Re: WWDC on now,.. First info,...

2009-06-08 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, the 17 actually has changed in its base configuration, and possible upgrade to the fastest processor. However, this configuration was possible before, but more expensive. On 09/06/2009, at 8:19 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: The 17 was upgraded in early 2009, and seems to be the only one

Re: WWDC on now,.. First info,...

2009-06-08 Thread Susan Hastings
, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, the 17 actually has changed in its base configuration, and possible upgrade to the fastest processor. However, this configuration was possible before, but more expensive. On 09/06/2009, at 8:19 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: The 17 was upgraded in early 2009, and seems

Re: WWDC on now,.. First info,...

2009-06-08 Thread Susan Hastings
that he's not talking about the supernatural. cheers, Susan. On 09/06/2009, at 12:02 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Susan, On 09/06/2009, at 11:20 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Ronni, I'd updated most of this, but good to have Safari 4 out of Beta. I'm looking forward to iPhone OS 3.0. I think

Re: Google Earth going black

2009-06-07 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version (5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan. On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote: -- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968 (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works

WAMUGers and word of mouth

2009-06-05 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Craig, I would be interested to hear a bit more about your experience in working with macs. Most of us have been using Macs for 10 - 20 years, and those of us who live in Perth have had contact with, or heard of, most of the people involved in sales and service here. And a bit more

Whirlpool forums footnote

2009-06-05 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi all, Craig's advertisement sent to whirlpool user forums has now been deleted because of being 'commercial advertising'. There are clear warnings on their website about how to use the forum. cheers, Susan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Come on guys! (was: Re: WAMUGers and word of mouth)

2009-06-05 Thread Susan Hastings
Thank you Matt, I was thinking last night that we needed your measured voice in this matter. I remember you being able to 'hose down' heated discussions in the past. On 05/06/2009, at 11:23 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On Friday, June 05, 2009, at 09:45PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au

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

2009-06-04 Thread Susan Hastings
Basically Craig Bruce, you have spammed the WAMUG list. This is not a good way to promote your business amongst Mac users. On 04/06/2009, at 9:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hello Peter, WAMUG Committee, WAMUG Members, I'm very concerned about this Advertising email. Is Craig Bruce (or

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

2009-06-04 Thread Susan Hastings
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 04/06/2009, at 10:31 PM, Susan Hastings wrote

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

2009-06-04 Thread Susan Hastings
, Our WAMUG Corporate Members have 'earned' the right to become Corporate Sponsors, and they 'Pay' for the privilege of posting Commercial emails to this list. Ronni On 05/06/2009, at 7:07 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Craig, Corporate sponsors get known by providing excellent service and by being

Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

2009-06-02 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Lloyd, I have TTP5 installed on an external drive, but have also reinstalled TTP5 on my laptop, with protection turned on, and its now working well. I did download TTP5 from the link at the bottom of the MacUpdate email this time instead of the one in the body of the email, I don't know

Re: New strange behaviour _ Techtools?

2009-06-02 Thread Susan Hastings
I had a large number of permissions that needed repairing as well. However, I had not repaired permission after installing the last update, plus when I was having problems, one of the issues was not being able to repair permissions using disk utility. On 03/06/2009, at 8:15 AM, Robert

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Michael, the download version from the email they sent me appears to be the latest version 5.0.4. Is that the version you have used? cheers, Susan. On 01/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Hi Susan, I don't know whether I downloaded the bundle the most efficient way or not

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
good, thanks Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Susan, Version 5.0.4 is the latest available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 3GB / 800MHz / 160GB OS X 10.5.7 On 01/06/2009, at 2:41 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Michael, the download version from

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
. So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: good, thanks Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Susan, Version 5.0.4 is the latest available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
will be available. So my little TechTool Protégé sits on my desk waiting ;-( Cheers, Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 2:58 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: good, thanks Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 2:46 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Susan, Version 5.0.4 is the latest available. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
Check interval is 1 hour, Directory Backup is 4 hours, Volume Usage checks every 5 mins, E-Mail Alerts Send Email Alert for Volume Usage warnings Send Email alert for SMART Check failures are all activated. Cheers, Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Ronni, Actually

