Re: SSD Upgrade to a MacPro

2012-05-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Just for future reference OS X Server Mac Mini variety has similar issues? Cheers! RobD Encompass life, breathe!! On 18/05/2012, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Bill, Yes, we are supposed to have left that old theory that the boot drive had to be on the

ICal WA holidays subscription

2012-05-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, ICal seems to have corrupted previous link, possible iCal subscriptions for WA and SCHOOL holidays? Cheers! RobD... Encompass life, breathe!! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: ICal WA holidays subscription

2012-05-19 Thread RJDarts
the official DoC site at http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/LabourRelations/Content/Employers/Pay_rates_leave_and_conditions/Public_holidays_in_Western_Aus.html I will endeavour to maintain it in future. woz On 20/05/2012, at 09:40 , RJDarts wrote: Morning, ICal seems to have

Re: ICal WA holidays subscription

2012-05-19 Thread RJDarts
Calendar I am subscribed to. Copy Paste into Safari Address bar. webcal://ical.me.com/baggas/WA%20School%20Holidays.ics Cheers, Ronni On 20/05/2012, at 12:34 PM, RJDarts wrote: Morning, Thanks Warren, I did find it via archive. But no school holidays, which happens to be the corrupted

Re: Routers

2012-04-23 Thread RJDarts
David, Netcomm NB6, cheap and very efficient. Cheers! `RobD…. On 23Apr2012, at 2:40 pm, David Wood wrote: Hi All, I currently have a very old ADSL router supplied free when I first joined with Westnet some 8 years ago. Living in the country and 3 kms from our nearest local exchange

Re: 27 inch screen?

2012-04-15 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, A monitor I have been using for sometime now, and saved dollars purchasing an P-IPS panel monitor. ASUS PA246 these are 10bit professional grade panels and monitor. ASUS - Display- ASUS PA246Q So impressed I have replaced monitors in my studio. True 1920x1200 professional monitor

Re: Dropbox (for Dummies)

2012-04-15 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, If security an issue, plus a little more space 5GB if look on site. SpiderOak could be your answer, similar to Dropbox. But more secure taking a little more time to wrap head around. Yes works on iPad or iPhone. Zero-Knowledge data backup, sync, access, storage and share from any

Re: MacScan 2.9.2

2012-03-14 Thread RJDarts
Afternooon, FedEx does operate in Australia, but should have a .com.au if you deal with. Avoid plain text .com via Russia with love. Cheers! `RobD On 14Mar2012, at 7:55 am, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 13/03/2012, at 4:13 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hello List Any thoughts about

Re: found iphone 4

2012-03-12 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Surprised, not. Because there is always someone who has bad dealings with insurance companies. They do not build massive towers or own a fair chunk of CBD's just by luck. Just my Twenty Cents. Challenge decision, construct letter referencing reasoning, and quantify semantics of

Re: Freehand MX not Launching

2012-02-22 Thread RJDarts
Evening, Yes I also found Freehand had issues with late versions of SL. But, there is a solution in the vein of Illustrator. It does import Freehand files, and a lot of Freehand idiosyncrasies have been transferred also. Cross-grades are available. Wonderful tutorials to assist in migration.

Re: Replacement Software for CorelDraw Corel Paint in Lion OS X 10.7

2012-02-20 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Corel Draw and Paint have not been available for Mac in over a decade, except some trials. Solutions use in windows through bootcamp on Mac. Should be able to get some sort of cross grade out of Corel, but there are some significant savings available through Corel at moment. Download

Re: I'm about to give up...

2012-02-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Even though you say it is not a solution it is the only solution to create said folders you are after. Let the mail server and clients solve own issues, as there are too many variants of file storage systems even within same products - manufacturers. I have always gone through this

Re: Replacement Software for CorelDraw Corel Paint in Lion OS X 10.7

2012-02-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Corel Draw and Paint have not been available for Mac in over a decade, except some trials. Solutions use in windows through bootcamp on Mac. Should be able to get some sort of cross grade out of Corel, but there are some significant savings available through Corel at moment. Download

Re: Replacement Software for CorelDraw Corel Paint in Lion OS X 10.7

2012-02-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Corel Draw and Paint have not been available for Mac in over a decade, except some trials. Solutions use in windows through bootcamp on Mac. Should be able to get some sort of cross grade out of Corel, but there are some significant savings available through Corel at moment. Download

Re: Keylogger on Mac?

