Re: [WAMUG} iMac random restarts

[Adam Lippiatt]

The only drive I have ever had fail is the fusion drive replaced under warranty 
many years ago. But ... thank goodness for good backup routine. 

Good description of problem and solution. 

Thank you!

> On 26 May 2021, at 9:54 am, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> 
> Great outcome Tim.
> And thumbs up to MacWorx.
> 
> I am in the Swan Valley so use Macs4Us in Midland.
> I can also recommend them to anyone out my way !
> 
>> On 25 May 2021, at 7:19 pm, Tim Law  wrote:
>> 
>> Good afternoon,
>> 
>> As a follow up to this problem. 
>> 
>> Reminder - Random crashes after the iMac 27” went for a drive to Ledge Point.
>> 
>> Error report included:
>> ** MCA Error Report ***
>> CPU Machine Check Architecture Error Dump (CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) 
>> i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz, CPUID: 0x906E9)
>> CATERR detected! No MCA data found.
>> 
>> 
>> Actions:
>> I ran every conceivable test, computer showed normal. No faults identified 
>> by any testing app or process. It crashed even in Safe Mode. 
>> Took to Apple Centre in Perth who wiped computer and installed fresh OSX. 
>> Did not fault at Apple Centre. No faults found in their testing. 
>> 
>> I bought the machine home and reloaded data from Time Machine and the faults 
>> started again. 
>> Seemed particularly vulnerable for video production using iMovie but not 
>> replicate able. 
>> 
>> Eventually I took it to MacWorx in Joondalup. They had the machine for over 
>> a week and kept me informed at every step. 
>> With careful diagnosis they had a hunch that the SSD component of the fusion 
>> drive was faulty. To prove this theory they cloned my drive and rebooted off 
>> an external SSD. This was successful and the machine did not fault.
>> 
>> They opened the machine, removed the existing fusion drive and replaced it 
>> with the cloned SSD. 
>> 
>> The problem has been resolved. Cost was much less than expected and I can 
>> only speak highly of the careful diagnostic skills of the team at MacWorx 
>> and their customer service. 
>> 
>> The SSD part of the fusion drive is attached to the motherboard on the 
>> computer and is not part of the drive itself. It is used as a 32gb buffer 
>> where frequently used data is stored to increase access speed. It seems the 
>> SSD component of the process had failed or was failing - but testing never 
>> showed up any faults. 
>> 
>> Happy outcome at last. 
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3 Nov 2020, at 9:39 pm, Tim Law  wrote:
>>> 
>>> My positivities were short-lived. After an hour or more of normal running 
>>> whilst I was making an iMovie, the dreaded tick tick tick of a computer in 
>>> loop appeared, then shut down. This kept happening for four of five 
>>> restarts until I gave up. Now returning home I find a circle with a line 
>>> through it. 
>>> 
>>> I’ve rebooted into Recovery, run disk utility and reloaded the OSX. 
>>> 
>>> If it happens again, I’m off to MacWorx. :-(
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
 On 3 Nov 2020, at 8:46 am, Tim Law  wrote:
 
 Good morning,
 
 After a couple of days of no random freezes I’m becoming confident a 
 solution has appeared.  The initial problem I feel was RAM being moved a 
 fraction whilst the computer was being transported, screen down, in my 
 car. 
 
 I focused on testing RAM one stick at a time and moving it around into 
 various bays. Plus resetting PRAM, SMC, reinstalling the OS from recovery, 
 held D on restart for a test process to commence, but still the freezes 
 would come. 
 
 One thing I didn’t do very well was the restarting procedure. I don’t 
 normally have to restart the iMac, so wasn’t familiar with how long to 
 hold the power button for. Once I read on the Apple support description on 
 adding RAM
 "Your iMac performs a memory initialisation procedure when you first turn 
 it on after upgrading memory or rearranging DIMMs. This process can take 
 30 seconds or more, and the display of your iMac remains dark until it's 
 finished. Make sure you let the memory initialisation complete.”  
 
 I realised I had probably been interrupting this.   I then held the power 
 button for about half a second to get it going and walked away until it 
 did it’s thing and bingo, the iMac has stayed running correctly. 
 
 Simple really…..   :-)
 
 Thanks
 
 
 
 
 
> On 30 Oct 2020, at 1:07 am, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> No worries, fingers crossed something there resolves it! Good luck with 
> it :)
> Kind regards
> Daniel
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Re: [WAMUG} Carbon Copy Cloner 6 releeased

[Adam Lippiatt]

Thanks for the heads up Daniel. Seems like a great upgrade. I have only ever 
had to save from a catastrophic failure of a hard drive with no warning once in 
my life but CCC had me with a bootable backup to keep going and then an easy 
restore when the hard drive was replaced  and I have never had the “lost 
all of my precious photos” regrets. 

I like time machine but in its now superseded form a lot quicker. 

Perhaps a comparison of the benefits of using one or the other or both backups 
could be a nice WAMUG presentation. 


Adam Lippiatt
0402301706

On 20 May 2021, at 10:48 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:

For all those people on the list that use CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) they have 
released Version 6. - apparently the first major “upgrade” in over 4 years.

You can read more about it here -
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/20/bombich-carbon-copy-cloner-6-released/

Or the direct link to their site - 
https://bombich.com

Enjoy

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Re: [WAMUG} New M1 Mac Mini - read this before buying

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hmm

Some years ago I had this problem (and with airdrop still have it) with my late 
2013 iMac. 

Very, very frustrating. 

Eventually I paid for a replacement airport card, but that didn’t fix it. 

Problem went away with an OS update some months after problem started (although 
airdrop still very disappointing).  



> On 1 Feb 2021, at 11:58 am, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> 
> This was posted on Yorkshire Mac Users Group today.
> So just thought I would it on to our group.
> 
> Anyone who’s thinking about a new Mac mini should probably read this first: 
> https://medium.com/macoclock/the-m1-mac-mini-has-a-huge-problem-c1d23f5157cb
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Stephen Chape
> 
> 
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Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

[Adam Lippiatt]

Thank you. This is good. 


Adam Lippiatt
0402301706

On 14 Oct 2020, at 9:01 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:

Hi Adam,

Sorry I was a bit slow replying to this.

I got a Seagate 2-bay business storage NAS - no selection analysis on my part - 
I was just walking through Officeworks and they had one on clearance and I just 
thought I'd give it a go.

It's a while since I set it all up - I don't remember any problems but I do 
remember that I read all the manuals and watched a few support videos before I 
started - to get a good overview of available options.

This page is the official support page for my unit:
https://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/external-hard-drives/network-storage/business-storage-2-bay-nas/

and it has a few videos showing you how to setup various things.

This page specifically covers TM backups:
https://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/kb/business-storage-nas-how-to-back-up-with-time-machine-backup-005280en/


and a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoHr3tAVC4A


HTH


Cheers


Neil

-Original Message-
From:  on behalf of Adam 
Lippiatt 
Reply-To: WAMUG 
Date: Friday, 09 October 2020 at 15:33
To: WAMUG 
Subject: Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

   Thank you Neil. Are you able to say what NAS you have and, apart from RAID 
choice, whether it was easy to set up on the Mac?

   Thanks 

   Adam

> On 9 Oct 2020, at 2:15 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam, Hi Peter.
> 
> Some experiences:
> 
> On my main computer I use directly connected disks for TM backups and 
> Superduper clones - USB & FW respectively but since almost all my important 
> stuff is also in the cloud, on either Dropbox or OneDrive, I have TM set to 
> manual and just connect the drives when I need to do a backup - my thinking 
> being to avoid a power surge/lightning strike taking  out both the computer 
> AND connected backups!
> 
> However, I do use a NAS for TM backups of a second computer and a laptop. At 
> the moment these do not get a lot of use and, again, I do the YM backups 
> manually - but the TM network backup all seems to work OK.
> 
> From memory, the trickiest bit was me deciding how to setup the NAS - to RAID 
> or not to RAID, setting up user permissions so different users had their own 
> space on the NAS, setting up a media server (as yet unused!) and then setting 
> up another space for the TM backups. However, I am known to complicate things 
> and I did want the NAS to fulfil several purposes!
> 
> I would imagine that if you just wanted to use the NAS for TM purposes, and 
> used a simple RAID setup, you could have a good TM solution with protection 
> against a single HD failure in the NAS - still doesn't help if lightning 
> takes out the whole box!
> 
> Just my musings - HTH
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From:  on behalf of Adam 
> Lippiatt 
> Reply-To: WAMUG 
> Date: Friday, 09 October 2020 at 13:01
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive
> 
>   Hi Peter
> 
>   Presently I run two drives connected to my iMac (one by Thunderbolt, one by 
> USB) one backing up a time machine backup and one using Carbon Copy Cloner 
> software to make another backup.  I swap out one of the drives from time to 
> time and keep that drive at a separate location. 
> 
>   I have only had one hard drive fail and that was the “fusion” drive in this 
> iMac. It was very very handy to have a backup to hand when the iMacs drive 
> was replaced. 
> 
>   However, I would like to go wireless for backup,  my only attempt being 
> just to add a usb connected drive to a Time Capsule (for a second backup to 
> the Time Capsule itself), but I found it to be too slow. 
> 
>   One idea for a monthly meeting topic I would be interested in, is a home 
> network guru providing a guide to running wireless backups to  multiple 
> backup drives and whether that requires / is better with a NAS (which I don’t 
> really understand) or via hard drives connected to a wireless router with a 
> fast USB connection. 
> 
>   Adam
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:26 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Adam, thanks for that. What do you do instead for your backups?
>> 
>> Pete.
>> 
>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:07 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter
>>> 
>>> That is good news. 
>>> 
>>> On a side note I gave up using hard drives connected via usb to the TC 
>>> because they were very slow to transfer data. I read somewhere that this is 
>>> because the USB port on the TC is slow speed. 
>>> 
>>> Adam
>>> 
>>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:02 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>>> 

Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

[Adam Lippiatt]

Thank you Neil. Are you able to say what NAS you have and, apart from RAID 
choice, whether it was easy to set up on the Mac?