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
activated. Cheers, Ronni On 01/06/2009, at 3:48 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Ronni, Actually, in reply to my own question, I will partition my little backup drive, put TechTool Pro 5 on one partition, and a back up of my HD on the other. There's plenty of room. regards, Susan. On 01/06/2009

Re: Compass

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
On the iphone? -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:wa...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Chape Sent: Monday, 1 June 2009 5:22 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Compass I downloaded it, but it doesn't do anything !!! Seems to be inert so I trashed it. On

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
So now have a bootable backup copy of my HD, plus a bootable copy of TechTool Pro 5, both on the external USB drive, plus TechTool Pro 5 installed and running on the laptop. All go. Thanks Ronni for support. And Daniel for the link to the MacUpdate Bundle. e: -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Compass

2009-06-01 Thread Susan Hastings
Try it outside, you may not be able to pick up GPS signals inside. On 01/06/2009, at 9:57 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Ta Eugene ... will download and try again. I did walk around my lounge room ... but nothing !! On 01/06/2009, at 5:45 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Stephen, were you inert? You have to

Re: WAMUG list

2009-05-31 Thread Susan Hastings
Thanks Philip, Daniel got back to me as well. I only experienced problems after installing Tech Tool Pro 5, which is why I felt it might be to blame. Its reassuring that other people don't have problems with it, and I am still wondering what happened here. regards, Susan. On 01/06/2009,

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-05-31 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Michael, yes, I didn't get the latest version, but will try that one. Also maybe do some reading on it. cheers, Susan. On 01/06/2009, at 11:02 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Hi Susan, I don't know whether I downloaded the bundle the most efficient way or not (I subscribed and then down

Re: Thanks

2009-05-30 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Joe, you can buy iphones in Australia from any Apple store or reseller. I bought mine locked to Telstra because I already had a Telstra SIM and they have the best coverage. But, they said it was possible to unlock it if I wanted to use a different carrier. Regards, Susan. -Original

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-05-30 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, does anyone know if the latest version of TechTool Pro is compatible with 10.5.7? I just had the bad experience of my HD becoming unstable after installing TTP. I was unable to repair permissions or verify the disk. Then it refused to mount. Fortunately I had a bootable backup, only a couple

Re: MacUpdate Bundle - TechTool Pro 5 and Parallels 4 plus more,..

2009-05-30 Thread Susan Hastings
, and 2TB drives or larger. So yes, should work fine with your machine. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel On 31/5/09 11:16 AM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi, does anyone know if the latest version of TechTool Pro is compatible with 10.5.7? I just had the bad experience of my HD

Re: iPhone/National International GPS

2009-05-30 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, yes, it does. I can get signals here on mainland China as well as at home. Cheers, Susan. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:wa...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Stuart Breden Sent: Sunday, 31 May 2009 1:28 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: iPhone/National International

Re: emails

2009-05-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Chris, I have several small USB drives, and a larger one. I never bother with formatting them, just plug them in and start using them. You can, as Ronni said, reformat them, but as far as I know, they are all Mac compatible, whether they say so or not. Susan. On 26/05/2009, at 1:39 PM,

Re: iPhoto album alternative

2009-05-24 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Laura, I know what you mean about trying to create albums in iphoto, but can't see that Picasa (which I use as a quick and dirty way of organising and viewing photos after importing them into Adobe bridge) makes albums, etc. directly. Snapfish have a range of products and allow you

Re: Address Book

2009-05-24 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Bill, I noticed my address book looked scrambled too. I went to preferences and check 'last name before first name', and it is now in alphabetical order. So that's a possibility to try. The default was 'first name before last'. From Mail, I just added your address to my address book by

Re: iPhoto album alternative

2009-05-24 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Laura, I expect it will make a wonderful album. regards, Susan. On 25/05/2009, at 8:13 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Susan and Daniel Thank you both for your suggestions of Snapfish and Picasa. At first glance the former looks the most appealing but I'll investigate both. It's also a comfort

