Any CRM / CMS experts out there?

2011-11-18 Thread Steven Knowles
I need to make a decision on what software development route to go down, and leaning towards an open source CRM / CMS Mac compatible solution, with a big question mark over whether I even know what I'm talking about when I say that. Sugar CRM has been mentioned, but I don't know whether such a

Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?

2011-11-18 Thread Steven Knowles
domains in the US are launched using WordPress, and it now accounts for over 55% of all websites that have a CMS. Happy researching. Glenn Nicholas OM4 :: On 19 November 2011 11:54, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I need to make a decision on what software development route

Re: Any CRM / CMS experts out there?

2011-11-18 Thread Steven Knowles
is free for two users and can plug into google contacts. I use this for business development for a client. Hope that helps Best regards Justin Davies On 19/11/2011, at 1:07 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Glenn. What I'm not sure about is whether I have 'extensive' functional

iCal entries keep disappearing

2011-11-24 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm about to ring iCal's neck. I'm running iCal 5.0.1 on a MacBok Pro running 10.7.2, syncing via MobileMe with an iMac and iPhone. Entries entered in iCal, either on MacBook Pro or iMac, sometimes stay, sometimes disappear. Doesn't seem to be any pattern. Then sometimes they disappear then

Re: iCal entries keep disappearing

2011-11-25 Thread Steven Knowles
wrote: Hi Steven, On 25/11/2011, at 3:07 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm about to ring iCal's neck. I'm running iCal 5.0.1 on a MacBok Pro running 10.7.2, syncing via MobileMe with an iMac and iPhone. Entries entered in iCal, either on MacBook Pro or iMac, sometimes stay, sometimes

Re: iCal entries keep disappearing

2011-11-25 Thread Steven Knowles
Steven, On 25/11/2011, at 3:07 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm about to ring iCal's neck. I'm running iCal 5.0.1 on a MacBok Pro running 10.7.2, syncing via MobileMe with an iMac and iPhone. Entries entered in iCal, either on MacBook Pro or iMac, sometimes stay, sometimes disappear. Doesn't

Re: TV antennas

2011-12-01 Thread Steven Knowles
Whilst they're out there Malcolm, I'd ask them to run an antenna point to every room that you think you might ever have a TV in. Might save paying another call out fee later. On 02/12/2011, at 10:49 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote: We are just about to get TV Antenna put up on our new house :-) Is

Can audio stream be captured via any browsers for Mac ?

2012-03-16 Thread Steven Knowles
I discovered recently that video can be easily captured from within Safari or Firefox, however I'd now like to capture a live audio stream, as in that put out by ABC radio via its websites. I guessed that if video can be captured, live audi could be to, but I've had no luck trying to find out

Re: Can audio stream be captured via any browsers for Mac ?

2012-03-16 Thread Steven Knowles
://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/ not free, you do have to purchase Or Audiacity free http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/ Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 16/03/2012, at 10:34 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I discovered recently that video can be easily

Re: Apple mail

2012-03-21 Thread Steven Knowles
Tom, once you've created a new message, and you see that an old email address has appeared in the 'To' field, place your cursor over the email address, at the right end. You should see a little downward pointing white triangle. Click on the triangle. Select Remove from Previous Recipients List.

Queries - working with mail across an iMac and iPad

2012-04-21 Thread Steven Knowles
I don't have an iPad, but I am trying to help somebody out who does have one, as well as an iMac. The iMac is running Snow Leopard I think, and although the iPad has just been purchased, he bought an iPad 2. Traditionally this guy runs two separate mail accounts, one set up as IMAP, one set

Re: Queries - working with mail across an iMac and iPad

2012-04-21 Thread Steven Knowles
Thanks Ronni. On 22/04/2012, at 11:30 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: snip You can setup a gmail IMAP in Apple Mail. There's a thought. Now I know that I can set up a mydomain.com POP email address within gmail (gmail doesn't allow same for IMAP), and as far as the rest of the world is concerned,

Attachment is there - but can't access - hotmail Apple Mail

2012-05-02 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm not sure if this is a hotmail issue, or a Mail issue, but lately I've had examples whereby somebody has sent me an email with attachment, but I can't access the attachment. From memory, this problem has arisen only when receiving from a hotmail address. Using Apple's Mail as email Client

Memory leakage? How to stop ?

