Advice please, Time Machine for Lion

2011-11-15 Thread Severin Crisp
it will Lion start afresh leaving the old stuff there and inaccessible or will it build on that material retaining much of it which will be unchanged? I will retain also a clone of my Snow Leopard boot drive. Severin Crisp

Re: Advice please, Time Machine for Lion

2011-11-15 Thread Severin Crisp
Utility to reformat the drive. Cheers, Ronni On 15/11/2011, at 4:57 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am on the brink of going from Snow Leopard to Lion after having an extended and trouble free play with an upgraded complete clone on a separate FW800 drive. My three printers and scanner

Re: Advice please, Time Machine for Lion

2011-11-15 Thread Severin Crisp
/2011, at 5:25 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks, Ronni, I will just carry on as is! Regards Severin On 15/11/2011, at 5:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, If you upgrade to Lion, Time Machine will just add backups like normal, I still have my Snow Leopard backups my ‘now’ Lion

.dmg conversion

2011-11-21 Thread Severin Crisp
I have an old .dmg file created in 2000. Attempts to open it (Intel iMac, 10.7.2) understandably say that it needs conversion. It is an NDIF disk image. Can anyone point me at how to do this. Severin Crisp A penalty for trying to resurrect the past

QT10 and QT7/Pro

2011-11-22 Thread Severin Crisp
I have retained my earlier version of QT7/Pro from Snow Leopard on going to Lion and will retain it for some of the extra Pro functionality. But why does it not rate an appearance anywhere on Launchpad? Sits happily and opens from the Dock as before. Severin Crisp

Re: QT10 and QT7/Pro

2011-11-22 Thread Severin Crisp
, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 23/11/2011, at 3:25 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have retained my earlier version of QT7/Pro from Snow Leopard on going to Lion

Re: QT10 and QT7/Pro

2011-11-23 Thread Severin Crisp
on it and then move the QT7/Pro Icon to the top level of Launchpad or even to another page. Cheers, Carlo On 23/11/2011, at 15:40 , Severin Crisp wrote: Hmm, so it does, despite being in Applications before! Severin On 23/11/2011, at 3:35 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: I meant to add

Online backup methods

2011-11-23 Thread Severin Crisp
comments welcome Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Re: QT10 and QT7/Pro

2011-11-23 Thread Severin Crisp
, if you want Tunes to open in your third desktop (assuming you have at least three desktops), go to the third desktop and then Control+click on the iTunes icon in the Dock, go to Options and then click on 'This Desktop.’ Cheers, Ronni On 23/11/2011, at 4:25 PM, Severin Crisp wrote

Re: Online backup methods

2011-11-23 Thread Severin Crisp
. 2Gb is free. Rob On 23/11/11 4:42 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am looking at ways of securely storing valuable data, like family photos, some records and the like against the possibility of a catastrophe, however remote. I would want to update regularly but not necessarily automatically

Re: Fascinating Lion resource

2011-11-25 Thread Severin Crisp
-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-25 Thread Severin Crisp
earlier setup Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-25 Thread Severin Crisp
Yes, I have already done that! On 26/11/2011, at 1:27 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: With Snow Leopard I had ALL the applications that I ever used as icons in the dock, a long line up but very easy and convenient. All my regulars were set as startup items and hidden. With Lion I am trying

Re: Launchpad and System Preferences

2011-11-26 Thread Severin Crisp
one more click. I will arrange launchpad as a second string for rarely used items. I will peruse those articles with interest and I am sure with benefit also! Best wishes Severin On 26/11/2011, at 5:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, On 26/11/2011, at 1:27 PM, Severin Crisp wrote

Re: Commonwealth 'Phish' email-Logon Problem

2011-11-29 Thread Severin Crisp
Yes, I have had it on several occasions in the past. Straight into the Trash! Severin Crisp On 29/11/2011, at 3:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi WAMUGers, If you receive an email similar to one I received this morning saying it is from Commonwealth Bank, Subject: Logon problem. Delete

Re: TV antennas

2011-12-02 Thread Severin Crisp
/wamug.org.au-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Labels

2011-12-04 Thread Severin Crisp
A friend has asked for advice as to the best way to generate sticky labels from Address Book. I have not done this but there may be a simple(?) way. I have always used Filemaker Pro for this task. Comments welcome, please Severin Crisp

Re: Labels

2011-12-04 Thread Severin Crisp
, at 5:46 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: A friend has asked for advice as to the best way to generate sticky labels from Address Book. I have not done this but there may be a simple(?) way. I have always used Filemaker Pro for this task. Comments welcome, please Severin Crisp

Re: Virus software?!?