Thanks 

Adam

> On 9 Oct 2020, at 2:15 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam, Hi Peter.
> 
> Some experiences:
> 
> On my main computer I use directly connected disks for TM backups and 
> Superduper clones - USB & FW respectively but since almost all my important 
> stuff is also in the cloud, on either Dropbox or OneDrive, I have TM set to 
> manual and just connect the drives when I need to do a backup - my thinking 
> being to avoid a power surge/lightning strike taking  out both the computer 
> AND connected backups!
> 
> However, I do use a NAS for TM backups of a second computer and a laptop. At 
> the moment these do not get a lot of use and, again, I do the YM backups 
> manually - but the TM network backup all seems to work OK.
> 
> From memory, the trickiest bit was me deciding how to setup the NAS - to RAID 
> or not to RAID, setting up user permissions so different users had their own 
> space on the NAS, setting up a media server (as yet unused!) and then setting 
> up another space for the TM backups. However, I am known to complicate things 
> and I did want the NAS to fulfil several purposes!
> 
> I would imagine that if you just wanted to use the NAS for TM purposes, and 
> used a simple RAID setup, you could have a good TM solution with protection 
> against a single HD failure in the NAS - still doesn't help if lightning 
> takes out the whole box!
> 
> Just my musings - HTH
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From:  on behalf of Adam 
> Lippiatt 
> Reply-To: WAMUG 
> Date: Friday, 09 October 2020 at 13:01
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive
> 
>Hi Peter
> 
>Presently I run two drives connected to my iMac (one by Thunderbolt, one 
> by USB) one backing up a time machine backup and one using Carbon Copy Cloner 
> software to make another backup.  I swap out one of the drives from time to 
> time and keep that drive at a separate location. 
> 
>I have only had one hard drive fail and that was the “fusion” drive in 
> this iMac. It was very very handy to have a backup to hand when the iMacs 
> drive was replaced. 
> 
>However, I would like to go wireless for backup,  my only attempt being 
> just to add a usb connected drive to a Time Capsule (for a second backup to 
> the Time Capsule itself), but I found it to be too slow. 
> 
>One idea for a monthly meeting topic I would be interested in, is a home 
> network guru providing a guide to running wireless backups to  multiple 
> backup drives and whether that requires / is better with a NAS (which I don’t 
> really understand) or via hard drives connected to a wireless router with a 
> fast USB connection. 
> 
>Adam
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:26 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Adam, thanks for that. What do you do instead for your backups?
>> 
>> Pete.
>> 
>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:07 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter
>>> 
>>> That is good news. 
>>> 
>>> On a side note I gave up using hard drives connected via usb to the TC 
>>> because they were very slow to transfer data. I read somewhere that this is 
>>> because the USB port on the TC is slow speed. 
>>> 
>>> Adam
>>> 
>>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:02 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I just thought I would add my recent awareness of this. In the 10 years + 
>>>> of using the Apple Time Capsule (with 3 USB hub connected external drives) 
>>>> I hadn’t yet reached the point where any of the Macbook backups had 
>>>> reached a full state on their respective drives. My own MBP back up drive 
>>>> on the TC (a 2TB HDD) reached this state during this week and I waited 
>>>> anxiously for it to either have a hissy fit or proceed as anticipated and 
>>>> free up space by deleting oldest backup content. 
>>>> 
>>>> I am pleased to say the latter resulted - with a message popup which said 
>>>> it will delete oldest content to make way for new backup content.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> Pete.
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Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Peter

Presently I run two drives connected to my iMac (one by Thunderbolt, one by 
USB) one backing up a time machine backup and one using Carbon Copy Cloner 
software to make another backup.  I swap out one of the drives from time to 
time and keep that drive at a separate location. 

I have only had one hard drive fail and that was the “fusion” drive in this 
iMac. It was very very handy to have a backup to hand when the iMacs drive was 
replaced. 

However, I would like to go wireless for backup,  my only attempt being just to 
add a usb connected drive to a Time Capsule (for a second backup to the Time 
Capsule itself), but I found it to be too slow. 

One idea for a monthly meeting topic I would be interested in, is a home 
network guru providing a guide to running wireless backups to  multiple backup 
drives and whether that requires / is better with a NAS (which I don’t really 
understand) or via hard drives connected to a wireless router with a fast USB 
connection. 

Adam



> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:26 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam, thanks for that. What do you do instead for your backups?
> 
> Pete.
> 
>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:07 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Peter
>> 
>> That is good news. 
>> 
>> On a side note I gave up using hard drives connected via usb to the TC 
>> because they were very slow to transfer data. I read somewhere that this is 
>> because the USB port on the TC is slow speed. 
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>>>> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:02 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just thought I would add my recent awareness of this. In the 10 years + 
>>> of using the Apple Time Capsule (with 3 USB hub connected external drives) 
>>> I hadn’t yet reached the point where any of the Macbook backups had reached 
>>> a full state on their respective drives. My own MBP back up drive on the TC 
>>> (a 2TB HDD) reached this state during this week and I waited anxiously for 
>>> it to either have a hissy fit or proceed as anticipated and free up space 
>>> by deleting oldest backup content. 
>>> 
>>> I am pleased to say the latter resulted - with a message popup which said 
>>> it will delete oldest content to make way for new backup content.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Pete.
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Re: TC Backups to a full disc drive

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Peter

That is good news. 

On a side note I gave up using hard drives connected via usb to the TC because 
they were very slow to transfer data. I read somewhere that this is because the 
USB port on the TC is slow speed. 

Adam

> On 9 Oct 2020, at 12:02 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> I just thought I would add my recent awareness of this. In the 10 years + of 
> using the Apple Time Capsule (with 3 USB hub connected external drives) I 
> hadn’t yet reached the point where any of the Macbook backups had reached a 
> full state on their respective drives. My own MBP back up drive on the TC (a 
> 2TB HDD) reached this state during this week and I waited anxiously for it to 
> either have a hissy fit or proceed as anticipated and free up space by 
> deleting oldest backup content. 
> 
> I am pleased to say the latter resulted - with a message popup which said it 
> will delete oldest content to make way for new backup content.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete.
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Using late 2013 iMac as a screen for a thunderbolt 3 ported PC laptop

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I have a work pc with thunderbolt 3 ports which I can use to drive a LG 
UltraFine 5K Display

https://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/HMUB2X/A/lg-ultrafine-5k-display?fnode=5cbba005c212c0bd4a1b3508e7106d2e7030cb026fedd6b867046cfb3c547747f408e67eabf4a925575044e70e50c3bf75005783464b9081deb466c68b00b22cda0a0852fa6035ba11d52d0885e24f4eb4f8123c9b47b49f874d99900325fdb2afe64e9cc82cb523b8449b1012e1d58c
 


But the display is not always available to me and so I thought I would try 
running my late 2013 iMac running MacOS Catalina as a monitor as per:

https://www.techjunkie.com/how-to-use-an-imac-as-a-monitor-for-pc/ 


I have the:

Thunderbolt 2 cable; and 
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter, 


https://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter?fnode=758957dba5e4e005989a835a436e7642c8374943a0d49264649ec078faf37eb3c552500b4e0d15c5a7cefb7a261fe8144b966a37067f3582f7487ed359e1a8a0287ee35e593d6e1d6850dcc5c31104377132a9be3b7e4b835fd6c487f245bc7374591088408930968a504afe03ad9f91
 

and followed the instructions of holding command-F2 (or command-option F2) at 
startup on the iMac using its original keyboard, but it doesn’t work.

I thought I would give it a go, but before I give up, has anyone else tried 
this with any success?

Thanks

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Un-traverse a cross-reference in Word for Mac

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

In Word for PC, Alt + left arrow takes you back to the place of the cross 
reference you have just clicked.  This does not work on the Mac.  I have 
searched high and low and cannot find the relevant Word function “Back” in Word 
for MacOS (I have the most current version).

People variously say it is the GoBack, WebGoBack function - but these don’t 
seem to exist anymore.

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Thank you.

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Re: SSD external harddrives

[Adam Lippiatt]

I would be interested too. 

I use HDD for backup purposes ($ spent on reliability not speed) but was 
considering for a while some of these new SSDs to put my primary data on 
instead of relying on the spinning drive portion of the fusion drive in my late 
2013 iMac, but judged it not worth it as it only has thunderbolt 1 ports which 
don’t give you access to the little non powered thunderbolt 3 cases that are 
quite popular and speedy now. 

I hear that quality SSDs last long enough these days not to matter.  (SSDs do 
lose storage capacity over time while spinning drives do not. However the 
degradation is slow and doesn’t seem to matter for general use so far as I 
know.)

As you have everything backed up, a failed SSD shouldn’t be much of a bother. 

