Re: OS X/ OS 9 File Sharing

2001-10-21 Thread hinchlif
On Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 03:23 PM, Nathalie Collins wrote: Hi. Nat is really keen to start using 10.1 on the Powerbook all of the time. The only problem is that she uses file-sharing (with her blue and white G3 running 9.2.1) a lot and file sharing is not supported in the classic

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 07:41 PM, Mike Schmidt wrote: So many people seem really thrilled with OS X...am I the only one who is really dissatisfied? I am not a computer geek and find that I get really overwhelmed with all the different fixes that one could use to get OS X to

Re: File synch

2001-10-24 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 07:56 AM, Goodall-Smith wrote: Nathalie Collins wrote: Hello all: Can anyone recommend a freeware or shareware utility which will synch files the way my palm does as opposed to the way the file synch control panel does? I use a program called

Re: The iPod

2001-10-25 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 09:06 AM, Troy May wrote: Andrew Nielsen on 24/10/01 10:03 AM, wrote: And at US$400, is anyone here planning to rush out and buy one? No doubt the price will reduce over time, but it's hard to figure out just what market this product is aimed at. Maybe

Re: Help with Rev.D iMac

2001-10-25 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 11:52 PM, Doug Wilson wrote: The startup disk shows bootable System Folders on each partition. When I choose the second partition though I was getting dropped into open firmware on restart. Now the machine simply hangs before the Smiling Mac comes up.

Re: Mail on OS-X

2001-10-30 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at 07:42 AM, Goodall-Smith - Psychological Health Care wrote: I am converting to 'Mail' on OS-X to take care of my email instead of going through Netscape Communicator... I have two problems that I cannot seem to find a solution to: 1. Cannot import email

Re: Any one there?

2001-11-03 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 05:27 PM, Ken Jackson wrote: I thought I'd signed up to WAMUG but I haven't had any replies to my questions? Am I using the right procedure? Thanks Ken Well, this message got through, at least :-) Although the WAMUG lsit has a well-deserved reputation

Re: Modem for 7300/180?

2001-11-03 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 09:04 AM, Bad Boy PJ wrote: Hi, wondering if anyone knew where or how I could get a modem for an old Powermac 7300/180. My girlfriend got one by mistake and it's nearly ready for net minus modem. TIA for any help!!! A modem is a modem is a modem. Almost

Re: Great review for Mac OS X!

2001-11-03 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 01:17 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: Hi All! Might want to have a quick look at this one I found on Maccentral today: http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0111/01.osx.php Also check out the MacOS X vs WinXP shoot out at

Re: Good news for Netscape

2001-11-03 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 02:33 PM, Dark Servant wrote: Some of you will be very pleased to know that Netscape now supports OS X. There are also updates available for OS 9 I do not have OS X yet :( So I am updating to Netscape 9.2 Once again, it lasted about half-an-hour on my

Re: iTunes 2 (Was: GREAT NEWS)

2001-11-04 Thread hinchlif
On Sunday, November 4, 2001, at 07:38 AM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: Odd. I did nothing but run the installer on my Mac OS X 10.1 system, and it worked just fine. Mind you, I have Classic (and the Classic iTunes 1.x version) on a separate disk - maybe that's got something to do with it. Same

Neat little OS X trick

2001-11-05 Thread hinchlif
Here's a nifty little feature in MacOS X. I don't remember seeing it documented anywhere, but I could easily be wrong (it's happened before...) Open a Finder Window containing lots of icons, and set the view to Icons. Choose Show View Options from the View Menu, and slide the Icon Size slider

Re: Bug in iTunes 2

2001-11-07 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 09:38 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: There is a report on News.com regarding the bug in iTunes 2. It apparently only effects users of OSX where multiple drives are in use or when the drive is partitioned The bug is in the installer, and has been removed in the

Copying to Zip Disks in MacOS X (a bit long)

2001-11-11 Thread hinchlif
!! No need to read this if you're not into MacOS X 10.1 !! There is a strange and annoying behaviour in MacOS X 10.1 when copying files to a Zip Disk. To see it, open the Zip Disk or a folder inside it. You must have a window open from the Zip Disk to see this happen. Drag a group of files to