2012-05-11 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm running 10.7.3 on a 17 MBP which is probably getting a bit aged these days, 2.4 GHz Intel Core Due, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. At startup, I have around 50GB of spare hard disk capacity, of a total 250GB disk. Over the past month o so, what happens is that over around a 2 to 4 day period,

Re: Memory leakage? How to stop ?

2012-05-11 Thread Steven Knowles
, at 3:38 AM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I'm running 10.7.3 on a 17 MBP which is probably getting a bit aged these days, 2.4 GHz Intel Core Due, 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. At startup, I have around 50GB of spare hard disk capacity, of a total 250GB disk. Over the past month

Re: Memory leakage? How to stop ?

2012-05-11 Thread Steven Knowles
2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 12/05/2012, at 8:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. Have you checked your RAM usage in Activity Monitor? There's always been adequate RAM for my use

Re: Setting up a website to replace Mobileme

2012-05-11 Thread Steven Knowles
An alternative free FTP application - Cyberduck (hope I haven't broke WAMUG rules with a hyperlink?!). Fetch I find marginally better, but I guess that's why it costs. Cyberduck does the job for basics. I don't suppose what FTP application? was the question though. I do host a Joomla based

Re: Memory leakage? How to stop ?

2012-05-12 Thread Steven Knowles
more RAM, or reducing the number of open applications. While freeing up memory by working with fewer and smaller files and apps may help, more RAM is the only reasaonable solution. On 12/05/2012, at 3:38 AM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: I'm running 10.7.3 on a 17 MBP which

Re: Upgrading to Reunion v10

2012-05-15 Thread Steven Knowles
Hi Ian At risk of suggesting something you've already covered, if I were in your shoes I'd pose that question via http://www.reuniontalk.com - that way you reach not only a bunch of fellow Mac users, but a bunch of fellow Reunion for Mac users. I do have Reunion, but I haven't had time to

Performance boost - Repair User Permissions

2012-05-19 Thread Steven Knowles
I've been experiencing sluggish performance for ages on my MBP running Lion, particularly when it came to using Spotlight, or the search facility within Mail. Then I came across the Repair User Permissions process detailed at:

Application to extract multiple email addresses from pdf or text document ?

2012-05-27 Thread Steven Knowles
Hoping there's a solution for this. I'd like to automatically extract a bundle of email addresses from a pdf document (which I could easily convert to a Word or other text based document), exporting the email addresses to an ordered list. Each email address mentioned within the document

Re: Application to extract multiple email addresses from pdf or text document ?

2012-05-27 Thread Steven Knowles
Please ignore. Found an online solution which did the job ... http://emailx.discoveryvip.com On 28/05/2012, at 12:06 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hoping there's a solution for this. I'd like to automatically extract a bundle of email addresses from a pdf document (which I could easily

Query - transferring from Vista machine to iMac with Lion

2012-06-20 Thread Steven Knowles
I have a friend running Vista with MS Outlook (not sure what version of Outlook but whatever the latest version was about 3 years ago). She's just bought a new iMac, which we'll make sure is running 10.7.4 before we start, and wants to import mail and contacts from Outlook to Apple's Mail. Can

Re: Adieu

2012-06-27 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm afraid I'll need to exit also, as a remote member with no way of participating in any of the other WAMUG niceties, but happy to join the the ACT email list Peter. I couldn't see any obvious instructions at its website though. What do I do ? Cheers, Steven On 27/06/2012, at 9:00 PM, Peter

Skype group video conferencing

2010-11-26 Thread Steven Knowles
I hope I'm not guilty of spreading old news here, but I've just noticed release of Skype 5 beta for Mac, now enabling group video conferencing. http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/beta Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Domain Name Registration / Web Hosting

2010-11-26 Thread Steven Knowles
I have domain registrations and rent a VPS via http://www.dotinfohosting.com - I've had no probs, and represent good value for money from the looking around I did at the time. Cheers, Steven On 27/11/2010, at 1:15 PM, cm wrote: Hello all, I notice that the previous time this was

Skype 5 - how to save a voicemail message ?

