

2003-06-13 Thread Rod Lavington
so why were we quoted at around $4000 for a new screen for an early G4 Powerbook? Ask Apple! I have only passed on the same explanation I was given into why the parts are on the priced the way they are. That's why I suggest to any customer that buys a new mac to think about an extended

Re: Apple sneak this one out? Panther preview

2003-06-24 Thread Rod Lavington
On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 08:39PM, Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: or have I been blind? This is a page I go to several times a week along with my regular Versiontacker checks but not seen this until today: http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/ I'm not sure I like the new Finder...

[For Sale] Beige G3 Mini Tower bundle + ADSL Modem/Router

2003-08-02 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have the following for sale: Beige G3 Mini Tower - 266Mhz - 288Meg Ram - 6 Gig HD - CD ROM - 100Meg Internal Zip - USB Card - FireWire Card - Analogue AV in and out (composite and S-Video) - 17 Colorsync Monitor - Lexmark Z22 Printer - Umax Astra 1200 SCSI Scanner - OS 9.2.2 installed

Re: Apple Care is Transable?

2003-08-03 Thread Rod Lavington
On Saturday, August 02, 2003, at 10:13AM, Mark McLen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Resently I sold my Powerbook G4 and I have bought Apple Care for it about one years ago. I want to transfer name or account of Apple care to new owner. Is it just call Apple care and change name and

[For Sale] Forgot some bits!

2003-09-01 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Also for sale are the following: Dlink DSL-500 ADSL Modem/Router $150 Commodore 1084S Composite Monitor - great for those who video edit and need a small monitor to check on progress $50 Commodore 1081 Composite Monitor - better black screen than the 1084 $70 Seeya Rod!

[For Sale} Mac stuff clearout!

2003-09-01 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have been instructed by the financial controller in my home (ie wife) to clear out some stuff from my study. Here is what I have for sale: Airport Card and White Base Station (2nd Gen with extra LAN port) $350 Blueberry laptop bag (quite well padded). Would suit blueberry iBook $25

[For Sale] Forgot some bits!

2003-08-31 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Also for sale are the following: Dlink DSL-500 ADSL Modem/Router $150 I also have a couple of Amiga items for sale: Amiga 500 with rom switcher (1.3/2.04) - includes extra floppy drive and ~800 5.25 floppy disks with games $50 Amiga A590 20meg Hard drive $30 Commodore 1084S

[For Sale} Mac stuff clearout!

2003-08-31 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have been instructed by the financial controller in my home (ie wife) to clear out some stuff from my study. Here is what I have for sale: Airport Card and White Base Station (2nd Gen with extra LAN port) $350 Blueberry laptop bag (quite well padded). Would suit blueberry iBook $25

[For sale] More stuff (and free stuff too!)

2003-09-11 Thread Rod Lavington
HI All! I still have some stuff for sale: White Airport Base Station $250 Airport Card $90 ADB Keyboard $10 ADB Mouse (teardrop) - will throw in spare that has no ball $10 ADB Mouse (square) $5 Austin Powers game $10 Starcraft $10 Jedi Knight II for PC (NOT MAC VERSION) $10 Dungeon

WTD: 4meg 72 Pin SIMMS (Tin Ends)

2003-09-16 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Just wondering if anyone has any 4meg 72 pin SIMMS lying around. I need single sided ones, with the tin ends, not the gold ends. May be we can work out a trade for something else! BTW, I am after 4. Seeya Rod!

Re: Epson 740 Printer with OS X and OS9 EpsonShare

2003-09-23 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Reg, On 23/9/03 12:13 AM, Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear WAMUGgers I want to print to an Epson Colour Stylus 740 in a mixed OS9/OS X ethernet network. Is this possible: 1Connecting Epson 740 USB cable to eMac running OS X 10.2.6 with GimpPrint and CUPS installed.

Re: AppleTalk in Classic problem

2003-10-15 Thread Rod Lavington
On 15/10/03 8:13 PM, Simon Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is there a way of getting AppleTalk active within Classic on a non active network port? IE, I have set AppleTalk active within the Network Preference on the Built-in Ethernet port. (I an not using this port, no cable

Re: iMac 333 shuts down without warning

2003-10-30 Thread Rod Lavington
On 29/10/03 10:48 PM, Daniel Claire Forsdyke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember the iMac being quiet thanks to its lack of fan noise. The eMac on the other hand is a different matter! Daniel F. Hi All! Dan K is right - there is a small fan located underneath the CRT assembly that

Re: Problem

2003-11-07 Thread Rod Lavington
On 7/11/03 12:40 AM, Daniel Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/11/03 11:49 PM, tom samson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 233 iMac that I have tried to upgrade from 8.1 -8.6-9.1(upgrade firmwear also as per instructions I can here power and the light at the front is orange but nothing

Re: How am I supposed to re-install classic on Panther

2003-11-10 Thread Rod Lavington
On 10/11/03 9:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I put 10.3 on my iBook 700 12 last night. I did a clean install. No worries. I want to install Classic. Hmmm. What do I have in my kit of CDs? I have a 9.1 installer and a 9.2 upgrade. Fine - let's give it a whirl.