Re: Netscape 6.2 for OSX

2001-11-12 Thread hinchlif
On Sunday, November 11, 2001, at 10:19 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: I downloaded Netscape 6.2 for OSX and gave it a short run. Gosh it is so slow I just could not believe it. Odd thing is ... it was given a pretty good review recently on News.com. Has anyone else experienced it yet ? Yep - it

Re: Copying to Zip Disks in MacOS X (a bit long)

2001-11-12 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 12:10 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: Ah, I remember an OS not long past when you didn't have to type pathnames at all :) Or indeed, even type! Must be those other 'genii' at Apple. Couldn't agree more - but at least if it has to be done there's an easy way to do

Re: MacOS

2001-11-13 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 09:58 PM, Ken Woods wrote: I have a Mac with OS 9.1 installed, and wish to reformat the drive and install MacOS 8.6. How do I do this??? The drive set up program will not run, with the exception of the 9.1 version. So run the 9.1 version... I presume you

Re: Mac OS 10.1.1 available

2001-11-14 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 09:48 AM, Matt Huitson wrote: Software Update is not showing the 10.1.1 update for me. I suspect it may be due to the proxy settings used as part of my internet connection. Is there a direct URL for this download package (couldn't seem to find one @ Apple

Re: Mac OS 10.1.1 available

2001-11-14 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 01:30 PM, Keith Palmer wrote: I had the same problem early this morning over ADSL - kept timing out - I suspect the server at the other end was not coping too well. Just tried again now (and the download is obviously in the Telstra cache) and the 10.1.1

Re: Mac OS 10.1.1 available

2001-11-14 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 02:14 PM, Stefan wrote: Same here! I've been trying all day, without success - keeps timing out. I'm downloading via Radiowan's wireless network (256K). Stefan It's still timing out big time. Not even getting a progress bar started. If it's in the

Re: Mac OS 10.1.1

2001-11-15 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 09:24 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: What is the rush to download 10.1.1 ?? Does anyone know what it does yet or is this another it must be better syndrome ? Curiosity was the compelling motive on my part. I must admit my curiosity in this case hasn't really

Re: Mac OS X Date Time problems

2001-11-17 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 06:26 PM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: (1) Date Time, International system preferences show Australian date setting; ie 16/11/2001. (2) Finder obeys this, showing file datestamps with Australian dates. (3) Pull-down date menu from the menu bar clock DOES NOT

A4 Default in Mac OS X

2001-11-18 Thread hinchlif
Just a quick note to let anyone who cares know that the A4 Default Installer Package mentioned in MacFixit yesterday (http://www.macfixit.com/macosx.shtml) actually works. The one thing that's not made clear is that you have to reboot to get it to go. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer

Re: where does OE store its messages

2001-11-20 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 02:04 PM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: Yup, been there, but which folder, got all sorts in there - Eudora, Entourage, OE (don't ask!), iTunes, Acrobat more. Documents:Microsoft User Data:Identities It's not _that_ hard to find!!! Problem is that this seems to

Re: Outlook Express OSX

2001-11-20 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 07:31 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, Anyone got any idea when Outlook Express will be made OSX friendly, if at all ?? Regards, Stephen Chape I doubt if it ever will, mainly because of the free Mail app. Think Entourage and mucho $$$ from now on. --

Re: Wanted 8.1 to purchase

2001-11-21 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, November 20, 2001, at 08:55 AM, Frank Smith wrote: Does anyone have an OS 8.1 CDROM they would like to sell? My old 7220/200 came with OS 8.0 and an update on a zip disc which is no longer useable. I'd like to reinstall 8.1. Alternatively I'd look at purchasing OS 8.5. I think

Re: where does OE store its messages

2001-11-22 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 04:37 PM, Peter Sealy wrote: Now that we know where OE stores the messages, what is in that file? 1 Does it contain all the messages I currently have in my mail boxes? This seems unlikely as this file for me is over 7mb in size and I do not retain many

Re: (unknown)

2001-11-22 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001, at 09:57 PM, Neil Blake Associates wrote: Hi All I've just received the same bunch of old e-mail - I use Westnet as my ISP. Is it Yahoo? Cheers Neil I've just received a heap of e-mails from WAMUG which were sent in October. Is this Yahoo or