Re: Blank screen

2009-05-24 Thread Susan Hastings
Tom, I'd try booting up with another screen to find out whether its your G5 or the screen that has the problem. Susan On 25/05/2009, at 8:16 AM, thefrogs wrote: G5 tower 1.6 mghz Completely blank screen (Apple LCD) came with the tower when new. tom samson On 25/05/2009, at 7:55 AM, Robert

Re: Entourage freezing

2009-05-21 Thread Susan Hastings
preview off (menu: view/preview pane/none) then see if you can select and delete the message - then you can turn preview back on. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 21/5/09 6:41 PM, Susan Hastings at susanhasti

Re: Wanted: Firewire external burner

2009-05-20 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Daniel, I've got an older Sony burner that includes firewire as an option, but unfortunately won't be back in Perth until July 6th. If you don't have any luck before then, let me know. I wouldn't charge for it. regards, Susan. On 20/05/2009, at 10:50 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi All.

Re: Off Topic: Buying A Nikon D90

2009-05-20 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Kyle, I'm on the Nikonians email list, and the consensus from the experienced Nikon users is that stores make money on the instore warranties because they are almost never needed. Usually if electronic goods have problems, its early on, you find out in the first year. If you are buying

Re: Off Topic: Buying A Nikon D90

2009-05-20 Thread Susan Hastings
:38 AM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi Kyle, I'm on the Nikonians email list, and the consensus from the experienced Nikon users is that stores make money on the instore warranties because they are almost never needed. Usually if electronic goods have problems, its early

Re: iPhone problems !!

2009-05-18 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, I can't speak for others, but I got mine last year from Nextbyte in Nedlands and have had no problems whatsoever. cheers, Susan. On 18/05/2009, at 10:07 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, I am interested to know if anyone else has had iPhone problems ? I got my iPhone 3G early January.

Re: Very un-Mac like behaviour

2009-05-18 Thread Susan Hastings
Yes, I've had this problem at work as well. I can't install Firefox or Safari at work, which means I have no access to mobileme at work. On 18/05/2009, at 11:38 PM, John Winters wrote: Over the years I have lurked on this list, one of the recurring themes has been the sense of outrage when a

Re: 10.5.7 Update: what experiences?

2009-05-16 Thread Susan Hastings
And I didn't have any problems with the Combo update on a Macbook. On 16/05/2009, at 6:07 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Dear WAMUG'rs, Re the latest update, I have only used the software update because I do each and every update as soon as I'm aware of them being available. I have now updated 3

OS update 10.5.7

2009-05-12 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, the forums indicate some are having problems with this update. Has anyone tried installing it yet. Susan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml

Re: OS update 10.5.7

2009-05-12 Thread Susan Hastings
: On 13/05/2009, at 7:14 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, the forums indicate some are having problems with this update. Has anyone tried installing it yet. Susan. Hi Susan, I haven't had any problems since installing OS X 10.5.7. I did install the Combo, I didn't install using Software Update

Re: OS update 10.5.7

2009-05-12 Thread Susan Hastings
:46 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 13/05/2009, at 7:14 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, the forums indicate some are having problems with this update. Has anyone tried installing it yet. Susan. Hi Susan, I haven't had any problems since installing OS X 10.5.7. I did install the Combo, I didn't

Re: OS update 10.5.7

2009-05-12 Thread Susan Hastings
: On 13/05/2009, at 7:14 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, the forums indicate some are having problems with this update. Has anyone tried installing it yet. Susan. Hi Susan, I haven't had any problems since installing OS X 10.5.7. I did install the Combo, I didn't install using Software

Re: Telstra Or

2009-05-04 Thread Susan Hastings
We also retained the old phone no. when we went naked. On 04/05/2009, at 12:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 04/05/2009, at 11:26 AM, Eugene wrote: I've gone naked and won't return to the evil empire.. $50 per month flat. (We rarely exceed the 2 + 2 Gb cap and if we do we are shaped