Re: P/Book 1400 cs - Airport card

2003-11-13 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:19:11 +0800 Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/11/2003, at 10:42 AM, Douglas Sheerer wrote: Question 1: Is it feasible to upgrade a Power Book 1400cs/133 from OS 8.5 to OS 9.2 ? It should be possible if you have enough RAM. You're going to

Re: Transferring Mac files to PC

2003-11-14 Thread Rod Lavington
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:53:02 +0800 Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Backing up files onto a PC has its risks, the major one being that you'll lose the resource forks on the Mac files. A resource fork is a part of a file that tells the Mac what the file is, what application opens it,

WTD: Anti-static bags

2003-11-18 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Just wondering if anyone has a few medium to large anti static bags floating around that they don't need. I have a few bits and pieces that I am about to send away and need some bags to make sure they don't get zapped! Thanks in advance Rod!

Response to earlier posting this year about WA AppleCentres

2003-11-25 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Just thought I would share my findings with you all from my recent trip to Melbourne. I think we bag the WA stores a little too harshly compared to what I saw in Melbourne. I went to the Elizabeth St store in the CBD (NextByte), the Flinders St store (MyMac) and the Bridge Rd store

Re: Response to earlier posting this year about WA AppleCentres

2003-11-26 Thread Rod Lavington
On 25/11/03 7:18 PM, Keith Feltham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/11/03 5:37 PM, Keith Feltham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The store had little third party stock and display, and a small range at that. Sounds like Cannington. Disappointing, eh :-( Now with Apple pushing the DJ

Re: External monitor for G3 PowerBook

2003-12-03 Thread Rod Lavington
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:00:31 +0800 Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to connect a flat screen studio display to a G3 PowerBook 400 running OS 10.2.8? Thanks, Michael Hawkins. Hi Michael, It depends if you want to stick with an Apple LCD or another brand LCD. The

Is it just me, or does Networking in 10.3 suck!

2003-12-17 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I have been having a couple of problems with 10.3 and networking. Specifically, when I take my laptop to work and plug into the ADSL router (which is just running a DHCP server), I have to restart both the modem and the iBook to get the internet up and running. I have no prblems

re: Flaky monitor

2004-01-03 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Bill, Do yourself a *big* favour and recycle this monitor! They are the pits and will cost you more money than buying a decent 17 PC display with a 12 month or 3 year warranty. The sooner this attempt for a display disappears, the better the world will be! Honestly, they were poorly

Re: Garage band?

2004-01-07 Thread Rod Lavington
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:13:26 +0800 Warren Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: methinks it's only available as part of iLife '04 -- $79 On 07 Jan 2004, at 09:00, Stewart Woods wrote: Didn't catch the keynote but was wondering if garage band is a free download like the rest of iLife...or did the

Keynote now streaming on Apple's website

2004-01-07 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! For those who did not stay up until the wee hours of the morning, the webcast of this morning's keynote is now available to watch when you want. I found it quite good this year, and glad that I did take the time to watch it. The iLife stuff is very cool - good to see iPhoto now runs at

Re: Word problems and CopyPaste

2004-01-08 Thread Rod Lavington
On 8/1/04 9:44 AM, Lloyd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read that some members have had strange things happening with MS Word. This has happened to me yesterday when I upgraded my version of CopyPaste X from v 1.6.1 to v 2. I am using OSX 10.3.2 Control clicking on a word for

Re: (Suggestions?) Recording voice or video with laptop

2004-01-11 Thread Rod Lavington
On 11/1/04 5:04 AM, Nathalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I am overseas at the moment viditing a freind who would like to purchase new mac laptop for a specific purpose. Those of you who know more about sounds than I (which is anybody, because I don't use my machine for sound) may be able

Re: Min-jack converter

2004-01-12 Thread Rod Lavington
On 12/1/04 4:51 PM, Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An hour or so after I posted a question about speakers for a G3 PowerBook, I bought a pair of Apple Pro speakers after being told that they'd work on a G3 PowerBook. When I unpacked them, I found that they are fitted with a

Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

2004-01-14 Thread Rod Lavington
On 14/1/04 12:44 PM, Nicholas Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I went to the Apple centre in Cannington (Abacus store) and found out that it is closing or closed. The guy was very flippant. Why are you closing I inquired: He responded: 8% only markup Big investment up front

Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

2004-01-14 Thread Rod Lavington
On 14/1/04 12:53 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14/01/2004, at 12:44 PM, Nicholas Harvey wrote: It's a pretty accurate picture of the story. For an AppleCentre to be profitable, they need to to sell everything at full retail price and they need to sell a lot. Sadly,

Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

2004-01-14 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Barry! On 14/1/04 3:04 PM, Barry Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guys its barry from the apple centre cannington. i have read your posts and for the record the apple centre has closed as an apple centre. we will be opening a av centre specializing in digital stills and video, it has