Re: Mac Operating Systems

2001-11-23 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 10:32 PM, JKPA Services wrote: Hi, I'm new to the group! I'm hoping for some suggestions, or just some advice on the following. I have been contracted to do some work for a new client, and have found out that his operating system is a Mac. Agh,

Re: re pinging the internet

2001-11-24 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 23, 2001, at 12:14 PM, Doug Wilson wrote: on 23/11/01 12:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have a question? How do Macs ping the internet manually or other computers. We use apple talk where as PCs ping through DOS. Does anybody know?

Re: floppy drive dead

2001-11-28 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 12:08 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: Since it is now cheaper to buy blank Cds than floppy disks, why do people stick with floppies? On a per megabyte cost basis, floppies are far and away the most expensive form of backup you can buy! And then there's the

Re: MYOB

2001-11-29 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 06:45 PM, Angus Sue Jordan Russell (Phuket) wrote: I read through the archive reference sending MYOB data files so added .dat on the end, zipped it before after adding .dat, used export as tab-delimited and a couple of other things. MYOB Australia

Re: OS 9.2.1

2001-11-30 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, November 29, 2001, at 04:21 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am currently running OS9.1 on a 7600 upgraded to a G3/400 with USB and Firewire cards. Apart from the usual internet chores (Eudora5 and IE5) and word processing with Office98 the bulk of my work involves After Effects5,

Re: PC environment

2001-12-01 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 09:59 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: 1. Just remember, Apple Menu = Start Button 2. Menu bars are on every window not the top of the screen 3. Exit = Quit 4. Close box is on the other side of the window 5. Don't delete ANY file EVER... It will probably kill the

Re: File sharing and DOS formatted Zip disks

2001-12-14 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 11:36 AM, Greg Hosking wrote: sorry, maybe I didn't explain properly - I meant this: When I go to erase a disk, any disk, I must turn filesharing off first, and then turn it back on when I'm done. I thought maybe there was some way I could set different

Re: Macosrumors

2001-12-14 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 12:41 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Is anyone able to get to the Macosrumors site? I have been trying it all week with no success. It's been down for longer than that, it seems to me. Even AppleInsider, with their brand spanking new design, has had only one

Re: Problems with IE 5 after upgrade to OS 9.22

2001-12-18 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 09:01 AM, DEREK wrote: Hi, I've just upgraded to OS 9.22. But now my Interent Explorer is giving me problems after the upgrade. I can't surf beyond the first website I go to after logging on, the message The specified server could not be found keeps

MacOSRumours is back

2001-12-18 Thread hinchlif
The MacOSRumours site is back up. Nothing useful there yet, but at least it's up. Just a promise of things to come... -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913

Re: Problems with IE 5 after upgrade to OS 9.22

2001-12-18 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 04:38 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: I would just use OS 10.1 all the time, with classic for my normal applications, except that I can't yet sync to my Palm in OS 10.1. Therefore, I am sometimes using 9.2.2, and connect to the Net. However, I have a choice,

Really annoying little program. Alarm your friends!

2001-12-18 Thread hinchlif
For a really annoying, totally useless, and thoroughly mischievous piece of software, download Skwonk! from VersionTracker. This MacOS X utility only works if you have an internet connection, but it sits there listening to your connection, giving you audio feedback at the same time. Which

Re: External CD RW

2001-12-18 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 05:08 PM, Callum Prior wrote: Just hoping for hearsay, opinion, and rumour on the iOMEGA Zip CD 650 (External USB), as I've got the opportunity to pick one up fairly cheaply. Running OS X / 9 on a G4 400 (PCI). They work extremely well, albeit only at

Re: Uninstalling 9.2.2

2001-12-21 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, December 20, 2001, at 01:38 PM, Charlton Woolford wrote: Hello everyone, I have experienced the same problems with the 9.2.2 update with the accessing of internet stuff. How can I go back to 9.2.1 Mac details? iMac 400 MHz , 320 MHz etc... By far the easiest way is to use

Re: I keep getting logged off with TPG?