2010-12-08 Thread Steven Knowles
Anyone know of an easy way to save a voicemail message left via Skype 5? I assume the voice message must sit on Skype servers, I can find any record of it on my local disk. Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Skype iPhone

2010-12-20 Thread Steven Knowles
David, I've found Skype's Unlimited World together with a Skype online number fairly hard to beat at about AUD 200 for the year. Works very well from my iPhone. It'd be nicer if calls to Australian mobile numbers was included in the price. Cheers, Steven On 20/12/2010, at 5:12 PM, David de

Seeking advice - Beyonwiz / TC / Mac networking

2010-12-21 Thread Steven Knowles
I should have spent some more time researching. I thought all Beyonwiz PVRs were Wi Fi enabled. I assumed their top end model would be anyway. So I went right ahead today and bought the newly released Beyonwiz DP-P2 2TB PVR, only to find tonight, trying to set it up, that it doesn't seem to be

Re: Seeking advice - Beyonwiz / TC / Mac networking

2010-12-21 Thread Steven Knowles
? Long shot I suppose, my guess is no, but a question for those who know for sure. On 21/12/2010, at 10:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I should have spent some more time researching. I thought all Beyonwiz PVRs were Wi Fi enabled. I assumed their top end model would be anyway. So I went right

Re: Seeking advice - Beyonwiz / TC / Mac networking

2010-12-21 Thread Steven Knowles
. You could package it up carefully and go and ask for a refund as it doesn't do as you wished/ your intended purpose... A couple of usb Eyetv tuners in a Mac may be a better idea. Brian On 21/12/2010, at 9:24 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Follow up thought. Even more convenient

How to access Skype password in Keychain ?

2010-12-27 Thread Steven Knowles
I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored in Keychain Access as an 'application password'. When I go into Keychain Access, and select 'Show password', nothing happens, the password is not shown. Is there a way I can access the password? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?

2010-12-28 Thread Steven Knowles
- surely an administrator of a Mac can do this somehow? On 28/12/2010, at 7:57 PM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote: Have you tried launching Skype and then selecting Forgot your/my password? On 28/12/2010, at 3:38 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I've forgotten a Skype password which is stored

Re: How to access Skype password in Keychain ?

2010-12-28 Thread Steven Knowles
to reset your password for you. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 28/12/2010, at 6:24 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Robert, however the problem with going down Skype's 'forgot password' route is it send the new password details to the 'registered' email

Re: Skype start up

2010-12-30 Thread Steven Knowles
Chris, try System Preferences Accounts select your account click on the Login Items tab select the Skype application if you see it click the minus button beneath Cheers, Steven On 31/12/2010, at 11:41 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi Muggers In relation to the recent skype thread,

Re: Safari - no address field.

2010-12-31 Thread Steven Knowles
Command + I or View Show Toolbar On 31/12/2010, at 6:23 PM, Richard Anderson wrote: I have lost the address field in Safari - the blank space at the top where you type in the desired URL. Anyone got any idea how I can find it again! Dick Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group

My big criticism of the App Store

2011-01-09 Thread Steven Knowles
Intending to download a few of the free game apps for the kids via the App Store, I searched using the words ... free games Numerous came up, so I went clicking away, and inadvertently clicked a $12.99 icon. Immediately realising my error, thinking that I should get some kind of Are you sure

How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Knowles
Can anyone tell me how to remove a person from a particular group conversation in Skype 5.0.0.7994 ? There is a drop down menu for each person which allows Call, Send Instant Message, or Show Profile. I can't seem to drag these people off the screen or out of the conversation. I can Add people

Re: How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Knowles
, but then I presume we lose all the chat history. On 17/02/2011, at 11:06 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 17/02/2011, at 7:59 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Can anyone tell me how to remove a person from a particular group conversation in Skype 5.0.0.7994 ? There is a drop down menu for each

Re: How to remove a person from a Skype group conversation ?

2011-02-17 Thread Steven Knowles
;-) Otherwise, why can’t you just Select the ’old’ contact in the Contacts list and hit Delete? Cheers, Ronni On 17/02/2011, at 11:04 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. A search on some of the text reveals you probably got it for this page. It doesn't seem to solve my problem though

Time Capsule back ups slowed to a crawl

2011-02-21 Thread Steven Knowles
I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.6 backing up to a 1GB TC (running software version 7.5.2). Suddenly the backing up process has slowed to an absolute crawl, even when connected via ethernet. I've rebooted the TC a few times, no improvement. The TC has 270GB of space available, so I don't see

Re: Time Capsule back ups slowed to a crawl

2011-02-21 Thread Steven Knowles
, Steven Knowles wrote: I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.6 backing up to a 1GB TC (running software version 7.5.2). I guess you mean a 1TB Time Capsule ;-) Suddenly the backing up process has slowed to an absolute crawl, even when connected via ethernet. I've rebooted the TC a few times

Re: Timecapsule and 10.6.7

2011-03-22 Thread Steven Knowles
Alex, my MacBook Pro post 10.6.7 upgrade currently backing up wirelessly to TC running version 7.5.2. No problems as yet, though there's about 600MB of a 1.46GB back up to go. Cheers, Steven On 22/03/2011, at 8:31 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote: Hi all, It started when I wanted to print

MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?