2011-12-21 Thread Severin Crisp
My experience too. I have used Virus Barrier for years and never a suspicion of problems as mentioned. And that goes for the older Net Barrier too when it was separate. Severin Crisp On 21/12/2011, at 10:07 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Thank you Brian ... I was unaware of all these negative

Re: Virus software?!?

2011-12-22 Thread Severin Crisp
Festive Season to all. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 22/12/2011, at 3:22 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I do not query that some users

Airport Extreme connection

2011-12-23 Thread Severin Crisp
intervention. This does not seem to be locality dependent. As far as I can see all settings are as they should be and once connection is made internet, email and connection to printer are fine with nary a dropout. Comments appreciated, maybe I am missing something. Severin Crisp

Happy New Year

2011-12-30 Thread Severin Crisp
will throw at us! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

MacBook battery replacement

2012-01-03 Thread Severin Crisp
between batteries in general in this situation. I have no problem with just getting a genuine Apple replacement! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence

Re: MacBook battery replacement

2012-01-03 Thread Severin Crisp
Apple, might be dearer, but you know you are getting the genuine Apple battery. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 03/01/2012, at 5:27 PM, Severin Crisp wrote

Fax hangup

2012-01-04 Thread Severin Crisp
line remains in use and blocked for other users. In Network settings/Advanced I have it as a Dialup Device but there is no mention anywhere of hanging up. I am not set up to receive incoming faxes. This annoying, though no life threatening. Comments and experiences welcomed Severin Crisp

Re: MacBook battery replacement

2012-01-05 Thread Severin Crisp
MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 03/01/2012, at 5:27 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: The battery in our five year old white 13inch MacBook is not holding its charge for as long as early

Re: FTP with MacFUSE / Fusion

2012-01-18 Thread Severin Crisp
I second Ronni's praise for Transmit which I have used for years and find it fast, user friendly and trouble free. Severin Crisp On 18/01/2012, at 7:50 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Anton, When I decided to move my MobileMe iWeb website over to a new Hosting Service I did a lot of research

Dell printer

2012-01-28 Thread Severin Crisp
Dell photo 964, iMac, 10.7. Add a printer recognises the printer but does not lead to driver. How to set up, Dell site no help. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St

Re: OS X 10.7.3 Lion Update

2012-02-01 Thread Severin Crisp
://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin

Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
How do I open a Word Perfect .wpd document? Heaven knows why this long time acquaintance has done this to me! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
(*.*) 5. Browse to the file 6. Click it and select OK 7. It should perform the conversion Cheers, Peder On 05/02/2012, at 16:40 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: How do I open a Word Perfect .wpd document? Heaven knows why this long time acquaintance has done this to me! Severin Crisp

Re: Word Perfect

2012-02-05 Thread Severin Crisp
, but I understand you can use NeoOffice suite if you do have it already to open then file the document in whichever format you need. Kind regards, Philippe On 05/02/2012, at 4:40 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: How do I open a Word Perfect .wpd document? Heaven knows why this long

Re: Small Apple network/Faxing

2012-02-08 Thread Severin Crisp
://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8

Blank page on opening Word

2012-02-12 Thread Severin Crisp
Is there a setting in Word 2008 that inhibits opening a blank page when Word opens? I can not find it anywhere. Maybe it does not exist. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15

Re: Blank page on opening Word

2012-02-12 Thread Severin Crisp
Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Is there a setting in Word 2008 that inhibits opening a blank page when Word opens? I can not find it anywhere. Maybe it does not exist. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin

Re: I need a Printer

2012-02-12 Thread Severin Crisp
I echo Ronni's comments re Epson. I have an SP1290Silver and an SP R2880 which both perform faultlessly and are always updated with drivers by Epson. These are both higher end artwork printers and I use a Fuji-Xerox C525A laser for secretarial type stuff. Severin Crisp On 13/02/2012, at 8

Re: Blank page on opening Word

2012-02-13 Thread Severin Crisp
://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itdojo/tr-dojo-challenge-how-do-you-open-word-2008-for-mac-without-opening-a-blank-document/1518 Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 12/02/2012, at 10:44 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks, Ronni, but that is not quite what I mean. More often than

Thorough clean and tidy

2012-02-21 Thread Severin Crisp
that many hears to go and I would like to bequeath a sanitised iMac! Maybe there are other software cleaners out there though I have always treated such items with extreme caution. Advise me! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor

Thorough Clean and Tidy

2012-02-21 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks to Carlo, Robert H and Rob. You all confirm what I believed I would need to do. Ho hum, so be it. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany

Reinstall Office 2008

2012-02-24 Thread Severin Crisp
candidates, though it says disks are OK rather than installed files. How do I get around this? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western

Re: Reinstall Office 2008

2012-02-25 Thread Severin Crisp
: On 25/02/2012, at 3:27 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I am doing an install of Office 2008 on a fresh Lion. I have Office 2008 existing installed on another disk. My install DVD is an update as are my Office 2004 and Office X disks tracking back to an Office 98 original

Re: Reinstall Office 2008

2012-02-25 Thread Severin Crisp
delete the folder. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 25/02/2012, at 5:17 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks, Ronni. The installer runs fine to completion but falls over when doing the serial number bit. I suspect from what you have said that because

Junk Mailbox gone missing

2012-02-26 Thread Severin Crisp
My Junk Mailbox, Lion 10.7.3, has gone missing. I can mark emails as junk but they do not go anywhere and Erase Junk Mail is greyed out. How do I find it/get it back? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP

Re: Junk Mailbox gone missing

2012-02-26 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks Ronni, that fixed it! Severin On 27/02/2012, at 1:24 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, Check in Mail Preferences - Junk Mail … that you have “Enable junk Mail filtering” “Move to the Junk Mailbox” selected. Cheers, Ronni On 27/02/2012, at 1:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote

Apple publicity

2012-02-27 Thread Severin Crisp
Great publicity and business plug for Apple in The Albany Advertiser today (Tuesday 28/2), unfortunately not online. Brilliant picture of Stuart Evans and iPad - many people will not have a clue how that one was done Stuart. Hope the business presentation is a success! Severin Crisp

Hide or Show Related messages

2012-02-28 Thread Severin Crisp
I cannot use the Hide/Show Related messages icon, permanently greyed out. The little arrow will bring up or hide the list OK. I have rebuilt the mailbox. What am I missing? Severin Crisp -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

System cleansing

2012-03-01 Thread Severin Crisp
start! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Re: System cleansing

2012-03-02 Thread Severin Crisp
to clearing out the junk room, then I'd be set!! lol). Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 02/03/2012, at 3:18 PM, Severin Crisp wrote

Photoshop CS5.1 printing

2012-03-12 Thread Severin Crisp
/CS5.1 Photoshop/SP R2880 who can comment? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950

Re: Photoshop CS5.1 printing

2012-03-12 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks, Daniel, I have tried much of that. Will press on. Severin On 13/03/2012, at 12:21 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 12/03/2012, at 4:51 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: A short while back I upgraded from Photoshop CS3 to CS5.1 and I am having problems with printing to an Epson SP R2880. I am

Re: Photoshop CS5.1 printing

2012-03-13 Thread Severin Crisp
and turn on Epson Colour Controls for all options to become available. This is unintelligible gobbledy gook if you are not using an Epson printer but makes sense if you are! I am now a happy little Vegemite again. Severin Crisp On 13/03/2012, at 2:18 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin

Re: Photoshop CS5.1 printing

2012-03-14 Thread Severin Crisp
: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 14/03/2012, at 12:05 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: The problem is finally cleared up as far as printing from Photoshop CS5.1 to an Epson R2880 goes. Adobe and Epson have been

PAL to NTSC

2012-03-21 Thread Severin Crisp
Is there a simple way to convert a DVD in Pal format to NTSC? I suspect not. I have Toast 11 but can find no easy answers. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount

Re: PAL to NTSC

2012-03-21 Thread Severin Crisp
#9554479 Good luck, Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/3/12 2:20 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Is there a simple way to convert a DVD in Pal format to NTSC? I suspect

Apple Discount card

2012-04-03 Thread Severin Crisp
term customer, which we are not, and it came twice for good measure! One for the unwary to watch out for I think Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany

Re: email alert

2012-04-03 Thread Severin Crisp
I have been getting that one monotonously on an almost daily basis! Severin Crisp On 04/04/2012, at 10:22 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Merv, Was the “exceeded your email quota” asking for your Username and Password so they could re-set? There was a similar Phishing Scam going around a few

MacBook battery

2012-04-03 Thread Severin Crisp
, is it necessary yet? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Re: MacBook battery

2012-04-04 Thread Severin Crisp
want longer between charging times. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519 Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 04/04/2012, at 11:57 AM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Our MacBook, five years old, shows symptoms of an ageing battery requiring more frequent charging

Re: Routers

2012-04-23 Thread Severin Crisp
David, I have had long and reliable, faithful service from a D-Link DSL 504 on ADSL 1 in Albany and I can highly recommend this, or what is probably now a later version. I am using it with an Airport Extreme. Severin Crisp NBN coming sometime - 2014 it seems. I would rather stick with what I

Re: Safari and PDF files

2012-04-23 Thread Severin Crisp
Get rid of Adobe PDF Reader - Safari handles PDFs on its own Severin Crisp On 23/04/2012, at 3:06 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good afternoon all! I have a situation where I am trying to sort a problem out on my brother's iMac 27 (OS X 10.7.3), Safari (v 5.1.5) will not open links

Mail in Snow Leopard

2012-04-25 Thread Severin Crisp
for this. Driving my wife crazy - comments please - about Mail, not my wife! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia

Re: transfer epub book to ipad

2012-05-03 Thread Severin Crisp
Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842

CS2 and 10.6.8

2012-05-06 Thread Severin Crisp
of the hardware. Comments please Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950

Re: Setting up a website to replace Mobileme

2012-05-12 Thread Severin Crisp
For my sixpennyworth, I have always used Transmit which I have found reliable, fast and user friendly. Not free but a good $34 worth. Severin Crisp On 12/05/2012, at 1:29 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: An alternative free FTP application - Cyberduck (hope I haven't broke WAMUG rules

Re: Adding a Time Capsule - network options/decisions

2012-05-15 Thread Severin Crisp
Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au

Color Laser printer

2012-05-24 Thread Severin Crisp
. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia

Re: Color Laser printer

2012-05-25 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks, David. I see that City Software have your drum for $223, but not the printer Regards Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 3:36 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum

Re: G5 tower problem

2012-05-25 Thread Severin Crisp
Great down to earth solution to a high tech problem! Wonderful stuff that CRC and related products. One of the early ones carried the labelling Makes things go again! How true Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 2:57 PM, Kevin Lock wrote: Ronni and Robert , I have tried all your

AFL Ladder widget

2012-05-30 Thread Severin Crisp
I have what I believe is the latest AFL widget (2.0.5) but it is showing the position at the end of 2011. Has anyone got this to work? The irony is that it shows the Eagles at the bottom - cannot have that! Severin Crisp

Re: AFL Ladder widget

2012-05-30 Thread Severin Crisp
Thanks Daniel. I had done all that, physically removing the old widget and installing the new one and still no go. BUT, after my overnight shutdown and morning restart all is well and the Eagles are in their rightful place! Severin Crisp On 30/05/2012, at 11:20 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi

Updates

2012-06-12 Thread Severin Crisp
Why are the current updates, notified today, so enormous - many times larger than the existing applications! Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany

Re: Downloading ANZ Bank monthly statements

2012-06-17 Thread Severin Crisp
I have latest Lion and Safari and have no problem with BankWest (or Wespac) statements. They come as PDFs in a new window in Safari and I click on the save button in the window at the bottom. Severin Crisp On 18/06/2012, at 9:32 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, I have the same settings in Safari

iCal

2012-06-17 Thread Severin Crisp
Due to a misunderstanding with iCloud (which I do not use) I have inadvertently deleted all my alarms warnings and information from iCal. I am backed up with a clone and Time Machine but have not been able to find the relevant information. Where is it? Help! Severin Crisp

Re: iCal

2012-06-17 Thread Severin Crisp
Many thanks, Carlo. All there again now. Sev On 18/06/2012, at 12:31 PM, cm wrote: Hi Severin, iCal data is stored in /User/your account/Library/Calendars If you restore that directory all the iCal data should return. Regards, Carlo On 18/06/2012, at 12:20 , Severin Crisp

Re: Mountain Lion - AirPlay Mirroring - older iMacs?

2012-06-20 Thread Severin Crisp
Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au

Re: Writing to PDF

2012-06-26 Thread Severin Crisp
I regularly use PDFpen. It works just fine for me. Severin Crisp On 27/06/2012, at 9:20 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: Hi Can someone recommend a simple program to allow me to write to/on a PDF? Regards Peter -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au

Offsite backup

2012-06-27 Thread Severin Crisp
I have a significant amount of material (up to 200GB) that I would like to back up securely offsite. iCloud looks pricey! Are there cheaper alternatives - I am looking at weekly backup updates or similar. Severin Crisp

Re: Offsite backup

2012-06-27 Thread Severin Crisp
. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 27/6/12 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp at sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have a significant amount of material (up to 200GB) that I would like to back up securely offsite. iCloud looks pricey

Re: Offsite backup

2012-06-27 Thread Severin Crisp
Crisp wrote: I have a significant amount of material (up to 200GB) that I would like to back up securely offsite. iCloud looks pricey! Are there cheaper alternatives - I am looking at weekly backup updates or similar. Severin Crisp

Thoughts on membership

2012-06-28 Thread Severin Crisp
contributions benefit us all. I name no names but thank you all, committee, workers, expert advisers and query answerers, you know who I am talking about! I hope that one day, sometime, I may eventually attend a meeting, it is a long drive from Albany! Good wishes to all Severin Crisp

Disk format

2012-06-28 Thread Severin Crisp
be accessed from a Mac, though it is possible to dig original pictures out of an iPhoto library. In the ultimate bad case the disk may be accessed in the first instance from a PC. Which is the best format for the disk? Severin Crisp

Re: Disk format

2012-06-28 Thread Severin Crisp
from the radio button slide down menu. 6) Click the Apply button. Regards, Carlo On 28/06/2012, at 15:53 , Severin Crisp wrote: I am preparing a portable hard disk as 1) an offsite backup and 2) as resource for others to access in case of my incapacity. There will be a mixture

Re: Anti Virus

2012-06-29 Thread Severin Crisp
Likewise I have AVG AntiVirus (free version) on my virtual Windows XP machine with VMWare Fusion. After several years I have had no problems - and no viruses either. Like Neil I have no inclination to upgrade to the paid version Severin Crisp On 29/06/2012, at 12:23 PM, Neil Houghton wrote

Date Format in Word 11

2012-06-30 Thread Severin Crisp
The menu item Insert/Date and Time uses US format. i.e. today is 6/30/12 not 30/6/12. In Excel you can customise the format but I can not find where to do it in Word. I am sure it can be done. Help please. Severin Crisp I have taken a long while to get used to the palettes in Word now being

Re: Date Format in Word 11

2012-07-01 Thread Severin Crisp
row? Look in 'Language Texts' tab you will now see 'Formats' tab at top 3rd one across the a region box, you can select a country - Australia, mine is set to custom. Brian On 30/06/2012, at 5:02 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: The menu item Insert/Date and Time uses US format. i.e. today