2001-12-22 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, December 21, 2001, at 07:32 PM, Brian Scott wrote: Can anyone suggest something that may help - do I need ping them intermittently if so how? I'm using a PPC 7600/200 Mac OS 9.1 and Outlook Express 4.5. Simplest and obvious questions first - have you checked the setting in

Re: Photoshop 3.0

2001-12-27 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 02:51 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: When printing an individual image from Photoshop 3 the image is plonked in the middle of my A4 page even though I go to Image and select Canvas size and click top centre. The only way I have found to get around this

Re: (unknown)

2001-12-29 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 11:27 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: In reponse to these ideas I made a small image in Photoshop, 4.7cms x 6cms at 300dpi and saved it as a TIFF file. Its size was 1.1MB. The image was then inserted into an AppleWorks Draw page where it retained its

Re: Double emails

2001-12-29 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 08:10 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi everyone, I am using Mail in Mac OS X and I am on cable. I have a ISP (highway1) and of course Telstra Bigpond. I access Highway1 through Cable and get double copies of all emails which is a bit of a pain :-( . Can anyone

Re: Opinions on the new stuff...

2002-01-08 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 08:10 AM, Rod Lavington wrote: The one thing I wish Apple had released was better Quicktime Streaming Services! Every time there was something big about to be announced, the connection would freeze! Did anyone else have this problem? It came through my cable

Drastic performance in CD/DVD player

2002-01-09 Thread hinchlif
I wonder if anyone on the list can shed any light on this for me. The CD/DVD ROM drive in my G4/400 is becoming increasingly frustrating to use. It still reads commercial CDs and DVDs just fine, but reading CD-Rs I (or even someone else) have burnt is entirely a haphazard experience. If I'm

Re: Performance in CD/DVD player | Toast 5.1

2002-01-09 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 06:46 PM, Paul S wrote: Hi Peter, I too have a Zip CD 650 with a G4, I find that using good quality disks (I'm sure you know this) and the latest toast that I never have a problem. I have no problem with the disks themselves. They all mount fine in

Re: OS X Things (Dnet Darwin)

2002-01-10 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 05:15 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: OK, is there a good OS X mail list someone can recommend (so I can hassle them rather than your poor WAMUGers!) Have you tried the forums at MacFixit? They seem to be populated by some pretty knowledgeable people. -- Peter

Re: Message filtering

2002-01-11 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 02:47 PM, C. Brett Curtis wrote: I am using Outlook Express but cant seem to find a way of filtering my messages straight into folders. Found a Q about that in the archives from Aug 2000 but couldn't find any replies. Can anyone tell me if it can be done

Re: Installing Os 9.1 after Os 10 problem

2002-01-11 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 04:07 PM, Tom Lewis wrote: I have installed OS 10 on an original imac, but the new setup will not allow me to launch old Apps, saying I have to have system 9.1 installed. When I try to install this it tells me it can only install over an International

Re: auto typing

2002-01-15 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at 05:21 AM, Troy May wrote: If you like to save time try using the best utility I've used on Mac OS X yet... LaunchBar... http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=2409db=mac With LaunchBar installed forget about using dragthing or lamenting popup

Speaking of waiting...

2002-01-16 Thread hinchlif
I have a problem similar to Ruben's, although I'm sure the underlying factors are quite different. A client has a network consisting of a couple of PowerMac 7300 machines, an old PowerComputing clone, and occasionally a G3 PowerBook, all connewcted through by Ethernet through an ISDN router.

Re: OS X books

2002-01-18 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, January 17, 2002, at 11:26 PM, Edward wrote: Any recommendations for books relating to OS X - and why. Thank you and best wishes You'll find a trip to Boffin's Bookshop very rewarding. They have the largest collection of MacOS X books in Perth, in my estimation. I spent some

Re: Another poll

2002-01-18 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 01:01 AM, Keith Palmer wrote: There's a little-reported poll currently at http://dailynews.netscape.com/ which asks Which computer system do you prefer: Mac or PC. Currently Macs are trailing 46% to 54%. Not bad considering the Mac's minuscule market

Re: Pacifist Application

2002-01-18 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 06:56 AM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks, In response to my post on Macfixit re unexpected quits in Mail and Eudora for OSX Beta, a guy has replied and said he used something called Pacifist to re-install Sherlock when he had the same problem recently. He

Re: 72dpi vs 96dpi?