2012-02-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Keyloggers cannot be installed on machine without local access within OS X. Simple thing like specifying a Keychains password instead of using login password. Preferences security require admin authorisation to change with lock icon. Sharing uncheck Remote Login and management. These

Re: A few questions

2012-01-22 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Mac Pro has 4 internal drives, OS X Boot disk irrelevant as too where installation is placed in this collection. Windows drive or partition has to be Drive Bay 1? My Regime for Mac Pro is: Drive 1 OS X and relevant Software, Users etc, This Drive is Cloned once installation complete

Re: Brother HL-5340D series

2011-12-28 Thread RJDarts
Evening, I assume Snow Leopard server, if so… Install printer through system preferences, then enter server admin and initialise printer. Once this has been done enter IP address of server with :631 This should open the Cups server page for your server go into admin using whatever passwords

Re: Reverting to SL

2011-11-13 Thread RJDarts
/11/2011, at 1:51 PM, RJDarts wrote: Morning, Just a bit of topic, with the email. I have gone back and forth with a MacBook Pro from Lion to Snow Leopard. MacPro dropping drives in and out for same reasons. Just for my own testing, and the need to access Rosetta. I have never ran

Re: Cracked iPod Touch screen

2011-11-13 Thread RJDarts
Morning, These units are normally covered under a household comprehensive insurance policy. Problem arises with excess v cost of fixing? Claims over year could force policy increase? But, I have had many mobile phones replaced with similar damage, and no cursory increase except for excess being

Re: Reverting to SL

2011-11-12 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Just a bit of topic, with the email. I have gone back and forth with a MacBook Pro from Lion to Snow Leopard. MacPro dropping drives in and out for same reasons. Just for my own testing, and the need to access Rosetta. I have never ran into an issue with email, although I admit I use

Re: Purchasing OS Lion on App Store

2011-11-07 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Another installer is to create your own USB thumb drive. I would suggest to utilise 8GB as you can add other necessary files to thumb drive for installing. i.e… Xcode, MacPorts,Lion Server, Apps you cannot live without etc… Create then simply reboot machine holding down option choose

Re: Melding 3 sources of Eudora 6.2.4 emails

2011-10-19 Thread RJDarts
Evening, Firstly Eudora has been updated. But, it is an update in the elk of a Mozilla Thunderbird clone, although does behave as old Eudora, with a different engine. This is because Eudora owner Qualcomm has withdrawn product, and transferred it to open source working with Mozilla community to

Re: That Syncing Feeling - iCloud Mail

2011-10-19 Thread RJDarts
Morning, IMAP Mail Server Protocol explained within Melding 3 sources of Eudora. Follow advice, if not experiment on own thoughts… iCloud looks promising, but Apple has history of changing rules, regulations, access and setup frequently. Google very good huge storage space, but can you trust

Re: Off Topic - More Free Stuff

2011-09-29 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, There is still a few cards around OS X specific, PCI Express. Need Mac Pro to add too unfortunately, great use of old G5 powermacs too? But, if push comes to shove lots available for WinBlows: dual boot beauty of Intel Mac Pro's. Utilise the old W2K door stop, ehhehhehehhh

Re: Scam with .zip file I haven't seen before

2011-09-22 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Yep, definitely are. As are the ATO SPAM for businesses appearing quite frequently at moment. Being very hard to initiate SPAMD to clean up as I get regular updates from ATO for own informational purposes. Cheers! `RobD… On 17Sep2011, at 8:06 am, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning

Re: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

2011-08-23 Thread RJDarts
Morning, Once purchased you have access to file from App store! Then this is one of many Create a USB Stick. How To Create an OS X 10.7 USB Install Drive I utilise an 8GB stick which I have other must haves, like Xcode4.1 Once created this USB device are bootable, and -usable. Cheers! `RobD…..