Re: iphone

2009-05-04 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, because I wanted to be able to use the iphone out of the city and overseas, I went for Telstra. I bought the iphone outright from Nextbyte in Nedlands, and transferred my sim from my other phone into the iphone. I'm on a $30.00 per month plan, and mostly use internet services when on

Re: iphone

2009-05-04 Thread Susan Hastings
of using an iPhone under contract with Telstra in Australia in other parts of the world, including usage fees. (4 messages) http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2623 Cheers, Ronni On 05/05/2009, at 8:19 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi, because I wanted to be able to use the iphone out

Re: Telstra.

2009-05-02 Thread Susan Hastings
It looks like bigpond have finally upgraded to ADSL+ - but Westnet have had it for years now, along with other providers. Mac, I would look very seriously at what Westnet can offer in the way of speeds and prices before switching. Freezone access to iTunes and ABC TV programs is worth it

Re: MacResolve Spam

2009-04-22 Thread Susan Hastings
Yea, happened to me, too. On 23/04/2009, at 12:22 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Did anyone else get spammed by Tony Mike from MacResolve? I got an email from them and would like to see where they got their list from. - Matt Healey -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: HD movies and recorders

2009-04-08 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Chris, AVCHD is a standard for high definition that seems to be used by most high definition camcorders now. Its compatible with iMovie now, but can take some time to process. The little Sanyo high definition camcorder that Martin Hill recommends is very Mac friendly, if you do a search

Re: HD movies and recorders

2009-04-08 Thread Susan Hastings
there we are, I hadn't read my emails as far as Martin's email. On 08/04/2009, at 3:49 PM, Martin Hill wrote: If you're looking at the cheaper end of the scale, I'd recommend going for one of the Sanyo Xacti HD cameras which are available in waterproof versions (up to 720P resolution) which

Re: Slightly OT - Broadband question

2009-03-29 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, the internode naked sounds like the right sort of plan, you sound like you don't need the landline, and voip works well instead. In fact, I can't tell that we don't have a landline except that we don't have a fax, and we don't pay for the rent. We are with iinet on a naked plan, and it

Re: Slide Film scanning

2009-03-23 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Adrian, I'm interested in finding out what its called and where you got it from. Have you tried it out yet? Any idea of the quality of the scans. cheers, Susan. On 23/03/2009, at 4:51 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Just in case anyone may be interested in 35mm Slide and Film Scanners, I

Re: Slide Film scanning

2009-03-23 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Adrian, yes, the difference with this one is scanning to an SD or MMC card, rather than directly to your computer. Otherwise, you need to get one that is specific for the Mac. cheers, Susan. On 23/03/2009, at 4:51 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Just in case anyone may be interested in 35mm

Re: Apple's currency converter widget playing up

2009-03-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Mine too, we need to report to Apple. On 15/03/2009, at 1:04 AM, Wendy S. Austin wrote: Mine is playing up too, across a range of currencies. Wendy On 14/03/2009, at 6:54 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Anyone noticed dodgy currency calculations when using Dashboard's standard conversion

Re: video's on iphone

2009-02-23 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Bart, when the iphone is plugged in and showing up in iTunes, by clicking on it, you get a number of tabs for setting the iphone sync preferences. Do your videos show up in under the video tab? There are a range of options there, but any compatible movies will show up and you can choose

academic pricing same as non-academic?

2009-02-12 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi all, it appears that students no longer get special pricing on Macs, my brother in law was told this by one of the resellers, and I tried a trial purchase from the online store with the normal cost showing up. A few years ago I bought a G4 laptop at a lower price because of being a

Re: academic pricing same as non-academic?

2009-02-12 Thread Susan Hastings
, at 10:27 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: On 12/2/09 10:20 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi all, it appears that students no longer get special pricing on Macs, my brother in law was told this by one of the resellers, and I tried a trial purchase from the online store with the normal

Re: academic pricing same as non-academic?