2002-01-23 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, at 03:01 PM, Darren Kam wrote: A web-related question: When you're creating web pages, do you create your graphics at 72dpi or 96dpi? Does it make a difference, or do images created at 96dpi appear larger than the same image at 72dpi? Does IE render pages

Good new for MacOS X users

2002-01-23 Thread hinchlif
A couple of old favourites are making their way to MacOS X. Expect to see USB Overdrive by the end of the month, and the first alpha version Default Folder X is available for testing. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth,

Re: where's my mac.com gone account

2002-01-24 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, January 23, 2002, at 10:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something weird just happen when i turn on my mail for os x , my account for mac.com has gone. my normal default email is still there, So has anyone had this problem yet. Bart Nope. Mine is still there. -- Peter

Re: download info

2002-01-31 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at 07:45 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi I am trying to download the program Spring Cleaning, when I go to download it, it tells me : SpringCleaning 4.0.2Ins.sit, of type application/octet stream Click more info to learn how to extend Navigator's capabilities.

Re: ram disk shared

2002-02-02 Thread hinchlif
On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 11:06 AM, cb wrote: Hi wamuggers I created a ram disk yesterday (38.4 mb) and now cant disable it. Opening the icon...it is empty. When I try to erase any contents I have a message 'cannot erase a shared disk'!! If I do a get info on the ram disk icon it

USB Overdrive X

2002-02-02 Thread hinchlif
For those haven't discovered it yet, the beta version of USB Overdrive X has been posted to Versiontracker. Works just fine with my MacAlly iSweetNet scroll mouse. Several things still have not been implemented: it currently only works with mice, accelerated scrolling does not work, and

Re: OS X universal drivers

2002-02-03 Thread hinchlif
On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 05:56 PM, Peter McGrath wrote: Someone told me the other day that OS X includes a universal driver for many printers and other devices. Would this work with my Canon BJC 3000 printer? I'd be quite interested in the answer as the lack of a OS X driver for

Re: Netscape Bookmarks Problem

2002-02-05 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, February 4, 2002, at 10:42 AM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: I have truncated my Netscape Bookmarks. All the folders after 'G' are gone. I have an old version on my Powerbook. Is there a way in which I can attach the bottom half of the old file to the truncated file? It was caused

Re: Is There A Meeting Tonight

2002-02-05 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 07:20 AM, S. Newton wrote: I’m just enquiring to see if there’s a meeting tonight? I would like to go but I’ll have to give notice to my previous commitment that I’m unable to go, if there is a meeting. Rod's efforts on the WAMUG ROM, or the status of the

Re: Telstra Broadband

2002-02-06 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 03:36 AM, Bob wrote: Although long overdue, it is pleasing to read that Telstra broadband support staff are to receive training about OSX from Apple. Don't quite know what this article is on about. I have been using Telstra broadband in MacOS X since I0.0

Re: Telnet Automation in OSX

2002-02-09 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, February 8, 2002, at 02:26 PM, Scott wrote: Is terminal scriptable? Looking at Terminal's AppleScript dictionary it's pretty meagre for what you want to do. However, it does have doscript which allows you to run a UNIX shell script from within Terminal. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin

Re: ADSL/Cable

2002-02-09 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, February 8, 2002, at 01:12 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Is one better than the other? Is one likely to be outdated prior to the other? And finally, is the support of either supplier likely to better than the other (I'm talking about large differences here, not personal likes or

At Last! A real newsgroup reader for X

2002-02-12 Thread hinchlif
I have just had the pleasure of downloading and testing MT-NewsWatcher 3.2.img for Mac OS X. Finally, a dedicate newsgroup reader that does everything properly, and fast! And it's free into the bargain. It's on VersionTracker, of course. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker

Re: At Last! A real newsgroup reader for X

2002-02-13 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 10:47 PM, Peter Bull wrote: Good news indeed, does it work on OS 9 or is there some other product? Newswatcher has been around for donkeys' years for MacOS, so just look for the latest version on VersionTracker. The new version is specifically for MacOS X,