> On 7 Aug 2020, at 3:53 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
> 
> No they were normal drives - sorry overlooked the SSD in your email.
> Would be interested to learn if you buy, how much etc.
> 
> Jewels
> 
> 
>> On 7 Aug 2020, at 1:25 pm, Peter Curtis  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jewels
>> Were they SSD or normal drives?
>> Peter
>> 
 On 7 Aug 2020, at 1:11 pm, Julie Bedford  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter
>>> 
>>> I have just had 2 external hard drives fail me - about 2 years old.  
>>> Luckily I managed to transfer the files to another
>>> external one.  Both were Toshiba.
>>> 
>>> Hope that helps
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jewels
>>> 
>>> 
 On 7 Aug 2020, at 11:43 am, Peter Curtis  wrote:
 
 Hi everyone
 Are the external ssd hard drives more reliable than the normal external 
 hard drives?
 Kind regards
 Peter
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Re: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Neil

Thanks a lot for this.  I hadn’t thought about family subscriptions or getting 
them through Officeworks.  They offer a good price if there is more than one of 
you.

I also forgot that you get the iOS, Android and Windows versions as well.

Thank you.

Adam



> On 17 Jun 2020, at 1:32 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam,
>  
> Yes, I use Outlook – not because I actually have any problem with Apple Mail 
> but more because I have stuck with Entourage & then Outlook since the days 
> when Apple Mail wasn’t as good an option. Mainly though, back in the day, I 
> used email much more at work than at home - and work was generally MS based.
>  
> I also got very familiar with setting up various email rules – POP rules, 
> IMAP rules, server-side rules to direct emails from (at times) up to around 
> 15 different email accounts into various relevant folders. I have less email 
> accounts to worry about now - but still use rules a lot. Now, no doubt, Apple 
> Mail would let me achieve all the same things – but I have decades of 
> experience with the Entourage/Outlook methods – and plenty off learning 
> curves to ascend as it is, I don’t need to add any more without sufficient 
> reason!
>  
> Another plus - recently Georgie decided to replace her (very) old iPhone with 
> an Android phone – setting up Outlook on the Android phone was pretty much 
> just the same as on IOS.
>  
>  
> As I recently posted, I finally moved to the subscription model for Office 
> and, regarding the cost, I would also note that my Office 365 subscription 
> covers up to 6 people and up to 6 TB of cloud storage (1 TB per person) – 
> whereas if you want more than 5GB/person of iCloud storage you have to pay 
> for it and if you need more than 200Gb you have to jump to $15/person to get 
> 2TB each. We only actually use 2 of the 6 – but it still seems OK to me - 
> also, don’t forget, you can pretty much always find Office 365 subscriptions 
> cheaper than the standard MS price (I generally use Officeworks).
>  
> However, as with all these things, it really depends on what features you 
> want/need, how you intend to use them and across what spread of 
> users/devices/operating systems – what works best for me may well be 
> different to the best solution for other folks – despite marketing department 
> hopes/assumptions, I doubt there is such a thing as the mythical “typical 
> user” but even if this mythical creature exists, it sure ain’t me!!
>  
>  
> Cheers
>  
>  
>  
> Neil
>  
>  
>  
>  
> From:  <mailto:wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au>> on behalf of Adam 
> Lippiatt mailto:adam.lippi...@me.com>>
> Reply-To: mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>>
> Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020 at 10:49
> To: mailto:wamug@wamug.org.au>>
> Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
>  
> Great price!  I have been using Office 365 for a number of years now and I am 
> not sure of the value of that at $99 per year.  I know at that price it 
> includes Outlook, but I never use it.  
>  
> [Does anyone use Outlook because, for instance, it is so much better than 
> Apple Mail?]
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Adam
>  
>  
>  
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> 
>> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:49 am, Stephen Chape > <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>  
>> Yes it is Peter.
>>  
>> But my apologies .. it was MS Office 2019 I got for that price.
>> I put the wrong year in my header.
>>  
>> I was running 2016 which is also 64 bit.
>> But my daughter’s new iMac would no longer run her 2011 MS Office.
>> So I got MS Office 2019 and passed my 2016 on to her.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:15 am, Peter Curtis >> <mailto:pe...@augold.com.au>> wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hi
>>> Is that a 64bit program?
>>> Kind regards
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 16 Jun 2020, at 5:36 pm, Stephen Chape >>> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi folks.
>>>>  
>>>> Just wanted to let you know that I got a great deal online from Software 
>>>> Depot for the above.
>>>> It cost AU$124.99 and includes a valid Software KEY.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Stephen Chape
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>  
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Re: Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

[Adam Lippiatt]

Great price!  I have been using Office 365 for a number of years now and I am 
not sure of the value of that at $99 per year.  I know at that price it 
includes Outlook, but I never use it.  

[Does anyone use Outlook because, for instance, it is so much better than Apple 
Mail?]

Thanks

Adam



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> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:49 am, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> 
> Yes it is Peter.
> 
> But my apologies .. it was MS Office 2019 I got for that price.
> I put the wrong year in my header.
> 
> I was running 2016 which is also 64 bit.
> But my daughter’s new iMac would no longer run her 2011 MS Office.
> So I got MS Office 2019 and passed my 2016 on to her.
> 
>> On 17 Jun 2020, at 9:15 am, Peter Curtis > <mailto:pe...@augold.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> Is that a 64bit program?
>> Kind regards
>> Peter
>> 
>>> On 16 Jun 2020, at 5:36 pm, Stephen Chape >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks.
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to let you know that I got a great deal online from Software 
>>> Depot for the above.
>>> It cost AU$124.99 and includes a valid Software KEY.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Stephen Chape
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Getting iMac to Sleep

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Ronni

All of the usual things are not working to get it to go to sleep.

However, I have just worked it out. In Activity Monitor, the list of things 
preventing sleep included “cupsd”.

I went to the print queue and there are a number of failed print jobs.  I 
cancelled them and sleep works again.

I hope this helps someone else.

Thanks

Adam



> On 8 Jun 2020, at 12:51 pm, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> Are you able to sleep it manually using the sleep command in the Apple Menu 
> or is that also not working?
> 
> In system preferences > Energy Saver - “Computer Sleep” slider. If a slider 
> is set to ‘Never’, sleep is disabled for that feature.
> Check :
> Turn display off after is not set to Never
> Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off is not 
> checked
> Wake for network access is not checked
> The three settings above can prevent or disrupt your Mac from going to or 
> remaining in sleep. Additionally, you might want to click on the “Schedule…” 
> button to make sure you haven’t accidentally set a schedule for when your Mac 
> goes to sleep or wakes up. Worst case scenario, hit the “Restore Defaults” 
> button to restore all settings to their default value.
> 
> Another thing you could check.
> Do you have Internet Sharing turned on?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
> 
> 
>> On 7 Jun 2020, at 6:37 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ronni
>> 
>> I do have Time Machine backing it up hourly. But even when the time machine 
>> disk is ejected (and there has been a restart), still no sleep.
>> 
>> Begs the question though, is there anything other than 1 hourly time machine 
>> backup?  I would be happy to extend the time period.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7 Jun 2020, at 9:02 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Adam,
>>> 
>>> Have you got Time Machine backing up hourly?
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>>  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On 6 Jun 2020, at 9:39 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all
>>>> 
>>>> I am having trouble getting my 27 inch late 2013 iMac (running 10.15.5, 
>>>> but was happening 10.15.4) to go to sleep.
>>>> 
>>>> I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging 
>>>> them and plugging them back in.
>>>> 
>>>> Zapping the PRAM.
>>>> 
>>>> I had this problem a year or two ago and the ejecting and reconnecting the 
>>>> drives did the trick but not this time.
>>>> 
>>>> Apple says something else to try is to “update the firmware” on the 
>>>> external drive.  I am not sure I have ever had any luck finding firmware 
>>>> for drives.  
>>>> 
>>>> I have looked at the processes preventing sleep and there are a number of 
>>>> them.  This list goes up and down but never seems to get to zero.
>>>> 
>>>> useractivityd
>>>> sharingd
>>>> apfsd
>>>> hidd
>>>> cupsd
>>>> backupd-helper
>>>> backupd4
>>>> mds_stores
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> Adam
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Getting iMac to Sleep

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Ronni

I do have Time Machine backing it up hourly. But even when the time machine 
disk is ejected (and there has been a restart), still no sleep.

Begs the question though, is there anything other than 1 hourly time machine 
backup?  I would be happy to extend the time period.

Thank you.

Adam



> On 7 Jun 2020, at 9:02 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> Have you got Time Machine backing up hourly?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
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> 
> 
>> On 6 Jun 2020, at 9:39 pm, Adam Lippiatt  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I am having trouble getting my 27 inch late 2013 iMac (running 10.15.5, but 
>> was happening 10.15.4) to go to sleep.
>> 
>> I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging them 
>> and plugging them back in.
>> 
>> Zapping the PRAM.
>> 
>> I had this problem a year or two ago and the ejecting and reconnecting the 
>> drives did the trick but not this time.
>> 
>> Apple says something else to try is to “update the firmware” on the external 
>> drive.  I am not sure I have ever had any luck finding firmware for drives.  
>> 
>> I have looked at the processes preventing sleep and there are a number of 
>> them.  This list goes up and down but never seems to get to zero.
>> 
>> useractivityd
>> sharingd
>> apfsd
>> hidd    
>> cupsd
>> backupd-helper
>> backupd4
>> mds_stores
>> 
>> Does anyone have any thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Adam
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Interesting read regarding AV Software

[Adam Lippiatt]

I recall I had a suspect attachment to an email many years ago reported by the 
virus software I was using at the time (I can’t remember which, it may be what 
I am using now). But that attachment was said to be a Windows virus.  So, in 
effect that makes zero effective viruses for me since my first Mac in 1987. 

However, in my mind as a low risk but high consequence category, I have 
continued to pay for Intego virus software and it has never reported anything 
(else). 

It doesn’t seem to slow the system down with its “real time scanning”, but if 
you want to do a “full scan”, although Activity Monitor doesn’t show much 
processor use, it makes the system pretty much unusable and takes a long time 
to do the scan. 