Re: 20 years of Macintosh QuickTime clip

2004-01-15 Thread Rod Lavington
On 15/1/04 10:18 AM, Bart Raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all Just found out that if you watch the 20 years of Macintosh QuickTime clip You will notice that the woman carrying the sledge hammer is wearing a set of head phones and wearing an iPOD ,And I don't think it's the same woman

Re: LimeWire

2004-01-15 Thread Rod Lavington
On 15/1/04 10:41 AM, James Kunz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i would forget limewire use google to find mp3 stuff, if it's free it's on a webpage if it's copyrighted, stay away from it or it's not there the music i need i always found with google and thus no copyright issue did you try mp3.com

Re: http://bigpondmusic.com/home.asp

2004-01-16 Thread Rod Lavington
On 16/1/04 10:06 AM, L Pohl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/1/04 9:44 AM, Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I have, and all I can say is Good Lord! Please, please Apple, get ITMS working in Oz before we are engulfed in this Windows-only rubbish. The erroneous claim that there

WTD: Old MFM hard drive!

2004-01-16 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I am on the hunt for an MFM hard drive. They used to be in old XT or possibly 286 PCs way back when :-) Needs to be working, and can't be an RLL model. (For those who weren't born before 1980, this drive preceded the IDE drives that you would be familiar with!) Seeya Rod!

Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

2004-01-16 Thread Rod Lavington
On 16/1/04 6:12 PM, Gordon Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's hope that no more stores fall by the wayside. And for those who dislike the stores, boo hoo to you! The less these remaining stores are supported, the less likely Joe Public will buy a Mac.. And we don't really want that

Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed

2004-01-16 Thread Rod Lavington
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:17:57 +0800 Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/01/2004, at 6:32 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: When Steve Jobs left Apple, he started NeXT, whose computers used a UNIX derivative (NeXTStep). That should read When Steve Jobs got booted out of Apple... Steve

Mac Funny for the week!

2004-01-20 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Thought the price of this ebay auction might raise a laugh or two! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2781472775category=1 247 Seeya Rod!

Re: are these for real?

2004-01-24 Thread Rod Lavington
On 24/1/04 9:31 PM, Diana Graham Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. I replied to the first but I have had two more. I am still getting list messages. Diana I have received three of these messages over the last 24 hours. Does anyone know what this means? TIA Kevi The

Re: Are Apple Aust. really dinkum?

2004-01-26 Thread Rod Lavington
On 26/1/04 11:02 AM, Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple have announced a special offer for .Mac subscribers - $US30 off the price of Keynote, and 7 new themes. This is great, but when you go to the site and actually try to buy this, you'll find that you have to nominate an online

Re: Newton 2000

2004-01-27 Thread Rod Lavington
On 27/1/04 2:41 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I'll be... I just found an old Newton MessagePad 2000 in a cupboard here. It works perfectly. My experience with Newton is limited at best, and I don't seem to have any means to get software on to the damn thing. Anyone

Re: Putting Address Book dates into iCal (OSX 10.3.2)

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
On 27/1/04 11:16 PM, John Winters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to use the birthday and dates fields in Address Book to populate a calendar in iCal? This would be a really neat way of keeping me out of trouble for forgetting dates, but searching the help files in both iCal

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
On 28/1/04 4:22 PM, Lindsay Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 .mac account.. Does one have to subscribe to get the security updates etc, or is it just another email server? Of course listening to the Apple people it

Re: .mac account

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
On 28/1/04 4:22 PM, Lindsay Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Am new to the Mac world and am wondering what value there is in a US$99 .mac account.. Does one have to subscribe to get the security updates etc, or is it just another email server? Of course listening to the Apple people it

Read and cry......

2004-01-28 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! Not sure if anyone has seen this yet.. http://www.overclockers.com/tips1133/ Unbelievable Seeya Rod!

Re: Dvd region changer

2004-01-31 Thread Rod Lavington
On 31/1/04 6:24 PM, Chris Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings knowledgeable ones! Can anyone recommend a software hack to make my ibook DVD player multi-region? I've changed regions twice so far and expect to travel to Europe soon... I believe 5 strikes (changes) and your out of

Re: G4 to G5 Trade-up Program In Oz?

2004-02-01 Thread Rod Lavington
On 1/2/04 3:26 PM, Dark Servant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder what Apple would actually do with all these old G4's. I doubt they'd be sold 2nd hand and the parts probably wouldn't be all that useful. Perhaps they'd be donated or something. It would seem like a waste to just retrieve

Re: Frozen iMAC

2004-02-01 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi Bill, On 1/2/04 5:39 PM, Bill Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I have just acquired an iMac 350Mhz machine from a government department at a bargain price (Dont laugh Phil!!). After setting it up and letting loose on a bloke who doesn't normally use Macs, its now frozen. We

Re: Frozen iMAC

2004-02-01 Thread Rod Lavington
On 1/2/04 5:43 PM, James Devenish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 05:39:08PM +0800, Bill Parker wrote: I can get as far as the desktop showing all icons as per normal with the keyboard and mouse as normal then she dies about 10 secs after the

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