2011-03-25 Thread Steven Knowles
MobileMe asked me recently to upgrade to the new calendar version, which I reluctantly did. Now if I set up a Calendar entry via iCal and invite others, the invitation is sent from my me.com email address, rather than the one I usually use. I can't see anything obvious, how do I override this

Re: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?

2011-03-25 Thread Steven Knowles
Thanks Ronni. Subsequently found same quote at the support forums also. As I alluded to at the forums, the move is either sneaky, or stupid, and has put a dent in my respect for Apple. On 25/03/2011, at 6:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Knowles wrote

Re: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?

2011-03-25 Thread Steven Knowles
Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. Subsequently found same quote at the support forums also. As I alluded to at the forums, the move is either sneaky, or stupid, and has put a dent in my respect for Apple. On 25/03/2011, at 6:43 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven

Re: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?

2011-03-25 Thread Steven Knowles
a future iteration to add a feature that allows invitations to appear to come from a non Mobile Me registered email address. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-25, at 19:10, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Carlo. I appreciate you taking the time to take a look at the problem, it's a good suggestion

Re: MobileMe calendar upgrade - how to amend email address?

2011-03-26 Thread Steven Knowles
, Steven On 26/03/2011, at 11:11 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 25/03/2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: MobileMe asked me recently to upgrade to the new calendar version, which I reluctantly did. Now if I set up a Calendar entry via iCal and invite others, the invitation is sent from my

Re: Mail attachments to PC

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Knowles
Chris, I have this issue with Mail also when it comes to single-page image files. I'm not sure why, but a couple of workarounds: Right-click and Compress the image file, ie. convert to a zip file, before attaching. This usually works, although there's a chance that the recipient's mail filters

Re: Calculating dates

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Knowles
If it's time duration you want to calculate, the spreadsheet within Google Docs can handle this by: Cell A: DD/MM/ HH:MM:SS Cell B: DD/MM/ HH:MM:SS Cell C: Cell B minus Cell A Where Cell A is the earliest date and time, Cell B is the most recent date and time, and Cell C is the

Re: Excel not calculating

2011-04-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Jewels, you don't mention which version of Excel - this answer relevant to version 12.2.4 but probably similar if not the same for other versions. It could be your auto calculation preference settings. Excel Preferences Calculation icon make sure Calculate sheets is set to Automatic. I

Re: Excel page breaks

2011-04-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Maybe check ... Excel Preferences View Window options make sure show page breaks is selected. Cheers, Steven On 06/04/2011, at 5:56 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I have Office 2008, OSX 10.5.8. Excel refuses to display page breaks whatever I do. Anyone got a clue please?! Severin

Removing attachments from incoming Mail message

2011-04-28 Thread Steven Knowles
This is a long shot, I can't see any way of doing it but maybe there is. I'm using Apple's Mail 4.5 (on OSX 10.6.7). If an incoming message has attachments, those attachments can be removed from the message by highlighting the message, then via menus Message Remove Attachments. However, if

Re: Removing attachments from incoming Mail message

2011-04-29 Thread Steven Knowles
Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) sad...@iinet.net.au http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ On 29/04/2011, at 1:12 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: This is a long shot, I can't see any way of doing it but maybe there is. I'm using Apple's

Re: Reunion for Mac

2011-06-14 Thread Steven Knowles
Laura, why not buy via the download option online at: https://stone.he.net/~reunion3/WebStore/webcart.php USD 99 should hit your credit card for less than the same in AUD. And no need to wait for a CD. Cheers, Steven On 15/06/2011, at 10:45 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Good morning all

Using telephony with USB internet modems

2011-07-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Not having previously needed a portable internet device recently, at least not in Australia, a need has arisen, but only for a an hour or two. Upon discovering the extortionate internet access rates on offer from the hotel, I happened to have a USB modem I'd previously bought in Thailand, and

Lion - step backwards?