Ideally I would like to get rid of it.

But, is AV software like vaccination?  If enough of us get and stay inoculated, 
we have provided immunity for ourselves and herd immunity for the group (ie 
disincentivizing Malware creators from bothering with the MacOS)?

Strangely I see Windows as the place where viruses abound, but I run it in 
Bootcamp, but for nothing critical to me, so, I haven’t bothered with Windows 
AV software.  I don’t think I have picked up anything .

People mightn’t recommend Norton’s, but do you run or recommend other AV 
software or just think that no AV software is needed?

Thanks

Adam


On 7 Jun 2020, at 8:52 am, Pete  wrote:

Agreed Ronni 100%.


Regards

Pete

> On 7 Jun 2020, at 8:39 am, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> I most certainly agree with Alex, I read all a...@macmyths.com and it doesn’t 
> change my mind. I’ve never had any Malware on my computers and I would not 
> recommend installing Norton AV on any Mac computer.
> 
> It is not required and will most likely slow your computer to a crawl.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Ronni
> 
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> 
> 
>>> On 6 Jun 2020, at 11:53 pm, Alex  wrote:
>>> 
>> Hi Marcus & All,
>> 
>> I am not an expert but am a bit dubious about Al & his claims especially 
>> when he promotes Norton.  Although my experience with Norton was on a 
>> client’s Windows machine, I found it virtually impossible to delete it from 
>> their computer & it made their computer painfully sluggish to use.  Could be 
>> different on the Mac environment?  Others may be able to comment better.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Alex
>> 
>>> On 6 Jun 2020, at 9:57 pm, Marcus Harris  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes that is interesting, but do you Personally choose to instal AV 
>>> software. 
>>> I always update my Apple systems ASAP and expect to then be malware secure. 
>>> Should I buy Norton as Al suggests?
>>> Regards
>>> Marcus Harris
>>> Mobile +61417965618
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
> On 6 Jun 2020, at 1:48 pm, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> 
 https://macmyths.com/best-malware-detection-for-mac/
 
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Getting iMac to Sleep

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I am having trouble getting my 27 inch late 2013 iMac (running 10.15.5, but was 
happening 10.15.4) to go to sleep.

I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging them 
and plugging them back in.

Zapping the PRAM.

I had this problem a year or two ago and the ejecting and reconnecting the 
drives did the trick but not this time.

Apple says something else to try is to “update the firmware” on the external 
drive.  I am not sure I have ever had any luck finding firmware for drives.  

I have looked at the processes preventing sleep and there are a number of them. 
 This list goes up and down but never seems to get to zero.

 useractivityd
 sharingd
 apfsd  
 hidd   
 cupsd  
 backupd-helper 
 backupd4
 mds_stores

Does anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks

Adam





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AppleTV Gurus? (SBS On Demand and iView)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi there

Just wondering if there are any AppleTV ATVFlash gurus out there who have got 
iView and SBS on demand working on their AppleTVs?  I have an original AppleTV.

Thanks

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Re: Apple TV Network Connection Issue

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Ronda

As usual you have hit the nail on the head and I have now learned something new.

Setting the Time Capsule to Bridge Mode was all that was required.

Thank you again.

Adam


On 15/01/2012, at 10:31 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Adam,
 
 Just a quick reply. Did you restart the Netgear Router after making the 
 changes (turning the wireless off) also might have needed to restart the Time 
 Capsule as well.
 
 And you do have Time Capsule Network in 'Bridge Mode'?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 15/01/2012, at 10:23 AM, Adam Lippiatt adam.lippi...@me.com wrote:
 
 Hi all
 
 I recently set up a Time Capsule and turned the Netgear wireless router 
 modem into just a modem (I turned the wireless off).  Wireless network 
 served off the Time Capsule.
 
 DHCP is the setup.
 
 All worked fine with this new network until yesterday.  All still works fine 
 except the Apple TV won't now link to my iTunes library.  It worked 
 perfectly until yesterday.  The only thing I can remember doing yesterday 
 was turning the old Netgear wireless network on - connecting to that with my 
 iMac (which runs the iTunes library), but then turning it back off again and 
 switching my iMac back to the Time Capsule wireless network.
 
 If I switch the Apple TV and the iMac back to the Netgear network - AppleTV 
 is back.  If I turn that network off and switch back to the Time Capsule 
 network - gone again.  
 
 Interestingly, Airtunes (in iTunes on the iMac) will work through the Time 
 Capsule network just fine (through the AppleTV), but even then the AppleTV 
 does not appear in the devices list.
 
 I have had a look on the internet for this problem but can find no reference.
 
 Anyone have an idea?
 
 My setup:
 
 iMac 3.06gHz
 MacOS 10.7.2
 iTunes 10.5.2
 
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Apple TV Network Connection Issue

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I recently set up a Time Capsule and turned the Netgear wireless router modem 
into just a modem (I turned the wireless off).  Wireless network served off the 
Time Capsule.

DHCP is the setup.

All worked fine with this new network until yesterday.  All still works fine 
except the Apple TV won't now link to my iTunes library.  It worked perfectly 
until yesterday.  The only thing I can remember doing yesterday was turning the 
old Netgear wireless network on - connecting to that with my iMac (which runs 
the iTunes library), but then turning it back off again and switching my iMac 
back to the Time Capsule wireless network.

If I switch the Apple TV and the iMac back to the Netgear network - AppleTV is 
back.  If I turn that network off and switch back to the Time Capsule network - 
gone again.  

Interestingly, Airtunes (in iTunes on the iMac) will work through the Time 
Capsule network just fine (through the AppleTV), but even then the AppleTV does 
not appear in the devices list.

I have had a look on the internet for this problem but can find no reference.

Anyone have an idea?

My setup:

iMac 3.06gHz
MacOS 10.7.2
iTunes 10.5.2

Thanks

Adam




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Re: eBay and Safari Problems

[Adam Lippiatt]

Thanks Ronni

Basic upload did the trick.
On 01/10/2011, at 12:13 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 Hi Adam,
 
 The AFL Grand Final is about to start, so very quickly before I have to 
 support my beloved 'Pies'  
 
 Try reducing the size of the file you are uploading. 802kb to something under 
 200kb
 150kb and use Basic Upload?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 Go 'The Pies'!
 
 Sent from Ronni's iPad
 
 On 01/10/2011, at 11:04 AM, Adam Lippiatt adam.lippi...@me.com wrote:
 
 Whoops sorry.
 
 Firstly, with this problem I did what a journalist was found to have 
 recently done and googled for some information - but unlike that journalist 
 I applied my mind critically to the results but didn't get any answers.
 
 So, I turn to you smart people to give me a hand.  I turn to the questions 
 kindly set out by Ray.
 
 1. Version of Safari you are using
 
 Version 5.1
 
 2. Version of MacOS you are using
 
 Version 10.7.1
 
 3. File type of photo you are uploading (TIFF, PSG, JPEG etc)
 
 Photo is a JPEG
 
 4. Filesize of photo you are uploading
 
 802kb
 
 A logout and login won't get me access to the internet through Safari.  It 
 also seems to stop Mail accessing the internet.
 
 I tried using Firefox (5.0.1) and no luck with the upload but it didn't kill 
 access to the internet.
 
 Thanks
 
 Adam
 
 
 
 On 01/10/2011, at 10:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote:
 
 Adam,
 
 As with too many requests on WAMUG you supply very little information, 
 making it just about impossible to devise any help.
 
 It would help if you can at least supply the following:
 
 Version of Safari you are using
 Version of MacOS you are using
 File type of photo you are uploading (TIFF, PSG, JPEG etc)
 Filesize of photo you are uploading
 
 On 01/10/2011, at 10:17 AM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
 
 Hi
 
 I am trying to put something on eBay and each time I try to upload a 
 photo, it fails.  It also kills Safari's ability to access the internet.  
 Has anyone else come across this strange behaviour?
 
 Thanks
 
 Adam
 
 
 
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eBay and Safari Problems

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I am trying to put something on eBay and each time I try to upload a photo, it 
fails.  It also kills Safari's ability to access the internet.  Has anyone else 
come across this strange behaviour?

Thanks

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Re: eBay and Safari Problems

[Adam Lippiatt]

Whoops sorry.

Firstly, with this problem I did what a journalist was found to have recently 
done and googled for some information - but unlike that journalist I applied my 
mind critically to the results but didn't get any answers.

So, I turn to you smart people to give me a hand.  I turn to the questions 
kindly set out by Ray.

1. Version of Safari you are using

Version 5.1

2. Version of MacOS you are using

Version 10.7.1

3. File type of photo you are uploading (TIFF, PSG, JPEG etc)

Photo is a JPEG

4. Filesize of photo you are uploading

802kb

A logout and login won't get me access to the internet through Safari.  It also 
seems to stop Mail accessing the internet.

I tried using Firefox (5.0.1) and no luck with the upload but it didn't kill 
access to the internet.

Thanks

Adam

 

On 01/10/2011, at 10:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote:

 Adam,
 
 As with too many requests on WAMUG you supply very little information, making 
 it just about impossible to devise any help.
 
 It would help if you can at least supply the following:
 
 Version of Safari you are using
 Version of MacOS you are using
 File type of photo you are uploading (TIFF, PSG, JPEG etc)
 Filesize of photo you are uploading
 
 On 01/10/2011, at 10:17 AM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
 
 Hi
 
 I am trying to put something on eBay and each time I try to upload a photo, 
 it fails.  It also kills Safari's ability to access the internet.  Has 
 anyone else come across this strange behaviour?
 