Re: Date Format in Word 11

2012-07-01 Thread Severin Crisp
“Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.4 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 01/07/2012, at 4:07 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Brian, I am set to Australia and all the displayed sample formats are as required. The custom box is greyed out. Word11

Re: Date Format in Word 11

2012-07-01 Thread Severin Crisp
.) Word Menu Tools Language… English (AUS) Brian On 01/07/2012, at 10:22 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Ronni, my problem is that none of the Available Formats (your 2.) are what I want, they are all US not Australian. This is despite Australian being set and looking good in Date Time

iCal unhappy

2012-07-13 Thread Severin Crisp
in details are OK. How do I convince iCal? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l

Re: iCal unhappy

2012-07-14 Thread Severin Crisp
password. 5. Make sure the option for calendars is checked. 6. Close System Preferences. 7. Open iCal and test. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 13/07/2012, at 10:54 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: ICal has started to tell me that it can not log in to iCloud

Wireless nertwork

2012-07-18 Thread Severin Crisp
I have monkied with my wireless network installing a TIme Capsule replacing an Airport Extreme. That seems set up fine but my laptop can no longer get in. It is asking for a WPA password. What the hell is that? Severin Crisp

Re: Wireless nertwork

2012-07-18 Thread Severin Crisp
Crisp wrote: I have monkied with my wireless network installing a TIme Capsule replacing an Airport Extreme. That seems set up fine but my laptop can no longer get in. It is asking for a WPA password. What the hell is that? Severin Crisp

Re: Wireless nertwork

2012-07-18 Thread Severin Crisp
. Cheers, Ronni On 18/07/2012, at 4:24 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have monkied with my wireless network installing a TIme Capsule replacing an Airport Extreme. That seems set up fine but my laptop can no longer get in. It is asking for a WPA password. What the hell is that? Severin Crisp

Re: Wireless nertwork

2012-07-18 Thread Severin Crisp
Airport Utility, select your Time Capsule - then click Edit (if using Airport Utility 6.1 in Lion) then under 'Wireless' button - Wireless Security: WPA2 Personal. Click Update Cheers, Ronni On 18/07/2012, at 5:11 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Found it in Airport Utility, in business now

Re: Prepare For Mountain Lion OS X 10.8

2012-07-23 Thread Severin Crisp
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Re: Calendars

2012-07-30 Thread Severin Crisp
iCloud and 'Sign Out' See if that stops the Upgrading Calendars Cheers, Ronni On 30/07/2012, at 3:59 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: When I start up in Mountain Lion a window opens and persists Upgrading Calendars. The progress bar never moves and it just stays

Re: Calendars

2012-07-30 Thread Severin Crisp
iPad On 30/07/2012, at 4:43 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: When I do that it tells me it will delete my calendar from this Mac but leave it available for others. What do I put aside to restore after the deletion? Severin On 30/07/2012, at 4:05 PM, Ronda Brown ro

Re: Calendars

2012-07-30 Thread Severin Crisp
Subscriptions? Cheers, Ronni On 30/07/2012, at 5:11 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks Ronni, no rush Severin On 30/07/2012, at 5:03 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Don't sign out of iCloud then. I have to rush out now to deliver and setup a new computer

Re: Calendars

2012-07-31 Thread Severin Crisp
the choice of creating in the cloud or locally. Cheers, Ronni On 31/07/2012, at 1:39 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Yes, I did let it complete. The good news is that this morning it has seen the light and that message has vanished! Hallelujah! Yes, it is set up to Synch

Epson R2880 black inks

2012-08-01 Thread Severin Crisp
have a fix, you will know what I am talking about. I have the latest driver (Mountain Lion 27/7/12) from Epson but still no change. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount

Safari cache

2012-08-05 Thread Severin Crisp
I notice that the latest Safari (6.0)/10.8 no longer has a menu item to Empty Cache and this is not included in Reset Safari. While Reload Page will often fix a tangle, unambiguously emptying there cache I find is infallible. Has anyone comments to offer? Severin Crisp

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