Interesting read

2002-02-14 Thread hinchlif
Here's an interesting read. Perhaps even more interesting are the replies at the bottom of the article. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/12/xp_review.html -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia

Re: Modem script

2002-02-14 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 09:41 AM, Frank Smith wrote: I'm trying to set up email for a computer illiterate colleague on an old Power Mac 7000 with a Netcomm Smart modem M34F. Does anyone have a modem script for this beast? Or can suggest a generic script which will work? Please

Re: [COMMERCIAL] iMac Party!

2002-02-18 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 04:38 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: To celebrate the release of the new iMac, we are holding a party! From 6pm to 8pm on Thursday the 20th, come up to the AppleCentre in Joondalup to check out the new iMac. There will also be food and drinks to enjoy! Er...is

DefaultFolder X

2002-02-19 Thread hinchlif
Great news folks! DefaultFolder X is here. Check it out at http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/release.html (Taken from the web site)... Default Folder X 1.0 includes the following features: * It lets you type. When you type the names of files and folders, they are correctly

Re: rename utility?

2002-02-23 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 01:36 PM, Greg Hosking wrote: ok, first up is digital photos, where I might have a folder full of pix named DCS0098.jpg, DCS0099.jpg, DCS0100.jpg etc etc I might wanna select say 4 of them rename them to simon1.jpg, simon2.jpg, etc I know you've already

Re: Firewire and iMac 333?

2002-02-23 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 05:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have an iMac333: OS 8.6 and a recently acquired digital video camera. Being novices and hearing/seeing the term 'Firewire' (not sure what it is even!!!) is it possible to connect an external Firewire drive to our

Help for MacOS X install

2002-02-26 Thread hinchlif
This is on behalf on list member Mike Seymour. He rang me last night with this problem, bu I couldn't come up with any clever solutions. Mike has a G3 B/W, and has set up his 6Gb HD with two partitions, one about 3 Gb and one about 2Gb. He has installed MacOS 9.1 on the 3Gb one, and MacOS X on

Re: Help for MacOS X install

2002-02-26 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 09:37 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: (Odd. I never got the original message about this problem. Did it go to the WAMUG list?) I guess that's because it was never posted. The original message, which was mine, originated from a phone call I received from Mike last

Re: 9.2.2 and Internet problems

2002-02-26 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 10:38 AM, Rod Lavington wrote: Hi All! I have forwarded this message to Apple. Is there anyone on the list that has been having the same problem? With a different ISP than the ones below? I have seen this problem as well. It does change with ISPs. I

Re: OSX Computer Fax Warning!

2002-03-03 Thread hinchlif
On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 09:58 AM, P. Trouchet wrote: Warning I installed computer fax on my new imac but found when reopening trieing to open Modem for web connection fax grabbed modem I could not open explorer. Much frustration until I trashed all Fax software before modem would

More on Fax and MacOS X

2002-03-03 Thread hinchlif
I have heard from the recipient of my Fax attempt earlier today that they did indeed receive the fax - all 3 pages of it. The problem is that the contents of the fax were restricted a band running down the middle third of the page. Oh, well...back to to the drawing board. One step forward,

Now this just HAS to be good news!

2002-03-04 Thread hinchlif
This from MacCentral this morning... -- Apple licenses CUPS UNIX printing system by Peter Cohen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 2, 2002 3:10 pm ET Easy Software Products has announced that Apple has licensed its Common UNIX

Re: Value of the archive

2002-03-09 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, March 8, 2002, at 12:32 PM, Neil Blake Associates wrote: Trawled the archives and came upon the solution in a message from ‘the pickle’ (haven’t heard from him for ages on the list?) - hold down Command-Option-I while inserting the disc. Works a treat – put it on your list of

Re: Remote Access Problems

2002-03-12 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, March 11, 2002, at 03:42 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: I'm not certain but I think that this problem has just appeared after I installed itunes and as suggested used the Software update control panel to perform a software update (for the first time since I bought my new powerbook) I

Flat screen iMac makes a good show

2002-03-14 Thread hinchlif
At the launch of the new premises of Artplace art gallery last night (moved from Claremont to Church Street, Perth) it was difficult to work out what was attracting more attention - the exhibition art works on the walls, or the flat screen iMac which was displaying photos of them in a looping

Re: Remote Access Problems

2002-03-19 Thread hinchlif
On Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 06:45 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: At the present, I have no real need to utilise USB printer sharing, but if I need this down the track I guess I will still need to resolve this. Has anyone else had similar problems or would anyone care to hazard a guess as

I think I just made a mistake...