 Thanks
 
 Adam
 
 
 
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Free eMac

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

A friend of mine says they are tossing a working emac from their office.

Can anyone use it?

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Re: Free eMac

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eMac has been claimed.
On 01/06/2011, at 8:34 PM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:

 
 Hi all
 
 A friend of mine says they are tossing a working emac from their office.
 
 Can anyone use it?
 
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AppleTV Dropped Connection Problem (Solved - VirusBarrier X6 Interaction)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I thought I would just relate a problem I had with my 1st Generation AppleTV.  
It disappeared from my devices list in iTunes, but was still there in my 
preferences list (in iTunes). The AppleTV didn't seem to be updating (in any 
event, I couldn't change any preferences in iTunes).  

I delinked my AppleTV from my iTunes library.  Rebooted both, no luck.

Remembering what I changed in the last week, I recalled updating to 
VirusBarrier X6 from X5.  I looked through the manual and found the problem - a 
new feature called antivandal.  The high volumes of data transfer caused it 
to shut down the connection - describing it as This address was put in the 
Blocked Addresses list because it tried to attack your computer with a 
Connection flood.

If you just drag this to the Trusted Addresses tab in the antivandal 
function, all is fixed.  

A pity I found this only after I delinked my AppleTV from my iTunes library - 
now it is uploading everything again - a long process.

Thought someone might find this of interest.

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Re: Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 (Query on Using Photomerge)

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Hi all

I like it for a few things - the one most of all is for stitching panoramas.  
But I am trying to find some things:

- a keystroke shortcut to launch the merge function; and
- a default to 'save as' jpeg.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Adam
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 Yes, I was a bit slow of the mark on that one,...but knew once Ronni covered
 it, it would all be good :)
 But yes, I can vouch for Tony as well, he's always bribed me,..er paid me on
 time :o) (sorry couldn't resist) :o)
 But yeh, all good :o))
 
 Enjoy the Elements, it's great!
 
 Kind Regards
 Daniel
 
 
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 Don't feel embarrassed Tony, you have earned the vote of confidence ... 
 Honest
 man, honest vote!
 
 Kindest regards,
 Ronni
 
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 Thanks for the vote of confidence, now I'm embarrassed : )
 
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Re: Time Machine and iPhoto Data

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Hi Ronni

Exactly as I did it.

You can see the title in the Time Machine window, but when restored, reverts to 
original file name and the keyword is stripped.

Hope it is not a legacy from that hard drive restore permissions issue thing.  
These are new photos from a few days ago.

Thanks

Adam


On 03/10/2010, at 3:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

 
 
 On 03/10/2010, at 12:48 PM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
 
 
 Hi all
 
 I was just going through some backed up photos in Time Machine and noticed 
 that things like the Title and the Keyword are not retained in the backup.  
 
 This would be a problem if I had to rely on it as a lot of work has gone 
 into titling photos.
 
 I am using 10.6.4 but only version 7 of iPhoto.
 
 Anyone have any ideas on this issue?
 
 Thanks
 
 Adam
 
 Hi Adam,
 
 Time Machine backups all iPhoto's photos with Title  Keyword. It backs up 
 your entire iPhoto Library.
 How did you access the photo?
 
 Did you do this?
 1. Open iPhoto in Finder
 2. Enter Time Machine
 3. Find the Photo you want to Restore
 4. Select it  Restore
 
 You will see the Titles on every Photo, but you cannot see the Keyword info 
 until you restore the photo.
 Find photo in TM backed up iPhoto  Select  Restore.
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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Time Machine and iPhoto Data

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I was just going through some backed up photos in Time Machine and noticed that 
things like the Title and the Keyword are not retained in the backup.  

This would be a problem if I had to rely on it as a lot of work has gone into 
titling photos.

I am using 10.6.4 but only version 7 of iPhoto.

Anyone have any ideas on this issue?

Thanks

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Fwd: Permissions Issues

[Adam Lippiatt]

Ronni

Thanks for this.  I did have a backup of the drive but unfortunately after 
having the machine for more than a month I think the technician got exasperated 
and just wanted to see the back of it.  So, I got a new hard drive which was, 
unfortuantely, a little noisier than the original and also the install was done 
on a new user account which did not have the same name as the old one.

So, perhaps this is the source of the permissions problems.  I did the id 
command and got the following:

admins-imac:~ adam3$ id
uid=501(adam3) gid=20(staff) 
groups=20(staff),101(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),204(_developer),100(_lpoperator),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),80(admin),79(_appserverusr),61(localaccounts),12(everyone),401(com.apple.access_screensharing)
admins-imac:~ adam3$ 

Thanks for your help.

Adam 

Begin forwarded message:

 Hi Adam,
 
 On 17/05/2010, at 12:03 PM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
 
 Thanks Ronda
 
 I will look into that. Unfortunately when the hard drive died I had to do a 
 lot of manual shifting of things as the service people could only give me a 
 fresh install with the data sitting in folders on the desktop. As time goes 
 by I am getting through all of the little issues.
 
 Hmmm, this doesn't sound good to me. From reading above, I take it you did 
 not have a 'Backup' of the Drive before it was corrupted?
 If the service people have just given you what they recovered from the 
 corrupted drive … and you are trying to copy these files onto the fresh 
 install, there could be corruption in some of the files.
 
 Did you create an 'exact' User Account on the Fresh Install as the 'User' you 
 had on the original hard drive?
 If you didn't, you will run into Permission problems, as you will find the 
 UID  GID are not the same.
 
 Mac OS X displays the user name of the account that owns a folder or file, 
 it’s easy to assume that that account with that user name owns the item. In 
 reality, it’s not quite so simple. 
 The owner is actually determined by a number called the UID—the user 
 identification number, not by the user name. 
 In addition the group is, in fact, determined by the GID—the group 
 identification number. 
 
 To reveal your account’s UID and primary GID, type id in a Terminal window 
 (and then press Return). 
 The output of the id command looks like this: 
 ronni$ id
 uid=501(ronni) gid=20(staff) 
 groups=20(staff),204(_developer),100(_lpoperator),98(_lpadmin),81(_appserveradm),80(admin),79(_appserverusr),61(localaccounts),12(everyone),401(com.apple.access_screensharing)




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Fwd: Permissions Issues

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Ronda

It shows a very long list of things - some things I spotted that don't appear 
in your list:

.OfflineCache
.dat00f3.001
.identity

All backed up - give your idea a go?

By the way I tried to find the file using Neil's tip in finder and finding 
invisible files - it didn't turn up though (found a bunch of other things).

The search string in terminal did find the file:

/Users/admin/Library/Mail/Mac-adam.lippiatt/.mboxCache.plist

I suppose I stay 'admin' forever now?

Thanks

Adam (Admin)

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 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Re: Permissions Issues
 Reply-To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 
 
 On 15/05/2010, at 9:31 AM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
 
 
 Hi there
 
 I have been having a few permissions problems after a hard drive corrupted 
 and was replaced.
 
 This is the latest one which I think is causing some bad behaviour in Mail.
 
 15/05/10 9:28:35 AM  Mail[234]   Error writing to 
 /Users/admin/Library/Mail/Mac-adam.lippiatt/.mboxCache.plist: Error 
 Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 UserInfo=0x1299c26c0 You don’t have 
 permission to save the file “.mboxCache.plist” in the folder 
 “Mac-adam.lippiatt”. Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain 
 Code=13 The operation couldn’t be completed. Permission denied)
 
 Unfortunately I can't find this file.  No problem though - I just apply 
 permissions to enclosed items.  But, no luck with that either.
 
 Hi Adam,
 
 You need to delete the .mboxCache.plist. Why you can't find it is a hidden 
 file… 
 
 1. Quit Mail and try this on the command line (Terminal.app) to find them:
 2. Open a Terminal window and paste this in:
 
 find ~/Library/Mail -name .\*
 
 It should only find cache files like '.DS_Store', '.mboxCache.plist', 
 '.OfflineCache', '.dontIndex', and '.index.ready'. 
 If so, and if everything is backed up, run:
 
 find ~/Library/Mail -name .\* -delete
 
 NB: Don't run this if the first listing looks like it's showing e-mails. I 
 also recommend checking that you have a backup first. 
 
 3.Now launch mail and select Mailbox:Rebuild from the menu. 
 
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
 
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iMac Locking Up On Trying to Mount CF Card

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

My intel iMac has been locking up all morning when I try to mount a CF  
card (can't force quit, can't do anything except holding the power  
button down for a forced power off).  Decided to format the card in  
the camera, problem all fixed.  Anyone know what is going on here?


Thanks

Adam

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Fwd: iPhone Problems-WAMUG

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Ronni sorted me out.

It was all in the case.  My mother got rid of hers too and her  
intermittent problems disappeared as well.  We both use cases  
specifically designed for 3G iPhones.  So, *don't* buy an iSkin Revo.


Thanks all for your comments.

Adam


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Subject: iPhone Problems-WAMUG

iPhone Problems - Unresponsive Screen During and Immediately After Calls
Adam Lippiatt
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:12:14 -0800

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone has experienced their iPhone screen locking  
up (staying black) during or immediately after calls? As you can  
imagine, it can be quite frustrating. Software has been restored after  
a return to the provider (guy I dropped it off to said 'ah, the  
proximity sensor has failed' - service people could not replicate  
the problem, also noting 'what is this proximity sensor customer is  
talking about'). I will take it back again today, but I was  
justwondering if anyone else had come across this problem (googled,  
seen reports of some screen problems, but this is a bit different as  
far as I can tell).

Thanks

Adam

Hello Adam,

Are you using a case that is blocking the proximity sensor?
If you are using a case, remove the case to see if the same occurs  
without the case.