2011-07-20 Thread Steven Knowles
After a preliminary play with Lion, my first impression was that it seems to have taken a step or two backwards in terms of slick Apple interface. I can't put my finger on it, but it just seems to have lost a little of that smooth rounded aqua finesse and polish that I've become used to with

Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

2011-07-25 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm finding the search facility for the Lion version of Mail very unreliable, as in not returning matching messages when it should be. I do have a fairly large accumulation of messages these days, but wasn't a problem with Snow Leopard. I'm wondering if others have found this, or is it a

Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

2011-07-28 Thread Steven Knowles
the confusing Lion way. I like to keep up with the latest OS, even if a little buggy, but I'm glad I haven't been billed more than AUD 31.99 for all of my Macs! Cheers, Steven On 27/07/2011, at 12:11 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 26/07/2011, at 12:55 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: I'm finding the search

Re: Search facility - Mail on Lion - buggy?

2011-07-28 Thread Steven Knowles
. OS X is also migrating towards the appliance model of the iPad where an application can be installed an used with a minimum of fuss and each application is responsible for its own data. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-29, at 09:24, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks for your suggestions Ronni. I

Missing attachment - Apple Mail in Lion?

2011-08-04 Thread Steven Knowles
A query regarding Mail 5 (Lion). I've received a message with, supposedly, an attached file which I need. In the Message Viewer, the size column shows 492KB, indicating an attachment, and the Attachments column shows 2 items, indicating the attachment in question, the 2nd obviously being a

Re: Missing attachment - Apple Mail in Lion?

2011-08-04 Thread Steven Knowles
is now a pale colour by the way. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 04/08/2011, at 8:14 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: A query regarding Mail 5 (Lion). I've received a message with, supposedly, an attached file which I need. In the Message Viewer, the size column shows 492KB

Re: Missing attachment - Apple Mail in Lion?

2011-08-04 Thread Steven Knowles
old inactive mail account. Steven On 05/08/2011, at 1:05 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hi Ronni Yes, the Save and Quick Look buttons are on display. This area is which indicates a single small 14KB attachment, being the graphic, and conflicting with the 492KB message size in the Message

Cyberduck woes

2011-08-12 Thread Steven Knowles
Running Cyberduck 4.1 on Lion on MBP 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. For the past week or two, I haven't been able to access the server directories I've always accessed in the past - via SFTP, via bookmarks - nothing has changed. Yet I installed Cyberduck on a an iMac I have, duplicated the

Re: Using telephony with USB internet modems

2011-08-26 Thread Steven Knowles
...@internode.on.net On 07/07/2011, at 4:28 am, Steven Knowles wrote: Not having previously needed a portable internet device recently, at least not in Australia, a need has arisen, but only for a an hour or two. Upon discovering the extortionate internet access rates on offer from

How do I make a server think I'm in a particular location ?

2011-09-09 Thread Steven Knowles
Anybody know how I can make a server think I'm somewhere other than where I really am (geographically speaking)? Say I need to post something to a website which allows me to post only if I'm within a particular country (not necessarily the same country as the website's server). I assume my

What's the go with JB Hi Fi selling Macs with Snow Leopard ?

2011-09-09 Thread Steven Knowles
My sister-in-law bought an iMac from JB Hi Fi on 6 September 2011. Somewhere in Perth. It came with 10.6.8 installed. What's the go there? Surely resellers should be selling Macs with Lion pre-installed now? Shouldn't she have received Lion install disks, not Snow Leopard? She hasn't gone

Re: What's the go with JB Hi Fi selling Macs with Snow Leopard ?

2011-09-09 Thread Steven Knowles
to http://www.apple.com/au/buy/ (upper-right corner) and enter the postcode of the JB-Hifi she went to and see what comes up for the resellers – noting the different types of resellers. Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/09/2011, at 6:39 AM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote

Re: How do I make a server think I'm in a particular location ?