Re: Extending my Wireless Signal

2010-01-25 Thread RJDarts
Hi Rod, Only on the wireless network with WDS activated; not ethernet network, or wireless networks that are not part of WDS. Cheers! `RobD... On 26Jan2010, at 8:54 am, Rod Blitvich wrote: Gidday Rob In layman's terms does that mean if i turn on WDS, it will slow my download/browsing

Re: Memory supplier - current model Mac Pro

2009-10-29 Thread RJDarts
Hi All, Not sure of local pricing for specific Mac Ram or PC variety that could be Mac compatible and therefore quality of !! I have found OWC online in USA best quality and pricing for Mac ram. It is Apple qualified, and they will replace if issues. Which I never have with various

Re: iPhone repair

2009-09-30 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, Virgin customer whom is subsidiary of Optus, using there network and specifically there 3G provider. I had to repair an iPhone through them it would have been back within a week if courier had delivered when released by repair centre. But after some searching on my part I

Re: Student Macbooks at UWA?

2009-09-28 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, Very easy once the process has been initiated. Campus Wide SNAP which varies pending on point at campus one is. Online lectures again pending on part of campus and lecturers etc... Mac support available in person at Reid Library: online very WinBased, because Macs just connect

Re: Photo albums et al

2009-06-16 Thread RJDarts
Evening, To be correct the control+tab is a Unix/Linux derivative so in actual fact OS X being Unix based it did not steal from M$ Same as control+→, or ← will give you an alternative desktop for which there are 4 default many more on application. (Unix has alt+fkeys) I think this is what

Re: 35 mm slides/Digital images

2009-06-01 Thread RJDarts
Evening, First question one must ask is how important are said slides. This relates directly to cost, how much do I have available and actually willing to spend. Time becomes relevant also which reverts to cost or personal time. Once this budget of time and cost becomes clearer. What is

Re: iphone and gmail

2009-05-23 Thread RJDarts
Hi Adam, Yes Gmail does indeed work with iPhone and this is how I utilise Mail when not able to connect via WiFi. Provider should also have a server able to achieve said results, but I prefer gmail added security with SSL servers. Actually I did not setup Gmail, it was done whilst

Re: Off Topic: Buying A Nikon D90

2009-05-21 Thread RJDarts
Hi Kyle, Try JB HiFi. and do not be afraid to ask for best price and other sundries as part of deal. I have been surprised quite often with there pricing especially in Midland a lot better for TV etc. than Good Guys, especially for cash. This is of course if they carry product or can

Re: Off Topic: Buying A Nikon D90

2009-05-21 Thread RJDarts
Hi Kyle, Try JB HiFi. and do not be afraid to ask for best price and other sundries as part of deal. I have been surprised quite often with there pricing especially in Midland a lot better for TV etc. than Good Guys, especially for cash. This is of course if they carry product or can

Re: New iPhone

2009-05-18 Thread RJDarts
Morning, 1 Yes, go for it. Just remember it may not have 3G data connection or could be expensive so use WiFi for this. 2 Yes if phone is not locked to sons provider, which will be answered by above. Then in some locked situations there could be a sister company in Oz. 3 Jailbreak is a

Re: Re Telstra.

2009-05-04 Thread RJDarts
The other side of this. Sol was supposed to have rectified these issues or one would suspect he had considering the amount he personally acquired or attributed to national debt? Oh I forgot the bloke whom appointed him was satisfied with his performance. Something I find strange as can be

Re: New Apple gear

2009-03-04 Thread RJDarts
Morning All, Yeah price hit quite a shock as US gets a little relief. (AU$ we are better of than US but our dollar is going south???) Apple have not done much on previous models except for update processor and move things around in case. In fact single CPU has taken a 1200 price hike and

Re: iiNet Naked DSL disconnected / line dropouts

2009-01-26 Thread RJDarts
Afternoon, .bin file is a collection of files for the ADSL modem/router bundled in a specific executable format for said device. Hence, operating system independent. But OS X being a UNIX based operating system has more chance of opening file than WinBLOWS, obviously tech is passing on