If the same does not occur without using the case, you need to  
consider using a different case that is specifically designed to not  
block the iPhone's proximity sensor.


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iPhone Problems - Unresponsive Screen During and Immediately After Calls

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone has experienced their iPhone screen locking  
up (staying black) during or immediately after calls?  As you can  
imagine, it can be quite frustrating.  Software has been restored  
after a return to the provider (guy I dropped it off to said 'ah, the  
proximity sensor has failed' - service people could not replicate  
the problem, also noting 'what is this proximity sensor customer is  
talking about').  I will take it back again today, but I was just  
wondering if anyone else had come across this problem (googled, seen  
reports of some screen problems, but this is a bit different as far as  
I can tell).


Thanks

Adam


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Re: Apple iPhone

[Adam Lippiatt]

The Telstra lawyers have been into it already.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=579245rss=yes

Do Telstra, Optus and Vodafone all have entirely separate networks?

Thanks

Adam



---
Hi Stuart !

I wonder whether you can comment on the existing Optus network ?

I read an extensive article yesterday which seems to be lost today ,
that says a lot of the existing optus network is in the 900 MHz band ...
... and not compatible with the iPhone
which apparently can access the 850Mhz band and a 2700Mhz band

Cheers

Bob

Also does Vodafone operate in the frequency ranges that the iPhone can 
work in ?



On 13/06/2008, at 12:20 PM, Stuart Evans wrote:

 Hi Everyone,

 I noted a few questions on the iPhone and would like to answer some. 
 For
 those that don't know, we've been an Apple Store (AppleCentre up 
 until last
 year) since 2004. Because we're regional, we also have been a Vodafone
 dealer since 2004 (multiple revenue streams!!). So we have the lucky
 distinction of being able to provide the iPhone to our Apple 
 customers, and
 we understand the Vodafone contracts and prepaid systems. Hopefully 
 that
 will mean we will get through activations quickly!

 So (Sales Plug coming!!!) - if you want to reserve an iPhone - 
 please
 let us know. We have a store in Albany and an office in Bunbury so 
 we can
 personally cover the South of WA. For customers we have in Perth 
 (including
 WAMUGgers), we may look at travelling up to Perth and organising a 
 delivery
 point depending on numbers.

 Firstly - Pricing. We are still waiting on plans. The iPhone will be
 available as a prepaid phone as well. Generally, prepaid phones are 
 priced
 at a subsidy and therefore are locked so the carrier can generate 
 revenue
 from airtime. All carriers have unlocking fees but I don't know if 
 they'll
 do it for iPhone. The US pricing is only an indication. I wouldn't 
 hang my
 hat on it (ie MacBook Air!). Hopefully we'll have something today.

 For Mike - you 'should' be able to use your iPhone overseas for most 
 of its
 features. It will depend on the carrier in the country you are in. 
 You'll
 have to make sure you activate global roaming with whichever carrier 
 you
 choose as well.

 Edward - I would suggest if you are based here and travelling 
 overseas,
 don't buy the iphone in the US. You will probably come up against 
 locking
 and carrier issues. Same as for Mike, if you buy and activate here, 
 then you
 can roam to whichever countries the carrier supports. For instance, 
 Vodafone
 have roaming contracts with hundreds of networks in 120 countries. 
 It can
 also depend on whether you go contract or prepay. Check the Optus and
 Vodafone web sites and search for 'roaming'. Vodafone cover all your
 destinations except Bulgaria at first look.

 I think that eventually Telstra will sell or support the iPhone. 
 Whether
 they will have better/cheaper plans or not is another thing. It is a
 competitive market so you can wait for a while to see what happens 
 if you
 choose. Just like with any mobile phone plan, check the small print. 
 You
 might think you're getting a good deal but the disgruntled customers 
 we see
 (leaving other carriers) are usually annoyed at what isn't in the 
 plan.

 Also important to note (for regional areas) that both Optus and 
 Vodafone are
 rolling out 3G networks throughout 2008 with a goal of providing 
 coverage
 across a majority of Australia. I don't think it will be quite as 
 extensive
 as NextG (I think 94% as opposed to 98%), but it will cover most 
 areas. Info
 is available on the 'net.

 Anyway, hope that lot isn't too much of an imposition. Feel free to 
 ask any
 questions. I can recommend Vodafone even if you want to purchase in 
 whatever
 location you are. If not Vodafone, Optus are a better option than 
 most of
 the other carriers (imho) if you choose to go that way (not that you 
 have a
 choice at the moment!). :-)


 Cheers,
 Stuart


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Citrix Since Security Update

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Since I applied the security update, I have not been able to get  
access to work via citrix - it gives me a 'connection to the server  
broken' message. All was working fine with citrix before the security  
update.  Any ideas on how I might fix this?


Thanks

Adam


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MYOB Account Edge Users

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just wondering if there are any MYOB users out there who know of a  
good support forum and perhaps someone who does some paid training and  
form customisation?


Thanks

Adam


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Leopard: Keychain and Time Machine Problems

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi there

In addition to the intial problems I had with the installation ...

iiUsage is still asking me to give it access to Keychain each and  
every time I log in.  I applied the Apple update for keychain, but no  
luck.


Also, I haven't managed to get time machine to do a backup to the WD  
MyBook I bought on the weekend for the purpose.  It either locks up  
the machine (requiring a hard restart) at various points during the  
process or backs up at such a slow speed that it would take a week to  
finish.


G4DP1.25 is the machine.

Any ideas very much welcomed.

Thanks

Adam


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Re: Leopard up and running

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I tried several times to get it to install as an 'upgrade'.  Didn't  
work.


Tried 'archive and install' and it worked perfectly - except for  
keychain access, which is now fixed.


Runs smoothly on my G4DP1.25 with 1.25M RAM.

Adam
On 27/10/2007, at 1:39 PM, Peter Cutrona wrote:

I also had a hairy few hours when I installed as an upgrade only and  
had a spinning ball for several hours on the load up.


Restarted and reinstalled after replacing only the system folder and  
have been flying ever since and no crashes, hangs etc since this  
morning.Certainly is working very smoothly on the G4 PB 1.67 with 1.5G  
of ram.


Now to try it in the Imac and the wife's Macbook!!


Peter

On 26/10/2007, at 6:36 PM, Tobes wrote:



Here on my Dual 1.8 G5.

I had a bloody scary 2 hours after the installation whereby it  
appeared my keychain (complete with 150 passwords) was deleted.


After no immediate luck with local Apple support  (not through lack  
of trying - 10.5 is a new beast), I was transferred to the German  
support unit, which interestingly, is station in Ireland. : )


After following some of their advice, then somewhat riskingly  
ignoring it and using text edit to view the contents of a file, I  
discovered my keychain had been renamed.


I renamed the keychain back to 'login.keychain', The tech support  
guy and I had a laugh, and all appears to be well.


...

So the lesson here is to back up any important data. There didn't  
seem to be any option as to different methods of upgrading, so back  
up the things you need.


And to quote Mr. Adams - 'Don't Panic.'

Cheers,
Toby.

P.S. As of this message, software update is not working for me under  
10.5. I'm guessing it will get fixed at the server end.


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Re: Wireless Modem Recommendations

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi Aurora

I also use a Netgear DG834G.  But, I then turned the wireless off and  
use an Airport Extreme (and express to extend) for wireless.  I have  
been much happier since doing so (both Macs and PCs in this house).


On a related note, my next door neighbour gets 14000 out of his iinet  
connection, but I only ever seem to get 6500.  Has anyone had any  
luck pushing their Netgear DG834G to proper ADSL2+ speeds?  Are there  
any usual issues I should think about (line noise etc?).


Thanks

Adam
On 04/08/2007, at 11:17 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote:

Hi Auror

I am using a Belkin 54G it was deadset easy to set up for both Macs,  
HP wireless printer and Windows XP machines and works well.




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On 04/08/2007, at 9:03 AM, Paul wrote:


Aurora wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for a good wireless modem recommendation.

I am running OSX 10.3.9 on a G4 ibook. I will also be running a  
Dell D630 XP

laptop as well (evil work machine)

The only brand I'm not interested in is D-Link as my workplace has  
had a

number of issues with D-Link and our VPN client.

Any help would be appreciated.



Hi Aurora

I prefer our Netgear DG834G ($115 at Austins) over the Siemens one  
we have now relegated to merely being a wireless switch extending  
our wireless range.



Cheers
Paul

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Comments in iPhoto and Spotlight

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows if text put in the Comments section  
in the Information section for a photo in iPhoto gets picked up in  
Spotlight?  I am having no luck with it (getting picked up by  
Spotlight that is) but I thought all of that 'metadata' did get  
picked up in a Spotlight search.


Thanks

Adam

Fwd: Bluetooth Issues With Recent Apple Updates? [Update]

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I took the MacBook in to service yesterday and the guy knew what the  
problem was straight away.  His own MacBook has a problem with  
Bluetooth too.  Apparently it is either a loose connection or a major  
fault requiring a new motherboard (??).


He said that it is a problem that a few of the MacBooks are having.   
Mine is the Dual Core model (first, not latest).


Adam

Begin forwarded message:

From: Adam Lippiatt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 22 February 2007 7:06:12 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Bluetooth Issues With Recent Apple Updates?

Hi

Just wondering if anyone has had any issues with Bluetooth  
functionality after the recent updates from Apple.  I am having  
intermittent problems Bluetooth not available and some system  
flakiness and wondering whether it is related to the updates or  
perhaps some other hardware problem with this MacBook.


Thanks

Adam

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Bluetooth Issues With Recent Apple Updates?