2011-09-10 Thread Steven Knowles
the data as you have sent it. None of the above is recommended by me and I take no responsibility! Sent from Ronni's iPad On 10/09/2011, at 3:18 AM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Anybody know how I can make a server think I'm somewhere other than where I really am

Re: Looking for graphic designer to work on an iPad project

2011-09-10 Thread Steven Knowles
Hi Glen My cousin's a graphic designer. He's in the UK though that's never affected anything. Something he's done recently for me is the booklet found at: http://alpha1.org.au/doc/AAAbrochure.pdf .. including the logo design. I've had him design a few logs actually, including the one you see

Skype 5.3 keeps quitting

2011-09-20 Thread Steven Knowles
After working just fine since the version was released, Skype 5.3 suddenly starting quitting on me, and failing to relaunch (quits each time it tries to launch) on 10.7.1. I've repaired preferences, restarted Mac, to no avail. Found one suggested remedy on the web, being to trash ~Library

Re: Skype 5.3 keeps quitting

2011-09-20 Thread Steven Knowles
found the best way to solve this is to uninstall it (I use CleanApp for this,) download it and reinstall it from scratch. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 20/09/2011, at 2:52 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: After working just fine since the version was released, Skype 5.3

Re: Skype 5.3 keeps quitting

2011-09-20 Thread Steven Knowles
/ 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 20/09/2011, at 3:37 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Adrian. I pondered figuring out how to do a complete uninstall, however thought that it might cause loss of all historical chat

Google Search Agent cookie ?

2011-09-23 Thread Steven Knowles
Has anybody noticed, when clicking on a Google search result to go the relevant web page, that a 'Google search agent' seems to hijack things and take you off to a totally unrelated website? I then back track to my original search results, try again, and then it's fine. It only happens

Re: Google Search Agent cookie ?

2011-09-23 Thread Steven Knowles
the cooke reappear. The only discovery there is that either Safari or Google doesn't let me log out. All I get is Please wait ... - and at the end of that I'm still logged in. More trickery no doubt. On 24/09/2011, at 11:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 24/09/2011, at 7:35 AM, Steven Knowles wrote

Re: Google Search Agent cookie ?

2011-10-04 Thread Steven Knowles
of that I'm still logged in. More trickery no doubt. On 24/09/2011, at 11:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 24/09/2011, at 7:35 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody noticed, when clicking on a Google search result to go the relevant web page, that a 'Google search agent' seems to hijack

iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently

2011-11-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue, but first time I've ever had an issue streaming to Airport Express. Airport Express has latest

Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently

2011-11-06 Thread Steven Knowles
Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 07/11/2011, at 12:46 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Has anybody else experienced difficulty streaming music from iTunes 10.5 to Airport Express and found a resolve? I'm not sure whether it's an iTunes issue or a more general 10.7.2 wireless issue

Re: iTunes 10.5 won't stream to Airport Express, at least not consistently

2011-11-06 Thread Steven Knowles
, but will be in and out during the day. Cheers, Ronni On 07/11/2011, at 8:19 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: Ronni, the TC is 802.11n (1st generation) running firmware 7.5.2, no updates according to Airport Utility. I bought it in about Aug/Sep 2008. Does that fit your definition of dual-band? I've steered

Freeware to change background of photo?

2010-01-22 Thread Steven Knowles
Hi all Anyone know of photo editing freeware/shareware which changes the background of, say, a portrait photograph from, say, bland white or light colour to a more 'corporate' background, whilst leaving the person untouched? I have someone's passport photograph to be used for a corporate

How to recover files from Erased Time Capsule ?

2010-02-14 Thread Steven Knowles
I did a dumb thing. Time Capsule was giving me errors I couldn't resolve, and so I used the 'Erase' function via Airport Utility to reformat the TC. Seems to have worked, as the back up I was having a problem with is busily backing up as I type. But ... I forgot that I had a folder of files

Apple Mail - Display Remote Images query

2010-02-15 Thread Steven Knowles
I use Apple Mail and Snow Leopard. Historically I've always had Display remote images in HTML messages deselected in the Viewing panel of Mail's Preferences. I had cause to change this, so the option is now selected, with remote images on display. I don't know whether it's coincidental, but

Re: Apple Mail - Display Remote Images query

2010-02-16 Thread Steven Knowles
/02/2010, at 3:48 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 16/02/2010, at 3:28 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: I use Apple Mail and Snow Leopard. Historically I've always had Display remote images in HTML messages deselected in the Viewing panel of Mail's Preferences. I had cause to change this, so

Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-17 Thread Steven Knowles
Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal when using the Mouse with a Macbook Pro and an iMac,

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-18 Thread Steven Knowles
. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2010 4:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Anyone know why the mouse battery

A question for MS Word for Mac experts

2010-04-21 Thread Steven Knowles
I have a particular process which involves a repetitive series of keystrokes. When I receive a Word document, and then want to change that document to insert a Watermark, my current process is ... Insert Watermark select Picture click Select Picture button and navigate to required image