2002-03-19 Thread hinchlif
This morning I may have committed a drastic error - I ordered and paid for some software from a US payment service called Paypal. Since then I have already received 5 emails from them, either confirming my details in a very convoluted way whixh involved my re-visiting to fill in more

Thanks to all for the PayPal feedback

2002-03-20 Thread hinchlif
Thanks to everyone for their response on the PayPal service. My immediate response after receiving 5 emails from them in fairly quick succession was to panic a bit, thinking I had simply invited in yet another unwanted marketing engine. Your responses, together with the fact that I have had no

Re: Email space

2002-03-22 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 12:22 PM, Dark Servant wrote: Does anyone know how to see how much space my Email from Outlook Express takes up? The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Ruben A. Franke Your email folder will be in one of two places, depending on the

Online MacOS X Book

2002-03-23 Thread hinchlif
For anyone wanting a good book on MacOS X which takes you beyond the scanty detail provided by the little booklet you get with the OS, but not wanting to outlay close to $100 for a tome off a bookseller's shelves, you can do worse than check out one of the following links:

Re: (unknown)

2002-03-25 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 07:42 PM, Bob wrote: So do I! But does anybody know when the software will be available so that it will be fully functional in OS X? No, but for the time being you can always use USB Overdrive for X. This is working very well with my MacAlly iSweetNet 3-button

Re: MYOB Mac OSX

2002-03-27 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 11:22 AM, Keith Palmer wrote: In response to your question, MYOB will be launching a Mac specific product in late May. The product will unfortunately not be Mac OSX compliant at this stage, however, we are currently working with Apple to ensure a Mac OSX

Re: BJC3000 and OSX

2002-03-27 Thread hinchlif
On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 04:22 PM, Matt Huitson wrote: For those of you running OSX with a previously unsupported Canon BJC3000 printer, there is an unofficial hack available through versiontracker this morning which supposedly provides a solution. As yet there are no reviews, and I

Re: Firewire keyboards

2002-03-27 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 02:39 AM, Brett Carboni wrote: I don't suppose its possible that someone has done a firewire keyboard have they? Would it be *utterly* impossible? I mean, *would* it? OK, I can't help asking... Why? -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker

Re: MYOB Macs

2002-03-28 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 08:26 AM, Keith Palmer wrote: For those people that have seen or played with AccountEdge is this a good or bad thing Are we about to be done over by MYOB? In line with our global strategy on the MacOS we will now only have one product called

Re: Desktop spanning

2002-03-29 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 08:37 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Also I believe Apple has finally been recognised as 'preferred suppliers' to the WA Department of Education, with some details to be sorted out. This will/should place iBooks on the DOE 'Notebooks for Teachers' Program, alongside

Re: MYOB Macs

2002-03-29 Thread hinchlif
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 11:27 PM, Alex Novakovic wrote: Gee, Peter, you're a bit stiff on MYOB aren't you!! I am when I see that a company is offering much more limited options to a certain section of the market just because they happen to prefer one platform over another, or they

Re: Meeting Notice

2002-03-30 Thread hinchlif
On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 06:11 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Will the venue for April be as Rod indicated for the March meeting? Merv At this stage I believe the venue will be the same until further notice. The choice of venue is governed by the vagaries of the Curtin University

Re: Stuffit shareware and Stuffit Deluxe

2002-04-01 Thread hinchlif
On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 10:36 AM, designerx1 wrote: Does anyone know the difference (or if there is a difference) between the Stuffit shareware compression program and Stuffit Deluxe? The main advantage of Stuffit Expander is that it's freeware, but it only allows you to to

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