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone has had any issues with Bluetooth  
functionality after the recent updates from Apple.  I am having  
intermittent problems Bluetooth not available and some system  
flakiness and wondering whether it is related to the updates or  
perhaps some other hardware problem with this MacBook.


Thanks

Adam

Airport Extreme (Can't Get it to Work)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I am having no luck getting this to work with a MacBook either as:

- a standalone for airtunes (without dropping out - Mac and Base  
Station are presently 20cm apart - in operation, they will usually be  
2-3m apart - in the same room); or

- as a repeater with a relatively new Netgear wireless modem and router.

No matter what settings the orange light never stops blinking (I have  
almost worn out the factory settings button - got it today).


Can anyone point me to some useful resources for set up (prefer to be  
able to stick it on the wireless network and use airtunes - no  
switching) or at least indicate success using it in this way?


Thanks a lot.


Adam

Re: How cool is Zune

[Adam Lippiatt]

The stop animation is worth a look.

https://www.zune-arts.net/


On 03/11/2006, at 7:38 AM, James Green wrote:

I'm impressed, not only is the zune super cool, but it also  
confirms that ebony  ivory can live together in perfect harmony.



On 03/11/2006, at 7:30 AM, Holipac wrote:


Have a look at:
www.zune.net:80/en-US/#
in particular the Up Close experience

Gives an insight into what Microsoft sees as 'cool' marketing.


Glenn.

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Stuff to give away

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I have a bunch of apple stuff I no longer have any need for.  All of  
it works.


Things like:

ADB keyboard(s);
ADB mice;
apple talk networking cables
SCSI zip drive and disks
etc.
etc.

If anyone is interested in taking the lot, please let me know.

Thanks


Adam

Re: iPod Nano Problem (self solved with a bug report query)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I restored the Nano with an old version of the iPod Updater software  
and that fixed the problem (just to check I restored with new version  
and problem returned).  There must be a flaw with the latest  
updater.  Does anyone know the most effective way to report these  
issues to Apple?


Thanks

Adam
On 05/08/2006, at 4:41 PM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:


Hi all

Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me with a problem  
that has recently started with my Nano.


Mostly I use it for podcasts these days - up to hour long radio  
programs (pretty much all from the ABC website).  Up to about a  
month ago, the Nano worked just like my 20GB iPod, ie. when you  
clicked onto the file it would start playing straight away.  Now it  
is unresponsive for 15-20 seconds when you open a file of this  
size.  Sometimes it will freeze between screens during that period  
(ie. a partial 'wipe' effect).


With much smaller classical files, the Nano works as normal.  My  
20GB iPod works just fine with all file sizes.


Probably the only difference between the podcast and the classical  
files (apart from size) is that the podcasts have been imported  
using much more recent versions of iTunes and Quicktime and they  
are also Protected AAC audio file.  The classical songs were  
imported from the original CD using much older versiions of iTunes  
and Quicktime and are only AAC audio file.


I have tried just loading the problem files and leaving the iPod  
almost empty - still the same problem.  I have rebooted it, updated  
the software and restored it.


I have now taken it to DigiLife and they say that a delay of 15-20  
seconds where the Nano is unresponsive is 'normal' operation (even  
though it has only recently started happening).


Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Adam

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iPod Nano Problem

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone might be able to help me with a problem that  
has recently started with my Nano.


Mostly I use it for podcasts these days - up to hour long radio  
programs (pretty much all from the ABC website).  Up to about a month  
ago, the Nano worked just like my 20GB iPod, ie. when you clicked  
onto the file it would start playing straight away.  Now it is  
unresponsive for 15-20 seconds when you open a file of this size.   
Sometimes it will freeze between screens during that period (ie. a  
partial 'wipe' effect).


With much smaller classical files, the Nano works as normal.  My 20GB  
iPod works just fine with all file sizes.


Probably the only difference between the podcast and the classical  
files (apart from size) is that the podcasts have been imported using  
much more recent versions of iTunes and Quicktime and they are also  
Protected AAC audio file.  The classical songs were imported from  
the original CD using much older versiions of iTunes and Quicktime  
and are only AAC audio file.


I have tried just loading the problem files and leaving the iPod  
almost empty - still the same problem.  I have rebooted it, updated  
the software and restored it.


I have now taken it to DigiLife and they say that a delay of 15-20  
seconds where the Nano is unresponsive is 'normal' operation (even  
though it has only recently started happening).


Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Adam

Fwd: 7300 (and Monitor) - both now gone

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just to let you know that these items are no longer available.

Thanks

Adam


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From: Adam Lippiatt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 12 March 2006 8:25:10 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: 7300 (and Monitor)

Hi

I have a working 7300 to give away if anyone wants it.  It has a G3  
400 upgrade card, USB card, ATA card, ATI video card, 128MB RAM ...  
and is otherwise stock :)


I also have a 19 inch LG CRT monitor (Studioworks 900B) that I  
don't need any more if anyone wants to make a reasonable offer.  It  
is as good as new.


Please contact me off list if you are interested.

Thanks

Adam

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7300 (and Monitor)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I have a working 7300 to give away if anyone wants it.  It has a G3  
400 upgrade card, USB card, ATA card, ATI video card, 128MB RAM ...  
and is otherwise stock :)


I also have a 19 inch LG CRT monitor (Studioworks 900B) that I don't  
need any more if anyone wants to make a reasonable offer.  It is as  
good as new.


Please contact me off list if you are interested.

Thanks

Adam

RE: 15 inch Apple Multimedia Monitor (Free)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Just to let you know that someone has arranged to collect the monitor.

Thanks

Adam

---
Hi all

Just wondering if anyone can use an Apple 15 inch multimedia monitor  
(it has been well used, but works just fine).  If so, and you would  
like to pick it up from Mt Lawley, please contact me off list.


Thanks


Adam

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15 inch Apple Multimedia Monitor (Free)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone can use an Apple 15 inch multimedia monitor  
(it has been well used, but works just fine).  If so, and you would  
like to pick it up from Mt Lawley, please contact me off list.


Thanks


Adam

Fwd: Anti Virus Software (Something Found)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I downloaded and used this software and found (amongst other things) a:

Worm.Bagle.Gen-zippwd

in my mbox file in the inbox.

Does anyone know what the mbox file is and is it safe to remove it  
(it seems to appear in most other mailboxes)?


Thanks

Adam

Begin forwarded message:


From: subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 7 August 2005 10:01:26 AM
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: Anti Virus Software


Hello Steven,

i have recently moved over to ClamAV and found it to work well and  
to be a fine replacement for products like virex, there was  
recently a problem found with part of ClamAV  that caused Multiple  
Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities however this has been patched -  
http://secunia.com/advisories/16250/


overall i'm pretty happy with ClamAV, one of my primary reasons for  
moving to it  apart from cost was the rumourmill from sophos  
regarding viri for OS X
 it would appear that they dont know a virus from a root exploit,  
which concerns me. Also the ClamAV developers have proved that they  
are on top of problems that occur with ClamAV and are proactive  
with there fixes


cheers

Natas
On 06/08/2005, at 9:42 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:



Hi folks,

I know this must sound a bit paranoid  but  well  you  
just never know.
I have Virex installed but my .Mac membership expired about 3  
months ago.

I don't think the updates work any more because of this ??
Is this correct ? I can't see any way of actually checking.

I noticed someone recently recommending ClamXav.
I have downloaded it but have not yet installed it.
Would this be a good replacement for Virex ?
Or (if Virex still woks) a I better off staying with Virex ?

Regards,
Stephen Chape


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Outlook Calendar Events and iCal

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

I used to be able to email calendar events home from work (Windows  
Outlook), double click on the event and iCal would open up and ask  
you which calendar you wanted to save it in.  This feature doesn't  
seem to work any more.  Does anyone know why it might not work for me  
any more?  Security update perhaps?


Thanks

Adam Lippiatt

X-Plane Users?

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

Just wondering who uses X-Plane to fly their Macintosh, how they find 
it and what control hardware they use.


Thanks

Adam

iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

I know it is not available for us yet, but I have been able to browse 
in the past.  Today I am trying to browse and I cannot get access - 
just get the country warning over and over.


Has anyone else experienced this problem?

Thanks

Adam

Re: strange Safari behaviour

[Adam Lippiatt]

I updated the MacOS to 10.3.6 and am still getting the double entry 
problem with Safari.


Adam
On 07/11/2004, at 12:03 PM, Vladimir James wrote:


Where I previously clicked on the URL, saw the address in the Safari
window, but received the message that Safari could not find the server,
then had to use the return key before being able to enter the site...

...with the 10.3.6 Update, I have had no problems of this type so far.

Vlad James

 some WAMUG comments ---

For the last few days each time I go to a website (from bookmarks, or
a link, or typed in manually) it does not connect and I get a message
telling me the server cannot be found. But if I try a second time it
connects.


 A wider problem? Of interesting note is that we are beginning to 
receive
reports from some users who have recently had to manually enter DNS 
server
addresses on non-Macs to resolve connectivity issues. This may be 
indicative

of a wider problem -- perhaps increased lag from many ISPs DNS return
systems.

 snip   more from WAMUG
-

My own browsing seems to have bad patches either for a whole session
or part.  Entering my isp's dns numbers had good and bad effects.  It
enabled smoother page getting for the most part, but my calls for
streaming radio files from the BBC and NPR were delayed consistently.
Interestingly, when I used the RealPlayer browser itself, instead of
Safari and Camino, the files were served up properly - and then I was
able to access them in Safari and Camino consequently.I guess OS
X caches them somehow.
I have experienced one session where the delay (stutter if you will)
was removed by removing my isp's
numbers.
There appears to be no consistent fault and no consistent fix with my 
set-up.