2009-02-12 Thread Susan Hastings
, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 12/02/2009, at 10:36 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Daniel, thanks for that, it appears that the savings won't be very much. My niece is finding that as a graphic arts student, she might be better off having a Macbook (or perhaps just noticed that her friends' Mac

Re: iiNet Naked DSL disconnected / line dropouts

2009-01-26 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, in our case its very occasional drop outs with phone calls, the broadband always works fine. However, I don't know if we have the latest firmware, and when I logged in, I couldn't find anything that told me the current firmware. I think it will be worthwhile to follow the link Daniel

Re: iiNet Naked DSL disconnected / line dropouts

2009-01-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Glenn, we have had this system for several months now. We live in East Perth. We've not had any major problems, although phone calls do sometimes drop out for no reason (I have 1 hour conversations at times, and they are normally OK). I knew about the break in service whilst it was

Re: start up times, what do others experience

2009-01-22 Thread Susan Hastings
that the new Unibody laptops and Air's hold at the black screen for a longer period than previous models. All seems to be normal though, one of those things. :) Cheers - Original Message - From: Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday

FS: White Macbook 4gig RAM

2009-01-21 Thread Susan Hastings
FS: White Macbook 2.2ghz, 120g HD, 4g RAM, Superdrive, 2 USB ports, Firewire 400 port, wireless, bluetooth. Late 2007 model. Excellent condition. Includes restore disks and black STM glove. $950.00 Contact mobile: 0409 688 004 regards, Susan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List

Re: FS: White Macbook 4gig RAM

2009-01-21 Thread Susan Hastings
I haven't run Warcraft, Daniel Kerr might know. It may run it, but not fast. On 22/01/2009, at 12:39 PM, Jude wrote: Hi Susan Do you know if this computer would be able to play Warcraft at all? I know someone who is interested, but that's a requirement lol. I'll look up the latest

Re: Unsubscribing for a while

2009-01-21 Thread Susan Hastings
Adam, I totally agree! On 22/01/2009, at 11:42 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote: Sorry for what is going to sound like a harsh reply to this...but this $h!ts me to tears. Why is it that people feel that emailing directly is remotely close to a good idea. Thanks to those people this list has just lost,

start up times, what do others experience

2009-01-21 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, When I start up my Macs, I normally get a plain white screen for a short period, say about five seconds, then the grey apple, then the cogwheel for a few more seconds, then the sign in screen. On our Macbook Air, the screen stays black for about 3 seconds or so, then there is the start

Macbooks and games

2009-01-21 Thread Susan Hastings
Yes, I think its a case that all the Macbooks before the aluminium ones were lousy for playing games. The new aluminium Macbooks may be OK, Macworld have done some testing, so that would be a good place to start if interested. The Macbook for sale is the second last generation before the

Re: Amazing Pics Screensaver???

2009-01-19 Thread Susan Hastings
It actually sounds like the third on the right, rather than the middle one. It must look really great on a larger screen. On 19/01/2009, at 5:42 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Sounds a lot like a standard OSX screensaver that I use. In System Preferences choose the photo folder you want to use

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01/2009, at 12:51 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest, PowerPoint is greyed out and cannot be selected. Also in

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread Susan Hastings
/1/09 12:53 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01/2009, at 12:51 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest

Re: iphoto dropped off dock

2008-12-19 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Peta, the set up on your computer sounds so confused and out of place that I would suggest that you need to have someone come there and sort it out for you. Its difficult to help when your computer does not appear to have things in the places we would expect them to be. cheers, Susan.