17 MacBook Pro - hard drive doesn't spin down etc

2010-06-13 Thread Steven Knowles
I had my 17 MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I picked up a couple of days back. The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found defective, and presumably fixed or replaced, still waiting for clarification on that, however I'm guessing something may be

Re: 17 MacBook Pro - hard drive doesn't spin down etc

2010-06-13 Thread Steven Knowles
://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431 Please let us know what you find. Alex On 13 Jun 2010, at 18:35, Steven Knowles wrote: I had my 17 MacBook Pro in recently for a hard drive exchange, which I picked up a couple of days back. The repairer alluded to a couple of other parts which were found

How can I auto delete oversized incoming messages from Mail ?

2010-06-14 Thread Steven Knowles
I have an IMAP account set up, using Mail to access it. Mail's Rules doesn't seem to include an option to auto delete (including remove from trash) messages which exceed, including attachments, a stipulated size. My objective is to auto delete any message which exceeds, say, 5MB. I have

Re: MacBook Pro Trackpad problem

2010-06-23 Thread Steven Knowles
At risk of this being a lame suggestion, my MacBook Pro click functionality was affected by a dud battery which expanded. Cheers, Steven On 23/06/2010, at 10:26 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All I have an interesting one here, so looking for some ideas ;) (Long day,...brain half

Re: Corrupt file - options ?

2010-07-17 Thread Steven Knowles
When Paul Weaver's message came through, I was scratching my head as to why and how he'd sent me the attachment which accompanied the email. It looked like one of my files! But how? I hadn't sent the file to Paul or WAMUG ??! This is what seems to have happened. When I was creating the message

Re: Corrupt file - options ?

2010-07-18 Thread Steven Knowles
is in another MacBook, and that seems like a waste of a MacBook. I suppose the world still turned before people became so paranoid about having their life backed up. Cheers, Steven On 18/07/2010, at 9:03 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Steven, On 17/07/2010, at 5:57 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: I

Re: Corrupt file - options ?

2010-07-18 Thread Steven Knowles
World Edition II, 2TB, $400, and it seems, thus far quite satisfactory, using time machine software to talk to it. Cheers, Jim On 18 July 2010 17:24, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Hi Ronni I was using a 17 MacBook Pro as my primary machine, which was backed up

Re: Web Hosting

2010-07-29 Thread Steven Knowles
I've found http://www.dotinfohosting.com to be a nice balance of price and service. I moved to Dot Info from Netregistry due to what seemed to me dwindling service from Netregstry, plus a $4 per bill account fee unless you let them at your bank account with a direct debit (I think that was

Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equ ivalent in Windows?

2010-08-02 Thread Steven Knowles
Preview has a nice easy mechanism for reducing the size of image files, eg. simply slide the scale to less quality for a jpeg. A Windows user wants to do the same thing. Can someone please tell me whether Windows has something close to Preview to achieve the same thing? I've already suggested

Re: Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equivalent in Windows?

2010-08-02 Thread Steven Knowles
PIXresizer looks as though it'll do. A shabby looking UI, but a Windows user won't notice that - it'll blend in with the OS nicely :-) Thanks Daniel. On 02/08/2010, at 7:11 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 2/8/10 10:56 PM, Steven Knowles emai...@knowles.net.au wrote: Preview has

Re: Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equivalent in Windows?

2010-08-02 Thread Steven Knowles
: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Monday, 2 August 2010 10:57 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Image file size reduction in Preview - is there an equivalent in Windows? Preview has a nice easy mechanism for reducing the size

Does a new user account access all Macintosh HD conten t ?

2010-08-10 Thread Steven Knowles
I'm a tad confused. I park all manner of folders on Macintosh HD, ie. folders alongside the standard Applications folder, Systems folder, and so on. It's a filing system I've always used, never had need to do anything different. If I create a new Account on my Mac, for a 3rd party user, I've

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Knowles
Hi Graeme After you have created the chart, whilst the chart is the active window, choose File Save Graphic File ... (rather than File Save As, which you appear to have done, which gives you the boxchart suffix). From the window which displays, choose pdf as the file format, then click

Re: Reunion software package

2010-08-25 Thread Steven Knowles
I haven't reviewed anything else extensively, but in defence of Reunion, I think report and chart creation is one of its better features. The flexibility is endless, with Mac-like drag drop functionality within the charts. Drag individual person boxes to wherever you like, and the charts will

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