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Re: Help for Help

[Adam Lippiatt]

Peter

I followed the first tip at the help page - removing the help files to 
see if one of them was causing the problem.  It was the AirPort.help 
file.  Everything works just fine now.


Thanks very much for the advice.

Adam

On 01/10/2004, at 7:06 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:



On 01/10/2004, at 8:01 AM, Adam Lippiatt wrote:


Hi

Every time I open the help viewer, it starts up but then immediately 
crashes (OS10.3).  I have repaired the disk and also rebuilt the 
directories using Disk Warrior, but that has not helped.  Just 
wondering if anyone knows what the next step should be (system 
reinstall - or can you somehow replace individual programs)?


Try here for some advice 
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html. I have not had the 
problem you describe but it has been several times discussed on the 
Apple Support Discussion Boards and the advice offered in that web 
site has been recommended. You have not identified which version of 
10.3 you are running but if it is pre-10.3.5 I would recommend an 
update to the latest as I think that does resolve problems with the 
Help Viewer. If you still can not fix it contact me and I have a 
couple more solutions which I have saved which may assist.


.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA

Help for Help

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Every time I open the help viewer, it starts up but then immediately 
crashes (OS10.3).  I have repaired the disk and also rebuilt the 
directories using Disk Warrior, but that has not helped.  Just 
wondering if anyone knows what the next step should be (system 
reinstall - or can you somehow replace individual programs)?


Thanks

Adam

Freeze After Wake Up From Sleep

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

Of late I have been getting a freeze after I wake up from sleep.  
Normally sleeping takes just a second or two, but I have been noticing 
that sometimes the mac may take quite a while to go to sleep, sometimes 
in the order of minutes.  The wake from sleep freeze seems to occur 
after these extended going to sleep events (but not always).


Tonight it occurred again and I had keyboard input for a while (but no 
pointer on the mouse (but scroll wheel worked)), but the computer would 
not log out.  I started force quitting open programs and then the full 
lock up occurred.


Any ideas about what might be happening would be appreciated.

Thanks


Adam Lippiatt

My system:

Mirror Door G4 Dual 1.25 (stock apart from software)
10.3.4

Plaintalk Microphone and G4

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

I have an old plaintalk microphone and was wondering if anyone knew 
whether it worked on a mirror door G4?  It won't go into the microphone 
connector, but maybe the line in connector?


Alternatively, should I be thinking about a USB microphone and if so, 
does anyone have any recommendations?


Thanks

Adam Lippiatt

ADSL Modem Recommendations?

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

I have had a brief look through the archives, but a word search does not show
up anything relevant.  In the interests of making a comparison with the
price/performance of the ADSL modem provided with an iinet broadband
connection, I was wondering whether there was a clear recommendation for a
quality ADSL modem suitable for a G4 running Panther.

I am assuming that ethernet is better than USB.  Is this correct?

Thanks

Adam Lippiatt

Scottish Advantage at the Rugby World Cup?

[Adam Lippiatt]

... and hardware advantage too?

http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/03/1067708122196.html

Re: Buying Panther?

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi all

Panther is great.  I picked it up last Saturday morning (with t-shirt),
installed it over Jaguar and have used it for the week.  I agree with Lara
(faster in everything I use - Xbench tells the story) and Rob (more
polish/finish).  

I would definitely recommend upgrading based on my experience.  Check on
software incompatibility though.  My digital camera driver (Ricoh) still
works, but not as well.  No upgrade from them as yet.

Regards

Adam Lippiatt

 From: Wendy Austin  Thomas Oswin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:40:30 +0400
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Re: Buying Panther?
 
 Bought mine from Daniel Kerr, MacWizardry and with just a little bit of
 hand holding from Daniel, have just installed it.  Very nice so far.
 
 Cheers
 
 Wendy
 
 
 Wendy Austin  Thomas Oswin
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 Pomponette via Surinam
 Mauritius Island
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Re: Dock problem [Resolved]

[Adam Lippiatt]

David

The Dock appears to be behaving correctly now.  Thank you very much for the
tip.

Adam

 From: David Choy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:09:18 +0800
 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
 Subject: Re: Dock problem
 
 I came across this one with a friend a while back. drove me absolutely
 nuts. While this may not be the cause, I suggest you check system
 preferencesdeskop  and turn off change picture every xxx ie. Just
 select one picture to remain as your desktop. Then restart.
 
 What I found was that if you set desktop pictures to change, but the
 folder which you asked it to change pictures from was empty/only and
 other folders in it, it went spac, resulting in multiple unexpected
 quits of the dock and eventually the dock just disappears. So if you
 make sure the folder has only pictures in it it should also be ok,
 though I recommend just setting it to one picture to check first.
 
 Check it out. After I did the above, problem disappeared completely!
 
 Hope this helps. If you are still having problems/don't understand what
 I just described, email me back!
 
 Dave
 
 On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 05:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
 
 
 Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:16:33 +0800
 Subject: Problem with the Dock
 From: Adam Lippiatt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Hello all
 
 The last couple of days the dock has started to play up.  It will
 suddenly
 disappear and then reappear (like it is quitting and starting itself up
 again).  After it has done this quite a few times, it will disappear
 and no=
 t
 come back.
 
 I don=B9t have auto show/hide on.
 
 I just upgraded to Panther and it is still happening. I searched the
 archives and saw another reference to a similar problem.  It suggested
 removing the file:
 
 com.apple.dockfixup.plist
 
 from the preference list.  I tried this but the problem persists.
 
 There appears to be another dock preference:
 
 com.apple.dock.plist
 
 in the preferences folder.
 
 I just noticed, when I undertook a search, that there is now a file
 called:
 
 Dock.crash.log
 
 that has been modified today.  I suppose this is because the dock is
 crashing :)
 
 Thanks in advance for any help.
 
 Regards
 
 
 Adam Lippiatt
 
 
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Problem with the Dock

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello all

The last couple of days the dock has started to play up.  It will suddenly
disappear and then reappear (like it is quitting and starting itself up
again).  After it has done this quite a few times, it will disappear and not
come back.

I don¹t have auto show/hide on.

I just upgraded to Panther and it is still happening. I searched the
archives and saw another reference to a similar problem.  It suggested
removing the file:

com.apple.dockfixup.plist

from the preference list.  I tried this but the problem persists.

There appears to be another dock preference:

com.apple.dock.plist

in the preferences folder.

I just noticed, when I undertook a search, that there is now a file called:

Dock.crash.log

that has been modified today.  I suppose this is because the dock is
crashing :)

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards


Adam Lippiatt

Macs vs PCs

[Adam Lippiatt]

Perhaps the latest on an old theme.

Regards

Adam

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/10/1065676145670.html?from=storyrh
s

Modem Problems

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

Just wondering if you can help with the following.  Correspondent has been
using 10.2.6 for a short while with no problems and then the modem ceased
working.

Thanks

Adam

 
  
 I have a problem with the the modem in my iMac (DV SE 400). When I attempt to
 use Internet Connect (on 10.2.6), I get an error message stating that the
 device does not exist. I have checked the System Overview and, sure enough,
 no modem appears under the network overview.
  
 This is the second time that this has happened. The last time was about a year
 ago while I was still under warranty. The solution then was the installation
 of a new modem (the current modem). I was hoping that it would not have to
 come to that this time as I find it hard to believe that I have been dealt two
 consecutive dud modems.

Logging into Windows Environment (at home) from Mac

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

Work is now offering a way to log onto their system using Cisco VPN and
Citrix over a broadband connection. They only offer clients and set up for
PCs, but I have noticed that you can get clients for the Mac as well. Does
anyone have any experience remotely accessing networks like this? Is it
easily done?

Thanks

Adam Lippiatt 

Panther Makes Things Purr

[Adam Lippiatt]

Not sure how many of you look at The Age over the web, but they have a list
of the five most viewed articles and a story about the G5 and Panther comes
in at no.3.

http://www.theage.com.au/

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/09/1057430256012.html

Adam 

The supply of this product is subject to regulatory approval (G5's)

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

I was just having a quick look at the G5's at the Apple Store and noticed
the abovementioned red note appearing at the bottom of the description of
each model. 

Here is a quick link:

http://store.apple.com/133-622/WebObjects/australiastore.woa/80405/wo/TE29Ya
gUuaUs2Z35Zi41kk6LS3V/0.0.7.1.0.5.21.1.0.1.0.0.0.1.0

Regards


Adam Lippiatt 

CD-RW on 7300

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

I have a 7300 and am thinking about replacing the CD-ROM drive with a 
CD-RW. I would like to have all the functionality of the drive (ie. 
CD-R and CD-RW) and am wondering if OS9.1 provides all of the 
necessary software. I was advised that a drive I am considering 
(with PC software only) but sold from Mac store, works just fine 
with Disc Burner on an IDE PCI card. However, after downloading Disc 
Burner, the installation software notes that it will not load on this 
computer. I do have a Disc Burner extension already in my extension 
folder.


Any tips on what I am needing to do to get full CD-RW functionality 
with this drive I am considering?


Thanks.

Adam Lippiatt

Screen Capture When you Have Two Monitors

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hello

Command/Shift - 3 takes an image of your screen. Every time I take a 
shot, it takes one of the second monitor and not the primary monitor 
(with the apple menu etc.). Is there any way to fix this?


Thanks

Adam Lippiatt

7300 can't read CDRW disk

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows why my 7300 won't read a CDRW disk 
(won't even mount) and if there is anything that can be done to fix 
this?


Thanks

Adam