Re: Affordable good HD video cameras on a budget

2008-12-15 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, JVC have compatibility problems even in Windows. They use their own software, and don't necessarily have an application that suits the Mac with the camera. No problems with any Sony cameras. Extra capacity batteries may be available at a price, its good to have a spare anyway. cheers,

Re: Telstra Turbo Series 7 USB Modem

2008-12-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Aurora, have you downloaded the latest version of the Sierrra Watcher for this device. I have used it on my MacBook Air without any problems whatsoever. Also, it would help if you said what you were doing when the problems occurred. e.g. do they occur when you start the software, or just

Re: MacBook Air - Leopard and an AD network

2008-12-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Sounds almost like your new MacBook airs have faulty motherboards. I have had a problem with the airport on my original model MacBook air, and they are now at the stage of replacing the motherboard. On 12/12/2008, at 6:22 PM, Aurora74 wrote: Hi, I have two of the brand new MacBook Airs

G5 sold

2008-12-07 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Gary, this has now sold. cheers, Susan. On 08/12/2008, at 9:10 AM, gary dorn wrote: Hi, Includes wireless and bluetooth, one 300g HD and one 80g HD, and single layer Superdrive. The G5 does have the quirk of not going to sleep by itself, but will go to sleep if you choose that option

Re: DV to 6 pin firewire cable

2008-12-04 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Gary, you would be able to buy one, from Dick Smith, etc. I have one. You will need one with a mini thing at one end and the normal firewire thing at the other end. cheers, Susan. On 05/12/2008, at 3:47 PM, gary dorn wrote: Howdy I have bought a canon mini DV tape camcorder and it

FS: $550 or best offer G5 SP 1.8gh 2g RAM + Apple Cinema Display 20

2008-12-02 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, Includes wireless and bluetooth, one 300g HD and one 80g HD, and single layer Superdrive. The G5 does have the quirk of not going to sleep by itself, but will go to sleep if you choose that option from the Apple menu. The Cinema Display was second hand, purchased from another WAMUG

Re: iphone

2008-12-02 Thread Susan Hastings
$600 USD is $929 AUD according to my currency converter. That means its perhaps only a little cheaper than buying a 3G iphone outright here in Perth. You can do this at Apple Resellers who will unlock the phone if you don't want to go with Telstra. On 03/12/2008, at 2:30 PM, Edward

Re: unable to update Bento 1.0 v2

2008-12-01 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Bill, I think you will have to buy an upgrade to Bento 2, its not an update as such. Check website. cheers, Susan. On 01/12/2008, at 10:05 PM, Bill Cole wrote: Hi ! running 2.8 Ghz,Intel core 2 Duo, 4GB ram, 10.5.5, I have Bento 1.0v2 installed, and on reading Peters subject

Re: Beijing Apple Store - for an idle moment

2008-11-15 Thread Susan Hastings
The whole complex was mostly deserted, with mainly Westerners in the Starbucks. Its in an area with lots of embassies, and relatively quiet. Macs cost more than in Australia and Chinese salaries are mostly much lower than here, only wealthy people would buy them I think. On 15/11/2008, at

Beijing Apple Store - for an idle moment

2008-11-10 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi all, a link to some of the photos taken today at the Beijing Apple Store. I've called the album 'Western' China because there were many other major labels there, plus a Starbucks (of which there are about 27 in Beijing). The reason we were there was that Stephen has been unwell for a

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
also. Cheers Mike Fuller On 09/11/2008, at 4:20 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Severin, this doesn't help, but my G5 1.8 SP doesn't go to sleep by itself either, I have to do it manually. Hence, its not the best computer for using with my EyeTV, my mac mini will go to sleep when its finished

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi all, the problem with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I have had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to networks, printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep when I'm not using them, unless I have something obvious happening, such as a file

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
into System Preferences Security Firewall - click Advanced and turn OFF (take the tick out) Enable Firewall logging. See if your G5 will sleep now. Cheers, Ronni On 10/11/2008, at 10:46 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Mike, I do think the problem has been around so long that its not the first

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
/2008, at 10:16 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, the problem with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I have had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to networks, printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep when I'm not using them, unless I have something

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
Yes, although I am going to try the things that Ronni suggested when we get back from China. On 10/11/2008, at 12:39 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Many thanks, Susan, that is interesting and reassuring to hear! Severin On 10/11/2008, at 10:16 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, the problem

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-09 Thread Susan Hastings
/11/2008, at 10:16 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi all, the problem with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I have had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to networks, printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep when I'm not using them, unless I have

Re: Drowse or Sleep?

2008-11-08 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Severin, this doesn't help, but my G5 1.8 SP doesn't go to sleep by itself either, I have to do it manually. Hence, its not the best computer for using with my EyeTV, my mac mini will go to sleep when its finished recording a program, but the G5 keeps chugging on. cheers, Susan. On

Re: Live View on Computer

2008-11-07 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Donna, it will depend on your camera. Canon include software with their cameras which works on the Mac for this purpose. With Nikon, there is a computer program you can buy. (Camera Control Pro) These are the two solutions I've tried so far, I'm not sure if there are any others. Neither

Re: Live View on Computer

2008-11-07 Thread Susan Hastings
what you are going to shoot live on the Apple computer before taking the actual photo, as I was able to do on my old PC? Thank you both for your help. Best Regards, Donna On 07/11/2008, at 9:21 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Donna, it will depend on your camera. Canon include software

Re: Live View on Computer

2008-11-07 Thread Susan Hastings
are going to shoot live on the Apple computer before taking the actual photo, as I was able to do on my old PC? Thank you both for your help. Best Regards, Donna On 07/11/2008, at 9:21 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: Hi Donna, it will depend on your camera. Canon include software with their cameras

Re: Live View on Computer

2008-11-07 Thread Susan Hastings
and professional help, have a chat to the people at Team Digital. HTH John __ John Winters Phone +61 8 9244 4564 Fax +61 8 9446 7709 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Susan Hastings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:06:16 +0800

Re: pdf printer

2008-10-30 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Ronni, that must be why it wouldn't print for Alex because I use print to pdf for Accountedge all the time for normal and time billing invoices. cheers, Susan. On 30/10/2008, at 10:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Alex, I don't know if this is pertinent:

Re: Epson Stylus Photo TX700W MFP Wireless Printer

2008-10-27 Thread Susan Hastings
We have an Epson scanner which has the little lightbox for negatives or strips of film included. It has also worked very well. We've had it for a few years, and it wasn't expensive, I expect there are ones on the market now. On 26/10/2008, at 6:31 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote: Scanning old BW

iinet imap

2008-10-22 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, I found out accidentally (setting up an account in Outlook whilst here in China), that iinet have an imap account facility that lets you send as well as receive in your email application from any isp. I've since set it up in mail on the Macbook Air. Outlook finds the setting for the account

Re: Interesting re iPhone

2008-10-20 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Stephen, I have not tested my iphone in rural or remote areas, so can't say what the reception would be like. We may have other iphone users in WAMUG who have travelled around using them. For email and the other functions, I make sure I am on wireless. We have a wireless network at

Re: Dalek web cam

2008-10-18 Thread Susan Hastings
a quick search revealed this program. MacCam is a free, open source generic driver for getting unsupported webcams to work on your Mac. I have a 5~6yr old Logitech camera that I was doubtful of, but MacCam worked like a charm. There is a sizable list of supported cameras on the MacCam

Re: firewire gone missing

2008-10-16 Thread Susan Hastings
Yes, its interesting, because as a consumer user who uses my Mac for Word and Powerpoint, email, web, high definition video and photography, lack of the firewire port troubles me not at all. All of the consumer cameras connect by USB now. I would miss the Firewire Target disk mode for

Re: mobile suggestions

2008-09-25 Thread Susan Hastings
The iphone! On 25/09/2008, at 8:44 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Can anyone tell mw which mobile phone is best for contacts calendar syncing reliably with mac? Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: HD camcorder for Mac?

2008-09-11 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Paul, if you are thinking of High Definition, so long as you have: an Intel Mac iLife 08 You no longer need firewire if you have an Intel Mac and iLife 08. Most camcorders are compatible with iMovie 08 using USB to get the footage uploaded. They all have ways of linking directly to TVs -

ABC radio online

2008-08-19 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, a friend wants to listen to ABC radio live. I am able to listen to the Windows version on my Mac, and I think its because I have Flip4Mac installed. Is that the only way she would be able to do it? cheers, Susan. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

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